Chapter 736 - Reappearance of the steam locomotive (1/2)
Chapter 736 Reappearance of the steam locomotive
“I’m very curious. Why didn’t you kill him?” Vanilla asked and looked at Li Shentan.
Based on the sound earlier, that Demon Whisperer who had been cloned by the Pyro Company was probably only about 50 meters away from them. If Li Shentan was confident the other party was just an inferior version of him, it should be very easy to finish him off. Moreover, when Li Shentan used the sound of the silver coin in his hand to dispel the psychological suggestion placed upon them, it showed the Demon Whisperer in the forest had the ability to hypnotize them from afar through the rhythm of his speech. Since even the clone had such a power, Li Shentan himself should be even more terrifying, right?
Li Shentan looked at Vanilla and said with a smile, “Since you’re from the Anjing House, let me ask you this: How many of the groups that entered the interior of the Sacred Mountains are still capable of fighting?”
“Five,” Vanilla said calmly. In fact, a total of nine groups came on this expedition to the Sacred Mountains. However, four of them had given up while heading into the mountains.
Right now, those four groups were retreating. But the Pyro Company might not allow them to leave just like that.
Li Shentan said with a smile, “So we’re only one of the five groups left, so why should we have to do everything by ourselves? Wouldn’t it be better to let the others have a share of this surprise as well?” Vanilla’s mouth twitched a little. Was this a surprise? This was more like a shock, alright! But what Li Shentan did not tell them was that he did not want to personally deal with his clone at all. Instead, he was more looking forward to the scene of this clone encountering Ren Xiaosu.
So how could he finish off his clone? Li Shentan would have to keep him alive so he would get to meet Ren Xiaosu!
When Li Shentan started imagining the look on that silly fool when he tried to hypnotize Ren Xiaosu, he got so amused he laughed out loud. Next to him, Si Liren glanced at him. “I doubt you’ll ever recover from that mental illness of yours.” Vanilla said, “Have you considered what would happen if there are many clones of you? Since they could create one clone, they could create many more. At that time, it’ll be difficult for two fists to fight against four hands. Even if he’s an inferior version of you, you can’t defeat so many of them, right?” But Li Shentan suddenly frowned. “If the Pyro Company was using cloning technology, there would definitely be more than one clone of me. Besides, have you thought about it before? The Pyro Company should have collected at least several dozen supernatural beings’ DNA samples, right? So why is it that their T5-ranked combatants do not have any superpowers and are only terrifyingly strong in their physicality?”
Vanilla was stunned. That was right! In the earlier days, they all thought the Pyro Company could only extract the DNA of supernatural beings to create some low-quality combatants without any superpowers.
But the appearance of Li Shentan’s clone had refuted this point of view. So why didn’t the Pyro Company let their cloned supernatural beings run loose everywhere? Even if the powers of some superhuman clones were reduced, they would still be very suited to fight large-scale battles.
Li Shentan thought for a while and said, “You see, everyone’s powers only got awakened due to a specific moment in their lives, right? It doesn’t mean they’ll naturally be awakened when they grow to a certain stage in life. The Pyro Company can’t possibly duplicate this moment as well. That’s life experience, not something that can be found within one’s DNA.”
“That’s right,” Vanilla agreed. “Therefore, they must have some kind of unusual method to awaken the superpower of a clone. However, this method is not easy to execute even for the Pyro Company. For example, it might be limited in the number of times it can be used, so they only tried it on the most powerful clones,” Li Shentan said firmly.
Vanilla looked at Li Shentan in surprise. So after all that talking, he was just looking to praise himself as the most powerful supernatural being?! How shameless! However, Vanilla suddenly felt that Li Shentan’s deduction might just be the truth. Everyone regarded Li Shentan as the person closest to the gods in the era of the “Rise of Gods.” If the Pyro Company had to choose a person among the clones of so many supernatural beings to awaken their power, Li Shentan would indeed be the best choice.
“But what is that method really?” Vanilla asked.