Life Dungeon Game

Several shady-looking sentries quickly approached.

The young man with the big gold ring who had just delivered the motorcycle to He Ao immediately greeted him with a smile. After a brief exchange and conversation, the sentries turned and left, clutching several VIP cards belonging to Ailiser.

He watched them leave.

Ainoan became suspicious.

The young man with the gold ring seemed to understand this principle as well, and he began to speed up the procession of the residents.

Actually, the Money Rat Gang had been systematically driving away the residents here since last night, but their actions were secretive and slow, until just now when they sped up their pace.

The reason for doing things secretly is to avoid alerting the enemy.

To explain this, we need to go back to when He Ao solved the last puzzle piece last night.

After confirming that Enoch was the powerful figure behind Kyle, another question arose for Heo.

Why was the Nord Consortium able to blackmail Ainoan, preventing him from intervening when the Nord Consortium was preparing to seize his factory?

Those who can be blackmailed are most likely those who need something from others.

But Ainuoan is the commander of the South City. He has been in power for many years and is deeply entrenched. He has no shortage of power and wealth. What could he possibly ask for?

At this stage, all we can hope for is to go further.

The extraordinary materials collected by Kyle were likely collected for Ainoan, and they appear to be advancement materials. Kaven was unaware of this and only confirmed it through investigation and speculation. However, Kaven himself clearly knew about the relationship between Ainoan and the Nord Foundation.

From this perspective, the promotion methods that Ainoan possesses should not have come from the Nord Foundation.

This proves that the Nord Consortium cannot control Ainoan through increased power, so there must be another reason.

power.

Ainan wanted to climb higher, but above him were B-level Northern Army commanders, B-level chiefs of staff, and A-level legion commanders—a gap of absolute power that he couldn't bridge.

However, there is one position that does not require any ability, but wields immense power.

That's the mayor of Chenxi City.

The Nord Foundation wants to take down Christos, and Ainoan wants to become mayor. The two sides hit it off immediately. The best time is when Christos takes office and his power base is not yet stable. They will overthrow Christos by force, take control of Dawn City, and declare themselves mayor.

But until last night

Previously, He Ao didn't really believe that Ainoan might actually take action.

This was also the difficulty that had been troubling him.

Because this plan is so far-fetched, the chances of it succeeding are very low.

In terms of timing, Ainoan's only advantage is that the A-level alien beast Mirror Flower Butterfly passed through Dawn City, causing the A-level legion commander to leave the city, and the entire city seems to be without any top-tier combat power.

However, the city defense army still has a B-level chief of staff and a B-level Northern Army commander, both of whom are stronger than him.

Geographically speaking, although the South City is closer to the Palace of Radiance, even if he kills Christos, he cannot bypass the North City's army and the Chief of Staff's Independent Brigade to control Dawn City.

If he cannot control the city, then his actions are a failure.

From a human perspective, Christos was elected mayor by the citizens of Dawn City, and his approval rating is currently high. Everything has gone through proper procedures, and the federal government also approves of it.

If he causes trouble at this time, he is unlikely to gain support and will incur public wrath. Although the Federation may not personally attack him, it will certainly call on the surrounding fortified cities to attack him.

At that time, with internal strife and external threats, even if he successfully controls Dawn City and becomes mayor, he will not be far from death.

Anyone with a modicum of common sense wouldn't want to do something like that.

Therefore, Christos also believed that the probability of Ainoan being foolish enough to do such a thing was extremely low. Even the Nord Consortium itself probably wasn't prepared to take action, otherwise they wouldn't be preparing to seize Ainoan's factories at this time.

However, judging from He Ao's analysis of Ai Nuo'an's personality...

Ainoan is vindictive and very concerned about his own interests. The fact that he is willing to hand over such a large piece of meat as the factory is most likely because he is planning to cause trouble soon and cannot afford to break with the Nord Consortium at this time.

If Ainoan really wanted to cause trouble, his only chance of survival would be with the Nord Foundation.

As one of the largest financial groups in the Federation and one of the leaders of the Financial Alliance, the Nord Financial Group and its affiliated Financial Alliance have the ability to withstand the pressure from the Federation and help Ainoan persuade the North City Commander and Chief of Staff.

Having dealt with all of this, even if the A-level legion commander returned from outside, he would have no choice but to accept it reluctantly.

However, this would cause the Nord Foundation a great deal of losses, and the Nord Foundation itself would certainly not do such a thing.

Therefore, Ainoan's plan is probably to bypass the Nord Foundation and act directly, then use solid evidence to force the Nord Foundation to side with him.

This idea is wonderful, but reality is cruel.

Even with the support of the Southern Army, the C-rank Enoran is no match for the Nord Consortium.

According to the usual practices of the Nord Consortium, they will most likely kill Ainoan after Ainoan kills Christos, then turn around and kill Ainoan, both to clear their names and to install a puppet mayor who is close to them.

Win-win – meaning the Nord Foundation wins twice.

So He Ao's thinking got stuck there.

If Ainoan isn't a madman or a fool, he has no reason to cause trouble, but judging from his current state, he is very likely to cause trouble soon.

Where does his confidence come from? Who gave him that confidence?

Therefore, He Ao concluded that he was also involved.

The clues we know.

After seeing Penny's blood, Heo finally had an epiphany and obtained the most crucial clue through Roger: Ainoan's true talent sequence.

Talent Sequence 101: Fire Master.

He's current talent sequence is 'Talent Sequence 99: Hunter', which is very close to the Fire Master's sequence number.

But there is another talent sequence that He Ao once saw that is very close to the Fire Master's number: 'Talent Sequence 103: Paranoia'.

The fire master lies somewhere between a 'hunter' and a 'paranoiac'.

The prerequisite sequences for the talent sequences 'Hunter' and 'Paranoia' are two similar sequences: 'Martial Artist' (sequence number 50) and 'Thug' (sequence number 51).

The book on talent sequences that He Ao had read before mentioned that the arrangement of talent sequences follows a periodic principle, with all talent sequences arranged in ascending order of their numbers, repeating cyclically.

Within the two cycles from D to C, each D-level talent sequence may correspond to several C-level talent sequences.

Following the principle of sequential arrangement, all C-level talent sequences corresponding to two adjacent D-level talent sequences should also be arranged sequentially with adjacent numbers.

This pattern was actually repeated from F to E levels, except that each F-level talent sequence corresponds to three E-level talent sequences.

For example, talent sequence 1: Farmer, the corresponding E-level talent sequence number should be 10, 11, 12.

Talent Sequence 2: Student, the corresponding E-level talent sequence number should be 13, 14, or 15.

If the preceding sequence numbers are adjacent, then the promotion sequence numbers must also be similar or even adjacent.

This principle can also be applied in reverse: if two different talent sequence numbers are adjacent, and their preceding sequences are not the same, then their preceding sequences are likely to be adjacent.

After deducing this pattern, He Ao was able to deduce the problem when he looked at the 'Fire Master' talent sequence.

The Fire Master's number is 101, which is between the Hunter's 99 and the Paranoid's 103, meaning that its preceding sequence is either 'Martial Artist' or the adjacent 'Thug'.

Martial artists and thugs represent two very different talent sequences. Martial artists focus more on combat skills, so they are agile in combat, while thugs focus on explosive power, and are strong in explosive power and combat strength.

Even after promotion, the original talent sequence abilities still exist in the body.

In Ainoan's demonstration video, his movements were not agile; his dodges relied on explosive power to accelerate instantly.

Clearly, his prerequisite was not 'martial artist' but 'thug'.

The path of the thugs seems to be connected to the god of chaos.

The priests of the God of Chaos that Heo encountered were either thugs or members of the thugs' advancement sequence.

At this moment, Heo remembered again that the extraordinary materials that Kyle had purchased were also bought from the Church of the God of Chaos.

This connects all the clues.

Due to the unique nature of his talent sequence, Ainan likely contacted the Church of the God of Chaos through some means and obtained the secret formula for the elixir of advancement.

And the God of Chaos

The church had already demonstrated its ability to summon strange beasts back in Kaya City.

If Ainoan can summon alien beasts to hold off the Chief of Staff and the Northern Army commander, then the probability of him killing Christos and taking control of Dawn City will greatly increase.

Of course, doing so is still very dangerous, as he cannot prevent the Nord Foundation from betraying him.

At this moment, He Ao thought of something else: 'ritual'.

Promotion from D-rank to C-rank already requires a ceremony, so promotion from C-rank to B-rank should also require a ceremony, perhaps even with higher requirements.

The advancement sequence for 'Fire Master' is 'Talent Sequence 173: Pyromaniac'.

Ritual names are usually directly linked to the talent sequence name; for example, 'Hunter' means using traps to hunt.

However, after searching through recent news, He Ao found no arson cases, not even any fires.

With the weather freezing cold and torrential rain pouring down, where would a fire come from?

If the ritual was simply arson, then Ainoan would definitely complete the ritual first before proceeding with the plan.

Ronald's memories of the migration also include no record of any large fires breaking out in the wilderness.

After his search yielded no results, He Ao changed his mind.

If this arson is not arson in the physical sense,

Or is it an abstract concept?

What was the purpose of arson?

To create chaos and manipulate the situation.

And over the years, Ainoan's increasingly troublesome personality seems to confirm this idea.

So when this idea came to mind, He Ao instantly realized when was the best time for Ainoan to complete the ritual.

Christos was sworn in, marking the transition between the old and new mayors.

Manipulating the situation at this point in time, causing chaos, and 'arson' will grant the perfect promotion ceremony.

The more successful the ceremony, the stronger the candidate will be after the promotion.

Just like when He Ao was promoted to 'Hunter', killing three D-ranks and killing one powerful C-rank are different concepts.

In this situation, if Ainoan kills Christos and ignites the chaos in Dawn City, he can advance to B-rank amidst the chaos, and become an extremely powerful B-rank at that.

At this point, the Nord Consortium could no longer easily do anything to him. The cost of killing him might be higher than helping him become the mayor of Dawn City, since he could continue to provide benefits to the Nord Consortium after becoming mayor.