Breeding Facility Ceruno

(Babaluno)

There's no way out.

Xiaoling exclaimed anxiously, "Hey! Aldebaran closed the door!"

Aldebaran didn't come in with us.

"Is she afraid of being held accountable by the 'Supreme Council'? Even if she didn't come in personally, letting people in without authorization is still a crime, so she's trying to distance herself from it."

Miluno's point is valid; Aldebaran kidnapped Miss Viktorika, clearly intending to make her take the blame.

"Sister Miluno, why are you still taking her side?"

Xiaoling asked with a dissatisfied look, "Then, how are we going to get out? Even if we find the person, we still need to get out, right?"

Miluno pointed to a conveyor belt belonging to another production line.

"Go that way, isn't there another path?"

I asked, "Is it possible that Dad also left via that transport belt?"

Miluno, however, disagreed.

She wore the helmet of her Ghost Combat Suit, which was encapsulated with Aunt Lin Xi's Memory Tracking magic, allowing one to see her remaining thoughts.

"We have no problem getting out from there, but if she goes out from there, she'll fall into Aldebaran's trap and will inevitably face the Military Tribunal of the 'Supreme Council.' All our efforts so far have been in vain... She's gone deeper into the region."

Miluno explained as she pointed to the only entrance to the rotunda.

A door leading to darkness.

Peeking inside, they couldn't see even the slightest bit of light. It was hard to imagine how their father and Fomalhaut had managed to enter such a pitch-black space.

Even if they go in, will going inside change anything?

A beam of light, resembling an incandescent light bulb, rose above Sirius, illuminating the passageway.

Nothing special, just a smooth metal wall.

She replied, "A-Ji came here, of course, for power. Don't forget what Professor Stratos said: as long as you absorb enough Dark Energy here, Miluno... Mono can truly grow. What if A-Ji and Fomalhaut also gain power?"

Dark Energy brings power.

"Will Dad become a god too?"

"I don't know, but Fomalhaut might become a god."

Miluno picked up the pendant and examined its deep Black Light.

"Aldebaran said that before I appeared, she originally intended to cultivate Fomalhaut into a god."

Absorb Dark Energy, replace the original system, and become the new Creator.

It sounds like there's nothing wrong with it, even a bit like a perfect ending, but Miluno strongly resists it.

"Doesn't Miluno want to become a god?"

"No, my gut feeling tells me this is a huge pitfall."

She continued to trust her intuition as always.

Absorbing darkness means Mono is getting closer to the realm of gods, but after that... what will he do after becoming a god?

"Let 'Past check it out first, but be careful of those' Guardian '."

We left the hall, which shipped out canned Base Body, through the only gate.

Deep into the darkness.

Miss Achernar, who inherited the memories of Chuanlang Bojiang, led the way, followed by Sirius in charge of lighting, with Xiaoling in the middle, and finally Miluno and I...

To be precise, it was Miluno who carried me.

Since I can't walk properly yet, I can only imagine being carried. Of course, I also made sure to use Bubble Membrane to reduce my weight.

"Sorry, I was just acting to cooperate with Aldebaran."

Miluno suddenly apologized.

I replied, "I know, I knew it when Xiaoling's magic stopped working on you."

Before this, her body was possessed by the intellectually challenged Mono, but she was excluded.

In other words, it was little Mono who unconsciously cuddled and rubbed against me.

Although the girl herself was unaware of it, she always felt she was being taken advantage of, but couldn't bring herself to say it.

Currently, Miluno can only indirectly control her body through the necklace made by Aldebaran. Because it is indirect control, she seems to be a little clumsy in using it, and everything she does seems to be a beat slow.

Well...

I hope a trip to Black Pool, which the professor mentioned, will improve this situation.

"Hey, Ceruno- chan."

Sirius turned around, pinched his nose, and greeted them exaggeratedly:

"Put everyone in Bubble Membrane to isolate them from the Dark Energy... cough, the Dark Energy here is too concentrated!!"

"Oh well."

Grandma took out the Trident and did as she was told.

Was it in this very environment that the first thirty magical girls who arrived here fought their enemies?

Perhaps there was no traitor, but the Crystal was simply corrupted by Dark Energy?

Thinking of this, I asked:

"Miss Achernar, did those Monster chase you into the 'Breeding Facility' back then?"

She hesitated for a moment before answering:

"We weren't able to enter the restricted area at the time."

She no longer intended to distinguish between herself and Ms. Chuanlang Bojiang.

"Hmm? What do you mean?"

The taciturn Achernar organized her thoughts.

"The Breeding Facility is divided into Upper District and Lower District. The lower area is where we are now, a deep underground ruin created by the 'Great Will,' while the upper area is a camp built by the 'Supreme Council' for its garrison, mainly to guard against invaders from the surface."

The buildings in this world are tall, but they're all dug very deep.

"So, you were captured in the camp up there?"

"Yes, Eridanus ... We broke in from the upper camp to find the Wormhole Device that would allow us to return, but the upper garrison was no match for us then. We should be very close to the Lower District now."

If it weren't for the "accident" that contaminated everyone's Crystal, back when the enemy didn't yet have a witch, those elite forces might truly have been able to return to Earth...

And Miss SpiCa will no longer have to bear the infamy she has long suffered.

Unfortunately, history has no "what ifs".

Their sacrifice is a fait accompli.

The passageway was longer than expected, and it went entirely downwards... Just how deep is this Breeding Facility?

The world is a ring, and the thickness of the Ring Wall is the depth of the earth. In other words, this thickness should be extremely finite...

"Miluno, is Aldebaran really an ally? You seem to have quite a bit of contact with her?"

With my arms around Miluno's neck, I asked her this question in her ear.

"Just take it as my gut feeling. She has indeed saved me several times, but I can't trust her. I'd rather trust Fomalhaut than her."

Miluno's answer was very straightforward...

However, besides her entanglement with Aldebaran, what is her connection with Fomalhaut?

"Aldebaran wants Mono to become the new system that replaces the 'Great Will,' to rebuild this dying world from scratch. That's what she told me. But what is her motive for doing so? She has always claimed to be an undercover agent planted behind enemy lines, but in reality, she hasn't helped SpiCa at all, let alone provided any intelligence. Apart from gradually making me absorb more darkness, she hasn't done anything—quiet."

Miluno suddenly became serious and silenced everyone.

There's movement ahead.

Even when it quieted down, I still didn't hear anything.

"It seems that Sun Ji and the 'Guardian' mentioned by Aldebaran are fighting."