The Sanatorium and “The Last Supper”

Next, if nothing unexpected happened, Sakura should come into contact with the sanatorium.

And if nothing unexpected happened after that, Sakura would be slaughtering everyone in the sanatorium.

And if nothing unexpected happened after that, Aponia would be captured in a couple of days.

And if nothing unexpected happened after that, Chen Luo would soon be held accountable.

Why? As a Fire Moth researcher, a survivor of the 6th Honkai Outbreak, and a key figure involved in the Flame-Chaser project, he saw so many Honkai Sickness patients gathered together and didn't report it?

He would definitely get scolded, but nothing would actually happen.

As if anyone besides Chen Luo could ensure that volunteers would survive after a fusion surgery failed.

Because of this, Chen Luo had obediently stayed in the Previous Era all day, sitting in the laboratory with a book in hand and staring blankly into space.

Even Mobius, who happened to pass by now and then, gave Chen Luo's strange behavior a few sidelong glances and almost asked what had happened. In the end, though, Mobius held back.

Chen Luo used god's perspective to secretly monitor Mei and Pardo's routes, making sure Pardo's business instincts wouldn't lead to any unusual developments.

Though it might sound cruel, the sanatorium where Aponia lived was destined to be wiped out, and Chijie was destined to lose this rare home for the second time.

If Chijie didn't leave the sanatorium, he could never join Fire Moth in this lifetime. Naturally, the plot he was supposed to take part in would never unfold.

Chijie's appearance back then had shaken Fire Moth's entire upper echelon.

It wasn't impossible that Chijie, who had appeared as an alien, had been the beginning of the Ark Project being proposed.

And if Aponia hadn't been dragged into this