Free Web NovelChapter 452: Chapter 69: The Rebellion of the King of Hearts
Three days later, the church welcomed a gathering of three Ks, but the one named Dong Nianyu, known as Xiaoyu, did not arrive.
A few days passed.
At a certain level in the Mil Emperor Building in Sanchez City, Zhao and Jiang Ling, who had made the place their new base, intercepted a set of footage.
A man from Sheng Country, or rather a former Sheng Country man, now an Evil Fallen being, was dangling a severed arm under the surveillance cameras, a Buddha Bead bracelet on his wrist and a dust whisk in his hand, dressed in a priest’s robe.
Zhao quickly notified Tang Jing, and Tang Jing quickly passed the message to Bai Wu.
Bai Wu looked at the arm. The break was jagged, seemingly torn by a ferocious beast.
On the wrist, a tattoo — the Queen of Spades, this instantly caught Bai Wu’s attention.
Inside Tang Jing and Xu Ling’s villa on Aulora Island, the trio discussed the matter:
"The Queen of Hearts is already dead, and not long ago, the Queen of Clubs died too. Now it’s the Queen of Spades... If this Queen of Spades is real, then only the Queen of Diamonds remains. The latter might be the toughest of them all, right?" Tang Jing said.
He believed that the Queen of Diamonds was very adept at enduring and gauging the situation.
The Queen of Diamonds indeed was just as described, but his luck was poor, as he encountered someone with a cat.
"Could this person... be the Queen of Diamonds?" Xu Ling said.
Watching the footage sent by Jiang Ling and the others, Bai Wu shook his head: ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
"The information indicates that this person is Evil Fallen, and just like the Evil Fallen that came from the farm you are from, upon Evil Fallen Transformation, they become humanoid intelligent species, with almost no change in appearance. He is indeed likely to be a Q, but something doesn’t feel quite right..."
Bai Wu couldn’t quite articulate this feeling.
"I will meet with this person myself. In the meantime, continue to monitor global anomalies and keep recruiting more Innate Force users and Sequence awakeners."
Since Zero foiled the Club Q’s plot, humanity had gained a tremendous boost in confidence and courage.
With surveillance devices around the world, updated with Zero’s modifications, they could, as Zero said, recognize Evil Fallen.
The invitation of the Light Arrow Knight was met with responses from awakeners worldwide, and Zhao’s "Card Sealing Group" continued to grow.
In a way, the tactics of the Qs served as a stepping stone for the creation of the savior, Light Arrow Knight.
Now, whether in terms of defensive measures, preemptive strategies, or the safety of people’s lives, there had been significant enhancements.
Of course, there were some naive higher-ups from various nations who tried to investigate the real identity of Light Arrow Knight — that is, Zero.
But they were neatly dealt with by Zero; he released all their information.
In some sense, Zero had become like a Mechanical Tyrant, declaring that whoever dared question my rule would be publicly executed.
The believers who received the information of those attempting to investigate Zero couldn’t wait to devour them alive.
However, Zero didn’t mind; he had no interest in this world. His aim was to confront the distortion alongside Bai Wu.
As for the process, future historians might or might not define Zero as a "villain who seized the world under the pretext of confronting the distortion, a Demon King who did tyrant’s deeds in a hero’s name"... Zero didn’t care.
Such is human nature; after receiving strong help and temporarily escaping danger, they wonder whether this help is truly trustworthy if they should seek to control the other party.
It’s like how the higher-ups of various nations never really trusted that ship.
The Light Arrow Knight felt the same.
But they... really had no way to deal with these powers.
Bai Wu didn’t care, either; the world’s dominance would still be in the hands of those higher-ups.
But to prevent this game from being ruined by incompetent teammates, to avoid those corny movie plot twists where "I fight for your future in the frontlines, while you dig traps to bury me alive in the back," Bai Wu even affirmed Zero’s actions that resembled those of a world dictator to some extent.
It wasn’t that they were smarter than everyone else; in this battle, what truly mattered was real strength.
...
...
Bai Wu began his search for this complex swindler.
This wasn’t difficult, because the other party wanted to be found.
When Bai Wu appeared in a small town on Fuyue New Island, Bai Wu found him.
It was a town severely afflicted by an aging population; the elderly here were mostly disconnected from modern life.
Though it had been seven hundred years, there was always a segment of society that deemed knowledge pointless.
Only in such a town could Xi Yunzi walk around freely.
Not every Evil Fallen can get some kind of "good person card" like Xu Ling, avoiding surveillance and the label of Evil Fallen.
To avoid trouble, Xi Yunzi could only reside in such places and dared not venture into slightly more modern areas.
It could be said that Zero’s act of Mechanical Descending God completely twisted the situation, making it seem as if the Evil Fallen were the victims, and humans were the aggressors.
The Evil Fallen had to skulk around humans.
When Xi Yunzi saw Bai Wu, he was sitting on a bench at a park on the edge of the town, holding some photos in his hand.
He was very aware that someone would definitely find him there.
Indeed, it didn’t take long for Bai Wu to arrive at the location.
The moment he saw Xi Yunzi, a grave expression flickered in his eyes.
"As an Evil Fallen, he’s a new sprout, but as you know, the strength of the Evil Fallen and humans is capped when it comes to basic combat abilities. However, the power of Sequences and Mutation Entries is uncapped.
His Mutation Entry is fascinating—a perfect-level Mutation Entry—Faith Furnace.
For each person in this world who believes in the god he worships... his strength grows a little more, somewhat similar to Bald Qian whose damage increases with his wealth. And he is indeed a qualified swindler, having spent years proselytizing and preaching~"
In a way, Qian Yixin possesses the strength to be a savior, as long as the world’s currency is abundant enough...
Of course, that’s an extreme hypothesis.
Qian Yixin is poor, so his strength is weak.
But it’s different for this swindler; the more people who believe in the god he worships, the stronger he becomes.
Bai Wu now understood the meaning behind this attire.
It doesn’t matter which god people are familiar with; he dabbles in all of them, to some extent.
Don’t believe in Buddha? It’s okay, there’s a way through the Taoist Ancestor. Don’t believe in the Taoist Ancestor? The Holy Father will do. A hell religion? That’s a heresy, let’s talk privately, yes, there’s also a way.
The idea was that the more gods he forced himself to believe in, the broader his range of followers would be.
For a moment, Bai Wu wasn’t sure what kind of level this man was at. It’s possible his strength was astonishing...
At the same time, he had a doubt.
"Let’s assume this person is from the farm, he was still human inside the farm, only becoming Evil Fallen after twisting arrival outside the farm, and he has been proselytizing for some years... Does this mean that he knew what Mutation Entry he would have after his Evil Fallen Transformation?"
"Did the farm owner tell him that?"
Bai Wu became serious and more convinced that this troublesome character was definitely not Q.
At least the previous Qs didn’t give Bai Wu this sense of "worth being cautious."
Bai Wu sat beside Xi Yunzi, who then said:
"That hand shouldn’t be necessary anymore, right? I’ve sacrificed it to the Holy Father. Last time I offered her body to Buddha, the scale of love tipped, so I needed to make an offering to the Holy Father. By the way, do you believe in a religion?"
As he spoke, Xi Yunzi produced several religious scriptures, Manichaeism, Protestantism, Catholicism, Wuwei Religion...
"I see something extraordinary about your bones; truly, you are a chosen one by God. How about this..."
Bai Wu waved his hand:
"That’s the hand of the Club Q."
"Yes. I see something extraordinary about your bones..."
"Who are you?"
"My name is Xi Yunzi, um, a name I’ve settled on recently. If you ask for my real name, I don’t remember it. Oh right, I see that your bones..."
"I was asking about your identity. You have already undergone Evil Fallen Transformation. Are you from the farm? After all, logically speaking, your Mutation level is very low, so you shouldn’t be from Inside the Mist. And since you know I’m looking for someone with a poker tattoo on their wrist, you must be from the farm."
"Yes, I am the Club K."
After saying these words, Xi Yunzi didn’t continue with anything about astonishing bones, nor did Bai Wu immediately speak.
After a silence of about ten seconds, Bai Wu finally said,
"Should I kill you right now?"
"Are you the Light Arrow Knight?"
"I’m one of his spokespersons," Bai Wu replied without hesitation.
Xi Yunzi shook his head in some disappointment, but then he quickly added,
"Oh... Then you can’t kill me just yet. I have to meet the Light Arrow Knight and propose my deal before I can die. Besides, even though you are his servant, I see that your bones..."
"What do you want with him? You can tell me directly. If you don’t wish to say, I’m not that keen on listening. I don’t know the reason for killing the Spade Q, but since you say you’re K, you being here is reason enough for me to kill you."
Bai Wu said this very calmly, but Xi Yunzi felt like this person might really take action in the next second.
Narrowing his eyes, he said,
"Troublesome, huh. Just a spokesperson and you seem this powerful. Those Qs didn’t lose unfairly, hahaha... Actually, I want to defect."
Bai Wu wasn’t actually sure if Xi Yunzi was telling the truth. Was this K really K?
Why would he want to defect? Was it a conspiracy of the Ks?
"You must be curious who the other three Ks are, right? I know them all because I met two of them just a few days ago. I didn’t see the other one, but I know what she looks like. I can draw her."
Bai Wu remained unmoved:
"What makes you think I can trust you?"
"Because I am very clear, I am no match for the Light Arrow Knight. You can think of it as, I’m just a charlatan who wants to live. I make the world believe in gods, and occasionally, I let them see gods after they die... but I’m well aware that once I die, I’m dead, and I’m not looking to meet gods too soon."
Undercover.
The first thing that came to Bai Wu’s mind was that this K was not sincerely coming to defect, but was an undercover from the farm. The so-called defection was just a means to steal information.
The death of Spade Q was just a formality, but as long as the benefit was great enough, what did the death of Spade Q count for?
Perhaps in the eyes of these Ks, a Q-level was just bait. Bai Wu was curious, what exactly was this K’s aim?
Theoretically, he himself was the weaker party and even unable to truly participate in the rivalry between Jing Yi and Jing Liu. Thinking this way, Bai Wu was even more convinced that Xi Yunzi and the other Ks were plotting something.
However, Bai Wu wasn’t completely certain. After briefly pondering, he said,
"First, tell me the intelligence you can bring."
"Sure thing. But are you certain you don’t believe in anything? Gods of the Sheng Country style, Fuyue style, Aulora style, all are fine."
"Do you always talk this much nonsense?"
"Hahahaha... I talk a lot when I’m nervous. It’s my first time meeting the Light Arrow Knight, I’m nervous."
"Don’t bother testing me, I have already told you I am not the Light Arrow Knight." ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com
"I understand, I understand~" Xi Yunzi continued, still with his eyes narrowed, and then he went on,
"You must be thinking that Spade Q isn’t worth much, not even worthwhile as a gesture of submission, and since she failed, she is more useful dead than alive. But that’s normal, right? Next, I will give some sincerity, hoping you can convey it to the Light Arrow Knight. Although I am Evil Fallen, I just want to be a happy charlatan."
"You start talking and let’s see."
Bai Wu smiled, showing a slightly more relaxed demeanor, but inwardly, he was even more wary of this Xi Yunzi.
He originally thought Q’s level was very low, so K would be average at best.
After all, it’s impossible for another Bai Yuan to appear; that’s beyond a farm owner’s control.
But now it seems that Xi Yunzi, as the Club K, indeed falls short of Bai Yuan, but he’s absolutely not the kind of opponent to be taken lightly.
"Let’s start with what you’re most interested in. Hmm, shall we start with several Ks?"
"Go ahead, I hope you can truly be trusted."
"Of course, I don’t want to end up like several Qs, dead without a clue why."
"I am Club K, I don’t need much introduction, just a scoundrel who wants to live."
"Then there’s Spade K, he’s a businessman, wears a mask, so I don’t know his real face."
Bai Wu knitted his brows:
"Then you’ve essentially said nothing."
"Don’t be hasty. As God says, ’Haste does not bring success to the cook.’ As for Club K, he’s an artist, lives in Meinan, and he’s somewhat famous; a single painting of his can sell for millions. So envious, if only he were religious."
"We aren’t absolutely confident we can fight Light Arrow Knight on our own, not even if the three of us join forces."
Of course, Bai Wu didn’t believe that statement.
In his view, this charlatan’s powers were formidable. If all three were at the same level and joined forces, he might win, but it would be a tough fight, and who knew if they had other trump cards?
"Currently, we plan to join forces against you, of course, that doesn’t include me. And even though it’s a joint effort, there’s a sequence to who acts when. Club K is first; his power is quite special, related to time and space..."
"Hmm, it should cause you quite the trouble, but you won’t be able to find him, even if you know his name is Enzo Yalfried."
Bai Wu asked:
"What is his power?"
"It’s quite interesting, he will be a major headache for you. Because he can further deepen the degree of rule distortion within a certain area.
For example, if Enzo wishes, he could make our current park, if it suddenly experienced extreme temperature distortion with temperatures reaching sixty degrees, under Enzo’s power, rise to a hundred and sixty degrees."
"This is a Rule Catalyzation ability..."
Bai Wu contemplated the specialty of this ability; it didn’t take him long to realize something significant. His expression grew serious:
"So what you’re saying is... he can accelerate distortion in advance?"
"Correct."
"Although the purpose of K is to accelerate distortion, once this ability is used, it can’t be used again within a certain timeframe. That’s why he’s been looking for the right place... An area where the rules aren’t too strange at present, but will become highly distorted once catalyzed."
The degree of distortion is measured by the strength of the Evil Fallen and the degree of rule distortion in the area.
This Evil Fallen can actually change the strength of the rules?
Bai Wu felt there was more to the opponent’s abilities than just that. After thinking carefully, he quickly made a discovery:
"As long as he finds an appropriate rule to catalyze... he could make this rule become more distorted in a short time than some areas inside the Mist?"
"And to remove such a rule distortion, one would need the Doomsday Puzzle Pieces... So inversely, when an area has a strong Evil Fallen presence or twisted rules, fragments will form..."
"Now without powerful Evil Fallen, they want to obtain pieces by... making the rules more distorted!"
If what Xi Yunzi said was true, then they must eliminate Club K as soon as possible.
Suppose an area is a tree, and the fruit of the tree are the Doomsday Puzzle Pieces, then Club Q could essentially pick the fruit in advance.
Bai Wu knew all too well the importance of the Doomsday Puzzle Pieces.
In his eyes, the true nature of ending the apocalypse was collecting puzzle pieces in a game. Rules are far more terrifying than Evil Fallen, Bai Wu had experienced this many times when leaving the tower.
Having suppressed the doubts in his mind, Bai Wu continued:
"What about the other K?"
"Ah, finally we come to my beloved Xiaoyu. Her name is Dong Nianyu."
