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Dr. May looked at the index finger that Verviel had extended, pondered for a moment, and nodded.

"So, as a supplement to that person's divine power?"

“That’s right! I think that even he couldn’t confirm all the details of this era.”

"Are you sure you don't want to tell Sakura the truth about the Twelfth Divine Key?"

"It's not a question of whether I'm sure or not,"

Velvi shook her head. "It's Ling's opinion that not telling her is the best option."

"Should my sister be forced to participate in this plan...?"

"uh-huh."

Moths drawn to fire, Dr. Mei's laboratory.

Hua looked blank and sat opposite Dr. Mei, staring at his toes in silence.

"Although you are on the list he left behind, I think the best place for you is never to enter the cryogenic chamber and stay in the next era."

Upon hearing this, Hua suddenly looked up: "What should I do if I'm on her list?"

Dr. Mei paused for a moment, then said, "Execute Project Fireseed."

"Then, please allow me to carry out this plan."

"Do you know what this means? Fifty thousand years of wandering is an unimaginable torment for the human spirit."

"Please lend me the Feather Dust, and I will erase any meaningless memories."

Dr. Mei sighed.

"If you insist on this, I have no grounds to refuse you. However, this will probably require you to undergo further reformation..."

"I agree."

Just then, a head popped in.

Padofelis, carrying a pile of "goods," quietly passed by.

Hearing their conversation, he couldn't help but come closer.

A moment later, her expression became complicated.

Looking at the "goods" in his arms, he frowned deeply, his eyes filled with distress.

A moment later, Hua came out, his expression no longer confused.

She was taken aback when she saw Pado.

"Pado?"

"Uh, I... I was just passing by, just passing by, hehe..."

Pado felt that her forced smile was about to burst.

Hua didn't think much of it, just nodded, and then left.

Looking at her slender back, Pado gritted her teeth.

Then, I entered Dr. Mei's laboratory.

"Hmm, Pado?"

The unexpected visitor took Dr. Mei somewhat by surprise.

This fusion warrior was unusual in the past.

Especially the various laboratories; ever since the Ninth Herrscher incident, she has almost never been willing to go near them even once.

But today, she took the initiative to come to my door.

"Well, I came to see you because... it's about... the list!"

After hesitating for a long time, she finally mustered up the courage to speak.

"I don't understand why I'm on the list, but Dr. Mei, you haven't assigned me any tasks?"

"..."

Dr. Mei remained silent, merely scrutinizing her with a critical gaze.

A moment later, Pado lowered her head, and the animal ears on her head drooped down.

"She...really didn't leave anything else? About me."

"Only your name and the unexpected situation that has happened to you are worth investigating when we have the time; there are no other issues."

"..."

Pado kept her head down, but showed no sign of leaving.

Dr. Mei didn't urge him, but simply turned around, picked up her coffee, took a few sips, and waited quietly.

"Um, Dr. Mei."

"I'm listening."

"Actually, during my time with Moth Chaser, I feel that I've been doing much better than before."

"Ah."

"These kinds of tasks, they all feel just so-so."

"What about the time you scouted the Mu Continent before becoming the Ninth Herrscher?"

"Hey! I was too greedy. Actually, I had a feeling it was a bit dangerous earlier, but the goods there were really—cough! Anyway, if I hadn't been careless, that mission would have been similar to the others."

"so?"

"That plan could actually utilize my abilities, right?"

"why?"

"what?"

Dr. Mei blinked. "Why do you ask that?"

"Well, I think, as a member of the Firemoth, it's not fair that I'm singled out and on the same list as my friends, while they take on a bunch of dangerous missions and I do nothing. That would be too disloyal, right?

"You'll die."

goooo...

"What, it's not that dangerous. We don't have the strength to face such a terrifying opponent, do we?"

"It's more terrifying than you think."

"..."

Pado wants to run away.

Her legs were shaking, but she still stood there.

"I think I'm pretty good at it,"

She forced herself to straighten her chest. "Look, now there are only the three of us with a second form of artificial collapse, right? Even if I'm the weakest among us, I'm still in the second form... I should be able to participate..."

"Okay, I agree."

"What I'm saying is, at worst we'll just stick together. Anyway, I heard this era is almost over—what?"

“I said, I agree to your participation, but your task is not to stay and wait for the next era.”

Paddy swallowed hard, took a deep breath, and nodded: "Okay, I'll listen to you—well, I was just saying that, actually I still want to live a little longer..."

"Ah."

Pado suddenly remembered what she had just overheard.

If it takes Hua to "wander for 50,000 years", then wouldn't I have to wait that long too?

not worried.

Go do it!

If we succeed, we can continue to live a good life.

Then, as if she had thought of something, Pado asked Dr. Mei again.

"Then, what about Fu Yan?"

"..."

Pado suddenly noticed that Dr. Mei, who always had an icy expression, showed a fluctuation in emotion the moment she asked the question, but quickly returned to normal.

She was even a little unsure whether that moment had been an illusion.

"I only have one guess about her whereabouts. But that should be the question that Dr. Möbius and her team are actually investigating..."

"So, she and Kiana actually went back to the original... what kind of timeline?"

"Timeline".

Dr. Mei reminded me.

"Oh, so they're from the future and have already gone back. Then Dr. Mebius and the others should see them again in the future."

"Ah."

"Sigh, the thought that we will eventually be destroyed by the Honkai makes everything seem meaningless."

Dr. Mei did not respond, but simply stared at the empty doorway.

New poisonous pupae.

"The final choice has been made, but you are not on his list—"

"If not, then why did she support the in-depth development of my power?"

"..."

“Dr. Mei, I think we can now have an open conversation.”

Sakura's tone was somewhat forceful.

"Alright,"

Dr. Mei nodded. "Past Paradise has been completely incorporated into the new Key of God."

"Based on this, the Jizo Mitama, which possesses that kind of power, will serve as the first anchor point for this plan."

"Your mission is to find a way for the New Era side to unleash your strongest strike at that one and only moment."

Her cherry lips parted slightly: "Freeze?"

"In fact, even though you have completed your transformation and are not far from being able to save the world, it is still not enough."

"Should we add the Dormancy of All Things and the Seven Thunders of Purification?"

"...Yes, if possible, Dr. Mebius will try to find the next Herrscher of Ice."

Sakura sensed that Mei seemed to have something to say but didn't, but the thought only lingered for a moment; she was quickly drawn back to her task.

"The Land of Past Lives has another identity: one of the three backups of the era."

“I know you have some opinions about it, but for the sake of this plan, I hope you can forget about them.”

"Note that it is about forgetting, not suppressing that feeling."

Sakura coldly replied, "I know what I should do."

"Fine,"

Mei sighed softly, then said, "The task of protecting the Paradise of the Past is also entrusted to you. Remember, whatever invades the Paradise of the Past, you must kill it without hesitation."

"I see."

……

"That's all I can tell you. Even so, do you still want to choose that ending, Alicia?"

"That's not the end, Mei."

Alicia jumped up from the sofa and walked to the window.

Her gaze swept across the scene outside the window: countless people bustling about, steam and smoke billowing, a vibrant and lively scene.