Chapter Twenty-Four Complete. / Chapter Twenty-Five: The World Could Never Repay It.

Vill-V acted as if it didn't matter at all. Logically speaking, the appearance of a fake version of herself in the Imaginary Tree was already a big event, but she felt no sense of crisis about it and only found it amusing.

"That 'me' also has multiple personalities, and even the same configuration as me."

Mobius and Eden exchanged a glance, both seeing surprise and doubt in each other's eyes, before silently preparing for battle.

They suspected that the woman in front of them, Vill-V, was lying to mislead them.

"Hey, wait a minute, are you guys suspecting me of lying?"

Vill-V's expression changed, becoming cold and rational. "According to my estimate, the similarity between the other party and me is as high as 98%."

His personality changed.

This unmaskable characteristic both lowered Mobius and Eden's guard and left them quite perplexed.

So that means... Vill-V wasn't lying?

"What is going on?"

"So I said I met another version of myself... or as you would say, I met a counterfeit?"

Vill-V smiled easily, "But it doesn't matter if it's a fake or not. I got along quite well with her. We exchanged some technical experience and then went our separate ways."

"..."

As expected, Vill-V's thought process is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

Chapter Twenty-Four is finished.

"We both believed that we were the real Vill-V. After each of us checked the other's body, we found that we were no different from ourselves, even the mole under the chest was exactly the same. Then we checked our memories and found that there was still no problem."

Vill-V shared the information she had gathered from another Vill-V with the two of them, saying, "To be honest, I don't even know if I'm the real one or a clone implanted with Vill-V's memories."

This is truly the worst-case scenario. Even the mentally unstable Vill-V can't distinguish between the real and the fake. The only good news is that it seems they don't have to worry about the fakes attacking them anymore, since they themselves can't tell whether they are fake or not.

"Can you contact anyone else?"

Vill-V shrugged. "You know, we're all a bunch of mavericks, and Lin's in trouble. Now almost everyone's looking for him in Imaginary Tree. It's not realistic to find everyone."

"Well..."

Mobius rolled his eyes and said to Vill-V with an annoyance, "But you know, the great inventor Vill-V must have a backup plan, right?"

"Miss Mobius, do you think I'm Doraemon? Someone who can come up with a solution whenever there's trouble."

Vill-V clapped her hands lightly and smiled calmly.

"However, I do have a solution."

Eden smiled in unison, "So, Miss Will A-Meng, what do you plan to do?"

"Hmm... First, let's find Lin. If my estimation is correct, there shouldn't be any fake Lin."

Vill-V produced a small device from somewhere, and under the watchful eyes of Mobius and Eden, she tapped it twice, producing a "beep beep beep" sound.

"Okay, this way."

Although it was troublesome, Lin still managed to find Raiden Mei's activity records in the Imaginary Tree.

In the Imaginary Tree, there is a special space for storing past data. Its prototype is Mei's database. Even the Thirteen Heroes cannot enter unless there are special circumstances. Only two people can come here: Lin and Klein.

Aponia has merged with the Imaginary Tree, so she can probably enter, but she already knows most of what happened in the Imaginary Tree, so she doesn't need to come in specifically.

Lin had to go through a series of complex verifications to enter the data space, since he hadn't given his own anchor memory access. Only the real him could pass these verifications. After entering, he immediately read through everything that had happened in the Intrinsic World, the Imaginary Tree.

Has Kevin turned the Imaginary Tree into a testing ground for the World Serpent's executives?

Lin saw Gray Serpent, Night Owl, Raven, and Jackal in the records. They had all passed the trials of the Flame-Chasers in the Imaginary Tree. Lin's memory was the one who helped them the most, almost like revealing the answers to help them cheat on the graduation exam.

... It turns out he had created his own enemy.

However, this is not surprising. Memory Lin does not have the complete memories of Ash Project. In his view, those who come to Imaginary Tree are all juniors selected by Kevin, so he will try his best to provide them with help.

Speaking of which, Lin noticed something strange.

When Lin and Spasi set up the anchor point, the plan was that Lin's consciousness would return to the Imaginary Tree through the anchor point and integrate the memories of the memory body and the original body.

But when he came back, he had no memory of the memory at all. Could it be because the data was corrupted?

The stored data is substantial, including the last update time of each Flame-Chasers's memory data in the Imaginary Tree of the End. Except for Kevin, Sue, Fu Hua, and Griseo, their last update was before the Herrscher of Finality subjugation war of the previous Previous Civilization.

Sue and Kevin last updated their memories about 1,500 years ago, Griseo even earlier, Fu Hua probably only updated them once after the Finality because she considered that hyperthymesia would overload the memories of the Imaginary Tree.

"So, besides Kevin and Fu Hua, who are already... no, Griseo might also be..."

Lin quickly identified the survivors. Fifteen hundred years ago, Kevin and Sue had a major disagreement and fought. Kevin was eventually sealed away, and Bianca told Lin about Sue's fate.

It was somewhat expected.

Lin calmly put the data, which looked like a book, back.

Oh, right, Bianca should have already been to the Quantum Sea by this time.

... Then he's doomed?

Lin hadn't thought of this before, but now he suddenly realized that his relationship with Kiana, Seele, Bronya was only temporarily resolved. If that completely unreasonable blockhead were to join the fray, she would definitely turn the tables and cause chaos.

Bianca doesn't care what other girls think. She's already said that if Lin gets ambiguous with other women again, he shouldn't blame her for being impolite. As for how impolite she'll be, whether it's directed at him personally, at the girls he's ambiguous with, or both, no one knows.

Lin's palms were slightly sweaty as he calmly pondered.

However, even if Bianca has been to the Quantum Sea, she probably wouldn't know that he has already arrived in the current civilization. We should think of a way to deal with him before she finds out.

In short, let's deal with the immediate problem first.

The recent data has been completely corrupted by the Herrscher of Erosion, making it impossible to see what happened in the Imaginary Tree.

Did a small matter become a cover for a bigger one...?

This is really a headache. I'll bring the Herrscher of Erosion here later to see if we can restore the data.

"Um?"

Lin, who had just left the data space, suddenly activated the light refraction device and then held his breath, hiding in a corner.

"Are you sure you're not mistaken? There's nothing here at all."

Three people appeared near the anchor point in the distance. The green-haired girl sitting on the vehicle questioned the woman with the hairstyle of the vent.

"Huh? The instrument shouldn't be malfunctioning."

Vill-V looked around the empty space with suspicion. "Lin's signal is displayed in this area."

... What exactly did Vill-V put on him? How could she know his location in real time?

"Tch, you must be mistaken, using your junk as tools, right?"

"Let's look around nearby first."

Eden acted as a peacemaker, but Vill-V didn't seem to care much.

The three split up to search for clues in the vicinity. Under Lin's puzzled gaze, Vill-V walked to a spot just a few steps away from him with a smile. Lin wasn't sure if it was his imagination, but he felt that Vill-V had glanced at him.

... It's just a coincidence.

Wait a minute, Lin thought of something.

If Vill-V had a device that could locate him, she should have used it long ago. Why is she only using it now?

She's not defining Lin herself!

Just as he was thinking about this, the girl's fragrance came to him.

Chapter Twenty-Five: The World Has No Way to Repay This.

The fragrance filled his arms, and before Lin could react, he found himself holding a firm, rounded, and elastic object.

"Ha... Oh dear, we can't find Lin. Where do you think he might be?"

She covered her mouth and let out a barely perceptible gasp, a blush rising on Vill-V face, as she spoke to the other two.

"So you're saying there's something wrong with your equipment?"

Mobius raised an eyebrow and asked again.

"It's possible that the data about nearby forests caused the tracking target to be incorrect."

Vill-V turned around and squatted down. "What do you guys think?"

"We think... isn't this your stuff... what are you doing?"

Mobius was complaining when he turned around and saw Vill-V squatting on the ground, her hand making a gesture as if she were grabbing something and putting it on her chest.

"Uh-huh..."

A sweet breath escaped her tightly pursed lips. Vill-V said seriously, "You've been sitting in the Spiral Workshop for too long lately. Do some stretching exercises. Doctor Mobius can try them too."

"Do you think I'm some old, stiff-boned lunatic?"

Mobius stared at her, somewhat speechless, then turned his head away.

"Speaking of which, that guy Lin has been acting suspiciously ever since Raiden Mei arrived. Could it be that he's..."

The green-haired girl's pretty face was extremely gloomy. She knew all too well how popular that bastard was with women, and he was a scumbag who would accept anyone. She had no qualms about making a move against a junior who was 50,000 years younger than her.

Eden chuckled lightly, "I don't think there's anything to worry about. Lin knows what he's doing."

"He has no sense of propriety whatsoever; he's just a pervert who'd do those kinds of things even in crowded places."

"Oh? That's what Mobius thinks of Lin. What if he did that kind of thing with other girls in front of you?"

Vill-V was still "stretching," her breathing becoming heavier, and she gave Mobius an ambiguous smile.

"Tch, he can sleep with whoever he wants, it's none of my business, I don't care."

"Hehe, that's good."

"What do you mean, 'that's good'?"

Mobius frowned as she looked at Vill-V, who was still making strange movements. She felt that Vill-V's behavior had been odd ever since she arrived here.

"It's nothing~ Since it's not here, let's go check out the next place."

Vill-V took a deep breath, stopping her trembling, then subtly wiped a certain part of her body with a handkerchief before casually walking toward the anchor point.

"Tsk, I think you've been doing too much junk work and your brain has become junk too..."

The two walked into the anchor point one after the other, with Eden at the very back. She looked back thoughtfully at where Vill-V had been, shook her head, and followed.

Lin sat silently on the ground, looking like a little girl who had been forced into this situation.

Why does it feel like everyone I meet has noticed that he's back?

Lin touched the light refraction device on his hands and neck. Vill-V must have installed a backdoor program on this device. In the entire Imaginary Tree, only Lin knew how to use these things. She discovered Lin from the beginning, and then pretended not to know and did a little... prank in front of Mobius and Eden.

... the more egregious kind.

Vill-V's behavior conveyed a message to him—

He'll get what's coming to him.

After calming himself down, Lin stood up, wiped the water off his hands, and prepared to go back.

The Herrscher of Erosion should be ready soon, and he has something he wants to say to her.

The blue-purple-haired girl hummed a song, her elven ears twitching as she sat in the rocking chair gazing at the sunless sky.

Finally, the world of my dreams is about to arrive.

Anyway, everything in the Imaginary Tree is a memory, not the real Thirteen Heroes. Lin's companions had already died in the Previous Civilization, and she and Lin were not the real Elysia and Lin, so there was no need to worry at all.

Even if it's just imitation, the emotions are definitely not fake.

"Whoosh."

Lin Cong the anchor point, Herrscher of Erosion smiled as she rose from her rocking chair to welcome her, saying, "Lin, you're back."

"Ah."

"Then we should go and get the mark on Mei's body. Once we have the mark, we can erode the highest authority and complete everything. Let's go."

"Wait a minute before that."