"It seems like there shouldn't be any problems now."
After Kiana sent over a large pile of things she bought from the snack street, she watched the group chat for a while. Seeing no activity, she breathed a sigh of relief.
The end of the Ming Dynasty could only be described as a very cruel era; she had initially worried whether Human Emperor Na would be robbed.
But looking at it now, the fact that the other party hadn't called for help meant there was no danger.
Beep, beep, beep—
The jade sign emitted the sound of a received message—
Kiana opened it and saw that it was Livie.
Bug Bug Is Also Very Cute: Kiana, I'm certain there's a Swarm here, but there's always a special power leading me astray, making it impossible for me to reach the source.
"The induction of a Stellaron, or perhaps... Gopher Wood?"
Kiana tilted her head slightly in thought.
"Sigh~"
Gopher Wood is also a pitiful person.
He was initially assigned by The Family to Penacony to control it for them.
After arriving at Penacony, he promoted the belief in Harmony among the Five Lineages while actively building Penacony.
Later, he became close friends with Mikhail and helped him reclaim the stolen Stellaron.
Because Mikhail was away for too long, leading to internal strife within The Family, it was also him who stepped in to reclaim leadership.
Even for the sake of his good friend and to help everyone better believe in Harmony, he hid all his own achievements for Penacony.
And he promoted spiritual leaders like Mikhail for better ideological unity.
Later, he used the power of Harmony to stabilize the Stellaron Mikhail had given him, which brought great benefits to the operation of Penacony.
But... next came the turning point for Gopher Wood... in the end, the human heart cannot withstand the temptation of power.
The elders who participated in building Penacony, the first and second generation of Dreamchasers, began to riot and launched a power struggle.
In this incident, Gopher Wood lost his body, which also caused him to become disheartened.
The main event that caused Gopher Wood to defect from being an Unyielding supporter of "Harmony" to "Order."
Followed by the Harmony main family's accountability without regard for reasons, it allowed him to see the true face of "Harmony" clearly.
"Harmony" is not'selfless'... but rather sacrifices individuals in exchange for group stability... Later, because of the Stellaron sent by The Family's main house, he learned that the Cancer of All Worlds, the Stellaron, was actually the Cancer of Harmony, causing his faith to completely collapse.
(The Stellaron used as a Holy Grail)
Because of this, Gopher Wood was completely heartbroken; he believed that only Order and absolute control could thoroughly root out chaos.
"I reckon that inviting Ellie to visit Penacony this time is to absorb her power as an Emanator of 'Harmony'?"
Plucking an Emanator of Harmony who doesn't belong to Xipe's collective consciousness management is much safer than fleecing one under Xipe's nose, isn't it?
Moreover, there are currently three suspected Emanators of the same faction in Penacony, so Gopher Wood probably wouldn't dare to act rashly.
After some thought, Kiana replied to Livie with a message.
Kiana: I happen to have nothing to do, so I'll head over. Wait for me! (wink.jpg)
The things at hand are all finished. It's time to be a loafer... no, it's Kiana Time!
Opening a rift in front of her, Kiana hopped inside with her hands behind her back and a cheerful pace.
The Xianzhou people around her were already accustomed to their General's mysterious appearances and disappearances, so they didn't make a fuss.
The Planet of Festivities, Penacony—
By the dining cart next to Sweet Corner in Golden Hour.
After walking out of the rift, Kiana saw Livie buying things at the dining cart and walked toward her.
The surrounding passersby didn't find Kiana's way of appearing strange at all.
Because in this world of dreams, everything is possible.
Coming to Livie's side, Kiana patted her shoulder.
"How did you end up here?"
Didn't I remember sending her to the Exile land, Dreamflux Reef?
"I was guided here by that annoying power..."
The small antennae on Livie's forehead drooped slightly as she responded in a muffled voice, while handing Kiana one of the two French fry sundaes she had just bought:
"Want some?"
Kiana nodded, took the French fry sundae, and looked at it curiously.
As expected of a dream, cold and heat exist simultaneously without affecting each other's temperature.
"Kiana, there's also this."
Livie pulled Kiana to the railing not far from the dining cart and then took out the SoulGlad she had just bought.
She opened the SoulGlad cap, sniffed it, and frowned:
"The way this drink is made is related to the Swarm."
It's exactly the same as the unique orange scent of Swarm liquid in her genetic memory.
Kiana nodded; she had known this through her memories for a long time.
At the same time, she admired those people in Penacony... for daring to drink this stuff... Seeing Kiana nod, Livie continued:
"Originally, in that place called Dreamflux Reef, I followed the sound of insect wings flapping into the depths, but I was interfered with by that power while going deeper. After repeating it several times, it kicked me out..."
One could tell that Livie was full of resentment toward the one who attacked from behind.
"After being kicked here, I discovered this SoulGlad."
"And then you thought about finding the factory that makes this..."
Kiana rubbed her chin and murmured.
SoulGlad is a sweet drink blended from something called Dream-making Grass, which first became popular in the very early days of the prison.
However, Dream-making Grass once went extinct. The reappearance of SoulGlad now also signifies the reappearance of Dream-making Grass.
Considering the growing environment of Dream-making Grass, plus Livie's words about having Swarm genes... "Yeah, is there a problem?"
Seeing Kiana lost in thought, Livie asked with her head tilted.
"It's nothing, but finding that factory probably won't be of much use."
"Oh..."
Since Kiana said so, Livie could only nod obediently, then looked at Kiana with stars in her eyes.
Since Darling said it's useless, then it must be useless!
"Ahem, it's a rare visit to Penacony, why don't we have some fun here? Maybe we'll even run into Ellie and the others."
Glimpsing the unconcealed admiration and worship in Livie's eyes, Kiana scratched her cheek and changed the subject.
The current situation made things very difficult for Kiana.
After unexpectedly reaching a positive outcome with Mei... she was a bit unsure of what attitude to take toward Livie, especially since she had already... "Alright, I'll listen to you~"
Livie didn't notice Kiana's expression and directly hugged her arm, smiling sweetly.
Forgive me, Mei, this is the last time... Kiana took a deep breath, patted Livie's head, and looked at the dreamlike sky.
Suddenly, the antennae on Livie's forehead twitched slightly.
"There's a message from the Swarm forcing me into a collective consciousness connection."
A layer of dark gray God Ki ignited on Livie's body, cutting off the forced signal connection.
But this action drew the anger of the Swarm lurking deep in the dream, and a piercing insect buzz echoed around Livie's ears.
"Hmph..."
Kiana's eyes flickered slightly, and a spiritual wave rushed toward the other party through Livie's consciousness connection.
With just a glare, the Swarm's aura instantly became extremely withered.
With this strike, Kiana didn't kill them, only weakened them.
Because without solving the source, just killing these ordinary insects is useless.
To put it simply, Kiana still wanted to wander around here more, and if possible, she would try her best not to take action.
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