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Chen Huijie sat quietly in the captain's seat of the flagship, her gaze somewhat vacant, seemingly not focused on the data panel in front of her at all.

Her thoughts had already drifted far away, and she was lost in thought.

"Xiao Chen, you've put the data panel upside down." Talulah's voice suddenly came, pulling Chen Huijie back to reality from her reverie.

She looked at the data panel in her hand with a blank expression, and then realized that she had indeed put it upside down.

"Oh, sorry, I was distracted." Chen Huijie quickly straightened the data panel and prepared to start checking the data sent by the warship.

However, just as her hand was about to touch the panel, Talulah snatched it away.

“Your mental state is very strange, Xiao Chen,” Talulah said seriously, looking directly into Chen Huijie’s eyes.

Chen Huijie's hands froze in mid-air. She helplessly lowered them, sighed, and then replied, "Kirsaji told us that one of the missions is related to our world."

"So?" Talulah pressed.

“Based on her speculation, we are very likely to have to confront the pre-civilization head-on.” Chen Huijie’s voice was somewhat low.

"You think we're no match for the previous civilization?" Talulah frowned.

Chen Huijie remained silent for a moment, then finally nodded and said softly, "...Yes."

Talulah looked at Chen Huijie and knew that she was not someone who would be easily defeated by difficulties.

Based on her understanding of Chen Huijie over this period of time, she does not believe that Chen Huijie would be so depressed simply because she might face an opponent like the former civilization.

However, Talulah decided to comfort her: "Everyone is here for you, Chen. We are a team, and no matter what difficulties we encounter, we will face them together."

"At worst, I'll call Frostnova back; I doubt she'll refuse my request."

“Perhaps you are right.” Chen Huijie slowly stood up, her movements hesitant, as if she were thinking about something.

Then, she slowly walked to Talulah's side and gently hugged her.

The hug was brief, but it was full of warmth and understanding.

Then, Chen Huijie released Talulah and took the data panel from her hand.

Her gaze fell on the data on the panel, scrutinizing it carefully, as if searching for some important information.

After a while, she looked up at Talulah and said with a smile, "We are now capable enough to explore the unknown."

Talulah looked at Chen Huijie, a hint of relief flashing in her eyes.

She smiled and replied, "I'm glad you understand."

Then, she turned to leave the bridge so that Chen Huijie could focus on her work.

However, just as Talulah turned around, a strange voice rang in her ears.

The voice's tone was constantly changing and elusive, but Talulah could understand every word it spoke.

“You know she’s not worried about these things,” the voice said.

Talulah stopped walking, but did not turn around.

Her expression remained calm, as if the voice was not unfamiliar to her.

"So what?" Talulah replied calmly. "Xiao Chen has her own judgment, and I trust her decision."

After saying that, Talulah continued walking towards her room, ignoring the voice.

Her steps were firm and confident, seemingly unconcerned about the voice's questioning.

However, as Talulah reached the door and prepared to open it, the voice rang in her ears once again.

"You'd be willing to give your life for her, but is it really worth it?"

Talulah's right hand, which was resting on the door, suddenly stopped, and her body trembled slightly.

Her tone suddenly turned low, revealing a hint of warning.

"I don't know who you are, but if you dare to harm Xiao Chen..."

"Shouldn't she be wary of you? You've put Lungmen in danger, you've made the infected in Lungmen suffer injustice, you've made the people she was protecting die in a conspiracy..."

These words struck Talulah's heart like a heavy hammer. Her body trembled slightly, but she quickly regained her composure.

Talulah stood in front of the mirror, staring coldly at her reflection, as if the person in the mirror was not her.

Her voice was cold and firm: "Enough, what you're saying means nothing to me."

However, the other party's words did not stop, but became increasingly sharp: "Do you think loyalty alone can absolve you of your sins? Can you atone for the innocent citizens and infected who died in Chernobog? Can you atone for the people in the Reunion Movement who believed in you?"

Each question was like a sharp sword, piercing straight into the depths of Talulah's heart.

Her face grew paler and paler, her lips pressed tightly together, and her hands unconsciously clenched into fists, veins bulging.

"Can you... get Alina's forgiveness?" These words were like the final, fatal blow, making Talulah unable to bear it any longer.

"Enough!" she suddenly roared, her voice echoing in the room.

She suddenly looked up, her eyes bloodshot, her soft silver hair obscuring her face.

However, the moment she lowered her head, the scene in the mirror subtly changed.

Blue feathers drifted down slowly, as if they had floated in from another world.

These feathers were light and beautiful, a stark contrast to Talulah's current state of mind.

The "Talulah" in the mirror slowly raised her head. It was a face exactly like Talulah's, but it exuded an eerie aura.

Her eyes were a deep blue, like the ocean, but at this moment, they were filled with mockery and sarcasm.

"Do you really have the ability to step into the unknown?" the "Talulah" in the mirror said in a disdainful tone. "Do you?"

Her voice echoed in the air, as if mocking Talulah's incompetence outside the mirror.

“Besides relying on others, you have no other options…” she continued, each word like a sharp blade piercing Talulah’s heart. “You can’t do anything meaningful for her, you don’t even deserve to ask…”

Talulah's face turned pale, her lips trembled slightly, and she wanted to refute but found herself speechless.

"You are an executioner, you have killed countless people who trusted you..." The voice of "Talulah" in the mirror grew colder and colder, "You willingly degenerated, choosing to become the Black Serpent..."

"Shut up!" Talulah finally couldn't take it anymore and shouted, "I'm not the Black Serpent!"

However, the "Talulah" in the mirror didn't stop. Instead, she sneered, "Do you really think so? You're really not... 'Black Serpent'?"

Talulah's body trembled violently. Some blurry fragments of memory flashed through her mind, but she tried desperately to grasp them, only to find that they vanished in an instant, like smoke.

"Do you really think you have absolutely no connection to the 'Black Serpent'?" The "Talulah" in the mirror pressed closer. "Do you really think that behemoth has granted you 'freedom'?"