The system handed me over to the state.

...............

"All the documents and the alliance treaty have been submitted. His Majesty is still somewhat surprised by the outcome of our negotiations this time."

As Zhu Zhiwen flipped through the documents in his hand, he spoke. Bronya nodded, naturally surprised. Su Su had envisioned a fully open and communicative alliance, not only in terms of technological resources but also population exchange. But now it had turned out like this, so of course she was surprised.

"However... I'm still a little worried. What will happen if their covert operation is discovered?"

"Then let's not pretend anymore, let's just play it by ear."

Zhu Zhiwen paused for a moment, then Bronya turned her head and asked, "Do you remember what happened with the penguins in China a while ago?"

"I remember... Come to think of it, Alahato Corporation was yours, you took over Penguin directly and brought down Mahua FunAge, sending him to prison. You're quite talented in this area!"

Bronya snorted, "That's because he's too greedy. He can control whatever he wants. If he wants everything, things will inevitably go wrong. And when things go wrong, all the vultures that are eyeing him will swarm in and devour him."

"I simply prevented the vultures from having a chance to feast on the penguin's remains."

Recently, Tencent was accused of illegally importing foreign mobile software into China and claiming it as its own. However, it was exposed that the software not only collected a large amount of personal privacy data but also illegally obtained a large number of permissions, seriously infringing on the personal privacy of Chinese citizens.

Finally, a joint investigation by the Soviet Union, the British Empire, and the Soviet Union revealed that the software originated from a British hacker who, through collaboration with Tencent, illegally obtained this personal information and then sold it to other companies for profit.

This incident caused Tencent's stock price to plummet instantly, and the mastermind behind the hacking and decision-making was arrested and imprisoned.

Taking advantage of the small favors offered by the government, Bronya acquired all of Tencent's game and software-related departments, while handing over the rest to other leading companies in their respective industries.

"Well! Good news! After this incident, other domestic groups should be able to calmly rethink their own positioning."

"Alright, I've finished everything on my end. How about you?"

Bronya nodded and handed the last document to Zhu Zhiwen. "It's over. This collaboration was quite pleasant, but I think I probably won't need to go next time."

Zhu Zhiwen shrugged. "Who knows? What are your plans next?"

Bronya pondered for a moment, "Go and deal with something I haven't been able to handle."

"Oh? That sounds important. Go ahead then, I won't bother you any longer."

Zhu Zhiwen left, while Bronya returned to Research Institute No. 1 and went straight to the room where Void Treasury was imprisoned.

The environment inside the room has been greatly improved. With the cooperation of Void Treasury, the restrictions on living conditions in Shenzhou have been relaxed a little, allowing him to have a little bit of freedom.

"Oh? What a rare guest! You've actually come back to see me?"

Void Archives was also quite surprised to see Bronya. Bronya went straight to the point, "I've come to you with only one question: when the cataclysm came, where did the Paradise of the Past go within the World Serpent?"

Chapter 381: Spain's Awakening

"It's been a long time, Bronya. Things have been much less busy lately. Are you free to come over now?"

Einstein asked Bronya, who shook her head. "No, I'm here to deal with a potential problem. I have a question for you: have you found any trace of the Paradise of the Past during this time?"

Einstein shook his head. "We have used the Time Stone to rewind through most of the ruined cities, extracting a vast amount of data and information, and we have learned the exact location of the World Serpent base."

"However, that place has been completely destroyed. After using the Time Stone to go back in time, we also resurrected someone who was somewhat unexpected to us."

Bronya raised an eyebrow slightly. "The Gray Serpent?"

Einstein nodded. "That's right, it's him. You've already guessed it. While we were at the Reverse World Serpent Base, we accidentally resurrected a Gray Serpent's body. Unexpectedly, his data consciousness was also resurrected along with it."

"Therefore we can conclude that the Grey Serpent is not within the category of humans that we cannot resurrect. It is defined as artificial intelligence. When we reverse the city, the city's own management system and intelligent AI will also be reversed back to the state before destruction."

"This is also why we are able to obtain a large amount of information."

"But unfortunately, even the Gray Serpent itself doesn't know where Paradise of the Past went. So far, we have no clue whatsoever."

Bronya frowned deeply. Had the trail gone completely here? There wasn't a single clue she could glean. Had the Land of the Dead hidden itself, been destroyed, or... escaped?

"I think you can temporarily ignore the existence of the Paradise of the Past."

Bronya was taken aback when Einstein asked, "Why?"

"Because it's meaningless. I know you might want to find the paradise of the past and claim it for yourself because it contains the existence of heroes from the previous era, but it's meaningless. We have already defeated the Honkai."

"Although most of our world is still shrouded in Honkai, with our cooperation with Shenzhou, the Honkai is no longer so terrifying. Even if a Herrscher is born, in Schicksal, the Herrscher team led by Ms. Kiana will be able to quickly eliminate the enemy."

"In addition, with the global concentration of Honkai energy constantly decreasing, the global concentration of Honkai energy will soon be controlled at an extremely low level. Any Honkai beasts that suddenly erupt will be quickly absorbed by the Honkai energy plunderers placed in the orbit. It is impossible for any place in the world to reach the Honkai energy concentration that gave birth to a Herrscher."

"Most importantly, our vision is no longer limited to our planet, but extends to the entire universe. The Honkai can wreak havoc on our planet, but can it wreak havoc on other planets?"

Einstein's idea was clear: Honkai was merely an event that erupted within a planet. Perhaps the Herrschers born from it could travel to outer space with their immense power, but they would ultimately be unable to traverse galaxies. In the future, their focus would shift to exploring other star systems. Even if a large-scale Honkai event did occur on this planet, and they couldn't defeat it, couldn't they at least escape? Besides, were they really unable to defeat it?

"I understand... But to be on the safe side, it's best to control the risk and try not to bring anything containing Honkai energy to other planets. Of course, it might be a bit... too early to say, but it's always good to be safe."

Einstein agreed with Bronya's suggestion, "Then, is there anything else, Bronya?"

"That's all... By the way, has she... woken up?"

"If you mean her... she's already awake. Thanks to the other Seele, otherwise it would be too difficult for us to bring her back to consciousness."

Bronya knew about this; Einstein and Theresa had invited Seele to collaborate with another Seele to try to awaken the consciousness of the sleeping Bronya.

She wasn't entirely sure, and Seele hadn't told her anything after she returned. Now that she suddenly remembered this, she wanted to ask about the details again.

It appears to have been a success, and the results are remarkable.

I'll go take a look then. We've met before, and Spain in that world probably hasn't seen me yet. I'll give them a heads-up beforehand so I don't scare them when we meet again.

After saying goodbye to Dr. Einstein, Bronya returned directly to Shenzhou and went to the hospital inside the residence of Research Institute No. 1. As it happened, she ran into Seele carrying a bag of fruit at the hospital entrance.

Yes, Seele from another world, also known as White Seele.

"Huh? Another Bronya!"

Bai hope was surprised and happy to see Bronya, because she remembered that Bronya hadn't come for a long time. She was surprised that Bronya had come so suddenly today without saying a word, but she was also very happy.

"It's been a long time, Seele. I've come to see her."

"Yes, Bronya has woken up. I've told her a lot about the other sister, and she's been very curious about it."

Bai Xi was in a very good mood. She was very happy that Banya had woken up. Seeing that her sister was no longer indulging in a false dream but had returned to reality, she was excited and relieved.

The excitement goes without saying, but the relief is that Bronya can still be saved and brought back, instead of just watching helplessly as she can do nothing.

Bai hope didn't like it, and no one else would like this feeling.

The two went up to the floor where Bronya was in the hospital. Because of Bronya's awakening, she was naturally moved out of the intensive care unit and into a regular ward. After all, apart from being a little weak, Bronya was otherwise very healthy. Of course, she might need some psychological counseling and to adapt to the current situation.

"Bronya and her sister, Seele is back!"

Pushing open the ward door, Bai Xi happily called out to the room. The petite figure sitting by the window turned her head, but the welcome she was about to say stopped halfway because she saw Bronya following closely behind.

"Oh, by the way, Bronya, another Bronya came to see you today too!"

"oh oh..."

Bronya looked somewhat bewildered, clearly flustered by Bronya's sudden arrival, especially when she saw that Bronya had a face almost identical to her own, but a figure that completely outshone hers; Bronya's expression became even more bizarre.

Bronya sat down on the edge of the bed, staring at Spain. Spain stared back at Bronya. Finally, Bronya smiled and said, "Don't be nervous. I just came to check on you. You can rest assured that I won't disturb your normal life."

"Let's have a quick chat. I can tell you anything you want to know, how about it?"

Chapter 382: Eternal Companionship

"Well, now that you've been awake for a few days, Seele should have told you everything she needed to say, right?"

Bronya nodded. "Seele has told me everything about our world and your existence, but there's one thing I don't quite understand..."

"You speak."

"Will I really look like you in the future?"

Bronya was stunned. Seeing Bronya's somewhat evasive and embarrassed gaze, Bronya couldn't help but burst out laughing. After laughing, Bronya reached out and ruffled Bronya's hair. "Yes, don't worry. You'll definitely be better than me when you grow up."

"You just had a later second puberty, so don't worry about it."

Bronya nodded and continued to ask Bronya some trivial questions. Eventually, the questions turned into inquiries about Bronya's life in Shenzhou, such as what kind of people she was surrounded by.

Especially when asked about Bronya's girlfriend, and Bronya truthfully told Bronya, Bronya's expression was quite interesting. In particular, when Bronya tried to describe the little interactions between adults in detail, Bronya's shy expression became even more pronounced.

So Bronya didn't continue descending to prevent Bronya from fainting from embarrassment.

Originally, Bronya thought that when she met with Bronya, the conversation would likely focus more on Bronya, but she didn't expect that Bai hope had already told her almost everything she could about the two worlds and about herself.

So now the conversation is all focused on myself, my life, habits, and preferences are all very different from those of Spain.

This also clearly demonstrates that Bronya is not the same Bronya.

They are indeed the same person, but they are not the same person; they are different time-space counterparts with significant differences.

"I...don't quite understand...aren't we the same person? Why are there such big differences...in terms of personality and habits?"

"Because we have different experiences."

Bronya clearly still couldn't understand the concept of an alternate dimension, so Bronya used a simpler term: the environment in which one lives.

Because her environment was different from Spain's, her own world was peaceful, stable, and happy. She had her own parents and relatives, and her upbringing was smooth, unlike Spain's, which was full of ups and downs.

But Spain is different. People born in two completely different, even opposite, living environments have completely different personalities and habits.

Bronya expressed his understanding, saying, "So that's how it is," but he was still somewhat surprised that his counterpart in another world had a completely different personality, and even... was in a romantic relationship with Seele, and even... had already done it.

This was really hard for Bronya to accept, and his gaze towards Bai Xi became slightly...shy.

After the chat ended, Bronya left the remaining time for Bronya to study on his own, but she took Bai hope with her and temporarily left the ward. Standing at the ward door, Bronya asked, "How is your physical condition now? Can you continue to maintain this?"

Bai hope nodded. "Yes, Bronya hasn't noticed anything unusual yet. Dr. Einstein said that my body is already being cultivated, using Black hope's genes."

"However, it's still unclear whether I can successfully control the body I've cultivated; there might be a few minor hiccups."

Bronya sighed. White Hero's body had been taken over by Black Hero. Black Hero originally wanted to return it, but White Hero refused because, in her opinion, Black Hero needed that body more than she did.

Meanwhile, Bai Xi has always been by Bronya's side in the form of a butterfly. Some time ago, Dr. Einstein temporarily researched and created a bionic robot, allowing Xi'er to possess its special core and control this bionic mechanical body.

The actual physical body was created by extracting genes from Black Seele's body to cultivate a completely new body, which was then handed over to Seele for control. However, this plan had no precedent, so it would take time.

Tesla did propose the Soul Steel body that Otto had used, but it was only a temporary solution. Moreover, Soul Steel, a rare material, is currently mostly used in world-restoration efforts, so it's not worthwhile, and the practical application of the Soul Steel body isn't that irreplaceable.

Therefore, the final choice was a bionic mechanical body.

"Well, good luck then. A mechanical body is never as comfortable as your own flesh and blood body, is it?"