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Ultimately, with the restoration of the world as the stake, they arbitrarily expanded the game of hide-and-seek between King Arthur and themselves. In order to make the game seem fairer, they extended the time and released a so-called phantom, stealing the Holy Sword, the Holy Lance, and a cloak.

This led to the arrival of the legendary magician, Meryl, who eventually broke down his defenses, resulting in his current unconscious state.

Based on the above points, Lani guessed that after Yue Zhengling's defenses were breached, he wanted to transfer his consciousness back to Atlas Academy, but was probably stopped by the alien god's domain or his teacher's magic. Now his consciousness is waiting to return there.

However, his current body is composed of the spirit origin of a Heroic Spirit, and its attraction is stronger than that of the soul body of the Atlas Institute. As a result, his consciousness is currently shifting between the two bodies. If his consciousness can be switched back here, the other body will wake up here.

Rani's method is also very simple. In the East, there is a simple technique called spirit summoning. The principle is to stimulate the other person's body or substitute in a non-strong way. In most cases, it is to call the other person's name directly. If it is more advanced, it is to have the other person's relatives or relatives call out to the recipient.

Her actions just now were a way of bringing this person back, and it seemed to have some effect, because after she finished speaking, she saw that Yue Zhengling's pupils contracted, but quickly returned to normal.

However, it seems that King Arthur and Aozaki Touko behind this person also knew what she had just done, which is why King Arthur, like her, wanted to call back Yue Zhengling's consciousness, but Aozaki Touko stopped him.

After Rani's calculations, she concluded that among those present, King Arthur's chances of success were over 90%, because this body was composed of a portion of King Arthur's spirit base, making the connection extremely strong. Moreover, King Arthur had a powerful obsession with this person, which invisibly increased the success rate of the summoning.

The others were affected by King Arthur and the orange's actions, and they could sense that the tension between the two had once again risen.

"Miss Aozaki, are you sure you want to continue letting Ling stay like this?" Strangely, Arthur was the first to withdraw his piercing gaze, and at the same time, he released his grip on Yue Zhengling's hand, and then took his hand in his own.

Seeing this, Chengzi's eyes softened. "I actually support Lingjun's choice. You've been pressuring him too much."

"..." Arthur remained silent, a thoughtful expression on his face.

"Whether it's you or me, we only know one side of Lingjun. We don't know what Lingjun is thinking, nor do we know what happened in the past. So, we both think we are right and that what we are doing is for his own good."

Orange didn't let go of her hand. She lowered her head and chuckled as she observed Le Zhengling's hair whorl. "This child has a special attraction that makes us unconsciously care about him a lot, but that's no reason for us to interfere with him."

“Our choices are different. I chose to let things go, while you chose to be forceful. It’s impossible to say who is right and who is wrong right now. The only thing that is clear is that Lingjun doesn’t like being forced. Since you’ve already chosen to observe and stay by my side even after losing the Holy Sword, why not wait a little longer?”

Orange's voice was very gentle, making people unable to help but be drawn into it. This was also a technique of the Grand Puppeteer, whose control over the body was beyond imagination. And the mysteries of the body were sometimes even more difficult to guard against.

Arthur sighed and smiled with relief. "You're right. Now that we've made a new choice, we shouldn't force it anymore. I was a bad father in the past, and it seems I still am now."

"So, you want to learn how to be a father now?" Orange looked at him with a strange smile.

Arthur released his grip, placed his right hand on Yue Zhengling's head, and patted it twice. "I know I can't make the choice of being a friend, so I'll be more daring and choose to be a father instead."

"Isn't there still the option of having an older brother?" Orange's strange smile made Arthur feel a little uncomfortable.

“No, having inherited part of my and Meryl’s spirit origins, Ling is, in a sense, my child, and I will not back down on that.” Arthur felt the connection between himself and Ling and Meryl, took a deep breath, and a sense of responsibility different from the past made him feel somewhat proud.

"Aren't you afraid that Lingjun won't accept this explanation?" Orange's smile faded, and she stared straight at Arthur.

“I’ve already said it doesn’t matter. One more rebellious son won’t make a difference, and one less won’t make a difference either. Besides, the clash between my will and his might produce a lot of interesting things for him. Even if Ling later turns against me like Mordred, rebels against me, or even kills me, I will have no regrets.”

Arthur looked up at Orange's scrutinizing gaze.

"No, I wouldn't do that, it's too much trouble."

Suddenly, a long-lost voice rang out in this space.

Chapter 143 The Beginning of Witnessing

The voice sounded weak and listless, but Arthur smiled with relief after hearing it. He crouched down and looked directly at the owner of the voice.

Le Zhengling's eyes were half-open and half-closed, looking like he could fall asleep at any moment, but his eyes had regained their sparkle, and he was no longer the walking corpse he had been just moments before.

Orange revealed a smug smile. At this moment, everyone realized that her hands, which were covering Le Zhengling's ears, had actually left a slight gap.

"How are you feeling?" Arthur observed his expression while simultaneously using his spirit origin to sense Yue Zhengling's physical condition.

"...Well, it's alright." Looking at Arthur's face, Yue Zhengling sighed. "There's a saying that a good woman can't resist a persistent suitor. Although it doesn't quite apply to us, it seems you've decided to stick with me?"

Arthur smiled and nodded, but it was unclear what he meant.

"Is this interesting?" He slowly reached out, patted Orange's hand with his left hand to signal her to let go, and then used his right hand to make a chop motion, repeatedly tapping Arthur's forehead.

"Honestly, it's quite interesting." Arthur wasn't angry at Yue Zhengling's actions; on the contrary, he seemed to enjoy it.

Upon hearing this answer, Le Zheng typed even faster.

"What are your plans next?" No one disturbed Yue Zhengling and Arthur, but just watched them quietly. The atmosphere between the two had changed a lot, and it seemed that, just as Arthur had said, the two had become like family.

“I’ll do everything I can to destroy the spirit foundation you gave me. This relationship is too awkward.” Yue Zhengling slapped his palm against Arthur’s forehead with a “smack” and then pushed his face away.

Although the force was small, Arthur cooperated and moved his head away. There was plenty of time, and he wasn't in a hurry. "It's okay to discard it when you feel it's useless."

Le Zhengling rolled his eyes. After regaining consciousness, his state of mind changed again. Even though he had eliminated all the factors that affected his "self" existence, others still managed to take advantage of him again.

Arthur gave him his Spirit Origin, which was his very first Spirit Origin. That is, before he drew the Sword of the King, when he was unaware of his origins, single-mindedly pursuing his small dream, and was at his most innocent, upright, fearless, and steadfast.

Although this spirit origin was meant to grant him a heroic spirit body unaffected by the outside world, it also allowed him to see Arthur's past. Arthur probably wanted him to see everything from his past, so that his escapist heart could face the future a little more directly.

This wasn't entirely ineffective; at least after witnessing everything, he was no longer willing to hide from Arthur—after all, there was no escaping it anymore, and he had no choice but to endure it.

"This is so annoying..." he muttered to himself, then raised his eyelids to look at everyone, lingering on Rani VIII for a few seconds before looking up at Orange, "Sister Orange, what's the schedule for next?"

Orange shook her head, looking at him with a hint of surprise. It seemed that Yue Zhengling had accepted her. "I originally wanted to go back to Japan, but now... let's see where you want to go first."

"Let's stay here for a few days and leave after things calm down. Hmm, let's go back to Japan." Yue Zhengling seemed to have let go of her worries, and her attitude towards Chengzi changed back.

Orange nodded in satisfaction and then didn't say anything more. She felt that Yue Zhengling's answer was the best news at the moment. As for the mechanical construct legion outside, she wasn't worried about it at all.

“Miss Grey.” Le Zhengling turned his head and looked at Grey, who was holding the Holy Lance of Liberation. Apart from her hair color and figure, this woman, who was eight-tenths similar to the woman from the Northern Hemisphere, was looking at him with resentment.

“I won’t apologize because that guy talks too much. If you want revenge, I advise you to give up on that idea. You can’t hurt me now.” Le Zhengling blinked. “Besides, Yad isn’t dead yet, so you don’t need to worry about it. As long as you can break into the Atlas Academy, you should have a chance to get it back.”

As he said this, Yue Zhengling glanced at Lani, his meaning quite clear.

Weber, who had been watching intently, looked at Rani thoughtfully, then couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Ling, do you know this girl?"

"Hmm, calling me Mr. Ling is too formal. Just call me Ling or Master. Waver, the 'Overtime Every Day' Kongming, I don't know this girl." Yue Zhengling yawned, sat in her wheelchair, elbows on the armrests, fists on her face, and lazily looked at him.

Waver's eyes twitched a few times, suppressing the urge to complain about the person who worked overtime every day. After all, the other person was right; he had been working overtime every day for several years now. Moreover, he could tell that Kongming was implying something, and combined with the fact that he wanted him to address him as Master, a strong sense of foreboding made his stomach spasm again.

"Then let me ask you another way, Ling, do you know that girl?" Webber took out another bottle of liquid special stomach medicine and took a sip. This was a fast-acting, safe, and side-effect-free magic potion specially made for him by the combined efforts of the plant and mineral families.

In the past few years, he has relied on this medicine to get through critical moments.

"I refuse to answer that question."

When talking to intelligent people, you have to think carefully before you speak. Weber's mind is very sharp. Yue Zhengling knew that his initial answer about Rani's identity had already given him away, but now he was in control. With his mind perfectly clear, he certainly wouldn't reveal any information casually.

After all, information is priceless, and he decided not to say another word if he couldn't get something out of it.

"What do you want?" After drinking his stomach medicine, Weber's stomach pain had subsided. He clasped his hands together. In this situation, intelligence was especially important, and he could tell that Yue Zhengling knew a lot of things. If he could get him to tell them, the Clock Tower could save a lot of manpower and resources.

“Prepare a way for us to get to Japan safely,” Yue Zhengling said boldly.

"Impossible! The cost is simply not worth it!" Weber refused without even thinking.

"Then I want your old pair of glasses, and a small knife, um, the same kind of lottery knife your disciple used to summon the Ripper." Yue Zhengling knew how to bargain effectively, so he revealed his true purpose.

Chengzi gave him a strange look, feeling that Lingjun's current personality was very realistic. However, she quickly dismissed the thought, since she didn't know what Lingjun's original personality was like. She decided to get to know him again.

Moreover, she knew that Yue Zhengling's suggestion was pointed, although it was not obvious at the moment, but she firmly believed that one day in the future she would witness something interesting.

Chapter 144 The Dawn of Hope

Weber, standing in the clock tower, seemed to understand something.

At Yue Zhengling's request, he stared at Yue Zhengling on the screen for several seconds, then his expression became very complicated.

Reaching out, I opened the third drawer on the side. Inside were some odds and ends, among which a lifelike dagger lay quietly deep inside.

He took out the plastic dagger and stroked it for a while, feeling a little sad as he thought of his disciple who was called a genius idiot.

However, he quickly rallied his spirits. Now was not the time to be discouraged. The dead would live on as long as they were not forgotten, and as a living person, he had a responsibility to carry on the expectations of those who had sacrificed themselves and to strive to live on.

At the very least, we had to live until hope reappeared in this world, and now, that hope has appeared.

"I can give you the item, but how do you want to get it? Do you want to come directly to the Clock Tower?" Weber waved the knife in front of the screen.

"The most important thing is the glasses," Yue Zhengling said, glancing at the small knife before urging.

Left with no other choice, Weber took out an eyeglasses case from the first drawer, opened it, and showed Yue Zhengling the black-rimmed glasses inside.

"Of course I can't go to the Clock Tower. Why don't you just find a few people to deliver it here?" Yue Zhengling looked at the cloth spread on the ground, which occupied about one square meter.

“No! The Clock Tower is already severely understaffed, and the combat troops are unlikely to break through your current encirclement.” Weber looked at Le Zhengling, who seemed indifferent, and said, “You may not know, but you are already surrounded by the mechanical constructs outside, and the enemy has sent reinforcements to your side, which will arrive in about two hours.”

"We've already activated the teleportation array to bring back the supplies and that important person from the Atlas Institute. The rest of us are at the mercy of fate. If you don't want to die, please help us think of a way."

"You don't need to worry about that. Here—well, at least Arthur and I are safe with Orange by our side."

Looking at the wand in his hand, Yue Zhengling revealed a confident look. His previous rapid thinking had not been without its gains; at least he now knew that he was capable of maximizing the power of "A Dream of One Cooking." The spirit origin that Merry gave him was not just for show.

"Besides, your teleportation array should be bidirectional, right? Why not just use it to transfer things over?"

“Impossible. Teleporting two people is already a stretch. You won’t have enough energy on your end!” Weber frowned and refused.

"What does this have to do with me?" Yue Zhengling tilted his head.

“Doing that would be too much of a sacrifice for us!” Weber stared at Yue Zhengling on the screen. “Besides, you know that our deal was made on the premise of equality between both parties. Regarding your unreasonable request, I feel it necessary to point out—”

"You really think so?" Le Zhengling shrugged, leaning back in his chair with a lazy air.

"I can roughly guess what you're planning? You just want to control important figures," Yue Zhengling said, glancing at Rani standing quietly not far from him. He thought to himself: But you underestimate this person. If you really put her into the Clock Tower, with your capabilities, you might not even know what will happen before all the electronic systems and magic-assisted systems are hacked.

"I advise you to abandon this idea. This person is beyond your capabilities. One wrong move and the clock tower could collapse. That's all I have to say. Consider this message a bonus."

Le Zhengling looked at Weber and said, "Since time is running out, please make a decision as soon as possible. I need to receive the information before I can tell you anything."

Weber looked at Le Zhengling with a conflicted expression, torn between his own mind and his own. He didn't know whether he should believe him or not. If what he said was true, that Rani would cause the clock tower to collapse if she entered it, then she couldn't be allowed to enter the teleportation array. But if that was the case, it meant that their side had an extra spot, so Grey could come back no matter what.

Barthezmello, who remained behind, was a significant threat to the region. At least Waver believed that Barthezmello Loreleia could control Rani and ensure her own safety.

"Master, let Peter go back alone and then teleport the items over." This time, it was the understanding Grey who spoke up, since there weren't many other options given the current situation.

She really wanted to go back to Waver, but she felt there was nothing wrong with staying here. Her intuition told her that she had a good chance of surviving, and the key lay with King Arthur.

Weber remained silent for three minutes before speaking again: "Peter, come back first, then tell the people in the duty room to come to me."

After saying this, he slumped back in his chair as if all his strength had been drained.

The Imaginary Number Magician nodded, walked into the teleportation array without saying a word, and then disappeared.

A short while later, someone walked into Weber's office. Weber, in front of Yue Zhengling and the others, called the item to the person and then instructed him to deliver it.

Grey, who was standing guard next to the teleportation array, picked up a small item that appeared in the teleportation array, walked up to Yue Zhengling, and stared straight at him.

Yue Zhengling knew that if he didn't say something first, Grey would definitely not give him the thing. He shrugged and said, "Actually, you can just ask Rani. I think she will tell you everything about herself—"

Upon hearing this, everyone remembered how cooperative Rani had been earlier, and they suddenly realized their mistake and felt annoyed.

"However, there are some things that even Rani herself probably doesn't know, so let me explain in detail."

“Rani VIII, the eighth daughter. Rani means queen in Hindi. Rani VIII is the android created by the last alchemist of the Atlas Institute.” Le Zhengling said as he extended his palm to Grey.

Grey tactfully handed him the glasses and the knife.

"She is the most advanced artificial human created using the current world's magic theories and the latest scientific technology. Her heart is made up of a sixth-generation quantum computer named Hermes, which should not yet be completed."

He fiddled with the small plastic knife in his hand for a few moments, then opened his glasses case, took it out and looked at it in front of his eyes. Feeling a little dizzy, he put it back.

"Hermes is the technological culmination of the Atlas Institute, possibly the Philosopher's Stone, a genuine Fifth Truth element, and one of the seven world-destroying weapons of the Atlas Institute, the only one capable of reversing the current state of this world."

Then, Yue Zhengling once again said something quite extraordinary in a very casual tone.

Then, the instant he finished speaking—

Chapter 145 The Deal to Save the World (Part 1)

However, the instant Yue Zhengling finished speaking, Arthur swiftly grabbed him and jumped backward, while Orange also retreated at the same time. Immediately afterwards, the wheelchair was cut into a pile of parts.

Arthur looked at Rani with a wary gaze, then stepped back to Orange and handed Yue Zhengling over to her. Orange took him and lifted him up by his buttocks with her right hand.

Le Zhengling looked at Rani with a half-smile, "It seems you are not without emotions after all. Is it because you are special in this world? Or is it that Ziyuan Eltram Atlasia has poured human emotions into you?"

Rani stared at him expressionlessly, and only then did everyone realize that there seemed to be something in this space.

"Everyone, I advise you not to move around. This room is probably filled with ethereal fibers, which are invisible to the naked eye. Moving around carelessly might get you sliced ​​to pieces."

Upon hearing Yue Zhengling's prompting, everyone with Magic Eyes activated them, while those without enhanced their vision with magic. Only then did they see the magic threads centered on Rani, resembling a spiderweb. Moreover, this web was a precisely calculated, three-dimensional Oblu body, with absolutely no blind spots.

"Don't be so fierce. I don't mean any harm." Yue Zhengling raised her hands in surrender.

Rani tapped her fingers a few times, and the 3D net changed in a dazzling way, while Le Zhengling continued to smile and whispered in Orange's ear, "Sister Orange, don't move around."

Seeing Yue Zhengling's mysterious expression, Chengzi nodded with amusement, then, feeling that wasn't enough, she reached out and tapped his forehead, saying affectionately, "What are you planning to do?"

With his eyes half-closed, Yue Zhengling gave a mischievous smile. "It's nothing, just trying out the new energy."