Bai Feifei: “...”
Without thinking for too long, she nodded directly and admitted, “Yes.”
“Why did Sinking Black suddenly let you speak? Has he left, or... can he only stay in your body for a very limited time?”
As Liang Shuguang spoke, he looked at the faceplate on the black-and-white armor that had suddenly turned white. He then narrowed his eyes, murmuring to himself with a hint of recollection:
“Come to think of it, there were rumors before that you suffered from split personality. What? Was it also him suddenly taking over your body and speaking back then? This is different from the Sinking Black I imagined...”
“What on earth is your relationship with him? Why does he care so much about you?” Liang Shuguang asked, filled with curiosity.
Bai Feifei: “...”
“That has nothing to do with you.” Bai Feifei was momentarily speechless at his questions. “He could return at any moment, but right now, I am the one speaking.”
“Since you said before that you wanted to save Dawn, let's talk about the current state of Dawn City. I'm not like him—I'm willing to try and solve this!”
Xu Mo: ?
Xu Mo instantly lost his composure in his mind and spoke up:
“Who exactly do you mean by ‘him’ when you say you're not like him?”
“What do you mean, ‘not like him’? Put-downs, is it? You wicked woman, stepping on someone else to lift yourself up!”
Bai Feifei did not reply to the Old-Timer for now, keeping her eyes fixed on Liang Shuguang's expression.
Liang Shuguang's expression grew complex. He let out a sneer and shook his head.
“Not like him, huh... But I don't think that's important.”
“The Old Ones' Awakening is inevitable, and the world is about to collapse... The strength you've shown isn't even enough to deal with me, so what is it you want to solve?”
“I'm only talking about the current Dawn City!” Bai Feifei suddenly interrupted. “Besides, the heart and blood vessels have already been contained by us.”
“The method of the Old Ones' Awakening you mentioned before—piecing together the corpses of different Evil Gods to resurrect a complete Evil God of the Old Days...”
“That method is no longer viable now, is it? So everything you're doing right now is purely to destroy Dawn City.”
The black cocoon fell silent for a moment. Liang Shuguang lowered his head, his eyes filled with intense struggle, his hesitation to speak glaringly obvious.
“Hehe... Well said. But as I've said, the heart and blood vessels are merely minor details! They won't stop the destruction of Dawn City!”
“Then what is important?!” Bai Feifei spoke again.
“How should I know what's important?!” Liang Shuguang suddenly shouted.
His righteous and confident tone completely dumbfounded both Bai Feifei and Xu Mo.
Wasn't this what he had said himself when he was posturing earlier? Backtracking on his own words now?
What the hell was he talking about? His words didn't make any sense at all!
Liang Shuguang gasped heavily, looking like a drowning man.
“There are some things that even I don't understand.”
Liang Shuguang slowly tilted his head, looking at Bai Feifei with genuine confusion in his eyes.
“Logically speaking, you... should know more than me. I'm still waiting for you to tell me!”
“How can you know nothing at all... Perhaps we shouldn't have met. It's not time yet...”
Xu Mo finally couldn't take it anymore and cursed in his mind, “Damn it, I can't stand this anymore. This guy looks completely insane. Let's just kill him and get it over with.”
Bai Feifei was also stunned. For a moment, she didn't know what else to ask, only feeling as if she had stepped into a domain she shouldn't have.
Moreover, she felt that Liang Shuguang's words hinted at some sort of unspeakable expectation of her, yet she couldn't meet it at all.
Liang Shuguang lowered his head and said slowly, “If we must talk, then let's keep it simple.”
“Sinking Black was right just now. I indeed don't have the corpse of an Evil God of the Old Days on me.”
“But... you could also say I do. It's just that none of us can catch Them right now. Not me, not you, and not that Sinking Black either!”
As soon as he finished speaking, dense green smoke began to billow from the cracks on his body, as if merely uttering those few words had triggered a backlash.
“That power... is now a part of me.”
“Dawn City should have fallen thirty years ago. I am not the savior; the true savior is someone else! I'm just a guy trying to buy as much time as possible, but now, it's clear I can't hold out any longer.”
Although Bai Feifei was somewhat confused by his words, she still stared at Liang Shuguang's cracking body and asked:
“So, that Evil God-like power is currently trapped inside your body, and once it erupts, it will bring about the true doom of Dawn City?”
“Hehe...” Liang Shuguang grinned, but did not answer directly. “If that thing explodes from within me again, I don't know what will happen either...”
“The grand array outside is both a part of the aberration conversion plan and a form of protection.”
“It can temporarily prevent the power here from leaking out and affecting the world. Of course, it also means no one can leave!”
Speaking up to this point, Liang Shuguang seemed to find a sense of resigned relief. He muttered:
“No one can bear the fate of Dawn City. In the end... Dawn City is still doomed.”
Standing there, Bai Feifei suddenly spoke, emphasizing each word:
“It hasn't fallen yet!”
Liang Shuguang froze slightly and turned his head to look at her.
A divine light flickered beneath Bai Feifei's white faceplate. She said with some excitement:
“Then let me bear this so-called fate.”
“Break this grand array and stop the mass aberration. If the people lose hope, then I will give them confidence.”
“Evacuate the crowd. If whatever power is inside you wants to erupt, then let it erupt. We will find a way to fight and contain it!”
Listening to Bai Feifei's words, Liang Shuguang suddenly burst into wild laughter.
The laughter was louder than any of his previous laughs, carrying an inexplicable mix of mockery and lament, as if he had just heard the most absurd joke.
“Hahaha! You...”
“Do you know what you're saying?”
He raised his head, looking at Bai Feifei.
“How can you be such a naive little girl right now?”
“Without understanding anything, without a full picture of what is going on, you also want to be a savior?”
“Do you know what that thing is, what kind of power it holds, its traits, or any of the causes and consequences behind everything?”
The smile completely vanished from his face, replaced by an unspeakable anger, as if he were looking at a boastful person casually uttering unrealistic nonsense.
“Do you know what happens to those who blindly and arrogantly try to play the savior?!”
Bai Feifei looked at him, her eyes unwavering as she said calmly:
“I do.”
“Don't they just end up like you?”
The smile on Liang Shuguang's face instantly froze. He fell completely silent, as if a heavy hammer had struck his heart!
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