Nurse Alice couldn't allow Nick to call the Sun.
How could she explain her actions?
She had destroyed a base!
Nurse Alice kept chasing Nick and continued attacking.
She used endless abilities, but Nick always managed to transform at the right moment.
When she used abilities that targeted Force Specters, he transformed into a Physical Specter.
When she used attacks that dealt with Specters in general, he transformed into a human.
It was like Nick was every category of living being, and he always had a counter.
However, Nurse Alice was still more powerful than Nick, and despite the arsenal of weapons he had in his Sanctuary, Nurse Alice was pushing him back.
"You really think you can stop me? Give up and teach me your knowledge!" Nick transmitted.
BOOOM!
Yet, Nurse Alice just kept attacking without saying anything.
"Fine," Nick said.
Nick teleported again.
This time, Nurse Alice didn't follow him.
The reason was simple.
Nick had teleported to a height of almost 30 kilometers.
Any being that reached a height of 30 kilometers would be mercilessly killed by the Sun.
In a way, Nick was essentially directly beside the Sun right now.
"Now what?" Nick transmitted.
Nurse Alice gritted her teeth.
She had tried her best, but she couldn't kill Nick in time.
If the Sun weren't here, she would be able to kill him.
"Last chance," Nick said. "Teach me, or I will call the Sun and tell it that you destroyed a base."
Nurse Alice didn't say anything.
Every way led to death.
"Why are you so against teaching me?" Nick asked. "Is your confidence in my power that low?"
"It's not you," Nurse Alice finally answered. "It's humanity. How can I put my life in humanity's hands? Humanity can't win. Teaching you will ensure my destruction!"
"Humanity?" Nick asked. "What do you think I have been doing all this time?"
"If I can prove to you that humanity has a chance, will you finally comply?"
Nurse Alice remained silent.
By now, Nick had already fully recovered his Zephyx, and she knew that she wouldn't be able to kill him in time.
He could just teleport back to the Sun.
There was no way.
"Fine, show me your proof," Nurse Alice said.
Nick's brows furrowed.
Once more, he had to take a risk, but it was necessary.
'She already knows enough to kill me. Knowing more won't change things.'
'Even if she destroys the underground city, it won't be a big loss.'
'This era was never supposed to succeed.'
'The underground city exists to gather information.'
'By now, I know how to deal with the Nightmen, and we don't need the Zephyx anymore.'
The next moment, Nick appeared in front of Nurse Alice.
"Follow me," he said.
Nurse Alice just glared at Nick.
The two of them traveled to the underground city.
'I would have never expected that I would lead Nurse Alice right to the underground city.'
As soon as they arrived, Nurse Alice noticed that there was an empty space in her perception.
If she didn't know that something was there, she wouldn't have noticed it.
Nick opened the wall, and the two of them entered.
As soon as Nick opened the inner wall, Nurse Alice saw everything.
Over a thousand Protectors.
People living in the darkness.
People who didn't use Zephyx.
How was that possible?!
Nurse Alice had seen how the Empire had failed.
For millennia, the Empire had secretly gathered its power before striking.
With the addition of the Nightmare, this tactic had become impossible.
Even if Nick knew everything there was to know about energy manipulation, how would that help her?
Humanity needed to be powerful enough to fight the enemy.
The enemy had so many contingency plans that Nick couldn't possibly deal with all of them.
He needed more people.
It wasn't like the enemy would launch one attack after the other in waves.
No, the enemy would use everything at once.
If the Sun got destroyed,the enemy would look at Nick's power.
If he wasn't very strong, they would send fighters to kill him.
However, if they feared that he was too powerful, they would just directly launch a world-ending weapon.
Alternatively, if Nick destroyed the world-ending weapon first, the Sun would destroy all life on the planet.
Maybe it would even destroy the entire planet.
Nick couldn't be in two places at once.
He would need to deal with the weapon, and humanity would need to fight for themselves.
But how were they supposed to grow strong enough to resist the enemy when they couldn't accumulate any power in peace?
Yet, when Nurse Alice saw the humans living in darkness and their power, she started to believe.
Despite the Nightmare…
Despite the Envious Researcher…
Despite the Sun…
Despite the Null…
Nick had somehow managed to create such a powerful and technologically advanced force!
"This is not the true weapon," Nick said. "This era is already too old. We will not gain the power necessary to strike the enemy during this era."
"All of this is just preparation."
"As soon as the next era begins, I will create a new city."
"Then, humanity has thousands of years of time to advance."
Nurse Alice remained silent.
Humanity…
Right now, humanity had access to the accumulated knowledge of the Enlightened Ones.
If she taught Nick everything there was to know about energy manipulation, the full power of the Enlightened Ones would be available to all humans.
Nurse Alice weighed her chances.
If everything went according to plan, humanity might have a greater chance of victory than she had thought.
Naturally, Nurse Alice also thought about destroying the city for just a moment, but she already knew that there would be no point.
Nick could just create a new one.
As long as Nick was alive, humanity would rise again and again.
And sadly, she didn't have the power to kill Nick.
It was over.
Her life was in Nick's hands.
By now,she fully believed that Nick would actually kill himself just to take her with him.
He had to.
If he weren't genuinely willing to do that, he wouldn't be able to convince her, and she knew that.
"I will teach you," she said.
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