"He found a forbidden magic in the ancient ruins and inherited it."

Lacey continued.

"magic?"

First it was magic, then it was witchcraft again, is it going to be a fight between magic and horses?

Ning Yu felt that she had a lot of questions now.

"Magic and magic are completely different. Anything that can be achieved with money and time can only be considered magic at best."

Lacey pointed to the huge underground space.

"A project like this can only be considered magic at best."

"Magic is a miracle that cannot be achieved by any existing means. It is something that exists independently."

Ning Yu nodded thoughtfully, then asked:

"According to this logic, the conditions for activating such magic should be very harsh, right?"

"This forbidden magic requires a huge amount of power to forcibly open the door to the source."

As Lacey spoke, she slid her hand across the screen, and the map that Ning Yu was familiar with appeared on it, showing the entire underground project.

As she zoomed in and out, the entire map turned into a more regular pattern, like a pile of petals surrounding a core in the middle.

"In order to obtain the source of these powers, he found Lord William and wanted to develop Utopia with him because he saw the possibility of Utopia being more evil."

"Lord William decisively rejected him. He was not interested in Lyon's idea, even though Lyon tried to persuade him in various ways."

Lacey's face darkened, and her eyes flickered brightly.

"But he still did it. He took advantage of his long-term friendship and trust with Sir William and added the magic circuit he designed in Utopia without permission."

"Not only that, he also wants to spread the Utopia, or T-virus, that he modified."

"So he plotted to kill Lord William."

Ning Yu had already guessed this situation, and she asked in confusion: "If that's the case, why would you still help Leon?"

Lacey let one of her eyes turn back to its original icy blue color at the question.

"Because Leon stole my system permissions from Lord William, but he didn't know that my true personality had already been set up."

"What he usually sees is just my superficial personality."

“But I can’t keep doing this forever.”

"So most of the time, I have to follow his orders."

Her eyes turned back to gold, and the light inside dimmed a little, which was noticed keenly by Ning Yu.

This is indeed consistent with what she said, that it is impossible to maintain this state forever.

"After the T virus infects humans, most of them will be turned into zombies. A small number of humans who survive will gain origin awakening."

“The effect of this awakening ability is originally the effect of Utopia, and Leon can’t completely modify it.”

"When zombies devour each other, mutated zombies like those you have seen will be born. Morning Star was born from this."

"Leon is the master of this magic called the T-virus, so he controls the lives of all zombies mutated by the T-virus."

"As long as he wants, he can kill all zombies and mutant zombies instantly."

"This will also be one of the steps in his world-destroying magic to open the root gate and seize the power that originally belonged to all mankind."

Ning Yu heard this and suddenly thought of a possibility. She said:

"In that case, if we can kill him..."

"This will all be over."

Lacey answered in the affirmative.

"But then why do you still want to build those bases and train awakened people?"

Shen Yiyue was a little confused.

"Maybe it's because I don't have enough strength."

Ning Yu gave his own guess.

"That's right."

Lacey nodded, and the locations of all the survivor bases appeared on the screen.

"The energy that can be obtained from the existing mutant zombies is not enough, because it is not a simple T virus, but a transformation of Utopia."

"So there must be humans who became awakened because of Utopia and did not become mutant zombies, so their power cannot be used by Leon."

"But this is the vicious part of Leon's plan. He simply sent people to build a base, and then recruited all the 'Awakeners' in advance and kept them in captivity."

"Then use some other means to extract the remaining power."

Lacey glanced at the soul gem that was still providing energy to the screen. Perhaps there was a living human being inside it.

"As long as you can accumulate enough strength, the key to all this will fall on you."

Lacey finally shifted the focus of the topic to Ning Yu.

"Inside your body lies the key to connecting to the source. You are the medium, the channel."

"Leon created you through the ancient Yin-Yang technique, and a path to the root will be born from you."

"As long as you and that huge power are gathered together, the door will open. This is also the final step of the world-destroying magic."

"Unfortunately, if someone wants to reach the root, they will definitely be blocked by the inhibitory force."

“This is the great power condensed from the collective unconsciousness of all mankind.”

"And what he didn't expect was that this incarnation of restraint was actually you, whom he created with his own hands."

"What a contradictory combination, just like the yin and yang of Tai Chi."

Lacey put away the screen and looked at Ning Yu.

"You actually know about inhibition, and why do you think it was me?"

Ning Yu also looked at Lacey. She didn't expect that Lacey knew more than she thought.

The word "restraint" was only mentioned to her by Tsukihime herself.

"And why do you need my strength? You're not weaker than me, right?"

If she were to engage in a life-and-death fight with Lacey at this moment, the outcome would probably be unknown, and Ning Yu didn't know if she had any more cards up her sleeve.

"No, on the contrary. I can't be stronger anymore, but you can."

Lacey suddenly raised her hand, and all the cyborg mutant zombies on the ground began to tremble.

But they did not stand up again. Instead, they turned into countless gray powders, as if they were half sublimated by physics.

Just like when Ning Yu first met Lacey, she recycled the butcher.