Chapter 331

Xu Shilan looked with an extremely bizarre gaze at the little bird on Wu Pifu's shoulder, the Samoyed at his feet, and the fist-sized green-headed fly at his waist.

After a long while, she twitched the corner of her mouth and said, "You really are a maverick..."

Wu Pifu sat opposite her without saying a word, merely signaling with his gaze for her to continue speaking.

The twitching of Xu Shilan's mouth became even more pronounced, but she did not speak immediately. Instead, she stood up gracefully, bowed slightly toward Wu Pifu, and said, "First, I must thank Mr. Wu Pifu. You saved my life. As expected, I really had been subjected to extremely deep-level mental suggestion. This kind of suggestion subtly changed my thinking, making me feel as if this was what I myself wanted. If it had continued to accumulate and stack, my true self would have been directly twisted and changed, perhaps even becoming a slave to those things..."

Speaking to this point, a cold light erupted in Xu Shilan's eyes. She lowered her head slightly and said, "For the grace of saving my life, to be honest, I should immediately agree to Mr. Wu's request and use the Authority of Destruction together with the Chu family... but this still concerns my life and death, so I dare not agree easily."

Wu Pifu did not speak, and Xu Shilan did not find it strange. After sitting back down, she said, "Mr. Wu might not understand the so-called Authority of Destruction... It is not the underlying program architecture of the Main Brain, but rather something like a high-permission login account. Every time it is used, that account is canceled. Each of our eleven families has nine accounts, meaning we can use the Authority of Destruction nine times. I am not clear about the other families, but my Xu family only has four uses of the Authority of Destruction left."

When Xu Shilan said this, she shook her head slightly and said, "This is the truth; you might not believe it..."

Wu Pifu interrupted her, saying, "No, I believe you. Continue."

Xu Shilan was slightly stunned, then seemed thoughtful. She continued, "It is precisely because of this that even the family head is not qualified to use the Authority of Destruction independently... Do you know why my cousin Xu Shilan was sentenced to eight hundred years of penal law and dropped directly from a Level 6 citizen to the status of maintenance personnel? It was because, in order to avenge my cousin Xu Wanfang—one of humanity's three great super-brains—she used the Authority of Destruction alone while hiding it from everyone in the family... Even with Mr. Chu Minghao present at the time, she still suffered such a miserable fate. If not for the relationship between Chu Minghao and her, death would have been her only ending."

When Xu Shilan said this, she fell silent. Neither side spoke. After a long while, Xu Shilan whispered, "So, Mr. Wu, do you understand why I am so cautious? This is something I would not dare to agree to easily even if you beat me to death on the spot, because compared to that, both are death. If I am beaten to death by you, the family will do everything in their power to avenge me; if I am expelled by the family, I will die silently. You tell me, how should I choose?"

"What about Wang Wang Fugui?"

Xu Shilan took over the topic and said, "Wang Wang Fugui is naturally..."

Halfway through, she felt something was wrong and immediately widened her eyes, looking at the green-headed fly at Wu Pifu's waist.

The green-headed fly didn't care and continued, "Then what about Wang Wang Fugui?"

Xu Shilan looked at Wu Pifu. Wu Pifu nodded slightly. The twitching of Xu Shilan's mouth became even more pronounced. A few seconds later, she said, "Wang Wang Fugui is naturally extremely important. Since my uncle—that is, Miss Xu Shilan's father—obtained this item, it has become the symbol of the family head. But you must understand one point: Wang Wang Fugui was not the original symbol of the family head of the Xu family, and its preciousness is completely incomparable to the Authority of Destruction... To be more truthful, it is also completely incomparable to my life. I believe Mr. Wu can understand that, right?"

Beelzebub said at this time, "But it is comparable to your ambition, right?"

Xu Shilan finally looked directly at this green-headed fly, but the more she looked, the more the corner of her mouth twitched slightly.

Beelzebub continued, "If you were completely refusing, then there would be no talk this time. This proves that even compared to your life, there are still more important things to use as bargaining chips. So what is this thing? The answer is either power, or authority, or both. In this way, it is actually very clear. Your ambition... what are you craving?"

Xu Shilan looked at the green-headed fly with a serious gaze. Wu Pifu looked at the green-headed fly with a surprised gaze, and then the atmosphere fell into complete silence at this moment.

"No... I'm surprised, that's one thing, Mr. Wu, what are you surprised about? Isn't this your pet?" Xu Shilan couldn't help but ask.

Wu Pifu said straightforwardly, "I didn't know she could speak so powerfully either... It's fine, you guys continue chatting."

Xu Shilan felt as if she had been cursed. She steadied her mind and said, "Indeed, as you said, I have my own ambition in my heart... Let me tell you two, no... four, don't laugh. What I crave is actually very simple: freedom."

"I want to live more freely than anyone else!"

Wu Pifu remained silent like a sculpture. Beelzebub sighed and said, "What a terrifying ambition... That mere Authority of Destruction and your mere life are not enough. What else can you pay?"

Xu Shilan instinctively sensed that this negotiation had slipped out of her control. Originally, it should have been her making sky-high demands, but it turned into her having to bargain on the spot. The entire primary and secondary roles were reversed. However, the voice of this fly seemed to have a peculiar power, or perhaps she had just cleared the deep-level mental suggestions, and her consciousness was still easily influenced. She didn't care anymore and just said, "Everything!" "I am willing to take out the Authority of Destruction and, together with the Chu family's Authority of Destruction, fulfill Mr. Wu, but I also hope to sign at least three contracts with Mr. Wu under the judgment of the Main Brain."

"First, guarantee my life safety and status as family head. After the direct descendants of the Xu family wake up, guarantee that I will not be purged, and publicly announce that Wang Wang Fugui is already on me."

"Second, I want to borrow Mr. Wu's power to enter the Dream World at least three times with me, to help me recover no fewer than five 0.7 or lower Dream World source-level monsters, ghosts, or similar summonable existences."

"Third, I know Mr. Wu has no intention of entering the political world, so Mr. Wu must guarantee that during the next term change, he will fully support me in running for President of the Human Unified Government. At the same time, neither you nor I shall betray each other, nor shall we harm each other's interests."

Beelzebub immediately said, "That mere Authority of Destruction is far from enough!"

Xu Shilan smiled charmingly and said, "Of course, so I am willing to marry Mr. Wu and become Mr. Wu's wife. My whole self can be yours. Wouldn't helping me be equivalent to helping yourself?"

Wu Pifu looked at Xu Shilan's flat chest. Beelzebub chuckled and said, "What are you thinking? This is your fourth contract, your fourth opening bid. You're dreaming. Better say something realistic."

Xu Shilan glared "viciously" at Wu Pifu, then subconsciously changed her posture to cover her flat area before saying, "Then let's talk about something practical, including two aspects. The first is intelligence and information sharing. Because cousin Xu Wanfang became a super-brain, the Xu family has conducted a lot of research on super-brains. These research materials are extremely valuable. I am willing to take the lead in handing them over to you, but I cannot give them all to you right now because many materials are stored in the personal Main Brain accounts of important family members. I must wait for them to wake up one by one before I can give them to you."

"The second aspect is equipment. We all know that high-tech weapons and tools basically fail once they go to a Dream World below 0.7, but biological tissues possess great immunity. Although the efficacy will decrease, the general functions remain unchanged. Currently, scientists are designing to replace some functional technological creations with biological tissues... Super-brain auxiliary devices, you know, right?"

In Wu Pifu's memory, the scene of his first meeting with Chu Minghao emerged. At that time, Xu Shilan had mentioned super-brain auxiliary devices. It was said that a total of three were built, with Chu Minghao, Liang Min, and Xu Wanfang each having one. They seemed to be extremely awesome creations, but after the Fourth War, Liang Min and Xu Wanfang were both dead, and Chu Minghao had voluntarily destroyed his own super-brain auxiliary device.

So he naturally nodded. Xu Shilan didn't look at the big green-headed fly and just continued, "You know, right? The thirteen Singularity companies each have a sub-brain, and the Human Revolutionary Alliance has a so-called child-brain. These two are actually extremely low-spec cloned versions of the Main Brain. They are both behemoths, and each can only build one. The so-called super-brain auxiliary device is already very close to the sub-brain level of creation. It requires huge manpower and material resources to be manufactured, and this thing is a qualitative change for the improvement of a super-brain..."

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"I promise you, once the scientists finish researching the plan to replace mechanical structures with biological tissues, I will use the Xu family's manpower and material resources to fully manufacture a super-brain auxiliary device for you. Think about it, the human government still has to manufacture a super-brain auxiliary device for Chu Minghao. You don't know when you'll have to wait for the next round. With the help of the Xu family, you can at least obtain a super-brain auxiliary device several years in advance. For you, this is almost the dividing line between life and death!"

Xu Shilan said seriously, "This is my sincerity: Authority of Destruction, super-brain data, super-brain auxiliary device. Three things for three things. You can decide with one word."

Beelzebub still wanted to speak, but Wu Pifu waved his hand first and said, "Good, we can set this contract at the Main Brain."

Xu Shilan smiled. She stood up immediately and said, "Main Brain, sign the contract with citizen Wu Pifu. The contract content is as follows... Deduct the points from me."

"Judging... Judgment complete. Do you wish to establish the contract?"

Wu Pifu naturally answered yes.

After this conversation, he actually had a change of opinion about Xu Shilan. At the very least, this straightforwardness and decisiveness were truly not inferior to any man. As for ambition or whatever... he still had ambitions himself. Resurrecting the dead was even more incredible than wanting freedom, so this was nothing.

Once the contract was established, Xu Shilan relaxed completely. She smiled and said, "Now you and I are allies, so let's not delay. Delay leads to changes. Mr. Chu Yuyan has already used the Chu family's Authority of Destruction, so I won't delay either. I will use this authority now... Mr. Wu can submit the super-brain awakening program to the Main Brain at any time, but there are only two Authorities of Destruction. It is far inferior to entering the Main Brain control room for a face-to-face awakening, and I suggest Mr. Wu return to Gaia before awakening."

After saying this, Xu Shilan immediately closed her eyes for a long while.

At the same time, the voice of the Main Brain reached Wu Pifu's ears.

"Citizen Wu Pifu, it has been confirmed that you have obtained the super-brain awakening program (incomplete). Do you wish to use it?"

(End of chapter)