Life Game In Other World
Chapter 589: There Will Always Be People, Chasing the Sun Too (Two-in-One Mega - for Monthly Votes)

Chapter 589: Chapter 589: There Will Always Be People, Chasing the Sun Too (Two-in-One Mega Chapter for Monthly Votes)

"Mr. Ned’s election office has stated that, so far, all the so-called ’criminal acts’ he has been accused of are nonexistent, mere fabrications of fake news intentionally created by certain people,"

"During Mr. Ned’s tenure as Senator, all his income has been made publicly available in accordance with federal laws, without any violations."

"The campaign office also mentioned that, with the midterm elections approaching, many despicable political opponents are trying to smear Mr. Ned with defamatory reporting. The citizens of Vitland City should be alert to these dirty and despicable tactics, and all accusations of illegal activity and criminal behavior should be brought forward by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, not any fake news media."

"The negative news about Senator Ned that broke out around noon continues to escalate. We will keep monitoring developments for you, reported by Vitland Entertainment News."

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"In the latest news, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has announced an investigation into the current Senator Ned, but according to the federal constitution, a Senator cannot be arrested unless involved in treason, a felony, or a crime that disrupts public order."

"However, in practice, apart from treason, there are very few instances in Federation history of Senators being arrested during their term for other crimes. Will Ned become one of these few senators to be arrested?"

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The content on the car’s screen cycled through several ads, and Ryan, sitting in the driver’s seat, looked back at He Ao with a somewhat embarrassed expression,

"Mr. Jess, would you like me to turn off this car’s smart screen?"

"There’s no need."

He Ao smiled and shook his head.

His gaze turned to the buildings around him, where on nearly all the public screens he could see, over seventy percent were broadcasting news of Ned’s scandal.

Of the remaining thirty percent, ten percent were playing ads featuring a campaigner named Walker, a senatorial candidate with lean stature and regular features who was previously ranked third after Dasanc and was backed by Stars Pharma.

The last twenty percent were from news media originally supporting Ned, largely with dubious ties to the Welme Medical Consortium, and were thus not susceptible to bribery.

In a large city like Vitland, a single consortium couldn’t control everything, let alone Welme Medical Consortium not being the largest in Vitland, which gave Stars Pharma an opportunity.

However, the price needed to secure the advertising spaces and news programs not associated with Welme Medical Consortium was astronomical; Stars Pharma seemed to be betting heavily this time.

"When we left the house this morning, these screens were still displaying Ned’s campaign ads, and the TV programs were all singing his praises,"

Ryan also followed He Ao’s gaze, looking around with a hint of confusion, "Just one afternoon has passed, almost in the blink of an eye, and everyone’s cursing Ned."

"In a little while, these screens will start showing opposing views, one side condemning Ned, the other supporting him."

He Ao said with a light chuckle.

Currently, it was just Stars Pharma catching Welme Medical Consortium off-guard, suddenly swaying the voice of most of the city. In some time, when Welme Medical Consortium regains its composure, it will fight to reclaim its lost ground and then the verbal battle will kick off.

But this surprise attack has already spread Ned’s scandal far and wide, thus greatly reducing the difficulty of running the subsequent operation.

He Ao diverted his attention from the screens outside and looked down at the incomplete research data on B-level Gene Potion on his bracelet.

He opened the messaging application and sent a text to Eve,

[Eve, help me find the cause of death of the five core researchers who died before,]

He paused, adding, [and the B-level Gene Potion research data from when they died.]

"I am filtering relevant data for you."

Eve’s voice rang in He Ao’s ear.

"Mr. Jess, we’ve arrived at the gates of South City."

At this point, Ryan said softly, then he slowly pulled the car to the side of the road.

This was a secluded little road near a hidden alleyway.

Ryan glanced at his bracelet, opened the car door, and asked, "Mr. Jess, should we meet with the Wilderness Hunter arranged by the boss?"

"Yes."

He Ao nodded lightly and stepped out of the car with Ryan.

The electric sedan they were driving couldn’t enter the wilderness; they needed to switch to a liquid fuel-powered off-road vehicle.

Heish had already taken care of the clearance procedures for him, providing him with the identity of a Wilderness Hunter who normally goes hunting in the wilderness and would be accompanied by another Wilderness Hunter.

At this moment, the bracelet on He Ao’s wrist vibrated, and a new message popped up,

[I’m almost there.]

The message was from Dasanc.

[I’ll wait for you at the destination.]

He Ao quickly replied with a message.

This time, he was not leaving the city alone.

Ryan led He Ao through the paths and turned into the alleyway.

He Ao switched his bracelet back to the research material display interface; at this moment, Eve had already filtered out the data He Ao had just requested.

Because there were many gaps in the research data for the B-level Gene Potion, and it was not certain which research data corresponded to which time, Eve had listed all the suspect data and marked the possibilities, presenting them before He Ao’s eyes.

"No records were found regarding the specific causes of death for the five researchers. Based on the surveillance data left in the elevator, there is more than a 75% chance that these researchers died within the laboratory, with the location of death all being in the bottom-level control room,"

Eve’s voice also rang in He Ao’s ear simultaneously.

That is to say, there was a high likelihood that these five researchers died in the course of the B-level Gene Potion research.

He Ao’s gaze moved to the research records filtered by Eve; these records were so damaged they were barely recognizable, only a mess of corrupted data remained, and many of the key contents were missing. Even Eve could not recover these contents during the data restoration process.

The storage chips holding this content had likely been physically destroyed.

He Ao carefully studied the data, using the knowledge base of Gene Potions developed by Jess. Even with this fragmented data, he could roughly discern what some of the data were for and which steps were modified by the researchers when they were formulating the B-level Gene Potion.

But that was as far as he could go. He could clearly sense that when the five researchers died, the B-level Gene Potion concocted by the Second Laboratory underwent some sort of change, but with only this data, he could not analyze what these changes were.

However, this did not mean He Ao was completely out of options.

He slowed his pace, his thoughts gradually calming down, allowing those chaotic thoughts trying to invade his will, which had previously driven Jess to madness, to take over.

The whole world unfolded like a stretching worm before him, its massive body unraveling as twisted and chaotic mad voices echoed in his ears.

In a sense, these mad wills were a ’skill’ inherent to Jess. When he was in the psychiatric hospital, He Ao had also let this sort of mad will take precedence.

When his consciousness was occupied by madness, the truth of the world seemed to leap and present itself before his eyes.

He Ao lowered his head, staring at the data on the bracelet.

Suddenly, the withered data began to dance like living entities, and a series of incomprehensible logic lines connected in He Ao’s mind.

In that moment, he suddenly understood the purpose of the data, the reasons for their changes, and what exactly those researchers had been doing.

They were using the lives of their companions to activate the power within the Gene Potion, filling in the gaps of the incomplete ritual in the potion.

The madness from the essence of the world was eroding He Ao’s soul. He quickly reviewed the data and then suppressed the madness in his mind.

When sanity returned to his body, He Ao lightly touched his forehead.

A faint sense of dizziness echoed in his mind.

The soul’s consumption rate during this entry into madness was much higher than the last time.

But this was still within a range that He Ao could tolerate.

He rubbed his brow and glanced at the data on the bracelet.

During the state of madness, he could not understand those peculiar and twisted logics anymore, but he still obtained the final results.

The reason for the death of the five researchers who had died earlier was not accidental; they had been used as sacrifices by their colleagues.

It seemed that the researchers were some sort of special ’material’ cultivated by the Mysterious Person, whose flesh and soul could merge with the purple liquid provided by the Mysterious Person.

The experiment’s data showed that after adding a researcher’s flesh and soul as material, the properties of the purple liquid mixed into the Gene Potion became closer to the real blood of a B-level Transcendent, making the crafted Gene Potion closer to B-level.

However, this effect was temporary, lasting only about three to five minutes, and the quality of the result depended on the number of researchers added.

According to the analysis that He Ao obtained in a state of madness, in the absence of any other issues with the B-level Gene Potion, the Mysterious Person would need the flesh and souls of at least 19 researchers for the Gene Potion to reach a complete state, with a duration of seven minutes.

And the researchers who had been taken away were exactly the remaining 19 people.

By this moment, He Ao had also figured out why the Mysterious Person had taken those researchers away.

He closed the data display on his bracelet and rubbed his brow again.

To use people as materials was typical of the Mysterious Person’s methods.

This guy’s attitude toward humans was as if he himself did not belong to the human race at all.

"Mr. Jess? Is there a problem?"

Ryan, who noticed He Ao’s slowing pace, turned his head and asked with some confusion.

"It’s nothing."

He Ao shook his head and quickly walked past.

If that B-level Gene Potion only lasted seven minutes, the Mysterious Person would definitely use it at the most critical moment. The situation hadn’t completely spiraled out of control yet.

He Ao followed Ryan out of the alley and onto a rusty steel footbridge.

Standing on the bridge, he turned his head to glance back at the densely packed city.

He briefly activated Super Memory, and his Soul Power spread out, reflecting the thoughts of countless ordinary people into his mind through the perception of Super Memory.

In the void, the invisible thoughts undulated like the tide.

Under that shadow, it seemed as if some terrifying behemoth was disturbing the tides of thought.

He deactivated Super Memory, turned back around, and descended from the footbridge.

After walking a few steps forward, they arrived at their destination, an abandoned old factory.

A Wilderness Hunter, dark-skinned and gaunt in appearance, had been waiting there for a long time.

This man was also arranged for He Ao by Heish. He used to be a Scavenger before entering the wilderness under Heish’s arrangement to become a Wilderness Hunter; a person Heish trusted.

Once there, Ryan bid He Ao farewell, as the wilderness was not his forte.

Not long after He Ao’s arrival, Dasanc also rushed over.

"Jess, are we leaving the city?"

Dasanc looked at the SUV with some confusion and asked.

"Leaving the city to meet someone."

He Ao got into the SUV and gestured for Dasanc to get in as well.

"Who do we need to meet outside the city?"

Dasanc was puzzled but still followed and got into the car.

The Wilderness Hunter started the vehicle, driving towards the direction of the South City gate.

"You’ll know once we’ve met,"

He Ao shook his head. He glanced out the window. At this moment, the screens outside were increasingly featuring ads supporting Ned, "How are things now?"

"Stars Pharma has indicated they will move against Ned,"

Dasanc also looked out the window, "but I feel they’re somewhat hesitant. Welme Medical Consortium has been operating in Vitland for too many years. If they really want to take down Ned, it will cost them a lot."

"That means they’re not desperate enough,"

He Ao said calmly.

Now the advertising screens were beginning to widely show news supporting Ned, proving that the Welme Group had begun to counter-attack.

"Yeah,"

Dasanc nodded, "I’m a bit worried that Welme Medical Consortium will approach Stars Pharma for negotiations. The information we provided to Stars Pharma is too scant and lacks convincing power. If Welme Medical Consortium is willing to bleed, Stars Pharma might just give up."

Welme Medical Consortium, now pushed to the brink of a cliff, had no time to find a new candidate. If Ned fell, they would lose a Senator’s seat in the Federal Assembly, so facing the aggressive pressure from Stars Pharma, they would be willing to sever more than usual.

So after receiving the information from Dasanc, Stars Pharma began a large-scale smear campaign against Ned, perhaps with the mindset that even if they couldn’t completely take him down, they wanted a piece of the meat.

Strictly speaking, the information about Gene Potions that He Ao had, which Jess had prepared previously, was not comprehensive enough; it only included normal Gene Potions effective up to F-level, but did not include detailed information about higher-grade Gene Potions.

Moreover, theoretically, to pay such a high price to target Welme Medical Consortium, Stars Pharma would naturally require reliable evidence from their own people, before making a decision. They wouldn’t rely solely on Dasanc’s word.

For various reasons, the ultimate result was that Stars Pharma would have a period of hesitation before they obtained conclusive evidence.

If Welme Medical Consortium took advantage of this period of uncertainty and was willing to cede significant interests, they might be able to blind the board of Stars Pharma and thereby save Ned.

"Don’t worry," He Ao withdrew his gaze, "Stars Pharma won’t compromise."

Under Hoon’s guidance, agents from Stars Pharma should have already entered the Second Laboratory.

Stars Pharma might not completely trust the information provided by Dasanc, but they would likely believe the evidence provided by ’one of their own’ working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Besides, this evidence included eyewitness accounts, physical evidence, seized equipment, and materials.

Welme Medical Consortium had not only produced Gene Potions but was even on the verge of mass production, and they were already making progress with B-level Gene Potions.

While Stars Pharma was hesitating, He Ao was quite willing to help them firm up their stance.

Unwittingly, the news reporting negative stories about Ned seemed to be on the rise again.

He Ao was a good person. He didn’t enjoy instigating consortiums to fight; he just liked to watch the excitement while coincidentally achieving his own goals.

"Let’s hope so."

Hearing He Ao’s words, Dasanc simply echoed softly.

For him, what happened next was out of his hands; he could only leave it up to luck.

The SUV completed the checkpoint inspection by evening.

The rolling wheels chased the fiery sunset, driving into the vast expanse of the jungle.

Dasanc looked around curiously. The towering high walls were getting further and further away from them, making the bustling city and the rugged nature appear like two completely different worlds.

Although he had tried to keep his emotions under control throughout the journey, this was indeed the first time he had left the high walls to reach the boundless wilderness.

"How does it feel?"

He Ao asked softly.

"Not bad,"

Dasanc smiled, the splendid sunset and the vast wilderness dispelling some of the worries in his heart, "It would be great to bring down Ned, even if Walker, supported by Stars Pharma, takes his place. Stars Pharma doesn’t have much influence in Vitland, so whatever he does will definitely not be as outrageous as Ned."

Boom—

Just then, a sound like raging thunder exploded in the sky.

Dasanc looked up to see a black shape as large as an eagle covering the sky, flying toward the direction where the sun was setting.

"That is..."

His mouth hung open as he watched the terrifying steel giant vanish towards the dense woods.

"The Federation’s latest FA-760 Combat Transport, the fastest combat transport we have right now. Typically, we call it the ’Sun Chaser Eagle’."

He Ao explained with a smile.

"The eagle that chases the sun."

Dasanc watched the gradually fading trail in the sky.

The sun can never be reached, but there are always those who refuse to give up chasing it.

"How do you feel about these landscapes?"

He Ao looked at Dasanc’s thoughtful face and continued to ask.

"Ah,"

Dasanc snapped back to reality, finally realizing that He Ao’s previous "How does it feel" was asking about his impressions of the scenery, not about how he felt about the election.

He laughed awkwardly, "Sorry, my mind has been occupied with the election stuff lately."

He lifted his head to look around. The vehicle had already driven out of the dense woods and arrived at a vast plain. "It feels... it’s just that the world,"

He paused, finally settling on the majestic sunset, "is this broad."

"Yeah, in such a vast world, what is impossible to happen?"

He Ao shifted his gaze from Dasanc’s face and also looked toward the fiery sunset, "Will only those supported by consortia be able to become senators of Vitland?"

Hearing this, Dasanc momentarily stared blankly.

He didn’t reply, but his determined gaze seemed to already provide an answer.

The twilight sun cast a hazy light on the two men inside the vehicle.

Although Dasanc did not know who else in this world could help him in such a situation,

He knew that there would always be people chasing the sun, too.

The sunset disappeared from the sky, and the endless night covered the wilderness.

Under the brilliance of the stars, the off-road vehicle stopped at the edge of a narrow road.

"Mr. Jess, is this the place?"

The Wilderness Hunter driving the vehicle slowly asked.

"Yes."

He Ao turned his head and gazed into the wilderness under the night sky. In the silent and chilly wind, a huge black steel beast lay prostrate on the plain,

That was the combat transport plane they had seen earlier, now with its doors wide open, only concealed by a thin curtain.

The night wind lifted the curtain, as if stirring the shimmering light behind it.

"We’ve arrived."

He Ao glanced at Dasanc, opened the car door, and walked toward the transport plane.

Dasant followed He Ao in a somewhat dazed manner, both of them approaching the curtain.

He Ao directly pulled back the curtain, turned around to look at Dasanc, "The person inside can help you, but whether you can persuade him, that’s up to you."

Dasanc looked into He Ao’s eyes, a hint of bewilderment in his own. After a brief hesitation, he still walked through the doorway.

Inside the transport, there was a simple sofa.

A man in a silver suit was holding a book, reading under the light. He looked up as Dasanc entered, put down the book, smiled at Dasanc,

"Hello, nice to meet you for the first time, I am Christos."