Chen Ran couldn't help but marvel at the wonders of fate.
Even outside the world, fate still turned around, allowing Bronya to obtain the core of the Herrscher of Reason.
Of course, the premise was that this core could be used.
If there were enough conditions, he could try to create an artificial Herrscher, but for now, it was better to forget it.
The Will of Honkai could not reach the Sea of Quanta.
After leaving this world bubble of a civilization on the brink of collapse, Bronya's thoughts became somewhat heavy.
Although she did not show it on her face.
She asked Chen Ran: "Is this the way every civilization ends?"
"Pretty much."
Chen Ran smiled and said: "When humans use medicine to cleanse the parasites in their bodies, they also do not care about the final fate of the parasites, right?"
Although comparing civilization to parasites was somewhat inappropriate, the principle was quite similar.
The higher-ups have absolute control over the lower ones.
Wait, this thought feels familiar.
Bronya suddenly spoke: "Is the Final Herrscher very powerful?"
"It should be powerful; actually, I haven't seen it in person."
Chen Ran smiled and said: "I also told you that during the time I experienced, the sixth Herrscher appeared in that era."
The two traversed into a new world bubble, and Bronya slowly listened to Chen Ran's words.
"Purely civilian technology, there isn't much difference between the last era and this one. The previous civilization actually achieved remarkable accomplishments in the realm of Honkai, but as I just said, that was already called the previous civilization."
If Origin is the beginning of everything.
Then Finality is the culmination of everything.
Speaking of this, Chen Ran's mood inevitably became somewhat restless.
Whether it was from Elysia's mouth, or in Bia's calculations, or the news Wendy brought from the Elysian Realm.
He disappeared after the battle of Finality.
Most likely perished on the battlefield of Finality.
Bronya's eyes slightly lowered.
The girl began to absentmindedly survey the new world bubble, yet like the first world bubble she encountered, this world bubble was already lifeless, only that the giant octopus monster had not yet appeared.
The Sea of Quanta would decompose all matter; this is the rule of existing quanta.
Chen Ran and Bronya explored the new world bubble for a while, then moved on to the next place, and the place after that...
On a conscious level, they were already approaching Seele's location.
At that moment, Seele, however, was being chased.
"Why am I still being chased?"
In a world bubble, Seele sought a wall for cover.
The vast world bubble did not provide her with any sense of security; she knew that neither the wall nor the entire world could block the presence of that guy.
In the world that fell into the Sea of Quanta, the concept of 'universe' no longer existed.
Seele only needed to slightly peek out to see the boundless darkness.
And in the darkness spreading across the Sea of Quanta, a huge snake head appeared, devouring all quantum life in the Sea of Quanta.
"Your presence is too obvious, Seele."
The consciousness hidden within the Stigmata reminded her: "Although Stigmata provides protective power, it also brings a huge attraction."
"Just like moths flying towards the flame, your existence is the torch of the Sea of Quanta."
Seele pursed her lips, seeing the creatures floating in the quantum sway towards her again.
If Chen Ran were here, he would probably know the true reason.
This giant snake was actually Kevin's summon in the Sea of Quanta, and Kevin was searching for all the energy of Honkai.
The power of Stigmata was equivalent to the power of Honkai; essentially, Kevin was looking for Seele to act as a power bank.
However, even though Chen Ran was not present, Seele could still realize that it was the Stigmata that caused this giant creature to pursue her relentlessly.
But there was no way around it; she couldn't just remove the Stigmata from her body.
Seele jumped into another world bubble once again.
It was like playing the 'hopscotch' game in Cocolia's orphanage; she stepped into another world.
"Oh oh oh oh!"
"What kind of creature is this? So big."
"Also two eyes, one nose!"
"Red Kite Teacher, Red Kite Teacher, is this the human you were talking about?"
In front of Seele were little two-headed figures. Although they were modeled after human forms, they were actually self-disciplined weapons ELF used to combat Honkai.
Seele's eyes revealed confusion: "Hello, I am Seele."
She blinked, probably the first time she had come to a world bubble with 'people' in it, and smiled: "Are there people here? What are you?"
"We? We are very powerful."
One little figure spoke, and at that moment, another said: "The imitation Judah brought Red Kite Teacher over."
In Seele's view, a small figure dressed in trimmed Shenzhou-style clothing excitedly ran over.
"It's really a human."
Red Kite paused and proudly said to the students: "Classmates, this is the human that Red Kite Teacher mentioned, the true creator of us ELF."
The imitation Judah blinked: "But this human is so weak, is she really our creator?"
Before Seele could speak, another figure said: "Imitation Judah, no violence allowed."
Red Kite coughed and said: "Hmph, human wisdom is far greater than ELF's. Red Kite Teacher will find you… oh no, I almost forgot, the ELF's information about humans seems to have been deleted by someone called Schrödinger."
Seele blinked: "Doctor Schrödinger?"
"Oh, human, do you know her?"
Seele said somewhat awkwardly: "Just call me Seele, but I have heard of that name; she is one of the founders of Anti-Entropy."
Although Anti-Entropy is divided into conservatives and radicals, Cocolia does not reject the several founders who established Anti-Entropy.
She is radical, but not to the point of arrogance, especially towards Edison and Schrödinger, who have already sacrificed in the records of Anti-Entropy; Cocolia still respects them.
Cocolia often told the orphans about the history of the establishment of Anti-Entropy, so it was no surprise to Seele that she knew about Schrödinger as well.
Seele shared what she knew with Red Kite.
However, Red Kite seemed to struggle to understand, only showing a rare hint of sadness upon hearing about the First Herrscher.
"It's been so long, and Honkai still hasn't been eradicated."
At that moment, the consciousness within Seele's Stigmata suddenly spoke up: "I remember, I think I've been here before."
"Another me?"
Seele was somewhat taken aback.
…
…
Chen Ran and Bronya had not encountered a world bubble with any civilization since.
In the Sea of Quanta, civilizations were actually in the minority.
"I can feel Seele is lingering."
He said to Bronya: "She should be in a huge world bubble; if we hurry, we can catch up."
"Okay."
Bronya's expression also became somewhat excited; after so long, they would finally be able to see Seele again.
"Don't get too excited." Chen Ran paused and said, "Finding Seele is just the first step; next, we need to return and find the exit to the Abyss Eye."
"Cocolia might not hold out for long; there are quantum creatures everywhere. We might return to find the Abyss City destroyed."
In response to Chen Ran's teasing, Bronya shook her head: "That won't happen. Sin is very capable, and Cocolia Mama isn't without her preparations."
A person might have the wrong name, but they would never have the wrong nickname.
Cocolia was referred to as the mother fox by Tesla, which naturally meant she had her trump cards.
Chen Ran didn't say anything further.
Quantum creatures were actually quite fragile; otherwise, in the storyline, Tesla would not have been defeated by Bronya in a 'traffic accident.'
During this time, they had cleared out quite a few quantum creatures and found that they were essentially all show and no substance.
Nowhere near as formidable as imaginary life.
The two of them jumped through discontinuous spaces and finally arrived at the location where Seele was.
It was a vast continent.
Bronya instinctively frowned.
Within the world bubble, Chen Ran couldn't sense Seele's location; they could only search within the world bubble.
But this world bubble before them was no less than a continent; finding someone here was incredibly difficult.
She instinctively looked at Chen Ran.
During this time, Bronya had developed a habit of seeking his help.
However, at that moment, Chen Ran's expression was somewhat strange.
Chen Ran's expression couldn't hide his melancholy.
"I remember this place."
He said: "This is a continent from our era."
Mu Continent had still been destroyed.
Perhaps because of the Herrscher of Rock, or perhaps for other reasons, in any case, this outcome seemed to have not changed.
Bronya whispered: "Bronya has heard you mention this; it's the academic center of your era."
"It's also the forefront of technology." Chen Ran said: "Fire Moth's research capabilities are actually not high; only a few geniuses are holding it up, while Mu Continent was the central hub for our era's fight against Honkai."
"Without Mu Continent, our era lost all hope."
His tone was somewhat heavy.
Fate would adjust back to its original position based on inertia, which meant Destruction was already a foregone conclusion.
Chen Ran seemed to understand why the system was number 666.
Using human wisdom to turn the wheel of fate, what the system had to do was challenge the limits.
Bronya fell silent for a moment.
She wasn't very good at comforting people, so she could only remain quiet and let Chen Ran express his emotions.
However, Chen Ran didn't stay in that mood for long.
"I've already mentally prepared for this; after all, you, Wendy, and Kiana are here, which actually means one thing."
He paused and didn't continue.
But Bronya understood.
This actually meant that no matter how hard Chen Ran tried to change the future, the end of the fallen civilization would not change.
Just like the civilization of the world bubble she had encountered before.
After that, the two of them fell silent again, with Bronya following Chen Ran's footsteps, stepping onto this place called Mu Continent.
She saw Chen Ran's temporary residence from the previous civilization, but it had been completely destroyed.
The opera house of Mu Continent still remained; Eden had held a concert there.
There were no cars left, only a few buildings.
They couldn't find Seele's location and could only search along the way.
Until a little figure peeked out.
ELF.Bella.
"Big Brother Chen Ran, where's my master?"
Chen Ran was slightly taken aback: "Bella? Wait, what's going on? Who's your master?"
"Isn't she your cousin?"
Bella's cheeks puffed up: "Why isn't my master with you? I've been waiting here for so long."
Chen Ran hesitated for a moment: "Are you saying you're Sirin's ELF?"
Bella rolled her eyes: "What do you think?"
Chen Ran paused and said: "Alright, Bella, how much historical data about this continent can you retrieve?"
Bella: "You answer my question first."
The little doll looked up at him, and Chen Ran couldn't help but feel a bit of a headache.
If Bella was Sirin's ELF, then there was only one possibility: she was created before Mu Continent was destroyed.
Then, it was very likely that Sirin had also brought Bella to participate in the battle against the Herrscher of Rock.
And from Bella's words, it seemed that after this battle, Sirin was probably still alive, but Bella had stayed in Mu Continent for other reasons.
However, this little doll seemed a bit rebellious.
Chen Ran thought for a moment and directly told Bella about his origins from the past.
Bella also answered his question: "I actually can't remember much. Two years ago, someone came here and deleted all the ELF records about humans."
"That bad guy is called Schrödinger; Teacher Red Kite said she's a good person."
Chen Ran couldn't help but twitch his lips.
If he remembered correctly, this should be related to Durandal's storyline.
And Schrödinger deleting ELF's information was Einstein's last wish.
At least that was how the storyline went.
However, there was no appearance of the Bella doll in the storyline, so it seemed that Mu Continent was also affected by him.
His sleeve was tugged by Bronya.
Now was not the time for reminiscing; they at least needed to know Seele's situation.
"Bella, do you know how to quickly find someone here? Mu Continent should have something like satellites or a central control center; can you take me there?"
"The central control location has been abandoned, but you can ask Teacher Red Kite."
Through Bella's narration, Chen Ran and Bronya also learned about the general history after Mu Continent's disappearance.
Due to the severed connection with civilization, Mu Continent began to mass-produce autonomous weapons and granted each weapon thinking rights, connecting all dolls to a central control center for remote control.
But the advanced thinking led the dolls to develop desires; the ELFs began to pursue equal treatment with humans, and under pressure, humans agreed, allowing these ELFs to become 'citizens' with equal status to humans.
Later, although Mu Continent was transferred to an artificial world bubble, due to the lack of celestial trajectories, this land quickly became uninhabitable for humans, leaving only the ELFs.
They fought against Honkai day after day until Honkai also disappeared.
Due to Schrödinger's arrival two years ago, the vast majority of ELFs had their records about humans erased, gaining complete freedom.
Only a few dolls still retained memories of humans.
For example, Red Kite, who was responsible for teaching every ELF.
For example, Bella, who just wanted to wait for Sirin.
Chen Ran couldn't help but ask the system: "Can I bring Bella back to that era?"
[Not possible.]
[But I can try.]
To this, Chen Ran could only feel quite surprised.
"I thought you would just say it's impossible."
This system surprisingly understood human needs.
Under Bella's guidance, Chen Ran and Bronya found the central control center.
Then, they happened to run into Red Kite and Seele, who was with her.
"Big Sister Bronya?"
"Seele."
Under Chen Ran's gaze, the two embraced each other.
Even Chen Ran hadn't expected it to go so smoothly.
However, just as he let out a sigh of relief, Seele's expression suddenly changed: "Big Sister Bronya, not good, it's coming! We need to hurry!"
"What is it?"
Before Bronya could introduce Chen Ran, Seele had already left her confused.
She instinctively looked at Chen Ran, only to see him with a serious expression, staring at the sky.
A snake was writhing, drifting from the quantum realm.
The snake's head flicked its hissing tongue, transmitting electromagnetic information, leaping into Chen Ran's mind.
[Long time no see, Chen Ran.]
——
Fifty thousand years ago, Fire Moth.
MEI and Vill-V were discussing face to face.
"How is it? Is it feasible?"
She asked while sipping her coffee.
"For experts, it might be possible, but MEI, you need to think carefully; if the information you give me is not wrong, then our enemy is not just Honkai."
"I know." MEI paused and said: "Besides Honkai, there's also humanity itself."
"Then I have no problem, but what do you plan to use as a carrier?"
After learning about the Universal Connection, MEI had a wild idea.
That is, relying on the Universal Connection principles developed by Chen Ran, to connect human consciousness dimensions with Honkai and share information.
Then, humanity could understand all information about Honkai through this.
"I will split Prometheus into several parts," MEI answered without hiding anything. "One part will be used to receive all information about Honkai."
"I thought you would first conduct the Universal Connection yourself."
"Honkai has the ability to alter consciousness." MEI did not conceal her thoughts: "Prometheus is a good experimental subject; at least even if it gets altered, I can still observe it."
In her mind, Prometheus was merely a tool.
Vill-V suddenly asked, "I'm curious, why don't you just go directly to Chen Ran? Since you know about the Universal Connection, it would be more convenient to find him than to find me."
MEI was slightly speechless: "Cocoon's attention is all on him."
Vill-V smiled mysteriously: "That shouldn't be a problem, right, Dr. MEI?"
MEI sighed: "I know you're dissatisfied with Cocoon, and even Fire Moth, but I have my own ideas."
"In any case, as long as we find five types of parallel truths through Honkai, humanity is not far from victory."
Vill-V stretched her waist: "Then, see you later."
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