Free Web NovelChapter 525: Chapter 142: The Relationship Between Alpha and Well World
"Zero" was not the real Zero, and the "Captain" was naturally not the real captain either.
But when Bai Wu uttered the word "Captain," Heitao Shi clearly showed a moment of surprise.
Immediately, Heitao Shi spoke:
"This person is rather straightforward; he can be summed up in one sentence—he is absolutely trustworthy. If he shares your special qualities, he might achieve even greater things than you."
As the purest of humans, Wu Jiu, who had known Bai Wu for less than two years, didn’t have experiences as special as Bai Wu’s, but his growth was second only to Bai Wu’s.
If Wu Jiu had Bai Wu’s Sequence—Heitao Shi firmly believed—Wu Jiu would reach higher heights than Bai Wu, even surpassing K.
Hearing Heitao Shi’s assessment, Bai Wu felt more certain in his heart.
Heitao Shi also became puzzled.
"Zero asked you to assassinate the shorty? What kind of play is this? Although the projections represent that they possess certain traits of Zero and the shorty... they are actually unrelated to the real people in the real world."
Only Bai Wu could hear Heitao Shi’s voice.
Now, Heitao Shi and Jing Liu were like two personalities of Bai Wu.
One deceitful personality, one skeptical personality.
"You can go down first." After the receptionist brought Bai Wu up, "Wu Jiu" said to the receptionist.
Once "Liu Chengzi" left, Wu Jiu sat at his desk, scrutinizing Bai Wu. A few seconds later, Wu Jiu slowly began:
"You’ve been eliminated; you do not meet the requirements of my company. Although you were sent from above to replace my previous assistant, I don’t actually need an assistant."
Talk about a workaholic, huh?
Although Bai Wu had lost his memory, he felt that this persona fitted the "Captain" so well.
But Bai Wu smiled and said:
"You need me."
Just four simple words, full of confidence. Wu Jiu frowned and said with slight disgust:
"I’ve said it, you’ve been eliminated. If you don’t leave, I will call security."
"I am a shield; you’ve demonstrated a formidable threat, deterring a certain faction within the seven great conglomerates from targeting you."
Wu Jiu’s eyebrows raised.
Bai Wu continued:
"Earlier, you must have encountered several assassination attempts. But you’ve resolved them all."
"I guess that what you’re doing benefits one side of the seven great conglomerates while harming another."
"Some want to protect you; others want to kill you. Those who want to kill you can’t manage it, so they’ve decided to settle for the next best thing— they plan to infiltrate the enterprise you’re in, determined to find out what exactly you are doing."
While talking, Bai Wu continued to look straight into Wu Jiu’s eyes, neither humbly nor arrogantly.
For Bai Wu, this was a unique interview.
He needed to convince the cold interviewer with his words.
"So they started targeting your assistant, and if I’m not mistaken, the assistant was someone you trusted. But now he’s dead, and you suspect the next one could be a spy. Even if not, you don’t wish for anyone to take a stab for you."
"That’s why you want to send me away, but I cannot leave because I am indeed a spy. It’s just that my professional ethics are extremely low, so I soon chose to betray my former employer."
Airing it all out from the beginning?
A wolf trying to pass as a sheep?
Heitao Shi said:
"Isn’t that a bit too reckless?"
Although aware of Wu Jiu’s significance to Bai Wu, Heitao Shi was taken aback by Bai Wu’s straightforwardness.
He preferred to lie to both sides, deceive both ends, rather than making a choice for one side.
This time, however, Jing Liu thought Bai Wu hadn’t done anything wrong.
"He’s a madman, and a madman often acts on instinct."
"But instincts can often lead to mistakes." Heitao Shi disagreed with Bai Wu’s approach.
Jing Liu, on the other hand, said:
"When a madman survives time and again, each time laughing last, you should understand that this madman’s intuition is as accurate as prophecy," Bai Wu continued.
Jing Liu thought the most unpredictable part about Bai Wu was his grasp of human nature.
Indeed, Wu Jiu’s look at Bai Wu started to turn odd.
Bai Wu went on to say,
"I am an outsider, I can see a certain projection on you. The projection I see on you... makes me feel very... trustworthy."
"Because of... certain reasons, I killed two members of the Order Faction, so I’m being blackmailed to get close to you and gain your trust."
Shrugging his shoulders, Bai Wu’s manner was very much like Bai Yuan, expressing a sense of helplessness combined with nonchalance as he said,
"They impersonated the Rebel Army, asked me in the name of the Rebel Army to go undercover to find a chance to assassinate you."
"But I, you know, I don’t like being blackmailed, I don’t like being controlled by others."
Bai Wu said,
"How about we work together?"
Ever since Wu Jiu was informed that a new assistant would be coming, he had been very displeased.
What situation hadn’t he encountered? It was nothing more than two powerful consortiums gambling for interests. freёweɓnovel.com
But he really hadn’t encountered a self-disclosing undercover like today.
When he heard the term "outsider," Wu Jiu actually became interested,
"How do I know you’re not just making this up?"
"If I were making this up, wouldn’t that mean I have a very clear understanding of the situation? At least, the story I’ve concocted makes our circumstances seem very rational."
"And if I’m not making this up, boss, you have to understand, I am desperate."
"If you think it’s too dangerous, if you doubt my loyalty, then you can deliberately let me convey the wrong information. I believe that the subsequent butterfly effect will let you know that I am a very good troublemaker."
It seemed like a self-disclosure, but Bai Wu had actually calculated his information very clearly.
Especially since he made clear his own value at the end.
Wu Jiu hesitated for a moment,
"Come with me."
Bai Wu turned around and flashed a victory sign at the Ten of Spades.
The Ten of Spades gently scratched his temple with his right forefinger, looking amused.
"It seems that sometimes the truth is more useful than a lie."
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Bai Wu followed Wu Jiu into the elevator, where Wu Jiu pressed the number for the top floor.
Inside the elevator, Wu Jiu said,
"We live under surveillance at all times; this world is filled with ’spy satellite’ owners who are the top hunters of the seven great consortiums."
"Luckily, voices cannot be monitored."
"If you’re an outsider, then from the moment you entered this world, your destiny had already been arranged."
"They would lay out a series of life plans for you."
"The military power of the seven great consortiums... unimaginable. What you see now, the orderly world, the friendly humans, it’s all just the surface."
Bai Wu had already felt the strangeness of the Well World.
The greatest distortions of this world are often hidden right beneath what seems normal.
"And above the seven great consortiums, there are even more terrifying entities."
"You’re telling me all this... do you trust me?" Bai Wu was rather surprised.
Wu Jiu said,
"I’ll soon investigate whether you’re truly an outsider, and if you are, then you’re vital to this world."
"Although I don’t think you’re necessarily able to change anything, at the least, you shouldn’t become a scourge to the world you come from."
Jing Liu felt a pang in his heart.
Is that you speaking, Elder Brother Jing Si?
"Bai Wu, could you help me with something..."
The moment the elevator opened, Jing Liu, who was standing behind Bai Wu along with Spade Eleven, suddenly asked Bai Wu for help.
Spade Ten instantly became interested; this was indeed a rare occurrence.
Bai Wu nodded subtly. Then, following behind "Wu Jiu," he quickly arrived at the rooftop of the building.
Jing Liu knew that "Wu Jiu" probably chose to trust Bai Wu, although there would still be an investigation for evidence, but right now, he would likely inform Bai Wu of some information.
This information was unrelated to the Seven Major Syndicates and the Rebel Army; it was supposed to clarify for Bai Wu whose side he should take.
This person might hold the information that interested him.
As expected, "Wu Jiu" said:
"Though I am not yet certain you are an outsider, I need to tell you some things before my investigation concludes, to prevent any actions you might regret."
"Hold on," Bai Wu interrupted "Wu Jiu".
Jing Liu spoke:
"May I ask...what exactly happened to the last person who entered the ’Well’ world?"
Bai Wu relayed Jing Liu’s words:
"I heard someone say before that the last outsider joined the Seven Major Syndicates?"
"That person didn’t lie to you, and I have...had contact with him."
This person here has had contact with Jing Si from the Well World?
Jing Liu was somewhat excited, and Spade Ten was very interested as well.
While Jing Liu continued to talk, Bai Wu continued to interpret:
"Could you talk about him? Because this person has a deep connection with me in another world."
"In our world, he is considered exceptionally powerful... but he always falls into madness."
"Wu Jiu" sighed:
"Because he has always been in the middle ground, as an outsider, his heart is very kind. He wants to save the real world on one hand, while on the other, he doesn’t want to destroy the world within the Well, resulting in a state of indecision."
"This state of indecision, in reality, would put him in a condition that might cause him to go insane at any time."
Jing Liu couldn’t imagine... that the madness that made his elder brother seclude himself for seven hundred years had such a simple cause.
Spade Ten also said to Bai Wu:
"Dear Little Bai, could you help me ask a question too?"
If it weren’t inappropriate to roll his eyes right now, Bai Wu would have definitely rolled his eyes at Spade Ten.
Spade Ten narrowed his eyes:
"Ask for me, the one inside the High Tower, the Alpha you mentioned, is killing it really the solution to everything?"
So then, Spade Ten added some simple details about the Twisted Master.
Bai Wu thought the question was very important, so he pressed on:
"I have another question."
The question Bai Wu asked made "Wu Jiu" even more convinced that Bai Wu was the outsider.
Being someone who could have a significant impact on the real world, "Wu Jiu" was still willing to answer Bai Wu’s question.
"Go ahead."
"In my world, there is a colossal High Tower, and inside it is a monster, incomparably powerful... I call it the Alpha. I really want to know, if this Alpha were to die... would that be the end of everything?"
"Wu Jiu" hadn’t expected this question. He fell silent for a while, then shook his head and said:
"No one knows the answer to that question."
Bai Wu said nothing.
Wu Jiu spoke slowly:
"In the Well World, every being corresponds to various parameters of the world you inhabit."
"Here, a telemarketer might affect the transmission of wireless waves in the real world."
"A captain might affect the laws governing the maritime operations of the real world..."
"A teacher might cause many people in the real world to develop evil thoughts."
"A person with a quirk in life—every time their quirk acts up, the real world might also experience bizarre phenomena."
"All living humans in the real world are various parameters of the world."
"But this is only the connection between the Well World and the real world..."
"And the Alpha you speak of—he is the embodiment of distortion. He is the embodiment of the Well, and in a sense, killing Alpha would indeed normalize the world you live in."
Obviously, there was a catch in this statement.
Sure enough, "Wu Jiu" said:
"But Alpha cannot die, no matter how powerful the force is, it can only delay its coming; its flesh is eternally indestructible."
Hearing this, Spade Ten suddenly thought of Qian Yixin, who represented the will of the world... it seemed that even he could not kill the physical body of Alpha.
That shiny bald guy, despite having the power to overpower Alpha, could only hide Alpha’s physical body in a more distant place.
Unable to destroy it.
"Wu Jiu" continued:
"We’ve also been searching for what exactly Alpha’s physical body corresponds to in the Well World."
"If we don’t find in the Well World what corresponds to Alpha’s physical body in the real world... then the statement about killing Alpha doesn’t exist."
"He and the High Tower Creator were both the strongest beings of a previous civilization. That civilization... its use of the Well was beyond imagination."
Bai Wu was somewhat puzzled:
"If the body cannot be killed... can’t the soul be killed?"
"Good question," "Wu Jiu" commended.
"Indeed, someone has done exactly that, and it went even better than you could imagine."
"The High Tower Creator you’re talking about used such a power to seal Alpha’s soul."
"Think about it, why did he choose to seal rather than to kill it?"
"Could it be because the soul is also... indestructible?"
"No, Alpha’s soul can be destroyed, but the Well is a container that stores all the negative emotions of everything in the world. As long as this container exists, new evil souls will continue to be infused."
"So to say... killing Alpha is indeed the way to end the distortion. His real name, Twisted Master, is indeed not wrong."
"But the problem is, he is truly immortal and indestructible."
The "captain"’s candid disclosure helped Spade Ten clarify the relationships.
It seemed that Qian Yixin’s idea of destroying Alpha’s soul was in fact just an act of sealing it.
It’s just regrettable that he made a mistake in the covenant.
The High Tower Creator’s approach was correct—
Alpha’s physical body is indestructible; it can only be separated from its soul and allowed the physical body to sink into oblivion.
And killing the soul would only allow a new one to be born, so instead of killing it, the choice was to seal it.
Of course, after the death of the High Tower Creator and before Qian Yixin appeared, neither sealing nor killing was possible.
Because Alpha was too powerful.
Alpha’s strength lies in an infinite soul and an immortal physical body.
And the words of "Wu Jiu" seemed to indicate that there was a way in the Well World to cause Alpha’s physical body to decay and his soul to wither.
It’s just that this method... is the ultimate puzzle for which no one currently knows the answer.
Bai Wu suddenly thought—perhaps the answer is hidden in the fragments of the Doomsday Puzzle.
The revelation in the Pure Well Area... maybe that is the solution to the puzzle.
"Captain, you have unconsciously made clear your stance, perhaps you were intentionally testing me. But from the conversation just now, I can now be certain..."
Bai Wu looked toward "Wu Jiu":
"You actually... are the real Rebel Army, aren’t you?"
