After Zhong Lingfan left, Xu Zhi forged the Lantern. With the upgraded materials, the forged Lantern carried a touch more refinement.
Because of Little Aberration's changes, this Lantern had also become black and gold. It felt slightly heavy in her hand, exuding an antique elegance. It looked less like an everyday item and more like an ornament.
Once the Lantern was finished, Xu Zhi went to Little Aberration before sunset. She first interacted with it for a while to soothe it, then sat upon one of its towering branches and waited for night to fall.
She took out the Game Console and asked the Narrator, "Do you know what the Federation believers are planning?"
[Unknown.]
[But it certainly won't be anything good. Just be careful.]
[Still, even if the entire Federation is covered by the formation, Cloud City probably won't be affected as long as there is no formation within it.]
"Even so, we can't just stand by and do nothing, can we?" Xu Zhi sounded rather troubled.
[That's true. We've already offended them beyond repair anyway, so destroy every plan we can.]
"Will that help?"
[Unknown, but it's better than waiting helplessly for death.]
"True." Xu Zhi sighed. If she could, she truly did not want to deal with such matters. They were far too troublesome.
It was all the fault of whoever had caused this mess. Since they were already dead, they should have stayed properly dead!
Why come back to life at all?
"You old bastard!"
[Who are you cursing?]
Xu Zhi froze. "That person, obviously."
[Oh.]
Seeing that, Xu Zhi suddenly realized something and burst out laughing. "You thought I was cursing you?"
"Calling you an old bastard? So you really are one?"
[No, I'm not, I'm not.]
The Narrator quickly denied it three times in