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Chapter 154: Probing and Discoveries

"Why is the author of this phrase the same person who uploaded the data to Captain Bai Mo's Contribution Points System?" Liang Zhen Dao, who frequently paid attention to the martial arts tournament, acutely noticed this problem through his newly awakened ability.

"I seem to have discovered something extraordinary..." As someone who had been to Rome with him, he knew Bai Mo's strength was unfathomable. Even if his current self fought against Bai Mo from a few months ago, he still saw no possibility of victory, so he decided to bury this matter as a secret deep in his heart.

Even without Ying's participation, the remaining matches still had to go on.

People are always forgetful. Only a few days had passed since the stir caused by Ying's withdrawal, and most people had already become fans of the other quarter-finalists. "Online celebrities" were like a gust of wind; once it blew past, nothing was left.

"Next, I still need to meet with the organization behind Black Crow, and the solitary scientist from Ji Xuan's side. Ji Xuan seems to be someone who intends to do practical things. By taking on a profession like an underground merchant, which has very high demands in all aspects, he wants to train his abilities in various areas. It seems this chubby guy has no small ambition."

After Bai Mo retrieved his avatar, he utilized his current dual-core mind, massively reading the thought crystals constantly sent over from his assistant, and thus began to explore the structural mysteries of his avatar. He felt this avatar still held great potential, but it had yet to be fully unearthed.

When his avatar first emerged, he had already associated it with the ghosts he had previously encountered, as both were energy-like constructs.

Therefore, although Ji Xuan described the Ghost King as terrifying, Bai Mo still wanted to go there and see for himself. Disregarding superstitions, he directly had his avatar take nothing and fly across most of Huaxia at the fastest possible speed towards the destination.

One hundred kilometers outside of Tianzhou, he found large numbers of troops still enforcing martial law around Tianzhou City. The entire coastal defense line had eerily caved in again at this spot.

Immediately after crossing this boundary line, Bai Mo felt the entire world change. Unsettling yin qi permeated everywhere; ordinary people would likely fall ill after staying for just a few minutes before leaving.

However, the avatar could hardly be considered human. This high-energy environment felt even better to it than the outside world.

"Another one has come... come... come..." Such psychic fluctuations echoed throughout this realm, the word "come" repeated over and over.

"Who are you?" Bai Mo also emitted his own psychic fluctuations.

"I am... I am Fan Qi."

"Get lost, I am Li Yibo."

"You all get out of the way, I am Chen Pengfei."

...

"It seems the schizophrenia hasn't been cured yet." Bai Mo recalled a similar situation during his last visit to Tianhai.

"Who I am isn't important. Soon, you and I will merge into one..."

"Yes..."

Immediately, an invisible creature—one whose immense size meant even divine sense couldn't find its boundaries—appeared within his divine sense's range, surging rapidly towards him like a tsunami.

This time, Bai Mo wasn't planning to resist the tsunami head-on as he had in Rome previously. His premonition told him that being overtaken and submerged by this "tsunami" would essentially mean death. Although it was just an avatar, there was no need to die just to show off.

Instantly calculating that he was still at a safe distance, Bai Mo decided to execute a risky plan.

He began to run towards the boundary, but didn't exert his full strength. Thus, the invisible giant wave behind him pursued him ever more closely.

From three hundred meters to two hundred meters, two hundred meters to one hundred meters, one hundred meters to fifty meters, fifty meters to thirty meters—by the time the avatar was about to escape the restrictive boundary, the distance between them was less than twenty meters.

For two monsters whose movement speed was far over a hundred meters per second, a distance of twenty meters was practically face-to-face. The instant he departed, Bai Mo used all his psychokinetic energy, and with extreme difficulty, dug a piece from the monster behind him.

However, he discovered that the invisible barrier had an extremely strong restrictive force on the Ghost King's body parts leaving it. The avatar's output of roughly ten tons of psychokinetic energy alone certainly couldn't take away all the dug-out samples. So, he immediately decided to abandon most of it, and only took a head-sized sample as he left the barrier. R|aN0B​E[s

"The larger the volume, the greater the restriction?" Bai Mo, who had already escaped to the suburbs, thought as he held the sample in his hand.

Just then, a shocking thing happened. The sample seemed to lose all its sustaining force, and with a whoosh, it transformed from a strange state of matter into ordinary air!

"What's going on here!" Bai Mo was momentarily stunned, but having already probed it once, and deeply understanding the terror of the Ghost King within the barrier, he didn't choose to go back again, but instead flew back to Tianqing first.

"Council Member Liu, good afternoon." Bai Mo dialed Liu Zhen's direct line from the experimental facility's phone.

"Does our Comrade Bai have any new discoveries today?" A faint note of pleasure could be heard in Liu Zhen's tone.

"What's so worth being happy about?"

"That radiation chart you provided is quite effective. Previously, a few of us had people install some micro-radiation sources indoors, following the optimal radiation dosage you provided, and we could clearly feel the speed of spirit energy conversion had increased."

"Today, I wanted to discuss the matters concerning Tianjing and Tianzhou."

"Are you referring to the supernatural incidents in those two places?" Upon mentioning this, Liu Zhen's expression turned serious.

"Precisely."

"Earlier, someone below submitted a detailed analysis report. The supernatural incidents in the three locations were due to the immense death toll and extremely concentrated positions, leading to anomalies. Originally, as atheists our entire lives, we were unwilling to believe such things, but now that even what's called 'spirit qi' has appeared, the existence of actual ghosts isn't really hard to accept anymore."

"According to the military's detection below and the reports from fleeing citizens, in both Tianjing and Tianzhou, there lurks an extremely terrifying, city-pervading creature, which for some reason is unable to leave the urban area. Strangely, under similar conditions, Tianhai doesn't have anything of the sort."

"Then, the people below investigated the traffic situation in various places before and after the incident, and found that you, Bai Mo, happened to have traveled to Tianhai and back during those two days. The analysts began to speculate whether you were the one who dealt with the monster in Tianhai."

"No need to be so indirect. As for investigating traffic situations in various places, I'm well aware that you have a dedicated secret department responsible for recording and researching all aspects of me. It's perfectly normal that they later found out I had been to Tianhai at that time."

"Old Ji's grandson told our people the general course of events two days ago. You eliminated the Ghost King in Tianhai before it could fully form."

"In Huaxia, as long as it's information we want to know, we can essentially find out."

"That's precisely why I chose to cooperate with you. You have the most power, influence, and wealth. There are many things I don't have to bother with."

"How did you also start liking to say such meaningless things?" Liu Zhen chuckled.

"Probably infected by you all." Bai Mo paused before continuing, "Today, I want to propose to you that we directly use nuclear strikes to wipe out and thoroughly destroy those two Ghost Kings."

"Someone in the analysis department also suggested that, because they are precisely confined to a single city. However, after actual calculations, to completely destroy two such monsters would require extremely high-intensity nuclear strikes. The data provided by the institute's relevant experts indicates that at least twenty nuclear warheads with saturation coverage would be sufficient."

"The main reason so many nuclear warheads are needed is because physical attacks are ineffective, and their actual output consists of energy attacks?" Bai Mo asked.

"We don't understand these things. However, the cost of eliminating these two entities is too great. Due to the independence wars covertly instigated previously, we are already in a semi-cold war phase with the United States. Our nuclear arsenal must maintain sufficient reserves!"

"I still suggest you take action. Once those two entities break free, at least a hundred million people in Huaxia will die."

"Are you sure?"

"They are life forms beyond the Unmelting Realm Stage. Their volume is the size of an entire city, and they have no physical form. Their movement speed is not slow. I don't believe they couldn't kill a hundred million people after breaking free."

"We will consider it."

"Don't fob me off."

"I'll give you an answer in two days. Why are you suddenly so concerned about this matter?" Liu Zhen keenly noticed the question.

"Because if they break free, they will cause devastating harm to the ordinary people of Huaxia. A socially unstable Huaxia is not what I wish to see. Whether it's the operation of the Contribution Points System or the supply of materials to the experimental facilities, all of these require a stable Huaxia to support them." Bai Mo concealed the fact that he had personally tested it before.

"Indeed. With you holding the printing press, how could you bear to let the currency lose its credibility? At least on the point of maintaining stability, our interests are absolutely aligned."

PS: Recommending a book, "Endless Erosion" by my friend Humo, a book with quite a wild imagination..