Doomsday Pillars

After Sidao and the two fighters who followed Christina left the room, Alex immediately looked at Christina. Currently, in the meeting room that provided views of the Bali coast, there were only Alex and Christina left.

Before the expedition to destroy the Abyss Hole, the last time they met was at the first world conference that was held inside the pillar network. It was 8 months ago. At that time, Alex remembered she looked exhausted and restless.

Even though she looked much tougher this time, after knowing her so long, Alex could tell the strong front was merely a facade to hide the tremendous amount of pain she had suffered inside.

Alex just waited for her to speak patiently, as Christina kept staring outside the window. After a moment, she finally turned around facing him and said, "Alex, do you remember? It was only last year that you came to Singapore to warn me about the apocalypse."

"Yeah, I remember. I met you at the Hawkers Market."

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Christina then walked a step closer towards Alex as she stared at his eyes and said, "Then, why did you warn me?"

"Why? What do you mean with why? I don\'t understand," Alex said, confused with the weird question.

Looking at Alex\'s reaction closely, Christina then continued.

"At that time, you are about to give your speech the next day. To tell the world about the apocalypse. I believe at that time, you were very busy dealing with various things and the fact that you came from the future. So…why? Why did you personally take the time to come and tell me things I would have heard the next day?"

Alex wondered about what she was trying to know from him.

"Why? Of course because you are my good friend, Tina."

Christina turned around and walked towards the window. She then proceeded to look out of the window. There she could see the beautiful view of the Bali beach with waves crashing onto the shore. She continued her words, "What a paradise you created here, Alex."

Upon hearing that, Alex said, "What are you trying to say, Christina? "

She once again turned around and said, "Why…? You came to see me and warned me of the apocalypse, but you didn\'t ask me to come with you to Bali. I know you have had prepared this base before you went to Singapore and you have been inviting people to the base. So, why didn\'t you invite me?"

"..."

Alex was stunned by her question. With all the events that happened during the apocalypse, things like this were far from his mind. However, when he saw his best friend being emotional in front of him, Alex thought hard to find out the real reason he didn\'t invite her to Bali.

"To be honest, I once thought about it, bringing you to Bali. But, you are Christina... Christina Young from the famous Young family. I certainly couldn\'t just take you and your family to Bali. And what about your husband? At that time, he was in the military. What would he have thought about this?"

"Damn you, Alex!" Christina shouted as her emotions exploded.

"You know that my relationship with my husband has never gone well. Why did you take him as an excuse?"

"That\'s not-" Before Alex could finish his words, Christina cut him off.

"It\'s about that. Isn\'t it?"

"About that? What do you mean?" asked Alex, truly puzzled.

"All these years, you… you still blame me for not choosing you and following my family\'s choice. Am I right?"

"..."

"You always have been intimidated by my family and you didn\'t fight harder enough for me. Well, you should\'ve!"

Alex was speechless when he realized what Christina meant. The things she was saying right now were such a distant past for him. The current Alex was not the same Alex in his youth. For him, so much time had passed until he reached this point. Starting from his previous life college days in Australia, his previous life marriage, the beginning of previous life doomsday, plus the ten years he spent in the apocalypse, and, finally, the restart he had gone through in this life.

Alex admitted there was such a feeling inside him before and probably there was still some of it now, seeing how he was affected when he saw her current emotional state. But currently, his mind was only filled with thoughts about the apocalypse. Therefore, he unconsciously and forcefully rejected all other thoughts beside those, especially the emotional ones.

Therefore, the fact the problem was that her friend felt neglected by him when she needed him the most. Alex then proceeded to think back about his decision to not take her. He wondered if that time he should have asked or tricked her to come to Bali, regardless of the consequences. But at that time, it was impossible for him to know if his plans in Bali would be successful or that hers would turn badly.

Alex was truly speechless. He was not sure on what to say to pacify this, thus he just stood there awkwardly. Christina, on the other hand, was currently feeling anger and sadness. She looked like she was about to cry, but she forcefully held back her tears from dropping. She then forced herself to calm down.

"I\'m sorry, Alex. I cannot control my emotions recently. Please don\'t mind all the things I just say."

She paused for a while and continued her words, "I\'m so messed up, Alex."

"That boy, Ma Sing. He was so pitiful. He had to see his sister die right in front of him, thus I decided to take care of him and promise myself to protect him. But look at the situation now! He died and now, I\'m not sure if I can even help my son, Caleb."

She turned back to the window. "Seeing your paradise here, your family, and your two daughters made me jealous, and angry at you."

Turning around and approaching Alex, Christina then grabbed his hand. "Please, Alex. I really need your help."

Alex nodded and said, "Of course, Tina. What can I do for you?"

Staring at Alex\'s eyes directly, Christina said, "Come with me tomorrow to Singapore and help me save my boy Celeb."

"..."

Alex was stunned, not knowing what to say. Previously, he had promised Rico to help save his son. He was also required to make the entire order of artifacts prepared by his wife. He couldn\'t just drop everything and leave with her, his plate was truly full.

Seeing Alex was silent, Christina became emotional again. "Can you help me? I\'m sure that with your help, it can be done easily. Please, Alex. It will only take a few days, I already saw what kind of force you have here."

"I will definitely help you. But my hands are full at the moment and I cannot go with you tomorrow."

Hearing that, Christina grew even more emotional. Alex became more and more worried seeing Christina, who was currently unable to think clearly because of her emotions.

Grabbing her shoulders, Alex said, "Calm down, Tina. Listen here."

"I\'m sure your son is fine at the moment. Therefore, I promise you I will come to Singapore before the tribulation begins. I will accept the prime minister\'s invitation and come help you, but not right now. Trust me ok?"

Alex believed this was the best possible solution for the situation. He wasn\'t sure how long it would take to rescue Rico\'s son Adam. However, he was sure he could fulfill both promises with this arrangement. 

When compared the two boys, Caleb was not under immediate threat, while Adam was being experimented by the Heavenly Gate. Alex also considered the threat the Heavenly Gate posed to the world, thus the reason he decided to do so.

It\'s the most logical.choice.

Christina froze for a moment when she heard Alex\'s answer. She then said, "You\'re right, Alex. I\'m too impulsive. I\'m sorry, Alex. Sorry for being so emotional." She then went ahead and hugged Alex, who was surprised by the sudden hug.

A few seconds later, she released him and smiled before she left the room.

Later that day, Alex received news that Christina and the firebird members were at the dock and ready to leave for Singapore.

Not knowing why, Alex suddenly felt a heavy heart. He felt a bad feeling for her that made him want to follow her to Singapore right away.

Then suddenly, Alex remembered about the letter given by Zhao Fan. He quickly took out the letter out of his pocket and opened it.

Inside it, there was only one sentence.

[Do not follow her. Our world survival depend on it]

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