"Phase... Flame?"
Hearing Sister Himeko's mutter, March 7th finally found a small glimmer of hope from her collapse.
Although the young woman did not often go to the library on the Astral Express, unlike Dan Heng, who often lived in the library, and would often spend a whole night reading materials, and would fall into a deep sleep at some unknown time, March 7th happened to like to listen to stories about scientists.
Especially the famous geniuses in the Genius Society. The young woman was familiar with almost all of their deeds.
Because the young woman felt that they were all very smart people.
And one of the pieces of knowledge that March 7th had gained from it included the Phase Flame created by Sserkal.
This kind of living flame shuttled everywhere, leaving behind the descendants of the flame in various places.
It was said that even the flame that had nurtured Lord Duke Ifrit was of the same origin as the flame of the "Phase Flame."
In a sense, Lord Duke Ifrit could also be said to be a descendant of the Phase Flame.
The Phase Flame would not burn people to ashes, but would take them to another space.
This at least guaranteed Zao Wu's temporary safety, and gave March 7th's helpless heart a little bit of comfort.
And Himeko picked up her strength even faster.
She strode forward and was about to walk out of the room on the train.
"Sister Himeko, w-where are you going!"
"Don't tell me you've found some clue related to Zao Wu?"
Himeko didn't have time to stay and explain too much, but just gave a name that was familiar to March 7th.
"—Ruan Mei!"
She was going to find this woman who was warm on the outside and cold on the inside and question her clearly.
Is she really related to Zao Wu's disappearance!
If she is... then what on earth does she take her Zao Wu for!
A test subject for her to study, who comes when she calls and leaves when she's told!
It is undeniable that Himeko did respect the great contributions and development that Ruan Mei had made in the field of life sciences.
But that did not at all affect Himeko's personal evaluation of her as "almost cold-blooded to the bone."
Perhaps all genius scientists have their quirks.
But only Ruan Mei's attitude towards the life forms she had cultivated made one's heart feel a little cold.
And I don't know why, but every time Himeko looked deeply into Zao Wu's pure and clean, light green eyes, she always felt that there was a very deep sadness hidden in them.
Even if the expression he showed was so bright, it could not erase the sad undertone.
In that sadness that very few people could observe, Himeko seemed to see the ruthless back of another woman.
She had abandoned Zao Wu and left.
She had never acknowledged this child from the very beginning.
She had a pair of similar, light jade-colored eyes.
.........
Phase Flame? No, how could it be that legendary main body.
In fact, it was just one of the descendants that the Phase Flame had left behind in various worlds.
But it was also called "Phase Flame."
It was obtained by many people, and many scientists had a backup of it for research. Ruan Mei was one of them.
And as a Masked Fool, how could Sparkle let go of this kind of material that was most suitable for pranks, and not collect it?
Perhaps she thought it would be fun to frame Zao Wu's disappearance on Ruan Mei.
But this was just a side note.
Sparkle did not know the relationship between Ruan Mei and Zao Wu, or rather, at present, besides the Doctor of Truth, Ratio, and Aha, no one else knew.
So there was no talk of revenge on her.
Sparkle's true purpose was to create a super villain who would inspire the protagonist to grow, give him pressure, and also give him motivation.
Ruan Mei was not qualified enough.
But there was one, who would not object even if he was fooled, and might even separate his power to help Sparkle complete this fool's play.
To be responsible for this Phase Flame shuttle incident was the most suitable~
And so, just as Zao Wu was teleported to an unknown place in the space station and regained consciousness, the system's young lady's resolute voice came from his mind.
—"It must have been Aha you did it!"
"...Aha you?"
Zao Wu, whose heart was already in a mess, keenly grasped the key.
"Ahem, it's Aha, the legendary Elation Aeon, the Ever-Joyful Heavenly Lord in the records of the Xianzhou!"
"He is unaware, elusive, and does whatever he wants, playing with the universe and all mortals in his palm..."
"Sorry, I've implicated you, and made you also get His attention and targeting."
"..."
"At this point, for the trust between us, I will be frank with you!"
"Actually, I am a member of the 'Mourning Actors,' an organization that opposes the Elation Aeon in this universe, and I am its core leader."
"Under my leadership, the Mourning Actors have once caused great trauma and blows to the Masked Fools organization under the Elation Aeon."
"To this day, a member of the Masked Fools named Sampo still grits his teeth at me."
"And it is precisely because of this that I was retaliated against by Aha to the point of losing my main body, and only a wisp of my lingering soul is left in this fox mask."
"It was I who caused you to be cruelly separated from your mother after you were reunited! It's all my fault!"
"You can choose to throw me away! I won't object!"
"But this does not mean that you have escaped the fooling of the Elation Aeon. In the future, you will still experience cruel separations like today!"
Sparkle's words immediately touched the reverse scale of this gentle child, Zao Wu, and made his eyes darken.
"Or... there is another choice."
"Accept my power! This is my last ripple, Wuwu!!"
"You just need to complete the tasks issued by the system, and you can, through my fox mask, harvest the power of the Path of others, and get the corresponding Path points."
"Nihility, Abundance, Hunt, Destruction, Elation, Preservation, Remembrance, Trailblaze, Propagation!"
As Sparkle's voice fell, in front of Zao Wu, a phantom of a towering giant tree seemed to appear.
Around it, the stars revolved, and the universe was just a reflection of a branch.
The giant tree had a total of nine branches, and each branch represented a Path.
Perhaps there are more Paths, but Sparkle has all the right to explain this system, so I won't list them all.
And on the Path named "Trailblaze," a new sprout was impressively drawn out.
That was the symbol of the "Trailblaze" Path points that Zao Wu had just obtained by completing the system's mission and being fed by Miss Himeko.
"The upper limit of each Path is 20 points."
"When you have collected all the power of the Path."
"I cannot guarantee that you will be able to go against the heavens and be an enemy of the Elation Aeon."
"But at least, you will have the power to decide your own destiny! And you will no longer be fooled by Aha!"
"Now, it's up to you to decide."
"Is it to retreat, to accept the fooling of an Aeon, the manipulation of fate, and to drift with the tide and live a relatively failed life."
—"Or to raise the banner of rebellion against the gods with me!"
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