diymy Chapter 47 Seduction
Chapter 47 Seduction
Before Lu Shi could speak, the turtle over there seemed to sense something was wrong and was approaching.
Zhou Jianye paid a hefty price. According to the contract, as long as he attracts enough attention and becomes the final winner of this competition, then regardless of whether his simulated terrifying ritual achieves its intended effect, he will be able to obtain that retirement money.
However, if something goes wrong and Gao Mi and Zhang Lifeng seize the opportunity to expose Zhou Jianye to the Xuanxue Society ahead of time, he will not be able to receive his pension.
There was a transaction in his account that was related to Zhang Lifeng.
If he surrenders, Zhang Lifeng will be placed under close observation by the Metaphysics Society.
However, the transaction with Zhou Jianye will be concealed due to the company's acquisition, making it difficult to implicate Zhou Jianye for the time being.
Therefore, as long as he surrenders, Zhang Lifeng will be directly exposed after the Xuanxue Society investigates.
This is essentially about exploiting an information gap.
By exploiting the information gap, Zhang Lifeng was exposed first, allowing Zhou Jianye to remain hidden for longer.
Looking at the turtle that had come to surrender, Lu Shi couldn't help but think of another way to overturn the table—to report directly to the higher-ups and tell the Xuanxue Society about this matter.
As long as we know that Zhou Jianye is the mastermind, that he is connected to the company, and that there is an unknown force plotting to lure us away from our prey.
Once this intelligence is submitted, everything will change rapidly.
However, Lu Shi was somewhat unsure how the script's corrective power would work in this situation.
The intelligence I submitted myself might not be able to be delivered for various reasons.
Or is it that even if changes occur after it's submitted, everything will be revised according to the original script?
The processes may differ, but the ultimate outcome remains the same: Xiao Chen's death, the vice president's transfer, and the forced detonation of problems at No. 1 Middle School.
Various thoughts swirled in Lu Shi's mind, but he ultimately suppressed the urge to report the incident directly.
This approach is too direct.
Based on past experience dealing with a day's worth of scripts, directly changing the script would only tear it apart completely, violently altering things beyond recognition and creating a lose-lose situation.
Although a lose-lose situation is better than a lose-only situation, Lu Shi would still prefer a win-win situation if possible—he would win twice.
One variable has been introduced: Gao Mi used his spiritual sense ahead of time.
If Zhang Lifeng had known this news beforehand, what would he have done?
The analysis of the archives revealed that the fundamental reason why Zhang Lifeng embarked on this path of no return was that he was afraid of aging and had a kind of "pride" in his swordsmanship, which was the glory of his entire life.
The thought of killing a person with mystical abilities with swordsmanship while being an ordinary person, and that this skill would be lost if he died, made Zhang Lifeng restless.
In other words, Zhang Lifeng wasn't afraid of death; what he feared was losing this honor.
Therefore, Zhang Lifeng's purpose in hiding the weapon was not to live a long life in this way.
As the owner of a martial arts school that collaborates with the Metaphysics Society, he's not that naive.
According to Gao Mi's later explanation, Zhang Lifeng had only one goal—to pass on his swordsmanship.
If the organizer of a simulated horror event dies, his body may form abnormal things due to the residual branding.
But what if the person conducting the simulated terror cooperates willingly?
Just as Master Shi wanted to forge a divine weapon before he died, Zhang Lifeng had the same goal: to use his own death to transform the sword that had been integrated into his body into something extraordinary.
After Zhang Lifeng fell from the factory, Zhou Jianye was the first person to come into contact with Zhang Lifeng's body.
The sword forged by Zhang Lifeng was hidden by Zhou Jianye using his weapon manipulation abilities, and eventually merged into his lungs.
From this perspective, Zhang Lifeng has actually succeeded.
Unfortunately, all three of them were tricked by the mastermind behind the plan to detonate the school.
The three of them lacked knowledge about those with advanced metaphysical abilities, which led to their complete demise at the hands of the vice president with a single grab and punch.
The act of voluntarily activating the erosion domain, the sword forged with a life sacrifice—all became the price for diverting the vice president and causing an outbreak at No. 1 Middle School.
"If Zhang Lifeng knew about Gao Mi's awakening of spiritual awareness this time, would he be less eager to go to Zhou Jianye to complete the ceremony?"
"Or are you thinking about the master-disciple succession?"
Gao Mi's forte is throwing knives; his swordsmanship is only so-so.
That's why Zhang Lifeng hadn't thought about the inheritance of swordsmanship before.
These days, it's not easy to find a successor who is willing to diligently practice swordsmanship.
But after awakening spiritual awareness, everything changes.
Gao Mi was originally Zhang Lifeng's apprentice. With his spiritual awareness as a foundation, he still had a chance to inherit the sword technique if he performed the relevant metaphysical rituals.
While dealing with the bastard who had turned himself in, Lu Shi was also thinking about how to tell Zhang Lifeng about Gao Mi's awakening of spiritual awareness.
Even with the ability to correct the script, Zhang Lifeng might not necessarily pull back from the brink, but this would further disperse the corrective power, making his subsequent plans easier.
After pondering for a moment, Lu Shi and Captain Fu returned to the Metaphysics Society.
Captain Fu interrogated Wang Ba, while Lu Shi took the initiative to take over the work and prepared to conduct the most basic interrogation of Gao Mi before sending him to the guesthouse after the interrogation.
However, this time things are different because Gao Mi has awakened his spiritual awareness.
For such people, the Metaphysics Society has a very important task to undertake—recruiting them.
Therefore, before the interrogation, Lu Shi steered the conversation toward metaphysical topics.
He explained to him some guidelines for conduct after awakening his spiritual awareness.
For example, you may see abnormal things in some places. You should try to ignore them and not let your spiritual sense fluctuate violently just because you see them, as this will only amplify those abnormal things.
For example, if you want to live a normal life, you need to learn to suppress your intuition and keep it as inactive as possible.
Otherwise, the more active one's spiritual senses are, the more easily one will attract abnormal things from the surroundings.
Conversely, if you want to join a metaphysics society to acquire metaphysical abilities, you can sign up now.
Upon hearing Lu Shi's words, Gao Mi looked both frightened and excited.
He was naturally familiar with metaphysics, but his excited expression at this moment was not feigned.
"Is metaphysics like this flying sword today?" Gao Mi asked, pretending not to know.
"This is just one of them," Lu Shi replied with a smile, as if he were a genuine recruiter. "I've seen your videos. If you really join, you might be able to easily learn those advanced sword techniques, like flying swords."
"The Metaphysics Society treats those with metaphysical abilities quite well; you should think it over."
Upon hearing this, Gao Mi's expression changed slightly.