My Ability Is Role-playing-Chapter 249 - 248: Black Technology · Bracelet

As soon as he started speaking, he laid out seven conditions.

Even Su Qiangwei, being his teammate, was left speechless as she stared at Ma Ran with a look that screamed "That's so like you".

Originally, she thought she was the greediest in Grass Hut Academy, with her first reaction upon seeing any Superpower User being to copy their abilities.

But now...

Compared to Ma Ran, she realized she was still lacking, her skills not quite perfected.

Ma Ran's requests were outrageous, yet he presented them with such grace, as if they were entirely justified, displaying no embarrassment, without a hint of discordance.

Li Xing's eyes were vacant as he struggled to steady the camera: "As expected of the predecessor..."

The only person who found Ma Ran's conditions reasonable and flawless was probably Wu Di.

In fact, from Wu Di's viewpoint, the Extremely Effective Monarch not offering these things outright and needing Ma Ran to ask was absurd, and he found it disrespectful.

The Extremely Effective Monarch was also stunned for a moment before responding dreamily, "The map of the Eternal Civilization Main Base and the internal structural diagrams of the Consciousness Transmission Factory, I can give to you outright."

"Protective Clothing Technology, Genetic Optimization Technology, Mecha Manufacturing Technology, and all data on the Interstellar Jump Pod..."

"I don't even have these myself."

His expression was helpless, and his tone sincere, showing no sign of deception: "So, I can't give these to you."

"As for the ground-level destruction Forbidden Card..."

"I happen to have one left, and I've cracked the surveillance and backdoor on it as well."

"But..."

"I'll only give it to you after you destroy the Consciousness Transmission Factory."

"The foundation of cooperation is built on mutual sincerity and capability, isn't it?"

The Pursuer's soul had previously been tampered with by the Extremely Effective Monarch; disguising some valuable intelligence wasn't difficult.

So...

The planet everyone stood on was not a sub-base of the Extremely Effective Monarch.

But the main base of the Eternal Civilization!

The Extremely Effective Monarch, upon seeing the expressions of the Earth Expedition Team members, knew they hadn't realized this yet.

The only one who had seen through part of his plan was Ma Ran.

He knew his methods couldn't hide from Ma Ran.

Yet...

From the start, there was no need to hide it from him.

Just as Ma Ran had the means to severely injure him, yet still cooperated with his plan, going along with it by performing Soul Surgery on him.

The Extremely Effective Monarch believed that someone as proud as Ma Ran would certainly come over!

"There."

As he spoke, the Extremely Effective Monarch crushed a white crystal card.

Swoosh!

Two prepared maps and several items resembling bracelets appeared in his hand.

"Great minds think alike."

While speaking, the Extremely Effective Monarch placed these items on the ground, stepped back two steps, and said with a feigned tone of sentimentality, "I originally planned for you to stir the waters, exhausting the Scholars at the Mysterious Research Institute, dispersing their forces."

"Meanwhile, I would seize the opportunity to sneak in, using encrypted experimental results from the Mysterious Research Institute, to blackmail those big shots into compromising."

"I didn't expect our plans to be almost identical."

"These bracelets..."

The Extremely Effective Monarch gestured toward something that looked like a "phone booth" by the roadside, suddenly speaking in a normal tone: "They are my painstaking creations; once worn, they bestow legitimate citizen status of the Eternal Civilization, allowing the use of teleporters to save travel time."

"I actually prepared over two hundred, which is also the single-use passenger limit of the Interstellar Jump Pod."

"I didn't expect you to be so..."

He chose his words carefully, eventually forcing himself to say, "Brave and fearless."

"You guys dared to come with just five people."

"So then..."

"Only after you've demonstrated sufficient ability will I consider handing the Forbidden Card to you."

Everyone was using each other, treating each other as chess pieces—who would have the last laugh and become the final winner depended entirely on each individual's methods!

The Extremely Effective Monarch insisted that between him and Ma Ran, it was a battle of equals, matching wits and skills.

There was no talk of mutual admiration.

Not even seeing eye to eye.

But, to some extent, there was a bit of tacit understanding between them.

After handing over the items, the Extremely Effective Monarch arrived at the "phone booth": "I'm leaving first."

"You have more than twenty minutes left."

"Make a big scene!"

At this point, his lips curved into a slight smile: "Ma Ran..."

"Now, who's the chess piece?"

As the words left his mouth, an almost tangible murderous aura swept over him, tightly gripping the Extremely Effective Monarch.

He trembled all over, unable to move, completely losing control of his body.

Half of his vision was pitch black, the other half scarlet.

In the blink of an eye, a man with red hair and blood-red eyes appeared by his side.

Like a furious dragon emerging from the sea, his aura soared to the heavens, shattering clouds and enveloping the world.

His terrifying presence rendered the Extremely Effective Monarch entirely immobile.

"Devil, you..."

Bang!

Before the Extremely Effective Monarch could finish speaking, a large hand pressed down on his head.

"Trash, your nonsense is too much."

With these words filled with hostility, the Extremely Effective Monarch's avatar had its head crushed, meeting its end on the spot.

A mass of black and red flames appeared in the Devil's palm.

In an instant, it devoured the Extremely Effective Monarch's avatar entirely.

This scene played out in front of many residents of the Eternal Civilization.

Yet those people immediately averted their eyes, acting as if they hadn't seen or heard anything.

Everyone was minding their own business, leaving others to their own troubles.

No one even considered "reporting to the Mysterious Research Institute."

Perhaps it was because...

They simply had no means or qualifications to report.

"Wait, the Extremely Effective Monarch shouldn't be dead; the one who died is just one of his avatars? And he's become our ally?"

Su Qiangwei blinked, finding it hard to wrap her head around.

If she were willing to think things over, she could piece together the events leading to this moment.

But with Ma Ran present, she wasn't keen on forcing her brain cells to work.

As a Martial God!

Her responsibility was combat, so why overthink it?

Thinking about such complex issues uses a lot of energy...

"No, it's just mutual exploitation."

Ma Ran explained calmly, "That guy is a hidden threat, so it's best to kill him before leaving."

The second reluctant thinker, Wu Di, stroked the long sword in his hand and asked, "Shall we go now?"

Ma Ran raised an eyebrow: "We can't."

"This isn't a sub-base of the Extremely Effective Monarch but the main base of the Eternal Civilization."

Li Xing, in his role as a War Correspondent, widened his eyes and involuntarily spoke, "Did the Pursuer lie?"

Ma Ran said calmly, "No, he only shared the information he thought was true."

"The Extremely Effective Monarch had meddled with the Pursuer's soul."

Li Xing thought the enemy was too cunning, feeling a bit overwhelmed: "Then... how do we kill him? The Extremely Effective Monarch probably only has an avatar here, with his actual body in a sub-base—which we have no idea where it is..."

Just thinking about it, one could guess the journey would have to be calculated in light-years.

Unless we have the sub-base's coordinates and can jump directly using the Interstellar Jump Pod, we wouldn't even get a hair.

Ma Ran, relaxed and composed, said, "You don't worry about those issues."

"These bracelets have a slight problem."

"But..."

"With me here, nothing will go wrong."

After saying this, he picked up a fully gray bracelet studded with starlight from the ground and slapped it onto his wrist.

With a "click," the bracelet connected with his body.

A slight electric current ran through his whole body, connecting with his nerves.

Su Qiangwei, Wu Di, and Li Xing donned their bracelets one by one as well.

Rows of glowing text appeared before their eyes.

The health status of major organs, the life strength of all entities within the field of vision, card point balances...

An abundance of information was displayed on their retinas.

Li Xing and Wu Di subconsciously began to comment.

"Damn! Black technology!"

"As expected, Brother Ran is very strong! Much stronger than Sister Qiangwei... cough! I didn't say anything!"

"Huh? The Devil's life strength is zero?"

"Just returning to the essence; did you really think it's zero."

"Hey? The Devil isn't wearing a bracelet?"

Ma Ran cast a faint glance at the two, his gaze landing on the Devil, with an odd expression: "His situation is quite special; he doesn't need these."