18. The Shattering of a Peaceful Daily Life

"Bella has arrived now, so this is the perfect time to use Kishinuma."

"Since I came back, I have had Bell accumulate a lot of Corrosion Power in advance. This dream is enough to keep Sirin in it for several years."

Xia Ling's plan was very simple: since Sirin's so-called hatred was a memory passed down in the core, then if this memory were covered by more memories with stronger emotions, then Sirin's attitude would naturally change.

In the original work, Kiana inherited Sirin's memories when she fully accepted the core, but nothing changed. She was still the same Kiana. This was because she had chosen to believe in goodness.

So what if we disregard the memories that Sirin has already inherited and let her choose again?

What if we went even further and let Sirin herself go through a similar experience to Kiana's?

Xia Ling believes that, setting aside the influence of the core itself, Sirin should still be that little angel Sirin.

Of course, she was also gambling to some extent, betting that Sirin might actually change direction, just as she thought. But what if this time it failed...?

This might make Sirin even more resentful of them, and Xia Ling would have no choice but to use the sealing method she had prepared to temporarily suppress Sirin, so that Kiana and Sirin could truly fight it out when the Thousand-Man Herrscher arrived.

But...

Because she didn't want such a mishap to happen, Xia Ling's script... was a bit too forceful.

"Rin, Hiyomaru, are you ready?"

"Ready, Sister Xia Ling."

Ling pulled out a long list containing character behavior models needed for different periods of the dream, as well as pre-constructed scene information.

Because the dream designed by Xia Ling spanned such a long period of time, Xia Ling, Elysia, and Bella could only make cameo appearances within it for a short period of time to ensure that the amount of information generated was not too large.

Most of the time, Ling would control these pre-collected character data models and use deduction to develop the dream. To be precise, although from Sirin's perspective, this was all real time, for Xia Ling, it was more like a simulation.

"However... Xia Ling, since it's a simulation spanning such a long period, why don't you use the system to do it?"

When no one was around, Elysia asked quietly.

"System..." Xia Ling was speechless. "I used the system to start a two-player roguelike game before and it caused a bunch of bugs. With all these years of Alternate History, I'm afraid Sirin will turn out to be some strange thing."

"That's truly a very convincing reason..."

While the two were chatting, Bella also appeared in the Stigmata Space.

"Is this the Stigmata Space...? This feels so strange."

Bella looked down at her body and murmured.

"Hello, lovely young lady~"

Elysia waved and stepped closer. "You must be Bella? My name is Elysia. Xia Ling and I will be entering the dream together in the coming days, so please take care of me then~"

"Hello, hello..."

Bella was clearly a little unaccustomed to Elysia's enthusiasm and felt somewhat at a loss for what to do.

"Okay, okay, Elysia, stop teasing Bella..."

Xia Ling pulled Elysia away, then said to Ling, who was standing to the side, "Ling, we can begin."

"Let's see what choice Sirin will make..."

As the Corrosion Power slowly flowed out of Kishinuma, Rin and Hiyomaru worked together. Rin began to construct a dream, while Hiyomaru began to pull people into the dream.

Having trained in the Stigmata Space long ago, Kiana didn't react much to the Corrosion Power, naturally allowing it to enter her body and then slowly surround Sirin at the core.

Using Kiana's dream as a base, Sirin was secretly pulled into Kiana's dream by Hiyomaru. Because she had often invaded Kiana's dream before, this step was a path dependency and went very smoothly.

Then, the dream began to slowly transform and expand, and the tactile sensation of time began to weaken.

Sirin's consciousness gradually awakened in a hazy state.

She opened her eyes and found that the sunlight was already shining on her blankets.

"Huh... what's this...?"

"Sirin, Sirin, wake up and eat! I've called you three times already!"

As her scattered thoughts gradually cleared, Sirin vaguely remembered that today seemed to be a Sunday.

The person calling her to get up from outside the door was her older sister Kiana.

"Oh no, did I make some kind of agreement with you yesterday?"

Sirin sat up in bed, rubbed her slightly messy purple hair, and looked confused in her golden eyes.

"I remember... yesterday, Sister Xia Ling from next door invited me and my sister to go to the amusement park? And it seems like Elysia is going too?"

Sirin suddenly looked at the alarm clock next to her; the hands on the clock had already pointed to ten o'clock.

"Aaaaaah! Oh no, it's already 10 o'clock!"

"Sister, hurry and help me pack my things, I'm going to be late!"

On the other side, next to Sirin's house.

"I see, I see..."

Elysia sat in the chair, constantly processing her identity information, and then looked at Xia Ling, whose eyes were wandering.

"No wonder Little Xia Ling was so excited... So that's what our identities are..."

"Sirin's neighbor, she grew up with me at Schicksal's orphanage, and recently started living independently. Her hidden identity is Valkyrie of Schicksal, and..."

Elysia pulled the shy Xia Ling into her arms.

"In the later developments of the dream, Sister Elysia and Sister Xia Ling became a couple..."

"Ugh..." Xia Ling suddenly covered her face. "No, stop talking..."

"At first I thought Xia Ling meant a sisterly relationship when she said 'living together,' but I didn't expect... hmm~ surprisingly bold, huh?"

Elysia cupped Xia Ling's burning cheeks, her eyes full of laughter.

"Then, my dear Xia Ling, why are you so shy?"

"Isn't this the identity you personally chose?"

Chapter Eighteen: The Shattering of a Peaceful Daily Life

Sirin quickly dressed and rushed out of the room.

Although it's Sunday, Sigfried and Cecilia are still not here; their work never seems to follow the normal legal working days off.

Sirin adopted Cecilia two years ago, and Kiana is her older sister, two years her senior. The two sisters are currently attending the same school.

Sister Xia Ling and Elysia, who live next door, only recently moved in. It seems they know my parents and often come over to visit and have meals.

Of course, most of the time, whenever Sister Xia Ling comes, she will cook for them herself. This is usually the happiest time for Sirin, since both Cecilia and Sigfried are rather terrible cooks.

It seems that even her sister has started to blow up the kitchen lately. Sirin really doesn't understand why someone can crack a plate while mixing a salad.

She was considering whether to learn a few tricks from her neighbor, Sister Xia Ling. Instead of relying on that family to cook decent meals, she figured she might as well rely on herself.

After drinking the milk on the table in one gulp, Sirin grabbed a piece of bread and pulled Kiana along as they rushed out of the house.

"Hey, where is everyone?"

When she arrived at the meeting place, Sirin looked around and found that Xia Ling and Elysia did not seem to be there.

"So, we were the ones who arrived earlier?"

Kiana asked, somewhat puzzled, "But Sister Xia Ling is usually very punctual, isn't she?"

"Maybe they overslept too... Wait, it seems like they're coming."

Sirin waved. "Sister Elysia, over here!"

Elysia held Xia Ling's blushing face with one hand, while showing a bright smile.

"Sirin, and Kiana, good morning!"

"Why is Sister Elysia late today?"

Kiana grinned mischievously. At this age, she loved to gossip, and the couple next door was naturally one of the most interesting people she talked about every day.

"Hmm~ This is an adult matter, Kiana, so please don't ask too many questions."

Feeling Xia Ling's burning body temperature beside her, Elysia stopped teasing her.

There was no way around it. Although she usually appeared gentle and weak, Little Xia Ling could be surprisingly bold. Her adorable appearance made Elysia unable to resist, so she recreated her actions in the system space that day.

However, Xia Ling made significant progress this time, and surprisingly, she didn't run away because she was shy.

"Oh, I see..." Kiana showed a satisfied expression, looking like she had just stumbled upon something amazing.

"Alright, alright, Sirin must have been looking forward to this amusement park for a long time, let's go! Even though we got up a little late today, if we play quickly, we should have enough time to have a good time."

Xia Ling quickly interrupted the two gossips. If Elysia continued, she was afraid she would really be so embarrassed that she would crawl into a manhole cover.

Although Kiana doesn't have many memories of amusement parks, Rin and Elysia both have related experiences, especially Elysia, who has a real amusement park in the Elysian Realm.

With the addition of memory materials kindly provided by Xia Ling, they were pieced together to form what appeared to be a fairly large amusement park.

However, precisely because the source material includes many people, and many of them may not even be taken from real life, there are quite a few jarring moments in this amusement park, making it feel like a game filled with all sorts of strange mods.

For example, next to the poster of the superstar Eden is the theme park of the Magical Girl Teriri; and the seats have all been replaced with white food stall chairs...

For example, there's the advertisement for Serpent Brand hair growth tonic, and the advertisement for Daxu Mountain Scenic Area, which was sponsored by Sirin disguised as Fu Hua...

Halfway there, Xia Ling spotted two familiar pink figures in the crowd. Yae Sakura seemed to notice her gaze, gave her a helpless smile, and then continued to steal a moment of leisure with Rin and Hiyomaru.

Despite the slightly out-of-place material, the joy of the amusement park itself remained unchanged. In fact, due to some people's underhanded dealings, the Ferris wheel tickets somehow ended up being used to give Elysia and Xia Ling a private room.

However, although they were a little blushing and their hearts were racing, nothing happened inside the Ferris wheel, which greatly disappointed Kiana and Sirin, who had been taking pictures for a long time below.

"Although it's supposed to be a dream for Sirin, I feel like we ended up having a lot of fun ourselves..."

After a long day, Xia Ling returned home and engaged in deep self-reflection.

"Is it possible that Xia Ling is usually too tense?"

A smile played in Elysia's eyes; during today's trip to the amusement park, she could easily sense Xia Ling's undisguised joy.

Indeed, since the Abyssal Eye was first opened and Welt was imprisoned in the Sea of Quantum, Xia Ling hasn't had a proper vacation for over a year. Although it was just a dream, it was still a rare moment of relaxation for her...

"Alright, since Xia Ling is so happy, how about we go again in two weeks? Anyway, time can be fast-forwarded in dreams, which is very convenient, right?"

Suddenly feeling a pang of sympathy for Xia Ling, Elysia suggested.

"That's still Yin Lingyi> is (five)% leek si jiu ba group chat... forget it."

To Elysia's surprise, Xia Ling shook her head instead. "I'm already very happy today, that's enough... If this continues, I might not be able to resist getting addicted to it."

"It's best to use convenient abilities like dreams sparingly... Those who get too caught up in dreams won't make any progress."

"I never expected Little Xia Ling to have such awareness..."

Elysia couldn't resist hugging her and nuzzling her cheek against hers.

"By the way, since Xia Ling has set us up as a couple... then can I...?"

"But, what can I do...?"

Xia Ling couldn't help but shrink her neck.

"Okay, so I can use Little Xia Ling as a body pillow?"

"Eh?"

Xia Ling's voice carried a barely perceptible hint of disappointment.

However, Sirin's happy and peaceful daily life did not last long. With the rapid deduction in the dream, time soon arrived at the first plot point designed by Xia Ling.

Two years after Xia Ling moved in, the Second Herrscher descended upon the world.

Unlike the First Herrscher's gentleness, the Second Herrscher seems to harbor an innate hostility towards humanity.

With the frequent occurrence of "natural disasters," Cecilia and Sigfried, Sirin's parents, once again embarked on their "business trip."