I loaded the dream game

This final layer of insurance does ensure that Xia Zhi can do whatever she wants in the past without worrying about any impact on Sonoko and the others in this time and space... Moreover, this is probably one of the reasons why the "Origami Tobiichi" in the present is not affected by the "history" changes experienced by her past self, and still retains and only has the original experience in Tokisaki Kurumi's memory (Qian Liao Zhao).

Even without considering this point, in order to be on the safe side and to prevent possible chaos, they had already chosen to eliminate other singularities one by one in order along the timeline. So they certainly could not eliminate the current singularity in advance... otherwise, wouldn't it be meaningless to do so before?

However, there is a problem... In order to remove the singularity, she needs to first get "Origami Tobiichi" to open her heart to her.

"You don't think that I can conquer her just by meeting her once, do you?" Xia Zhi complained.

"Who knows?"

Tokisaki Kurumi smiled meaningfully, and did not continue the topic, instead reminding:

"However, Mr. Xia Zhi can now make preparations in advance."

Prepare? What preparation?

Xia Zhi was slightly stunned, then followed her line of sight and looked at the silver-haired girl sitting next to him.

"..."

He felt that the girl must have some misunderstanding about him.

Do I look like the type of person who could play the Genji Project?

.......

Chapter 1,139 The Dual Existence of Antinomies

"Well, thank you for your hospitality...see you next time, Mr. Xiazhi~"

After talking about everything they needed to talk about and having some afternoon tea, Tokisaki Kurumi said hello to the boy. Before leaving, her eyes stayed on the silver-haired girl sitting on the sofa for a moment. She smiled and waved, then disappeared into the shadows.

This bizarre scene attracted the girl's attention. She cast her curious eyes towards the place where the other person disappeared, with a confused expression on her face.

"… Tell me, there's a front door, why doesn't she go through it?"

Xia Zhi withdrew his gaze and looked at Mio opposite him and asked.

"Maybe it's because it's more convenient to use abilities to travel." After thinking about it with her head tilted, Mio gave the answer.

Is that right?

Xia Zhi thought for a moment and came to a conclusion

——Miss Kuang San, you are even lazier than me.

There was a slight pulling feeling at the corner of his clothes. Xia Zhi lowered his head and met a pair of slightly puzzled blue eyes.

Although she didn't say anything, one could feel that the girl seemed to be still confused by what she had just seen... It seemed that she was not without emotions, but just didn't express them because there was nothing else that attracted her attention?

"It's quite simple. I'll teach you next time." Xia Zhi replied nonchalantly, touching her little head and recalling the conversation just now in his mind.

...Of course, I'm not referring to Tokisaki Kurumi's advice, but there are some things that Xia Zhi cares about more.

Cong Yun once said that "origami" is for the brave.

Tokisaki Kurumi's words confirmed that the current singularity was formed with "Origami Tobiichi" as the core.

827 So, is she an elf or a hero?

It is very easy to verify this question.

After simply feeling the girl's body for a moment, Xia Zhi quickly came up with the answer.

There are no spiritual crystals in her body, but there is a very strong compatibility with divine power... Putting aside the "stereotype" that she became an elf in the original work, she is now undoubtedly more like a hero than an elf.

However, for Mio now, she has never sent out any spirit crystals, and before they came here, there were no origin elves in this world.

If Tobiichi Origami is different from other elves and came to this world before becoming an elf...then how did she finally construct the current space-time barrier as an elf?

...Tokisaki Kurumi did not give any explanation for this. Perhaps this was one of the reasons why she did not want to meet the "Origami Tobiichi" in advance?

Xia Zhi shook his head, collected his thoughts, and looked at the silver-haired girl beside him who had calmed down under his touch... although she seemed to have always been very quiet... and thought about what to do next for her.

Logically speaking, since she came into this world by mistake and accident, the most appropriate way to deal with it is of course to send her back to the original time point.

But first of all, not to mention that her own experience has changed, unless the memory is reset or sealed, the changes to the past have already occurred.

on the other hand……

[You have triggered a new side quest: Maintain the special state of Origami Tobiichi's current space-time paradox body until all main quests are completed, and ensure that it is not erased by the world line or other forms of power.]

[Task Reward: 1000 Dream Points; Random Game Item × 1]

"..."

Looking at this message that appeared last night, along with the side quest triggered by learning the girl's identity, Xia Zhi roughly understood the girl's current situation.

To put it simply, just like the situation of Natsuori and Youngori, the "origami" from different timelines appeared in the same time and space. Under the protection of a certain mechanism, it did not immediately cause the world line to change, allowing their independent situations to temporarily exist in a relatively stable special state.

The reason why Xia Zhi was able to achieve this was due to the special settings of the dream game.

But now, it is because of the causal isolation caused by the singularity.

But as mentioned before, as the singularities are eliminated one by one, this steady state will eventually be broken, and the abnormal paradoxical existence will be corrected and erased by the changing world line, thus making the logic self-consistent again.

...So, this is why such a mission was triggered.

Xia Zhi fell into deep thought.

Moreover, the reward is so generous that the points are almost comparable to Yang Nai's original mission, and there is even an extra random item... This is the first time that Xia Zhi has seen this reward in a side quest.

As both of us are special beings that defy time and logic, why didn't I see you treat Xia Zhi like this before?

...Could it be that the dream game is also obsessed with white hair?

Xia Zhi came to this conclusion in his mind.

"...?"

Being stared at like this, the girl tilted her head slightly. Although her expression didn't change, a hint of doubt could be seen in her clear blue eyes.

"fine."

Xia Zhi shook his head gently, thought for a moment, then looked at her and asked, "Do you want to go back?"

"!?"

His words seemed to have touched a switch in the girl's heart. An expression of panic and uneasiness immediately appeared on her face. She tightly grasped the boy's hand and stared into his eyes. Her deep blue eyes revealed a nervous look.

I don't mean... okay.

Seeing the girl's intense anxiety and feeling the strength of her hands gripping him tightly, Xia Zhi did not continue to speak.

"It's okay, I'm here..."

He rubbed the girl's head to comfort her again, and after thinking for a while, he asked:

"...Want some donuts?"

On the other side, Cong Yun lowered his head to look at the half-eaten donut in his hand, then looked at the plate on the coffee table in front of him that was originally filled with other donuts but was now empty, and he couldn't help but fall silent.

After thinking for a moment, she jumped off the sofa and went to the kitchen.

“…Aye!”

"Huh? What's wrong, Lord Divine Tree?" It was the first time that Yaye saw the divine girl approach him on her own initiative, and he was a little flattered for a moment.

Could it be that there is something very important?

"Help me make donuts." Cong Yun looked at her and said.

After thinking for a moment, she added, "Not enough donuts."

"Ah? Oh..."

Yaye nodded blankly.

Faced with this "oracle" that came directly from the Lord of the Divine Tree, although it seemed a little different from what she had imagined, she had no choice but to nod and agree.

"..."

Hearing the conversation in the kitchen, Xia Zhi couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth... I was just asking casually, and I didn't mean to blame you for being greedy.

However, I have to sigh, it’s really nice to have a witch.

As for my miko...Oh, I'm still in school now.

He shook his head and turned his attention back to the mission subtitles in front of him.

For Xia Zhi, there are many ways to prevent an existence from being erased by the change of the world line. The most convenient way is of course to directly engrave the ritual inscription of the Pseudo-Cosmic being on the girl.

But this task is not that simple.

Xia Zhi glanced at the content of the side quest again

——[Maintain the special state of Origami Tobiichi's current space-time paradox body until all mainline tasks are completed, and ensure that it is not erased by the world line or other forms of power]

Maintain... Ensure...

He fell into deep thought again

Although it looks like one thing, a closer look reveals that this side quest is actually divided into two parts. The "maintenance" in the first half and the "ensuring it is not eliminated" in the second half are both target conditions that must be achieved.

Considering that the mission content does not distinguish between the "present" and "past" of "Origami Tobiichi", the "it" in the second half should not only refer to Origami, but also to her in the present time and space.

Although through the previous experience with Miku, we can know that due to some additional settings of the dream game, the priority of the space-time singularity is to some extent even higher than that of the "Pseudo-Cosmos", making some effects of the ritual unable to take full effect.

However, the end time of this side quest is predetermined, and the girl's status needs to be maintained at least until all main quests are completed.

In other words, she will inevitably face the moment when all singularities are resolved.

By then, the girl will still be under the effect of the engraved "Pseudo-Cosmos" spell to restrain her existence on all timelines, making her the only one in the multiverse.

After thinking for a moment, Xia Zhi quickly came to a conclusion... Working backwards from the result to the process, it was obvious that in order to solve this problem, he would inevitably need to use some dream points.

However, compared to building a new setting from scratch, relying on the "Pseudo-Cosmic" that already has relevant settings is still the best method... It's just that in the face of such special circumstances, it can't keep up with the version.

Therefore, I first need to perform some version iterations, modify the techniques slightly, and add some new settings...

.......

Chapter 1140: Paradoxical Elf Girl

...a little strange.

Looking at the delicate silver-haired girl in front of him, Xia Zhi frowned slightly and thought.

What he sensed from the girl at this moment was a power that he was very familiar with.

——Spiritual power.

After engraving the specialized version of the "Pseudo-Cosmos" ritual inscription and concluding her own existence, the girl seemed to have suddenly transformed from a brave warrior into an elf.

Considering that Tokisaki Kurumi has confirmed that the Tobiichi Origami in this time and space is an elf, this is not surprising.

What really concerned Xia Zhi was the object where this energy was gathered, which the girl felt at that moment.

...Spirit crystal.

It was as if the girl had become an elf and appeared out of thin air in her body... Although since it was an elf, it was natural for it to have a spirit crystal. However, given the situation in this time and space, this kind of thing could not have happened before Xia Zhi suggested or Mio herself planned to separate the spirit crystal.

Before Origami Tobiichi came to this world, she did not have a spirit crystal in her body. As the original spirit, Mio had never given out a spirit crystal. To this world, this spirit crystal was as if it appeared out of thin air.

…Because the dream game brought her, who was still a human, into this world along with other elves as an “elf”, thus solidifying this concept in her existence.

Or maybe, the new version of "Pseudo-Cosmos" caused some settings of the dream game to fail to keep up with the version, thus causing some bug?

The summer solstice is a little confusing, maybe it’s a combination of both.

As for the closed loop of time and space, he did not consider it. After all, he and Mio were involved in this logical chain, and the girl herself was out of the timeline at the moment, which meant that this situation was impossible from the beginning.

Xia Zhi realized that the girl's situation might be more complicated than he had initially imagined. In his mind, the description of Origami Tobiichi's state given by the dream game flashed through his mind.

“… Paradoxical body.”

He whispered the term softly, and couldn't help wanting to sigh.

It is indeed a very appropriate evaluation.

"Paradox?"

Origami tilted her head in confusion.

Unlike when she was in front of Tokisaki Kurumi in the afternoon, when the two were alone, she seemed more lively and talked more.