บท 220: World Summit (6)

"Ah. Sorry, I got lost in thought for a moment." Jayce was suddenly knocked out of his train of thought. This was most certainly not the time to go down the rabbit hole of the Rubick's existence and his goals.

"The trick is… You need to abandon the system."

This time there was only silence in response to his words, almost as if he hadn't said anything to begin with. The words were so outrageous that no one could string any words together to retort.

Abandon the system? The one thing that has allowed them to survive this damned new world, against all the strong monsters that had tried to kill them. Wouldn't doing so doom them to die a tragic death, like all those before them?

"Y-You can't be serious. How can we just abandon the system? Isn't that a death sentence?"

Sophie was the first to raise her objections. Her words mirrored the mindset and doubts of majority of the crowd.