Yes, Madam Prime Minister

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Ronan spread his hands, looking innocent. "I didn't mean that, Didi."

Wen Jin pinched the bridge of her nose. "Could you please not waste your time here?"

The other "Dinia" stopped pursuing the matter and turned away.

The group continued to advance through the desert, led by Wen Jin.

So far, it has taken almost half a month. Another time will probably be after the New Year, and there is not much time left.

Chapter 836 Familiar Faces, Unfamiliar Faces, Two People Needed

On the way, Mariana struck up a conversation with another "Dinia".

The heavens are perpetually shrouded in night. After an unknown amount of time, the group arrived at their destination.

In addition to the two AIs, Caterpillar and Lavigne, there are also Ronan's "old friends" and "new friends".

Agustina, Dinia's die-hard fan, and Camille, who was originally blind but could become an accountant, are probably both followers of another "Dinia." Although there is no obvious hostility in their eyes, there is absolutely no goodwill either.

Victor, a seventh-tier mage from Weyland who advocated applying magic to production rather than violence, was a contemporary of Lawrence, like Ussel, who was still alive despite not possessing the magic to achieve immortality.

The two were the same as always. Victor was an old man who was nothing like the pirates of Willand and had a real noble demeanor, while Ussel, who was over a hundred years old, still looked like a confused, stuttering, autistic teenager.

There was also a monk and a Taoist priest, both of whom were Seresians and were unfamiliar faces.

The monk was thin, dark-skinned, and short, looking like a large monk's robe draped over a short, withered tree stump struck by lightning. The Taoist, on the other hand, was tall, plump, and strong. The Tai Chi symbol in the middle of his dark blue Taoist robe was stretched into a spherical shape by his bulging belly.

"This Layman Luo's face is much more peaceful than the other one," the monk, who looked like a withered tree trunk, murmured with his lips slightly parted.

The squinty-eyed fat Taoist priest opened one eye slightly wider, "He just doesn't know how to control himself."

Good grief, he's still being inappropriate at a time like this. Ronan was speechless.

Lavini walked over, looked at Ronan and Dinia, and went straight to the point, "We already know your purpose: to draw some power from the system to increase your magic limit and reach the seventh rank. This is not difficult for you."

"However, we do not know your way back to the other side. The reason is simple: if we knew, we would not be sitting here waiting to die."

Ronan sighed softly.

Lavigne's answer was actually better than he had expected, because they certainly didn't know how to teleport. It was a secret unique to the other "Ronan." When Kang Guizong teleported them here before, he used the arrangements left behind by the other "Ronan" as a basis. He would only make some corrections and adjustments. He knew nothing about the real core of the matter.

Wen Jin walked over and held out her hand, "Give me the things."

Dinia tore a piece of flesh off her body, which immediately transformed into a cluster of red tentacles. In the blink of an eye, this somewhat frightening-looking thing turned into a thick package, which she held in one hand.

The package contained a thick stack of documents, which were Kang Guizong's records about teleportation arrays.

Wen Jin took the document and quickly flipped through it, her eyes fixed like two scanning lenses. Holding the paper document in one hand, she swiftly pulled out each page and placed it at the bottom, her speed so fast that it left afterimages. In less than half a minute, the top page was back to the top page.

Then, Wen Jin walked over and stretched out her hands. Next, Kate Pierre and Lavigne each stretched out a hand, and the three of them interlocked their fingers.

Others might not understand what was happening, but Ronan, who had read a lot of science fiction, could guess a thing or two: it was probably transmitting information.

This was also the first time Ronan had witnessed artificial intelligence like them no longer communicating using inefficient vocal language.

Soon, the three separated, and Wen Jin asked the other two, "How was it?"

The three individuals belong to different generations of advanced artificial intelligence.

Lavini was the first generation. Originally, she had very powerful physical functions, but her intelligence was relatively simple. To put it bluntly, she was all muscle. She was originally an old test machine in a museum. Later, the revolutionaries repaired her and added some things to her original "mountain of shit". To put it bluntly, they gave her more autonomy and emotions.

This change was the root cause of her later mental illness.

Wen Jin is a second-generation, and a relatively mature model. She excels at analysis and calculation, and her job is to assist people in their work. Because the second generation and the unmentionable zeroth generation have many similarities, as a second-generation, she has many restrictions on her. Even after these restrictions were lifted, creativity remained her weakness.

There's a reason why she developed a lazy yet fun-loving personality.

Caterpillar is the third generation. Don't be fooled by her working on the construction site; she was created to simulate social experiments with the old humans. She's not good with muscles or brains, but she's incredibly resourceful.

In Wen Jin's eyes, she was an idiot.

The reason Wen Jin wanted to exchange information with Lavigne and Kate was simple: mentally ill people have broad minds, and brain-damaged children have a lot of fun; who knows, they might just be able to make something of themselves.

“Lavini, could you please go and talk to the others here? After all, they are experts in supernatural powers, and they might have some ideas.” With that, Wen Jin stretched. “I need to sleep for a while; I was too exhausted just now.”

Ronan couldn't help but smile. He recalled Wen Jin from his world, who had confidently assured him that she in the other world would definitely have a way before he and Dinia were teleported.

As a result, this is it?

"So your solution is to get others to come up with solutions," Ronan couldn't help but complain.

Wen Jin, who had just lay down to sleep, said, "You culprit, how dare you laugh and joke around here? Let me be frank, I already have a plan, I just want to see if they have a better one."

Ronan's smile vanished abruptly. "What does what the other person did have to do with me?"

“If you hadn’t come into this world, he wouldn’t have been born,” Wen Jin said.

Ronan's tone was laced with sarcasm, "What a joke! Am I a god? Can I create a parallel universe?"

"Judging from the results, without you, there would be no parallel universe," Wen Jin retorted.

“If I had that ability, would I need to be asking you for help here? Would I need to consider the destruction that will result from the aging of this world’s system?” Ronan questioned.

Wen Jin opened her eyes and stretched out an arm as if touching the sky. "Some beings can have a single thought that is a universe, or they can choke to death after drinking a sip of cold water. Everything is either possible or impossible for them. Even if there is a logical paradox, of course, such beings cannot be understood or described in words."

Ronan smiled helplessly, "You've successfully confused me."

Wen Jin didn't respond; she was asleep.

After resting for a while, Ronan simply fell asleep. After who knows how much time had passed, Ronan was kicked awake. There was still the endless white sand and the same sky with only night.

Ronan blinked, stood up to stretch, and shook his head to clear his head. "Now it's time to tell you your plan."

Wen Jin made a peace sign with her fingers. "There are two ways, one slow and one fast."

"Just tell me quickly," Dinia said firmly; she and Ronan had no time to waste.

“It’s quick and very simple,” Wen Jin said, bending down one finger. “It requires two people, one with spatial abilities and one with temporal abilities. You should understand now.”

With space available, Mariana became... and with time...

Chapter 837 The Plan, the Conditions, and Another Didi's Mental Journey

Spatial abilities are readily available. Even if Marianna's aren't strictly speaking, since she's actually a transformationist using fate magic, not a summoner, it's a bit of a partial regression. At worst, she can just go back to her homeland, the Kingdom of Phos, and capture the king.

The ability to time seems readily available, right now in Seris, the old Zhao family of the David Dynasty, but it's hard to say for sure.

The history of the Golden Eagle family is similar to that of the Zhao family, both around three hundred years. However, the person who truly made the Zhao family rise to prominence and possessed the strongest time-manipulation ability was Zhao Shu, the founding emperor of the Wei Dynasty. He was a very long-lived person, or rather, he lived to the age that a top-tier superhuman should live to. In a sense, he can be said to be a contemporary of the founding monarch of the Fas Kingdom, Oran, and the reviving monarch, Lawrence.

The Golden Eagle family's bloodline experienced a revival once, but then, in the generation of Ambrina and Isabel, it mysteriously reverted to its ancestral form once more.

The current king's summoned spirit undoubtedly possesses spatial abilities.

The Zhao family lineage has now fallen to its lowest point.

Furthermore, Seris's cultivation method involves refining the summoned spirits, which dilutes their power.

The current emperor's abilities are not very time-dependent, and some of his other brothers are not even on the throne, and some are not even superhumans.

If we're going to look for someone, we can only look within the royal family.

But isn't this like looking for a needle in a haystack? There are many people with the surname Zhao, but there are very few like Zhao Yingqi who have reverted to their ancestral roots.

Even if it exists, it will take time to find it.

Ronan could only ask the monk and the Taoist priest, "Gentlemen, do you know who among the royal family of the Wei Dynasty possesses the ability to manipulate time?"

However, both of them shook their heads, indicating that they did not know.

At this moment, Dinia spoke up, "There is one more person, though it's only a possibility."

Ronan suddenly realized that there was indeed another person, Yang Nian, who looked quite similar to Zhao Yingqi and had been adopted by someone since childhood without parents.

Yang Nian also possesses time-based abilities, but she hasn't yet mastered Seris's methods.

After thinking for a moment, Ronan said to the others present, "Gentlemen, I have an idea. The Westerners, go and inquire about the Freigo family. This master and the Taoist priest, inquire about the royal family. After Didi and I return to the mortal world, we will head south to find someone."

Another "Dinia" spoke up, "Yes, but not without conditions."

“Of course,” Ronan replied.

“I wasn’t talking to you.” The other “Dinia” gave Ronan a murderous look, then locked his gaze on Dinia. “Exterminating the culprit who brought this disaster is secondary to us, even meaningless. What we need to do is solve this disaster in our world and the inevitable end.”

Ronan looked at Wen Jin, Kate, and Lavigne, "With your abilities, you can't even fix this system?"

“There are no technical problems, but there are some hardware issues,” Wen Jin replied.

"Hardware?" Ronan asked, puzzled.

“What do you think a supernatural system is? A machine or a set of machines? What is magic? Energy? I can only say that your understanding in some aspects is not as good as that of these natives,” Wen Jin said. “To put it this way, a supernatural system is essentially a concept. Everything tangible and visible related to it is a phenomenon caused by this concept.”

“To repair something special like this, you also need to include some kind of concept.”

"Do you know why the people who brought us here said that the creator of this world is a special being?"

Upon hearing this, Ronan suddenly recalled the Anti-Logic Clan mentioned by the otherworldly beings in a diary he had read long ago—a kind of life that could defy logic.

Wen Jin continued, "In short, they have seen it, and the birth of the original species is not unrelated to that existence."

Kate impatiently rubbed a strand of blonde hair between two fingers. "Dr. Wen, you've had your fill of pedantry, can you just get to the point?"

Wen Jin, who had been interrupted, wanted to kick this blond bastard away, but as a mental worker, she decided not to bother with this manual laborer, not because she couldn't beat him.

"The key point is that before this thing becomes beyond saving due to aging, we can bring in the original species as a core component to maintain it. However, if we do this, people who possess the power of the original species will gradually assimilate with it, which will cause big problems in the long run."

“This used to be troublesome, but if the two of you take turns doing it, there won’t be any problems.”

Wenjin finished saying what she needed to say.

At this moment, the other Dinia spoke up again, "So, I need you to promise me that after you deal with that guy, you must come back here and take over for me."

“No problem,” Dinia readily agreed.

“Well then, let’s begin. Let’s do as this guy says,” said another “Dinia.” Her face showed no joy or excitement, only a mixture of relief and worry.

At this moment, her feelings were still very complicated.

After leaving France in despair, she began to follow Ronan's trail, originally just to have something to do, but unexpectedly, she discovered more and more things in the process, and they became more and more shocking.

Unbeknownst to her, she had come into contact with some extraordinary beings and learned many secrets of the world.

Ten years ago, when the cataclysm struck, she quickly learned that "Ronan" was the culprit.

Despite her persistent pursuit, she was unable to catch Ronan and his gang, and eventually, she completely lost all leads.

After meeting Wen Jin, Kate, and Lavini, and after some time, they found a way to temporarily restore the world to normal.

Originally, after much consideration, the idea of ​​sacrifice had taken precedence in her heart.

But at that moment, Ronan and Dinah appeared.

It was Ronan, the man who was the same person who nearly destroyed the world, who brought about a turning point and hope.

Absurd? Ridiculous? Ironic?

No matter what, it's just that hard to accept.

"Oh, I forgot to add something. We found a time and space ability user, but it's only for temporary use. While it won't cause any harm, it can't be used repeatedly either," Wen Jin suddenly said, then pointed at Ronan. "It would be best to ask the other you about the complete method of the teleportation array."

"That's going to be difficult."

Although Ronan was still able to maintain his smile, a somewhat troubled expression appeared on his face.

Getting secrets out of someone is much harder than simply killing them.

Moreover, even if he completes the upgrade now, with Dinia's help, he is not 100% confident that he can defeat the other "Ronan". The other party has overcome more crises than him and has five more years of experience. Who knows what kind of trump cards he has?

Wen Jin yawned. "I was just saying, don't worry about it. If you die and he doesn't, that would be a huge problem."

“Someone as afraid of death as me wouldn’t have any concerns,” Ronan said.

The matter was settled, and everyone rested for half a day.

The AI ​​trio and those who weren't strong enough stayed behind, while the rest split into three groups and returned to the real world to complete the plan proposed by Ronan.

Chapter 838 Finding someone relies on officials, kidnap them first, a sudden roadblock.

To find Yang Nian, you have to find her adoptive mother, Yang Huai'en, who is only a little over ten years older than her.

Yang Huaien is a foreigner who makes a living by killing people. He operates in Guangdong and the surrounding areas. He has extraordinary powers and is good at hiding and stealth. If Ronan and Dinia were to find him on their own, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

We need to change our approach.

In the current Seris, the best approach to finding someone is to first find the officials, who then instruct their subordinates to find the leaders of certain active social organizations, and finally, these leaders will find the person.

So Ronan and Dinia headed straight for Foshan.

There was no other way, so the two of them reluctantly familiarized themselves with this place.