Bai Zhi's Plan
It was a crazy night.
The cannon fire exploded and burned all around him, and buildings collapsed as the ground shook. As time passed, the enormous Stone Giant underground struggled to wake up from his slumber.
Missiles would Explosion right next to you every now and then, or buildings would suddenly collapse. The cracks in the streets could sometimes be several meters high, and Flayed Living Corpse would crawl out of the cracks or be crushed to death... The scene before you had a very Apocalypse feel to it.
Fortunately, the more than 100 people in the Underground Research Institute had been evacuated at the very beginning; otherwise, they would have been crushed to death in the face of the city's complete collapse and destruction.
As time passed, the tremors from beneath the ground grew stronger, and at a certain moment, somewhere in the city, a gigantic stone arm, hundreds of meters long, suddenly emerged from the violently shaking ground, tearing open a large crater...
This dilapidated city, scarred by war, is slowly heading towards its final end.
"Damn it, the [Pitch Black Rubik's Cube] is a Special Item that can't be taken into the shadows..."
While struggling to dodge artillery fire from behind from God's Perspective, Bai Zhi was also on guard against buildings collapsing suddenly and cracks appearing in the ground. He was so frustrated he felt like he wanted to vomit blood.
As the saying goes, even the wisest person can make a mistake; his plans ultimately deviated from their intended course.
Although the Mechanized Girl was indeed lured over as he had guessed, and he did indeed instantly Shadow Meld to avoid the missile attack as planned, Special Item like the [Pitch Black Rubik's Cube] were fine as long as they were in his Inventory, but once he had them in his hand, he couldn't disappear into the Shadow in the same way.
... and then it just got lost.
Because of the intense artillery fire, he didn't even have time to retrieve the [Pitch Black Rubik's Cube]. Although he had many ways to save himself, the large amount of Spiritual Energy he had consumed earlier had already brought his Spiritual Energy Value to rock bottom.
The multiple teleports to others and the increased Spiritual Energy consumption when the Shadow Puppet used its main body's Skill and Equipment, the probability rewriting of [Failed Writer] and the consumption of activating the [Silver Reaper] effect, plus the scattered consumption of the Shadow Guard and books he summoned... his original nearly 2000 Spiritual Energy Value are now reduced to less than 100 points, almost to the point of exhaustion.
From the arrival of the Blond Young Man until now, less than five minutes have passed. In such a short time, his Spiritual Energy Value has not been effectively restored at all.
While he does have some Trump Card, such as using the Title "[The Dominator]" to restore himself to his peak condition, these trump Trump Card are not things that can be used lightly.
Don't be fooled by the fact that he managed to achieve some minor victories through underhanded tactics. Did he really inflict any substantial damage on his opponent? Did that guy not have any Trump Card up his sleeve? He didn't believe it.
The opponent's mission was to defeat that Mechanized Girl, meaning they were at least confident they could suppress her abilities. Yet, under Mechanized Girl attacks, they could only flee in disarray—that's the difference in their capabilities.
As I said before, the opponent has many opportunities to make mistakes, while if he makes even the slightest mistake, the consequences could be disastrous.
"The probability of the other party actively picking up that [Pitch Black Rubik's Cube] is slim, or even possibly getting close, so this small mistake is actually harmless..."
While desperately dodging attacks from above behind him, and constantly wary of the cracking ground and collapsing buildings in the city, Bai Zhi quickly racked his brains.
"Now that this city is about to be destroyed, the other side can no longer sit idly by and will not allow that terrifying Monster underground to emerge. In other words, the other side will definitely take action. They should have Equipment or items that can deal with the Mechanized Girl behind them... or perhaps Puzzle Card?"
His mind and body blurred for a moment, and he switched places with a Shadow Guard a few hundred meters away. Letting that lucky Shadow Guard be killed by missiles and crushed by rocks, Bai Zhi broke through the window and ran into a dilapidated shopping mall.
"Tian Huo also mentioned that some Puzzle Card possess the ability to temporarily seal certain Anomaly, and the opponent should have such Puzzle Card. After the Curse Origin is sealed, that Mechanized Girl will also fall into a deep sleep and then be taken back... Whether she lives or dies depends on that time."
Bai Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly.
His plan was actually very simple from the beginning: to awaken Tian Huo's Master, to let magic fight magic, and to let the Patrol Envoy fight the Patrol Envoy.
That Blond Young Man was too strong, had many tricks up his sleeve, and didn't know how many Trump Card he was hiding. If the fight continued, there would inevitably be casualties on their side.
The stronger the Player are, the more survival skills they will have. Do you really think they can kill the opponent with just these few? The results they achieved before were already quite impressive.
Bai Zhi's plan was to use the other party as a henchman, and only after the Curse Origin within Master Tian Huo 'Master body was extracted and sealed would the true intentions be revealed.
Removing the [Curse Origin] is not so easy. Tian Huo tried once before, and she was almost beaten to death by her Master that time. She ended up lying in bed for almost half a year before she recovered.
It was thanks to her Little Brother, Tian Kong, that the remaining 100-plus people would have starved to death during those six months if no Player had gone out to hunt Flayed Living Corpse.
--So from the very beginning, Bai Zhi's plan was solely for this purpose, and luring the other party into the city and attracting the Tian Huo's Master were also part of the plan.
Although there were some unexpected incidents, such as the opponent arriving too Withered Heart and killing Diao Xin, and my own mistake of letting the [Pitch Black Rubik's Cube] slip out of my hand, it seems that there haven't been any major problems so far.
"So you're really going to unleash a barrage of attacks on your own allies..."
After glancing behind him and roughly estimating that he had gone far enough, Bai Zhi used his remaining Spiritual Energy Value to exchange with one of the lucky Shadow Guard had left behind in that place.
"Phew... not bad, this thing wasn't picked up."
Looking at the [Pitch Black Rubik's Cube] rolling on the street in front of him, Bai Zhi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
In his plan, this Magic Cube was of paramount importance. If it were picked up or lost by the other party, he would have no one to turn to for help...
Reaching out to pick up the Magic Cube, Bai Zhi turned to look into the distance and exhaled slightly.
"Then it's all up to you now."