Chapter 151

"I'll go first then, you guys stay here and don't wander off."

Abby, held in the Quack Doctor's arms, let out a soft voice, "Okay~"

Then she disappeared from there.

At this moment, Carmen looked around; all the employees were there.

If this hadn't actually happened before Carmen's eyes, she would hardly have believed it.

Sending employees to contain those monsters, sending them to their deaths, would still yield energy, and without any risk whatsoever.

As long as that contract exists, even if a god were to come, this rule must be followed.

And afterwards, with the company's restructuring, everyone will return to their original state and remember nothing.

Sending employees to their deaths is both safe and fast.

However, Xiao Huasheng still chose to face these things alone, to face this group of frenzied monsters.

If it's option A... if it's the ideal model for Carmen, would they do this?

No... they won't.

Even the noblest people Carmen knew would almost always choose this path when faced with a choice that would yield results with almost no sacrifice for anyone.

No the City dweller would make such a foolish choice.

But Xiao Huasheng missed the correct answer and chose this option instead.

She didn't want anyone to suffer here.

Carmen stood silently in front of the control panel, her short blue hair gleaming faintly in the cold light of the emergency lights.

She stared at the spot where Xiao Huasheng had disappeared, and deep within her golden eyes, something as solid as ice was quietly melting.

She was a participant in the project and knew the cruel logic behind that energy.

Efficiency, optimal solution, necessary sacrifice... these words were once the cornerstone of her worldview.

Lobotomy Corporation's operating model is based on placing humanity on a scale to weigh the energy value it can obtain.

Send your employees to their deaths.

After the reset, everything is back to zero; pain and death will be forgotten, and only energy will be truly accumulated.

She had long since accepted this cold-blooded "correctness".

Even when she temporarily replaced Angela in her position, she viewed Xiao Huasheng through this lens, seeing him as a seemingly naive, even somewhat foolish, decision-maker.

In Carmen's view...

Xiao Huasheng was like a cute doll, a toy that could be manipulated at will with a little guidance.

This supervisor, who wielded the power to reset everything and treat the fates of others as mere commodities, stubbornly chose the most difficult and dangerous path time and time again.

She put herself in danger rather than stand by and watch others die.

Whether in the past or now.

She could have easily abandoned the Human Imperium and left, and before leaving, she could have used the Imperium one last time, obtaining massive amounts of energy unconditionally...

Xiao Huasheng can have no bottom line.

But the Angel's repeated choices were like blunt instruments striking her preconceived notions.

Carmen pursed her red lips; perhaps this was also the reason why Angela was willing to follow her.

"What are you thinking about?" Carmen's eyes were fixed on the red-haired Angel on the monitor, her understanding of her deepening once again.

Let's return our attention to Xiao Huasheng's birth.

She felt a little embarrassed by what was in front of her.

"So... Angela has been touching this all along?"

Xiao Huasheng couldn't see the end of this flesh-and-blood passage at all; it was like a door, inviting people to enter.

This thing is very similar to the fleshy thing she encountered at the comic convention before, or more accurately, it's like the Toad Wall from Naruto, only this version is even more disgusting.

"Never mind, there's probably nothing I need to deal with inside."

After realizing he couldn't go any further, Xiao Huasheng turned and left without lingering.

All that remained was the passage of flesh and blood, opening and closing directly in front of Xiao Huasheng.

Soon, she encountered the Abnormality again.

One Sin and Hundreds of Good Deeds, its cross swaying in the air like a leisurely old man.

When Xiao Huasheng saw it, he first greeted it.

"Oh, you're here too."

The red-haired Angel reached out his hand and spoke to the bones in front of him.

One Sin and Hundreds of Good Deeds: "Dududududududadada."

"?"

Xiao Huasheng looked at it, puzzled.

Hahahaha.

Then, the Old Bones, chuckling, said, "Hmm, just kidding, you're the one who taught me this, aren't you?"

Looking at the Old Bones, Xiao Huasheng glanced at the energy bar that wasn't full yet, and the thought of atonement arose in his mind.

Even the smallest bit of meat is still meat, isn't it?

Suddenly, Xiao Huasheng became serious.

Sensing the change in atmosphere, the Old Bones also looked at Xiao Huasheng.

She took a deep breath, took a small step forward, and said in a slightly lower voice than usual, "Um... I want to atone for what I did before..."

One Sin and Hundreds of Good Deeds stared at her with their empty eye sockets, then shook their heads and spoke.

"Your sins... have been paid for."

Xiao Huasheng abruptly raised her head, her bright eyes filled with astonishment. "... What?"

"You are clean, you do not need to atone to me," the Old Bones said.

Xiao Huasheng was deeply shocked by these words.

Chapter Nine: The Wretched Little Angel's Song [1 Update]

The idea of squeezing every last drop of profit out of the Old Bones has completely fallen through!

But then, the Old Bones spoke up, reminding her. "Although you don't need to atone for your sins, I'll still give you a heads-up. Ahead, there's a heinous creature. If you can't deal with it, you can always come to me for protection."

The Old Bones said this.

Faced with it, Xiao Huasheng quickly waved his hand and refused.

"No need, I'll handle it. You can go for your stroll now, sir."

Then she left and headed in the direction the Old Bones had indicated.

The Old Bones sighed and said, "Perhaps this is why you've always maintained this heart, no matter how time changes."

In a corner unseen by Xiao Huasheng, the Big Bird silently emerged from the Flesh Door.

At this point, the lights stopped flickering and became completely silent.

It gazed in the direction the Angel had gone, holding its lantern, and followed the Angel.

Within that Flesh Space, there seemed to be some things that even Xiao Huasheng was unaware of.

After that, Xiao Huasheng directly encountered an entity that he was quite familiar with.

As Xiao Huasheng walked through the dark corridor, his ears were gradually filled with a magnificent yet mournful chorus.

She stood beneath the archway of the hall, gazing at the Distortion silhouettes cast by the Silent Orchestra in the flickering candlelight.

The conductor's bone staff sliced through the air, and the musical notes danced around as if they were real objects.

The Silent Orchestra was in the hall, its conductor waving his baton and leading his singers in chanting the Song of the Apocalypse.

"Uh-huh."

Xiao Huasheng frowned slightly and gently tapped the marble pillar with his fingertips, eliciting a series of crisp tapping sounds.

The conductor's smiling mask suddenly turned towards her, his baton hovered in mid-air, and all the vocal parts came to an abrupt halt.

"Ah—" the conductor chuckled as he sang a drawn-out aria, "Isn't this the little Nightingale who always skips music class?"

"Don't call me that." Xiao Huasheng looked at it helplessly, and knew that the band wouldn't behave themselves in the company.

"After all, you are our only disciple, aren't you, hmm?" the conductor said, and the other singers nodded in agreement. Although they could only sing, they still liked Xiao Huasheng quite a bit.

Xiao Huasheng was arguably the most intelligent child they had ever encountered, so naturally they liked him very much.

"If my teacher had used even 30% of the energy she put into coaxing people to sing to teach me how to read music, I wouldn't always be singing the wrong part in chorus." Xiao Huasheng shook his head, then became serious. "But you, how did you end up holding an open-air concert at the Central Radio and Television Station?"

The conductor twirled gracefully, his tuxedo sweeping across the scattered musical notes on the floor, and said, "The dome of heaven is too high, the audience in hell is too noisy, only the cries of sinners can truly inspire creativity."

He suddenly leaned closer, his mask almost touching Xiao Huasheng's nose, "Would you like to hear the newly composed 'Atonement Fugue'?"

"Don't want."

"Oh--" the commander-in-chief exclaimed, clearly disappointed.

Xiao Huasheng refused swiftly.

"How tragic it is for music when there is no audience for a performance. We should be singing for the world to know..." said the conductor of the Silent Orchestra. Although Xiao Huasheng could not see the expression behind his mask, he felt an unbelievable sadness.

"After trying to sing in such grand settings, we can no longer concentrate on slowly showcasing our singing voices," the conductor added.

Clearly, this specifically refers to the singing on Slaanesh's side.

"In other words, you're so lonely that you've lost your inspiration, huh?" Xiao Huasheng said, hands on his hips, pouting as he looked at the commander-in-chief.

"How could this be... Well, we really have run out of inspiration." The conductor finally admitted, then continued, "Since you're here, why don't you join us for a duet? Just like before."

After thinking for a while, Xiao Huasheng decided that he needed to gain some influence within the orchestra.

The way to get energy is to join their chorus and communicate with them.

Previously, if Xiao Huasheng sang poorly, the conductor would hit his palms, which didn't hurt at all but was extremely humiliating.

Now I don't have that problem anymore.

"Then let's go." Xiao Huasheng nodded and went directly to the position behind the other sections, a spot the orchestra had specially made for her.

"Prepare."

The commander-in-chief was equally decisive, waving his baton high before slamming it down.

This marked the official start of the exercise.

The suppressed voice within was sung out.

Xiao Huasheng's voice, like moonlight piercing through blood mist, soared in harmony with the singer.

She saw the musical notes materialize into golden threads, wrapping around the limbs of all the Abnormality, and the spikes Puncture Paradise slowly closed, causing the other Abnormality to fall into a brief trance.

The Big Bird, carrying the lantern, suddenly stopped in its tracks, frozen in place, sensing the Angel's voice from the depths of its soul.

The commander-in-chief's bone staff traced a dazzling arc.

Xiao Huasheng raised the pitch, and the energy surging in her throat made her pupils gleam slightly.

She clearly only has one throat, yet she sang two voices simultaneously, creating an unusual harmony. It's hard not to say that this was due to the Reality-Warping Ability.

Xiao Huasheng, like a karaoke king with a microphone, became the main theme of the band, without any hesitation.

It has to be said that singing in front of a large group of people is addictive; at least Xiao Huasheng has been trained to be like that.

She was happy to vent her emotions in this way.

Xiao Huasheng closed his eyes and sang, also enjoying the pleasure of singing.

Originally, the Song of the Apocalypse was supposed to lead to an extinction-like atmosphere, but under her guidance, the music softened somewhat and became less extreme.

But this is absolutely uncharted territory.

With his superb conducting skills, the conductor, even without knowing what Xiao Huasheng was singing, predicted the direction of her singing and guided the entire orchestra to sing together.