World’s End: My Keyword is One More Than Others
Chapter 651: The bait of Du Ge is too fragrant

Du Ge's split consciousness received the memories of the main body and also those left in Pan-Universal Entertainment. He possessed more information than the main body and drew more precise conclusions.

Therefore, he confidently proposed negotiations directly with the Governor of Pan-Universal Entertainment.

...

Du Ge's split consciousness didn't have a body of its own. The Governor and others projected themselves into the Simulation Field to make the negotiation more convenient.

"What do you want to discuss?" the Governor asked.

Seated beside him were the Chairman of the Council, the Chairman of Pan-Universal Entertainment, General Meng Ping, and other actual power holders of Pan-Universal civilization.

Between them and Du Ge was a very formal negotiation table, with only Du Ge's split consciousness on the opposite side, creating an absolute numerical advantage against him.

The imbalance in numbers made the negotiation seem more like an interrogation or an interview.

"Cooperation," Du Ge, weathered by experience, was unfazed by this minor intimidation and spoke calmly.

"What kind of cooperation?" The Governor's expression was unreadable.

"I haven't received the main body's memories; while I was on the Alien Star Battlefield, you dismantled my soul outside; before, Ross told me to let the split consciousness enter the accompanying universe to compete with the main body to increase the game's appeal, but in the end, you forcibly ended the Alien Star Battlefield and called me back..."

With a hint of a smile, Du Ge continued slowly, "So many abnormal phenomena, I guess you must have lost control over the main body, right? You probably suffered a significant setback there, which is why you made so many hasty and wrong decisions."

Combining the main body's memories, what Du Ge said was essentially the truth.

However, the Governor and others were internally shocked.

After all, in their impression, the main body and the split consciousness were not in the same universe, and memories wouldn't be shared.

They had no experience with soul splitting, so they didn't know that the moment the First Saint escaped, Du Ge's main body and split consciousness had already exchanged memories.

To deduce the truth without the main body's information was somewhat terrifying.

The key point was that Du Ge's split consciousness knew the truth, making their subsequent plans even harder to implement.

The Governor looked at Du Ge across the table and sighed internally. Pan-Universal civilization had dominated the universe for so many years, treating all beings as playthings, yet why did they keep failing when it came to Du Ge? Both the main body and the split consciousness...

The most frustrating part was that their enemy in front of them was someone they had once nurtured step by step, who was once the darling of everyone in Pan-Universal civilization.

Du Ge's split consciousness wasn't strong; he could be easily crushed with one hand, which would vent some of the pent-up frustration. But then what? Let Du Ge's main body go, pretend nothing happened, and continue seeking pleasure in other universes?

That seemed even more stifling!

Moreover, he was unwilling to let Du Ge master the method of simultaneously holding multiple Keywords.

"What do you want to do?" The Governor put aside his chaotic thoughts and decided to probe Du Ge's intentions. Negotiation is, after all, a process of mutual probing.

Du Ge's split consciousness was weak, and facing him, Pan-Universal civilization still had some confidence.

"Do you know why you failed?" Du Ge didn't answer his question but asked instead.

"Why?" Shen Long asked.

"A single move affects the whole situation, combined with Muddy Water Fishing, two skills stacked together, in Du Ge's rhythm, trying to defeat him is like daydreaming," Du Ge replied.

"We know all that. Just tell us what you really want to do," the Governor asked. Du Ge's main body was leading them by the nose, and this guy in front of them was doing the same.

After observing from the Alien Star Battlefield time and again, they were too familiar with Du Ge. The stance of Du Ge's split consciousness now was clearly trying to fool them.

"Governor, you dissected my soul to find my origins, only to see the life of an ordinary person, right?" Du Ge continued to ignore the Governor, saying, "That memory is actually real."

"What do you mean?" The Governor was eventually intrigued by Du Ge's words. "An ordinary person's soul can't break through the universe's barriers."

That's right, damn it, I want to know how it happened too!

Du Ge internally complained, looking at the Governor who took the bait, and said, "The Heavenly Dao split off an incarnation, sent me to Earth, and arranged all my memories from birth until before the crossing.

I can say that before I realized I was an incarnation of the Heavenly Dao, I had no idea I was one, only thinking I was an ordinary human on Earth."

When a fortune teller deceives, the biggest fear is the other party not engaging, letting them perform until they run out of tricks.

But once the other party becomes curious and engages, then they become the fortune teller's prey.

Seeing the Governor suddenly fall silent, Du Ge smiled and continued, "The Heavenly Dao's schemes are flawless. If it wants to hide itself, it naturally wouldn't let you see any flaws in my identity.

Even before my strength reached a certain level, I didn't know I was an incarnation of the Heavenly Dao. I just thought I had inexplicably crossed over to become your plaything, with my biggest dream being to escape your control."

"When did you realize you were an incarnation of the Heavenly Dao?" Tu Shan asked.

"The last Alien Star Battlefield," Du Ge replied.

"Nothing to do with the Heavenly Mandate?" Tu Shan continued to ask.

"Can the Heavenly Mandate create beings stronger than itself?" Du Ge smiled and countered, "If it could, the Heavenly Mandate would have long transcended the Keywords."

The Governor unconsciously nodded, "Du Ge, what's your purpose in telling us all this?"

"Governor, I've never known your purpose. After all, I know nothing about Pan-Universal Entertainment," Du Ge looked at the Governor and said, "But I can tell you my purpose first."

"What is it?" The Governor gestured for Du Ge to continue.

"To break free from the control of the Heavenly Dao and become a complete self," Du Ge said, "Before my main body knew its true identity, its greatest wish was to escape your control. After knowing its identity, it added another goal, to escape the control of the Heavenly Dao.

In my consciousness, I experienced a complete life from birth to growth. During this process, I had my own parents, friends, family, all living people.

Can you imagine one day suddenly discovering that you're just an incarnation of someone else, your entire life under someone else's control, existing only for their purpose...

Do you know how despairing it is to learn this truth?"

Du Ge looked around at everyone, his eyes carrying a faint mockery and anger, "I am clearly an independent person, so why should I be someone else's incarnation? From that moment, my goal shifted to breaking free from the Heavenly Dao's control and mastering my own destiny.

The quest for Keywords, that's the Heavenly Dao's goal, not mine, or more accurately, not my main body's.

Clearly, the main body has succeeded, not only escaping your control but likely also the control of the Heavenly Dao..."

The Governor and the Chairman of the Council exchanged a glance, understanding why Du Ge kept talking about seizing their Keywords, only to suddenly break free from their control on the Alien Star Battlefield, even abandoning the split consciousness.

Keywords were never his true goal...

"Du Ge, why are you telling us this?" the Governor asked, "What's your purpose?"

"Governor, I told Ross the reason, didn't he tell you?" Du Ge's split consciousness said.

"Ross never mentioned it," the Governor replied.

"I was split off by the main body using soul splitting, and I can be reabsorbed by him at any time," Du Ge said, "He wants to break free from the Heavenly Dao and be himself, and I also want to become an independent entity."

"..." Everyone was stunned by this infinitely recursive version, realizing that every split consciousness wanted to rebel against its main body!

"My main body has only temporarily escaped the control of the Heavenly Dao. To truly be independent is a long journey, and he doesn't even have a direction now. After all, we don't know where Earth is, and even if he might be stronger than the Heavenly Dao, he can't find the Heavenly Dao's main body."

Du Ge's split consciousness said, "But I'm different. I know the main body's specific location. As long as I eliminate the main body, I become a unique entity.

So, our interests should align. Du Ge's main body has escaped your control, and you also want to eliminate him to maintain Pan-Universal's dignity, right?"

"You want to kill your own main body?" the Governor asked.

"No, to be precise, you have to help me kill Du Ge's main body," Du Ge's split consciousness said, "I can't meet him; if we meet, I'll be reabsorbed immediately."

"What do you plan to do?" the Governor asked.

"Governor, what do you plan to do?" Du Ge countered, "When hit by the God-Slaying Cannon, I saw previously hidden Keywords and skills emerge. The main body probably used this method to escape your control, right?

So, are you planning to use me as an experiment, or use my body from the Alien Star Battlefield to confront the main body? Tell me all your plans, and I can cooperate with you."

"..." The Governor looked at Du Ge, saying nothing.

"Governor, don't you trust me?" Du Ge asked in surprise, "I've already told you all the secrets. Moreover, I'm different from Du Ge's main body; he has his own body, while I'm just a soul state. Besides cooperating with you, I have no other way to survive."

"How do you simultaneously retain over a dozen Keywords, and how can you bring the skills awakened by the second Keyword into reality?" the Governor asked, "Answer me this first."

"I don't know," Du Ge's split consciousness shook his head, "This might be a method of the Heavenly Dao's main body. I've always treated it as my cheat. You've seen my memories, so you should know that protagonists in those film and television works have their own unique hacks. I can use the hack, but to explain the principle behind it, I don't know, maybe the main body knows!"

Du Ge's split consciousness had Du Ge's complete memories and consciousness, acting exactly like the main body. When he decided to become an enemy of the main body, he instinctively poured all the dirty water onto the main body.

"We'll discuss it and get back to you," the Governor glanced at Du Ge and called everyone to exit the Simulation Field.

In an instant.

The Simulation Field was left with only Du Ge's split consciousness.

Though he did most of the talking, he still gleaned a lot of information from the Governor's words. At least now he knew that people of Pan-Universal civilization couldn't simultaneously hold multiple Keywords.

Holding Keywords but unable to use multiple Keywords at once meant they hadn't truly mastered the divine artifact that was Keywords, and perhaps this was his opportunity.

When the split consciousness was suddenly pulled back from the Alien Star Battlefield by Pan-Universal Entertainment, he was already thinking about self-rescue.

The main body had already escaped, and returning to Pan-Universal civilization to reunite with him wouldn't be easy. Since the main body couldn't return, he would go find him...

Du Ge's split consciousness knew that only by reuniting with the main body could he form a complete soul and truly break free from Pan-Universal Entertainment.

So, no matter what method, he had to get back to the Alien Star Battlefield.

As long as the main body had the ability to break the universe's barriers, he could instantly reunite with the main body.

Even if a part of the split soul remained in Pan-Universal Entertainment, reuniting with the main body could still transmit some information about Pan-Universal civilization to him.

Moreover.

Due to sunk costs, even if he and the main body reunited, Pan-Universal civilization wouldn't take it out on the remaining split consciousness. Instead, they would value him more, giving him more room to maneuver.

Like this time.

When he was split off by Du Ge, he only had 300,000 mental power, which was increased to 300 million in the Simulation Field, and then to 10 billion when entering the Alien Star Battlefield. After some tempering on the Alien Star Battlefield, his mental power increased to 150 billion.

Reuniting with the main body with 150 billion mental power, how much strength would that add to the main body!

Du Ge's split consciousness's memories ended at the escape of the First Saint, when the main body's mental power was only 300 billion, naturally thinking 150 billion was a big number, unaware that the main body's mental power had already jumped to 1.5 trillion.

If he knew this, the split consciousness would definitely reassess his importance to Pan-Universal Entertainment and focus more on the mastermind behind the scenes.

Even now, Du Ge's split consciousness already felt that his crossing and the Keywords were somewhat abnormal.

...

Pan-Universal Civilization Headquarters.

The Governor and others who exited looked at each other.

The Governor asked, "Gentlemen, do you believe what he said?"

"Flawless. The story Du Ge's split consciousness concocted is just like his stories on the Alien Star Battlefield, making everyone who hears it believe him, but in the end, it turns out everything is false," Tu Shan said.

"The most terrifying part is that the story he concocted matches perfectly with the information we've obtained. The memories in his mind, our plans against his main body, it's like they were tailor-made for us," Chairman Shen Long said helplessly, "At least I can't find any loopholes in his story. If I weren't used to his deceitful ways, I'd already believe him."

"Truth and falsehood, falsehood and truth, I'm already confused by him," soul scientist Filo said, glancing at Tu Shan, "Chairman Tu, you were wrong about one thing. The stories he concocted on the Alien Star Battlefield eventually all came true, with very few falsehoods."

"..." Tu Shan was stunned.

"When watching Du Ge perform, it always seemed ridiculous how easily those deceived by him were fooled. But being in it myself, I can understand their mindset," the Governor sighed, "Just like us, each of us thinks that what he says is mostly false. But apart from following the path he laid out for us, there seems to be no better choice."

"There actually is, ignore him, or simply kill him, abandon Du Ge, and no matter what plans he has, it will all come to nothing," Tu Shan looked at the Governor, smiling bitterly, "We wouldn't suffer any losses, at least not in the future..."

"Are you willing? A chance to simultaneously master multiple Keywords!" The Governor sighed again, "Abandoning Du Ge, who knows when such an opportunity will come again!"