Chapter 959: 557 Riddlers are a great way to stall for time

"You?!!!"

"Your anomalous object is truly useful."

Amidst the shock on Director Scorpio's face, Li Ang, with his drunken, bleary eyes, smiled and provoked him:

"The mechanical core of the Kroke Kingdom was given very rigorous waterproofing, with over thirty isolated waterproof zones in total. It was almost impossible to destroy them all at once, so I originally thought that destroying half of them would be enough."

"But your 【Whale Shark Puppet】 is genuinely useful. I just drove it to ram into them with full force, and all the waterproof zones were cracked; not a single one was left intact."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Director Scorpio's expression sank, and he questioned with a sinister look in his eyes:

"So this was your plan all along... You let me capture you on purpose? Was the goal to make me lower my guard? Just to seize control of the Whale Shark Puppet?"

"..."

Hearing Director Scorpio's words, the smile at the corner of Li Ang's mouth faltered slightly, and he fell silent.

The plan was indeed that plan, but it was also true that he hadn't actually won the fight...

Not to mention anything else, his infection value was just hard-stacked; his actual reaction speed and movement speed were still at the level of a 12-point Li Ang value, which was far too inferior to Director Scorpio. No matter how strong the destructive power of the 【Silver Cutting Dagger】 was, it was useless if he couldn't hit his target.

"Fine, I underestimated you this time."

Seeming to interpret Li Ang's silence as contempt, Director Scorpio's face flushed slightly red in the face of Li Ang, who disdained to answer his questions. He then sneered with anger in his eyes:

"I admit, your scheming is indeed excellent; you successfully caught me off guard. But the gap in strength between you and me is not something that can be smoothed over by intelligence."

"Although you successfully destroyed Atifi's core, the price is that you have fallen into my hands. Once the duration of your undying body expires, I will kill you immediately! The one who loses in the end is still you!"

"..."

After listening to Director Scorpio's words, Li Ang couldn't help but look up at him, then revealed a look of slight sympathy.

It seems that Atifi's soul-coding technology really does affect one's IQ...

Trading one's own life for Atifi's core is a huge loss; how could I not know that? So, have you never thought about why I was so insistent on destroying Atifi's core?

"Mr. Li Ang!"

Just as Director Scorpio was walking over angrily, holding his thorn sword and preparing to stab Li Ang a few more times to vent his anger, a voice full of exhaustion suddenly came from Li Ang's pocket.

"My second goal didn't succeed, but the first goal has been completed. You can make your move!"

This is...

After faintly recognizing the owner of the voice, Director Scorpio's expression turned stern. He directly slashed open Li Ang's clothes with a backhand, revealing the mouth and ears adorned with silk threads inside the pocket.

Alger?!!!

"What have you done?!"

After stabbing through the silk-threaded ears in Li Ang's pocket with his sword and retracting it, Director Scorpio questioned with a cold and stern expression:

"Alger! Answer me! What did he make you do?!"

"Director..."

Hearing Director Scorpio's impatient questioning, Alger's voice faltered slightly, and he then politely declined:

"Logically speaking, I should listen to you, but your mind is not very clear right now. So, let's wait until Mr. Li Ang brings us to rescue you, and then I will tell you."

"I want you to tell me now!"

"This..."

"It's alright, tell him."

Secretly canceling the exchange targeting the 【Whale Shark Puppet】, Li Ang ordered the 【Character-Eating Earthworm】 in the mirror world to consume the text written in his own blood on the 【Unjust Snake Contract】, while smiling and saying to Alger:

"Even if he knows now, it's already too late for him to do anything. It's fine if you tell him the situation."

"Alright then."

Having received Li Ang's permission, Alger couldn't help but breathe a slight sigh of relief. Then, amidst Director Scorpio's ugly expression, he opened his mouth to answer:

"Director, Mr. Li Ang asked me to prepare. The moment the mechanical core was destroyed, I was to immediately enter the No. 1 Research Area..."

This is... luring the tiger away from the mountain?!!!

Understanding Li Ang's intention, Director Scorpio was shocked and grabbed Li Ang by the collar.

"Your goal is Prince Andre? After you lured me out, you let Alger go in to capture him?"

"Fifty-fifty, I suppose."

After smiling at Director Scorpio, Li Ang said:

"Don't worry, letting him go to capture Prince Andre was only the second goal. Besides, didn't Senior Alger just say it? The second goal didn't succeed, so you don't need to worry about his safety."

"Yes..."

Hearing Li Ang's words, Alger's mouth sighed, and he then said with some helplessness:

"Sorry, I used about 30% of my body to go find Prince Andre, but as soon as my silk threads approached the secret room where he was, they immediately lost control and disappeared without a trace, so I didn't continue looking for him."

"It's fine. Prince Andre is a member of the King-Slaughtering Society after all. It would be strange if he were completely an ordinary person without any trump cards up his sleeve."

Hearing the self-reproach in Alger's words, Li Ang offered comfort:

"He couldn't have failed to anticipate that I would stall Director Edward and let you sneak attack the No. 1 Research Area. But even so, he still chose to let Director Edward come to find me. That means he must have other trump cards in his hand, confident that he could deal with your attack."

"So from the very beginning, I set capturing him as the second goal. It doesn't matter if you couldn't capture him; as long as our first goal is completed, it counts as a success."

First goal?

Hearing this, Director Scorpio couldn't help but ask:

"What is your first goal?"

"Hmm... regarding this question..."

Li Ang pondered for a moment, then nodded and said:

"Calculating the time, it's about right. Telling you doesn't matter... Senior Alger's first mission was to take away all the scholars in the No. 1 Research Area, except for Prince Andre, as well as some essential instruments for rebuilding bodies."

"With his level as a First-Class Cleaner, as long as I destroy Artie's mechanical core on this side and cause a temporary shutdown of the defensive facilities in Research Area 1, he only needs one minute to take away all the living people in Research Area 1."

"Why take those away? What exactly is your goal?"

Good grief... I've hinted at it so clearly, and you still haven't guessed?

Glancing at Director Scorpio's increasingly agitated soul, which was even faintly disrupting that sense of "precision," Leon did not answer his question, but instead asked back thoughtfully:

"By the way, if you were truly being completely controlled, upon learning that Senior Alger had entered Research Area 1, shouldn't you be concerned about immediately returning to defend it?

Now you aren't in a hurry to protect Prince Andrei, but instead look like you've lost your mind, grabbing my collar and shouting... Could it be that Prince Andrei's control over you isn't complete? When you are emotionally agitated, are you able to slightly resist the control of the soul encoding?"