Chapter 1003 - A Risky Plan (1/2)

Rhode laid his hands down, quietly gazing at the spots of light fading away. After the final spot of light vanished, he turned around and left the room without looking back. Everything that he experienced here had ended, just like in the past, present, and future. The beginning of a phase meant the end of another.

Same went for everything else.

When Rhode returned to the meeting room, the four of them displayed awkward expressions. Arthur gaped, but didn’t speak a word. Ningmi and Ningjing looked at Rhode with complications. Serena let out a cough upon realizing their reaction, but when she was about to speak, Rhode raised his hand and stopped her.

“Alright, there’s no need to talk about the past anymore. I’ve heard enough and don’t wish for it to repeat. We need to get back on the right track. I suppose we don’t have time to waste on consoling and having a heart-to-heart chat.”

“You’re right.”

Arthur immediately composed his emotions for business. Then, he stretched out his hand and retrieved four crystal-clear crystals. Inside the beautiful crystals were countless, tiny, constantly revolving runes. They formed a strange, mysterious formula, flashing across the surface of the crystals. Rhode took the four crystals and clearly felt a pure energy exuding from within them. Arthur was right. Rhode didn’t understand the differences between Order and Chaos in the past, but now the crystals in his hands were the perfect representation of Order. Rhode sensed the power of Order coalesce within the crystals, as though they were dismantled furniture, which was then packaged and left right there. All he needed to do was to release it from the crystals and install them according to the steps. They would then become the most natural and perfect system.

“After you return, you will need to activate these crystals beside the signal tower, Mr. Rhode. Order within them will automatically complete the next step. You just have to check the system interface from time to time and ensure there are no issues with the merging of Order. Don’t worry, it won’t be a difficult task. We have injected corresponding knowledge in them. As soon as you activate them, you’ll receive the content in them, Mr. Rhode.”

“Why me? Can’t the other dragon soul heirs do it?”

Rhode knitted his brows. In fact, he wasn’t interested in managing the data of a world all day like a Game Master. Game Masters had shift rotations and weren’t even doing the job alone. Were they intending to let him manage the world alone for the rest of his life? Arthur showed a forced smile to Rhode’s question.

“I’m really sorry, Mr. Rhode. Everything including the search data fused with your body when you transmigrated. That is why only you can execute adjustments through the system. Of course, the other dragon soul heirs will also sense the subtle changes in Order. But with their abilities, they will have difficulties making adjustments and changes on a high level. Mistakes may even occur by accident if they aren’t careful. This is why we can only rely on you.”

“Only me… Frankly, I can’t guarantee that everything will go well.”

“Don’t worry about this. Apart from you, ‘No. 7’ can also assist you in this mission.”

“What’s that?”

For some unknown reason, Arthur suddenly mentioned a term which Rhode couldn’t understand at all. Arthur gazed at him, slightly surprised.

“It’s the program that we used to search, conform, and confirm the intelligence and rules of this world. Didn’t I explain it to you already? Mr. Rhode, when the program sends you back to the Dragon Soul Continent, it will also send the data with you, just in case. The data includes the program used to gather intelligence. We named it the ‘7th Generalized Intelligence Collection And Integration AI’. In short, ‘No. 7′. Judging from the current situation, it has already been activated. Didn’t you see it, Mr. Rhode?”

“… Why don’t I remember anything about this 7th-what program…”

Rhode scratched his head in puzzlement. He did have the system, but had never witnessed any so-called AI before. Not only that, but the system was also an ordinary one and didn’t come with any artificial intelligence that stuck around with him like in some of the novels. Arthur gazed dubiously at Rhode and at this moment, Ningjing spoke with some hesitation.

“By the way, Mr. Rhode. The AI has even given itself a name—Gillian. Does it ring a bell to you?”

“… Damn, her…”

Rhdoe’s expression turned strange. After sensing their curious gazes, he gave an awkward cough, suppressing his urge to instantly head back and pull that sly fox out of the hole by her ears. Then, he waved his hand airily and changed the topic.

“Yes… I’m aware. Alright, I know who to look for now. Let’s get back to the main topic. Do all of you really think that everything will be fine?”

“Mr Rhode?”