“Alright, Bozdcasti, get up now. We have outsiders watching.”
Xing Chen watched Ms. Theresa, who was not tall, try to help the Wendigo, who was a head taller than her even when kneeling, to his feet. The scene was simply too bizarre.
“As you command, Princess Theresa.” Patriot stood up from the ground and then returned to his original seat.
After the infection status of Oripathy was weakened, Wendigo's physical condition was significantly better.
Although his voice was still not very pleasant, at least his sentences could be strung together.
“Wait a minute,” seeing Patriot, who was almost a human-shaped Originium, recover in a flash, Talulah and Alina couldn't sit still. “What did you just do? Your blood can cure Oripathy?”
“What do you think? Why do you think I specifically requested him to transfuse blood to your companion?” Theresa faced Talulah. “His body is much more fragile than ours. If he were to disappear by accident, the loss would be immeasurable.”
“Then what if we use his blood to make an inhibitor...”
“You wouldn't really want to use the blood of one person to heal this entire land, would you? The suffering of Terra has never been just Oripathy. What do you say, Immortal Black Snake?”
Immortal Black Snake? The Ursus's immortal? The embodiment of another will of this country?
“Ms. Theresa, can you also see the dark things in little Talulah's heart?”
“Of course, I see them very clearly.”
Hearing this, Alina suddenly stood up, rushed past Talulah's obstruction to Theresa's side, and tried to grasp her, as if she would disappear if she wasn't careful.
“Then please, you must save little Talulah. Whatever request you make, I will agree to it.”
“Then tell me, what can you give me?” Theresa stroked Alina’s head, making a joke with her.
Saving Talulah was not just Xing Chen's regret; there were also very realistic factors.
Oripathy infected individuals face systemic discrimination from healthy people, but within the infected population, there are even more subdivisions.
For example, Sarkaz infected individuals.
As the leader of ordinary infected individuals, Talulah could make a very significant contribution to connecting Sarkaz infected individuals.
Moreover, the future exchanges between Kazdel and various countries would also need to rely on infected individuals.
Firstly, as fellow Oripathy patients, both sides have some common ground and can serve as a breakthrough for cultural exchange.
Secondly, in the environment of Kazdel, even with comprehensive protection, healthy people might still get infected, so it's better to send infected individuals directly.
“Connection, upward, salvation. Infected individuals can only save themselves on this land by connecting together regardless of race, and by working together to break through the sea of oppression.”
After listening to Theresa's speech, the three of them stood stunned in place.
Seeing this, Xing Chen knew his preparations had worked.
He did not intend to be overly enthusiastic and proactively offer services, or easily agree to the other party's requests right away.
Such behavior would greatly diminish their value; those who didn't know might think he and Theresa were some kind of benevolent people who would grant any wish.
Secondly, they needed to demonstrate their will, allowing the rescued individuals to consciously or unconsciously accept part of it, to facilitate potential future cooperation.
The intangible thing that is a favor, sometimes, is truly harder to repay than money.
“My apologies for speaking so much,” Theresa sent Alina back to her seat, then summoned the Black Crown and came before Miss Talulah. “Miss Talulah, I have two options.”
“One, I directly use the Demon Lord's Crown, without your cooperation, and directly reshape your memories.”
“Two, you open your heart, and we enter your inner world together to pull out the imp hiding inside.”
“Which do you choose?”
You are not the only one, Immortal Black Snake, who is good at taking over bodies; the Sarkaz also have those who like to do this.
Mental possession means mental treatment, and Theresa is best at that.
However, after being severely criticized by Xing Chen once, she would no longer attempt the operation of directly drilling into someone's mind.
“I choose the second one.”
“But many secrets will be seen, you know?”
“That doesn't matter,” Talulah looked at Patriot and Alina. “Some memories, I don't want to discard, whether good or bad, that is me.”
Xing Chen glanced at Theresa, and the Demon Lord Girl returned an awkward smile.
“Since that's the case, let's start as soon as possible.”
With that, Theresa had everyone get as close to her as possible, and she herself interlaced her fingers with Talulah's.
“It's normal to be nervous the first time, relax, we're going in.”
As the ability of Civilization's Continuity activated, the five suddenly appeared in a void.
“Where is this?” Alina asked.
“Just a transitional space. I need to find the memory area to explore... hmm, alright.”
After a slight activation of the Weaving ability, thousands of doorways appeared before them.
The memories to be explored were behind the doors, but which door was the one they were looking for?
“I can only open doors; finding them is a different matter...”
“Let Talulah do it,” Xing Chen struggled to control his body's movement in the zero-gravity environment. “She knows where she needs to go.”
Theresa nodded, then floated to Talulah's side and summoned the diamond.
The two of them held the hilt of the sword together and thrust it into a doorway.
The doorway shattered, and the five were directly sucked into an unknown space.
“Woah—C”
Falling from a great height, with barren land below.
Just as Xing Chen wondered if he would die from falling in a dream within a dream, a soft bundle of silk threads wrapped around him.
Following the threads, he saw that it was Theresa's Originium Arts.
However, the Demon Lord Girl also seemed to have never experienced such heavy-load flight, so they were still falling.
It just wasn't as deadly for the people of Terra.
“Thud” “Thud” “Thud” “Thump”
Xing Chen opened his eyes and found himself in Talulah's arms.
Theresa climbed out of a nearby pit, simultaneously releasing group life recovery and glaring at Talulah with an enemy's gaze.
“Where are we?” Xing Chen quickly got up and asked.
The three all shook their heads, but Talulah looked thoughtful.
“Perhaps, we have arrived in Lungmen.”
“Lungmen?”
Xing Chen remembered that Talulah was indeed from Lungmen, but she was only a few years old at that time; why would her memory be so profound?
Oh, it might be the memory of being kidnapped by Koschei.
Due to Xing Chen's actions, the Reunion Movement in this timeline would certainly not attack Lungmen, so this should be one of Talulah's rare opportunities to see Lungmen again.
“Lungmen? Yan Country?” Theresa repeated these two words, then looked at Xing Chen, as if asking him if he was excited.
Xing Chen, however, had an expressionless face. He had also spent a considerable amount of time in the south, experiencing various forms of acclimatization.
He had no expectations for this low-fidelity imitation of another world.