Everything she had seen and heard differed from most of Theresa's understanding of the world. Yet everything vaguely told her that this was Feng Chen's world, and that before she woke, Feng Chen had already done everything that needed to be done.
For example, he had sent Seele to St. Freya.
For example, Bianca had woken up before Theresa.
And then there was Sirin's transformation, which was completely different from what had happened in the Quantum Sea before. What Theresa sensed within her was not merely Honkai Energy, but also [life].
Having once deprived others of [life] and granted it to them, Theresa could sense that Sirin's body now possessed vitality. She was no longer merely a mass of Honkai Energy with consciousness.
That was why Feng Chen had returned the Gem of Wisdom to Anti-Entropy. The talk of manufacturing several orders ahead of schedule was nothing more than a superficial excuse. What Feng Chen wanted was one person from Anti-Entropy. At the very least, compared to Schicksal, Feng Chen felt that Anti-Entropy owing him a person was more reliable than a deal with Otto. He couldn't guarantee that Otto wouldn't take a fancy to World Serpent's modification technology one day and run off to cooperate with them.
"We should still have some time. Since Rita is keeping Bianca occupied and she hasn't caught up yet, let's go look around somewhere else."
Theresa had realized long ago that Rita and Bianca's conversation earlier had not been accidental. It had been nothing more than an act put on by Feng Chen and Rita. Poor Bianca probably still hadn't realized that she had fallen into Feng Chen's trap long ago... To keep Bianca from finding them, Feng Chen had even deliberately chosen a particularly distant place. He had truly gone to great