The Impossible "Miracle"

"Great, this should stabilize the Stigmata on your body." Admil said while operating the equipment, "I never imagined that personality splitting could actually have a guiding effect on Stigmata ..."

"Hey! She's not..."

"I know that for you, saying it's a split personality is a bit too abstract, as for two souls and all that..." Admil said calmly, "Maple doesn't think it's a big deal, but the concept of a soul is really hard for a scientist like me to understand... What exactly is a soul, how should it be defined, and why only humans possess this concept? Ah, sorry, these things are a bit too far removed from your understanding. So, let's move on to the next question. Maple has returned the Black Abyss White Flower to you. When using the Black Abyss White Flower, did you experience any special feelings?"

"A special feeling? What special feeling?" Seele asked, frowning.

"It's just that the flow of Honkai Energy is smoother, and the success rate of the Black Abyss White Flower is stronger than when Maple used it before. After all, you were once the Sixth Law," Admil said. "However, my area of expertise is not here. In the future, similar issues should be handled by Mobius and the others."

Seele clicked his tongue and then said, "This Stigmata you created, will it cause any more problems later?"

"Theoretically, there shouldn't be any problem. The reason the Stigmata is unstable... is probably because your other personality has played some special role in the Stigmata. Anyway... to put it simply, she might no longer be considered your other personality, but rather your Stigmata," Admil said. "Of course, you can still switch between your two personalities, but essentially, the person in this body is only you, and the Stigmata is her."

Zhu Yufeng listened silently to Admil's analysis. He felt that Seele, the former Seele, was essentially the opposite of the current Seele. Moreover, the current Seele only appeared as Black Seele when she awakened her Stigmata. Could it be that the essence of the current Black Seele was actually Seele's Stigmata? Just like now, the essence of the former Seele has become the Stigmata of the former Black Seele...

Would you say this is like Stigmata coming to life?

"The other me... has become Stigmata ..." Seele looked down at the location of the Stigmata on her chest. In fact, Zhu Yufeng also wanted to complain about this. Why is the location of the Stigmata in the previous version of Seele exactly the same as the current version of Seele?

The only concern is that Seele has not yet demonstrated any connection with the Quantum Sea.

"In theory, if the power of the Stigmata is strong enough, under certain conditions, another version of you can construct a body of her own," Admil continued. "That is, it can separate from your body, and of course, it can be removed at any time."

"Then what should we do?" Seele asked.

"I may need to study the details further, after all, after the Eighth Law, I am no longer the leader of the Stigmata Project." Admil spread his hands and said, "However, as things stand, you should not be able to do this. The Stigmata on your body now... well... are a bit too weak, or rather, a bit too flimsy."

"Huh?" Seele raised an eyebrow. What was she talking about? Could she say something she could understand?

"To put it simply, the reason the Stigmata Project is considered humanity's fallback plan is because it requires modifying human genes at the genetic level and using that as the unit to form a sufficiently large Stigmata Space," Admil explained. "If we want a single Stigmata to manifest in individual form..."

Admil glanced at Zhu Yufeng, then looked away and said, "Anyway, for now, it's not feasible. After all, you're the only one left with awakened Stigmata, and the way you obtained Stigmata is different from others... So, just treat it as an illusion that you can see but can't touch."

seele. "..."

What's the difference between you saying something and not saying anything at all?!

Zhu Yufeng looked at Admil thoughtfully. It was clear that Admil had a way to make the Stigmata appear independently, but the look Admil gave him earlier was obviously hinting at something. It was probably a method that Zhu Yufeng could not accept and opposed.

"Alright, alright, alright!" Seele sat up from the instrument. "Anyway, there won't be any problems in the future, right? Listening to you talk about all this theory is giving me a headache."

Admil shrugged. He was only there for a report; he still had to go to Europe afterwards...

He then looked at Zhu Yufeng and said, "Feng, I have read all the information about the Mu Continent's experiments on the pseudo-law, and I have also done analysis and research. All I can say is that Lilim's birth is a complete miracle."

"A miracle?" Zhu Yufeng and Seele both looked at Admil.

"Yes, I suppose you are also well aware of the experiment I conducted using the Law Core of the Second Law, right?" When Admil mentioned that item, a slight fluctuation appeared in his usually calm eyes. "The experiment ultimately ended in failure, and I was severely punished for it, and shortly afterward, I underwent an investigation by headquarters... This simulated Law experiment on the Mu Continent is actually the same type of experiment as the artificial Law experiment I conducted."

"Mu Continent has the files from your investigation back then, so they do indeed have data on all the experiments you did at the time... It's ridiculous. They were the ones who called for it to stop, but in the end, they were the ones secretly continuing it," Zhu Yufeng said, lowering his eyes.

"Yes...that's why I'm so resentful about it..." Admil looked at the display screen on the instrument and said, "Maple, that was a research project that Margaret and I worked on together. She was the most suitable candidate at the time... We made all the preparations, but in the end we still failed... What is the success of the Mu Continent trying to prove to me? Prove that I was right? Give me more time, and I can complete the artificial law project... What do you say, Maple?"

Zhu Yufeng remained silent. How to put it? This was the only thing he didn't know what to say. The importance of Margaret to Admil... In his previous life Admil had only mentioned it once, and that was after getting drunk. The usually rational Admil was rarely influenced by emotional thoughts, but this time... All I can say is that Admil was extremely unwilling.

After all, the artificial law project was a goal that he and Margaret had worked towards together.

Seele fell silent upon hearing this, then walked directly to the door and said, "Now that the problem with my Stigmata is resolved, I'm too lazy to stay here any longer. You can talk about whatever you want... but don't talk for too long. You said you'd be with us today."

"Of course, after all, I already promised you." Zhu Yufeng smiled helplessly.

"Then I'll go wait for you at the training ground." Seele walked out, and the door closed automatically after she left.

"The little girl is more thoughtful than she appears," Admil said, watching Seele leave and close the door. "Sometimes, Maple, I really don't understand how you manage to navigate so many different the Present and still be completely unscathed?"

"I'd love to know too," Zhu Yufeng said, looking at Admil with a hint of exasperation. "I don't even know why there are so many..."

"In a way, this is a kind of intuition..." Admil shook his head. "So, where do you think I should begin?"

"What happened with that Stigmata manifestation?" Zhu Yufeng asked. He felt that the current Black Seele would most likely become two separate people with the White Seele, making Bronya doubly happy... Wait, if the current Seele the Present, and Seele has special feelings for her, wouldn't Bronya be... cough cough, don't think too much, don't think too much, it's still uncertain whether she'll even become a Stigmata this time...

However, it's also possible that an ending where things can't be changed will occur.

Moreover, those are not things I need to think about the Present.

"As for the existing Stigmata Project, when we were creating the Eighth Law, I considered a solution that I named the Spiritual Adam," Admil said. "We would connect all Stigmata holders together, allowing humanity to retreat into the ideal world constructed by the Stigmata, while the Stigmata would manifest externally, existing in the Intrinsic World as a collective consciousness life form. Because of the Stigmata's perfect adaptability to Honkai Energy, the Honkai would be powerless against this form of life, thus achieving coexistence between humanity and the Honkai."

Looking at Zhu Yufeng, Zhu Admil knew that this was the plan... If the current Black Hei Xi came out because of this, does that mean that Kevin is preparing to implement the version of the Stigmata Project of the Spirit Adam?

Zhu Yufeng had some understanding of the Stigmata Project, specifically the version involving the Spirit Adam. He could never accept the idea of defining humanity in terms of spirit, and... that version of the project ultimately required the cooperation of the Project: Ascend to Divinity... It was because of this that Mei had asked Mobius about the Project: Ascend to Divinity, which is why she had such a deep impression of it.

Kevin...

In other words, Kevin didn't end up facing the Honkai with Kiana and the others, but because of a disagreement about the path to salvation, he became the final boss, or rather, the boss before the final boss, for Kiana and the others, right?

Zhu Yufeng didn't know what to say about this. Of course, he opposed the plan, but since Kevin ultimately made this choice... all he could say was that Kevin had his own considerations.

Fifty thousand years later, the monster awakens, and after thousands of years of waiting, if we only look at the monster's performance at that time, it might indeed be somewhat disappointing compared to the monster before the war... No one can question the Kevin's firm belief in saving the world. He probably made that choice out of helplessness.

Perhaps it was his choice to give the present a final test in this way.

Think about it, back Kevin, of the Thirteen Flame-Chasers, only four remained. Griseo was dead or alive, Sue had already passed away before the beginning of the story, and Hua had lost most of her past memories and had a completely new life. As for Kevin... what did he still have left?

[Salvation] The road is so lonely.

It's unknown whether Kevin will ever go to the Elysian Realm to see the remnants of his old comrades, but the battle of the Law of Corrosion destroyed Elysian Realm, Kevin with no hope of even seeing the last trace of his former comrades.

Therefore, sometimes, life is more painful than death. The past and present, the wishes of countless people, the entrustment of former comrades, the last stand of a lover—for Kevin, all of these are the burdens he has to bear.

Regardless of choices or survival, the ideals of all people converge into a single grand aspiration, which is the inscription of "Saving the World".

Admil looked at Zhu Yufeng, though he didn't know what the other was thinking, he continued, "Currently, the Stigmata on Seele can be seen as a connection between all the Stigmata of the experimental subjects I experimented with. This was only possible because the Eighth Law played a supporting role, being born from the Stigmata of the experimental subjects and connecting their Stigmata into one. And this final result was obtained by Seele, who seized control of that space. Therefore, theoretically, another Seele can indeed manifest independently, but... it's still too weak, after all, it's only a connection between the Stigmata of a dozen or so people."

Zhu Yufeng stopped his thoughts and looked at Admil, saying, "Okay, the answer to this question is here. So, Admil, what was the secret you wanted to tell me from the beginning?"

Admil stared intently into Zhu Yufeng's eyes, then slowly said, "After learning that Mu Continent had created artificial laws, I conducted a detailed analysis of the research data you sent me... and then I discovered a very crucial point, Mu Continent made a very fatal mistake there."

"A fatal mistake?" Zhu Yufeng narrowed his eyes. "Is this what you meant by the birth of Lilim being a miracle?"

"Yes... her existence turned zero into possibility," Admil said. "The research on the Mu Continent, they got one thing wrong, they got one piece of data wrong... but it was precisely from this fallacy that the experiment was derived, giving birth to the artificial law called Lilim ..."

Zhu Yufeng remained silent.

Admil continued, "This is incredible, or rather, incomprehensible. Even the most adaptable human descendants with strong Honkai Energy could not withstand the implantation of a fully awakened and complete Law Core into the Mu Continent, let alone implanting it into her while she was still an infant."

Indeed, the Gem of Desire implanted in Wendy can only be considered one of the four core elements of the Law of the Void.

Admil looked at Zhu Yufeng, paused for a while, and then said, "So, theoretically speaking, it's completely impossible for a lawyer like Lilim to be born, but she was born anyway. So I could only look for other directions to think about, and then... I came to a conclusion, a crazy conclusion: if Lilim's parents were both lawyers, then this miracle would naturally exist."

Zhu Yufeng remained silent for a long time after hearing this before finally saying, "You're right, Admil."