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 looked upon this planet again, it would become what it once was.
Capital would run rampant, people would be divided into different classes and ranks, and assigned to different positions, living numb, repetitive lives day after day.
This world... was too awful. She did not want this.
Yet the person who had chosen to make this decision was none other than the 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 immense pain.
She had lost many things. She had thought there was nothing left for her to lose, but every time, someone broke through those boundaries.
"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 prepared 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 surprise and looked at her. "Is it really you?"
Aurora nodded. "God's gaze can now cross a certain distance of the starry sea and look upon you again. When you became confused, I came."
"You must ask yourself, Lucia. What is it that you want?"
"Is your yearning 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 path will remain before you."
"I don't understand." She looked somewhat lost.
Aurora helped