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Fan Xiao, who had just left Base A1, immediately became semi-transparent.

This is... a copy transfer of Echoes!

Fan Xiao subconsciously looked towards the outer area of ​​Base A1.

Among the panicked crowd below, several people raised their eyes and looked in his direction.

They held photos of remorse in their hands.

"what--!!!"

Inside Base A1, the Holy Giant, having chased to the edge of the base, let out a furious roar of resentment.

But they dared not leave the A1 base even a meter away.

Because once he leaves, he will no longer have the power he has now.

Glancing at the people lying on the ground in the city below, groaning in pain from mental exhaustion, Shash Sen felt a chill run through him.

At the same time, there was immense fear.

What he worried about most happened.

He will no longer be a hunter.

He was the prey...

Chapter 477 Fan Qiqi is furious

The instance has been closed for a while now.

But Cassandra kept running forward.

After walking through some old streets, she arrived at the gate of a welfare home.

The orphanage was empty. As Cassandra approached the door, her weak body lost its strength, and she collapsed, leaning against the door.

She dared not face what was happening behind her, yet she lacked the strength to continue running forward.

At that moment, the echo appeared in front of Cassandra.

She remained silent as she looked at her student, who was in such a disheveled state.

Cassandra looked up at the reflection, then lowered her head again.

She said in a slightly low voice, "Teacher, I received a notification that the dungeon has been opened."

"Players with train tickets happened to get in."

Huiying reminded him, then asked, "Did you... hold a repentance ceremony before? Sorry, I'm dealing with things at the A9 base right now."

“At Base A1, we often receive anchor coordinates, usually when members want to report intelligence. I don’t always have time to respond immediately…”

"I know, teacher."

Cassandra kept her head down, not looking at the reflection: "I'm the one who should apologize. I've caused everyone's trouble... and Mr. Van Helsing too..."

"Noah and Casey are fine. Casey has already taken Noah into hiding and is out of danger. They contacted me before the instance opened to inform me of their situation and the situation of the other members. I have already moved all the survivors out of Base A1."

Echo interrupted Cassandra, comforting her, "You know, Noah is very strong, and Cassie's ability to survive and hide has always been excellent."

"As for the others... Shash Sen, in his giant form, went after the fleeing Van Helsing, and it seems he listed Van Helsing as his first target to eliminate."

"Although it's not quite right to say it like this, it's thanks to Van Helsing that he was lured away in advance that the Holy Sword Alliance had some survivors, which gave me the opportunity to move them away."

“And Van Helsing?” Cassandra looked up. “How is he?”

The echoes of silence.

Cassandra's eyes widened instantly, and then... she lowered her head heavily.

Huiying sighed, "Cassandra, reforming the world is never a smooth road; sacrifice... is inevitable."

"As you can see, our people... have placed all their hopes on you. They are willing to give their own lives to save yours."

"Perhaps this is a bit cruel to you... You need to pull yourself together quickly, carry on their legacy, and continue our unfinished mission..."

"Teacher, I... don't really want to talk about this right now."

Cassandra buried her face between her legs and covered her head with both hands, adopting a fully defensive posture.

Huiying sighed softly, silently waiting for her to vent her emotions.

After a long pause, Cassandra continued, "I don't see Jack. Where... did he go?"

"Jack..."

Huiying hesitated for a moment, but finally said, "You've probably guessed it already, Jack is Dickens. Just like you, he usually uses a disguised identity within the Holy Sword Alliance."

"..."

Despite being mentally prepared, Cassandra still felt a sharp pain in her heart.

Although she and Dickens were nominally siblings, their relationship was not friendly.

She hated Dickens's frivolous behavior... no, it wasn't just frivolous, it was brutal.

If it weren't for the potential chaos that taking action against him at Base A1 might cause, she would have assassinated Dickens long ago.

Looking back now, it's highly likely that everything that happened in the past was staged by Dickens.

In order to deceive Shash Sen and facilitate his espionage operations, he might have to force himself to do some brutal things...

"Dickens actually cares about you a lot."

Huiying said, "He cares deeply for his brothers and sisters, but he has to hide those emotions for the sake of acting. He is actually... a very good older brother."

Why would Shash Sen kill us without hesitation?

Cassandra abruptly raised her head and asked Echo, "He was so good to us before... Was he just pretending the whole time? Pretending to be a good father?"

"And... what happened to my missing brothers and sisters?"

"Teacher! Please tell me now!"

Perhaps because she was in a state of confusion, her tone became very agitated.

This is the complete opposite of the previous low mood, sadness, and frustration.

At this moment, her mental state may already be somewhat abnormal.

It's as if they're on the verge of turning to the dark side.

Faced with Cassandra's questioning, Echo remained silent for more than ten seconds before answering, "This matter involves an unpleasant incident from the past, and given that Shash Sen is your father, I have always had reservations about telling you the truth, considering your relationship."

"Some things are better left unknown than known."

“I wanted to wait until you were older and more mature before telling you, but you’re only 16 now…”

At this point, she let out a soft sigh: "Cassandra, perhaps... perhaps I shouldn't have taken you out of Base A1, shouldn't have let you see the state of other bases, and shouldn't have taught you that knowledge."

"If you had always been a noblewoman, even if you became a player, you wouldn't have all these troubles now..."

"teacher!"

Cassandra raised her voice a few decibels: "Please don't say such things. I have never regretted coming out, nor do I regret... joining the Holy Sword Alliance."

Images of her companions flashed through her mind… She endured the throbbing pain in her chest and continued, “Tell me the truth! I need to know the truth now! I need to know what kind of person Shash Sen really is!”

"..." Huiying looked at Cassandra's stubborn eyes, remained silent for a few seconds, and then his tone became solemn: "Are you sure you want to listen now?"

“I’m sure!” Cassandra said through gritted teeth.

Huiying fell silent, as if organizing her thoughts.

Not long after, she explained, "The essence of psychic energy is actually the human spirit, which is connected to a certain concept in the metaphysical realm."

“Psionicists carry concepts with their spirit and can unleash the power of those concepts in the physical world, distorting reality and creating all kinds of miracles.”

"In the game of evolution, there is an organization that specializes in researching psionic abilities, and they are trying to artificially create psionic beings."

"This organization is called 'One-Wing'."

After a pause, she began to describe the past of Division 019: "The members of 'One Wing' once created an experimental base in Division 019, which brought together qualified children from all over the world to conduct human experiments."

"Their research has two directions. One is to force the test subjects to connect with relatively easy-to-connect concepts through a rather cruel method... This method has an extremely high mortality rate, and at the same time, the test subjects need to endure huge pain stimuli day and night. Many people have mental breakdowns when the experiment is halfway through."

"Because the results were not ideal, the people of 'One Wing' adopted a second research direction. They selected a group of children with the most potential and used special methods to continuously nurture and cultivate the spirit of these children, making their spirit more resonant and compatible with the metaphysical concept level. Then they slowly waited for these children to grow up and naturally awaken their psychic abilities after becoming evolved beings."

"They calculated through various complex formulas that the most suitable age is 17 years old. At this age, the test subject's mind is most active. By taking advantage of this opportunity to make the test subject an evolved being, they can basically see and determine the outcome of the experiment."

At this point, Huiying looked at Cassandra and said in a complicated tone, "And you, Cassandra, you were the most outstanding of the experimental subjects created in the second round of experiments."

"The reason you and the other test subjects don't have childhood memories isn't because you were attacked or suffered head injuries, but because your memories were interfered with... The attack 10 years ago was arranged by Shash Sen to make it easier to explain memory issues."

“Your nominal brothers and sisters, they… were all test subjects in the second round of experiments, including Dickens.”

"..."

Cassandra stood there, stunned.

Am I... an experimental subject?

My identity and life... were all arranged for me?

Feeling somewhat confused and lost, she instinctively asked, "Sash Sen... is a member of One Wing?"

"In the entire 019 division, he's the only A-level player. Don't you find that strange?"

Huiying sighed, "The arrival of the Great Calamity disrupted his plans. The sharp decline in population made it difficult for him to find children with potential. You became the first... and also the last batch of test subjects in the second round of experiments."

"The reason he raised you as his offspring is because if the memory interference is carried out too many times, there is a risk of it getting out of control. If someone in the test subjects awakens powerful psychic abilities and realizes that they have been used like slaves... it is hard to guarantee that no revenge incident will occur."

“Shash Sen adopted a more prudent approach, intending to bind you with family ties rather than directly forcing you to obey orders through mental interference.”

"When you turn 17, he will feed you evolution agents to make you evolved beings. If you successfully awaken your psionic abilities, he will focus on nurturing you. If you don't awaken... in Shash Sen's eyes, these kinds of test subjects are useless trash. If the test subject is male, he can at least die a quick death, but if it's female..."

She shook her head, not saying what she was going to say next.

Cassandra felt a chill and utter nausea.

Those missing brothers and sisters all met such an end...

With her family relationships collapsing and her values ​​crumbling, she felt a strong urge to vomit.

How disgusting... so disgusting, so disgusting!!

She hesitated and struggled for a whole year because of this rotten scumbag!

It caused the death of one of her friends.

This caused the deaths of many of their comrades in the Holy Sword Alliance.

This has led to such enormous sacrifices today.

Even Van Helsing, who had promised to help her find a peaceful solution, died at the hands of Sash Sen...

Ugh... Cassandra covered her mouth, her body reacting strongly to her emotions, and she knelt on the ground, dry heaving.

It felt like my stomach was completely filled with guilt and regret, to the point of overflowing.

Looking back at Cassandra kneeling on the ground, Huiying neither helped her up nor patted her back to soothe her.

She continued, "Sash Sen is not your father. Your real father... I don't know who he is. Most likely, your parents died during the Great Cataclysm."

"Or... when Shash Sen was recruiting promising children from all over the country, he may have already silenced your parents to keep it a secret..."

"This... is the truth you wanted to hear."

"Teacher... please stop!"

Cassandra's face contorted in pain.

Huiying didn't stop, and continued, "Those who died today were not just members of the Holy Sword Alliance."

"The A-grade item that Shash Sen possesses has the ability to randomly transfer one's injuries to another person."

"Furthermore, he recklessly unleashed his power in the main urban area... Today, within Base A1, tens of thousands of innocent civilians must have died directly or indirectly at his hands, and tens of thousands of families have been shattered as a result..."

"say no more!"

Cassandra pleaded, "Teacher, please stop!"

As Huiying listened to the trembling voice and saw Cassandra's broken expression... silently, she communicated with the instance rules, materializing all the guilt she felt towards her student.

The surrounding light and scenery distorted and disappeared, and scenes appeared from the blurred to the real, replacing the original spatial environment.