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Chapter 547 Loki's Inner World

Loki covered his forehead, a look of doubt in his eyes.

What's going on? A mere beta-level private space can block his abilities?

Could it be that he wasn't feeling well today and had some difficulty going in?

He turned to look at Base 45 and tentatively stepped inside.

As he approached the spatial barrier of Base 45, the green light on his body flickered. Under the effect of his lying ability, he easily deceived the spatial barrier and smoothly entered the dimension of Base 45.

no problem.

Loki left Base 45, dispelling his self-doubt, and once again stepped into the Plague Source instance space.

boom!
Loki ran into a wall again, but this time his movement was slow, so he wasn't bounced away.

Something's strange about the source of the plague instance!
Confirming this fact only made Loki's expression even stranger.

He couldn't understand how a β-level space could withstand his divine power. If its spatial barrier had this strength, it should at least be a Σ or even Ω-level replica.

Moreover, the erosion instance has just been conquered, and the rules within the instance should be under reconstruction, making it the weakest point in terms of space.

Some Ω-level dungeons cannot refuse his entry during this period.

This is extraordinary.

If it were merely a matter of being unable to sneak into the plague's source space, he wouldn't be too upset. But the fact that he couldn't even figure out why he couldn't enter was something he found hard to accept.

He stood outside the plague's source space for a while, pondering, and finally came to the conclusion that perhaps Valentine's ghost was resisting him.

The strength of abilities in the Plague Source instance is, to some extent, quite subjective.

The stronger your belief, the greater the power you can gain.

Valentine, an ordinary veteran, was able to become a Root-level powerhouse and even awaken his own divinity, driven by his belief in finding and protecting his daughter. This alone is enough to show how outrageous this plane is.

The operation of the Plague Source instance has often exceeded the normal rules of the extraordinary. If Valentine's hatred for him is too strong, he might actually turn into a ghost in the space and prevent him from entering.

After a moment's thought, since he couldn't enter the Plague Source instance, he decided to first enter instance 45 to test the waters.

If the player who is navigating the dungeon is from the Management Bureau, there is a high probability that they are currently in dungeon number 45.

With that thought in mind, he turned around and entered instance 45, concealing himself as he sneaked into the base.

What Loki didn't know was that his performance outside the Plague Source instance was being watched by everyone.

A few dozen meters away from him, separated by a spatial barrier, a car was parked on the road outside of Ain City.

Eileen and Raven were sitting in the car, while He Yun, who had become one with the vehicle, was driving.

This is Irene's divine realm. The moment Loki attempted to invade it, Irene sensed his presence and rushed here with the other two.

Seeing Loki, who had figured out the reason and was preparing to leave, Eileen asked:
"Are we just going to let him go like that?"

When they were rebuilding the Plague Origin instance, they had already heard the truth about the tragedy that occurred in Ein City from Wu Chang. Eileen was very dissatisfied with what Loki had done.

Hearing the story of Valentine and Amira made her even more heartbroken. Now that the villain Loki had come with hostility, it was a good opportunity to keep him here.

Apart from Raven, who hasn't yet regained her memories of battle, either she or He Yun could easily subdue Loki, but judging from He Yun and Raven's attitude, it seems they never intended to attack Loki in the first place.

The raven said:

"The other party is very cautious. What came to test us was not the main body, but an energy clone formed from divine power."

"Attacking him won't harm his core, but it will only expose our presence. It's better to remain still and wait for the right opportunity to strike."

He Yun's voice came from the car stereo; she said:
"I can't tell if he's the real person, but I can sense that his movements are very deliberate, almost like a performance, which is different from his behavior when he's clearing dungeons."

"Perhaps his initial reaction was genuine, but his subsequent behavior clearly revealed a flaw, an attempt to draw out the source of the anomaly and find the answer in the process."

Eileen sighed, a troubled expression on her face. In her mind, everyone she had ever met was gentle and friendly, without many hidden agendas. Watching TV shows and movies could only teach her that people are complex, but it was still difficult for her to analyze them herself.

However, she trusted He Yun and Raven's judgment, and said:

"Then let's do as you say."

The raven could sense Eileen's low spirits and said:

"It's alright, I've already sensed his presence. Once we enter the dungeon and encounter him again, I can pinpoint his location immediately, and then he won't be able to escape."

Inside Base 45, Wu Chang had already learned about Loki's actions from Eileen and others through mental communication, and also knew that Loki's clone had infiltrated Sanctuary 45.

However, he is currently playing the role of the Bureau of Management's Onion, not Peace. If it were Peace, he could find a way to find the other party and give them a good whack, making Loki's true form bleed a little.

But for now, he can only pretend he doesn't know the other party exists.

However, he didn't take such tricks seriously.

By agreeing to designate the Plague Source instance as Base 44 and open it to members of the Administration Bureau, he obtained substantial Level 3 Ranger privileges, making him equivalent to Xu Dejun in status.

Since Xu Dejun had a good impression of him, he took the opportunity to inquire about the current situation in the Li world.

Judging from Xu Dejun's state, the evolutionists and the orderists seem to have returned to their previous state of coexistence, but is that really the case?
Xu Dejun found Wu Chang's question reasonable, since the Desolate Realm was the core of this battle between the two factions, and the conflict that broke out in the Desolate Realm was more intense.

Just a few days ago, a large-scale battle between players from the Psychic Realm took place in Wanghai City, which was under Wu Chang's jurisdiction. If he hadn't intervened, the situation in the Psychic Realm would have been problematic.

The relationship between the two factions was no secret, and Xu Dejun told Wu Chang the truth without hiding anything.

From the current perspective, the Order faction and the Evolution faction have reconciled once again due to the reasons of Blue Star and the Desolate Realm.

The high-ranking members of the Order faction who had been imprisoned by the Evolution faction have also been released.

The two sides disagree on their ideologies and paths, not on their own. Moreover, the threat from the Abyss Game and the increasingly harsh living environment in the Realm of Reason continue to plague them. They are far from the stage of fighting each other for power, and there is no need to fight to the death.

Therefore, regardless of whether the two sides will turn against each other again in the future, they are currently in a state of peace.

The faction of evolution was able to reconcile with the faction of order not only because they united their forces to jointly address the predicament of the Realm of Reason and the Abyss Game, but also because of the renewed infiltration of the Light Society.

After their repeated failures in attempting to connect the Desolate Realm and the Realm of Reason with a world instance and to plunge Blue Star into the abyss, the Light Society fell silent. They withdrew all their exposed strength and disappeared from people's sight once again.

They also completely severed all ties with the evolutionists.

Like a giant beast lurking in the deep sea, it emerges from the water, unleashing a terrifying tsunami to announce its existence to the world, before diving back into the ocean to prepare for its next big move.

During the world instance event, the Light Society did not tell the Evolutionists about their plan to plunge Blue Star into the abyss. Coupled with their sudden disappearance without warning, the Evolutionists have completely lost their sense of security.

The leaders of the Evolutionary faction realized that the Light Society had never treated them as equal partners from the very beginning.

Although many members of the Evolutionary faction recognized the Light Society and wanted it to take the lead while they themselves played a supporting role, hoping to make a good living on both sides, they didn't realize that the other side was too despicable and only saw them as useful and convenient backup options.

This led the evolutionists to discover that although the orderists had different ideologies, they were down-to-earth and had no ill intentions, making them the honest people with whom they could live peacefully.

Two major factors combined have created the current situation.

Wu Chang didn't care about the tug-of-war between the Order faction and the Evolution faction; he was more concerned about the movements of the Guangming Society, which Xu Dejun had mentioned.

The reason he was promoted to the Realm of Reason so late was not only to finish up the trivial matters in the Desolate Realm, but also because he was waiting for the right opportunity. He didn't want to face the Light Society as soon as he entered the Realm of Reason.

In his view, now that the Light Society has revealed its strength, it is very likely that it will turn to the surface world, forcibly control the realm of reason by force, and become a tyrant, relentlessly hunting down the Order faction and members on the blacklist.

The fact that they posted wanted posters for him and the painter everywhere, and that they laid out layers of killing formations in the realm of reason where battle was unavoidable, so that they would be eliminated before they even entered the Abyss Game, were all within his expectations.

It's not surprising that the Light Society could go this far, but it's strange that they did nothing. Aren't they afraid that Peace and the Painters will grow up and pose a threat to them?
he asked:
"After the world instance, did the Light Society really disappear completely, leaving no trace?"

Xu Dejun nodded and said:
"During the period surrounding the world instance and the conflict between the two factions, all the forces that the Light Society intentionally or unintentionally revealed disappeared as if they had vanished into thin air."

"The Light Society once set up an altar in a private space to influence the world instance. We sent people to infiltrate it and mark the coordinates of the space."

"However, when they went to investigate later, they found that the space had completely disappeared. It was not destroyed or conquered, but the entire space was moved and disappeared."

"In addition, all members of the Light Society who maintained contact with the Evolutionists, as well as the private spaces of the Light Society that the Evolutionists had visited, have all disappeared. If we did not have detailed records and multiple eyewitness accounts, we would have suspected that it was all an illusion."

Wu Chang frowned slightly and narrowed his eyes.

His intuition told him that the Illuminati was plotting something bad, but the two local powers, the Evolutionists and the Orderists, could hardly find any trace of each other's existence, and it would be even more difficult for him to find out.

Since they couldn't find the other party, they could only wait for the Light Society to take the initiative to contact him.

He sighed and said:

"A venomous snake lurking in the shadows is far more unsettling than one coiled up in the middle of the road swaggering around."

Xu Dejun, who had been targeted by Guangming Society and faced several close calls, felt this deeply.

Wu Chang was undoubtedly the protagonist of this banquet. Whether it was his identity as the controller of space or his recent act of saving Base 45, he was respected by everyone present.

The entire banquet resembled a large-scale fan meeting, with many people crowding around him just to exchange a few words with him.

Having just ascended to the realm of reason, he was able to break through a β-level dungeon. Even if he didn't learn anything useful from talking to a master of such a dungeon, this experience would still be enough to be a topic of conversation.

In the latter half of the banquet, Wu Chang said goodbye to Xu Dejun, citing the need to handle matters in his private space, and prepared to leave.

In the corridor outside the banquet hall, an unassuming young man stopped him. The man seemed shy, his expression restrained, his head slightly lowered, and he spoke in a trembling voice:
"Mr. Onion Flower, I have a question for you. I'm having a lot of trouble with how to beat dungeons. I'd like to know what tips you have for breaking through dungeons."

Wu Chang gave a formulaic smile and said in a cliché:
"As long as you pay attention to details, are careful, and have enough patience to do these things, nothing can stump you."

These meaningless words were like a treasure to the young man, who became extremely excited. He took out a piece of paper and said:
"Could you sign your autograph for me?"

Wu Chang shrugged and said:

"of course."

He took the autographed paper from the young man and wrote two words on it in a flamboyant style.

chopped green onion.

He then returned the signed paper to the young man and asked:
"Is this a good way to sign, Loki?"

"Thank you very much..." The young man stopped mid-sentence as he took back what appeared to be a signed document, but was in fact a private space transfer contract formed from the divine power of Mercury.

The shyness and excitement on his face vanished, and he asked in a surprised tone:

"How did you tell?"

To be honest, Wu Chang didn't recognize Loki at first. The higher the intuition of the deceived, the less able they are to detect the lie, which made Loki particularly restrain himself from him when he was highly intuition.

It wasn't until Loki produced the signed paper that he realized Loki's true identity.

Although Loki's divine power could deceive Wu Chang's senses, the moment he touched the signed paper, Wu Chang's "blasphemer" talent shone through.

Through the intelligence gathered by Eileen and others, he already knew that Loki had infiltrated Base 45. Combined with the divinely imbued signed document that the other party was handing him, the other party's identity was obvious.

He said:
"It was the spirit of Mr. Valentine that guided me to discover your existence."

That statement is correct; he did indeed discover Loki was the mastermind behind the Plague Source instance going out of control only through Valentine's mental world.

As the god of lies, Loki could naturally distinguish between truth and lies. He gave a knowing look and shook his head slightly, saying:
"He's a persistent ghost. Let's ignore that troublesome guy for now. Since you were able to break through the source of the plague and find me, you must be a smart person. A smart person wouldn't turn down their own interests."

“I want to do business with you. I have some things to finish and need to go back to the Plague Source dungeon. If you let me in, I can give you a Δ-level consumable as a ticket.”

"If you can give me Valentine's remains, I can exchange them for a Σ-level consumable."

"I can guarantee that I won't cause any damage to your dimension. I'm just taking what I left behind that belongs to me. Would you like to reconsider?"

Δ-level consumables are half a level higher than B-level consumables and can be considered a youth version of A-level consumables. Σ-level consumables are one level higher than Δ-level consumables, exceeding A-level consumables by half a level and approaching S-level consumables.

This is quite a feat. Let alone a greenhorn who has just been promoted to the Realm of Reason, even a veteran of the Realm of Reason at max level would find it difficult to withstand this test.

Putting all that aside, just considering the benefits, even a perfect-grade evolution potion is at most a Σ-level consumable. Trading with Loki is equivalent to getting a Δ-level consumable for free.

This deal is absolutely worthwhile; anyone else would be tempted by it.

Wu Chang raised an eyebrow, seemingly interested, and leaned closer to Loki to ask:
"you sure?"

Loki said confidently:
“I can sign the contract.”

The moment Wu Chang nodded, he suddenly threw a punch at Loki.

When he threw this punch, he was not equipped with "Blasphemer" and did not use his full strength; he only used the attributes that Onion should have.

However, this punch used the "No Thought Style," and although the speed of the punch was not fast, it was unexpected before it was thrown and directly hit Loki's weak point.

The punch landed on Loki's weak spot on the face, causing Loki's face to tilt backward and him to take two steps back before he could stop his fall.

Wu Chang slowly lowered his fist and said:
"Consider this punch as interest. I promised Valentine that I would teach you a lesson for him; it was my promise to him."

"Neither Δ-level nor Σ-level consumables can make me break my promise."

If Loki were to increase the stakes and unlock an Omega-level item, Wu Chang might hesitate, but unfortunately, Loki is also short of Omega-level items.

Loki was amused by Wu Chang's words, and he covered his nose as he said:

"What kind of damn promise is this? I thought you were a smart person, but it turns out you're just a fool."

Taking down a newbie who had just been promoted to the Realm of Reason was incredibly easy for him, a lower-level god. From the very beginning, he had been toying with his opponent like a cat playing with a mouse.

Who knew that his trickery failed and instead, he was careless and got punched by a mouse. How could he, who was used to being in control, accept this?
He flashed in front of Wu Chang and grabbed Wu Chang's neck, but he did not feel any solid object in his hand.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that Wu Chang, who remained in the same spot, was merely an afterimage. After launching a sneak attack with his fist, Wu Chang used his spatial control powers to teleport directly back to the source space of the plague.

Loki looked at the spot where Wu Chang had disappeared and sneered:
"I'll remember you. One day I'll find you and show you how much it takes to keep a promise."

In fact, Wu Chang did not disappear. His teleportation back to the source of the plague was just an illusion. He was actually hiding in the same spot using the Heavenly Gang Escape Technique.

From the moment he signed the document, everything he did was for Loki's words, "I'll remember you."

He had confirmed with Raven that any signature not made using his real name would be invalid.

In other words, as long as he doesn't sign with Wu Chang or the "doesn't eat beef" attribute on the panel, the contract he signs has no binding force. Even if the other party has some method to identify Conghua as Wu Chang's real name, this lowest level of contract cannot be effective in the face of the "violator".

From Loki's ecstatic joy when he signed the document to the disappointment of discovering the signature was invalid and his true form had been exposed, he had already left a faint mark on Loki's heart.

Combined with the punch he landed on Loki later, and his swift and decisive style of hitting and running away, it was impossible for Loki not to remember him.

With Loki's vengeful spirit at play, Wu Chang's image was clearly etched into Loki's mind.

What Loki didn't know was that whoever remembered Wu Chang could have Wu Chang enter their heart through the brand.

Having confirmed the formation of the mental imprint, Wu Chang looked at the somewhat exasperated Loki and excitedly rubbed his hands together.

Loki, let me see what secrets you're hiding in your heart.

(End of this chapter)