The villains are redeemed, and the heroines cry and beg for forgiveness.

“Although you didn’t say it, I can guess that your Demon General must have some kind of connection with the Abyss. This connection is what allows you to sense the situation of Xue Xiling and me.”

Finally, Gu Ran looked at Lilith: "But can you guarantee that the 'key' to opening Pandora's box is only one person? Xue Xiling's ability is related to time, while mine is related to space. Our abilities are different and complementary."

"Time and space are two equally important rules for a world, so is it possible that Pandora's box can only be opened by people with two different superpowers?"

"In other words, both Xue Xiling and I must be present to open Pandora's Box. If you kill her, it's like cutting off the possibility of opening Pandora's Box that you've been striving for all along. That's why I said you wouldn't dare to kill her."

Lilith was struck dumb.

Yes, how could she not have thought that the "key" to opening Pandora's box might not be just one person, but two?

Time and space superpowers...

Lilith had to admit that Gu Ran made a lot of sense.

Xuexi Ling is indeed very likely one of the "keys".

Perhaps only when she and Gu Ran are both present can Pandora's box be opened.

This made Lilith's expression dark and uncertain.

After Gu Ran's interruption and conversation, she no longer harbored such strong murderous intent towards Xue Xiling.

After Gu Ran's analysis, she found it quite reasonable and decided she no longer wanted to kill Xue Xiling.

But this made her look a little embarrassed.

She was just now confidently declaring that she would kill Xue Xiling, betting that Gu Ran wouldn't dare to risk disobeying her.

However, unexpectedly, the situation completely reversed in just a short period of time, and she was persuaded by Gu Ran's words.

Lilith thought for a moment and came up with a way to save face and save face.

"Truly worthy of being Gu Ran, the advisor of Canglong City, and the successor chosen by Xue Yingsong."

She took the necklace from her hand.

"But since you put it that way, I think it would be better to release your fiancée only once we reach our destination."

292. Xue Xiling changes hands; 4k space ability user who settled in the abyss many years ago.

They neither released Xue Xiling immediately nor insisted on killing her.

Lilith chose a compromise.

In this way, she neither appeared to have submitted to Gu Ran nor completely severed ties with him, while also preserving the possibility of opening Pandora's box.

This is the most acceptable solution, and Gu Ran should agree to it.

But just as Lilith's thought crossed her mind, she heard that wretched human say again, "We're not releasing Snow Creek when we get there, we're releasing it now, right now."

Lilith immediately felt her blood pressure rise.

This is outrageous!

Although Gu Ran was much stronger than her, she wasn't without a temper!

In other words, she would never have suffered such humiliation at the hands of anyone else but Gu Ran.

Gu Ran is stronger than her, and she needs Gu Ran's help and cooperation. These two points really put her at a disadvantage.

While it wouldn't force her to submit, it didn't bring the same exhilarating feeling of revenge as before.

In the past, she could basically solve the problem with a single shot.

Even the other demon generals of the abyss are no match for her in a one-on-one fight.

But she happened to encounter such a person among humans, and she was forced to have interactions with him.

This suddenly reminded Lilith of her ancestors, who would all try to go to the human world when they were of childbearing age.

"No wonder our ancestors borrowed human offspring; humans are indeed more gifted than the demons of the abyss."

Lilith couldn't help but think to herself.

Of course, while she marvels at the extraordinary talent of humankind, she will not follow in the footsteps of her predecessors!

She will rely solely on her talent and hard work to become the strongest and freest abyss demon!

Therefore, she absolutely could not lose in terms of momentum, and she directly refused Gu Ran's "excessive" request.

"For our cooperation to continue, it would be best if Xue Xiling stayed with me. You wouldn't want our good relationship to break down, would you?"

A dangerous glint flashed in Lilith's eyes.

Gu Ran has repeatedly challenged her bottom line, and she will absolutely not tolerate this guy anymore.

"Have you thought about how to open Pandora's Box?" Gu Ran asked, seemingly oblivious to Lilith's resentful gaze.

Lilith frowned but did not answer.

Gu Ran continued, "It seems you don't know anything about the legendary Pandora's Box either, right? So how can you be sure that we can open Pandora's Box once we get there?"

"I suspect that it will require my spatial ability and Xue Xiling's time ability to open Pandora's Box, but how? Do we need to cooperate with Xue Xiling? Does Xue Xiling need to actively manipulate her ability? These are all questions."

Lilith somewhat understood what Gu Ran meant, but she still didn't want to give in.

"Then we'll reach the abyss, the ruins. I'll release Xue Xiling then, and we'll see how things go."

Gu Ran's voice was flat: "Don't forget, I killed Xue Yingsong. In Xue Xiling's eyes, I am already her father's killer. And you are the demon of the abyss. What makes you think she will help you? What makes you think she will cooperate with us?"

Lilith felt very uncomfortable under Gu Ran's gaze.

Letting Xue Xiling witness Gu Ran killing Xue Yingsong was a spur-of-the-moment decision on her part.

On one hand, it was out of her own twisted sense of humor that she wanted to see Gu Ran and his fiancée become enemies.

On the other hand, it was also because she had previously lost to Gu Ran, and she wanted to embarrass Gu Ran and vent her anger.

What she didn't expect was that she would need Xue Xiling's help, and now it seemed that she was shooting herself in the foot.

Lilith retorted, somewhat unconvinced: "But even if I hand her over to you now, what good will it do? Do you think you, her father's killer, can persuade her?"

Gu Ran said calmly, "I don't need to persuade her. What I need is to get to know her superpower. My telekinesis can enter her body to investigate her superpower, but this requires me to be by her side, and it will take time."

"So even if you hand her over to me, I won't wake her up. She just needs to stay quiet so I can figure out her abilities."

Lilith frowned, clearly not very willing to hand Xue Xiling over to Gu Ran.

However, Gu Ran's answer did indeed put her in a difficult position.

Xue Xiling must deeply hate the two of them. If she wakes up and sees them, she will definitely think that she and Gu Ran are in cahoots and are doing something bad together.

Even if they knew that what the two of them did wasn't anything "bad," they probably still wouldn't help.

In that case, it's definitely not feasible to let Gu Ran fully understand Xue Xiling's special ability before having Gu Ran open Pandora's Box alone at the ruins.

Gu Ran saw Lilith's expression and knew she was interested.

Actually, his initial idea was to send Xue Xiling back to Canglong City, but Lilith was more stubborn than he had imagined.

So he had to back down a little and came up with this way to keep Xue Xiling by his side.

He had thought about it before, and realized that the current Azure Dragon City might not be suitable.

The Azure Dragon City, which has suffered from the alien disaster, must be in complete chaos now, and Xue Xiling, as Xue Yingsong's daughter, is actually in a rather awkward situation.

Or rather, her relationship with Gu Ran was rather awkward.

For some people, Xue Xiling might be a valuable asset, and they would be eager to control it.

It could be used to deal with him, or to annoy him... If anyone is not thinking clearly, it might even be detrimental to Xue Xiling.

Xiao Chaofeng, who was closest to Xue Yingsong and regarded as an elder by Xue Xiling, has already disappeared in this alien disaster.

Gu Ran didn't know where Xiao Chaofeng had gone for the time being.

But this meant he had no one left to entrust Xue Xiling to.

After thinking for a while, Gu Ran still felt that the safest place was only around herself.

There is virtually nothing in this world that poses a threat to him; the area around him should be one of the safest places in the world.

After thinking about Gu Ran's method for a while, Lilith realized that it was indeed a solution that both of them could accept at the moment.

Furthermore, this plan will also facilitate subsequent actions.

However, the feeling of being controlled by Gu Ran made her very uncomfortable.

“If I give Xue Xiling to you, then I won’t have anything to threaten you anymore?” Lilith took out the necklace again, but did not immediately hand it to Gu Ran.

Gu Ran understood Lilith's meaning, and he immediately said, "I promise to help you open Pandora's Box. As long as I can do it, I will do my best to help you do it. This is my promise, Gu Ran."

"With my promise, you don't need any other bargaining chips, because if I say I'll do my best to help you, then I will definitely do my best. Since you've specifically researched me, you should know that I'm not lying."

"Okay." Lilith tossed the necklace to Gu Ran. "Remember what you just said."

Gu Ran caught the necklace: "Of course I will remember. Now can you tell me where you got all those spatial items? I think they might be related to our mission to open Pandora's Box."

Lilith found Gu Ran's explanation a bit strange, what did he mean by "making a connection", but she didn't intend to delve into it. She would just wait and see if she could understand it.

After thinking for a moment, Lilith said, "Alright, it's not that I can't tell you. These spatial artifacts were left behind by our succubus ancestors."

An ancestor of the succubus clan?

Could it be that among the ancestors of succubi were spatial ability users, or powerful individuals with similar abilities?