"Can you... make me stronger?"
[I'm sorry I can't just give you invincibility like she did.]
Characters flying.
[But I can clear your mind and eyes so that you can discover the hidden truth yourself.]
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Chapter 74: Disclosure
“Why is this happening…why is this happening!!!???”
The closed door could not block out the hissing roar.
Lushier-Dreyerman looked at the crazy woman quietly and said to her softly, "Calm down, agent, you hurt me a little."
"How do you expect me to calm down..." Xia Yibing panted softly, her dark eyes filled with anger, "I can't find her in the Dream Ruins... She was dragged to the Dead City by someone!!!"
They planned to go in together.
In Xia Yibing's opinion, whether it is success or failure, at least Hitzfeld will not be out of her sight.
Whether they were going to the Dead City West Grant or the Dream World Dream Ruins, they should stay close together. He could provide protection for the girl at any time.
But the current situation is that Hitzfeld obviously did not succeed. Xia Yibing sneaked into the dream world alone and only found Casimir who was having a nightmare in the wicker bar in the dream ruins. He did not even see the shadow of the girl.
This can only mean one thing, that is, Hitzfeld was pulled into the Undead City alone.
How could this not make her worry.
How could she possibly stay calm?
"Remember your identity, agent." Lu Xier's tone seemed extremely cold at this moment. "You swore to devote everything to your career. Can a mere love between a man and a woman make you degenerate into an ordinary person?"
Xia Yibing's eyelids twitched a few times, and suddenly a scene flashed before her eyes... the scene of her family being eaten by nightmares.
What did you do at that time?
Villefort described my state of “extreme rage” and “extreme calm”… and said that I was born for this job because I always knew how to act at the most dangerous moment.
Yes Yes……
This is me.
I can't...and shouldn't...be like this.
After taking a few breaths, Xia Yibing quietly let go of Lu Xi'er.
"Very good." Lu Xier nodded, "It seems that the real 'Summer Night Sword Ghost' has returned again."
"Tell me what you need next, Agent. Do you need me to continue hypnotizing you?"
Just now, after confirming that Hitzfeld could not be found in the dream ruins, Xia Yibing immediately controlled herself to wake up.
Then he fell asleep again and woke up again...repeated this behavior many times, trying to enter the undead city West Grant to find the girl.
It was all in vain every time, and in the end she couldn't fall asleep anymore.
After all, the human body is not a machine, and it cannot fall asleep just because it wants to. Especially when her mood fluctuates more and more, when anxiety and anger replace the peaceful state of mind, it is really difficult for a person to fall asleep naturally.
So the next few times when she fell asleep, Xia Yibing had to ask Lu Xi'er for help, and let her use some simple hypnotic gestures to help her fall asleep.
"No, that's not necessary." Xia Yibing shook her head. "Hitzfeld...is not a weakling. We shouldn't continue wasting our energy before we figure out what happened."
She said this mainly because she remembered the series of strange attitudes that Hitzfeld had shown before going to bed, and even during the day.
She seemed to know what was going to happen.
She seemed to know that she would encounter accidents and dangers.
She also asked me to trust her no matter what happened.
So I……
One shouldn't doubt her decision.
"Dreyerman." After thinking for a while, Xia Yibing looked at the nurse, "Where are the books and notes in the package she was holding before?"
"There." Lu Xier pointed to the other end of the bed, "I saw her hide a notebook under her pillow."
Xia Yibing lifted her legs and used her knees as a fulcrum to sit astride the sleeping girl. She then pulled out a thick brown-covered notebook from under the pillow where she was resting her head.
It’s not that thick actually, about 2 to 3 centimeters.
But if you calculate that every page in it is filled with words, it would be very heavy indeed.
It was almost dusk when Xia Yibing returned the package and the letter. After discussing with Hitzfeld, she was shocked by the girl's plan. She was thinking about it from dinner until she watched the girl fall asleep, and had no time to care about the information.
She just witnessed Hitzfeld flipping through them, that's all.
Will it be in here...
My heart trembles.
The next moment, the woman resolutely opened the cover and saw a line of small words written in red ink on top of the dense black characters.
[If I fall into a deep sleep, do not try to rescue me. There are more important things waiting for you to do.]
This is Hitzfeld's handwriting!
Xia Yibing was a little excited. It was impossible for her to admit her mistake. This showed that Hitzfeld was indeed prepared.
She is sure!
Then she will most likely be fine!
She continued to turn the pages, and sure enough, she saw - there were messages in the empty space at the top of every page of the notebook.
[If this really happens, it means that the organization behind the library can no longer hold back.]
[It means that through the Black Snake, they realized... I understood and saw through their plan, and maybe even understood the process of how they planned all this, and understood the principle of how they created the disaster.]
[They would never allow me to continue living or staying awake like this.]
[And if I tell these secrets to someone else, there is no doubt that person will suffer the same fate as me, thanks to their ability to discern people’s hearts…there will be no chance for us to turn the tables in reality.]
[So, Xia.]
[If you can't find me in the Dream Ruins, and you haven't been pulled into the Dead City, then at least it means that the first step of our counterattack was successful.]
Xia Yibing could hardly believe her eyes.
It turns out that this guy...is treating me as bait?
I couldn't wait to continue turning the pages.
[You must be very curious about the disaster that loomed over Orwater, West Grant, and South Sinze... and now that their energy should have been tied up by me, I can tell you.]
[The answer is greed.]
[I guess the Black Snake is an evil spirit created entirely by human beings. It is a collection of greed, without any self-awareness, and only the land of desire can attract its attention.]
Before they could fully understand what this description meant, Xia Yibing and Lu Xi'er heard a commotion outside the door.
"This pub is so shabby... I can't believe I have to live in a place like this..."
"Tris... do you know how many connections I had to go through to get here?"
"This is one of the few taverns with vacant rooms. If you want to take wedding photos at the fountain pool in South Bridge Square at sunrise, this is our only choice."
"Is that so? There's really nothing I can do..."
"Who told you to choose this? I really don't understand why you have to go to Nanqiao Square... You know, the travel expenses alone are enough for us to live in our hometown for half a year."
"Because Tracy married her lover here! That's what was written in "Love Story of Southbridge"!"
"It's one of those unrealistic love stories..."
"Don't you dare talk about Tracy and Zera like that!"
"If you continue to say bad things about them, don't even think about me talking to you anymore!"
The noisy noise gradually faded away.
Xia Yibing had a wooden face and stared blankly at the red words marked on the last page.
[Those who have seen the light cannot endure the darkness any longer.]
[Those who have eaten the fruit cannot forgive the mediocre past.]
[Two lines of progress, multiple achievements.]
[That’s why I’ve always wanted to shut down those newspapers.]
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Chapter 75 Questions and Answers
The second floor of the library, central hall.
The pure white tree exudes a holy light, and combined with the oil lamps lit on each bookshelf, anyone who comes here will feel magnificent.
Noble but not vulgar, elegant but not distant. It seems that the dancing branches are within reach, and every movement is an invitation to oneself.
But Hitzfeld took no further steps.
She kept the most "perfect" distance from the tree - so that the branches could not reach her no matter how they moved.
"You said you could give me 'wisdom'." After a pause, she said in a deep voice, "By eating the fruit?"
[That's right.] The branch continued to write golden characters in the air, [I will condense everything I know into a fruit. If you eat it, you will understand all the truth.]
After saying this, it stopped dancing. A bulge gradually formed on the branch closest to the girl, and then the bulge blossomed and bore fruit at a speed visible to the naked eye, forming a bright red fruit in a far more complex way than the previous results.
Hitzfeld stared at the fruit, and his throat moved unconsciously.
"I need you to explain your origins first." She insisted on staying where she was. "Otherwise, I dare not trust an unknown... intelligent tree... hastily."
As soon as these words were spoken, the fruit tree stopped even the last bit of trembling.
After a few seconds, it wrote the following words on its branches: [Yes, after all, you are the heir chosen by the goddess of wisdom. This is a bit of a privilege.]
The text starts a new line: [You suspect that there is a real god standing behind me. You are right, it is indeed the case.]
"A god whose symbol is wisdom?"
[Yes, her name is Sophia.] The branch quickly wrote, [Not only Sophia, but other ‘seeds of inheritance’ have been awakened after the invasion of the Outer Gods.]
"So there are many trees like you?" Hitzfeld immediately thought of the disaster in Orvoth, "Including an Ice God Tree?"
[You have also seen the hint I gave you, so there is no need to answer this kind of question.]
"The fruit that records the Allwater disaster, it appeared in that location, including the opening of all permissions... All of this is to remind me? Is it pure kindness?"
[That’s right.]
"If you do this, aren't you afraid that the organization behind the library will find out and burn you to ashes?"
[Harry's Library needs me as the core to be established. After years of operation of the Eclipse Church, I have already collected and cultivated countless "wisdom" for them.]
There is a hint of arrogance in these words.
[If they burn me, not only will Harry's library disappear, but the stored holy fruits of wisdom will also wither. All their planning over the years will be in vain. Do you think they have the courage to do this?]
[I believe you have also realized the power of wisdom.] The characters are written faster and faster, [People who have tasted the holy fruit of wisdom may not be able to accept the foolish, ignorant, and slow self in the past. Your worries are unnecessary, they simply don't have the courage.]
"Sure enough, the Eclipse Church is behind this..." Hitzfeld frowned slightly, then asked, "So the Eclipse Church has at least two 'Inheritance Seeds', including you, and two sacred trees?"
[I can’t answer this question.] The branch paused before giving the answer, [They have always been very cautious. Those who know about the other seed never condense the fruit with me. I also have no way of knowing the current situation of the Ice God Fruit Tree.]
"I see." Hitzfeld nodded. "The last question... The undead here said that they should feed the Dark Serpent with the Holy Fruit of Wisdom. Only in this way can they appease it and let it spare their lives."
"The holy fruit of wisdom here... is it really just 'wisdom'?"
This time, the branch paused longer than before.
It seemed a little hesitant, not knowing whether it should tell the answer to the girl in front of it.
