World’s End: My Keyword is One More Than Others
Chapter 654: Is it still a coincidence if there are too many coincidences?

I know.

The Governor silently responded in his heart.

From the very beginning, he knew Du Ge's plan to split his consciousness.

Moreover.

He had been waiting for Du Ge to merge his split consciousness.

As the Governor of Pan-Universal Entertainment, he naturally couldn't be like others, possessing a body with only twenty or so skills. If he were to possess one, it had to be the most powerful.

But he couldn't share his thoughts with others.

The Chairman of the Council, the General, the heads of various major families, and the CEOs of entertainment companies together formed the pinnacle of power in the Pan-Universal civilization.

They might agree to him being slightly stronger than them, but they would never want to see him so far ahead that he could suppress everyone.

So, even though he guessed what Du Ge's split consciousness was up to, he never exposed it. Instead, he pushed things along with Du Ge's main body, turning it into a fait accompli.

The Governor never believed that those hundreds of fast-track warriors with over twenty skills could defeat Du Ge.

Only that super body, which gathered over a thousand keywords and more than two thousand skills, was the trump card against Du Ge.

And he was the most powerful person in the Pan-Universal civilization. Once Du Ge's split consciousness created the super body, he would naturally occupy it to confront and defeat Du Ge.

By then, even if others were unwilling, they would have no choice but to accept this fact.

Afterward, he would use Du Ge's split consciousness to create new super bodies, appeasing the Chairman and others, and he would remain the leader of Pan-Universal Entertainment.

If they disagreed with this condition, he would eliminate them all and promote a new batch of people, becoming the true king of Pan-Universal Entertainment, with no one to share his power.

Unexpectedly, at the last moment, the Chairman saw through this loophole.

The Governor frowned slightly, breaking the silence: "Shen Long, I was careless. However, the urgent task now is to eliminate Du Ge's main body. Once it's destroyed, the split consciousness is no longer a concern, as it's still under our control."

He glanced around at everyone, "This is also a good thing for us. A super body with thousands of skills theoretically solves the keyword problem for our clan, but it's best if only a few of us use it. If everyone in the clan had a super body, it would be detrimental to our rule..."

If a super body with over a thousand keywords were born, would Du Ge's main body with only twenty-one skills even matter?

He could be crushed in an instant, right?

The important thing is who gets the super body, right?

The Chairman and others looked at the Governor, feeling quite conflicted.

But at this moment, they also knew they couldn't compete with the Governor for the super body.

Fortunately, when the Governor controlled the super body, Du Ge's split consciousness would be summoned back to Pan-Universal headquarters, giving them a chance to seek benefits for themselves.

The Chairman nodded and said, "Jia Ge, take your men to fight Du Ge's main body. I'll stay at headquarters to arrange the subsequent migration. If Du Ge's split consciousness merges, he will also have over a thousand keywords, and by then, he'll have strength comparable to yours, so we must be cautious."

A threat?

The Governor smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll be on guard. When he next deploys to create a super body for you, I'll suppress him from below, not giving him a chance to grow."

"Let's hope so!" The Chairman smiled and said, "Jia Ge, if Du Ge's split consciousness merges and deploys again, you can directly use the God-Slaying Cannon on him, without waiting for him to train his skills. Du Ge's split consciousness is just as ambitious as Du Ge; it's best to keep him as a tool. Two thousand skills are enough for us to use."

"I understand." The Governor nodded at the Chairman, but the unease in his heart did not dissipate.

But after thinking it over, he still didn't know what he had overlooked. As he replayed the situation in his mind, he kept an eye on Du Ge and his split consciousness on the screen, saying, "Keep a close watch on both of them. If there's any sign of Du Ge breaking through the cosmic barrier, whether the split consciousness has formed a super body or not, immediately recall the split consciousness to prevent Du Ge from reclaiming them. Otherwise, those thousand keywords will belong to Du Ge..."

He stopped mid-sentence.

Could this be what's been making him uneasy all along?

A Du Ge with over a thousand keywords—no matter how much power Pan-Universal Entertainment mobilizes, they won't be able to defeat him!

"Gao Qiao, send a message to Du Ge's split consciousness, telling him to merge as soon as he awakens his skills, combining a thousand keywords into one body."

The Governor decisively ordered.

Previously, he had been waiting for Du Ge's split consciousness to secretly merge, so he could profit from it.

Now, realizing that the super body might end up with Du Ge, he demanded the split consciousness to actively merge, regardless of his intentions.

The super body must be under his control, with no room for accidents.

"Yes." Gao Qiao responded.

"Pang Da, keep a constant watch on the situation with Du Ge's main body, using the intelligent brain to calculate the exact time he will break through the cosmic barrier, down to the second," the Governor continued.

"Yes." Pang Da replied.

"Monitor the backend data of Du Ge's split consciousness. Report any anomalies to me immediately..." The Governor's mind raced, trying to patch every loophole he could think of.

He suddenly realized that if Du Ge's split consciousness went out of control like the main body, it would be a disaster for him as well.

Too many unexpected situations.

...

Orders were issued one after another.

Pan-Universal Entertainment headquarters was tensely monitoring the progress of the situation, with everyone in their places, ready for deployment, and everyone present was very nervous.

Time ticked by second by second.

The number of awakened skills in Du Ge's split consciousness increased, and when the intelligent brain calculated that there was only half a day left before Du Ge broke through the cosmic barrier...

The Governor moved the projection pod to Pan-Universal headquarters, ready to lie in and project at any moment.

During this time, he discussed the distribution of benefits with the higher-ups.

At this critical juncture that would decide the direction of civilization, he wasn't worried that the Chairman and others would sabotage his control over the super body.

After all.

Sabotaging his control over the super body would not benefit anyone else and would only make them his enemies, bearing the brunt of his wrath.

Up to now, he was still the most powerful person in the Pan-Universal civilization, possessing the strongest mental power. Even if the deployment failed, he wouldn't die, and he still had his own people at headquarters...

...

When Du Ge's split consciousness received the message from Pan-Universal Entertainment, he knew his plan had failed.

But he didn't dwell on it.

After all, the merging of split consciousness was something he hadn't noticed at the time, and thinking about it afterward, he realized that relying on others to make mistakes was the most foolish behavior.

This was an open conspiracy. Whether Pan-Universal Entertainment discovered it or not, he would ultimately merge his soul.

He was betting on the timing of the main body breaking through the cosmic barrier and the chance to free himself from Pan-Universal Entertainment's control after merging...

If neither succeeded, he would still be a monster with over two thousand skills. As long as the Pan-Universal civilization wanted to use him, he wouldn't have any problems.

He might even secure a place for himself within Pan-Universal Entertainment.

If he were summoned back after merging and Pan-Universal civilization used his body to eliminate the main body, that would be the worst outcome.

But the split consciousness couldn't worry about that now. He and the main body shared the same thoughts, and if it came to that, he believed the main body would understand him.

Moreover, if even a split consciousness could handle Pan-Universal civilization, there was no reason the main body, who was far ahead, couldn't. After all those battles on alien star battlefields, winning against the odds so many times, he didn't rely on his own strength alone!

...

"One hour, at most one hour, and Du Ge will break through the cosmic barrier," Technical Officer Pang Da reported, watching the increasingly unstable cosmic barrier under Du Ge's fist.

"Notify Du Ge's split consciousness to abandon any unawakened avatars and merge in ten minutes," the Governor took a deep breath and issued the final order.

Then, he turned to the Chairman, "Shen Long, the future of Pan-Universal Entertainment depends on you. Once I succeed, you can have Du Ge's split consciousness possess another body to create a super body for you. Once everything is settled, you can project yourself..."

"I understand." The Chairman looked at the Governor and smiled, "Don't worry, we're allies. I won't disregard the future of our civilization."

The Governor nodded at him again and lay down in the projection pod.

At the same time.

Janice, Dao Ancestor, Gao Ming, and others were also sent into projection pods, with the Chairman ready to deploy them into the accompanying universe to deal with any potential emergencies.

...

Time continued to move forward.

Pan-Universal Entertainment headquarters kept switching their gaze between Du Ge's split consciousness and the main body, not daring to breathe.

Du Ge's main body swung his fists faster and faster, the space teetering on the brink of collapse, with the passage ready to open at any moment.

On Du Ge's split consciousness side, the God-Slaying Cannon fired shot after shot at each split consciousness, releasing the hidden skills within his body.

Finally, all one thousand of Du Ge's split consciousnesses were unsealed.

"The split consciousness data is all normal," Gao Qiao reported.

"Du Ge's main body has at most fifteen minutes left before he can open the cosmic barrier," Pang Da's voice suddenly became urgent, "His speed is increasing, thirteen minutes, ten minutes..."

Pang Da's anxious voice sounded like a death knell.

The Chairman was startled, looking at the cosmic barrier under Du Ge's fist that could shatter at any moment, he said, "Gao Qiao, notify Du Ge's split consciousness to merge immediately, projection pod department, be ready to deploy at any time..."

Gao Qiao operated methodically.

On the screen.

The cosmic barrier near Du Ge's split consciousness suddenly began to shake. The Rad God Clan's warships gathered by Du Ge's main body were affected by the spatial fluctuations, suddenly starting to tremble as if they might disintegrate at any moment.

The soldiers on the mothership were panicked, not knowing what was happening.

Seeing this, the Chairman's heart skipped a beat. What was going on?

In such a vast universe, was it a coincidence that the cosmic barrier opened by Du Ge's main body was near the split consciousness?

The location of the space opening was the same, and the timing coincided with the split consciousness's merging...

Wasn't this too coincidental?

The Chairman looked at Du Ge's split consciousness and main body on the screen, and a bad premonition arose in his heart.

When all coincidences converge, they are likely not coincidences!

Is someone orchestrating all of this?

Du Ge's Heavenly Dao main body?

...

Du Ge's split consciousness also sensed the spatial fluctuations, and all one thousand split consciousnesses simultaneously looked towards space. Despite their different identities and heights, their eyes all showed the same expression—delight!

"Gao Qiao, have him merge, merge immediately, or we'll summon him back right away," the Chairman's unease grew stronger, urging hysterically. He couldn't let Du Ge's main body absorb all those keywords.

Otherwise, everything Pan-Universal Entertainment had done would be a joke.

Gao Qiao sent the order to Du Ge's split consciousness's interface again.

The Chairman placed one hand on the projection button and the other on the recall button;

The Chief Technical Officer kept his eyes fixed on the data of Du Ge's main body calculated by the intelligent brain, continuously reporting the rapidly decreasing time...

Pan-Universal headquarters was filled with tension, with only Pang Da's voice echoing:

"Three minutes."

"Two minutes."

...

The Chairman's brow furrowed tighter and tighter, and he subconsciously swallowed.

He completely forgot about competing with the Governor for the super body, and forgot where his unease lay. At this moment, he had only one thought in his mind: Du Ge's main body must not absorb all those keywords.

Finally.

With one minute left.

Under constant urging, Du Ge's split consciousness completed the merge, gathering all the souls into one young body.

In Gao Qiao's monitoring backend, the body that Du Ge's split consciousness converged into saw its values skyrocket, with mental power soaring from one hundred billion to finally stabilize at thirteen trillion.

However.

He didn't focus on this number but quickly reported the location of Du Ge's split consciousness: "Avatar number 387."

Another technical officer's fingers moved swiftly, quickly positioning the Governor's projection data onto avatar number 387...

At the same time.

The Chairman almost simultaneously pressed the recall button and the projection button.

"Du Ge's split consciousness successfully recalled," Pang Da reported.

"Governor's projection successful," Gao Qiao reported.

Looking at the cosmic barrier that still hadn't been broken and the multi-skilled Pan-Universal warriors refined by Du Ge's split consciousness that were now active, the Chairman breathed a sigh of relief. They had finally succeeded at the last moment, with no accidents. The next step was to take down Du Ge's main body and then discuss the distribution of the super body.

But just as this thought arose in his mind.

Gao Qiao's urgent voice rang out again: "Chairman, Du Ge's split consciousness lost three trillion mental power during recall. We captured that he used the Soul Splitting skill one second before being recalled, transferring three trillion mental power to an indigenous body."

"......"

The Chairman's face changed immediately.

All of Du Ge's skills followed the soul, regardless of the soul's strength.

Even if the split consciousness only transferred three trillion mental power, it was enough to send all the accumulated keywords and skills to Du Ge's main body.

Damn it!

Despite all precautions, they didn't foresee this move.

What enmity with the main body, pursuit of freedom, it was all fake. He and the main body were in cahoots from the start...

"Immediately notify the Governor that Du Ge's main body now possesses the same number of keywords as he does," the Chairman said, looking at the Governor on the screen, who was now occupying the super body with a pleased expression, and quickly instructed Gao Qiao.

Gao Qiao swiftly sent the message.

Then.

Everyone saw the Governor's expression on the screen change from joy to gloom.

At the same time.

Boom!

With a loud noise.

The teetering cosmic barrier was breached, and Du Ge's main body, like a celestial being, stepped out from the shattered cosmic barrier...