Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 832 - 825: Representative of Public Opinion

Chapter 832: Chapter 825: Representative of Public Opinion

"The choice is in your hands, whether you want to go to Snow Domain or the south, I won’t stop you, as long as you adhere to the promise you made earlier. I just want to remind you that a tide of a new era is imminent, and no one in this world can refuse to be swept away by this tide, including you," Luo’er said indifferently.

"Sister..." Seeing Eve’s thoughtful expression, Jora gently tugged at her sleeve, obviously a bit tempted.

"Can you guarantee that Jora won’t be harmed?" Eve asked with a furrowed brow.

"I promise," Luo’er replied confidently, "Not just people like you, but there are many children who have been oppressed in the past. It seems that there is also one who, like you, is a Snow Elf hybrid. I don’t know if she went to Earth and has come back."

"Sister..." Jora called out to Eve again, softly, hoping for her consent.

"Do you promise to take care of Jora as he grows up, without interfering with his freedom?" Eve was still somewhat anxious.

"What exactly do you mean by freedom?" Luo’er asked slowly.

"I mean, the freedom to leave whenever he wants," Eve answered.

"I’m afraid that won’t be possible," Luo’er shrugged and then replied honestly, "Once Jora joins us, he will become one of us by default and will eventually need to serve us, rather than freely deciding his future and wasting our precious nurturing resources."

"So you still want to imprison us in a way, don’t you?" Eve asked, frowning.

"If you put it that way, I really have nothing more to say. I hope you understand that there is nothing in this world that one can have for free. We raise you, and we need you to pay a corresponding price. You want to live and crave unfettered freedom, but I’m afraid no one in this world can satisfy you," Luo’er answered with a shrug.

"I promise you," this time, Jora didn’t look to Eve for an opinion, instead turning to face Luo’er directly, seriously saying,

"Jora!" Eve was startled and complained with a frown.

"Sister, if sacrificing part of our freedom means we can survive, I think I can bear it, and I think you should be able to bear it too. I don’t want us to go back to those days of being displaced, discriminated against, and hunted down," Jora looked at Eve seriously and replied earnestly.

"But does this life, which only exists in fantasy, really exist?" Eve asked herself as she looked at Jora.

"That’s easy, come on, let’s invite our peoples’ representative to talk about what life is like after joining the Advance Team," Hu Daoke said nonchalantly, patting Feng on the shoulder and pushing her to the front.

"Eh..." Feng appeared surprised by Hu Daoke’s prompt and looked around nervously, unsure of what to say.

"Don’t be nervous, Feng, just speak your mind," Luo’er reassured her before turning to Eve and saying, "If you have any questions, you can ask her, she’s also a person from this world."

"Isn’t she from the Otherworld?" Eve asked, eyes wide as she looked at Feng.

"Of course not. Haven’t you noticed she can use magic?" Luo’er replied as if it were obvious.

"No," Eve shook her head honestly.

"Alright, I’ll give you a brief introduction," Luo’er began, "Feng has been with the Advance Team for just a few months and is already considered a veteran member. If you have doubts about our organization, feel free to ask about her experience."

"You’ve only recently joined this organization, haven’t you?" Eve asked Feng, tentatively.

"Mhm!" Feng nodded vigorously.

"Are they... scary, will they hurt you?" Eve continued to ask.

"No!" Feng shook his head vigorously.

"With her combat skills, who would dare to hurt her? Not slaughtering their station is already mercy..." Hu Daoke muttered under his breath.

"Then will they... discriminate against you?" Eve finally voiced the question she had been craving to ask.

"No, they won’t," Feng shook her head emphatically again, this time a bit more vehemently, before adding, "They’re all good people, good people."

Eve fell into a brief silence, then looked up at Luo’er again with some difficulty and said, "Hey, if I use the Ancient Scripture as an exchange, could I possibly..."

"You are asking if you could ensure your lives with no interference to your freedom by exchanging the Ancient Scripture," Luo’er said, shrugging his shoulders as he replied, "The answer is no, because although the Ancient Scripture is important, it’s not the only factor. Don’t forget that we are also partners with the Church Court. We don’t need to take care of you for a lifetime just because of the Ancient Scripture. It seems you don’t quite understand the cost of raising and educating a person to maturity; this is not something that can be exchanged for with just one Ancient Scripture."

"And as for you..." he paused, then couldn’t help but add a warning, "Don’t forget, you have now become the assassination target of that organization from Earth. Without our protection, you might have to endure relentless pursuit until both of you are dead."

Luo’er’s words carried an unmistakable coercive implication, calculating the harsh reality that Eve and her brother would not survive without the Headquarters.

In fact, was the Ancient Scripture truly unimportant? Of course, it was paramount. The Ancient Scripture not only contained information about the Otherworld Gate but also recorded data related to the Ancestors. For Headquarters, this was undoubtedly a significant cultural asset.

With the Ancient Scripture, Earth’s Otherworld scientists might unravel many secrets about the Otherworld, such as the matter currently of greatest interest to them: whether the Elf Race was related to the Ancestors. If there was a relation, what exactly was the nature of the relationship between the Ancestors and the Elf Race, and why did the Ancestors eventually face extinction, leaving only these towering Otherworld Gates scattered across mountains, fields, and plains.

Earlier on, Luo’er had received a message from Headquarters. The message told them that Cheng Ziang had returned from the Holy City. However, regrettably, he hadn’t found anything of value in the Holy City, but he did obtain an important piece of intelligence—that the way to open the Otherworld Gate might be recorded in the Ancient Scripture.

In other words, Luo’er and Hu Daoke’s inadvertent actions indirectly helped them find the person they were looking for. It also explained why the CIA was determined to hunt down Eve at any cost—obviously, they were well aware that the Ancient Scripture was the key artifact to open the Otherworld Gate.

But Luo’er hadn’t told any of this to Eve, for fear she would take the opportunity to make steep demands. Luo’er still intended to keep her and her brother at Headquarters.

After all, Headquarters was short-staffed at the moment. Once Lipei’s Otherworld Gate was activated, the Mingming Plan would officially commence. At that time, Headquarters would need to foster a large number of children from the Otherworld to educate—another long-term investment project akin to the Origin Project.

"Alright, I agree to join you, Jora and I are willing to join you," Eve made her decision after long contemplation.

"Sister!!" Hearing Eve’s decision, Jora nearly jumped for joy.

"I don’t know what will happen to our fates, but I’m willing to trust you," Eve looked at Luo’er as she spoke.

"Don’t worry, we won’t let you down," Luo’er said with a smile.

"If I join you, then the Ancient Scripture..." Eve hesitated to ask.

"Of course, we need to find it. After all, once you join us, you must serve us, right?" Luo’er explained matter-of-factly.

"Alright, I have no objections," Eve nodded, then lowered her head to add, "I only have one request, that when I leave, you must take good care of Jora and not let him be in danger."

"We would be aware of that without being reminded," Luo’er said with a wave of his hand, "Jora is one of our own too; protecting him is our responsibility."

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