It was brought out by floating in the air.
"Those are people from the laboratory, we have to save them."
Theresa took out Judas, and Cecilia took out Black Abyss White Flower.
Then... then Ye Chang'an tied them both up.
Judas was powerful, but the 97-year-old Theresa didn't know how to use its Zero Rated Power yet.
Black Abyss White Flower was powerful, but the 21-year-old Cecilia couldn't even touch Ye Chang'an.
With an Arbiter layered upon an Arbiter, how could they fight?
Otto Apocalypse lost a large-scale Honkai energy research facility, and also lost his only two S-rank Valkyries under his command.
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Song of World Destruction: Displaced Time: 9. The Arbiter was shattered by Chi Yuan's punch.
Looking at the Schicksal Valkyrie force, all of whom had fallen into a deep sleep, Ye Chang'an stroked his chin and muttered.
"Are they too weak, or am I too strong? I took them all down so easily."
The battle just now could only be described in one sentence: instant annihilation upon meeting.
He hadn't even used the Void Archon Authority, only the Authority of Reason to create a Mimic Feather Dust, and in a short while, all the Valkyries were lying on the ground, asleep.
Even Cecilia was no exception.
This girl could clearly resist the illusion created by Sirin.
"Let's take them all with us, so Otto doesn't send people to cause trouble later."
Ye Chang'an waved his hand, and countless chains rolled up the Valkyrie force, loading them into a new vehicle, and they advanced grandly towards Starlight City.
Of course, he wasn't idle during the journey. Using Feather Dust to connect to the dreamscape, he pulled Cecilia and Theresa, these two S-rank Valkyries, into a group chat.
"(⊙o⊙)... Where is this place? Wasn't I just outside the Babylon Laboratory?" Cecilia, who had entered the illusion, was completely bewildered, and Theresa, who entered the group chat afterward, was equally confused.
"Cecilia, you're here too."
The two met, but their exchange of information yielded no useful clues.
While they were troubled, the sound of a piano reached their ears.
They looked around in confusion, followed the sound to a large tree, and saw a young man with white hair playing the piano under it.
The music was beautiful, the youth was handsome; it was a very aesthetic scene.
The two women watched blankly, applauded and praised after the music ended, and Theresa stepped forward to ask, "Um, hello, do you know what this place is? And how can we get out?"
"Hello, Theresa, and Cecilia." Ye Chang'an, mimicking the appearance of the youth, smiled and nodded in greeting.
He ignored the surprised expressions on their faces when he called out their names and continued, "This is a dreamscape, a dreamscape for us to converse in."
"When the conversation is over, you can naturally leave."
"...A dreamscape?" The two women were bewildered, but they tentatively accepted the fact.
"Excuse me, sir, may I ask your name?" Cecilia asked.
"My name is Chang'an, and I am an Arbiter." Ye Chang'an introduced himself, not hiding his identity as an Arbiter.
Why hide it? It would be exposed sooner or later anyway.
"An Arbiter? You?" The two women were shocked and assumed a fighting stance.
Seeing that Ye Chang'an was sitting calmly and showed no inclination to attack, they awkwardly retracted their stances.
"Sorry, Mr. Chang'an, we took your joke seriously, but please don't make such jokes next time."
Cecilia smiled apologetically, earning a strange look from Ye Chang'an.
"I'm not joking."
"(⊙o⊙)..." Cecilia was stunned, and Theresa couldn't help but retort:
"That's what a joke is. If you were an Arbiter, how could you talk to us so nicely? Arbiters are incomprehensible beings, impossible to communicate with."
Strange notion, very strange at least in the current civilization.
"...Don't you know that the leader of Anti-Entropy is an Arbiter?" Ye Chang'an asked with a strange expression.
"Huh? Anti-Entropy? What's that?" Theresa asked, confused, and Cecilia also looked bewildered.
"...It's another anti-Destruction organization formed by the split of Schicksal's North American branch," Ye Chang'an tried to explain, but it only made the two women more confused.
"The North American branch didn't split; it has always been under the management of Schicksal Headquarters," said Theresa, the head of the Schicksal family, as Cecilia, the saintess of the Saniyat family, nodded seriously.
Ye Chang'an was the one who was confused now.
"Wait, wait, you guys, let me sort this out," Ye Chang'an raised his hand to signal, covering his head as he pondered the problem.
He was certain he hadn't used Feather Dust to alter the memories of the two women. Their memories were intact, and there was absolutely no possibility of them being modified.
Therefore, their understanding was correct, and Ye Chang'an's understanding was flawed.
This simulated future did not have the organization Anti-Entropy.
But why?
"Do you know about the Great Collapse of Berlin from decades ago?" Ye Chang'an asked.
"Yes, we do. It's said that the disaster situation at the time was extremely severe, with over 300,000 deaths."
"What about the fact that an Arbiter was born during that incident?"
"Oh, I think there was something like that, but they were eliminated before causing any secondary disasters." Despite Theresa's young age, she had learned a great deal.
"What? The Arbiter was eliminated?" Ye Chang'an was astonished.
"Yes, it happened within a few days after that Destruction outbreak," Theresa added with a nod.
Ye Chang'an's worldview began to crack. He earnestly asked historical questions.
He realized he knew nothing about this simulated future.
Because he didn't believe that the absence of Li Sushang would change the world's structure; at least, the broad strokes would be the same.
But Theresa, with her extensive knowledge, made him realize a fact: everything he knew was useless.
The structure of this world was completely different from what he knew.
The First Arbiter was dead!
Schicksal's North American branch had not separated!
Anti-Entropy had not appeared!
This was the world as it was now.
"...In that case..." Ye Chang'an carefully assessed the butterfly effect of these three pieces of information combined and looked at Cecilia. "Cecilia, are you married?"
Cecilia's encounter with Siegfried was created by the second Arbiter of Reason, Welt Yang.
If the First Arbiter died so early, then there would be no second Arbiter of Reason.
Cecilia would not have been injured during the mission in 1991, and she would likely have missed the chance to meet Siegfried during those two days.
Therefore, the answer was...
"No."
Just as he expected!
"Then do you know Siegfried Kaslana?" Ye Chang'an asked again, his expression strange.
"I've heard rumors about him. It seems he ran away from home many years ago and still hasn't returned," Cecilia replied honestly, her tone laced with a hint of dissatisfaction.
After all, as members of the three great families, they should have dedicated their lives to fighting Destruction.
Yet Siegfried, that guy, had been away from home for ten years and still hadn't returned. It was no wonder Cecilia didn't have a good impression of him.
—Good heavens, what in the world happened to this future?
Ye Chang'an wailed inwardly, regretting deeply that he hadn't learned about the world's situation sooner.
This future had long since become a tangled mess.
And the cause of all this disruption might be traced back to the reason for the First Arbiter's death.
So he asked.
"Please tell me, how was the First Arbiter eliminated?"
"..." Both Theresa and Cecilia's expressions turned strange.
They hesitated to speak, but finally, Cecilia said, "It's said that she was punched to death by Shenzhou's guardian, Immortal Chi Yuan."
"What? Chi Yuan?" Ye Chang'an's voice suddenly rose. This was the most shocking news he had received.
Chi Yuan in the 20th century.
She hadn't changed her name to Fu Hua; she was still called Chi Yuan.
Song of World Destruction: Displaced Time: 10. Chang'an, Who Died Five Hundred Years Ago
Every name of Fu Hua represented a period of her life experience.
Hua was a warrior of the Previous Civilization; Chi Ling was a pioneer of the Current Civilization; Chi Yuan was the guardian of the land of Shenzhou; and the final Fu Hua was the representative of her life after the immortal's fall.
The name Chi Yuan, which should have ended in the 16th century, had continued all the way to the end of the 20th century.
What in the world was going on?
"—Could Chi Yuan's Sword Heart still be here? But the fates of those few people weren't changed."
Ye Chang'an was a little confused. After calming himself slightly, he continued, "You two, can you tell me about Immortal Chi Yuan?"
"...Immortal Chi Yuan, she..." Cecilia and Theresa still wore the same strange expressions.
"Grandfather said that Immortal Chi Yuan was a great person before, but now... she's become very dangerous," Theresa chose her words carefully as she recounted deeds she'd heard from Otto.
Ever since the Tai Xu Sword Sect disbanded over three hundred years ago, Immortal Chi Yuan had become very dangerous.
She no longer resided on Tai Xu Mountain, instead traveling across the lands of Shenzhou. If she found anyone who had fallen into demonic ways, she would kill them without hesitation.
It was like this before, and it was still considered normal.
But as time passed, she began to kill even those who hadn't fallen into demonic ways.
As long as the concentration of Destruction energy in their bodies exceeded the limit, they would face Immortal Chi Yuan's iron fist.
To the Valkyries, Chi Yuan was the most dangerous enemy.
Therefore, there was a clear prohibition within the Valkyrie forces—never set foot in Shenzhou, and do not concern yourselves with the Destruction disasters there.
Immortal Chi Yuan could handle it alone; Valkyries rushing over would just be throwing their lives away.
After the Great Collapse of Berlin in 1951, this prohibition was extended to "[Keep a respectful distance from Immortal Chi Yuan]."
Schicksal constantly monitored Immortal Chi Yuan's movements. If they detected her leaving Shenzhou, they would issue an urgent order for any Valkyries who might encounter her to evacuate and transfer.
This also led to the exceptionally efficient deployment of Valkyrie forces, which was why Cecilia and Theresa were able to reach Babylon so quickly.
"This... sigh~" Ye Chang'an sighed, feeling a headache coming on.
Chi Yuan's madness had worsened, and it was more severe than he had imagined.
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