A journey into an infinite dimension

"Everyone, I'm leaving Shiori in your care... Juna, take good care of Shiori."

Leaving behind this somewhat meaningless sentence, the next moment, Jiaye took the lance from Shizhi's hand, and then spread a pair of ice-crystal wings. His figure quickly turned into a shadow and passed through the strong light, rushing to the location where Caihuo was, and flew straight past her who was unharmed.

"..."

"..."

At a certain moment, the two people's eyes seemed to meet for a split second, and then Jia Ye's figure rushed out from the other side of the strong light without stopping and disappeared into the sky.

"Do you think I won't keep my promise? But this is Jiaye."

With a slight smile, Cai Huo no longer cared about the source of the two attacks. He stretched out the wings of light behind him and disappeared in pursuit of Jia Ye.

Could it be that he——

Seeing this scene, everyone knew Jia Ye's plan, but they were unable to say a word to stop him, and the figures of the two had already disappeared from everyone's sight.

[Gaya?! Gaya!!]

Coming back to his senses from the brief moment of daze he had been suddenly pushed out of, Shiori subconsciously wanted to stop Kaya through their connection, but——

"No? Why not?!"

The surging spiritual power suddenly stagnated, and the pair of wings behind him made of spiritual power, which supported his body to stay in the air, quietly dissipated. His body began to fall because of the loss of support, but fortunately, he was caught in time by Tohka and the others beside him, thus preventing Shiori from falling into the slowly recovering hole under his feet.

However, Shizhi did not have the extra thoughts to care about this. She was just like a drowning person trying to grab a straw, trying her best to find the connection that should exist, but at this moment there was only nothingness and emptiness. Perhaps this is the feeling that a normal person should have when coming into contact with his own consciousness. However, for Shizhi, only when that connection exists can it be truly normal.

Because that is the proof of Jiaye's existence, the bond between her and Jiaye, and the pillar that has supported her to this day.

However, at this moment, this connection disappeared as if it had never existed.

Does this mean that Jia Ye and she will no longer have any connection with each other from now on?

Thinking of this, Shizhi suddenly felt an unprecedented panic and fear.

"Shizhi?!"

"Shiori, what's wrong with you?!!"

"Miss Kotori, our mother has fainted. Please use Fraxinus to retrieve us immediately, and then track down our father's location!"

"Has communication been restored? I understand. We're retrieving you now!"

Chapter 179 I can’t think of a chapter title…

"Jiaye, how long are you going to play hide-and-seek? I'm willing to accompany you for as long as you want, but for now, I don't have that much time."

Somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean, two meteors streaked across the blue sky, one after the other. Eventually, the second 'meteor', which had seemed to lag behind, overtook the first 'meteor' in the blink of an eye and blocked its path, announcing the end of the chase.

Perhaps, from the very beginning, this was just a game of hide-and-seek, as Cai Huo said.

She has the ability to stop Jia Ye at any time, but she plays with her just out of doting on her.

"Okay, it's up to you whether you want to kill me or cut me up. What do you want to do?"

He stopped moving forward and just stayed in mid-air with his wings supporting his body. Jiaye shrugged and said indifferently.

"...Yes, that's what I want to do."

After hearing this, there was silence for a long time. Cai Huo was a little dazed and gently played with her hair, slightly rotating and wrapping the soft long hair on her fingertips, and then letting go. Her movements seemed to reveal a hint of confusion.

"I've only been thinking about finding you, but I've never considered what I'll do after I find you. I'm really naive."

He smiled as if in self-deprecation, then Cai Huo looked up at Jia Ye again, and the confusion in his eyes seemed to have lessened a little.

"But there's still plenty of time to think about what to do later."

"Anyway, I've found you, and that's enough."

Listening to what Cai Huo said, Jia Ye felt for the first time how deep Cai Huo's obsession with him was.

According to the system, in order to find herself, she has traveled through many parallel worlds and experienced an unimaginably long time before finally coming to herself. However, in this process, she never thought about what to do after finding herself, but just wanted to find herself.

This obsession...

"Although this question has been asked several times, and you have answered me."

Looking at Cai Huo, whose flaming eyes had returned to the amber color that Shizhi possessed, Jiaye asked.

"Who are you? I'm not asking about this body of yours, but your true identity."

When she had asked this question before, Cai Huo had said, 'My aura is indeed different from before, and with this body, it's normal that you can't recognize me,' and 'Although I really want to recognize you right now, I can't violate the constraints of the law for the time being, so please call me by the original name of this body.'

This meant that Cai Huo was indeed familiar with herself, or at least with herself in the parallel world, and she was also confident that if she told her real name, she would definitely be able to recognize her.

This means that she also knows Cai Huo's true identity in this world. Considering the characteristics of the parallel world, Cai Huo's true identity should be someone she knows and is familiar with at the moment, rather than someone she will know in the future. Therefore, she cannot tell or use her true identity and appearance for the time being, because two identical people cannot meet in the same time and space.

This is the law of the world. No matter how powerful you are, you must never violate it if you don't want the world's development to be disordered and collapse.

Furthermore, Cai Huo couldn't have failed to consider the time difference between parallel worlds, yet she still had the confidence that she would recognize her. Coupled with her familiarity with herself, if these speculations were correct, then her true identity might be——

Thinking of this, Jia Ye couldn't help but feel a complicated emotion suddenly rising in his heart.

"It's okay to tell you now, but I'm sure you've already guessed it."

Cai Huo smiled gracefully, and then walked slowly towards Jia Ye with a quiet yet light step, like a little girl, as if walking on flat ground. She walked straight into her vigilance range without any care, and raised her hand to gently stroke her cheek.

"So, please stop pretending like this. I haven't seen your true self in a long time."

"..."

Looking at Cai Huo's beautiful face so close to her, Jia Ye did not make any attacking move, even though at this distance she was confident that she could seriously injure Cai Huo.

She just looked at her with a complicated expression, and at the same time, a panel that only she could see popped up to show its presence.

......

Branch Quest 3: Parallel Worlds. This concept exists in countless worlds, symbolizing the infinite possibilities of that world. However, when a certain being possesses the power to travel through parallel worlds, it means that the possibilities of that world will be destroyed and eroded.

Of course, this is a headache for the partners of justice. You are just a second personality without emotions. However, in a sense, this is your fault. Because of the existence of you who does not belong to this world, the tragedy that should have happened has disappeared, and has been replaced by a new tragedy.

Message 1: Countless parallel worlds have been destroyed, and countless years have passed. A mindless slaughter, driven by the last vestiges of perseverance. A certain being has traversed countless parallel worlds and countless years searching for you. Now that she has finally found you, how will you face her?

Message 2: In a distant parallel world extending from this world, there is a person who fulfilled her dreams and wishes with your assistance, but you left her forever in the process. Therefore, after losing her long-standing support, in extreme sadness and despair, she was sublimated by the power in her body and achieved a reversal in an instant. It is better to say that she has mastered the power of both normality and reversal at the same time, because her despair has already surpassed the impact of the reversal.

By contacting the other party, information 3 will be unlocked.

Completion conditions: ? ? ? (will be unlocked after all information is unlocked)

Mission Reward: ??? (Reward will be awarded after the mission is completed)

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"What happened to me in your world?"

A soft glow covered Jia Ye's entire figure, and then after the light faded, Jia Ye returned to his original true appearance.

The ability of "Spiritual Body Shaping" is to use spiritual power to condense a body. Although the primary "Spiritual Body Shaping" can only shape a body identical to Shiori's, after upgrading, the appearance can be changed at will.

At this moment, Jiaye was not using "Spiritual Power to Shape the Body" because he had temporarily severed his connection with Shizhi, so now he was using magic power.

After all, the restricted task only restricted his ability to use the system's evaluation of B level or above, and magic power was not included.

However, the amount of magic power and recovery speed are limited to B-level.

"...I don't know how you were born. Did you really use the template of my ideal prince charming?"

Looking at the face in front of him that he often saw in his dreams but had not seen in reality for a long time, Cai Huo couldn't help but be dazed for a moment.

"I'll take that as a compliment."

She smiled somewhat helplessly. Perhaps it was because she knew Cai Huo's true identity, Jia Ye's attitude towards her had changed quietly without her noticing.

"So, would you mind answering my questions?"

"If possible, I don't want to recall such unhappy memories."

He pinched Jiaye's cheek gently, then raised his other hand to pinch the other cheek, and then pulled both hands to both sides at the same time. Cai Huo looked at Jiaye's face, which turned into a grimace in an instant, and nodded with satisfaction.

"I've wanted to try this for a long time, and it feels really good."

"But if you want to hear it, I don't mind telling you."

As she spoke, Cai Huo pinched Jia Ye's cheeks into all sorts of funny shapes. She no longer looked like the god-like figure that had frightened everyone before. From the inside out, she now looked like a young girl playing with her lover.

"Forget it, I'm not particularly curious."

Helplessly pressing down the hand that was making fun of his face, Jia Ye couldn't help but sigh.

"Let's get down to business. What are your plans now that you've successfully snatched me away?"

"Who knows? Maybe things will work out in time. Besides, this world is quite special. I can't stay in it for a long time yet."

Holding Jiaye's hand, a satisfied smile appeared on her pretty face involuntarily, and Caihuo said indifferently.

"So how are you supposed to get to the bridge if you don't even have a boat?"

Can just holding hands make her so happy?

Looking at her performance, Jia Ye, feeling a little distressed, sighed again and suggested.

"How about just living in this world? Once you can stay in this world for a long time."

Listening to Jia Ye's suggestion, Cai Huo's eyes seemed to become a little dangerous for a moment.

"Why, do you like this look better than my original look?"

He clearly knew that two identical people could not meet at the same time and in the same world, but he still made this proposal. Wasn't he just coveting her body?

"No, it must have been quite a while ago. I don't even know what you look like now, so the premise of your statement doesn't even exist."

The fact that I like to care about these things hasn't changed.

Smiling helplessly in his heart, Jia Ye complained.

"Besides, wouldn't it be fine if we didn't meet? But that depends on your own opinion."

If Cai Huo doesn't want to, no one can force her.

After all, her strength could probably be considered the strongest in this world.

Perhaps, it can be comparable to the one I saw last time, or even stronger.

"That's pretty much it."

With a light snort, Cai Huo took two steps back, gently distanced himself from Jia Ye, and stared into his eyes, as if trying to see through his heart.

"Hey, Jiaye, although I don't hate you, why do you treat me like her after you knew it was me?"

"Is it simply to mix me up with her figure, or is it just to force yourself and have pity on me?"

Hearing Cai Huo's question, Jia Ye couldn't help laughing as if he had heard something funny.

"Why didn't I become smarter, but I became dumber?"

Under Cai Huo's angry and puzzled gaze, Jia Ye gently raised his hand and placed it on her head, then rubbed it with a little force.

"There's no reason. Even though there are some differences, just like you and I are the same person, you and she are also the same person. No matter how much you hate her, that won't change."

"So how could my attitude towards you change?"

"I am your second personality."

Chapter 180: Jiaye's Current Morality Balance

"Jiaye, you are my property now, so I won't allow you to go back to that guy."

"Next time I come over and find you by her side, I think I can show you how much I've grown over the years—mentally."

Finally, after leaving these two sentences, Cai Huo temporarily left this world.

Or rather, they have been excluded from this world.

The world cannot accommodate foreign objects unless there are sufficient means. Otherwise, a short stay is nothing, given the consideration of whether the world collapses or not. But if it lasts for a long time, it will inevitably lead to some unexpected situations.

For example, you are walking on the street, and suddenly a meteorite falls from the sky.

In order to eliminate foreign objects, the world will use various causal methods to eliminate them, no matter how much damage is caused in the process. This is the instinct of the world.

Therefore, unless someone like Jiaye is embedded into the world from the root by the system and becomes one of the "insiders" in the eyes of the world, all outsiders will inevitably be targeted by the world until the outsiders become so annoyed that they can no longer bear it and directly destroy the world or leave on their own.

Looking at the direction where Cai Huo disappeared, I could vaguely seem to still see her with her hair messed up into a bird's nest, and then she left in embarrassment after saying two harsh words with a red face.

Thinking of this, Jia Ye couldn't help but smile to himself.