Chapter 62

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Chapter 62: Is This Photo You?

Bagalos Base.

Over twenty burly men with ill intentions surrounded Sword Aura Sky Piercing and his four companions.

The room was filled with a deadly atmosphere, but Sword Aura Sky Piercing and his group seemed oblivious to it. They had removed the hoods that were placed on their heads upon arrival, and their expressions showed no signs of tension.

[If we hadn’t obtained intelligence from Bai Fu, who would have guessed this place is a secret base of the Truth Society?]

[I must say, this game is really impressive; even the AI of these minor characters is not inferior to key plot characters. Luckily, we came here sincerely, not as spies. Otherwise, we might have been exposed very soon.]

The dog-headed man couldn’t help but express his thoughts in the squad channel.

[Only the smart ones can understand our value. I wonder how much reputation with the Truth Society we can gain this time.]

Sword Aura Sky Piercing replied.

Reputation within a faction determined how much players could access within that faction.

Sword Aura Sky Piercing had come a long way to join the Truth Society, hoping to secure a good position right away and participate directly in the main quests, instead of spending time doing miscellaneous tasks like ordinary players to gradually build reputation.

He was quite confident about this.

He brought news about the movements of the Gene Progenitor, which, though not a major contribution, could be seen as timely aid. It wouldn’t make sense if the Truth Society didn’t reward him heavily for this.

Thinking about it made him feel good.

During the early stages of the game, while most players, including some professional gamers and large guilds, were still figuring things out, he and his group had already soared to the top, monopolizing the main quests of an entire faction.

Although their strength did not allow them to contribute much, they could monopolize all the rewards in the quest pool due to the lack of competition from other players. With these rewards alone, they could leave other players far behind by version 1.0.

Hehe, when the rankings and arenas open up in the next version, it’s time for the Iron Rain Guild to reap the harvest!

Just as Sword Aura Sky Piercing was secretly rejoicing, the surrounding burly men started to stir.

He quickly turned around and saw the room door being pushed open. A few strong men walked in.

“Deputy Commander Qian, these are the ones. They said they want to join us, so I brought them over.”

One of the burly men in the room shouted at Deputy Commander Qian.

Qian Commander expressionlessly said, “It seems you’re not afraid at all?”

Sword Aura Sky Piercing stood tall and proud, “We came here sincerely to join the Truth Society, not to spy on you. What do we have to be afraid of!”

Qian Commander remained noncommittal, “Why do you want to join the Truth Society?”

“Because of hate!”

Sword Aura Sky Piercing immediately stood up and loudly denounced the persecution he suffered at the hands of the Gene Progenitor in front of everyone. At times, he was almost moved to tears.

“The Gene Progenitors are just hypocrites. I wish I could tear them apart alive, but we are too weak. Without power, looking around the Source Star, there’s only the Truth Society that can help us. As long as we can eliminate the Gene Progenitors, you can ask us to do anything!”

The dog-headed man followed up, “To show our sincerity, we brought information about the Gene Progenitors this time. Their people are hiding near the settlement to the south. If you don’t believe us, you can send someone to investigate.”

Qian Commander waved his hand, “Send someone to check.”

He didn’t say anything more, and the room fell silent again.

Sword Aura Sky Piercing let out a long breath. As long as Qian Commander was willing to listen to him, the biggest obstacle to joining the Truth Society had been overcome.

Just as he had said, he came here sincerely. All he needed to do now was wait until the battle ended, and then he could stay and enjoy the rewards from the Gene Progenitors.

Thinking about this, Sword Aura Sky Piercing opened his friend list and found a player named [Black Warrior].

Black Warrior was the leader of another well-known guild, [Zhongyi Hall], and they were old rivals. In the previous game, the Iron Rain Guild and Zhongyi Hall belonged to different factions, and Zhongyi Hall often dominated the Iron Rain Guild, almost wiping them out.

[Brother Black, what have you been up to lately?]

[F*ck!]

Black Warrior’s reply came quickly.

[Sword Aura Sky Piercing, you’re showing off in front of me, huh? Don’t worry, your luck just happened to land you in the abandoned cooling plant where you got to meet Bai Fu first. But this game just started, who knows who will get Bai Fu’s hidden mission in the future!]

He was getting anxious, he was getting anxious!

Sword Aura Sky Piercing nearly burst out laughing. Black Warrior thought he was here to boast about his relationship with Bai Fu.

How shallow!

Let them compete for Bai Fu’s missions with other players. He wasn’t interested anymore.

[No, I’m not here to talk about Bai Fu today. Pay attention to the upcoming rankings and arenas, there’s a big surprise coming up.]

Black Warrior was confused and sent several question marks.

Sword Aura Sky Piercing didn’t bother replying and directly closed the chat window with Black Warrior.

Leaving after stirring things up, it was really thrilling!

Then, he contacted several other players from rival guilds, sending similar messages and then leaving.

“Feels good.”

Sword Aura Sky Piercing began to calmly wait for news from Deputy Commander Qian. Soon, someone else walked in through the door.

“Sir Guido.”

Sword Aura Sky Piercing’s eyes lit up.

The efficiency of the Truth Society was impressive. They had investigated the matter so quickly.

Guido stood at the door for a moment. He had only come to watch the drama, but when his gaze fell on [Dog Head Man] and [Wolong Fengchu], he suddenly froze.

Where had he seen these faces before?

He quickly pulled out the document he had just reviewed. The more he read, the stranger his face became. These two were the ones who had been denouncing the Truth Society so fiercely on camera.

Wait, the document said Wolong Fengchu was dead. Why was he here now? Could he have special abilities?

Guido’s mind exploded. He understood!

No wonder Wolong Fengchu dared to follow the assassin, no wonder Bai Fu knew Li Cheng was a spy!

He hurriedly approached Deputy Commander Qian and told him his discovery.

Seeing the two whispering, Sword Aura Sky Piercing said, “Deputy Commander Qian, should you believe me now? Actually, I not only brought information about the Gene Progenitors but also about Bai Fu. She is the white-haired woman who destroyed your plan at the abandoned cooling plant.”

“Bai Fu, huh?” Deputy Commander Qian suddenly laughed, “Take them all in!”

[Deputy Commander Qian’s affinity towards you has dropped by 60 points.]

What?

Sword Aura Sky Piercing and the others, who were smiling just moments ago, were all stunned. What the hell? How did the affinity drop so drastically? Wait, bro, this isn’t a joke!

As he watched the Truth Society’s minions approach, Sword Aura Sky Piercing shouted.

“We came here to join you, what are you going to do?”

But Deputy Commander Qian and Guido acted as if they hadn’t heard him.

Without their intervention, the Truth Society’s minions wouldn’t stop. They soon pressed Sword Aura Sky Piercing and his group against the wall.

Sword Aura Sky Piercing panicked. He couldn’t help shouting while struggling, “Are you crazy? I trusted you so much, thinking you were the only hope to eliminate the Gene Progenitors. I brought you intelligence, but you treat those who come to join you like this? Your actions will disappoint all those who aspire to join the Truth Society!”

Dog Head Man protested, “Your actions will eventually harm yourselves!”

At this moment, Guido stepped forward and held up a terminal in front of Dog Head Man.

“Is this photo you?”

Photo?

All five players looked at the terminal. The screen clearly displayed Dog Head Man’s face.

Dog Head Man swallowed hard, sensing something bad was about to happen. He denied, “No.”

“You’re fooling us!”

Guido pulled up another photo.

“Joining the Truth Society sincerely? You two dogs of Bai Fu, weren’t you bragging earlier that no one could save you if you offended Bai Fu?”

I…

Sword Aura Sky Piercing and the others turned green with rage.

They never expected the words they used to quickly boost their affinity with Bai Fu would end up in the hands of the Truth Society.

“Are you from the Tie_Yu Guild? I want to see how your Tie_Yu Guild plans to take us down!”

Guido was furious.

He lacked confidence in defeating Bai Fu, but he could handle her dogs.

Dog Head Man subconsciously asked, “Where did you get this photo?”

Guido sneered, “After Lin En was unsealed, Li Cheng immediately sent back the video he took that night. I originally thought he was exposed because he was too stupid, but now it looks like he not only isn’t stupid but actually did a great job. If not for his video, we would have been fooled today!”

What? Li Cheng is a spy for the Truth Society?

Sword Aura Sky Piercing was shocked.

This was the first time he had heard this news. Si Chu had always kept it under wraps, and Bai Fu had never mentioned it to him. He didn’t even know the assassins were related to the Truth Society.

If he had known Li Cheng was a Truth Society spy, he wouldn’t have gone through so much trouble to find the Bagalos Base.

But this wasn’t the worst part. From Guido’s words, it was clear that Li Cheng’s exposure was entirely due to their actions.

Damn it!

Not long ago, he had boasted in front of Guido and others, mysteriously telling them to pay attention to the upcoming rankings and arenas.

Now, not only would they not monopolize the quests, they would be marked as targets for elimination by the Truth Society. Once the rankings and arenas opened, Guido and the others would surely jump out and mock them mercilessly.

Why stay on Earth? Better to find a rocket and leave.

“Misunderstanding, it’s all a misunderstanding, really.”

Sword Aura Sky Piercing’s brain was about to explode.

Seeing the increasingly grim faces of Guido and Deputy Commander Qian, he suddenly had an idea and pointed at Dog Head Man and Wolong Fengchu.

“I was also deceived by them. They told me they hated the Gene Progenitors like me, and I believed them and brought them along. I never expected they were dogs of Bai Fu.”

The other two players quickly agreed.

“If you don’t believe us, I’ll kill them right now.”

Sword Aura Sky Piercing pretended to punch Dog Head Man and Wolong Fengchu.

Guido and Deputy Commander Qian exchanged glances. They couldn’t tell whether Sword Aura Sky Piercing and Dog Head Man were related or not, but they remembered what Sword Aura Sky Piercing had said earlier.

“You said earlier that if we could eliminate the Gene Progenitors, we would do anything you asked, right?”

Sword Aura Sky Piercing nodded vigorously, finally managing to get through.

Deputy Commander Qian waved his hand, “It’s too complicated to separate them. Send them both to Dr. Luo.”

Dr. Luo?

Sword Aura Sky Piercing quickly understood Deputy Commander Qian’s intention.

They were immediately tied to hospital beds upon arriving at Dr. Luo’s laboratory. Dr. Luo gave him a dose of muscle relaxant and then started touching him all over.

“You’ve developed very well, and these muscles are impressive.”

Sword Aura Sky Piercing was terrified.

It’s over, he was compromised!

“What the f*ck are you doing?”

Dr. Luo chuckled, “Of course, I’m using you as my experimental subjects. It’s hard to find such healthy specimens. Don’t worry, with your help, I will do my best to develop the perfect APT-011 evolution drug. With this, the strength of the Truth Society will greatly increase, and we will surely eliminate the Gene Progenitors in the future, comforting your souls in heaven!”

F*ck you!

He came here to monopolize the Truth Society quests, but instead, he became a subject of Truth Society research. Who knew how long this research would last? He couldn’t commit suicide even if he wanted to. If this research lasted a month or even a year, his account would be ruined, and he would have to delete and start over.

He had barely managed to catch up by relying on Bai Fu, becoming one of the top players on the Source Star. If he had to start over, what was the point?

Sword Aura Sky Piercing was about to crack.

“Release me, quickly, f*ck, you can kill me if you want. Please, brother, call me brother, isn’t that enough?”

Dr. Luo pushed his glasses up, “Kill you? No, how could I bear to kill you?”

“F*ck you, you quack! Damn Truth Society, I’ll never forgive you!”

Suddenly, the laboratory echoed with a passionate quintet.

Now, Sword Aura Sky Piercing regretted everything.

Wasn’t it nice to rely on Bai Fu? Why did he have to be clever and join the Truth Society?

They say Nezha has three heads and six arms, but he has one head and two arms!

After much contemplation, Sword Aura Sky Piercing only had one last resort. He quickly opened his friend list and contacted Jiujiao.

PS: Thanks to Tang Jian for the tip.

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