Let the community's doubts ferment on their own.
Inside the Chrysos Heirs group chat.
[Phainon: Being in different places, unable to brag to Mydei, is truly one of life's great annoyances~]
[Mydei: ...]
[Your friend Mydei has gone offline.]
[Phainon: Huh? Mydei left already? I wasn't finished talking.]
[Phainon: Oh well. Looks like I'll have to wait until he gets back.]
[Cipher: Savior Kid, you really lucked out! Such a flashy scene with background music, and it's just you and Hyacine who get to be there?]
[Cipher: Why did I believe your nonsense in the story? I actually stayed in the rear.]
[Phainon: *scratches head.jpg*]
[Hyacine: It seems Lady Cipher's role is more crucial. We only had to face the Titan to retrieve the fire seed, but you alone had to confront all hostile forces, both internal and external.]
[Hyacine: *Little Ika hug.jpg*]
[Aglaea: Hyacine still knows just how to comfort someone...]
[Aglaea: Sefaria, I'll come find you in a bit. Don't you run off. He specifically told me that your story arc only makes sense if we watch it together.]
[Cipher: Huh? Putting my childhood photos in front of the whole galaxy was embarrassing enough. Does Hui Zi really need to add this kind of shameful play on top of it?!]
[Anaxa: Actually, it probably won't end that early. After all, it's been confirmed the world is a cycle...]
[Anaxa: If my guess is correct, what comes next might involve the main storyline from a thousand years ago. Specifically, those two.]
[Hyacine: Teacher Anaxa's analysis is so insightful! But didn't you say you couldn't be bothered with this boring game?]
[Your friend Anaxa has gone offline.]
[Phainon: Haha? Another one runs away!]
...
Following the release of Cipher's PV and her banner, the story update arrived right on its heels.
As a streamer, Guinaifen temporarily had no time to pay attention to the community.
She just wanted to know if her favorite character was safe and sound, and if they would appear later.
So, after that explosive scene ended, she left a wave of comments and returned to her stream to continue the story.
The tear stains at the corners of her eyes weren't yet dry. The next second, the screen went black, and then shifted to the bedchamber of a Kephale priest from a thousand years ago?
"Huh?" Guinaifen sniffled. "It suddenly switched to a cat's-eye perspective."
"Right. While Phainon and Hyacine were fighting the Titan, Cipher was also protecting the Kephale fire seed."
While Phainon, Hyacine, and others like Star shouldered everything to retrieve the final fire seed...
Guinaifen didn't know if Cipher could protect the Kephale fire seed.
After all, Aglaea always said the cat was irresponsible and good at running away.
Don't drop the ball at this final moment!
Praying like this, the scene reflected what seemed to be the story Cipher mentioned—her infiltration of the priest academy a thousand years ago to steal.
Dressed in priestly robes, her eyes sparkling, she stared with immense delight at the "All-World Gem" inside the treasure chest in her hands.
[So cute, the kitty!]
[It's Cipher in priest robes!]
[Author, I want this skin!]
The chat was uniformly filled with 'adorable'.
Then, suddenly, an aged voice rang out.
"Aty... Atycas, is that you?"
The source of the voice was the master of this room.
The Great Hierophant, already on his deathbed.
Clearly, due to his severe illness, he mistook Cipher, who had come to steal, for Atycas.
His beloved apprentice, the designated next Great Hierophant.
To cover up the theft, Cipher decided to use the power of "Trickery" to mimic the other's voice and deceive him for the moment.
"Old... ahem, Great Hierophant, it's me. I've come to change your medicine." Cipher almost slipped up.
Hearing the voice, the Great Hierophant, feeling his time was short, let his guard down.
And then!
He actually revealed a shocking secret to Cipher, who was impersonating Atycas!
"Atycas," the Great Hierophant said, full of regret. "I can feel my life rapidly fading, so there's something I must tell you."
"This matter... is deeply dishonorable, but I must speak of it, for it concerns the survival of the holy city beneath our feet."
At the same time, an ethereal and sorrowful BGM began to play.
Guinaifen immediately furrowed her brows, wanting to listen more closely.
Holy city?
That must be Okhema.
What secret could concern Okhema's survival?!
Clearly, Cipher in the game didn't believe it either, finding it boring.
But what the Great Hierophant narrated next sent chills down countless spines.
It turned out that in its final moments before falling silent, Kephale had left a message for the priests.
"It said: The oracle has descended, my mission ends, henceforth I shall fall silent—"
"The Long Night approaches, but for the next three hundred years... the dawn machine shall watch over the holy city, awaiting the miracle to be forged by the golden-blooded children of man."
"..."
The stream went quiet for a moment.
Then Guinaifen drew in a sharp breath of cold air: "Wait, what does it mean, Kephale fell silent?!"
The comment section also began to discuss.
[What does this mean? Kephale fell silent, and the dawn machine could only watch over for three hundred years?]
[The current timeline is a thousand years ago, but Kephale said it could only watch over for another three hundred years? What happened for the remaining seven hundred?]
[But right now, the dawn machine is still operating...]
[So did something else happen in between, causing the dawn machine to continue running?]
Everyone was shocked.
The Great Hierophant couldn't bear to announce this cruel truth.
So he entrusted this responsibility to Atycas—that is, the current Cipher.
Then, Guinaifen heard a murmur that sent shivers down her spine.
"Is that so, Seamstress? 'Every person is a unique existence in this world'..."
"My chance to be a hero has finally come."
Cipher chuckled softly.
...
"The above is my experience impersonating a priest at Dawn Cloud Cliff."
"These are heavenly secrets not to be divulged. You should consider yourself immensely fortunate to be the first lucky listener."
In the blink of an eye.
The game transitioned with exceptional smoothness back to the reality of a thousand years later.
By the time Guinaifen reacted, she found Cipher surrounded by the fallen bodies ofblack clothesmen in black.
Clearly, she had already been entangled with the Purifiers who came to intercept her!
But thebaffling inexplicable words Cipher had just spoken still left Guinaifen with an ominousPremonition premonition.
Good news: The Purifiers here were all dealt with by Cipher, and she received the signal from Phainon that the fire seed had been retrieved.
Bad news: The moment Cipher stepped out the door, the Fire Thief was already waiting outside.
[The Fire Thief! The Fire Thief is back!]
[But I'm much more relieved if the opponent is Cipher. That kitty's got a strong hiss!]
[A starving hyena? Classic house cat looking down on a wild dog, lol.]
[I see. So this Fire Thief can't fly. That's why he could only stare helplessly, waiting for the Chrysos Heirs to bring the fire seed back to steal it.]
Upon seeing the Flame Reaver, Cipher wasn't afraid. Instead, she mocked him relentlessly, making the stream chat go wild.
She even proactively informed him that the Kephale fire seed was on her person, and confidently made her escape!
"The Kephale fire seed is right here with me!"
"But if you want to snatch it from this cat's paws, try catching her first!"