Alice practically shouted those words!
“Didn’t you also say that promises are important? So I won’t lie to you.” Jiang Ran looked at Alice. “I won’t stay here.”
"Really?" Alice sat on the ground, head down. "Then I won't see you out. If you'd like to stay for a meal, that's fine too."
“Alice, although I won’t stay here, that doesn’t mean you have to stay here forever.” Jiang Ran stretched out his hand. “We can leave together.”
"Leave together?"
"Alice, what if I told you that your father is still alive?"
"What?!" Alice looked up abruptly, staring at Jiang Ran in disbelief. "What did you say?! My father... he's still alive?"
"Wait! You came back from where those bugs were, right?! Could my dad have been kidnapped by them too?! No, no! Decades have passed, how could he still be alive?!"
Alice stood up and tried to grab Jiang Ran's shoulders, but she wasn't tall enough and could only hug his waist: "Are you telling the truth?! Are you lying to me or not?!"
"At least I haven't lied to you. You'll know whether it's true or not once you go there."
"Okay...! I'll go with you!"
The third day has passed, and two rules for the Uninhabited City have been announced. Yet, no one has arrived in the Uninhabited City. If Jiang Ran cannot reach the Lost City after resolving matters here, he will have no choice but to visit the Uninhabited City first.
Would you like some fruit to fill your stomach?
"Hmm... not for now. Actually, I ate quite a lot last night."
"This is a miracle from the [Armed] forces."
Alice got on Jiang Ran's motorcycle, and the three of them returned to Insect Forest at top speed!
It was already the next day on the mountain, and instead of staying in Alice's cottage, he set off on his journey.
"Big brother, here, take this and keep it for the journey!"
"Oh, thank you so much."
The higher-ups in Sakura Country are increasingly unable to understand what Yamagami is trying to do. He is the second ghost storyteller to choose to leave the cabin after Jiang Ran.
Of course, the information that everyone knows now is very different from before. Alice's cabin is not safe, and it seems understandable that she also chose to leave the mountain.
"He's probably heading to the Insect Forest, right? After all, with that pot of herbal soup, it doesn't seem like there's any major problem. Isn't that how Jiang Ran got here?"
Yamagami also wants to replicate Jiang Ran's path? That's actually a good choice, but because there are so many important characters in this world's storyline, Yamagami's abilities can't play a significant role.
Before long, he arrived at a fork in the road on the mountain, and without much hesitation, he walked directly to the left.
"Wait! To the left?! Yamaue, you bastard! Do you really want to go and die?!"
That's not the road to the Insect Forest, but to a deserted city that no one has ever been to!
"What on earth is going on in that rusty brain of his?!"
“Sir, I think... perhaps he had already figured out what he was going to do before he even entered the world.”
Jiang Ran and the other two returned to the Insect Forest. Alice felt disgusted when she saw the insects. If Jiang Ran hadn't been there, she would have killed them all!
"As long as you don't take the initiative, these insects are not dangerous to us at the moment."
Jiang Ran jumped off the motorcycle because they had reached the entrance to the cave. The motorcycle definitely couldn't run normally inside the cave, and perhaps only an unusual mount like a spider could thrive in it.
"Alice..."
Jiang Ran leaned close to Alice's ear and whispered something to her.
Alice's pupils contracted, first in shock, then seemingly a little downcast.
Is that so?
"It's just my guess."
"Perhaps your guess is accurate, big brother."
The three of them entered the cave of Laplace together.
"Ah...you've arrived?"
Laplace's condition looks even worse.
"Alice, I'm sorry I can't see you now. Come, come here—"
Laplace stretched out his hands, but Alice remained standing still, refusing to embrace him.
"So your so-called research has turned you into this kind of grotesque thing?" Alice sneered. "For this kind of thing, you locked yourself in a dark, sunless underground."
"You don't understand, Alice. How could you, who have become a perfect being, understand our determination to get closer to it? Never mind, let's not talk about this anymore. After all, I am just a loser."
"Come here, Alice, let me hug you one last time. This is my only request. Perhaps I haven't fulfilled my responsibilities as a father..."
"You truly failed in your responsibilities as a father. I always thought you were dead, but now it seems it would have been better if you were!" Alice gritted her teeth. "In all these decades, you really didn't even have a chance to see me?! You didn't even have the ability to let me know this news?! You were deliberately hiding it from me, weren't you!"
"And now you're pretending to want to see me one last time!" Alice suddenly waved her hand, her fist causing the entire cave to tremble. "Are you kidding me?!"
"Alice... because in order to take the perfect step, I must suppress all my emotions. Only in that way can I become a 'god'! Without absolute rationality, how can I lead my entire race to ascension?!"
Jiang Ran thought that perhaps the cat named Zi and this guy would have common topics to talk about.
"But now I no longer need to suppress my feelings, Alice, come here, come to Daddy—"
"Until the very end, you still treated me like a tool."
Alice closed her eyes, and invisible threads spread through the cave!
"Alice! Don't you really trust me?!"
"Is there anything you've done that I can believe?!" Alice twirled her fingers. "You abandoned me!"
"Alice! I truly didn't want to come to this! But I have no choice!" Laplace's expression turned ferocious. "For the glorious evolution! I need your divine power! Alice! Contribute your strength to this great cause, and your name will be remembered for posterity!"
The cave began to shake violently. Lapres was indeed a madman. He had gathered all the insect swarms nearby, preparing to kill his own daughter here!
“Laplace, do you remember you once told me that you lost the most important thing about your people, humanity? Now it seems that you have lost your share as well.”
"This is my last chance! Only by abandoning humanity can I gain divinity! This may lead my people to decline, but it is also my only chance to turn things around!"
"No, as long as I'm here, you have absolutely no chance of succeeding." Jiang Ran raised his arm. "This is a miracle from the [Armed]!"
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