Chapter 73: All of them turn into light

Chapter 73: All of them turn into light

Although the most important goal has been achieved, there is still a lot that Ai Yue needs to do.

However, he didn't want to do anything now and just wanted to go home and have a good sleep.

The laboratory was deserted at the moment, and there was no projection of the girl who would say "Welcome back, Dr. Ai Yue", because the host of Prometheus had already been moved somewhere else by that group of people, and it would take time to move it back.

But there was another figure waiting for him in the room.

"You're back?" Aponia stood in the laboratory with her usual smile on her face. "You look tired. Do you need a rest?"

Ai Yue walked over silently and threw himself into the other's arms.

Aponia stretched out her hand as if she had been prepared. Her slender arms supported his body firmly. "No need to worry anymore. Everything is over, isn't it?"

"Yeah, it's over." Ai Yue sighed, "Aponia, I probably don't have the qualifications to be the light anymore."

Ai Yue is probably the only person in the world who knows clearly what it means to become the light, but what he did today was equivalent to strangling his own path to the Kingdom of Light with his own hands.

Tampering with other people's minds is a very bad behavior no matter where it happens.

But if you ask Ai Yue if he regrets it, the answer is naturally no.

Even if he cannot become the light, there will always be someone who has the qualification. However, if he cannot resolve the current conflicts and difficulties within humanity, then I am afraid that this world will never reach the day when it is able to become the light.

'Since I am a savior with a mission, I should naturally shoulder more responsibilities.'

"In that case, why don't you rely on me?" Aponia didn't ask what "becoming the light" meant, but just followed the topic and said, "In that case, you don't have to dirty your hands."

"Isn't it even worse to instruct others to do such a thing in order to avoid getting your hands dirty?" Ai Yue said, "Besides, are you willing to do such a thing?"

In the original plot, Aponia did do many things that led to bad consequences, but this was not because she intended to do so, but because of the curse brought by her ability. Good intentions led to bad consequences, which was also a cruel punishment for Aponia.

Although Ai Yue also knew that with the current strange and delicate relationship between the two, Aponia would definitely not refuse if he made any requests, but it would only transfer his inner burden to Aponia, which would not do any good except to accelerate the distortion of the other party's heart.

Ai Yue came here to change the bad ending of this world. If he ordered Aponia to do something she didn't want to do in order to avoid getting his hands dirty, then what was the difference between him and the top leaders of the Fire Moth?

"That's really thoughtful, but it will be very tiring." Aponia whispered in Ai Yue's ear, "If possible, I also hope you can rely on the strength of others more."

Ai Yue didn't say anything else, because he had already fallen asleep quietly on Aponia's chest.

Nearly 48 hours of sleepless nights and intense mental exhaustion had already made Ai Yue exhausted. If it weren't for his anger towards the top leaders of the Fire Moth supporting his consciousness, he would probably have fallen into a deep sleep in the small dark room.

Aponia narrowed her eyes slightly, and Ai Yue's body floated slightly under the influence of her ability. Looking at the face that was covered with a red hat, she could not help but sigh, "I will go to the beach with you."

She looked at Ai Yue's face carefully, and finally left a light kiss on his forehead.

"May you have a good dream."

Perhaps it was because the core of the Herrscher of Sentience was still in Ai Yue's hands, he was unexpectedly lucid in his dream.

He just looked around and couldn't help but frowned: "What is this place?"

What came into view was an endless sea. Ai Yue stepped on the water, and every step he took created ripples.

Theoretically, he should be dreaming now, but Ai Yue vaguely felt that this was not his dream. Instead, it was as if his consciousness had come to some special place through some channel.

'Could it really be because of the Herrscher core?'

Ai Yue subconsciously raised his hand and wanted to call for the Herrscher Core, but found that he could not sense the crystal that should still be in his body.

It seems that this is indeed not a dream.

'Could it be the Cocoon of the End? Could it be that this thing could sense me through the Herrscher Core?'

When he thought of this possibility, Ai Yue couldn't help but become alert. Fortunately, the system was as reliable as ever and could operate normally even in such a place.

However, it is too much to face the Cocoon of the End right now. Isn't the difficulty too high?

'However, if I can get access to the Cocoon of the End, can I rely on the system to get something from it?'

Ai Yue thought about it and took a few tentative steps forward, but the surrounding environment remained unchanged.

It was as if he was simply trapped in such a place.

But at this moment, Ai Yue suddenly discovered that there seemed to be some light emerging from the depths of the water under his feet.

He couldn't help but take a closer look, but he found that his reflection in the water blocked the light.

The light didn't seem to be rising from beneath the water - it seemed to be coming from the exact opposite direction!

Ai Yue looked up and saw a stream of light falling from the sky and hitting him directly in the face.

"What the hell!"

The next second, Ai Yue suddenly opened his eyes and sat up from the bed.

"Did you have a nightmare?"

Aponia's voice sounded from behind him, and only then did Ai Yue realize that he had been resting his head on the other's thigh.

"I can't explain it clearly." Ai Yue shook his head, recalling the moment when the light hit his face, his expression was a little subtle, "But it shouldn't be considered a nightmare, right?"

He checked his condition repeatedly and even took a shot of "Aponia's Embrace" to sense the mental changes, but everything was the same as before, and even the system did not show any difference.

But Ai Yue's mood suddenly improved a lot.

"Don't you want to sleep for a while? You've only slept for an hour." Seeing Ai Yue standing up and preparing to leave, Aponia couldn't help but say, "You just got through a difficult time, why don't you at least give yourself a break?"

"It's okay. When I'm doing scientific research, it's like I'm on vacation." Ai Yue smiled, "There's still a lot to do next."

Ai Yue never forgot his ultimate goal - he wanted not only to defeat Honkai, but also the collective ascension of human civilization.

Now that you have taken the first step, there is no turning back.

There is actually not much difference between tampering with the mind of one person and tampering with the minds of a group of people.

In that case, why not just do it to the end?

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