When Chen Ran 'brought his family' to find the wealthy woman Eden, it was already two days later.
The wealthy woman before him was noble, charming, and elegant, having agreed to his request for temporary refuge during their communication.
Chen Ran and Eden were not familiar with each other at the moment, but that did not diminish the wealthy woman's generosity.
In the current situation, the Herrscher of Death could not be known to Fire Moth; only when MEI gradually grasped the internal authority would Chen Ran dare to reveal Seele's situation.
Even so, a living Herrscher has high research value, and Fire Moth is not a good place for Seele.
Therefore, Chen Ran had no better options and could only temporarily let Durandal assist in taking care of Seele.
After all, it was inconvenient for him to do it alone.
"Welcome to be my guest here, my friend."
When Chen Ran and the others arrived, Eden had already arranged for the butler to accommodate them.
Chen Ran couldn't help but express his gratitude, "I really appreciate it. If it weren't for the inconvenience, I wouldn't disturb you here."
His words only made Eden smile.
To Eden, this was just a small matter.
Chen Ran did not disclose the matter of the Herrscher of Death; he only told Eden that he had come to seek refuge.
Now she was also an investor in the First Research Institute, and she had heard some rumors about what was happening in Fire Moth.
For Eden, sheltering a few refugees was not a problem; if she could use this to understand Fire Moth, that would be even better.
After casually interacting with Vill-V and Chen Ran in the Mu Continent, Eden had been keen to pay attention to news about Honkai.
She was an entertainer and also a wealthy woman, and as long as the money was sufficient, there were indeed ways to gather information about Honkai.
However, the results of her inquiries left Eden feeling somewhat cold.
This was a natural disaster that humanity had yet to resolve, and even calling it a natural disaster was insufficient.
It came from the void and would ultimately return to the void.
Yet the countless damages it brought were heart-wrenching.
After Eden left, the butler arranged rooms for the three of them and then left, giving them space to be alone.
Seele followed closely by Chen Ran's side, her madness no longer visible; her crimson pupils had been replaced by blue ones.
She was becoming more and more like the Seele from fifty thousand years later.
Chen Ran had already considered whether Stigmata would also affect the inheritance of appearance.
However, now was not the time to study this.
As Seele drew closer to the Seele from fifty thousand years later, Chen Ran also noticed that the power she could wield was becoming weaker and weaker.
If the Herrscher of Death he first encountered was a powerful Herrscher, then now she might be able to match the Herrscher from fifty thousand years later.
Could this be the legendary, 'washed white and weakened by three parts'?
But fortunately, as the Herrscher side was temporarily suppressed, Seele also began to recall some fragmented memories.
Although these memories were not complete, they did not hinder her adaptation to the current life.
"So what do you plan to do about the current situation?"
As Seele was preparing to wash up in her new room, Durandal seized a moment to ask Chen Ran.
Chen Ran said, "We can't ignore Seele's situation, but I can't research it alone."
His plan was to rely on Schariac's holy blood to suppress her Herrscher Core's rejection.
However, he was also unsure whether Seele's life would be endangered after using the God-Slaying Spear, or if she would completely merge into a quantum state.
"I'm considering whether to inform the doctor at Fire Moth. You know, if I disclose this matter, I won't be able to control what happens next."
Reality is not a simulated scenario.
Reality doesn't give him a chance to rewind time after committing suicide and start over.
Before Durandal could respond, Chen Ran said, "Let's not discuss it for now. I'll have my colleagues bring some equipment later. I hope this equipment can identify the issues with Seele."
"And during this time, Seele still needs your help to take care of her. Thank you for your hard work."
Durandal replied gloomily, "Compared to this, I would rather go out on a mission."
"Well, we can discuss this with Eden."
Chen Ran joked, "We could completely bypass Fire Moth and establish another organization, or set up a subsidiary of Fire Moth, calling it ME Corp? Or maybe Super Electric Society? That would be fine too."
Durandal: "No, I think that's a big problem."
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In the end, Chen Ran did not establish the Super Electric Society, but his suggestion did catch Eden's attention.
In this world, having money alone is not enough.
It makes one an easy target for slaughter.
Outside of Mu Continent and Fire Moth, there are also institutions researching Honkai, and maintaining close contact with them, even if it's just financial and informational support, would only benefit Eden at this time.
However, this was something Eden would plan later.
Because of this, Durandal, as she wished, began to get busy.
With Bia's calculations of global Honkai probabilities, combined with access to Sky satellite data, Bia was already able to skillfully eliminate Honkai events as soon as they occurred.
For half a month, every time Fire Moth received a Honkai alert and rushed to the scene, they found they only needed to clean up.
This situation was reported by the soldiers to the higher-ups of Fire Moth, but at that time, the higher-ups were not concerned.
Because they were more focused on another matter.
After Chen Ran left Fire Moth to search for the Herrscher of Death.
Cocoon initiated a comprehensive investigation into Chen Ran.
Also included in the investigation were Vill-V and MEI.
"I thought Elysia's suggestion for Chen Ran to leave Fire Moth was due to some issues with him, but I didn't expect it to be Cocoon."
In MEI's laboratory, she couldn't help but rub her temples.
Even she couldn't guess why, after the X-10 experiment, Cocoon turned its investigation from internal collusion to targeting Chen Ran.
Of course, the most important thing is that Chen Ran currently cannot withstand scrutiny.
The reason is simple; whether it's the transcription genes for Honkai or the super mutation surgery, Chen Ran was the first to conduct experiments on them.
The severity of the super mutation surgery is something even ordinary people can understand.
This is the first step to falling into Honkai, and even MEI and Kevin are keeping the super mutation surgery a secret.
If Cocoon were to uncover this, without a doubt, the anger brewing from the jokes Fire Moth has made during this time would be unleashed on Chen Ran first.
Elysia was right; after investigating the X-10 experiment, she understood.
Fire Moth is not united internally, or rather, it has already begun to fracture.
Although this conclusion is surprising, the current reality tells MEI just that.
Kiana and Sirin were still being interrogated by the higher-ups of Fire Moth, but due to Mobius, they did not suffer inhumane treatment.
Ultimately, because no information could be extracted from the two, they returned to the Fifth Squad.
But Vill-V's situation was different.
When Cocoon investigated Vill-V, she retaliated by imprisoning Cocoon's personnel in the deepest parts.
Undoubtedly, this was a provocation.
However, the current versatile weapons were all upgraded by Vill-V, and she also had other weapon upgrade plans, so Fire Moth could only swallow this provocation silently.
What else could they do?
Drive Vill-V away? Don't be foolish; if Vill-V left, wouldn't that just allow Mobius to grow stronger?
The higher-ups of Fire Moth thought very simply: the elder faction represented by Mobius must not be given a chance to regain power.
So they planned to support Vill-V and MEI to counterbalance Mobius, especially MEI.
Cocoon's investigation into MEI was much gentler than its investigation into Vill-V.
To be precise, they only needed to confirm that MEI had no identity issues.
If the Weapon God Project succeeds, then MEI will leap forward to become a very important decision-maker in Fire Moth.
For MEI, this is a very important moment.
And Chen Ran's temporary departure from Fire Moth also allowed her to act without hesitation for the time being.
"However, where did Elysia's information come from?"
MEI's eyes held a hint of confusion.
In all of Fire Moth, the most active is Elysia, and the most mysterious is also Elysia.
You can see Elysia in any research institute, anywhere.
But you don't know what work she is doing or what she is responsible for every day.
Even MEI only knows that she joined Fire Moth relatively early, and nothing more.
"Forget it, let's not worry about these questions for now."
"Compared to that, the 11-dimensional space is what I should be researching."
After the success of the Weapon God Project, MEI was left with only two tasks.
The first was that she was delivering Vill-V to create a special item related to Chen Ran's global connection.
To be precise, the global connection gave Vill-V a new inspiration.
In contrast, the second task was more important.
The exploration of the five types of parallel truths.
As MEI pondered this matter, Fuxi and Nuwa were also quietly discussing in the First Research Institute.
Due to taking a long vacation, although they had returned to the First Research Institute, Cocoon had not kept an eye on them.
However, the tense atmosphere within Fire Moth made the two sisters feel suffocated for the first time.
"Fuxi, what should we do? Those people must be targeting Senior Chen Ran."
Nuwa paced anxiously, unsure how to help Chen Ran.
Fuxi comforted her, "Don't worry, you have to believe in Senior Chen Ran. At the very least, you should trust Dr. Mobius; the doctor won't let this matter go unchecked."
"But, but..."
Nuwa wanted to say something, just then, Klein walked over.
"Senior Sister Fuxi, Senior Sister Nuwa, it's time to work."
Her tone carried an undeniable fatigue; during this time after Chen Ran's departure, all the work had fallen on her.
While Fuxi and Nuwa had helped a bit, it wasn't much.
But she had already gotten used to it.
Klein didn't mention anything about the past, and she handled the current matters well enough that many things naturally fell to her.
Perhaps, this is what it means to be an honest person.
Even though she continued to work as usual, Fuxi still noticed that Klein seemed a bit down.
"Nuwa, go buy some milk tea."
Fuxi suddenly spoke.
Nuwa responded, "Why do I have to go buy it?"
"Of course, it's because you can only cause trouble here." Fuxi paused and said, "And Klein has worked hard during this time; isn't it right to buy milk tea to thank her?"
"I'm not just someone who causes trouble."
Nuwa muttered.
That said, she still complied with Fuxi's request and went out to buy milk tea.
"It's really inconvenient without takeout," she sighed.
After Nuwa left, Fuxi turned to Klein and said, "Can we talk conveniently? Klein, do you know something?"
"Whether it's about the Sixth Herrscher or about Chen Ran, could you let me know if it's convenient?"
Klein shook her head, "I don't know."
"Senior Chen Ran asked me to investigate the X-10 experiment first, but I couldn't help. Or rather, due to a lack of information, the one who put him in this predicament is me."
After saying this seemingly disconnected sentence, she continued working.
Fuxi couldn't help but frown but didn't know what else to say.
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While Fire Moth was still worried about Chen Ran, he received something sent by Vill-V.
The global connection testing terminal system.
During this time, Seele's quantumization frequency had clearly decreased, indicating that the soul crystal played an important role.
But this seemed to only address the symptoms, not the root cause.
As long as the quantum-level power within her is not eliminated, Seele will disappear; it's just a matter of time.
This situation made Chen Ran think of Bronya pulling Seele out of the Sea of Quanta.
However, in the story, Seele at least had Stigmata to help stabilize her body, while now she had no Stigmata, only the Herrscher Core.
This means that Seele's body was influenced by three types of energy.
Consciousness, Honkai, and quantum.
She needed to rely on her growing consciousness to suppress Honkai and quantum to achieve balance in her body, but correspondingly, the power of Honkai and quantum she could control would also decrease.
If there were no soul crystal, then either Honkai or quantum would dominate Seele's body.
Either she would completely disappear or become a Herrscher.
Chen Ran wanted to connect Seele's consciousness through the global connection; this was the fastest way for him to find a solution to Seele's condition.
If he couldn't solve it, then he would have to seek help from MEI.
According to Kevin, he found Seele still in a quantum state through MEI's method, which was enough to prove MEI's expertise in quantum physics.
Using the global connection testing terminal, Chen Ran began to share consciousness with Seele.
Then, he glimpsed a small part of the iceberg of the world beyond.
Due to the system instilling knowledge about quantum physics, Chen Ran understood the scene before him:
If the space beyond four-dimensional space is the realm of imaginary numbers.
Then encompassing the entire four-dimensional space is the existence of quantum.
Everything in the world is composed of quantum, and quantum has uncertainty.
When quantum is observed, it collapses from countless different forms of parallel universes into a specific universe.
This is the famous many-worlds interpretation in quantum mechanics.
If the universe is viewed as a cup of water, then there are countless identical cups surrounding it.
Let the water in the cup overflow, flowing along the walls of the cup, forming a small puddle in the middle of the table. This "puddle" does not belong to any one "cup," but every drop of "water" in the puddle could come from any cup.
Indeed, there exists a magical dimension between parallel worlds, and this "puddle" is called the "Sea of Quanta."
Theoretically, one can reach another universe by crossing the "Sea of Quanta," but theory is just theory; no one knows what lies at the end of the "Sea of Quanta."
In fact, entering the Sea of Quanta is an extremely difficult task! To enter the Sea of Quanta, one needs the portal known as "De. Moiana. Chino," which is called the [Eye of the Abyss].
Mathematically speaking, the "Sea of Quanta" does not belong to the known four-dimensional spacetime; it exists as a "folded plane" parallel to the universe inhabited by humans.
Unlike the "classical plane" where humans reside, the "Sea of Quanta" is, on a large scale, quite "fragmented." Even the basic physical parameters change continuously with shifts in coordinates, but amidst this fragmentation, there exist "stable islands" anchored by "Ether Anchor Points."
The world of the "Sea of Quanta" also has a set of fixed rules.
The "projection" of the solar system in the "Sea of Quanta" is extremely close to the target center of a certain "Ether Anchor Point."
If one were to transfer to the "other side of the Sea of Quanta" following the method of "projection," one would see a "clone Earth" that is largely similar.
What Chen Ran sees in Seele's consciousness is another Earth.
The "Sea of Quanta" is not a true ocean.
It is neither a specific planet nor composed of fluids like water.
It is a kind of "foundation" that does not belong to any "single universe," a "medium" that can support various possible worlds.
Chen Ran cannot depict its structure within a 3D or 4D mathematical system, but the "Sea of Quanta" is an "ocean" that can accommodate all worlds.
Through the observation of quanta, what Chen Ran sees is a brand new world:
The classical plane inhabited by humans is suspended in invisible imaginary branches, and beneath the world lies a basin.
The quanta, composed of matter, seem to have grown invisible tentacles, attempting to peel away the world.
The quanta are trying to corrupt this world.
Just as Chen Ran was observing, suddenly a tentacle lunged towards his consciousness.
However, before the tentacle could get close, Chen Ran felt a dense Honkai sever it.
It was the Herrscher Core within Seele.
Honkai and quanta have been colliding and entangled with each other.
Chen Ran woke up.
In the Stigmata space constructed by Herrscher Sirin's thoughts, he began to converse with Seele on equal terms.
"After all this, I think we should be able to communicate normally now, right?"
Seele, at the level of consciousness, had complete memories.
However, at this moment, the consciousness dominating her was Honkai.
"We have always been communicating normally, just in a way that humans cannot yet comprehend. Honkai is our language; every disaster is a voice we emit."
"Every Destruction is our embrace of civilization."
Honkai has no will; it is the rule.
But that does not mean it cannot produce sound.
To be precise, since there are Honkai life forms formed by physical rules, they are called Herrscher.
Naturally, there will also be higher-dimensional life forms formed by Honkai rules.
They are called: the Will Overseer.
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