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Just like the so-called spatial turbulence, chaotic imaginary tidal zones would cause the imaginary layer to become incredibly disordered.
In such an environment, let alone Jiang Qiao using merely a portion of the imaginary authority he had obtained from the 2nd Herrscher, even if the complete Herrscher of the Void came here, she would easily get lost in the endless imaginary space due to being unable to establish real number coordinates.
“Is it a coincidence?”
The pink-haired girl thought as such, looking at the restless small fragment of imaginary space in her hand, pondering the anomaly within it.
The Previous Era’s Oceania region had experienced extreme weather, and 50,000 years later, the same situation appeared in this world. She didn’t think this abnormal phenomenon was merely a coincidence.
Intuition told her that this might be The Cocoon’s countermeasure.
After all, according to miHoYo’s setting, the Cocoon of Finality would adjust the intensity of the “trial” based on humanity’s level of resistance.
Although by using the administrative privileges of the 【Elysia】 body, Jiang Qiao had managed to lock and fix the Herrscher sequence of the Previous Era in an extremely clever way, just like the later Prometheus.
But if using an exam as reference, what Jiang Qiao had done was merely limiting the scope of the questions.
As for how to set the questions within this scope, that was beyond his ability to interfere.
Just like the previous Third Eruption, because the residents of Nagazora City had been evacuated in advance, triggering the Third Eruption, The Cocoon directly made an extremely willful and forceful choice — making MEI, who was outside the range of the Third Eruption, become a Herrscher.
Then for the upcoming Fourth Eruption, to prevent similar situations from occurring again, it would be perfectly normal for The Cocoon to implement corresponding countermeasures, right?
“Really, can’t you make things a bit easier for people?”
A trace of helplessness flashed across her beautiful face. Looking at the distant dark clouds, 【Elysia】 couldn’t help but sigh, “Although I was mentally prepared, having such unexpected developments really makes one feel troubled.”
“Indeed, the more one schemes, the easier it is to fall into unexpected predicaments.”
The ship’s current position was off the North American coast. It would take at least a dozen days of sailing to reach New Zealand, and considering the detours needed due to extreme weather, this voyage would only take longer.
How should she put it about this speed… it really was a bit too slow.
“I originally wanted to properly enjoy the fun of sea voyage, but it seems there’s no way to continue so leisurely.”
“No choice, I’ll save it for later~”
The pink-haired girl scratched her hair tips and sighed, then looked around.
Perhaps because the weather was rather poor and it was quite late, there were no other passengers wandering around on the deck. Plus, the spot she was in was quite secluded. Noticing this, she revealed a slight smile:
“Mm~ just right, no one around.”
The pink-haired girl nodded satisfactorily with one hand on her hip, then gently brushed the hair by her ear. The vivid pink hair fluttered in the sea breeze, and then, surrounded by some pink light particles, a cool swimsuit replaced the autumn coat that 【Elysia】 had been wearing.
Raising her hand to glance at the gloomy weather, she seemed to remember something and casually snapped her fingers.
At this moment, the pink hair that had originally been tied up with a butterfly hair clip underwent a slight change.
— According to Elysia’s habit, different weather requires different hairstyles, right?
“One-two-three-four, two-two-three-four, three… alright, warm-up exercises done~”
After stretching her body, the pink-haired girl looked at the distant sea with a smile.
“Then—”
“Heave-ho!”
…
With the success of yet another concert, Eden, this destined brilliant name, moved one step closer to resounding throughout the entire world.
The people at the talent agency were all cheering for this, and those around her were all praising it.
But Eden herself had an extremely flat reaction to this, and was even somewhat dejected.
The audience’s cheers, the admiring gazes of the world — were these the things she wanted? Previously, Eden wasn’t clear about this, but after that encounter, she had vaguely realized what she truly wanted.
— That should be something more pure, more sincere.
Even today, Eden could still recall the stunning smile that the pink-haired girl had shown when looking at her.
Even in dreams, she would often dream of being together with that girl, the two of them intimately cuddling with each other.
How strange it really was, when they had only met once.
Unable to sleep, Eden, wearing luxurious silk pajamas, left the soft bed of the high-class cabin and walked to the cabin’s edge.
Compared to ordinary cabins, this cruise ship’s high-class cabins had a much broader external view, designed to better allow passengers to appreciate the ocean scenery.
If it were usual times, the sea surface under the night sky should be quite beautiful… the sparkling sea water and the moonlight that appeared especially brilliant when viewed from the sea.
Unfortunately, the recent weather didn’t seem very good. The beautiful nighttime seascape was obscured by the gloomy sky. Looking at those dark clouds, it couldn’t be called scenery at all, and instead made one feel somewhat anxious.
But Eden didn’t mind these things, just silently looking outside the window.
After all, she hadn’t originally planned to appreciate the so-called beautiful scenery.
She simply couldn’t sleep and wanted to change her mood.
— According to the talent agency’s arrangements, her next destination was the eastern shore of the Mu continent.
There, Eden would launch a new round of touring concerts.
She was particularly looking forward to this.
Not because performing concerts in strange, new places could attract new audiences and different cheers.
The source of this anticipation was actually simply the unknown — the possibility of whether, in this concert, she might encounter again that pink-haired girl who made her think of her day and night and dream of her.
If they could meet again this time, then she definitely… definitely had to ask for the other party’s name.
Her slender fingers gently caressed her chest covered by the silk pajamas, Eden thought as such.
But the next moment, she became self-deprecating again.
— The world was so vast, for two people who had only met by chance to meet again, what tremendous luck would that require?
Although she possessed such talent and was blessed by heaven, Eden wouldn’t think of herself as a lucky person who was always favored.
But…
It didn’t matter.
Although heaven might not favor her a second time, as a world-renowned singer, she had ample experience to travel to every corner of this world.
Someday, they would definitely meet, right?
Smiling softly, Eden looked at the gloomy scenery outside the window, and for an instant, her eyes met with azure eyes tinged with pink. But before she could react, everything quickly disappeared.
— Only that pink afterimage remained in her mind.