Chapter 1971: 1969: Mr. Goodman

Chapter 1971: Chapter 1969: Mr. Goodman

The moment he saw this person,

cold sweat instantly covered Han Dong’s back, and his forehead was drenched with sweat like rain,

perhaps because of Han Dong’s influence in the Demon Circle,

and the “network of connections” secretly laid out, enabling the [Final Master] to meet him for the first time without any hostility, even mostly friendly.

Even the existence within the Chaos Interval assessed him with a neutral gaze.

Overall,

the ‘upper rank’ entities Han Dong has met so far have not expressed subjective hostility.

But this time,

when the middle-aged man descended with his briefcase, Han Dong sensed an immediate and palpable hostility.

The intent to kill, invade, and assimilate emanated almost simultaneously from this ‘ordinary-looking’ middle-aged man.

The concept of [inevitable death] instantly rooted itself in his mind.

The “Real Demon Eye’s” observation was completely isolated by an invisible energy magnetic field, unable even to penetrate Goodman’s suit. Forcing a peek might reveal something, but the Demon Eye would certainly suffer backlash.

However,

by observing the outer appearance with the naked eye, Han Dong immediately recalled the ‘King Information’ he obtained in the deepest layer of the B.B.C central control console.

One special document’s description of the image perfectly matches the middle-aged man before him.

Name: Mr. Goodman

ID: Original-009

Category: incomprehensible

Level: King

*Special Derivative Note: Original-009-I (black briefcase).

The material cannot be fully tested; it is only known that the black leather covering the briefcase is the product of ‘shedding from within Mr. Goodman (specific process unknown).’

All of Black Tower’s ‘perspective’ technology or abilities cannot penetrate the sealed black leather.

If forcibly opened by special means, the black briefcase will immediately self-annihilate, reconstructing inside Mr. Goodman at the same moment.

(Note: When the black briefcase is undamaged, Mr. Goodman cannot perform a reconstruction)

Original-009-I must be sealed in an independent space far away from Mr. Goodman (at least three dimension units apart), and the space must contain no organic matter, with light sources prohibited unless authorized.

Researchers above Level One must obtain Director Charles’ personal permission to conduct basic operations such as transfer or surface research on the briefcase, and the duration must not exceed one hour.

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“Control Measures”: Mr. Goodman must be limited to the [Miniature World-New York 2065] created by the Supreme Will.

600,000 humans should be carefully selected and transported from various Primary Worlds. After memory correction and basic training, they will be placed in New York 2065 for normal living.

Among them, those primarily active on [Wall Street] must possess extremely high levels of calculation and business acumen,

ensuring they can create various challenges for Mr. Goodman in business, economics, and computing, even engaging him in various forms of strategic games, providing novelty.

Only members of the Supreme Will are entitled to contact Mr. Goodman, and it must be after strict meeting discussions and voting.

“Description”:

Original-009 is a middle-aged man with deep eye sockets, a flat haircut, and wearing a suit, carrying a black briefcase (if Original-009-I is sealed and isolated, Mr. Goodman will purchase or hand-stitch a similar style briefcase as a substitute, unable to express its corresponding effects).

He appears to be between 55~65 years of age, of average height and build.

Initially discovered in the Super World – “Half-life” (Information related to S-▇▇ has been erased, and the world was thoroughly terminated years ago in the ‘Great Extinction Plan,’ with the information removed from the Black Tower Archives).

In this world, for some reason, the world experiences decay as it evolves, releasing the “Power of the World” in particle form.

This implies that the world’s lifespan will be much shorter than other worlds,

meant to prevent or reverse decay, extending the world’s life.

The world’s highest research capability converged at the Black Mountain Base, developing a “Subspace Particle Concentrator” that can collect world particles.

However,

the decay particles collected by the device were not successfully reclaimed at a “Node,” but instead, for unknown reasons, injected into the Black Mountain Base, into the body of an information engineering director (Original-009’s predecessor).

Designating him as the ‘sole carrier.’

In the process of accepting decay particles, the director’s own consciousness and soul’s essence underwent change due to radiation, gradually forming the origin consciousness of Original-009, beginning to refer to himself as Goodman.

When half of the decay particles of the world were integrated inside, Mr. Goodman officially became the complete form.

Unrestrained by rules, he could easily step out of the world framework to ‘observe and learn’ between dimensions.

Based on his world suggestions, “Half-life” ignoring Black Tower’s warnings, began secretly invading surrounding worlds, plundering world resources to extend its lifespan.

Upon the World Supervision Bureau reporting abnormalities, they reported to the Supreme Will, which decided through the meeting to launch the ‘Great Extinction Plan.’

Supreme Will members personally destroyed the “Half-life” world.

However, the battle that should have ended quickly was drastically altered due to Mr. Goodman’s ‘uncontrollable nature.’

The original M-letter holder, world modeller, and founder of the Out of Control containment facility [Mede Holmes], encountered Mr. Goodman on the dimensional periphery while sealing the “Half-life” world with modeling liquid.

Shot dead by Mr. Goodman with a 9mm handgun taken from his briefcase (this handgun has only been used once so far).

The incident’s first moments.

A. Mr. An and C. Director Charles arrived immediately, subdued Mr. Goodman and successfully recovered the M-letter.

But Mede Holmes’ head was taken into Mr. Goodman’s briefcase, suspected to be robbed of thoughts and abilities.

(Note: Mr. Goodman possesses an extraordinary, out-of-control level of learning ability and assimilation. Any individual fighting him, if experiencing any body part loss, may have their abilities learned by Mr. Goodman)

[Final Warning]: Mr. Goodman’s danger level is sufficient to threaten the Black Tower’s foundation. Any abnormalities must be reported to Director Charles immediately.

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That’s right.

The reason Han Dong broke out in a cold sweat upon meeting him, even experiencing an extremely real sense of death premonition,

is because before him stood the ‘incomprehensible King,’ an Out of Control born from a certain special Super World,

who had once single-handedly killed a member of the Supreme Will, and it was indeed the former holder of the letter [M] directly related to Han Dong.

The occurrence of a kill between upper ranks is almost impossible, reaching such a level transcends rule constraints.

“This guy’s [strength] far surpasses Mr. Teacher… I’ll die!”

Han Dong tried his best to restrain the fear in his heart.

He immediately assumed a pleading posture; the tentacles in his mind had constructed the “Borrowing God” formation mark, representing Han Dong’s first Borrowing God since ascending to King.

The amount or quality borrowed has an essential difference.

Across the distant S-01, in Sharnoth-Grey World,

the [Traveler] on the throne displayed an extremely rare expression of unease, immediately tearing open a secret path leading to the Void, asking Mr. Eugene about Nicholas’ “destiny order.”