Unfathomable Senior Chapter 756

“Please don’t kill , I’ll tell you everything I know!”

“You better, otherwise I’ll poke your eyes out.”

“No p-please”

Zhang Dong licked one of the sharp knives, attempting to portray the deanor of a ho invader. The person he had subdued appeared not quite normal, as if he believed he was in a regular ho being robbed by an ordinary thief, not soone who had traversed through worlds - a phenonon that should not be possible and sothing this administrator should be aware of.

“Who are you and why are you doing all of this?”

“W-what do you an, I'm nobody… I just sit here the whole day and play gas… I don’t have any m-money!”

“What are you even talking about? Stop pretending, out with it, I know that you are the administrator for this whole place! Tell about those puppets outside, did you make them?”

“Puppets? W-what puppets … I don’t understand…”

Being a bit fed up with the man’s question dodging, Zhang Dong decided to give him a firm smack on the cheek. Despite holding back his strength, the man's face started swelling once again in response.

“I r-really don’t understand…”

“What do you an? What are those things there?”

To speed things up, he yanked the administrator back towards the gaming computer. On it were various monitors showing what was happening outside. The puppets were there working as always, dragging the other system-holders to take their essence. The mont the lanky man got a look at what Zhang Dong was pointing out, he replied with sothing unexpected.

“T-the ga? It’s just a ga… l-like a strategy ga, y-you know, life simulation and stuff?”

The man trembled in fear as he replied in a fashion that made Zhang Dong’s mind go blank for a mont. It seed that he had perhaps made a mistake in assuming that this administrator knew sothing. From the way he was acting, it didn’t look like he was faking his fear. His heart was racing, and Zhang Dong couldn’t sense any lies being told.

‘Was he brainwashed or is there more to it?’

He was not sure what was going on, but it sowhat went in line with the puppets outside. Even though this person was a living being, perhaps he was still affected by the environnt around him. It was possible that whoever created this had so trust issues, as they left everything up to automatons. It wouldn’t be strange that this person here was so type of higher living automaton or had been altered in so way.

‘His soul is strange, I assud it was because of him being an immortal but perhaps sothing else happened.’

“Fine, if this is a ga, why are you playing it?”

“Why I-im playing it? Uh, it’s my job? I guess?”

“Oh? Your job, now we are getting sowhere, tell who hired you!”

“You want to know about the boss?”

“Yeah, start talking, don’t leave anything out.”

Zhang Dong grabbed the man up from the ground and placed him on a nearby couch. From this spot, they had a good view of one of the large monitors on which the puppets were depicted working as per usual. It seed that this person had been hired by soone, and this person might be the one that he was looking for. While brandishing the kitchen knife he waited for the answer but instead, sothing else occurred.

“The boss… yeah… what did he look like… no was it a she? I don’t seem to rember, that’s odd… oh right, I need to get back to work… Oh? Wait, who are you? W-what’s with that knife?”

“...”

Zhang Dong sowhat knew that this was actually not a trick. The mont this person brought up the mory of this ‘Boss,’ it had activated sothing inside of his soul. It was like a factory reset inside of his mind; he was pushed to forget everything that happened around him and focus back on the work. It was probably so type of brainwashing feature that was initiated whenever this person started questioning his existence. It was similar to so techniques he actually knew but far stronger than all of them combined.

‘I guess this guy won’t help much but at least I know that there is soone there, this ‘Boss’ person.’

“W-wait… please sto…GUH…”

“Be quiet for now.”

With a firm smack to the man’s neck, he decided to knock him out. Zhang Dong sighed, contemplating his next move. It was clear that he couldn't get any useful information out of the administrator in his current state. The brainwashing effect seed to be a giant obstacle to extracting valuable details about the mysterious boss. Even this new person could be just an agent of the one responsible for it all. His only clue was the gaming PC setup that was before him, perhaps he could use it for sothing.

‘Bob, try hacking into the systems and don’t do anything that could get us discovered.’

‘Affirmative.’

As he thought, the puppets outside were still going about their tasks, seemingly unaware of the commotion inside. Before him was the main console of this administrative chamber that looked like a glowing gaming PC setup. There were six main monitors before him that showed different things, but if he had to describe it, it looked like one of those life simulation gas.

Zhang Dong had already pushed through the limits of humanity. His mind was now more akin to a supercomputer, and with the help of Bob, he could quickly go through all of what this console had to offer. From the outside, it depicted the puppets as interactive ga characters that he could actually order around and manage. It didn’t take him long to realize that he could control them to so degree.

It was possible for him to see the entire place as it really was - a circular space station floating inside a void. This administrative chamber was directly in the middle, with all the other facilities stretching outward like the inside of a tree trunk. The size was trendous, and he could access so caras through this place, thanks to Bob and his hacking capabilities. Slowly, he was taking over the entire facility without interfering with the processes that were happening inside.

“DSP stands for Devouring Seed Protocol and it’s an integral part of the system…”

One secret had co out as he was able to identify what the DSP number stood for. This wasn’t much of a discovery at this point, as he had seen what the other system holders were being put through. However, through this protocol, they were being fard for their energy, and it was sothing that was removable. The Devouring Seed Protocol had been removed from within his system, and it was probably sothing that he could do through this administrator console.

There was one big issue, though: this place he entered was not the only existing farm. There were multiple other ones flying around in the void of space. Through the console, he was able to identify thousands of huge space stations just like this one. After investigating them further, he realized that they were all doing the sa thing and sending it all into one area that seed to be the center of this universe. There perhaps was the location of his adversary or perhaps just another getaway to a grander realm.

‘So let reorganize my thoughts… Sothing created these worlds, sends people with boobytrapped systems there to later absorb their essence. Instead of killing the system holders it transforms them back to infant souls and sends them back to their ho world… which is this… Pri Earth…’

He was able to follow through the whole cycle and ended up discovering a lone inhabited planet that he himself probably originated from. It was possible for him to travel back if he so desired, as it existed within a special region within this universe. It was the closest realm to the center and perhaps sothing that everything originated from.

‘My access to this Pri Earth is limited even with the administrative privileges that this room gives . I could find so answers there but perhaps not quite yet…’

After going through everything that he could, Zhang Dong let out a sigh. He leaned back in the chair that the previous administrator used and started weighing his options. Considering that nothing bad had happened since his appearance here, it was clear that he was either being underestimated or that it was a trap. Perhaps he was dancing in the palm of this godlike being, but his instincts were telling him that it was the forr.

‘Everything here seems to be abandoned or automated, it’s as if whoever made this had already forgotten that it was there…’

Back in his world, everything was left up to the Overseers. Even after one of them died and the other one was taken over, not much had happened. Zhang Dong even checked for his old friend Beatrice whom he had an adventure with. It was possible to search everyone by their na through this system here and it seed that she was fine. Her world was given a replacent Overseer that was apparently dormant for now, waiting for the appearance of a new hero.

When he investigated it beca clear that these worlds would be affected by ti manipulation but only right before a new system holder was chosen for the specific setting. Just like him before, when he was interacting with his e-mail the cultivation world was being prepared to allow his descent. There were exemptions like the ones with Wang Long but these were usually just seen as tiny unimportant bugs.

Everything was quite lax, badly managed, and forgotten. Even if one world was generating bugs this administrator was not very thorough in his decisions. Judging by his soul, the age was quite advanced, and it seed he had lost interest in the affairs of the created worlds.

This realization brought both relief and concern to Zhang Dong. On one hand, it ant that he might have more freedom to navigate and explore without constant interference. On the other hand, it raised questions about how long these worlds would be able to function. The energy that was being gathered had to serve so type of purpose and perhaps whatever plan was in the works here, was coming to a close.

‘Now then, should I break all of them out or take it from another angle…’

Zhang Dong pondered his options. The vastness of the administrative console before him allowed him to manipulate the systems of multiple worlds simultaneously. He could release the system holders from the Devouring Seed Protocol, granting them freedom. However, trusting them was an iffy subject, the only people he trusted were the ones back at his world,the ones that he called family.

‘Wait… could it be possible… there might be a way… ’