Yes, Madam Prime Minister

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"Third, maintain the status quo. I will occasionally bring in some wise people from this world to work together to find ways to solve the world's predicament, so that this world is no longer an isolated world, while waiting for changes to occur."

“I chose the third one, but the other two ideas always remained in my consciousness. In the end, I entered a state of personality split, and you have probably seen the tragedy that it brought.”

"Before I could even bring in some of the wise men of this world, I had already gone mad. In this place, I can only seal myself off and barely maintain myself."

“Decades ago, a man came here…” Lavini was interrupted by Kate Pellegrini halfway through her sentence.

Kate asked, “Wait a minute, how did he get in? The key was with Suleiman decades ago.”

“The key? The key isn’t necessary at all, uh, I see.” As she spoke, Lavigne understood what was going on, and added, “Anyway, he’s here.” She knew that the man had secretly made some changes to the system here, not wanting anyone else to come to this place, but she didn’t intend to tell anyone else, including her old friend Kate Pierre.

At this moment, Lavini looked into the distance and pointed with his index finger at Zhao Yingqi, who was still lying down, "She is her clansman."

“He also stole the method for creating monsters from me,” Lavini added.

For a moment, everyone was astonished.

Especially Dinia, who knows a lot about the inside story, and Ambrina, a Seresian, who is very likely the immortal Seresian who deeply influenced the Purple-Clad Organization, and who obtained the method of creating monsters decades ago.

This is undoubtedly a somewhat frightening thing.

“The theft, it’s probably you who gave it to me, or even more than that,” Kate Pellegrini laughed. “You really know how to make things worse.”

Lavigne did not respond directly, but instead remarked, "One love in a lifetime is enough."

"Unfortunately, my time is running out."

Kate Pellegrini looked on in surprise.

Chapter 681 The Way to Save the World: Believe in Humanity, Die Like Humans

How come there's suddenly not much time left? Kate Pierre was a little incredulous. She could see that Lavigne, who was currently immersed in wonderful memories and completely absorbed in them, was in good physical and mental condition.

Lavigne gave a bitter and helpless smile. “I locked one of my 'selves' in the nightmare. If you hadn’t come, it could have lasted for a while. But you came, and she woke up again. I can’t do it again. I can no longer stop myself from going crazy. Once I go crazy, the consequences are unpredictable, and you can’t stop me at all. So, when that nightmare ends, I will end my own life.”

After explaining the reason, Lavigne took out a rectangular, thick plate, no bigger than the palm of his hand, with a black crystal-like texture, from his body. "Everything I know, all my research, is in here. I'm handing it all over to you."

"Especially about how to get this world out into a real, large universe, instead of being like an isolated island as it is now."

As he spoke, Lavigne handed the black crystal plate to Kate.

“Wait a minute, I have a question,” Dinia suddenly interrupted. “You just said so much, that the magic system of this world will break down sooner or later, so the end of the world is inevitable, and that this world is an isolated island and we need to get out. What is the connection between these two points?”

Lavigne paused for a moment, then realized that she wasn't just talking to Kate, but to a group of people who knew nothing.

"We are here, and the area covered by this magic system is a sphere, and this sphere is in a very, very small galaxy. This galaxy is the entirety of this world. Logically speaking, such a world shouldn't exist, but the fact is, this illogical world does exist. The sun in the sky that you see is fake, but it is also real. To be precise, everything here, including you people, is both fake and real. In short, this is an isolated island, but as long as we go out and connect to a real universe that makes sense, everything here will become real. The magic system of this world only needs a few simple tricks to continue operating until it becomes a real world and is destroyed."

Lavigne offered an explanation.

Aside from Kate, most of them only vaguely understood, but they all grasped one thing: going outside would save them.

"There's another question: how can we ensure that everyone has the talent to learn magic?" Dinia asked again.

Lavini was stunned again, and after a few seconds he asked, "Didn't you hear what I just said? The more people use magic, the sooner the world's magic system will break down. Once the magic system breaks down, the whole world will face an unpredictable disaster."

Faced with doubts, Dinia remained resolute: "More people will gather more wisdom and strength. After all, given the current trend, the magic system is bound to break down. The real problem to solve is to ensure that this world, which was created and abandoned by God at will, is no longer an isolated island, isn't it?"

"Do you believe in ordinary people?" Lavigne asked.

“No one is born extraordinary,” Dinia responded.

Lavigne smiled and asked again, "Aren't you just born extraordinary?"

Dinia countered, "That's strength, not wisdom. To overcome this difficulty, we need wisdom, don't we?"

“Haha, you’re really funny.” Lavini laughed. “I haven’t researched or experimented with what you want to know, but there might be some things in there that can give you some reference. Since you’re so convinced, then go ahead and try it. But the end of the world will really come two or three hundred years earlier.”

"Even if we remove two or three hundred years, there's still nearly a thousand years left. If a thousand years isn't enough to get this world out of this world, then we might as well die with it."

As Dinia spoke, her tone became increasingly firm and excited.

Since retiring, she gradually lost her sense of purpose and even tried to become more feminine to adapt to her new life, but she was never comfortable. Now, everything is different.

“Then I wish you success,” Lavigne said, then held out his hand. “Give me your hammer.”

Without hesitation, Dinia conjured a warhammer and handed it to Lavigne.

Lavini gripped the warhammer, and instantly, the inscriptions on the warhammer were coated with a layer of gold. "Alright, this old, third-rate creation can now bear your power of 'destruction' and 'rebirth'."

After returning the hammer to Dinia, Lavini pulled out a box. "There's a letter inside. If you see that person, give him this."

"Who is he, in Nari?" Dinia asked.

“Once you see him, you’ll naturally think, ‘This is the one.’ In my opinion, he’s even more handsome than the one over there,” Lavigne said, his sweet smile impossible to hide.

At this point, Ambrina retorted, "A man can't be good-looking all he wants."

Kate Pellegrini looked anxious and had no interest in joking. "Can't you just separate the other two personalities?"

“I can’t do that, because that’s me too,” Lavigne replied.

"So you've all fallen into a deep sleep?" Kate asked again.

“This method has already been used, and it won’t work again,” Lavini said.

Kate Pelle grabbed Lavigne's hands. "Do you really have to die? I don't believe you can't survive."

Lavini shook his head. "Actually, my consciousness is gradually collapsing. Any method is just a means of survival and has little meaning."

"I believe that man is still hoping to see you," Kate Peter said, having exhausted all other options.

“To die from mental illness is a human way of dying. How wonderful that is! It means I died as a human being,” Lavigne said calmly. She felt no fear of death, only joy, even though she still had attachments, regrets, and unfulfilled dreams.

Caterpillar angrily punched Lavigne in the face. "I've really had enough, you idiot."

Lavini stomped his foot on the ground, then opened his hand, drawing several gold coins buried underground into his palm. "Here's your money, don't cry."

Just then, Ronan, who was fast asleep, twitched his fingers.

"It seems he's not slow at all."

Lavini said.

Everyone noticed that Ronan was about to wake up.

At this moment, even Ambrina wished Ronan could sleep a little longer. She didn't care so much about Lavigne's ideals or the end of the world; all she knew was that a woman full of love for the world, a woman who had always loved one person, was about to die.

Astrid walked up to Ronan and said, "Old man, can't you cooperate a little? Can't you sleep a little longer?" She wanted to kick him, but she felt that kicking him might wake him up even faster, so she kicked empty air.

“There’s still enough time. Since you’ve decided to light the fire, come with me. There are some important things here that you need to take over.” After saying this, Lavini pointed to the sky, and suddenly, a shadow fell over the sky.

As the shadow descended and drew closer, upon closer inspection it turned out to be not a shadow at all, but a strangely shaped and enormous spaceship.

Chapter 682 Relics, Survivors, Dying Alone

Tepier looked at Lavigne in surprise, "Is this the 'Big Toy'?"

“Of course not, it’s just that the outer shell looks like one,” Lavigne explained. “It’s just a ship.”

The Big Toy was the mode of transportation that the otherworldly beings and the others used when they came here. It was also a mechanical city and museum equipped with various devices. It was thanks to it that the "city museum" was built in the other dimension. Otherwise, how could so many things be made by people alone without tools?

When those people left, they also took the Big Toy with them, leaving behind only some tools and materials.

This one, made by Lavigne, is just a vehicle with a similar outer shell.

“We don’t need such a flashy ship,” Caterpillar said.

Her words drew nods of agreement from the others.

"What I'm giving you isn't a ship, but people. Also, without this ship, you can't take away those living magical creatures. After I die, they won't live much longer if they stay here. Only you can take them away."

As he spoke, Lavini turned his gaze to Dinia, "If you want to do big things, you definitely need some manpower, right? Young man."

“Alright, let’s not waste any more time. Come with me.” After saying that, Lavini took off from the ground, but suddenly stopped in mid-air and added, “Let this philandering scumbag lie here for a while. Don’t bring him along; he’s an eyesore.”

Ambrina burst out laughing.

“That’s very well said,” Isabel immediately agreed.

Dinia's expression froze for a moment.

The expressions on the faces of the others were also varied.

Only Kate Pierre remained composed. The more relaxed and indifferent Lavigne became to death, the more distressed she felt, and the less able she was to accompany her old friend through the final stage of his life with a calm heart.

The artificial intelligences that came to this world with her were all comrades-in-arms, but Kate didn't get along well with a few people. She always talked about ideals and seemed to have the world in her heart, but as soon as a few humans left, she immediately changed. She only cared about herself and became opposed to each other, which forced everyone to separate. After they separated, they didn't do anything for this world.

It was Lavigne who, for the sake of this world, went so far as to commit suicide.

Lavini flew directly, and the group started their spaceship, arriving at the stern of the huge ship hovering in the air.

This giant airship is estimated to be over 1,000 meters long and over 200 meters wide, making it more than ten times larger than the world's largest sailing warship.

Entering from the stern, the first thing that hit them was a sour, foul smell. After walking a few steps, the group saw a large group of people, at least a hundred, all dressed in tattered, dirty, and patched clothes. They were working together to process some stones, mainly breaking them up to extract crystals, polishing them, and then sending the polished crystals forward.

Noticing Lavigne, Kate, Dinia, and their group approaching, some people stopped what they were doing to look over, while others continued their numb, mechanical work.

"What are you doing? Who told you to stop!" the foreman roared, then looked at Dinia and her group with a tense and wary expression. He knew that there were also well-dressed people like that at the front of the ship, but this group hadn't come from the bow and was definitely not one of them. "Who are you?"

As the overseer questioned them, several of his men trembled as they drew their weapons, staring intently at the group of intruders, ready to strike at any moment.

“You don’t know who I am, and you don’t need to know,” Lavini replied, raising his hand so that everyone within his sight instantly fainted and collapsed to the ground.

"Let's go," Lavini said, gesturing for Dinya and her group to continue.

In the next huge cabin, people sat at workbenches, further refining the polished crystals and engraving inscriptions on them.

As soon as the group entered, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at them.

The person in charge of supervision and management here was dressed much better than the others. When he saw Lavigne, he trembled and knelt down with a thud.

Lavini was too lazy to say anything more. With a wave of her hand, everyone fainted, just like the people before her. She had only come to take a look and see how the descendants of the Paradise citizens were doing now.

"I destroyed Paradise with my own hands, and had to relocate them here just to barely save their lives. I also had to sleep for a long time and suppress the other two versions of myself. I didn't have the extra power to take care of them. Sigh..."

Lavigne couldn't help but sigh.

The next compartment is where the fully processed crystals are put into the energy system, which is how the entire spaceship can maintain its basic functions.

Next, we went up to the second floor, which was entirely used for food production and processing.

The top floor was the domain of the "noble warriors," where, in addition to basic necessities, there were also some entertainment facilities.

But they are not simply exploiters. They face great risks, their lives are always at risk, and they also absorb new blood from below to enter their ranks from time to time.

The stones used at the bottom layer and the crops used at the second layer were all brought back from the outside world. Going to the outside world is a very dangerous thing. Not only might they encounter madmen, but they might also fall into nightmares themselves and become madmen.

In fact, becoming a noble warrior on this spaceship would inevitably lead to madness sooner or later.

The noble knights were shocked at first sight of Lavigne, followed by fervor, because they had all seen the idols, and Lavigne looked exactly like them.

Lavini didn't intend to talk to them and simply put them to sleep.

Upon arriving at the interior of the deck, this was where the priests and high-ranking nobles, who truly controlled the spaceship, resided.

"Excuse me, everyone," Lavigne said as she entered.

In an instant, everyone knelt down.

An old man knelt on the ground, weeping bitterly, and asked loudly, "Goddess, have our sins finally been atoned for?"

Lavini had a bit of a headache. She had never actually considered herself a god. A long, long time ago, there was some worship of her, but not to this extent. She also didn't want the people of Paradise to worship her excessively.

Guilty? She is the guilty one.

Unfortunately, she didn't have time to explain now. "Don't speak, listen to me. I'm leaving forever." With that, Lavini pointed at Kate, then at Dinia. "They will take you away from this closed world and out into the world. From now on, listen to them as much as possible."

"We swear on our lives that we will obey your will, Goddess," the old man swore with utmost sincerity.

Lavini was even more troubled, and turned to Dinia, saying, "Ha, the situation is a bit worse than I thought. However, there should be some new generation members here as well. You guys handle it. By the way, don't share your authority with that man. I've read some fragments of his consciousness; he's a habitual liar and not a good person."

Dinia was startled, then realized why she had always felt that Lavigne seemed to know her quite well.

"I have to go." Lavini intended to leave alone, not wanting to die under someone's gaze.

Chapter 683 Ship, People, Funeral

The White Whale Toy airship has a white hull that is somewhere between stone and metal. It is 1,121 meters long and 281 meters wide at its widest point. It is many times larger than the largest aircraft carrier in Ronan's original timeline, and its deck is the size of more than 40 football fields.

What Dinia and her group had seen along the way with Lavigne was only a small part, not the whole picture of the work area.

However, although the Beluga Toy was an empty ship and even carried airplanes and small gunboats, it didn't look like an aircraft carrier at all. It looked more like a cruise ship, especially the superstructure, although the superstructure was smaller and less numerous in proportion.

Below deck, inside the main body of the ship, there is no complex propulsion system.

It can move because of magic. Its flight principle is the same as that of the "sea creatures" that the group had seen in the white desert that resembled the heavens. It can also be said to be the same as the flight principle of elemental mages. It becomes part of the magic power in the world and then flies by borrowing its power.

And it can not only fly, but also go into the sea, and even go underground.