Chapter 2388: Information
Days passed.
However the restrictions on violence and strict curfew persisted. The Deans placed a very tight leash on everyone, including the elders.
Of course, it is not like there are no incidents at all. Sam diversified and spread out the information as much as possible. He sent most of the information from the Olympian region to different regions. Some went to Duat, some went to Xia.
He found the pairs that could create most damage upon clashing.
But there are some great cases, where the information of some people falls in the same region and some times there are even rarer cases when the information just fell in the same
academy. He created these cases for two reasons.
First one is the existence of the factions within the academy. Even though they are single entity, the thirst for power and greed for authority divided them into so many factions, some times the arch-enemies of some people happened to be in their immediate vicinity.
Another one is that they are dumb people and will be desperate enough to flip the table and just start the fire.
He hoped that in case the academies reacted like they did now, these idiots will start the conflicts.
However, Sam clearly underestimated the current situation. The Deans and elders suppressed these incidents so hard that not even the students of the same academy are not aware when an incident happened next to them.
They didn't leave past the academy doors and they are far cry from reaching Sam.
Sam didn't understand why these people became so docile all of a sudden. He knew for a fact that they are grinding their weapons waiting to cut his head off. But now, he gave them a thousand times more incentive, a lot more definite than whatever they could have gotten from trying to kill him, but they just shut themselves off.
He tried to fish some information from here and there, but there is no use.
Not many people are willing to talk to him. There are some that do, but...
"I can understand why are you curious. But I am too lazy to explain." That's what Chorus said.
"Can we count it as us getting even? As you usually say, information is the most valuable thing." That is what Ling Tian said.
Sam decisively left. He is not going to let Ling Tian off the hook that easily.
Finally, he went to someone who he thought would be a long shot.
"Oh? I know about it. What do you want to know?" Dove said with a wide and bright smile that made Sam feel like he is in a children's fairy tale.
The way she placed her hand on his shoulder with puffed chest. She seemed way too delighted to just have the chance to teach him.
Sam sighed and said.
"Alright, first things first. Why the hell the academy realm is so calm? I thought people would have been at each other's throats. Is the conquest of restricted realms that important?" "Important? That word doesn't even cut it.
I understand why the students are ignorant of it, but the Conquest of restricted worlds is one thing that completely destroys the current ranking system. From what I read in some archaic records, there are some academies that directly climbed dozens of ranks in just a year after the conquest started."
If they are dead now because of the conflicts hub created, their backgrounds will not be mobilized. The academies will lose out." Sam finished her thoughts.
He sighed and collapsed into his chair.
"Cough, Cough" Dove suddenly fake coughed attracting his attention, as he seemed to have
lost himself.
"What?"
"Well, since I did you a favor, I ..."
"What do you want?"
"Wine."
Sam rolled his eyes and threw her a bottle before he left. He didn't expect the conquest of restricted words has this much at stake. No wonder the academies didn't move. This is way too big of a deal. And he realized that Ling Tian is right.
He didn't have to worry about being safe at all.
He could have easily slipped through the restricted world and stayed there comfortably for a long time. Five years is a shit ton of time to do a lot of stuff.
And he also realized that he could have had a bigger chance to incite chaos. Once the rewards and points are pouring in...
The academies will be tense. Strategies, plans, traps, people. All the minds out in the open for him to manipulate. It is a golden opportunity. He can leave every academy out there, licking their wounds, terrified out of everything. And that would be the time to leave the information
out.
When everyone is weak, a lot of people want to raise up above the rest. That would be the time when the actual scum comes afloat and take advantages of the weaknesses that Sam so
graciously provided them.
That would be the time. Ah... that would be the time.
He indeed let this out a bit prematurely. Sam felt a very slight tinge of regret.
However, various other thoughts ran through his mind. He immediately took out his communication device to call Arkiv.
"What's up, Sam? You got another tip about the missions?"
"Nope. Not really. I have something else in mind. I wonder if you will be up for it."
"Whatever you need, man. You don't need to ask. Just tell me and its done."
Sam smiled and said.
"How would like sticking it up to Hou Yi?"