The First Evolution
Chapter 50

The True Motive of the Fang!

1,257 words4 min read1 views
3mo ago

Why was Fang Linyan able to obtain an S-rank evaluation? It was because he had broken through a blind spot in his thinking.

The Space's task had directly placed him in opposition to the hijackers. So, even Fang Linyan himself initially took it for granted that what he was doing was righteous, and that he was naturally a hero.

But in reality, Fang Linyan had entered through the Incarnation Mode, and this body's hidden identity in this world was none other than the Deputy Leader of the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda's Seventh Armed Squad!

Therefore, what he had actually done was not an act of righteous courage, but rather a turning from darkness to light.

If you think about it carefully, the Space had given many hints in this regard as well:

First, when the Space provided the introduction for Fang Linyan's current body, there were already subtle implications.

His name was Jerry Lin, twenty-three years old, with a consistently poor financial situation, belonging to the lower class of society. He had once worked as a repairman, his home seemed to be thousands of kilometers away, and the reason for this trip's visa was listed as tourism.

This introduction seemed unremarkable at first glance, but if you paid close attention, you could detect two major suspicious points about the character. First, he actually possessed Basic Shooting LV2. Second, he actually possessed the tag: Golf LV2.

Although shooting and golf might seem completely unrelated, they actually share a common trait: they require both money and leisure time, as well as long-term, sustained practice.

Marksmanship is fed by bullets, and while the United States has legal gun shops and shooting ranges, they are not cheap. The price of a single ordinary bullet ranges from two to five dollars. Going to a shooting range for a practice session can easily evaporate several hundred dollars without a trace.

To reach Basic Shooting LV2, at least a week of intensive training and a large number of shots are required!

As for golf, needless to say, it's known as the sport of the nobility, another money-burning activity.

How could Jerry Lin, with his poor financial situation, have achieved some results in these two areas? That required US dollars to pile up! So, clearly, there must have been external factors at play!

Of course, it would be too hasty to declare Jerry Lin a terrorist based solely on this point, but it is undeniable that this is a major suspicious point.

The second suspicious point was that after Jerry Lin ambushed the terrorists on the plane, every single one of them had extremely complex expressions on their faces, which ultimately turned into uncontrollable rage without exception. This included the parasitized Mutant, whose hatred was firmly locked onto Fang Linyan.

Everyone has different dressing habits and styles. As an Asian, Fang Linyan was completely different from Jerry Lin, who was deeply influenced by local culture, in terms of aesthetics and everything else. So, at the beginning, his accomplices didn't recognize him, whose appearance had changed drastically. By the time they did recognize him, there was no chance to say anything.

Earlier, when life and death hung by a thread, Fang Linyan had no time to dwell on these details. But thinking back now, why was the hatred of those people so crazily persistent?

It was because they deeply felt the shame and pain of betrayal. They believed that the reason this operation had failed so miserably was due to Jerry Lin's betrayal! And a traitor must die!

If these two suspicious points weren't enough to explain the problem, then the third suspicious point was even more obvious. The terrorist organization had planned and laid out this operation for a long time, considering almost every detail.

Therefore, based on Fang Linyan's inference at the time, the first-class cabin, as an important passage connecting the cockpit and the economy cabin, and a key location for controlling the aircraft, should have had at least two terrorists coordinating with each other.

But in fact, from beginning to end, Fang Linyan had only rooted out that seemingly frail but actually powerful middle-aged man. Now it seemed that Fang Linyan's inference was not wrong!! There were indeed two terrorists in the first-class cabin. The second terrorist was Fang Linyan himself!

Combining these three major suspicious points, Fang Linyan was at least eighty percent sure that he was a terrorist. Above all, he could never forget the venomous expressions of the man and woman he had shot down in the first-class cabin. They could only be described with the hatred of ten thousand lifetimes of entanglement.

Under these circumstances, Fang Linyan naturally had to take a gamble. Fortunately, the low-probability event did not occur. His judgment was correct, and he thus received a generous reward.

At this moment, Fang Linyan felt himself being lifted onto a stretcher by several people. His body swayed, and his ears were filled with a cacophony of noise. Before his eyes, many red and blue patches of color seemed to flicker, likely the lights of police cars and ambulances.

"This person is seriously injured! Make way, make way!"

"He's a hijacker! Be careful!"

"No, although he tried to hijack the plane, without him, those people would have succeeded long ago. He's not a criminal; he's a messenger sent by God to save our lives!!"

"..."

Hearing these arguments, a smile appeared at the corner of Fang Linyan's mouth. Then he felt a slight pain in his neck, and an injection was immediately administered. The feelings of hallucination and coldness dissipated somewhat. It should have been a direct shot of adrenaline, pulling him out of his near-death state.

Then, another series of data appeared on his retina.

"Do you wish to claim the reward for the Main Quest: Reverse History?"

"Hint: You have one hundred and forty-two hours, five minutes, and forty-seven seconds remaining before the final deadline to leave this world. Claiming this quest reward will cause you to leave this world within one minute. Do you wish to claim the reward for the Main Quest: Reverse History? Yes / No."

Fang Linyan was stunned. There had been a doubt lingering in his mind all along: why would the veteran Contractor, Fang, come to a world that was judged to be a power-overwhelming-everyone-else scenario?

Although Fang Linyan was not yet familiar with this mysterious Space, he could tell from his own milestone acquisition and the evaluation of the main quest that its principle was simple: reward was directly proportional to difficulty.

The milestone at the very bottom actually required a deathmatch with other Contractors to obtain!

The evaluation for the Main Quest: Reverse History was also tied to difficulty.

Therefore, it wasn't hard to deduce that Fang, whose strength far exceeded the others, would actually have very poor gains here. Moreover, there had been a clear prompt before entering the world. It seemed that Fang had even used an item called the "Pardon of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" to get in! This thing couldn't be cheap, so he had clearly been scheming and plotting for a long time.

So, what was his motive for doing this?

Fang Linyan now seemed to have obtained part of the answer. That was, apparently, after completing the main quest, one could still stay in this world for a long time—over a hundred hours! Coupled with the time that could have been freed up earlier, that would be nearly a week to take on some private jobs!

End of Chapter
Novel
How was this translation?

Like what you read?

Request the full translation to continue reading beyond the preview chapters.

Explore the wiki