"What did Equilibrium needing help have to do with you sacrificing yourself for nothing?"
Herta's eyelids twitched wildly, as if the storm raging within her heart were lashing beneath them.
Hearing those words, Ruan Mei's face showed confusion.
Was it an illusion? Why did Herta look... kind of stupid right now?
"Something is seriously wrong with you."
Ruan Mei spoke.
"It's all that guy's fault!"
Herta gritted her teeth in fury. For some reason, a scene kept replaying in her mind like a looping video.
—Russell had followed the internet cable to capture someone, while she, like a stupid hunting dog, had foolishly asked whether he could make clones too.
That scene looked ridiculously stupid!!!
"Oh."
Ruan Mei responded, engraving Herta's current appearance deeply into her mind before she slowly spoke again.
"Memory, Harmony, and Preservation—these three gods are currently capable of maintaining cosmic order after Equilibrium's decline. Unfortunately, each of them has their own flaws."
"The God of Memory records the myriad forms of living beings only to begin the next cycle of the universe, remaining indifferent to the universe's balance. The God of Preservation keeps its eyes fixed on Voracity and likewise has no interest in governing all living beings. As for the God of Harmony... its concept is far too broad. So long as someone expresses willingness, whether it is the swarm, the Legion, or the spawn of Abundance, they will receive its recognition."
"What can truly support everything in the universe is Order—that ancient and powerful Order capable of making the entire universe sing its praises."
Ruan Mei's words were filled with reverence, yet deep within her eyes lurked a twisted obsession.
The chains that imprisoned all living beings were also the absolute power that suppressed every calamity—Taiyi was about to awaken?!
As Herta spoke, her