Sirin: You... have another Queen too?!

Having done all this, Chen Li slowly began to move the scissors, making a gentle cut at the end of the second Honkai where Chen Li was currently located.

"Snap!"

With the crisp sound of scissors closing, the countless cycles constructed from the Cocoon of Eternity finally found a gap.

Chen Li will also spend 10 years on this.

This is the price to pay for cutting off the pieces, and the price to pay for "letting the world forget me" is a different price altogether.

However, Chen Li didn't care.

From then on, civilizations became independent.

Chen Li can freely unleash his imagination in the Previous Civilization, and the Current Civilization, since the second Honkai, will not undergo any disturbing changes due to the changes in the Previous Civilization.

But it's that simple; you only need to use the disconnect function.

The combination of different elements has its own charm.

Chen Li only needs to pay the price; all other situations that might cause time paradoxes or historical contradictions will be resolved by the Judgment of All Things.

The power of this Miraculous Item... it's reassuring!

Of course, the cost was indeed considerable.

But after everything seemed to be over, Chen Li swung his scissors again.

This time, the landing point was before the second Honkai 3rd occurred. To be precise, it was before Sirin became the Herrscher of the Void, eliminated all the experimental personnel in the Babylon Tower, but was not seduced by the Honkai Consciousness, arrived at the birthplace of the Emperor-class Honkai Beast Shiva, tore apart her human heart, and completely became the Herrscher of the Void.

This time, Chen Li chose "severance" after cutting the cord. Since it was the second time he used it, it only took Chen Li three years of his life.

But those two cuts turned the second Honkai into a photograph that Chen Li cropped out.

Then Chen Li grabbed the photo, turned around, and ran away, escaping this Nihility.

Just as Chen Li had expected, when Chen Li grasped this history and brought it into reality, the photograph began to fade, returning to the river of time as if ice were melting in water.

"This won't do. I've worked so hard for so long, of course I should get something in return." Chen Li slowly took out a photo album and inserted the fading photo into it.

The world seemed to pause for a moment, yet it also seemed as if nothing had happened.

But Cecilia felt as if her life had stopped flowing.

Time and spacetime... have been paused.

Moreover, Cecilia also felt a sense that it was about to end.

At this moment, Chen Li slowly walked towards Sirin and Cecilia.

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting," Chen Li said with a hint of apology.

"What do you want from us? Or is it that saving us isn't difficult for you?" Cecilia asked wearily.

"I've come to you to ask what choice you're going to make," Chen Li said.

"Choose?"

"That's right. Don't you all feel a sense that this is about to end?" Chen Li asked.

"Yes, but what is this?"

"It's just another opportunity. I'm pulling you into a special time period now. Nothing here will be recorded by time. When time ends, those who are meant to die will still die, and those who are meant to have regrets will still have regrets. You can think of this space as an Easter Egg." Chen Li said, showing the photo album to Cecilia and Sirin.

This "Easter Egg" time is actually the preparation time for the Miraculous Item in Chen Li's hands.

"This photograph is a piece of history, and I've placed it inside this Miraculous Item. This gives you another option: to travel to a world with a fictional history. There, time stands still before the Herrscher of the Void, Sirin, slaughtered the Babylon Tower experimenters but before she was fully swayed by the Honkai Consciousness and became the true Herrscher of the Void. You still have a chance to make another choice," Chen Li said.

"This..." Cecilia could not comprehend this power.

"You can also call it... [What If]."

"What If Sirin had only slaughtered those damned Babylon Tower experimenters, but hadn't been Honkai Consciousness and hadn't completely joined the Honkai camp, but instead become a Herrscher fighting for humanity like Welt... and then she met you— Cecilia —in her subsequent adventures. Do you think such a world would be wonderful?" Chen Li asked.

"... This is just a fictional world." Cecilia shook her head.

"You can't understand it that way. Although it did borrow the power of fiction, the world is real. This is a Parallel World created under the name of 'What If,' just like Otto wanted to Resurrection Card." Chen Li looked at Cecilia was "slandering" his Miraculous Item, with dissatisfaction.

This is a One-star Artifact.

A One-star Artifact crafted at the cost of 50 Crystals.

It is constructed by Fictional Historian entries with entries such as "Remembrance" and "consciousness" from Feather of Dust.

The reason this Miraculous Item can become One-star Artifact for only 50 Crystals is because its requirements are too strict, and the number of Parallel Worlds it can create is limited.

In other words, the negative effects are so great that they extend the limits of power in the opposite direction. Just like the Joy Dice.

There are two requirements for its use: a photo and a name.

The photograph is something Chen Li just brought out from the river of time, something that carries this historical Remembrance.

Of course, it's not that Chen Li is required to spend more than ten years every time to use the Judgment of All Things through the river of time and sever history. There are ways with a lower cost, but Chen Li doesn't know how to do them now.

The name is of utmost importance... and the name of Chen Li's first photo is "The Second Honkai War".

That's right, what's needed to name the photos are the keywords that Chen Li Extraction from the events.

If Chen Li doesn't Extraction the "keyword" from the current event, then Chen Li 'll need to expend even more effort to construct a sentence using other keywords— for What If the Herrscher of the Void wasn't Honkai the Honkai, but instead joined the human camp and encountered a woman who could become his mother.

More importantly, all of the above text needs to be dyed with Miracle Crystal.

However, the terms Extraction from the current event do not need to be colored.

Perhaps this is the difference between a five-star "Exclusive Weapon" and a permanent five-star weapon?

"So what kind of choice are you referring to?"

Cecilia, as someone who is on the verge of death, you have the option to bring your Remembrance into Parallel World. This is a privilege only available when Parallel World is first created.

"Oh, Your Queen, don't look at me. You have to go in. This is a world I created specifically to atone for your sins. If you don't go, there will be no protagonist." Chen Li pinched the cheek of Sirin, who was exhausted but still had a breath left.

"But..." Cecilia looked at Z Siegfried, who was surrounded by plants she had summoned with the Black Orchid White Flower, with some reluctance.

"Mr. Z Siegfried won't die, so he doesn't need to go. Besides, going to Parallel World is just one option; the other is to take a nap. Someone will wake you up in a dozen years. With Cecilia's strength, winning the Revival Match is very easy," Chen Li said.

"I choose the latter," Cecilia said firmly.

Cecilia still has people she cares about in this world, and she cannot so easily give up her Bond to this world.

"Miracle is right. The longer you live in a world, the more deeply you become entangled in cause and effect. The best time to break free from the cause and effect of a world is before you are even born." Chen Li was not surprised at all when he heard Cecilia's choice.

"Well... goodbye, Your Queen. Oh, no, as a price, you will all forget me, including you. I hope you are happy in another world." Chen Li squatted down in front of Sirin and waved to Sirin.

The moment Sirin's consciousness faded, Sirin had no choice but to passively make a choice: to go to that Parallel World.

In fact, throughout the entire Second Honkai 3rd, people who sacrificed themselves, regardless of the reason, would be passively chosen to enter Parallel World and live again in another world.

This is why Chen Li said he was atoning for Sirin's sins.

Of course, Chen Li didn't just act on impulse and recklessly spend a lot of money to create this Miraculous Item.

Because something so Miracle is bound to produce Miracle Card!

Chen Li looked at the two Miracle Cards floating in front of him and was extremely satisfied.

The Miracle Card requirement for the Novice Task is finally met!

Moreover, with this Miraculous Item, there will undoubtedly be a steady stream of more customers with similar needs providing Chen Li with Miracle Cards!

Creating a world with "xx" was something Chen Li couldn't even imagine—that this Miraculous Item would have no market.

However, Chen Li's happiness didn't last long, because...

"Your Queen, can you please let go? You're about to die..." Chen Li pleaded, looking at Sirin, who was staring intently at him and clinging to his clothes with her last bit of strength.

Chen Li always felt that Sirin's expression seemed to say: I will always be watching you! Forever!

Chen Li subconsciously felt that he might have done something to wrong Sirin.

Chen Li thought to himself that he hadn't lied to her about his body.

Could it be that she discovered that I had made several teeth marks on her Herrscher Core?

No way...

He still felt that he had been deceiving the other party from beginning to end, so he was resentful.

It doesn't seem like it, because Chen Li just saw the same unwillingness on the other Otto's face, which is completely different from the look in Sirin's eyes now.

"Oh, I see. You want one last hug, right? Well, in the Parallel World, you won't have a temporary companion as handsome as me." Chen Li understood everything, and then, under Cecilia's rather worried gaze, he took Sirin from Cecilia's arms and gave her a gentle hug.

But the next moment, Chen Li felt a chill on his ear.

"Ouch, why are you biting my ear?!"

Chapter 145 Sirin: You... have other Queens?!

[Playing with the Beacon Fires to Deceive the Feudal Lords]: You, King You of Zhou, have toyed with the fate of an entire civilization for your own selfish desires. I, King You of Zhou, would like to call you the strongest!

Effect 1: Allows free manipulation of a civilization's timeline, accelerating, decelerating, pausing, or rewinding. It can even create simulated parallel timelines to observe the civilization's development under different choices. (Using this effect consumes Civilization Value.)

Effect 2: Can awaken the Collective Consciousness of a civilization to help better control its development (this effect consumes a large amount of Civilization Value) and grant the user a special attack against Collective Consciousness. As long as the user lives, the Collective Consciousness will always remain a mere prince!

Effect 3: Can be used to forge Miraculous Items.

(Civilization Value: Replenished by interfering in or dominating key moments in a civilization's historical events)

[Fictional Historian]: Editing history, fabricating history, creating history!

Effect 1: By consuming Imaginary Value, a fragment of a certain object/person's past can be brought back to the other party, restoring their former abilities, injuries, illnesses, hobbies, moods, etc.

Effect 2: By gazing at any object/person, you can read their historical footage to obtain Remembrance fragments. Once enough Remembrance are collected, a complete historical event can be pieced together. (This requires consuming Imaginary Value and entering the other person's mind... but there are no specific requirements on how to do so. Even assaulting them will work.)

Effect 3: Can be used to forge Miraculous Items.

(Imaginary Value: Imaginary Value can be obtained by creating fictional language, events, civilization history, etc.)

Overall, Chen Li obtained two pretty good Miracle Cards.

Perhaps because what Chen Li just did fit the definition of Miracle too well, both of the Crystal Miracle Cards gave 40 Crystals each.

Whether it's severing history or creating Parallel World, it seems like no small matter, so giving so many Crystals is reasonable.

Moreover, these two Miracle Cards are quite useful.

While the second effect of the Fictional Historian doesn't specify what the complete historical events can be used for, it's likely intended for use in What If.

The first thing Chen Li did after obtaining 80 Crystals was, of course, to redeem [Soul Sever].

Although the Soul Sever is indeed useless in Chen Li's hands, what if it is?

Besides, if we redeem the Soul Sever now, we can just lend it out again if we run out of money later, right?

In any case, using the characteristic of Preemptive Consumption to obtain a loan does not incur any interest.

After going around in circles, Chen Li's balance returned to 61 Crystals.

The fifth Novice Task is only missing the reputation level to complete.

When forging the Miraculous Item "What If", Chen Li spent 50 Crystals and naturally gained 50 experience points, plus 25 experience points from the Positive Review Cashback, successfully raising Chen Li's Miraculous Forger level to lv4 (64/400).

As for reputation... let's cause some trouble in other worlds. At least Chen Li gained 40 reputation points after making a big splash in the Honkai world.

Overall, the harvest was substantial.

Although Chen Li lost the entry for Fictional Historian, he gained a Miracle Card for Fictional Historian, so it wasn't a loss at all.

And...

Chen Li looked up at the top of his head, where a new entry was being Extraction.

The entry for "[Fictional World Theorist]" (Miracle Card) Extraction...

Progress: 1/3 (Creating Parallel Worlds with different historical processes can increase progress)

This was the first time Chen Li had seen his progress in obtaining the Miracle Card.

Chen Li wasn't quite sure what the effect of this Miracle Card would be, but anything connected to the world was definitely not simple.

"Um... Chen Li, don't you have anything you want to explain?" Houraisan Kaguya, who had been staring intently at Chen Li for a while, slowly asked.

"Huh, explain what?"

"For example, why did I suddenly have another roommate?"