Millennium Witch.

Chapter 110-109- Liana Renee

By the time Yvette left the Church of Soulfire, it was already past ten o'clock at night. The main church doors were already closed, so she had to come out through a side door. With the nods and salutations of several black-hooded deacons, she calmly made her way to the small square outside the church, feeling the night breeze.

She ultimately accepted the commission from the requiem priest Hoyle Kos, partly because he appeared very sincere, making it seem unlikely that he was the corrupt insider who colluded with human traffickers, and partly because... he offered quite a lot.

Originally, the Ghost Hand Society's "General" was a mysterious figure who had long remained behind the scenes and was little known. There was no bounty on him in the Federation. Even if Yvette were to find and kill him on a whim, she could only make some money from the spoils of war, and would not generate any additional income.

But if she can actually catch the general now, she'll have 500 million, which is no small amount; it's enough for her to buy a 16-spec magic terminal.

Incidentally, 16W represents the technological limit of the Origin Civilization. However, this doesn't mean that the symbol point cache has reached its limit, but rather that the element chip has reached its limit. Furthermore, without breakthroughs in manufacturing technology, 16W will remain the limit for personal terminals for many years to come.

Of course, some people may wonder, since 16w is the limit of cutting-edge chips, how do the Origin Civilization use even higher-specification super-large-scale spells, or even million-level spells?
This!
This will require the use of ultra-large casting units constructed from sophisticated magical machinery.

And this is a completely different concept, which is somewhat similar to Yvette's idea in the Elemental Codex - it is a method of superimposed combination of one link after another. It does not require high-precision chips, but a large number of durable and reliable mid-to-low-end chips, so as to achieve an effect comparable to a million-level spell.

It just goes to show that there's nothing new under the sun.

……

Although she had accepted the commission to investigate the Ghost Hand Society and the General, Yvette wasn't in a hurry at all. Hoyle had given her a two-year timeframe, which was far too lenient, considering she could only stay in her dreams for six months.

Back home, Yvette emailed several detective agencies online, requesting them to investigate near two human trafficking industrial parks to see if there were any unfamiliar faces or unusual phenomena, with a reward between 1 and 3.

Of course, this isn't about outsourcing layer by layer; she'll do the investigations herself, but having more people always means having more power.

The next morning, after getting up, Yvette bought a motorcycle as a means of transportation and drove to a town called "Dodan," a rural-urban fringe area where the two industrial parks were located.

After inquiring around in Dodan Town for a while, Yvette didn't get any information about the Ghost Hand Society. It was clear that the locals were very tight-lipped and wouldn't reveal anything about human trafficking, not even money.

But one piece of news caught her attention—two little girls from out of town had stayed in Dodan Town a couple of days ago, but left quickly, heading east towards Shalin Town.

During their two-day stay, a mysterious disappearance occurred in the town; the perpetrators were two young people who were usually quite idle.

Although the two events seemed unrelated, they happened to have both occurred in the last two days and had nothing to do with the Ghost Hand Society. So, the old woman at the village entrance, speaking with a heavy local accent, told Yvette about them.

It seems that Zero and One are most likely in the neighboring town of Salin now, very close... Yvette's mood was suddenly touched, and she thought of a question she hadn't considered before.

—In what capacity should she contact Zero One?
Of course, to figure out this issue, the first thing to determine is what her purpose was in contacting the two men.
The answer is clear: figure out the original owner's secrets, understand the original owner's personality, and their life experiences.

Based on this, a very important condition arises: her appearance must not disrupt the original owner's life in the dream.

If she were to declare herself to be Zero from the future, and Zero were to believe it, then many of her subsequent actions would directly influence Zero's choices. This butterfly effect would disrupt the dream's timeline, and she would never be able to see the real past.

Therefore, she had to find herself an identity that allowed her to act as a camera from the sidelines without affecting the course of their lives.

So it really can only be that one, right?

That's right!

From now on, she is Zero's never-before-seen older sister!
……

In early May, the plum rains in Shalin Town arrived earlier than usual.

At first, it was just a sparse drizzle, tentatively tapping on the town's dirt roads and tin rooftops. But soon, the downpour began like a burst dam, soaking the eaves of the small houses, casting a dark, oppressive weight on the bamboo walls. The river rose, swallowing half the stone steps. Cheap neon signs, submerged in the water, stained the murky surface with an eerie, oil-painted hue. The sounds of rainstorm warnings and expired advertisements buzzed in my ears, then abruptly stopped with a crackling static.

In a narrow alleyway by the roadside, Liana Renee was squatting, silently watching the rain outside. She seemed to enjoy the tranquility of being able to stay in a safe place and quietly appreciate the downpour outside, and she softly hummed a song, her voice sweet, like a summer wind chime.

Several tens of minutes, or perhaps longer, passed before she stood up and returned to the alley. At the end of the alley was a courtyard, with a simple, semi-open-air covered walkway on three sides, and only a small area in the center was completely exposed to the sky and battered by the rain.

She stood under the eaves, staring absently at the muddy puddle in the courtyard. After a while, the soil suddenly surged, and a hideous, enormous worm emerged. Its grotesque mouth opened, revealing a beautiful, otherworldly silver-haired little girl who gracefully and calmly stepped out of its massive jaws.

A blue wind swirled above her head, keeping away the millions of raindrops falling from the sky, not a single drop wetting her clothes.

Then, the silver-haired little girl came over, gently hugged Liana, and affectionately nuzzled her face: "I'm back."

Liana's body stiffened visibly, and she said uneasily, "Yvette... what were you doing out there again?"

"You should be able to guess." The silver-haired girl smiled slightly, her dark red pupils revealing a cruelty that was clearly incongruous with her age. She said with a smile, "I said I won't let anyone who dares to hurt you get away with it, even if it's just words."

“Don’t do this, Yvette…you’ve already killed so many people, you’ll fall into darkness…” Liana shook her head forcefully.

Previously in the town of Dordan, two young men were killed by Yvette for speaking rudely and giving them lewd looks. The murders were then fed to the monsters underground.

Now in Salin, a five- or six-year-old local boy was killed by Yvette for mocking her for not speaking the Rustbone dialect, and became nourishment for the monsters.

If she keeps killing like this, won't she end up feeding all the people in the world to the monsters she's raising?
"There are so many people in this world, what's the big deal if a few die?" The silver-haired girl's lips curled up slightly, carrying a hint of sarcasm.

This mockery wasn't directed at Liana, so who was it directed at? Was it directed at the world?

Immediately noticing the fear in Liana's eyes, her own gaze softened quickly, like a setting sun obscured by clouds. She took Liana's hand and said, "Don't worry, I won't destroy this world. This world will definitely become what you want it to be... I promise."

“You’ve lost yourself in power, Yvette, you can’t do this,” Liana said softly after a long silence.

"I didn't... Sigh, you wouldn't understand even if I told you." The silver-haired girl sighed. "Then, for those you think shouldn't die, I'll spare their lives, okay?"

“It’s not just that… I think our power should be used for something more worthwhile, don’t you think, Yvette?” Liana said.

"Again?" The silver-haired little girl's gaze drifted awkwardly towards the alley entrance, her tone suddenly becoming light and cheerful, completely different from before. "Where's Firefly? Tell it to go buy some food, why is it taking so long..."

"Don't change the subject."

"Oh, we have guests!"

"Still changing the subject!" Liana said irritably.

"No, Liana, there really is a guest~" The silver-haired girl pointed to the narrow alley entrance, but then she noticed the guest's face, which was almost exactly the same as hers, only more mature and more girlish, like a sister who was only a few years younger, both of them were extremely beautiful.

She paused for a few seconds, then a playful look appeared on her face, as if she found this development quite interesting.

She turned her head and said to Liana with a smile, "See, I didn't lie to you."

(End of this chapter)