"Mei, are you alright?"
A pair of blazing pistols carved a path of survival through the tide of quantum monsters, allowing Raiden Mei, who had almost been submerged, to see the face of her rescuer.
"Kiana, have you seen anyone else?"
One blink, and she was in the Sea of Quanta.
On top of that, her man had gone for some in-depth exchange with this white-haired fluffball last night, which almost made Raiden Mei think that this girl was not satisfied with her position as a concubine and wanted to kill everyone here to monopolize the position of empress.
However, Raiden Mei also knew that such thoughts were just hallucinations caused by being harassed too much by that Elysia recently.
Even if that man whom they both loved and hated had fucked this white-haired fluffball's biological mother, Kiana would never do such a thing.
"No, I appeared nearby when I woke up and only found you by following the movements of those quantum monsters."
Kiana was also clueless, completely unaware of what had happened.
Last night, she and that guy had fought a fierce battle with controllers until dawn, until her eyelids grew heavy and she couldn't hold on any longer. With her last bit of strength, she delivered a finishing blow to that guy and told him to go find her two good sisters.
Anyone would do, just don't play this kind of game with her anymore, where they fought until their eyes went black.
Even with her powerful Kaslana bloodline, her body couldn't withstand the devastation of this guy's perpetual motion machine-like stamina.
Heaven knows why that guy's stamina was so good.
"Is that so?" Raiden Mei casually slashed a nearby quantum monster. "We should first try to find the others who fell into the Sea of Quanta. This should be one of the signs that the Stigma Project has begun."
"Okay! I'll listen to Mei!"
Flipping her skull open and tossing her brain out, Kiana transformed into Raiden Mei's little follower, searching for traces of others in the Sea of Quanta.
They were both Herrschers and had both been thrown into the Sea of Quanta. It was likely that the others had suffered a similar fate.
The unusual movements of the quantum monsters provided a direction for the two girls. Raiden Mei and Kiana soon found another of their companions.
Bronya Zaychik.
Slender threads were pulled in the girl's hands, weaving intricate and deadly shapes that destroyed all the surrounding quantum monsters.
This scene surprised Raiden Mei and Kiana a little. "Bronya, your power..."
"Undergoing a strong mental stimulus can lift the restrictions the Stigma Project has placed on us."
"..."
A strong mental stimulus...
The two girls tacitly lowered their gazes to the exceptionally bright Honeysuckle Crest on Bronya's lower abdomen.
"Don't tell me..."
"Just tell me if this is stimulating or not."
Kiana: "..."
Stimulating, of course it's stimulating!
There's nothing more stimulating than this.
She had a great time being stimulated last night, but she didn't expect that goddamn Kaslana ancestor to do this to his own descendant.
The world is going downhill, and people's hearts are not what they used to be.
Knowing she couldn't change reality, even with a warm, full feeling in her stomach, Kiana had to accept it.
"Where's that guy? Hurry up and call him out. The sooner we get this over with, the sooner we can go stop that guy Kevin."
The silver-gray-haired girl pointed in a direction. "That guy is over there raping Elysia. You guys should go too."
"..."
It's really hard to take.
Is this a contest between the two paths to overcoming the Honkai, or an R-rated drama starring the Inner World Protagonist?
Forget it, in order to lift the restrictions the Stigma Project has placed on her, she'd better just take off her clothes obediently.
Elysia, who was enjoying her meal with her eyes closed, suddenly felt a familiar weight on her body. The body temperature, which was completely different from hers, carried a hint of familiar thoughts.
Opening her eyes, the purple-haired girl with a charming gaze teased her hair behind her ear, held her hot face, and kissed her gently. "Elysia, we're together again."
The pure and flawless girl who had been stained white rolled her eyes, her pair of exquisite arms uncontrollably wrapping around Raiden Mei.
"Mei, you're pressing on me again, that's a bit much, oh♪"
"You're secretly eating behind my back, isn't that just as bad?"
"Well, that was an emergency."
"It's obviously you, you little bitch, who's horny and can't wait."
The two girls rolled their eyes in unison. Kiana curled up on the ground to recover her strength.
No matter how many times she tried, this Inner World Protagonist was an invincible demon king.
It was time to find a way to let her two sisters share the burden.
The host and guests were all happy.
Thanks to Brian's tireless efforts, the girls finally regained their Herrscher authorities and gained the confidence to fight against the Stigma Project.
The group searched the surrounding area from their location and found a place that was constantly devouring quantum monsters like a black hole.
From there, the group entered a desolate world bubble.
"This is... the moon... and... Fire Moth?"
The familiar buildings and symbols made Elysia murmur, a sense of sorrow at the impending reunion with old friends making her feel a little melancholic.
Suddenly, a gray-haired, red-eyed girl appeared before them with a smug look.
Herrscher of Sentience.
"You guys are so slow. Even with my guidance, it still took you this long to get here."
The Stigma Project's restriction on Herrschers was on a mental level. The Herrscher of Sentience, a king in the mental domain, naturally regained her freedom at the first moment.
She found this world bubble, investigated its secrets, and then used her power to guide the others here.
"Alright, alright, I know you have a lot of questions."
"But I know too much, and the principles are very complex. Even if I told you, you wouldn't understand."
So...
"Come with me, I'll take you to someone who can explain it to you."
Forward, then, to a fateful encounter.
A scholar with a striking resemblance to Raiden Mei appeared on the platform where the group arrived. Her full figure and intelligent eyes marked the woman's identity.
"Nice to meet you all for the first time."
"Also, long time no see, Elysia."
"Wow♪, it's really you, MEI." The pink-haired beautiful girl was like a piggy bank that didn't know what manners were, rushing forward to embrace her.
After a separation of fifty thousand years, she never thought they would meet again in the Sea of Quanta.
Even knowing that the MEI in her arms was just a bubble created by the power of the Sea of Quanta, which could vanish at any moment, Elysia couldn't suppress the emotions in her heart.
A tight hug, with tears in her eyes.
The exceptionally mature genius scientist patted her friend's back like a mother, revealing a gentle smile.
"Alright, don't let your friends laugh at you."
"It's not a joke at all. This is a beautiful encounter between lovely and cute girls after a separation of fifty thousand years."
One sentence made everyone else feel an urge to complain from somewhere they didn't know where to start.
The words 'fifty thousand years' and 'beautiful girl,' no matter how you think about it, just don't connect, do they?
A fifty-thousand-year-old beautiful girl is a paradox in itself.
That being said, everyone didn't interrupt Elysia and MEI's reunion, until the two of them were about to start a best friends' tea party, then someone finally spoke up.
"Dr. MEI, since you, the leader of the Stigma Project, are here, we won't beat around the bush." Brian stepped forward without hesitation.
He knew the entire contents of the original Stigma Project, and he was also Elysia's partner, so it was appropriate for him to communicate with this genius scientist from the Previous Era.
"According to Elysia, you have already obtained the full contents of the Stigma Project from Mobius and Vill-V. I assume you have already formulated some contingency plans to resist the Stigma Project?" A calm genius scientist is never swayed by personal feelings.
This Dr. MEI seemed very close to them, but all her thoughts were derived from a state of absolute rationality.
She was like a heartless decision-making machine.
It's just that for some reason, she always felt like she was facing a natural enemy when standing in front of this person.
Even if this person was a Herrscher, this kind of reaction shouldn't have occurred.
"You're right, I do have some plans. But as the creator of the Stigma Project, I think no one knows its necessity better than you."
"Until we find a way to truly overcome the Honkai, this project still needs to be carried out."
She smiled in appreciation. "You are very smart."
"The core concept of the Stigma Project is to exchange the greatest sacrifice for the smallest victory."
"Fragile carbon-based lifeforms like humans do not have the ability to continue on in the face of the ever-stronger Honkai. Before we can find a way to truly defeat the Honkai, we predecessors can only leave you with this cruel method."
"I'm sorry, our abilities as predecessors were insufficient, forcing you to endure such a disaster."
"But you didn't seal off all possibilities for the future. You still left hope for us, didn't you?" His gaze seemed to penetrate this world bubble, traverse the turbulent Sea of Quanta, and see the man on the moon.
The Stigma Project was progressing step by step in his hands. The humans on the blue planet who had fallen asleep due to the Stigma Project had their forms of existence changed by the power of Imaginary Renormalization, becoming part of a huge collective consciousness.
Compared to the original Stigma Project, the current Stigma Project is undoubtedly much gentler.
There were no bloody sacrifices, no horrifying human experiments; everyone got what they wanted in the world of dreams, and at the same time, they became an ark carrying civilization and coexisting with the Honkai.
Undoubtedly, as long as the method is right, this world can still return to its original state.
Compared to the outcome of being completely destroyed by the Herrscher of the End, this is undoubtedly much better.
And Kevin didn't obstruct them, the latecomers who were seeking other methods, and even...
"Our meeting was his arrangement. Kevin hopes that we can get help from you here to find a way to truly overcome the Honkai."
Although this woman in front of him was not Kevin's wife, the ancestor of the Kaslana family was a test-tube baby born from her hands.
Their relationship can be imagined, but that man still sent them to the enemy with opposing positions.
Such a selfless act was Kevin's help to them.
"I don't know what he's thinking now, but I will indeed do my best to help you."
The world bubbles in the Sea of Quanta are reflections and fragments of the Real World.
At the position in the Sea of Quanta corresponding to each planet, countless world bubbles are born and die in an instant.
This world bubble is a record of a certain time before the final battle of the Previous Era, and it should have perished shortly after its birth; but the World Serpent organization found them and used advanced technology to freeze the entire world bubble, waiting for the moment when this Stigma Project began.
And the freezing of the world bubble only froze the matter and energy here, and would not interfere with their spirits.
Except for MEI, everyone's spirit had been worn away during the long freeze, leaving only her alone to wait for the arrival of these latecomers.
No, she was not alone.
"We can talk about these things later. Whether you want help from me or to return to the Real World from the Sea of Quanta, you need to complete some preparations."
Dr. MEI looked in a direction.
"I have another companion trapped in that direction. With your abilities, you should be able to release her very easily."
The topic was temporarily suspended, and a new side quest was at hand.
The youth Brian didn't refuse. "Alright, leave this to me and Kiana."
He took Kiana to carry out the side quest, Elysia stayed behind to catch up with MEI, and the others went to find a place where they could rest for a while.
Division of labor, well-organized.
Only, the situation was still unclear.
The snow-haired girl following Brian looked back at the woman who was chatting and laughing with Elysia, then turned back to tug on the corner of the man's clothes.
She asked, "Who is that woman? Why do I feel like you guys are hiding something from me?"
"Her? The inability to cook in your Kaslana family comes from her genes. Your ancestor, Adam Kaslana, was a test-tube baby she created."
"..." Kiana's mouth fell open, almost big enough to fit a hamburger.
"Inability to cook can be inherited?"
Kevin left the Kaslana family with genes powerful enough to save the world, but that seemingly intelligent woman not only failed to leave the Kaslana family with a smart brain, but also left them with a hand that can't cook?
"So all this time I couldn't get enough to eat, it's all this woman's fault?"
"That's right."
Immediately, Kiana was about to roll up her sleeves and go back to settle the score with that woman.
"You just wait here, I'm going back to beat my old ancestor until she begs for mercy on her knees."
"..." Brian didn't say anything, just stared.
"Just kidding." Kiana chuckled awkwardly, having no intention of actually doing anything.
In any case, Dr. MEI was their Kaslana family's ancestor.
Although this Kaslana ancestor didn't leave them with the best things, she couldn't control genetic traits.
It's not her fault, it's not her fault.
If anything, it's the Kaslana family's bad luck for not inheriting the best things from her.
Scratching her head, this white-haired fluffball giggled foolishly and came to the spatial distortion point in this world bubble with the man beside her.
"Is this it?"
"Yeah."
The distorted space formed an invisible barrier that stretched between heaven and earth, dividing the world bubble in two.
It was impossible to see what was behind this barrier, but the scenery that seemed to be frozen on the barrier allowed the two of them to get a rough idea of what was behind it.
"It's so desolate, like a battlefield."
"Silly, the final battle of the Previous Era took place on the moon."
"What's that giant statue?" Kiana was like a curious baby, full of curiosity about the new things on the moon.
For some reason, she felt that the broken stone statue looked a bit like her.
"That's the remains of the Herrscher of the End."
"Can you eat it?"
"..."