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Dr. Zhuang's Class A isotopes, are they so easy to deal with?

"Uh... that seems reasonable. Individuals whose evolution rate hasn't reached 100% still have a considerable chance of dying in the future."

After a moment's thought, Fan Xiao suppressed his surprise and astonishment.

Dr. Zhuang's A-grade isotope might have been created on the spot, so it's unlikely that it's equipped with any valuable defensive or recovery items, such as super A-grade items.

In addition, since we are now in an opened dungeon, the power of S-rank items cannot spread in.

So... without any strong defense or recovery methods, it would be a miracle if a mere A-level player could survive his "Inevitable Annihilation Judgment"!

Even S-rank players whose evolution rate hasn't reached 100% might fall victim to his repeated "Judgment of Destruction" if they don't have strong defensive or recovery methods.

Thinking of this, Fan Xiao felt a pang of sadness.

Dr. Zhuang, whom he used to be able to deal with by gathering luck and calling for reinforcements, can't even withstand a single move from him now... What reason does he have not to become arrogant!

Oh, and there's still the mountain of Tina to climb, which we haven't gotten over yet.

Suddenly, Fan Xiao turned his head and looked towards the palace gate.

A tall figure walked in from outside the palace.

He was a rather handsome young man with black hair, medium-length hair, and a slicked-back style.

"You're really impatient, Fan Xiao. I'm not here to fight you. Can you put aside your hostility and listen to me for a bit?"

After entering the palace, the young man with black hair took out his gold-rimmed glasses and put them on his high nose. He said in a slightly helpless tone, "I have a lot of information here that you are eager to know."

The black-haired youth's attitude was very calm, but... he was not as nonchalant as he appeared.

He was very surprised!

Duke Kane was killed in a single move... No wonder he was an S-class psionic potential user, he was truly beyond my expectations!

Fortunately, he didn't come with hostility in the first place.

“Hate?” Fan Xiao asked in surprise, “Do you think I’ve been hating you all along?”

"Oh? Judging from your tone... perhaps I've misunderstood?" the black-haired youth asked curiously.

"Your understanding of me is still at a rather superficial level."

Fan Xiao shook his head and said, "Our feud ended with that S-level Dr. Zhuang last time."

"Is Dr. Zhuang, who went to the G08 node 010 partition back then, the same S-class isotope from last time?"

"Has your original body ever visited a backward node?"

“My true self was indeed never here,” the black-haired youth said. “However… your rationality is beyond my expectations. If that’s the case, why did you attack just now?”

"Just now..." Fan Xiao said truthfully, "I just wanted to test whether your A-level counterpart could pass my Strong Person Appraisal Technique."

Black-haired young man: "..."

Even with his considerable intelligence, he couldn't have guessed such a casual reason for killing someone!

Fan Xiao grinned and said, "I was just joking with you, don't take it seriously. You used Duke Kane to scheme against me, so I'll kill Duke Kane. That makes perfect sense, right? But..."

He glanced around the palace and continued, "This is an A-rank instance, right? Using a mere A-rank instance to deal with me... that's a bit too weak."

This isn't just boasting.

In the past, he might have been flustered and had to work desperately to deal with the current predicament.

But now... he's practically invincible!

If he were to attempt the previous A-level psionic dungeon, "The Dream of the Four Worlds," with his current strength, he wouldn't say it would be extremely easy, but it certainly wouldn't be too difficult.

The difficulty and danger of "The Dream of the Four Worlds" are basically equivalent to those of an S-rank dungeon.

In other words... if there are any dungeons that could make him feel dangerous at this stage, they would either be S-rank dungeons dominated by super players or some established S-rank dungeons.

For example... that S-shaped structure that covers the entire E02 node.

He had come across a related thread on the Mammon forum, which described how node E02 had been shrouded in an S-rank dungeon for over a century. It was said that there were practically no living people left in the entire node, and that the dungeon boss, the "King in Yellow," was far more terrifying than most super players. Even the game company chose to turn a blind eye and designated node E02 as a no-go zone, instead spending a massive amount of resources to build a spacetime track from node E01 directly to node E03.

To be honest, as a player who enjoys adventure, he was quite curious about this S-book...

"You misunderstood something. As I just said, I'm not here to fight you."

The black-haired youth said in a gentle tone, "The reason I invited you here through such a calculated means is mainly because..."

He shook his head slightly and said, "Your teacher, Miss Christie, is too difficult to deal with. In order to cut off your contact with other super player organizations, she even set up an 'S-level player interception line' specifically for the G08 node."

"Under these circumstances, I want to speak with you alone to discuss some rather private matters... This is not a simple matter."

“Only today have I managed to evade the ‘Wheel of Fate’s’ surveillance and have the opportunity to speak with you alone.”

“Could it be that you’re overthinking it?” Fan Xiao said. “I don’t think Nana would be that yandere. She would even stop a stranger from meeting and talking to me.”

"..."

The black-haired youth was rendered silent by the words "Nana" and "yandere".

Fan Xiao seems to be even more...arrogant than he imagined?

Or was it just a joke to lighten the mood?

At this point, Fan Xiao continued, "Or... is it that your own motives are impure, and you don't just want to talk to me for a bit? I think that's what my petite and lovely teacher is wary of, isn't it, Xiao Zhuang?"

"...Fan Xiao, do you usually talk like this?" the black-haired youth asked curiously. "I mean outside the instance."

"Xiao Zhuang, look, you're avoiding my question. That means you have something to hide, doesn't it?"

Fan Xiao evaded the other party's question with a question, and said, "Besides talking, what other purpose do you have in coming to see me?"

"Don't take this conversation so lightly. What I'm about to say concerns your final choice regarding the superorganization, and... the future of the Evolution Game."

The black-haired youth's tone became more serious: "In the entire Evolution Game, there aren't many super organizations, and each one has its own purpose."

"It's fine if S-class psionic potential users don't appear, but once they do, their choices will have a very profound impact, which is very important."

“Miss Christie represents the Tribunal for Life. Although she is not the presiding judge, she will definitely fight for you on the side of the tribunal. In this case, she is unlikely to want people from other super-organizations to contact you alone.”

"So, you're representing One Wing?" Fan Xiao asked.

"Yes and no." The black-haired youth smiled. "My actions this time were a private matter. As for One Wing... they still don't know you exist."

"Is that so... But I don't really want to talk to you." Fan Xiao grinned. "Unless you answer some questions honestly first. Hmm, answer honestly. Guess if I have any sophisticated methods to verify whether you're lying or not?"

"..." The black-haired youth said helplessly, "Just tell me what information you want to know. I can tell you anything I know."

"Did you create this body yourself?" Fan Xiao asked. "Or did you take over someone else's body?"

"Oh? You're quite perceptive. So you deduced from this sudden appearance of an A-rank instance that I possess... well, the ability to possess others?"

The black-haired youth laughed, "Just as you guessed, I create counterparts by possessing others. This ability is one of the functions of my S-rank item, the 'Jade Record.' All for myself, and I for all. I can become everyone, and everyone will become me."

"Oh?" Fan Xiao: "You can take whoever you fancy?"

"No, it's not that domineering and evil."

The black-haired youth said, "When selecting isotope samples, I will choose from among the wicked according to more universal moral standards."

"For example, the body you see now, its original name is Savage, an A-level player in the 007 section of this node, and a new member of the Twilight Council. He took the place of the deceased Samael... well, the one you killed in Star Memory City. And the 007 section has been chosen by the Speaker of the Twilight Council as the new breeding farm, which will take over the position of the former 004 section."

“Savage… he essentially sold out his hometown in exchange for a place in parliament…”

The black-haired youth slowly and thoroughly explained the detailed information about the Twilight Council to Fan Xiao, free of charge.

The intelligence also included the identities of the other 12 core members besides Savage, which can be said to have fully demonstrated a friendly attitude.

In addition to the member information, Dr. Zhuang also proactively introduced some information about this A-level dungeon—some information that does not involve completing the dungeon.

Yes, he even took into account the evaluation factors of the dungeon after Fan Xiao's success.

The information he provided was that the original form of this A-level copy was the 010 partition, which had been removed from the list.

The old 010 section was quite different from the current one; it was a long-established section—meaning it had been involved in the evolution game for a long time.

G08节点的融合分区总共有五个，分别是001、002、003、006、009分区。

At that time, partition 010 was considered the partition with the greatest potential to be promoted to the sixth merged partition.

Unfortunately, the Twilight Council intervened.

The Speaker of the Twilight Council was the first A-level player in the G08 node, and also the strongest A-level player in the entire node—he treated the G08 node as his own backyard.

Or rather, it was treated as their own resource mine.

He proclaimed himself the underground emperor of the G08 node, secretly influencing the will of the game government with his personal will. He profited immensely from the dealings between the game government and the game company, such as fantasy materials, items with unclear values, the "right to allocate player retirement quotas," status, and beautiful women... He wanted to get involved in all resources, intercepting a portion and putting it into his own pocket.

He single-handedly amassed resources that were comparable to the combined total of five merged zones.

The resources that game companies allocate to lagging nodes have an initial cap. To increase this cap, nodes must develop themselves within the limited resources and demonstrate their value to the game company, which will then provide more resources.

Because of this rule, the dominant partition that develops first within a node will generally help other partitions develop as well.

Only by expanding the overall scale and pleasing those at the top can we acquire more resources.

But... the Speaker of the Twilight Council doesn't think so.

Because node G08 is his backyard.

If too many partitions are merged, the entire node will slip out of his control, and he will no longer be able to act as the underground emperor.

Moreover, the resources allocated to a node in the early stages are limited, with at least half of them going into his personal pocket—under such circumstances, how could he allow other partitions to share the pie with him?

Therefore, he made a decision—the G08 node can only have five merged partitions.

As a result, the resources that should have been invested in the development and growth of the entire G08 node were divided up among just five merged partitions.

This has led to a phenomenon where the G08 node is stronger than other G-letter nodes.

The number of low-level players may not be as high as that of other nodes, but the number of high-level players... especially A-level players, is greater than that of any G-letter node—therefore, the G08 node has become the strongest G-letter node.

However... this power was short-lived.

Because this was achieved at the cost of sacrificing the future.

Once other G-letter nodes grow and acquire more resources, G08 will have to be ranked last among the G-letter nodes.

They might even end up in last place.

It's so weak that anyone can ride on its head and poop or pee.

How could anyone not know about the five merged partitions of the G08 node?

But... nobody cares.

Those who were willing to care could only suppress their feelings and follow the crowd, indulging in a life of debauchery, under the speaker's threats.

At this point in time, the 010 division completed the unification of its internal player organizations and became qualified to apply to become a merged division.

And so, the 010 district came into the speaker's view.

The Twilight Council sent people over to issue a "financing restriction order," and said, "Whether you do it or not, we'll take you down with us."

Then, the 010 partition almost laughed out of anger, it was so stubborn and refused to give in.

It's about to poop, who the hell are you to make it hold it back with just one sentence... Is that even possible?

Therefore, the 010 partition directly said, "Fuck you!"

And then... no more.

The 010 partition has thus become history.

Perhaps to commemorate this rather spirited partition, under the rules of the evolution game, the destroyed 010 partition was transformed into a dungeon.

Unfortunately... this copy ended up in the hands of the Speaker of the Twilight Council by chance.

The Speaker's strength has reached a new level thanks to this A-rank dungeon.

However, it is rumored that when he headed to the front node with great ambition, ready to make his mark, he got into a minor conflict with a passing A-level player because he was too arrogant. Then... he was almost killed on the spot. After surviving by sheer luck, he slunk back and hid in node G08, too ashamed to go out again.

Gradually, his mental state became increasingly stagnant and repressed, unable to release his pent-up frustrations. This led to his psychology becoming more and more twisted and abnormal. He hid in the instance and manipulated events of all sizes on the G08 node, creating this cesspool called Star Memory City...

……

After recounting a hidden part of the history of node G08, the black-haired youth asked Fan Xiao with a slightly wistful tone, "How does it feel? Don't you think the people of the Twilight Council all deserve to die?"

"You've said all this just to prove your 'justice' to me?" Fan Xiao asked.

"Justice is important."

The black-haired youth said, "I'm not trying to prove anything to you; I'm just explaining my current style of doing things."