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"Seventeen years old...how old is that?" She looked up at Xia Zhi in confusion and asked. She had no idea about this kind of thing and was not very familiar with things related to age. ........

"Probably a little smaller than you." Xia Zhi replied after thinking for a while.

"A little younger than me..." Ailuko tilted his head and thought for a while, and finally came to a conclusion. He said happily: "Then... I am Xia Zhi's sister?"

If you think so, then so be it.

Xia Zhi rubbed the girl's head and did not spoil her mood... From the perspective of age alone, there is nothing wrong with this statement. To some extent, it can even be said that he took advantage of her.

On the other hand, Wilhelmina still found it a little unbelievable.

As a fire mist warrior, she was used to not judging a person's age by their appearance... In her opinion, a boy with such strength should have lived for a long time.

On the contrary, it was Alastair who reacted quickly... After all, he remembered that when he first met the boy, the other party acted like a novice.

In addition, the other party is not actually a Fire Mist Warrior or someone who exists in this world. It is obviously inappropriate to apply the conventions of this world to the young man.

"Cough cough..."

In order to avoid further entanglement on this topic, Alastair coughed twice, trying to temporarily change the topic, and asked a question that he was more concerned about: "By the way, Xia Zhi, why did you put the top seat back?"

Hearing his words, Wilhelmina and Shana also retracted their attention and cast their eyes over together... It was obvious that they were also very concerned about this issue.

"You can't keep him locked up forever, right?" Xia Zhi answered as a matter of course.

Although this is true, but...

Why did you capture him in the first place? Couldn't you just kill him?

"Killing her is useless." As if seeing what he was thinking, Xia Zhi replied, "As long as the imperial mandate has not ended, the three ministers can be resurrected at any time if they meet the conditions... You know this kind of thing."

"Order?" Alastor was slightly stunned, and then he paid attention to another key point in the boy's words: "What do you mean by order?"

"Of course, it is the mission to bring the God of Creation back to the world."

Xia Zhi spoke in a leisurely and relaxed tone a piece of news that shocked everyone present.

After thinking about it, he added: "At least that's the case for now."

Chapter 347 Different Ideas

It is like this at the moment...what does it mean?

Shana didn't think about the answer behind this sentence, or she didn't have the mind to think about such things. Her mind was completely disturbed by the large amount of information the boy had just revealed, causing her brain to still be a little confused.

"The God of Creation, the Sacrificial Serpent... the Land of Nowhere... the Paradise of the Apostles..."

She didn't expect that the "Masquerade" had been planning such a big thing.

"How do you know about this?"

Unlike Shana who subconsciously believed the boy's words, Alastair raised reasonable questions long after being shocked.

"Well..." Xia Zhi thought for a moment and replied, "You may not believe it, but I actually know astrology."

Before Alastair could complain, Yang Nai, who was watching the show on the side, was stunned for a moment, tilted his head and asked: "Didn't you say you were a fortune teller some time ago?"

Ah, this...

Xia Zhi looked away with a guilty look in his eyes: "There doesn't seem to be much difference between these two...right?"

Alastair: "..."

So, you're totally fooling us, right?

"Anyway, I've told you the truth, believe it or not." Xia Zhi coughed lightly and said to them.

"...I believe him." Shana, who had been silent for a long time, said, "He has no reason to deceive us about this matter."

"Indeed." Wilhelmina nodded slightly, agreeing with the girl's opinion.

"We are not enemies. He has no reason to make up these things just to deceive us. Besides... the strange actions of the Masquerade in recent years are indeed consistent with what the boy said."

“There are traces,” Tiamat said.

"Hmm..." Alastair's voice dropped.

He was not doubting the boy's words themselves, but was just wondering how the boy knew these things.

Logically speaking, this kind of thing should be top secret within the "Masquerade". Before it is nearly completed, in order to prevent the Fire Mist Warriors from disrupting it, it should be avoided from being leaked at all costs.

However, thinking of the many magical things the boy had shown in the past that were even more outrageous than this, Alastair felt that there would be no point in continuing to delve deeper into the matter.

Not to mention, wasn't Ding Zhizuo, one of the core members of the organization, captured by this person some time ago? Who knows what happened between them during this period of time? Maybe the boy got the news from her?

After thinking about it, Alastair stopped struggling and recalled the boy's words before, gradually falling into deep thought:

"In the past, the 'Sacrificial Snake' did try to build a similar paradise called 'The Great Chains'. I didn't expect that this time, 'He' would go a step further and try to directly create an entire world..."

Putting aside his subjective standpoint, just from the idea and courage, even he, who is also the Red World Demon God, could not help but marvel at it.

On the other side, Yang Nai looked at Xia Zhi strangely after hearing this.

Speaking of the "God of Creation", there seems to be another one here...

"That's not the way it should be..."

Xia Zhi thought for a moment and then said, "It should be said that his attempt this time is exactly the continuation of his last wish."

Create a paradise for the apostles - this is the wish of many apostles, and it is also the reason why the God of Creation appeared in the world. For thousands of years, he has been fighting for this wish, and he has never given up even after being exiled to the gap between the two worlds... Putting aside other things, just this spirit of upwardness and perseverance is worth learning for Xia Zhi, who just wants to lie down and fish every day.

"But the world is not a testing ground for him to try whatever he wants." Wilhelmina expressed her own opinion: "We must stop them!"

"Prevent problems before they happen."

"It's not that serious, is it?" Xia Zhi said, tilting his head slightly.

If we say that the last time, the "Great Chains" that the "Sacrificial Snake" tried to create were in the real world, and once successful would inevitably lead to extremely serious distortions, so the Fire Mist Warriors had to take action to stop it...this time, they have learned their lesson and chose to create it in the gap between the two worlds that has nothing to do with the real world. It seems a bit inappropriate to stop it with such an excuse.

"The location is not important. The damage caused to the world by the reckless use of the power of existence cannot be completely offset..."

Halfway through her words, Wilhelmina suddenly froze for a moment, as if she realized something. She frowned slightly and looked at Xia Zhi and asked, "You don't... agree with this plan, do you?"

Hearing this, Shana's heart tightened slightly, and she looked at the boy nervously.

After hearing what Xia Zhi said about the "Realm of Nothingness", she, as a fire mist warrior, instinctively resisted this so-called paradise for apostles.

Not to mention, the person they were trying to call back was the God of Creation who had caused great trouble to the world in ancient times and was finally exiled and sealed by the Fire Mist Warriors of that time.

Just like Wilamina said, she, who shoulders the mission of maintaining the balance of the world as a Fire Mist Warrior, also does not want the group of people from the "Masquerade" to succeed.

But, if Xia Zhi agrees with this...

Shana's hands couldn't help but tighten the hem of her skirt slightly.

"How is that possible? Of course I don't agree." Xia Zhi spread his hands and said.

Upon hearing this, Shana breathed a sigh of relief, and her expression relaxed a little.

"but……"

However, the next moment, after a pause, Xia Zhi continued: "I don't plan to stop them for the time being."

Chapter 348 A Request I Cannot Refuse

The reason why he told these things to Wilhelmina, Shana and the others was not only because "they asked", but also because Xia Zhi had some plans of his own.

Compared to the original work, the combat effectiveness of the "Masquerade" at this time was obviously greatly reduced because of someone's intervention.

Not only was the combat power of the two top Red World Demon Kings, Bad Blade and Fei Kelu, missing, but even the treasure of "Thousand Changes" Xiu Denan, the Divine Iron Ruyi, was directly cut off by Xia Zhi in the last battle.

In this case, it would naturally be impossible for them to take the initiative to eliminate the Fire Mist Warriors' manpower first as in the original book, in order to ensure the smooth progress of the mission.

Perhaps Xiu Denan's strength is still very strong compared to other Fire Mist Warriors and Red World Demon King, but without the Divine Iron Ruyi, he can no longer create a decisive distance between himself and others, forming a crushing strength gap.

If Xia Zhi himself were faced with this situation, he would definitely not choose the original proactive attack plan. Instead, he would let his men hide as much as possible, block the news, shrink their strength, and take the route of a quick victory. Before the Fire Mist Warriors could react, he would complete the construction of the Divine Gate as quickly as possible and allow the God of Creation to return to the world.

To some extent, this is a good idea. Although once the Divine Gate begins to be built, the distortion and movement will inevitably be discovered, it takes a long time from receiving the news to mobilizing everyone. The larger and more complex the organizational structure, the longer this time will be.

If they cannot gather enough combat power, the Fire Mist Warriors will not be able to pose a decisive threat to the "Masquerade" that brings together many Red World Apostles, but time does not allow them to gather such a large force.

In the end, the most likely scenario is that they can only send out an elite force composed of powerful fire mist warriors to conduct a raid. Although they still cannot be underestimated, the threat has been reduced to the lowest level.

From the perspective of a "masquerade", this is the best solution at this stage, but it is not so ideal for the summer solstice.

His idea was to take advantage of this opportunity to create the apostles' paradise "Wuheyoujing" to gather as many apostles scattered around the world as possible, so that he wouldn't have to look for them one by one.

However, if the Masquerade decided to end the matter quickly and not make a big announcement, wouldn't his idea be in vain?

How can that work?

In order to make himself less busy in the future, Xia Zhi decided to let others get busy first.

In other words, inform Wilhelmina, who represents the Fire Mist Warriors, of the information about the "Never-Existing Realm" and the Imperial Order, so that the Fire Mist Warriors can prepare in advance.

...If you don't leak it, it's okay for me to help you leak it, right?

By then, whether it was the reaction of the Fire Mist Warriors or the leakage of information that attracted the attention of other Red World Apostles, the "Masquerade" would definitely notice this abnormal situation.

But it was obviously too late to block the news at that time. In order to guard against the possible large-scale attack by the Fire Mist Warriors, the "Masquerade" that had lost nearly half of its top players could only take the initiative to confirm the credibility of the news and summon apostles from all over the world as much as possible to resist the attack of the Fire Mist Warriors.

Regardless of whether it is useful or not, being a cannon fodder does have some value.

The Fire Mist Warrior received crucial information, the "Masquerade" received help from apostles all over the world, and Xia Zhi successfully got away with it. Isn't it a win-win-win situation?

However, Xia Zhi, who was thinking this, didn't know that his plan caused Shana a little trouble.

"I have no intention of stopping them for now..."

The boy's words seemed to still echo in her ears. Shana bit her lips lightly, lowered her head and looked at her hands, wondering what she was thinking.

"Since you don't agree, why don't you stop it?" Wilhelmina frowned and asked him.

"If you don't agree, you don't necessarily have to stop it, right?" Xia Zhi tilted his head slightly and said in a strange tone, "In addition to 'agree' and 'disagree', isn't there also an option of 'abstain'?"

"This is different, Xia Zhi." Alastor said in a deep voice: "In some matters, if it is not 'opposition', the positions of 'abstention' and 'agreement' are actually the same."

Xia Zhi agreed with this point.

Take the common school bullying as an example. As long as you don’t help the victim, whether you join the bully, turn a blind eye, or give both sides a slap on the wrist, the final position is actually on the side of the bully. The options seem different, but in fact there is no essential difference.

However, the situation they are facing now is not school bullying, not to mention...

"Actually, for you Fire Mist Warriors, there's nothing wrong with the 'State of Nothingness', right?" Xia Zhi asked, tilting his head.

"The endless power of existence will attract almost all the apostles to flock to that world. Then, in return, the humans in this world will no longer be harmed, and you won't have to risk your lives to defeat the apostles... Isn't that great?"

Is this good? It sounds good, but...

"Infinite power also means infinite desires... What will the apostles who have unlocked their inner shackles do to the new world? Will it affect the present world and the red world... If it happens in another world, such things are completely uncontrollable."

Alastair continued in a deep voice.

"." "Yeah...that's true." Xia Zhi nodded in agreement.

"Also, not having to eat humans doesn't mean that you can't eat humans. Once the apostles are completely freed from their restraints, they can kill people based on their mood. By then, humans will become even smaller than this world, as insignificant as wheat ears and weeds." Wilhelmina added.

“Life is worthless,” Tiamat said.

Xia Zhi still nodded and didn't say anything.

Shana could see that even after saying that, the boy still had no intention of stopping him.

Maybe the boy has his own considerations, but...

"Really...Is it not possible?"

"...I'm sorry." Xia Zhi shook his head gently: "But, I can't leave Misaki City yet."

This is one of the reasons... Since the last crisis, the integrity of Misaki City has dropped to 90.719%, and it is almost falling below the critical line.

What if during the time he was away from Misaki City, some Red World Demon King came to visit and caused the main quest to fail? Wouldn't he be at a huge loss then?

So, no matter what, (damn it) Xia Zhi is not planning to leave Misaki City before the "Realm of Nothingness" appears and the main mission is completed.

...Or rather, that's how he originally planned.

however……

"Summer Solstice..."