Chapter 229

Chapter 229: Pupil Earthquake

[Memory Fragment:]

“Teleportation device activated. Countdown begins: one minute. Passengers, please fasten your seatbelts and remain still.”

“Xiao Mi, wake up.”

Waking up doesn’t always mean waking from sleep.

It could also mean being rebooted.

The white-haired woman gently patted Mi Xiaoliu’s cheek.

The air was filled with a particularly strong smell of blood.

The fog was still present—so much so that even after opening the door, it would drift indoors and linger for a long time—suggesting the timeline wasn’t far off from the last encounter with Supreme Heaven.

“Thank goodness. Do you still remember who you are? You’re Xiao Mi, current Sixth Fractal… It’s okay if you don’t remember that identity.”

This was something that had to be explained again after each reboot.

Emily’s voice was very soft, very weak—even her eyes looked like they were being forcibly kept open. One hand was covering her side.

“Can you understand what I’m saying? Never mind…”

She knew that Xiao Mi couldn’t comprehend overly complicated speech. Precisely because of this, even with a gun pressed to her forehead, she wouldn’t resist.

Mi Xiaoliu was strapped by a seatbelt into a seat that strongly resembled the spherical spaceship from Dragon Ball.

The emergency ejection systems had all been destroyed—this was the only one left.

Some idiots, after breaking free, only thought about killing the researchers, never about how to escape.

Well, that was normal.

Who would expect they were in an alternate dimension high up in the sky?

Emily placed a bank card from the Fallen City into Mi Xiaoliu’s palm, tightly holding the little hand.

“Keep this safe. Even though there’s only two hundred thousand on it—not enough even to be your dowry someday—but at least it’s not under Easter’s jurisdiction… Last time you suddenly asked me for money, you really gave me a fright.”

“Remember to find the road to Fanzui City. You’ll meet someone named Wei Shi—he will definitely protect you. Don’t go to the police.”

Her voice was weak, but her speech was very fast, as if racing against time.

“Just go dressed in those boy’s clothes. From now on, you’ll have to take care of yourself.

You haven’t eaten in a long time—remember not to binge or you’ll get fat like a little pig. If any boys ask you out, reject them. You’re not allowed to have a boyfriend before twenty, do you hear me? Also…”

“[From now on, never let anyone hypnotize or brainwash you. This is an order.]”

“Countdown: fifteen seconds. Fifteen, fourteen, thirteen…”

The teleporter urged her.

“Am I being too naggy…? Sorry, I just wanted to say a few more words to you.

Then go quickly—once Supreme Heaven suppresses the riot, you won’t be able to leave.”

Her voice grew smaller and smaller. Her eyes were already struggling to stay open.

Mi Xiaoliu sat motionless, without any reaction.

“You little fool… In the future, you’ll definitely meet people who truly care about you. As for me… I just can’t be there with you…”

A gentle kiss on the forehead—that was the final farewell.

She held her side and limped away, trying to get as far away from Mi Xiaoliu as possible. In the end, perhaps from exhaustion, she leaned against the wall and quietly fell asleep.

Back then, Mi Xiaoliu didn’t understand what the liquid on her hands meant.

The color was dark, and she really disliked the smell.

“Master, please silently recite the word ‘system.’”

[Memory over.]

This was the source of her discomfort around Supreme Heaven.

And also why Sasha didn’t tell her to avoid him this time.

The reactor had been destroyed. The blue flame began to pulse at high frequency.

The hot air blowing directly at her made Mi Xiaoliu feel a bit uncomfortable.

“Why?”

Supreme Heaven didn’t understand.

How could anyone use abilities within the range of the blue flame’s effect? Even the one who recorded the blue flame—herself.

According to the supercomputer’s simulations, even the Sixth Fractal shouldn’t be able to use any other ability while using the blue flame.

“Emily.” Mi Xiaoliu awkwardly uttered the three syllables.

Because in all her known memories, she had never called her anything at all.

She twisted the long blade that had pierced the reactor—this was the most vicious form of revenge she could think of.

“You hate me because of her?”

The half of Supreme Heaven’s face that wasn’t burned narrowed its eyes.

“Ridiculous. When you defected, you weren’t even prepared to die? Why can’t you hate your own incompetence instead?”

His mechanical hand transformed into a cannon barrel, aiming at the pierced reactor, intensifying the blue flame.

Mi Xiaoliu couldn’t help but lean back sharply.

Supreme Heaven took advantage of this moment, controlling his body to dismantle partially in one second, leaving only his head, upper torso, and right arm.

He sank into the icy water, using the open cannon on his remaining hand as a propulsion system, darting forward like a torpedo.

Since he hadn’t left the range of the blue flame he had emitted himself, he could only move like this.

“Fear of your own ability—that’s your greatest weakness, little girl.”

“Misha—”

Okulet’s shout was muffled, signifying the official arrival of the typhoon.

The half of Supreme Heaven’s steel body that had fallen off was fixed tightly in Mi Xiaoliu’s hand like the Hulkbuster locking onto the Hulk, still glowing with dangerous light.

Mi Xiaoliu fell to the ground with it.

“This thing is going to self-destruct!” Sasha explained the situation.

Mi Xiaoliu immediately threw away her system-space shield and stored the wreckage in the system space.

It was precisely this action that, as she lost her heavy support, allowed the arriving typhoon to lift her off her feet.

From the stratosphere, one could see rapidly swirling spiral clouds; moored ships had their ropes snapped and drifted aimlessly into the ocean. This storm was far more violent than anticipated.

In earthquake-prone areas, typhoons are extremely dangerous. Even slightly neglected wooden houses could be torn apart piece by piece—but the coastline was even more terrifying.

Just like now.

A sea wave over sixty meters high.

Water is soft—but when it forms a tidal wave, it makes humanity aware of its own insignificance.

Okulet told Gloria to hold tightly to the giant pillar just created by Supreme Heaven, tying himself to it as well.

He used his clothes to cover his mouth and nose—otherwise it would be hard to breathe in such raging air currents. His physical strength and weight weren’t enough to chase after Mi Xiaoliu in the typhoon, and it was hard even to open his mouth to shout at her to grab onto something.

A particularly helpless detail was that the blue flame hanging in the sky didn’t get stored in the system space along with the mechanical wreckage.

Perhaps it was inherently unique, or perhaps it was unique in Mi Xiaoliu’s heart—the system judged it to be a separate entity from the machinery.

Also, no one knew what strange tech Easter had developed—it suppressed abilities over an even wider range than Mi Xiaoliu could.

Faced with sixty-meter-high waves, his two daughters might survive, but if he couldn’t use his abilities, he himself would probably be smashed to pieces.

“Weather report!”

With a harsh mechanical voice, the wind direction suddenly reversed, pushing the tidal wave back toward the sea.

Faceless Man had arrived at some point, catching Mi Xiaoliu with one hand.

The blue flame could affect abilities, but not the aftermath of extended powers—such as the violent winds generated by his control over air currents.

But after catching Mi Xiaoliu, who was also marked by blue flame, he too lost control and crashed onto the water like a dog drinking from a puddle. He looked at Mi Xiaoliu’s left eye in surprise.

Mi Xiaoliu grabbed him, and using her own powerful physical strength, dragged him toward the pillar.

Not that Supreme Heaven’s pillar helped them much—if not for the fact that several square kilometers had been used to build that pillar, they would’ve had more safe hiding places.

Okulet breathed a sigh of relief, then frowned.

The fight with Supreme Heaven wasn’t over.

With the typhoon came the dispersal of the mist.

The blue flame still hovered in the sky—no one knew how much longer it would last.

He couldn’t use his abilities, which also meant that even if Supreme Heaven was far away, he couldn’t attack them with powers.

However, if Supreme Heaven had left the range and decided to throw something over here—like an island—and they were stuck in place by the flame and the typhoon…

Given the situation, Supreme Heaven clearly had a strong grudge against both Faceless Man and Misha. He likely wouldn’t hesitate to do exactly that.

One thing was certain, Supreme Heaven wouldn’t go into the deep ocean. No matter how strong his bones and organs were, his brain couldn’t handle high pressure while moving quickly underwater.

Looking on the bright side: with only half a body left, he might not even have diving equipment and would need to surface to breathe.

Maybe the big sister’s team was arriving soon. Unfortunately, they were barely holding onto the pillar as it was—using a phone was out of the question.

They couldn’t rely solely on backup.

Although the blue flame was a huge headache, from another angle, if the blue flame disappeared, Supreme Heaven—being more familiar with his own equipment—would be the first to react and could instantly take control of them.

They had to figure out how to kill him under current conditions. Right now, only Misha could still use her ability.

“Misha, can you absorb the blue flame in the sky?”

Although it sounded both reckless and absurd, it was the most viable breakthrough.

They’d be the first to react.

But they saw Mi Xiaoliu breathing lightly—not from exertion or the typhoon.

The blue flame put a strain on her body, and she couldn’t control when it turned on or off.

Last time, when her identity was exposed, she had drawn a line of blue light in the sky, draining her energy. Only when Yiwen arrived and comforted her did it stop.

Actually, wearing colored contacts would suffice—but performing such a precise action during a typhoon was unrealistic, and it might mean she could never again use the magic eye to suppress the blue flame.

Mi Xiaoliu panted lightly, grasping the rope Okulet had tied to the pillar, looking up at the blue flame—and shrank back.

Okulet took a deep breath. “Misha, you can’t live in the shadow of fire forever…”

“The hell! Can’t you see how terrified my sister is?” Gloria was the first to yell.

She had noticed Mi Xiaoliu’s trembling calves.

Okulet said nothing more.

After all, he wasn’t the one who had been baked inside a meteor crater. He really was speaking from a place of comfort.

Plan B then. A risky plan.

The waves were massive, but the wind was blowing toward the sea. If Misha launched him hard enough, he might get flung out of the blue flame’s range.

It would be hard to return afterward—but if he erased all matter in front of him, this part of the ocean wouldn’t be sailed by anyone who didn’t check weather reports.

It was dangerous. Not just how far the flame could reach—if he got flung outside the range, it meant Supreme Heaven had long since left it and could immediately use “God’s Eye” to spot and control him.

A test of reaction time. Let’s do it.

As a father, he had to be someone his daughters could rely on.

Okulet turned his head, ready to share his plan with Mi Xiaoliu.

But saw her open the system space.

Mi Xiaoliu was still afraid of the blue flame.

But that didn’t mean she had no solution.

[Flying Dirt]: Dirt that has flown in the sky for a while. You can smear it on someone’s face.

The seawater, still far below, instantly rose to their ankles.

The pupils of the other three widened in shock.

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