Chapter 558
However, Sadana's means of action are limited, and it cannot directly punch Xia'er from the other realm. It can only rely on intermittent commands to guide Keleisi's movements.
Right now, Sadana's strongest attack method would likely be to have Keleisi get close enough to itself and then burst out of the crystal to deliver a punch—but Xia'er would never give it that chance.
In reality, Xia'er is protected by Tara and Peirxi, so Keleisi can't get near her.
Yet, at the same time, Xia'er has no way to deal with Sadana, who is in the other realm.
It feels a bit like arguing through a computer in a past life, except Sadana really has the ability to punch through the screen, and Xia'er must quickly find a way to counter it.
"Then just stay here and get some good rest tonight. Don't go anywhere," Aivina said, sitting on the edge of the bed. "I'll keep you company."
"Huh?" Adele, standing nearby, was taken aback.
Isn't this my home?
If you all sleep here, where am I supposed to go?
Everywhere else has been turned into a lab!
"Then... I'll stay with you too," Adele said, sitting on the edge of the bed, hoping to secure a place to sleep.
"I can just sleep on the floor..." Tara mumbled, looking down, as if she also planned to stay tonight.
Under the "strong" insistence of everyone, Xia'er had no choice but to agree to rest for the night.
However, resting in the simulation wouldn't restore much of Xia'er's mental energy; a night of sleep might only equate to a few minutes of rest in reality... which felt like a huge waste of time to her.
So she decided to find the Pure White Knight later to discuss matters regarding Sadana.
She needed to gather more information, and the Pure White Knight clearly knew a lot about Sadana.
After washing the blood off in the bathroom, Xia'er dried her hair and changed into a set of clothes Adele had given her before walking back to Adele's room.
Since Adele's clothes were a bit big for Xia'er, she had to roll up the cuffs of the sleep pants and hold them up to keep them from slipping down.
Lying on the bed, Xia'er thought for a moment before shifting to a horizontal position, leaving space beside her—Adele's bed wasn't as big as the ones at Aivina's or Xia'er's home, so she could only lie sideways.
With her eyes closed, Xia'er focused on the red flash in her mind and actively expended mental energy to activate the 【All-Knowing】—
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Deep within the other realm, in a twisted ancient castle shrouded in mist.
A suit of pure white armor was fiddling with a massive metallic claw in front of it.
The claw, covered in sharp blades, had lost all semblance of its original form, but the hard white armor and the sharp fist blades looked extremely aggressive.
The armor also had numerous precise holes covered with transparent membranes, as if they were observation windows for the eyes beneath, giving the metallic arm a fragmented appearance, as if corroded with many holes.
Exposed between the joints of the armored fingers and the half-arm were numerous mechanical structures and gears connected to flesh and blood, which emitted a faint metallic whine as the claw moved.
Click-clack, click-clack—
The armored left hand stood up, moving side to side, seemingly struggling to adapt to its own body.
"Make do with it; it's better than your previous skin. Consider it an upgrade," the pure white armor said, releasing a cloud of white steam from the seams of its armor. "Remember what I told you? Just say you evolved on your own."
Click-click—
The massive claw lay on the ground, seemingly afraid, and nodded in agreement.
But soon, the claw gently shook its body, as if trying to express something.
"You want to go back? Are you out of your mind?" the pure white armor shook its head and said, "There are plenty of wild spirits in the other realm who don't even know what their path is... Do you think you can find a way to ascend before your life runs out?"
As the pure white armor spoke, it reached out and gently tapped the back of the claw, its voice softening slightly: "We're all lost souls... so don't be picky."
Just as the pure white armor was about to say more, a pendant on the nearby table began to glow with a red aura, the inscriptions on it seeming to shimmer slightly.
The claw seemed to sense something and began to scuttle toward the pendant, but the pure white armor yanked it back.
"Wait!"
The pure white armor, no longer lazy, stood up and walked toward the pendant, gently picking it up.
"Ahem... Can you hear me?" it pretended to cough a couple of times, inquiring with a metallic hum.
"I have a question for you," a vague female voice emerged from the glowing inscriptions.
"What is it?" the pure white armor asked, puzzled. "As for the path... I've already told you everything. If you're asking about your pet—guess what? It's alive!"
"Is that so... that's good... and... it's not my pet..."
The fragmented voice continued from the pendant.
"I wanted to ask you about... Sadana..."
Sadana...
The pure white armor tightened its grip on the pendant, and after a long pause, a voice finally emerged from within the armor.
"I know it... What do you want to ask?"
"If it involves anything that could put me in danger, I will refuse to answer."
After a brief pause, the pendant shaped like the Faceless Goddess glowed faintly red again, and the girl's voice came through, this time much clearer.
"What is my relationship with it? Why do I feel like it hates me?"
"And I feel... it is very familiar..."
These two simple questions plunged the pure white armor into silence.
"Sorry, I refuse to answer."
After a long silence, the pure white armor finally gave this response.
"I don't want to get involved in this matter, Lady Xia'er. Please forgive me."
"But what I can tell you is that it is lost; it has become a wandering soul."
"It went mad a long, long time ago."
Yes, a long, long time ago—so long that even the pure white armor had forgotten the concept of time.
"Thank you."
Only when the glow of the pendant dimmed did the pure white armor finally release it, turning to the massive claw that was sneaking over to grab the pendant.
The pure white armor walked up to the claw, directly hanging the pendant on the clasp on its back, securing it, and then patted the claw's back.
"What's this? You want to stay here with me? That's not impossible..."
Before the pure white armor could finish, the claw, having secured the pendant, opened its fingers and scampered away, bursting out of the ancient castle and crossing the brain bridge, disappearing from sight.
"Hahaha—"
After laughing a few times, the pure white armor stopped.
The vast, empty, twisted ancient castle was now left with only it, a solitary being from the other realm who had not yet gone mad.
It stood before the castle like a statue.
It had somewhat forgotten the origin of this castle, only remembering that it had been here long before it became the "Lord."
And "Lord" was something that had happened a long, long time ago...
So long that the concept of time had faded away.
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Meanwhile, in the simulation, Xia'er slowly opened her eyes.
She had just finished her conversation with the pure white armor, and her mental energy had been significantly drained.
After all, being separated by another realm, the "signal" was poor, and the consumption was multiplied.
Just as Xia'er was about to sit up for a drink of water, she realized her hands seemed unable to move.
On her left, Aivina was hugging her left arm, lying beside her, while on her right, a heavy head rested on her arm, making the blood flow a bit sluggish.
I specifically slept sideways... with all this space, you all just had to crowd over, huh...
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PS:
173 (overdue) - 4 (extra) = 169 (overdue)
Though I really want to split the chapters to let everyone do some tasks, I'm just so exhausted!!! I don't want to split anymore!!!
Classic joke time—limited return:
1. Fetuses only develop fingerprints at three months, so wouldn't it be hard to catch a two-month-old fetus committing a crime?
2. "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" is clearly written by a man with the surname Pu.
3. The human body is 80% water, so drinking eight cups of water can replace eating ten cups of humans.
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