When Fang Zheng opened his eyes, it was already daybreak.
Fortunately, Ying won in the end, and she reached a reconciliation with the Herrscher of Corrosion - Fang Zheng was not quite sure what the two of them communicated, but in the end, the Herrscher of Corrosion left her mark to Ying and chose to leave.
Anyway, this is a good thing for Sakura. After all, she now has the power of a Herrscher.
The threat from the Herrscher had dissipated, so Fang Zheng planned to say goodbye and leave. Kallen wanted to stay here and live with Ying and the others, and Fang Zheng certainly had no objection to this. So after saying goodbye to everyone, Fang Zheng walked out of the village, and then opened the passage to the Quantum Sea again and stepped in.
This time, when Fang Zheng opened his eyes, he quickly saw the familiar and petite figure on a platform not far away.
"Hey, Banya!"
Looking at Bronya standing on the platform, Fang Zheng waved to her. Hearing Fang Zheng's voice, Bronya turned around and looked at Fang Zheng.
“Yuki…”
"Hey, are you okay? You look like you're fine... shall we leave here now?"
"No."
However, in response to Fang Zheng's question, Bronya shook her head and hugged a blue diary tightly in her arms.
"I also want to find Xier and take her away from here..."
"Xi'er?"
"Um……"
Facing Fang Zheng's doubts, Bronya nodded and explained to him what happened after she entered the Quantum Sea. After entering the Quantum Sea, Bronya was drawn into a world bubble, but in that world bubble, Bronya met someone she thought she would never see again - Seele Freya.
She and Bronya were all companions in the orphanage. Bronya, Seele, Rosalia and Lilia were once good friends. But after that, Seele was found to have mysterious powers, so she participated in an experiment, which eventually failed. Seele was quantized and disappeared.
For Bronya, losing her best friend was naturally painful. But what she didn't expect was that Seele, who she thought had died in the experiment, actually existed in the Quantum Sea. So she swore to Seele that she must take her out of the Quantum Sea.
"Xi'er... is she the girl with blue hair and a white dress?"
"Well... come to think of it, she did mention you to me. Besides, I can't leave here now because there is still danger here..."
"Danger?"
"That's right."
At this moment, a little boy suddenly appeared beside Bronya, looked at Fang Zheng and spoke.
"The snake is eyeing the real world, we must stop its conspiracy..."
"…Who are you?"
"My name is Joachim."
In response to Fang Zheng's question, the little boy spoke.
"These are the fragments of Walter Yang's will and clone that remain here. I am here to protect the boundary between this place and reality in his place."
"Oh... who is Walter Yang?"
"…Then let me explain from the beginning."
Facing Fang Zheng's question, Joachim was speechless for a while, but he still briefly explained the matter to Fang Zheng - Walter Yang was the leader of Anti-Entropy. More than a year ago, Einstein conducted an energy projection experiment on the Eye of the Abyss here, which accidentally caused the space to collapse. Although Walter eventually neutralized the space distortion, he and Einstein were sucked into the collapsing quantum sea.
There, they encountered a terrifying creature - a snake.
It tried to return to the real world through the channel opened by Walter and Einstein to change everything. But Walter disagreed with the snake's opinion. He thought the snake was very dangerous, so Walter sent Einstein back to reality. He stayed in the quantum sea to fight the snake. In the end, Walter used himself as a barrier to completely separate the quantum sea from reality, preventing the snake from passing through.
However, the snake obviously will not give up. At this moment, it is wandering in the depths of the quantum sea, waiting to make a comeback.
"snake?"
After listening to Joachim's description, Fang Zheng frowned.
"It's just a snake, and you dare to cause trouble? Well, if I meet that snake, I will peel off its skin and use its gallbladder to make wine..."
After making a casual complaint, Fang Zheng looked at Bronya again.
"So you can't go back now?"
"Yes, at least not now...not yet."
"Well, it looks like it will take me a while to get to you."
As Fang Zheng spoke, he looked at the distance between himself and Bronya. The distance between them was less than a hundred meters. Under normal circumstances, Fang Zheng could just jump over them. However, in the quantum sea, if he jumped out of here, there was no telling where he would end up.
"Well, see you later."
After saying this, Fang Zheng stretched out his hand, and soon the quantum vortex opened again. He then stepped into it and disappeared without a trace.
Watching Fang Zheng's figure disappear, Joachim turned to look at Bronya.
"Is this okay? What if the snake..."
“He is trustworthy.”
Bronya whispered.
"Believe me, if Yuki encounters that snake, he will really do as he said, skin it and take out the snake gall to make wine... If we talk about rebelliousness, then no one is better than him. And, I also believe in his ability... even though he is a dirty pervert."
"Hmm? What did you say?"
"nothing."
Bronya shook her head and looked at Joachim again.
"Then please let me go to the next world to go clubbing."
Just as Bronya entered the next world bubble to begin her own test, Fang Zheng also entered another time fragment.
"Well, at least it's not Japan this time."
Standing on the street, Fang Zheng looked around. At least this time he was sure that he was not in Japan, because the city in front of him was clearly in the style of medieval Europe.
"So, now this is..."
Just when Fang Zheng was about to walk around and see what was going on here, suddenly, a petite figure covered in a cloak rushed out from the alley, ran towards Fang Zheng, and then bumped heavily into his back.
"Um?"
Fang Zheng turned his head and looked at the person behind him, and then he saw a very familiar face under the cloak.
"cold?"
“Big brother!”
Lin was also shocked to see Fang Zheng, but before she could say anything, suddenly, accompanied by a burst of hurried footsteps, several fully armed soldiers rushed over.
"That's her!"
"Catch this brat!!"
"What the hell are these guys?"
Fang Zheng glanced at the soldiers surrounding him and Lin and snorted coldly.
"They are... destined..."
"We are Tianming's personal guards! We are arresting wanted criminals. Hand over the kid next to you immediately!"
Soon, a man covered in armor strode out, and Fang Zheng just glanced at him.
"roll!!"
The next moment, a surge of energy burst out from Fang Zheng, instantly knocking the soldiers high into the sky. They waved their arms and legs in despair, and then fell heavily to the ground. Fang Zheng took the opportunity to hug Lin's waist, and then the next moment he disappeared from the street in a flash.
When the heavily armed troops arrived, the place was already empty.
"Well, those idiots won't be able to find us."
Fang Zheng stood on the bell tower, looking at the soldiers below who were like headless flies. He snorted softly, then turned to look at Lin.
"Tell me, why are you here?"
“…Wow…!!!”
Hearing Fang Zheng's question, Lin's eyes suddenly turned red. She hugged Fang Zheng and burst into tears. Then she sobbed and told him everything that happened afterwards.
It turned out that after Fang Zheng left, they had a peaceful time in that town, but it didn't last long. Soon, the pursuers of Tianming arrived again. This time, they bribed the daimyo of this land by some unknown means and threatened the lives of the people in that town to demand Karen's surrender.
Not only that, because Sakura displayed the power of a Herrscher in the battle with Skyrim in order to protect Kallen, she also became the target of Skyrim's capture.
In the end, in order to protect the people of that small town, the two had to surrender and were captured by Tianming. As Sakura's sister, Rin was naturally taken back as well.
However, when they arrived at the headquarters of the Destiny, Kallen took advantage of everyone's inattention and broke through the siege of the Destiny, allowing Sakura and Rin to escape. She was arrested by the Destiny again, and not only that...
"Because, because Sister Kallen said at the trial that although Sister Sakura is a Herrscher, she will not cause any harm to humans. She is considered a heretic by the Destiny, so... so she will be publicly executed... Sister tried to rescue her several times, but the Destiny's security was too strict. We didn't know what to do..."
“Oh…”
Hearing this, Fang Zheng narrowed his eyes, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
"It's okay. Since I'm here, just leave it to me."
After that, Lin took Fang Zheng back to the hiding place in the slums to meet Ying again, and Ying was very happy to see Fang Zheng. After all, the two sisters were alone in a foreign country, and they couldn't even speak the language. If there weren't a few people from Japan here to pass on the news to them, they wouldn't even know what to do.
Now that Fang Zheng is here, they can rest assured.
Originally, Ying planned to rob the execution ground during the public execution. Although she knew it was a trap, Ying naturally could not watch Kallen die. However, Fang Zheng obviously had a better way.
"Leave it to me. I'll go check on Karen's current situation and then discuss it."
For Fang Zheng, who had cosplayed as an assassin before, sneaking into the heavily guarded prison of Tianming was not a difficult task. He soon got the specific location where Karen was imprisoned. However, when Fang Zheng sneaked to the cell where Karen was, he heard a familiar voice.
"Fulfill your engagement with me. You know I...I won't let you die."
Oh, this sound...
Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows, then he stuck his head out and looked towards the place where the sound came from. Sure enough, he saw a blond man kneeling on the ground outside the prison, looking sadly at the girl imprisoned in the prison.
"...Destiny doesn't care about my life or death, nor does it care about the relationship between you and me. I promised you that I would become a hostage used by the Bishop to control the Kaslana family."
At this moment, Karen looked haggard and her hair was unkempt, but her tone was still firm.
"Yes... But, so what? Since this engagement is just a cover, it can be just a cover in the future. What's important is... that you are alive. Kallen, as long as you are alive..."
However, in the face of Otto's pleading, Kallen did not waver at all.
"Being alive... maybe it's important. But betraying your own heart and playing the role of a pawn, is that really living? I don't think that way of living is nobler than death."
“…”
"Go back and tell Bishop Nikola that Kallen rejected his request. This was her own decision. I cannot agree with what Destiny did. I despise the dark heart of Destiny that is covered in a glorious coat. I will never kneel to save my life. Kallen Kaslana would rather die. This is my resistance, just... resistance."
"...I understand, Karin, I really understand. But I won't let you die, no matter what means I have to use, I will never let you die..."
After saying this, Otto turned around and staggered away. Fang Zheng hid in the shadows, watching Otto leave, and then walked to the front of the prison.
"What a pity! You almost could have gotten married."
"Why?!"
Hearing this voice, Karen was stunned for a moment. She raised her head and looked at Fang Zheng in surprise.
"Mr. Yuuki? Why are you here?"
"I was passing by by accident, and then I met Sakura and Rin who were being hunted by Tianming. I learned about your current situation from them, so I came to see you."
As he spoke, Fang Zheng looked at Karen.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, look at you. You probably haven't showered or slept during this period... Is the prison food delicious?"
"Of course it's not delicious."
Hearing Fang Zheng's question, Karen smiled helplessly.
"Rin and the others...are they okay?"
"I'm hiding. It's just so-so. I mean, are you really going to die? If you die, you'll have nothing."
"Didn't you hear what I just said?"
"That's why I'm asking you."
Fang Zheng spread his hands and stared at Kallen.
"If you die, everything will be over, but what will your death change? Will fate care about your death?"
"So...what do you think I should do?"
“It’s very simple.”
Fang Zheng snapped his fingers - seeing his action, Karin suddenly had a bad feeling.
"If you die, it's just a waste. That's hypocritical. Why don't we join forces to kill Bishop Tianming and these dark guys? Let the world know what they have done, and let those guys who only know how to squeeze the people know what it means to be watched by God. You are dead, but they are still alive. Is this reasonable? Is it true that good people don't live long, but evil people will live for thousands of years?"
“…”
Hearing this, Kallen was completely stunned.
"This is... a rebellion."
"Don't expect these corrupt guys to reform themselves."
Fang Zheng extended his hand to Karen in the prison.
"It's easy to escape, just close your eyes and it's over, so are you really going to choose this path? Or are you going to completely overturn the mess of destiny and start over?"
“…”
Karen hesitated for a moment, then she reached out and held Fang Zheng's hand. But the next moment, Fang Zheng pulled her up from the ground, then he stuck his head out through the gap in the fence and kissed Karen on the lips.
“——!?”
After being suddenly attacked by Fang Zheng, Karin's eyes suddenly widened and her whole body tensed up. After a moment, the two separated, and then Fang Zheng touched her head with a chuckle.
"So you see, you haven't even been in a relationship yet, and you're talking about life and death. This is the interest I paid for saving you. You'll have to pay the principal later."
"……snort."
Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Karen's face suddenly turned red and she turned her head away.
"rogue!"
"Alright, alright, stop being so upset. I'll take you out now..."
However, at this moment, neither of them noticed that in the shadows in the distance, a blond man was clinging to the door, watching the scene through the gap in the fence with red eyes...
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