Chapter 444

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Chapter 444: The Intense Inquiry

Bai Yan, take the initiative and make the first move.

The power of the heart!

Mu Ling, without realizing it, was suddenly enveloped by a tremendous power of her mind. With great caution, she began to carefully decipher her thoughts.

Mu Ling had become too strong.

Bai Yan knew in his heart that if he wasn’t careful enough, she would discover that he could read minds.

But Maryse, in fact, had no idea about this.

For Maryse, reading minds was a passive ability. She had never practiced this power before, so she didn’t really pay much attention to it and couldn’t figure out certain details.

She didn’t know that Mu Ling actually knew about her ability to read minds.

And Mu Ling had always allowed Maryse to read her thoughts, never once protesting.

Perhaps it was because of trust, or maybe it was because of a clear conscience, or perhaps it was because Maryse felt that speaking out against mind reading would hurt her, someone who had been hurt so much before.

Bai Yan also didn’t understand why, but now, whenever it wasn’t necessary, he increasingly refrained from using his psychic powers to read the minds of Mu Ling and Maryse.

But now, he had no choice but to do so.

In fact, he was really starting to panic, unsure of what the perceptive Mu Ling had actually noticed. Did she perhaps sense his role as the Savior of the Babel Tower?

[Ah, so that’s it. She had indeed noticed this…]

[Truly as sensitive as a dog… but still not sensitive enough.]

Mu Ling took a deep breath and finally asked, "Excuse me, Mr. Profligate, do you happen to know someone named Bai Yan?"

Hmm.

This was the kind of question.

He smiled and replied,

"Mu Ling, why would you suddenly ask such a question?"

"Hmm, I have my reasons, sorry." Mu Ling didn’t give a direct answer, but she also didn’t know how to lie.

Bai Yan knew very well what Mu Ling truly wanted deep inside. She had actually noticed that, every now and then, there would be some slight similarities in certain details between Profligate and Bai Yan.

Especially their gazes, they were so… carefree.

Luckily, she only had this fleeting awareness, and she had never suspected the Savior’s true identity.

The fact that Profligate is equivalent to Bai Yan is known by a certain occasional meowing witch as well. Bai Yan actually vaguely felt that even if Mu Ling were to find out about this, it wouldn’t be a big deal.

However, words were spoken.

But he was a little afraid that the other person would follow the clues and uncover this "unbelievable" truth that he was the Savior.

"I don’t know…" Bai Yan shook his head.

Mu Ling nodded gently, she didn’t find this answer surprising at all.

"I don’t know, that’s strange," Bai Yan said with a mysterious smile, as if he was catching his breath while speaking.

"Hmm?"

Mu Ling’s eyebrows lifted slightly, and she froze in surprise.

Could it be that Mr. Profligate is really the same Bai Yan I once knew?

No, upon careful reflection, the Bai Yan I had met before was actually a transformation of the Respected Savior… The Respected Savior has also assumed the form of many other people, all mere disguises.

"I knew he was looking for this person because of ‘Mysterious Magic’, that is because of that guy Alan…"

Bai Yan’s face was sincere as he extended his hand meaninglessly and continued, "Wasn’t this name often mentioned by Alan for a while?"

"Um, yes… he has always been searching for Bai Yan and never gave up."

Mu Ling nodded.

Because Bai Yan’s words were very reasonable and well-founded, Mu Ling didn’t know how to argue back and at the same time, she began to feel that she was really just overthinking things.

Just because of some physical details and subtle eye expressions, one felt that the two individuals might be the same person…

He and the real Bai Yan clearly hadn’t even met each other!

How can this be intuition? It must be an illusion!

"Excuse me for interrupting, but you see, I only have two rooms here. How will everyone sleep?"

Partridge raised her hand inquisitively and glanced at Bai Yan and the two girls. With a subtle tone, she asked, "Can I sleep in one room while the three of you sleep together?"

Then, Elene cast a disdainful glare at her, while Mu Ling furrowed her brow and froze in confusion.

Partridge chuckled and said,

"I was joking, just joking. So, how about you sleep with me, and they both sleep together?"

"They both" refers to Bai Yan and Mu Ling.

Both Partridge and Elene could faintly tell that Mr. Profligate had a fondness for Mu Ling.

Bai Yan glanced at Mu Ling beside him without saying a word, wanting to see her reaction.

"No, it’s not possible," Mu Ling gently shook her head, calmly saying, "Let’s still sleep together as the three of us, and Mr. Profligate can sleep alone in a separate room."

Bai Yan chuckled and interrupted her, saying, "In fact, at our level, we probably don’t need to sleep anymore."

"So, this is how the rooms should be divided."

In the end, only Partridge slept on the living room floor, while Mu Ling and Elene each had their own rooms… As for Bai Yan himself, he neither needed nor wanted to sleep.

In fact, the Bai Yan over here was just an "incarnation parasitizing".

They could simply "disband" directly.

The true Bai Yan was still inside the Babel Tower, secretly guiding everything that happened. He knew everything that was happening in the Giant Hive.

As for the situation in other cities, he was also monitoring them in real time.

"This guy’s ‘sense of smell’ is too sharp. His intelligence is becoming more and more powerful. Hmm, should we use psychic power to wash her mind and make her completely forget everything about this person named Bai Yan?"

Of course, Bai Yan was just joking.

Washing Evie’s mind, someone she wasn’t very familiar with, would be fine, but when it came to using brainwashing on Mu Ling, his flexible moral boundaries were challenged.

"How do I show that I really care about them, as if…?"

Bai Yan shook his head, patted his face, took a deep breath, and reminded himself solemnly that he was actually a rather worthless person.

"Okay, that’s it. We’ll just wait until tomorrow."

In the evening, inside the apartment building where Partridge lived, the incarnated Bai Yan, just as mentioned before, didn’t sleep in any room. Instead, he calmly stayed on the rooftop.

He sat here, closed his eyes, and sensed everything about this nest.

The Giant Hive had a curfew system, and at this time, everyone in this section of the hive had returned home.

They had to watch the TV series "The Almighty’s Glory" on time everybody had to watch the TV series "The Almighty’s Glory" on time, and besides that, people didn’t have much entertainment during this time period.

After finishing this drama, people could only have a small amount of free time, but they couldn’t stay up too late. They had to turn off the lights promptly before midnight.

Even if they just failed to turn off the lights on time, there was a chance of being reported by the hidden "overseers" in the building. If they were unlucky, they could be targeted by the clone army.

"It’s truly strict to the point of exaggeration… Well, after all, the Almighty arrived in this city and rose to power several decades ago. The old folks still remember what life was like back then and they understand that the Almighty is just someone occupying someone else’s place."

"So, that’s why they are guarding it so closely."

Bai Yan’s powerful psychic abilities could reach almost everyone, sensing numerous emotions, including those hidden overseers.

Some of the overseers appeared to be friendly landlords on the surface, but secretly, they kept records of everything, sending shivers down people’s spines.

Their usual income was not high, only successful reporting could bring them tremendous benefits.

Bai Yan used to think that living in such a place would make everyone feel insecure.

But soon he discovered that many people’s hearts were relatively calm, and they had even grown accustomed to such a life. In fact, deep down, they believed and admired the "Great" Almighty.

Under the relentless propaganda of the Almighty, people believed that both the Air Alliance and the Kingdom of Dark Light were on the brink of destruction. The other two cities of the Night Union, the Tree City and the Ring City, had been fighting the clone army of Noy Military on the unseen battlefield.

Once Noy Military is completely defeated, the twisted capital and insane system of the Ring City and the Tree City will turn the city’s inhabitants into cyber cans, extracting their life force to generate power every day.

So, they naturally felt that being protected by the Almighty was a good thing and they had to uphold everything the Almighty said and did.

Bai Yan shook his head gently and murmured to himself, "Never mind, looking at these things isn’t very interesting. I’d rather take another look at Mu Ling."

He quickly discovered that at this very moment, Mu Ling was not sleeping at all. Instead, she had opened the door, dressed neatly, and slipped out into the night with a serious expression on her face.

"Hmm? What is she going out to do?"

Bai Yan was slightly taken aback, not understanding what Mu Ling was going to do. After pondering for a moment, he followed her as well.

At the same time, he unleashed his psychic powers once again, cautiously delving into Mu Ling’s thoughts.

Later, Bai Yan was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly realized and said, "Of course, this is something that Mu Ling would definitely do."

So that’s how it was.

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