Although their civilization built a space-time portal that could connect to the Quantum Sea in a city called Atla, the space-time portal connecting to the Quantum Sea was completely destroyed along with the entire Mu Continent by the Ninth Herrscher's pseudo-black hole shortly after it was built.
Although the remains of the space-time gate were unearthed again by Anti-Entropy in the current civilization era 50,000 years later, at that time point in the previous civilization era, Mu Continent and a large area of surrounding sea that were swallowed by the pseudo-black hole were completely polluted by the strong and evil collapse energy, just like Changkong City after the third collapse.
In addition, the killing of one-sixth of the world's population and the collapse of an entire continental plate were two heavy blows that almost caused the social structure to collapse. It was impossible for the civilization at that time to spare much manpower to search for the continental fragments that fell into the sea, and the research on the Quantum Sea was naturally stillborn.
The heroes surrounding little Ai Li were able to understand the concept of the Quantum Sea because Fu Hua shared some of the information about the coffee shop with her own memory, Hua, and Hua used Yu Duchen's ability to further share that knowledge with her other companions.
——Of course, these memories of shared knowledge do not include Miss Pink Coin who was abandoned by the heroes.
Therefore, when Eden inferred the absurd yet inexplicably reasonable conclusion that "you are me from another world" based on his knowledge of this cafe, the manager's appearance and the fact that he had just stepped off the stage, the heroes surrounding little Ai Li all came to their senses immediately after a brief moment of shock.
They looked at Eden's eyes, then at the store manager's eyes, then glanced at Eden's hair, then glanced at the store manager's hair again, pondered, suddenly realized, clapped their fists, and all the movements were done in one go, without any sense of obscurity.
"I see." Mobius said with a smile, his clear and tender voice full of joy. "From a biological point of view, it is quite unreliable to distinguish relatives based solely on physical characteristics. However, since there is a so-called 'quantum sea' and a concept called 'isotopes' in this world, using biological laws to distinguish the relationship between the two is probably a very stupid thing in itself."
"After all, in the so-called quantum sea, even the laws of physics are very different from those in the real world~~"
"Stop, stop!" The store manager said with a gloomy face, "Your associations are too far-fetched. How could I be the equivalent of Eden?!"
"Eh, isn't it?" Eden blinked, and suddenly showed a disappointed expression. She smiled bitterly and sat back in her seat. "What a pity! I was expecting to see another me in the quantum sea like Ellie. It seems that the probability of seeing 'another me' in your cafe is not as high as I expected."
"What? Are you looking forward to seeing another self?" The manager was a little surprised.
"There aren't many opportunities to face another self. Although I have Ellie, with whom I can confide, unfortunately, in terms of professional artistic attainments, Ellie...is not really a qualified listener." Eden sighed and shook his head.
"Wait, why am I suddenly disliked?!" Alicia was confused.
"Fools will be despised wherever they are, especially when a fool has been annoying you for 50,000 years." The store manager said dimly.
"Too much!! I'm not annoying anyone!" Alicia couldn't help but widen her eyes, a blush of embarrassment appeared on her face, "You're being too much to say such sad words to a cute girl, Manager!"
"You shouldn't argue with me about this. Instead, you should argue with your friends who have been harassed by you for more than 50,000 years." The store manager spread his hands, "I just interpreted the words of your best friend."
"How-how could it be?! Everyone! Miss Fairy is certainly not an annoying person! Right?" Alicia hurriedly turned her gaze to her companions, her eyes full of trust and expectation.
"..."
However, what responded to her was endless silence.
Alicia's expression gradually stiffened.
After a long silence, Kevin, as the leader, probably felt that he couldn't just leave this guy alone, so in front of Alicia's amnesty eyes, he shook his head reluctantly and with difficulty: "You are indeed not a annoying person..."
"Kevin! You really--!"
Before Alicia, who was about to cry, could shout out loud, Kevin said the next sentence right after her: "Of course, it would be better if you could be a little more obedient in your daily life."
"What you said, aren't you the leader of the elite?" the store manager said, "Can't you control her?"
"I can't control it." Kevin answered immediately.
Alicia's shoulders trembled with anger: "You...you two boys are in cahoots with each other!"
"Really?" Mobius smiled sinisterly. "But why do I feel that the store manager's summary of you is actually quite accurate?"
"Is that so? Will I become a stupid, annoying bad kid when I grow up?" Little Ellie blinked innocently. She looked at Alicia seriously and shrank her shoulders. "I don't want to become an adult like you!"
These innocent words successfully pierced Alicia's heart.
“You—you you you—!! Wah—!” Alicia, who was completely broken, burst into tears. She wiped her eyes, turned around and ran away. “You all teamed up to bully me! Remember this!! Alicia will get back at me one day—!!”
The moment she ran out of the door, she accidentally bumped into the Herrscher of Lightning, Raiden Mei, who was about to enter the door.
The Herrscher of Thunder, Raiden Mei, looked at Alysia's receding back with a puzzled look on her face, turned her head to look at the hall, and then pointed outside the door: "What happened to her?"
"I can only say that the truth is an extremely sharp knife. Even someone like Alicia will have her defense pierced by this knife." Mebius curled his lips with a bored expression.
But after she finished speaking, her childish face immediately revealed a pure smile that was completely different from the one she had a second ago: "Brother, store owner, look, is what Mebius said right?"
"You... don't be like this, be normal." The coquettish tone gave the store manager goose bumps on his back, "I'm scared of you being like this."
"What is there to be afraid of? With your ability, it shouldn't be easy for you to control a harmless little girl like me?" Mobius's smile became brighter. "Don't worry, big brother, I won't hurt you~ It's just that I want to take something from you, you see..."
"No! I refuse! Don't even think about it!"
"Don't refuse so quickly. I haven't even told you what I want. Do you really not trust Mobius?" Mobius put on a fake, tearful expression.
Now, not only the store manager, but also everyone including the Thirteen Heroes and the Herrscher of Lightning, Raiden Mei who was standing at the door of the cafe, had goose bumps on their backs.
The hot-tempered Qianjie was the first one who couldn't stand it. He suddenly raised his palm and was about to slam the table hard, but suddenly realized that little Ellie and Grayshu's desserts and drinks were still on the table.
Then, the hand that was originally slapping the table suddenly changed direction in mid-air and hit Mebius' head with incredible precision. The roar was not as passionate and violent as before, but lowered, sounding like a low version of the roar of an engine:
"What nonsense are you saying in front of those little brats?! Do you want to corrupt them? Huh?"
Pia~!!
“You…!!” Mobius had not expected Qianjie’s sudden attack… or even if he had expected it, he would probably not have been able to dodge it. He was stunned by the sudden attack on his head, and then he flew into a rage, “Qianjie! Do you want to die!?”
"Why? Just because of your little snake body that looks like a bean sprout?"
"you--!!"
Before the two Ying Jies, who were both very hot-tempered and tough-talking, could further intensify the conflict, the store manager suddenly dodged behind them.
"If you want to fight, go back to Paradise and fight to your heart's content. My small hall can't stand the torment of you great gods."
He grabbed the two men by the back of their collars, one on the left and one on the right, and threw them out without saying a word.
“F**k you! Just wait for me—!!!!” Qianjie roared as he flew out of the door.
"...Very good, little white mouse, I will remember you." Mebius, who also flew out of the door, said in a gloomy tone.
"Tsk, you're so stubborn even without any resistance. Are all of you former heroes of civilization platypuses?" The store manager had an expression of disapproval on his face.
"...We are almost there." Kevin stood up and thought for a moment, "How much does your cafe charge?"
"You actually brought money?" The store manager was stunned. He had actually prepared himself mentally that he might not get a penny for this table full of desserts and drinks. Now that Kevin took the initiative to bring it up, he even felt touched.
"Uh..." However, Kevin's expression froze obviously. "Can the money in the paradise be used in this cafe?"
"What? Money from the paradise?" The store manager was stunned. "What is that?"
“…Phyllis’s Cat’s Paw silver coin.” Kevin said.
“What the hell!!!!!” Padofelice, who was still drinking sweet milk, spat it out in a spit. She was stunned: “Boss Kai Kai Kai Kevin! Those silver coins should only be useful to successors! What do you want that thing for—no, where did you get our cat coins?!”
"..." Kevin glanced at Padovich's face, whose ears were all frizzy, and then looked away, "I picked it up."
"Where did you pick it up?" Padofelius blinked and scratched his head to recall, "When did I ever drop those silver coins?!"
"After the successor died... and lost the trial of the Elysian Land, some of the remaining silver coins were collected by me."
"..."
You just said death, right? The store manager's eyelids twitched. Did the challenger still get gold coins after losing the trial? It actually sounded surprisingly reasonable.
Little Ai Li looked at this and that, and suddenly felt that these adults seemed a little unreliable.
"If Ferris's silver coins can't be used, it should be okay to use my gems to pay for it, right?" Eden said calmly, "Although we can materialize the currency in our memories, the currency of our time should also be used in your cafe..."
Eden was stunned for a moment, frowned and thought for a moment:
"...No, it seems that it can be used? After all, little Ai Li also appeared in your cafe."
"..." The store manager rolled his eyes and waved his hands helplessly, "Forget it. Although the things in your memories and paradise have become real in this cafe, I can't take those things out. I have a hammer to use the currency that I can't use."
"..."
Now, the whole table fell into silent silence.
All the heroes turned their eyes towards the door. There was nothing there except——
"What are you looking at me for?"
——The Herrscher of Lightning, Raiden Mei took a step back with her scalp tingling, and sighed in self-abandonment: "Tsk! Okay! I get it! I'll pay for you! The salary given by the World Serpent is quite generous, and I can still afford the money for your dinner."
I wonder if the gray snakes who regarded these lords as gods would be so angry that they would spit out blood when they saw that their lord had no money to pay for the meal, the Herrscher of Lightning, Raiden Mei, thought with some malice.
Kevin was silent for a moment. His voice was as calm as usual, but inexplicably there was a hint of guilt in it: "Thank you for your help."
It would have been fine if he hadn't said this, but as soon as he said this, the Herrscher of Lightning, Raiden Mei, couldn't help but glare at him fiercely: "The best reward would be if you could stop making me guess riddles every day!"
After saying that, the Herrscher of Thunder, Mei Lei Dian, took out her wallet and asked, "How much?"
"..." The store manager glanced at the Herrscher of Lightning, Raiden Mei, then raised his finger and pointed at her.
The Herrscher of Thunder, Raiden Mei's expression turned cold: "What do you mean?"
"I want the power of the Herrscher in you." The store manager said it concisely and with a clear goal.
Chapter 4 The script is right, but the actors are wrong (k)
——Spring 2017, Tianqiong City, Shencheng Medical Technology Park.
At noon, the dazzling sunlight shone on the ice-covered ruins, reflecting a golden glow.
The moisture in the air had already condensed into tiny flying ice crystals in the ultra-low temperature of over minus 100 degrees. Two meteor-like figures kept intersecting and separating in the ice crystal mist that obscured the vision. The roar of explosions continued to sound with the collision between the two sides. Indescribable pressure and icy momentum spread in all directions like a mountain collapsing and the sky collapsing.
On the outskirts of the ice crystal fog, Rita looked palely at the two figures that kept intersecting in the thick fog. Her pair of bright wine-red eyes had completely lost their previous calmness and confidence, and were replaced by an anxiety and worry that was difficult to conceal, as well as a deep sense of powerlessness.
Although Rita had moved as far away from the core battle circle of about one kilometer in diameter as possible within the range where she could see both sides directly, the bone-chilling cold still kept stinging her cheeks even at such a long distance.
Rita herself is a master at manipulating ice. With the dual blessing of her natural stigma and the crescent particles released by the God-killing Armored Blue Knight Moon Soul, Rita can easily take away the temperature of the environment during the battle and create an extremely cold hell where only she can survive.
Once a person's body temperature drops below 34 degrees Celsius, his or her life will end completely because brain cells will cease to function.
For humans, who are warm-blooded animals and need to exchange air with the outside world through breathing, the ability to artificially create a large-scale ultra-low temperature environment can be said to be fatal. Rita herself has proved this in countless battles.
But now, in front of that man, Rita, who was good at using ultra-low temperature means to fight, was forced by the man with the same ultra-low temperature ability as her to the point where she couldn't even break into the battle circle.
If you insist, it's not that Rita can't survive in this extremely cold space created by that man. After all, she is equipped with the latest model of God-killing armor. Under the protection of the Blue Knight Moon Soul, she is not unable to even get close to Kevin.
But at the same time, Rita could clearly realize that not only the specifications of her extreme cold ability, but also her physical ability... and even the specifications of life itself, there was an insurmountable chasm between her and the two "monsters" she was fighting.
If she ignored the extremely low temperature that made her brain dizzy just by breathing and forced her way into the battle, the help she could provide with her combat effectiveness greatly weakened would probably be less than the burden brought by Yulandel who had to divert some of her energy to take care of her.
Fortunately, no matter whether it was the man from the World Serpent or Lady Yulandel who was fighting with him, both sides seemed not to want to affect the ordinary citizens living in Sky City during the battle. They all consciously controlled the scope of the battle within the ruins of Shencheng Medicine. The man did not take the initiative to step out of the battle circle and targeted himself who was more easily defeated.
Rita knew very well that the reason why she was still standing here was not because of her own strength, but simply because the man who had fought with Yulandel had never taken her seriously from the beginning.
To him, no matter how hard he tried, he was not a threat at all while guarding outside the huge ice fog.
Lady Yulandel...
After realizing this, Rita couldn't help but bite her lower lip gently, and a call full of worry and powerlessness echoed in her heart.
Deep down in her heart, she secretly hated her own weakness and incompetence.
Can't do anything?
"..."
If the person standing here was not her, but "Rita" from another world...
In an instant, the figure of the dream witch with the same face as her suddenly broke into her brain which was occupied by a sense of powerlessness.
Nightmare thoughts, fleeting.
Although Rita used her strong will to force this unrealistic idea back into her mind, the so-called "idea", once it appears, no matter how short the time is, it is impossible to completely forget it.
Rather, it is the opposite.
It’s just like a person with insomnia who can’t fall asleep no matter how hard he wants to, and the more he thinks about it, the harder it becomes to fall asleep.
If one keeps trying to stay away from or forget the image that has already appeared in one's mind, then the image will ignore the owner's intentions and become more and more deeply imprinted in one's mind.
...If it was that person, "Rita" who also gave her an indescribable feeling of powerlessness, then could she -
——Of course, the two "strongest warriors" competing in the extreme cold circle could not know Rita's complicated thoughts.
The storm wrapped in ice crystals obscured the vision, and all around were clusters of ice spikes growing luxuriantly in the extreme cold. In this bitter and cold hell where just breathing was equivalent to death for ordinary people, the knight's spear wrapped in flames collided again and again with the ice that kept forming around the man, and the flames quickly extinguished and the ice spikes melted quickly.
For warriors whose Honkai energy scale exceeds a certain limit, the impact of using Honkai energy on the enemy will become negligible, because almost all abnormal phenomena caused by Honkai energy can be offset by the same scale of Honkai energy, so in the end, the battle between the two strongest warriors quickly evolved into the purest close combat.
But it is obvious that although the energy level of Yulandel is enough to support her fighting in this bitter and cold hell, it is unable to eliminate the enemy's impact on the environment.
The enemy could not directly use this extreme cold ability to freeze Yulandel's body, but it completely suppressed the scorching flames around Yulandel to a range of only about one meter.
The gap in combat capability is very obvious.
In terms of explosive power alone, although Yulandel can compete with this man, she cannot hurt him at all.
The golden flame of the Star Armor is attached to the body of the Valkyrie, protecting the holder's body from the extreme cold brought by the Pavanti gene.
The weapons derived from the world bubble fight against the super-mutation factor's superpowers. The existence of the two abilities is exactly the binary opposition between quantum and imaginary numbers.
