Honkai Impact 3rd: I picked up a Seele at the start of the game.

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Bronya said, "Senior Su said before that he suspected that the Shadow of Darkness was the culprit, a malignant tumor of chaotic power in the Sea of ​​Quanta."

(P.S. You can view it this way: the God above gods is a supreme being, a malignant tumor in the quantum sea, like a great demon in hell who thinks about destroying the world every day. The two are not comparable.)

(If it's the genuine Ocean of Quanta, then it can certainly be compared to the Tree of Imaginary Numbers. If it's merely a hypothetical problem, while powerful, it doesn't quite reach that level of sophistication.)

Hei Xi'er continued, "I suspected before that Yun Fuyu was the incarnation of the Dark Shadow, and I still hold that suspicion now!"

Anyone who tries to seduce her Seele is definitely not a good person!! Even if that guy seems friendly, he's still... definitely not a good person! (Gradually influenced by her dying consciousness)

Bronya remained noncommittal, then said, "It's almost certain now that the Shadow of Darkness is just an excessively powerful bubble of worlds. We should be more concerned with the true intentions of those who are manipulating this bubble of worlds."

Mei asked worriedly, "I heard that the stories there are from a pre-civilization era? And that Alicia even exists?"

Mei's feelings for Alicia are self-evident. While it might not be romantic love, admiration and adoration are certainly present.

Hei Xi'er nodded in affirmation: "I've heard Yun Fuyu say it several times. He can't forget about Alicia's existence and insists that the world he lives in is the world of the pre-civilization."

Kiana pondered for a moment, then suddenly said, "Senior Su, Class Monitor, you must be listening too, right?"

After all, this is Su Jianli's communication channel, and the things they are discussing now are very important and related to the previous civilization, so he can't possibly ignore them.

Su Tiandan's voice rang out: "Yes, I contacted Hua immediately, and we are all listening."

Kiana asked, "Do you think a world bubble with Alicia existing is possible?"

Sue replied decisively, "Absolutely impossible. Miracles may be as numerous as hairs on a cow, but there is only one lovely Lisia."

Fu Hua also said, "In the previous civilization, we observed many parallel worlds and saw many similar people, but there was indeed only one Cleopatra. This is actually one of the reasons why May later suspected her."

Kiana asked again, "Have you heard of Erinnis?"

Upon hearing the name uttered, Xi'er, who was watching from the sidelines, suddenly lost focus, and Su also fell silent for a moment.

Sue: "...Hmm. Kiana, where did you hear that name from?"

The God of the End frowned slightly: "When I went to see Seele last time, I extracted this name from the chaotic information in the surrounding imaginary space. The fact that I was able to obtain it so precisely makes me suspect that this name is something that actually exists."

Su remained silent for a long time, seemingly struggling with whether or not to speak. Finally, he thought of Hua, the current Fu Hua, and sighed softly, saying, "I know. El'yanis is actually a variant of the Paradise of the Past. Alicia once told us her story, and the protagonist in that story had this name."

Mei suddenly exclaimed excitedly, "So, Alicia is actually still alive?!"

Sue: "...It's difficult. But I hope so. The truth still needs further investigation."

Kiana clapped her hands: "I have a very simple answer—Erinis, the Shadow of Darkness. What do you think?"

Occam's Razor: Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily.

Rather than doubting that Erinis is related to Alicia and is a real entity; or that the Shadow of Darkness is the culprit behind everything and a malignant tumor in the Sea of ​​Quanta... let's boldly speculate that Erinis is the Shadow of Darkness!

This was clearly a desecration of Alicia, and Mei instinctively wanted to refute it, but she had nothing to say.

If Alicia is the mastermind behind it all, the one who created the Shadow of Darkness, plotted against Seele, and destroyed countless world bubbles along the way... then covering up her name makes perfect sense.

Fu Hua: "In that case, I also have a very simple answer—perhaps the current Erinise has nothing to do with the Alicia we know. What do you think?"

To those who know Alicia's story, she couldn't possibly be a scheming villain. The name Erinis might be a coincidence, or perhaps someone is simply using Alicia's name to do bad things.

Mei breathed a sigh of relief; this answer was a salvation for her. She even had the energy to joke: "If that's the case, I'd suspect it's Möbius playing tricks on me."

(This book adopts the following interpretation: Möbius died in the imaginary world while trying to deploy the imaginary number reorganization cluster; she is completely dead, so there is no possibility that she was the mastermind. Mei's words were just a joke that seemed plausible.)

A simple consensus was reached: the Dark Shadow/Ernice was the culprit, and was related to the previous civilization and Alicia.

Next, they discussed other things.

Bronya spoke first: "Seele has lost a lot of her memories, which is good for us, but bad for us in solving the problem, and unfair to her."

Even without those memories, Seele is still their Seele, which is a good thing. This makes it more difficult for everyone to trace the root of the problem, and it's clearly unfair to Seele.

Everyone felt it was a bit tricky, and Kiana asked, "So, should we try to help Seele regain her memories? Although it's difficult, I think that as long as it's related to the Imaginary Tree, I can still do it if I do some research."

Black Seele was the first to object: "It was just a dream. So what if you've forgotten it?"

After saying that, she felt a strange sense of disappointment, but she quickly calmed it down.

Bronya: "But we're completely clueless right now. We can't keep chasing after the Shadow of Darkness forever, can we? Besides, I can't take it down on my own. I'm afraid only Kiana's personal intervention will give us any hope."

Fu Hua: "Perhaps we can try to find the source of the Dark Shadow's power and deal with it the same way we dealt with Sa."

"..."

Everyone shared their opinions, creating a lively and chattering atmosphere. Finally, Mei, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up: "What I really want to know is, why did she do that?"

For a moment, everyone fell silent.

Mei: "Why did Seele enter Erinis? Why did Erinis suddenly send Seele back? The former could be a coincidence, but is the latter also a coincidence? And what is the purpose of the Shadow of Darkness?"

After a long silence, Su said, "In the past, Alicia's story had an ending. But I wasn't there, so I didn't hear the ending."

On the day Alicia left, only Eden, Kevin, Velvi, and Aponia were present. Now, they are long gone...

As for Alicia in the Paradise of the Past, the ending she wrote is certainly very different from the one written by the real Alicia, so let's not mention it.

Sue added, "But I've heard snippets from Kevin. For example—"

Kevin would say, "God loves the world, but she is the only God who loves people."

Kevin also said, "Alicia is a unique miracle in this world; we cannot expect another miracle to come." (Like a divinely granted opportunity or something.)

For example: "The devil will never suddenly realize his mistakes; he will only become more ruthless. Alicia is still too naive."

He even said, "If such a miracle truly exists, how enormous would the price people would have to pay?"