Chapter 111 Return to Iron Hand Academy
When the Three-Rank Translation Master heard Fang Che's question, he immediately took out a contract and a one-time signing tool, and replied: "A Fourth-Order Professional from this Plane wants to save his descendants' lives, so he decided to help us destroy this Plane.
Additionally, he also provided a Plane they had conquered, which requires you to sign a contract to gain the Plane Will's recognition and temporarily bypass the Emperor's Slaughter Order."
Fang Che took the contract, looked at the information on it, and sighed, "Choosing to betray one's own Plane for family is a very interesting reason."
The Three-Rank Translation Master beside him sneered and mocked, "These small Planes can't develop because they are constrained by familial affection.
These beings are burdened by familial affection; for the sake of their relatives and descendants, they madly occupy resources they don't need, preventing other geniuses from developing at all, severely hindering the Plane's development.
Even if there is truly a selfless saint, his students and disciples will elevate the saint's descendants, with the goal of their own descendants receiving help from others in the future.
When the concept of familial affection is deeply ingrained, it can even be used as an excuse to wildly harm others or surrender to enemies; in reality, they are only doing it for themselves!"
At this point, the Three-Rank Translation Master paused slightly, a fervent smile in his eyes as he said, "The Emperor Plane is still the best; we are not burdened by familial affection and will not actively occupy things we don't need, which avoids wasting resources.
We also don't have to worry about others using familial affection to bind us; we can make the most correct choices, and even if we choose incorrectly, we can quickly correct it. We are the most outstanding Professionals in this world!"
Fang Che did not particularly agree with the Three-Rank Translation Master's words.
Fang Che believed that while familial affection might have various drawbacks, it also had good aspects.
Familial affection is the best umbrella for the weak; if everyone in Slaughter Saber Academy had parents, Lü Jing and Fierce Tiger Group would not be able to unscrupulously forge loan contracts or ruthlessly exploit students.
With the help provided by familial affection, the number of deaths in the Emperor Plane each year would be reduced by more than half, which would be very beneficial for the Plane's development.
Furthermore, familial affection is just one type of emotion; the lack of familial affection will inevitably be compensated for in other areas.
The existence of various groups in the Emperor Plane is precisely because friendship has replaced familial affection.
The Emperor Plane has experienced countless battles due to friendship, causing immense losses.
Even if all emotions are abandoned and everyone becomes selfish, would that be a good thing?
Division of labor and cooperation are necessary for the best development of a Plane; working alone is not feasible.
Fang Che wanted to express these thoughts, but seeing the Three-Rank Translation Master's fervent appearance, he decided to abandon discussing the topic.
Fang Che silently placed the one-time signing tool on the contract, then returned the contract to the Translation Master, asking, "The conquered Plane mentioned in the contract still has many Third-Order Professionals alive. Will the Plane Will allow our Iron Hand Group to be responsible for developing this Plane?"
The Translation Master reined in the fervor in his eyes, took the contract, and nodded with a smile, "It will definitely be developed by the Iron Hand Group. You are a Temporary Plane Son; even if the Plane Will doesn't give face to the Iron Hand Group, it will have to give face to you!"
Upon hearing this, Fang Che relaxed slightly and continued to ask, "Then can I go there to cultivate?"
The Translation Master replied with some uncertainty, "I'm not sure about that, but as long as you still have cultivation opportunities, you will definitely be arranged to go to Other Planes, so you don't need to worry too much."
Fang Che nodded gently and said, "Alright, besides this contract, is there anything else I need to do?"
The Three-Rank Translation Master shook his head and said, "No, you can cultivate slowly. Regarding the information about this contract, Vice Leader Li Xing will help you record it. I'll take my leave."
Fang Che nodded and said, "Take care."
Afterward, the Three-Rank Translation Master used a tool to tear open a spatial rift and teleported away directly.
Fang Che re-entered the underground, set up his defensive tools, and continued to cultivate.
In the blink of an eye, several hours later, only a very short time remained before Fang Che had to leave.
Fang Che put away all his tools, and after confirming that no items were left behind, a mass of mist suddenly enveloped Fang Che's body.
Within this mist, the aura of the Emperor Plane Will emanated.
When the mist dissipated, Fang Che had returned to Iron Hand Academy's teleportation array, his weakened body slowly returning to normal.
Mist permeated around Fang Che, and each time the mist dissipated, an Iron Hand Group Professional appeared.
These were all the Professionals who had been teleported with Fang Che a month ago.
Moments later, all the mist dissipated, the teleportation array's gate opened, and a Fourth-Order Instructor stood at the entrance, calling out, "Welcome back, everyone. Please return to the Iron Hand Group."
Everyone walked out one after another. Fang Che curiously looked around and found that everyone had returned alive, and the aura emanating from each person was much stronger than a month ago.
This was all improvement gained from squeezing Plane energy; if elixirs had been consumed, the improvement would not have been so significant.
It seemed they had been cultivating all month and had not gone out on missions.
Additionally, the Third-Order Professionals here had not pre-shaped humanoid Professional gems like Fang Che, so they must have carried tools that converted energy.
After Fang Che followed the others out of the teleportation array, he returned directly to the Iron Hand Group.
After walking towards his residence for a moment, Fang Che saw General Gao Ping outside his room.
General Gao Ping at the room's entrance also saw Fang Che, and he hurried over, excitedly saying, "Great, you're finally back! Let's go get a negotiation mission!"
Fang Che didn't understand General Gao Ping's enthusiasm for negotiation and asked, "Didn't you go negotiate while I was away?"
General Gao Ping replied, "I've been negotiating, but these were all simple negotiation missions, not very interesting. Now that you're back today, I can finally take on challenging missions."
Fang Che nodded gently and said, "Don't rush. I'll go back and write some things first. After I'm done, I'll go find the Vice Leader to get a mission."
General Gao Ping nodded and said, "Okay, then hurry back and write."
Fang Che returned to his room and quickly wrote down the various materials needed to strengthen the Curse Tool.
Afterward, Fang Che and General Gao Ping went to Li Xing's room together.
Midway, Fang Che asked, "Since I joined the Iron Hand Group, I don't seem to have seen you cultivate."
General Gao Ping shook his head indifferently and said, "How can cultivation be as interesting as negotiation? I used to just cultivate casually when there were no negotiation missions.
If it weren't for the fact that my strength increasing allows me to take on more difficult negotiation missions, I wouldn't even be willing to waste time on cultivation."
Fang Che asked curiously, "Don't you get tired of negotiating all the time?"
General Gao Ping shook his head and said, "No, I don't. Negotiation is something I enjoy. I'm willing to keep negotiating. You probably don't get tired when you're doing something you love either!"
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Chapter 112: The Enhancement of the Evil Mirror of Revenge
"Something I like?"
Fang Che suddenly fell into deep thought.
All this time, no matter what Fang Che did, he only had three minutes of enthusiasm.
The thing Fang Che did most was cultivate.
However, Fang Che did not like to cultivate.
If it weren't for dealing with the large-scale Plane wars that could break out at any time in the future, and if it weren't for his own life, Fang Che wouldn't even force himself to cultivate.
Thinking of this, Fang Che was certain that the thing he liked most was to live.
To do nothing, just simply live!
Now, whether Fang Che cultivated or refined Curse Tools, it was all for the sake of living.
Thinking of this, Fang Che smiled slightly and said, "I know what I like, and I will strive for the things I like."
General Gao Ping was slightly stunned and said, "It seems that what you like is very advanced and difficult to satisfy at this moment. However, striving to become stronger for the sake of what you like is also a kind of happiness."
"You are right!" Fang Che smiled and kept General Gao Ping's words in his heart.
Fang Che decided that when he felt irritable in the future, he would use General Gao Ping's words to motivate himself and uplift his spirits.
A moment later, the two arrived at Li Xing's room and knocked on the door.
A moment later, Li Xing walked out of the room, glanced at Fang Che, and was slightly puzzled.
Li Xing found that Fang Che's strength improvement speed was only slightly better than other Third-Order Professionals.
However, Fang Che was a Temporary Plane Son and must have mastered the Elemental Body skill. With this skill, Fang Che's strength improvement speed should be similar to a Fourth-Order Professional, not so slow.
Li Xing couldn't figure it out for a moment, but he was very happy in his heart.
If Fang Che cultivated a bit slower, he could serve the Iron Hand Group better, which was a good thing.
Therefore, Li Xing took out a storage ring and smiled, "Fang Che, welcome back. I have already recorded the contracts you signed in Other Planes.
Inside this storage ring are the materials you need. You can write down the materials you will need next and give them to me!"
Fang Che reached out and took the storage ring, then handed the information he had just written to Li Xing, respectfully saying, "These are the things this Junior will need in the future. I trouble Vice Leader to help collect them."
Li Xing took the information and glanced at it. After confirming that there were no materials needed for promotion to Fourth-Order, he readily agreed:
"I will help you collect them. Also, I heard that you want to cultivate in the conquered Plane mentioned in the contract. I will arrange for you to go next time."
"Thank you, Vice Leader." Fang Che's face showed a happy smile, and then he asked:
"May I ask, Vice Leader, when I go to cultivate, can I handle the Third-Order Professionals in that Plane?"
Li Xing did not directly agree, but answered in a roundabout way, "If they are still alive, they can all be handed over to you to eliminate."
Upon hearing this, Fang Che knew that the Iron Hand Group had already begun sending people to clear the Plane.
By the time Fang Che went to cultivate, it was probably almost cleared.
Fang Che no longer held hope for eliminating these Third-Order Professionals. He forced a smile and said:
"Thank you, Senior. We came today mainly to continue going out for negotiations, and we came to ask for your opinion."
General Gao Ping, who was beside him, immediately perked up when he heard Fang Che finally mention this matter, watching Li Xing with great anticipation.
"I have already prepared them for you." Li Xing smiled slightly and handed the round-trip teleportation tool and the one-time signing tool to Fang Che.
Then, Li Xing took out the previous notebook and handed it to General Gao Ping, asking, "Give me the notebook for the negotiation tasks you performed last month."
General Gao Ping nodded excitedly, put away the notebook Li Xing gave him, and then took out the negotiation task notebook he had used this month and returned it to Li Xing.
Li Xing took the notebook and smiled, "Next, you will still have to work hard on negotiations. Fang Che, in a month, you will be arranged to cultivate again. If you have nothing else, you can leave."
Fang Che and the other replied in unison, "Your subordinates take their leave."
Away from Li Xing's room, General Gao Ping asked with some worry, "Just now, Vice Leader arranged for you to cultivate again. Can you cultivate in Other Planes many times?"
Fang Che replied, "I can go to Other Planes to cultivate three times a year, each time for one month."
General Gao Ping's heart grew even more worried. Three months of cultivation each time meant only nine months left for negotiations.
However, General Gao Ping quickly thought of a question and asked with some anticipation:
"You cultivate for three months a year, so you must complete the energy accumulation process very quickly. Once you complete the energy accumulation process, will you always go to negotiate with me?"
Fang Che gently shook his head and said, "No, after completing the energy accumulation process, I will still perform tasks and accumulate advancement tools, but…"
General Gao Ping eagerly asked, "But what?"
Fang Che smiled and said, "But don't worry, my main responsibility after joining the Iron Hand Group will be related to signing contracts. I will go to negotiate with you."
Upon hearing this, General Gao Ping's face broke into a brilliant smile, "That's good, that's good."
Fang Che looked at General Gao Ping's excited expression, feeling a little envious.
Being able to always do what he likes, this General Gao Ping is truly happy.
Fang Che wanted to live happily, but unfortunately, his strength was insufficient, so he could only cultivate diligently.
Fang Che sighed in his heart and said, "I will be cultivating next month, so I will try to complete more negotiation tasks this month. Brother General Gao Ping, please go find a guard."
"I'll go now." General Gao Ping nodded and left cheerfully.
Afterward, Fang Che returned to his residence and took out materials to strengthen the Revenge Evil Mirror.
At the same time, Fang Che also took out the resources he had obtained from his killings in Other Planes.
After carefully counting for a moment, Fang Che found that these resources were either raw materials or some crudely refined pills and weapons.
Due to the crude refining methods, these items could not be sold for a good price in the Emperor Plane.
Even if they were melted down and re-forged, not much raw material could be extracted.
Fang Che estimated that the resources consumed for re-forging would be more valuable than the raw materials extracted.
Fang Che directly discarded these items, then took out the materials he could use and continued to strengthen the Curse Tools.
A moment later, all the materials used to strengthen the Curse Tools were used up.
The Voodoo Doll's storage space expanded once again, but it still could not transmit stored items over long distances.
The Substitute Puppet's concealment ability was strengthened again, with no other changes.
As for the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book, Fang Che did not dare to strengthen it, fearing that Soul Master Gu Ning would feel fear.
However, the Revenge Evil Mirror's abilities received a significant boost:
[When an enemy launches a mysterious attack, it can immediately display all useful information about the enemy on the mirror surface;
If the information of the target to be found is pasted on the Revenge Evil Mirror, the target's location can be found. After finding the target's location, the user will be blind for five months.]
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Chapter 113 Historian Occupation
Previously, only after an enemy completed a mysterious attack and injured Fang Che could the Revenge Evil Mirror discover the enemy's information.
Now that the Revenge Evil Mirror has been strengthened, it can lock onto the enemy during their attack.
As long as Fang Che is fast enough, he can eliminate the enemy before their attack ends, thereby avoiding the damage he would have received.
The strengthened Nailhead Seven Arrows Book possessed the ability to quickly eliminate enemies, faster than any mysterious attack could take effect.
This means that from now on, as long as someone dares to launch a mysterious attack on Fang Che, he will be able to discover them in advance and eliminate them!
Fang Che happily put away the Revenge Evil Mirror, and the next second, the item at the door shouted, "Someone's here, someone's here!"
Fang Che gathered all the materials on the ground, opened the door, and saw that General Gao Ping had already found two guards.
General Gao Ping handed Fang Che a piece of paper with the negotiation target's information written on it and smiled, "Let's go."
Fang Che took the white paper, wrapped it around the teleportation item, then crushed the teleportation item to open a spatial rift.
The group entered the spatial rift and arrived at a new negotiation location, beginning a new round of negotiations.
Fang Che sat in a corner and waited for a moment, then received the remuneration sent by others.
After putting away the remuneration, Fang Che closed his eyes and silently chanted: Observe.
Illusory eyes instantly condensed in his Niwan Palace, staring intently at the promotion content recorded on the humanoid curse master gem.
It was difficult to find improvement methods by examining the humanoid curse master gem now, but Fang Che had nothing to do at the moment, so he might as well find something to pass the time.
Unconsciously, the negotiation quickly ended, and after Fang Che submitted the contract to Li Xing, he began negotiations once again.
Unconsciously, more than half a month passed.
On this day, after the negotiation ended, General Gao Ping used the communication token to inform Li Xing of the negotiation content.
Not long after, Li Xing's calm voice came from the communication token: "Let's do that. After this contract is signed, I need Fang Che to help me with some things. You come back to change the negotiation task."
General Gao Ping was slightly stunned and felt a bit unhappy, but he still respectfully replied, "Understood."
Subsequently, General Gao Ping called in the negotiation target waiting outside, and after Fang Che signed the contract, the group quickly returned to the Iron Hand Group.
Immediately after, Fang Che went with General Gao Ping to Li Xing's place.
After Li Xing opened the door, General Gao Ping reluctantly handed the negotiation notebook in his hand to Li Xing and said, "Vice Leader, this is the negotiation task list."
Li Xing took the list, took out a new notebook, and then handed the teleportation item and the temporary signing item to General Gao Ping, smiling, "Go get busy."
"Junior takes his leave."
After General Gao Ping left, the smile on Li Xing's face disappeared, and he looked at Fang Che with a serious expression, whispering, "Let's talk in the room."
After Fang Che entered the room and closed the door, Li Xing explained, "We and other groups are jointly handling a certain Plane, and many conflicts have erupted;
A few days ago, a Historian Professional suddenly appeared in that Plane and attacked us. Our mission is likely to fail, and we need you to go and show our difficulties."
Hearing these words, Fang Che recalled information about the Historian profession.
The Historian profession is one that can summon historical figure projections.
They record information about historical figures on book-shaped weapons and, with the help of this information, summon historical figure projections.
The summoned historical figures will condense various complex abilities based on their life stories.
These complex abilities have pros and cons, first and foremost being the historical figure's profession, as well as the various advantages and disadvantages of that profession.
If a historical figure frequently manipulates items, the projection's ability to manipulate items will be enhanced after summoning the historical figure projection.
If a historical figure says he likes women, he will gain the negative ability of 'cherishing and protecting the fair sex,' causing his strength to decrease when facing female Professionals.
Additionally, the strength of a summoned historical figure is at most on par with the Historian.
Even if the historical figure possesses immense power, he cannot fully exert it.
Given that the Historian Professional has so many problems, he shouldn't be difficult to deal with. How could he affect the Iron Hand Group's mission?
At this moment, Li Xing continued to explain, "This Historian has Third Order strength, which is very weak, but you must note that this is a Historian who fabricates unofficial histories!"
Hearing these words, Fang Che's expression became serious.
Fabricating unofficial histories means modifying the historical figure's life story to strengthen the summoned character.
For example, a historical figure says he likes women.
Then, the six characters 'he likes women' can be changed to 'women like him'.
This way, the summoned historical figure will lose the negative effect of 'cherishing and protecting the fair sex' and instead gain the positive effect of 'making women like him,' causing the strength of female Professionals fighting him to decrease.
Of course, the adaptation of unofficial history is not random fabrication; it needs to have traces to follow.
If a historical figure who said 'he likes women' had never interacted with women, those six characters could not be changed to 'women like him'.
In short, to fabricate unofficial histories, one must have sufficient understanding of the historical figure.
However, the Emperor Plane's records of historical figures are not detailed, at most recording some major events that affected the historical figures; minor events are not recorded.
Additionally, Emperor Plane Professionals do not have family inheritances and cannot record ancestral information.
This leads to an infinite increase in the difficulty of fabricating unofficial histories.
Historians capable of fabricating unofficial histories are rare; some people never see one in their entire lives.
Furthermore, everyone is unfamiliar with historical figures, so when facing historical figures summoned by a Historian, they can only use lives to test their abilities.
Historical figures summoned using unofficial histories will definitely reduce negative abilities, and the casualties caused when testing their abilities will be incredibly huge, possibly even failing to determine the historical figure's abilities after sacrificing everyone.
Fang Che was now very worried that the Historian might fabricate a historical figure who ignores Plane Will punishment, so that the historical figure would not be punished after killing Fang Che, the Temporary Plane Son!
Fang Che asked with some concern, "May I ask, Senior, how much does the Iron Hand Group know about this Historian who fabricates unofficial histories?"
Li Xing understood what Fang Che was afraid of, took out a contract, and comforted him:
"We have tested the Historian's abilities in many ways and have specially prepared targeted defensive items for you;
Furthermore, we will not let you attack the Historian or the historical figures he summons. If the Historian or historical figures cause you harm, you will be directly teleported back. All of this has been written in the contract."
Fang Che took the contract and checked it, relaxing slightly, then released his Curse Master energy and signed the contract.
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Chapter 114 Historians and Thinkers
After the contract was established, Li Xing quickly took out a pile of items and handed them to Fang Che, saying, "These are items to deal with the Historian. Take them. I'll take you to the Iron Hand Academy's teleportation array."
Fang Che took the items, put them on, and followed Li Xing to the Iron Hand Academy.
Halfway there, Li Xing suddenly took out a piece of material and handed it to Fang Che, saying:
"I was too rushed just now and forgot to give you the materials you're entitled to after signing the contract. Please accept them first. After I've teleported you away, I'll record the contract you just signed."
Fang Che took the materials and politely said, "Thank you, Senior."
Li Xing shook his head and said, "You're welcome. Let me tell you about the problems the Iron Hand Group is facing. In that Plane, many people have lost their human intelligence, becoming like animals…"
Next, Li Xing recounted information about the Historian, while Fang Che listened quietly.
By the time they arrived at the Iron Hand Academy, Li Xing had also told Fang Che the general information.
Walking to a small teleportation gate, Li Xing introduced:
"This is a small teleportation array specifically reserved for our Iron Hand Group by the Iron Hand Academy. We can teleport to any place at our own expense.
You go in first. Once I activate the teleportation array, you can directly teleport over."
Fang Che nodded, pushed open the door, and walked into the teleportation array.
A moment later, spatial energy appeared in the teleportation array, indicating that the teleportation array had been activated.
Fang Che immediately released curse energy, which merged into the ground.
Immediately after, a spatial rift opened and sucked Fang Che in.
The next second, Fang Che was teleported into an underground grotto and felt his body rapidly weakening.
Before Fang Che could take the medicines to adapt to the weakened state, he heard countless animal sounds, as if he had arrived at a zoo.
After a casual glance at his surroundings, Fang Che was speechless at the sight before him.
At this moment, in this grotto, there were hundreds of Iron Hand Group Professionals bound by chains.
They clearly looked like humans, but they acted like animals, mimicking animal sounds, with no trace of human intelligence in their eyes.
Before Fang Che arrived, he had heard Li Xing talk about the situation here, so he had some preparation.
However, only after seeing these people with his own eyes did Fang Che realize he was far from prepared enough.
The information Li Xing spoke of was far less shocking than seeing it firsthand.
Fang Che adjusted his emotions slightly before taking a pill to adapt to his weakened body.
At this time, a Third-Order Professional came to Fang Che's side and said, "Fang Che, these are all people recently affected by historical figure projections. Please come with me to other places. I'll show you others."
Fang Che nodded gently and said, "Thank you for leading the way."
Next, Fang Che followed the Third-Order Professional out of the grotto and to other grottoes.
In each grotto were severely injured Professionals, each with different symptoms.
Just then, Fang Che suddenly noticed a figure condensing on the Revenge Evil Mirror in his Niwan Palace, with various pieces of information recorded next to the figure:
[The deceased Thinker summoned by the Historian currently possesses Third-Order strength and various powerful abilities…]
No sooner had he finished reading this information than a loud voice entered the grotto from outside: "Inhumane!"
The next second, Fang Che saw some severely injured and unconscious Professionals suddenly wake up and cry out, "Woof woof woof~"
"Meow~"
Immediately after, several Professionals ran over and took them away, bound by chains.
Beside Fang Che, the Third-Order Professional who had been leading Fang Che to inspect the injured sighed and said helplessly:
"The Thinker is too powerful. A casual word can change a person's thoughts.
Those whose thoughts have been changed by the Thinker, outwardly they are human, but deep down they consider themselves animals.
Although we have found defensive items, these severely injured and unconscious people cannot use them.
Now we can only tie them up to prevent them from becoming feral, and then, in the future, teleport them back to the Emperor Plane and hire Thinkers to rescue them."
Fang Che did not believe the Third-Order Professional's words.
There are many ways in this world to allow severely injured and unconscious people to use items, so they wouldn't necessarily be affected by the Thinker.
Moreover, the faces of the other injured people showed little fear; when they looked at the Professionals bound by chains, their eyes even showed envy.
This was clearly a deliberate act of feigned misery, creating a false impression.
However, Fang Che did not expose them. Feigning misery could show the Iron Hand Group's difficult situation, making it easier to gain the Plane Will's sympathy and avoid punishment for the Iron Hand Group's mission failure.
Since Fang Che had joined the Iron Hand Group, he should cooperate with their act.
So, Fang Che sighed, "The Historian profession, combined with historical Thinkers, can unleash unimaginable power. The current destructive power is perfectly reasonable."
The Third-Order Professional next to him heard these words, nodded in agreement, and said with concern:
"The enemy is very powerful and appeared inexplicably, directly causing our Iron Hand Group's low-level Professionals to lose their combat effectiveness.
Higher-level Professionals cannot hold out alone; even if they drive away the enemy, they cannot occupy important areas for a long time.
However, our Iron Hand Group will definitely do our best and fight until the last moment!"
The Third-Order Professional's words did not seem to be directed at Fang Che, but rather at outsiders, to show the Iron Hand Group's difficulties and their fighting spirit!
Fang Che cooperated by saying, "To do one's utmost, even if one fails, is admirable!"
The Third-Order Professional grinned and said, "Fang Che is right. We shouldn't always judge heroes by success or failure. From now on, Fang Che can move freely here. It's very safe and won't affect you."
Fang Che nodded gently and said, "I will protect myself and not cause trouble for everyone. Where should I stay next?"
The Third-Order Professional said, "I'll take Fang Che there right now!"
Subsequently, the Third-Order Professional led the way, with Fang Che following closely behind.
At the same time, Fang Che diverted some of his attention to Observe the remaining information displayed on the Revenge Evil Mirror.
After reading all the information, Fang Che did not find any information about the Historian who summoned the Thinker; he only knew that such a person existed.
Facing this situation, Fang Che was not too disappointed, as it was the Thinker who attacked Fang Che just now, not the Historian.
The Curse Masters who had attacked Fang Che before were also hired by others, and the Revenge Evil Mirror did not display any information about the employers.
The current Historian summoning the Thinker is similar to this kind of employment relationship.
To find the Historian, the Historian must personally launch a mysterious attack on Fang Che.
Thinking of this, Fang Che looked at the Third-Order Professional walking ahead and asked, "Can you confirm the Historian's identity now?"
The Third-Order Professional shook his head helplessly and said, "It's still unclear. Currently, we can only determine from these historical missions that the Historian possesses Third-Order strength and is good at fabricating unofficial histories. Everything else is unknown."
"Alright." Fang Che nodded gently and stopped asking.
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Chapter 115: Erasing the Summoned Thinker
A moment later, Fang Che followed the Third-Order Professional to his living quarters.
This was located at the only path in and out of the cave; anyone walking to the entrance could clearly see the severely injured Professionals being carried into the cave.
After the Third-Order Professional brought Fang Che here, he explained:
"Fang Che can freely extract Plane energy for cultivation. Cultivating here will not count towards the three-month cultivation period you agreed upon with the Iron Hand Group."
Fang Che nodded lightly, then asked, "Does the Plane Will permit killing the Third-Order Professionals of this Plane?"
The Third-Order Professional advised with some worry, "However, it's very dangerous outside. It's best to stay here."
Fang Che smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't go out. I'm just curious about this place. Can you satisfy my curiosity?"
Seeing that Fang Che was serious and not lying, the Third-Order Professional answered earnestly:
"You can kill anyone here, with no limit on the number. Our mission here, besides occupying resources, is to kill enough Professionals."
At this point, the Third-Order Professional sighed and said, "Three groups entered for this mission, and the number of people here is enough for five groups to complete their killing missions.
However, the rulers of this Plane are quite insane. After a major defeat, they chose to kill their entire families, and their subordinates also chose to be buried with them.
With so many people buried, our killing mission becomes very difficult to complete. The Historian who appeared now was likely hired by other groups to prevent us from completing our killing mission.
This Historian is too powerful. Not only does he prevent us from completing our killing mission, but even the mission of occupying resources has been affected. Now we can only fight with all our might!"
The Third-Order Professional once again spoke of the difficulty of the mission, and once again expressed his stance to the Plane Will.
Fang Che could only agree, "Just do your best!"
After that, the Third-Order Professional once again talked about the difficulty of the mission before bidding farewell and leaving.
After seeing the Third-Order Professional off, Fang Che took out some items and set them up at the entrance, forming a barrier that allowed him to see outside but prevented others from seeing inside.
After that, Fang Che took out other items and arranged them inside the cave to enhance its safety.
Having completed these tasks, Fang Che placed the Ten Thousand Soul Banner beside him and manipulated the Voodoo Doll to burrow underground to search for enemies.
Immediately after, Fang Che wrote a line of text on a blank piece of paper: Deceased Thinker historical figure projections.
Then, Fang Che took out the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book and, recalling the appearance of the deceased Thinker in his mind, kowtowed with an uncertain feeling.
Previously, all those Fang Che had killed with the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book were living people.
However, historical figure projections do not fall within the category of living people.
Fang Che wanted to try if this summoned historical figure could be killed.
As the kowtowing ended, the characters in the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book transformed into long nails and pierced the white paper.
Fang Che picked up the white paper with some anticipation and tore it to shreds.
Immediately after, an energy belonging to the Thinker condensed on the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book!
This indicated that the summoned Thinker had been successfully eliminated!
Fang Che grinned, clearing most of the deceased's energy from the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book, waiting for the Historian to summon the Thinker again to attack him.
As the Soul Master's right-hand man, the Thinker was protected by the Plane Will and could not be harmed at will.
Now that the Historian had summoned the Thinker's historical figure projections, Fang Che wanted to seize the opportunity to accumulate more of the Thinker's energy.
...
When Fang Che eliminated the summoned Thinker, the summoned Thinker was leisurely walking on the road.
The summoned Thinker was just like a normal person, with no strange features whatsoever.
After the Thinker walked leisurely for a moment, his figure gradually became illusory until he completely disappeared, leaving no trace of his aura, only a line of footprints on the ground proving the Thinker's passage.
Just then, a man and a woman, two Third-Order Professionals, appeared from the shadows and quickly ran to where the Thinker had disappeared, searching carefully.
A moment later, the female Third-Order Professional frowned and said, "The target is lost, how do we explain this?"
The male Third-Order Professional was silent for a moment, then spoke, "We indulged the Thinker's attack before precisely to let the Temporary Plane Son witness the power of the Historian and the Thinker.
Now that the Thinker has disappeared, it proves that the Historian and the Thinker still possess powerful abilities we don't know about. As long as we report it, it will further prove our difficulties. Let's go back."
The female Third-Order Professional nodded lightly, "Okay."
...
In an underground space somewhere, the ordinary-looking Historian was reading a biography, learning about historical figures.
The moment the Thinker was eliminated by Fang Che, the Historian put down the book in his hand, glanced at the hourglass next to him, and murmured to himself:
"This time, the survival time is longer than the last. It seems the Iron Hand Group no longer has hope for the mission. I'll attack a few more times."
Then, the Historian flipped his palm, taking out the book for summoning historical figures from his Niwan Palace.
The Historian casually flipped through it and found a blank page.
The Historian frowned, flipped through the next few pages, and after careful examination, said in confusion:
"That's strange, why did the Thinker's information disappear for no reason?"
The Historian meticulously reread the book but found no textual information about the Thinker, while the information of other historical figures was intact.
The Historian quickly pondered for a moment, then shook his head and smiled, "Why think so much? Just rewrite a summoning contract."
Then, the Historian took out a brush, wrote down the unofficial history of the Thinker, and finally drafted a summoning contract.
After writing all the information, the Historian released energy into the book, intending to activate the contract.
However, after the contract absorbed the energy, the newly written content seemed to have experienced billions of years, slowly blurring until it disappeared completely.
The Historian's eyes widened, and he said in disbelief, "How could it be invalid?"
The Historian wrote down the unofficial history again, checked it meticulously several times to ensure there were no problems, then injected energy again, attempting to sign the summoning contract.
However, as soon as the contract content came into contact with the energy, it was once again erased by the power of time.
"How can this be?" The Historian was somewhat confused. After pondering for a moment, he flipped through the book, found a blank page that had never recorded information, and once again wrote down the contract to summon the Thinker.
However, the contract failed to condense once again, and the contract content was once again erased by the power of time.
"Impossible, impossible." The Historian shook his head, writing the contract over and over again, but each time ended in failure.
The Historian slumped to the ground, his gaze blankly fixed on the wall.
After a long silence, the Historian suddenly got up and wrote the contract again.
Only this time, what the Historian wrote was no longer unofficial history, but the true information of the Thinker.
After writing the contract content, the Historian injected energy with a feeling of trepidation.
The next second, the contract content was once again erased by the power of time.
The summoning contract failed to condense again!
The Historian slumped to the ground again, his face pale and bewildered.