Pretending To Be A Boss-Chapter 524 - 3: The Successor of Tang Xian

Song Que did know about the so-called Talent Transplant Technology these past few years, which was something Xi He had told him. It was also one of the research results from the Evolution Zone in recent years.

What he hadn't expected, though, was that Tang Xian was aware of it too.

The Palace of Versailles had closed for the night. Even so, the street remained bustling, ablaze with lights and teeming with people.

Tang Xian and Song Que found a café to sit in.

It occurred to Tang that it had been some time since he last checked out the Fresh Sense Café in Baichuan City. He had rushed back the last time he found out about Song Que's accident, but it had been a hurried visit.

He hadn't had the chance to fully experience what Baichuan City, now powered with electricity, was like.

He also wondered how Li Xiaoyu was managing Baichuan City.

The two patiently waited for the right moment to act. Song Que, interested in the talent Tang mentioned, after some thought, said:

"Is it your talent from back then, Tang?"

"Yes."

"Can this really be done? And don't you need it yourself?"

Song Que knew that being without a talent was, for Tang Xian, an important label of his life.

With a talent, Tang Xian's life might have been completely different back then. He wouldn't have descended to the lower levels, nor would he have been labeled a cheater.

Once upon a time, this man had it all, but he chose to walk a path alongside humanity.

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In the process of plotting against the Order, he gained quite a bit, but whether it was worth the price of what he chose to sacrifice was still hard to say.

Upon reflecting, Song Que suddenly realized that Tang Xian, or perhaps just appeared to be an ordinary passerby on the surface, but deep down, he still displayed some hues of heroism.

"The meaning of talent, for us, is a kind of combat ability. The Order has two sets of talents, one is for combat, which is what you possess. The other set... is not convenient to disclose in detail," Tang Xian said while sipping coffee, his gaze leisurely wandering to the street-snapping ladies under the flashlights nearby.

Although Song Que had heard from Xi about the other set of talents, being private data, he didn't know the specifics.

Tang Xian did not go into details.

Anyone would feel uneasy or even panicked if they knew that in this world someone could analyze their behavioral patterns, their good and evil, integrity, preferences, vices, and fears among other things.

No one likes having their privacy stripped bare. Yet privacy is much like infidelity.

In the celebrity world, some big-name couples just do that. The woman sleeps with a few young hunks, or the man keeps a few third or fourth-tier actresses, and both sides are well aware of it. As long as it's not discovered and exposed by the media, they can pretend to be a happy couple.

So not letting people know you're being cheated on is like not being cheated on at all. Not letting people know your privacy is exposed is the same as not being exposed.

Tang Xian wouldn't do such things that are harmful to both himself and others, he continued:

"I already have fighting capability, and if it's just going up against the children of Order, I am now an existence they can't beat. If it's facing the origin of that catastrophe... It seems unrealistic to defeat it using what it has granted to humanity.

Plus, I'm not sure if there would be any adverse reactions with the talents of both forces within me."

The power of Eden was no longer a secret, and Tang Xian did not hide it.

"So these talents are useless to me. But it's different for you. You are a hero, and heroes tend to court death. So it's always good to be stronger."

Song Que's smile was bitterer than the coffee as he realized that Miss Li had truly exceptional taste in liking Tang Xian.

"I thought beings like Xi He would make you wary. There are four more as formidable as him. Shouldn't you be looking for all sorts of ways to get stronger?"

"They are humans. Would you be afraid of a childhood friend? If the world were about to end, a cataclysm looming over humanity, do you think it could be your own cousins behind it?"

Tang Xian had read through Song Que's diaries, aware that Song Que had two cousins of questionable intelligence.

Song Que shook his head, thinking whether Tang compared the children of Order to his cousins out of overestimation for the Songs or underestimation of his childhood friends. But he understood the logic.

Tang Xian continued:

"They are but minions clad in the skin of bosses. The real Big Bad has yet to show up, of course. A worthy demon lord should annihilate the heroes and the brave right in the newbie village."

Song Que felt that his snarky side came alive when chatting with Tang Xian: if Tang were the demon lord, he'd probably be the "overly cautious yet super-strong demon lord," right?

"This also suggests that the Mechanical God is in some special state. What's the reason it wants to become human? After all, machines themselves don't think, so who set such a fundamental code for it?

In Baichuan City, I found some historical documents. Interestingly, the Bronze Judicator and the Hellhound invaded our original world together. How exactly did Myriad Beasts get entangled with the forces of Order?

I can understand the Order plundering humanity for their research, but why have us settle in the Myriad Beasts Realm to extract its ores while they domesticate us? Why is that?

If the documents I understand are true, then at least the Myriad Beasts once came to this world in large numbers, but now they have vanished. Only the sanctuary fortress remains, like an anthill under the dam. There are too many puzzles in this.

Experience tells me that if the puzzles increase, rather than decrease, as we approach the truth, it suggests we are about halfway to the truth. This point is where it's easiest to take a wrong turn."