Josiah betrayed?

Gest's fear lasted only two seconds, and soon his panic turned into doubt - impossible, he's lying.

From Josiah, it learned that the author couldn't communicate through that website, they could only contact each other through the real world.

If Josiah wanted to know any information about Xu Fang, he would have to go through Gest as an "intermediary". They wouldn't have a chance to communicate directly.

Moreover, Josiah, who is naturally suspicious, would never just collaborate with a stranger author. The risks and benefits would not be proportional.

In other words, Xu Fang wants to sow discord between Josiah and Gest.

Reverse logic, why would he want to do that?

Is he afraid of the author? That's certain.

He's not confident in killing it here? Gest indeed has the confidence - the little demon can only cause damage to its soul with an energy blast, but it's just damage, nothing more.

Xu Fang probably doesn't have the "props" that Josiah mentioned. If he did, he would have already used it, there'd be no need to risk his life fighting it.

Gest silently calculates Xu Fang's remaining energy and thinks of a strategy. Although the chance of Xu Fang killing it is minuscule, considering the strangeness of that website, it can't abandon its current physical form, it must find an energy source to absorb.

Wait, what's that...

"Hey, why aren't you talking? Are you coming to terms with reality?"

"Hmph, that person is my loyal ally. Your crude lies won't deceive me."

"At this point, does it even make sense for me to deceive you? How about considering cooperating with me? I can spare your life."

While saying that, Xu Fang's attacks showed no signs of weakening. His approach was merciless, as if he wanted to crush the tentacle monster to dust.

"Spare my life? Your arrogant tone amuses me. Your advantage is already over!"

After speaking, Gest abruptly soared high, going from a straight flight to an upward slant.

"What's that?" Xu Fang looked up in the direction Gest was heading.

A dot in the high sky kilometers away - being able to see a dot at such a distance means it's already enormous.

With the help of demon-like telescopic vision, Xu Fang clearly saw that it was a civilian airliner. It had already entered an altitude of ten thousand meters, smoothly flying in the stratosphere, a massive energy flowing within its gray light-covered body.

Xu Fang had calculated before - at this moment, there shouldn't be any airplanes or ships in this area. Yet, an airplane appeared here, it's highly likely that it temporarily changed its course!

This airplane that changed its course appeared at the most inappropriate time.

As they say, man proposes, God disposes.

Gest knew that airplanes were tools invented by humans using their scientific technology. They were big and flew fast - none of these mattered, what mattered was that the airplane had "food" inside. Whether it be fuel or the passengers, they were all sources of energy!

"Hahaha, it seems luck is on my side." Gest sneered, "You used to be a human too, right? Now watch as I slaughter your fellow humans. Of course, it's not my fault, they all died because of you, you forced me!"

"Sigh, I didn't want to do this so soon." Xu Fang's faint sigh echoed within his consciousness.

"......?" Gest was feeling puzzled, and then its body suddenly lost control. Not only was it unable to move, even its energy couldn't be controlled.

Though relying on inertia, it continued to approach the airplane, but its speed had started to slow down.

"What... have you done?"

At this moment, Xu Fang held a phone in his hand, and the page on the phone was none other than the interface of the Horror Novel Web. In this critical moment, Xu Fang decisively entered the author information center and activated "Permission 2".

After its consciousness was devoured by the doppelgänger, the doppelgänger, as the "author," became an "object" once again. Xu Fang could control it through permissions. He had originally planned to first cripple Gest and then slowly study the new doppelgänger's permission system...Xu Fang quickly rushed towards Gusty, thinking that it would be best to disable the clone as soon as possible. However, at that moment, the wings of the distant tentacle monster suddenly moved, although the motion was very slight, Xu Fang still noticed it. Something wasn't right. He quickly looked at the demon's authorization page on his phone.

Authorization 1: Maintain physical connection status (the demon will maintain its own habits in this state).

Authorization 2: Activate physical connection status (you can control the demon's behavior through the computer in the Horror Novel Web author backend).

Authorization 3: Activate mental connection status (you can control the demon's behavior through consciousness).

Authorization 4: Activate berserk state (the demon will attack indiscriminately except for you and other authorized individuals, causing potential danger).

Authorization 5: Unknown (Cannot be displayed).

Garbled characters??

The text regarding demon authorization quickly transformed into garbled characters, and authorization 5 was completely illegible. Authorization 4 was still undergoing transformation.

This was the first time Xu Fang had seen Horror Novel Web being so obviously interfered by an external force - Gusty was breaking free from the control of the novel web!

With no time to think, he released energy beams behind him in rapid succession, accelerating to the maximum. He needed to reduce Gusty's energy to below 3% before it went out of control, otherwise there could be major problems.

One second...

Gusty desperately tried to decipher Gussy's genetic sequence and found clear signs of modification within the body's sequence, including a hidden unfamiliar sequence among the four main ones. It was connected to an external control terminal, exerting control over the body.

It was because of this unfamiliar sequence that Gusty was momentarily unable to move.

"Is this a trap set by Xu Fang? Damn, I didn't notice it before! Annoying sequence, disappear!"

Two seconds...

Authorization 1, 3, 4, and 5 all turned into garbled characters, and authorization 2 may still be running, but the garbling was slower, persisting a little longer.

Three seconds...

Within a few breaths, Xu Fang had already rushed to Gusty's front. His hair transformed into soft yet strong wires, piercing through the tentacle monster's body devoid of energy shield protection, and then the hair violently spread outwards.

Instantly, its spherical body shattered into pieces, and Gusty, without any energy shield protection, became as fragile as a piece of chocolate.

Four seconds...

Authorization 2 also turned into garbled characters, but as most of Gusty's body tissues scattered, the main body's energy suddenly dropped below 3%.

The battle was decided.

...

On the plane, the more than 580 passengers were unaware of the battle between the two Gusties.

"What's wrong, Mr. Xinyuan? You seem troubled," a young and beautiful woman with long hair smiled and looked at the unassuming man next to her.

"Thank you for your concern, Miss Heize, it's probably my first time flying, so I'm a bit uncomfortable." The man's face was somewhat pale, and he seemed to be in poor physical condition.

"In the future, flying will become a regular thing, so it's best to get used to it early."

"Yes, in the future..." He looked out the window, lost in thought.

Of course, the man couldn't see Xu Fang several kilometers away.

At this moment, Xu Fang held the helpless fleshy ball and looked at his phone. The authorizations regarding demons in Horror Novel Web had all turned into garbled characters, and the clone had broken free from control. He didn't know when these garbled characters would recover or disappear.

The tentacle monster, deprived of energy, was like a deflated balloon, its tentacles hanging weakly, as if its body had been hollowed out.

"It seems like this body won't die, so you can't come out." Xu Fang chuckled softly, shook Gusty a bit, and flicked off a few tentacles that tried to latch onto his body.

"Human, don't think you've won just like this."

Gusty's cold voice came from his consciousness, clearly it hadn't given up. "My ally will eliminate you!""I told you before, that person won't help you. Why didn't you believe me?" Xu Fang landed on the surface of the sea, took some water and froze Gest in an ice block the size of a basketball, and also confiscated its phone.

"Soon, you will meet your demise, just like the Luo Qingyuan couple, dying in fear."

"Well, compared to that website, your threats are not scary at all. Just stay in this new cage."

"Do you think you can trap me forever?"

"I didn't say I would keep you trapped forever. This body is only used to temporarily restrict your movements. My goal is to completely eliminate you." Xu Fang held the ice block containing Gest and flew towards the shore, while speaking with a threatening tone, "If you want to cooperate with me, I can consider sparing your life..."

"Foolish, let me make it clear to you, with your abilities, you can't kill me. Once I am seriously injured, I will temporarily log out of this world. When the time is right, I will come back stronger!" Gest's voice became even colder, "Just so you know, I hold grudges."

Xu Fang automatically ignored the second half of Gest's sentence.

"If you're so confident, then log out now." He tilted his head and pondered, "If only I had the means, I would love to get a nuclear bomb and see if it can kill you..."

Gest's body stiffened.

"Relax, I don't have the ability to get something as powerful as that right now... but I have plenty of ways to kill you."