Free Web NovelA moment later, the brief discussion finally reached its most important stage—determining the time to return.
"I think, since the trouble here has been resolved, we should leave as soon as possible," Shen Baiwei said with a frown. "After all, the longer we stay, the more disadvantageous it will be for us."
Although she no longer had to worry about The Serpent of the Years's authority harming her, the absence of The Serpent of the Years's authority did not mean that the punishment of time did not exist.
"Hmm..." Lu Yibei mused, "Let's wait a bit longer? There are still some things I need to confirm. Once confirmed, I'll tell you when we can leave, okay?"
"Why?" Shen Baiwei asked, puzzled. "Do you still have something to do?"
"I still have..." Lu Yibei hesitated, lowered her head, and fell into thought.
It was only then that she realized what she had forgotten when she left the Lords Manor.
What she had forgotten was not something insignificant; on the contrary, it was very important.
She forgot to find Chatterbox Girl.
She now had many questions for Chatterbox Girl...
She wanted to know, since the Shaman King's army crisis had been resolved and she had gained control of the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate, could she open the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate and let the tens of thousands of people inside leave?
Although Hong Bian, at the cost of his own sacrifice, endowed the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate, which was originally just an ultra-large war machine, with the ability to sustain life, allowing the lives of the city's residents to continue, this continuation was based on the premise that Great Tang's reinforcements would arrive within months or years.
However, if the time span were extended to hundreds or thousands of years, the vitality and resources within the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate would simply not be able to sustain tens of thousands of people...
Was she to watch them struggle in pain amidst increasingly scarce resources?
Then what was the point of her going through all that trouble to win them a glimmer of hope?
In that case, it would have been better to listen to Chatterbox Girl's advice from the start and create a Calamity, letting everyone be buried in the disaster, which would have been more straightforward.
She wanted to know, even if it was absolutely necessary to leave the tens of thousands of people within the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate, if she, the controller of the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate, left and let such a large God Kingdom operate on its own for # Nоvеlight # a thousand years, would there really be no problems?
Even without the Shaman King's erosion, trapping so many people in a space that wasn't particularly large but had dwindling resources would probably give birth to something terrifying, wouldn't it?
She also wanted to know whether, by using Shen Baiwei's ability to travel back, she would return directly to the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate a thousand years later, which had already passed over a hundred days, or return to the time they arrived, and if there was still room for maneuver.
She hadn't forgotten the forty-eight-hour deadline mentioned in Nameless Book's recording; she didn't want to inexplicably become the target of several Spiritual Energy organizations after returning.
She also wanted to know why, after being in Yumen Pass for so long a thousand years ago, she hadn't heard any information about the Yumen Sand Sea lineage.
Although the Yumen Sand Sea lineage took Dragon Xiang's title as their surname, which clearly showed their relationship with Dragon Xiang, there was no trace of how the Yumen Sand Sea lineage was established.
After a simple thought, Lu Yibei realized that there were too many problems. Hong Bian, that bald Old man, clearly had ill intentions. He might have truly given her control of the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate unconditionally, but it was not a gratuitous gift.
It felt like those news stories where descendants of European nobility suddenly inherited a luxurious manor and ancient castle from their ancestors, and before they could even be happy, they discovered that they had to pay enormous annual maintenance fees that ordinary people simply couldn't afford.
Finally, there was one most important question, not directly related to the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate...
That was Chatterbox Girl had promised her that once everything was over, she would tell her everything about that twin-tailed girl.
She wondered if, having reached this point, everything was considered over?
If so, should Chatterbox Girl tell her now? Lu Yibei thought.
As she pondered, a familiar voice echoed in her ears.
"You have so many questions you want to ask, and yet you forgot about me. This shows you don't care about me at all, kid!"
Hearing Chatterbox Girl's voice, Lu Yibei's heart skipped a beat, and she abruptly looked up.
The surroundings suddenly vibrated violently, like a loose light bulb, the light flickering and changing. The scene of the Daimu Courtyard guest room in her vision shattered like broken glass, the fragments scattering into the void, revealing the dilapidated and crumbling rooftop hidden behind it.
If she hadn't been to that dream-like rooftop more than once, one might even suspect that what she was seeing now was the true reality of the world.
"Creak... creak..."
The rusty water tank groaned in the wind, thin, dark red mist drifted, and a chill emanated from the mirror-smooth ground.
In front of Lu Yibei, who was slumped on the ground, the silver-haired girl looked down at her, a pleasant smile on her lips, and extended her hand to her.
"Long time no see, boss. Has everything been going smoothly for you lately?"
Perhaps she had just glimpsed Lilim's soul-stirring past and hadn't yet emerged from it. Staring at Chatterbox Girl's face, for a moment, Lu Yibei felt that her figure and Lilim's seemed to subtly overlap.
After a long daze, she finally reacted and instinctively grasped Chatterbox Girl's outstretched hand. However, the next moment, what greeted her was a solid over-the-shoulder throw.
"Bang—!"
A dull thud erupted as her back collided with the solid floor.
Intense pain shot through her, and Lu Yibei's body immediately curled into a shrimp-like shape, groaning incessantly.
"Ugh... cough cough... what are you doing?!" she asked with a dark face, sitting up and rubbing her back. "Is this how you treat your boss? I'm going to give you a bad review and complain about you!"
"Nothing!" Chatterbox Girl said expressionlessly, as if suffering from facial paralysis. "Sister, aren't I just checking your body since you just gained new power? The result of the check-up... is very mediocre! My evaluation is, ordinary goods."
"I'm 'ordinary goods'?" Lu Yibei said, unconvinced.
"Are you trying to say that you've already gained Calamity-level power?" Before Lu Yibei could continue to retort, Chatterbox Girl seemed to completely see through her thoughts. "What about Calamity? Are there no ordinary goods within Calamity?"
"You shouldn't always compare yourself to poor students like Xiao Mai. At least..."
"At least, you should set that Old man Zhang Huainan as your initial goal!"
Lu Yibei, "???"
What the hell? Set Zhang Huainan as a goal? And 'initial'? That Old man is one of the strongest Psychic in the Night Watch, even currently existing!
Is this woman crazy? She must be crazy, right?
Do you know how much pressure setting too high expectations puts on a child?
Lu Yibei grumbled inwardly, just about to retort Chatterbox Girl's outrageous statement, when she heard Chatterbox Girl say, "Although you encountered so many important things and didn't consult Sister immediately, which made Sister very unhappy, since you're already here, Sister will reluctantly answer you!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Yibei, who had a belly full of complaints, immediately quieted down.
She understood the meaning of Chatterbox Girl's over-the-shoulder throw...
It was revenge for being neglected!
To be honest, compared to Qingji, the empty-nest Old man whose revenge upon meeting was dismemberment, an over-the-shoulder throw was already very gentle.
Speaking of which...
Should she prepare some gifts before seeing Ancestor next time?
Although Wang Yingying and Xuanying Luofu were already accompanying him, it was hard to guarantee that the Old man wouldn't throw a tantrum again. Lu Yibei thought.
As she pondered, Chatterbox Girl spoke, "First, to answer your first question... you cannot let the people inside the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate leave."
Hearing this, Lu Yibei was slightly startled and said in surprise, "Why? Are we just going to watch them suffer?"
"Exactly!" Chatterbox Girl said decisively. "Unless you want to die."
"I've told you before, the price required to keep tens of thousands of people alive who should have perished is something you cannot bear... Even if you let them leave, they will be corrected by time and quickly disappear into the river of years."
"The beings trapped in the city at this moment are not even a speck of dust compared to the beings that appeared in the entire world over a thousand years ago. It's easy to erase their traces of existence."
"But for them, the process of correction will definitely be hundreds or thousands of times more painful than their prolonged struggle in resource scarcity over a millennium... At least it's a world-level malice of pain. Think about it, what would be the result if the pain that even the Extinction-Bringer of Old Days avoids were inflicted on ordinary people?" ƒгeewёbnovel.com
As Chatterbox Girl spoke, Lu Yibei's eyes gradually dimmed, and then she fell silent.
In a trance, she seemed to see the scene: after the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate opened, the fleeing populace from the city rushed into the vast Gobi Desert, only to be swallowed by various "accidents," dying tragically in the vast yellow sand, leaving no bones behind.
An unprecedented sense of powerlessness quietly crept in.
After a long while, she murmured, "Why? Then tell me, what was all this for, everything I've done?! In the end, I still can't save anyone?"
Looking at Lu Yibei's distraught appearance, Chatterbox Girl instinctively clenched her pink fists, her eyes trembling.
She had said similar words before... freēwēbηovel.c૦m
But unfortunately, no one could answer her doubts.
However, fortunately, Lu Yibei's situation was different from hers.
"No, you gave them hope, the hope of continuation," Chatterbox Girl said, regaining her composure. "The Divine Kingdom Jade Gate, such a magnificent creation, is enough to isolate them from the world and help them avoid being corrected by time. As long as they stay within the Divine Kingdom Jade Gate, they can continue to exist."
"Allowing people who should not exist in the world to exist, to procreate and thrive, this is an unprecedented miracle. You have done very well, Lu Yibei..."
At least much better than me... Chatterbox Girl added in her heart.
She paused, then continued, "Perhaps in the future, when you are strong enough to transform the God Kingdom Prototype left by Ms. Wang Meili into a genuine God Kingdom, returning to this time and place will bring them true salvation and existence..."
"Before that, let's settle for taking care of their descendants, shall we?"
Lu Yibei listened, then fell into a long silence.
