People are in Type-Moon, but they practice science

Chapter 74: Right and Wrong, Many Dreams, Turning Back to Empty All Appearances, Enlightenment, and Self-attachment

Subtitle Inception

After invading Su's memory, the mental connection was undoubtedly successful. However, Qin Xuan felt as if he had connected to the wrong place...?

As memory unfolds, a new past opens up.

This seems to be a military base or something like that.

Qin Xuan didn't see anything that he thought should appear, such as close friends, medical treatment, and the Eight Laws...

Oh no, my best friend Kevin is wearing the Fire Moth uniform, right in front of me.

But the problem is, Qin Xuan feels that something is not right about his figure, and there are two knives on his waist and a pair of ears on his head, which actually means he has four tones - isn't this Ying?

"..." Kevin and Ying are colleagues, but the atmosphere at this moment is clearly not peaceful.

"Ying, leave here, don't go over there." Kevin said concisely. Obviously, Ying insisted on going over there, and Kevin was responsible for stopping her.

Qin Xuan did not speak immediately. His hearing seemed to have become particularly developed. In addition to the loud alarms in the base, there was also the chaotic movement of personnel and the roar of machines.

"...Get out of the way, Kevin, what do you know!?"

Qin Xuan didn't know what stage the conversation had reached, so he decided to use vague rhetorical questions to get more information.

"Ying, I know you care about your sister very much, but... stop it. If you continue like this, you will become a traitor to humanity." Faced with such an outburst from the usually gentle Sakura, Kevin's icy face seemed to loosen, but his body did not shake. He just expressed his attitude in a low voice.

My sister...a traitor to humanity...not good!

Qin Xuan could be sure that this was the time point of the twelfth Ruler of the previous civilization.

At this moment, Sakura's sister Ling was detected to have a huge Honkai energy reaction, and was identified as a Herrscher by humans and imprisoned in an underground prison.

This group of people have been overly influenced by Aponia's "discipline" and even came up with the idea of ​​"nipping the risk in the bud" and decided to kill Ling who has not yet awakened.

On the other hand, Sakura was blocked by Kevin on her way to rescue her sister. Obviously, Kevin was on the side of "most people".

“……” Qin Xuan frowned.

If he guessed correctly, the alarm and mixed voices just now should be because the Herrscher had awakened.

The Twelfth Herrscher is a viral life form that can corrode both living things and machines. It has just awakened and should have begun converting the soldiers who killed Ling into dead soldiers.

This means that Ling’s death is a foregone conclusion, and Kevin will soon receive a call from Dr. Mei and learn the news.

So why was he sent to this dream?

Because Qin Xuan had prepared a backup plan before entering the "Tianhui" imprinting trial, he was very clear about the outside world at this time (the Collapse Copy - the Paradise of the Past). His body and Su's memory both fell to the ground and lost response.

If Qin Xuan came to this dream, where did Su's memory go?

Forget it, now is not the time to care about others. Let's "clear" this dream first. If it is Sakura's experience, should it be related to Ling?

"Kevin, now is not the time to talk about this," Qin Xuan began to change the subject, "Don't you feel that something is wrong in the base?"

"Ying, everything has its priorities. I must ensure that you do not behave in a rebellious manner."

"This matter... is meaningless now," Qin Xuan put away his tense confrontation posture, and under Kevin's puzzled eyes, he put the knife back into the sheath.

"——I'm already a step late."

From Kevin's perspective, Sakura made an incredible decision. She gave up her sister?

Then, Kevin saw Sakura pointing at her communicator.

"Ah, because I've awakened - pick it up and you'll know."

Kevin hesitated for a moment, and then he opened Mei's communication after making sure that Sakura had no need to deceive him in this way: "Kevin, the Herrscher has awakened, and the underground prison has been opened. They have..."

When Kevin heard Mei's words, he immediately looked at Ying, "Ying, how did you..."

"——You don't need to know about this, Kevin."

Sakura didn't seem to show any emotion and just spoke calmly.

Dr. Mei's voice came through the communicator: "What's going on? Ying, are you here?"

"Since Dr. Mei is listening, I have a few words to tell you: First, Dr. Mei, the ability of the twelfth Herrscher is..."

Qin Xuan knew that the next situation would soon be reflected, such as the twelve laws began to corrode the machinery, hack into the mecha, and even control the nuclear bomb to attack the last city of mankind. Mei's method was to introduce the twelve laws into the "black box" to seal the corrosive Herrscher.

So Qin Xuan put forward his abilities and ways to deal with the situation according to what he knew.

But the difference is——

"Dr. Mei, I hope this method will be the last resort. Before that, I hope I can face 'her' first. After all, she is my sister."

"Sakura, are you crazy? Ling is dead!"

Although Kevin didn't know how Sakura got this information, he could tell that Sakura told them this in advance, and she definitely wasn't going to be the first to "kill" the Herrscher of Corrosion. She really wouldn't give up on her sister.

"——Yakura, you can't communicate with it. The Herrscher is the Herrscher..."

"No, she is Ling."

"Ying..." Kevin clenched his fists. Just when he was getting confused about the current situation, Mei's voice came:

"Okay, I agree."

Kevin had no choice but to obey.

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Qin Xuan was guarding the "black box" alone. He knew that Dr. Mei and others must be monitoring him.

"—"

Suddenly, his spiritual sense detected 'her' - the Herrscher of Corrosion approaching. At this time, she was just a ball of shapeless black mist, not yet the fox image of later generations.

He knew that some of Ling's consciousness had not dissipated, so in the original work, Erosion had unexplained disorders when facing Sakura.

If it was earlier, Qin Xuan might be able to break into the dungeon and use the World Tree to extract the Herrscher from Ling's body. Unfortunately -

No, there is nothing to regret. His body cannot be brought into the dream. In this place, he only has his mental abilities to use.

So, how to do it?

There is only one answer.

"Activate Stars, connect."

Qin Xuan imitated Su's ability again, while there was still room for recovery.

——Spiritual bridge, connection.

——Imitation of characteristics, success.

——Memory replication, completed.

——Dive deep into consciousness and begin.

In an instant, Sakura and the Herrscher of Corrosion both lost their reaction.

This scene was seen by Dr. Mei. "The Herrscher is starting to become disordered... No, the action has completely come to a standstill!?"

"Doctor! Now is the best time to 'seal'--"

"No, wait a minute."

Since Sakura provided key information, Dr. Mei decided to give Sakura another chance, although the time for this chance was not long.

Chapter 75: The Three-fold Dream is Seen Through the Distracted Mind

Time moved forward slightly, when Qin Xuan's consciousness had not yet dived into the dream.

In the real world, the village of Brakmoya.

Qin Xuan's other body, Aleister, had been unlocked at some point, and next to him was Prometheus and her real-time monitoring device for the "rational and legal response" of the re-enacted weapon.

He sat here, looking at the re-enacted weapon which showed no abnormalities at all. Obviously, Qin Xuan's consciousness also existed in the body of Aleister in front of him.

This is the backup plan Qin Xuan prepared before the "Tianhui Trial".

He awakened his real body in advance as a safety measure in case his consciousness in the copy world might be attacked.

Originally, Qin Xuan was controlling two bodies at the same time, which caused him great discomfort due to the time difference. However, after obtaining the "Moment" imprint and achieving accelerated consciousness, this was no longer a problem.

Qin Xuan looked at the time recorded by the real-life instrument. At this time, the night in Blackmoya Village had not yet passed, while the collapse of the copy world had lasted for more than a day. The ratio of the time flow rates of the two was at least ten times different.

There is no time difference between the paradise of the past and the collapsed world, but the dream of the Twelve Herrscher incident, judging from the consciousness feedback from there, is also more than ten times faster than the copy world.

If reality is set to level 0, the Honkai Paradise copy is the dream -1 level, and the Twelve Laws copy is the dream -2 level.

Then, next in the copy he will enter is... Dream-3 level.

Is it really Inception?

"In other words, in reality I have to speed up my consciousness to a thousand times in order to keep up?" Qin Xuan had a headache. The thousand-fold level was the limit of his current spiritual cultivation. It seemed that he could not go any deeper. It would be best to solve the problem at the Dream-3 level.

After seeing his main consciousness successfully submerge in the dream, Qin Xuan then looked at the "Dream-2 layer", "My body looks fine, but Su's memory... Hmm? Why is Su gone?"

What Qin Xuan saw was only his own body in the "Tianhui" trial space.

"Strange." Thinking of the dream of the Twelve Herrscher that suddenly appeared in the mental link, Qin Xuan felt that there might be unknown factors involved. "Other Yingjie... Aponia? It shouldn't be her style."

Furthermore, although Sue and Aponia have the same type of abilities, they do not get along with each other.

"Prometheus, has the weapon ever behaved abnormally since it began operating this world?"

"No."

Is there really nothing wrong? Or is it that the machine cannot detect it?

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Collapse copy - World Snake Base.

"Haah~"

Kiana woke up in the guest room provided by the World Serpent and stretched. Due to her long-term wandering life, she was very adaptable to living in various strange rooms. She didn't recognize the bed at all and could sleep well anywhere.

Kiana got up habitually, stroked her head, then found a comb and began to groom herself, braiding her hair, washing...

“…Hmm? I think I forgot something? — Uwaa ...

Kiana quickly ran out the door, turned around and went to the next door and entered the room.

The person sleeping in this room - no, the person lying down should be Gray, she is still unconscious.

Sitting on the chair next to her was Mei Raiden, holding a novel "Crocodile Street" in her hand, but the pages had not been turned for a long time and she looked listless.

Apparently, Mei stayed by Gray's side just in case she suddenly woke up during the night and needed someone to take care of her.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Mei stayed up all night. According to the agreement last night, Mei, Kiana, and Bronya decided to take turns to keep watch. Although the World Serpent can provide care services, it is hard to be reassured. The credibility of this organization can only be confirmed by Gray's teacher in person.

The people who were originally on guard were Bronya first, Mei in the middle, and Kiana at the end.

But who is Chong Chong? How could he be woken up to work when he was sleeping so soundly?

So poor Mei only slept for less than 3 hours yesterday.

"Haha, I'm sorry, Mei, it was too late yesterday and I couldn't get up..."

Kiana began to make all kinds of excuses - this was a lie, she did nothing yesterday and couldn't even be woken up.

"It's okay..." Mei said softly. She didn't even bother to pretend to be angry. She might have really stayed up too late.

"Oh, by the way, Mei, where is Bronya? I'll go get her. Mei, you should get some rest!"

"Kiana, there's no need to look for Bronya... the manager, 'Gray Snake', called her away this morning."

"what?"

"Bronya said it was related to the sister she had been looking for. It might be a conversation about finding relatives. She should be back soon."

"Okay, then I'll take care of Gray-chan, Mei should go and rest!"

So, Kiana was the only one left in the room to look after Gray. She was said to be taking care of the patient, but Gray's feedback to the outside world was almost zero. All Kiana needed to do was to sit there.

"Hmm, the care mission is too simple. Shouldn't it be easy for me to handle it?"