Pretending To Be A Boss

After flying at full speed for several hours, the Mysterious Bird finally brought Tang Xian and Tang Jing back to Baichuan City.

When they caught sight of the majestic Baichuan City, they could feel its immense vitality even from a distance.

As the Mysterious Bird began to fly towards the eastern suburbs, Tang Xian said:

"You go find Ju Mang. You know more about the matters inside the Pyramid, but when it comes to Baichuan City's affairs, she knows better than you. It's most appropriate for her to tell you some things about Baichuan City."

"What about you?"

"Time is pressing, I have some questions for a friend."

"Alright."

Tang Xian and Tang Jing had talked a lot along the way, and everything that needed to be explained had been explained. Both were focused on efficiency, so naturally, there were no delays, and they each began to busy themselves with their own tasks.

The Mysterious Bird, as always, stood not far from the cave entrance. There was originally no Wu Tong tree here, but Bai Shuang had still shifted one from afar to this spot.

It became the Mysterious Bird's landing place, located at the highest point in the eastern suburbs. From the Wu Tong tree, one could see the duck sheds.

The Mysterious Bird now knew that this Duck King Duck was the most powerful Chaos among the Four Vile Beasts.

It was quite surprised by how Tang Xian managed to pull it off. There were a few times when the Mysterious Bird, feeling bored, planned to chat with this former colleague who had also defected from the court.

But as soon as Duck saw it coming, he would take off running, quacking loudly about the scary strange bird.

A group of ducklings would follow behind Duck. This puzzling behavior was quite a surprise to the Mysterious Bird.

Is this still Chaos?

It took the Mysterious Bird quite a few days to convince Duck that it was friendly, and this was done with the help of Tang Gazi brought over by Li Xiaoyu later on.

But after a conversation, the Mysterious Bird became even more perplexed.

When Tang Gazi translated, the Mysterious Bird began to doubt its bird life:

"Do you know you are one of the infamous Four Vile Beasts - Chaos?"

"You're the Chaos, your entire family, from top to bottom, inside and out, birds and bird grandchildren, ancestors of ancestors are all Chaos."

When Tang Gazi translated this sentence, he even mimicked Duck's disgusted and scared expression.

The Mysterious Bird was baffled.

Later, it gave up on seeing Duck as Chaos and instead treated him as a common Sword Feather Duck, and Duck became much more normal.

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Having just escaped from the tiger's den, the Mysterious Bird was perched on a branch today, beginning to contemplate the arrangements to come—or rather, how it would be arranged by Tang Xian.

At this moment, Tang Xian was in the cave where the Silver Galaxy had perished, conversing with Bai Shuang.

Bai Shuang said:

"Your actions have been somewhat rash."

"But they were also valuable. First, we've bought some time, and second, we've confirmed something: the link between mechanical and consciousness can indeed be severed. Those judgment knights could actually be brought back to life. Although the process will certainly be very difficult, it at least gives people hope," said Tang Xian with a smile.

Then he stood up straight, his expression slightly serious as he looked at Bai Shuang and said:

"Senior Bai Shuang, you remind me of someone. Her name is Zhong Yao, and she resembles you at least in six parts. I actually wanted to ask this question earlier, but at that time, I remembered I needed to save someone."

Bai Shuang said indifferently:

"I was wondering if you had any connection with Zhong Yao, after all, she said her child would find this city. But you and she are not alike. You're quite impressive. Regarding my appearance, I'm sure you're very curious. You were able to hold back for so many days, going to save your friend first, that's good."

When to prioritize what depends on whether a person can see the bigger picture, as well as on their ability to restrain themselves.

Bai Shuang would no longer hide things from Tang Xian as she had in the past:

"I was once lucky enough to visit the Eden Sanctuary, which had fallen into ruins. There, I met your mother."

Tang Xian's heartbeat accelerated suddenly.

"And then?"

"At that time, my master had warned me not to enter the Eden Sanctuary due to its powerful prohibitions. But when I wanted to leave, I couldn't. My spatial ability seemed shattered. In that place, crystals would become peculiarly twisted.

The Eden Sanctuary had indeed become ruins, but those crystalline fragments of countless beings seemed to have formed a convoluted, cyclical space labyrinth.

No matter how I walked, I couldn't escape the maze, eventually ending up in places I had passed before."

Confusion flickered in Bai Shuang's eyes:

"Zhong Yao is indeed a human, but amazingly, she could easily walk out of the labyrinth that I could not bear. It was thanks to her that I was able to leave."

Tang Xian was stunned, never having imagined such secrets.

So mother had actually been to the Eden ruins? From Bai Shuang's words, it seemed that the Eden ruins might have been ruined, but they were still not a place ordinary beings could enter recklessly.

Once trapped, even a calamity-level being could struggle to escape.

The information contained in Bai Shuang's words was too much for Tang Xian to digest at once, but Bai Shuang continued:

"After leaving the Eden ruins, I was naturally friendly towards humans, so I wanted to repay her. She did not refuse and asked me to convey a message to someone."

"Is that person me?" Tang Xian said unsurely.

"She didn't say who it was, but later when I asked how to find that person, she told me to take on her appearance. She said that when they saw me, that person would recognize me."

"That seems to be me then. My mom didn't tell you my name?"

"A name can change. She wasn't sure about your life. After you left her, she didn't know whether you would choose a new path or the one you were on before." Bai Shuang didn't really understand this herself.