Chapter 1059: NO.182: This in itself is also the purpose of the trial

NO. 182: This in itself is also the purpose of the trial.

"Hemo, I heard Yifufu's application was approved by you?"

When the game's backend fell into chaos, the whole team was urgently handling the disorder—or more accurately, striving to keep the chaos limited to the gameplay experience, not the game code at present.

Muirsius, who was on-site urging everyone, also managed to open another line, contacting the person busy organizing documents—the Executive Consultant of the General Affairs Component Section, who also serves as the Rhine Life representative on the Scientific Ethics Morality Consensus Committee.

The title is a bit long, but it is indeed Olivia. Hemo.

It is the true self, not the NPC in the game that is simply generated from past data; it can represent one aspect of Hemo's past, but it cannot represent Olivia. Hemo's NPC.

In fact, this 'Terra Simulation' game, jointly signed off by multiple regimes to obtain the most comprehensive data and information for its underlying construction, naturally gathered consent from the individuals who are the NPC prototypes.

Of course, not all of them.

After all, some entities are already in a state of touching stiff corpses, while others are as incompatible as fire and water, making communication impossible.

Leaving that aside, the point is that under the condition of 'having another self acting as an NPC in the game,' some employees are unsuitable to serve as testers.

Such unsuitable individuals mostly have a past not too fond of instant noodles.

"It was me who approved it; what's wrong?"

A woman with brown hair and golden eyes, owl-feather-like plumes hanging on either side of her head, having just tidied a stack of documents and placed them into the scanner, asked lightly.

At Rhodes Island, there is something widely known.

That is——although Yifute's household registration only lists herself, Saireya and Olivia can indeed be considered her guardians.

For any matter that needs to be reported to elders, one can directly ask them.

The reason this has not become common knowledge is that Olivia, as Executive Consultant of the General Affairs Construction Section, has long shifted her work from 'medical research' to 'departmental research'.

For a considerable period of time, she was in a state where meetings never ended each day.

If Rhodes Island had not succeeded as a representative in achieving friendly cooperation with another world, she would likely have to spend at least the next five years in a stage of 'gradually drifting apart from everyone, still keeping in touch but eventually growing distant.'

And since the cooperation has been achieved, as the primary representative of Columbia's scientific community, she naturally ought to shift her focus back to Rhodes Island Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

One point still worth emphasizing—there are not a few in Rhodes Island who, like her, are not engaged in medicine but serve more as representatives and spokespersons stationed in this world.

Saireya is the same.

As the head of Rhine Life's Construction Section General Affairs, she has to handle even more numerous and complex interpersonal relations and company affairs than Olivia.

Moreover, she often has to travel back and forth between the two worlds, making it impossible for her to reside permanently in this one.

So when Muirsius noticed the activation of 'Yifute's' data, and the counterpart was still Yifute... she both contacted the supervisory staff to confirm Yifute's condition and, using her ability, split off a water clone to come here.

In her impression, that child, although not exactly innocent despite her young age, is still a young person.

At this time, running to face such a past inevitably brings psychological impact.

But compared to that, what really concerns her is that Hemo would actually make such a decision.

At first glance, it looks like an adult in a career‑rise phase naturally neglecting to pay attention to a child, casually signing their name on fees for some learning materials that appear perfectly legitimate at first sight……

But she does not think Olivia is that kind of parent.

Thus, on her face constructed from water molecules, she still wears a calm and composed expression.

"In that game's Rhine Life, she is currently facing the fully flame‑demonized Yifute."

"... Is that so."

"Yeah, I——"

"Do you think she will win?"

"Ah?" Muirsius, who was just about to render how oppressive that scene would be, froze upon hearing the other's thoughtful follow‑up.

"Wait a moment…" she raised her hand, supporting her ear as if listening to a sound only she could hear, then gave her a subtle look: "Originally, Mr. Lindun would have kept Yifufu safe there, but now it seems he heard something Yifufu said and stepped aside."

"Is that so…" Olivia nodded, then told Muirsius, "I think Yifute has already prepared herself, so I approved her application."

No, you're jumping too far……

Seeing the other suddenly answer the initial question, the already quirky Muirsius chief, though not encountering any comprehension obstacle, inevitably showed a subtle expression.

Honestly, Olivia must have been worn thin by constant meetings.

And her expression obviously led Olivia to misunderstand, feeling she should explain a bit more.

"Do you still remember Daliya?" she asked, lifting the paper spit out by the machine, then looking at the screen where the text had fully synchronized.

"Of course, she's Yifufu's little sister; she isn't just occasionally coming back—she even returned yesterday." Having pretty much accepted Olivia's leap, Muirsius naturally remembered that little water bear.

After all, mastering the Originium Art that controls water fits everyone's imagination of a shaping‑reconstruction Originium Art far better than my own ability.

But that little girl, on the contrary, yearns for this kind of ability and signed up for the exchange student program jointly run by Rhodes Island and the Originium Academy.

There, living on campus, she only returns once after a vacation longer than two days.

"It's precisely because when she came back yesterday, she was bumped into by some new staff members who shouted at her, and after Yifute probed the reason, they produced works from their world."

"Again, that *Arknights*?"

"This time it's a manga," Olivia said softly, "in their world's works, Daliya has already died, due to the Oripathy."

"If she hadn't come here, it would indeed be hard to avoid……"

When it comes to such a topic, even Muirsius's tone inevitably sinks.

Olivia merely stared at the screen, tapping the keyboard, while continuing: "So from yesterday until now, Yifute's mood has been terrible."

"Even you can't comfort her?"

"They haven't organized their remarks well, claiming that in the manga Yifute achieved a mental transformation thanks to Daliya."

"? Is their emotional intelligence that low?" Muirsius suddenly understood why the fire alarm on the third floor yesterday had briefly triggered, then fizzled out, merely adding a new talking point to last night's forum.

"That's not the original wording," Olivia shook her head, then turned to her, "but Yifute understands it that way,"

"So she is now running to face her past self in order to prove her growth?"

"She could have faced it long ago, right?"

She clicked the mouse, closed the organized meeting documents, and Olivia stood up to look at her.

Is there still an empty spot outside the big screen over there?

"You want to come cheer for Eve?" Miueersisi clenched her fist and shook it.

This liveliness is somewhat strained for Olivia, so she just gave a helpless smile.

"I just want to see her fighting."