Honkai: It’s broken, I have become the Herrscher of Corrosion?

After the defeat, Kiana got up from the ground unwillingly and chased in the direction Kevin left, gradually disappearing from Mei's sight.

"I have seen what you wanted me to see. Can you give me an explanation?"

As soon as Mei finished speaking, the place where Kiana had fallen seemed to collapse, and a figure emerged from the ground.

"As expected of Mei, I can't hide it from you."

"Enosia?! In other words, all this is..."

"Strictly speaking, I am the mastermind of this plan, and Sirin and... the people from World Serpent are the executors. So you can rest assured about your own safety, the safety of Bronya and Seele. If anything unexpected happens, Sirin will use the power of the Herrscher of the Void to send them directly back to the Eigenworld."

Mei looked at the kind smile on Inoxia's face, and her vigilance relaxed a little.

"So, what is your purpose in doing this?"

Enosia extended her right index finger and smiled mysteriously:

"Don't worry yet. Before the mystery is solved, we have to find all the information. There are some important things you haven't discovered yet. Come with me."

Mei Raiden followed Inoshia's steps and returned to the outside of the lunar base. Inoshia pointed forward.

"When you came here just now, you were attracted by Kiana and didn't have time to look around. From this position, you can directly see the earth."

Mei followed Inoshia's gaze and saw that at this moment on the Earth, a beam of light was shooting out from the two poles, as if there was a strange pattern covering the surface of the Earth.

"This is... the changes that occurred on Earth after the Stigmata Project was successful. Of course, since this is a scene I simulated, it is essentially just a texture. The actual situation is even more spectacular than this."

"So... this entire space is an illusion created by you..."

"Not exactly. This is essentially a bubble world. I just made a few minor changes to it. By the way, this base and the End Crater also exist on the real moon. I just copied and pasted their data here. But the details cannot be restored like this. For example, the lunar soil just now is definitely not the same as the real thing."

"The end... the crater?"

"Ah, yes, on the real moon, this is where the warriors of the previous civilization and the Herrscher of the End of the Previous Civilization had their final battle. By the way, Kevin was one of them."

"So, what exactly is the Stigma Project?"

Hearing this, Enosia frowned reflexively and showed a painful expression.

There is no other reason. Enosia recalled that when she asked the world snakes the same question, they answered like this:

"The Stigma Project is a story of stories. It is both created by stories and controls all stories."

"To use what others have said directly, it is the [absolute idea of ​​self-existence], the [infinity of the concept itself]."

"According to our own understanding, the Stigmata Project is a reaction that emerged as civilization spiraled upward. It is the result of the act of narrative beginning to separate from the matrix and exist on its own."

Enosia:

"I￥@￥￥%￥... (Erosion Herrscher's swear words)"

Obviously, explaining it this way and complicating a simple issue is clearly intended to prevent the other party from understanding.

"To put it simply, the process of the Stigmata Project, expressed in the most intuitive way, is that the Stigmata people who originally lived in the Stigmata space and the Earthlings who lived in the real space exchanged homes. Hmm... it seems too simple."

"First of all, the essence of the stigma is a kind of biotechnology, which is actually a connection. It is a biotechnology that connects the human body to the imaginary space, and can preserve the data of people who died several years ago. It is also an unfinished failure, so there is a difference between the awakened stigma and ordinary people. The truly successful stigma is the ability to control the collapse with the human body. It is precisely because of its incompleteness that there is the worst stigma plan to make up for it."

"And this [truly successful stigma] has another name in the World Serpent: ideal form. When you were separated before, all kinds of strange monsters were created. In theory, they were ideal forms that had not yet fully grown. The World Serpent called them ideal form seeds."

"Once the Stigmata Project begins, the dreams of all humans who are not Herrschers and Stigmata Awakeners will be intertwined to form a [Spiritual Adam]. At that time, all of the above people will live in dreams forever. Until the Stigmata space and the real space are completely integrated, they can enjoy seven days off and enjoy eternal peace in this paradise."

At this time, Mei, who had been listening attentively, spoke up:

"To maintain such a huge movement, the price the World Serpent needs to pay... must be hard to imagine."

Enosia shook her head.

"For them, the price is negligible, just Kevin's personal martyrdom. He will always remain absolutely lucid until the end of the universe."

"The final result of the Stigmata Project is that the data is preserved and the ideal form has a high resistance to the Honkai Impact, and survives as a new [human]. In this way, human civilization can be preserved after the end of the world..."

Enosia explained for a long time. After all, from a philosophical perspective, the Stigmata Project was too abstract.

Mei was silent for a long time before she slowly spoke:

"You... why are you telling me this? Based on my understanding of the Herrscher of Corrosion, you can digitize yourself. Even if the entire Earth is turned into a stigmata space, you should be able to survive."

"You are right. But on the other hand, if a better plan than the Stigmata Plan succeeds, won't I still be able to survive? But after telling you all this, you will definitely stop it, but you need the ability to stop it."

"What you just saw is a possible situation where you are not qualified to sit at the table because of your lack of strength, and in the end, Kiana has to face Kevin alone. And the result... you also saw that without your help, Kiana's chances of winning are infinitely close to zero."

Mei's expression changed:

"So, what do I need to do?"

Enosia took a deep breath:

"It's simple. Join the World Snake. I know you still have a lot of doubts. When the time comes, Kevin will give you the answers in his own way."