Chapter 1092 - 198: The Golden Long Table

Chapter 1092: Chapter 198: The Golden Long Table

From the players’ point of view, this was a good thing.

Gao Gong had offered conditions that no Civilization Camp could possibly offer.

Even if players were born rebellious, even if they were rebellious down to their bones, they still wouldn’t be thinking about cutting out Gao’s kidneys, because no one could offer better terms than he did.

But on the flip side, this didn’t mean Gao Gong wasn’t dangerous; if this camp’s upgrade speed couldn’t keep up with the players’ leveling speed, then betrayal was bound to come, and might be even more serious.

Because the degree of binding between the two far surpassed that of other factions.

However, after Gao Gong "resurrected," what the System lit up was actually the Alliance Panel and the Civilization Panel.

These two could ensure that his efficiency in clicking through the Technology Tree far exceeded that of the players.

Players didn’t have these two panels; in a sense, their conditions for founding civilizations were no different from those of NPC natives.

And no matter how promising a civilization was, it would still need at least tens of thousands of years to develop from Low-level to Advanced.

And once the Cosmos expanded to the limit of the Observable Cosmos and the three great Celestial Calamities descended, it would only take 138 planetary years to complete the destruction of the Cosmos.

Incidentally, from the Big Bang until now, it took 13.8 billion years for the Cosmos to develop to this stage.

And the time node of the expansion limit—the "World of Infinite Strong People" arc in the mid-game—was only a bit over five hundred years away.

The more he thought about this time scale, the more ridiculously absurd it felt.

"Did some GM realize that this crappy game becomes literally unplayable by the end, so they let me reincarnate once to guide the players’ development?"

"And the reason they chose me wasn’t because my mechanics are the best, my level the highest, or my vision the sharpest, but simply because I was the only one who developed an Advanced Civilization Influence, and I’m the most experienced in this area."

"Maybe the GM has something to do with the Time Administration Bureau?"

Among the cosmic forces Gao Gong knew of, only the Time Administration Bureau had the ability to completely manipulate the Timeline.

"I’ll have to figure it out sooner or later; if the Time Administration Bureau can manipulate the System, it ought to be stronger than what I remember."

"Brother, brother."

Gao Yuanyuan’s voice pulled Gao Gong back to himself.

He lowered his gaze and saw the worry on Gao Yuanyuan’s face.

"Oh, it’s nothing."

Presiding over an electronic conference while letting his thoughts run wild, Gao Gong really had been a bit distracted, and he hadn’t noticed the big guy in front of him at all.

For an "Evil God," this was a bit disrespectful.

Though the other party didn’t really count as a person.

After fully mastering the Starport and the Planet Cannon, the only thing left on this planet that could threaten him was this one.

The unopened Artificial Scenic Spot—or rather, the "Dinner Party."

The true body of the "Dinner Party" was located in a special laboratory whose location only Old Walter knew; this lab was Tier 4, but it had only one function, and that was to seal the "Dinner Party."

However, with the allegiance of "Old Walter," Gao Gong still entered smoothly and saw the true body of the "Dinner Party"—an almost endless golden long table, with silhouettes seated on both sides of the tabletop, all of them dead Walters.

These Walters were holding golden knives and forks, constantly cutting something; on closer look, it was their own flesh. Every time they cut off a section, their bodies would lose a part, but whenever they swallowed the blood-dripping flesh, their bodies would rapidly regenerate, their faces filled with pain.

And after watching for a while, even Gao Gong and the others felt their skin tingle and go numb, as if the flesh of every part of their bodies had gained its own Consciousness and was trying to peel away from their skin—or rather, had already peeled away.

Gao Gong looked down and realized that at some point, the flesh on his calves had vanished and appeared on a golden dinner plate, and at the same time his Blood Volume had dropped by a huge chunk.

"As expected, even if it’s just a Tier 4 Evil God, just looking at it is already this dangerous."

On the System Panel, even those eight Human Body Systems were flickering in and out, as if they might disappear at any moment.

Gao Gong shook his head, and with a thought, transparent insect eggs appeared on his body, wrapping his skin from top to bottom, and wrapping Gao Yuanyuan beside him as well.

He triggered a small-scale Cyber Wave, and Memory Loss instantly covered them both.

By the time the two appeared at the sealed gate, they only vaguely remembered that they had just encountered Evil God pollution; Gao Gong even had to glance at the System Panel to understand what kind of pollution it was.

"So it’s a continuous HP-drain type, huh. Pretty basic, but really annoying."

Aside from a few conceptual lifeforms and dimensional lifeforms, most living beings had this Blood Volume option.

Even Gao Yuanyuan showed a lingering-fear expression.

That meant she had sensed something as well.

"Brother, she has a request," Gao Yuanyuan suddenly showed a slightly hard-to-speak expression.

"Hm?"

"She wants to go in and use the Punk Virus to simulate the Evil God’s Source Code."

One of Gao Yuanyuan’s eyes was still as innocent as a fawn’s, while the other was filled with bizarre Divine Light.

"You’ll agree, right."

Gao Gong immediately felt a Virus hacking into his Biological Computer, leaving behind a bunch of not-for-children virus plug-ins.

"Of course. I’m looking forward to you absorbing the Power of the Evil God too; maybe that’ll let you brush up against the opportunity to advance to Tier 4."

Gao Gong said with a smile.

Aside from joining an Ascension Civilization, becoming part of an Evil God was also one of the few ways to break through to Tier 4, though this method wasn’t officially recognized, because even as a Player of the 4th Celestial Calamity, once you became an "Evil God Avatar," you would only remain rational for a short time after logging in, let alone NPCs.

But Gox was different; strictly speaking, she was the true product of the Cyber Test Field, the antibiotic birthed by Civilization Power during the process of manufacturing Relics, and she was on the same level as the Relics.

Moreover, as long as he still controlled the Information Mother, no matter how far she went in Evil God Transformation, the worst-case scenario would just be archiving and starting over.

But if she succeeded, perhaps the camp would gain another Tier 4 Combat Power.

Gox, hidden in the code layer of Gao Yuanyuan, seemed satisfied; massive tides of Virus flowed out of Gao Gong’s body, leaving behind only one thing called "Gao’s Forbidden Comics."

A red warning appeared on the firewall of his Biological Computer.

"Huh, what’s this?"

Gao Gong opened it and found that it was actually a manga app, packed with rich plots and vivid characters, and all of it was not suitable for children. The key point was, the male and female leads were actually a pair of siblings.

At the bottom of the comic, a line of text floated up—

"This manga app will update at any time according to Gao Yuanyuan’s fantasies, so remember to subscribe often~"

Way too not-for-children!

Gao Gong closed the app with a dark expression, deciding he’d give it a good ideological critique when he had time.

Delete it? Why delete it? It was time to test the Antivirus Software’s capabilities.

"Brother, what’s wrong?" Gao Yuanyuan asked curiously. Just now Gao Gong’s expression had been extremely serious, and she was worried that Gox had angered Gao Gong again.

"It’s nothing, let’s go, we still have one more thing to take care of."

Glancing at the big Insect and Huang Wen not far away, Gao Gong took the lead and walked out.

Seeing the Evil God was one matter; there was still one more Alliance asset in the quest rewards that hadn’t been installed.

This "Alliance asset" was very interesting.

After Gao Gong and the others left, in the Tier 4 Sealed Room, on the golden dining table, silhouettes suddenly appeared one after another—they were all Goxes. Each Gox was viciously chewing on her own flesh, grinning ferociously, breeding madly, as if she intended to fill the endless long table...