Otherworld Advance Team-Chapter 1803 - 1796: Success Lies in People

After concluding his conversation with Emperor Wu, Luo’er was deep in thought in his carriage returning to the mansion.

The current situation seemed to differ from what he knew. Could prophecies really be altered? If that were the case, what would become of his belief in his own destiny?

"Luo’er, are you still thinking about Feng?" Fulajie’er noticed Luo’er’s mood and asked cautiously.

"I don’t know how to express it."

Luo’er appeared quite troubled.

"Tell me, I can help you sort it out." Fulajie’er appeared in front of Luo’er, arms behind her back, head tilted.

"How long have we known each other?" Luo’er asked suddenly.

"Hmm... seven years or maybe eight..." Fulajie’er fell into contemplation.

"Do you remember when we met Feng?"

"I remember, it was that year, which month was it?"

"August 3, Year 53."

"Wow, you actually remember it so clearly?"

"Because that day, I felt I glimpsed my future... I thought prophecy was absolute, so I was full of confidence. But when the prophecy deviated, my confidence was increasingly questioned."

"What do you mean?"

"Should we hand Feng over to Emperor Wu, confirm her identity, and give her a home?"

"Of course not, Luo’er, why would you think that? Feng’s home is in Lipei City, at headquarters, not in the East Continent. You promised the seer to take good care of her, yet you want to leave her in this unfamiliar place?"

Fulajie’er was greatly surprised by Luo’er’s thought, and spoke naturally, as if pouring beans from a bamboo tube.

"Yeah, I thought the same, so the cognition ended up deviating."

"What do you mean?"

Fulajie’er was puzzled by Luo’er’s cryptic attitude.

"I firmly believe that once Feng finds her home, she will leave us; I firmly believe that in my latter years, I will no longer face mortal risks, and we can all enjoy a peaceful old age. Because these are the truths I glimpsed from the Book of Prophecy."

"However, if we choose not to return Feng to the royal family, it means we altered the prophecy, indicating that people can change their fate; meaning, what I previously believed to be safe is really walking a tightrope, and just thinking about it makes me break out in cold sweat."

"When I can’t accurately determine the final outcome, every decision I make feels like a matter of life and death. The Book of Prophecy... What should I do?"

"Hmm..."

After hearing Luo’er’s narrative, Fulajie’er pondered for a long time before understanding the relationship, and cautiously asked, "You mean, according to the premonition from the Book of Prophecy, Feng will return to Dongsheng’s royal family. But if not handing Feng over to the royal family means that the seer’s premonition can be broken."

"Your previous confidence was entirely built on the premonition given by the Book of Prophecy. So once you realize the prophecy can be changed, then what you believed in collapsed, is that it?"

"Hmm..."

Luo’er gently nodded.

"What’s there to be troubled about?" Fulajie’er asked, tilting her head.

"No need to be troubled?"

Luo’er was very surprised.

"My sister told me a story," Fulajie’er thought before continuing, "an Earthling said people should believe in God’s existence. Because if God doesn’t exist, people would lose nothing. But if God actually exists, those who don’t believe will go to Hell."

"Luo’er, your troubles are just like that story. If prophecies cannot be changed, what we do is useless, although it’s frustrating, there’s no need to be troubled. If prophecies can be changed, it means the Book of Prophecy has never been credible; meaning we’ve always been exercising our personal agency rather than blindly trusting prophecy."

After hearing Fulajie’er’s words, Luo’er paused for a while before coming to his senses.

He seemed to have forgotten, he once told Cheng Ziang, no matter what we do, can’t change the prophecy’s result, everything we do will just be part of making the prophecy come true.

Since that’s the case, what’s so difficult?

Whether we act or not, the prophecy will unfold, so just act according to our will, why be so tangled?

And as Fulajie’er described, perhaps the prophecy is just my illusion, all along, it was the cooperation between teammates and personal agency that allowed the Advance Team to repeatedly turn dangers into safety.

"Seems like that’s the case..."

Luo’er thought for a moment and couldn’t help but let out a bitter smile.

"Exactly," Fulajie’er also smiled, affectionately leaned over, wrapped her arms around Luo’er’s neck, smiling she said, "We wouldn’t let Feng go. If the prophecy is true, we can’t keep her anyway. But if the prophecy is false, then nothing will happen, just like the story my sister told me."

"Hmm, thank you for your advice." Luo’er replied with a smile.

"Hmm..." Fulajie’er blinked, thought for a moment, then tilted her head and asked, "Well, Luo’er, if the prophecy is true, can we still go back?"

"Of course we can, as I’ve said before," Luo’er said matter-of-factly, "Even without considering prophecy, Lord Xia Yue informed me, the headquarters is organizing a rescue fleet, maybe it’s already on its way."

"Really, I can finally go back and reunite with my sister." Fulajie’er laughed happily.

"But for now, we still have to solve the current problem to promote peace between Dongsheng Empire and West Outer Heaven."

"But you have to go to the palace every day and accompany that Emperor Wu."

"It’s part of the agreement," Luo’er stated naturally, "First, the Wen Family hopes we will assist them in guiding the construction of new-style armies. Ziang and others have already followed up on this. Second, they hope I can stabilize Emperor Wu, so I have Emperor Wu learning spells and magic; not as an excuse, but it’s not something that can be learned quickly, spells and magic have never been mastered quickly."

"Speaking of which, I seem to have the fewest spells vocabulary in the Advance Team."

"You have the nerve to say that, being a demigod yet an illiterate..." Luo’er teased.

"Well, well, isn’t it because you guys are too strong," Fulajie’er pouted slightly, somewhat shyly, "Besides, demigods can easily use magic effortlessly, what’s the point of spells? Direct magic overload can easily kill anyone."

Saying this, she circled behind Luo’er, wrapped her arms around his neck and said with lingering fear, "And that Liseya, she’s ridiculously strong. Every face-to-face encounter with her makes me feel uncomfortable all over."

"You should be thankful she’s on our side." Luo’er responded.

"To be accurate, she’s on Cheng Ziang’s side." Fulajie’er corrected.

She seemed to have thought of something, then continued, "Speaking of which, the relationship between you two is really good, even though you occasionally fight, you always make up, truly enviable."

"What’s there to envy, aren’t you a part of us too?" Luo’er laughed.

"Yes, yes, that’s true, but I always feel that I’m really close to some people, others feel like strangers, even when meeting, I don’t know what to say. Unlike you, who can chat with anyone."

"Probably because I’m just easy-going."

"Don’t be humble, everyone knows it’s because of your face." Fulajie’er glared playfully.

Fulajie’er saw very clearly, it’s because Luo’er was good-looking that he’s well-liked and can get on with anyone.

Anyone first meeting Luo’er would be attracted by his appearance and subsequently feel amiable toward him.

This amiability allows Luo’er to take the lead in any relationship right from the start, what he says goes.

In this situation, the same holds true for the two girls, just as for Cheng Ziang and Hu Daoke.

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