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Moreover, this anchor point is related to the timeline of "Flying Light". It stabilizes the world it inhabits, preventing the blood-stained black sun from rising and from overlapping and clashing with countless apocalyptic dimensions.
So what is the next anchor point?
Forget it, let's wait for tomorrow's news.
Just then, the White Queen inadvertently lifted her eyelids slightly and glanced precisely at the wall clock in the corner.
Without warning, she put down her cutlery, the bowls and plates making a soft "click" as they hit the table, which sounded particularly abrupt in the living room at that moment.
The voluptuous woman immediately stood up and strode forward, her high heels clicking crisply on the floor, heading straight for the dusty, extremely old-fashioned, big-backed black-and-white television in the corner of the living room!
Approaching the television, his right arm suddenly shot up like a whip! His well-maintained, slender hand clenched into a fist in an instant, creating a subtle gust of wind!
"Bang!!!"
The force appeared to have shaken a critical internal component.
"Sizzle—Buzz—Hiss hiss hiss—"
The deathly silent screen jolted violently, spewing out a ton of wildly flashing, meaningless static! The sound, too, was like a sneeze that had been held back for over a decade finally bursting out, emitting a series of ear-piercing and comical electronic noises!
Then, the noise subsided, and the snow-like specks seemed to be soothed, gradually calming down and merging... Finally, the screen, somewhat reluctantly and shakily, pieced together a blurry image of a cheap advertisement for a local TV station's midnight slot!
The White Queen withdrew her hand with satisfaction and gracefully patted away non-existent dust from her palm.
But when her beautiful eyes swept over the boy who was still gnawing on cheap, dry bread, a pang of guilt rose in her heart.
The office environment was indeed too rudimentary.
"We'll get a new one in a few days." She didn't reveal her true feelings; her face remained aloof.
Li Pu was a little puzzled. Why was that foreign woman turning on the TV at this time?
Seemingly noticing Lip and Tifa's confusion, Chun-Li explained:
"The news here is all copyrighted, and watching the live stream will give you access to information earlier than online."
The next second, local news from District R appeared on the TV.
"Breaking news from this station: The Chief Executive of District Z will officially arrive in our district's capital tomorrow for a two-day friendly visit."
"This is the first official visit from Zone Z to our zone, which is of great significance."
"It is understood that during the visit, in order to strengthen the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between Zone Z and Zone R in many important areas such as economy and trade, science and technology, and culture, the two sides will hold several formal talks."
"The leaders of both sides will work together to promote the complementary and mutually reinforcing advantages of the two regions' industries, deepen the content of cooperation, and expand the scope of cooperation, so as to achieve the grand goal of coordinated regional development and common prosperity..."
The White Queen's usually languid and composed face was now furrowed with worry.
"Hmph," her voice was cold, carrying a hint of chilling coldness, as she said, word by word, "It seems that Tifa, you, the suspected chosen one, have been 'packaged up' and sold to Sector Z by that woman Exera."
Chun-Li, standing to the side, reacted even more strongly!
Chun-Li's voice was filled with suppressed anger and a contempt that seemed to come from being touched by something filthy; each word was like a stone squeezed out from between her teeth and slammed hard onto the ground.
"That godforsaken place is definitely not a 'good' place for decent people!"
"It's been infamous for ages! Who doesn't know that it's the largest and most rampant black market for human organs in the entire alliance?!"
Tifa's situation seems to have become extremely dangerous.
But the next second, another piece of news reached everyone's ears.
However, with Chun-Li's explanation, these words took on a different meaning in Li Pu's ears.
"According to another report, the R-zone 'Hotel Ultimate Ninth-Tier Potential Selection and Award Ceremony,' which recently caused a sensation in the Alliance Network, will have the honor of having important awards personally presented by Mr. Tesla, the Executive Director of Z-zone."
"In his pre-departure briefing, Tesla's CEO emphasized that, facing the new era of talent competition, the firm urgently needs to innovate its strategy—"
"We must develop new strategies and accurately pinpoint the core needs and pain points of both new and veteran operators!"
"We must decisively establish a new selection process and fully commit to building an efficient selection system! We must ensure a short, streamlined, and fast end-to-end processing flow!"
Hmm, Li Pu thought he was probably talking about a slaughterhouse assembly line.
"The organizational structure needs to be highly flattened, and decision-making decentralized!"
Delegate power to plunder, become bandits?
"The goal is to achieve simple reuse and rapid response in the selection process; all actions must be results-oriented!"
The result should be obtaining compatible human 'parts'.
"Tesla's CEO reiterated that top talent will always be the core foundation for the alliance to build its strongest 'moat'!"
The foundation consists of tangible consumables...
The White Queen clenched her fists instantly, gritting her teeth, "Giving out awards? They want both? How greedy..."
Chunli sighed, "There's nothing we can do, these two kids are just too eye-catching."
The visitor is up to no good...
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Author's note: I'm adjusting my sleep schedule. I'll make up for the other update tomorrow and try to get back to a regular 6 PM update time. Mwah~
Chapter 47 The Fifth-Order Dual Gods! The True Strength of the White Queen and Chun-Li
Flying light, summit, award ceremony, second anchor point in destiny...
Troublesome things and mysteries kept piling up, and Li Pu subconsciously raised his hand to rub his throbbing temples.
"Alright, little one." The White Queen turned off the TV and sighed, her deliberately softened tone like calming still water soothing ripples:
"Leave the chess games of the outside world and the 'politics' of those big shots to us two old folks."
Then, her beautiful eyes focused intently on Li Pu, with an almost maternal and unwavering acceptance: "Your only and most important task now is to sink into your pillows and get a good...sleep."
As soon as she finished speaking, she turned her head very naturally and exchanged a fleeting glance with Chun-Li, who was not far away.
Without a word, but in the instant their eyes met—the two realized that the other shared their deep worry.
Having experienced two dangerous situations with extremely high pollution concentrations, they were thrown into the monstrous vortex of pollution caused by the "Flying Light" source and thoroughly immersed in it.
Tonight, Lip, Little Bean, and Tifa at home will definitely not have a good time.
Most people in this world are like this: on the third day after they unfortunately encounter a mysterious event, they will unconsciously be drawn to the power of divine destiny.
Perhaps it's a hint or guidance from fate.
Or perhaps, by sheer luck, one is caught in the fleeting glimpse of a deity amidst the turbulent currents of fate.
But for many more people, during this long, silent, and terrifying night,
All I'll hear is...
Endless, terrifying whispers, emanating from the very twisted destiny itself, frantically proliferated, roared, and spread within the cochlea.
A cruel truth was laid out before them.
These three children have no choice but to get through tonight.
Only then can one truly grasp the only... living passport to any "tomorrow".
After those two forced compromises that felt like tearing off a piece of flesh and sacrificing a wrist—watching helplessly as the young man was thrown into the vortex of cruel trials, she could only clench her fists in vain, letting the chains of power and scheming tear apart his chances of survival inch by inch…
At that moment, she actually felt a sense of relief.
Because this time—
No more need for a scale to weigh the pros and cons!
No more enduring the excruciating pain of sacrificing pieces on the chessboard!
For her boy, for the only spark in this world that resonates with her soul and bloodline, for her closest relatives who are also mutants, for the one and only treasure that she has regained and will never allow anyone to touch it again!
She could finally give her all, purely and in the name of a mother—her strength, her wisdom, and even the will burning in every inch of her blood and bones.
Protect your children!
Her long-suppressed maternal instincts were finally released, and she found her own redemption.
She would not allow the boy to die until she heard him willingly call her "Mom"!
“Children,” she took a deep breath, her breath carrying the solemnity of incense burning in an ancient temple, yet also the pure warmth of a hearth fire.
"I, Emma Grace Frost, the 'Chosen of Order,' hereby declare! Tonight—!!"
"This place is forbidden! ... Evil spirits! Distortion! Madness!"
The patter of rain on the window at night, even the pounding of my heart... vanished in an instant!
A terrifying force, originating from the very source of the laws, inviolable and causing the very space to tremble, suddenly exploded!
The radiant light of this 'order' descended with a deafening roar, like an invisible, colossal seal!
Chun-Li stood up abruptly right after her!
Those almond-shaped eyes, tempered by countless trials, had long since lost their pensiveness and worry, and a golden light suddenly appeared!
"Tonight! This place will become my unknowable domain! Chun-Li, the Chosen of the Wise!"
As her final, resolute four-word mantra left its mark in the void—
The edge of the office, which had been transformed into the Divine Realm of Order by the White Queen, was instantly covered by a shimmering force field membrane that flowed with pure knowledge radiance and was composed of billions of rotating runes and dynamic formula matrices!
The divine powers of 'Order' and 'Erudition' have been perfectly combined!
An airtight, conceptual ultimate "firewall" constructed by two supreme divine powers—
It has taken shape!
In an instant——
Within the space outside this dual, composite divine realm barrier—
An endless, distorted form of "knowledge"...like a clown in a fit of rage after his trick has been exposed—
It crashed headlong into the absolute barrier that shone with the dual brilliance of "erudition and order"!
"Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang—!!!!"
The polluting flood of information is like a moth drawn to a flame!
Without any pause!
Absolutely no penetration!
moment!
Transform! Create! Vanish! Nothingness!
At this moment, Chun-Li and the White Queen stood silently in the center of the domain, their divine majesty as imposing as a prison!
After the two looked at each other again, the White Queen spoke softly to comfort them:
"Hopefully, this little 'fifth-tier' trick of divine respite can bring you a peaceful night..."
Tifa was shocked. Although the scene just now was not as shocking as the 'Flying Light' Black Sun eruption, she never expected that the two old women in front of her would have such power!
"Fifth, fifth rank. Wow, that's amazing..."
Li Pu guessed that the White Queen and Chun-Li had hidden strength...
It's actually a fifth-order rank.
The fifth-tier dual divine selection of 'Order' and 'Erudition' is quite ruthless.
He kept saying he stayed away from supernatural forces and strange phenomena, but not only was he at the fifth rank, he was also chosen by the gods...
You can do without it, but you can't be without it, right? You two are really something else!
Moreover, he couldn't help but suspect that these two older women had simply been slacking off before.
That's the configuration.
Why would someone come to this remote corner of the R district to open a small, unproductive firm?
What else is this but retirement...?
You scared me before, saying I was going to die if I reached the ninth level, didn't you!
It's estimated that Chun-Li takes time off all the time to look for her missing apprentice, Little Liv.
As for the White Queen, she didn't even want to use her brain during the previous hotel operation, leaving the entire plan to Chun-Li.