Chapter 342 Whose fault is it? (7)

Chapter 342 Whose fault is it? (7)

The sea fairy took a deep breath, and lightly swept her fingertips through the air, leaving a slightly glowing water mark.

She began to tell Taoyao the truth, her voice soft yet firm.

"For us, this place is just a dream, a remnant of a dream from the past."

"Everything in front of you, including this mechanical city, is just a projection of a dream. And I..."

She pointed at herself:

"Not the sea fairy you are supposed to meet at this moment."

"But that doesn't mean I'm not myself, it's just that I'm not who I used to be."

The voice of the sea fairy echoed in the pavilion, and she continued to explain:

"Besides, outside of the dream, the real Haitang has long been... no longer alive."

"..."

Next.

Tao Yao listened to all of this quietly, and her expression gradually changed from confusion to understanding.

Her eyes became deep, like a bottomless lake, with complex emotions hidden in her calmness.

She was silent for a moment, her hands gently clasped in front of her, her tone calm but with a hint of loss that could not be concealed.

"So, this place is just your dream now, and I am just the person in your dream?"

Tao Yao's voice was almost a murmur:

"A non-existent phantom? A past distorted by memory?"

She raised her head and looked directly into the eyes of the sea fairy. There was a strange sense of clarity in her gaze, as if she could see through the other person's soul.

The sea fairy nodded slightly, with a hint of complicated emotions in her eyes.

"Yes…I'm sorry."

She replied softly, "This may be hard for you to accept, but it is the truth."

After hearing this answer, Tao Yao did not show the expected surprise or fear.

On the contrary, her eyes became sharper and there was even a faint smile at the corner of her mouth.

She walked slowly to the center of the pavilion, stroking the stone pillar with her left hand while her right hand drew an elegant arc in the air.

"Then according to what you said,"

Tao Yao's voice became unusually calm, with a calmness that seemed to see through everything:

"The reason you suddenly changed your mind and didn't want me to accept the 'life of death' of the power of death is because you failed last time?"

This precise question was like a sharp knife, directly piercing the core of the problem, causing the three fairies present to be slightly stunned.

She didn't behave at all like a person in a dream who was passively receiving information.

It's more like an outsider who has a comprehensive understanding of the overall situation.

The Sea Fairy's expression changed slightly. She didn't expect that her apostle could grasp the key so keenly.

She hesitated, as if weighing how much information to reveal.

"That's right,"

The sea fairy finally confessed, with obvious bitterness in her tone:

"The ability of the twin flowers can't solve the problem at all."

“So there’s no need for us to try a path that’s doomed to fail again.”

Her voice got lower and lower, and a trace of painful memories flashed in her eyes:

"The last attempt... the cost was too great."

When Xiao Hei heard this, he immediately became furious.

Her eyes turned pure black and the air around her became heavy with her anger.

"What nonsense are you talking about, you bastard?"

Xiao Hei almost roared:

"What do you mean we are useless? It is you, the apostle, who is in a very bad situation."

"How many times have I told you that Xiaobai had already tried his best!"

"Your apostle asked me to grant him a life-giving death. Who can you blame for this?"

Her black hair fluttered in anger, and the breath of death emanated from her, causing the flowers and plants around her to wilt slightly:

"Besides, if you hadn't forced Xiaobai to use that dangerous ability, she wouldn't have..."

Xiao Hei's voice suddenly choked, as if the next words were too heavy and even she found it difficult to say them.

Seeing this, Hua Lei quickly stepped forward, reached out and gently placed her hand on Xiao Hei's shoulder, trying to comfort her.

But Xiao Hei suddenly shook her hand off, his eyes full of pain and anger.

Seeing that the two mortal enemy goblins were about to engage in a new round of quarrel, Tao Yao suddenly strode to the middle, spread his hands and made an interrupting gesture.

"All right!"

Tao Yao said in a deep voice, with a strange light flashing in his eyes:

"Since we've already failed once, wouldn't it be nice if we succeeded this time?"

These words stunned the three fairies.

Especially the Sea Fairy, her expression froze instantly, as if someone had poured a bucket of cold water on her head.

"what?"

The sea fairy couldn't believe her ears:

"Don't you understand what I mean? There's no way this is going to work!"

"I know." Tao Yao remained unmoved, and a confident smile appeared on the corner of her mouth:

"But just because it didn't work out once doesn't mean it won't work out another time."

"Besides, in your eyes, I am just a dreamer, a non-existent phantom."

"If that's the case, then what's the risk if I try to accept the life of death?"

"This is a rare opportunity. We failed last time, so we can try a different approach this time."

"Maybe... it will work this time?"

Taoyao's eyes were fixed on the flower bud, and her voice was gentle and sincere.

After hearing Tao Yao's remarks, Xiao Hei's eyes were still filled with anger, but his expression was a little more complicated.

She looked at Tao Yao coldly, with the corners of her mouth raised in a sarcastic smile.

"That sounds nice, but I didn't agree to it!"

Xiao Hei snorted coldly, crossed his arms in front of his chest, and looked arrogant and disdainful:

"What do you think this is? A joke? It's a matter of life and death, how can you just try it if you want to?"

She took a step forward, and the breath of death spread, and the flowers and plants under her feet instantly withered into a circle of death.

Xiao Hei's eyes were as sharp as a knife, pointing directly at Tao Yao.

The sea fairy standing next to Tao Yao also hurried forward, her long hair fluttering in the air like flowing water, her eyes full of anxiety and dissatisfaction.

She grabbed Taoyao's wrist with such force that Taoyao frowned slightly.

"I didn't agree to it either!"

The sea fairy almost yelled, her emotions clearly out of control, with undisguised fear and anger in her voice:

"Haitang, even if you are not the real Haitang, I don't want to watch you die again when I know it is impossible!"

Her voice trembled slightly, and tears even welled up in her eyes:

"You don't understand...how tragic the result was last time. I can't...I absolutely cannot go through that kind of pain again!"

Faced with the strong opposition from the two fairies, Tao Yao unexpectedly showed a gentle smile.

She gently broke free from the sea fairy's hand, then took a step back so that she could face the three fairies at the same time.

The sunlight shone onto her through the gaps in the roof of the pavilion, giving her a golden halo.

"Fairy, is this true? Is it that important to you?"

Tao Yao's voice was gentle, neither hurried nor slow:

"In your eyes, I am not the real Haitang, but just a shadow in your dream."

She shook her head gently, still smiling: "But for me, at least in this dream, I am Haitang."

"I have my own thoughts, my own feelings, and the right to make my own decisions."

"So, please respect my choice."

There was a peculiar power in Taoyao's voice, as if every word weighed a thousand pounds.

She swept her eyes over the three fairies present, her expression firm and calm, as if she had already seen through life and death.

"Besides, if this is just a dream, then even if it fails, what real loss will there be?"

She tilted her head slightly and showed a playful smile:

"Perhaps it is because this is a dream that it can succeed? The rules in dreams may not be the same as in reality."

The Sea Fairy's expression became more complicated when she heard this.

She opened her mouth as if she wanted to retort.

But in the end, he just sighed helplessly, took a step back, and silently made room.

Upon seeing this, Tao Yao turned to Hua Lei, and the expression on her face became softer, as if she was facing an old friend.

She bowed slightly toward the bud in an inviting gesture.

"May I?"

Tao Yao asked softly, with a sincere plea in her voice:

"My body is already very weak, and I will not consider any method other than the Flower of Life."

"So...if you can, please give me life in death."

At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on Hualei.

The atmosphere in the pavilion became extremely tense, and even the wind seemed to have stopped flowing.

The Sea Fairy bit her lips nervously, while Xiao Hei narrowed his eyes and stared at the flower bud, as if giving a silent warning.

however.

To everyone's surprise, Hualei suddenly smiled brightly after a brief silence.

"Yes, yes! I can do it!"

Hualei responded cheerfully, her tone so relaxed that it seemed as if she was accepting an ordinary invitation for an outing rather than a ritual that could be life-threatening.

Her answer was like a bomb, exploding in the pavilion.

Xiao Hei's expression instantly changed from vigilance to anger and shock.

The sea fairy opened her eyes wide with a look of disbelief.

"Xiaolei! Why did you agree?"

Xiao Hei almost roared, and the breath of death formed a small whirlwind around her:

"Isn't this different from what we said?"

Her eyes turned pure black, like two bottomless abysses:

"Don't you know that this won't work?"

"But the problem is that I didn't say I didn't agree," Hua Lei easily interrupted Xiao Hei's roar, with an innocent expression on her face, but a cunning light flashing in her eyes, "I just said that I would decide according to the situation, and now, I have decided to agree."

"But you're not the real Xiao Bai!"

Xiao Hei's voice was filled with obvious anxiety and anger. She pointed at the bud, her fingers trembling slightly:

"You don't know how to use the Flower of Life. You can't even summon it, so how can you give her life from death?"

Xiao Hei's question was powerful and carried irrefutable logic.

After all, in this dream, Hualei turned into a fairy of life.

But that doesn't mean she has all the abilities of a fairy of life.

Especially core authority like the Flower of Life, which cannot be used by just anyone.

However, after hearing this question, Hualei did not show any embarrassment or confusion. Instead, she blinked and her expression became more excited.

"Ah? But I suddenly know how to do it again."

Hualei's tone is light and casual.

Before she finished her words, she had already gracefully stretched out her right hand, palm facing up, in a lifting gesture.

As she moved, a soft white light emerged in her palm and gradually condensed into shape.