Chapter 1094

"Of course, I'm willing to take the lead." Bai E said without hesitation.

"Sorry, Your Excellency Star, Aohema now faces internal and external troubles, and has pushed you onto the crest of the wave. But the situation is urgent, there really is no room for us to discuss this thoroughly with you… The core of this matter lies with you; I respect your choice."

Xing asked, "How do you guarantee the feasibility of the plan?"

Ti Bao: "Although my grasp of the Hundred Worlds Gate is not as good as Ti An's, as long as you all can buy some time, *I* can also open a beautiful door."

Aglaea nodded: "As for whether we can seize the fire seed, it all depends on Ke Xia's ability."

"How do you guarantee my safety?"

"Frankly speaking, we cannot guarantee the safety of this plan..." Bai'e looked earnestly into her eyes, saying each word firmly, "But... the sword of the Fire-Thief wants to hurt you, it must first pierce my chest."

——

Miss Sigong Huiye wants me to confess my love.

"How, howhowhowhow suddenly say such words! It makes people so shy!"

Tengyuan Qianhua cupped her face, her whole body sat frozen on the sofa like a crashed system, her cheeks reddening at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Such lines normally only appear in shoujo manga; before, it seemed only Dan Heng had said something similar, hehehe..."

However, compared to Tengyuan Qianhua's blatant foolish smile, Sigong Huiye had to appear more restrained. She sat upright in her seat as usual; although she still maintained her usual cold elegance, the blush on her cheeks still gave her away.

(Piercing... chest...)

In Sigong Huiye's mind, Bai'e's words were playing on an infinite loop.

(If only the president could say this to me...)

She imagined the president wearing that black student uniform, standing in front of her, facing the family's myriad obstructions, or... some kind of crisis? In any case, the president stood before her without hesitation, turned back, and said passionately, "If you want to move against Kaguya, you must first step over my corpse."

"Ugh..."

Sigong Huiye couldn't help but let out a soft hum, quickly covered her mouth with her hand, and her cheeks instantly turned even redder.

"Huh...? Sigong, your face is so red... Are you feeling unwell somewhere?" Baiyin cast a concerned glance at him.

"Ah...! No, no." Sigong Huiye squeezed out an embarrassed smile, quickly fanned her hand in front of her face, and said, "Just... uh, radiant!"

——

"Is someone missing?" Xing looked around.

"You mean Wandi? He's busy solving another problem. Rest assured, that man will definitely not be absent from this battle."

".........."

"Farewell, comrade. You must... lead us back to our homeland."

"It's all the same... you and I... we treat conflict and fear as food."

"If you truly can lead your people to break this blood-stained fate, then prove it to me again, Maidemos."

Standing before the Genesis Vortex, Wandi's mind still echoed with the whispers of the past.

"I heard you're about to embark on an expedition," Wandi said.

"That's right, this will be an extremely difficult battle. The destination... is still Xuanfengcheng."

"So, you came to pray to the deceased Nicadoli?"

"No, on the contrary. I came to tell you...... this time, just leave the front line to us. The battlefield you will face... likewise cannot afford defeat."

"Hmph..." Wandi let out a light laugh, then suddenly posed a seemingly unrelated question: "The Mountain Opener Ji'ao Kelesi—have you heard his story?"

"Looks like you've chatted with Hatuonuosi, huh. This name, is it that legendary mountain folk?"

Wandi nodded: "Before we part, let me say a few more words. Hatuonuosi told me that in ancient times, the mountain folk all lived in seclusion in the hills. They spent their days digging and gathering... living a peaceful and simple life, free from conflict."

"But Ji'ao Kelesi is an oddball; he rejects tradition, longs for the world beyond the mountains. To him, the gentle customs feel like a prison."

Bai'e understood the hidden meaning in Wandi's words: "Your situation is very similar to mine."

"That's right, so he too must face the same choice: one day, Ji'ao Kelesi went out as usual to dig into the hills. But he saw that an entire unit of the Ladowin people was stationed at the foothills. That group of Ladowin people and their old enemies, the Kanpa people, were fighting, using the mountains as their guerrilla base. Ji'ao Kelesi had taught himself the common language, and he extracted information from the soldiers' mouths—"

"The Ladowin people planned to scatter landmines and explosives throughout the mountains, luring the enemy deep in. That meant the mountain folk's homeland was no longer safe; from then on it would be fraught with danger. Ji'ao Kelesi immediately returned to the village and informed his people. However......"

Bai'e guessed with interest: "I wonder... they'd rather endure than seek change?"

"... That's right. The mountain folk fear change, let alone migration. With war approaching, the elders only seek peace, unwilling to leave the mountains. Ji'ao Kelesi felt sorrow and anger."

After the story ended, Wandi turned the question back to Bai'e: "But he didn't give up. If you were him, what would you do?"

"The story ended, Wandi countered Bai E: 'But he hasn't given up. If you were him, what would you do?'"

Renya

"Heh, does this kind of question even need thinking?"

Hanma Bajirou crossed his arms, a ferocious smile appearing on his face, "If you want to achieve this, there's only one way: order the elders to step aside. If they refuse, keep beating them until they submit, then order them to leave."

"Bajirou, are you a brat?" Gongben Wuzang's eyes, shaped like magatama, swept over, "If you really resort to force against these elders, then Ji'ao Keles will never be able to integrate into the mountain folk."

"Hmm..." Ben Zuocheng rubbed his chin, sighing softly, "His thoughts are so rebellious, only tragedy can describe them. But if it were me, I'd probably still pick up arms to resist the Ladowin and Kanpa people. Even if the clansmen's thinking is backward, we must still carry out 'protection'."

"No no no, Ben Zuocheng, your idea is too conservative." Guo Haihuang waved his hand, the eyes behind his sunglasses, old and cloudy, narrowing slightly, "I have more experience with this; if it can be done, it's best to gather all those elders together, lure them into an area filled with landmines and blow them up. Once the elders' positions are vacant, we can replace them with a batch of new young people; having learned from the elders' example, they will surely be willing to leave their homeland."

"No no no, Bureau, your idea is too conservative." Guo Haihuang waved his hand, his old, murky eyes behind the sunglasses narrowing slightly, "I have more experience with this sort of thing; if it can be done, it's best to gather all these elders together, lure them into an area filled with hidden explosives and blow them up. Once the elders' positions are vacant, we can replace them with a new batch of young people; having learned from the elders' example, they will surely be willing to move away from their homes."

Apparently sensing his disciple's slightly displeased gaze, Guo Haihuang's skin wrinkled like scales, and he squeezed out a meaningful smile.

"Lie, don't keep blaming me for being vile, okay? Many things can't be solved by sheer violence; you need 'slaughter,' and that's not something a martial artist like you can understand."

Lie, please stop blaming me for being despicable, okay? Many things can't be solved just by violence, you know. You have to use 'slaughter' to get it done; this is not something a martial artist like you can understand.