After leaving the world of all NPCs

Ye Zuochen stepped forward instantly, grabbed the girl who had lost her strength, and soared into the sky, turning into a stream of light that tore through the sky and disappeared at the end of the horizon.

All that was left was a huge pit of ruins and the armed girls in the sky who were still speechless in shock.

118 First find Teacher Erya to use the box weapon

A white cloud emerged and blended into the other clouds.

Ye Zuochen grabbed Gokawa Qinli and stepped into the [Qingqiong Locking Palace], then summoned a wooden door and walked into the [NPC World].

Enter the observation deck.

In addition to the three heroes, Alicia, Aponia and Eden, there are also three women, Sakuragi Mano, Kazeno Toori and Hachimiya Gyou, who bear the "twisted" fate this time.

"Xiao Ye Zi, is she okay?"

Alicia hurried forward, and Eden and Aponia made way at the same time so that Kotori Gokawa could lie down on the sofa. At the same time, they found clothes from somewhere and helped Kotori Gokawa change into them.

"It's okay, I just sealed her spirit crystal."

Ye Zuochen explained casually.

[Prajna Wisdom Sword] can cut off all kinds of troubles. Simply put, it is the power to seal the object.

Eden asked, "What is a spirit crystal?"

Ye Zuochen raised his hand and patted Gokawa Kotori's cheek. "This is a gem created by the Origin Spirit using its own emotions. It is the core of the Spirit and the source of its power."

"What's an elf?" Alicia came forward curiously. "Could it be a cute girl like Alicia? But this child doesn't have cute ears like me."

Ye Zuochen explained, "Elves are mysterious life forms that exist in a neighboring world different from this world."

"When elves appear in this world, they cause massive explosions and so-called space tremors. Humans regard these specific life forms that cause these special disasters as natural enemies and fear them."

"Individuals of this type have different appearances, but the common characteristic is that they all possess powerful combat capabilities."

"They all take on the form of young women, and besides their distinctive spiritual attire, they also wear armor. Together, they form an absolute shield and the strongest spear. These 'miracles with appearances' are known as 'angels.'"

"But most of the elves nowadays were originally humans, they just got spirit crystals."

Hearing this, Gokawa Kotori, who had been pretending to be asleep, suddenly opened her eyes and straightened up: "I was originally a human?"

Ye Zuochen hummed and asked doubtfully, "You don't know?"

Kotori quickly suppressed the shock on her face and returned to her calm demeanor, her dark red eyes scanning everyone in the room sharply.

His eyes quickly swept over the three high school girls in casual clothes.

One of them was a girl with long light brown hair. Her eyes were warm and gentle, making people feel at ease.

Another cool girl with long straight black hair and a mole under the right corner of her mouth was looking back at her with a scrutinizing look, her face slightly flushed.

And there was the mixed-race girl with golden twintails, her face filled with innocent curiosity.

They looked like... just ordinary schoolgirls, nothing special except that they were a little too pretty.

But the other three women were completely different.

The girl with pink hair tied in a ponytail and a pair of pointed elf ears was leaning very close, with an undisguised curiosity on her face.

The woman next to her, with long burgundy hair and wearing a gorgeous black and red dress, had an indescribable grace in her elegant posture.

The last one especially made Kotori wary. She was tall, with gray eyes as calm as a deep pool under her long light blonde hair. She wore a white hood, and a black and white tight nun's uniform that outlined her amazing curves. Extending from her back was a cloak that looked like a butterfly's wings... It didn't look like a cloak, but rather a part of her body.

Retracting her scrutinizing gaze, Itsuka Kotori said coldly: "I'm Itsuka, where is this place?"

"Kotori."

"what?"

Itsuka Kotori looked at Ye Zuochen in confusion.

Ye Zuochen said: "Itsuka Kotori, this is your name."

Itsuka Kotori pondered for a moment and whispered, "Kotori, that sounds like a good name. I introduced myself. What about you guys?"

"Ye Zuochen."

"Alicea, as you can see, is a beautiful girl who is loved by everyone like a flying flower."

Others also introduced themselves.

Immediately, Ye Zuochen asked, "Okay, Ms. Itsuka Kotori, we are all from other worlds. Although we know some things for various reasons, there are also many things we know nothing about. Can you tell us what you know?"

"Other worlds?" Itsuka Kotori frowned slightly, feeling that she couldn't mobilize the spiritual power in her body at all. She couldn't use her "Spiritual Equipment" or "Angel". Then she remembered that in the previous battle, she had activated her berserk state and was easily subdued by Ye Zuochen. She didn't ask any more questions, but instead told him about her own affairs.

"I have no memory of being human at all. I only remember appearing in the Neighboring Realm. There was only darkness and nothing there."

"Every time before I materialize, I can 'see' the outside world, but after I descend, all I see is ruins and those in mechanical armor chasing me."

"Sometimes I try to 'silently manifest', quietly coming to the surface... and try to contact humans."

"Oh? Have you investigated your own situation?" Ye Zuochen leaned on the armrest of the sofa and asked with interest.

"Of course, what do you want to know?" Itsuka Kotori looked at Ye Zuochen.

Ye Zuochen said bluntly: "Let's start with your space shock."

Kotori Itsuka briefly sorted out her thoughts before continuing, "About thirty years ago, spacequakes began to erupt across the globe. Cities on the Kanto Plain were razed to the ground, the capital of America was reduced to scorched earth, a massive gap was torn open on China's western frontier, and the Rhine River was cut short, forming a new lake."

"The disaster swept across the globe. At first, the space earthquakes were frequent and intense, but later the frequency and scale gradually decreased."

"Along with the space tremor, a 'spirit' like me appeared."

"To counter us, humans established the Ground Self-Defense Force, or AST (Anti Spirit Team)."

As Kotori spoke clearly, the lively smile on Alicia's face faded. Eden gracefully picked up the wine glass that had appeared in his hand, but his fingertips paused slightly. Aponya's gray eyes drooped under his hood, and his long eyelashes cast a shadow under his eyes.

The three of them fell into a strange silence at the same time, and the air around them seemed to become more solemn.

Kotori Itsuka continued, "I've also tried to infiltrate AST and other organizations, but due to some flaws... they would go crazy and indiscriminately destroy the surroundings, so I couldn't investigate further."

"However, based on the information we've gathered so far, AST will give elves identifying names."

"Mine is Efreet."

Ye Zuochen nodded slightly and added, "Your spirit crystal symbolizes the fifth sephiroth of the Kabbalah Tree of Life, which is severity. There are approximately ten spirits, each corresponding to a sephiroth on the Kabbalah Tree of Life."

"I've found seven elf identification names." Itsuka Kotori frowned slightly and confirmed, "So there are only ten elves?"

"No..." Ye Zuochen thought for a moment, "To be honest, there are also initial elves, and elf-like beings, such as Ruler, Judgement, and Joker."

Hearing this, Alicia's expression became even stranger.

Eden drank in silence.

Aponya slowly closed her eyes.

Ye Zuochen seemed oblivious to the subtle atmosphere and simply asked, "Where did the first spacequake occur?"

"Kanto." Kotori answered without hesitation, her dark red eyes fixed on Ye Zuochen.

"Ugh……"

Ye Zuochen sighed and nodded, as if confirming something.

In the original story of "Date A Live", the first spacequake occurred in the center of the Eurasian continent, that is, 83°36' east longitude and 46°14' north latitude. It was of a terrifying scale, creating a large crater with a diameter of 100 kilometers, and the secondary damage caused by it, that is, the shock wave of the explosion, directly led to the deaths of 150 million people.

But the location of the first spacequake here seems to have become Kanto.

It is somewhat similar to the Great South Kanto Air Disaster in the original work.

In other words, the world No. 3019 that he created is the world of "Date A Live", but it is not the world of "Date A Live".

The key is……

Divine power.

Although it was very weak, divine power did appear in Kotori Itsuka's body during the previous battle.

Ye Zuochen stood up and extended his hand towards Qin Li: "I understand. Let's go."

"Leave?" Kotori frowned warily but didn't move. "Where to?"

Ye Zuochen looked at her wary expression and said calmly, "I'll help you find your parents, and by the way, find a certain all-knowing elf."

The wooden door slowly closed behind Ye Zuochen and Gokawa Kotori, blocking out the outside air.

Inside the observatory, only the strange starlight was flowing silently, illuminating the gorgeous fabrics on the sofa and the crystal cups on the bar.

The stacked desktop TV screens in front flickered with snowflakes, reflecting the ruins that had long since disappeared from the outside world.

Silence spread, carrying an indescribable weight.

Aponia was the first to break the silence. "Very similar. Very similar to the...Houkai we experienced before."

The bright smile that always graced Alicia's face faded, and she lowered her head slightly. "Yes, both are sudden disasters... Both create young girls with extraordinary powers... Both give rise to human armies specifically designed to destroy them. Even their numbers are similar..."

Eden's slender fingers unconsciously stroked the cold wall of the wine glass.

The deep red liquid in the cup swayed slightly, reflecting the thoughtful face under the long burgundy hair.

This sudden heavy atmosphere made Sakuragi Mano, Kazuno Toori, and Hachimiya Gyou feel a strong sense of unease.

They exchanged confused glances.

"Um..." Sakuragi Mano spoke cautiously, "Miss Alicia, Miss Aponia, Miss Eden, what are you talking about 'very similar'? What is 'Honkai'?"

Feng Ye Dengzhi straightened her slender back. "Are you referring to the space shock and spirits that Miss Itsuka mentioned? What does this have to do with your world?"

"That sounds terrifying!" Yamiya Miyuki's golden twintails swayed with her anxious movements. "Is Honkai... a catastrophe like a spacequake?"

Hearing their question, Alicia seemed to wake up from some heavy thoughts. She quickly raised her head, and a bright smile that seemed to dispel all the haze bloomed on her face again. She clasped her hands together and said with a hint of apology, "Oh, sorry, sorry! We accidentally scared the lovely Mano, Tomo, and Komuro! It's our fault for suddenly talking about such a serious topic."

She stood up and took two light steps, as if organizing her words. Then her smile became gentle and tinged with nostalgia: "Well... something similar happened in our world."

"We call it 'the collapse.'"

"That was also a kind of... sudden disaster, bringing destruction, but also the Herrscher girl with special powers."

"Just like the AST dealt with the elves, humans also formed a powerful force to fight against the Herrscher."

"We are the warriors against the collapse."

"I am the deputy leader of the Thirteen Heroes of Chasing Fire."

Alicia winked at them with a smile, "Are you surprised that the deputy leader of the Thirteen Heroes of Chasing Fire is actually a beautiful girl like me~"

Eden gracefully placed the wine glass on the coffee table beside him and continued Alicia's conversation: "There are some differences between the two worlds."

"The Herrschers of our world, in our era, are more like puppets of the Honkai Will. They have no self-awareness and are simply tools of destruction."

"Their power is strong but cold, and they lack any humanity."

She paused, looking at Alicia, "Until something happens, which creates new possibilities for the Herrschers of the next generation."

"Thus, the new Herrschers were able to retain their human hearts and even later... became allies in the fight for humanity."

Eden's gaze drifted back to the TV screen, which was playing with snowflakes, as if he were looking at a projection of another world. "And the elves in this world are born with self-awareness and a human past, but..."

Apolonia's deep sorrow permeated her body like a substance, and her voice carried a fatalistic heaviness. "Even so, the elves remain the enemies of humanity. This has nothing to do with their own will."

"As soon as they step into this world, spacequakes will follow them like a shadow..."

"Disaster, death, hatred, endless questioning... it all seemed to have woven a giant, inescapable web."

"Perhaps fighting is our destiny."

A heavy atmosphere descended again.

At this moment, Alicia suddenly raised her head.

The gloom on her face was swept away, replaced by an extremely bright light, and there seemed to be stars shining in her pink eyes.

"Oh, it seems like a heavy topic to talk about~"

"As long as 'possibility' exists, as long as that 'heart' is still beating, fate is never set in stone! Just like what we've experienced before, miracles... aren't they also created by human will~?"

"At least……"

Alicia pointed at the TV screen in front of her.

"The fate of this world could never have foreseen that leaves from other worlds would fall here, right?"

……