I'm having trouble breathing, and my throat hurts...
Shi Yin's consciousness was hazy, surrounded by phantoms of memories. She couldn't tell if the chaos was caused by her power or if it was just a dream she was having while asleep.
The scene before her was familiar; even through the blur, Shi Yin could recognize it as her home.
[Shiyin! What are you doing? Get down here!] The man burst open the door, and she fell to the ground, next to a tightly wrung-out sheet.
"Dad, I'm sorry." Shi Yin heard her own voice. "Living is too painful."
The long silence seemed to leave the man speechless; any words he could think of nowadays sounded utterly meaningless.
"Dad, why do you live? Do you really like this world?"
Of course I love it. I met your mother, and now I have you and your sister. This world was originally a beautiful place, but it's sick. Let's hang in there, and maybe everything will pass...
[Shiyin, you're all I have left...]
Stop talking.
Shi Yin had a terrible headache.
Stop thinking about these meaningless memories.
Shi Yin tried hard to wake up, but her mind was extremely heavy. She knew she wouldn't die; she had used her ethereal ability before losing consciousness, and she wouldn't be harmed until she woke up.
But Shion seemed to hear voices, and more than one.
"Report: Day 10, bodily function data has returned to normal."
"The human body and the abnormal energy value have been successfully separated. The abnormal energy shows no signs of abating, and the human body's condition remains unstable."
A faint sound came from behind, and Shi Yin's eyelashes fluttered slightly.
"Report! The patient's condition has stabilized."
"Let me see." It was Helmod's voice.
Helmod walked to the bedside, holding a flashlight. Just as he was about to lift Shi Yin's eyelids to check on her, a hand stopped him halfway.
"You reacted quickly, and recovered well." Helmod pinched Shi Yin's wrist.
Normally, Helmod would never be able to break free from Shi Yin's wrist, but this time, taking advantage of Shi Yin's weakness, he squeezed her hand and made it numb.
Helmod gloated, seeing this as a rare opportunity to bully Tokine.
"Come on, let's do a checkup." Without waiting for a reply, Helmod shoved the multi-functional thermometer into Shi Yin's mouth and held up one finger: "What's this?"
Shi Yin: "...Two."
"My dear Shiyin! You've gone mad!" Helmod patted his chest dramatically. "My God, I'll take you to the church for purification tomorrow."
Shi Yin: "..."
"Alright, alright, let's get back to the main topic. You all go out first." Helmod waved his hand, shooing the surrounding researchers out. Turning around, he saw Shi Yin trying to sit up.
"Lie down, darling. Acting recklessly will only make you look bad." Helmod smugly pressed Shi Yin down onto the hospital bed with one hand: "Say something nice to me now, and I'll choose to help you."
"What time is it?" Shi Yin was too lazy to pay attention to Helmod. She had a bit of a headache, so she simply lay down. "How did you find me?"
Shi Yin would never admit that she was a little bothered that others had seen her in such a disheveled state. In her mind, she should be invincible in front of everyone.
"Thank Changning, though I don't know how she found you." Helmod pointed to the next room: "You fell in such a remote place. According to the investigation, Changning dragged you for three whole hours to get to the beacon detector."
Helmod's technology is all connected to his physical body, meaning that Helmod is the ultimate terminal.
However, it must be a technologically advanced area. There were no beacons where Shion fell, so Helmod couldn't receive a signal and therefore couldn't sense it.
From Changning? No wonder I ran into her.
The void ability that Shi Yin uses is like an emergency switch. It cannot be turned off until she feels safe with her companions. Otherwise, ordinary people wouldn't even be able to touch Shi Yin, let alone harm her.
"To be honest, you've gone too far. First, you took the full release of me and Ishtar, then you used yourself as a power energy simulation training chamber to kill Kaiyang and release your power twice in a row... Shiyin, tell me the truth, do you really not want to live anymore?" Hermod's smile was extremely dangerous.
"I know what I'm doing." After resting for a while and gathering some strength, Shi Yin finally sat up from the bed.
"You know what's going on? If God heard you say that, Helmod would condemn you for lying." Seeing Shi Yin's indifferent expression, Helmod could only glare at her helplessly: "Before that, shouldn't you have explained a little about how you reminded the New World that we can be reborn multiple times?"
Shi Yin paused for a moment, then remained silent.
“At first you said they might know about our multiple rebirths, and last time you told me it was because the prophecy of the Greedy Wolf revealed many changes that they guessed we had been reborn multiple times.” Helmod found a stool and sat down: “These things sound reasonable at first glance, but they have many flaws.”
"Really?" Shi Yin glanced around, saw a glass of water next to her, picked it up and drank it.
Helmod didn't stop the water from being warm; it was originally prepared for Shion.
“The biggest flaw is that the New World itself is also changing the future. How could they doubt us because of changes in the future?” Helmod shook his head: “They should doubt which step they went wrong. The fact that they know so clearly that there is a problem on our side means that someone has reminded them.”
“It might not be me.” Shi Yin shrugged. “I’m not the only one who has been reborn.”
“But only you can do this. The four of us don’t have the resources to do anything else.” Helmod rolled his eyes. “We need you, but you don’t need us. Only you can control the plan.”
“You also sped up the pace this time. You deliberately made the people of the New World anxious, although they may be a little faster than you expected.” Helmod continued, “Including Agarai, this is his fastest time yet, although he killed one of the Seven Deadly Sins and two Seven Stars, which is theoretically a good deal.”
"Are you blaming me?" Shi Yin held the water glass, looking very calm.
“You should at least give me room to grieve for my dearest friend.” Helmod remained noncommittal: “You orchestrated the voluntary actions of many people. I am not 100% AI. Perhaps you should give me space to feel fear and wavering towards you.”
Although the result of wavering is always to continue listening to Tokito.
Helmod always spoke frankly to Tokine, firmly believing that clarifying everything and avoiding misunderstandings was the most reliable way to make an alliance.
Moreover, Shi Yin devoted most of her energy to the Yanlong Kingdom, which had a large territory and a large population, and she often couldn't take care of them.
Naturally, these countries with smaller populations began to help each other frequently, with Milika, Wilren, and Luland being the most recent and frequent examples.
However, in the future, there may be no one to joke with him or help him relax.
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