109: Chapter 109 False Intelligence Scheme: Luring the Enemy to Pursue the Wrong Shadow

The afternoon, two days later.

With a loud bang, Fang Che's door was violently kicked open.

The door panel slammed hard against the wall, emitting a dull thud.

Mu Waner, with her hair disheveled and dark circles under her eyes, rushed in.

She was swaying, still wearing the research uniform from two days ago, exuding the distinct sour smell of staying up all night and the burnt bitterness of instant coffee.

She clutched a tablet tightly in her hand.

Dense streams of data flashed rapidly across the screen, the light flickering on her pale face.

Her body temperature was abnormally high from excitement, and her bloodshot violet eyes were gleaming with an intense light.

"Found it, I found it! Fang Che, I found it!"

Su Qingxue and Teacher Qin Bing, who were reporting to Fang Che in the room, were both startled and turned their heads sharply.

"Don't rush, tell us slowly. What exactly did you find?"

Teacher Qin Bing reacted first, stepping forward quickly to reach out and steady her.

The touch was scorching hot; the girl's body temperature was abnormally high.

Mu Waner leaned against Teacher Qin Bing, her chest heaving violently as she opened her mouth to gasp for air.

She held the tablet up in front of Fang Che.

Her trembling finger pointed forcefully at a line of record in the system log.

Fang Che found that line of text extremely familiar.

"Do you remember the last record from the Jiang Ning Agreement that day? The system popped up that notification saying 'Conventional attribute gains have reached the threshold,' and this part displayed that 'Conventional gains are exhausted.'"

Fang Che nodded, signaling her to continue.

"At first, I guessed it was similar to the logic Teacher Qin Bing mentioned about a container overflowing once full, but I dug deeper. I pulled out all the energy fluctuations from that agreement and checked them three times!"

"Once those conventional attributes are maxed out, it's equivalent to the container being completely full. Repeating the agreement process is definitely not just doing futile work."

"All that excess energy didn't dissipate!"

Mu Waner's speaking speed increased.

"Every time you go through the agreement, as long as the resonance between you two reaches a critical point—a boundary we haven't touched before—this pure energy forms inside your body. The process is very brief."

She paused for a moment.

"That is an embryonic aggregation of energy!"

Thoughts surged through Fang Che's mind.

He instantly recalled the system notification that appeared when the Creation Agreement was activated, which everyone, including himself, had completely ignored.

"If conception occurs during the agreement process, the fetus will be immediately absorbed and converted into the purest life energy to provide feedback to both parties."

Mu Waner pointed at Fang Che, then pointed at herself, Teacher Qin Bing, and Su Qingxue.

"We all missed this!"

"We hadn't reached that step before, and nobody took that line seriously, treating it just as useless background setting."

"But this is the key! This is definitely the key to unlocking the subsequent stages!"

She took a deep breath and raised her voice.

"Once the conventional limit is locked, the agreement process is no longer just a formality!"

"All those gains the system returned are still there!"

"Those things fuse with the resonance between both parties, creating an energy aggregate inside your body!"

"Then the system determines this is Life Essence, drains it all at once, and what it converts into is far stronger than those rigid attribute points!"

Mu Waner swiped her finger across the tablet, projecting the analysis results in front of them.

The text on the screen made everyone freeze.

"Life Essence conversion predictions include, but are not limited to, talent proficiency improvement, opportunities for breaking through skill bottlenecks, resistance to special elements like fire and poison, correction of career compatibility, and even unlocking new talent passive effects."

There wasn't a sound in the room.

All the clues connected.

Fang Che finally understood completely; that mechanism regarding fetal conversion was not some irrelevant background info, but a crucial hint leading to the core advancement path.

But the joy in his heart didn't even last three seconds before he caught the abrupt change in expressions on Teacher Qin Bing and Su Qingxue's faces.

A cold sweat broke out on Fang Che's back.

Teacher Qin Bing's face went completely pale, and Su Qingxue's hands hanging by her sides clenched tightly.

Teacher Qin Bing was the first to break the silence.

"Not a single word of this can leak out. Mu Waner, do you understand? No one other than the four of us can know."

She turned her head to look at Fang Che.

"Fang Che, you understand what this actually means, right?"

"If other Trains or those outside forces hear even a whisper, knowing that you can continuously farm this kind of Life Essence..."

"You won't be able to keep your position as leader."

Teacher Qin Bing's expression was extremely grave.

"In the eyes of others, you'll be a walking, one-of-a-kind piece of fat, an inexhaustible production warehouse for top-tier resources!"

"They will absolutely go crazy trying to capture you, and then lock you away in some sunless place, controlling you tightly!"

"Those people will use any means necessary; they will absolutely squeeze every last bit of utility out of you!"

Teacher Qin Bing's words made the atmosphere extremely oppressive.

Su Qingxue chimed in from the side.

"I agree to keep it a secret, but relying solely on hiding it won't work. Jiang Ning and the others being stuck and unable to advance is a real problem. If it goes on for too long, the people below will definitely lose focus."

She looked at Fang Che.

"We can create a separate core permission level."

"Only those who have risked their lives with us and whose backgrounds we've thoroughly checked and deemed absolutely reliable can be allowed access to this subsequent advancement agreement."

"This thing is both an ultimate reward and a sieve. Once it's introduced, the lifeline of the main force will be firmly held in your hands alone."

Just then, Gu Nanzhi, who had been huddled in the corner and rarely spoke, opened her mouth.

"Both older sisters are right, but if we just hide this, it's a bit of a waste."

She looked up at Fang Che, her eyes extremely calm.

"Such important intelligence is actually just as useful for fooling people."

"We can completely make up some half-truths to spread outside."

"For instance, we can exaggerate the side effects to the extreme, saying that every time the agreement is activated, Fang Che's lifespan is directly shortened, or that it requires the lives of several core combatants to open this advancement gate."

"Let that bunch outside mess around for some illusory benefits, wasting resources and energy, and ideally, they'll fall into chaos themselves first."

A slightly cold curve appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"The best way to guard against them is to dig a bottomless pit for them."

Fang Che lowered his head in silence, his fingers tapping the table unconsciously.

He glanced at his communicator, which displayed a countdown of 71 hours and 58 minutes until the confrontation station docking.

The jumping bright red numbers constantly tugged at everyone's nerves.

Time was extremely tight.

He had to bind this group together before facing the enemy, and incidentally, set up a sufficiently deep trap around them.

Finally, he looked up.

"What Su Qingxue said is feasible. You three, set up a framework for core selection; you decide the quota for candidates and the standards for merit."

He turned his gaze to Gu Nanzhi, who had been watching him quietly.

"Just protecting our own plate isn't enough; we need to use this as bait to bury a lethal trap for those guys who want to bite."