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Chapter 949 - Chapter 949 Chapter 948 The Current Pharaoh

Chapter 949: Chapter 948 The Current Pharaoh Chapter 949: Chapter 948 The Current Pharaoh [Capital City – Megalansui]

Captial City had developed a similar technology tree to Han Dong’s pre-existing world and had already fully entered the electronic information era.

With the assistance of Fate Space, the technological advancements in the Capital City were progressing at an exceptionally rapid pace, also deriving some special technologies that complied with the law of energy conservation from the main technology tree.

Similar to Holy City’s [Royal Thirteen Knights], there was a corresponding organizational structure in the Capital City, briefly named [High Tech Deca Alliance].

It included currently known top-level companies like [Tesla Energy], [Schrodinger Mechanics Research Institute], [Curie Chemical], and [Mendel Biotech], which altogether held the core technology and core military power.

Regarding the Big Expedition that was currently being carried out by the Holy City, the Capital City held a completely opposing view.

The Capital City believed that humanity was in a period of rapid development.

They only needed chain-type investigative missions and appropriate small-scale expeditions to eliminate the threats to the main city.

There was basically no need to risk losing half of their core military power for the so-called Big Expedition… the disadvantages outweighed the advantages.

In their view, with the existence of Fate Space, the progression speed of humanity was greater than that of the demons.

As long as they ensured that the main city was not breached, eventually humanity’s total combat power would equate to, or even surpass that of the demons… at that time, it would be the best moment to launch a Big Expedition, or even a world war, to reclaim territory.

Nowadays,

all the people of the Capital City were hunkered down within their technology-driven city.

Similar to the Holy City, this nation-wide city also had distinctions of high and low superiority within, and even compared to the Holy City, it was excessively more so.

The lowest-ranking civilian areas were strictly monitored by smart machinery, even unmanned reconnaissance drones meticulously supervising every civilian’s daily routine, imposing strict control over all aspects.

They even implemented an ‘eugenics and prolific breeding’ policy to ensure a sufficient number of engineers were produced each year.

At the same time,

in the Engineers’ District, inside a computer building directly affiliated with the [Turing Model] of the Deca Company,

one of the managers was submerging his body inside a ‘data pool’, that is, buried among tens of millions of data cables, his body even showing a state of data dispersion.

Turing Model Company, project manager and senior engineer–Ed Louis.

His rank and status, translated to Holy City’s terms, was roughly equivalent to a deputy commander of a squad (one rank lower than a puppet guard commander like Knight Charlie).

However, this Manager Ed was only thirty-six years old.

He had broken through to the fifth level as an engineer three years prior and had reached even higher levels… it could be said that he was exceptionally gifted and with a promising future.

At that moment,

his special training in the data torrent had abruptly paused.

Only due to a faint disturbance of [The Power of the World] in Ed’s consciousness.

“Hmm? Who’s causing trouble!”

Directly fusing his body into the data cables and transferring himself via data transmission, he transported himself to the closest computer branch near the entrance of True Fate, using his authority to check on the recently entered Capital City teams in [True Fate].

Soon, two files were returned to Han Dong’s hands, “The son of Tesla’s boss and the researcher Novikov from Mendel Biotech…

The former is almost impossible.

But this Novikov is quite suspicious. This guy is known for his particularly unpleasant personality. According to the information recorded, he was directly responsible for the deaths of over ten other human participants.

The indirect incidents must have already broken through the hundreds.

Moreover, [Prometheus] corresponds to a fourth-tier level.

As a fifth-tier engineer, deliberately bringing low-rank teammates, and using costly biorobots to lower the overall rank to enter the world of [Prometheus]… He clearly had this planned.

To handle matters involving world sovereignty and not report to me in advance, but directly go and cause trouble… very interesting.

Although I returned to “Prometheus,” the world constraints limited my power to Level 5, but that still was not something these people could shake.

After settling this matter, I will personally pay a visit to the top executives of the Mendel Company.”

That’s right.

This individual, Ed Louis from Turing Model Company, also held another identity, the current Pharaoh in the “Prometheus” world.

About seven years ago, when he was still a Level 4 Engineer, he passed the City of Gods-set “Identity Examination” and ousted the former NPC Pharaoh, gaining control over the medium-sized node – “Prometheus.”

Just by leasing it out, he could earn a large amount of points.

Such a True Node was far more powerful than the common node “Strange Tales” once held by Han Dong and also corresponded with a more complex management mechanism and world rules.

At the same time.

Participants controlling a “True Node” would duplicate a Second Consciousness through “Consciousness Duplication.”

They would then fuse this Second Consciousness with The Power of the World, transferring it into a specially made body, creating a managing alter ego specifically for node world management.

Thus.

Even if the original body left the World of Fate, they could still have this identically conscious avatar manage the world’s operation.

Captain Marlon’s situation was also like this; a Demon King avatar, looking just like Marlon but entirely crimson with goat’s hooves and Demon Horns, always existed in the Hell World.

Currently.

The present Pharaoh in “Prometheus” was indeed Ed Louis’ Black Pharaoh consciousness.

Because of this, he belonged to the top-tier talents in the Capital City, enjoying the highest level of cultivation treatment.

Upon retrieving the participant’s data, Ed immediately headed for the “Door of Fate.”

Similar to the Holy City, the portal symbolizing human future was sealed within a special building, managed by professionals.

The Capital City constructed an underground bunker that could block all kinds of energy to contain, study, and manage the “Door of Fate.”

The administrators were not one person, but a team of engineers selected through multiple levels, equipped with time or spatial powers.

“Manager Ed, we detected minor fluctuations in the world node under your control… but it is far from threatening your position.

We have already applied for the bunker’s transmission channel on your behalf and are monitoring the data fluctuations of the ‘Prometheus’ world in real time.

Should we determine that your position might be at risk, we will inform you at the first opportunity.”

“Alright.”

…

Half a month passed.

“City of Gods-Black Pyramid”

For returning from the Forbidden Area again and submitting a sufficient number of White Giant items,

all members of Han Dong’s team were approved and ritualized by the priests, becoming “Black Slaves,” with their power limitation raised to 50%.

“You have reached the highest level of City of Gods’ slaves and are eligible to participate in the ‘God-Chooser Examination’… unlike the promotion contests you’ve participated in before.

The examination can be joined at any time.

If you are ready, please register through various organizations, or directly go to the Black Pyramid and express your wish to participate in the God-Chooser Examination to the priests, and we will arrange it for you as soon as possible.

As the overseeing High Priest, let me kindly remind you once:

This examination is unlike the promotion contests; there are almost no safety measures, so make sure you’re 1000% prepared before considering it.”