The system handed me over to the state.

A bitter smile appeared on Bai hope's face. This body did not need sleep, rest, or even food and water, which made Bai hope very uncomfortable, as if she was no longer human.

But Dr. Einstein needed more time, so she could only wait patiently.

"Don't worry, everything will be alright, but... are you still planning to wait? If you don't take the initiative, she might keep avoiding you!"

Bai hope paused for a moment, then shook her head. "No! Bronya wouldn't run away. Seele just... doesn't want to take the initiative."

Bronya blinked. "Are you afraid of disappointment?"

"Disappointment...I am indeed a little scared, but...Seele will try her best not to disappoint Bronya."

Bronya smiled and reached out to pat Bai Xi on the shoulder. "Keep it up. You have a long way to go. Herrschers live much longer than ordinary people. You have plenty of time to get to know each other."

"Sometimes, quiet companionship is more heartwarming and memorable than passionate love."

Bronya said goodbye to Bai hope and left the hospital. Bai Xi returned to the ward, and Banya looked at her, "Is she gone?"

"Um, Bronya, do you like your other self from the other world?"

Spain lowered its head. "It's a bit...surprising. I didn't expect that I would look like this in another world...and I also didn't expect that I would look like that when I grew up."

It's too big! How could I possibly grow that big?

Spain looked at its slightly protruding, barren chest with disbelief, still unable to believe that it could really grow that big. It was already 17 years old, could it really... grow that big?

Bronya is already 21 years old. Can she really do it in 4 years?

"Seele...when can I leave the hospital?"

Bai hope shook her head, suppressing Ban Ya's sudden urge to leave the hospital, and used the doctor's advice to put an end to it.

However, Bai hope suddenly said, "Sister Bronya, Seele... will always be by your side."

Banya nodded without answering, but held Bai hope's hand tightly.

Chapter 383: Buying Time

After returning to Shenzhou, Bronya went back to her company because she had received a brand new task: to create a virtual reality game that players could play for extended periods of time.

The reason she received this mission is that the domestic player base is simply too large. After all the countries except the Three Kingdoms were destroyed by the Shadow Empire, the game companies located overseas naturally disappeared as well.

Although they left behind many games, these games gradually began to lose their replayability after the servers and developers were lost.

Therefore, in order to satisfy the entertainment needs of young people, the government has shifted their attention by developing games that are constantly updated and have high replayability. Of course, the most important thing is to ensure social stability.

Only a sufficient entertainment life can guarantee the mental stability and richness of today's young people.

Of course, there's also the reminder from the Celestial Empire: the country needs a representative, someone who can stand at the very top of the nation, someone who can develop the best games, so that players know that Chinese game developers are the ones they should like the most.

Instead of turning gaming entertainment into a tool for capital to control players and today's young people.

Prior to this, the public beta release of Honkai Impact 3rd caused a huge sensation in China. However, the gameplay of Honkai Impact 3rd is limited, and it will take a long time to introduce new gameplay and more fun.

Moreover, it requires a great deal of resources and effort.

Therefore, Bronya thought of virtual reality games, which are the most common type of online games, and specifically, virtual reality games with a lot of content.

After entering the company, Bronya went straight to the development department. She had already informed the development department in advance about the meeting that was going to be held today, and they should be waiting for her arrival.

Upon entering the meeting room prepared by the development department, we found that the development team was already ready and waiting.

"Chairman, you've arrived!"

Bronya received a warm welcome from the development department upon her arrival. She nodded, sat down at the head of the table, placed her tablet on the table, and said, "So, what are your thoughts on the instructions from above?"

"The higher-ups have asked us to develop a virtual reality game, and a virtual reality game that is highly replayable. If you have any good ideas, please bring them up now so we can discuss them."

"You don't need to worry about the virtual reality system; there will be dedicated personnel to handle its development."

The developers looked at each other in bewilderment, while the copywriter was the first to suggest, "How about... we stick to the old formula of Demon King and Hero? After all, virtual reality games are quite difficult to play, and we can create a completely new game world. Exploring a world takes much longer than exploring a game."

"But the Western world has been almost completely destroyed. I think we should develop a fantasy game instead?"

"Fantasy/martial arts...this formula is so old...aren't there any better themes?"

Immediately, a large-scale discussion and debate broke out in the conference room. The debate about the subject matter was exceptionally intense and full of tension. However, no matter how much they argued, the subject matter always remained within the realm of Western fantasy and xianxia (Chinese fantasy), with some even suggesting urban romance as a theme.

Bronya raised an eyebrow and tapped the table. The conference room suddenly fell silent. Bronya asked, somewhat puzzled, "Why are you so obsessed with Western fantasy? Western civilization has almost completely collapsed, leaving only the British Empire and the Soviet Union."

"As for the fantasy genre, I don't think it's a good fit. The social structure of the fantasy world is inseparable from the feudal dynasty, and it doesn't conform to the reality of our world today."

"So... what are your thoughts, boss? Domestic game developers these days really like to create Western-style fantasy worlds. One reason is that anime-style themes can be well utilized, and another is that domestic games are heavily influenced by foreign games..."

"Then let's design a game world with a unique sci-fi worldview."

The meeting lasted a very long time; so long that even after Bronya arrived at the company at noon, the meeting was still not over.

Finally, at 9 p.m., the discussion in the conference room was barely over. Bronya dragged her somewhat tired body out of the conference room. The general direction of the meeting had been determined: a science fiction game. The detailed content still needed to be developed by them.

Bronya looked up at the night sky. How should I put it? This was probably the first time any game company in China had ever been involved in the production of virtual reality games.

Virtual reality games are different from previous games. In the past, as long as there were good character illustrations, character designs, and game storylines, even if the gameplay was boring, players could keep playing as if they were admiring their favorite characters, and even spend money to buy skins and other things.

However, virtual reality games are different. Players cannot enter a game and find themselves in a two-dimensional character. They need an experience that is almost identical to reality. Bronya will handle the system that runs virtual reality games, while others need to figure out what to do in the game and what content to provide for the players.

Furthermore, it should keep players engaged and motivated, and prevent a large number of players from quitting or criticizing the game during subsequent updates.

If successful, they will become pioneers in virtual reality games worldwide.

Even if they fail, they will still be pioneers in virtual reality games worldwide, but their reputation may be so bad that when players think of them in the future, they will not think of them as pioneers in virtual reality games, but rather as a history of creating an extremely unsuccessful game.

"Virtual reality games... Come to think of it, I've never played one myself... Looks like I need to do this properly. If I don't do it well, I won't enjoy playing it myself, and that won't do."

Bronya's own vision of a virtual reality game, a science fiction game, would be set in the era of space exploration, featuring personal mechs for combat, massive and heavily armed planetary fortresses, magnificent space fleets, and... interstellar warfare.

This was only part of it; it was the first thing Bronya could think of. She felt there must be more.

"Sigh... Let's deal with the virtual reality game system first. It's not an easy problem to solve."

Bronya shook her head, hoping that this virtual reality game could divert the attention of most people in the country, giving them some time, some time to... reach for the stars.

Chapter 384: The Willful God

The Nanli Nebula is the most glorious region of low-level civilizations in the entire universe. Countless people from low- and mid-level civilizations have merged and built a huge galactic transit station in the originally lifeless nebula, which has also become the central region of the Nanli Nebula.

Within this transit station lies a crucial executive body: the Executive Body of the Cosmic Civilization Association.

The main task of the executive agency is to eliminate all threats and potential threats within the Southern Li Nebula, and to maintain the balance and order within the entire nebula. At the same time, there are tens of millions of branches throughout the nebula, acting as interstellar police.

"Hello, please register!"

On the edge of the Southern Li Nebula, Ezreal placed her identity card in an office of the executive agency. A mechanical arm took the card and scanned it.

"Medium-level civilization, high-ranking god, Goddess of Light Izaria, your interstellar ID card has expired 1056 months and 14 days ago. Do you wish to renew it?"

"Make a replacement, and while you're at it, book me a ticket to the executive agency at the Great Nebula Center. I have something very urgent to report."

"...A total of 893 Star Gold, please pay the fee."

"Tsk... 893, that's ridiculously expensive. I should have known better than to slack off. The replacement fee is really high!"

Although Ezreal muttered to herself, she was actually quite happy. Even though bringing her sister back wasn't a smooth process and she was threatened by the mortal race, she was still very pleased.

Oh, right, we also have to fulfill our promise to those mortals. It's such a pity. Destroying the Shadow Empire is something that even a bunch of intermediate civilizations couldn't do. Yet a human world that isn't even a beginner civilization actually did it!

But who cares! When the time comes, all civilizations in the universe will be celebrating the demise of the Shadow Empire, this huge cancer. Who will care who destroyed it?

With that thought in mind, Izeria put the matter of that mortal civilization out of her mind. All she wanted now was to finish her report as soon as possible, return home safely, and hand her younger sister over to her mother to hatch again.

Sigh, my sister is so stupid. She didn't even realize that the people under her command had betrayed her. In the end, she foolishly cast a curse, making me chase after her for so many years. It was really not worth it.

"Izeria, this is your new interstellar ID card and ticket. There are 20 minutes left before the space train departs. You don't have much time left."

"Twenty minutes is enough."

After taking her ID card and ticket, Izaria left the branch office and flew towards the nearby space train station.

As the most common mode of transportation in the Southern Li Nebula, the space train only takes 10 minutes to cross the two ends of the nebula, while the central executive agency she wants to go to only takes 5 minutes.

The space train is primarily a silver-white cylindrical structure, with sections connected by light blue energy chains. The space sensors and shuttles at the front of the train are the most important parts of the main body of the train.

Once aboard the train, since the space train takes very little time to travel throughout the entire nebula, there are no seats inside, only standing room.

Upon entering the train, the tentacles that greeted Izaria filled her with disgust. "Hey! Retract those tentacles!"

The owner of the tentacles, an octopus monster wearing a uniform but with an octopus head and body, apologized and quickly retracted the tentacles under his body or inside his clothing.

Ezreal pouted. Her luck was really bad. She ran into an octopus man as soon as she came in. Tsk... She felt like going home. She hadn't been home for thousands of years. She wondered how her mother was doing.

Ezreal suddenly felt incredibly lonely. All along, the driving force that had sustained her solitary journey through the desolate universe in search of her sister was finding her and bringing her home. Now that she had achieved her goal, she felt a sudden wave of loneliness. So many millennia had passed... all alone.

It would be difficult for ordinary high-ranking gods to do something like this. Well, I've accomplished something quite well. Maybe I'll even receive praise from my mother when I get back.

Thinking of this, the goddess girl's lips curled up slightly. In just a few minutes, Izeria heard the announcement that she had arrived at her destination.

After getting off the car, Izaria gazed at the enormous, massive metal planet in the distance, which looked hundreds of times larger than an ordinary planet. This was the core of the Southern Li Nebula, a super-giant mechanical planet built by the pioneers. The Association's Nebula Executive Office was located here.

Ezreal's goal was clear. Even though thousands of years had passed, the location of the association had not changed. Following the path in her memory, Ezreal quickly arrived at the association's location. After scanning her ID card to enter the association, Ezreal thought for a moment. She should go find the person in charge here. The destruction of the Shadow Empire was a big deal.

Is the association president here?

Izeria asked the work robot next to her, and the work robot was silent for a moment before replying, "The association president is in his office. You can go directly to the president."

Yes, that's good. I don't need to go looking for him to see if he's somewhere else; I can just go to his office.

Ezreal went directly to the president's office. There weren't many people inside the association; it was mainly a large number of work robots responsible for maintaining the association's internal environment and equipment. After all, not many people from the association came back, and if something really happened, they wouldn't come to the association, since the association couldn't offer them any useful help.

Knocking on the office door, Izeria pushed it open and entered. A slightly displeased voice rang out, "You just barged in like that. As expected of a high-ranking god? You're really arrogant enough."

Izaria stepped forward. "Stop with the nonsense. I have something to tell you."

"The corrupt shadow empire of a thousand years ago has been destroyed, and all lower civilizations will no longer be threatened by this parasite."

The man raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure? Although the Shadow Empire itself is only a low-level civilization, countless attempts to annihilate it by mid-level civilizations over the years have all ended in failure. Do you think you can just say it's been wiped out?"

Ezreal waved her hand, looking quite impatient. "I don't have time to discuss these things. I'm just stating the facts. The Shadow Empire is gone, my sister has been rescued, and I'm going home!"

As Ezreal prepared to turn and leave, the man immediately stood up and said, "Wait! Since you've said so, which civilization was behind it?"

Izaria glanced at the man, "Oh! I'm not telling you!"