What Do You Want to See, Then?

The convoy rested under the stars.

The Lyra Knight on night watch stared nervously at Jie La Er, who was sitting at the other end of the table, looking at his pocket watch, seemingly lost in thought.

The matter of Archbishop Rhine has been explained, and the Knight Ke Li Lyra now know that the archbishop wasn't killed by Jie La Er, but was already dead when Jie La Er arrived. Although this explanation sounds incredibly fantastical, like a fabricated story, the Rhine, now in chaos after losing the Archbishop, is currently searching the entire city for the murderer and has no time to explain the whole story to Lyra.

In other words, their mission failed again.

Jie La Er is still alive and well, and even outlived the Archbishop of the Rhine.

Thinking of this, the Lyra Knight felt that Jie La Er was even more terrifying.

With a "thud".

The Knight was startled. He immediately looked up and saw that Jie La Er had already put away his pocket watch and was walking towards his carriage.

The Knight knew that his watch was coming to an end.

Regardless of the type of team, at least one person on watch is required when spending the night in the wild; this is basic common sense.

However, no one ever assigned Jie La Er this task, for the simple reason that no one trusted him. Even so, Jie La Er would still put himself on the list and conscientiously take the night watch when it was his turn. Even though no one needed him, even though those who kept watch with him felt tense rather than at ease, he still did it, like a malfunctioning machine stubbornly continuing to run on its own.

Such a machine would most likely be phased out in Rhine. Of course, Lyra also wanted to phase out Jie La Er, but she just hadn't succeeded yet.

Now that Jie La Er has gone back, it means it's time for him to change shifts. So the Knight turned around and, sure enough, saw another Knight yawning as he came out of the carriage, looking like he hadn't woken up yet.

Then Jie La Er, walking past him, said out of the blue, "Do not go gentle into this night."

The Knight was startled and immediately came to his senses. He instinctively looked at Jie La Er, but the latter had already returned to his carriage, and all he could see was the closed carriage door.

The two Knight looked at each other, then shrugged simultaneously, as if it were nothing out of the ordinary.

Jie La Er returned to his compartment, nestled against the bed, and looked up at the star-filled night sky.

Then, he slowly raised his hand and reached towards his left eye.

He used his finger to pick up a thin film from his eyeball, and in an instant, his brown pupil became bright and dazzling, even more so than the starry night sky.

At the same time, he also felt that the whole world had become clearer.

Things that were invisible before, can now be seen.

The Magic Power that filled the surroundings, the surging arcane energy, seemed to unveil the mystery of the other side of the world to this eye, revealing all the truth.

Even Jie La Er was deeply drawn to this feeling, to the point that he considered removing the camouflage eye several times during the day to see the real world. But he suppressed the thought, realizing that this eye was addictive.

In Jie La Er's experience, anything addictive is extremely harmful.

In that Land of Corruption, there are far too many examples like this.

Moreover, the owner of this eye claims to be... that legendary being.

This made Jie La Er feel even more threatened. His lifelong experience fighting pollution was frantically warning him, causing him to involuntarily raise his hand and reach for the eye again.

But just then, a voice he hadn't heard for the past two days rang in his mind. "You're more confused than I thought, Jie La Er... How many times have you tried to take this eye off now?"

Jie La Er paused, and said coldly, "You said you wanted to rest."

"Yes, I am indeed resting," Bai Wei said lazily. "But resting doesn't mean I'm really asleep. I'm still looking at this world with this eye."

The cost of fulfilling Ulu's last wish was heavier than Bai Wei had imagined.

He used his soul to sustain that mutilated body for another half day, an extremely risky act. Even though he managed to hand the eyes and fingers to Jie La Er, he had to rest for two days due to excessive exertion, almost missing the chance to manipulate Jie La Er's mind... oh no, I mean, to give him a beginner's guide on how to use his own body parts.

So these past few days, he's seen Jie La Er try to take off his glasses more than once or twice, but he always gives up in the end.

This confirms Bai Wei's assessment of Jie La Er —that he was confused.

"You still haven't reattached my finger," Bai Wei said slowly. "Is it because you don't want to?"

The middle finger of Jie La Er's left hand was still safely in the inner pocket of his shirt.

"Why should I reattach your finger?" Jie La Er asked coldly.

"This question can be replaced with 'Why do people pursue power?'" Bai Wei said with a smile. "And for most people, this is not a question at all. For example, the West Archbishop of Rhine, after obtaining this eye, naturally wanted to find the remaining body parts. By the way, you are much more steadfast than him in your stance on this eye. At least you know to cover it up, while that Archbishop wished he could use it as a light bulb."

Jie La Er didn't respond to Bai Wei's question; he simply asked, "Did you kill Archbishop Ke Li?"

"Yes, but not quite. I just made a deal, provided a game," Bai Wei said with a smile. "The Archbishop was the loser, and the other was the winner... the one you buried."

Jie La Er recalled the corpse.

Even though he had spent his entire life dealing with Contaminated Land, he had never seen a corpse like that before.

It was as if everything had been burned away, and even the rotting shell looked more vibrant than it.

"Do you call that a winner?"

"At least, before he died, he felt he had won," Bai Wei said. "A huge win."

"...I see." Jie La Er said slowly, listening to Bai Wei's words. "I finally understand what you are."

"Oh? Tell me about it."

"You are also...contaminated," Jie La Er said. "I wasn't sure before, but now I am."

Jie La Er's words startled Bai Wei for a moment, then he laughed, "I see, you've always seen me as a source of pollution? You don't believe I'm Visas?"

"Whether it's Visas or not has nothing to do with whether you're the source of the contamination," Jie La Er said calmly. "I don't know Visas, but I know the source of the contamination. Only contamination can lure innocent people close to itself and make them do self-destructive things. Even if they lose consciousness or become monsters, they won't turn back. Just like I said before, they feel like they've won big."

"Interesting, very interesting," Bai Wei exclaimed. "No wonder he's an expert in combating pollution!"

Jie La Er didn't speak, but he was already certain of his judgment. Generally speaking, once the source of pollution is identified, people immediately become frantic and hysterical.

So he calmly gripped the dagger in his pocket, preparing to remove the eye the moment he discovered the problem.

But to his surprise, Bai Wei did not get excited. Instead, he chuckled and asked, "If that's the case, Lord Jie La Er, why did you approach me?"

Jie La Er paused for a moment.

The left eye, as bright as a star, is gradually enlarging.

Are you an innocent person?

"What do you want to see with this eye of mine this time?"

A moment later, Jie La Er slowly released the dagger, turned his head again, and looked at the starry night sky.

Bai Wei was quite satisfied with Jie La Er's reaction. He didn't say anything more at this moment to avoid adding anything unnecessary, but simply thought about Jie La Er in his mind.

Jie La Er, the Knight of the Evening Star.

He was once the greatest hero of the Lyra Sect and the first person to fight against pollution.

But one day ten years ago, he went mad and led the Evening Star Squad he founded to the deepest part of the pollution source, causing incalculable damage. He has since been regarded as Lyra's greatest traitor.

So, what do you want to get?

What are you willing to give up for this?

Bai Wei chuckled softly and then fell silent, leaving Jie La Er alone in the not-so-spacious carriage until dawn.

Two days later, the convoy saw the colossal tower that seemed to connect heaven and earth, and the city sheltered by the tower.

Lyra, we've arrived.

This is the third update; there will be one more update tonight.

I'm so excited to have received so many helpful tips from these experts! I'll repay them one by one once my grades stabilize. But for today, I'd like to recommend a friend's book.