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As soon as he finished speaking, he heard two hurried footsteps behind him, and then—a fragrant, soft body suddenly jumped up! Two slender yet strong arms instantly wrapped around his neck, and Kiana hung steadily on Xiling's back like a koala.

"Hurry up and get in position! I'm going to fall!" Kiana twisted and turned on his back to adjust her posture, still giving orders. Xiling helplessly turned around and steadily supported Kiana's thighs, bouncing her up a bit to prevent the young lady from actually slipping off.

The girl who was being dragged moved upwards again, as if trying to find a more comfortable position.

"Let's go home!" Kiana, perched on Xiling's back, pointed proudly into the distance, like a knight riding a steed.

Xiling, whom she used as a mount, couldn't help but smile upwards.

The next second, as if injected with a soul, the horse suddenly raised its head and let out a deafening neigh in the bustling street: "The young lady has arrived—get out of the way!"

All the passersby stopped in their tracks, and countless eyes instantly focused on the boy carrying the person and the white-haired girl on his back.

Kiana, bathed in the gazes of everyone, blushed instantly!

And the steed she rode had already begun to move...

Chapter 136 Xiling: We Will Eventually Part Ways

"I'm too ashamed to face anyone..." Kiana buried her face in her hands, the tips of her ears peeking out between her fingers so red they looked like they could bleed. She sat on the sofa in the living room, her legs pressed tightly together.

The images flashing through her mind made her want to disappear into the ground—that bastard Xiling, carrying her on his back in broad daylight while shouting in an exaggerated tone, "The young lady has arrived!" What's worse, he deliberately chose the busiest shopping street!

"Who told you to be so big and still have to be carried? You deserve it." Xiling grinned mischievously.

Kiana peeked at him through her fingers and found that he was completely unfazed, showing no shame whatsoever. "Isn't this guy ashamed?" she lamented inwardly, her cheeks burning even hotter.

"Alright, you can stay shy here all you want. I'm going back to my room." Xiling stretched and turned to leave.

"Wait!" Kiana instinctively reached out, her slender fingers gently hooking Xiling's hem.

Xiling turned around and looked at Kiana with a puzzled expression. "What's wrong?"

"You sit down first."

Xiling tilted his head slightly, but still obediently took a step back and sat down next to her. The sofa sagged slightly under his weight, and Kiana could feel the warmth of his body beside her.

Silence filled the air. Xiling waited quietly for Kiana to speak.

"I want to ask you something." Kiana finally mustered up her courage and raised her head, her blue eyes looking straight into Xiling's eyes.

"Then go ahead and ask," Xiling said casually.

"Otto, what does that guy want with you? Don't lie to me." As if afraid that Xiling would deceive her, Kiana brought her face close to Xiling's, trying to let the other person see her seriousness.

Xiling paused for a moment, then chuckled softly. He extended his index finger and gently flicked Kiana's smooth forehead.

"Ouch!" Kiana clutched her forehead and recoiled.

Only then did Xiling speak. "Why would I lie to you about something so small?"

"Then tell me what it is?" Kiana pressed on relentlessly.

“A deal. I made a deal with him. I helped him realize his dream, and he would die the moment his dream was realized. That’s the whole story of our conversation.”

Kiana's pupils contracted sharply. She cried out urgently, "You can't trust him! He—"

A warm hand gently covered her head, interrupting her excitement. "Alright, little Xilin," Xiling ruffled her soft hair, "adult matters are complicated. Just live your life happily every day."

Kiana opened her mouth, but fell silent the moment she saw Xiling's expression. She lowered her eyes, feeling the warmth coming from above her head, and quieted down like a cat being stroked.

"I...I'm not a child anymore," she muttered softly, but the urgency in her voice was gone.

"It's pretty much the same." Xiling smiled and tried to pull her hand back, but Kiana suddenly grabbed both of her hands.

Kiana looked up at Xiling and asked, "Xiling, will you... will you leave me?" She asked the question that had been suppressed in her heart for a long time, her voice so soft that it was almost inaudible.

She knew that Xiling and the others weren't from this world, so would they leave her? In fact, Kiana already had an answer in her heart.

Sure enough, she heard the answer she had in her heart.

"Yes, I will." His answer was crisp and decisive, without the slightest hesitation.

Upon hearing the answer, Kiana lowered her head. "...I knew it."

Yes, this is not their own world after all. It's normal for them to leave. Perhaps their family and friends are still in the other world.

Kiana felt extremely depressed and wronged. Yes, she couldn't say those words. What right did she have to ask them to stay? Besides, she herself had people and things she couldn't bear to leave behind.

"Kiana, you can't be so selfish... and you can't say those words." She told herself, but her chest ached, and she forced herself to suppress the bitter feeling.

Seeing Kiana trying to force a smile but looking aggrieved, Xiling smiled again. "You're already feeling reluctant to part with her, aren't you?"

"......Um."

"People will always separate, no one is an exception, but separation does not mean goodbye forever. As long as we are alive, no, even if some of us go to death, we may still turn everything upside down, just for the next meeting, right?"

There was a seriousness in Xiling's voice that Kiana had never heard before.

"Okay." Xiling reached out her other hand and pinched Kiana's cheek.

"They're still just kids, crying before the separation has even begun."

"I'm not a child."

"Alright, alright, you'd better grow up quickly so we don't have to worry about you."

"And don't cry. If Kevin comes back, he'll think I bullied you, and he'll definitely start fighting with me again."

Hearing Xiling say that, Kiana, who was originally sad, burst out laughing.

"When Kevin comes back, I'm going to tell him you bullied me."

"Holy crap, how could you be so mean!"

-

"Stand up." Flames scorched the earth as Kevin, wielding the Heavenly Fire Greatsword, and several other figures watched the figure lying on the ground.

Kevin gritted his teeth and stood up from the ground, his body already covered in wounds.

He did not use the blessing; this was training and instruction, not a fight.

At that moment, Sakura stepped past [Kevin] and slowly drew her weapon.

Kevin roared and launched an attack on Sakura.

The others watched the battle silently. They watched the roaring man swing his weapon relentlessly, being knocked down repeatedly, only to get back up and continue his attack.

Kevin's eyes reflected that determined face.

Knowing the enemy he would face in the future, knowing what he was about to encounter, and that the other party had not retreated even a step, it was not a desperate struggle, but the path he was about to face.

He... is better than me.

After being taught by six heroes—Kevin, Sakura, Kosmo, Hua, Alicia, and Su—Kevin, exhausted, returned to the place of Thousand Calamities.

As soon as I entered that space, a fist came flying at me.

Kevin's figure flew backward instantly, landing heavily on the ground and leaving a long ditch.

Before Kevin could even stand up, a figure engulfed in flames descended instantly, causing the earth to groan in agony as a beast-like figure began to fight against a figure as radiant as the sun.

This is a bloodbath.

After an unknown amount of time, Kevin, covered in wounds, emerged from the place of Thousand Calamities and began his journey to another location.

Lying on the lab table, Kevin closed his eyes as if he were asleep, but the surrounding instruments kept scanning him. Möbius stroked his chin and looked at Kevin's data.

The data showed that the other party was no longer human. The other party's body was like a container that constantly received a certain power. What surprised her even more was that the other party seemed to have some kind of protection, constantly providing that power to the other party.

Normally, she might have studied it carefully, but now, what she needed to do was find a way to give the other party even greater power, such as—a fusion warrior, or...

Project Chimera.

There wasn't much conversation between the two; once Möbius had obtained the data, he told Kevin to get out of the lab.

Kevin embarked on his journey once more, and this was the last thing he would do of the day: those who knew and had experienced the future would offer him guidance on how to cope with what might happen thereafter.

That is, the strategy plan.

Chapter 137 The Clingy Girl

Xiling felt that Kiana had become even more... clingy since that day.

"Xiling, wake up!"

The morning sunlight streamed into the room through the curtains. Xiling was still fast asleep when, in her drowsy state, she felt something poking her face.

He barely opened one eye, and what came into view was Kiana's smiling face.

-

"Xiling, help me comb my hair."

After breakfast, Kiana peeked out of the room, half of her body visible, a comb in her hand, and looked back at him expectantly.

Xiling sighed, walked over and took the comb: "Didn't you used to comb your own hair?"

-

"Xiling, play games with me!"

In the living room, Kiana sat cross-legged on the carpet, holding a game controller and staring intently at the screen. Xiling sat beside her.

"Ahhh! We're going to lose! We're going to lose!" Kiana suddenly yelled, squeezing her body toward Xiling and bumping her shoulder into his arm.

"Hey! You're fouling!" Xiling was so squeezed by her that she almost lost her grip on the handle.

-

"Xiling, carry me!"

On her way back from outside, Kiana suddenly stopped and looked at him.

Xiling raised an eyebrow: "Your leg is broken?"

"I was tired from walking," Kiana said matter-of-factly.

"...Could you be any lazier?"

"You dare!" Kiana grinned and jumped onto his back. "Let's go! Home!"

-

"Xiling, are you... looking at that woman?"

While shopping, Kiana suddenly tugged at Xiling's sleeve and squinted at a stylishly dressed girl not far away.

Xiling followed her gaze and glanced over, then said speechlessly, "My eyes were clearly on that guy, okay? Don't you think his hairstyle is really nice?"

Kiana looked suspiciously at the man with the outrageous hairstyle, then at Xiling: "...Are you serious?"

"Of course, I'm considering whether I should get one too."

Kiana: "...If you dare to cut it, I dare to pluck all your hair out."

Xiling: "..."

-

"Xiling, do you think this outfit looks good on me?"

Outside the fitting room, Kiana changed into a new dress and twirled around.

Xiling glanced at it and said perfunctorily, "It looks good."

Kiana puffed out her cheeks in dissatisfaction: "You didn't even look carefully!"

Xiling sighed, looked up, examined it carefully, and then nodded: "Yes, it is indeed beautiful."

-

"Xiling, my feet are so tired, could you massage them for me?"

Back home, Kiana collapsed onto the sofa, lifting her white-stockinged foot.

Xiling glanced at her and, without hesitation, raised her middle finger: "Get lost!"

"Kiana, wake up." Xiling knocked on Kiana's door in the morning.

Well...

With a muffled reply, the door opened a crack, and a girl rubbed her sleepy eyes, her pajamas hanging askew on her shoulder, revealing a patch of snow-white skin. "Good morning, Xiling..."