Chapter 1221

In that case, Bai'e, who comes from a lowly background, is indeed the most suitable person to succeed Aglaea.

"Do you still remember Aglaea's earlier death prophecy?" Lao Aide lifted the steaming red tea before him, "'You will last bathe in warm, dazzling gold'…… I'm curious how this prophecy will be fulfilled. Kaines' failed coup means she can no longer be a threat. Now the greatest threat to Aglaea's life is the fire thieves—could it be that she ultimately died trying to resist the fire thieves' invasion of Aohema and seize the fire seed?"

As Lao Aide's words fell, the air in the living room seemed to be gently twisted by an invisible hand.

"I wouldn't rule that out, but the fire thieves invading Wengfalusuosi… that picture is terrifying." Yue'er furrowed her brows, but thinking that the Black Tower lady had already come to Wengfalusuosi, she felt the problem wasn't so bad.

"If we just eliminate Aigele, we could easily open a passage to the outside world, right?" She fantasized like that.

"No, Miss Yue'er's idea is completely wrong."

Lao Aide's voice rang out, decisive and unwavering.

Eh?

Earlier, Laigushi had mentioned while negotiating with the Black Tower lady, "Without its help, no one can enter Wengfalusuosi," which clearly shows a problem: it is the true controller of Wengfalusuosi's comings and goings, and without its nod, even the Black Tower lady, as an envoy, cannot easily enter." Lao Aide's eyes sank, "It dares to promise Dengheng can bypass Aigle's divine punishment precisely because Aigle itself is likely under its control."

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This speculation is really too radical; Yue'er's expression was dazed, as if her brain had crashed.

Furthermore, its meaning in repairing the train is very clear: it wants the Astral Express forces to leave Wengfalusuosi. Yue'er, have you noticed that this Laigushi seems to intend to drive out the extraterrestrial forces from Wengfalusuosi?

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"Star ran over to Mimi's side again, wanting to see what it's looking at."

""Mmm… cultivating month, hidden time, suitable to eat grain crops, avoid fishing…" Mimi touched her head, "But nowadays Wengfalusuosi seems to have no place to fish?""

"Superstition, superstition, Mimi believes blindly."

"Star's voice appeared behind it without any sign."

"Yah, you scared me!" Upon turning around and seeing it was Star, Mimi let out a long breath, "…Star, barging so suddenly into someone's world can really leave them flustered! Okay, okay, no joking. Here… there's nothing here! I'll go look elsewhere."

"Star was still curious about the book Mimi was reading, so it quietly crept over again, and this time discovered that the book Mimi was reading was actually related to card divination."

""What are you talking about, something good? Is this… the 'Wengfalusuosi Divination Compendium'?" Bai'e also walked over."

"How come you're here too!"

"Haha, sorry, I saw you two chasing each other on the side, and the book in your hands instantly lost its appeal." Bai'e glanced at the content of Mimi's book, "I didn't expect Mimi to be interested in divination… but this isn't some niche hobby, why hide it?"

Mimi responded confidently: "I wanted to prepare a surprise, learn it secretly, and scare you all! But being discovered midway inevitably makes one shy. A maiden's delicate heartstrings are even more fickle than Aigle's mood swings…"

"Ha, 'surprise'… someone also told me something similar; she's especially skilled at stargazing and divination, especially with cards—see, that's the set you're looking at."

"Bai'e even has such a friend; you must be quite familiar with this kind of divination, right?"

Bai'e's eyes flickered with a fleeting sense of melancholy: "No, I know nothing. I've never really believed in predicting fate with cards or bone stones since childhood. If the auspicious signs mentioned in divination results were all true… then my homeland, Aolixie, wouldn't have vanished."

"Don't forget, we still have Teacher Tining. Compared to her never-failed prophecies, all divination is merely a smokescreen or a rehearsed sophistry."

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Assassin Wu Liuqi.

"Divination… I really like divination!"

"By the way, constellations, astrology, and tarot cards are also part of divination, right?" Seeing the people under the canopy discussing divination, Kele appeared very excited.

A faint, almost inaudible sigh came from behind.

The Prince of Siter stood not far behind her, his gaze wandering between Mimi in the canopy and Kele beside her, then silently pushed up his glasses: "So-called divination has no basis in statistics, and the so-called card faces are more often symbol systems assigned by humans; under different cultural backgrounds, the interpretation variance of the same card can reach as high as sixty-three percent."

Kele blinked after hearing that.

"So?"

"So, the conclusions drawn from divination show no significant difference from random guessing in a statistical sense. If you need to make a prediction—for example, tomorrow's weather—I suggest you access Siter's weather satellite interface; its accuracy exceeds ninety-eight percent."

"Who would bother predicting that kind of thing? Even if predicting, most people would predict love luck, career luck, and such." Kele propped her chin, her voice drawn out, "Besides, Your Highness, don't you feel your words just now are no different from a monk chanting sutras?"

"That's not chanting sutras; it's a logical argument."

"Exactly, exactly, that's it." Kele mimicked his tone, putting on a straight face: "'From a statistical perspective,' 'no causal chain,' 'subjective illusion'—" As she learned, she couldn't help but chuckle twice, "Your words sound like the fine print you'd only find in a manual."

The prince's brow twitched almost imperceptibly: "I'm stating facts."

"I know you're stating the facts." Kele withdrew her gaze from his face, looking up at Mimi in the sky, "Every word you said is correct. Divination is a symbol system; card meanings are assigned by humans; divination results are statistically no different from blind guessing; astrological fortunes are… what's that effect called?"

"The Barnum effect."

"Oh right—that's it. The last time I mentioned constellations to you, you sent me a paper on the Barnum effect, right?" As she said this, Kele let out a deep sigh, "I think, as long as divination and prophecies can give people the courage to stride boldly into the future, regardless of whether the results are accurate, their purpose has already been fulfilled."