"Chen Xuan, do you have a way to save this city?" Lin Qing asked quietly. "I don't want to see the organization get its way."
Her fists were clenched, unmistakable anger flashing in her eyes.
Whatever justification the organization offered, its methods were exactly the same as before: as long as it achieved its goals, it did not care how many innocent people had to be sacrificed.
Chen Xuan did not answer immediately.
He watched as more and more refugees knelt in prayer before him, considering what would happen next. If the Sky Patroller really was destroyed, it would undoubtedly give the Dimensional Limit Organization a huge boost. It would mean they could use the same method against the other Nano-Lifeforms. This war would ultimately end in the organization's total victory, and the world would fall under its control once again.
If he chose to do nothing, simply returning to the Ability Store and cutting all ties with the future, Lin Qing would probably sulk, but she would not fall out with him over it. After all, they still had one ultimate option: changing the future.
Whether it was the organization, the Gospel Society, or some other group that emerged, he had nearly a hundred years to deal with them.
But he kept feeling that things were not that simple.
That Jade Token, the pitch-black coin, the sacrificial and contamination rituals—all of it lingered in his mind.
"Let's head back to the Ability Store first," Chen Xuan finally said. "There are still a few things I need to figure out before we act."
Fortunately, Honglian, Wang Zihu, and the others had all stayed in the dormitory rather than wandering off. After having everyone return to the Ability Store through the back door, he gave them a rough account of the