A Choice Between Two

Sera breathed a sigh of relief. Great, she could rest for a few days. She didn't have to fight Oswald, then Finality, and then Voracity.

but...

"Go back and rest first."

Sera and Kiana led everyone back to Two-Dimensional City.

"I won't bother you any longer. I have a hotel reservation, and I can't let it go to waste."

Aventurine shook his phone screen, which displayed a booking for the best suite at a hotel.

Hmm... It's the same hotel where Sera stayed before, but Cyrene has already checked out.

"Boothill and I are going for drinks." Busitu also pulled Boothill away; they were going to a gathering with the rangers, and they had already notified everyone, so they should all be there by now.

Sera led the group back to the rest area.

"You all have a seat. Herta, Black Tomb, and Ruan Mei, we're going to the lab."

"Finality is very likely not dead."

Upon arriving at the laboratory, Sera shared his thoughts.

The three exchanged a glance.

"That's what we all think too."

Because Finality claimed to have gone all out, but he couldn't even break two-tenths of the shield of the Preservation Emanator, and he didn't really put in any serious effort at all, as if he had released an entire Ocean.

"As far as I know, Finality possesses four masks."

The first three cards already showed the characters "formation," "existence," and "destruction," but the last card, even though it fell into the mouth of Voracity, was never used.

It's hard to say that Finality didn't intentionally fall in, after all...

Finality knew from the beginning that the Voracity mouth would devour him at that time.

His words have already made it clear.

"Personally, I believe that Finality will use Voracity to achieve his final stage, his last mask, ' the Finality,' 'emptiness.'"

"The concept of Finality to Xianzhou' bears a striking resemblance to the four marks of Buddhism in the legends of the ancient Xianzhou Kingdom."

Nguyen Mai has done considerable research on this.

These four correspond to the four stages of things: formation, maintenance, decline, and extinction.

"Emptiness" means extinction; without self, there is "emptiness"; "emptiness" means without form.

Finality) seeks to do is to sever his attachment to self, thereby entering into "emptiness."

Sera's eyes lit up after hearing what Nguyen Mai said.

If "Elation" is emotion, then "Voracity" is desire.

"Voracity" Oroboros is the lord of greed. Finality wants to confront the lord of greed's temptations inside the belly of "Voracity," personally sever his obsessions, and achieve the effect of breaking free from self-attachment.

"Voracity" is also believed to mean that everything will dissolve in His stomach.

Therefore, Voracity within the body aligns with the principle of the dissolution of all things.

"The Finality should have been successful."

Sera believed there was a reason why Finality could survive inside the belly Voracity Voracity; according to the story, it was Weidi swallowed by a group of Masked Fools.

Weidi the Masked Fools from not only surviving, but also from tearing away the shadow of their Voracity.

In Sera's Remembrance, Blade had also been swallowed by Voracity, severing her inner demon— Shuhu —and was thus noticed by the Yaoshi.

Therefore, there's no reason why Finality couldn't do the same thing. Don't underestimate the belief of an elder!

"Emptiness" does not mean the absence of anything, but rather the capacity to contain all things.

The ability to Finality might thus create infinite possibilities.

That will no longer be Imagenesis that crumbles at the slightest touch, but reality.

The mechanism is weird and annoying.

Sera was having a headache. Although his Corruption ability was said to be able to penetrate anything, the Finality was driving him crazy.

He didn't want to delete them one by one; it was so annoying!

"That would also be an upgrade for a Lord Ravager."

Black Tomb has a lot to say on this, after all, she can also be considered a Lord Ravager.

"I'm sorry."

Nguyen Mai shook her head.

"We do not have a way to enter the body of ' Voracity ' and prevent the Finality."

"I know that we only have two paths left."

Herta continued speaking.

One path is the Lord Ravager's promotion, and the other is the ' Elation ' being devoured by ' Voracity '.

We don't have many good options.

In either case, Sera needs to go all out without unleashing the Honkai, Kiana will not intervene.

This is Sera and the others' exam. Kiana can help a little at most, but she can't help them skip questions, otherwise Cocoon will launch a powerful attack on the Galaxy.

This is the answer that civilization must give to the cocoon.

Kiana's ability to help suppress the Voracity for three days is already quite commendable.

Those despicable Dr. Primitive. Oswald Schneider and Finality, they've both tampered with the Voracity Ancient Beast.

"We need to prepare in advance for the abilities we might gain after ascending to the level of Finality."

"Perhaps..."

Herta came up with a plan.

"You could try Omniscient Domain."

"I've thought about it, but I don't have much hope." Sera shook her head, rejecting the suggestion.

"Um."

Black Tomb took over the conversation.

"Elation" possesses chaotic characteristics. I once faced the Omniscient Domain in Simulated Universe, but Aha saved us."

Why insist on dissolving it?

Nguyen Mai raised her head, which she had lowered while lost in thought.

"Yes..."

Sera had the same thought, or rather, all four geniuses present had thought of it.

"Since you are reality, then we'll cover reality with a counterfeit."

We can achieve this using Imagenesis technology.

"The technology for Imagenae originates from ' Voracity '."

This is the conclusion Sera has drawn from her observations over the past few days.

"The power of will comes from ' Elation,' therefore, the power of will is the foundation for maintaining the existence of the Imagenae."

"While I was analyzing the Voracity these past few days, I also stumbled upon the core of the Imagenesis technique."

Nguyen Mai displayed a piece of data among the crowd.

"Traditional methods are too slow; we need to operate on a large scale."

"So, what sustains this willpower..."

Herta had an idea.

"Phantasmoon."

"Let's first draw upon the power of ' Elation ' from the Phantasmoon and transform it into the power of our wishes."

Black Tomb offered a suggestion.

"Agree."

The group agreed without hesitation.

The machine was built quickly, which was nothing to a genius.

"Then, find a safe place to store it and let it absorb energy, and activate it when needed."

Sera teleported the three of them to the top floor of the hotel and pointed the machine at Phantasmoon.

Phantasmoon showed a human-like fear, lifted her sunglasses, and sweat dripped from her head.

"Rest assured."

The geniuses started the machine.

"I'll absorb some of your energy to save the Dual-Phase Paradise."

After setting up concealment and protection around the machine, everyone left.

After a while... a figure quietly appeared.

"These geniuses are really something, they come and drain my energy without even saying hello!"

However... considering it was all for the sake of saving Dual-Phase Paradise, I'll forgive you.

As he spoke, the figure tapped on the machine.

"Wow, it was well hidden! I wouldn't have noticed it if it weren't for the energy flow."

In the darkness of the machine, a line lit up.

Sera curled the corners of her lips into a smile.

"Found you."