Chapter 160.

Old man Qin muttered.

His voice was not loud, but everyone present was an Exalt, and the carriage was quiet, so everyone could hear him clearly.

In unison, they looked at him and frowned.

Old man Qin pointed at the sleeping Qin Xuan in his arms and stammered, “I, I’ll repeat Xuan Xuan’s prophecy, he may be young, but he didn’t miss his prophecy.”

Hao Jingye: “Old man Qin, what exactly are you trying to say?”

Underneath his glasses, there was skepticism in his eyes, skepticism towards Old Man Qin as a person.

Old man Qin was embarrassed and smiled, “I was just thinking, this prophecy seems to be related to the future of mankind, and whether or not to collect the fragments should be the general direction of the future, and being wrong, could it mean that collecting the fragments is wrong?”

Jiang Yu’s heart thumped.

Hao Jingye and Song Linwei stared at Old Man Qin in death.

Qi Lingwu didn’t say anything, his foreign energy covered him, an anchor in the void, tightly locking onto old man Qin.

Old man Qin’s face went white with fear.

His entire body trembled, stuttering, “I, I’m just speculating, speculating, nothing else!”

Hao Jingye droned, “What exactly do you know?”

Old man Qin was bewildered and shook his head violently, “I don’t know.”

Wan Wan transmitted his voice, and Long Tianyu flashed over with Wu Buye, squatting down next to Old Man Qin, his Mind Reading Technique fully open, listening carefully to Old Man Qin’s heart.

A moment later, Wu Buye shook his head:

“He’s at a loss and scared, mentioning the prophecy because he always remembers this matter, he has no contribution to the Special Intelligence Service, dabbling in food and drink, just wanting to express his thoughts, reminding one or two things, lest he be kicked out of the Special Intelligence Service, everything is normal for him.”

Qin Xuan had been awakened and looked at them blankly and suspiciously.

Sensing the tight atmosphere, his mouth deflated and he was about to cry out.

Old man Qin hurriedly coaxed, “Xuanxuan, it’s alright haha, don’t cry, it’s fine, it’s fine, are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?”

The tense atmosphere dissipated, Qi Lingwu withdrew her powers.

Sheng An handed him the rest of the strawberries.

Qin Xuan breaks into a smile.

Old Man Qin sighed, “I did suddenly think of the prophecy that the shards would increase in power when stacked on top of each other, is it really a good thing to collect the shards?”

After dispelling his doubts, he returned to the topic.

Wrong?

What exactly is wrong?

Jiang Yu plucked up his voice, “Shouldn’t the shards be collected, but destroyed?!”

If that was the case, their entire planning was wrong!

However, Dr. Yan directly shook his head, “The proposal of destroying was already tried when the fragments were discovered, in fact, compared to collecting them, destroying them is more economical.”

The research institute had countless smart heads.

There was never more than one direction for their research, collection and destruction, both of which had been proposed early on, were two side-by-side filings.

Dr. Yan held up a meteorite fragment, and under the light, the silver-white color vaguely flowed, carrying a chill that made people tremble.

He let out a long sigh, “You should have also studied it, hard as hell, not to mention destroying it, even cutting it can’t be done, destroying it has always been a direction of the Institute’s endeavors, just that so far, it hasn’t had any success.”

Li Xin also reached out and picked up a piece.

With his alien ability fully open, a moment later, his face swelled red, shook his head, and put the piece back, “No, it doesn’t seem to be metal, I can’t control it at all.”

Can’t control it, let alone destroy it.

What in the world was this thing?

It’s not metal, yet it’s so hard that it can’t be destroyed ……

Lai Wan Yun: “There’s not a single thing that can be done?”

Dr. Yan drew on the paper and shook his head:

“There are too many fragments, even carefully planning the location of each fragment to minimize the impact won’t work, how long has it been? The land is already unplantable, the plants are dying, the air is carrying poison ……

“Even if we artificially create oxygen and live in protective suits, the human race won’t last long and will still perish, not to mention the existence of the Fae.”

With no way to destroy it, and dispersal being chronic suicide, the Institute finally decided to collect it.

Collect as many fragments as possible first, and then plan the next arrangement after more information was researched.

Song Linwei rubbed his brow, only feeling a headache, his tone complex:

“In the prophecy, Sister Sheng said so desperately that it was wrong, and that everything might even reopen. Then, it must be a big thing that’s wrong, to collect the fragments or not to collect them is indeed a big thing that will determine the future, is the prophecy mapping this matter?”

If the prophecy was referring to the collection of shards.

Then from the current information, collecting it was also wrong, not collecting it was equally wrong, caught in a dilemma.

Ke Jiaxue murmured, “Maybe the wrongness among the prophecy doesn’t refer to collecting the fragments?”

Wu Buye nodded, “It’s possible, furthermore, even if collecting is wrong, it’s still possible to find a way to destroy the fragments before collecting them.”

If that’s the case, then it’s not impossible to collect first.

It was just that when he thought of that prophecy, he felt stuffy in his heart, not quite comfortable.

Wan Wan frowned and suddenly said, “It’s contradictory, the shards can’t be divided, so why are they shards? Is it really possible to put together something?”

If it was a whole shattered apart, then how did it shatter?

How could something that hard separate?

Dr. Yan’s eyes were bright, “I have a hunch that the time to unlock this secret is the time to know the truth!”

“So back to the original question.” Hao Jingye spread his hands, “Are we going to continue collecting the fragments?”

If what Qin Xuan predicted was the matter, if there was never a way to destroy the fragments ……

then them collecting it would just be repeating the wrong process once again.

–This world might not be able to reopen again.

At this time, to collect or not to collect was an extremely crucial decision, and right now even Dr. Yan had no way to give a definitive answer.

Qi Lingmu looked at Sheng An, “What do you think?”

During their discussion, Sheng An hadn’t said anything for a long time.

Upon hearing this, she looked at Qi Lingmu.

The two of them looked at each other, their gazes overlapping, both seeing the same thoughts in the bottom of the other’s eyes.

Qi Ling Mu smiled.

Sure enough, this is Sheng An.

Sheng An also smiled, she raised her feet, slowly walked to Old Man Qin and squatted down.

Her danfeng eyes carried their own glare, but there was no sharpness in them; at this moment, her expression was calm and composed, and on her face, no waves could be seen.

Her voice was equally calm-

“You’re right, I can’t rule out the prophecy that I’m wrong is mapping the collection of fragments, but no matter if it’s a prophecy or the future, it’s all unknown, it’s a doubt, and I don’t want to remain ignorant forever just because of my fear and worry.

“No matter what the truth is, it’s always necessary to open it and take a look.”

Old man Qin sighed, “Is this bad now? Sensei shards how, can live for a long time is a long time, why …… so heavy? Maybe it’s nothing more than a pointless struggle, people will die sooner or later anyway.”

Since he didn’t know whether to collect it or not.

Then it would be better to not care about anything and live easily for one day.

Old man Qin’s optimism is negative, extremely negative but with a kind of inexplicable optimism, very contrary.

Sheng An smiled slightly, “It’s not a pointless struggle, because I never believe that the world should be destroyed, sooner or later people have to die, but humans don’t deserve to die.”

If you can still live, you have to live as much as possible.

Instead of decadently waiting for death to come.

At those words, Old Man Qin lowered his eyes.

The drooping eyelids carried a sense of twilight decadence as he said no more.