Honkai Impact 3: Saving the former civilization by rubbing the black technology

"It's okay. Thank you anyway, Aponya."

Alicia shook her head, clearly anticipating this. "But if even Aponya can't detect anything unusual, then it seems there's really nothing to detect."

"Have you asked Dr. Su?"

Aponya asked, "In the spiritual realm, Dr. Su's current strength is also extraordinary."

"I would like to, but..."

Alicia glanced at Ai Yue with a helpless expression, "I can't get in touch with Su at all now."

"Ah, I sent him to the moon."

Ai Yue scratched his head and said, "Anyway, let's try it first."

I will not go into details about the inspection process. The results were as everyone expected, completely normal, with no problems found at all.

While Alicia was drawing her dream, the other three people gathered together to discuss.

"How about installing a real-time monitoring device on her to record the changes in her mental frequency while she's asleep?"

Mebius suggested, then rejected the idea himself. "No, simple data can't reflect the real situation at all. It would be great if someone could directly enter her dream."

"I can give it a try."

Aponya said, "However, I am not sure what the consequences of this behavior will be."

"No, we can't take risks when the risks are unclear."

Ai Yue shook his head. "No matter which of you has a problem, I can't afford the consequences."

"I'm done!"

At this moment, Alicia suddenly held out a piece of paper in front of the three people and asked, "Look, how good am I?"

Ai Yue looked at the picture on the paper and was about to say a few perfunctory words, but suddenly fell silent.

Because the content of this picture seems... a little familiar.

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Chapter 72: You chose the idol.

The picture drawn by Alicia is slightly complicated, but the brushstrokes are simple and smooth, and it can be seen that there are basically no traces of modification or smearing. This is enough to prove that this picture has indeed been imprinted in her mind, so she can reproduce it so quickly.

At the same time, it also indirectly proves that what she said about her good painting skills is not entirely self-boasting.

The content displayed above also made several people fall into deep thought.

It was a simple landscape painting without any human figures, but the scenery did not seem like a scene that could appear in reality.

The main subject of the picture is a floating island, which occupies almost half of the space. It does not look big and is covered with various meaningless fragments and debris. Although it is impossible to tell what they were originally, it can be seen that there were traces of intelligent creatures' activities here.

Of course, based on this information alone, we cannot draw the conclusion that "the island is floating in the air". What can truly confirm this is the picture outside the island.

Beyond the islands are more islands.

Ailishia cleverly depicted the height differences of the islands through shadows and outlines, so Ai Yue and others could see that some islands were high in the sky, and only the conical outlines of the lower ends of the islands could be seen, while some islands were far below the floating islands that were the main body of the picture, so from this perspective, only a plane could be seen.

If these islands are all sea islands, then there will naturally be no height difference between them. As we all know, there is no such thing as a floating island in reality.

"This looks very much like the domain of the Ruler of Rule."

Mebius frowned and glanced at Aponia, "What do you think?"

Aponya said nothing, but nodded.

As participants in the subjugation campaign against the Ruler of Rule, the three women present clearly had a deep impression of the scene that seemed to appear only in a fantasy story. It was only there that they had seen the floating island.

"So, could it be related to the Ruler of Rule?"

After getting Aponia's consent, Mebius looked at Alicia again. "Could it be that there are still survivors among them? But even if that's the case, why did you dream about it?"

"I just don't understand, that's why I came here to seek help."

Alicia spread her hands, indicating she knew nothing. "However, Mei believes this has nothing to do with the Ruler of Herrscher."

Now, Alicia was no fool, and the first person she suspected was the Ruler of Rule.

"What did she say?"

Mebius demanded.

"First, it's my own idea,"

Alicia said, "This dream didn't appear immediately after the battle, but several days later. If it's truly related to the Ruler of Rule, there shouldn't be such a gap."

"And there can't possibly be any remaining Rulers in this world."

Ai Yue took over the topic, "I've already screened the entire world more than once. Unless he's been living more than a thousand meters underground, or simply launched himself into outer space, it's impossible not to find him."

"That's what Mei said,"

Alicia nodded. "She even designed a room for me to stay in that can isolate me from external mental interference, but it still can't stop the dream from appearing, so this possibility can basically be ruled out."

"I was just about to talk about this plan, but it seems unnecessary."

Mebius curled his lips, "Ai Yue, what do you think?"

"Besides having this recurring dream, are you affected in any other way?"

Ai Yue looked at Ailishiya, "For example, because of this dream, it caused insomnia, lack of energy, or physiological abnormalities?"

"That's not true."

Alicia thought about it carefully, then shook her head. "So, other than that, there's no impact at all. Is it okay to just ignore it?"

"No matter what, it's definitely not possible. The absence of anomalies is the biggest anomaly. This phenomenon can't just appear out of thin air."

Ai Yue shook his head. "But right now, I really don't have a solution. Even if I want to solve the problem, I don't know where to start."

"Anyway, this matter will definitely not be resolved in a short period of time."

Mebius made a judgment, "Let's stay here, at least observe for a while..."

She closed her mouth again in the middle of her speech, with an embarrassed expression on her face - because she suddenly remembered that she still had the "Stigma Project" to deal with.

In this situation, it is somewhat difficult to take care of both. What's more, as one of the top combat forces of mankind, Alicia has her own jurisdiction to manage and it is impossible for her to stay here all the time.

"It's okay. Since there are no abnormalities yet, it means the situation is not serious."

The considerate Alicia naturally saw Mobius's dilemma and took the initiative to say, "Besides, it's impossible for me to stay. There are still many things I need to take care of at the base."

At this point, she glanced again and said, "You know, someone proposed a 'stage plan' and then walked away. Now I'm completely responsible for this matter!"

Ai Yue said without any guilt: "Isn't this giving you a stage to show yourself? Besides, hasn't Eden already gone to assist you?"

After the issue of the Earth United Government's theme song was over, Eden volunteered to take over the follow-up work on the "Stage Project". For her, this matter could not only expand the influence of the Fire Moth, but also help more people. It was also what she was best at, so there was naturally no reason to let it go.

"Speaking of which, do you know something?"

Alicia said this with a sudden serious expression, "Eden has decided to become a fusion warrior."

"what?"

The first person to react was Mebius, "What is she doing this for?"

"It's to fuse the warriors, right?"

As a member of the women's cocktail party, Aponia had a deeper understanding of Eden than Mebius. "Although the Fusion Warriors of today are the most powerful force protecting the world, due to our special circumstances, it is still difficult for them to be accepted by the world."

As a being fused with Honkai beast cells, the identity of the Fusion Warrior caused an uproar once it was exposed. Although after investigation, many people did not object to this, there are always stubborn people who find it difficult to accept such a thing.

Moreover, being able to accept this situation is one thing, and interacting with the fusion warriors is another. Although the results of the poll seem very harmonious, the feedback received from the fusion warriors during their missions is not satisfactory.

Although Prometheus can control public opinion, it is still too difficult to influence people's hearts.

You know, this is the result of the "Divine Sound Project", which has eased the conflicts and contradictions as much as possible. If it hadn't been laid in advance, I'm afraid ordinary people now wouldn't be able to accept the existence of fusion warriors so easily, let alone let the Fire Moths recruit from all over the world.

"Eden said that he wanted to become a bridge between fusion warriors and ordinary people in this way."

Alicia also seemed somewhat helpless. "She also said that as a 'singer', she can no longer dispel the haze in people's hearts, so she can only become a new light through other means..."

At the end of the conversation, the usually cheerful and optimistic Alicia couldn't help but sigh: "I've been trying to persuade her for a long time, but Eden is very determined. No matter what I do, I can't persuade her, so I have no choice but to come to you."

"I know about this,"

Ai Yue nodded and said, "I will be the one who performs the surgery on her when the time comes."

"what?"

Now it was Alicia's turn to be stunned. "Didn't you try to persuade her?"

"What's there to persuade? Could it be that the person who caused this situation is a fusion warrior?"

Ai Yue asked curiously, "The ones who are truly at fault are those who can't accept the fusion warriors. We should be trying to persuade them."

"That...what you said does make sense."

Alicia hesitated, unable to come up with any rebuttal. "But there's absolutely no need for Eden to do this, right?"

"She really doesn't have to, just like you don't have to fight for humanity, and Mebius doesn't have to experiment on himself in pursuit of the possibility of evolution."

Ai Yue smiled and said, "But didn't you still make this choice? As a friend, as long as she doesn't push herself into a desperate situation, I will support her decision."

"I see, that's what you think."

Alicia blinked and smiled, "I understand. Then I'll entrust my good Eden to you, okay?"

"I'll do the work, don't worry."

Ai Yue answered without hesitation, "There will absolutely not be the slightest risk."

"That would be best,"

Alicia nodded, revealing a subtle expression. "But I hope you can be like this when doing everything."

Her tone was a little strange, as if she was hinting at something, which made Ai Yue feel nervous.

Could it be that Alicia saw through it?

After Alicia left, Ai Yue came alone to the independent laboratory that had not been used for a long time.

Here, there is only a huge device.

The judgment of Alicia and others was actually half right. The scene she dreamed of did come from the domain of domination, but it was not the authentic domain of domination created by the Herrscher, but a simulated domain of domination created by Ai Yue with the help of the device in front of him.

The reason why Ai Yue was so sure was that he saw traces of himself in Alicia's painting - that was a five-pointed star he had made using the debris on the floating island when he tried to interfere with the pseudo-dominance domain. However, perhaps because Alicia's dream was not clear enough, she directly drew it as a whole.

But no matter what, there is no reason for Alicia to know about this.

Ai Yue did not tell anyone about this project because it was not mature and had no practical value. More importantly, after Ai Yue used it for the last time, a mysterious incident occurred in which "the pseudo-dominance field lasted for five seconds longer for unknown reasons."

This matter was not fully investigated by Prometheus until the end. Out of caution, Ai Yue completely sealed it off and never started it again, and also cut off all energy sources for the machine.

Facts have proved that such caution is necessary, but since he has already done this, why can Alicia still dream of the scene?

It can't be possible that this thing was really connected to the Cocoon of the End when it was last started?

But even so, why does it continue to affect Alicia's dreams?

"Rose, connect this device and retrieve the usage records."

After some thought, Ai Yue temporarily connected the power supply of the device so that Prometheus could check the data. "By the way, let's pull up the results of your last 12-hour self-test."

In order to prevent Prometheus from being interfered with, Ai Yue even used an independent extension. This version of Prometheus clone was relatively backward and would not be connected to the main body. It only operated as an independent artificial intelligence.

"Connecting, please wait."

The dull voice that was unique to Prometheus' early days reached Ai Yue's ears, "All operations have been completed."

Ai Yue opened the device's operation panel and began to browse the data.

However, judging only from the data, there is no sign of any abnormality. Even Prometheus's previous 12-hour self-inspection report did not show any problems at all.

Is it possible that if I want to find out what's going on, I have to restart it and sneak in?

Ai Yue placed his hands on the fuselage and tapped it unconsciously.

Thinking back to what Alicia had said, he finally gave up this somewhat risky idea - at least, not now.

If there really is something wrong here, or if it can be used as some kind of "trap", then he must arrange everything before doing so.

Ai Yue disconnected the power supply, dealt with the equipment briefly, and then turned and walked out the door. Before leaving, he turned his head to take a last look at the huge hibernation chamber that had fallen silent.

Compared with before, the equipment has not changed at all, but in Ai Yue's eyes, it seems to emit some strange aura.