MCL CH139

Chapter 139: “The last time, waiting for you to come back…”

“So, this is the final plan you and Professor Shen have decided on.” An hour later, the conversation ended. Primo looked at the completed content record before him, his pen tapping the paper again and again, his furrowed brow seeming to weigh the options.

But at the same time, he knew very well that neither he nor anyone else present probably had a choice.

In comparison, Lin Xi’s attitude seemed much more at ease. “Mhm, that’s about it. I’ve already had our dear Calamity make the arrangements. The rift is currently incubating. Using the ‘Growth’ ability, it should be able to open fully soon. A rift of this special S-rank is enough to accommodate an inner world no smaller than Earth. At that time, we’ll have a certain stitched monster splice the inner worlds of other rifts over. That should count as temporarily providing them with a suitable residence before the worlds of those contaminants completely collapse.”

At this point, he looked up and glanced at Primo. “Of course, this is something I agreed to on my own accord. After all, their purpose in coming to Earth was to find a new place to live. If we want a temporary ‘truce,’ the human side must also show sufficient sincerity.”

In fact, without needing a reminder, Primo also knew that this was already the greatest convenience Lin Xi had secured for humanity.

Temporarily designating this special-grade contamination zone for the use of those contaminants as their temporary residence after losing their homeland, while simultaneously incubating a new super S-rank rift to create a huge inner world as their new home in the future—all these arrangements were undoubtedly aimed at solving the most urgent needs of these contaminants after losing their homeland.

These contaminants invaded Earth in search of a new home. As long as every step of this plan could be perfectly implemented, their most urgent predicament would be temporarily resolved.

And as for humanity—humanity’s biggest crisis at present was undoubtedly the lack of sufficient time.

If the global coverage of contamination radiation was already unavoidable, then the universal awakening plan once proposed by Professor Shen Nanyang became the only choice.

Compared to how to arrange manpower to resist the attacks that the contaminants might launch at any time, what they needed to do more now was to complete the awakening experiment, ensuring that all ordinary humans could awaken their abilities on their own and no longer need to worry about “mutation” from contact with contamination radiation.

Now, while Lin Xi was arranging for the incubation of the super S-rank rift, he had also reversed the time flow between the special-grade contamination zone and the outside world.

This way, the time waiting for this rift to officially open had already provided humanity with enough time. What needed to be done next was to accelerate the progress of the experimental project and successfully promote the research results to the whole world before the full-scale outbreak of contamination radiation.

“Understood.” After a long silence, Primo finally nodded. “The returned X-rank ability users have already been sent to top-tier supernatural hospitals for treatment. As for the special-grade contamination zone, I will also arrange for manpower to keep an eye on it. As long as we ensure that the contaminants inside have no intention of forcibly leaving, I will have the patrol teams temporarily remain in a defensive phase.”

At this point, a hint of extra emotion inevitably appeared in his gaze towards Lin Xi. “Professor Shen has also told me about the subsequent steps of the experiment. You…”

Before Primo could finish, Lin Xi had already smilingly picked up his sentence, “Are you asking if I’m sure I can continue to trust him this one more time?”

As he spoke, he glanced meaningfully at Yan Xingzhou standing at the door, the corners of his mouth curving up even more. “There’s nothing I can’t trust. Shen Nanyang, that person, may use any means to achieve his goals, but the one thing that can be said with great certainty is—he would never gamble with the future of humanity. What do you think?”

A few minutes later, two tall figures walked out of the International Ability General Administration building.

At this time, the alarm sounds around had all been silenced. It wasn’t because the monitoring equipment had been removed, but because under the excessively high radiation, all the contamination value detectors had been overwhelmed and damaged.

Lin Xi had his hands in his trouser pockets, strolling slowly to the square in front of the door. He turned and looked, and the towering building entered his slightly narrowed eyes as he looked up.

Yan Xingzhou’s voice came from his side, “Going back?”

“Let’s go back. Now that the worries behind us are temporarily resolved, it’s indeed time to get to business.” Lin Xi lowered his eyelids and chuckled softly. “Actually, apart from the incomparably glorious matter of creating a future for humanity, if I can take this opportunity to solve the thing left in my body, it’s not a bad thing either. After all, having a camera-like existence that can see my every move at any time is indeed a rather uncomfortable feeling.”

In the office, Calamity, as the “puppet emperor” of the contaminant world, had remained silent. Hearing this, He finally couldn’t hold back: […I spit on you! As if you’ve let me see anything you didn’t want me to see. Every time there was an R-18, not-for-kids scene, didn’t you strike first and knock me out? I haven’t even complained, and you’re the one getting upset!]

“Listen, that noisy thing is starting again.” Lin Xi said this, but clearly had no intention of paying attention to Calamity. “Where’s the nearest spatial transfer point? Let’s go, it’s time to find Shen Nanyang. He should be back at the Central Research Institute by now. With so much time, he should have prepared a detailed surgery plan for me.”

Hearing the word “surgery,” Yan Xingzhou’s steps paused almost imperceptibly.

He suddenly looked at Lin Xi fixedly. “This is the last time.”

Lin Xi: “What last time?”

“From three years ago until now, I can’t bear to go through this kind of waiting again and again. So, this is the last time I will allow it.”

Yan Xingzhou replied, “The last time, waiting for you to come back.”

The few seconds of eye contact felt as long as a century. Finally, Lin Xi smiled, the corners of his mouth lifting. “Alright, the last time. And the old rules still apply. If I don’t come back in time, you—come and get me.”

Rows upon rows of running programs flashed rapidly on the quantum calculator’s screen. The dim room was filled with a thick, oppressive supernatural ability fluctuation, making the assistant within it also look a little pale.

He looked worriedly at the man in the seat, at the dense and ethereal timelines shrouding him, and finally couldn’t help but speak, “Professor… you really can’t go on like this. You’ve been pushing yourself too hard these past few days. If this continues, your body will completely break down.”

Shen Nanyang’s face was as pale as paper. As strips of timelines converged, a massive amount of information poured into his mind in an instant, like countless chaotic, complex data merging without any order. He could only rely on his instinctive will to search for the few pieces of information he needed from this vast amount of information.

Ever since returning from Country A, he had completely thrown himself into the exploration of “Pre-simulation,” rarely eating. The meal on the table had long gone cold. Only the gradually uncontrollable fluctuations of his supernatural ability clamored by his side.

It was a harbinger of his ability being on the verge of losing control, yet he clearly didn’t care.

After finally recovering from the huge amount of information that was almost enough to make his brain explode, Shen Nanyang’s pupils, which had lost focus earlier, slowly contracted, finally regaining the clarity he needed.

The white lab coat hung loosely on him, making his pale face look even more tired. A thin layer of sweat had long since soaked the clothes clinging to him, but he only took deep breaths, trying to calm his state, with no intention of answering his assistant’s words.

A long time later, Shen Nanyang’s condition finally eased. He picked up the pen on the table, opened the notebook in front of him, and finally filled in the last piece of content he had been striving to find for the past few days.

This content recorded in the notebook was the latest plan for the upcoming crystal core separation surgery for Lin Xi.

The assistant stood by, still full of worry. “Professor, is it really necessary to go to this extent?”

Compared to others, this assistant clearly knew what Shen Nanyang had been doing these past few days.

Ever since returning to the Central Research Institute from Country A, Shen Nanyang had locked himself in his room, conducting “Pre-simulation” day and night, perfecting the surgery plan. Behind the seemingly meticulous work as usual, was a madness covered by this calm facade. Not to mention that in Country A, Shen Nanyang’s ability had already shown signs of instability due to high-intensity use. In the few short days after returning to the country, he had been constantly overdrawing it. To this point, every tentative use of his ability was already unable to control those wildly竄動 ability tentacles.

If this continued…

“It’s necessary.” This time, Shen Nanyang finally answered his assistant, but his words held no concern for his own future. “Perfectly completing this surgery is the premise for my cooperation with Lin Xi. I already owed him once, so no matter the cost, I don’t want to owe him a second time.”

Assistant: “But your own body…”

“The threshold for a ability user to lose control ebbs and flows with their own willpower. I know what I’m doing.” Shen Nanyang, as if unable to feel the gradually agitated cells within his body, calmly closed his notebook and stood up from his seat.

The almost exhausted state made his figure sway slightly, but he quickly stabilized himself with the strength of his hand on the table.

Shen Nanyang silently adjusted the glasses on his nose. “According to the news I just received, they should have already set off to return to the country, right?”

The assistant replied, “Yes, they will be at the research institute soon.”

Shen Nanyang nodded, his gaze behind the lenses falling on the just-completed surgery plan. “Perfect timing.”

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