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"That's right, it's the great magician."

With eyes that seemed capable of eroding hearts, Vervi looked with satisfaction at the treasures she had hidden deep within the workshop, and approached them passionately before Mebius and Alicia could break through the defenses.

"However, you can also call me 'Overlooking the Stars'. Before you came to this world, I focused on astronomical observation and macro-strategic analysis, all of which may be related to the plan to fight against the Herrscher of the End."

"And now? Focus on me?"

"of course."

After a deliberate, brief pause, Virvi's expression was one of extraordinary delight.

"Dear audience, your charm is enough to make me change for you. Now, please allow me to offer you—"

Vervi stretched out her arms, and the lamp fell to the ground, its light splashing outwards as if illuminating the entire world, allowing Fang Jie to look down upon everything.

"It is a super paradise of the afterlife, a brand new, subversive, creative, and all-encompassing paradise."

Compared to Mebius, who was trying to scam funding, Velvet showed a different approach by making a deeper impression and at least letting people know that she was such a distinctive person.

She's like a civil engineer, jumping straight into projects.

What came into Fang Jie's view was a very beautiful, dreamlike city.

At first glance, it looks like a city, that's the style of Vilvi, but the hidden design... well, let's just look at the city.

The architectural style is full of romanticism, with red tiles, white walls, and pointed roofs that gleam in the sunlight. The buildings are also like terraced fields, descending layer by layer, appearing very neat.

Inside the city, there are also many windmills and magnificent churches, and in a square stands... uh, a statue of Fang Jie.

From here, he could see the entire city at a glance, including the city walls at the bottom, the moat outside, and the forests and mountains in the distance.

It stretches continuously, connecting the World Tree, and then expanding into the Paradise of the Past, and its all-encompassing nature is not a lie.

But all of this is still just a design, and the desire to bring it to fruition...

Fun is important.

"It's surprising that you think of me this way."

Fang Jie had already understood what she had come up with by referring to her own 'personality'.

“You’re insulting me. I’m the Nameless Pioneer, following Pam’s will, and I treat every fool equally. People like you who slander us Nameless Pioneers deserve to have their asses poked with a broom.”

Fang Jie himself knew that humans were very complex beings and that one could not simply measure everything by self-interest. Compared to his earlier self, who needed to weigh gains and losses and consider interests, he was now...

Well, fun is definitely the primary driving force.

Some people do things simply because they are interested in them.

This is bad, as Aponia said: Just as freedom, in the beginning, inevitably leads to malice. Things... do not always turn in a good direction.

She was restrained, introspective, and disciplined.

The reason they resonated with Fang Jie so quickly was not just because of "abundance".

Velvi probably knows best, after all, in a sense she understands Aponia the most, including Fang Jie.

This reveals another philosophy, which she is overjoyed to offer with delight.

"So, dear audience, will you choose to join us? This is your paradise from past lives. You are not here to explore everyone's lives, you are here to join everyone's lives."

Vervi smiled happily.

"If Alicia were to invite you, you would definitely agree, but that would be so boring. Let's keep it a secret from her and build a new one secretly. How about it, want to come along?"

Fang Jie had no objection. If Mebius hadn't been directly trying to seduce someone else, he wouldn't have hesitated.

But Vervi is not that simple either.

"I just woke up, haven't even washed my face or brushed my teeth, and you suddenly jumped out and robbed me like that..."

Fang Jie is no fool.

"We shape architecture, and then architecture shapes us."

Seeing the feigned surprise on Vilvi's face, which also carried a hint of genuine surprise, was exactly what Vilvi had said.

Fang Jie knew them well; they were both easy to fool and difficult to fool.

and so.

"Great, I'll invest in this project."

He had already experienced the joys and sorrows of this world, and it's a good thing that Vilvi is so energetic.

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Chapter 172 Eden: Step forward, you ugly thing.

As the long night dawned, the stars shone like a waterfall.

"If you want it, come and take it."

Fang Jie was quite interested in Vilvi's engineering project. He was never a stingy person, and if Möbius hadn't been so inexplicably thinking things through, he wouldn't have been so dismissive of him...

In short, faced with Velvet's enthusiasm, the awakened Fang Jie displayed a destiny power different from the powers of a Herrscher.

This is exactly what she wants!

The power of [Preservation] was activated, and the already brilliantly lit city was completely illuminated, like the sun falling into the mortal world. This was nothing to the heroes, and the light of a star falling was nothing more than a trivial matter.

but……

"how come?"

Vilvi reached out, feeling herself bathed in the sun, so gentle, as if it were a non-existent light, yet it was indeed bursting forth, sweeping everything away.

With just a simple observation, she was terrified by the unreasonable, illogical, and frantically flashing data of solar flares.

Although it was just a solar flare, it exhibited 'idealistic' properties, disregarding the laws of physics. Even though Honkai is omnipotent and can distort the laws of physics to some extent, it never does anything like this...

Things that cannot be observed.

Taking the sun as an example, every solar flare will reach Earth within ten minutes.

In this process, everything from the beginning can be measured, and every particle and wave, every disturbance rippling in space, is 'clearly visible' to Vilvi.

But what we see now is not like that.

It was merely a beam of light cleaving through the dome, leaving behind a dazzling, unusual trail—a beginning, and an end...

No.

It simply existed, shining brightly without affecting anything. Even when Vilvi touched it, she opened her arms and twirled in the light, as excited as a big child.

"Brilliant, absolutely brilliant."

For Vivi, who considered herself a great magician, the magic she was seeing was magical.

A certain Black Tower also likes to call himself a magical girl. Perhaps geniuses all have a girlish heart. Fang Jie is also very interested in these disguised magics, but compared to that, he prefers to call them 'miracles'.

Within the Spiral Workshop, numerous observation platforms were pointed at this location, recording data in real time. Fang Jie also presented it with firsthand data. The flare bombardment was merely the beginning; he did not destroy anything. The expanding reality distortion field reflected the mental landscape of the Destiny Space, leaving behind an increasingly rounded 'artificial sun'.

"This is the power I used to build the wall. Is there anything else you want?"

He watched Vervi dance, her long legs and intertwined steps were a great visual treat, after all, she was very good at performing.

"Oh dear, you've caught me off guard! Is there anything else you want? -- Of course, I want it all!"

Wilvi turned around and looked at Fang Jie, who was holding the sun. The light, like flares, kept bursting out, but it never destroyed anything.

"But I don't even know what you have. Why don't you demonstrate?"

"it's here?"

Fang Jie shook his head.

"If Alicia agrees, I'll demonstrate everything to you. In fact, my development of power is very rudimentary. I hardly manipulate anything, or rather, what others do is what I do. So you understand, I don't even know what I have."

Wilvi didn't want to understand, but her ahoge (cowlick) stood on end, and her already fickle eyes flashed with horror: "You're kidding me, it hasn't exploded yet!"

Fang Jie frankly revealed something terrifying.

Simply, simply...

She looked at the radiant sunlight, which was enough for Velvi to study thoroughly in this spiral workshop.

Even preliminary or difficult-to-observe observations exhibit idealistic properties.

Yes, it's like in "My Blocks," where Fang Jie pulls out a texture pack that allows for infinite water, heating with lava, and indestructibility. These things do exist, yet... defy the laws of reality.

Herrschers are a group of people who tamper with the laws of reality, and Velve has created Divine Keys, which drive the power of Herrschers, more than once using the Herrscher Core.

But that doesn't mean she understood the laws of power; she merely used them. That's engineering, or at least she considered herself to be engineering.

She ran over without any fear and took the sun from Fang Jie's hand. After thinking for a moment, Wilvi simply took off her hat and hid it inside.

I must say, this operation is indeed feasible.

Like a glass ball, it conceals the idealistic artificial sun, which represents 'infinite energy,' within a magic hat.

As for whether it will explode, the instantaneous energy level emitted is only similar to a solar flare, which happens frequently on the sun. There are countless similar observation records, so there's nothing to be surprised about.

Vilvi couldn't resist taking it out again and holding it up to her eyes as a flashbang.

She was fascinated by the range of data that could be observed.

She murmured to herself, "Is this data accurate? It looks like a typical chromospheric eruption, with very active sunspots inside. But what about the magnetic field? What did you use to restrain this magnetic field interference? And where did all this light and heat go?"

She shakily pulled a strange little gadget from her chest—a magnifying glass—but only Vilvi herself knew exactly what it was. She stared at the miniature artificial sun, and you could see her beautiful eyelashes fluttering and trembling repeatedly, yet she still possessed a kind of reckless beauty as she continued to stare.

Fang Jie ignored her; after all, she was Ying Jie.

"You can study it first. As for the rest, well, wait a bit. We all need a fuse."

The key is the energy of destiny; it inherently possesses infinite possibilities. Let Vilvi do whatever she wants.

In addition to these, there are also strange objects, philosophical concepts, celestial spirits...

Fang Jie strongly suspected that she was probably capable of figuring it out without him needing to reveal the settings.

Because the energy of destiny inherently includes outflow.

Scientists, or geniuses, wouldn't find it strange if they came up with some strange East-West solutions from it; they were simply trapped in a cocoon before that.

Even the Black Tower, if it gets elbowed before it has enough research and transformation, I suppose... it wouldn't be a magical girl in a fit of anger.

Wilvi wanted to tell him he couldn't leave, but unfortunately, her workshop could only hold on for so long. With a roar, the furious Yingjie burst in from the outside.

"Vilvi!"

Angry snake.jpg.

After Alicia, there was also Eden, who was no less beautiful than the two beauties. The golden artist, with a reserved smile, nodded to Fang Jie, who had noticed her.

Very polite, very...

gap.

Behind her were cats, and Paddo, holding a can of food, watched the spectacle with a friendly expression. Even though such spectacle had happened before—like Mebius versus Vervière—it was still quite a lively affair.

She then saw Fang Jie staring at her.

"Huh~"

My tail twitched, why are you looking at me like that?

Pado was jolted awake and immediately sensed something was wrong.

No, I have to go.

Fang Jie didn't do anything, he just looked at the cute cat thoughtfully, and was taken away by Alicia in the chaos of the battle between Mebius and Vervie.

"Come with me, I haven't properly shown you around the paradise of the afterlife yet."

Alicia also explained what had happened before. Compared to Mebius, who used the external World Serpent to move the entrance to Paradise to his own laboratory, Velvey went a step further and moved the solution into her workshop within Paradise.

That's practically cheating.

Alicia hasn't even done that yet.

Fang Jie didn't mind. He found it quite nice that the heroes would come out on their own without him having to actively seek them out. He didn't like riddle-makers, so he preferred everyone to keep things simple.

However, Alicia was clearly upset by something, her cheeks pouting as she huffed like a hamster.

Eden smiled and said, "Ellie, what are your plans for the future? Let's give our guests a good welcome."