Listening to this, Bai Feifei's newly awakened and still slightly groggy brain crashed completely.
“City Lord? What City Lord?”
Seeing her like this, Wan Qianhong couldn't help but smile. “Actually, I know a place like Dawn City can't hold you back.”
She stood up, walked over to the window, and pushed it open, letting the sunlight and outside noise pour into the room.
“It's just that right now, you don't realize what your status is in Dawn City. Your prestige is terrifying.”
“To offset the disillusionment of Liang Shuguang's departure, the citizens are treating you as their new savior.”
“And with that terrifying force behind you, even if the people in the city still want to engage in power struggles, they still have to wait for your stance first.”
Thinking of this, Wan Qianhong couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
Who would have thought that the girl who was treated as a sinner and ostracized just a few months ago would now hold such a status?
Wan Qianhong continued with a smile,
“Besides, do you remember what happened at the Voting Assembly? You actually raised your hand to run for City Lord.”
Bai Feifei: ...
That was purely because a certain guy had lost his mind.
But she couldn't explain it. She could only brace herself and say, “That... was just a joke.”
“I'm still young, and I never had that kind of plan. I probably won't stay in Dawn City for long anyway.”
She looked up, her gaze turning serious as she looked at Wan Qianhong.
“Why don't... you consider it?”
Wan Qianhong's eyebrows shot up instantly, her lips twitching as she stared at Bai Feifei. “What do you mean by that? Are you calling me old?”
Bai Feifei waved her hands in a panic. “Ah, no, no! That's not what I meant at all!”
The two stared at each other for a few seconds before simultaneously bursting into laughter.
The atmosphere grew light and relaxed.
Wan Qianhong sighed and changed the subject.
“Oh, right. Teacher asked me to apologize to you on her behalf.”
Bai Feifei froze. “Apologize?”
“Yes. Also, she said thank you.”
Bai Feifei was stunned. An apology and a thank-you out of nowhere—she had no idea how to react.
However, after her previous conversation with Liang Shuguang inside the black cocoon, she could somewhat understand the chaos and anxiety this Prophet had gone through.
Wan Qianhong sighed.
“Alright, get some rest.”
“By the way, I've officially passed my probation period now. We're in the same organization from now on.”
“If you have any plans for the future, remember to tell me.”
As soon as she finished speaking, she smiled. Her body suddenly dissolved into a burst of blood mist and drifted out through the crack in the door.
Left alone in the room, Bai Feifei sat in a daze for a moment. Then, she stood up, walked to the window, and pushed it open.
Below lay Dawn City, devastated yet bathed in warm sunlight.
The sounds from outside flooded the room, bringing with them a breath of life.
Watching this scene, Bai Feifei leaned against the window frame. A faint smile played on her lips as she murmured softly,
“How wonderful...”
As she sighed with emotion, she suddenly felt as though something was missing.
It was as if she had overlooked some highly critical matter.
What was it...?
Right then, a thoroughly displeased voice suddenly echoed in her mind:
“Wonderful?! What is so wonderful?!”
Bai Feifei shuddered all over. Only then did she realize what she had forgotten. Hastily grabbing the window frame, she said in shock, “You... Lord Evil God?”
She was all too familiar with this voice. Who else could it be but that Old-Timer?
Oh no. She had gotten a bit carried away. The evil god of Dawn City had been dealt with, but her own was far from resolved.
“What? Forgot about me?” Xu Mo's voice instantly turned irritable. “No matter, I'll help you remember.”
“Never mind that. Do you know how long you've been asleep? Two days! How can you sleep so soundly at your age?!”
“Do you have any idea what wasting two days of your lifespan means for you right now?!”
Bai Feifei opened her mouth, but before she could speak, she was met with a torrent of scolding. It left her slightly dazed, completely at a loss for words.
The main thing was that Xu Mo was indeed in a hurry right now.
Because just yesterday, the game panel had finally finished calculating all the character data, presenting him with a terrifying figure.
【Warning: The current character is suffering from severe backlash. Lifespan depletion rate has accelerated!】
【Remaining Lifespan: 31 days, 14 hours, 16 minutes!】
This was truly brutal. A month was incredibly tight, not to mention that Bai Feifei had already slept through two days of it.
Xu Mo's voice slowly echoed in Bai Feifei's mind:
“Your lifespan... you only have one month left.”
Bai Feifei parted her lips, instinctively looking down at her hands.
They were still clean and fair, showing no signs of anything unusual.
She couldn't quite describe what she felt. There was a sense of daze, but not much fear, as if she had already come to terms with it.
After all, back when the Old-Timer first found her, she had felt that her life was already over.
To have accomplished so much now, she was already very content...
Xu Mo waited for a response, only to find this woman looking completely indifferent to life and death. He was instantly angered into a laugh.
“Hehehe...”
With a quick turn of his mind, his laughter instantly grew chillingly cold as he began to pressure Bai Feifei:
“Do you think everything is over now, and you can just slack off and die with a smile on your face?”
“You must be dreaming. Just speaking of Dawn City's matters, they aren't completely finished yet!”
Bai Feifei's previously calm expression froze instantly.
“It's... it's not over yet?!”
Xu Mo snorted, starting to talk nonsense in a highly mysterious tone:
“Did you forget what Liang Shuguang said? Before he died, he kept muttering 'it's not time yet' and even mentioned that there was more than one type of corpse parts of the Evil Gods of the Old Days on him.”
“Even though there weren't actually any corpse parts on him, who knows? Some things are only temporarily concluded.”
Bai Feifei's heart clenched as she heard this, and she asked, “Then what will happen next?”
Xu Mo snorted coldly, then spoke with absolute confidence, “With your current level, telling you is useless. We'll talk about it later.”
He was lying, of course. How would he know!
But it didn't matter. Bai Feifei didn't know that.
Sure enough, hearing this, Bai Feifei's expression became thoughtful, and she grew slightly more serious.
Xu Mo quickly struck while the iron was hot:
“So, your most urgent task right now is to extend your lifespan!”
“If you die, Dawn City will be finished in the future, and all our efforts will have been in vain.”
“Besides, our deal isn't complete yet. If you dare to die on me, the power that erupts from me losing control... won't be a minor scuffle like what happened in Dawn City.”
“If you dare to die now, the entire world will go down with you, understand?”
Bai Feifei: ...
She sighed. Having just woken up, she immediately felt an immense mountain of pressure again.
She could only say helplessly, “Alright, I understand. What should we do next?”
Hearing her attitude, Xu Mo felt satisfied. Now that was more like it...
“First, take a look at your storage ring. There are still some benefits to be had this time.”
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