Chapter 1223 Lan

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Seeing Lan, Roland felt a little surprised, but also took it for granted, "Who are you?"

"A trapped person looking for help." Lan looked around and said, "I know you have a lot to ask me. We can sit down and talk slowly. Let's choose this seat by the window."

"No need to go to private room 302?" He watched helplessly as the other party sat down directly on the seat near the street.

"The agreed location is to avoid the eyes and ears. Since there is no one else here, naturally you can sit anywhere." Lan said casually, "By the way, since it is a cafe, can you get me a cup of ice cream?"

"I thought the confidential talk was about a shocking secret that would make people nervous, and any leakage would lead to catastrophic disaster."

"The value of a secret depends on the person who hears it. Not to mention staying underground all day long and having to guard against the expansion of erosion is already stressful enough. After finally coming out, it's better to take it easy." Lan replied slowly He said, "A glass of ice cream, thank you."

Roland stared at her for a moment, then lost his temper and said, "I only have instant ones here."

"It doesn't matter."

Hell, even though he was in his own territory, it was as if she had turned him into his guest... He poured the brewed coffee solution and milk in the refrigerator into the cup, added two lumps of ice cubes, and brought it to the other party. During the whole process, his eyes never left Lan.

"Don't worry, I won't disappear into thin air," Lan shrugged.

"Maybe," Roland said without blinking, "I once contacted you through Garcia and went to Prism City twice, but you seemed to have completely disappeared at that time. Since you left a note , why don’t you talk to me directly?”

This time, Lan was silent for a long time before sighing in a low voice, "Because the time has not yet come, child."

The time...hasn't come yet? Roland paused, "You mean, asking me to discover that the red moon... is actually erosion is more credible than if you take the initiative to tell me this?"

"Your response is very quick, which makes me expect more from you."

"Looking forward to helping you?" Roland couldn't help but snorted, "You don't look like someone in urgent need of help at all."

"Then what kind of performance do you think will make you believe it? Begging impatiently? Holding your lap and crying bitterly? Or promising a lot of generous rewards?" Lan shook his head, "No, even if I If you do this, you won’t believe it easily – that will only make things worse.”

How will you know the result if you don't do it? Roland wanted to reply half-jokingly, but he swallowed the words again. The other party was not a peer like Garcia. She was the chief disciple of the Martial Arts Association, Garcia's Master, the senior of his seniors. If the time talisman seen in the reflection church is included, then she is probably seven or eight hundred years old. Looking at the characters who seemed to have stepped out of history, he found that he couldn't help but restrain himself a lot.

"Okay..." Roland sat down opposite Lan and roughly sorted through the countless questions in his head, "Were you ever a member of the Federation?"

"I have nothing to do with your world." Lan replied, "I was born here, and I will sleep here forever, although this is an extremely long process."

"But I saw your portrait in the Church of Reflection—"

"It's not surprising that the looks are similar," she interrupted, "not to mention that the records preserved in history don't have much reference value."

"This is too coincidental." Roland frowned.

"If you stretch the timeline long enough, you will find that any coincidence is nothing more than that. Rather than worrying about the past, it is better to focus on the present."

It's possible that she really didn't know, or that she was deliberately concealing it, but Roland knew that without Nightingale's help, he wouldn't be able to judge the authenticity of a few sentences with his level of observation. Since the other party answered this way, there is no point in dwelling on it any longer. It is better to ask other questions.

"So...what exactly is magic?"

Lan raised the corner of his mouth, "You should have vaguely guessed it - it is nothing. All existing systems cannot explain it, because it does not belong to this world, just like low-dimensional creatures cannot understand high-dimensional structures. The only thing we know now is that we can use it, so you can use a common word to describe it: power acquired by accident."

Sure enough...just like the force of nature. Roland thought to himself, no, that's not right... It's not accurate to say that. It's not that magic is the same as the power of nature, but that they are the same thing. In order to explain to myself what magic is from another angle, the dream world became what it is now. "Then the explanation you gave at the orientation meeting in Prism City... and the speculation in the book "Reason for Existence" were all... true?"

One is the origin and nature of erosion, and the other is the inference of the constant reincarnation of the battle of divine will. These two are the issues he most wants to understand.

"Not accurate, but you can think so." Lan answered surprisingly cheerfully.

"I want to know the exact wording."

"That's beyond your ability to understand, and you can't express it accurately using your writing system." She took a sip of coffee, "In addition, all my actions are under the supervision of "gods". Once revealed, it may harm it. information, both worlds will be destroyed. So please remember that only what you understand personally is the real answer. "

Roland couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. Isn't this the same as saying bluntly, even if I lie, it is for your own good.

"It has the power to destroy the world?"

"That's why I use god to refer to it. After all, this is the image in your consciousness that is easiest to possess this ability."

"What is the purpose of the gods?"

"Let the battle of divine will continue."

"Then what is your relationship with the gods?"

This time Lan did not answer immediately, but hesitated, "I am the one who betrayed it."

"betray?"

"Yes, this kind of reincarnation will never end. I don't want to be trapped in this small place forever. And reincarnation means loss. One day, the gods will collapse. By then, no matter which world it is, There will be a dead silence."

Roland looked at her for a while, "Then why are you looking for me..."

"I need your help, child," Lan did not avoid his eyes, "I need you to stop the war of divine will and bring it to a complete halt."

"You mean, win the war?"

"No, that would just start a new cycle of reincarnation," Lan shook his head, "If you want to stop this, you must replace the gods!"

Roland couldn't help but be stunned. This answer... was really sensational.

He took a breath and said, "Sorry, please forgive me for refusing."

"Why?" Lan asked puzzledly, and the expression on his face also changed slightly from before.

"I can't verify what you told me at all, not to mention that you yourself admit that you can only use ambiguous answers in order to avoid the surveillance of gods. Sometimes misleading only requires one word, which means that I have Maybe I was deceived by you and still counting the money for you - after all, you claimed to have betrayed the gods, wouldn't it be easier to betray me?" Roland spread his hands, "taking chestnuts from the fire is not what I am good at, so replacing the gods for such a great cause, you Let’s find someone else.”

"If you can do this—"

"Stop it," Roland stretched out his hand and said, "Didn't we promise a lot of generous rewards? You just said that this would only make things worse."

This time Lan stared at him for ten minutes, "No... I changed my mind."

"That's not very useful." Roland stood up and poured himself a cup of coffee. "An empty reward is like a carrot hanging in front of a donkey. It looks good, but it's meaningless if you can't eat it."

"You should at least hear me out."

"I already said that--"

"You can bring the ashes back into the world."

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Roland was stunned. The cup in his hand fell to the ground and shattered.