บท 1294: A sad end

"I know and...now I accept it too. But I can't change the past. All of their deaths will weigh heavily on my conscience for as long as I am alive, but all I can do now is move on and be better prepared the next time."

Despite the grave situation he had found himself in, Hao Xuan still wanted to come to an amicable conclusion with Baracus if it was at all possible.

"Please...just tell me the truth. Why are these shadows trying to get to the control room? Why did you lie to me?"

There was a brief moment of silence between them and just when Hao Xuan was about to snap, Baracus spoke up.

"The system reviewed the logfiles and deemed the events of this world too extreme for the host's mental state. For that reason, an alternate timeline was created."

"That's fine, just tell me what really happened," Hao Xuan mumbled with a lowered head. He was prepared for the worst.

Within Baracus's internal mainframe, two more lines of red code flashed by that were not revealed to Hao Xuan.