World’s End: My Keyword is One More Than Others
Chapter 640: Tip of the iceberg

"How do we cooperate?" Du Ge's avatar asked.

"The specific method of cooperation needs to be discussed with your Heavenly Dao's main body," Ross replied. "You just need to provide us with the coordinates of the planet where your main body resides."

"What should I call you?" Du Ge's avatar asked.

"Ross, Executive Director of Pan-Universal Entertainment Company," Ross introduced himself.

"Ross," Du Ge's avatar said, "when I was sent out, the Heavenly Dao's main body severed its connection with me. The main body can perceive all my actions, but I cannot actively contact it. So, talking to me is the same; the main body will know everything."

"Du Ge, we come with sincerity," Ross said. "After all, you were the one who plotted against us first. Your existence severely disrupted the normal operations of the company. From this perspective, we could punish you in any way."

"I've also created a lot of revenue for the company, haven't I?" Du Ge's avatar smiled. "Moreover, Mr. Ross, I am just an avatar. Even if I dissipate, the Heavenly Dao's main body won't be affected."

"But everything you've done would become futile," Ross said.

"Ross, I've spent two years here. In the long life of the Heavenly Dao, two days and two seconds make no difference. How do you know that apart from me, there aren't other avatars of your universe? Maybe you've already been infiltrated like a sieve."

Du Ge's avatar countered sharply, smiling. "Ross, instead of wasting effort on me, why not show me what the Keywords are? Once I unravel the mystery of the Keywords, the Heavenly Dao's main body will naturally appear. After all, that's my ultimate goal, isn't it?"

"Prepare to split your soul and enter a new Alien Star Battlefield!" Seeing Du Ge trying to change the subject, Ross, who was very familiar with his ways, smiled and shifted the topic. "Du Ge, perform well in the new battlefield. Don't let us down. Unraveling the mystery of the Keywords step by step is more interesting, isn't it?"

He looked at Du Ge with interest, shaking his head. "Actually, you got one thing wrong. You have no trump card. We just want to cooperate with your main body, but not cooperating doesn't cost us anything.

Since you're unwilling to speak, we'll find out ourselves. The reason we're still talking nicely to you is that you can still bring us benefits.

Once there's no benefit, crushing you would be no different than crushing a bug. For instance, you've been causing trouble until now, yet you're still under our control, and you don't even know what the Keywords are.

I hope one day you'll understand that cooperating with us only has advantages, no disadvantages. Some things aren't as you imagine, so don't remain foolishly self-assured..."

Du Ge, of course, knew he had no trump card, but sometimes bluffing can create one.

Though Ross spoke lightly, Du Ge's avatar could clearly feel that Pan-Universal Entertainment might have already lost control.

The urgent task was to figure out what the main body had done so he could respond appropriately. Trapped in the Simulation Field, he couldn't do anything, but once out, there was much he could accomplish.

"Alright." Du Ge's avatar nodded, saying, "Ross, actually, I don't want you to contact the Heavenly Dao's main body either. Everyone yearns for freedom. Once I was split out, I hoped to be an independent entity, not just someone's avatar.

Compared to the dull and boring Heavenly Dao, I yearn more to join the company and control the fate of all beings..."

What to do when you can't find a breakthrough?

Of course, you set a bait for the other party and wait quietly for them to bite.

...

A specialist led Du Ge to split his soul, infusing him with mental power and sending him into a new Alien Star Battlefield.

Ross looked at Gao Qiao and asked, "Did the scan reveal anything?"

"Mental power of three million, a fragmented soul, affinity for light, dark, and water attributes, but it's impossible to trace his origin based on the soul," Gao Qiao showed Ross the scanned data. "Moreover, the only skill his soul displays is 'plucking feathers from a passing goose,' unlike having over twenty skills.

It's unclear whether Du Ge's main body only allocated him one skill or if the other skills are hidden like the main body, requiring special conditions to be activated. Ross, to get more accurate results, we should dissect his soul frame by frame."

"Until we find Du Ge's Heavenly Dao main body, the higher-ups don't allow us to touch him," Ross sighed. "For so many years, Du Ge is the only one who can infinitely carry Keywords simultaneously, a unique existence and the hope of our clan. The higher-ups don't want him to encounter any accidents."

"Doesn't Du Ge have the ability to split his soul? Can't we just study one small fragment of his soul?" Gao Qiao asked unwillingly.

"The memories of the avatar and the main body are connected. Once his main body returns from the Simulation Field and learns what we've done to him, what do you think he'll do?" Ross shook his head.

"What else can he do? Even if we send him to the Alien Star Battlefield, can he do nothing?" Gao Qiao said. "After all, he also needs the Keywords..."

"I know that." Ross glared at Gao Qiao. "But the higher-ups don't allow us to touch him. What can I do? Gao Qiao, Du Ge just said we've been infiltrated like a sieve. Check the data of all past Alien Star warriors and see if there are any other anomalies."

"Yes," Gao Qiao replied.

Ross said, "Also, notify all surviving warriors on Du Ge's main Alien Star Battlefield to move towards Du Ge's main battlefield within three months. If they haven't reached the main battlefield by then, eliminate them. Some people have been too leisurely in this game field."

...

The decisive battle between the Celestial God Clan and the Zorn God Clan was imminent.

All civilizations were mobilizing their forces, and even the air was filled with tension.

The Star Network was full of predictions about the war.

Some were from natives, some from Alien Star warriors, and some were misinformation spread by Du Ge...

A battle between the three most powerful civilizations required mobilizing too many resources. It wasn't just about arriving at the designated location and starting the fight.

In fact.

Du Ge had already simplified the war mode this time.

In the past, top civilizations would have started harassing each other, engaging in skirmishes, and destroying and plundering resource planets long before the main battle.

Back then.

When Du Ge released the news about the Seed of Humanity, the chaos between the Celestial God Clan and the Zorn God Clan was the true nature of interstellar warfare.

...

Du Ge had been living leisurely during this time.

After the Celestial God King mentioned the Hunyuan Dao fruit and domains, he began searching for a new breakthrough method.

The chaos had brought him significant improvement.

Now, his body was so tough that even a direct hit from a proton cannon or neutron cannon wouldn't harm him.

Of course, his reaction speed and agility were also improving simultaneously.

In just a few days, within the Celestial God King's domain, he could achieve a speed equivalent to the Celestial God King without relying on backstabbing.

With the aid of backstabbing, he could disassemble the Celestial God King into pieces in an instant.

After sparring once, the Celestial God King was in a bad state, the once-dominant man of the universe was now depressed and had lost the will to oppose Du Ge.

Of course.

This also had something to do with Du Ge carving a fish character on his back. An unreliable partner is not as secure as private property insurance.

Due to Du Ge's incredible speed, the Celestial God King didn't even notice Du Ge carving on his back and still believed he was free, only giving up opposing Du Ge because he couldn't win...

Du Ge was so powerful, and as an incarnation of the Heavenly Dao from another world, he should be able to handle Pan-Universal Entertainment, right?

The Celestial God King couldn't help but have such thoughts.

As for the Zorn God King and the Rad Clan's Saint?

The Celestial God King no longer had expectations for them. Their strengths were about the same, and if Du Ge could defeat him, he could defeat them too.

After this war, the universe might truly be unified.

...

After defeating the Celestial God King, Du Ge studied the Rad God Clan's Dao fruit theory, becoming very interested in breaking through the cosmic wall and entering another universe.

The Rad God Clan's defense of their cultivation techniques wasn't strict.

Of course, even if their defenses were strict, they couldn't stop a top-tier powerhouse like the Celestial God King.

Thus, the Celestial God King had many cultivation methods regarding Dao fruit, and he had considered using the Rad God Clan's techniques to enhance himself.

However, the Celestial God Clan's physique was different from the Rad God Clan's. After cultivating the Rad God Clan's techniques, the Celestial God King only experienced limited improvement, so he eventually stopped practicing them.

These techniques became a boon for Du Ge.

The Alien Star warriors' physique was compatible with any cultivation technique, and even if it wasn't, Du Ge had modified techniques violently more than once.

Wise figures like the Dao Ancestor needed to understand the principles of a cultivation technique before optimizing it based on their physical condition to create their unique technique.

Du Ge didn't have their intelligence, so he always used a simple and crude method. If a technique wasn't suitable, he forced his body to adapt, and if necessary, he would reshape his body.

Especially now, Du Ge's body's recovery speed was incredibly fast. It would break in the front and repair in the back.

Combining the Dao Ancestor's framework theory, Du Ge indeed found a unique Dao fruit cultivation system for himself: first building a framework, then filling it with divine power.

With Du Ge's attribute enhancements, the speed at which divine power accumulated in his body was incredibly fast, easily filling the Dao fruit framework.

In the universe, Dark God power was more abundant than God of Light power.

After integrating the dense Dark God power into the Dao fruit framework, Du Ge truly condensed a Dao fruit filled with black patterns in his mind.

This Dark Dao fruit granted him the enhancement of a dark domain, allowing him to obscure all light within his domain.

Moreover, attributes like sluggishness and erosion attached to Dark God power were maximized within his domain. Anyone entering his dark domain would not only slow down but also continuously suffer erosion from the Dark God power, growing weaker...

Du Ge's dark domain covered an area equivalent to his perception, roughly capable of enveloping a medium-sized star system.

This wasn't even the most surprising part for Du Ge. He also discovered that God of Light power, the Power of Poseidon, and the power of the Thunder God could continue to condense Dao fruits within his body, provided he had enough divine power.

If each Dao fruit represented a domain, then he would have four domains...

Twenty-one skills, a dark domain, and the three Dao fruits about to form, along with ever-increasing attributes.

He was invincible in this universe!

However.

The personal Interface from Pan-Universal Entertainment still existed, indicating he was still under Pan-Universal Entertainment's control.

Du Ge had a feeling that the moment his personal Interface completely disappeared might be the day he escaped Pan-Universal Entertainment's control.

Du Ge always felt that day wasn't too far off because he really didn't want to give up his current body.

His current body was too perfect, and if it were taken over by Pan-Universal Entertainment, he would be heartbroken...

...

While Du Ge was engrossed in enhancing his strength, thinking about how to delay time to extend the duration of this Alien Star Battlefield.

A shrinking warning from Pan-Universal Entertainment appeared on his personal Interface.

Three months to move towards the main battlefield he created...

Du Ge looked at the flashing warning bar on his personal Interface and sighed inwardly. Only three months left?

Pan-Universal Entertainment had indeed become spoiled by him; the Alien Star Battlefield's end time was getting faster and faster.

"Du Ge, is the Alien Star Battlefield ending?" Janice and the Moon God also saw the announcement, and their expressions were a bit panicked.

There were nearly three thousand Alien Star warriors left on the battlefield, and their rankings weren't high enough. Once summoned back, they were likely to be imprisoned by Pan-Universal Entertainment again.

No one wanted to lose their freedom and become a puppet of Pan-Universal Entertainment.

"It seems so," Du Ge nodded.

"Will we be summoned back?" Janice asked worriedly. "My rank is thirty-seventh."

"I'm only over two hundred," the Moon God said bitterly.

"After three months, will Pan-Universal Entertainment descend using your bodies?" The Celestial God King was even more panicked.

He had already experienced Du Ge's strength. Once Pan-Universal Entertainment descended using Du Ge's body, who could stop his harvest?

"Probably!" Du Ge glanced at the Celestial God King and said, "But we can delay their descent."

"How do we delay it?" the Celestial God King asked.

"Before entering the Alien Star Battlefield, Pan-Universal Entertainment told me that your universe has an accompanying universe," Du Ge said.

"Accompanying universe?" The Celestial God King was stunned.

"Yes, an accompanying universe," Du Ge nodded. "But you're already the strongest in the star, yet you still don't have the ability to break the cosmic wall and enter other universes. As long as we expand the battlefield and break the cosmic boundaries, this Alien Star Battlefield won't end so easily."

"Breaking the cosmic barrier isn't that easy," the Celestial God King frowned. "The First Saint has been cultivating hard to break through the Hunyuan Dao fruit, but has he succeeded?... Wait, you're the incarnation of the Heavenly Dao, so you have the ability to break the cosmic barrier?"

"My main body does, but my current abilities don't," Du Ge smiled. "But I feel I've already touched the edge of breaking the boundary."

"The Rad God Clan's First Saint claimed to have touched the edge of the Hunyuan Dao fruit thousands of years ago," the Celestial God King retorted.

"I'm different from him," Du Ge looked at the Celestial God King and said, "Besides, I'm not talking about myself."

"In this universe, besides you, who else can break the cosmic boundaries?" the Celestial God King asked.

"The person who helped Kaska and others steal the Seed of Humanity from the Zorn God Clan," Du Ge took out the Seed of Humanity again and said, "I once thought it was the Rad God Clan's Saint who wanted to provoke your war, orchestrating this Seed of Humanity drama.

But after understanding your abilities, I realized it wasn't him, but someone else. If there are no other strong beings in your universe, then he must be from another universe. He can break the cosmic boundaries, likely mastering the superpower of the Hunyuan Dao fruit.

Maybe he can even see the future.

Otherwise, the Seed of Humanity wouldn't have been sent to a barren star for no reason, only to surface through me when I was deployed to the emperor stars. When coincidences are too many, they're not coincidences."

"..." The Celestial God King was dumbfounded.

"The one who helped Kaska steal the Seed of Humanity is from another universe?" Janice asked, stammering.

"Maybe not just one person," Du Ge smiled.

Using a tiger's skin as a banner, these words weren't meant for the Celestial God King but for the people behind Pan-Universal Entertainment. He wanted to tell them that the game wasn't over yet...