Chapter 214

As they pondered, a slight discordant note emerged in Sea Abyss City.

Bai Yan looked up and saw the Void Archive.

You can recognize him at a glance.

"I'm so lucky that no one stopped me," Void Archive exaggeratedly wiped away non-existent sweat, his face showing lingering fear. "Everyone here is...so awe-inspiring."

"What's up?"

"Event."

"... Dr. MEI instructed you to do this?"

"Uh, how did you know?" The atmosphere that had just been built up was suddenly broken, Void Archive was stunned and paused.

"If it were Vill-V, she would come herself."

"Oh... I see, you know what I am essentially."

Bai Yan nodded. "It's said to be a pretty handy thing to use."

"Yes, according to my calculations, you should implement the first step of the plan, right?"

"Void Archive, you look rather disheveled right now."

After a careful look, Bai Yan noticed that although Void Archive was dressed neatly, there was a look in his eyes that seemed to have been frightened and had not yet recovered.

"Haha, you know I actually have a nemesis too."

Otto is dead.

"He doesn't count!"

"Herrscher of Erosion —you were beaten up by Bishop Theresa with all her might? No, you don't have that kind of strength."

Void Archive paused for a moment, then asked, "What does this have to do with her?"

Bai Yan was also stunned, then suddenly realized. "Oh, you got the timelines mixed up, so you went to the Elysian Realm."

"... Um, Lord Bai Yan, could you take me with you on the next mission?"

Void Archive gazed at him, his face bearing Otto's, filled with hope.

That's so weird.

However, having an extra helper is a good thing.

Bai Yan pondered for a moment, then said to Void Archive, "You can follow me. Now I'll give you your first task: remember the coordinates here so you can follow my instructions to send me here later."

"No problem!"

By this time, Fu Xuan had finished looking at what he wanted to see and flew back with a slight sense of satisfaction.

Upon seeing the Void Archive, I examined it closely.

"It's clearly an inanimate object, yet the driving force within it once belonged to some kind of living thing... How strange."

Bai Yan explained, "It is an artificial intelligence now, and its core was taken from humans who were turned into Herrscher."

"I see, but why does it look so similar to Rochu?"

"... Our organization's previous bishop, Otto, was exactly the same as Mr. Rochu. And it had always been under the control of Bishop Otto."

"..."

Void Archive revealed an awkward yet polite smile.

A short while later, Sakura and Jingliu returned together.

They were standing somewhere on high ground, talking about something.

"Is it all taken care of?" Jingliu asked.

"It's all set. Next, we're going to the Schicksal Headquarters."

Jingliu didn't leave immediately, but instead casually looked around.

She looked at Bai Yan one last time. "Water is your evil spirit, and also your sword intent. Did you consider this when you chose this place?"

Upon hearing this, Fu Xuan snorted softly and offered no comment.

"Of course," Bai Yan nodded confidently.

"That's good."

"Huh?" Fu Xuan suddenly realized.

No, young man, you're deliberately courting death, and your master seems completely unconcerned...

You two are—no, you're both crazy, aren't you?

Then, Fu Xuan quietly began searching for a certain element that he hadn't seen before, despite observing it for a long time.

But in the end, there were no clues, so they just assumed the two were acting crazy and simply ignored them.

Sakura and Void Archive couldn't understand, so they remained silent.

Bai Yan looked towards the Void Archive.

What are your orders?

"Do you have the coordinates of the Schicksal Headquarters?"

"Have."

"Transform into the Thousand Worlds One Step and send us there."

"...yes."

Although the Void Archive can only exert 70% of its power, it is more than enough to teleport several people.

A moment later, the group arrived above the Schicksal Headquarters and remained suspended in the air.

Looking down, one could see that everyone had gathered on the central floating platform.

Bai Yan looked at it and felt it was a bit troublesome.

How do we separate this group of people?

Volume 1: Chapter 259: The Moment of "Turning Against Each Other"

Several people slowly descended from the sky.

Upon stepping onto the floating island, Durandal immediately came to greet them, with Rita close behind.

"Bai Yan, where did you go before?"

"I encountered Kevin in my dream. Based on my observation, it should be the real Kevin, a projection within the dream. It's not a direct projection of his true self, but rather a projection that directly enters the dream through a phantom."

"Is that so? What happens next?"

"We started fighting, but the dream suddenly disappeared shortly afterward."

Upon hearing this, Durandal was puzzled.

Rita stepped forward, first politely greeting the others, and then set her sights on Sakura.

"Miss Sakura, was this dream your doing?"

Sakura remained silent.

Bai Yan noticed Rita's current position.

She was facing herself, but maintained a distance of at least three meters.

Durandal, however, didn't care about all that and stayed very close to him.

A crowd gathered around, their expressions varied.

Sakura was standing next to Bai Yan, which gave everyone present a bad feeling.

Rita then looked at Fu Xuan.

"May I ask who this gentleman is?"

"Fu Xuan, the Divination Department in charge of the Luofu Xianzhou," Bai Yan introduced, then pointed to Jingliu, "Some of you here have met my master, the Sword Master of the Luofu Xianzhou, Jingliu."

Fu Xuan snorted coldly and remained silent.

In her opinion, this should be called a wanted fugitive from the Xianzhou Alliance.

Return the Sword Master to its original position.

This introduction makes it seem like I'm the same kind of person as her.

At this moment, Rita remained silent, while Durandal seemed to sense the strange atmosphere and quietly took a few steps back to Rita's side.

Kiana sized them up for a moment before asking Sakura, "Sakura, what is your purpose in coming here?"

Sakura opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say, and subconsciously looked at Bai Yan.

It was that look in his eyes that made the vast majority of people present almost certain of what was going on.

Kiana looked at Bai Yan in disbelief.

"Since you spent a considerable amount of time in the Pre-Civilization Era, you should understand the significance of what we are doing."

"If we cannot overcome the Finality, we will have to face the Finality of the Stigmata Project."

"I have decided to participate in this project and give this civilization one last push."

Bai Yan glanced at everyone, his gaze gradually becoming indifferent.

Both Rita and Ragna remained silent, unsure of how to begin.

Judging from Bai Yan's expression, they were basically certain that he had probably discovered some despairing truth, which was why he chose to resort to this desperate measure.

In the Finality, is it really so invincible?

Kiana's eyes gradually hardened after hearing this.

"What you're saying is that you don't have the courage to face the Finality, right?"

"But you don't seem to have the strength to match that courage."

"... Compared to your sister Bai Yan, you really don't seem like her brother anymore. In just a few days, you've decided to betray your friends and teachers, including Durandal."

"You don't even feel a trace of shame!"

Even in death, Xiao Yan never thought of giving up on defeating the Honkai!

Rita stared at Bai Yan, Durandal was filled with doubt, and Ragna could only sigh.

Would a boy who once dared to fight the Herrscher of the Void to the death do something like this?

The others, unaware of the truth, were already prepared for battle, believing that even a single Sakura could defeat them.

Bai Yan's eyelids twitched.

Jingliu's lips twitched, and he turned his head to chuckle inwardly.

Fu Xuan watched this entanglement of grudges with great interest.

"Have you asked for the opinions of other people on Earth, Herrscher of the Void?"

Bai Yan emphasized the words "Herrscher of the Void".

"Being trapped in an eternal dream is just another form of death—you don't need to provoke me, that trick won't work on me."

There is a difference between the disappearance of consciousness and the disappearance of consciousness.

"Compared to complete death, I think more people would choose the eternal dream."

"Tsk, you're more inclined towards complete death. I have reason to suspect that your Honkai Consciousness has taken over now."

"You!"

Kiana's chest heaved violently, her heart burning with rage.

Raiden Mei couldn't stand it anymore and immediately stood up.

"To not fight for that last hope, but instead wait for others to make the choice, is equally despicable in its escapism."

"It's not that I'm running away from the Finality, but that you're running away from the will of the people. I'll say it again, do you dare to ask the opinions of everyone on Earth?" Bai Yan's expression remained unchanged as he retorted sharply.

"The will of the masses is meaningless; the weak do not consider forces they cannot comprehend," Theresa also stepped forward. "If people like us are not guided, they will, as you just said, head towards the worst possible end!"