A journey into an infinite dimension

Because Ye Jian's sword did not move at all from beginning to end, it was just an ordinary sword blade held in place forward, and the kinetic energy that caused the weapon to be cut off was entirely provided by Shizhi himself!

At the same time, if you look closely, you can find that a faint layer of magic has been attached to Ye Jian's body surface at some point, and the fire rat scarf is also igniting sparks under the influence of magic.

Click———

Before Shizhi could come to her senses, the gusts of evil wind from behind made her gaze focus. At the same time, platinum lightning balls condensed around her wings, and in the blink of an eye, they turned into meteors - they "actively" collided with several long swords attacking from behind, and one by one they disintegrated in mid-air because their energy cores were destroyed.

Then, a new split sword blade attacked from above and below at the same time, and just as Shiori reacted, it "just happened" to cut off the wings behind her.

Boom————

The shocking and solemn sound of the ancient bell suddenly exploded in his ears, and a pair of pupils stained with the color of flames seemed to have a hazy color. Shizhi only felt that his consciousness seemed to be forcibly pressed down from top to bottom by some force, and gradually sank below the 'bottom line of clarity'.

"Even though there was such a huge gap in strength, the battle ended so quickly."

"It was just luck. If I didn't have enough magical power to support it, even if everything was under control, I wouldn't be able to win so easily."

In the last moment when she was still conscious, Shizhi only heard this exchange. Then, after she felt that her body seemed to fall into a petite and familiar embrace, her mind completely fell silent.

If used as a pillow, it should be very comfortable.

And this was Shizhi's last thought before he fell asleep.

Chapter 412: What is Love? What is called————

In the darkness like the deep sea, Shizhi saw scenes of his past experiences.

The clearest and most dominant memory of all has always been the one involving a certain person.

From two identical first encounters, to the similar yet different details of daily life, to completely different 'first endings'.

Then comes the 'second ending' made up of false memories, and finally the 'third ending' of separation and oblivion.

After the final 'ending', that person was no longer seen in daily life.

If life is likened to a game of beautiful girl strategies, then these three endings may represent the 'Bad Ending', 'Happy Ending' and 'Normal Ending' respectively.

————Even though the final ending is the 'True Ending' in the eyes of the leader, in Shiori's eyes, it is just the 'Normal Ending', and it is not even an ending at all!

I absolutely do not accept this ending!

absolute! !

His eyes passed through countless memories, looking at the "fog" of unknown color and shape that was emitting a faint warm glow in the center of the darkness. Shizhi's heart was shouting indomitably.

As the obsession in his heart grew stronger and stronger, at a certain moment, as if touched, the "fog" that had been quietly lying in place began to show slight fluctuations.

thump---

thump---

thump---

A sound like the beating of a heart slowly rang out in this darkness that was not supposed to transmit any sound. Reflected in Shizhi's vision, the amorphous 'mist' seemed to have finally awakened. Its ethereal shape began to shrink and take shape quietly with the rise and fall of the sound and waves, and in the midst of all the changes, it finally turned into a fixed posture.

That is, a tree.

A tree with 10 particles, 22 growing paths, entwined with 3 layers of energy rings, connecting 5 worlds.

Even though its body looks only as tall as two people, at first glance, you can feel its majestic and eternal aura.

Before Shizhi could react to the change in the 'fog' that had existed here for a long time, the next moment, she felt a certain 'force' pulling at her own existence.

The shadow of the big tree gradually shrank and became farther away in the field of vision. Shizhi did not resist, but just stared deeply at the posture of the big tree until it left this space.

......

......

His consciousness returned to normal, and through his tightly closed eyelids, Shizhi could see a hint of light coming in from the outside world.

"————A magical girl is a being transformed from an ordinary person through a wish. After signing a contract, the power of the contract grants the contractee a container called a 'Soul Gem' to store their soul. The Soul Gem is also the source and proof of the magical girl's magic power."

As his senses gradually recovered, Shizhi soon heard Kyubey's voice right beside him.

"After the contract is signed, the magical girl's soul will separate from her body, and the soul in the gem will remotely control the body's movements. The maximum range of action is a radius of 100 meters."

"When the Soul Gem is shattered, the magical girl dies. Using magic and fighting at the same time, or consuming magic power, or if the magical girl falls into despair, will cause the filth inside the Soul Gem to increase."

"If you periodically hunt witches and obtain something called a 'grief seed' to absorb the filth, then when the color of the Soul Gem turns completely black, the magical girls will transform into 'witches', and the Soul Gem will turn into a 'grief seed'."

"And our purpose in signing a contract with a human girl, turning her into a magical girl, is to reverse the increase in 'entropy' in the universe. By using a technology that can transform the emotions of intelligent life forms into usable energy, we can indefinitely prolong, or even prevent, the arrival of the 'heat death' of the universe."

This was the first time Shizhi heard Kyubey talk about this theory.

To be precise, it was the first time she heard about the fact that a magical girl could become a witch, and Kyubey's ultimate purpose in doing so.

However, she didn't feel any ripples in her heart about this.

Because although she signed a contract with Kyubey, the type of contract was not the one used to transform into a magical girl.

However, since the existence of the magical girl is also related to the price of her contract, although Shizhi has woken up at this moment, he did not say anything.

At the same time, she had already guessed who Kyubey was explaining to.

"Hey, so the other world is so exciting."

It was a familiar voice, though more childish than I remembered, but once I calmed down, it still sounded nice.

His voice is so babyish that it makes people want to make him cry.

"No, this is something that happened in this world, but it happened outside of Gensokyo."

Then Kyubey's voice sounded again.

Well, considering Jiaye’s nosy nature, he will probably intervene after hearing this information.

Shizhi thought silently.

"Is that so?"

However, unlike what Shiori thought, facing the facts stated by Kyubey, Yami just responded calmly and did not continue the topic.

"Speaking of which, the solution to the increase in entropy and the arrival of heat death is to create more energy than is consumed in the 'creation' process to reduce the increase in entropy, right?"

"That's right."

"So, can truly infinite energy solve this problem?"

"Yes, but if it's truly infinite energy, there's no container that can hold it, unless you're willing to keep releasing energy."

"If we don't use containers... the entire universe will be covered in infinite energy, causing the existing ecosystem to become obsolete and likely leading to the fall of the universe."

"Yes, because the capacity of the universe is limited. If infinite energy is allowed to cover the entire universe, the greatest possibility is that the universe will burst. There is only a small chance that the universe will experience an upgrade."

"Then, is there any way to create a container?"

"This is a research direction that, if successful, will save a lot of time. We can try to start with the magical girl aspect... We've taken it on."

In Shiori's silent mood, Yami and Kyubey reached a cooperation to save the world without the presence of a fourth witness.

Although objectively speaking, Yami's actions did indirectly save those pitiful magical girls, which is consistent with Shiori's view of his "nosy character".

However, for some reason, Shizhi always felt that his actions seemed a little different from before.

It seems that he has become more indifferent and more rational.

It was as if saving the magical girl was just a side effect of preventing the increase in entropy in the universe.

————Or in other words, was the reason he did this really for those magical girls?

"No, I'm willing to stop the increase of entropy simply because I can do it and I don't want the universe I live in to be destroyed."

As if seeing through the doubts in Shiori's heart, Ye Jian suddenly said these words as if talking to himself.

"Sister Shiori, I'm just a cold and selfish observer, not the person you see. Please don't confuse me with him anymore."

"Yet in essence and in fact, you are the same person."

Seeing that he was exposed, Shizhi slowly opened his eyes and sat up, looking at Ye Jian with some sarcasm.

"The relationship between you two isn't even that of isotopes in different time and space, but that you are the same person."

No one likes to be treated as someone else, and Shiori knows this feeling very well.

However, the person in front of him and the figure in his memory are actually the same person, not homologues living in different parallel time and space.

Even if there is no memory, even if there is an age difference, the fact is the fact.

"Even so, the person you saw is no longer there."

There was a Kyubey lying on his head, and Ye Jian said calmly.

"Even though I will eventually recover all my memories, the moment the two memories merge, the resulting personality will be neither me nor him."

"So, the person you see has objectively disappeared since the moment my personality was born."

After stating the cruel truth without hesitation, Ye Jian looked at Shiori, who was unable to observe most of the past information, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Since the method I used to erase my memory didn't work, I can only let Sister Shiori give up.

......'I' ah'I', you are such a scumbag.

Since you can't bear to hurt her, why should you leave her? Since you have chosen to leave her, why not let her give up?

——Even though Yami was unable to observe most of Shiori’s past experiences, he had already roughly understood some things from the other information that could be observed.

Although Ye Jian didn't know how many girls like Shiori he had offended in his first life.

However, what he can do is to use his current personality to sever these ties with his own hands and stop delaying other people's lives.

This is something only he can do now.

Perhaps this may seem cruel, but it is better than letting others miss him meaninglessly and wasting their feelings and youth.

[Actually, you can also accept their feelings and build a big crystal palace like many anime characters.]

Ge Jiuye said this as if jokingly but also as a suggestion.

[If I could do this, I would have done it long ago in my first life.]

Ye Jian said calmly.

[Although I don't know why he didn't do this, I don't want to do this because you will be unhappy and I don't want to make you sad.]

【...As you please.】

Deep in Ye Jian's conscious world, under the silent, teasing, or indifferent gazes of the young man and others, Ge Jiuye slowly lay down on the stone table in front of her with a wooden face, her hands clasped in front of her, her petite body seemed to be trembling constantly.

“Hee…heehee…heehee…”

Hearing the suppressed but uncontrollable laughter in their ears, several beings looked at each other, then shrugged helplessly.

"Love makes people stupid."

Chapter 413: Communicating with the Omniscient is the fastest because there is no need to speak

"...So what?"

In the face of Ye Jian's suddenly helpless gaze and his cruel words, Shizhi was silent for a while and said lightly.

"If I were to leave you because you lost your memory, I would never have come here to find you."

"Furthermore, you said that the personality that would be born after you regained your memory would not be you, nor him. If that were true, then with your personality, you would never allow such a thing to happen."

Shiori was never stupid.

Especially after one's own status has been completed and sublimated.

She used to be used to being assisted by someone, but after that person left, she has been relying on herself all the way.

"Even if you've lost all your memories, some things are etched into your bones and can't be easily changed. So the real truth is, the personality that's finally born after you regain your memories isn't an independent you, nor is it an independent him, but it's both you and him at the same time, right?"

Shiori was able to avoid Yami's deliberate misleading and guess this matter accurately, not only because of her understanding of Yami in her first life, but also because she had experienced similar things before.

The union of homologous beings, '1+1=1'.

"...Shiori-nee, why do you have to be so obsessed with 'me'?"

With a light sigh, no emotion could be heard in Ye Jian's voice.

"Mingming, you can still live happily in a world without 'me', right?"

"There are so many people who love you. You are no longer alone. There is no need to worry about the existence of 'me'."