Chapter 382
"Is there anything strange? You're my sister, the heroine wouldn't feel comfortable letting me act alone, would she? If there's a way for you to come along, I think you should stay by my side..."
"That's true," Bianca replied calmly.
She didn't hide her actions; in fact, she knew that her behavior was likely to be misunderstood by Freya, but ultimately it was for the sake of the other Valkyrie at Schicksal Headquarters.
Freya's Dream World is becoming known to more and more people, especially since the Raven and Jackal can leave the Dream World from time to time, and such privilege naturally has the most fatal attraction.
Even Tesla and Einstein, as participants in this Dream World, would find it difficult to offer a negative assessment.
Of course, the two of them were playing a single-player version of the Dream World. In the entire Dream World, only Tesla and Einstein were real people, while everyone else was a fictional character created by the power of the Herrscher of Consciousness.
From a certain perspective, these images fabricated by the power of the Herrscher of Consciousness are mostly based on the memories of Tesla and Einstein.
Therefore, these people are almost identical to the individuals in the real world.
Hearing Bianca's calm reply, Freya smiled slightly. She was actually very curious about Bianca's identity in this world.
Perhaps there are differences between Bianca from different worlds, but Freya sensed a very subtle sense of closeness with the Bianca in this world.
This led Freya to place her suspicions on Otto of this world.
Freya searched through all the data at Schicksal Headquarters but couldn't find the real location of Kiana in this world. Given Otto's personality, he naturally wouldn't answer, but Freya still had some doubts.
For example, Bianca in this world might be the real Kiana Kaslana in this world.
Although it may seem unbelievable, there can indeed be some differences between different worlds, which made Freya doubt the 'small' Bianca from the original world.
But after thinking about it carefully, she realized that Little Bianca couldn't possibly be Kiana herself.
After all, in the original world, Kiana's true form was learning and honing her skills from the leader of the World Serpent, hoping to master the ability of Loving Freeze as soon as possible.
Freya smiled and shook her head. She knew what Bianca was worried about in this world, and she understood the deepest concerns that Welt and Einstein still held in their hearts...
"Yes, I will go back in the next couple of days. I will take you, Rita, Kiki, Mr. Welt and Sister Tesla from this world, Sister Einstein, and others with me. Also, Otto from this world."
Although he's just a bastard from a parallel world, Freya thinks that even Otto from a parallel world would still be very popular in his original world, and she'll definitely auction him off to the highest bidder.
In fact, just as Freya declared, she did open a Sea of Quantum portal back to her original world two days later.
436. Regardless of the outcome, Freya felt satisfied.
In front of the Zero Ark, space seemed to have been violently torn apart. On the other side of the enormous spatial rift was the ethereal, all-seeing projection ocean— the Sea of Quantum.
Of course, the Sea of Quantum is not an ocean, but a 'medium' that can contain all worlds and carry all possible worlds.
Even with the combined strength of three billion people and the aid of existing technology, the Zero Ark used to traverse the Sea of Quantum is still overdrawing the resources of some powerful nations under Freya's control... Originally, it was expected that the Mind Network would gradually absorb the remaining humans over the next month, but judging from the current supply of this war fortress, it may need to be extended by another two or three months...
Even though everyone works together wholeheartedly and no longer cares about personal gain, and there is no corruption, in this perfect environment where everyone works for you for free, there are still many things that cannot be done.
For example, in the fortress empire created by Freya, currency became worthless, and there was no longer an internal trading system. Although this did not affect the so-called fortress empire, it did have an impact on many things.
For example, some products that were originally diverse are no longer produced. Although daily necessities are essential, the variety of products is constantly shrinking, starting with daily necessities.
This is not good news. Although those manipulated by Freya are generally unwilling to return to the real world, it does not mean that Freya likes the reality of this world becoming extremely cold.
Even under Freya's manipulation, those people were still living, breathing human beings.
With this in mind, Freya decided to slow down her conquest of this world, which is one of the reasons she is preparing to return to her original world.
She has done almost everything she could in this world; what remains is just a matter of time and patience.
And this part doesn't require her to stay in this world and worry about it.
To be honest, she desperately needed an energy called Rita. Although there was a Rita in this world, Freya was too embarrassed to replenish Rita's energy in front of the heroine of this world.
"Really, we're going to a parallel world..."
Kiki blinked and exclaimed.
Actually, she was quite curious about the world Freya originally lived in.
Even though she had heard some of Freya's stories during this time and knew that her parallel world self had a happy and fulfilling family, she thought about meeting her parallel world self when she first heard about it.
It wasn't out of jealousy or envy for such a relationship, but rather a desire to know what it would be like to have a happy and fulfilling life...
She had long realized that she might not be the real Kiana Kaslana, but even so, she still cherished the name Siegfried had given her.
Even though I feel I don't deserve such a name, I still hope to live well for Kiana Kaslana and leave my mark on this world.
Yes, after realizing that the name she possessed had a true owner, the reason she was able to obtain this name might be because the true owner of the name was no longer alive.
Siegfried was unable to save her.
Perhaps I am just a substitute.
Having had such speculations and worries, Kiki finally decided to bear the burden of this name.
However, in a parallel world, the real Kiana is still alive, and her parallel self, through the efforts of the two, has a happy and fulfilling family.
The fortunate self in the parallel world, whose happy life is now, undoubtedly carries the wishes of her two older sisters.
Kiki wants to know whether her parallel world self is immersed in that happy life, or makes a choice different from what she expected.
Yes, Kiki didn't tell Freya her reason for wanting to see her parallel world self.
However, Kiki's little scheme couldn't be kept from Freya at all.
It's no surprise that they're the same person; just as most Otto are scoundrels, most K423 characters are good kids.
As for Kiki's little scheme, Freya not only didn't expose it, but also pretended to be mysterious and concealed a lot of her past experiences in the original world of Aurora.
After all, in order to conceal information about the parallel world, she ultimately revealed very little about the actual situation of Aurora, Kiana, and others.
Although Freya had told them that in the original world, Schicksal and Anti-Entropy had merged into an Anti-Honkai Alliance, she did not elaborate on the specific extent of their alliance.
Freya told Kiki that Aurora was a researcher, but she didn't explain in detail how she became a researcher or which institute she worked at.
Kiki, on the other hand, thought that since Aurora's mother was Tesla, it was very likely that Aurora was just Tesla's assistant.
Becoming Dr. Tesla's assistant is essentially no different from becoming a researcher, but in essence, it is only because of Dr. Tesla's reputation that a girl who looks only 14 years old has become a researcher.
Especially after learning that Aurora and Dr. Tesla from a parallel world, who was also her adoptive mother, were in the same research institute, and that Dr. Tesla was the director of that institute, Kiki became even more convinced of her opinion.
Freya couldn't help but grin mischievously.
Of course, Freya's swift action did not cause any unease in Welt and the others.
After all, they had been surprised countless times in the past month, but even so, they were still stunned by the special guests of Zero Ark.
A man named Kevin Kaslana stood in front of the Zero Ark, staring blankly at the ark capable of traversing the Sea of Quantum.
The Sea of Quantum that encompasses everything does not simply mean that it contains all worlds, but rather that it also encompasses all possible worlds.
Quantum is an important concept in modern physics. It means that if a physical quantity has a smallest indivisible basic unit, then the physical quantity is quantized, and the smallest unit is called a quantum.
In layman's terms, a quantum is the smallest unit that can exhibit the properties of a substance or physical quantity.
Everything in the world is made up of quanta, and quanta have uncertainty. When a quantum is observed, a specific universe will collapse out from countless parallel universes of different forms. This is the famous many-worlds interpretation in quantum mechanics.
That's why people often say Schrodinger abused cats.
In fact, since Planck proposed the concept of quantum, and through the refinement by Einstein, Bohr, Schrodinger and others, a complete quantum mechanics theory was initially established in the first half of the 20th century, and the vast majority of physicists regard quantum mechanics as the fundamental theory for understanding and describing nature.
Schrodinger extended this idea to propose a thought experiment: a cat is placed in a sealed container containing a small amount of radium and cyanide. The decay of radium is probabilistic; if the radium decays, it will trigger a mechanism that breaks the bottle containing cyanide, killing the cat; if the radium does not decay, the cat will survive.
According to quantum mechanics, since radioactive radium exists in a superposition of decaying and non-decaying states, a cat should logically exist in a superposition of dead and live states.
This cat that is both dead and alive is the so-called Schrodinger's Cat. However, it is impossible for a cat to be both dead and alive. The cat's life or death can only be determined after the container is opened.
This experiment attempts to elucidate the principle of quantum superposition at the microscopic scale from a macroscopic perspective, cleverly linking the existence of microscopic matter—whether it exists as a particle or a wave after observation—to the macroscopic cat, thereby seeking to verify the quantum form of existence when observation intervenes. With the development of quantum physics, Schrodinger's Cat has also extended to physical problems and philosophical controversies such as parallel universes.
Of course, this is just a thought experiment.
Most importantly, in this state, the cat exists in one of two possible outcomes when it is observed: it is either alive or dead. If the cat is alive, it means that they are observing a parallel world where the cat is alive; if the cat is dead, it means that they are observing a parallel world where the cat is dead.
Because it is impossible to observe two states simultaneously, and in fact, it is impossible to prove the existence of parallel worlds, Schrodinger used a thought experiment to test the inherent uncertainty of quantum theory.
Having said all that, whether it's this world or the world before, Schrodinger was just a quiet girl who loved cats.
She would never commit cat abuse, but her research on quantum theory, as well as that of other researchers on quantum mechanics, was not much behind that of Dr. Mei from the Previous Civilization.
Although Mei published her quantum mechanics paper while she was still a student at the Senba Academy, it was during that time that she, as a female high school student, attracted the attention of the anti- Honkai organization 'Fire Moth'.
Kevin was very familiar with the Sea of Quantum. Not to mention that the Previous Civilization had created a large number of World Bubble in the Sea of Quantum, he himself had been pushed to the bottom of the Sea of Quantum by his best friend.
Although the concept of a 'bottom' is uncertain in the Sea of Quantum itself, the so-called Sea of Quantum is unique in that it exists in all parallel worlds. It does not belong to any one world and is connected to all worlds.
In this world, only the Imaginary Tree, which gives birth to countless worlds, can be compared to the Sea of Quantum that spans all worlds.
"... The Sea of Quantum".
Kevin closed his eyes. He couldn't possibly consider going to a parallel world where Mei was still alive. Even if he could go to such a world, the Mei in that parallel world wouldn't be his Mei.
"Herrscher, are you really going to take me back to my original world? I remember you told me that you hated me, and that there were several intense battles between you and me in your original world."
Kevin had recovered from his frozen state as early as two weeks ago.
Even he, with his slow-wittedness, began to doubt Freya's method of freezing herself.
Upon discovering that he had used his own power to freeze himself and the World Serpent Base, he immediately cut off the power supply.
Even so, he was very weak after only recently being freed from the ice. At that time, he encountered Freya, who had come specifically to take him home. His expression was almost distorted at that moment.
Kevin never expected that Freya would eventually send him such an invitation.
"... It's nothing, anyway you can't compare to Kevin from the original world."
Freya shrugged. Although Welt, Tesla, and the others were shocked by Kevin's special guest appearance, Kevin himself didn't care. Because of Pvanty's DNA, even though things had eased up a bit, his personality was still greatly affected, making him very cold... Of course, sometimes he would act recklessly and become unusually excited, probably also due to the influence of Pvanty's DNA.
However, Pvanty is an elephant, not a pig... But I always feel that many people mistake Pvanty for a wild boar.
Freya's calm reply naturally did not make Kevin feel happy.
He silently stared at the Zero Ark. Judging from its size, it was similar to the Hyperion, just the size of a standard Floating Battleship.
In fact, the Zero Ark has a smaller carrying capacity than the Hyperion, and most of its interior is armor used to counter the assimilation capabilities of the Sea of Quantum.
"I'd like to try out my own abilities in another world."
"Oh? You want to be tortured? I'd be happy to."
Freya almost applauded Kevin. In order not to be restrained by her, Kevin from the original world had basically abandoned the attack method based on Honkai Energy. In addition, his life level had undergone a transformation. At this moment, he was basically the same as the Humanoid Honkai Beast created by Honkai. No matter how much Honkai Energy he had, his physical quality was even more exaggerated than that of the Judgment-class Honkai Beast.
But thinking about it carefully, it's not surprising that Kevin from the original world has such strength.
When Kevin first left the Sea of Quantum, he had a great battle with Freya, and Kevin was almost completely destroyed by Freya in that battle... If it weren't for a super Honkai Beast of Judgment-class or higher bringing him warmth from afar, which was equivalent to feeding Kevin a gold-level buff, plus breakthrough materials and a large amount of experience... Kevin, who was originally going to be killed, ultimately survived and completed a transformation in his life level.
To be honest, even sensing Kevin's condition from afar, Freya felt a strong urge to avoid fighting him.
The opponent has enhanced the strength of their body to an outrageous degree, tearing apart Humanoid Honkai Beast with their bare hands, and Judgment-class Honkai Beast are no challenge at all.
Freya felt that even if the combined power of multiple Herrscher, excluding the Super Herrscher Collapse, were to strike him, it would only knock off a few hairs.
Because of the Super Herrscher Collapse, Freya is not without ways to deal with Kevin. In addition, her abilities are still growing. Even if her current attacks are ineffective, once her power increases several times over, she may be able to break through Kevin's defenses.
That being said, this has led to Freya being genuinely unwilling to fight Kevin now.
Fighting to the death is a certainty, but the price to pay may not only be one's own life, but also the lives of the Valkyrie one cherishes.
After all, her war with Kevin also meant that the Alliance was at war with World Serpent, Valkyrie naturally could not escape this battle.
However, for the two who went to war, even the Type-B Valkyrie, who could ravage Emperor-class Honkai Beast, and the Knight Squad that could fight against the Herrscher together, were still just cannon fodder of a slightly higher level.
The moment their attacks collided, they would annihilate countless lives in the surrounding area, not to mention that when they went all out, they could sink the continent beneath their feet...
Kevin in this world wants to 'give it a try'.
"I can help you make connections, no, please let me prepare a stage for you."
Freya's sense of humor suddenly exploded. After all, Kevin in this parallel world is still Kevin. No matter how weak he is, he is still Kevin. She wondered if he would feel disgusted to have Kevin from the original world, whom she deeply hated, beat up her in the parallel world.
Regardless of the outcome, Freya felt satisfied.
437. Sister, welcome back.
No matter how complicated Welt and the others' feelings were, Freya's decision would not change.
Kevin Kaslana is destined to be one of the companions on this homecoming trip, and of course, Otto Apocalypse will also be on this trip.
Although Otto is still using Soul Steel body this time, instead of his hidden true form, it will be virtually impossible for him to send his consciousness back once he arrives in the parallel world.
Therefore, no matter what Otto encounters after arriving in the parallel world, the Otto himself in this world will not have any reaction.
To be precise, even if the consciousness within the Soul Steel body lost contact with its original self in this world the moment it traveled to the parallel world.