"Ha… Ha… Ha…"
In the corridors of Sirius Dome, Sylvia sprinted at the fastest pace of her life. Her breath became increasingly rapid, and beads of sweat streamed down her face.
Just from here, it was evident that Sylvia had maintained this speed for quite a while. Sweat dripped from her face, soaking her clothes. A significant loss of stamina escalated the need for a breather.
Yet, despite all this, Sylvia didn't slow down and she ran wildly through the corridors, she kept scanning left and right, ensuring her gaze covered every corner of her current location.
"Where is it?"
Anxiety filled Sylvia's voice.
There was no choice. Even if the information was unverified, ambiguous, and scarce, the SMS she received twenty minutes ago was too significant for Sylvia to ignore.
After receiving the message, Sylvia canceled all her work and rushed here at the fastest speed, not even bothering to disguise it. She ran through the corridors, driven by one single purpose.
"Where could it be?"
Sylvia could only keep running through the corridors, searching every nook and cranny for any clue she hoped to find.
Yes.
Sylvia only hoped to find a clue.
Therefore, Sylvia never considered the possibility of directly encountering the person she had been searching for all this time.
In such a situation, seeing Ursula directly, Sylvia's reaction could hardly be imagined.
So, Sylvia arrived, witnessing the scene.
On the corridor ahead, three figures confronted each other.
One figure wore a black robe, facing away from Sylvia.
One figure wore a suit, holding a large Lux sword in hand.
The third figure was knelt on one knee on the ground, looking in Sylvia's direction with rapidly changing eyes.
Seeing the figure knelt on one knee, Sylvia couldn't help but exclaim in astonishment.
"Fang-San?"
The voice resonated distinctly.
For a split second, the air seemed to freeze, completely solidifying in space.
"Has she arrived?"
The man in a suit, wielding the Greatsword, raised his hand and said with a smile, "The timing is good. Fate seems to be favoring us."
Under these words, the person in the black robe, who had his back to Sylvia, turned around, entering Sylvia's field of vision.
"————"
Sylvia's heartbeat stopped.
In that moment.
Watching the familiar face enter her field of vision, Sylvia's purple crystal-like eyes widened. Even her lips trembled ceaselessly.
Amazement, confusion, and disbelief gradually surged onto Sylvia's extraordinarily charming face, eventually replaced by an uncontainable joy.
Because there was no mistaking it.
There were absolutely no mistakes.
That face, Sylvia could absolutely not have seen wrong.
It was the person Sylvia had been searching for in her dreams.
"Ursula!"
Sylvia couldn't help but call out the other's name.
However, the frozen air around not only didn't thaw, but instead seemed to have transformed into pure ice, and even the temperature began to drop.
In the face of Sylvia's unrestrained joy, Ursula… or rather Valda, with a face devoid of any emotion, spoke indifferently, "As expected, you are related to this body."
"Eh?" Sylvia was stunned.
It wasn't until this moment that Sylvia sensed the abnormal atmosphere.
Soon after, Sylvia finally began to notice.
On the familiar face in front of her, a pair of eyes were surprisingly dim and lifeless, not at all like the gaze a person could possess.
Coupled with the unusual scene before her, Sylvia involuntarily took a step back. The joy on her face was replaced by wariness.
After all, Sylvia had speculated that this might be a trap.
However, Sylvia, no matter what, wanted to confirm the authenticity of that SMS.
Now it seemed the content of the SMS was true, but the situation was by no means straightforward.
At that moment, Sylvia voiced her caution.
"Who are you?"
This question was personally answered by Valda.
Unfortunately, the answer was as follows.
"You don't need to know," Valda said succinctly. "You just need to know that, for us, you are a person we can use, and that's enough."
As the words fell, the necklace in front of Valda suddenly emitted a brilliant light.
"Hum————!"
In the air, a buzzing sound echoed.
The blooming black light surged suddenly, like waves, instantly covering the entire corridor.
And its target was precisely Sylvia.
"Let me see how much information you know about that man and what kind of past you have with this body."
With this emotionless statement, a severe headache struck Sylvia's mind.
"Uh… uh, Aaah————!"
Sylvia immediately clutched her head, emitting a painful wail.
Intense pain surged through Sylvia's mind.
Her head had become a blank space.
Sylvia held her head, covered entirely by the black light, unable to suppress her painful wails.
Just then, a figure suddenly flashed.
"Pū Chī————!"
In the sound of tearing fabric, the black light covering Sylvia's body was cut in two.
Fang Li suddenly appeared in front of Sylvia, holding a dagger like a waning moon in his hand. His eyes glinted with an ice-blue light, nullifying Valda's power.
A moment later, another figure leaped suddenly, appearing in front of Fang Li.
"There's an opening!"
Laminamors's Greatsword transformed into a bullet fired out of a gun, violently thrusting out. It splits the surrounding air, cutting through the airflow. With a chilly blade light, it directly stabbed toward Fang Li's body.
At this moment, Fang Li had just swung out his dagger, and his posture had not been adjusted.
Therefore, Fang Li had no way to avoid this strike. He could only watch the sharp sword tip approaching.
"Pū Xhī————!"
In the sound of tearing, the crimson sword tip pierced Fang Li's body.
Blood flowed from Fang Li's body, staining Laminamors's Greatsword and also dyeing red clothes of Sylvia behind him.
"Fang-San!" Sylvia exclaimed.
However, Fang Li suddenly stabilized his figure, his ice-blue Mystic Eyes shining. The dagger in his hand transformed into a moonlight, slashing forward.
Facing the incoming chilly blade light, Laminamors, without hesitation, directly withdrew.
However, in this instant, Fang Li suddenly reached out his hand.
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