Dark Light Chaser.

Chapter 658 The End
"Why, why did this happen! Didn't I promise you I'd go back and fight the Apostles?! Why did you drag Ai Liang into this?!"

Yue Qihua exuded a captivating aura, as if she were about to transform into a demon and wreak havoc on the world.

A wave of regret washed over me.

"calm."

The sudden sound interrupted Yue Qihua's thoughts, and she turned her gaze toward the source of the sound.

Fully armed, Xia Qiyuan unfolded the six wings of his Spirit Transformation Armor and hovered silently in front of him.

"You want me to calm down? What do you take me for, a puppet who obeys your every command? Do you intend to continue controlling me like you just did?"

Yue Qihua raised her hand and summoned the white flame that the magician had used before, her remaining rationality struggling to suppress her destructive desires.

If it weren't for the fact that Yang Xingguo was still in the hands of the Countermeasures Bureau, she would have already attacked Xia Qiyuan in front of her.

Looking at Yue Qihua, who seemed full of bitterness and resentment, Xia Qiyuan cursed Yue Yangyan in his heart: "Damn it, how come you're just like Shi Lei? Or do I look like I was born to do this kind of work?"

"No one will be able to control you anymore, not even the Thousand-Faced Man."

Returning to reality, Xia Qiyuan shook his head slightly and sighed, "Do you know what price we paid for you?"

"Price? You deceived my father, making him risk his life to follow the script you arranged, and then manipulated my body to attack the person I love. How dare you even mention price to me..."

"That was to save your life!"

Xia Qiyuan interrupted Yue Qihua with a louder voice: "From the moment your consciousness returned to your original body, the Thousand-Faced Man's automatic counterattack program had already locked onto you."

"If Yue Yangyan hadn't sacrificed himself to temporarily isolate the Thousand-Faced Man's spiritual power, you would have been dead long ago."

Yue Qihua sneered: "Then tell me, were his actions to save his own daughter, or to save the experimental subject named DX1105B?"

"Don't ask me. I'm only responsible for stating the known facts. As for what Yue Yangyan is thinking, only he knows."

Xia Qiyuan opened the armor's visor, casually took out a special cigarette and lit it: "All I know is that he truly gave everything for you."

"The detailed plan is as follows: Not long ago, Yue Yangyan committed suicide. To be precise, he erased the mark of himself from the curse, restored this Apostle-level monster, and then transformed his consciousness into a spirit, which is the projection you just saw."

"The Thousand-Faced Man knew about the DX Project and had prepared countermeasures long ago. Once your consciousness takes shape, it will trigger the attack that the Thousand-Faced Man prepared in advance. This is why he is so confident in going to outer space."

This was part of the bet between Yue Yangyan and the Thousand-Faced Man, and the members of the Apostles' Society were unaware of this, which is why they rushed over in such a hurry to stop Yue Yangyan.

"As for why we attacked Ai Liang, the reason is simple: to save your life."

Xia Qiyuan smoked the cigarette to the last drop in one go, then casually flicked the cigarette butt away.

“Every apostle of the Apostle Society has a life-saving talisman given to him by the Thousand-Faced Man. Yue Yangyan originally wanted to use this as a pretext to help you grab more Origin before he died.”

But the moment he was targeted, Yue Yangyan realized that his mental strength alone was insufficient to withstand the Thousand-Faced Man's attack. Left with no other choice, he controlled you to backstab Ai Liang and seize her abilities.

At this point, Xia Qiyuan couldn't help but shake his head: "According to the original plan, Yue Yangyan intended to extract the essence from the four apostles to strengthen his spiritual power, but he didn't expect Ai Liang to severely injure the cunning master and cripple the tyrant in the process."

As a true spiritual apostle, the cunning master has the best effect on enhancing the mind. Without her original life-saving charm, it must be made up for from other places.

If Ai Liang's mental strength wasn't enough, Yue Yangyan even planned to draw it from me, but as you saw, Ai Liang was incredibly strong.

Swish!
A white flame brushed past my ear.

Xia Qiyuan helplessly raised his hands: "Okay, what I said may be a bit harsh, but I am just explaining the cause and process of the matter to you calmly and objectively from the perspective of an outsider."

Don't take your anger out on those who bring you bad news or reveal cruel truths. Bad things don't happen because of them; they are merely the carriers of the news.

"Besides, Ai Liang didn't die. He just fell into a spatial flow and was randomly teleported to a certain place. The best solution right now is to use the Countermeasures Bureau's power to find him. That's better than you running around the world alone."

Besides Ai Liang, aren't Yue Chongshan and Yang Xingguo also worthy of your protection?

Is this a threat?

Yue Qihua glared at Xia Qiyuan with disgust: "You're no different from him. In the end, you just want me to work for the Countermeasures Bureau."

"No, as I said, I'm offering the best option from an outsider's perspective, and whether you agree or not is irrelevant to me."

To tell you the truth, every member of the Countermeasures Bureau is bound by a curse, and you hold the ultimate control over this curse.

If you're unhappy, you can snap your fingers and destroy the entire Countermeasures Bureau in an instant. I can't stop you, and I won't try to stop you.

As soon as Xia Qiyuan finished speaking, Yue Qihua activated the power of the curse.

But Xia Qiyuan's expression remained relaxed. He really didn't intend to stop Yue Qihua because Yue Qihua wouldn't do that.

“…If you want the best outcome, you have to follow your plan. You and he are really alike.” Yue Qihua clenched her fists and glared at Xia Qiyuan, but the power of the curse slowly subsided.

Xia Qiyuan held his forehead with one hand, his expression extremely painful: "Please spare me this evaluation... If it weren't for that bastard Yue Yangyan, I should be sitting comfortably in Yang Xingguo's seat, enjoying tea and life, instead of toiling every day to save humanity."

“Since you are not bound by any curse, why do you still listen to him?” Yue Qihua asked rhetorically.

"Hmm, I'll have to think about that carefully."

Xia Qiyuan stroked his chin and pondered for a moment: "Well, one day when Yue Yangyan's deeds are exposed to the world, his actions will be condemned and cursed by all mankind, because everything he did violated human values."

Yue Yangyan must have known this too, but he still did it to save humanity. Was he just going to the trouble of making himself infamous for eternity in human history? This guy's fetishes are really extreme..."

Xia Qiyuan muttered a few words under his breath, then put on a serious expression and stared at Yue Qihua without blinking.

"As a victim who was once tricked by Yue Yangyan like you, I naturally hate this guy very much. But as a human being, I have an obligation to thank Yue Yangyan. Regardless of his original intentions, he did give his all to save humanity, and I respect that very much."

Xia Qiyuan said these words in a joking tone.

No one knows whether he was genuinely grateful to Yue Yangyan or simply joking.

The path ahead of Yue Qihua and Yang Xingyue is now quite clear.

Join the Countermeasures Bureau and use its power to find Ai Liang's whereabouts, or throw everything away in a fit of pique and search for Ai Liang like looking for a needle in a haystack.

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"Sister Lan, get ready to come back to Europe with me."

Having failed to sense Ai Liang through the engraving, Ye Qing put the RV into the spatial vortex and then contacted Zhu Lan through the engraving.

There was neither anxiety nor sadness in her eyes.

Ye Qing knew that crying and whining like a little girl wouldn't solve anything.

The deed is done, and it won't do any good for her to rush up and question the countermeasures bureau alone.

If you can't even skillfully use your own power, how can you reason with the people in the Countermeasures Bureau? Power is the foundation of dialogue.

The only thing she regrets now is why she didn't train her strength in the past.

If I could perfectly control this power, would the outcome be different?

Ye Qing wasn't one to be sentimental. Rather than wasting time blaming herself, she wanted to seize the time to do what she needed to do.

"Has Ai Liang already rescued the person?" Zhu Lan pressed for an answer.

"……No."

Ye Qing looked at the engraving in her hand: "He was ambushed during the battle and fell into a spatial portal with an unknown destination."

"What?! People from the Apostles' Society..."

"It wasn't the Apostles, it was the Countermeasures Bureau."

Ye Qing bit her lip and said, "When I go back to Europe this time, I want you to help me reorganize the remnants of the Haixin Society."

"Ai Liang's connection with Ke Yin has been severed for some reason. I need more people to find out his whereabouts. Also..."

"The countermeasures bureau must pay the price."

(End of this chapter)