Sound of the World: World's End Singer

The tenth Anomaly Space is a Plaza with a wide view located by the sea.

The midday sun was warm, and the sea breeze blowing in from the ocean brought a refreshing coolness.

When Bai Zhi and his group of six arrived at the Plaza, the bright sunshine overhead brought them warmth, and a sea breeze blew by, carrying a slightly salty and sweet smell of the sea.

However, for some unknown reason, the entire Plaza was completely deserted.

"They're not here... did they go out?"

After looking around, Li Tong asked, looking slightly puzzled.

"In that case, let's hurry up and get out of here; they might already be gone."

With Li Changyu, who relies entirely on Frozen Ice Cream for a living, on his back, OriginDeficit spoke with a hint of anxiety.

"This should be the last floor. If we leave from here, we should be out, right?"

"Who knows? Maybe there's an eleventh floor or something..."

With his hands behind his back, Chang Xi turned to look at the distant, azure sea tinged with a hint of ink, appearing quite casual.

Of all the people, she was the most relaxed, or perhaps more casual. She showed absolutely no fear of the Anomaly and even possessed a great deal of curiosity about them.

"Then let's get out of here quickly... What's wrong?"

Looking back at Bai Zhi, Fireworks of Romance seemed somewhat puzzled.

"Can't you all see it?"

Turning his head to look at the center of the Plaza, Bai Zhi frowned slightly at the Girl sitting on a chair, calmly feeding a pigeon perched on her fingertip.

--On the chair next to the Girl, there was a Red Guitar.

"What did I see... wait, when did she appear here?"

Slightly puzzled, Fireworks of Romance followed Bai Zhi's gaze and was clearly taken aback when she saw the Girl sitting on the bench.

Following the Fireworks of Romance, others also gradually discovered the Girl sitting on the bench, and for a moment they were all incredibly surprised. However, the intense curiosity revealed in Chang Xi's eyes clearly overshadowed their surprise at discovering that there was another person in the Plaza.

She turned back to look at Bai Zhi again, Young Girl eyes flickering, and it was unclear what she was thinking.

"... The Observer Effect?"

Seeing everyone's reactions, a thought suddenly flashed through Bai Zhi's mind.

After thinking for a moment, he turned and walked over there.

He recognized her; it was the Girl who had sold Item at the supermarket but then taken them back. He had almost bought that Diary back then...

--[Sound of the World ▪ World's End Singer].

Compared to when I saw her at the supermarket, the Girl's clothes were almost unchanged. She was still wearing the same red outfit, with Red Scarf around her neck and her long, smooth hair tied into long braid at the back of her head.

"Those two people left."

Seemingly sensing his arrival, the Girl raised her hand, placed the pigeon on her shoulder, then looked directly into his eyes and began to speak quietly.

"If you want to find them, just walk out of the Plaza."

What about you? Aren't you planning to leave?

Looking at the Girl in front of him, Bai Zhi raised an eyebrow slightly.

"I haven't found a way to leave yet. If you do, please let me know."

The Girl reached out and hugged the guitar to her chest, then spoke calmly.

"This is a Closed Loop, like an Ouroboros, consisting of ten scenes. All humans living within or outside these scenes are both real and illusory."

"What's the meaning?"

After hearing the Girl's words, OriginDeficit couldn't help but ask a question.

However, the other party completely ignored him, as if she hadn't heard him at all, and focused all her attention on Bai Zhi, the Unique person who had noticed her.

It was Bai Zhi vaguely sensed something was wrong and repeated OriginDeficit's question to the other person that the Girl finally answered.

"What's the meaning?"

"The information I have."

Lowering her eyes and focusing her gaze on the guitar she was tightly clutching, the Girl spoke softly.

"The world we live in now is an illusion, but the humans living in these worlds are real; real humans live in an illusionary world."

"... Infinite Tsukuyomi?"

After thinking for a moment, Bai Zhi asked this question with a slightly strange expression.

"I don't understand what you mean, but it should be as you understand it."

The Girl gently stroked the guitar in her hands and began to speak calmly.

"That's all I know. I will continue to communicate with the world itself, and you can look for other clues... Also, I can only communicate with those who can see me."

"But don't I see you now too?"

The Fireworks of Romance stood by, silently offering their criticisms.

The Girl didn't seem to expect a reply.

"... A few of you go and find [West Pavilion Gardener]. I have some things to think about here. Remember to be careful of [Gelina]."

After a moment's thought, Bai Zhi exhaled slightly and sat down on the bench.

"The worst thing still happened; this thing really is a Closed Loop... I need to think about some things carefully."

"..."

She glanced at him, tightened her grip on the guitar slightly, Girl quietly moved aside to make room for him.

"Closed Loop... you mean after you leave this Plaza, you'll reach your subway station?"

As if he had figured something out, Li Tong frowned.

"Layer upon layer of nesting dolls, and in the end, it forms an Ouroboros? Are they trying to trap us here?"

"So now I need to think things through carefully and sort out the intelligence I've gathered before."

Leaning slightly forward, Bai Zhi crossed his hands on his knees to support his chin and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"You've all probably noticed, haven't you? In each layer of the Matryoshka World... or rather, in each ghost Anomaly Space, there are a few commonalities. Anomaly each Anomaly Space impossible to kill, and they all want to kill the Player, but they are also surprisingly weak, making them easy for Player to find..."

As if suddenly remembering something, Bai Zhi turned around and spoke with a slightly apologetic tone to Fireworks of Romance beside him and OriginDeficit his Friend on his back.

"Oh, by the way, don't overthink it. I was just summarizing commonalities, not targeting you personally."

The source of the Fireworks of Romance,"OriginDeficit: "..."