Chapter 1498

It sounds a bit ridiculous.

No. 17 and Hare, although not human, had the freedom belonging to humans at this moment and possessed the privilege of 【resisting their own destiny】.

They could live according to their own will and die according to their own will.

But Ancestor Kaiwen... had become an existence who knew his destiny but still chose to throw himself into it.

"Alright, No. 17, don't try to search for a 【definition】 for him."

"If we must add some kind of title to this kind of existence, I think... there is only the word 【hero】, right?"

Although Hare wanted to give Ancestor Kaiwen some relief.

But she also understood that she didn't have the qualifications to challenge the other party.

And Prometheus, after being in a 【not responding】 state for a long time, followed Hare's footsteps.

However, just as the two of them were about to step out of the door that traveled between the 【Stigma Space】 and 【Reality】, No. 17 suddenly turned around and floated toward Ancestor Kaiwen.

"No. 17?" Hare felt a bit puzzled, but before she could ask why No. 17 floated back...

"Slap~"

In Hare's astonished gaze, Prometheus floated in front of Ancestor Kaiwen, reached out a hand, and with a pitiful amount of force, slapped this god-like existence.

Even if Ancestor Kaiwen wasn't a true god, for an artificial intelligence, this action was truly too bold and completely contrary to reason.

... Of course, it was also futile.

"You should at least shed a tear for her."

"This is my anger as her friend."

—She knew she couldn't get any answer.

This man, even if he had truly experienced waking up in a pillow full of tears in the middle of the night... that was also a thing of the distant past.

All his grief had been forged by the long passage of time, making it difficult to reveal in the way of ordinary people.

Prometheus wasn't a fool; she knew all this.

But precisely because of that, she had to slap this man.

"..."

After a long silence, Prometheus finally retracted her action, and with a silent back, she conveyed her disappointment one last time.

Ancestor Kaiwen still didn't say a word, just quietly watching the two mortal visitors leave like this.

He just sat quietly on the 【throne】.

Under his feet, many ice crystals had already appeared without him noticing.

Until the arrival of another visitor.

Raven looked at the tiny ice crystals beside Ancestor Kaiwen, which reminded her of the kind of tempered glass she used to perform for children called 【Prince Rupert's Drop】.

"... Raven."

This time, Ancestor Kaiwen took the initiative to speak.

And his voice also drew Raven's attention away from those ice crystals.

On the other side.

Rita, Li Sushang, and others were still following the plan, step by step reclaiming the Earth.

And the perspective quickly returned to Mei.

She was still in this Origin space.

"..." After a long silence, Mei let out a breath and muttered to herself:

"That's right... 【I said I would move forward】... right?"

"Then... I'm setting off."

Soon, Mei relied on her own deductions to successfully reunite with Kiana and the others.

Upon seeing Mei in these "new clothes," Kiana and Bronya were clearly stunned for a moment.

"Is Mei now considered..."

"Both the 【Herrscher of Thunder】 and the 【Herrscher of Origin】..."

Subsequently, Mei briefly explained her experience to the two of them.

Obtaining the power of the Herrscher of Origin could be considered a kind of harvest.

The only pity was that she didn't get more information about the Herrscher of Finality and the 【Cocoon】.

However, during the time Mei was accepting 【Origin】, Kiana and Bronya had discovered a 【power】 in this space that they had never felt before...

At first, Bronya thought it was 【the power of Origin】, but now that 【Origin】 was with Mei...

So Bronya guessed that the power should be related to the anomaly mentioned by Theresa.

After the three discussed for a while, they decided to go and investigate together.

And on the other side.

Dr. Einstein and the others had also reached a conclusion—

The 【Cocoon of Finality】 was very likely hidden in the deepest part of the collective human dream.

In other words, the operation to 【retake the Earth】 would actually ultimately couple with the operation to 【transcend Finality】.

At the same time, Tesla also discovered that when they were reclaiming the Earth and trying every means to liberate those who were trapped in 【dreams】, many people didn't even want to wake up and didn't want to face 【reality】.

Of course, this didn't mean that those people had realized they were 【dreaming】.

This was the human instinct to 【seek advantages and avoid disadvantages】, just like the Olenyeva sisters before.

The two of them subconsciously treated 【Honkai】 as a movie.

Therefore, Tesla had no choice but to go crazy on the side.

Finally, the group discussed two plans.

The first was to use violent means to bombard those 【dreams】, causing those 【dreams】 to gradually disintegrate due to an unstable system.

But such means would cause some people trapped in the dreams to suffer a mental trauma.

By then, even if these people returned to reality, they would likely suffer from severe depression.

The second method was to sneak into the dreams and talk to those people, making them realize that the things they wanted could only be realized in reality, in order to gently divide the dreams.

This method was difficult, but it was also the most ideal one.

In the eyes of Theresa and the others.

If the first method were used, wouldn't it be no different from the 【Stigma Project】?

Sacrificing a portion of people to save the majority...

Therefore, the protagonist group naturally chose the second method.

At the same time, this could also verify 【whether humanity is worth saving】.

After all, humanity cannot always be unilaterally saved by heroes; only when humanity is willing to save itself can heroes save them.

Afterward, Theresa entered the dreams one after another.

The scene shifted, and a familiar text appeared once again.

【Why do birds fly】

PS: The plot of more than 2 hours said a lot of things, but there really wasn't any climax point.

But it couldn't be skipped, otherwise it would be too fragmented, so I can only try to summarize it, hoping that the reader babies who haven't seen the plot can understand it.