Wanjie Game Hall, I sent Kiana to Silent Hill

"No, we're different from Cocolia," Dr. Einstein replied. "Anti-Entropy is essentially a loose organization. During the absence of the leader responsible for supervision and management, we Anti-Entropy executors have almost no power to interfere with each other. It was not until the moment you arrived in Haiyuan City that we discovered that Cocolia had already issued the order to open fire."

"Since we are unable to stop Cocolia, we can only rush here first to ensure that there will be no problems with the barrier of the Quantum Sea." Dr. Tesla added.

Theresa looked at Wang Xuanqiao, then at her two doctors, and looked embarrassed.

But she still stepped forward and said, "Well, Mr. Wang, we are all helpless when this happens. We do have some responsibility. If you want to punish us for this, we are willing to accept it."

"However, the door to the Quantum Sea cannot be opened! No one can be sure what lies within. To stop the enemies in the sea, the Anti-Entropy Alliance even chose to sacrifice himself to become the seal."

"I know you're incredibly powerful, beyond imagination. But what lies within the Quantum Ocean is unknown, and even the enemies the Anti-Entropy Leader has stopped are only a fraction of them. I sincerely hope we can discuss this. The risks of opening the Quantum Ocean are simply too great."

Theresa's tone was very sincere, and coupled with her slightly immature appearance, it was easy to soften people's hearts.

But unfortunately, this method is useless to Wang Xuanqiao!

For people who have been in the reincarnation space for a long time, their sense of so-called appearance is like that of a fishmonger who has been slaughtering fish in RT-Mart for a few months. Their hearts are no longer affected by anything.

But at least Theresa was being reasonable. Let's give her some face.

"Then let me tell you two things." Wang Xuanqiao shook his head. "First, there's a high probability that there's no creature in the Quantum Sea stronger than the one being stopped by the Anti-Entropy Alliance Leader. Second, he's not actually an enemy. It's just that you don't agree with his philosophy of fighting Honkai."

"You know, he was the one who truly fought against Honkai until the very end."

Wang Xuanqiao raised his head and looked deep into the exploration area, where he seemed to be able to see layers of phantoms.

"And, frankly, you've only rejected his ideas, yet haven't found a better way than his. Rather than dragging him into the Quantum Ocean, it would be better to let him return. At least we can do him a favor, like giving you time to find a new way to defeat the Honkai."

"This..." Theresa couldn't help but turn her head to look at the two doctors.

What he said seems to make sense?!

The two professors remained silent, and for a moment, the scene fell silent. Mei Raiden and Bronya, who were on guard duty, exchanged a glance, the urge to go home and rest today.

"I've already said this out of personal preference." Wang Xuanqiao didn't want to wait any longer, so he shrugged and said, "If I really want to open the Quantum Sea, you can't stop me. I don't need to rely on your gate, nor do I need to follow the rules of the Quantum Sea."

After saying that, he lowered his hands and took a step forward.

Theresa and the others subconsciously stepped back, but immediately reacted and hurriedly took two more steps forward.

"It seems we can't reach a consensus." Dr. Einstein sighed, "But for Walter's efforts, I must stop you here."

"Tsk! Looks like there's really nothing we can do." Dr. Tesla also spat and stood forward. "I can only say I'm sorry, Kiana!"

"All troops must evacuate this area immediately," Dr. Einstein added.

Tesla:?

"No, you chicken-coop hair? What do you mean?" Dr. Tesla immediately grabbed Dr. Einstein's shoulders. "Aren't you going to stop him? Why are you withdrawing all the troops?"

"Yes, it's 'I' who's going to stop him here," Dr. Einstein said matter-of-factly. "Now that things have come to this, I, who personally participated in that experiment, will bear the brunt of the consequences."

"Are you kidding me!? Is now the time to decide who will take responsibility?! The plan to open the Eye of the Abyss was agreed upon by all of us, so if there's anyone to take responsibility for, it should be us all together!"

Ah~ Why don't you go home and rest~

Mei Raiden and Bronya both wanted to sit down. The atmosphere at the moment was hard to describe; it didn't seem like a fight to the death over a belief.

Wang Xuanqiao couldn't help but shake his head when he saw the two doctors looking like they were ready to sacrifice themselves for their beliefs.

Why bother? People who are too idealistic sometimes just can't get over their own shortcomings.

"Forget it, let me say one last thing." He began, "Even the one in the Quantum Sea is no match for me, and all your ideas are actually meaningless. You should realize..."

"I'm standing here talking to you now, not because I'm having a hard time, but because I'm trying to be worldly-wise."

Wang Xuanqiao flashed past everyone in an instant and approached the Eye of the Abyss.

He was about to open the gate of the Quantum Sea directly, but suddenly thought of something and turned around to look at the "guard force" that only had a few people left.

To be more precise, he should be looking at Bronya as an individual.

"I almost forgot to ask... Bronya!"

Bronya stood up, confused.

"Do you want to go in with me?" Wang Xuanqiao asked.

His words left Bronya confused.

——The author has something to say——

I have read all the opinions of the book friends about the character of Cocolia. Since everyone has their own interpretation, let's discuss it under the premise of mutual respect. Next, Ming Shao will talk about his own opinion——

Does Cocolia really love the children in the orphanage? I think she does. A more specific judgment can be made by referring to Cocolia's private conversation with Bronya after she was detained. If she didn't love the children, she couldn't truly speak as a mother.

In addition, I think the core of book fans' opinions on Cocolia should not be whether she loves children or not, but whether Cocolia will be whitewashed in this book.

The answer is no, as written in the text, the sins committed by Kokolia cannot be forgiven.

Regardless of whether she loves the child or not, she must be judged and punished.

To be honest, she is indeed the kind of character that would be better off dead.

Volume 048: : Smart Duck is Likeable

"Bronya doesn't understand what the manager means..."

Banya hesitated for a moment and decided to use Kiana as a reference to interact with Wang Xuanqiao.

"There's someone waiting for you inside." Wang Xuanqiao felt strangely relieved when Bronya called him store manager, so he decided to say a few more words. "Your little friend, Sylphle. If I went in, they might not look for me, but it would be different if you went in."

Bronya's expression, which seemed to have remained unchanged for thousands of years, was visibly stunned.

But immediately she broke away from the troops and rushed straight, oh no, flew towards Wang Xuanqiao.

"Manager, are you telling the truth?" Bronya stared at the man with her eyes wide open, and her silver-gray eyes seemed to want to fit Wang Xuanqiao's entire body into them.

"Of course it's true. Gamers don't lie to gamers."

"Then Bronya has to go!"

"Then we'll set off immediately." Wang Xuanqiao held out his hand, motioning for Bronya to take it. She stretched out both of her hands and grasped his palm.

The others watched helplessly as Wang Xuanqiao waved his hand, opening a crack in the Eye of the Abyss, and then vanished into the crack, taking Bronya with him. The crack closed again after completing its purpose, shattering all the common sense established by the two doctors through their experiments.

"...Chicken Coop Hair, am I seeing right?"

Dr. Tesla shook Dr. Einstein vigorously.

"Dr. Einstein hopes you are mistaken."

Dr. Einstein gently slapped Dr. Tesla's hand away.

"So what should we do now?" Theresa looked at the two doctors, then at the place where the crack disappeared, and suddenly felt confused.

Why does it seem like after one night, the familiar world has disappeared...

Everyone was digesting their own emotions and facts, and no one noticed that Raiden Mei was staring blankly at the place where Bronya disappeared. The expression on her face might be worry, loneliness, or some other emotion.

Why...even Bronya...

"At this point, we have no choice but to restart our observations. At least, we can still grasp the situation in the quantum ocean this way."

Dr. Einstein found the next destination before Dr. Tesla, and the group moved quickly, fearing that they would miss important events in the quantum sea.

At the same time, in the quantum sea, Wang Xuanqiao almost got separated from Bronya.

There is a strong gravitational force comparable to that of a black hole throughout the area outside the Eye of the Abyss. It indiscriminately absorbs any object that dares to approach here and then devours it.

Rather, it is a black hole, but it is not naturally generated, but a simulated black hole created by others.

Wang Xuanqiao immediately thought of Walter Yang's sit-up. In a previous experiment, he had created this thing at the cost of his own life in order to prevent Kevin from returning to the world through the Eye of the Abyss.

In other words, whether it is Xier or Kevin, both of them must be in it.

Well, I have to go in now, Wang Xuanqiao thought. If I had just raised the simulated black hole... Walter's name for Yang Sit-Ups would probably not have the word "Sit-Up" in it.

Although it is indeed exciting to raise the simulated black hole in one breath, after all, even its owner is called Walter Young!

"Bronya." Wang Xuanqiao said, "We are about to get ready to enter that big cave."

"Understood, Manager." Bronya replied, "Bronya is ready."

"Hey? Why don't you ask me why I want to go in?" Wang Xuanqiao asked curiously.

"...Because Bronya doesn't know the way, she can only walk with the manager." There was a hint of helplessness in Bronya's eyes. How could she ask such a question?

"Haha, I thought you'd have some doubts." Wang Xuanqiao laughed. "After all, not everyone has the courage to rush into a black hole."

"Bronya wouldn't question the manager. Judging from the way the manager interacts with that idiot Kiana, he actually cares about his people. When the manager called Bronya into the Quantum Ocean to find Seele, Bronya knew that the manager must have considered Bronya one of his own."

Wang Xuanqiao couldn't help but touch Bronya's little head. She wanted to avoid it, but her hands were busy, so she had no choice but to accept it.

"No wonder they say smart kids are so popular." Wang Xuanqiao smiled. "After you get out, come visit my shop when you have time."

"Does the store manager really run an arcade?"

"Yes. To be honest, my ultimate goal in life was to open the most amazing game hall and spend every day there playing games."

Bronya's eyes lit up at the mention of the "most impressive arcade" and "playing games every day." But even as she spoke, Wang Xuanqiao had already rushed her into the black hole...

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In addition to the sense of confusion brought about by the overlapping of time and space, Wang Xuanqiao also felt a kind of "sight" that attempted to peek into his mind.

He soon understood that this was the so-called interlayer of the world. According to Joachim, this space was the gap between reality and possibility, a place where cognition and existence were entangled.

It is also the true entrance of the Eye of the Abyss to the Quantum Sea.

Unfortunately, Wang Xuanqiao and Bronya had come in from beyond the Quantum Ocean. Walter's power hadn't been able to successfully intercept them, and in the end, Wang Xuanqiao had to get in on his own.

Perhaps this was the downside of not going through the main entrance. Wang Xuanqiao jokingly thought to himself that his method of entering the Quantum Sea was like opening a hole in the wall next to the main entrance and then crawling through.

Wang Xuanqiao and Bronya slowly landed on one of the platforms floating in the void. Soon, a brown-haired boy appeared in front of them.

Joachim, a fragment of the core of the Ruler of Reason, came to guide those who had lost their way.

"You...uh, how did you come in from outside?" He looked a little confused.

"It's a long story, but we came here with a purpose," Wang Xuanqiao continued. "According to the mechanism set up with Walter at the core, anyone who wants to travel from here to the Quantum Sea must pass three tests, correct?"

Joachim was even more confused.

Who is this person? How come he knows so much?

Bronya wasn't too surprised. Ever since Wang Xuanqiao brought her into the Quantum Ocean, she'd realized the store manager might know more than the two doctors.

If the store manager himself does not deny it, then the letter is finished.

"That's the mechanism, right? But... you came from outside the Quantum Ocean in the first place. Isn't it a bit inappropriate to test you?"

Joachim looked troubled.

"Well, it's no big deal. Can't we just come in again from that side?" Wang Xuanqiao pulled Bronya and prepared to walk towards the entrance again.

"Alright, alright, let's forget about where we came from." Seeing that he was truly determined to 'restart', Joachim had no choice but to speak out to dissuade him. "But for a being like you, even the quantum ocean can't reflect your inner self. This test is meaningless to you."

"You're worried about that? But I'm not taking part in your test." Wang Xuanqiao shrugged and gently took Bronya a small step forward. "She's the one taking the test."

"...Manager, this seems to be different from what we agreed." Bronya looked up and stared at Wang Xuanqiao.

"Really?" Wang Xuanqiao scratched his head. "But Xi'er is in the testing space. If you don't go in, you won't be able to touch her."

"Is that so? Then Bronya will participate."

"Examiner, please make arrangements quickly!" Wang Xuanqiao immediately raised his hand and called out to Joachim.

Joachim briefly suspected he was hallucinating. The test was a serious matter, examining not only the firmness of one's convictions but also their ability to defeat the enemies spawned by the Quantum Sea.

To put it bluntly, both material and spiritual strength were required. If any of these qualities were unsatisfactory, Joachim would not allow him to take the assessment.

But...these two people in front of me?

There was no doubt about the man, and Joachim vaguely felt that even the Snake couldn't defeat him. But the girl hadn't proven herself yet!

What to do? Should I continue with the process or...be more flexible?

Just as Joachim was struggling, a shadow reflected by the quantum sea appeared.

"That's—Houkaimon!" Bronya immediately entered a combat stance. "Why is it here?"

Before Joachim could explain, Wang Xuanqiao had already taken the lead.

"That's the characteristic shadow in the Quantum Sea," he explained. "The Quantum Sea will recreate certain things from a person's mind, or memory. However, what's recreated isn't the original entity, but a physical phantom. According to Walter's assessment requirements, the person taking the test needs to have the power to deal with this phantom."

You know this too? Why don't you be the examiner? Joachim looked at Wang Xuanqiao expressionlessly.