"Just wandering around like this seems to be missing something. Would you like to challenge the Elysian Realm... with one extra condition: don't use your full strength," Elysia suggested with a smile as she turned around.
"We're not visitors either. There's no need for us to undergo any trials. And to be honest, though it might hurt a little, the Signets really offer us no improvement at all!" Zhang Wei said bluntly.
Hearing that, Elysia pouted and muttered, "How can you use a thirty-seven-degree mouth to say something so cold?"
Although Zhang Wei was telling the truth, a terrifying strike from the Herrscher of Finality would be more than enough to effortlessly destroy the Elysian Realm. But why did he have to speak such harsh truths and make people sad enough to cry?
"Forget it. Elysia, go ahead and start whatever trial you want. Jana will demonstrate for you just how useless these tests are!" Zhang Wei could not stand seeing a beautiful girl disappointed, so it was decided—Herrscher of the Seas Jana was up.
"Okay! Let me think... this one, then!"
Elysia performed some incomprehensible operation, and a massive creature instantly appeared in the empty space. Its body was pitch-black, the stripes along it shimmering with blue light. Its white fangs gleamed with a chilling luster. The instant it appeared, frost spread across the surrounding ground, and even the temperature around them dropped considerably.
Zhang Wei raised a brow. It was an Emperor-class Honkai Beast, Parvati, with the power to control ice and snow. It had also been the first Honkai Beast factor Kevin had fused with. Still, it was far too weak. Forget an Emperor-class one—even an End of Dharma-class Honkai Beast would not be Jana's match.
A Planet-class Honkai Beast was no joke. Jana was also continuously evolving, growing stronger and stronger, with potential that could be called limitless. Ordinary Honkai Beasts would not even have the courage to make a move against her.
"Lie down!"
Jana yawned boredly. Her clothes did not change, but a crimson gleam flashed through her eyes. Though it was a Honkai Beast composed of data, it still felt the suppression of its bloodline. It could not hold on for even a second before lying flat on the ground.
"..."
Elysia immediately felt awkward at the sight. The other side had not even made a move, yet the Emperor-class Honkai Beast was already lying there, obedient as a cat.
"Cough, cough. You've passed. You can open that door ahead!" Though she was embarrassed, as long as she was not embarrassed, it was someone else who would be. Elysia acted as if nothing had happened and pointed at the door that had appeared ahead.
Zhang Wei and the others exchanged smiles without exposing Elysia, then followed behind her.
"Hi, Kevin! I brought them to see you. Are you happy?"
"There's a Kaslana here too. She isn't the female version of you, is she?" Elysia joked.
Kiana had many traits similar to Kevin's, so even this fairy was curious whether Kiana had some connection to him.
"She is not from our world. There is no connection between us," Kevin said blandly. His expression did not change in the slightest, cold as ice. He glanced at Mei once more. Though she resembled Mei, she was not Mei.
"Elysia, did you know Kevin is also good at philosophy?" Zhang Wei asked curiously.
Elysia froze. A huge question mark seemed to appear over her head as she instinctively questioned, "Kevin is good at philosophy too?"
The topic was far beyond what she could comprehend. Over the tens of thousands of years in the Elysian Realm, she had never noticed anything philosophical about Kevin.
Not to mention her—even Kevin himself was bewildered when he heard himself called a philosopher. He could be considered a warrior, but a philosopher had nothing to do with him no matter how he thought about it.
"Let me ask you a question. In your opinion, Kevin, why do birds fly?" Zhang Wei asked this philosophical question.
Elysia used her little head, which was not as clever as Mobius and the others', to think. Then she immediately blurted out, "What kind of philosophical question is that? It's simple. Because they want to fly into the sky."
That was an answer anyone would think of. Zhang Wei replied, "That is many people's answer. Then Kevin, what is yours?"
Kevin's thoughts began to wander. As a memory body, he often synchronized with the memories of his external self. Though he did not know about the period when his original self had sunk into the Sea of Quantum, he still retained memories that had been synchronized before.
"Because they must fly into the sky. When Finality's meteor descended in the Cretaceous, only birds free to fly could escape their predetermined deaths."
Elysia immediately looked at Kevin in a new light. She had not expected him to say something so philosophical.
"However, that version of me later encountered a philosopher from the Current Era. He offered another answer: some people fly precisely so that they may fall."
"Hector knew the kingdom would eventually fall, and Achilles also understood that he was walking toward death. Yet both stepped onto the battlefield without hesitation."
"To keep the sun from setting, I fly into the sky and take away your light. I will melt because of it and fall into the sea. But to reclaim it, they must fly higher than I do. That is what my original self thinks," Kevin said calmly.
"Kevin, you..." Elysia's expression turned sorrowful. Kevin's words meant that he had already prepared to sacrifice himself, to bear every price in the end and carry all sins into the grave.
"Elysia, it is fine. My original self has waited too long for that day. If someone can truly accomplish it, then that will surely be the happiest day of his life!" Kevin shook his head and said calmly.
Kiana and the others were also filled with solemn admiration. Kevin absolutely deserved the title of hero.
"However, the appearance of you outsiders seems to have brought subtle changes to the world. No one knows exactly what will happen when the time comes. Even Aponia can no longer see fate clearly," Kevin said.
"Visitors, are you enemies?"
Skyfire Judgment appeared in Kevin's hand. The raging flames around its blade scorched and distorted the air. From beginning to end, he had never completely trusted Zhang Wei and the others. The authority of Finality was power capable of destroying civilization.
He knew he was not Zhang Wei and the others' match, but this was a matter of attitude.
"Enemies? There's no need for that. If we wanted to do anything to the world outside, no one could stop us. So don't worry. We're merely observers, who happen to like meddling in other people's business a little!" Zhang Wei spread his hands. Skyfire Judgment posed no threat to him at all, especially in the hands of a memory body.
To fight for all that is beautiful in the world—he did not possess such a grand ambition. As long as his family was safe, he was satisfied. Others might call him selfish, but he had already experienced saving the world in the Guns Girl Z world. He truly did not want to go through that again. It was too exhausting.
Elysia looked at Zhang Wei curiously. If they were enemies, it would hurt her fragile, adorable maiden's heart far too much.
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