Immortal I Speedrun Supernatural Game

Chapter 484 The Disaster of the Spokesperson

puff--

The moment the Abyss God Mark opened its eyes, Wu Wang clenched his bloodied fist and stuffed it into the mouth of Xia Luo's mechanical body like a steamed bun.

The inverted triangle symbol branded in the mouth reflected a dazzling light, directly affixing itself to the mark of the Abyss God.

It washes away that insignificant sense of oblivion.

The mark of the Abyss God is like having enjoyed a delicious and authentic national banquet, only to find that what's served next is a simple vegetable bun. It's not that you have no appetite at all, but you'll definitely roll your eyes.

But since Wu Wang had indeed fed Him quite well today, and He was satisfied with the meal, He reluctantly gave him face.

The inverted triangle symbol representing the Disaster Cult, under the gaze of the Abyss God's Mark, was like chalk writing on a blackboard being quickly erased.

In an instant, Charlotte's shiny disco ball returned to normal.

Oink then slowly put down his butcher's knife and asked in confusion, "What... was that just now?"

Wu Wang shrugged and said, "That was an anti-counterfeiting mark, proving that this thing did indeed come into contact with the [Disaster Cult] before, and unfortunately, it encountered the cult leader."

After saying that, he turned Charlotte's head around and laughed, "Look, even the cult leader is planning to destroy the evidence, do you still believe him?"

Those already dim eyes slowly closed.

Charlotte realized she had been tricked.

But he still couldn't understand why he had so firmly believed in the cult leader's words back then.

So he recounted everything that had happened to Wu Wang in detail—

"That was my second day in this instance world. My mental state was already quite bad at that time. As a follower, you should understand this situation well. It's unavoidable."

Wu Wang: "..."

Actually, I don't know that much about it.

I seem to have been fine all along.

If you have any questions, go talk to [Undying].

He didn't interrupt Charlotte, letting her continue: "This is a solo nightmare-level dungeon. The environment is on an island inhabited by primitive tribes. These tribes are not just humans; there are also various strange groups mixed together. The main quest is to add a new [order] here that is recognized by all groups."

"At that time, I didn't know that this world was actually a chaotic place, and I was trying to integrate into those primitive tribal groups first."

"Unexpectedly, in this process I discovered that someone had integrated into them before me, and had even brought together this group of people who had different languages ​​and cultures and often had friction and wars."

"They believed this man to be a messenger sent by God and had no doubt about his will."

Thinking of this, Charlotte couldn't help but clench his fists, but unfortunately, he only had a mechanical head left, which made his voice sound somewhat clenched.

Looking at the rubble of the warden's statue not far away, he sighed, "I didn't realize the seriousness of the situation, and I didn't consider why another player from the Calamity would appear in a solo instance."

"After finding an opportunity to contact him, he told me that he was the leader of an organization called the 'Disaster Cult' and was looking for someone in the instance who could understand his doctrine. Whether it was a player from the Disaster or a creature in the instance, anyone could become a member of the 'Disaster Cult'."

“We had a very pleasant conversation, and I even felt that my mental health issues were alleviated during my time with him, and it seemed that his influence on me was not so severe.”

Snapped--

At this point, Wu Wang snapped his fingers to interrupt Xia Luo.

He squinted and asked, "What does he look like? What are the doctrines of the [Disaster Cult]? And... in what year did you become a Disaster player?"

Charlotte opened her mouth to answer.

However, he opened his mouth for a long time but couldn't utter a single word.

Finally, she trembled uncontrollably and said, "No...no! I can't remember his face at all! I don't even remember the doctrines or our conversation. I only remember that he was wearing an old yellow robe..."

This kind of thing is extremely terrifying to those involved.

Even during his previous confrontation with Wu Wang, Xia Luo subconsciously felt that what the cult leader had told him was indeed true, which strengthened his resolve to become a contaminant and destroy the world.

But now that I think about it carefully...

I can't even remember what he said! Yet I've always trusted him!

Something's wrong! Something's really wrong!

Wu Wang didn't seem surprised by this; in fact, he thought it was quite reasonable.

After all, that guy stole or rather robbed a portion of the authority from the Lord of Pain, and he didn't even reveal his true identity.

The tricky part is that Charlotte's current behavior actually proves that he might have encountered the real cult leader.

I don't know if it's lucky or unlucky.

"It's alright, if you can't remember, that's fine. Tell me what year you were born, you can't have forgotten that, right?" Wu Wang waved his hand and said.

Charlotte's breathing gradually calmed down, and after thinking for a moment, she slowly said, "19xx, that's the year I became a Spirit Disaster player."

These words made Wu Wang's expression immediately turn serious.

Things have gotten quite serious.

This year proves that Charlotte was not one of the third batch of beta testers like Xie Zhi.

He was most likely a player from the second batch of closed beta testers, which is more than 50 years ago. That means that even if the [Disaster Cult Leader] was just an adult at the time, he would be at least seventy years old now.

Wu Wang didn't think that facing an elderly man in his seventies was a good thing.

This implies two possibilities—either the cult leader was changed midway, and the cult leader Charlotte came into contact with was not the current one.

To pass on this legacy.

Either the leader possesses some method to prolong his life, after all, he was able to fight the Azure Dragon to a standstill a few years ago, and even now the Azure Dragon has no way to capture him.

Such abilities don't seem like someone nearing the end of their life; to say they're still going strong in their old age is an understatement.

But whichever the possibility it is.

This all implies that some of the actions of the [Disaster Cult], or rather, their development has a history spanning decades, during which no one knows how many tools and schemes they have accumulated.

However, since Wu Wang became a player of the Calamity faction, the [Cult of Calamity] hasn't performed as impressively as it seems.

It is indeed a headache.

But it wasn't powerful enough to be intimidating.

Has the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs been too powerful in recent years, suffocating the Disaster Cult?
When Wu Wang thought of the scene of Qinglong sweeping away the internal problems of the Bureau of Strange Affairs, he couldn't help but shake his head and reject the possibility.

The Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs is indeed quite good.

However, it is precisely because they are involved in too many things and need to take care of all aspects, even the use of spiritual disaster props to improve people's livelihoods and the development of supernatural technologies, that they are the ones promoting these things.

This also means they absolutely cannot spare so much energy to suppress or eradicate the [Disaster Cult] for decades.

So what does the [Disaster Cult]'s show of weakness mean now? Wu Wang felt it was already very clear.

"Damn it, they're brewing something big, aren't they..."

He sighed.

I feel like I can have a good talk with Brother Qinglong about this later. After all, even though the sky won't fall down because of the other person, it can't always be just one person bearing the burden!
After a moment of contemplation.

Wu Wang gestured for Xia Luo to continue.

The other party said, "The only thing I remember is that I didn't actually die from the corruption of the End. Instead, I followed some advice from the cult leader and had him personally assimilate my consciousness into the mark. The seal inside my remains was also done by him."

Wu Wang immediately had a look of sudden realization.

That makes sense. He himself had said something was strange. As someone who had been corrupted and eroded by the Abyss God, Xia Luo was actually able to seal the Abyss God's mark on his own back then. Wu Wang couldn't help but wonder if he had also cheated.

Moreover, during the struggle just now, there was no indication that Charlotte had any backup plan regarding his remains.

That makes sense now.

All of this was actually a conspiracy by the cult leader.

The other party had long planned to turn Charlotte's remains into a nuclear bomb contaminated by the Abyss God. The so-called seal was nothing more than allowing the remains to accumulate the Abyss God's contamination over the years.

To be honest, even without the warden to break the seal...

Wu Wang also suspected that when the pollution accumulated to a certain level, the seal would actually break on its own, thus detonating the nuclear bomb.

"This cult leader... is quite cunning."

"He knew that the time flow in the copy world was too different from that in reality, and he took advantage of this to allow the remains to accumulate thousands of years of pollution."

"Moreover, Charlotte's arrival in this instance world was merely a coincidence, which means that the leader of the Disaster Cult's casual scheme was to destroy the future decades later."

"My goodness, Brother Qinglong beat this thing so badly that it dared not show itself and could only hide?"

Wu Wang originally thought it was pretty impressive that the leader of the Disaster Sect could compete with the Azure Dragon on the same stage.

Now it seems that the fact that our Dragon King could suppress and beat such a ruthless character makes his achievement even more extraordinary.

It's not that the leader is incompetent.

Rather, it's because the Azure Dragon is too overpowered.

Charlotte continued speaking.

He looked at Oink's pig-like face and said with a complicated expression, "I know you were trapped here by [Chaos]. In fact, He wasn't driven away by the End Contamination on these remains."

"In fact, it was during the process of the cult leader leading that group of primitive inhabitants that the [Order] intruded into this world."

"As opposing forces that were hostile to each other, these two Venerable Ones fought so fiercely that they almost destroyed this world. It was at that time that they became aware of the existence of the End Corruption."

"Chaos is clever. It tries to quickly withdraw its control over this world, putting Order in a frenzied invasion process, and in the process, swallowing up the pollution of the end."

"That's why He left."

"After all, giving up a mere world is not a big deal for the Venerable One. It's just a pity that [Order] didn't fall for the trick and also let go and left at the same time, leaving this place as a world without an owner."

Upon hearing this, a hint of helplessness flashed across Oink's face.

When he came into this world, he happened to be in a state of being without a master.

Otherwise, if he had sensed any Venerable One controlling this world, he would not have been able to escape.

I just didn't expect that the Chaos, which had originally abandoned this world, would come back.
Could it really be to trap themselves?

But why did He never appear again after trapping Himself?
It's like torturing a prisoner in an interrogation room, with someone just shouting "Will you talk? Will you talk?!" but they're not actually asking any questions. What the hell are they trying to get the prisoner to say?

It seemed that he had noticed Oink's confusion.

Charlotte sighed and said, "I'm sorry, I don't know the real reason He came back, but if He wants to use you as a spokesperson, perhaps He wants you to be the unlucky scapegoat in the struggle against [Order].

"Oh? The scapegoat? What do you mean?" Wu Wang suddenly became very interested in this explanation.

After all, his eldest sister, Wu Qing, was also a representative of a Venerable One, so he was very interested in this kind of information.

In response, Charlotte said seriously, "Think carefully, why does the Venerable One need to find a spokesperson?"

Oink immediately picked up the conversation, saying, "Because they are too powerful to descend into a world in person, they can only convey or carry out certain intentions through their representatives."

Wu Wang nodded.

This is also the general understanding among players of the Necropolis that the Spokesperson exists.

But at least he had been warned in advance by Brother Qinglong, so he knew that being a spokesperson was not a good job. However, Wu Wang was still unclear about the specific restrictions.

Charlotte shook her head and replied:

That's only one of the reasons.

"Another reason is to bear some inescapable cost on their behalf."

"For example, if [Order] were to actually swallow up all the End Contamination here under [Chaos]'s design, it would definitely be affected to some extent, and might even be severely damaged by [Chaos] taking advantage of the situation."

“In this situation, if He has a spokesperson, He can transfer this negative influence to the spokesperson by giving the spokesperson more authority.”

"After all, the relationships between Venerable Ones are extremely complex. Under such circumstances, they absolutely cannot allow other Venerable Ones to perceive their weaknesses in any aspect."

"So, in a sense, the term 'spokesperson' just sounds nice, but in reality, they are just scapegoats they find to take the blame for themselves."

After listening to what Charlotte had to say.

Wu Wang's expression grew increasingly solemn.

Sure enough, I had considered the idea that "there's no such thing as a free lunch."

Why can the spokesperson receive a cheat code from the Venerable One for no reason, instantly standing out from other players in the Spirit Disaster?
Now it seems--

The higher you stand, the harder you fall!
While they gained the cheat code, they also received a Damocles' sword hanging over their heads.

No one knows when the sword will fall, or to what extent the Venerable One will transfer its influence to them.

But without a doubt, anything that can affect a Venerable One is likely fatal or even worse than death for any representative.

Wu Wang sighed.

It seems that after I completely resurrect my eldest sister, I will have to find a way to get rid of her identity as a spokesperson.

Although it sounded from Qinglong and the others that once you become a spokesperson, there's no turning back, I still have to give it a try.

"By the way, what do you think of the Abyss God... uh, I should say [Death] in the eyes of other beings? You seemed to have had a special opinion about it before." Wu Wang asked again after clearing his thoughts.

Charlotte heard this question.

His expression seemed somewhat conflicted.

He said somewhat tactfully, "That was just my wishful thinking, without any supporting evidence. As you know, towards the end, my mental state made it difficult for me to think normally. Every day, when I opened and closed my eyes, all I heard were the babbling in my ears and the hallucinations before my eyes."

Wu Wang was about to speak when he was told to say whatever he wanted.

In any case, all we can do with those high and mighty beings is speculate.

There wasn't much evidence to support it.

However, at this moment.

A loud bang shook the entire temple, causing the stone pillars to crack.

boom--

It was as if the entire [Demon Prison] was undergoing some kind of intense shock.

Oink, holding the butcher's knife, looked towards the temple entrance and said with a serious expression, "Many people are approaching, almost twice the number of prisoners in the prison."

Wu Wang: “?”

Let's not talk about where all these people came from.

I just recently shot all the criminals in this prison.

Where are all the living people outside besides the players? Have they all turned into zombies?

(End of this chapter)