The reason Cocolia was partially subverted by the World Serpent and made a deal with Gray Serpent was to open the Sea of Quanta Eye.
And even to hand over the gem of desire.
All of it was for a single purpose—to save Seele!
No wonder they found Cocolia somewhat strange during their last Angel Reconstruction challenge.
Although she had controlled Bronya to hurt her friends many times, indeed, her goal of saving Seele never wavered.
She cannot be redeemed, but her merits cannot be erased either.
Facing such a complex Cocolia, Bronya's gaze was equally complex.
"So Einstein was taken away by Gray Serpent?"
Fu Hua pushed the lenses at the corners of her eyes, reflecting a light of rationality.
"These people from the World Serpent are truly more troublesome than the last," she said slowly.
Looking at the last two background prompts, Fu Hua also felt somewhat helpless.
According to the events that would happen in the future of Angel Reconstruction, they were clearly supposed to enter the Sea of Quanta to save Seele.
But now, a Gray Serpent mysteriously appeared and almost beat Cocolia to death just because of a threat?
Are you an elementary schooler, hitting someone so hard just because of a few words?
I really don't know how this Gray Serpent reached the high ranks of the World Serpent, or if he's truly not afraid of Anti-Entropy and dares to make enemies everywhere.
Seeing in the prompt that Gray Serpent injected himself with Honkai Energy factors to become a Honkai Beast, putting the Rozaliya sisters in dire peril.
Fu Hua's mouth twitched slightly.
She racked her brain but couldn't understand if this person had a problem with his head.
It seemed... wanting to enter the Sea of Quanta to save Seele didn't have any conflict of interest with him, right?
Are you Kiana, wanting to beat people up as soon as you appear?
"How is that possible? Rozaliya is the strongest! What do you mean 'dire peril'?!"
Beside her, Rozaliya puffed out her cheeks in dissatisfaction, looking like a little hamster stuffed with pine nuts, her Tail sticking up and swaying gently in mid-air.
"Although Rozaliya is considered very strong in Anti-Entropy, Liliya thinks..."
Liliya, with her cool voice, prompted, "The people Rozaliya just saw in the images seem, well, all stronger than Rozaliya, right?"
Hearing this, Rozaliya instantly became flustered with shame, a suspicious crimson flush appearing on her neck.
"Hmph~ Liliya, if you get stuffed into the Sea of Quanta, Rozaliya will definitely not go to save you!"
"Liliya doesn't need Rozaliya to save her either."
"You you you—how hateful! I'm not playing with Liliya anymore, I'm going to find Sister Bronya!"
Rozaliya stood huffily beside the calm-faced Bronya.
And Liliya didn't say a word, quietly walking over to Yunduo's side.
At this moment, Yunduo found the two kids bickering a bit funny and asked, "Isn't Bronya worried at all?"
"The two of them have been like this since the Orphanage. Although they say such things, they actually cherish each other most. They'll make up before long. Sister Yunduo doesn't need to worry."
Returning to the main point, Fu Hua waited for them to finish and continued, "In the Sea of Quanta, Seele entered a World Bubble created by Kevin. This means she might encounter some danger."
"World Bubble? Isn't that like a parallel world? It must be very interesting, right?"
Theresa blinked and asked with great interest.
A World Bubble is actually a place like a transit station; through the Sea of Quanta, one can travel to other worlds.
"But Theresa, we don't know if these World Bubbles are derived from our world, or if our world is just one ordinary World Bubble among them..." Fu Hua sighed.
In the multitude of parallel worlds, no one can predict the course of life.
Yunduo's eyes also dazed for a moment because in the last Angel Reconstruction, she had seen many phantoms within World Bubbles. There was a young girl Bronya with both parents present, and a bride Bronya who was happily married.
If this were a galgame, World Bubbles would be different endings, easter eggs, and failure CGs.
"Do you remember the three World Bubbles from the last challenge?" Fu Hua said.
"Mhm~ I remember. Otto became a priest; that left a very deep impression on me."
Theresa nodded affirmatively.
"So, no matter what happens later, don't be surprised."
"Maybe in some World Bubble, Miss Yae Sakura will join Schicksal, or maybe Theresa will be a vampire..."
Fu Hua spoke, then realized she was drifting off, so she stopped and brought the topic back. "Finding the World Bubble where Seele exists from outside the endless World Bubbles is very difficult, no different from finding a needle in a haystack."
"We can only rely on Seele herself; she needs to break it down from the inside."
Everyone agreed. The Class Monitor was always so reliable; only she could analyze so many things.
Suddenly, realizing there was something else unsaid, Theresa asked, "Right, Fu Hua, there's also the Twelfth Herrscher you haven't mentioned."
But this time, the usually responsive Fu Hua didn't answer, only rubbing her temples as if falling into a bout of acute pain.
After a long time, recovering from the dizziness and stinging pain, she shook her head. "Sorry, Headmaster. Those Remembrances were probably sealed by me using Fenghuang Down, so I can't remember them."
"The Twelfth Herrscher hasn't appeared in this era yet, so it can only be from the Previous Era."
"The truth can perhaps only be known by entering the challenge."
At this moment, Yae Sakura felt a sense of loss. Hearing about the Twelfth Herrscher, a sudden thought made her feel a wave of astonishment.
During these days at St. Freya Academy, she had also learned about the Herrschers.
Everyone present knew, and it was written in Schicksal's books too.
In the Previous Era, the Twelfth Herrscher, the Herrscher of Corruption, was a type of ultimate virus with self-awareness. Its ability was to erode and control biological and mechanical entities. It once used nuclear bombs to exterminate human civilization!
Beyond that, they knew nothing.
It wasn't even in the textbooks; it seemed someone had forcibly erased these records.
Listening to the serious discussion, Yae Rin fearfully hid herself behind Yae Sakura and said in a weak tone, "Sister, the Twelfth Herrscher... I feel like that name is very familiar. I feel like I've heard it somewhere before."
Yae Sakura bent down, stroked her sister's head, and comforted her, "Rin, don't think too much. Those are things from the Previous Era, fifty thousand years ago. After so much time, everyone has long since died."
"...Really?"
"Really."
Yae Sakura ignored the fox-like voice in her heart screaming 'Big Sister' and looked up at everyone with a smile.
They had already decided who would be the first to take the challenge.
"Sigh~ It's always me. Kiana, why didn't you raise your hand this time?"
Yunduo sighed.
"Me? This young lady feels a bit weird about it; you should go instead," Kiana said, sticking out her tongue.
If she turned into Seele, wouldn't she have to call Bronya'Sister'?
Better not.
Yunduo vaguely guessed what she was thinking and had a speechless expression.
After a pinky promise with Bronya, she walked into the white light!
"Seventh Act Challenge: Seele officially begins!"
"Challenger: Yunduo!"
"Challenge Objective 1: Find the truth about the Twelfth Herrscher!"
"Challenge Objective 2: Escape the Sea of Quanta with Bronya!"
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