Chapter 491: Soul Replication, a New Use for Gantz (3k)

"Where did you hear that?"

"Could it be that I got it wrong, haha..."

This bald man with the codename 【Sokuchakete】 laughed in a seemingly hearty manner, but Bai Cangshu noticed that the corner of his eyes remained fixed on him.

This person's true personality was unknown, but Bai Cangshu guessed it was absolutely different from the heartiness he was deliberately projecting now.

This guy exuded an aura of distortion and affectation.

Sokuchakete withdrew that skeleton material, not even showing Bai Cangshu the Tese options that could be forged, and turned his head to look at the items Jiaqi was preparing to trade.

"Jiaqi, what are the things you and Tao Baibai are trading? Why not let me take a look too?"

Jiaqi frowned, also feeling that Sokuchakete's behavior was somewhat strange; it didn't seem like he wanted to complete a trade, but rather like he was deliberately stalling for time or interfering with the trade between himself and Tao Baibai.

He remained unmoved and had no interest in the undercurrents of the various Gatherings behind him.

As a high-ranking member of 【Knight & Knight】, he had indeed heard that Tao Baibai had become a "hot commodity" in the eyes of many, becoming a target for everyone.

Regarding the performance of that Ability User from the Goryeo March Consortium, many believed Tao Baibai was the person behind the scenes; Tao Baibai's ambition and the changes to the situation for Reincarnators and the real world made many Gatherings value him. This kind of Tao Baibai was far more valuable than the previous Tao Baibai who was purely obsessed with slaughter.

"How about it, shall we trade, Tao Baibai? I want to take back Duke's belt and Bloodline in one go."

【You have agreed to the offer from Reincarnator jg20873354】

【You have lost the item: Unidentified Belt】

【You have lost the Bloodline Item: Bloodline of the White God Prometheus (Modified)】

【You have obtained the Ability Scroll: Ten Phoenix Nirvana Technique (Special)】

Bai Cangshu said nothing, put away the golden feather, and without even taking a close look at the object, he turned and left the Stall.

Leaving Sokuchakete and the others, who wore expressions of inexplicable mockery, behind.

Jiaqi and the others took back Duke's relics, preparing to give these items to recognized juniors in their Gathering to use; in their Gathering, 【Knight】 was a legacy.

When one Knight died, others would find a way to retrieve or obtain another Driver, allowing a more passionate, Justice-driven successor to transform once again.

【As Reincarnators, we will eventually die, but the Knight will not】

This was their tenet.

Bai Cangshu's figure flashed, and he had already vanished from the Public Space, leaving the Reincarnators who had arrived one after another for that Surgery Fruit disappointed; they could only leave behind various offers, but offers were rarely read efficiently, especially by a guy like Tao Baibai, who didn't seem like the type to read through offers one by one.

Black Butler, who was just coming out of a large Gathering's Public Space, suddenly received a spatial communication; his expression turned grave, and he quickly applied to enter Tao Baibai's Private Space.

With a flash of light, he found himself in a huge Private Space, which was likely over five hundred square meters by now, but the space was empty and devoid of any furnishings.

And Tao Baibai was currently discarding the low-value items that had belonged to the former owners of the Private Spaces he had just integrated.

Tao Baibai said nothing, and Black Butler immediately felt an atmosphere of murderous intent; he could even see purple-red Waves flickering like flames behind Tao Baibai.

That was likely... Killing Intent Wave.

Black Butler pursed his lips, thought for a moment, and took the initiative to say:

"Recently, there have indeed been quite a few rumors in the Space related to you."

Bai Cangshu paused, still not speaking, and Black Butler felt the pressure mounting, so he could only continue to explain.

"But you know, as your fame grows, such news—true or false—will always increase, and quite a bit of fake news is mixed in."

At this moment, Tao Baibai suddenly turned his head, his movement so fast it was like a frame-skip animation, which gave Black Butler a start, but to his surprise, there was no anger or displeasure on Tao Baibai's face at all.

He was smiling!

There was a smile on Tao Baibai's face that he could not understand.

"Tao Baibai, you..."

Bai Cangshu did not explain; Black Butler was a weakling and would not understand his mindset.

He simply shook his finger and said:

"Don't worry, I don't mean to blame you; on the contrary, I brought you here because I hope you can leak a little more information about me~"

Black Butler's expression changed, and he hurriedly explained.

"I didn't leak those previous pieces of information!"

"I have principles; I would absolutely never leak information detrimental to my employer!"

Bai Cangshu was noncommittal; he didn't trust Black Butler much, but cooperating with the other party was indeed convenient, and furthermore, he was even less likely to be angry about that level of information leakage, so he waved his hand dismissively, signaling Black Butler to quiet down.

"That sort of thing is fine either way. I will give you a fee, just like our first cooperation; you can leak my information, and let the outside world know that I am furious, that I am very angry..."

Black Butler did not understand, but he still nodded to indicate his agreement.

Although this kind of thing would affect his "image," spreading rumors and gossip often didn't require him to step forward personally.

Often, one only needs to "accidentally" say a few extra words, and it will soon spread.

After Black Butler disappeared, Bai Cangshu took out the black ball Gantz in his Private Space and placed it in the empty area.

He thought for a moment; after that Deadly Duel Mission, he suddenly had more ideas about this thing.

He pressed his hand onto the black ball, and it quickly unfolded; a screen appeared, but it no longer displayed the information of the Black Ball Squad members, instead turning into something like an operation panel.

This was likely the true face of Gantz, only in the Gantz world, it had been turned into a tool by those conglomerates to toy with humans for amusement.

Bai Cangshu pondered for a moment and directly chose to create a human.

【You can replicate or resurrect any life form you have witnessed; the amount of information consumed is linked to the life level of the target life form】

Bai Cangshu imagined the target's appearance in his mind, a smile on his lips; soon, a sturdy and tall man appeared on the screen, his long black hair draped behind him, swaying slightly, his face handsome, but his mouth seemingly forever curled into a cruel smile.

Bai Cangshu!

It was exactly the appearance of Bai Cangshu himself.

【The target possesses anomalous information; only basic information can be replicated. The amount of information required to replicate the individual target is: B-rank Singularity *1, Dimension Point 18000】

Bai Cangshu thought about it and queried further through Gantz, discovering that the target replicated by Gantz could only retain soul information consistent with physical information.

Other anomalous information carried could not be replicated; those anomalous information refer to the abilities, items, and Bloodlines that Reincarnators obtained through various channels in the Infinite Dimensional Space.

It was just like a 3D printer, but it was clearly only capable of printing the most basic things.

Bai Cangshu frowned; this could not satisfy his needs. He recalled his battle with that Reincarnator who possessed Copy Magic, thinking that being able to copy himself and fight a completely identical version of himself would be the most exhilarating battle he could imagine.

But Gantz could not do it.

He thought about it again, and the Bai Cangshu in the image changed to a thinner appearance, his hair returning to a crisp short style; that was exactly his appearance before he entered the space.

【The information required to copy the basic information of the target individual is: D-rank Singularity *1, Dimension Point 5000】

Bai Cangshu agreed to pay, and the next moment, in the Private Space, a new human figure seemed to be printed out, rapidly generating from the top of the head downward.

In the span of a breath, a new Bai Cangshu had appeared.

This Bai Cangshu had a hypocritical fake smile on his face as he appeared in this empty room, showing no fear at all, looking around, and soon turning his head to meet the gaze of Bai Cangshu himself.

His pupils also clearly contracted, and he spoke:

"It seems I have been copied out by you?"

Bai Cangshu looked at this guy copied by himself, whose eyes, identical to his own, were using peripheral vision to scan the surroundings, clearly searching for information that would allow him to control the situation.

This was indeed a guy with no difference from himself.

Bai Cangshu took a step forward.

The copy Bai Cangshu jumped a large step backward; his body crouched low, the sound of a violent heartbeat emerged from within his body, and his muscles began to swell.

Clearly, the pressure exerted by the original Bai Cangshu had stimulated him, making him perceive danger and quickly enter a combat stance.

Bai Cangshu remained unmoved and continued to walk toward his copy.

"Since you cannot please me, then let me see what other differences there are between you and me..."

Bai Cangshu's hands hung low; the aura of a Martial Arts Grandmaster was completely incomparable to the Bai Cangshu from before he entered the space, but the opponent immediately stood straight in the same way, hands hanging low, seemingly imitating his power generation.

"Hmm, he probably possesses body control capabilities similar to mine."

Bai Cangshu raised his right hand, and intense Qi condensed at his fingertips.

Hum~

The whistling of the Qi clearly made the copy Bai Cangshu's pupils tremble violently. He began to refresh his cognition again, knowing that the human in front of him who was extremely similar to himself was not an ordinary creature, and the subsequent battle could not be a pure physical combat.

Thump-thump, thump-thump...

The violent, dense heartbeat sound kept ringing out. Bai Cangshu watched the opponent with interest, but the opponent's muscles did not continue to swell; instead, the next moment, he took a step forward with extreme speed.

The speed of this step was much faster than the speed Bai Cangshu could reach before entering the space.

Pfft!

The Dodon Ray shot out suddenly. The copy Bai Cangshu's hair scattered, as if every strand stood on end, his eyes opened wide, and his entire spirit was focused to the extreme. He actually froze his figure abruptly and dodged this Dodon Ray.

Afterward, he took another step forward, his figure stretched, and he smashed a fist toward Bai Cangshu's face.

Pfft!

The copy Bai Cangshu maintained the posture of having his feet spread more than a meter apart and his body stretched out to throw a punch, but his upper body was already Empty.

His body was like a shattered watermelon; the flesh and blood of his upper body were smashed by the punch Bai Cangshu had quickly raised.

Hum~

At this moment, Li Qingzi, who happened to teleport in, looked at the tragedy occurring in the Private Space, not understanding why Bai Cangshu was going crazy again.

Bai Cangshu tossed the Ability Scroll named 【The Extreme of Zero and One Hundred (A-)】 to this woman.

"Woman, learn this ability; next, I need you to do one thing."

Li Qingzi was confused.

"I am about to start a new deployment."

Bai Cangshu remained unmoved.

"Of course, it will be after you return..."

Li Qingzi discovered that Bai Cangshu seemed not to have considered the possibility that she might die in the mission world, which meant that he perhaps still had some trust in her.

She nodded, without even asking what the matter was or what the situation had just been, and entered the Public Space to begin her final training.

Bai Cangshu had spent a D-rank Singularity, but he had gained some insight into the special aspects between himself and his Soul.

The copied version of himself seemed to have a way of using his talent that was not exactly the same as his own.

So, is that where the so-called 【Heart Light】, the truly special place of an individual, lies?

Of course, the more important thing right now is those guys hiding in the dark.

Bai Cangshu had a bright smile on his face; he did not dislike others coming to kill him. Killing—that kind of thing was the most interesting...

"Let's see who finds whom first, heh..."

(End of chapter)