Chapter 194
The Raven sighed and said, "The more you know, the more unfortunate you become."
Bai Yan remained silent, then slowly sat down in front of Ying.
"What would you like to drink?" Raven asked again.
"Iced Americano".
"You like to drink dishwater... Doesn't Schicksal often stay up all night too?"
"Wordy."
Sakura looked at him, her eyes sparkling.
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"I heard you also learned swordsmanship from the Xianzhou Alliance?" Sakura suddenly asked.
"Yes, my master was the former Sword Master of Luofu, and his strength was second only to the General of Luofu," Bai Yan nodded.
Using a truth to forcefully cover up a lie is far less difficult than using one lie to cover up another.
Broken clues and people's associations are the best evidence of fiction.
Even after 50,000 years, Sakura had not evolved a more powerful brain; when Bai Yan spoke, she already believed most of it.
When the people of the World Serpent and Elysian Realm heard that the timeline didn't match, they didn't suspect Fu Yan's identity, but rather the problem with the space where Earth was located.
"Is it also the solution you heard in the Parallel World that Kiana should accept everything at the Finality?"
"This is the best solution over there. The skies of Stigmata Project are a completely new territory that humanity has completely conquered."
"Is the price Kiana?"
"..."
Sakura Bai Yan remained silent, then couldn't help but sigh.
I didn't have much interaction with Kiana at the time, but overall I had a very good impression of her.
He was not cunning, but he was very enthusiastic about saving people in disasters.
Unlike Kevin, she was more like a child without constraints.
Does she really have to face that kind of ending?
"What will happen to Kiana after she suffers the Finality?" Sakura stirred the liquid in the glass, causing the fruit pieces inside to swirl.
"I have no idea."
Sakura's hand suddenly stopped, but the juice continued to spin due to inertia.
She looked at Bai Yan with a scrutinizing gaze in her eyes.
"You support the Stigmata Project just because of this? You can shirk responsibility and make her bear everything simply because of this uncertainty?"
"Could it be that you have another way to succeed?" Bai Yan relaxed his body and leaned back.
At this moment, Misterin, who had just disappeared, walked to the opposite side of the Raven and looked at the wine collection displayed behind it.
"What would you like to drink, Feather Rabbit?" Raven asked with a sigh.
"Is milk okay?"
"Then you should go to a restaurant."
"Then vodka it is."
"...You've really jumped that far." With that, Raven turned and went to find some wine.
A moment later, Misterin, as if nothing had happened, sat down to the side of Sakura and Bai Yan.
"Actually, everyone went to the Stigmata Space —waaaaaah."
Bai Yan forcibly covered her mouth.
"So," Bai Yan looked at the silent Sakura, "You don't actually know what Dr. MEI's true intentions are, nor do you know what the Stigmata Project here really means, right?"
"..."
"You can't replace her, even if you're qualified to challenge Kevin now."
With that, Bai Yan finished the rest of his drink in one gulp, stood up, and walked towards the Elysian Realm.
Seeing this, Misterin followed again, carrying the vodka she had just obtained.
As Sakura gazed at Bai Yan's retreating figure, the silhouette of another person simultaneously appeared before her eyes, gradually merging with it.
She finally lowered her head and whispered, "Where are you...?"
Bai Yan entered Elysian Realm once again.
But soon, someone blocked his way.
"The trial is over, Elysian Realm will now move on to the next phase of the plan," Kevin said coldly.
"Just how big is this Elysian Realm?"
"... That's not something you should know."
A flicker of doubt crossed Kevin's eyes, but he ultimately didn't ask any further questions.
"From the moment Finality of the Pre-Civilization, has Sakura been sleeping in the Elysian Realm until the day she is awakened when it is necessary?" Bai Yan asked again.
Kevin did not answer his question.
"Your silence already speaks volumes," Bai Yan said calmly. "My companions fought with Sakura outside, and I could clearly sense the level of her strength."
"Placing such a person in the Elysian Realm is not just for the purpose of waiting for him to come out and carry out the Stigmata Project one day."
At this point, the atmosphere gradually cooled down.
Kevin still made no statement, simply standing guard to prevent Bai Yan from entering.
"She could sleep anywhere, like Fu Hua or Vill-V. But she just happened to be in the Elysian Realm..."
"The time to leave Elysian Realm happened precisely after the Herrscher of Erosion was resolved."
"I guess protecting Elysian Realm is her most important mission, isn't it?"
After he finished speaking, he stared into Kevin's eyes, trying to get an answer.
However, after a long standoff, the other party's gaze did not change in any way, remaining cold and indifferent.
"I see..."
Bai Yan turned around and left without looking back.
When they returned to where the Raven was, Sakura had already disappeared.
"Oh, you're back so soon, young man. Did you get turned away at the door?"
"There's no need to go inside if you can see it from the doorway."
"Uh, what does that mean?"
Bai Yan smiled, "Literal meaning. Simply put, Kevin doesn't really understand secrecy, nor does he understand that the transmission of information is often not limited to direct text and sound media."
"Tsk tsk, is this the power of Schicksal's informant?"
"Otherwise, how do you think Otto approved my transfer from logistics to the Intelligence Department?"
Raven's lips twitched, then he sighed and said, "So what incredible thing did you find out at the gates of the Elysian Realm just now?"
"Ha ha!"
Upon hearing this, Bai Yan suddenly laughed, leaving Raven completely bewildered.
Even Misterin leaned closer, pressing her forehead against Bai Yan's to check if he was still healthy.
"Alright, I'm fine," Bai Yan gently pushed Misterin. "None of the people who came to the Current Civilization actually support the Stigmata Project."
"Huh?" The Raven was taken aback.
"Mobius pretended to make the decision, Sakura pretended to resolutely carry it out, while Fu Hua was genuinely unaware; Vill-V was even more interesting, as she was responsible for preparing backdoors for the first two, making it convenient to withdraw the Stigmata Project at any time."
"..."
Do you feel more unhappy now?
"Can I hang out with you for a couple of days?"
As he said this, a sense of vicissitude appeared on Raven's face.
"Then let's do it for two days."
"Hey, 'two days' is just a figure of speech, don't deliberately misinterpret me!"
"I'm sorry, given the current situation, two days is the maximum we can manage."
Raven observed Bai Yan's face suspiciously for a while, and finally noticed that there was a strange sense of fatigue about him.
"Alright then."
Bai Yan walked out of the World Serpent Base and glanced back.
Perhaps because the previous Herrscher of Erosion was too ferocious, the formal repairs here have not yet been completed.
"Where to now?" Misterin asked.
"Please wait a moment, perhaps you will need a little bit of help from me."
A familiar voice rang out.
If Dr. Tesla were here, he would probably be stressed out.
But Bai Yan knew that this was not Otto, but a Divine Key.
He looked at the Void Archive, sized up the other party, and said, "Do you know what I'm going to do next?"
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Void Archive smiled elegantly, "Mr. Bai Yan simply wants to go to a certain Stigmata Space."
Upon hearing this, Raven and Misterin both looked at Bai Yan.
Bai Yan asked calmly, "What do you want now?"
"Although I am free now, I guess you should know that I actually long to completely defeat the Honkai," Void Archive said sincerely.
"Truly touching stories of people from the lower classes—Alright, you can go now."
With that, Bai Yan turned to leave.
"Negotiation skills? But don't you really want to know the clues Dr. MEI left behind?"
"It's no longer needed."
"..."
Void Archive suddenly froze in place.
His thought process was racing, and he listed out countless guesses.
However, no definitive conclusion can be drawn.
"What exactly does he want?" Void Archive muttered to itself in confusion.
After walking quite a distance, Bai Yan stopped.
He looked at Misterin.
"How?"
"Is Sigfried in that Stigmata Space?"
These words seemed to come out of nowhere, but Misterin understood them.
She nodded and said, "When Mobius found him, the man was in very poor condition, delirious, and often unconscious."
"Fate is truly wondrous..."
"Speaking of which, you happened to be nearby when he got into a fight with that girl."
Upon hearing this, Bai Yan immediately frowned. "So, you were just watching the whole thing?"