Chapter 182: Tom Is Still More Intelligent
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Fang Ning continued to observe the treasure, but he was aware that although it was big and useful, it would never belong to him, so he could only admire it for now.
As he had his sense about him more than the other, he looked at the treasure to realize that something didn’t feel right.
He talked to Sir System, “You see, this guy has such a strong treasure, meaning that the God of Creation is pretty strong. Your System Space has its own flaws. Anderson mentioned before that the Black Cat Tom can gain information about this place through spiritual communication. That Maram could also speak with his God through his prayers. If this guy managed to link up with something even stronger and leaks out any information…”
System replied, “Then this is even better. I can just sit here and wait for my Experience Points to come to me… Best if it could bring another treasure.”
Fang Ning was speechless, “Fine, sir, you are the best, but you are too naïve and too childish. The enemy has already been tricked once, why would they come again? They must be waiting to ambush Vigilante A somewhere outside, is that good?”
The System replied, “Whatever you said is pointless. Regardless how I block any connection from inside or from outside, his backbone will sooner or later try and challenge Vigilante A.”
Fang Ning slapped his forehead, “I forgot about this… man I really have OCD. That’s true, instead of letting them find Vigilante A, we should lure our enemy’s attention towards the Draconic Penitentiary while continuing to broaden our friendship and master our inner strength.”
System replied, “Host, you are neither being cautious, nor do you have OCD. You’re really just a coward, but, I like this part about you the most…”
Fang Ning said helplessly, “Thank you for your praise, Sir, but I think we should still build a solitary confinement in this prison. You should lock up those troublesome prisoners like Maram and block his connection with the outside world. So long as he maintains his communication with his God, he will never surrender.”
System replied, “Yes, what you said is correct. But to do what you suggested, I would need to create a program just to keep constant sight on them, just like how I cut off your gaming mood. I can manage it with one or two monsters, but I will need at least 5 such programs with more monsters. I can’t just put all my focus on one task.”
Fang Ning listened and replied in question, “Well that won’t do; it’ll be just like the job Anderson is doing right now. Any other ideas?”
System replied, “Then we can only do that by upgrading the penitentiary area. By the way, just to inform you, all the buildings you saw are also graded from beginner-level to master-level, followed by legendary-level to Godlike-level. The higher the level, the more effects it has.”
Fang Ning was speechless, “More upgrades? You’re just like those martial arts AFK games… But sir, could you just tell me all their uses? You only tell me when I am in trouble and it always gives me a headache.”
System replied, “Oh, that, I can’t give that to you. Just ask me when you need anything. I’ll tell you straight if I have it, but if I don’t then I’ll see if I can try to comprehend it or upgrade it.”
Fang Ning thought about something suddenly and said immediately, “That’s so troublesome though, you just need to tell me once. I have a very powerful brain and I can remember them.”
System replied, “You have a strong memory so I can’t tell you everything… Because you always trick me. If you find out about all my abilities you will for sure try to find my loopholes.”
Fang Ning was stunned. He just got a similar idea and wanted to find any loopholes present in System Sir. He wanted to try if he could initiate seized mode or vacation mode as he liked, and make his own perfect life…
One should never lie often. Even the stupid system had started to catch on…
He had no way of disagreeing, so he could only shift the conversation. “Then hurry up and upgrade the prison area and throw any new prisoners into solitary confinement. This is an important issue. That four-headed snake hasn’t given up and there’s no way he’ll tell us how to use that treasure. Make three of them every time you upgrade the area.”
System replied, “I’ll trust you on this.”
System Notification, [The System has consumed 1,000,000 Experience Points to upgrade the Draconic Penitentiary to middle-level. New room built: Solitary Confinement room. Effect: Those who are thrown into this room will have no connection with the outside world.]
[The System consumed 300,000 Experience Points and building materials to build three solitary confinement rooms in the Draconic Penitentiary.]
The System said, “Done. We have solitary confinement rooms in the prison now. Who should we lock up?”
Fang Ning felt relieved that Sir System followed his will on important issues, “One is for the four-headed monster while another is for Maram. Anderson can decide for the last room. By the way, give Anderson the freedom to go in and out of the room so that he can interrogate the prisoners.”
Anderson immediately went to the newly built solitary confinement and interrogated the four-headed monster.
Fang Ning finished this before reinvestigating the gem scepter. After a while, Sir System spoke to him again.
The System said, “Host, a message appeared on the Divine Eagle drawing just now.”
Fang Ning immediately remembered the sky eagle which flew had flown away. No wonder it did so without saying a word, because it could still communicate with them through the drawing.
System continued. “The message is, ‘Brother dragon, I am flying above what the humans call the Pacific Ocean. I’ve found a powerhouse here with power-level highly exceeding us both. I hope you don’t pass through here. Next to it is a weaker black cat. That powerhouse suddenly turned weak like its soul just left its body, but I have no idea when it will come back. I will continue to observe for a moment before leaving.’”
Fang Ning felt touched by the message. This brother eagle was very loyal to him. Unsurprisingly, the System assigned it a righteous character.
He replied, “Then tell him that the soul of the powerhouse he mentioned has been captured by us. Tell him not to worry.”
The System said, “I won’t tell him that… He is still an eagle. If he knows about this he will catch that four-headed snake monster and eat it. That time when we kill that Cobra King you never noticed it, but I saw how shiny its eyes were. It was just that it was busy thinking about how to thank us for helping it on the path of godhood and didn’t do anything. I will tell it to stop trying to do anything funny and find out its location.”
Fang Ning was shocked and replied helplessly, “Damn, you’re shameless. It was trying to help us… It’s unfortunate for it to become your ally. I think when we really capture it we need to give some to the eagle. Without it, you’ll never find the true body of that monster.”
System said after a moment, “I’m fine with sharing a bit with it to motivate it into helping us find more big monsters… It replied and said it can only confirm that its position is above the Pacific Ocean. It can’t get more specific. It heard about how humans locate themselves using coordinates in the Truth Department, but it was too hard for it to learn.
“Now he just said, ‘Next to my wing is a cloud that looks like a small elephant’, ‘below my feet is the ocean with strong waves’, what is this place? Can you guess it, host?”
Fang Ning was speechless, “I can’t. It really is stupid with its description of its location. Don’t worry about this stupid eagle. Your map should have the ability to track any allies.
“The Pacific Ocean should be black in color, but the map is also black. Just continue to fly straight between the two points. We are a blue dot, and the entire Pacific Ocean would only have one green dot, and that’s it. We’ll correct its direction as it flies. Besides, why not we get Xue Feng over? Just give him a direction and he’ll be there soon enough.”
System replied, “No way. This monster is so rare and its meat is very precious. It is still a snake after we remove its head, so we can still eat it. The cobra king was a high-quality ingredient. In the future when we have some high-quality vitality herbs, with my master-level cooking skill, I can create so many good medical diets out of it. This one must be even better and it will never appear again in the future. We cannot let the Truth Department know about its presence.”
Fang Ning said, “I’m shocked beyond belief… Let’s go. It’s getting dark. The black cat will notice something’s wrong and bring it away. Inform the eagle and ask it to keep its sight on the target.”
System replied, “Relax, I’m sending it now.”
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The sky eagle was surprised at the message.
Brother dragon said that the two were villains, and that he sensed its location. He would arrive soon and capture these two.
However, it already knew how strong the four-headed snake monster was, even though that monster didn’t have its soul and its body had no power to resist anything.
Instead, it had the black cat was by its side. It was not as strong as itself, but even with the help of brother dragon, it would still not be an easy task capturing the black cat.
If they were too late and the monster regained its soul, it would be a disaster.
Brother dragon was born in the upper realm and was stronger than it, and he must have something that gave him such confidence.
The sky eagle was the leader of a tribe. Although it was stupid, it was still able to understand the situation. It continued using its Eagle Eye to lock onto the cloud located hundreds of kilometers away from it.
…
Time was ticking. Black Cat Tom was getting worried about the cloud. It looked at the four-headed man. That monster was closing his eyes and had no movement.
“It’s been so long. I thought he said he would come back victorious after a while? If you can’t just destroy that hell with your feet, you should have sent a message back to me through the God of Creation. You are a noble and I don’t have the courage to establish a soul connection with you. I have no idea if you are in trouble or not. This is terrible.”
The black cat talked to itself without moving the man’s body.
It knew his personality and didn’t want to offend this God for no reason.
“I will wait for another half an hour. If he remains like this it surely meant something has gone wrong. I will bring your body back home immediately.”
Black Cat Tom decided on this, and said half an hour went by quickly.
The surrounding was quiet as usual, and the only thing moving was the gushing wind.
It realized that this God will never regain his soul.
Black Cat Tom was not worried. Instead, it felt lucky. It realized that the Draconic Penitentiary was really hiding something.
Anderson betrayed it and cut off their soul connection, but before that, Tom sensed the prison through Anderson. It felt the appearance of a baby True Dragon. It was weak like a normal human. Tom just informed the monster about this.
The God channeled his strength and reached S-rank. He should be the strongest person in this realm, yet he was trapped in the prison. That place might have some other matured True Dragon in it, but the chances were slim. It was too difficult for a mature True Dragon to descend at that moment.
The other reason might be that the prison was by itself a strong secret treasure of the Dragon Clan. Its power was enough to trap any followers of the God of Creation. It felt that this was the most possible cause.
In order to grow its status in this infinite world, the Dragon clan could still manage to create a strong hidden space.
The path of godhood was efficient and beneficial, but it had a major flaw. Whenever its believers or heir fell into hell, it had the responsibility to go and save them. If they didn’t do so the followers would go crazy, but if they did try to save them they would get into trouble…
The God of Death behind it didn’t require any kind of prayers or followers. So long as people were dying, it could absorb energy through its own altar in secret. It will never depend on followers.
However, it was also because of this that it had to strike a careful balance. If it wasn’t cautious enough it would have been dragged into the prison by Anderson…
Those that trained by themselves were the safest. Although they improved at a slower rate, they only need to worry about themselves and be the one deciding their actions.
As it thought about it, Tom stopped hesitating. It increased its body to the size of a black tiger and grabbed the four-headed man, before jumping down
