Chapter 977 - - Tip of the iceberg 638

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“How shall we cooperate?” Duge’s Clone asked.

“We need to discuss the specific ways of cooperation with your Heavenly Dao’s main body,” Ross said, “You just need to provide us with the coordinates of the planet where the main body resides.”

“How should I address you?” Duge’s Clone asked.

“Ross, the executive director of Pan-Universe Entertainment,” Ross introduced himself.

“Ross,” Duge’s Clone said, “When I was sent out, the Heavenly Dao main body severed contact with me. The main body can perceive all my actions, yet I cannot actively contact the main body. So, talking to me is the same; the main body will know everything.”

“Duge, we come with sincerity,” Ross said, “After all, it was you who plotted against us first. Your existence has seriously interfered with the normal operation of the company. From that perspective, we can punish you in any way.”

“I have also created a lot of profit for the company, haven’t I?” Duge’s Clone said with a smile, “And Mr. Ross, I’m just a clone. Even if dissipated, the Heavenly Dao main body won’t be affected in any way.”

“But everything you’ve done will become useless,” Ross said.

“Ross, I’ve spent two years here; in the lengthy life of the Heavenly Dao, two days and two seconds make no difference. How do you know, apart from me, that your universe doesn’t have other clones? Maybe you’ve been infiltrated through and through.”

Duge’s Clone was confrontational; he laughed, “Ross, instead of wasting efforts on me, why not let me see what the keyword is? Let me decipher the mystery of the keyword, and naturally, the Heavenly Dao main body will appear, because, after all, that is my ultimate goal, isn’t it?”

“Prepare the Soul Fragment for the new Alien Battlefield!” Seeing Duge shifting the concept, Ross, who was exceedingly familiar with his way of doing things, laughed off the topic and said, “Duge, perform well in the new battlefield. Do not disappoint us, unraveling the mystery of the keyword step by step is more fun, isn’t it?”

He looked at Duge with interest, shaking his head, “Actually, you’re mistaken about one thing; you really have no trump card. We just want to cooperate with your main body, but non-cooperation poses no loss for us.

Since you’re unwilling to talk, we’ll just find it ourselves. We’re still speaking nicely to you because you can still bring us benefits.

Once there are no benefits, squashing you would be no different from squashing a bug. For example, despite all your commotion, you’re still under our control, and you don’t even know what the keyword is.

I hope one day, you’ll realize that cooperating with us has only benefits and no drawbacks. Some things are not as you imagine them, don’t be foolishly stubborn…”

Duge, of course, knew he had no trump card, but wasn’t it just about bluffing until one appeared?

Although Ross spoke lightly, Duge’s Clone had already sensed it; Pan-Universe Entertainment must have lost control.

The urgent task at hand was to figure out what exactly the main body had done so he could react most appropriately. Stuck in a simulation scenario, there wasn’t much he could do, but once out, there were too many possibilities.

“Okay,” Duge’s Clone nodded and said, “Ross, I actually do not want you to contact the Heavenly Dao main body either. Everyone longs for freedom. Once I was separated, I hoped even more to be an independent entity, not someone’s fragment.

Compared to the monotonous Heavenly Dao, I am more keen to join the company and control the fates of all beings…”

What to do when you can’t find a breakthrough?

Of course, set a bait for the other party and then quietly wait for them to bite.

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A specialist took Duge for Soul Fragmentation, infusing him with spiritual power, deploying him to the new Alien Battlefield.

Ross turned to Gao Qiao and asked, “Did the scan reveal anything?”

“Spiritual power of three million, a fragmented soul, affinity with light, darkness, and water elements, unable to trace his origin based on the soul.” Gao Qiao showed Ross the data he had scanned and said, “Moreover, the skill displayed on his soul is only Plucking Feathers in Passing, not like having over twenty skills.

I don’t know if Duge’s main body only allocated him one skill, or if the other skills, like the main body, are hidden and require special conditions to be activated. Ross, to get more accurate results, we should dissect his soul frame by frame.”

“Before we find Duge’s Heavenly Dao main body, the higher-ups won’t allow us to manipulate him,” Ross sighed, “For many years, Duge has been the only one able to endlessly sustain the keyword, the hope of our race. The higher-ups do not want any accidents to happen to him.”

“Duge is capable of Splitting Soul, can’t we just study one little fragment of him?” Gao Qiao asked unwillingly.

“The fragment’s memories are connected with the main body; once his main body returns from the simulation, what do you think he would do once he learns everything we’ve done to him?” Ross shook his head.

“What else can he do? Surely being deployed to the Alien Battlefield, he has to do something, right?” Gao Qiao said, “After all, he needs the keyword too…”

“I know that,” Ross glared at Gao Qiao, “But the higher-ups won’t let us touch him, what can I do? Gao Qiao, Duge just said we’ve been infiltrated thoroughly, check the past data of all Alien Warriors, see if any other anomalies have appeared.”

“Yes,” Gao Qiao answered.

Ross said, “Also, notify all warriors from Duge’s main body’s Alien Battlefield who have survived. Tell them to converge on Duge’s main battlefield within three months. If they do not arrive at the main battlefield by the time limit, execute them. This time, some people in the game are too leisurely.”

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