"I request the opportunity to speak with you."
As the words left her mouth, a faint trace of Pollution perceptible only to the Mystic Thread seemed to gradually emerge along with them.
Battle Miss No. 1 noticed this, and her heart stirred.
"Could it be..."
Was there a problem with the words themselves, or...
Just as she grew tense, a silent ritual took shape.
At that moment, it felt as though she had crossed endless space and established a connection with some existence on the other end.
In the Main World, within a ruined Homestead camp.
A certain winged loli who was lying on the ground, snoring lazily in her sleep, seemed to sense something and abruptly raised her head.
"Mm?"
She blinked twice, as if she had heard a familiar voice.
Battle Miss No. 1's heart stirred. Knowing that it had worked, she immediately grafted her main body's consciousness over through the Mystic Thread.
"Amia, it's me."
The voice reached her ears. The little Dragon Loli froze, then suddenly looked up with a shocked expression.
A few seconds later...
"Waaah, Mommy!!!"
The little one sat right down on the ground and began crying loudly.
"Mommy, Amia is so hungry. Don't leave Amia behind."
Ye Qian immediately felt guilty.
Although she was not really the girl's mother, Amia had been born right in front of her. She was so tiny, yet Ye Qian could only leave her here, letting her lie around by herself.
"Don't be afraid, little Amia. Mommy is watching you from somewhere else. Um... try seeing whether you can receive the food I give you."
The little Dragon Loli gradually calmed down and wiped her eyes, looking confused.
However, she had already sensed the power of sacrifice.
After trying it, a huge pile of candy and snacks appeared before her.
"Waaah."
Seeing how happy she looked, Ye Qian grinned as well.
It worked!
So my daughter's status is actually this high.
No, I didn't give birth to her... Forget it, whatever. It was close enough.
"So, little Amia, Mommy will ask you to help me test something later. Help me when the time comes, okay?"
"Mhm." The little one nodded happily, her dragon tail swishing with delight.
The Divining Girl
She had to find a way to let this girl understand some information about the ritual. Otherwise, if someone who did not know the truth prayed to her and heard a loli crying, that would be awkward.
There absolutely could not be a god with less prestige than that.
Just look at the incantation—Dragon of End, Boundless Prelude... It looked terrifying. Who could have imagined that there was such a little loli behind it?
Thus, Ye Qian began reminding her and briefly taught her about prayer.
"Did you understand?"
The little Dragon Loli wrinkled her nose and nodded, seemingly understanding but not really.
Ye Qian: "..."
"Forget it. It doesn't matter whether you understand. You just need to do as I tell you. You should be able to sense who is making a sacrifice, right? If it isn't me, then respond according to my instructions."
"Mm."
Though she looked a little silly, she really was trying hard to understand.
From then on, Amia would completely obey Ye Qian. Even her responses, following Ye Qian's instructions, changed into an emotionless voice carrying a faint aura of Dragon Might.
At least they would no longer hear a loli's voice.
"Very good. Now that's more like it."
She specifically gave the little Dragon Loli a barrel of Water of Purification as a sacrifice.
"Be good. Mommy will contact you from time to time in the future."
At the Paradise Society, after a brief exchange, the LV20 man codenamed Bai Yun stood up and bid everyone farewell.
Using the Mystic Thread, Ye Shan made a slight adjustment and discovered that after leaving and walking some distance, he entered a building.
"Where are the things you promised me?" Bai Yun asked coldly, suppressing his anger as he stared at the two people waiting there.
"Why are you in such a hurry? You haven't completed what we asked you to do, so how could we possibly trust you with the advancement plan? Unless... you don't want your sister to survive."
"You..."
He was furious, yet he did not dare refute them and could only glare at them angrily.
"Take care of yourself." The two patted his shoulder and left.
Bai Yun was left alone, angrily punching the wall.
"I've already joined a society like this, yet I still can't even protect myself." A trace of sorrow flashed through his heart.
"Looks like this guy is suffering quite a bit."
Not only could he not find a way to advance, but he also seemed to be facing other threats in his life.
After leaving the scene, he went to a nearby building.
Divination Society.
That was its name.
Picking up a cane, he exchanged a glance with Salvation from before, then actually began conducting divinations inside.
"So this Divination Society is their source of funding."
Ye Qian's heart stirred, and she suddenly had an idea.
"This guy is pretty capable. He might be an opportunity for me too."
Almost at the same time, Battle Miss set out and headed straight for his vicinity.
The distance between them was not great, so it only took a few minutes.
After arriving, Battle Miss No. 1 had already put on a long robe and pretended to smoke. She tossed the cigarette butt into the nearby trash can before entering the society.
Her face was pale, and she was wrapped tightly in her clothes, looking somewhat timid and fearful.
"Um, can I get a divination here?"
"Yes, miss. Have you encountered some sort of trouble?" A woman receiving guests smiled.
Quite a few people came here seeking help. Perhaps because of The Church's publicity, divination was relatively accepted in this world. It was said that many people had obtained the results they wanted through it.
And many Diviners were actually desperate people with nowhere else to turn.
This girl looked to be in a similar situation.
"I... I want a divination." Battle Miss No. 1, pale and uneasy, hunched her neck and slightly raised her head. "May I ask... how much does it cost?"
"You can choose different diviners. The cheapest here costs only fifty yuan per session. The most expensive, such as Master Xu Jie of No. 33, costs three thousand yuan each time."
A whole row of signs stood before her, each with a corresponding photograph.
She saw Salvation, who was surprisingly priced at one thousand.
He was doing pretty well. A single fortune reading earned him a thousand yuan.
Bai Yun was priced at three hundred yuan, which was considered above average.
"No. 7, then."
"Bai Yun? He just came to work, so you can go in now."
"Mm, do I... do I need to pay you now?" Battle Miss No. 1 asked anxiously as she tremblingly took out three hundred yuan.
"Yes. Please go in, miss."
After escorting her into the divination room, the receptionist exchanged glances with several other attendants.
"Is she... a little abnormal?"
"If she doesn't have some physical illness, then she may have suffered a severe shock. She looked so scared."
"Poor girl. How could an ordinary divination possibly help her?"
In Room No. 7, a space decorated with an air of mystery, Bai Yun sat in the darkness.
Even people with special powers needed jobs if they wanted to earn money through legal means.
Moreover, the Kingdom of Order had always maintained strict control over supernatural powers. At The Church's request, even the full names of the country and The Holy See could not be typed online.
As a result, people usually communicated through homophones, and those who had just started using the internet could not even understand them.
In this era, not everyone was qualified to access the internet. At the very least, lower-class civilians were not.
Ding-dong!
The doorbell rang.
Having already seen the outside through the screen beside him, Bai Yun knew that a woman completely wrapped in a black robe had come looking for him.
The woman had heavy dark circles under her eyes and messy hair, but she was quite beautiful.
The door soon opened.
"Please, sit."
Across the table, Bai Yun smiled and extended a hand. The woman then sat opposite him.
Only upon seeing her up close did he realize that she was quite young.
"May I ask what you need divined?" he asked with a smile.
"I... I seem to have encountered something unclean recently. I... I want to know whether some strange thing has set its sights on me," the girl said fearfully.
"Oh? Could you tell me more?"
Bai Yun sat up straight. He had come into contact with the Hidden World and knew that many bizarre phenomena truly existed in this world.
If the girl before him was not ill, then the possibility that she had suffered Pollution could not be ruled out.
"A... a while ago, I bought an antique vase at a secondhand shop. Then I found a note inside with some strange words written on it, and I accidentally read them aloud. That night, I dreamed that a voice told me... it could grant my wishes."
Bai Yun's expression changed slightly.
"My right eye used to be blind, so I wished... to see the light. Then my eye got better. But that voice told me it was an equal exchange, and I had to pay the price. I... I didn't respond to her, and then my left eye went blind."
Still Not Enough
"You mean that in your dream, you wished for that voice to heal your right eye, but the price was your left eye?"
Bai Yun was greatly surprised, and a nearly imperceptible vigilance flashed across his face.
If what the girl said was true, then this matter was probably not simple.
After coming into contact with the Hidden Circle, he had already understood that many unknown things existed in this world. They might be called Evil Gods, or perhaps certain indescribable, inexpressible existences.
Pollution, pain... many disasters originated from these.
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