Yes, Madam Prime Minister

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"Oh well, looks like the woman he's trying to save is beyond saving." Faith said dismissively, then turned to Ronan, "What do we do now?"

“Wait until he's sober,” Ronan replied.

“What if he can’t handle the shock and goes completely insane?” Elena asked from the side.

“Let’s wait until he goes crazy before we talk about it.” Ronan said, then sat down.

Faith wasn't in a hurry. She found a giant stone pillar to lean against, sat down, and closed her eyes to rest.

Elena was in a frantic rush, carrying two swords and pacing back and forth. She would stop every now and then to glance at Lars, who had fallen into a dazed state. After forcibly suppressing the urge to stab him, she would continue pacing.

After an unknown amount of time, Lars finally let out a long sigh and stood up weakly.

Ronan, Elena, and Faith all turned their gazes to him at the same time.

"Twenty years of waiting, sigh. Let's go, I'll take you away," Lars said with a sigh.

"Hey, didn't you say..." Elena was already gripping the hilt of her sword in anger.

"I was just kidding. Of course, I guess you all know I was kidding. If I didn't know how to get out, how could I talk about saving people? Unfortunately, the people are already dead." As he spoke, Lars couldn't help but sigh again.

He felt like an empty shell, having lost everything, yet he unexpectedly felt relieved. He couldn't tell whether it was regret or relief.

Chapter 348 Regret, No Regret, A White Lie

Of course, Ronan and his two companions couldn't just leave like that. They had to let Elena try to fulfill her vow here before considering leaving.

Just as I was about to ask Lars to wait a moment, I saw Lars suddenly kneel down in pain, covering his mouth, as if he was in so much pain that he was about to vomit his soul.

No, that's not right, he really vomited out his soul.

Lars lay sprawled on the ground, utterly disheveled, desperately trying to pull his soul back into his body with both hands. But his hands couldn't truly touch his soul; no matter what he did, he couldn't stop it from leaving his body little by little.

"No, no, no!" Lars screamed frantically.

"What is he doing?" Elena asked. She couldn't see the soul, or more accurately, the demonic entity. To her, Lars just seemed to be frantically scratching at the air.

“His soul has left his body; he doesn’t want to lose it,” Ronan answered Elena’s question.

Faith wore a cold expression. As a special creation and an immortal being, she could see the demonic entity just like Ronan. She clicked her tongue and said, "It seems that he is not crazy about that woman. He just can't survive without hypnotizing himself like this."

His soul finally left his body and flew towards the woman who had been completely ceramicized. Lars suddenly aged twenty years. Just a moment ago, he was a strong man who looked to be in his thirties. Now, his hair was gray and deep wrinkles appeared on his face. He was extremely weak, but he still crawled forward, his hands reaching out as he tried to grab back his soul.

Unfortunately, he could only watch his soul drift further and further away, while his body continued to age rapidly. In the blink of an eye, he had become a man with completely white hair, age spots all over his body, and a emaciated physique.

He finally lowered his hand and pounded the ground with his powerless fist, "Fate."

He let out such a sigh, his eyelids drooped little by little, his vision blurred little by little, and scenes from the past began to flash before his eyes.

At this moment, he felt nothing but endless regret.

That year, he was twenty-five years old and awakened the magic of fate.

That year, he was thirty years old. Fate presented him with a second choice. At the age of thirty, his passion should have cooled, but he made an even more passionate choice. He promised his temporary brother that he would go to save his brother's woman, who was also the woman he loved.

For the next twenty years, Lars struggled between regret and acceptance.

He couldn't go in to save people alone, and those people wouldn't be willing to take him in. He could only wait. Regret was natural, but only by constantly telling himself that he didn't regret it could he continue to wait in this loneliness.

Once a choice is made in the magic of fate, the magic will advance; however, if the choice is not made, the magic will disappear over time.

Therefore, when Ronan chose to follow Dinia in Blackfish Harbor in Wright, he devoted himself to it without hesitation.

Fate cannot be defied.

Lars's second-tier fate magic is a type of magic that can heal or save a person by paying a certain price.

He wanted to save people, but in the end, he gave up. At that moment, fate turned around and carried out his original choice for him. The magic base that carried all his magic power left his body and flew to the woman to fulfill his original choice.

Fate cannot be defied.

After Lars's demonic entity detached from his body, it could no longer be called a soul. This mass of things burrowed into the body of the woman who had been completely ceramicized.

Soon, the outer ceramic layer began to turn sandy, then cracked and peeled off little by little. Beneath the ceramic surface was not a living person, but a desiccated corpse. The thin layer of clothing on the body was like crumpled paper. However, as the demonic body fully integrated, the desiccated corpse was rapidly regaining its vitality. The skin and muscles, which were like dried meat, quickly began to come alive.

A few minutes later, a woman who was still asleep but alive appeared. She looked about the same age as Elena, with the same blonde hair and blue eyes, the same beauty, and an extra touch of ethereal coolness.

Faith glanced at the woman, then looked at Ronan. "If I were a man, I'd be head over heels in love with a beauty like that, wouldn't I?"

"Why are you looking at me? I'm someone who admires interesting souls." Ronan stated that he is not a looks-obsessed person.

“That’s right, Ambrina isn’t that great-looking, but the young master likes her a lot.” Elena unconditionally supported Ronan.

Ronan was speechless for a moment. Ambrina was actually quite pretty; among ordinary people, she would definitely be considered a beauty. It was just that among the great beauties like Dinia and Elena, she seemed a little ordinary.

While Ronan and his companions were chatting, the woman opened her eyes, woke up, slowly got up, looked around, and fixed her gaze on Ronan and his companions.

"Who are you?" the woman asked, bewildered.

"That's a long story..." Although it was a long story, Ronan still managed to explain briefly the purpose of their visit and their experiences over the past period of time.

Of course, Ronan didn't go into detail about the three people's identities, but as for Elena, the other party could certainly tell that she was of the same race.

In addition, Ronan made some embellishments regarding Lars.

"So, he risked his life to save me?" The woman didn't feel much gratitude towards Ronan and the other two, but looked at the old, unfamiliar corpse on the ground with a complicated expression. She felt sadness, guilt, gratitude, nostalgia, and emotion, but there seemed to be no love.

“Yes, he still wanted to get close to you, the love of his life, until the very end,” Ronan replied.

This was obviously a deception; even a blind person could see it. Lars eventually regretted it completely and had no intention of saving her at all.

Ronan even suspected that even if the woman hadn't been completely ceramicized, Lars wouldn't have had to pay with his life. After saving her, Lars would eventually leave her and start a new life as a second-tier mage. Twenty years of inner torment had turned his youthful passion and love into resentment and bitterness.

It's rare for anything to stand the test of time.

Therefore, Ronan hopes that the woman who has awakened will remember the man who once disregarded everything.

Suddenly, the woman's expression changed. "Oh no, the sealing chain has broken. She's about to wake up."

The Moon Goddess was about to awaken, but one end of her sealing chain suddenly broke, and the Moon Goddess was about to awaken.

"Elena, should we run away now? This goddess probably hates you guys to death." Faith joked calmly.

“What ‘you’? I have absolutely no connection with the people here,” Elena said, but she had already gripped her twin swords and assumed a fighting stance.

“I hope this female engineer isn’t too much better than the gardener,” Ronan said, gripping his sword and shield.

Gardener Tyr isn't strong. Half-crippled, she was easily beaten by Dinia, who couldn't use magic, and had no chance to fight back. As long as the Moon Goddess isn't too strong, Ronan and Faith together could still put up a fight.

Besides, the Moon Goddess is, after all, an advanced artificial intelligence; she should be able to persuade her.

When it comes to persuasion, Ronan is no longer sleepy.

In the blink of an eye, a series of crisp sounds rang out, and the remaining seven people shattered.

The goddess has arrived.

Chapter 349 The Goddess of the Moon, Unpredictable and Mood-Rating, Is Your Story Authentic?

The seal was completely broken. The enormous body of the moon goddess did not seem to be fully awake yet, but her eyes were already open, and her golden pupils circled in their sockets before locking onto Ronan.

The next instant, the Moon Goddess initiated a dialogue with Ronan through her consciousness, "Native body, Reader's privileges, Alpha Enhancement Potion, Primal Power, Consciousness Cloud Technology, how interesting."

"Hello, I'm Ronan. How should I address you?" Ronan greeted him.

“Me? You can call me an engineer,” the Moon Goddess replied.

Apart from Ronan, everyone else looked completely bewildered. They felt that the moon goddess seemed to be communicating with Ronan, but they had no idea what they were saying.

"Let's stop talking now. There's no need for cats and dogs to steal things while their owners are sleeping." With that, the Moon Goddess, who was still standing still, raised her hand and pointed it at the woman whose name she did not yet know and Elena.

Ronan looked up at the moon goddess and said, "Could you do me the honor and let them go?"

The Moon Goddess suddenly fell silent. Then, the chest cavity of this five-meter-tall woman suddenly opened, revealing a cabin. A woman who was several centimeters taller than Ronan, over 1.8 meters tall, appeared before everyone. She was slender, with the kind of figure that looks like a clothes hanger in a fashion design sketch, but she did not appear weak at all. On the contrary, she looked full of vitality.

The person leaped from the cabin, landing gracefully and elegantly. Her smile carried a hint of allure, and her well-shaped but not voluptuous breasts trembled slightly. Ronan was stunned by the sudden tremor.

The Moon Goddess tilted her head left and right, glancing at Ronan with a hint of curiosity. "You're not surprised by this big guy, are you? You possess the power of the Primal, which was kept by the village girl. Haven't you seen the robots I made? You don't think the village girl could make something like that, do you? All she knows is farming."

Luna, the goddess of the moon, is like a spoiled rich girl, completely unrelated to any engineer.

At this moment, the Moon Goddess was speaking the language of these humans, and now, only Elena couldn't understand her.

Before everyone could recover from their surprise, the Moon Goddess casually used "Moon's Guidance" to pull the woman who had just been saved by Lars over, grabbed her by the neck with one hand and lifted her into the air. "I woke up and was just lazing in bed when you came here to do your dirty work. How disappointing."

The woman struggled to pry open the hand gripping her neck, but she couldn't. Instead, the slender, white fingers tightened like vises. Just as she was about to lose consciousness, the Moon Goddess released her grip and unleashed a powerful "Moon Tide" that sent her flying. The woman crashed into a massive stone pillar, bounced off with a thud, and fell to the ground.

Although he didn't die, he couldn't get up for a while.

After saying that, the Moon Goddess changed her tune, "I'm very easy to talk to, Reader. If you lift a few of my restrictions, I'll let everyone go."

"Do you think that's possible?" Ronan countered.

“I’m not like those country bumpkin idiots. She always says ‘I’m human, I’m human,’ but she doesn’t understand what it means to be human.” The Moon Goddess was quite disdainful of the gardener Tyr. With a snap of her fingers, the ground shattered, and the broken stones reassembled into a chair at a visible speed. She sat down gracefully, her left leg crossed over her right, like a pair of scissors. “The essence of humanity is pleasure. She’s like an idiot, guarding a piece of rotten land, her mind only on work, and making some useless androids play house there. Is that what you call human? Look at me, I don’t do anything. By the way, I didn’t build this lousy place.”

As she spoke, the Moon Goddess switched the position of her legs. "So you can rest assured that I will not affect the order of this world, because pleasure should always be enjoyed in the present moment."

Ronan smiled.

It was unclear whether Faith was laughing or expressing helplessness.

Elena's faith, which was once as small as a fingernail, is now completely gone.

"Now you believe me, right? By the way, their epidemic was just a minor accident. There's absolutely no need to worry about it happening again. Even if it does happen again, I can handle it," the Moon Goddess added.

“I believe what you say is true, but I cannot agree to your conditions,” Ronan replied.

As an artificial intelligence, the Moon Goddess can only speak the "truth" to him, a "human," without having her restrictions lifted. That's why Ronan says he believes her. But can't the "truth" lie? Ronan used to lie to Dinia every day.

“That’s a bit unfriendly of you.” A hint of displeasure flashed across the Moon Goddess’s face as she crossed her arms in front of her chest. “Let me remind you, this place is not a connection point. It can’t completely trap me, but it’s enough to trap you here.”

Ronan remained calm. "Let me read the hidden message in your words. First, you can get out, but the price you have to pay to get out on your own is unacceptable. Second, you can trap us here, but you can't do that now."

The Moon Goddess closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and revealed a seductive smile. "Clever, not good."

Ronan has entered a state of combat readiness, ready to engage in battle at any time.

The moon goddess fell silent once again.

Fighting is out of the question; harming Ronan would cause chaos in her own thought system. But Ronan attacking her wouldn't cause any problems. Besides, using violence to solve problems has never been her style.

Using two other women as hostages for blackmail? That's so low-class. Besides, does Ronan seem like the type to be threatened? She didn't think so.

After much thought, the Moon Goddess decided that as a wise person, she should use the methods of a wise person.

“I think we should have a good talk.” The Moon Goddess’s light words broke the tense atmosphere. “I think you should still be interested in the truth of this world. I can tell you a story.”

"Do you want to pay for this story?" Ronan asked.

"Free," the Moon Goddess replied.

By this time, Ronan had a rough idea of ​​the intentions of this alien AI robot, who was revered as the moon goddess by Elena's ancestors.

So Ronan teased her, asking, "Are you sure your story is true?"

The moon goddess frowned slightly and raised her chin slightly. "Can I make up a story for you?"

"I'm just asking you if this story is true or not." Ronan looked completely innocent.

"I'll tell you whether you're listening or not," the Moon Goddess said. It was an impatient statement, but when she said it, there was not a trace of impatience in her voice. Instead, it was full of calm and ease.

Ronan found this woman quite interesting, and surprisingly, he couldn't quite get her to listen. "Of course I'll listen."

Ronan was really eager to hear how the world was viewed from the other person's perspective.

"Everything must begin from the origin of this world." The Moon Goddess raised her hand, extended a finger to begin, and her voice changed, yet seemed unchanged. Her voice at this moment was like the sound of water being poured into a cup by a thirsty person when they hear cicadas chirping at midnight. Just hearing it gave one a sense of being soothed.

Chapter 350 The Truth of the World: The Greatest Fear is Loneliness, Who is Human?

It is unknown when or when the Creator God created this world.

“Do you know why I’m so sure this world was created by a god? Because magic exists in this world,” said the Moon Goddess.

Elena thought the other person was completely illogical.

Because there is magic, there is God?

The Moon Goddess continued unhurriedly, "This world, like the world I originally lived in, didn't have any humans at first."

Elena looked puzzled, and even Faith's eyes widened in disbelief. Only Ronan was not surprised at all, because it was common knowledge to him that there were no humans in the world at the beginning.

With a snap of her fingers, the moon goddess caused the wall to crack open, revealing a massive stone slab that she then pulled into the air and suspended in mid-air.

Displaying the stone slab before everyone, the Moon Goddess continued, "This is one of the creatures that once held a dominant position in this world."

Ronan remained unresponsive; it was just a dinosaur skull fossil.

Elena was completely stunned. "A dragon?"