Doomsday Jigsaw Puzzle

Chapter 391: Chapter 8: The King of Hearts and the King of Spades...

Hei Wu.

This was a topic that completely grasped Cain. Unlike the people of Sheng Country who embraced "falling leaves returning to the roots," Cain didn’t belong here; he longed to return to the world beyond the fog.

For this reason, Cain searched for many years for an exit from the fog.

He even thought that this exit might be at the top of the tower.

The summit of the High Tower.

The gigantic elevator leading to the sixth layer of the tower had come to a complete stop at the sixth layer, cutting off the path from the fifth layer to the sixth. But that year, Cain, too eager to uncover all the mysteries, climbed up!

In seven hundred years, he was the only human who had been to the sixth layer.

A... white man.

Cain said,

"You have indeed found the thing I am most interested in. I must admit, the fact that the Ark managed to find the end of the world in seven hundred years is beyond my imagination. But how do I know what you’re saying is true?"

Bai Wu was not surprised by this question and calmly poured himself a glass of water:

"It’s simple, you’ve also noticed something, haven’t you? Because you originally come from outside the fog, you wouldn’t forget certain settings. But you’ve noticed that the people of this world didn’t think of escaping to the lands outside Sheng Country when the apocalypse came."

Cain had no trouble guessing that Bai Wu had noticed this issue. Since Bai Wu had mentioned Hei Wu, it meant that he had already "removed the restrictions."

And was now different from those who couldn’t recall the world’s boundaries and thought that Hei Wu was the entire world.

Bai Wu continued,

"So, if I hadn’t been outside, I couldn’t possibly know what the world beyond the fog is like, such as Aulora, such as Meinan."

In the special space activated during God Descent, Bai Wu had extracted this information from Tang Jing’s mouth.

Hearing the names Aulora and Meinan, Cain guessed that what Bai Wu was saying was most likely true.

He really had been outside!

"You must be thinking about finding that ship, but it’s too late, the ship has already sailed out of the Hei Wu. As far as I know, the world outside the Hei Wu hasn’t formed regions yet, which means the so-called white and blue regions don’t actually exist. Theoretically speaking, the Stele cannot match those regions."

Bai Wu guessed precisely what Cain was thinking, as though he had the ability to read minds, and continued with what Cain was interested in:

"Moreover, without a ticket, you’d be driven off the ship even if you got on. This is not something I verified myself, but something Nie Chongshan, who devoured the real Traveler, told me."

"The real Traveler?" Cain realized then, Nie Chongshan wasn’t a Traveler at all.

But Nie Chongshan could cross regions, could activate Siren’s Song... all these matched the characteristics of a Traveler.

Now, hearing Bai Wu’s words, he understood Nie Chongshan had taken the place of the Traveler.

"I am actually curious, over seven hundred years, have you always been hiding somewhere, seldom interacting with the forces outside the tower, to the extent that you actually haven’t met a Traveler? Of course, the world is big, even just the Sheng Country region, there are many places I haven’t explored. There are also many Evil Fallen I haven’t met, which is quite normal."

Cain knew that Bai Wu was fishing for information:

"Let’s skip these steps. I lost this game, and you won. What exactly do you plan to have me do? I am interested in the world outside the Hei Wu you mentioned. If possible, I would like to know how you got there. Of course, until I find out what I want to know, you will not find out where I am, as well as the answer to the question you are most interested in."

The clash between the explorer and The Deceiver was now out in the open, and both had revealed their hands:

"Indeed, we have a score to settle, even if the incident of Captain Liu being turned into an Evil Fallen indirectly pushed some good things forward. But black won’t turn to white."

"So, we are enemies? Hahahahaha... So, after all this beating around the bush, you want to kill me? Find my real body and kill me?"

Cain looked at Bai Wu, and although he was smiling, his eyes carried a wary caution.

For seven hundred years, aside from the experiences on the sixth layer, he had almost never felt such a profound sense of caution towards anyone.

Not even Yan Zhao.

Dealing with Yan Zhao, Cain used his own original body, the one whose soul and potential were crippled by fifty percent, but still, he managed to secure an upper hand with ease.

In the end, Yan Zhao was forced to use a drug, became Evil Fallen, and was killed by the rules of High Tower.

Unlike Yan Zhao, Bai Wu did not lay hands on him, even appeared quite amicable, but the feeling of danger was on a whole different level compared to what Yan Zhao had brought.

He was very curious about what Bai Wu had been through.

Bai Wu said:

"I just want to remind you, and myself, that you and I will never be on the same side. Even among those who initially left the farm, there was division. Although you and I are both enemies of the ruler, although everything you’ve done is to make Captain Liu and me hate the ruler, black is black, it will never become white."

If possible, I would kill you.

That sentence was what should have been said at the end of this speech, but Bai Wu left it unsaid.

He simply looked at Cain calmly.

Cain was very smart and detected the killing intent in Bai Wu’s words, but he also understood Bai Wu’s true meaning—

"So it’s a collaboration. Interesting. I thought the most fascinating thing was the moment when lies are constructed and deconstructed, but it seems there are even more interesting things. Both parties are wary of each other, yet everything is made clear, this is truly fascinating. Bai Wu, you must possess some kind of powerful ability to obtain some special information." fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm

As if trying to see through Bai Wu, Cain continued:

"What a pity... Many Sequences, just working from descriptions and without possessing them, simply cannot feel the greatness of creating a Sequencer! I really want to seize your body, hahahaha... It turns out to be so much fun to express such thoughts directly. You are now very powerful, even more so than Little Dwarf; my interest in you is even greater than in him."

This feeling of being wrong-footed, Cain actually found quite exhilarating.

He had thought Wu Jiu was the worthy vessel he sought, but unexpectedly, in such a short period of time, this "alternative" vessel had soared so high.

Bai Wu was very clear that the reason Cain could be so arrogant was that he had his own trump cards.

It was a strange feeling, with his own continuous growth, even coming close to touching on Well’s domain, more and more of the once powerful monsters no longer posed a threat.

Cain should have been the same, but absurdly, even though Cain’s threat to him was reducing, Cain’s presence, in Bai Wu’s eyes, was on par with several Well Level monsters.

Perhaps it was because Cain had done things that no one else dared to do. Or perhaps... Cain was intricately connected to that mysterious Club Ten.

From the first time Bai Wu received Cain’s challenge, he felt this man was quite arrogant and ignorant, but he also felt that this man... would probably entangle with him for a long time.

In any case, today’s conversation with Cain was to clarify everything, and so, Bai Wu said:

"I advise you to give up the idea of targeting the Captain. In this world, there’s something called destiny. Seven hundred years ago, neither of us would have believed in such occultism, but now we certainly do. Captain Liu has great fortune. Don’t say I didn’t warn you—the cost of harboring intentions against him is very steep."

"As for me, you can keep trying. Having a great goal is good; maybe one day you could take over my body as a vessel. Keep it up, I’m rooting for you."

Very arrogant.

Cain confirmed once again that Bai Wu had truly become extremely powerful, openly challenging him in such a bold manner was completely different from the Bai Wu he remembered. freewebnovel.cσ๓

"We should talk about the real issue now. You have information that I want to know, and I have information that you want to know, why don’t we exchange it and cooperate temporarily?

When the collaboration ends and we no longer have any other value to each other, you can then consider taking over my body, and I can think about killing you, exploiting the greatest residual value. This fits the logic of people like us, doesn’t it?" Bai Wu suggested.

Cain found this version of Bai Wu intriguing:

"What do you want to know?"

"I want to know two things," one thing is what’s on the sixth floor of the High Tower, and the other is, have you seen a person... with a black spade ten tattooed on their wrist."

The first question did not surprise Cain, but the second one, that truly staggered him.

Even though this man’s acting skills were no less masterful than Bai Wu’s, and his mental fortitude was exceptionally strong, at this moment, his expression dramatically changed, and he looked at Bai Wu in astonishment:

"What did you say?"

That was the reaction Bai Wu was looking for.

"The people who escaped from the farm that year, two Ks and one ten, I’m very curious, what’s the difference between someone who escapes and someone who graduates normally from the farm? If that black spade ten isn’t you, what has he told you?"

Cain didn’t speak, still wearing an expression of shock as he looked at Bai Wu, believing that his confrontation with Bai Wu was also a contest of composure and who held more startling information.

"You’ve been alive for seven hundred years, how long have you been around? Can you have more information than I do?"

But the reality was, Bai Wu had made Cain feel several times today that this man seemed to have the script.

"I once thought the black spade ten was you, but I found out later that it wasn’t. I’ve seen him already, but there’s a strange thing about it—I didn’t see you where I met him. Which means, before he came hunting for me, he didn’t belong to that place."

It was convoluted, but Cain understood.

Because the great teacher had said that his most desired opponent had run off to another world, and perhaps one day, he too would go there.

Cain digested the questions Bai Wu posed:

"How exactly do you know all this?"

Sometimes asking a question can explain a lot.

Bai Wu said with a smile:

"Don’t rush. Now it’s your turn to offer terms. If I want to know the answers to these two questions, what information should I offer in exchange?"

Cain looked at Bai Wu, his mind working rapidly.

Bai Wu doesn’t know where my true form is.

Bai Wu has become very powerful.

Bai Wu has been to the farm; perhaps the change in his strength is related to that... Is he from the farm? No... he mentioned two Ks.

Could he be a disciple of the two Ks?

Where he should feel fear, Cain felt excitement instead.

He seemed to smell the scent of destiny.

Bai Wu watched Cain carefully, confirming that this man was indeed troublesome.

"I’m becoming more and more interested in you, Bai Wu. It turns out you’re the ultimate dish! Hahahahaha... But you couldn’t have escaped from that place. So, it seems you must have met one who did?"

Before Bai Wu, Cain began to analyze and reason aloud:

"Spades represent a thin sense of good and evil, rich in deceit and confusing nature. Diamonds represent sharpness, pioneering, facing one’s true heart. Clubs represent endurance, pride, and introversion. Hearts represent charm and creativity."

"Let me think, who exactly did you meet? Was it the Club K or the Heart K? My teacher told me that Club K was destined to die at the hands of a monster, and your personality, it aligns more with Heart K."

Cain looked into Bai Wu’s eyes:

"That’s the lifelong enemy of my teacher, tsk tsk, you truly are the opponent in my destiny."

About the four suits, Bai Wu had heard such an explanation for the first time.

However, what can one say? Bai Yuan indeed possessed great charm and creativity. Although Bai Wu was reluctant to admit it, up to this point, no one could compare to Bai Yuan in terms of charm.

"I’ll give you a piece of information for free, about a tragedy of my master. To be honest, I did promise I would avenge him," Cain said excitedly.

Bai Wu had to recognize Cain’s talent, it was just a pity that from the beginning, this person made a serious misjudgment regarding himself and the captain.

So much so that the hunt had turned into more of a gift.

Cain began to recount an incident on the farm.

What Bai Wu was supposed to hear should have been from Cain or the Spades Ten perspective, but at this moment—Bai Yuan came out.

"Ah, one of the few things I’m satisfied with is finally going to be revealed? I’m really happy about that..."

There was no change in Bai Wu’s expression, and Bai Yuan also knew that Bai Wu was dealing with Cain, the cute disciple of his old nemesis.

"Actually, it’s a very simple matter. When I was a child, I was very well-behaved, even the farm owner was deceived by me. He recognized my potential, acknowledged my abilities, and hoped that one day I would become another manager of the farm."

Bai Wu felt this was not an exaggeration; Bai Yuan was indeed a person everyone liked, apart from his son.

Of course, now it seems that Jing Wu probably dislikes him more than I do.

"So much so, in the test at nine years old, I received a K rating. The ratings are every three years, and those who also had a K rating included the Masked Strange Person and your so-called Spades Ten."

Bai Wu sensed something was amiss.

Wasn’t this sentence a mess? The same K rating as the Masked Strange Person and Spades Ten? The Masked Strange Person likely referred to someone who had disfigured their face.

But if Spades Ten is indeed ten, how could there be a K rating?

"At that time, I made a very naive yet creative suggestion to the farm owner—if we let Spades K... believe he only had the potential of ten and not that of K, would it change Spades K’s growth potential?"

"Because I was very clear that in the farm, the only ones who had the same potential as me were those two, so I proposed this idea to the farm owner before the results came out."

Bai Wu couldn’t imagine, would the farm owner agree to this?

But soon he suddenly realized something—if potential became some kind of truth recognized among farm kids, then could this number be used to make these kids feel less perfect, thereby suppressing them?

The suggestion of Bai Yuan had given the farm owner such an inspiration, and so... the farm owner conducted this experiment with Spades K?

At this moment, Cain spoke with a somewhat regretful tone:

"My teacher, he deceived many people. Gifted with deception, he was tricked by Hearts K... the people at that place firmly believed in their own potential, as if numbers determined what achievements they could reach in life. There’s no doubt my teacher is very powerful..."

Cain continued his story, while Bai Wu also heard Bai Yuan’s account:

"But it’s a pity, he always had self-imposed limits. He could have had the same talent as I, but he always harbored a bit of fear towards me in his heart, so much so that whenever we crossed swords, he always seemed a bit underconfident. This lack of confidence wasn’t innate, but rather, he acted too cautiously... and as a result, in many cases, because he was too wary of me, he lost his own style."

"This is truly the most amusing game, the one who delighted in deceiving, spent his entire life trapped in my lies."

Bai Wu had to say... Bai Yuan was indeed Bai Yuan.

But at this time, Cain said:

"The suits are not accurate. Perhaps Hearts K also possesses the potential of Spades K. My teacher was deceived by him for a lifetime, but what about you? I do not know what he told you or did to you, but..."

"Could he have deceived you as well?"

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