Chapter 191 (Chapter 190) Fate
Yan Shi was holding the appointment letter, and before she could figure out the reason, a voice suddenly came from behind her.
"Excuse me, where is this place?"
Yan Shi: ?
She turned around in confusion. Lin Xuya stood in the center of the room, peeking around somewhat awkwardly.
Upon seeing Yan, her eyes lit up: "Director Yan?!"
How familiar this scene seems.
In retrospect, her inexplicable appearance at the Destiny Platform in her sleep that night was probably not intentional on Kirina's part. Rather, the Destiny Platform had its own agenda.
Yan Shi paused for a moment, then walked behind the desk, pulled out a chair, and sat down. "Hello. I was so engrossed in reading the documents that I almost forgot I had an interview tonight."
Starlight streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows behind her, gently falling on her shoulders. She looked down and noticed a stack of documents that had appeared on the table, perhaps due to the correct keywords.
Lin Xuya was still clueless: "Director Yan, what interview?"
Yan Shi looked at the document. The handwriting on the top page was messy and arrogant:
This young girl's ability is 'Destiny'. It has nothing to do with gods or authority, yet it touches upon the very essence of laws; it's quite unique. The Heavenly Fate Platform is currently lacking someone, and I think she's perfect for the job.
Claire.
Besides drawing comics in the gaps in her space, Claire also works part-time as an HR representative for the Destiny Station.
Yan Shi's lips twitched: "Claire recommended you to me."
Lin Xuya was even more confused: "Claire?"
As the name left his lips, Yan Shi suddenly felt a sense of mystery. A white mist slowly appeared behind Lin Xuya, and within the mist, a figure emerged: "I'm here."
Claire emerged from the white mist and stretched: "Finally out of that wretched place."
As she spoke, she strode to the table: "Director Yan, how can an ordinary being imprison a deity without authorization? Shall we settle this score?"
Yan Shi remained expressionless, tapping the table with his index finger as if deep in thought: "Real name...that was something I overlooked."
In the Otherworld, a name is a very special thing; it is the shortest spell.
The names of deities naturally have the power to summon spirits.
It doesn't matter.
"How do you want to settle this score with me?" Yan Shi said calmly.
Claire's authority dictates that she is a weak deity. In terms of actual combat strength, she is not even as strong as Yan Shi.
Claire stared at her for a moment, then turned away. "Lin Xuya," she said slowly, "Do you desire the authority of a god?"
Claire's words were seductive: "There are no more than three divine authorities whose candidates are currently undecided. What you can grasp is the origin of the law."
"I don't want to." Lin Xuya shook her head violently, took two steps back, hesitated for a moment, then jogged around to behind the desk, stood next to Yan Shi's chair, and looked at Claire warily: "What do you want to do to Director Yan?"
A smile appeared in Yan Shi's eyes.
Claire: ...
"No vision." She curled her lip, then her tone turned cold again: "The Heavenly Mandate Platform is currently without a master. Make a decision, Director Yan."
Along with the documents, a pen was also found on the desk.
Yan Shi turned to look at Lin Xuya: "Do you want to be the priestess of the Destiny Altar?"
"Huh?" Lin Xuya's eyes widened in surprise. "Me?" She was at a loss. "I... I don't know... what the priest of the Heavenly Fate Altar needs to do?"
Yan Shi wasn't entirely sure either. After a moment's thought, she decided to describe it roughly based on her impressions: "They need to stay in the Heavenly Fate Platform and watch over the world for a long time. The term is one hundred years."
Lin Xuya: "Can I go home?"
Yan Shi didn't answer, but Claire, who was leaning against the table next to him, laughed out loud: "Of course not."
“Director Yan is rather tactful, let me handle it,” Claire said lazily. “What you will need to face is a century of solitude in the starry sea and solitary observation. As for what exactly you need to do, your ability is destiny. That’s enough.”
Yan Shi: "You don't have to agree. It's difficult." Her voice was gentle. "You have a choice, do what you want to do."
"Are you crazy?" Claire's tone was filled with incomprehension. "The ability must be related to the origin of the laws, but it cannot originate from the authority of the gods. Such candidates are very hard to find. If we miss this one, we don't know where the next one will be."
“I remember your anchor point is absolute fairness. You should know how much the absence of a Heavenly Mandate Platform affects things. If there were priests at the Heavenly Mandate Platform, the World Barrier wouldn’t be in such a dilapidated state now. Moreover, this little girl has a special attraction to the fragments of the World Barrier, which is part of the Heavenly Dao.”
Lin Xuya gripped the hem of her clothes tightly.
Yan Shi sighed: "Faced with the choices of fate and destiny, she is just an ordinary living being in this world. She can decide her own future."
“What a great story.” Claire clapped her hands lightly, and the white mist reappeared behind her. “I can’t be bothered with it. Maintaining the stability of the world barrier is your responsibility, not mine.”
“But Director Yan,” Claire said, her eyes darkening, “my authority tells me that if any link in the design of Heaven were missing, history would take a completely different turn.”
Claire left.
Yan Shi ignored Claire's sudden enthusiasm for no apparent reason; after all, advising someone to go to work was like asking a thunderbolt to strike you down.
Not to mention that this is a job with no days off all year round and no way to resign.
She simply said gently to Lin Xuya, "I'll take you home."
“Director Yan.” Lin Xuya bit her lower lip. “So, so, the reason why the world barrier is now riddled with holes, as depicted in the comics, is because there is no one at the Heavenly Destiny Platform.”
"Hmm?" Yan Shi shook his head slightly. "That's only part of the reason."
Lin Xuya listened, or perhaps she didn't. She just stared blankly at the corner of the desk, murmuring, "Director Yan, let me think... let me think about it some more..."
The Heavenly Mandate Platform returned to silence.
Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, the starlight still shines.
Yan Shi lowered his head and casually flipped open the document that had just appeared in the center of the desk.
Aside from Claire's hastily written letter of recommendation on the first page, there was a resume for Lin Xuya on the next page. It was very simple, just her name, abilities, and a brief introduction. In the passport photo in the upper right corner, Lin Xuya was smiling brightly.
To Ling Yanshi's surprise, what followed were the resumes of all the priests of the Heavenly Mandate Platform. The first page was named Wuming. His name was clearly written on the resume: Ishmael.
The Light Elf was born in the Forest of Life. Her mother was the previous queen of the Light Elf race. Her ability is equivalent exchange.
What an amazing ability.
Yan Shi raised an eyebrow and continued flipping through the pages, her fingertips tracing the paper. Before she had finished reading, she suddenly heard an extremely faint sob.
She turned her head and found that Lin Xuya was already crying.
"I, I..." she said haltingly, "I don't want to, I don't want to be alone. But, but..."
A faint light appeared in Lin Xuya's palm at some point, and fragments of the world barrier appeared even without the influence of external spiritual forces, forming a shimmering expanse.
"But I don't want the world barrier to collapse completely, and the world to become a terrible place," Lin Xuya said, her voice trembling. "I don't want..."
“The world barrier won’t collapse completely,” Yan Shi interrupted her. “I’m here.”
Lin Xuya: "But Director Yan," her voice filled with bewildered despair, "I saw it."
"The world barrier will develop more and more cracks, until finally, it will collapse completely. The inner and outer worlds will completely overlap, and everything will move towards the predetermined ending before it was changed."
“I said,” Yan Shi said calmly, his tone unchanged, “the current loopholes in the world barrier will be patched, and the world barrier will return to stability.”
As Yan Shi finished speaking, she suddenly felt a wave of weakness spreading from her heart. Her limbs felt as if they were wrapped in a heavy bundle, and she fell heavily downwards.
The fragments of the world barrier in Lin Xuya's hands floated out of her palms, turning into specks of light and dissipating into the air.
Yan Shi seemed to hear a distant voice: "Are you sure?"
"I'm sure," Yan Shi said, emphasizing each word.
Lin Xuya stopped sobbing. Her eyes widened, a look of disbelief and disorientation appearing in them: "The ending... seems to have really changed."
Yan Shi's breathing grew heavier, an irresistible weariness dragging her inch by inch into the abyss. Lin Xuya's voice seemed muffled, as if through a membrane.
Yan Shi.
The strokes are powerful, and the handwriting is steady.
Then Yan Shi folded up the appointment letter and said, "Go home. I'll keep the appointment letter for you; it's valid at any time."
After saying that, she closed her eyes and tried her best to gather her thoughts: "God said, send Lin Xuya home."
As the words fell, a ripple spread through the air, and then a silent crack opened beside Lin Xuya. Beyond the spatial gap was Lin Xuya's room. Soft light, an open comic book, an unfinished glass of milk... her world was quietly waiting for her to return.
"Director Yan!" Lin Xuya's voice was panicked, but she had already been pushed to the edge of the chasm. "Director Yan, wait, I..."
The spirits in the air were gently pushing her, trying to push her off the Destiny Platform.
Lin Xuya struggled, but was ultimately pushed off the Destiny Platform. In her last moment before leaving, she looked back one last time.
Director Yan did not respond to her call, or rather, did not hear her call.
Her head was lowered slightly, a few strands of her usually neatly tied hair fell down, and her long eyelashes obscured her eyes.
Whether in comics or in reality, Yanju, who always seemed omnipotent, closed his eyes, quietly lay down on the table, and fell asleep. The boundless starry sky behind the French windows had quietly changed at some point, no longer stars, but a whole expanse of azure sea suspended in the air.
The sea was calm and still, like a mirror, and Yanju fell into a deep sleep right there on the shore.
Lin Xuya returned to her room.
Everything was the same; her phone screen was even still lit up, displaying a comics forum.
She stared blankly for a few seconds, then suddenly remembered something, and almost stumbled to the window, pulling open the curtains.
Perhaps it was because her abilities were revealed upon entering the Heavenly Fate Platform, but her previously blurry surroundings became clear. Lin Xuya's home was in the suburbs of the capital, right next to a forest belt, and lately the nearby woods had always been shrouded in a mysterious mist.
There was a wildfire, so the area was cordoned off. At that moment, she finally saw the forest through the fog.
Inside, various formations and magical artifacts were arranged around a central area. Several staff members dressed in the uniforms of the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs stood around the enclosed center, looking astonished.
They were surrounding an empty space, where there was nothing.
Or rather, there was once a gap in the world's barrier there.
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