Space Station.
All the researchers fell silent. The Aeon of Joy had been there from the very beginning.
For who knew how long, he had been watching all along.
Just how bored was he?
"For now, it seems that virtual Aha still appreciates Yan Huan's behavior. He may be cursing him, but it's more likely approval," Asta said.
In Herta's office, everyone else nodded as well.
The Aeon of Joy had not attacked Yan Huan. Not only had he been watching from the start, he had even turned into a big gray wolf and listened to Yan Huan ramble for nearly an hour.
If that wasn't love, what was?
If Yan Huan had not been so neurotic that he became a little unbearable, Aha might have kept playing the big gray wolf for a while longer.
"Kid, your project is pretty interesting, huh?"
Inside the Simulated Universe, the Aeon Aha clasped his hands behind his back and began observing the world.
"If not for a few differences in the details, I'd have believed I was the real thing."
"What differences?" Yan Huan asked.
"What's it to you?" Aha frowned.
Yan Huan: "..."
He scratched his head. What was he supposed to do after meeting an Aeon again?
Oh, right. Explore the mysteries of Aeons.
That was what Herta had told him before he entered.
Thinking that, Yan Huan's expression turned serious.
"By the way, how can I kill you?"
Aha: "?"
For a moment, the entire sky darkened.
Under the gaze of all the researchers, the Aeon of Joy blankly curled his lips.
"What the hell did you just say?"
With every word, the entire Simulated Universe grew a little dimmer.
"Ms. Herta, this is bad! A terrifying Imaginary Energy fluctuation has appeared in the Simulated Universe. It may have come from Aeon Aha!" an assistant reported anxiously in the office.
Herta: "..."
Static had already begun crackling from the screen. This was not a television screen, but a projection of the Simulated Universe's scenery.
If it made that sound, it meant that world was on the verge of collapse.
After Yan Huan asked that question, the researchers responsible for observation at the Space Station were so frightened that they dropped their notebooks.
Fuck.
He had asked an Aeon, right to his face, how to kill him.
Even someone with a ten-year brain clot couldn't pull something like that!
"Damn it, I should've sealed his mouth shut with Gao Bu!" March 7th stared at Aha on the screen as his terrifying aura erupted, utterly petrified.
That was an Aeon.
Even though it was only a virtual body within the Simulated Universe, its oppressive presence made the lights throughout Herta Space Station flicker on and off.
Like a lone island on the verge of collapse.
And Yan Huan, standing before Aha, was enduring the fiercest pressure of all.
"Bang—!!" The stone tiles beneath his feet shattered, and both his feet sank into the ground.
Even through the screen, it felt as though an entire mountain range had been dropped onto his shoulders, carrying immense force.
The pressure was terrifying. Yan Huan was nearly crushed into the earth, yet his expression remained unchanged, his face still adorably blank.
His face did not redden, and his heart did not race.
The Aeon of Joy furrowed his brows.
"Kid, do you think it's appropriate to say something like that? I'm an Aeon, you know?"
In an instant, a terrifying energy fluctuation erupted directly from the data array in Herta's office.
"Boom—!!"
The entire Herta Space Station shook several times.
Even the chair supporting Yan Huan's real body within the data array shattered.
He fell down and lay amid the array like a sleeping beauty.
"What, I'm not allowed to ask?" Yan Huan said.
The Aeon of Joy fell silent.
He truly had no idea what the human before him was thinking.
Surging Imaginary Energy swept through every corner of the Simulated Universe like a tsunami, causing alarms to blare from every instrument aboard the Space Station.
The next moment, Aha raised a hand and dispersed the dark clouds in the sky.
That terrifying pressure vanished with them.
The entire Herta Space Station resumed normal operations.
Aha's curses came through the screen as he gave a thumbs-up.
"You really are one fucking talent!!"
"Asking an Aeon something like that right to his face—just how serious is your condition?"
Yan Huan brushed the dust that had landed on his shoulders and calmly climbed out of the crater the pressure had forced him into.
"Isn't that just basic stuff?" Yan Huan replied.
"Then why didn't you take the blessing of my Path? Why did you take that thing instead?"
"Abundance looks good. I already told you."
"You really fucking... What faction does your real body belong to?" Aha suddenly asked. "Why not just come to me? I need talent like you!"
Yan Huan curled his lips.
"I don't belong to any faction. If I really had to say, people call me a Trailblazer now, so just treat me as part of the Trailblaze faction."
Aha looked puzzled.
"Akivili is already gone. Did you board the Star Rail Express?"
His eyes widened.
"What good does that do you? How much power can a vanished Aeon provide?"
The corners of Yan Huan's mouth lifted.
"What does the power of a Path matter? I've never even used it."
Aha said, "Having it is better than not having it! How about this? Come to me, and I'll make you the next Aeon—a prime candidate! No particular reason. I just like lunatics like you!"
After interacting with him, Aha discovered that Yan Huan's level of insanity was truly top-tier.
He was genuinely sick in the head.
If he walked the Path of Elation, his future would be limitless.
Yan Huan frowned. "What do you mean by that? Are you calling me a lunatic?"
Aha looked confused. "Is there even any room for debate?"
He pointed at everyone in the Space Station beyond the screen and said seriously.
"I don't believe they've never called you that."
Everyone at the Space Station fell silent again.
"..."
They no longer knew what to say.
Was this an invitation for Yan Huan to discuss his condition?
Still, it did seem rather fitting.
"Besides, in this world, who doesn't rely on the power of a Path?"
Aha clasped his hands behind his back and raised his brows at Yan Huan.
"Just now, you were asking how to kill an Aeon, right?"
Yan Huan nodded. "Yeah."
"That's it. If you want to kill an Aeon, the fastest and most convenient way is to have another Aeon kill him."
A vicious expression appeared on Aha's face.
"Walk my Path, and I'll give you power. Then you can kill whoever you want! Hah, I may look like this, but very few Aeons would dare to truly clash with me."
Although he did not know which Aeon Yan Huan wanted dead, Aha was certain it was not himself.
No particular reason.
Just intuition.
As far as he was concerned, it did not matter which Aeon died.
Besides, people on his Path attracted hatred one way or another. Making enemies was already commonplace.
"So? Interested?"
"You're surprisingly nice."
Seeing Yan Huan on the verge of being poached by virtual Aha, March 7th was already frantic in the office.
"No, he isn't really going to get poached, is he? That's just a virtual Aeon. What can he possibly give him?" March 7th asked anxiously.
Dan Heng shook his head.
"If even a virtual Aeon approves of him, then the result would be the same even if the real Aeon came."
Inside the Simulated Universe, Aha said confidently.
"In that case, when you return to reality, just shout 'NMSL,' and my real body will find you. Then you can inherit the power of Elation, hahahahaha!"
Yan Huan raised a hand. "Are you really that awesome?"
Aha said proudly, "Of course!"
Yan Huan's eyes gleamed. "Then can you tell me what breed of mouse this is?"
He pulled out a charred mouse head. From its condition, only its sharp teeth could be made out.
Aha raised his brows.
"What mouse? That's a duck!"
Yan Huan said, "Oh? A duck?"
Aha said rather proudly.
"Yeah, it's a new breed. It's called Rat-rat, I'm a Duck!"
Watching these two lunatics, everyone at the Space Station was rendered speechless again.
After a long silence.
"...They're sick, aren't they?"
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