Kevin, but he is a male mother in Xingtie with little Ai Li

Looking at Sanyueqi who was taking bites from the left and the right, Xing lowered her head and shook it slightly. But when she turned her head to look at little Ai Li on the other side, she found that she had finished several plates of dessert without knowing when?

Her belly is obviously not as big as these desserts, right?!

"Well, what's wrong?"

Little Ai Li put down the dessert she had just brought to her side and tilted her head slightly to look at Xing.

"Didn't you get lost from your family? Why didn't you ask the guardian to help find you?" Xing asked quietly.

"Don't worry, don't worry. Don't worry about him. Even if the whole planet explodes, he won't be in any danger." Little Ellie puffed her lips and said angrily, "Besides, that guy actually left such a lovely me there alone. I won't take the initiative to look for him!"

Of course, these are just secondary issues.

With desserts that you have never seen before right in front of you, who would want to consider that guy who only knows how to eat instant noodles during team building?

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Chapter 22: Do you have the determination to change everything?

Yeah, why on earth does she hate the upper class area so much?

Was it because they had withdrawn all the Silvermanes, leaving people powerless in the face of the erosion of the Rift? Was it because they had sealed off the Lower District and had long ignored it? Or was it because of the slanders against the Upper District she often heard from the wanderers?

In fact, Xier has never thought about this problem seriously, because she simply doesn't have that much time to think about these meaningless questions.

Since joining the Earth Fire, getting injured or bleeding has become commonplace for her. Monsters from the Rift Valley will attack humans anytime and anywhere, and she needs to run around to protect these innocent people.

Thanks to her extraordinary endurance, she is able to give full play to herself in battle, ignoring those insignificant wounds and bruises.

Although the wounds will heal, just as the threat of the Rift will always continue to grow, people will always return to a boring and miserable life after being rescued.

This often gave her an illusion in her mind, as if the time in the entire lower area had come to a standstill...as if all the efforts made by her and the Earth Fire were in vain.

But the lower class area has always been like this in her impression. She only knows that everyone is miserable in such an environment, and as for the so-called upper class area, she actually doesn’t know much about it at all.

In her eyes, what adults call differences are just a normal state, which is the world she has always lived in.

When Xier really discovered the source of her disgust for the upper class, she found that she could only think of one thing.

That was when she was very young. At that time, Oleg was not the leader of the Underworld Fire Organization, but a captain of the Silver Mane Iron Guard who was responsible for the security of the lower district.

As a child, she had naturally longed for the so-called upper area. In order to fulfill her wish, Oleg hid her in his supply bag and returned to the upper area via the cable car.

She followed him to visit all the famous places in Beroberg, ate delicious food she had never tasted before, wore beautiful clothes beyond her imagination, and even scared away a group of children with her crude miners' slang.

In just two days, almost every minute was filled with laughter and joy. It was not until the evening before leaving, when the two of them sat on a bench in the Administrative Square, that she noticed the details that really made this city different from the lower class areas.

"Is the upper area fun, Xier? Do you want to come again?"

"Uncle, I have a question."

"...What's wrong? Ask."

"Those people from the upper class only ate half of their food and threw it away."

"......"

"Do they know that some people underground don't have enough food to eat?"

Xier didn't know whether Oleg noticed that something was wrong with her expression at that time, but judging from the silence in her memory, it was obvious that he did.

But she actually didn't know how complicated her true feelings were when Oleg saw the gloom that flashed across that young face.

"Let's go back, uncle. I don't want to come again."

She only remembered that she was in a very gloomy mood at the time. After replying like this, she didn't say another word on the way back, let alone smile.

Then, the "Great Guardian" withdrew all the Silver Mane Guards from the lower area in the name of counterattacking the Rift, and issued an order to block the lower area. She never knew about that other world again, which was only a few hundred meters away from her but was completely different from her life.

In fact, there are not so many principles that belong only to adults in the world of children. Their likes and dislikes of something often only occur in a corner that may seem very one-sided to adults.

But it is in such a simple world that the purest colors can be found.

After recalling all this, Xier finally chose to tell Kevin the whole story exactly as it happened, without any exaggeration.

Some people might think, how is it possible for someone to remember everything from their childhood so clearly? But maybe... this is indeed an experience that Xier can never forget.

"Perhaps you will think that this narrow-minded starting point is childish. After all, with your strength, you have probably never worried about food."

Looking at Kevin, who remained silent and expressionless, Xier continued to explain the sad fact in a low voice: "But in the lower level, two strangers may even fight over a sip of water, and the loser may face the fate of gradually dying."

In any healthy society, people would risk their lives for a little water or a bite of food to eat, probably because they have never experienced it and cannot understand the feeling of their life hanging by a thread.

"I see, I probably understand."

Under Xier's gaze, Kevin simply closed his eyes and said these words.

It's not disappointment, after all, she never thought that words alone could make others willingly help. In the lower class, words are the most useless thing.

But in fact, Xier found that her mood couldn't stop falling.

"I knew it, so we..."

"So, are you determined to change all this?"

"......Eh?"

Just when Xier was finally about to say something harsh and then go their separate ways, Kevin's next words suddenly stunned her.

"Great power often means more responsibility, but also a huge price... So, do you really have the determination to change all this?"

Kevin had made the decision a long time ago - as an outsider, he had neither the qualifications nor the identity to decide or change the future of the world, but if it was just a correct introduction, it would not be a wrong thing to do.

This riddle-like and unconventional train of thought made Xier unable to react to his true intention for a moment, but when she thought of Kevin's relaxed look when he was destroying the creatures of the Rift, she finally figured out what the other party meant by power and responsibility.

"Being injured is just a daily occurrence for me. If you can really teach me to become stronger, then I don't mind what you do."

Compared to many people who have joined Dihuo, Xier’s simple idea may be the purest one - to turn things that she feels bad into good, it’s that simple.

But after hearing this, Kevin still shook his head.

"That's far from a good answer... but it's okay."

Even though such an argument seemed weak, it was actually only because it was limited to the other party's narrow vision. If she had the opportunity to see the whole picture, she would still spare no effort to choose to change the entire planet.

For no other reason than Kevin believed that this kid was really... young and naive.

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Chapter 23: Watching from Deep Space

To transform a man who had always done nothing but swing his weapons randomly in a fight into a well-trained warrior - Kevin was certainly capable of doing such a thing, even though he hadn't actually been an instructor for tens of thousands of years.

But this method not only takes a lot of time, but the final result is probably unsatisfactory. He never thought that a world can be truly saved by just one powerful warrior.

All he could give to the girl in front of him was just the possibility of change.

"If you want to really change this place, you have to look at the whole of Beloberg, or even the whole world... It's not easy. Sometimes, it's hard for us to even save one person."

It was rare for Kevin to say such a long speech, but such words inevitably seemed empty and boring in Xier's eyes. She might not even be able to ensure that every child in the clinic had enough food to eat.

Even in the lower areas, everyone understands that Beloberg is just an isolated castle surrounded by the Rift. But is it useful to tell her to save the world?

When a person doesn't even know whether he can live well tomorrow, how can he have the leisure to think about whether the world will be destroyed the day after tomorrow?

Kevin certainly understands this. But saving the world doesn't actually require a person to have lofty ideals and principles. It could just be because you want to protect something or you promised someone.

"I just want to ask, if one day an irresistible disaster is about to destroy the world and everything you care about, what will you do?"

"..."

"Okay, maybe you guys from outside are really good at bluffing. But the disaster you're talking about has already happened, so what else can I do?"

Hearing Kevin's question, Xi'er felt puzzled: "Does she want me to clean my neck and wait for her to come?"

What disaster, what world? Isn’t the rift in the lower area expanding all the time? Isn’t this the imminent end of the world for them?

All members of the Earth Fire understood that the edge of the Rift would eventually expand to Rock Town, but no one said anything discouraging.

"Yeah, that's right."

The original set of ideas was indeed not suitable for this world, and Kevin also felt that his desire to speak seemed to have become stronger.

Maybe, it’s a good thing.

"Next, don't move."

Without waiting for Xier's consent, Kevin's gloved hand had already touched her forehead. If it weren't for the experience in the Rift Realm that had already accumulated enough trust between them, Xier might have swung her sickle at her.

Unlike Earth, which has nothing special except Honkai energy, this planet clearly has various special energies that are difficult to describe using traditional physics. The imaginary internal energy that is commonly displayed in the rift is the energy that is most closely related to Honkai energy.

The existence of these imaginary energies completely replaced the indispensable Honkai energy in his body, and even surpassed it. Not only did they not have the violent and corrosive characteristics of Honkai energy, but they also had greater energy and unspeakable potential.

Using these imaginary energies in the same way as Honkai energy was used in the past might be a crude and wasteful act.

But on the other hand, since imaginary energy has most of the advantages of Honkai energy, then whatever Honkai energy can do, it can certainly do too.

Kevin guided the imaginary energy that originally existed in Xier's body to gather on his back, and finally condensed into a somewhat strange pattern.

A majestic sword slashed down vertically, shattering the ice crystals.

This is not considered a [Stigmata] because the real [Stigmata] is actually a DNA sequence that Mei buried in the human body to enhance resistance to Honkai energy and execute subsequent plans. Kevin's methods and knowledge are far from being that sophisticated.

This is not considered an [Marking], because the real [Marking] actually requires the power of Aponia's [Commandments]. To this day, Kevin still doesn't understand the true source of the [Commandments], but this is no longer important.

However, the mark that Kevin engraved on Xier's back has the most important function - it can speed up Xier's absorption and conversion efficiency of imaginary energy, and also make it easier for her to gradually discover the essence of her own power.

Of course, this special imprint might produce some other effects in the collision with imaginary numbers and rifts, but that was not something Kevin could predict on the spot.

It may not improve strength immediately, but it is equivalent to opening a door for Xier, and behind the door is a long road leading to the unknown.

"Try to use that special ability of yours to attack me."

Kevin propped up his chin with one hand and spoke in a deep voice.

Although he did not understand what kind of rules allowed Xier to have the ability to draw energy from imaginary numbers, this did not prevent him from trying to actively streamline and deepen the process.

Xier obediently raised the sickle in her hand. The moment her purple pupils turned red, she completely disappeared and turned into several dreamlike shadows that appeared in front of Kevin.

"Well, the effect looks pretty good. Have you made further progress in manipulating quantum properties?"

At this moment, Xier's entire body can be regarded as hidden in another dimension. Not only can she avoid conventional attacks, but she can even reappear at the location of any phantom at any time.

These phantoms that exist in the quantum field can actually be superimposed on oneself to increase the power index of the attack.

In terms of technique alone, this ability has obvious room for improvement, at least to the point where it can deal with emperor-level Honkai beasts without any pressure.

With just one glance, Kevin successfully analyzed the use of Xier's ability. Looking at the several phantoms approaching him quickly, he just closed his eyes slightly and raised his right hand to cover his head.

boom----!

The tip of the sickle collided with the ice crystals that appeared on the back of Kevin's hand, but this fancy attack did nothing but splash some brilliant ice chips, and even Kevin's arm could not move at all.

"Not bad. I didn't expect you to adapt to the new usage method so quickly."

"The amount of imaginary energy you can intercept has also obviously increased, but this is not your own ability. It seems that there are similar rules on the other side of the imaginary number. I can't be sure whether it will increase with your training..."

The words that had just been spoken came to an abrupt end. In Xier's eyes, Kevin clearly raised his head for some unknown reason, and the expression on his face as he looked up at the sky was the most solemn she had ever seen.

But, there is clearly nothing over there?

"What's wrong with you suddenly not talking?"

"No, it's nothing."

Kevin took a deep breath and shook his head.

However, for some reason, his gaze suddenly passed through the rock wall, even through the starry sky, and reached an indescribable distant dimension.

He glanced at Him, and He glanced at him.

That is, the Star God...

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Chapter 24 This is the seal of "Salvation"

Until a moment ago, Kevin's impression of the so-called "Star Gods" was completely based on the words of others. He had no interest in understanding these things that had nothing to do with him, even though they sounded powerful and out of reach.