Free Web NovelChapter 530: Chapter 147: The Founder of the Ark
It had begun.
Spade Ten said,
"While you were talking with the wealthy businessman, Sister and I had already checked the surroundings. Next, we will stand at the position of every surveillance camera. Although we cannot block the cameras, you will know their angles."
Bai Wu nodded subtly,
Despite the information provided by Prayle’s Eye, the truth is — there are quite a few problems with it; sometimes it deliberately omits some information to act as a puzzle.
Bai Wu did not want to solve puzzles right now.
So it seemed that Spade Ten was very familiar with the characteristics of these eyes and had started to make arrangements with Well Liu in advance.
Thus, Bai Wu found that at this moment, he and the senior bank manager, as well as another wealthy businessman, were facing a certain camera.
In the meantime, the prompts from Prayle’s Eye never stopped — the distribution of the upper-floor guards, the function of each room, and all the hidden anti-intrusion devices.
As the city broadcast activated a level-one counter-terrorism alert, the magnates within the bank also started clamoring.
They demanded the best protection.
To meet these clients’ needs, a third of the Eternal Bank’s upper-floor guards were dispatched.
This made Bai Wu’s subsequent infiltration more convenient.
But to enter the vault, he had to obtain the corresponding identity and key.
"Oh, damn, my phone is out of battery. Can I borrow your phone? I need to tell my wife to stay hidden, so she doesn’t get caught up when these rioters cause trouble."
"Of course, esteemed customer."
Bai Wu got hold of the senior bank manager’s phone and then walked into the bathroom.
Through this senior manager, Bai Wu quickly found the person in charge of guarding the vault.
He sent a message, luring the person down.
In his research over the past few days, Bai Wu had almost figured out every person’s particulars here.
Prayle’s Eye was like a professional paparazzi team, revealing their shameful private acts to Bai Wu with a mischievous tone.
And Bai Wu’s message read:
"Regarding the matter of you hitting on my wife... it’s about time we talked. After all, she isn’t the only one you’ve dallied with. If the board of directors finds out that your hands have even reached that important person, I’m afraid your career prospects will not look too good. I have limited time, so you’d better come with sincerity."
Inside Eternal Bank, this huge gray castle, a classic scenario unraveled that was reminiscent only of the historical dramas from the Land of Wastewater.
A wife prostituting herself to the board members to help her husband climb higher on the career ladder.
And the husband, a master of feigned ignorance; how do they say it — it’s not terrible to be cuckolded, as long as you do not know you’re being cuckolded, you’re not cuckolded at all.
Such affairs were rife within this bank, with many classic scenarios from workplace dramas playing out within.
Factional struggles, incompetent yet greedy supervisors, capable female or male secretaries, bootlickers, or those with little talent who liked to make life difficult for their subordinates, and the talented but socially inept who were ostracized by others.
The internals of Eternal Bank were exceedingly intricate, this complexity not only reflected in the bank’s structure but also in the human relations established over hundreds of years.
Everyone had their own human weaknesses, and everyone had their own desires.
All these were secrets.
But in the eyes of Prayle’s Eye, no one could hide their secrets.
At least in the entire bank, Bai Wu had not yet encountered someone like The First Generation and Well Yi, who the eyes could not observe.
Of course, some secrets were open secrets, known to all but tacitly ignored, with no one willing to reveal them.
But Bai Wu was here to cause trouble, so his message, with a hint of a do-or-die attitude, frightened the vault keyholder to quickly come over.
In the second-floor VIP lounge’s bathroom, Bai Wu quickly succeeded.
Spade Ten said,
"It seems that this bank is not as impregnable as imagined. Although the vault keyholder is an ability user, his abilities are not outstanding."
Bai Wu removed the other person’s finger, and even... directly ripped off their head. The entire sequence of actions was performed with unsettling calm.
Compared to those causing massive destruction outside, his ruthless determination wasn’t the slightest bit inferior.
"Now I have the key and the fingerprint; I don’t know if there will be other verification systems, so I might as well take a head with me."
Although the eyes mentioned the iris system, it was mostly a non-existent thing mentioned in passing.
Because the people here—without facial features, they can’t be verified.
He hung the head of the prospective board member, the person responsible for the vault, on his waist. ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com
This appearance... looked like the villain in a horror movie.
Jing Liu silently observed Bai Wu, realizing the more he understood Bai Wu, the more he had underestimated him before.
"Solving the problem with such violence, devoid of any aesthetic appeal," said Ten of Spades, criticizing Bai Wu’s method.
"But it saves time. To open the vault, you must enter it, and this person’s finger is key. It’s more straightforward and easier than wasting time with deception."
Knowing the intricately entangled relationships between everyone indeed could allow Bai Wu to devise a plan slowly.
But that would... consume an astonishing amount of time.
The Rebel Army clearly couldn’t hold out that long.
Once the spy satellites’ attention falls back on the bank, it would become impossible to infiltrate.
Therefore, Bai Wu chose the most efficient and most violent method.
"To reclaim the Seven Sins weapon, my other abilities, and the Sequence, the necessary external equipment has been obtained."
Bai Wu changed into the clothes of the deceased executive.
"The trickiest part, the safe’s password, is actually the simplest for me. The next step is to infiltrate upwards, and by using this person’s phone, I can create a bit of turmoil inside the bank and draw the guards away."
Having made up his mind, Bai Wu slowly began to infiltrate the twenty-first floor.
The vault was on the twenty-first floor.
The most valuable items of the customers were stored right in the middle of this bank building, convenient for the guards to support from above and below.
Bai Wu then used the executive’s phone to issue many false directives.
The eyes constantly provided critical information, the distribution of guards.
And Ten of Spades and Jing Liu, always in the form of the invisible, cleared the way for Bai Wu.
Thus began an almost impossible bank stealth operation.
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In Well City.
Using his ability, Beetle transformed a bus into an armored vehicle, rampaging through the city.
He caused widespread panic, with countless people dead on the streets.
But soon... Beetle was stopped.
Fully armed elites of the Order Faction—the Sons of Order appeared.
They were the humanoid weapons that the Rebel Army found most troublesome.
All Sons of Order were ability users, and their powers were extremely strong.
Almost devoid of any human emotion, they were incredibly efficient in their actions.
They had no moral dilemmas; in order to kill their target, even if it meant numerous civilian casualties, it didn’t matter.
Everything was to be done for the mission’s completion.
Previously, the Order Faction had concerns about the passengers still inside the modified bus and therefore hesitated in their actions.
But with the arrival of the Sons of Order, it meant that everything was over.
The seven major conglomerates shared powerful killing weapons, each with extraordinary strength.
The fully armed Son of Order appeared in front of the modified bus in an instant, single-handedly intercepting the bus.
His other hand lifted slightly, aiming at the Beetle on the other side of the windshield:
"Target confirmed, Rebel Army cadre, codename Beetle, execution of kill order imminent!"
As his words fell, a powerful beam shot out from the Son of Order’s hand.
The searing laser pierced through the Beetle’s head, burning half of it away.
"Target has been killed."
At the same time, in other areas of Well City, the Sons of Order were also in action.
In the metalworking factory, the Son of Order cut Sluice Knife in half at the waist.
At a certain crossroad, the artist, relying on Sequence 151—the Non-Burner—survived the explosion, which killed a Son of Order.
But the artist was hit by a biochemical armor-piercing bullet from the dying Son of Order, ending in a mutual takedown.
Praying Mantis, Vodka, Tulip.
Three Rebel Army cadres causing trouble in other regions were similarly confronted by Sons of Order.
They were all very aware that encountering these superhuman weapons from the seven major conglomerates meant that death was not far behind.
However, the cadres of the Rebel Army didn’t care one bit.
They reveled in continued destruction while following "Wu Jiu’s" instructions, setting up deceptive maneuvers.
Misleading the people of the seven major conglomerates into thinking that the riot was just getting started.
The spy satellites were also desperately expanding their scope, trying to eliminate various security risks in the city at the earliest opportunity.
Meanwhile, "Wu Jiu," observing all this from a distance, looked worried.
He knew early on that the gap between the Rebel Army and the seven major conglomerates was difficult to bridge, but he was still shocked by the extent of it.
In just half an hour... Out of twelve cadre members, three were dead, another three were at death’s door, and of the six who were deployed, nearly all were wiped out.
If "Bai Wu" is unable to retrieve the Seven Sins... the Rebel Army could be said to have suffered heavy losses.
Yet, this great uprising wasn’t just bad news.
A massive panic spread throughout the city, and surely, many areas in the real world were beginning to return to normal.
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Outside the fog, the icy sea.
The giant cruise ship continued to venture deeper into the polar regions.
These past days, aboard the Ark, humans and the Evil Fallen had been getting along quite well.
Wu Jiu’s appointment as the ship’s deputy captain was also accepted by the Evil Fallen.
Two major events took place within the Ark today.
The first major event—the Ark witnessed its first reversion of distortion in seven hundred years.
A shipworker—transformed from an Evil Fallen back into a human.
This incident caused a great stir within the Ark.
All Evil Fallen and human cadres gathered in the cabin to hold a meeting.
"You have a good relationship with Bai, and he has seen many such strange events. Have any of you experienced this phenomenon of an Evil Fallen turning back into a human?" Wen Hao asked.
A huge square table was set up in the meeting room, with all the ship’s Evil Fallen on the left and the elite humans on the right.
Wu Jiu, Wang Su, Zheng Yue, Qin Zong, and other human elites were present.
They faced the ship’s crew: Captain Wen Hao, Calamity Jiang Zhu, Desire Li Xin, Disease Demon Liu Bingshu, and other cadres.
"No, all we know from Bai Wu is that pieces of the Doomsday Puzzle can purify, but they have a regional effect. And this sudden transformation from an Evil Fallen to a human is very rare."
"After monsters emerged from the High Tower, distortions around the world deepened, the Evil Fallen grew more powerful, and the regional rules became more twisted. But why would an Evil Fallen suddenly become human?"
"I don’t know."
Wu Jiu didn’t know, and neither did anyone else.
But Wen Hao suddenly thought of something:
"Bai could have left at that time, right? But he didn’t... What if he was actually doing something else in secret? Fighting the distortion in another way?"
Wen Hao had always had great confidence in Bai Wu. Thus, the suggestion he raised wasn’t surprising.
Wu Jiu also felt this possibility, but an Evil Fallen turning into a human alone wasn’t enough to prove anything.
In the end, they did not come to any conclusion about this matter.
On some level, the transformation of an Evil Fallen into a human could be seen as weakening the Ark’s combat power.
But the underlying meaning it carried seemed more like hope.
And the second significant event for the Ark—there was a visitor.
A man with gray blotches all over his face appeared on the deck of the Ark.
In that instant, all the top combatants including Calamity, Desire Li Xin, Disease Demon, Wu Jiu, Wang Su, Wen Hao, and others, all appeared.
"Who are you?" Wen Hao was incredulously shocked.
According to the rules of the Ark, it was impossible for someone without a ticket to board it.
Even Bai Wu had entered the Ark with a ticket, just like everyone else.
But unlike Bai Wu’s previous boarding, this time there was no warning from the Ark.
If this person had not been shouting loudly on purpose to attract attention, Wen Hao wouldn’t have even felt the intrusion.
This was a very serious matter. He even wondered if the Ark had malfunctioned, causing some of its defensive rules to disappear.
"How did you board the ship?"
"Good question, let me introduce myself. My name is K."
"Seeing the puzzled look on all of your faces, it seems this ship is difficult to board?"
The newcomer was none other than The First Generation.
After breaking out of Qian Yixin’s seal, he met Jiang Yimi, learned about the changes in the world, and what had happened recently...
The First Generation finally knew what he had to do.
So, he used Temporal Power to search around the world continuously. During this period, he witnessed many changes.
Eventually, he arrived at the Ark.
Wen Hao didn’t sense any killing intent or hostility, and as Desire Li Xin, who had the ability to sense malice, nodded at Wen Hao, his tone relaxed significantly:
"Exactly who are you? Why were you able to enter the Ark? This ship is protected by rules, ordinary people cannot just come aboard."
K’s eyes were filled with infinite nostalgia:
"Is that so? It seems it has gone through a lot, becoming a product of distortion. But the ship is still fulfilling its mission, protecting the people on it."
"Ah, I’m getting sidetracked. You know, getting old makes one nostalgic. Let me answer your question."
Wu Jiu looked at K, feeling an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
"Although I’m not sure what rules this ship developed later on, I think... if this ship had a will of its own, it would certainly welcome me."
K showed a nostalgic smile:
"After all, the creator of this ship was my best friend. In a sense, I am one of its partners."
