Chapter 615: Despair Crystal
Edward Teach’s three avatars had each embarked on different paths to enrich the power system of his main body. Supported by the main body’s infinite resources and high cultivation realm, each had successfully stepped into the Six Tiers, possessing combat power above 6-5.
Including his strongest main body, he alone could rival a major organization in terms of high-end combat power.
This was also the core pillar that allowed him to commit numerous evil deeds and never suffer divine retribution, despite constant resistance.
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"Hehehehe, I'm here today to discuss a transaction." Edward Teach dropped all pleasantries and directly stated his purpose.
Such old-fox-like circumlocution wasn't suitable for people like them; being straightforward was best.
"A transaction? What can you offer me?"
Countless high-ranking officials in the Federation wished to deal with him. As someone who completely controlled an entire Earth, the resources in his hands, as well as the most cutting-edge cultivation research findings, were all incredibly valuable to them.
Profit, in fact, transcended hatred and fear.
The Moon, apart from a very few specialized resources, truly couldn't compare to the uniquely blessed and habitable Earth in terms of resource richness.
This was why the Federation was so desperate to conquer Mars, to alleviate their resource pressures.
If they remained confined to the small area of the Moon, the billions of humans would eventually perish from internal strife.
Moreover, due to the gap in their cultivation realms, it was extremely difficult for their research to surpass Bai Mo's. And they certainly wouldn't dare to sell anything that truly touched upon core secrets.
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From a distance, Bai Mo glimpsed a certain bag of black crystals on the other party, but he wasn't entirely sure what they were. He just felt that their aura seemed somewhat similar to the faint black mist swirling around Edward Teach.
"My new product, Despair Crystal." Edward Teach, now a profiteering merchant, carefully took out a small piece of strange black substance from a pouch containing over a dozen sealing arrays.
The moment this black-smoking object, just like him, left the sealed pouch, the surrounding air seemed to grow heavy!
It felt like a spiritual pressure, yet it manifested as a physical weight.
Not only that, he also noticed that after the Despair Crystal touched the air, the Martian plants within a radius of several meters began to wither in a matter of seconds, inexplicably giving off a suppressed, reclusive feeling.
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Bai Mo said nothing, waiting for Edward Teach's further explanation.
"The crystallized essence of human despair. I believe it will be useful to you," Edward Teach said confidently.
He seemed to know some inner truth, believing this transaction was destined to succeed.
"Let me taste." Bai Mo directly grabbed the Despair Crystal floating in mid-air, preparing to pop it into his mouth like a chocolate bean.
Almost instantly upon contact, his fingers were stained black.
However, after a white light flashed in his eyes, all the black mist, whether on Bai Mo's hand or attempting to escape from the corner of his mouth, vanished without a trace.
"A little spicy."
"Just a little spicy?"
This substance, which had a tremendous impact on the mind and which even he had to handle with extreme caution, only received a "little spicy" rating in Bai Mo's eyes... This undoubtedly struck a blow to Edward Teach's confidence.
Normally, when he used these concentrated crystals to cultivate Despair Light, he had to apply ten or even eight layers of protective arrays, fearing that he might accidentally suffer a backlash and become autistic.
The Despair Crystal, manufactured by tormenting souls, was a mental biochemical superweapon with extremely strong polluting capabilities.
People polluted by despair would generally feel that this despairing world was devoid of meaning, then fall into a reclusive state, constantly exhibiting tendencies towards suicide or taking others down with them.
If one's willpower wasn't strong enough, it was easy to be polluted. And those polluted would find it hard to detect that it was an external cause. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it an assassination artifact.
Secretly place a bit in the victim's home, let it pollute for ten or eight days, and the target would become so depressed and reclusive that they'd commit suicide. The Despair Crystal would also conveniently volatilize completely, leaving no evidence.
"And a bit invigorating."
Hearing Edward Teach's question, Bai Mo added another sentence, though it looked more like a finishing blow.
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"Speak. What do you want in exchange?" Highly satisfied with this haul, he tossed a list to Edward Teach.
"These two." A thick finger emerged from the black mist, marking two elegant rune imprints on the list.
"Are you preparing for a breakthrough?" Bai Mo gave the other party a deep look.
From the information Edward Teach desired, Bai Mo roughly deduced his intentions.
"Hehehehe." He grinned, saying nothing.
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"Your crystals can still be exchanged for something else."
"For you to make a move once?"
"Are you treating me like a mercenary?"
"Hehehehe, how can saving the world, such a glorious and grand endeavor, be called a mercenary's work, tainted by the stench of copper?
"Those fools in high positions simply don't understand the despair of the lower strata. They truly believe everything can be settled through exchanges of interest.
They even delusionally think that 'mutual destruction' is just an empty threat."
"Are you referring to Liu Wu?"
The commotion on the Moon wasn't insignificant, yet it wasn't widely known either. Firstly, few people knew about the Universal Gravity Device. Secondly, veiled by the deceptive starry sky, the populace didn't realize how close they were to Mars, making Liu Wu's strange threat incomprehensible to them.
Meanwhile, the high-ranking officials who knew the truth mostly believed that Liu Wu simply wanted to extort them and wouldn't commit such a foolish act of mutually assured destruction.
"Despair has already enveloped him. He will definitely choose to self-destruct the Universal Gravity Device in the end," Edward Teach, an expert in manufacturing the power of despair, instantly saw Liu Wu's true inner decision.
"You're not worried?"
"Heheh, when that time truly comes, the Federation will play its trump card, but that price, no one will be willing to bear."
"The Gigantes Network? You want this avatar of mine to replace you all?"
Upon hearing the words "unwilling to bear the price," Bai Mo had pretty much figured out what card the Federation intended to play.
"It was originally meant to deal with you, but now you yourself will have to use it to save the world. Fate is truly interesting, hahaha!" Edward Teach, uncharacteristically, changed his laughter, implicitly acknowledging Bai Mo's words.
The Gigantes Network was the name of the super Spirit Energy net system the Federation had built on the Moon fortress. Its purpose was to temporarily and forcibly elevate a Six Tiers expert into a Seven Tiers powerhouse to confront Bai Mo's main body if it invaded the Moon.
As a price, the forcibly elevated individual would die three days later due to physical overload.
The power of the Seven Tiers would be sufficient to prevent the collision of Mars and the Moon in a short time, allowing maintenance personnel to seize the opportunity to repair the Universal Gravity Device.
After all, Liu Wu's so-called self-destruction would at most destroy the core control components; a super-project whose architecture spanned the entire Moon couldn't be completely annihilated by a mere Six Tiers cultivator like him.
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