Collapse, I save everything alone

"Don't worry, I have no ill will towards you. Rather, I am just a poor creature trapped in this world, and now I am eager for your help."

She shrugged her shoulders, waved her hands helplessly, and then said self-deprecatingly:

"Although my current situation is somewhat...self-defeating?"

Judging from her expression, she seemed quite helpless.

"...?"

Ming Yu couldn't understand the meaning of her words yet, so he just asked what he was most concerned about at the moment:

"So, why can you see me?"

What is the difference between her and the other people in this tower?

"Because I have special permissions... This [Ether Singularity] is connected to my consciousness, so I can see the space inside and outside of dreams at the same time."

Sue explained.

"Dream?"

Mingyu heard this keyword.

"If you like, you can call it an illusion. Anyway, that's the situation. This world is... in an infinitely looping dream with no end."

Sue explained.

Well, the cyclic situation is no different from his previous speculation.

However, he did not feel that he was in an illusion.

“This is a dream constructed based on the memories of the girl named Xilin. You have been pulled into it since the moment you stepped into this world bubble.

"Moreover, if you stay here for too long, your consciousness will be captured by the dream like that girl named Xier. You will become a part of the dream and will never be able to escape."

Sue reminded.

Then she continued:

"You seem to want to use force to destroy this [Ether Singularity], but I don't recommend you do that. After all... it is very likely that everything in this bubble will perish along with it, including your friend named Xi'er."

She had a very strong observation ability and had already seen Mingyu's plan.

Mingyu narrowed his eyes slightly and said:

"You seem to know a lot about this bubble of a world."

"The current state of the world does have something to do with me, or rather, with the 'me in the past'."

"'You used to be'...what do you mean?"

Su explained patiently:

"The woman named [Su] standing in front of you now is not the complete [Su], but just a remnant of the original owner's soul. Or if you like, you can think of me as her clone, although I don't have much power."

clone...

Mingyu touched his chin. This was indeed a concept he had never come across before.

Looking at the Honkai characters he knew, it seemed that no one had ever used such a technique. After all, psychic players were quite rare talents.

Seeing that Mingyu didn't seem to believe it, Su smiled and said:

"For a powerful fusion warrior with spiritual perception, this is not a difficult task. It's just a matter of fabricating a puppet consciousness."

"But you don't look like you're being manipulated by others now."

Mingyu groaned.

It was hard to associate the lively woman standing in front of him with a state of being controlled by someone.

"Well, that's because... my original body died at some point in time. Well, maybe she's not dead, but she lost her consciousness anyway."

The gray-haired woman in front of him stated the not-so-easy fact with a relaxed expression.

"..."

Mingyu was silent for a while and asked:

"So your original self...what was her situation?"

It seems that the relationship between her clone and her original body is not that good.

"My original self... well, judging by conventional moral concepts, I should be a super villain. She once created an illusion that made everyone on her planet fall into an eternal dream, causing their bodies to age and die over time."

Su tilted her head slightly, recalling the "feat" she had performed in the past.

"In most parallel worlds, [Su] is a warrior holding the inscription of [Heavenly Wisdom], fighting to save the world. But my original self is not like that. She chooses to call herself [Foolishness] and does things that are completely different from other Su."

That guy destroyed his own world and he's not satisfied with it.

She continued:

"However, she was not satisfied with destroying the place where she was born. After that, she chose to use the Second God Key to observe other worlds and enter the quantum ocean, intending to spread her [Gospel] to other parallel worlds and world bubbles."

Mingyu thought for a moment and asked:

"…So, your mission in the past was to serve her and carry out 'exploration' in the quantum sea?"

The woman in front of her nodded and said:

"Of course, you have to know that this quantum sea is completely opposite to the imaginary number tree and is of the same size. Its size is almost endless. If she wants to spread her dream here, it is naturally impossible for her to sweep it by herself in one world after another."

If only one individual is performing a task at the same time, the efficiency will be too low.

"So at some point she chose to create a large number of 'copies' of herself, and ordered us to spread out across the sea to help her with her work. Well, that's about it."

Finally, Su added.

Of course, even if there are countless clones, there is still some meaning of Jingwei filling the sea.

After all, this quantum sea is too vast.

"And what you found is this world bubble?"

Mingyu asked.

Su nodded and said:

"Well, after I accepted the order, I found this world bubble a long time ago. I originally planned to transform the ether singularity here according to her expectations and let this place enter the eternal dream... But something went wrong. Of course, I'm not talking about the problem here."

——When she was halfway through her work, something went wrong with her "boss", that is, her own body.

"I don't know which expert took action to remove my body, so I gained... freedom, and this world, by accident, fell into a repetitive dream."

Su shrugged and said indifferently.

"You look very happy."

Mingyu complained.

It's like a long-exploited employee finally gets relieved of his burden one day.

However, after hearing what she said, he remembered the world bubble of the ancient battlefield that he encountered before coming to this world bubble of Siberia.

There was an extremely strong remnant of mental power left on that broken battlefield, which obviously showed that it had experienced a large-scale battle. Moreover, that world bubble had the same properties as the [Sumeru Mustard Seed], and it did meet the conditions related to [Su].

Could it be that... the real body of Su in front of him was defeated by someone there?

Ming Yu considered this possibility, and heard the gray-haired woman say as a matter of course:

"Isn't that natural? Even if it's 'myself', I don't have to agree with all her ideas. I have my own ideas. It's just that the duties she imposed on me before were all mandatory and could not be violated."

And at a certain point, once she was freed, she no longer intended to continue her work.

Then, Su put his hands on his hips, sighed and said:

"...Although I really want to put down my work and leave, and find a safe world to retire, but because my work of transforming the [Ether Singularity] has reached the most critical point, I can't get out and can only be trapped here."

To be precise, she has over-fused with the [ether singularity] of this world bubble and is unable to leave this world bubble.

"So it all comes down to you."

Mingyu said silently.

Su did not refute, but admitted it openly:

"Yes, yes, yes, all of this was indeed done by the 'past me', but the 'present me' also wants to end the dream cycle here. Unfortunately, I can't do it by myself."

She has almost completed the [transformation] of this world bubble, turning it into a continuously recurring dream.

If she wanted to end the cycle and escape from here, she couldn't do it on her own.

We need the help of an "outsider".

"So, let's work together, Mingyu."

Su suggested seriously:

"I want to get rid of this bubble of a world, and you want to take the girl named Xi'er away from here. We don't have any conflict of interest on this matter. Why don't we work together to solve the dream cycle here?"

After saying all this, she calmed down and waited for Mingyu's reply.

She has already told the other party everything about this world, which should be enough to impress him with her sincerity.

"..."

Mingyu was silent for a while and did not respond immediately.

He thought about it and asked a more critical question:

"…So, what's going on with this Xilin?"

Chapter 97 Origin

Although it is still unknown how much truth there is in this and how much lies there are in it, at least this Su did explain why the world had become what it is today.

——It originated from the actions of a certain Su who had turned evil, intending to make the world bubble in the quantum sea sink into the illusion.

Because of the demise of her original body, her clone was also out of control and gained her own freedom, but because of the transformation of the world bubble, she was trapped here and unable to escape.

However, Su hasn't said what this world was like before she came here.

Judging from the current situation, this bubble of world was definitely not created by the woman in front of him, but was found by her.

So...what happened here before she came here?

Why does this bubble exist?

Mingyu thinks it is equally important to clarify this point.

After all, if violent means cannot be used to directly solve the problem of this world bubble, then it is very important to understand the situation and information of the parties involved.

The key to solving the recurring dream must lie in Xilin, so he must first understand some information about Xilin.

He actually knew very little about this girl who personally caused the second collapse. If he had to say something, it would be that he saw Kiana, the paramecium who inherited Sirin's genes, every day.

Although Kiana can probably be considered the desire for goodness of the deceased Sirin, there are essential differences between them and they cannot be considered the same person.

Besides, the Xilin he knew and the Xilin in this world bubble might be very different, and their past experiences might not be exactly the same.

"So you want to know something about her... Yeah, that's right. If you want to break this dream cycle, you really need to meet the person in person."

"Well, at least let me know a little bit about her first, then I can decide how to cooperate with you."

Mingyu nodded.

Su Shen nodded in agreement, and then said:

"If you want to know, then I'll tell you. This bubble of world... was created by the child named Xilin herself. Like my original body, she is not a native of this quantum sea, but a genuine being from the tree of imaginary numbers."

"Um...is that so?"

Mingyu was slightly stunned.

He had previously speculated that Xilin in the world bubble was a "local resident", so at most she was at the level of a pseudo-hers-eraseer. Unexpectedly, he had now confirmed from Su's mouth that she was a genuine hers-eraseer.

——The genuine [Hersher of the Void] from a certain world.

"The Second God's Key can create a world bubble like the Sumeru Mustard Seed. For the Second Herrscher who holds the power of the void, it is certainly not difficult to enter the Quantum Ocean and create a place for himself in this ocean."