reincarnation npc, but tomorrow's ark

Bai Ye breathed a slight sigh of relief, then looked at the hunters and asked:

How long was I inside?

Bai Ye felt like she had a good sleep inside, and it didn't feel like much time had passed.

However, Goredia gave a startling figure:

"3 days."

Three Terra Days.

For Bai Ye, it was just a matter of opening and closing his eyes. However, the deep-sea hunters waited anxiously for three days. If Luna hadn't kept them updated on the latest situation, these hunters would have even smashed the cultivation chamber and pulled Bai Ye out.

"It was truly a rare experience. I've actually tried out technology from extraterrestrial civilizations tens of millions of years ago, making me one of the first people on Earth to do so," Bai Ye said with a smile, trying to comfort me.

He then opened the system panel to check his status.

The original state of being possessed by the sea god has disappeared, but the abilities to breathe underwater, fight, and move normally underwater that were gained through Isamara remain. However, the passive evolution ability of her right hand stagnated with Isamara's departure, and its attribute status is fixed at the last moment before Isamara left.

However, Bai Ye actually breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the existence of something else inside his body, coexisting with some alien race, was indeed a terrifying thing.

The problem is now completely solved. Luna scanned him and there were absolutely no issues.

In addition, there is another change, namely that Bai Ye's physique has been slightly enhanced by the cultivation chamber. According to Luna, the technology left behind by the previous civilization has adjusted and optimized his body, which is reflected in the system panel as a +1 to all attributes.

Getting 4 free attribute points is a pretty good gain; this kind of unexpected surprise is quite interesting.

After closing the system panel, Bai Ye smiled and comforted the deep-sea hunters, who were looking at him with concern.

"I'm fine, nothing happened."

He paused, then continued:

"Hmm, besides being a little hungry right now?"

“I’m hungry too.” Skadi nodded.

Because Bai Ye went directly into the incubation chamber, all the supplies except for the food left outside were put into the chamber along with his inventory. This meant that the deep-sea hunters had to go hungry while waiting outside.

"Sorry, I was negligent."

Just as Bai Ye was about to take more food from his inventory, Luna's silver figure suddenly appeared in mid-air:

"Bai Ye, we have a guest coming in."

Then, she waved her hand, projecting the images captured by the laboratory system's monitoring system into the air and showing them to everyone.

"Skadi?" Laurentina couldn't help but exclaim in surprise the moment she saw the person.

Skadi herself was stunned, while Goredia instinctively prepared to draw her weapon.

“Uh, relax. Although this person looks almost exactly like Skadi, she is not Skadi,” Bai Ye reassured everyone. Then he explained, “She is Isamara, or rather, she should be called an incarnation of Isamara.”

"Why is she exactly the same as Skadi?" Laurentina wondered.

Bai Ye smiled and said:

"Because Isamara was originally killed by Skadi, before His birth body died, His core, including His will and power, entered Skadi's body as a feeding of one of the great multitude to Skadi."

"But later, for some reason, Isamara left Skadi and entered my body, but she has always retained Skadi's appearance."

"Ugh, ugh, ugh—" Skadi glared angrily at Isamara, who looked exactly like her in the projection.

Goredia, however, grasped the key point:

"I've always been curious about one thing: why did that nascent soul transfer from Skadi's body to yours, Byakuya?"

"Ahem—" Bai Ye replied somewhat awkwardly, "Because it was the first time I treated Skadi, and afterwards I saw Isamara in my dream. I guess that's why?"

"..." Gretia was speechless after hearing this, while Laurentina laughed out loud.

"So, under certain circumstances, that kind of thing can actually save the world... It's really too magical." Goddess sighed.

In a relaxed atmosphere, Luna repaired the previously malfunctioning elevator, and Isamara stepped down from it.

This was Isamara's first appearance in the real world, and it was also the first time she had a new body since that hunt.

Upon seeing Bai Ye, she smiled and waved to him.

"We meet again."

"What is this?" Bai Ye looked at Isamara with some curiosity. This girl really looked exactly like Skadi now. Apart from the obvious difference in temperament, there was almost no difference.

"Ah, you mean this?" Isamara turned around, then showed Bai Ye her body and a red dress made of something different from artificial fabric. "My original body is just too big, making it inconvenient to move around, and it doesn't fit your human aesthetic standards, so I had Daqun sculpt a carbon-based body for me. This is a human body, you know, and it's definitely much more convenient."

Skadi was getting a little crazy. This guy almost took over her body, and now he's showing up here with the exact same face as her.

……

"Hey, hunters, how are you?"

Isamara seemed to notice the three deep-sea hunters beside her, and turned to wave at them.

In fact, this creature is almost indistinguishable from a human, and its appearance makes it hard to associate it with such a gigantic creature.

"..." The deep-sea hunters did not know how to face this former enemy.

"Say something, will you? The last time we met in the sea, you did some really bad things to me, you know. The intensity of your actions was something even I couldn't handle," Isamara said with a laugh. "And in the end, you still died."

“Uh—” Skadi could no longer be angry, because in the end, she was the one who killed Isamara with her own hands.

“Well, now you should understand the truth about our horde—we didn’t actually do anything wrong,” Isamara said. “In fact, most of the mistakes were made by you humans yourselves. If we were wrong, it was probably because some of you misled us and led us to do bad things based on our edited genetic instincts.”

"..." The deep-sea hunters were speechless.

They had only just learned the truth.

"Snapped--"

Bai Ye stepped forward and delivered a karate chop to Isamara's head, causing her to clutch her head.

"Sorry, I couldn't help myself. Okay, stop pretending to be wronged. In the end, the large group suffered almost no losses. All the dead were Deepsea Hunters. They were also being used. They were innocent people. There's no point in getting angry at them."

“Yes, that’s true. The herd never cares about the loss of an individual, but for you humans, the death of each individual is of great significance.” Isamara nodded. “Death, for us, is also a very meaningful and valuable lesson.”

“It’s hard to explain the past, and some hatreds are hard to resolve. Even if you know the truth, you still can’t accept it. For example, the Deep Sea Hunters, Agor, and Iberia, which was destroyed by the Great Tranquility you caused.” Bai Ye sighed and looked at Isamara. “There are some things we understand the reasons behind, but we just can’t accept them. We can only wait for time to heal all wounds, can’t we?”

Time is the best healer; reconciliation can only be achieved gradually.

Isamara nodded.

Bai Ye continued speaking:

“However, there are some things that are absolutely unforgivable. I want you to give me a list of all... the locations of all the humans who have contacted you, including their biological information.”

Some things cannot be forgotten. Those who commit sins cannot be let off so easily. All evildoers must be punished, their crimes must be publicly exposed to awaken all those who intend to betray the human race.

“Well, you know, those who voluntarily join us... are we considered our compatriots? At least theoretically, that’s how it is.” Isamara blinked, though she clearly didn’t believe it herself.

Bai Ye retorted:

"However, they only want to use you to create unnecessary waste, and some of them, after obtaining your power, selfishly hide themselves away and refuse to share it with the larger group."

“Yes.” Isamara nodded.

"Why don't we clean up these guys for you and then return the biomass to you? That way you won't suffer any losses," Bai Ye continued.

Isamara agreed:

"That's fine, the large group really didn't suffer any losses."

"You seem to have changed a lot since then..." Bai Ye couldn't help but complain.

“I learned all of this from you,” Isamara said, glancing at Luna beside her.

This can be considered the first time the two have met in the real universe. Speaking of which, when Isamara first tried to possess Byakuya, it was Luna who placed the seal on her.

"The Great Flock thanks you for helping us understand our origins, so we have decided to present you with a gift," Isamara explained her purpose for coming.

Bai Ye nodded, wondering what she was planning to give as a gift.

"You told me about the Deepsea Hunters. I'm here to help you resolve the hidden dangers they pose..."

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In Iberia, aside from a small number who remained to hold the line, the rest gradually withdrew. War is an extremely expensive affair, and even with the players' assistance, Iberia no longer had the financial resources to sustain such a long defensive line and a protracted war of attrition.

If it weren't for the need to defend their homeland, probably no one would be willing to wage such a fruitless war.

Fortunately, the war is over.

Even the seawater between the "Eye of Iberia" and the coastline is receding, and the temporary bridge that the players built earlier seems to be of no use now.

What struck Saint Carmen most astonishing was that the severely polluted, saline-alkali land, once unsuitable for growing crops, was gradually recovering, clearly related to Haizi. This evoked complex emotions in Carmen towards her former mortal enemy.

However, Hai Si's retreat did not come without a price. Without the knowledge of most of the judges in the court, Saint Carmen made a decision himself. At the request of the large group, he secretly released Hai Si, who had been imprisoned in the Holy Bastion, beneath the court.

This is the demand of the masses: their compatriots, who have been imprisoned for so long, need to be liberated.

As the last sea creature departed and entered the deep sea under the watchful eyes of Eleanor and Dario, it also retreated back to the deep sea, far from the land. The nests that were originally near the sea were now empty.

Elena murmured:

"This is a war in which there are no winners."

“But at least we all survived, and that is a victory,” Carmen said firmly. “Next, we will guide the revival of Iberia and restore its former glory.”

"But we are not alone as we were in the past. The lessons of the golden age have taught us that isolation is a mistake. Iberia needs to gradually loosen its external restrictions so that it can grow stronger."

"And you, the judges who are most familiar with outsiders in the courtroom, will be the first batch of exchange personnel dispatched by the courtroom."

As she spoke, Saint Carmen looked at the two judges, one large and one small, standing before her.

"My perspective is ultimately limited. The outside world is changing rapidly, and you need to witness and learn these things for yourselves. The future of Iberia rests on your shoulders."

Side Story: Melantha's Solo Mission 1

(I'm quietly updating a bonus chapter. Since I've decided to finish the book between May and June, some side stories will be included in the bonus chapter. Because it's the beginning, there's not much content. Whether you subscribe is up to you. That's all.)

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"Night Knight, please give me an autograph! Sign it here—"

"I never imagined that Night Knight himself was actually an operator from Rhodes Island! Night Knight, we're all your fans!"

"Night Knight—!"

……

In the personnel department office of Rhodes Island, Melantha, wearing the uniform specially made for the competitive knights by Rose Newspaper, looked at the logistics operators around her with some distress.

These Rhodes Island colleagues were no different from the enthusiastic fans they usually encountered, making it difficult for Melantha to deal with them.

Although Miss Melantha is a dazzling Night Knight in the Knights Major arena, with countless loyal fans across the land, in reality, she is an ordinary girl who is not good at speaking and is easily embarrassed.

If they were just ordinary fans, Melantha wouldn't feel embarrassed. After all, given her special status, Rose Newspapers would have people specifically to shield her from anything that might cause her trouble, so she wouldn't need to personally interact with her fans. However, this is Rhodes Island, and Melantha is a prospective operator for Rhodes Island.

Yes, it's like some classic tropes: the hero who saves the world is still a high school student, and after the battle, he has to go back to school to take exams, and might even have to repeat a year because of too many absences. Although it's absurd, it's true that Melantha is still a trainee operator.

Melantha should have completed her promotion assessment half a year ago, but she followed her teacher, Bai Ye, to Lungmen and Kazimierz, making her virtually unknown on the Rhodes Island main ship.

Even the other reserve operators who were in the same Operation Reserve Group A4 as Melantha in the past—yes, the unlucky ones who were thrown off the spacecraft by White Night back then—have now been promoted to full-fledged operators.

On the contrary, Miss Melantha, the captain of Operation Reserve Group A4, is still a reserve operator.

Of course, after the Casimir competition, Melantha fulfilled her agreement, or rather, her "proxy," with the Rose Newspapers for White Nights—shooting a few commercials. Then she went to Victoria, and thereafter, in Little Hills and Londinium, Melantha followed the Rhodes Island rescue teams, using her own strength to help her homeland.

Therefore, Melantha has already completed enough tasks within Rhodes Island's system and proven her strength through various combat operations. Thus, she only needs to go through a formal process to be promoted and become a full-fledged operator.

This is why Miss Melantha returned to the Rhodes Island main ship.

……

Melantha smiled shyly and greeted the logistics operators beside her, but she felt that there were more and more people around her. If they were just colleagues, she could naturally chat with them, but these guys were all her fans now, which made it a little awkward.

Fortunately, the noisy behavior was quickly stopped. The head of the human resources department walked in, glared at these unreliable individuals who were trying to take advantage of their position as HR staff, and reprimanded them:

"Making such a racket in the office is really outrageous. It's working hours now. Are you feeling too relaxed because you don't have much work to do? It just so happens that Bai Ye introduced a group of talented people to Rhodes Island for an exchange and learning program. You guys can organize the information on these new temporary operators!"

The supervisor placed a thick stack of documents on the table, then turned around and smiled at Melantha, saying:

"Melantha, please excuse my poor performance. We logistics officers are so energetic that we could be sent out on field missions."

“Ah, it’s alright.” Melantha waved her hand. “Rather, it’s more like a familiar feeling…”

Rhodes Island is indeed a lively place.