I Don't Agree to the Terms

Chapter 945 499: Stabilizer (×), World-Ender (√)

"Check again and see if there's anything missing."

Gu Shanhai began to review the entire plan; everything was ready at this point.

"The scapegoats used to divert attention are all alive." He glanced at the Player Management Bureau, each of them looking with satisfaction at the large Annihilation Energy Array in the civilization stabilizer version.

"Then there's the core breach, now there's only one final step left."

"And also..."

Each process was repeatedly checked and verified in Gu Shanhai's hands to ensure that there would be no errors during the implementation of the plan.

"Done!"

"Next is the ignition start."

Gu Shanhai found no errors; if there were any undetectable ones, then there's nothing he could do, as the arrow is already on the string and has to be shot.

However, if there really were errors that even he couldn't find, it would mean interference from a higher energy-level existence, so failure would be normal.

But the probability of such a thing is small enough to be negligible.

...

"Ignition start!" Dong Luo was visibly excited. The civilization stabilizer was finally completed and, after inspections from multiple parties, was finally put to use.

With this command, the crystalline body of the civilization stabilizer emitted a faint glow, which continued to increase.

Qin Ji, standing nearby, looked at the civilization stabilizer, unable to shake a sense of familiarity, though he couldn't pinpoint exactly what was familiar about it.

Yet instinctively, he felt that something wasn't quite right about it.

"Director Liu, who was that ancient player who sent us the civilization stabilizer?" Qin Ji asked the equally excited Liu Ze next to him.

Liu Ze turned back, thought for a moment, then looked a bit dazed.

"It was that so-and-so."

"Which one?"

"That so-and-so."

"No, which one? The name."

"That so-and-so."

In their question-and-answer exchange, Liu Ze was somewhat helpless but also realized something was off about himself.

He was sure he knew that ancient player subconsciously, but when he thought about it, he couldn't recall anything, and the impression was extremely vague.

"Why are you suddenly asking this?" Liu Ze was also a bit puzzled.

"Just curious." Naturally, Qin Ji couldn't just say that he found the civilization stabilizer familiar, as he had no way to explain it, so he chose to keep it to himself.

"What's there to be curious about?" Liu Ze muttered, then looked at the now glowing civilization stabilizer.

The brilliance soared towards the sky in front of everyone.

The ignition wasn't limited to just this one spot; civilization stabilizers installed worldwide also started simultaneously, illuminating the entire world's sky with this brilliance.

These lights started to attract and connect with each other in the sky, forming a network of light enveloping the entire world before everyone's eyes.

"It's a success; as long as the civilization network forms, it means civilization is about to stabilize, and each node represents a special effect." Dong Luo explained excitedly.

But Qin Ji was different; he felt more and more familiar with this thing, yet it was like looking through frosted glass, causing him frustration as he couldn't see the truth.

Moreover, uneasiness started to creep into his heart, making him feel that there was something wrong with the civilization stabilizer.

Just as he was about to speak up and probe to find out what this thing actually was, a sudden flash of inspiration struck him.

The frosted glass in his mind shattered instantly, and now a large destructive weapon used to wipe out players floated into his thoughts.

"Damn, this isn't a civilization stabilizer at all, but a large Annihilation Energy Array!" Qin Ji's voice was distorted and sharp; he never thought things would turn out this way.

"What?" Dong Luo and Liu Ze were initially stunned, then their expressions turned puzzled.

"It's all over, everything's over, damn it, we've all been played!" Qin Ji gritted his teeth, it's no wonder their base wasn't discovered, and it's no wonder everything went so smoothly. If Gu Shanhai was that ancient powerful player, then everything made sense.

In his eyes, he had been calculated into the plan from the beginning, in order to smoothly establish the large Annihilation Energy Array.

Using his anti-player stance, utilizing Dong Luo and Liu Ze's loyalty to the players, leveraging the Player Management Bureau's resources, and even many plans he didn't know, it was all for today.

"What's the situation?" Dong Luo also asked in a deep voice.

"The situation is..." Qin Ji looked at the glowing network encompassing the entire world, now devoid of scheming thoughts, he laid out all the facts, adding, "But right now it can be confirmed, that whatever they told me was definitely a lie, just like what he told you."

Their expressions changed dramatically as they naturally saw the large Annihilation Energy Array information Qin Ji transmitted to them live. Although they couldn't understand much of the technical content, the similarities were as high as seventy percent, even though the thirty percent difference was just insignificant details.

"Damn, turn it off quickly!" Dong Luo shouted furiously.

"Can't," said a staff member with an urgent tone, "a forcefield barrier has been generated around it, we can't get near it at all."

With that, the atmosphere stalled, as this wasn't mentioned in the information, it was clearly the opponent's backup plan.