Chapter 326: Lin Bai's Thoughts (Making up for the missed update for Alliance Leader Wubai)

"Does your world have *Das Kapital*?" Lin Bai silently cast True Speech on Zheng Tong.

"What *Das Kapital*?" Zheng Tong asked.

"Capital comes into the world with blood and dirt dripping from every pore. If there is 50 percent profit, it will take risks; for 100 percent profit, it dares to trample on all human laws; for 300 percent profit, it dares to commit any crime, even risking the gallows, and it wouldn't mind hanging others," Lin Bai said. "How high do you think the profit is behind traveling between worlds and doubling a person's lifespan?"

"..." Zheng Tong was silent.

"Strangling cultivators from another world, eliminating the risk of them using Soul Possession, and turning another world into one's own colony to continue one's power in another real world," Lin Bai continued. "How many people do you think can resist such temptation? Don't tell me you plotted against my Blood Sect with all your might without knowing the interests involved?"

"..." Zheng Tong remained silent. Of course he knew the reason behind it, but he was unwilling to admit it. He wanted to argue, but as soon as he opened his mouth, it became, "Naturally, I know. Players must have their own bases in the game world to expand rapidly. No one hopes you can survive the lightning tribulation..."

Suddenly.

His expression changed: "What did you do to me?"

"True Speech," Lin Bai said. "From now on, you can only speak the truth, so you had better think before you speak. If some things are inappropriate, it's best not to say them. We share one body now, and we need sincere communication between us."

"F***!" Zheng Tong said angrily.

"What did you say?" Lin Bai asked.

"I f***ing want to kill you. Only a ghost would want to share a body with you," Zheng Tong said.

"Then how do you plan to deal with me?" Lin Bai asked.

"Of course, first stabilize you..." Zheng Tong's voice came to an abrupt halt, and his face turned extremely ugly in an instant.

"See? I used a tiny spell, and you couldn't even resist it, yet you still want to drive me out of your body?" Lin Bai said helplessly. "As long as I don't revoke True Speech, I'm afraid you won't even dare to talk to others! I won't use Silence on you now; call your superior again and tell him the current situation!"

"..." Zheng Tong was silent.

"You don't dare, do you?" Lin Bai laughed. "You're afraid that while explaining things, a sentence will suddenly pop out of your mouth like, 'You stupid pig, why do you deserve to sit in the boss's chair?' or 'Sooner or later, I'm going to go after your beautiful wife...'"

"Stop it." Zheng Tong was covered in sweat. "You are a devil..."

"I'm glad you stated your true evaluation of me. Feel free to speak; I don't mind," Lin Bai said. "Everyone is inconsistent; lies give us the best camouflage. If everyone said what was on their minds, the world would have been in chaos long ago. Calm down for a moment, and we will continue discussing the previous topic."

"This is unfair." Zheng Tong provided Negative Emotion to Lin Bai, feeling deeply aggrieved. "Everything I say is the truth, yet I cannot judge whether what you say is true or false?"

"From beginning to end, I have been stronger than you. I spent a mere two months building the Justice Alliance, while you are just a small player in a sect, perhaps a minor leader in a company in the Real World, unable to even control your own fate. What right do you have to talk to me about fairness?" Lin Bai said. "The strong having more say is the greatest fairness in this world; you must learn to accept this..."

"You are a total bastard." Zheng Tong said with a bitter face. "We cannot succeed. As long as you are exposed, the end for me is death. Why don't you find someone with more power to use Soul Possession on? I'm just a small fry; why make things difficult for me?"

"Fate, perhaps!" Lin Bai said. "Zheng Tong, don't think that me possessing you is a bad thing; you might even become successful because of it! I can promise not to control your body and to exist in the current way forever. You can accept this request, right?"

"As long as I'm alive, you have no way to control my body!" Since True Speech was active, Zheng Tong stopped pretending and said whatever came to mind. "Lin Bai, everyone knows your deeds. I have never seen you compromise. Unless, this is something you cannot do."

"Fine, at least you are smart," Lin Bai said. "I am even more optimistic about the prospects of our cooperation. Zheng Tong, I wonder if there are stories in your world like this: an ordinary person accidentally obtains a cheat or a golden finger, then rises against the trend, kills in all directions, and finally becomes a Dragon and Phoenix Among Men."

"Those are just fantasies of novelists," Zheng Tong sneered. "There are so many elites in the world; I never believe a golden finger would favor an ordinary person."

"Why wouldn't it? Take me, for example. In that situation, the best choice was you; you can completely treat me as a golden finger. A Justice Alliance Alliance Leader you carry with you," Lin Bai said. "From now on, with my help, your life will be like using a cheat, soaring into the sky and becoming a hero who saves the whole world."

"Save the world?" Zheng Tong sneered. "Do you really want to save the world, or is it for personal gain?"

"*Das Kapital* might make a lot of sense, but have you ever thought that even a big shot like you cannot control my body through Soul Possession, so could others?"

"In the Xianxia World, Soul Possession is a choice made only as a last resort, and it is full of danger. How many Cultivators are willing to invade our world and perform Soul Possession on us?"

"If I'm not mistaken, the divine abilities you use are all based on the Law of Cultivation, right? It has already been verified that the Law of Cultivation doesn't work at all in our world. Besides you, is there a second person in the game world who can master the Law of Cultivation?"

"Even if they succeed in Soul Possession, the best outcome after coming over would be just an ordinary person! The initiative of the two worlds has always been in our hands. We can start if we want to, and if we notice something, we can end it whenever we want by cutting off the channel to your world, ending this game at any time."

"Have you ever thought of another possibility?" Lin Bai said. "People in this world will be issued Game Capsules to invade our world. What if the Game Company issues Game Capsules to people in the Xianxia World, turning your world into their playground instead?"

"That is just one possibility," Zheng Tong said. "The hypothesis cannot convince me."

"Possibility means it could happen. You don't even know where the Game Company is. The level of technology in your world cannot create such Game Capsules," Lin Bai sighed. "Wake up! Don't hold onto fantasies anymore. The Game Company is the source of all disasters. If the cause isn't investigated clearly, neither world will ever have peace. Zheng Tong, follow me! If you do well, you will be the Jiusheng of both worlds in the future."

"Lin Bai, why must you force me? I'm just a small fry," Zheng Tong said hysterically. "Once you use spells in this world, let alone investigating the Game Company, you and I will become enemies of the entire world immediately. Just like how the Seven Righteous Sects and the Demonic Five Sects tried every means to trap you in the lightning tribulation, wishing you were dead."

"No one wants someone to exist in the world who could threaten their ruling position at any time."

"No matter how powerful your immortal arts are, you are only one person. Can you really deal with everyone in the world?"

"I know you might be trying to save your world by convincing me, but once you use large-scale destructive spells in this world and cause huge panic, you will be a public enemy of the world, not a Jiusheng!"

"Let me correct you: what I practice is not immortal arts, but the Fazhe Zhidao," Lin Bai said. "Immortal arts might not work, but the Law of Cultivation definitely can. Moreover, in the Xianxia World, I also started from nothing and developed on my own."

"You think the situation in both worlds is the same? You think the people in our world are as simple as the people in that world? Wait? You don't want to develop your fans in this world?" Zheng Tong thought of a possibility and asked in astonishment. "Can being your believer also increase combat power in this world?"

"Of course," Lin Bai said decisively. "Zheng Tong, my patience is limited. If you are unwilling, I can just kill you and find someone else to possess; it would be nothing more than wasting a few more days. You only have two choices now: either follow me, or die..."

"What should I do?" Zheng Tong's face changed slightly, and he took a deep breath, no longer arguing with Lin Bai.

"First, introduce the structure of your world to me," Lin Bai said.

Zheng Tong hesitated for a moment and said: "Our world is composed of five continents, with a population of about ten billion and nearly a hundred countries. These countries are divided into two camps, East and West."

"As you know, the technology of our world is not enough to support such full-immersion game simulation capsules, let alone invading another world through them. Even now, we cannot complete the reverse compilation of the Game Capsules; our existing technological means cannot even destroy a Game Capsule..."

Through Zheng Tong's description, Lin Bai gradually gained a preliminary understanding of the Real World. This world was similar to Earth. The population density in large towns was very high, while the population density in remote areas was relatively low.

The level of technology was comparable, not much higher than Earth's.

Conglomerates and governments controlled the world. Occasionally there were wars, but the scale of the wars was small. Now, the whole world was in a relatively peaceful period.

Just like what was discussed in private chats among game players, the Game Company remained a mystery. No one knew where the company was or what its membership structure was. Many people even linked the game to aliens...

The strategy of the conglomerates was: if you can't crack the game, then go along with it and extract the maximum profit from it.

"... That's about it." Zheng Tong finally summarized. "The technological gap is too large. We can't even find where the Game Company is, let alone deal with it. The current way the country handles this game is to let nature take its course. Assuming the Game Company is good, even utilizing the time difference to master the technology of this world in the game world would be of great benefit to us."

He paused and said, "Lin Bai, the same goes for what I said before. Once you are discovered in this world, it will quickly trigger conflicts between the two worlds. No one will think about dealing with the Game Company; they will only deal with you or me first. As for investigating in secret, I'm afraid they won't even find the direction."

"Zheng Tong, what do you think is the ultimate goal of what I did in the game world?" Lin Bai asked.

"Spreading the Law of Cultivation? Defeating players?" Zheng Tong tentatively said. "Saving the world?"

"Something like that!" Lin Bai projected an image of himself crossing his legs in Zheng Tong's mind and said, "Actually, everything I did, the reason it angered the Seven Righteous Sects and the Demonic Five Sects and made them try every means to put me to death, is because I wanted to control the right to speak in that world."

"..." Zheng Tong was stunned.

"With the right to speak, anything I do will be easy," Lin Bai said.

"You are just a madman who doesn't care about other people's thoughts when doing things," Zheng Tong mocked. "That's why you put yourself in a dangerous situation."

"No, that was not a dangerous situation; that was my blessed land," Lin Bai said. "As long as I pass the lightning tribulation, I will be the number one person in that world in name and in reality. I almost succeeded."

"You clearly had a better solution, yet you chose the stupidest one." Under the effect of the Truth Spell, everything Zheng Tong said was a direct expression of his heart, "Did you never once think about negotiating with the higher-ups of our world from the start? Why didn't you try it? Perhaps you would have succeeded!"

The system did not issue any tasks!

Lin Bai was stunned for a moment.

That's right!

When did he become so extreme?

Was he really going to find the Game Company?

Or was it that he had been spoiled by the system and had grown fond of this desire for control?

If he wanted to build a comfortable nest for himself and focus on passing the Lightning Tribulation, that would be enough...

Lin Bai sighed, chased the messy thoughts out of his mind, and said, "No, you are wrong. Negotiation also requires holding capital in one's hands. Negotiating with empty words will only put oneself in a passive position."

"So, you want to replicate the path of the game world in this world!" Zheng Tong suddenly realized, and asked with a look of horror.

"This is the fastest way to find the Game Company," Lin Bai said, "Only by ruining the Game Company's layout will they jump out on their own."

"Lin Bai, are you really looking for the Game Company?" Zheng Tong pondered for a moment and said, "You wouldn't be using the excuse of finding the Game Company to rule both worlds, would you?"

"Ruling the world is also for the sake of saving the world. Even if the Game Company doesn't emerge in the end, ruling both worlds would resolve the potential conflicts between the two worlds at the root, which also counts as sabotaging the Game Company's conspiracy!" Lin Bai said with a smile, "Besides, when that day comes, the life you enjoy will definitely be much more comfortable than it is now! Look at your current living environment; it's not even three hundred square meters, and I don't even see a single luxury item in your room. Don't you feel ashamed?"

"Lin Bai, you are a complete madman, and you are the culprit who stirred up both worlds." Zheng Tong's eyes turned red, and he said, "In the game, people have always said you were leading the game's progress, but everything you've done is clearly sabotage."

"It was also you who first bridged the gap between the game world and the Real World through the method of Spirit Soul Soul Possession... Lin Bai, you are definitely not a native of the game world. Who exactly are you?"

"I am the Jiusheng," Lin Bai said.

"I don't believe it," Zheng Tong said.

"When all is said and done, you can't stop me anyway, so just tell me if you're in or not?" Lin Bai chuckled, "I might want to cause destruction, but your tone clearly shows you want to save the world. Since that's the case, you can be my partner; you can advise me from time to time. If I changed to someone else, they might not be as kind as you! Who knows what kind of mess I might make of the world!"

"I'm in," Zheng Tong gritted his teeth and said the words, not knowing if he was answering Lin Bai or cursing.

"By the way, where were you when I was controlling your body?" Lin Bai asked.

"When you performed Soul Possession on me, I lost control of my body in the game and switched to a third-person perspective. Later, when Luo Xue and the others took me away, I was worried something might happen, so I chose to log off," Zheng Tong said, "After logging off, you don't return directly to the Game Capsule; you stay on the game interface to check information on the forums, reply to emails, and so on. Only after choosing to exit from the game interface do you return to the Game Capsule."

"When I exited from the forum, I returned directly to my body, but my body had already left the Game Capsule. That was when I realized that you had performed Soul Possession on my body in the Real World..."

"Why don't you try logging back in?" Lin Bai said.

Zheng Tong didn't move, but stood there blankly. His face was deathly pale, and he muttered to himself, "My god, the Game Capsule isn't connecting to our consciousness at all; it's sending our Soul directly into the bodies inside the game..."

The plot has entered the middle and late stages and is almost fully unfolded. It's time to pay back the chapters owed to the Alliance Leader one by one! -_-||

(End of this chapter)