Professor Mo struggled to lift his head and looked toward the Mutant Bai Ye. Though he could not make out Bai Ye's appearance, his cloudy eyes were filled with relief.
"Mr. Bai, thank you for helping Lu Chen and uncovering the truth for humanity."
"No need to thank me. Tell me about Qilin and the Delusion Eye first."
Listening to Professor Mo's intermittent voice, Bai Ye feared the old man would pull some television-drama stunt, croak right after reaching the crucial part, and leave them hanging.
He spoke rapidly. "Is there any safe way to shut down Qilin, then use another artificial—"
The moment he heard the words "shut down Qilin," Professor Mo became agitated. "Qilin cannot be shut down!!"
Professor Mo's shout startled Bai Ye. "Why—holy shit!?"
Perhaps his emotions had been too intense. After shouting, Professor Mo's Blood Qi surged upward, turning his aged face bright red, as though something had caught in his throat.
"Ugh..."
His eyes bulged wide as blood vessels instantly filled the whites of his eyes, and then... crack!
Professor Mo died.
Fine, fine, fine! Bai Ye laughed in fury. Reality was even more ridiculous than fucking television dramas. At least those dramas spent a while talking nonsense before someone died at the crucial moment.
Reality just went crack.
Time Reversal!
"Mr. Bai, thank you for helping Lu Chen and uncovering the truth for humanity."
"No need to thank me. Tell me about the Delusion Eye first."
Professor Mo froze. He found Bai Ye's urgency strange, but he said nothing and slowly revealed the truth of that year.
"The Delusion Eye never went out of control."
Bai Ye frowned. "It never went out of control? Then how did it affect Qilin and break the boundary between reality and illusion in Green Vine City?"
Professor