Nightless Sky Fire Apricot: Are we being given the silent treatment?

"Xiao Nian" admitted that for a fleeting moment just now, she did have the idea of talking to the mysterious Puppet about cooperating.

But...

It was just a fleeting thought after all!

After all, evaluating someone shouldn't just be based on what they say, but more importantly, on what they do.

Despite his flowery words, what he actually did was cut off his own communication with everyone else.

Therefore, Xiao Nian didn't believe a word of the Puppet's "promise" that it wouldn't harm anyone.

Of course, chatting with the other party and pretending to "negotiate" was actually Xiao Nian adjusting the Alchemy Energy fluctuation time of her [Theseus’s Self].

After all, disguising oneself as a large alchemical alarm is not an easy task for Xiao Nian.

At the same time...

This level of disguise is equivalent to forcibly reversing the operating structure of all the Alchemy Component in Xiao Nian's body. Although it is indeed possible to do something that sounds like a fantasy using [Theseus’s Self], it is not easy for Xiao Nian either.

This feels like forcibly transforming a human's bones and organs into those of a bird; the process of this transformation itself causes a lot of damage and wear and tear on the Alchemy Component.

Although the [Theseus’s Self] can slowly repair many of the damages that the people of the City That Never Sleeps Xiao Nian irreversible without even needing surgery, since the Alchemy Component will become part of her body, they naturally have "self-healing" and "recovery" functions.

However... no matter how much it heals itself, Xiao Nian will still need to spend time repairing the "damage" left by these Alchemy Component.

This is indeed a very risky move.

But for the Xiao Nian...

This is undoubtedly worthwhile!

Thump!

With a thud as it landed, Xiao Nian reached the very bottom of this wind tunnel.

The airflow is much noisier now than when Good Night landed. Both the surrounding airflow and the fans at the bottom are spinning rapidly and blowing out strong winds.

This meant that Xiao Nian barely had to exert any effort to slow down during its descent, as the wind significantly reduced its speed.

She landed steadily at the bottom of the tunnel.

Xiao Nian looked around, staring at the rapidly spinning fans in the surrounding passageway, his eyes gleaming eerily.

The implanted Alchemy Component in her eyes allow her to see through the darkness without needing any light.

At the same time, as Xiao Nian's eye Alchemy Component increased their operating power, traces of residual Alchemy Energy appeared in Xiao Nian's field of vision like fluorescent substances.

Based on the clues from these substances, Xiao Nian quickly pinpointed Good Night's whereabouts.

If it were any other member of "Order" involved in this operation, Xiao Nian wouldn't have been able to track them down so easily...

But it was, after all, a "Good Night".

"Good Night" also possesses a type of modified Alchemical Prosthetic [Item] from the Barren Realm.

The Truth Company's [Resentment Furnace].

Even though Good Night Daily doesn't activate it, this type of power core [Item] will still leave a lot of residual traces even when it's in a silent state.

Especially since this was inside the Divine Power Group's building, the residual traces of Alchemy Energy from the Truth Company's Emotion Spectrum were particularly conspicuous.

In Xiao Nian's view, the faint black Alchemy Energy was like a black veil and carpet, drifting in one direction and disappearing into a specific passage.

"Passage 006... this is the direction."

"It seems Captain Good Night went in on his own initiative... Did he discover something?"

Xiao Nian approached the entrance to Channel Six and confirmed that there were fresher remnants of the Emotion Spectrum Alchemy Energy inside.

At the same time...

There were also high concentrations of Alchemy Energy residue around the alarms here... Xiao Nian knew that this was caused by the Alarm Device being restarted after being paused for testing.

Therefore, Good Night not only entered passage 006 voluntarily, but even the alarms inside the passage that he hadn't had time to hack were turned off for him when he entered.

Only...

Who could have done it?

Is he the Puppet?

The exact Xiao Nian is unknown.

However, Captain Good Night's entry into passage 006 definitely deviated from the original plan.

After all...

According to Xiao Nian and Ren Gu's calculations, the confidential database they were trying to infiltrate should be accessed through Ventilation Duct number 020.

Compared to No. 006... these are almost two completely opposite routes, literally diametrically opposed.

"As expected... we need to find Comrade Good Night as soon as possible..."

Xiao Nian pondered for a moment, then stepped forward, turned around, and entered passage number six.

At this moment, the metal fan blades were spinning at high speed, like a household electric fan turned on to the fifth speed setting.

Xiao Nian seemed oblivious to this, simply raising his hand slightly.

"When--!"

The fan blades hit Xiao Nian's arm, the entire high-speed rotating fan was blocked by Xiao Nian, and even a small chip and slight deformation were caused on the fan blades.

The alchemical transmission structure at the core of the shaft made a "creaking" sound.

Xiao Nian bent down and squeezed through the gap between the fan blades before pulling his forearm back—as soon as Xiao Nian withdrew his arm, the fan blades started spinning rapidly again.

On Xiao Nian's arm, only a faint white mark remained.

While searching for Good Night before the Xiao Nian...

In another part of the Barren Realm, on the vast Great Wilderness beyond the City That Never Sleeps, the sky was already beginning to darken.

The Great Wilderness lacks artificial light sources and lighting equipment, so night always falls earlier and faster.

In the storeroom of Huo Xing, the "Fairy Queen" in the Nightless Sky Fire Apricot, the red-haired girl's neck was bent at an eerie angle, her body was cold, and there was no sign of life.

At this moment, Nightless Sky Fire Apricot was naturally performing her signature act: pretending to be a corpse.

But...

Since there were no spectators in the warehouse at the moment, Nightless Sky Fire Apricot wasn't very dedicated.

She played the built-in mini -Game on the Communicator with a bored expression, the buttons clicking and occasionally accompanied by sound effects that seemed to indicate a reward or coins being deposited into her pocket.

With Nightless Sky Fire Apricot watched as yet another level on the screen was cleared, and sighed helplessly.

"Seriously, really... what's wrong with this Omia Boson? Is he going to stand us up?"

"Is he coming today or not? I've never heard of this guy being particularly cautious in my past dealings... Why did I receive an email today, but he hasn't shown up yet?"

"Logically, shouldn't he be extremely worried and concerned about news related to Supervisor Tennyson?!"