Kill the Sun

Chapter 786: More People and More Specters

Ghosty remained still for several seconds.

"Are you serious?" he spoke out loud.

The others looked at Ghosty.

"Yes, I am," Nick answered. "I saw it die myself. I am 99% certain it is dead."

"How?" Ghosty asked.

"I'm good at sensing Specters, as you know. The Champion of Light is very powerful. I told the Champion where it was, and he killed it. Simple as that."

The Champion!

Yes, if the Champion could see the Envious Researcher, he could probably kill it!

Yet, it was still difficult for Ghosty to believe it.

Nick could see Ghosty's doubts.

"How do you think I got this huge file?" Nick transmitted. "The Technician knows the danger of the Envious Researcher, and he wouldn't distribute all of his knowledge if he weren't sure that it's dead."

"It is dead."@@@@

"You may share all you know with each other. You don't need to work in separate teams anymore."

"However, it is still important that you stay out of any source of light."

Ghosty took a deep breath.

He looked at his saved files and deleted almost all of his own notes.

"Send it to me," Ghosty told Michael.

Michael sent the file, and Ghosty looked at it.

It was so difficult to believe.

But here it was.

All of the Technician's knowledge.

It wasn't curated yet since the Technician was still in the process of trimming it down, but it was there.

It was too good to be true.

"You have to hurry up now," Nick transmitted. "Humanity will be hot on your heels in terms of technological progress. You need to make the Star Energy Generator as small as possible so that we can access the Seeds and research Pure Energy." ṝAΝοBĘś

"Humanity's technology will be progressing much faster now. I will do my best to keep them from involving themselves too much with Star Energy, but they will get there eventually."

"Our secret achievements of technology must remain centuries ahead of what humanity publicly has access to. Otherwise,the surprise effect will be lost, and the enemy will be prepared."

'They need humans, and they need Specters.'

'Just getting more Specters won't do much since they can only produce so much Zephyx without cannibalizing their research progress.'

However, Nick rapidly found a solution to the issue.

'We are not talking about years anymore. This entire project will continue for decades if not centuries.'

'I need to plan for the long term.'

Nick continued flying through the wasteland.

He saw many Specters, but none of them were very useful.

He needed a powerful Demon that was easy to work with.

It took Nick almost four days, but he found a fitting one.

It was a small red rose growing in the middle of the wilderness.

It looked rather harmless, but it was terrifyingly powerful.

While it looked unintelligent, it was actually very much sentient.

Additionally, it could move.

The actual Specter was a knot of roots and thorns below the rose.

The Specter grew more powerful by consuming blood, which it did by just eating any Extractor it found.

On the surface, it had the presence of a Mid Fanatic, but in truth, it was a Late Demon.

Nick took on the guise of a special Agent and rapidly suppressed the plant.

After putting it into one of his special Containment Units, Nick brought it to the researchers.

They quickly made a Containment Unit that could contain a Demon, and Nick put the rose into that one, freeing up his Containment Unit again.

The Containment Units he had received from the Technician were for Fallen, and using one to suppress a Demon would be a waste.

With the rose, the researchers had enough Zephyx for now. Working with the rose would be very easy.

Nick also made sure to tell the rose that it was not allowed to kill anyone.

As long as it left the humans alive, it would never run out of blood.

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