Free Web NovelChapter 807: Chapter 716: Fervent Rush Toward the Abyss (Part 1)
What exactly... happened?
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Desolate Stone Plateau, Wasteland Tavern.
Sharp smoke swirled over the tavern, the coarse laughter of the Saji people echoed continuously, and the tall Giza people from different clans gathered around the gambling table.
Dust-covered wine glasses refracted the gamblers’ gold coins’ light. The tavern owner was a middle-aged Gilato man; with scruffy beard, narrow squinting eyes revealing a shrewd gaze, surveying the surroundings.
In this lively atmosphere, a young girl in a gray robe slowly walked in and sat down in front of the bar.
"One glass of Golden Coast orange juice." said the tavern owner.
"Red Pomegranate Ocean." Chichu Chun interrupted.
"Underage drinking is prohibited." The tavern owner glanced at her and said indifferently.
"I am an adult now." Chichu Chun sighed, then after a moment, as if recalling something.
"Don’t treat me like a child."
The tavern owner raised his eyebrows: "Come with me, Ms. Chichu Chun, this is not a place to chat."
Inside the room, Chichu Chun sat down, and the tavern owner handed over an unnamed veil; it looked like an ancient bronze coin.
Chichu Chun put the veil next to her ear, and the projection of a blonde girl appeared.
She had once agreed with Xu Xiaoyou that if either of them couldn’t directly contact the other, they would find a way to the Desolate Stone Plateau to leave their information; the Saji were infamous while wandering, only keeping promises like gold within their own Nest City; each clan’s totem would protect every honest and kind child.
Thus, here lies the world’s largest information exchange black market, with hundreds of thousands of information traffickers arriving daily; they are called Turi’asa by the Saji, which means Eagles and Hounds in Saji language.
Currently, she was in great peril; if Xu Xiaoyou approached her, she could be killed by March.
"Xiaochun, I understand your doubts." ’Xu Xiaoyou’ said.
"I’m sorry, I can’t actively contact you, as the White Night Family is watching over me, the front lines are tight..."
"You, where are you?"
As soon as she asked the question, Chichu Chun felt foolish. Because the Xu Xiaoyou in front of her was not the real one; rather, it was an AI model built by Bai Youyou based on her real-life data; capable of conversing, but devoid of emotion.
"Forget it, I won’t ask this anymore." Chichu Chun shook her head, "I want to know what happened."
"Negotiations broke down. Two years ago, the upper ranks of the Chichu Family were dissatisfied with Cosmic Heavy Industries’ excessive intervention in the grand counterattack campaign, leading to conflict with them. This directly related to the leadership power of Chichu Heaven after the war."
"Subsequently, a considerable scale of supervisor war erupted worldwide between the two; hiring substantial military companies, they launched attacks on each other’s controlled mines, outposts, military factories, and research facilities."
"The conclusion of the war resulted in the Chichu Family suffering a disastrous defeat in this supervisor war. Even though public convictions remain largely supportive, they lost the leadership of Chichu Heaven, and the war was entirely taken over by Cosmic Heavy Industries."
"The Chichu Family became a government in exile, with most of the high-level members wanted, and its industry focus having left Chichu Heaven, is currently shifting to proxy regions."
The world line has changed, this being the cost of using [Reboot the Future].
The situation is worse than she thought, as the Four Great Tower Cities battlefield was fully commandeered by Cosmic Heavy Industries’ war machinery, this sleeping beast had awakened; countless military factories churned day and night producing Titans and aircraft cannons, with an iron flood roaring into the entirety of Chichu Heaven.
The battlefield situation seemed even better than when under the Chichu patriarch’s command; with Gaotian Pass being breached early on, the spearhead of war pointed directly at the last Yuyuan City. The cost being that once the war ends, Chichu Heaven would completely become a colony of Cosmic Heavy Industries, and be devoured by four companies.
People would become puppets controlled by the company, toiling away day and night in the toxic fumes of the rust belt until even their flesh eroded.
The disparity made it hard for Chichu Chun to accept for a moment, but thinking again, she was always an outlying monster. Since being confined in that dark, sunless cage, her bonds with the Chichu Family were more of familial ties and responsibility, since she never truly felt at home with her family.
The Young Master, praised by the stars, died in Dragonfly Town, and now what lives is the Demon Hunter Girl wrapped in thorns.
"What should I do?"
"Don’t worry, everything will get better." ’Xu Xiaoyou’ said.
"Once this war is over, I will come to find you all."
"Xiaochun, we are family. One day, we will meet again."
The other party put all unspoken words into her AI model.
"Acting like everything is under control all the time." Chichu Chun downed her drink in one gulp, slamming the glass heavily on the table.
"In the end, still ended up dead, arrogant and narcissistic."
Having said that, Chichu Chun turned and left.
"Where are you going?" ’Xu Xiaoyou’ asked.
"Such a fool." Chichu Chun shouldered the Undead Armament, "I’m going to save you, at any cost."
Since March swapped bodies with her.
She would search this world to find how that was all done.
She intends to sever the possibility of mind swapping before the Red Weaving Workshop event arrives.
The night fell as Chichu Chun approached several youths gathered around a sports car; their faces were painted with odd dyes, seemingly at a party.
"I want to join your clan."
The young people froze, glancing at one another.
"Huh? Do you have some particularly prestigious identity?" the female leader chuckled, spreading her hands, "The Pu’er Clan won’t accept self-important idiots from unknown origins."
Chichu Chun pulled down her hood, revealing her face; the dust could not obscure her delicate features.
She continued speaking under their disbelieving stares.
"Is this enough?"
"You," the female leader’s eyes sparkled with fervor, "with a bounty of two hundred billion credit points, it’s truly..."
"Awesome!"
...
Beneath the neon night, a sports car surged toward the abyss with fervor.
"Your intention is."
The confident and spirited woman grasped the steering wheel with one hand while draping an arm over Chichu Chun’s shoulder, her bare skin a healthy wheat color, full of marks symbolizing Warrior’s honor.
"You intend to participate in our trial, seek the High Priest’s approval, become a member of our clan, and earn the chance to question ’Pu’er’?"
"You know, our Saji people have always had a bad reputation abroad. Willing to go against the world, just to save your family?"
"That’s freaking awesome, sister!" the tall, thin man in the back seat chewed on chewing gum and shouted excitedly.
"Do you need us to introduce ourselves!?" A young girl stood up, spreading her arms in the wind, her shout unusually passionate.
"No need." Chichu Chun replied calmly.
She pointed at the female leader: "You’ll be called Owl from now on."
Then, she looked at the young girl: "You’ll be called Sparrow."
"Even a code-naming session!" the young man excitedly pointed at himself. "What about me, what about me?"
"You’ll be called Night Owl."
Saying this, Chichu Chun looked at the middle-aged man sitting quietly in the back seat, maintaining and polishing firearms; he was the elder sent by the Pu’er Clan to look after these young ones until they passed the trials.
"You’ll be called Benjamin."
"From now on, our code name is Dark Night Walker, and I will bear all the action funds."
The sports car flamboyantly arrived at the destination, which was the manor of Cosmic Heavy Industries’ full Antonio; equipped with the most advanced security.
Countless security bionics stood at attention, several heavy machine gun turrets rose within the yard, and the group of people loaded their weapons one after another.
"Ready for life on the run?" Owl lifting a cannon barrel as thick as a thigh.
"Just don’t drag me down." Chichu Chun strode out of the car, casually tossing her sunglasses away, the Undead Armament fully loaded.
"I never passed the childcare certificate."
