"...So it wasn’t Honglian?" Elorie seed to let out a sigh of relief after hearing Chen Xuan’s analysis, "That’s good."
"Good in what way?" Chen Xuan was puzzled.
"I actually wondered if the Dinsional Limit chanism had already colluded with the Demon and then sold out to them. If Honglian were the one handling this, it would only prove that I had completely misjudged her, thinking she was a loyal and good team leader." Elorie expressed her thoughts truthfully, "Luckily, the reality isn’t like that."
But the collusion between the chanism and the Demon is beyond doubt.
Just with a few greeting ssages, it’s impossible to pinpoint Elorie’s location.
Unless the other party had already prepared for positioning and turned sending ssages into bait to lure her in.
In just one short hour, the Demon planned this ambush.
If it wasn’t Honglian, then who in the chanism could it be? This person must be in a leadership position, not only able to forge subordinates’ communication numbers but also able to detect historical changes from a comprehensive analysis and decide to sell out Elorie to the Demon imdiately.
The people who fit these characteristics are few in the chanism.
As long as Jiang Siqi lists all the leaders of the Jiang City branch, the person must be among them.
The crucial information gained from the Angel gave Chen Xuan a full understanding of the entire event’s context.
Perhaps he could work on that.
After the lively dinner ended, it was evidently ti for goodbyes.
Though dreams can go on indefinitely, being trapped in a dream cannot truly save Elorie. Chen Xuan hadn’t forgotten the purpose of this trip, and he believed the other party could still hear his encouragent even in a coma.
However, when he said it was ti to leave, Elorie’s expression still made him hesitate for a mont.
She seed to realize sothing, staring blankly at Chen Xuan, "Will I... see you again?"
Dreams cannot be repeated, nor can they continue.
Elorie, born from the dream, would completely disappear.
Theoretically, this goodbye was a final farewell. Even if the sa dream were made again, the next Elorie would be a new illusion crafted by the Dream Maker.
"Sigh..." Liuli did not speak, simply drank alcohol endlessly.
"It’s fine... I shouldn’t have asked the Manager this question." Elorie took a deep breath, tilted her head back, and smiled at him, "You should go. I know there are important things waiting for you to resolve. But if you ever have ti, don’t forget to co over and see ..."
Chen Xuan nodded, both as a promise and a commitnt he made to himself, "I’ll co at least once a week from now on."
"Really?" She had an unbelieving expression on her face.
Liuli also looked at him with so surprise.
"Of course, it’s true." Chen Xuan confird. Dreams cannot indeed continue, but does that make such actions aningless? If every eting could leave so trace in mory, then when the Dream Maker creates a new dream next ti, it might sense the change in Elorie’s personal mories.
In the sound of their goodbyes, the dream gradually faded away.
Chen Xuan opened his eyes, taking a long ti to recover from the feeling of separation—even though he clearly knew the dream was just an illusion conjured by abilities, the sensations in the brain were very real.
"How was it?" Lin Qing asked imdiately upon seeing him awaken.
"How long was I asleep?"
"Seven hours, it’s around eight in the evening now."
"That long?" He stretched, "When I said goodbye in the dream, it was about this ti."
"Goodbye?" Lin Qing tilted her head.
"It’s nothing." Chen Xuan waved his hand, glossing over the topic. Saying goodbye to soone in a dream is a peculiar thing from the perspective of a third party, "We gained more than we initially expected this ti. Elorie revealed a lot of information to , including how she was attacked."
He looked at the girl with closed eyes in the glass jar, "But this isn’t the place to talk. We’ll discuss it when we return."
After notifying the dean, the two of them took a car back to the Celestial Ridge District.
Once inside the store, Chen Xuan first closed the rolling shutter door before recounting all that had happened in the dream.
"I didn’t expect the Dream Maker’s effect to be so remarkable." Lin Qing furrowed her brows after listening, "The Dinsional Limit chanism collaborating with the Demon... this isn’t recorded in history."
The invasion point record only ntioned that this world is close to the near-future, significantly aiding the chanism in its breakthroughs in prosthetic technology.
However, the newly born world didn’t popularize prosthetic technology, and special ability users like Demons were never ntioned.
"This is the result after the history was altered," Chen Xuan said, "which also gravely injured Elorie."
"Are you suggesting the cost?"
"Not really, we both understand the risk involved in this," he shook his head, "it’s just that in the future, if involving things that change the future, we need to be more cautious."
Lin Qing agreed, "What do you plan to do next?"
"Of course, it’s to fight back. Elorie’s suffering can’t be for nothing." Chen Xuan said without hesitation, "Honglian might be the breakthrough point."
"How so?"
He had already considered this matter on the way back, Honglian should be soone with a strong sense of belief and relatively high morals. Of course, in the initial stages, among the mbers willing to join the Dinsional Limit chanism, more than half were not lacking in belief and a sense of justice, but not many could stick to their principles until the end, and Honglian happened to be one of them.
She was able to gain Elorie’s recognition, and this aspect played a part.
Even when the Dinsional Limit chanism was at its peak, Honglian dared to break with the chanism at the risk of her life and thereafter led her followers to continuously oppose them. The cause of the break was the chanism gradually becoming corporatized, achieving its goals by any ans necessary, and no longer being as cautious and reputation-conscious as it was during the concealed period.
Chen Xuan believed this contradiction didn’t arise suddenly; she must have slowly beco disillusioned, unable to bear it any longer. So when she could still endure, does that an the chanism was spotless? Clearly not; it was only because she didn’t know.
The current collusion between the chanism and the Demon was undoubtedly one of those unknown evils to her.
And this matter was particularly egregious in nature.
It’s known that the Demon caused a tragedy in Jiang City, resulting in hundreds of deaths; soone like Honglian could never accept the organization forming an alliance with such ability users.
"Makes sense." Lin Qing was thoughtful, "Through Jiang Siqi, we certainly have a chance to contact Honglian. The problem is, this information is tantamount to openly accusing the Dinsional Limit chanism of wrongdoing, and the greater the accusation, the more evidence it will require. Now that Elorie is unconscious, relying solely on our verbal account, her imdiately rebelling against the chanism seems unlikely; at most, it could plant a seed of doubt in her heart."
She nodded approvingly here, "But defeating the Dinsional Limit chanism isn’t sothing that can be achieved overnight. Your strategy is already very good. Originally, she was to break with the chanism over thirty years later; with this seed, it could potentially expedite that by ten years or so."
Chen Xuan, however, didn’t think so, "No. If she wants evidence, we can find evidence. Planting a seed of doubt doesn’t qualify as a morable counterattack."
"Find evidence?" Lin Qing was a bit surprised, "Where to find it?"
"Of course, from the Demon’s hands." Chen Xuan replied coldly, "Since they’ve made a deal with the chanism, they must have evidence of the transaction. Even if they don’t, we can get it out of them."
Lin Qing was taken aback, and then responded, "You want to go to the future Paris?"
"That’s right. Since it’s a counterattack, it must make an indelible impression on the enemy."
The Ability Store should protect its custors as much as possible; if not, it must regain ground for them afterward. Just as the first line on the first page of the Manager’s Code states: Custors are the most valuable asset.
Before this, the Demon wasn’t really the enemy, but since they chose to collaborate with the chanism, they’re all enemies now.
Perhaps the Demon who attacked Elorie didn’t know about the Ability Store, but so what?
They only need to know one thing.
That is, they picked a fight with soone they shouldn’t have.
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