Simultaneous travel: I am a talented person in all the worlds

Chapter 314 Greed, and the stakes are raised again!
Aircraft carrier command center.

It was deathly silent; you could hear a pin drop.

The air seemed to solidify into a heavy block of lead, making it hard to breathe.

Known for his composure, Gade was now staring intently at the surveillance footage on the main screen, which was being viewed in slow motion and analyzed from multiple angles.

He checked again and again, trying to find the slightest flaw in that unbelievable image to prove that it was just an advanced illusion, or... that he was seeing things.

However, the cold data and harsh reality ruthlessly shattered all his hopes.

He swallowed hard, his blue eyes behind his glasses bloodshot and filled with disbelief and horror.

He slowly turned to Ron beside him, whose face was ashen and veins were bulging on his forehead, his voice dry and hoarse:
"Ron, order a retreat! This superhuman's strength is far beyond our expectations!"

"asshole!"

Ron's expression was contorted, beads of sweat rolled down his face, his teeth chattered, and he was struggling in a near-frenzied manner.

"Retreat? Gade! Do you even know what the hell you're spouting?!"

"If we give up now, for whatever reason, our families' standing on the board will plummet! We'll both be torn apart by those lurking hyenas, then ruthlessly sidelined! Never to rise again!!"

"Continuing to fight will only result in greater losses!"

Suppressing his shock, Gade adjusted his frameless glasses, which had tilted from Ron's roar, and calmly analyzed the situation.

"Furthermore, haven't you realized that with the capabilities he's demonstrated... even if we're on an aircraft carrier, there's still a huge risk of him 'decapitating' us! We... are not absolutely safe!"

Upon hearing this, Ron's breath hitched, and an unconcealed fear flashed deep in his eyes. But he still clenched his fists tightly, refusing to let go.

Unlike Gade, who was a marginal figure on the board.

Ron is a rising star on the board!
If this operation against Nathan Island is successfully completed, this monumental achievement will be worthy of being recorded in the annals of Behemoth.

Ron is the undisputed candidate for the next chairman! Without a doubt!!

But now... if he really retreats in such a pathetic state, like a stray dog...

Even if there were other extraordinary individuals with demonic power beyond the information shown on the screen, their resumes would inevitably be tainted!

This is something he, with his pride and ambition, absolutely cannot tolerate!
"No! Gade! You're wrong!"

Ron looked up abruptly, his bloodshot eyes fixed on the young Taoist figure on the screen, his face flashing with a morbid madness and greedy rage.
"What we need to do now is not a shameful retreat! But to mobilize even greater forces!!"

"No matter how powerful an extraordinary person is! No matter how incredible their abilities are! They all need to consume energy! And the stronger the ability, the more terrifying the energy it requires!!"

"Gade! You and I both know! According to the 'Research Report on the Limits of Human Potential' compiled by the organization after expending countless resources and 'experimental subjects':"
Humanity's capacity to store energy has an absolute, insurmountable limit! It's like an invisible shackle set by God when He created life! A constraint that no mortal can break through through their own efforts!!

"Moreover, I have never seen or heard of anyone in this world as powerful as him... almost godlike! This could never be his own power!!"

Ron's breathing became more rapid, and the greedy flames in his eyes almost burst forth.
"The divine tree! It must be that mysterious divine tree! It was the divine tree that gave him this power! The true value of that divine tree is countless times greater than we initially estimated!!"

Gade stared at the large screen during the short time they were talking.

As the young Taoist priest strolled leisurely in the air, three more armed helicopters worth tens of millions of US dollars vanished into thin air.

Ron's almost hysterical analysis, however, was like a devil's whisper, causing Gade's heart to race inexplicably, and a flame called "greed" to ignite uncontrollably in his blue eyes behind his glasses.

If... if the value of that sacred tree truly far exceeds their initial imagination.

So even if Ron ultimately gets the lion's share of the credit, as a fellow board member, Gade will also receive a considerable achievement that will be enough to completely turn his career around!

This achievement is enough to free him from his current awkward marginal position in the family, regain the attention of the family's top management, and obtain the power and status he has always dreamed of in the company!
Seeing that he was somewhat moved, Ron's tone became even more impassioned:
"If we can control the King and the Divine Tree, isn't that exactly the proposal you initially gave us? I not only completely agree now, but I can even go further! This time, all we want is the Divine Tree!!"

"Send out the remaining fifty fighter jets from the aircraft carrier and open fire at full speed to kill this man! No matter how heavy the losses, as long as we obtain the Divine Tree, even if all the fighter jets are destroyed, it will be absolutely worth it!"

Gade knew that although he and Ron were both directors, Ron held most of the decision-making power for this operation.

If Ron really insisted on going his own way, he could easily bypass him and give the order directly.

Ron's impassioned speech, seemingly aimed at persuading Gade, was more than that...

He was actually trying to convince himself of the heart that had long been consumed by fear and greed!
However, the fervor in his heart did not cause Gade's calm mind to lose its keen sense of crisis:
"Ron, all of this is based on the premise that our own safety is guaranteed. But..."

If that monster abandons its defense of Nathan Island and instead launches a 'decapitation strike' against our aircraft carrier...

How should you deal with this?

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! He absolutely doesn't have that ability!" Ron seemed to have completely hypnotized himself, denying it without a second thought, and said decisively:
"Our technical department has roughly estimated the coverage area of ​​the Divine Tree through various means! The sea area we are currently in is at least twenty kilometers away from the limit of the Divine Tree's power!"

"If he forces his way through, without the blessing of the Divine Tree, he will certainly be no match for us! At that time, he will not only be no threat, but will also become a priceless 'mythical-level rare experimental subject' in our hands! This would be a great thing for us!"

Although a faint sense of danger still lingered in Gade's mind.

However, after rapid calculation and risk assessment by the brain, the conclusion was almost identical to Ron's judgment.

As members of the Behemoths, insatiable greed is a deeply ingrained, innate "excellent quality" among them.

Gade was simply better at using a calm exterior to conceal his inner desires than Ron, and he was better at weighing the pros and cons, knowing when and what kind of "prey" to strike in order to gain the greatest benefit.

In his eyes, the young Taoist priest and the divine tree on the screen belonged to that category.
"Supreme divine object" that is absolutely worth fighting for, no matter what terrible price to pay, as long as there is even the slightest possibility of obtaining it!
"last question,"

Gade pushed up his glasses, his eyes flashing with a cold, cruel light behind the lenses. "He seems to be from Tokyo University. How do you plan to deal with the pressure from Tokyo University? What if they really dare to attack us?"

"It's easy!"

Ron revealed a sinister yet confident smile and answered without hesitation:
"Have Admiral Harris lead another aircraft carrier closer! Also, reorganize the battleships, destroyers, nuclear submarines, etc. that were originally assigned to our aircraft carrier into a complete carrier battle group."

"Perfect! Let's take this opportunity to deliver a powerful military deterrent to those ignorant fools in the Eastern Continent! Let them fully realize who the true master of this ocean is! And make them obediently sign the 'South China Sea' arbitration agreement!"

He was merely greedy and arrogant, not truly hopelessly stupid.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible to climb to where I am today.

Gade mentally reviewed every step of the action plan, and finally, slowly nodded:

"In that case... Ron, I agree to your plan. Let's... go all out!"

Seeing that he finally relented, Ron's face, which was flushed from extreme excitement, finally showed a relieved expression.

While he could do as he pleased, the pressure would be too great.

Such a large-scale mobilization of forces could only be executed quickly with the joint approval of the two directors, preventing them from getting bogged down in wrangling and missing this rare opportunity!
……

Above Nathan Palace.

Another valuable armed helicopter has vanished into thin air.

The remaining armed helicopter pilots could no longer withstand this bizarre and unpredictable way of losing personnel!
Their psychological defenses completely collapsed under immense fear and despair!

Completely disregarding the stern orders from the command channel instructing them to continue the fight at all costs and that reinforcements were on their way, they turned their planes around and fled in all directions like a flock of startled birds!
However, the maximum flight speed of an armed helicopter is a mere 80 meters per second.

Even if they fled everywhere, they all seemed so pale and powerless in front of the heroes Mo Yu, it was all in vain.

They could only watch helplessly as their companions, one by one, vanished from the sky as if swallowed by some invisible maw...

[Qin's Time: Thank you so much to the generous heroes for the airplane reward! You are truly awe-inspiring! May you enjoy eternal bliss and live as long as the heavens!]

[Heroes: You're welcome. The Vermilion Bird you gave me was indeed a great help, saving me a lot of travel time.]

Even Mo Yu, a member of the group, still had the leisure to spare some time to chat in the group.

As for the so-called "huge energy consumption" and "the Inhumans' own energy storage limit" that Ron and others analyzed with great seriousness...

Well, theoretically, their analysis... isn't wrong.

There is indeed an upper limit to the amount of true qi that this body can store, or rather, a transcendent 'heavenly limit'.

The seemingly effortless series of actions just now actually took a lot of energy.

It evaporates about one-tenth of the total true qi stored in this body every second.

But the problem is...

The true qi recovery speed of the hero Mo Yu is - three seconds, 100%!

Even though the body's power system is somewhat mismatched with his own, resulting in a decrease in recovery efficiency, at most it would only drop to "five seconds, 100%".

Even if the energy consumption were doubled, he could still handle it!

The difficulty of wearing down the heroes is about the same as defeating the War Maniac head-on.

(End of this chapter)