Even matters of the present or the past could be searched by the system.
But Kiana still had to ask about them herself.
The system could not possibly dedicate its computing power to that sort of thing.
It had to observe, consolidate, and compile data in order to better summarize an outline and tell Kiana how the next phase of the future would unfold.
Every time, without exception.
Which was why—
Kiana had developed a habit by now.
The first thing she did each morning—
Was greet the system.
Then she would ask it, "How is my luck today? Are there any new changes in the future? Any problems?"
After that—
The system would answer Kiana.
It was like watching the news. Once she understood, she could relax. Everything was under control, after all.
It felt great~
In fact!
The most obvious changes to the future always occurred when the future itself was being pried open—that was, when a video was released and emotional energy was used.
Aside from that, most things simply followed their natural course, evolving on their own.
And incidentally, the closer the future was, the easier it was to consolidate. The farther away it was, the blurrier it became.
There were more variables, too.
So when interfering with the future, she had to consider not only the weight of the matter, but also exactly how far away it was from the present.
Naturally, the farther bad things were from the present, the better.
But for good things, she hoped they would be more stable and a little closer at hand.
At the same time—
As time continued to pass in the real world—
And as all kinds of events took place there, with humanity's activities and even their mutual influences—
New possibilities would emerge in the future.
Perhaps a path that had not been visible before would become clearer once the fog lifted, granting her a better view.
Then the future that had previously been hidden behind the mist—
Would also become clearer.
It was not a problem if you were scarce among countless futures.
The real problem was if you did not appear at all. That was truly annoying.
In fact, on one occasion when Kiana asked the system, she discovered an infinitesimal possibility that this world could connect to the Honkai Star Rail world.
That was why, in Mobius's earlier exposure video, she had included a few terms from the Honkai Star Rail world.
The miHoYo universe itself was based on the Tree and Sea framework.
Honkai Impact 3rd, the Honkai Star Rail world, and the Genshin Impact world had all been confirmed to exist within that framework.
As for Zenless Zone Zero and Honkai Impact 2nd, she did not know for the time being.
But Kiana was inclined to believe there was a high chance those two worlds were part of it as well.
And because the Tree and Sea was itself a multiversal framework—
Countless leaves represented countless worlds.
Countless bubbles represented countless lingering reflections as well.
Naturally, that encompassed countless worlds that might be the same or different, all of which could be called Parallel Worlds.
Even the world she lived in was said to be the Previous Civilization, but there was no guarantee how many Previous Civilizations or how many Honkai Impact 3rd worlds existed throughout the vast Tree and Sea universe.
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Considerations Regarding the Worldview
But no matter what!
According to Kiana's understanding—
The more powerful a world was, the greater its share within the entire Tree and Sea framework, and the rarer it would surely be.
A world like Honkai Star Rail already encompassed many worlds.
Some of those worlds were merely a single planet, while others were entire star systems.
But according to their theories, perhaps Honkai Impact 3rd or Genshin Impact could be the same.
The difference lay only in this—
The worlds of the Star Rail Universe had all been connected by paths forged through Trailblazing.
Because in their setting, every world initially existed shrouded in endless Imaginary Energy, as though trapped deep within a prison, making escape nearly impossible.
Clearly—
That was somewhat like the relationship between leaves.
Every leaf on the Imaginary Tree was a world, but branches and even pure Imaginary Space separated and surrounded each leaf.
It was like a blockade, like isolated islands.
Perhaps worlds such as Honkai Impact 3rd and Genshin Impact had not been discovered because they could not break through Imaginary Space...
Genshin Impact might even have serious problems.
Some said it was a leaf about to wither, while others said it was a World Bubble already within the Sea.
But that had little to do with worlds in the Honkai Impact 3rd line.
If the Star Rail Universe were treated as a more abstract concept—
As a theoretical collective—
Then—
The countless leaves themselves had not changed position, yet Trailblazing had linked them together with tracks, forming a conceptual whole. That was the entire universe.
That might make perfect sense, too.
So if Kiana wanted to connect to the Star Rail Universe—
She needed to break through the surrounding Imaginary Space and clear away the incomparably vast Imaginary Energy at the edge of the world.
If she set her sights outward, she might truly be able to reach the Honkai Star Rail world.
That would be nice as well.
As for why the great universe of the Honkai Star Rail world was an endless starry sky that encompassed planet after planet and star system after star system—
It was probably because the gaps within the higher-dimensional Imaginary Tree were difficult to truly observe, wasn't it?
Everything had to be reduced in dimension before it could be understood more easily.
Perhaps it was even because each planet and each star system had once been an isolated island, a complete world in its own right.
Once they were pieced together—
They would naturally connect seamlessly into a larger universe.
To say nothing else—
Take Kiana's current world, for example.
Though they had not left Earth, Mars and Venus had once possessed civilizations as well.
The size of their entire universe was most likely just the Solar System.
Although spacecraft had been sent out, and observations claimed they had already left the Solar System, if one referred to theories like False Heaven, perhaps even the starry sky they observed countless light-years away was fake. It might be like a mirage, a reflection of other worlds.
In any case, every spacecraft that left the Solar System had lost contact.
Everyone had grown used to it.
The vague future she had seen before only told her that humanity would survive the Honkai and develop further.
They would head for the stars.
They would ride across the sea of stars.
Thus, the Star Sea Alliance was conceived under that concept.
Any cosmic civilization needed a stronger voice, a unified voice, to bring everyone closer together.
Therefore, the nations of the present no longer suited that era.
Only by uniting completely and forming a planet-level political entity could they better meet the needs of that time.
Thus—
Kiana proposed the Star Sea Alliance.
It borrowed a few elements from the Xianzhou Alliance.
Like the Viega Race mentioned before, what exactly were they? Even Kiana herself could not say for certain.
But in her vision, the future Mobius would become an Aeon and create several races, with the Viega Race being one of them.
Even if, among hundreds of millions of futures, there was only one nearly impossible path where Mobius became an Aeon—
Then—
Kiana had reason to try to pull that future closer to the surface.
Even if the whole future was not good—
She could still try to cut out and preserve that good part.
Sakura was the same.
Even the Path of Infinity and the Path of Instants... what exactly they were—
That was something for later.
Although Paths were exclusive, and Aeons could even clash because their philosophies differed while sharing certain similarities—
Generally speaking—
So long as it was not truly a life-or-death conflict that sparked a divine war—
Having a few things in common did not matter.
The philosophical concepts behind the current eighteen Paths were intertwined from the start: there was some of you in me, and some of me in you.
Even Harmony devouring Order concealed many complications.
Otherwise—
One used strength to aid the weak, while the other used strength to force the weak.
They might look the same—
But they were not actually that similar.
There would always be a point of difference to find.
That was the difference in each Aeon's beliefs.
And Kiana did not go around claiming that every member of the Thirteen Flame-Chasers would become an Aeon in the future.
She only mentioned it when she had seen it herself—when there was even the slightest possibility—so she could help them push open that door as much as possible.
After all—
No matter what...
Although Herrschers were connected to the Cocoon of the End, they were also effectively connected directly to the Imaginary Tree.
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