Honkai, why do you only play high-end games?

Then, everyone cheered and scattered.

Kiana and the others rushed faster than anyone else; she said that when she was wandering in this area, she knew a super delicious restaurant and wanted to take Mei to have a great time there.

As for Theresa herself, after everyone had left, she secretly grabbed Ji Zi, who was planning to restock her dwindling wine cabinet, and righteously asked her to accompany her to buy the latest comics, saying that they would be more efficient if they were together.

I have to say, no matter from which angle you look at it, the Far East branch's style is a bit weird compared to other places in the world...

Walter stayed on the ship on the pretext of feeling unwell, and took advantage of this opportunity to contact various anti-entropy organizations, inquiring about the reasons for the sudden disappearance of the two doctors, while continuing to call them.

As for Fu Hua, she was leaning quietly outside the door with her arms folded across her chest, neither wanting to disturb them nor to prevent the guy inside from doing anything irrational.

It is normal for her to stay on board - as a monitor with a serious, earnest, unsmiling personality and respect for teachers, it is reasonable for her to take the initiative to shoulder the heavy burden while everyone else is resting and stay here to take care of the teacher who is unwell, right?

"Heh. As a spy planted by the Bishop of Heaven's Fate in Saint Freya's Academy, and now covering for the leader of Anti-Entropy, I'm truly notorious for my crimes..."

Fu Hua couldn't help laughing at herself.

"Now, I seem to be getting more and more accustomed to this kind of role..."

Although she was leaning against Walter's door, she had no intention of finding out what was being talked about inside; she just couldn't help but cast her thoughts halfway around the world, wondering what was happening at the headquarters and how Lin Wei would be treated.

She was worried that Lin Wei would be in danger and that worse news would come soon. She was extremely anxious for a moment, but she knew that her only choice now was to remain silent.

Ever since Otto spotted Lin Wei again and mistook him for Walter, his situation had become delicate. Given Otto's personality, if he showed even the slightest intention of intervening in this matter, he would likely target him fiercely. This would not only complicate matters, but also render all his sacrifices and efforts for that so-called "deal" useless...

"I'm really stuck in a quagmire. It's so difficult to move forward..."

Thinking of this, Fu Hua looked at the bright ceiling with some melancholy and sighed softly.

"Squeak... Kalah..."

The hatch behind him opened, and Walter walked out with a serious expression.

Fu Hua turned her head and looked at him. After making sure that he would not do anything irrational or unfriendly, she turned around and left without saying a word without waiting for Walter to speak.

She had no interest in the affairs of Anti-Entropy. Furthermore, since it might involve the organization's internal secrets, she, as a spy of destiny, should keep her distance.

"So many of our former like-minded companions have passed away. Without their leadership and coordination, Anti-Entropy's limbs began to malfunction as it absorbed more and more people to join..."

Walter's voice was a little heavy. He was as sad as the two doctors about the current situation of anti-entropy.

After the group of people who originally raised the banner of "anti-entropy" for the same ideal gradually died out over the past half century, and the positions and responsibilities they assumed became vacant one after another; those people and forces who joined the organization for various reasons and various interests in the past few decades inevitably began to take over the vacant management and responsibilities, and gradually formed their own will.

This kind of thing cannot be reversed by human power, at least there is no solution under the current loose system.

Unless he, the leader of the alliance, follows the same path as destiny - using absolute power to implement absolute dictatorship and eliminate all those who do not obey his will.

But in this case, is anti-entropy... still anti-entropy?

Walter gritted his teeth, unwilling to think about this choice that was equivalent to betraying himself.

"If it was Mr. Lin Wei, what would he do?"

Walter suddenly remembered the man who had just saved a city and the people of a piece of land not long ago, just like Joyce, whom he admired. Although they had never met each other, the man made him feel like a close friend. He suddenly opened his mouth to ask Fu Hua.

"...I don't know. I haven't seen him for over a year. He's changed so much that it even surprised me. When I first met him, he was so weak that he couldn't even hold a little girl. He needed my help with everything..."

Fu Hua thought for a long time, shook her head and said,

"But many things about him seem to remain unchanged. If he had the power he has now a year ago, I think he would probably do the same thing in Changkong City..."

Character determines destiny. Some things are ingrained in the soul and cannot be changed.

Walter remained silent, waiting for Fu Hua to finish her words.

"It's a pity, I only had time to observe him for one day, so I can't give you a more accurate guess."

Fu Hua said helplessly,

"That guy, sometimes he's as sentimental as a poet, sometimes he's as paranoid as a madman, and sometimes he's as innocent as a child. It's hard to guess and judge him."

But seeing Walter's earnest look, she couldn't just prevaricate it. She frowned and thought about it again and again, and finally came up with this answer:

"But no matter what, Lin Wei will not shirk his responsibilities."

After that, she remained silent.

"..."

Walter paused for a moment, took a deep breath, nodded at Fu Hua, turned and entered the room.

"Thank you."

Fu Hua was right, no matter what, he was the leader of Anti-Entropy.

This responsibility can only be undertaken by him, so how can we place our hopes on others?

………………

The collapse is over, and everyone is busy licking their wounds, healing their trauma, and counting their losses. The whole world has begun to enter a relatively peaceful period of repair.

Time passed day after day, but Lin Wei didn't feel the passage of time at all.

He felt like he was having a very, very long dream, as long as a person's lifetime, so long that it seemed to be endless, so long that it seemed that even dreaming had become a tiring thing.

"Is it over yet?"

Lin Wei watched expressionlessly as one bizarre scene after another unfolded before him, only to be quickly replaced by another new scene...

Then, all these images will soon be smoothed out and forgotten like the sand under the tide, leaving no trace in the memory at all.

However, he still remembered that in his last dream, he had uprooted a tree that looked like a roasted chicken, stuffed it into a coffee machine beside him, and turned it into a piece of ice cream that looked like chocolate.

These illogical scenes and things that would never happen in reality become so natural in dreams.

The reason why Lin Wei could remember it so clearly was that when he was just about to take a bite of this strange-looking ice cream to see what it tasted like, a hand reached out from the side and snatched it away. The hand then leisurely sat on a vine, making "hmm" sounds with a look of enjoyment on its face.

"Alisa, don't you think you're a little too active in my dreams?"

Lin Wei withdrew his empty right hand somewhat helplessly, turned around and looked at the pink-haired girl who was sitting on the vine, swinging back and forth and enjoying the meal.

He felt speechless. He could even be robbed in his dreams. Is there any justice in this world?

And it seems like this isn't the first time, it's never going to end, right?

"Hehe, doesn't this just prove that even in your dreams, Alicia is unique?"

The girl who looked exactly like the one in Paradise wiped her mouth, swung her long legs lively, and said with a smile,

"After all, such a beautiful place, even Alicia in her dream would be tempted to explore it to her heart's content, right?"

"…Please do as you please."

Lin Wei felt a headache. Isn't this too lifelike?

Help! Alicia is chasing me out of the paradise!

Lin Wei complained in his heart with an expressionless face, and then asked the question in his heart directly,

"How will you be here?"

"As a shadow in Lin Wei's dream, appearing in your dream, is it strange?"

Alicia blinked and said as if it was a matter of course.

"is it?"

Lin Wei still had no expression on his face.

"How can a shadow in a dream play tricks on me, the master of the dream, in the same way as you do?"

"Well, that's true!"

Alicia nodded in agreement, her face puffed up, she clenched her fist, and said indignantly,

"I never thought that in your mind, Alicia is such a prankster. No, this is a deep slander. You must sincerely apologize to Alicia!"

"?"

Lin Wei slowly asked a question: Is it okay to turn the tables and bite back?

"Pfft...hahahaha!"

Alicia finally couldn't help laughing.

"The expression you just made was really interesting!"

As she spoke, she put on a stern face, lowered her eyes, and imitated Lin Wei's speechless expression; then she broke down in a second and continued to laugh wildly, her laughter as sweet as a silver bell blown by the breeze.

"Hahahahaha..."

"..."

Lin Wei vaguely felt that the Alicia in front of him seemed to be more flamboyant than the one he had seen in Paradise.

"What's wrong? You haven't said anything. Are you thinking about some little secret?"

Seeing that Lin Wei didn't speak for a long time, Alicia took the initiative to ask.

"nothing."

Lin Wei shook his head, smiled softly, and said,

"I just vaguely feel that you are more calm and confident than the Alicia I met in the paradise..."

In the paradise, Alicia always has a subtle sense of fragility, just like her favorite crystal flower.

"..."

Alicia was stunned for a moment, looked at her seriously, and suddenly smiled brightly.

"You really do know me well, don't you?"

After experiencing such a gorgeous masquerade ball, even Alicia will grow again and even reach perfection, right?

"Why are you here?"

Lin Wei asked, he didn't think he could get this true god to lower his gaze so easily.

You know, Mei put in so much effort that her voice was almost broken!

"You know what? Some birds are just not meant to be caged. Their personalities are too wild, their feathers too vibrant, their songs too sweet. One day, they'll break free from their cages, sing in the forest, soar in the sun, and radiate a riot of color in the air..."

Alicia said with a smile,

"Look, such a pure belief, such a brilliant will, and the light that bursts out is so dazzling. How can I not respond to it?"

"...Is that your response?"

Lin Wei pointed expressionlessly at the half-eaten ice cream in her hand.

"At least, when you're saying something so touching, please stop talking for a moment..."

"Oh, how come you're even worse at ruining the mood than Kevin?"

Alicia pouted a little dissatisfiedly, but she also took the time to stick out her tongue and lick the ice cream.

"Girls won't like you if you look like this!"

"Speaking of which, what exactly is that crystal flower?"

Lin Wei wisely ignored Alicia's teasing and directly asked a question that he was very curious about.

"If it weren't for that crystal flower, I'm afraid it would be impossible to do all this, right?"

If it were really so easy to touch Alicia, who had already returned to her cocoon, wouldn't Kevin be haunted by this guy in his dreams every night, given his will?

Oh, Kevin doesn't seem to dream, so that's fine...

"A gift, a blessing, or perhaps just an ordinary souvenir... What exactly it is depends on what answer you find, Lin Wei."

Alicia smiled slightly and said,

"Maintaining a certain sense of mystery will always make people want to delve deeper, right?"

Lin Wei felt a toothache. He was still playing Riddler after leaving Paradise?

"Besides, this is your dream. When you wake up, you will completely forget everything that happened here, including Alicia."

Alicia still smiled, and didn't seem to feel any regret. She just said softly,

"So, even if I really told you the answer, it wouldn't really mean anything, would it?"

"...Is this so?"

Lin Wei was a little dazed and felt some inexplicable regret.