Chapter 988 - 414: Lord Level Power of Root (2)

Chapter 988: Chapter 414: Lord Level Power of Root (2)

There’s this group of Bright Society moles left in the Desolate Realm—if they’re allowed into the World Dungeon, who knows what kind of chaos they’ll stir up.

He wasn’t worried that striking directly at Totem would startle the snake in the grass; White Wolf’s death wouldn’t stay hidden for long. As soon as they discovered White Wolf’s Death, they’d be able to deduce from his death that Peace had appeared in the Midnight Graveyard Dungeon, and then start worrying that they were already exposed and go into hiding.

After all, across the whole Desolate Realm, there were only a handful of people capable of killing White Wolf, who possessed Hati Divinity; and those who could kill him before he even had time to quit the dungeon were fewer still. It would practically be hard not to guess it was him.

What they had to do now was race against time and take out as many as they could before Totem reacted.

And while they were at it, use Totem as bait to see which of the Four Major Organizations were just showing up without really doing anything.

Bright Society had managed to plant Lin Jiang inside the Management Bureau, so they definitely had peripheral members in the other organizations as well. This was the perfect chance to piggyback on wiping out Totem to lure them all out.

On his way to Yanjing, True Self had already contacted Hou Jingchuan. By the time he reached the Management Bureau headquarters in Yanjing, Hou Jingchuan was already waiting inside.

When Hou Jingchuan saw Wu Chang, excitement and worry mingled in his eyes.

Excited, because every time Wu Chang arrived, he brought a wealth of intelligence—and now that traffic between the Desolate Realm and the Realm of Reason was completely cut off, the information Wu Chang delivered was crucial.

Worried, because he was afraid the intelligence Wu Chang brought would be too crucial for the Management Bureau to handle.

For example, before the Qualification Dungeon, Wu Chang had brought back another encrypted Metal Card containing recorded information from the Realm of Reason.

The encrypted Metal Card likewise came from Xu Dejun. Inside, it recorded that Bright Society had joined forces with the Peaceful Sect and Bliss Sect, attempting to use some special ritual to interfere with a World Dungeon that had yet to be generated.

Hou Jingchuan still remembered that meeting clearly—after reading the intel recorded on the Metal Card, the entire Management Bureau upper echelon had exploded.

Even though they had already decided to wage war against Bright Society and the Evolution Sect, the scenes described in that intel still made them feel despair.

Setting aside the massive Bluestone Altar recorded inside, and the mysterious ritual they couldn’t even begin to decipher—just the news that they had breached the Plane barrier and were affecting a World Dungeon in the Desolate Realm from the Realm of Reason was explosive enough.

Even with Hou Jingchuan’s usually solid mentality, learning that piece of intelligence still left him so worried he couldn’t eat properly for three days, nor sleep well.

After obtaining the intel, they had never given Wu Chang a response; the reason being, they themselves had no idea how to counter this particular move from Bright Society.

It was pure Value crushing—they simply had no way to hit back.

After days of discussion, the meetings had dragged on all the way until after the Qualification Dungeon before they finally came up with a preliminary solution.

They were just about to contact Peace, but unexpectedly, Peace came knocking on their door himself.

Hou Jingchuan did not immediately bring up the results of their discussions; instead, he led Wu Chang into the conference room to hear the intel Wu Chang had brought first.

Wu Chang went straight to the point and asked:

"Mr. Hou, have you ever heard of Imaginary Divinity?" ℯℯ𝘭.

Hearing it involved Divinity, Hou Jingchuan’s heart gave a lurch. He nodded and said:

"I’ve heard a bit. It seems to be Divinity artificially cultivated by Bright Society through special methods."

Seeing that Hou Jingchuan knew, Wu Chang skipped the explanation and continued:

"Bright Society used special means to release Imaginary Divinity into the Desolate Realm, handing it over to their peripheral members there, and instructed them to make the Imaginary Divinity mature before the World Dungeon begins."

"Bright Society wants to use this method to create true Gods in the Desolate Realm—and it’s very likely there won’t be just one."

Hou Jingchuan’s breath caught. He knew the news Wu Chang brought was always thorny, but he hadn’t expected it to be this thorny.

Tampering with the World Dungeon was no longer enough to satisfy Bright Society; they actually wanted to manufacture Awakening Gods in the Desolate Realm—and more than one at that.

Just how highly did they rate the Desolate Realm?

Although he didn’t doubt Wu Chang’s information source, he still subconsciously asked:

"Lord Peace, is this the latest intel you obtained from the Realm of Reason?"

Wu Chang shook his head. "Among the peripheral members who received Imaginary Divinity, one of them was given a mission to investigate my intel. I happened to run into him and pried the intel out of his mouth."

Hou Jingchuan’s eyelid twitched. He felt like Wu Chang had just skipped over ten thousand details in that sentence.

Without giving Hou Jingchuan time to mentally fill in the blanks, Wu Chang went on directly:

"The Player I caught was named White Wolf. The organization he belonged to is called ’Totem’. The entire mid-to-upper level of the organization is made up of Bright Society people. They shouldn’t have realized yet that something’s happened to White Wolf."

Once Wu Chang said this much, Hou Jingchuan understood what he meant.

Hou Jingchuan immediately ordered Management Bureau personnel to pull up Totem’s files, lock down the area where they were located, then organize manpower and prepare to move.

As one of the Four Major Organizations, the Management Bureau’s operational capability was extremely high. As it happened, the Management Bureau’s World Dungeon training camp was also being held in Yanjing.

Less than twenty minutes after Hou Jingchuan issued the order, over a thousand Players had assembled, the vast majority being the Bureau’s main force who had secured World Dungeon qualification.

Over a thousand Transcendents stood ready. In the crowd, Wu Chang saw Cold Mountain and Sword Star, and even spotted Director Gao and Lei Huo and the others.

Hou Jingchuan probed, asking, "Lord Peace, would you like to come along?"

Totem Organization was connected to Bright Society. Although Wu Chang had claimed that only White Wolf in Totem possessed Imaginary Divinity, what if there was a second Divinity holder?

Facing Divine Level powerhouses, it was still more reassuring to have Peace present.

Wu Chang said, "The envoy Bright Society sent from the Realm of Reason is very likely still remaining within Totem Organization. As it happens, there are a few things I want to ask him."