Chapter 298

To say I don't like it would be against my will; after all, who dislikes beautiful things? It's just that for Kiana, fighting in such light, airy clothing is a bit...

However, on the other hand, although the clothes seemed flashy and impractical, Kiana could still sense the terrifying power contained within them.

Kiana, as the Herrscher of the End (though not for the time being), is quite familiar with the power of the Herrscher of the End, but after a rough comparison, she found that even if she mastered the power of the Herrscher of the End, it would probably be difficult to pierce this dress that looked extremely fragile.

If it has such powerful performance, then it seems that it wouldn't be impossible to fight while wearing it?

Just as Kiana was beginning to waver, Ai Yue said again, "Alright, I'm not teasing you anymore. The Aurora Armor can be modified to look like your ideas. You just need to learn the trick to operate it."

"So it's called Aurora Armor."

Kiana was slightly taken aback at first, then revealed a somewhat subtle expression, "Teacher Ai Yue, why do I feel that you are different from the image you showed before?"

Prior to this, although Kiana had become Ai Yue's student, the two did not actually have much contact. Therefore, the girl's knowledge of Ai Yue mainly came from other people's descriptions, and most of the information was provided by Hua.

In the eyes of such a fervent fan as Hua, Ai Yue's image is naturally incredibly lofty, and while this is indeed the case, it also means that Kiana doesn't have a truly accurate understanding of Ai Yue.

What is Ai Yue like in his daily life? How does he treat others? In his heart, what kind of existence do ordinary people truly represent?

These questions remained unanswered, leaving Kiana's understanding of Ai Yue superficial. This vast distance made her always seem somewhat reserved when facing Ai Yue.

Although Hua once said that Ai Yue was no different from an ordinary person, in Kiana's eyes, Ai Yue was essentially a great being who was willing to pay a huge price to save a strange civilization. Under this premise, she was just a little reserved, but she was actually quite lively.

However, during their time together, Kiana finally realized that beneath Ai Yue's benevolent divinity lay a rich and complex humanity—so rich in emotion that it was difficult to reconcile it with the image of the giant who bore the weight of the world.

"I wasn't in the mood for this before. You didn't think solving this problem would be easy, did you?"

Ai Yue didn't seem to care, and casually said, "But now that the biggest problem has been solved, we can naturally breathe a sigh of relief."

Kiana paused for a moment after hearing this, before replying earnestly, "Thank you, Professor Ai Yue."

She knew, of course, that the difficulty of this problem could not be described simply as "very difficult." From the girl's perspective, it was an absolute dead end.

But Ai Yue was able to carve out a completely new world for the post-civilization Post-Civilization even in such a desperate situation; such power is truly indescribable.

Moreover, Ai Yue never mentioned anything about "rewards" from beginning to end. Compared with this transcendent divinity, even his powerful strength seemed much dimmer.

At least Kiana herself knows that if their roles were reversed, she probably wouldn't be able to make such a decision so easily.

"Look at you, you're doing it again."

Ai Yue didn't really like Kiana's attitude. After all, in his impression, Kiana was a fearless and energetic girl. It was really unreasonable for her to be so hesitant all the time. "This matter has little to do with you in essence. Strictly speaking, it's more like a kind of self-satisfaction. So relax a little, come on, smile."

Why do such a thing? Because we witnessed the tragedy, and therefore we should try to prevent it.

For Ai Yue, who yearns for light, such a thing is only natural. After all, his idols are a group of ultimate saints who would even sacrifice their own homes for the harmony of the universe. At present, his own level is far from even reaching the average standard.

If someone were to say to Ai Yue, "For the sake of universal peace, please give up Earth," Ai Yue would absolutely fight them to the death.

Moreover, while such a plan is risky, it also has its rewards—although the creation of the parallel Solar System was not actually done by Ai Yue, as someone who experienced it firsthand, he naturally gained a lot of insights from it.

As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. If a similar situation happens again, perhaps it won't be so troublesome.

Speaking of which, if we could really continue to exploit the Imaginary Tree, wouldn't it be possible to give every civilization in the Solar System a separate Solar System?

After all, resources within the Solar System are limited, and given the Pre-Civilization development, if everyone is crowded together, it's easy for war to break out.

As Ai Yue pondered, he suddenly fell into deep thought again.

Because he suddenly felt that this plan seemed feasible.

"Teacher Ai Yue?"

Kiana had no idea that Ai Yue was planning something as abstract as a "multiverse Solar System." All she knew was that he had suddenly fallen silent. "What should we do now?"

"Oh, let's go to Earth and take a look. I sent Hua and Pardo to gather information beforehand, and they should have news by now."

Ai Yue snapped out of his reverie and continued, "Or, why don't you finalize the design of the Aurora Armor first?"

Kiana then realized that she was still wearing that light and airy princess dress, and blushed slightly.

"Actually, this dress is quite nice too. Elysia has good taste, right?"

"Please, please stop talking!"

A moment later, Kiana, having locked onto Hua and Pardofelis's locations using the Herrscher authority of the Void, opened Teleportation Gate and quickly arrived on Earth.

Because Ai Yue reminded her that there were more people where Hua and Pardofelis were, Kiana did not open the Teleportation Gate directly in front of the two of them. Instead, she found a secluded corner and planned to appear in a more normal way.

However, she had only just taken a breath of fresh air when she felt a gaze fall upon her.

The reason for this special emphasis is that the owner of that gaze was not standing in front of Kiana, but rather transcended the physical barrier and sensed her presence.

A moment later, another gaze fell upon her.

Kiana wasn't surprised by this, because she knew it was Hua and Pardofelis's gaze. The only thing that surprised her was that the first gaze wasn't from Hua, but from Pardofelis.

That seemingly lazy and idle cat-eared girl actually has a more acute sense of perception than the class monitor?

Although Kiana knew that the Thirteen Flame-Chasers of the Pre-Civilization were completely different from the Thirteen Flame-Chasers of the previous civilization she was familiar with, she still knew very little about Pardofelis. So much so that even though she had learned about Pardofelis's terrifying talent from Hua, she did not expect that the other party could be this strong.

Come to think of it, she seemed to have entered the Cocoon of Finality space without the power of the Herrscher of the End or the help of Teacher Ai Yue.

That's why Teacher Ai Yue was forced to bring her along.

As Kiana watched the two people walking through the woods toward her, she suddenly found herself staring at Pardofelis.

"W-what's wrong?"

Pardofelis felt uncomfortable under Kiana's direct gaze, so she pulled Hua to her side and changed the subject, "Where's Brother Yue? Why didn't he come?"

"I'm here."

Ai Yue made a sound from the gemstone.

Pardofelis paused for a moment before pinpointing the source of the voice, then exclaimed in shock, "Brother Yue, how did you turn into stone?!"

"It's all because of you,"

Ai Yue immediately cried out in grief, "Because of your sudden intrusion, I had to expend extra effort to protect you, which led to this tragic end... Pardo, I'm so miserable!"

"What? Brother Yue, you're joking like that again?"

Pardofelis immediately saw through the other person's lie, "If it were really because of me, you wouldn't say that!"

"Since Mr. Ai Yue can still joke, it seems there shouldn't be any major problems,"

Hua nodded in agreement and said, "However, let's get back to the main topic. Based on our exploration, we have determined the approximate timeline of this Earth."

"We just met a girl named Jilin, who is now the leader of a tribe."

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"It's her?"

Upon hearing this somewhat familiar name, Kiana's expression changed slightly, and some memories surfaced in her mind.

When she was still a student at the St. Freya Academy, she and her classmates and teachers pursued the myths and legends left behind by each other, went to the sea ruins of Shenzhou to seek secret treasures, and finally succeeded in obtaining the legendary Xuanyuan Sword.

Later she learned that the Xuanyuan Sword was actually one of the Tenth Divine Key left by the Pre-Civilization. Among all the Divine Keys, it was actually one of the weaker ones, but the power of that sword at the time was still impressive.

Of course, the most impressive one was Ji Lin's lingering resentment's lingering spirit, wielding the Xuanyuan Sword, riding a black horned horse, and able to unleash a sky full of lightning with a flick of his wrist.

That was just a lingering resentment left behind by Jilin, but it caused Kiana and the others a lot of trouble at the time. Fortunately, they managed to defeat their opponent without any major incident.

Thinking of this, Kiana suddenly glanced at Hua beside her with a subtle look.

At that time, the class monitor had not yet revealed her true identity, but if she still retained the memory of carrying out the "Project Fire Seed", she would probably have very complicated feelings when facing Jilin's lingering resentment.

But now that the Project Fire Seed is over, the squad leader doesn't need to shoulder such a heavy mission alone... Wait, if the Project Fire Seed is gone, then what about Jilin?

What is Jilin's current situation?

Thinking of this, Kiana quickly asked, "Without the Project Fire Seed, she would just be an ordinary person, right?"

The Project Fire Seed is divided into two parts. Hua is in charge of teaching the advanced knowledge of the Post-Civilization natives in advance, but this is only half of the project. The real decisive factor in the Post-Civilization's victory over the Cocoon of Finality is a group of girls who possess knowledge of the Pre-Civilization.

This knowledge, combined with their genetic material, ultimately transformed into a special power called "Stigmata," which is the means by which the Post-Civilization can fight against the Honkai without needing to Fused Warrior Formula.

But now that the Project Fire Seed has disappeared, where can the power of the Stigmata be found? Without the power of the Stigmata and without the Divine Keys, what will become of Jilin?

"Calm down. Chi You arose because of the Project Fire Seed. Without the Project Fire Seed, there would be no Chi You."

Ai Yue said calmly, "Besides, who said she's just an ordinary person?"

According to the trial rules of the Cocoon of Finality, a terrifying Honkai Beast like Chi You should not have been born in the early stages of civilization when it was just beginning to sprout. You should know that if judged by the level of the Pre-Civilization, a Honkai Beast like Chi You, which can devour everything to strengthen itself and can Honkai Beast an independent world inside, can even be compared with Vishnu, who can evolve infinitely and is at the end of the End-of-Law class.

Its emergence was due to the fact that the Project Fire Seed too easily improved the technological level of the early civilization, causing an unusual prosperity in the land of Shenzhou at that time. This triggered a backlash from the rules and gave birth to Chi You.

This can also be seen from Jilin's image in the comics. It should be noted that at this time, civilization was still in the era of matriarchal clans, but Jilin in the comics was already wearing brocade robes, metal and jade ornaments on her head, and could even make armor and stirrups for her warhorse, which can be described as very exaggerated.

After all, these things may seem ordinary, but they require a high level of expertise in fields such as metal smelting, animal husbandry, textiles, and even mechanics. If it weren't for the Project Fire Seed brought by the Hua and Sōgen Sisters, the tribal civilization led by Jilin would probably have only just begun to smelt bronze.

But if they knew that the price of acquiring this knowledge was so heavy, Jilin and the others would probably rather grope their way forward in the unknown than accept the gift from the previous generation.

However, without this gift, no matter how talented the people of this era may be, they would probably end up in the same situation.

Kiana's success is a unique miracle among billions of paths, the result of many people and many forces working together. Unless a variable of Ai Yue's caliber appears, even if there are countless reincarnations, there will never be a second Earth God.

It is precisely because two miracles meet that they can shine even more brilliantly.

Kiana, of course, didn't think as much as Ai Yue. Although she realized the flaw in her thinking after being reminded by him, her attention was still drawn to the second half of his sentence: "Not an ordinary person?"

Unfortunately, Ai Yue was lost in his own thoughts and did not give an answer immediately, so Kiana turned her curious gaze to Hua.

"I'm not entirely clear on the specifics either,"

Hua collected his thoughts and then said, "But I sensed Mr. Ai Yue's power in Jilin."

Kiana was taken aback at first, then her expression suddenly changed. "Teacher Ai Yue replaced the power of the Stigmata with his own power?"

That's a fairly accurate way to understand it.

Ai Yue finally came to his senses and explained, "Simply put, I replaced the cause and effect of the Pre-Civilization with my own cause and effect, so that people in the Post-Civilization can use my power through this cause and effect."

"Cause, cause and effect?"

Kiana blinked, looking somewhat bewildered. "Is this still 'simply put'?"

It wasn't that she couldn't understand the word "cause and effect," but precisely because she understood it, she felt bewildered by this statement—what did it mean to replace the cause and effect of the Pre-Civilization with my own? Could such a thing be replaced?

But if we abandon understanding and only look at the literal meaning, then it does seem to be a fairly simple relationship.

"So, the most crucial part of the plan has really been completely resolved?"

Hua, standing to the side, said thoughtfully, "Will the Power of Light replace the power of the Stigmata, helping people of the Post-Civilization fight against the Honkai in another way?"

Unlike Kiana, she didn't try to understand the specific meaning behind Ai Yue's words. After all, the girl was already used to things that were "simplified," and as long as she could understand them, that was enough.

"But Cocoon of Finality also under Sister Ai Li's control now?"

Pardofelis suddenly asked, "So, do people in the Post-Civilization really still need to fight against the threat of Honkai?"

"Repairing the timeline, or rather, reorganizing the timeline, needs to be done in accordance with the inherent timeline."

Ai Yue said, "If we treat the history that has already happened as a story, then this is equivalent to the basic framework of the story. The theme of 'fighting against Honkai's cannot be changed, otherwise there will only be greater chaos."

Although he said that, there were some things Ai Yue didn't tell Kiana and the others.

If we really want to change things, there are ways, but that would prevent us from reaching the "reality" where Kiana and the others are, and ultimately wouldn't solve the problem at hand. Therefore, there's no need to bring it up.

So what do we do now?

Kiana got into the zone and asked seriously, "Given the current situation, as long as there's no Project Fire Seed, even if Honkai Beast appear, Jilin and the others should be able to handle them on their own, right?"

"That's theoretically correct, but it's not the correct timeline,"

Ai Yue said, "Therefore, I need you to revive the Project Fire Seed."

"Teacher Ai Yue?"

Kiana lowered her head in astonishment, "That would attract Chi You!"

Kiana actually wanted to make things sound more serious because she knew that Chi You had once unleashed boundless disasters, causing countless sacrifices and nearly destroying the thriving Shenzhou civilization.

But the girl managed to control herself in the end, because she felt that Ai Yue couldn't possibly be unaware of these things, and given his personality, he would never allow or even personally cause such a disaster just to maintain the timeline.

"No, that's exactly how it should be."

Compared to Kiana's straightforward reaction, Hua thought about it more deeply. She stroked her chin, a thoughtful expression on her face. "Is Chi You the key point?"

"Yes, time, place, and characters are all essential elements of a story."

Ai Yue explained, "Because of these three elements, changing the remaining content won't have a significant impact on the timeline."

"Change the story?"