Why can't humans do it too?

“Then…then I went to the island in the east…the place that Okan told me about last,” Suer said slowly. “This wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment decision; in fact, what I was saying now was part of a pre-planned strategy. You should remember, right?”

I want to know the answer.

The words left by the forging god Okan when he threw himself and Xinke out of that small world were never forgotten by Sul, and he didn't even intend to pass this crucial message on to the settlement.

As the leader of the settlement, Sull believed that Riku needed to know about the agreement between himself and the forest elves. With Riku's cooperation and cover-up, many things would be much easier to handle in the future. If Sull hadn't personally appeared and explained things to Riku, the man would never have believed it.

Even though it was agonizing, even though it made her conscience uncomfortable, Suer still insisted on her own ideas... The fact that she was unknowingly accepting the favors of the forest elves must never be known to all humans.

Sull believed that Liku could arrange everything once he had enough information.

Of all the things Okan said, this was the only message that Sur never intended to tell Liku.

If that man knew, he would surely go on the adventure alone... seeking an answer that would allow humanity to stand up, free from the stigma of being called beasts, and to live on this planet like other races.

But he will die.

Sur sadly foresaw all of this.

Because he was still alive, the man would be delighted to entrust him with the responsibility of the settlement again, and then gladly go to the most dangerous place—that is what Riku would do.

Then he will die.

Not only are there dangers on land, but he also has to face dangers from the races that exist in the sea, such as wind and waves, sea monsters... The man cannot overcome those difficulties and dangers with his fragile human body.

This is something only I can do.

On a quiet night, these words once again echoed in Suer's mind, resounding like a bell, just as they had on that night before, driving him forward.

But Suer showed no sign of rejection; in fact, he was surprisingly calm and accepted it all with equanimity.

Liku will not succeed. Even if he manages to reach the place Okan described after going through countless hardships, he will not get the answer he wants—no matter how much he gives, he will not succeed.

Because the one with the soul and flesh of another world is not him.

"...Is Mr. Monkey planning to leave quietly when no one knows?" Xin Ke pressed her temples as if she had a headache. "With just those toys?"

"Haha, it's not quite at the level of a toy, is it?" Su'er chuckled twice in response. To be honest, in the eyes of this forest elf and that winged creature, there were far too many things that were toys.

“Look, the backpack that lets me fly temporarily, the shoes that increase my jumping ability, the weapon with penetrating power… these are already very powerful,” Suer said, counting on his fingers the gadgets the three of them had made out of curiosity over the past two years. He truly believed in their quality and effectiveness. “As long as I’m as careful as I used to be, nothing bad is likely to happen.”

"And then they took all those miniature bombs too?" Suer's words left Xin Ke speechless. She sighed dramatically as she spoke.

"It was just firecrackers, huh? Wait, how did you know?" Slightly taken aback, Su'er suddenly realized something, "...You sneaked into my room?"

“It was just an inspection,” Xin Ke said, as if she were a queen, showing no remorse for intruding on someone else’s private territory.

"You should have been a little embarrassed to be pointed out to your face," Su Er complained, squinting. "Anyway, you guys don't need those toys, so I just took them with me."

Chapter 167 Starting Again

Sull must retract his statement that Jibril's firecrackers were useless; those little cuties are quite effective as self-defense weapons.

"You think you can cross this continent with just these toys?" Xin Ke sighed even more deeply. "I thought you really enjoyed this stable life—didn't you always crave this kind of life? You always seemed so happy before."

"Uh, of course I like it," Su Er scratched his head awkwardly, feeling particularly embarrassed to say these words himself. "...I just feel that I have to do it. You see, only I can do it, right? If I don't go, wouldn't it be a pity that humanity misses the opportunity to rise?"

"Well, it's probably the kind of feeling where if you just stay here and don't take any action, you'll wake up in the middle of the night, haha, doesn't that sound weird?" Su Er chuckled a few times.

If the answer truly lies in the place Okan spoke of, then Sue must go and find it—he cannot accept a future where he will have to endure inner torment for the rest of his life, and Sue needs that peace of mind to verify the result.

"No~", Xin Ke's voice sounded incredibly lighthearted, "Anyway, Mr. Monkey is just that kind of idiot~, why would he find it strange about something that has already been verified?"

With a casual wave of her hand, the forest elf with light golden hair walked out of the kitchen while talking, without even picking up the tray that was placed to the side.

"Hey, your cake!" Although he didn't know how he had become an idiot again, Suer was already very familiar with the feeling that everyone else was just an ordinary person to this self-proclaimed genius forest elf. He simply picked up the tray full of cakes and shouted at Xin Ke.

"Let's leave it there for now," Xin Ke waved her hand without turning her head in the corridor. "How about we set the departure time for tomorrow morning? I need to prepare a few things."

"Huh? You mean...you're going too?" Su Er froze, his eyes widening in astonishment. "But aren't you...what about your research?"

"Anyway, there won't be any breakthroughs in the research on the Divine Essence anytime soon, so it won't hurt to put it aside for now... To be honest, I'm quite curious about the answer that the god of the moles gave me," Xin Ke's voice gradually faded. "An answer that a god would consider a secret might provide me with some new ideas."

Xin Ke's words were not a consultation with Su Er; they were more like a one-sided notification.

"..."

Silently, Su Er leaned against the edge of the kitchen counter, took a deep breath, and looked up at the white ceiling... He smiled inexplicably.

That's not bad, is it?

Choosing to venture into the unknown while bearing one's own mission is like a recurrence of that empty and desolate night from the past, yet it is fundamentally different.

This time, he was not alone.

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The situation was much better than Suer had expected, even giving him a kind of illusion—could I now walk sideways across the continent?

Hey, don't get too cocky!

Taking a deep breath of the cold air, and feeling the cold pain in his nasal cavity, Suer kept reminding himself.

Now he was fully armed. After leaving his home built in the abandoned city, everything outside was so familiar—the unchanging cold, the endless freezing wind, and the blood-red sky.

However, Sul did not feel much temperature change. The magical artifacts from the forest elves effectively protected him from the cold winds and stabilized his body temperature. The armor that he could not feel much weight on his body but made a hard metallic sound when it collided with itself also provided him with a great sense of security.

Suer felt he could take on a hundred of them.

However, he doubted that he would even have the chance to make a move. This confidence came not only from the forest elf who was going to accompany him, but also from the pink-haired little girl floating in the sky beside him.

Jibril followed.

"Didn't you say you'd recovered to the critical point? Leaving like this won't slow things down, will it?" Looking at the white breath he was exhaling, Suer couldn't help but turn his head and ask the Skywing.

According to Jibril, she's almost back to full strength, so shouldn't she be staying in the recovery room to speed things up? How did her sister, who's described as being very clingy, let her out?

Suer expressed his doubts about this.

“Mr. Monkey, you don’t need to worry about Miss Monster. You can’t see the spirits, so you can’t perceive this fact, but it’s very obvious to me,” Xin Ke said after glancing at Jibril and sneering. “The spirits in the surrounding atmosphere are being drawn into her body. Just her existence here is like a black hole devouring the spirits… Mr. Monkey, you should have sensed it too, that kind of oppressive feeling that is instinctively oppressive to fragile creatures.”

"Oh, I see," Suer suddenly realized, explaining why he had felt so heavy ever since he left the house.

"Hehehe, how could I possibly miss something like this~", completely unaffected by Xin Ke's words, Jibril chuckled and twirled in the air, saying, "That's a place indicated by a divine being! What could possibly be on that island~~ Hehehe, just imagining it makes me so excited~~ Hehehe~~"

Her facial expression control was absolutely abnormal. Jibril clasped her hands together and pressed them against her cheeks, her face flushed unnaturally. If Suer wasn't mistaken, this Winged Race member was even drooling—how did a perfectly good Winged Race member end up like this!

Very scary.

"Just a moment~"

When Suer heard Xinke's voice, he found that Xinke's hand had reached to the side of his neck, and she bent down slightly, her beautiful face close to his. The fragrance of flowers became stronger, and Suer chose not to move.

No one knew what the woman had adjusted, but when she straightened up and stood a little further away, Suer felt that the heavy feeling from before had disappeared, as if she had lost dozens of pounds, and her body felt much lighter.

“I’ve shielded you from the oppressive feeling that Pokémon can give you, but that means Mr. Monkey has lost some of his instinctive warning signs,” Xin Ke said, stroking her chin. “Keep an eye on the gem on your wrist. If it turns red, it means that an excessive number of Pokémon are gathering rapidly and abnormally near you.”

"We should have been careful back then."

Chapter 168 The Land of the Past

Following Xin Ke's guidance, Su Er subconsciously raised her arm and saw a gem on the cuff of her clothes emitting a green light, indicating that everything was normal at the moment.

"Huh? Did this block out my influence?" Jibril asked, peering curiously at the gem and taking a spherical object from her waist.

"Jibriel's exclusive product! Portable repair room! With this, you can go wherever you want!" Jibril proudly said, holding up the seemingly transparent sphere like she was showing off a treasure.

So this is why her sister was willing to let her out?

Suer guessed so.

However, compared to the technology that made the originally huge repair room smaller and more portable, Suer felt that Xinke was more impressive. She was able to adjust Suer's equipment and block out that strange feeling after only seeing it for a short time.

"Heh," sure enough, the forest elf sneered again.

Xin Ke has always looked down on the intelligence of the Skywing race—well, it seems she has never respected anyone.

"Ha, in the end, isn't it just that this weed wouldn't wait any longer?" As always, Jibril retorted sharply to Xin Ke, hanging the sphere back on her waist and speaking with the same cold smile.

"What are you talking about? Mr. Monkey's matter is extremely urgent!" With her eyes slightly narrowed, Xin Ke told a lie without hesitation.

This woman had planned to slip away with Sull while the pink-haired Skywing returned to Abant Heim, but she was caught red-handed by the prepared Skywing.

'Ugh, it's starting again...'

Looking at the two beside him, well, the ladies started bickering as usual, and Su Er couldn't help but squint and complain in his heart.

Or is this the price of safe and worry-free travel?

He could usually sneak away at times like this.

"Well, cough cough, let's go, it's getting late," Suer urged, raising his voice and coughing a few times. "Let's go take a look at the old settlement first, let's hurry up."

He must get in the car immediately!

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Although it's called a car, Suer still thinks it's better to call it a small airship.

Even though it was somewhat inspired by the sports cars in Suer's memory in order to be novel, it is essentially something that flies in the sky. The fact that it didn't grow wings is already a result of Suer's strong insistence.

Even so, the edges and corners of this... flying car were still covered with vines and flowers. They were real flowers, and if Suer tried to pick them, an identical flower would quickly grow back in the same spot.

Without a doubt, it was designed by the master Xin Ke. In the beginning, only two seats were designed. In Xin Ke's own words, since the Skywing species have wings, they can just fly around.