Chapter 62
◎Proposal◎
“It’s you.” Seloe looked at Regas and chuckled softly. “But only you could have found this place.”
Perhaps, Regas is the person who understands the secrets of "God" best after him. So it's not surprising that Regas was able to find this place and enter it.
The news of Lan Hua's mysterious disappearance at the Palga Palace was well concealed. Even Regas only found out because Duke Lanxi took the initiative to contact him and subtly reminded him.
This can be considered as an overlapping space of another dimension that Celoé created in the real space, while the real space is in the underground palace of the Kundera Palace.
Although Regas was severely injured during his spiritual clash with Celoe, he also became familiar with Celoe's spiritual and soul power. Following Celoe's spiritual and soul power, Regas was able to pinpoint Celoe's location.
Regas held the unconscious Lan Hua, wiped away the blood slowly flowing from the corner of Lan Hua's mouth with his fingers, then looked up at Celoe and said, "It seems you still haven't given up."
After failing to seize Regas's body, Seloë settled for Ose's body as a second choice. In addition, he also needed Lan Hua's body as a vessel for Lan Xuan's body.
"I've been planning this for so many years, how could I possibly give up because of a little accident?" Seloi sneered. Lan Hua's words and expression before he fell unconscious reminded him of that painful memory, shattering his pretense of tenderness.
His only goal now is to resurrect Lan Xuan and rewrite that regretful chapter. This is the only pain and regret in his glorious and illustrious life.
"If it were you, would you give up?" Celoé asked, looking at the face that resembled his own.
Regas remained silent. If things followed the original trajectory, he and Lan Hua would likely end up like Celoe and Lan Xuan. And if he reached Celoe's point, would he give up?
Regas did not answer, but he knew very well in his heart that he would not give up.
“I will not follow the same path as you,” Regas’s voice was firm and solemn.
“We are the same kind of people,” Celoé said as he walked toward Regas. “So you should understand, I will not give up.”
He looked into Regas's eyes and continued, "Your injuries must be quite severe, right? Do you think you can stop me?"
Regas smiled and said, "If it were your original body, I might not have a chance of winning. But—"
He slowly added, "Your current body doesn't belong to you. 'Ose' hasn't disappeared, has it?"
He could sense that within Seloi's immense spiritual and soul power, there was a painful struggle, yet an unwillingness to give up, spiritual energy and soul atoms intertwined within.
Regas guessed that this must be Ose's soul. Although Ose's body was possessed by Celoe, and even after Celoe failed to seize Regas's soul, Celoe tried to forcibly dispel it.
But survival is the instinct of life. Celoé clearly did not get his wish completely. Although Ose's consciousness disappeared, his soul atoms were still scattered throughout his body and had not been completely dispelled.
Although Regas cannot defeat Seloe, Seloe will certainly suffer a significant impact when confronting Lan Hua and Regas. The instinct for survival will cause Osei's soul atoms to instinctively seize any opportunity to live, taking advantage of moments of vulnerability and weakness.
“You’re right.” Seloe’s weakness had been exposed by Regas, but he didn’t panic. Instead, he chuckled and said, “But I don’t care.”
Lan Hua coughed and slowly opened his eyes. He hadn't been unconscious for long, and after a short rest, his mental energy had recovered, though he still felt somewhat tired and drowsy.
Lan Hua stood up and said to Celoe, "Didn't you verify what I said before? Your plan was doomed to fail. Because Lan Xuan's soul should have been gone long ago."
"Impossible!" Celoé denied it outright, but his voice trembled without him even realizing it.
"Your denial is so firm and certain, isn't it because subconsciously you already believe what I said? And yet you can't accept this answer," Lan Hua said. How could the proud Lan family allow themselves to be in such a passive position?
Lan Hua understands this principle, but Celoé... is unwilling to understand it.
But Lan Hua bluntly laid bare the bloody truth in front of Celine, and not just once. This made it impossible for Celine to even deceive himself.
"If Lan Xuan's soul were still alive, I would willingly offer my body to him." Lan Hua activated his taunting ability to draw hatred again. He had just preferred to self-destruct rather than let someone else occupy his body, so how could he possibly offer it willingly?
By saying this, he was simply telling Celoé, or perhaps stinging Celoé, that all his so-called efforts and plans had been in vain.
The lost love and regrets he pursued and tried to hold onto will never have a chance to return the moment they vanish.
Celoé took a step back, his gaze no longer as certain as before. He carefully took out a transparent heart, shaped exactly like a human heart, from the particle space, looked at the ball of light condensed inside, and then breathed a sigh of relief: the soul was still there.
Looking at Celoe's expression and then at the ball of light in the transparent heart, Lan Hua chuckled softly: "The Lan family especially enjoys playing tricks on others. They relish the pleasure of watching someone do useless work, only to find out at the very end."
If he were Lan Xuan, he would pretend that his soul still existed, but only let that person know at the very end that he would never have let that person succeed in the first place. This pain of all his efforts turning to nothingness would be the final gift he would give to that person.
"Why be so careful?" Lan Hua "kindly" reminded him. "You can try shaking it and see if these soul atoms dissipate."
Séloë did not move.
Are you scared?
Seloi clutched the transparent heart tightly in his hand; he was afraid… Perhaps from the beginning, he had a vague idea of what was going on, but he didn’t want to figure it out; he had been running away from the start.
Now that things have come to this point, there's no point in running away anymore. He clenched his fist around the transparent heart, channeling his mental and spiritual power into it.
The originally luminous orb lost its fragile disguise after coming into contact with an external force, and the orb suddenly dimmed and disappeared.
"Heh—" Celoé let out a self-deprecating laugh as he watched the heart disappear from the orb of light. Then he released his grip, and the transparent heart rolled to the ground, stopping right at Lan Hua's feet.
Lan Hua bent down and picked up the transparent heart. The light inside had completely disappeared, leaving only a transparent shell with an empty interior.
"The consequence of loving the wrong person is the dissipation of one's soul; it's truly terrifying," Lan Hua said, weighing the transparent heart in her hand.
“You will not end up like that.” Regas’s gentle voice rang in his ear.
“His soul has vanished,” Regas said softly, looking at the suddenly collapsed “Ose.” The moment the transparent heart hit the ground, he could no longer sense Celoe’s soul power.
"Consider it a sacrifice to Lan Xuan's soul," Lan Hua said coldly. Even if Sero's soul self-destructed, it wouldn't change the fact that he caused Lan Xuan's soul to commit suicide.
"Hmm." Regas looked at "Ose" on the ground, his gaze deep and unfathomable. Perhaps, this was a lesson he had learned from the past.
He took Lan Hua's hand in one hand, turned to look at her, and said earnestly and solemnly, "Let's get married."
Are you proposing to me?
“Yes, I will share everything with you; there are no secrets,” Regas said.
Lan Hua clutched that transparent heart. Under any other circumstances, he probably wouldn't have agreed. But just moments before, Regas's words—"You are the only protagonist in my story"—had stirred his weary soul in an unprecedented way.
Indeed, people are most vulnerable when they are most easily defeated. Regas really knows how to choose his timing.
"You think you can propose with empty hands?" Lan Hua chuckled.
Regas, with his brain ring on his hand and the brain attached to Lan Hua's, asked, "Is it ready now?"
Lan Hua was truly astonished, because Regas had directly connected the backdoor of his personal terminal to Lan Hua's personal terminal, and it was a one-way connection. In other words, Lan Hua could access Regas's personal terminal through his own, but Regas could not access Lan Hua's personal terminal.
Regas's quantum computer, besides controlling his particle space and connecting to the military and the Royal Fleet's AI, also contains many core secrets.
Regas's words, "I will share everything with you, and I will keep no secrets," were truly fulfilled at that moment.
Could Lan Hua relinquish control of the Southern Region and share the Lan family's core secrets with someone else? Even with Regas at this moment, Lan Hua couldn't do it.
Amidst towering colonnades and blood-stained white stone sculptures, two figures stand facing each other in the interplay of light and shadow…
"You're going to hand over control of your personal computer to me right now without any reservations, aren't you afraid I won't agree?"
“Even if you don’t agree, I will still share it with you,” Regas said.
Lan Hua: "..." Regas is really good at this; it seems he's already thinking of agreeing to his request.
Before Lan Hua could speak, a violent cough shattered the extremely ambiguous atmosphere.
At the moment Séloë's soul vanished, Ouse struggled to awaken. Although his soul had suffered a severe blow, the instinct for survival allowed him to regain consciousness.
Lan Hua walked over, and the moment Ou Sai saw Lan Hua's face, he seemed to vaguely understand something.
"You..." Before he could finish speaking, Lan Hua delivered a swift chop to Osei, who was struggling to regain consciousness, knocking him unconscious again. Even when facing Celoe's soul-suppressing attacks, Lan Hua's expression turned terrifyingly dark as he looked at Osei.
Lan Hua twisted his wrist, seemingly wanting to give Ou Sai another more substantial greeting, but his hand was grabbed by another hand...
Lan Hua turned to look at Regas: "What, are you feeling sorry for your brother?"
"Don't let unimportant people distract you," Regas said casually when Ose was mentioned.
Regas looked intently at Lan Hua, his purple eyes reflecting only her image; that was the entirety of his gaze: "Promise me, okay?"
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