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Chapter 281 Professional Assistance
"...One last question," Honglian said seriously, "Is it correct that Shixin is taking special care of Elori because she is a key figure in the survival of that world?"

"It should be possible, although I can't fully understand the thoughts of a collective consciousness." Lin Qing nodded.

"And you? Are you also a key figure in deciding whether this world will be destroyed?" Honglian stared into her eyes and said, "Since you know so many secrets about the World's Heart, you must have a very close connection with it, right?"

“Uh…” she hesitated for a moment.

"Just say yes, what's there to hesitate about?" Chen Xuan's voice echoed in my mind. "If you hadn't become a customer of the Ability Shop, I wouldn't have cared what the future held."

"Maybe," Lin Qing replied after a moment of silence. "But even if I cease to exist, it doesn't mean the world will necessarily end. As long as there are people on the right path, there is hope that the future can be rewritten."

……

Honglian opened her eyes and found herself back in the medical room.

She sat up, looked around, and found that Wang Baihu was indeed the only person in the room. Elori remained submerged in the glass jar, seemingly unaware of what had just happened.

Hearing the noise, Wang Baihu turned around. "You're awake? Why did it take so long?"

"how long?"

"It's already 10 o'clock."

"That was only forty minutes or so," Honglian said irritably, rubbing her forehead. "It's not like I lay there for a whole day and night."

"I thought it would only take a few minutes," Wang Baihu said with some worry. "Is it my turn next? What's it like to communicate in the consciousness space? Will I have enough time...? I can't go home too late."

Honglian couldn't help but chuckle softly... Her colleagues would never have imagined that she actually ate a proper dinner inside and even helped Elolie wash the dishes.

Even now, just licking my lips, I can almost taste the flavor of baked salmon with cheese.

However, her smile quickly vanished, replaced by a heavy sense of pressure.

Tonight, she received so many messages, and they were all a bit too incredible.

“You don’t need to lie down. If there’s anything you want to know, I can tell you.”

"What? Are you sure? They contacted me first!" Wang Baihu said in disbelief.

Just then, the door was pushed open, and You Chi walked in. "It seems your conversation is over. Are you feeling alright anywhere?"

"Yeah, I'm just a little tired."

"It's normal. Even though you're lying down, your brain is still working at high speed, consuming energy several times faster than usual. Just rest for a bit and you'll be fine."

"Okay, please lead us out of here."

“Wait, I haven’t tried it yet—” Wang Baihu raised his hand.

You Chi seemed to ignore his words, and nodded with a smile, "Please follow me."

……

After Honglian left, Chen Xuancai went from the apartment across the hall to Elori's room.

"Everyone cooperated very well, thank you for your hard work." He gave Angel and Liuli a thumbs up.

"I don't think I did anything special, I was just drinking on the side," Liuli said dismissively. "But it's good that you can come here more often, nothing else matters."

"Hmm, I feel like I've told a lot of lies today," Elori said somewhat guiltily. "Since you think the team leader is a person with a strong sense of justice, why can't you tell her the truth?"

"Because the time is not right yet," Chen Xuan comforted the angel. "She is too deeply influenced by the Limitation Agency, and it won't be easy to get her to join us immediately."

“I never expected that the organization would sell me to a demon,” Elori muttered. “I always thought the Captain-Commander was pretty scary. Even though he always had a smile on his face, I never felt that he was smiling inside.”

“You said you avenged Elori, I haven’t been absent, have I?” Liuli smiled at Chen Xuan. “That restlessness has subsided a lot lately, it seems you’ve kept your promise.” “What do you mean?” Elori looked puzzled. “Weren’t you here with me the whole time? How could you have time to kill demons?”

"It's nothing, I was just asking casually." Liuli interrupted her question by running her hand through her hair and ruffling it.

"This is unbelievable..." Chen Xuan thought. This dream not only shapes an individual according to the dreamer's memories, but also continues the content of previous dreams, like a TV series. Moreover, Liuli seemed to have realized that she was just a phantom here, and there was another her outside, that was the true body.

The problem is that as long as the dream doesn't end, they have complete bodies and memories, and the memories are somewhat different from their real selves, making it impossible to completely merge them. Under these circumstances, can they be considered independent individuals?

If so, then when Elori wakes up, the dream will also shut down completely, and the angel and Liuli in the dream will disappear.

He didn't dare to think any further in that direction.

Lin Qing was still bent over, groping back and forth on the floor. "How could there be nothing at all?"

"Are you looking for Honglian's hair?" Chen Xuan sighed. "Don't even think about it. We can't take things—they can't be detected anyway."

"I didn't intend to take it back. Why don't you just let a testing shop open here?"

Chen Xuan was speechless; her thinking was indeed quite agile.

Unfortunately, this trick wouldn't work. He now knows Honglian, but Honglian doesn't know him. Inviting her into his dream is no problem, but creating a phantom image is almost impossible. Even if a testing site opened outside, he couldn't conjure up Honglian the next time he wanted to enter a dream.

"Forget it, I think you should just ask her directly... Just because you two look so alike, Honglian will definitely give it to you."

"I still don't understand, what's so similar about Sister Lin Qing and the team leader? They don't look like the same person at all," Elori turned to Liuli, looking puzzled. "Right?"

"Uh-huh!"

The moment the angel turned around, Liuli quietly drank another half bottle of wine.

……

After saying goodbye to Elori and Liuli in his dream, Chen Xuan interrupted his dream and woke up in the room next to the medical room.

Yuchi also brought news that two agency officers had left.

Although Dean Sun was wary of the Weixian Agency and distrusted this outsider organization, the two sides were not openly hostile. Therefore, even if Honglian leaked the information to her superiors, the Jiangcheng Agency could not touch the Beitian Academy. It was precisely because of this consideration that the Dean agreed to cooperate with Chen Xuan in this charade.

However, Chen Xuan was still quite grateful to the other party, since without the support of the Northern Heaven Academy, the plan would not have been possible.

"Then we'll take our leave," Chen Xuan said, mimicking their manners with a cupped-hand salute. "If you ever need my help in the future..."

“Please don’t leave yet,” You Chi said immediately, “Mr. Chen, we do need your help.”

Chen Xuan pulled his foot back after taking a step forward, raising an eyebrow. "Could it be that a new epidemic has emerged?"

"No, you remember that guy who got arrested last time?"

"remember."

Chen Xuan had personally captured the other party; how could he possibly forget?

“The police have done a lot of investigation and extracted some information from him, but the case has not made any breakthroughs,” You Chi said. “My senior brother and I have read the report and think that the reason for the lack of progress is likely the lack of assistance from professionals.”

Chen Xuan paused slightly. "Could it be... that the professional you're referring to is me?"

“Exactly,” You Chi said with a smile. “I am very knowledgeable in toxicology and pharmacology, so when I encounter cases related to poisoning, I can help the police quickly narrow down the search scope based on the methods of making and administering the poison. The case before the New Year seems to be related to infectious diseases, but it is actually an event involving abilities. Currently, if I want to find a reliable ability user in the country to help me, apart from the Limited Ability Agency, the only person I can think of is you.”

"Looks like I can not only be a doctor, but also a detective on the side." Chen Xuan really couldn't refuse, after all, he had just said the polite words. "Okay, but I still have to say it... I can help, but I can't guarantee it will be useful."

“It’s good that you’re willing to help.” You Chi seemed even more confident than him, a bright smile on his face. “The information is in the archives. I’ll take you and Miss Lin there.”

(End of this chapter)