[The Scene Returns To The Present]
Feeling the two cold little hands, Zane calmed down a bit.
Since Sanhua had told him before that the Fractsidus might have imprisoned the Sentinel, then Sister Hsi must have gone to find the Sentinel.
As far as he knew, the Sentinel could only be in one place...
Mt. Firmament.
Of course, it wasn't just the two cold little hands that calmed him down.
"Zane, why did you fall?"
"Are you okay?"
"What do we do, what do we do? Should we go through insurance at a time like this?"
"What if he becomes disabled? Should I take care of him for the rest of my life?"
Doctor: 'So this is where the dagger finally comes out, huh?'
Lying on the ground, Zane looked speechlessly at the girl standing beside him with a worried face.
'I'm saying, sis, is the traffic law a bit too perfect now? The one at fault is already thinking about taking care of the victim for life.'
Of course, what left Zane even more speechless wasn't her, but the little gray-haired girl beside him, who was somehow holding an incense burner she had no idea where she got from, already circling him and performing a ritual.
"Oh~ praise Aha, my friend, how can I live without you, wuwuwu…"
"..."
'Can't there be even one normal person around me?!'
Though when Zane complained in his heart, he completely ignored the fact that he himself was the most abnormal one.
In a way, that's also a kind of sacrifice.
Zane rubbed his temples and sat up from the ground. Honestly, that shoulder throw from the girl had really hurt.
"Master, I want to go to Mt. Firmament."
At a glance, Zane saw the red-clad woman not far away, elegant and wise like a phoenix, as if those qualities were carved into her very bones.
"Oh?", Changli walked over gracefully, a faint smile on her alluring face.
"Since you already know the destination is Mt. Firmament, why don't you go by yourself?"
There was a hint of teasing in her tone.
Hearing this, Zane awkwardly turned his head aside, no longer daring to meet Changli's eyes.
He hadn't expected Master Changli to still remember that matter.
But just because Zane didn't want to bring it up didn't mean others didn't want to know.
The girl and Stelle rushed up to Changli one after another, their golden eyes shining with curiosity as they stared at her.
Only the Doctor stayed behind to take care of him.
Seeing the girl still staying by his side at a moment like this, Zane suddenly felt touched.
This was exactly the kind of person who would stay by his side in difficult times without leaving…
"I already know."
"…Huh?"
Looking at Zane's stunned expression, the Doctor leaned down close to him, brushing aside the loose strands of hair by her ear to reveal her pale neck, and repeated, "I said, I already know why you wanted someone else to take you there."
Seeing the mischievous smile on her face, Zane was afraid she would spill everything, so he quickly pulled her toward him.
But perhaps because he used too much force, the Doctor's small body ended up sitting directly in his lap.
Sanhua, watching from the side, felt like she had seen something like this before.
"Go ahead, what do you want?"
"Oh? Is that how you ask for help?"
A trace of surprise appeared on the Doctor's face as she made a move to stand up.
But how could Zane let her go just like that?
If what happened back then got out, his lifelong reputation…
Well, it seemed that thing didn't exist anyway?
Zane hesitated for a moment, then, realizing the situation wasn't in his favor, softened his tone with a hint of pleading.
"Um, Doctor, come on, we're basically friends here, just let me off this once?"
The Doctor, sitting in his lap, pretended to think. After a moment of silence, a smile curved at the corner of her lips. She lifted her face slightly, pointed a slender finger at her own cheek.
The meaning was obvious.
How could Zane hold back?
As a fine young man of the new era, who had always rejected gambling and drugs, how could he resist this kind of temptation?
He immediately leaned in and kissed her.
'Food delivered to your mouth... if you don't eat it, are you even human?'
Although the Doctor had mentally prepared herself, the warm touch on her cheek still made her heart tremble.
Her usually sharp mind seemed to freeze like a paused video player.
The girl who had been asking Changli questions noticed Changli's unusual expression and immediately realized something. She suddenly turned her head...
And saw that scene.
Her golden eyes instantly turned into vertical pupils.
A burst of killing intent spread out, and the Doctor giggled as she jumped out of Zane's lap.
If she made the first move, then don't blame others for going further.
Fortunately, the girl still remembered that the most important thing right now was to go to Mt. Firmament to find Jinhsi. Otherwise, she would definitely have argued with Zane.
This feeling was like your own woman being taken by your own man.
Even though they were still yours, something just felt slightly off.
After this, the girl didn't dare to ask Changli anymore why Zane couldn't go to Mt. Firmament by himself.
Ask once, and she got intercepted by the Doctor. Ask again, who knows who would intercept next.
With that thought, she looked at Stelle with caution, who seemed deep in thought.
Changli also didn't intend to waste too much time here.
After all, she came to find Zane for two reasons, one was to prevent him from doing anything reckless, and the other was…
To use a handsome-man strategy to lure the Rover to Mt. Firmament and deal with the Sentinel's issue.
Due to the Sentinel's power, the flow of time in Mt. Firmament was different from the outside world, and entering or leaving required paying a corresponding price.
If someone entered the mountain in the morning and spent one day inside, then after leaving, their lifespan would be counted as ten days having passed in Jinzhou.
Not to mention, the current situation in Mt. Firmament was far more complicated than usual.
Additionally, before the War of Threnodian, the Fractsidus had tried every means to recruit the Rover.
If their ultimate goal was the Sentinel, then the Rover's existence was the key to breaking their plan.
That was why they were even willing to sacrifice one of their supervisors just to try to get the Rover on their side.
In this situation at Mt. Firmament, only Changli could act as the "guide" to lead the Rover into the mountain.
After hearing Changli's explanation, everyone's gaze turned toward the girl.
Facing everyone's attention, she proudly put her hands on her hips.
The girl, feeling amazing, let me stand like this for a bit.
"Why does it feel like the Fractsidus are all so focused on her…"
Zane rubbed his chin. If that's the case, then as long as he sticks with her, wouldn't there be a steady stream of "star voices"… 'uh, I mean Fractsidus delivering themselves?'
"According to records in the Huanglong archives, someone once visited Mt. Firmament after the Sentinel descended, and left safely days later, unaffected by the time flow... "
"At the same time, that visitor was also recorded as someone who stood side by side with the Sentinel 'Jue.'"
No need to ask, that person must be her.
Zane looked at the girl, who had her chin raised proudly, then shifted his gaze to Stelle and the Doctor.
One had a Stellaron inside their body, the other was a scientist from a previous civilization…
'Would they really be affected by time?'
'So everyone around me is basically long-lived?'
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