Three-Way Developments

"This..."

Having completed the "dream excavation," Gu Xu wore a troubled expression, drenched in sweat.

In the past, conducting "dream excavation" on suppressed targets took only a minute. This time, however, it had taken over ten minutes, and there were still many areas he had failed to clarify.

They would need to perform dream excavations on at least five more priests before they could possibly fully analyze the prison's structure.

"To break through the prison's defenses and fully penetrate its interior,

we'll need at least a full day. It's even more troublesome than expected... We need to speed up. The Black Gold Pyramid above should be making moves as well."

There was no longer any way back. Feeling the pressure, the team members all brought themselves into peak condition and began infiltrating Black Pillar Prison using the clues Gu Xu had obtained.

Elsewhere.

After passing their respective Chosen Candidate Assessments, the Particle Radiation Squad received a direct invitation from the Pharaoh.

The first reason was Tesla's outstanding performance during the assessment.

The second was that the Pharaoh possessed an "innate" fondness for this Royal Capital squad.

When the entire group arrived at the Core Layer of the pyramid and met the Pharaoh in a room piled high with books, they were all stunned.

The dark-skinned Pharaoh reading a book was an "acquaintance" from their memories.

His appearance, build, and aura all perfectly matched a genius from the Royal Capital.

Furthermore, Tesla had heard of this genius before. He had already mastered a True Destiny node during the Talent Tree stage and had been included among the Royal Capital's top talents for cultivation.

"You are Manager Ed Louis of Turing Simulation!"

"Mm... My 'True Self consciousness' is still working in the Royal Capital.

The one you see is merely a