The recluse

Lin Yu's words undoubtedly enraged Ailan Rainbowlight.

Almost instantly...

Lin Yu could sense the dangerous aura emanating from Ailan Rainbowlight.

This Miss of the Duke family, who had almost relaxed, seemed to have transformed once again into that "Adventurer" who would face dangerous environments inside the Gate of Boundary in search of rare materials.

Although the Barren Realm lacks extraordinary technologies like "materialized Killing Intent," Lin Yu could still clearly sense it...

Ailan Rainbowlight now desperately wants to kill himself.

But...

In the end, she did not take action.

As his anger and Killing Intent gradually subsided, Ailan Rainbowlight exhaled a long breath once more.

"Call--"

Upon hearing Ailan Rainbowlight's breath, Lin Yu was the first to show surprise.

"Oh... I thought you'd be furious and attack me directly."

"I'm not a child anymore, I won't mess things up because of my emotions," Ailan Rainbowlight paused slightly, then continued, "Besides... what you said isn't entirely wrong."

Ailan said with a hint of self-deprecation, "Aide really did die because of me—he got involved in this mess because of me."

"If I get angry just because someone tells the truth, I'd be incredibly petty... But now I'm a little curious, why are you saying all this? Are you just trying to provoke me?"

"You wouldn't be trying to sabotage the cooperation between me and Your Excellency Huo Ming, would you?"

Lin Yu shook his head. "No, because I also hope to meet Omia Bosen through you, and even better if I could meet the 'Creator'."

"However, I do hope to provoke you... but this 'provoke' is more like I want to see how you will react."

Ailan nodded, quickly accepting Lin Yu's explanation.

"So? What are you trying to find out by testing me?"

"It's not a test, it's confirmation," Lin Yu said softly, "Confirming your hatred... I need to know how much you hate to know if you can ultimately stand on our side, and in what form."

"Because... I'll most likely be going to be against this murderer."

Ailan Rainbowlight said softly, "Does that even need confirmation? Even if I don't hate him intensely, he killed my Partner and brother, so how could I possibly let him go?"

Lin Yu nodded. "Yes, but 'not letting go' can take many forms... For example, if we had already parted ways or even had some conflicts of interest by then, would you still cooperate with us for Revenge, putting aside past grievances?"

"Or, what would be the priority of Revenge, what would it take precedence over—if you had other plans at the time, because of your team or the Creator, but we contacted you and confirmed that we had located the murderer... would you have come regardless of everything?"

Ailan Rainbowlight listened to Lin Yu's words, nodded in understanding, and then sighed.

"So, it seems I don't hate as much as I thought... I probably can't do any of what you're saying."

"I can't put my 'Revenge' above what's 'right'."

"It's not hard to see that, is it? If this matter truly makes me hate it so much that I can't let it go, I'll take action when you test me... In the end, I've also prepared myself for Aide to sacrifice himself."

"After all, what we're doing is something that can kill people, something very dangerous."

Lin Yu turned his head and stared at Ailan Rainbowlight, making Ailan herself feel a little uneasy.

"What's wrong, Arthur?"

"It's nothing... It's just that my judgment is exactly the opposite of yours," Lin Yu shook his head and said, "I just feel that when you really have the opportunity to 'take Revenge,' Revenge will absolutely take precedence over everything else for you."

Ailan Rainbowlight was surprised. "I really don't understand how you figured that out... But I definitely know me better than you do, I know my own thoughts very well."

Lin Yu didn't insist on persuading Ailan: "Hmm, that's true..."

"However, on the other hand, I can actually understand Aide Rainbowlight —you say you don't know what he's thinking, but I can probably figure it out."

"Aide Rainbowlight should be very grateful to you—he won't blame you for getting him involved in these things."

"And he was absolutely prepared to sacrifice himself long ago."

Lin Yu spoke softly, and Ailan paused for a moment before shaking her head.

"You talk like you know Aide... You've never even met that guy, have you?"

"But now that I know you, I can certainly see him through you... at least I can see the way you two get along," Lin Yu said calmly. "I can quite understand your dynamic."

Ailan Rainbowlight seemed unwilling to discuss the topic further, pursing his lips. "Whatever you say."

The two of them caught up with the figure of Nightless Sky Fire Apricot at that moment—mainly because Nightless Sky Fire Apricot had also slowed down her pace.

Hearing footsteps behind her, Nightless Sky Fire Apricot turned around and spoke with a grin.

"We should head up now. Climb up this pipe, and we'll be almost at the Abandoned Outpost in Sector W2 that you mentioned..."

"Once we get up there, it will be your turn to lead the way... Lord Ailan."

As she spoke, Nightless Sky Fire Apricot tapped on the pipe wall next to her, then opened an airtight valve on the pipe.

As the valve opened, the musty smell of rust wafted from inside the pipe, Nightless Sky Fire Apricot immediately took the lead and crawled inside.

Ailan Rainbowlight followed closely behind.

Two Miss from Noble crawled through this dirty pipe that would make many employees of large companies frown, without any hesitation.

After all...

As an "Adventurer," Ailan Rainbowlight is obviously no stranger to all sorts of dirty and chaotic environments, otherwise he wouldn't have such a code name.

The Nightless Sky Fire Apricot uses underground pipes as public transportation on a daily basis, and most of their travel is done through various pipes.

Lin Yu, along with a group of Summoned Creature, followed closely behind and entered the pipe.

Nightless Sky Fire Apricot was indeed very familiar with the pipelines. Even though it was pitch black inside, she still led everyone to quickly find the correct direction to go upwards and began to climb along the upward-facing pipe.

"Bang!"

As the Nightless Sky Fire Apricot opened the lid at the end, a howling cold wind, along with cold air, poured back into the pipes.

At this moment, the light in the Great Wilderness had already dimmed, but because their current location was a vast expanse of white frozen snowfield covered with a lot of snow, the piles of white snow reflected the light, so it was not particularly dark.

"Phew... W District really is always cold. The nights here are absolutely freezing."

Nightless Sky Fire Apricot spoke, she consciously gave up the "leader" position and waited for Ailan Rainbowlight to begin leading the way.

Ailan Rainbowlight, gazing at the silhouettes of mountains on the distant horizon, quickly determined their location and began to lead the way.

Perhaps because of her previous negotiations with Lin Yu, Ailan Rainbowlight became somewhat quiet as she walked through the frozen ground in the cold wind, only speaking occasionally when necessary to indicate the next direction or to remind everyone to watch their step.

Soon...

They approached the foot of a towering Snow Mountain.

There, in the distance, one can see an abandoned Outpost —several small, three-story-high huts with metal shells stand beside a giant rock at the foot of the mountain. The huts are connected by circular pipes that form a corridor, creating a unified whole.

The reason it can be determined to be abandoned is that the Outpost markings and company emblems carved on the giant rock have long been eroded beyond recognition, and the Signal Tower on the top of the central hut, which should have been continuously illuminating the location and sending alchemical signals, is either turned off or even half-collapsed.

This place has clearly been neglected for a long time, and its basic function as Outpost has been lost.

But...

With Ailan Rainbowlight's introduction, Lin Yu, who was visiting, knew very well that although this place was no longer a Great Wilderness Outpost, it had become Omia Bosen's stronghold, just like the storage and Mining District that had been occupied by the Nightless Sky Fire Apricot before.

Therefore, although functional devices such as the alchemy signal tower may fail, the Outpost's life support system and other living functions are still operating normally.

The warm light shining through the windows of the central hut offered a glimpse into the situation—although the curtains were not drawn, the light was enough to convince anyone that the Outpost was now occupied.

Ailan Rainbowlight didn't stand on ceremony and swaggered into the Outpost's area—the walls that had once housed many automated weapons and interception devices had mostly collapsed and were no longer functional.

"It seems the person living here is very confident he won't be found... At least if it were me, I would repair and reuse these existing 'protective measures'."

Stiller commented.

"It's also possible that he's confident in his abilities and doesn't need these protective measures," Nightless Sky Fire Apricot added. "As for that 'Omia Bosen'... I wouldn't be surprised if he had that kind of confidence."

"Although he's a Noble and an investor, I've heard he's quite skilled in practical Alchemy."

Nightless Sky Fire Apricot spoke, Ailan Rainbowlight nodded.

"That's right, so everyone in our organization can actually play the role of an 'Adventurer' – everyone's Combat Power and direct combat ability are quite good."

Then, Ailan Rainbowlight stood directly in front of the main house and kicked the heavily sealed Metal Door.

"Clang! Clang!"

Under Ailan's immense force, the heavy Metal Door trembled violently, and then a few seconds later...

The door was opened directly.

"Ailan, you idiot, don't you have hands? Even if you don't want to ring the doorbell I specially fixed, you should at least knock, right?"

A middle-aged man with graying, slightly balding hair, a long beard, and wearing dark yellow loungewear opened the door, grumbling and cursing.

Then, he was somewhat stunned.

The middle-aged man's gaze swept around and landed on Stiller.

"Damn it—the dogs of the Truth Company!"

"Ailan Rainbowlight... have you betrayed me?!"