Chapter 491: Things Have Come to This, There’s No Choice But to Go All In (39/40)
Ye Yao felt that Lou Wei was truly about to become a "Sorry for the Delusion, the Heavenly Demon Kneels."
However, with his lion-like language system, there didn't seem to be much to say.
Aside from expressing apology and repentance, he probably couldn't say anything pleasant.
Sigh, this is what happens when you only increase your stats.
In the end, he can't even beat her in stats now; he's truly fallen off.
He could only bully her during her early stages.
As the four of them arrived at a restaurant inside the headquarters,
this Family-Putting-Together finally welcomed a long-awaited family dinner.
During this process, Xiao Jing took responsibility for explaining the past decisions of the Countermeasure Bureau High Command to Ye Yao, including the entire plan from discovery to adoption, as well as all the details of using a family for control.
Almost nothing was hidden.
Of course, Ye Yao had known these things for a long time.
Xiao Jing was also aware of this, so she was saying it for Lou Wei's benefit.
In a way,
Ye Yao and Xiao Jing were setting a trap for Lou Wei.
Ye Yao's acting was powerful, and Xiao Jing's acting was equally on point.
Even the former modern strongest could only be toyed with in the palms of their hands.
"Mm-hmm, I see. So that's how it was?"
Ye Yao nodded thoughtfully.
"I knew most of this from Ye Tong, but I didn't realize there were so many details and plans."
At this moment, Lou Wei finally spoke up to express an apology on behalf of the Countermeasure Bureau.
"I'm very sorry for hiding these things from you and for not letting the feelings you gave receive an equal response."
【Lou Wei has always believed he never gave a shred of fatherly love, while you always treated him as a father; thus, he has deeply realized his own failure and mistakes.】
As Lou Wei's thoughts came into view, Ye Yao blinked a few times.
Actually, being able to realize this wasn't too much of a failure.
At least he isn't a cyborg anymore.
Of course, this didn't mean everything he did in the past could be wiped clean.
The memory of being crushed into a cat pancake was still too painful.
"Father was indeed very excessive..."
Ye Yao's faint voice drifted over, the resentment within it impossible to hide.
Hearing this, Xiao Jing knew Ye Yao was about to interrogate Lou Wei.
She decided to remain silent.
Ye Yao began her verbal output.
"At first, I thought Father could protect me from harm and would hold me in his hands to cherish me.
I didn't expect that back then, Father definitely didn't see me as a daughter, but as a monster that would eventually destroy the world."
Lou Wei: "..."
Sweat.
Ye Yao's output continued.
"Father should have already thought about how to kill me back then, right?
Just like Ye Tong; Ye Tong died at Father's hands several times.
After synchronizing memories, I also feel like I've been killed by Father several times."
Lou Wei: "..."
Heavy sweat.
"So the nightmares from a while ago weren't dreams at all, but Father killing Ye Tong once again, and even I was affected. No wonder I always felt Father was so scary back then."
Lou Wei: "..."
Drenched in sweat.
Ye Yao's Mejai's Soulstealer was almost at full stacks.
Every sentence attacked the weak points of Lou Wei's heart.
"And in yesterday's battle, Father and Uncle definitely wanted to go and die together with the enemy, right?
Even though there were still many things that hadn't been explained clearly to me, you just chose self-sacrifice on your own.
Does Father want to escape all this that much?
Even if Father was truly excessive, I don't want to lose a father."
After this series of interrogations, Lou Wei's stomach even twitched a bit; his defenses were completely shattered.
"I'm sorry, I'm truly sorry..."
Ye Yao nodded in satisfaction upon seeing Lou Wei take a "critical hit."
To be able to make a Lou Wei, who was so cyborg-like in his emotions, break down like this,
her aggressiveness wasn't too bad.
A mere Lou Wei is nothing more than this!
"Well, seeing as Father is reflecting deeply, I'll reluctantly forgive you.
But Ye Ge is hard to say; I don't know what her thoughts will be."
To put it simply,
the death penalty is waived, but the punishment is unavoidable!
If she ever gets angry while playing a game one day, she'll just let Ye Ge give Lou Wei a sound thrashing.
If she didn't beat him a few more times, it would be a disservice to the ups and downs she felt while growing up in the early stages.
At this, Lou Wei was naturally relieved.
Since he had obtained Ye Yao's forgiveness, the rest seemed much easier.
Even if he was thrashed by Ye Ge a few more times, he could accept it.
After all, that was an individual born from Ye Yao's wishes.
Even if there were traces of distortion from the World-Destroying Ability, the resentment towards him mixed within was not fake.
Lou Wei would admit that it was the retribution he deserved.
The complexity within could not be measured simply by right or wrong.
If Ye Ge appeared again later to beat him up, Lou Wei might actually seem much more at ease.
Lou Wei took a deep breath and looked directly at the Silver-haired Girl opposite him again.
"If there's anything you want in the future, anyone you want to take revenge on, or anything you need me to do, you can tell me. I will do my absolute best to help you."
A father's promise to his daughter?
How interesting.
A small clever idea suddenly flashed through Ye Yao's mind.
Since you've said so, if I ask you to hit yourself from a parallel space-time in the future, that should be no problem, right?
Ye Yao showed a slight smile.
"Okay, I understand. Father is the modern strongest Ability User, right? Such a promise must be very precious to others. I'll remember it—remember not to disappoint me again."
"Okay."
Lou Wei nodded heavily, with unprecedented seriousness.
By now, he had indeed discarded the heavy responsibility from the early stages that was enough to crush a person.
Ye Ge's birth had caused the Countermeasure Bureau to change its line of thinking.
Solving a world-ending crisis with violence was simply an impossible event.
Just how high would the stats need to be to defeat Ye Ge?
The combat power of Lou Wei and Fu Qi had already reached the limits of humanity.
Even sacrificing their lives would only serve as a firecracker.
In the end, it would just be a small noise in the face of a world-ending crisis.
That being the case, the previous plan had to be discarded to free Lou Wei from the shackles of responsibility.
Ye Ge's birth undoubtedly symbolized that humanity had only one path left to take.
And that was to go all in on Ye Yao!
At least Ye Yao's performance so far was enough for them to go all in.
Irrational?
This was the most rational choice!
Ye Yao's kindness and noble qualities had proven themselves.
Even the cold-blooded Ye Ge could control her desire to attack under her intervention.
They no longer considered the possibility of the World-Destroying Ability making her lose control, but seriously considered the possibility of Ye Yao being able to control the World-Destroying Ability.
If they could help Ye Yao control that world-shattering power, they could also solve the crisis!
Things have come to this; the only way is to go all in!
There is still time for everything.
Of course, all of this might depend on Ye Ge's reaction.
Currently, Ye Ge's motives were completely uncontrollable; only Ye Yao stepping in could make her restrain herself a bit.
Looking at it this way, soothing Ye Ge's anger was also very important.
Could it be that they really have to let all the involved personnel be thrashed by her?
It seems the Countermeasure Bureau High Command is in for a rough time.