Chapter 693: Chapter 316: The Mayor’s Authority

Amidst the noisy commotion, Wu Chang finally clarified that there was a misunderstanding between him and Grace.

Because Amber woke up early, Wu Chang had to slightly alter his plan to deal with the Giant Sewn Monster first before starting breakfast.

If it were only about protecting Amber’s inner world, defeating the final monster, awakening Amber, and completing her ascension, the True Self would be sufficient.

But he hadn’t forgotten the initial reason for coming to the Cursed Dungeon was to hunt down Lin Jiang and prevent the highest authority of the Four Major Organizations from being taken into the Realm of Reason.

In case the moment he took out the Giant Sewn Monster, Amber awakened, and the dungeon ended abruptly, it would be troublesome.

To ensure the Giant Sewn Monster and Lin Jiang both die, his physical self must act together, just in case.

At the doorway, just ready to leave, he found Amber tugging at his sleeve.

"I want to go with you."

He turned around with a smile, saying, "Don’t worry, I’m just going out to buy some groceries. I’ll be back soon."

Amber shook her head, "I know you’re going to deal with that monster, right."

Wu Chang said somewhat helplessly, "You overheard our conversation?"

To prevent Amber from hearing, he had employed a Mystical Ceremony to soundproof before the conversation.

But this was Amber’s inner world; if she wanted to listen, nothing could stop her.

Amber clung tightly to Wu Chang’s sleeve, raised her head to look at Wu Chang, her appearance unchanged, but Wu Chang could sense a change in Amber’s aura and gaze.

Amber said, "At first, after listening to a few sentences, midway through your conversation I recalled many things and regained my memory."

Wu Chang looked at Amber, as if his daughter had suddenly grown up overnight, unsure what to say.

Amber spoke to herself:

"There are many things they didn’t clarify, but they’re very important to me."

"Back in the laboratory, many people wanted to escape, including me. Initially, whenever they organized actions, they’d be discovered by the lab’s surveillance, and the organizers would be brutally killed. But we didn’t stop."

With Amber’s words, the weather above Garden Street No. 26 rapidly changed.

Amber continued, "We used more covert communication methods and adopted more cautious plans, but we failed every time."

"Every action, I personally took part, but due to fear of failure, I only dared to follow behind them. Precisely because of this, whenever a plan was about to fail, I had time to use the Gaia Divinity’s power to hide some people away, eluding the guards’ pursuit."

"Everyone called me the Fire Seed, believing that as long as I was around, they could gradually find the lab’s weaknesses and eventually get everyone out of that cursed place. But only I knew, I wasn’t any Fire Seed, just scared, scared that one day I’d die and become one of those hung at the training ground."

Wu Chang recalled Amber’s third psychic vulnerability, named Survivor’s Guilt, likely stemming from this experience.

Amber’s gaze became resolute, saying, "This time, I don’t want to be a mere spectator, a Fire Seed; I want to personally walk to the end."

Wu Chang asked, "As the center of the world, can you control your own power now?"

Divine aura appeared over Amber, confidently saying,

"The monster and I represent two sides of the world. With it around, I can’t fully take over this world, but I have ample battle strength, not much weaker than it, enough to be useful."

The divinity radiating from Amber was proof that her lower limit wasn’t low.

Not much weaker than the Giant Sewn Monster, considering her current stats, not even all other Players combined could match her, except for Wu Chang.

No scenario selected by the Abyssal Game as a dungeon is a guaranteed death trap.

If the Giant Sewn Monster is the dungeon’s hidden final BOSS, then Amber, having patched her psychic vulnerabilities and regained her memory, is the ally to defeat the hidden final BOSS.

In the original game flow, players should assist Amber in a great battle against the Giant Sewn Monster to possibly achieve victory.

But for Wu Chang, as long as Amber cannot fully control the Dungeon World, and get rid of the Giant Sewn Monster with a flick of her hand, she doesn’t need to take action.

With Amber causing chaos on the side, it’s better for him to act decisively.

He patted Amber’s head, saying, "I can see you’ve been working hard to change, but do you remember our agreement?"

"You only need to be yourself, believe in the guardian’s power for what’s next."

Sigef City, City Hall.

The appearance of the Giant Sewn Monster thrust City Hall into an emergency state, with phones ringing throughout the City Hall, incoming emergency calls almost blowing up all employees’ phones.

Everyone was discussing how to deal with the suddenly appeared monster, except for the newly appointed mayor, Peace, calmly sitting in his office, unperturbed.

The City Hall employees wanted to question him, doesn’t he realize that after the monster incident, he’ll be the scapegoat?

Or does he think a God can bless him a second time, dispatching an Angel to get rid of the monster?

Though the second method is indeed feasible, Wu Chang doesn’t plan on having Erin take action.

Erin is his secret weapon; he won’t deploy her until the final moment. To deal with the Giant Sewn Monster, he alone is enough.

He sat there not without preparation, but he was waiting.

Waiting not for the Giant Sewn Monster to arrive, but for a result.