207: Chapter 207 We Saved the World

Chu Xuan pondered for a moment and asked: [Azure Dragon will switch identities around 10:20. So before that, how strong is Han Cheng, who is fishing by the lake? What abilities does he have?]

[Tang Zheng: Most of Azure Dragon's strength is concentrated in the identity of Ming Xiucheng. Whether it's the suppression ability of the Smoke or the high burst of flames, they are both high-Rank Talent skills copied from others. With the continuous enhancement from Zhang Qiang and Zhao Hongchan, his combat power in the early stages is absolutely terrifying.]

[On the contrary, the strength of the Han Cheng identity is much inferior. His personal Rank is only at Level 6, and his various attributes are not at their Peak. He only has a Level 3 sequence skill, Healing, and the copied "Flowing Water" Talent.]

[This Talent allows the entire person to turn into liquid water, capable of eroding everything and permeating every crack. However, this ability is mostly used for the Han Cheng identity to save his own life. When suffering fatal damage, Han Cheng will turn into water.]

Turning into water...

He didn't expect the opponent to have hidden abilities.

Chu Xuan lowered his eyes in thought, then asked: [Why is there such a large strength gap between these two identities?]

[Tang Zheng: Under the Authority of Assimilation, the original body and the Clone can be switched at will. Naturally, it's the optimal choice to concentrate on one person to raise their strength level. And given Ming Xiucheng's status, he is undoubtedly the most appropriate choice.]

[Moreover, in the beginning, it was because Ming Xiucheng's strength was greater, far exceeding Han Cheng's, that he was selected as the target for Assimilation.]

[Because the Rank of "Assimilation" is quite high, Ming Xiucheng fell for it without even noticing.]

[In the memories I probed, Ming Xiucheng was actually a very righteous person, broad-minded, approachable, and kind. Although he hid the Marking ability within his Hunting skill and didn't reveal it to the outside world, he never used it on his own teammates.]

Everything changed after he was assimilated by the Azure Dragon!

After assimilating Ming Xiucheng, Azure Dragon achieved a significant leap in both strength and status. Especially with the Hunting skill, keeping Captive Specters became much more convenient.

The Investigation Team led by Tao Jiajia, the Xu family of Xuzhou, and various parties in Haicheng were all pawns he used to suppress the Haicheng Night Watchers. And the key figure among them was Xinyue Fox.

This person is actually Tao Jiajia's cousin, the granddaughter of that Elder Xu who has already been executed! Under Azure Dragon's instructions, she directed multiple members of the Resurrection Society who possessed the Heart Bewitchment skill to incite various forces against the Night Watchers, further leading to the chaotic situation of frequent Specter incidents in Haicheng.]

When Chu Xuan saw this, he immediately understood.

Previously, when clearing out the Xu Family Manor, everyone was caught, and even Elder Xu didn't have time to escape. Yet, Xu Wei was the only one missed. At the time, he hadn't paid much attention, thinking she just had good luck.

Looking at it now, Azure Dragon must have provided her with information in advance.

It's just that Xinyue Fox probably doesn't know that the person who saved her and the person who caught her are actually the same person. A classic case of being sold out without even realizing it.

[Tang Zheng: The frequent Specter incidents in Haicheng caught the high attention of the headquarters. While approving its pilot reform, the headquarters also grew suspicious of Ming Xiucheng. Therefore, the Capital will send someone to inspect Haicheng—on one hand to examine the results of the work, and on the other to secretly investigate if there are any issues with Ming Xiucheng.]

[Azure Dragon had already learned about this through Revelation. To avoid suspicion, he immediately had the Han Cheng identity "fake his death," then proceeded to liquidate various forces in Haicheng led by the Xu family, and vigorously suppressed the Haicheng Specters.]

Chu Xuan couldn't help but shake his head.

For most ordinary people, Specter incidents were merely an increase in explosions and fire accidents, a rise in missing persons, frequent cases of dismembered bodies, and an uptick in various natural disasters.

Although these situations had already caused widespread panic, against the backdrop of Haicheng's population of over twenty million and the massive daily flow of people, it wasn't enough to cause the collapse of social order.

Ordinary people still went to work and school, continuing to contribute to the development of society.

[Chu Xuan: What is the specific range for the instant-death effect of the Death Mark?]

[Tang Zheng: One thousand meters.]

[Chu Xuan: Within how many meters of the original owner can the copied Talent not be used?]

[Tang Zheng: Give me a moment, let me probe more carefully. Azure Dragon's memories are too cluttered...]

Chu Xuan didn't rush him and waited quietly.

After a short while, a message arrived.

[Tang Zheng: A copied Talent cannot be used within a hundred meters of the original owner, but if the original owner is dead, there is no such restriction.]

Chu Xuan's brow twitched slightly.

In that case, the method of using Zhao Hongchan and Zhang Qiang to counter Azure Dragon wouldn't work, because Azure Dragon could completely kill Zhao Hongchan and Zhang Qiang in an instant.

[Tang Zheng: You can kill the Han Cheng identity before 10:20, and then concentrate your forces to deal with Ming Xiucheng. Or you can kill Ming Xiucheng after 10:20 and then kill Han Cheng. That would be much easier. Otherwise, if Azure Dragon senses something is wrong, he can switch identities at any time to sacrifice the pawn to save the knight.]

A cold light flashed in Chu Xuan's eyes: [Don't worry, I already know how to kill him. Azure Dragon is dead for sure!]

After a pause, Chu Xuan continued to send: [Now you can tell me what exactly happened in the future. Why did you say we saved the world? And how did I die?]

[Tang Zheng: Around 10:30 on June 18th, we didn't board the fighter jet Ming Xiucheng requested, nor did we board the armed helicopter Luo Xiaotian prepared.]

[Instead, we boarded a fighter jet that Qin Qing obtained from the Air Force Base using Heart Bewitchment.]

[You knew Ming Xiucheng had problems, but you didn't act that day. After boarding the fighter jet, we left directly.]

[It was as if you had long predicted that this plane had been tampered with. Shortly after takeoff, while passing over a suburban wasteland, you asked me to eject and parachute with you.]

[Sure enough, not long after we jumped, that fighter jet exploded.]

[Subsequently, a White Falcon pursued us and turned into a sea of fire. I remembered your words and fled first, while you stayed behind and transformed into Chu Huan to fight a great battle with it. Ultimately, you were defeated and fled, returning the next day for revenge. Only about a thousand people in Haicheng survived.]

[And I had already left Haicheng in advance and checked the content of the tattoo on my back.]

[It turned out that you had left all the information about Azure Dragon on my back.]

[Including the possibility of possessing a Copy-like ability, the instant-death effect of the Hunting mark, and the Authority of Assimilation of the Evil God, among others.]

[You wanted me to bide my time and wait for the right moment. I had to have absolute strength and possess a Substitute Object, a Sealing Object, and a Soul-Locking Item. Only when I was one hundred percent certain of success could I make a move against Ming Xiucheng!]

[Otherwise, once the opponent escaped and hid in the shadows, it would be difficult to find him again.]

[Over the past three years, I have been accumulating strength, while Ming Xiucheng, just as in the original timeline, became a titan-like figure, protecting a portion of humanity and contributing indispensable strength to the continuation of the world.]

[But that wasn't actually the case. Azure Dragon's schemes were extremely deep.]

[With the help of the Dark World, he obtained many special items and buried Coordinate Nodes all over the world. He planned to sacrifice our entire world to the Evil God of the Dark World during a high-spec special mission.]

[Tang Zheng: This special mission has already begun!]

[And it was also during these three years that I learned from various sources that the assimilated Clone and the original body can only be in the same space and cannot be more than a hundred kilometers apart. So, I also took action against him during this mission.]

[I had been accumulating for a long time. Although I still paid a significant price, under the state where I fully activated my Fighting God Talent, I finally managed to cripple and successfully seal him.]

[I prevented the destruction of the world.]

[But similarly, it was because of your sacrifice three years ago and the tattoos you carved all over my back that I was able to achieve this.]

[That's why I said it was us together who saved the world!]