I Am Extraordinary Alone
Chapter 317 - 315: Many, Many Mes

Chapter 317: Chapter 315: Many, Many Mes

Wei Tianyang stood by the dark lake, only his face illuminated by the 6.8-inch phone screen, Baphomet’s black eyes flickering with white spots in the darkness.

The information exposed on the internet wasn’t extensive, but it did clearly leak his photo, name, and his activities in Libitelli.

He refreshed the list, and suddenly all the news disappeared, but upon refreshing again, the news reappeared.

Under political pressure, Helena Mina had decrypted some information about Wei Tianyang himself six months earlier, but many things remained secret.

His official identity to the outside world was a stateless special person of the United Council, as well as a war observer.

Even so, only Zhao Ling sent him a message immediately, while Helena Mina kept silent, undoubtedly dealing with this sudden event.

Zhao Ling made another video call and said, "Why don’t you seem worried at all?"

Wei Tianyang was surprised and said, "My identity would have been exposed sooner or later, right? It’s just that the political groups involved in the Libitelli incident will have headaches."

It was him who had intercepted the nuclear missile, not the superpower special forces of the Sethiyan Federation. The essence of the matter hadn’t changed; the public’s surprise was not about Wei Tianyang himself, but that the Steijie Government had lied at the time.

And if the government lied, it definitely was to hide something. Were there other interesting things behind Wei Tianyang? Hackers on the internet could no longer restrain themselves from digging information from government servers.

Zhao Ling then said, "I’m not worried about the world’s reaction, but about the fact that many people will see your face, including those who want you dead."

"Let them try," Wei Tianyang didn’t care.

"You are in the light, they are in the shadows. Those people might not have known what you looked like before, but now it’s different..." Zhao Ling was still so cautious.

Seeing that Wei Tianyang remained unmoved, she said, "I will find out who exposed your information and kill him directly to avoid any prolonged trouble!"

"Don’t always resort to killing..." Wei Tianyang advised.

Zhao Ling’s eyebrows twitched and said, "Wei, you weren’t like this before."

"Political problems should be solved with political means," Wei Tianyang said.

"This isn’t a political problem, Yang." Zhao Ling’s face showed a forceful smile.

Wei Tianyang remained silent.

"Somebody is targeting my man! I’m definitely going to make him disappear!"

After saying this, Zhao Ling hung up the phone, and Wei Tianyang stood on the lawn, sighing.

At that moment, Baphomet also didn’t understand, "Your conclusion is interesting."

"Why? Do you also think we should kill?" asked Wei Tianyang.

Baphomet shook his head, sending a message, "I don’t know what politics is, but I agree with the attitude you tried to show just now to avoid killing."

Now it was Wei Tianyang’s turn to be surprised; this being from beyond the realm, whose life purpose was to pursue a narrative’s great end and existed in high-intensity conflicts, also agreed with his sentiment?

"Baphomet said, "Kindred make an excellent source of adherents, but killing them all is pointless. The Chapters that lead to a great narrative’s conclusion are thrilling. If you are alone, like me, the one you occupy will ruthlessly shatter you."

Wei Tianyang said, "Your so-called adherents are nothing but infection and corruption, causing those affected to lose their selves."

"That is because I am not of your kind. In reality, residents of the same kind find it very easy and simple to transform and take over each other’s positions. I must first confuse their selves and then spend time transforming their bodies... It’s much more troublesome," Baphomet said.

"Stop talking! What sort of reasoning is this? You can’t possibly want me to become a great villain like you, devouring everyone’s self and will, turning them all into zombies?!" Wei Tianyang exclaimed angrily.

Baphomet was not offended and continued, "Why are you so stubborn? There are limited slots in the great narrative, being alone and isolated will lead to being surrounded and attacked. So-called alliances offer no guarantees, and betrayal is intolerable. You need to cultivate a kindred, create many ’yourselves,’ increase the numbers, while keeping a high unity of will. Only then can you occupy more positions."

"Isn’t that still turning them into zombies? I absolutely will not do such a thing! It’s more horrifying than killing, dirtier than torture and cruelty, and it’s an act of evil!" Wei Tianyang declared.

The mere thought of zombies staggering everywhere, worshipping him, disgusted him.

"If you transform your kindred, they won’t turn out like that. Besides, you have a choice to either preserve their individual wills, simply implanting your foundational acceptance in their subconscious, or completely erase their wills to make them your avatars," Baphomet seemed to be smiling.

"Right now, you could easily topple all residents, yet you choose to mingle with them, which I find very puzzling. I suggest you could implant subconscious loyalty in the leaders of several superpowers, turning them into devoted puppets. Then prepare dozens of bodies—strong, intact, beautiful, but emptied of self-will—as covers for your identity or as vehicles for will transfer..." Baphomet suggested.

"Shut up." Wei Tianyang’s eyes sparkled with red light in the darkness.

Knowing it was pointless to continue, Baphomet did not bring it up again. However, it suddenly started scrutinizing Wei Tianyang’s eyes closely.

"Never talk to me about this again. I have no interest in such matters," Wei Tianyang shook his head.

"You have become too complete... Your eyes exceed His number," Baphomet suddenly changed the subject.

Wei Tianyang was startled and realized that after becoming complete, he had indeed never seen his whole appearance.

He walked to the lakeshore and looked at his pitch-black reflection. At that moment, his dark head sported four crimson pupils.

Each eye socket crammed in two eyeballs, their pupils pitch-dark, like demons crawling out of Hell.

"Damn... what is this..." Wei Tianyang gasped.

Out of instinct, he looked up, only to find that behind the usual blackness of the night sky, there seemed to be a layer of red Sky Curtain enveloping it higher up. The moon, indulging in the Milky Way, appeared faint and elusive.

"You and He are not quite the same. For example, you can’t fly, your gaze can’t ignite substances, and you don’t have a horn on your forehead... You absorbed Him, but because your thoughts do not align, you can only remain solitary, bound to the earth," Baphomet seemed to sigh.

"To me, this proves that I still retain a human heart. I don’t regret it at all," Wei Tianyang said.

Baphomet did not respond but just quietly looked up at the sky. Meanwhile, Wei Tianyang’s heart became increasingly restless.

Kill them all...

This repressed malice in his heart, if ever unleashed, might indeed turn him into a disaster for the world.

He would not let it happen.

If necessary, he was even prepared to lead humanity in seeking a place in the great narrative’s Chapters.

"I am not a destroyer. I never was," Wei Tianyang muttered to himself.