Chapter 721

Contingency

Reality, a certain museum in an unknown city.

A huge playing card fell from thin air, the wooden door on the card was pushed open violently, and a disheveled figure ran out from the void inside the door, stumbled a few steps, tilted, and fell directly onto the cold ground.

This person was none other than the Blind One who had come to "bring reinforcements."

This museum was not her resting area, but Zhen Xin's. As soon as the Blind One appeared, she shouted "Xinxin" with some loss of strength.

Soon, a beautiful figure turned and walked out from behind a display counter. Her face showed slight astonishment, and she was still holding a piece of a puzzle that looked like it hadn't been finished yet.

Seeing "Xinxin" in such a state, the Blind One's face froze, and she said in astonishment: "Zhen Yi?"

Zhen Xin also frowned, put down the puzzle in her hand, and walked quickly to the Blind One to help her up.

"It's me.

Zhen Yi was chased back by me, but the condition of the trade was to help her finish her new collection item.

She hates trouble, you know, and I hate trouble too, but between two evils, I can only accept her trouble.

You came just in time, help me, Mingyu, it's almost finished."

As she spoke, Zhen Xin shook her head and sighed, looking helpless.

"..."

But what the Blind One sensed in Zhen Xin's aura was not helplessness, but doting. They were sisters after all; no matter how they schemed against each other, when they weren't at each other's throats, there was at least still a flavor of "home" between them.

However, now was not the time to talk about this. She held Zhen Xin's arm and explained one by one what she had seen and gained in the trial and the dangerous situation the Fire-Passers were currently facing, and then showed a die in her palm.

"Very strange. In the information I know, all situations seem to be heading toward collapse, but when I divined what the near future would be like, His response was a full score.

I cannot see any turning point, I can only speculate that perhaps another change unknown to us has appeared among Them, so Xinxin, have you been summoned by Him recently?"

Zhen Xin's face suddenly turned a bit poor. It was unknown if she was worried about the fellow Fire-Passers or thinking about something else. In short, after her expression changed several times, she shook her head and said:

"No, ever since I was played by someone last time, I haven't seen Him again.

However, recently, I did see that one from 【Life】."

"【Birth】?" The Blind One was slightly surprised.

"Yes, it is Him.

That 'Eternal Sun' is a player with great initiative. Although I cannot agree with some of her will, I cannot deny that her way of approaching Them is very successful.

I wanted to find inspiration from her, so I helped her find another Him, 【Birth】's Envoy, 【Holy Sound of Birth】, Lucia.

We found Him, and so after that trial ended, 【Birth】 summoned me.

Forget it, let's talk about these things later.

Mingyu, don't be anxious yet. If you firmly believe that 【Fate】's guidance is correct, then we might as well wait a while."

"Wait?" The Blind One pondered slightly and understood Zhen Xin's meaning, "Wait for the 【Fire of Hope】's reaction?"

"Not bad. In the end, we are just puppets in Their hands. When Their will is not mixed in, you and I can strive for our position on the stage through effort.

But once Their will is mixed in, our choices become useless.

Old Deng's escape is clearly strange. Even if 【Time】 wanted to intervene, there was no need to give such a 'petty revenge' after you cleared His trial. There must be a deeper level of game-playing here.

We cannot participate in Their game-playing, but the 【Fire of Hope】 perhaps can. We have never known where He came from; this matter instead gives us an opportunity to observe this mysterious 【Him】."

The Blind One frowned, seemingly wanting to correct Zhen Xin's words, but Zhen Xin smiled and helped her to the table to sit down, interrupting her speech.

"I know that no matter what, we shouldn't make such probes against the Fire-Passers, but Mingyu, sometimes doing more leads to more mistakes. We also cannot guarantee whether the current remedy will become an obstacle for the 【Fire of Hope】 when handling this matter.

At the player level, our actions perhaps have no influence on Him, but once it involves Them... it's hard to say.

So my suggestion is, wait first. At least until we receive a signal that the situation is completely heading toward collapse, do not let 【Deception】 participate in it.

I don't know if His shadow is in this, but He is 【Deception】 after all; the title of God of Fun didn't come for nothing.

As for your benefactor 【Fate】...

A full score is probably the reassurance He fed you.

Alright, I know you could actually think of these things. Don't be anxious, drink some water and relax."

As she spoke, Zhen Xin lightly took two pieces of dried tangerine peel from her portable space, put them into the cup, stirred for a moment, and pushed it in front of the Blind One.

The Blind One's face turned cold instantly after sensing the faint scent of dried tangerine peel emanating from the water. She suddenly raised her head to "look" at Zhen Xin in front of her, her expression complex as she gritted her teeth and said:

"Zhen Yi! This joke is not funny, you know I'm allergic to dried tangerine peel!"

Hearing this, a tremor flashed in Zhen Xin's eyes, but soon the corners of her eyes and mouth curled up simultaneously.

"Hee~

Mingyu, you recognized the wrong person, the current me is the older sister!"

"..."

An Mingyu fled, or rather, she didn't want to face the person in front of her at all, and fled the museum as if flying.

But when she returned to her own resting area and looked at the bookshelves, tables, chairs, beds, ornaments, flowers, grass, and fish ponds she had once arranged with her own hands, seeing not the slightest change or abnormality, she actually trembled all over, as if she had lost all strength, and collapsed directly into the chair.

"How could it be like this..."

She raised her hand tremblingly and threw all the dice in her hand onto the desktop. A moment later, the dice gradually stabilized, and 17 ones appeared before her eyes.

"No... how could it be like this..."

An Mingyu bit her lip hard, and at the same time, a clear tear overflowed from her tightly closed eyes, slid down the arc of her perfect cheek, and fell straight to the ground.

This tear didn't even raise a speck of dust, disappearing silently on the ground, while making the whole room return to silence once again.

The sadness didn't last too long. Soon, the 【Fate】 Chosen One's face gradually calmed down. She looked at the dice on the table, gripped one tightly, and murmured subconsciously:

"Is this, also your guidance?"

However, here and now, no one could answer her, but An Mingyu still continued to ask herself:

"So, what was the reason you let me come to this world, Benefactor?"