Lucia knelt before the divine statue, praying as she did every day.
The outside world seemed to have returned to its original starting point. Once the Cosmic Mega-Enterprise cast its gaze upon this planet again, it would become what it had once been.
Capital ran rampant. People were divided into different categories and levels, assigned to different positions, and lived on in a numb state day after day.
This world... was too awful. She did not want this.
But the person who had chosen to make this decision was the very person who had once overturned this world alongside her! And there was also... the girl he had already come to regard as his own daughter. That was the root of her unbearable pain.
She had lost many things. She had thought there was nothing left for her to lose, yet every time, someone broke through those limits.
"What should I do?" she asked the divine statue. Perhaps she was asking Lin Qi, perhaps Aurora, or perhaps herself.
Just as she sighed as usual and was about to end this prayer, someone suddenly appeared before her.
A gentle hand caressed her cheek. "What are you seeking, Lucia?"
Aurora? Lucia raised her head in pleasant surprise and looked at her. "Is it really you?"
Aurora nodded. "God's gaze can now cross a certain distance of starry sea and look upon you again. When you became confused, I came."
"You need to ask yourself, Lucia. What is it that you want?"
"Is your longing firm? Is your desire strong? Do you possess the resolve to overcome every obstacle standing in your way?"
"Everything obstructing you comes from your confusion about this world. Once you are no longer confused, only a smooth road will remain before you."
"I don't understand." She looked somewhat