Chapter 1112: Chapter 72: Powerless
"First of all, there’s the problem of the planet will of Earth. Just now the planet will came to talk to me and told me you were reborn by the Demon Lord..."
Tang One repeated his conversation with the planet will to Wen Yu, then fell silent, just staring at Wen Yu until Wen Yu finished swallowing the drumstick in his mouth.
"Mm, the chicken is fake, it can’t provide any energy. It’s probably just there to satisfy your appetites..."
"See! This damned place is about to drive me crazy. If I don’t find something to do, there’s no way I can live here!"
Wen Yu casually chimed in and immediately steered Tang Two off topic...
Of course, Tang Two was easy to fool, but Tang One really wasn’t someone Wen Yu could brush off so easily.
"So that means it’s true?"
Hearing Tang One’s question, Wen Yu fell silent for a moment, then still nodded.
"I only found out about this in the Heavenly Palace."
Wen Yu had no need to lie to Tang Haofei, and according to his own speculation, Tang Haofei’s Rebirth definitely wasn’t the Demon Lord’s doing—truth be told, Wen Yu had long anticipated this point.
"But this doesn’t really matter anymore."
Tang One said so, and Wen Yu smiled as he patted Tang One on the shoulder.
"Bro, magnanimous! Come on, another round, this one’s on you!"
Wen Yu smiled, picked up the wooden cup, and decisively clinked it with Tang One and Tang Two. Tang Two downed it in one bold gulp—although Wen Yu didn’t know how Tang Two had turned into this, from the surface it looked like the whole being-sealed incident had already been thrown to the back of his mind. Well, you could say he was heartless in a good way, or that there was some other reason. In any case, the current Tang Two was much more likable than that former "God Tang Haofei."
Seeing the lively Wen Yu and Tang Two, Tang One’s face showed a bitter smile. He sighed and shook his head, then suddenly shifted the topic.
"But the planet will of Earth really has a big problem. Just now you said the Demon Spirit infused the planet will with Creation Energy. What’s that about?"
Wen Yu put down his cup and recounted everything that had happened to the two Tang Haofeis.
"Looked at this way... hmm, could it be that the Demon Spirit has already transformed the planet will into a Soul Puppet?"
Tang One offered a reasonable guess, but Wen Yu shook his head.
"That’s impossible. To tell you the truth, there wasn’t much Creation Energy in that container. In fact, after the Demon Spirit’s Creation Energy entered the origin of the Earth’s nucleus, I poured all the Creation Energy left in me into the origin of the Earth’s nucleus as well. If the planet will of Earth had been turned into a Soul Puppet, then theoretically I should be its master."
"According to my judgment, the Creation Energy in that container should be carrying a piece of information. Only that can explain why the planet will knew the secret of my Rebirth. But there’s still a suspicious point here... why would the Demon Spirit know that I’m a reborner?"
As soon as Wen Yu finished, the three of them fell silent...
Fine, this question had no answer. Three heads together and they still couldn’t come up with a conclusion.
But as the muscle in the group, they naturally had a brute-force solution.
"Why don’t we go take a look at the origin of the Earth’s nucleus?"
Tang Two offered a suggestion. Judging by the excitement all over his face, he clearly just wanted to watch the show and didn’t care how big it got.
"Not a good idea, useless!"
Tang One rejected it on the spot. Right now he didn’t dare let Wen Yu get close to the planet will. If Wen Yu really got into a head-on clash with the planet will, none of them could bear the consequences.
And in fact, Wen Yu wasn’t that reckless either. After all, this was his home planet. Before the very last moment, Wen Yu didn’t want to go all out and end in mutual destruction.
"Sigh, so this matter will have to be put on hold for now... There’s another thing, which is..."
After saying this, Tang One’s words suddenly trailed off. He’d wanted to talk about the Illusion he saw at the planet will, yet at the last moment he swallowed the words back.
That Illusion had indeed left a thorn stuck in Tang Haofei’s heart.
"Forget it, let’s leave it at that. Right, the planet will of Earth now wants you dead. Do you have any way to deal with that?"
Hearing Tang Haofei’s question, Wen Yu gently shook his head.
"Once it tells the Dominator about this, I’ll be dead for sure."
Wen Yu’s expression was calm, as if he’d already seen through life and death. But Tang Haofei, who knew him well, understood that if it really came to a situation where death was certain, Wen Yu would definitely throw everything aside and hit the planet will with something ruthless!
If you’re about to die and still don’t flip the table, what are you waiting for?
But the key was that the initiative in this matter was not in the hands of any of the three present, and Tang Haofei also couldn’t just stand by and watch Wen Yu hit the planet will with something ruthless. Actually, for Tang Haofei, his best option was to kill Wen Yu. If he disregarded the price of his power, Tang Haofei absolutely had the ability to take Wen Yu out. Yet there was another problem here...
Namely, just how much damage a full-on fight between Wen Yu and Tang Haofei would inflict on Earth.
No need to spell it out—at the very least, half the planet would suffer a devastating blow, and that wasn’t even counting Wen Yu’s Soul Puppet Legion. Plus, Wen Yu might also, in the end, hit Earth with something ruthless...
Everything circled right back to where it started.
See, this is where they had no way out. The two of them were trapped inside the game, yet neither could break it.
So, this matter had no solution... and that was just Tang Haofei’s predicament. He couldn’t persuade Wen Yu to face death head-on, nor could he persuade the planet will of Earth to change its view. He was the one most powerless here.
As for Wen Yu, he actually did have options, but this was something he couldn’t tell Tang Haofei.
So in Wen Yu’s view, this meal should basically have been over by now.
But he hadn’t expected that Tang Haofei’s purpose in bringing him into the World of the Heart’s Image wasn’t actually to discuss the matter of the planet will...
Once they finished eating, Tang One and Tang Two exchanged a glance, and Tang One was the first to bring up a new topic.
"Wen Yu, I want to ask you for a favor..."
"You’ve got to be kidding me, again?"
Wen Yu was so startled that he spilled tea all over the place. Doing Tang Haofei a favor... the difficulty level of that was straight into the stratosphere!
Tang One ignored Wen Yu’s snark. At this moment, both Tang Haofeis looked extremely serious. They exchanged a glance, and this time it was Tang Two who spoke.
"Let’s go. We’ll take Wen Yu to see it first."
Tang Two said this, then immediately stood up and walked out of the room. Tang One followed closely behind, while Wen Yu watched the two Tang Haofeis and slowly narrowed his eyes.
It seemed he’d just been thinking in the wrong direction. Tang Haofei inviting him into the World of the Heart’s Image wasn’t really to discuss the "planet will of Earth" at all, but for this matter that was about to happen.
In other words, in Tang Haofei’s mind, this matter might be even worse than the planet will issue! And thinking about it, the reason Tang Two was being so obedient right now was probably largely related to this as well...
"The price of power."
In almost an instant, these five words surfaced in Wen Yu’s mind. He then stood up and followed right behind Tang One out the door.
Wen Yu hadn’t forgotten his fundamental purpose in meeting Tang Haofei—to probe Tang Haofei’s bottom line...
And now, Wen Yu could feel that Tang Haofei’s deepest secret was about to be laid bare right before his eyes.
