Eden is a puppet who chose the Lamb Spirit. Her own consciousness has not disappeared, but her previous experiences have almost completely destroyed her life. She can only rely on the puppet body to continue to fulfill her dream.
Therefore, she did not split into two individuals like other companions who chose the sheep spirit, but directly used the puppet body as her own self. The scars on her body actually had no effect, but she deliberately asked Su Jue to keep them on the puppet body for her so that she would not forget the pain she had experienced.
Just as Eden was immersed in her own memories, a terrifying consciousness directly dispelled her confusion and occupied her body. But she did not have any resistance, but instead devoutly expressed her humility with her consciousness.
[God, what instructions do you have?]
"Go and bring Kiana back, and find a way to deliver her to Himeko Muliangta."
……
Back to the present, after eliminating the two troubles, Li Suchang and Kiana, Su Jue withdrew his consciousness from the Eden doll.
Although it has not been mentioned in detail, Su Jue's puppets have actually been increasing. There are many special beings like Eden, but each puppet is responsible for different areas.
For example, Cocolia who is in charge of scientific research, Eden who is in charge of fundraising, and Jian Yun who is in charge of cultural communication, these people are all important puppets supporting Qian Jue's operation. Therefore, the current number of Su Jue's puppets has actually skyrocketed to more than one hundred.
It's not that he doesn't care about Eden. On the contrary, Su Jue is the one who has experienced the most profound pain of all the puppets. He can taste the sorrow of thousands of people, but at the same time he must also bear the authority of domination.
For those puppets with self-awareness, Su Jue is their god, and gods cannot be weak, that's all.
Therefore, after assigning tasks to Eden, Su Jue immediately turned his attention to the setting of the theater.
The core of Lilu is still refusing Su Jue's visit. It is very likely that the will of those 30 people is still at work. He must find a way to break the blockade of these wills.
There was almost no room for the Herrscher Core to ease its rejection of him, and Su Jue was too lazy to waste time communicating with these thoughts. Although his body was constructed by the power of reason and law, as long as Su Jue wanted, it would not hurt to replace it with an ordinary doll.
The main reason why he cares about these consciousnesses and has not erased them so far is that he wants to use the collision of these thoughts to erase the flaws in his heart.
The previous plan had a huge impact on him, making Su Jue a little unlike an emotionless Herrscher. And the vast thoughts of 300,000 people could clean up his memory of Kiana, thus getting rid of the other party's interference.
As long as the inner flaws are eliminated, Su Jue will be able to obtain the Taixu Sword God from Li Suchang and greatly reduce the threat posed by the Ruler of Consciousness to himself.
As long as Su Jue has no emotions, he will be able to carry out his plan perfectly. At that time, neither human civilization nor the will of Honkai will be able to interfere with him in the slightest.
If this goal is achieved, the Core of Reason will lose its function, and it will make no difference whether you keep it as a treasure or give it to Bronya.
Of course, this is only the most ideal situation. To achieve this goal and use these 300,000 wills, two most critical conditions are needed. The first one is naturally the play that Su Jue prepared for himself.
That's right, he was going to forcefully drag the power that dominated the theater into reality, and use the power of the theater to open the blockade of the core of reason. In other words, he was going to recreate the scene of the first collapse in Sky City, and only in this way could he come into contact with those wills.
The only participant in this play was Su Jue himself, and it was just a large-scale illusion for him alone. However, controlling the theater was one of Su Jue's core powers after all, and once it acted on reality, it would definitely interfere with ordinary people.
In order to eliminate this influence, Su Jue took advantage of the opportunity of the Eden concert to gather many citizens together.
The consciousness of nearly one million living people in the entire Sky City cannot be shaken by the 300,000 consciousnesses in the core of reason and law. This can completely eliminate the interference of the Domination Theater on ordinary people.
The materials that construct the illusion that dominates the theater are naturally the cubes that Otto uses as bait.
Therefore, the process of bargaining with Otto is a process of mutual exploitation. Su Jue cares about this city, and Otto uses this to force him to expose himself. After Otto achieves his goal, Su Jue uses Otto's things to achieve his own goal.
If it were five hundred years ago, Su Jue would have become friends with Otto, but unfortunately Otto has almost gone crazy because of Kallen, and the two are not the same kind of people.
Apart from the first hardware condition for executing this plan, the second condition is naturally Su Jue himself.
You have to know that the flaw in the mind cannot be cracked by brute force. If you want to erase this flaw, you have to get out of it yourself. Only by sealing the memories related to Kiana from the subjective consciousness can you break free from the influence of the mind.
This is a very dangerous process. In the illusion created by Su Jue, he has no fighting power. Once he loses control, he is likely to suffer a counterattack from these wills. Not only will he fail to achieve his goal, but he may also suffer more serious trauma to his consciousness.
Kiana was like a strong source of interference to Su Jue. He sent her to Ji Zi on purpose in order to completely eliminate Kiana's influence on himself and keep her away from the Domination Theater, so as to maintain the stability of the illusion.
Reuniting with Himeko is Kiana's heart knot. As long as Himeko is by her side, her inner regrets will be filled and she will not run around.
One of the purposes of asking Eden to invite Jizi to the concert is precisely this. Jizi will definitely not abandon Kiana, but will attend the concert with everyone.
As long as the world is noisy enough, no one will care about Su Jue's silence alone.
For this purpose, she specially taught Eden several songs that did not belong to this world to expand the influence of the concert.
"As long as the trial is completed, everything will be over."
At the highest point of the city, Su Jue overlooked the land. In his vision, the mechanism he had originally arranged to capture Taixu Sword God had now been combined with Otto's bait to construct a new formation.
In this grand illusion, a magnificent theater that only Su Jue can see is becoming clearer and clearer.
Chapter 269 Welcome Home, Teacher Jizi
Silence and darkness, in the deepest part of this spiritual space, Kiana's consciousness was sleeping peacefully.
In the endless darkness, golden light fell from the sky, shining on the sleeping girl like a spotlight.
The faint light dispelled the enveloping darkness, warmed Kiana's consciousness, and constantly repaired the damage caused by the erosion of Taixu Sword God and Xinyan.
After a long time, the girl's eyelashes trembled slightly and she slowly opened her eyes.
The light made it difficult for her to open her eyes. Not until her consciousness became clearer did she see clearly where she was through the dim light.
"stage?"
In the magnificent Domination Theater, Kiana gradually stood up from the center of the stage. The light focused on her, making it difficult for her to see clearly what was happening outside the stage.
In her hazy consciousness, she seemed to sense that there was still a familiar atmosphere in this empty theater.
She walked through the light, chasing that hazy perception, and finally found the figure that was deeply engraved in her memory at the end of the audience seats.
"Su Jue!"
She stretched out her hand, trying to hold back the departing figure, but this was only Kiana's own consciousness space. With the awakening of its master, the space lost its meaning of existence.
In this theater that was shattered like glass, Kiana couldn't catch Su Jue who was shattered like a phantom.
"Don't go!"
Suddenly waking up from the dream, Kiana gasped for breath, her eyes filled with unspeakable panic. She covered her forehead with her hands, but tears flowed down her cheeks unconsciously.
"Did you have a nightmare?"
A gentle girl's voice sounded in her ears, and Kiana realized that she was not wandering on the street, but lying on a bed.
Was he rescued?
Temporarily suppressing the emotions in her dream, she turned her head and prepared to thank the girl. But the moment she saw the girl's face, her voice froze in her throat.
Emerald green eyes, short dark green hair, the girl in front of her was so familiar that Kiana subconsciously thought she was still in a dream.
"Wen...Wendy?"
"Hey, sister, do you know me?" Wendy was a little surprised, but she quickly reacted, scratched her head and explained: "I'm sorry, I lost a lot of memory, I may not remember you."
Looking at the girl's innocent smile, the haze in Kiana's heart seemed to be dispelled. She looked at her palms to confirm that she was awake.
However, when she tried to call Fu Hua, Fu Hua, who was in a deep sleep, did not respond to her call.
"What's going on?" Kiana was a little confused by her memory, which seemed like a time and space disorder. She looked past Wendy and looked at the entire room. When she saw the familiar layout of the room, Kiana froze in place.
Realizing that Kiana seemed to have not yet come out of her confusion, Wendy whispered, "Don't worry, Teacher Jizi will be back soon. She will explain everything to you."
Click.
At this moment, the sound of the door opening was heard, and Ji Zi, who was carrying a lot of things, walked into the living room from outside the house and asked subconsciously: "Wendy, is Kiana awake?"
There was no response from inside the house. Ji Zi, who put down her things, was a little confused. She raised her head and looked towards the bedroom.
She walked to the door and knocked. The door slowly opened, but what greeted her was not Wendy sitting in a wheelchair, but a pair of lake blue eyes with tears in them.
"Teacher Jizi, welcome home."
……
The joy of reunion dispelled all the haze, and the bright moonlight penetrated the night sky of Tianqiong City, illuminating the boundless darkness.
Bathed in the moonlight, Su Jue looked through the window and saw Kiana's happy smile, revealing a relieved smile. But he immediately restrained his smile and returned to his indifferent look.
"Goodbye."
After a silent farewell, Su Jue turned around and left alone. All preparations had been completed, and the next step was his own time.
Eden's concert was more eye-catching than expected. Thanks to Su Jue's secret promotion, even people who didn't usually listen to music were attracted by this grand concert, and the number of ticket buyers continued to increase.
Early the next morning, the whole city seemed to be filled with joy at the upcoming concert. Everyone was looking forward to the early evening, and the streets were deserted.
Sky City has just experienced a collapse, and everyone needs a chance to relax. The Eden doll, with Su Jue's blessing, is the best way to calm people's hearts.
But no one noticed that during this grand concert, the signal connection between Tiankong City and the outside world was being cut off.
Not only was the tourist transportation cancelled, but even the signal from the Tianming-specific communicator carried by Susanna was intercepted by Su Jue, and the information transmitted back to Tianming was only the content that had been tampered with by Su Jue.
All the base points of the illusion array intertwined with each other, converging into a huge spherical barrier that wrapped the city in it. If you want to affect the domination of space in reality, it will inevitably cause strong energy fluctuations. Su Jue must let it drag on until the end of the trial.
As the countdown to the concert draws closer, the illusion is becoming closer to perfection. However, an illusion of this level is bound to arouse some people's vigilance.
"What's wrong? Lord Su Shang." Susanna, who was following Li Suchang obediently as a little follower, looked at the other party with some confusion. She was holding two concert tickets in her hands and was very excited.
"Nothing." Li Sushang, who had vaguely sensed something was wrong, stared at the sky, but could not sense anything. She retracted her gaze and smiled at Susanna. "I just vaguely felt something was strange."
Her smile was a little forced. Ever since she learned that Su Jue had gone astray, Li Suchang had been feeling very depressed. She felt that it was because she taught Su Jue the Taixu sword energy that he became possessed, and that she had failed to fulfill her responsibilities.
"It's okay. Lord Suchang is so powerful that he will be able to handle danger quickly. And I heard that the songs of Eden, the superstar in Sky City, can heal people's hearts. Lord Suchang might feel better after listening to her songs."
Seeing Li Sushang's depression, Susanna specifically asked her all-powerful friend Yalvette to get two tickets, hoping to cheer her up. Of course, it was also Susanna's own dream to be able to attend the concert with Li Sushang, whom she admired.
"I hope so." Facing Susanna's enthusiastic smile, Li Suchang seemed to be infected and her worries about Su Jue were slightly relieved. She swept her eyes across the busy streets and was about to say something when she suddenly saw a familiar figure in the crowd.
"Is it the white-haired Herrscher girl?"
Chapter 270: Strange City, Familiar You
The lights at night were dim and dreamy. The concert was about to start, and the streets were full of people coming and going. Kiana stood there, as if waiting for someone to come.
The crowd was flowing continuously, all converging towards the venue, except for the girl, who was like a reef in the torrent of time, trying to find Su Jue's shadow among the thousands of people.
"Are you thinking about him?" A gentle voice came, and Ji Zi put her arms around Kiana's shoulders.
She and Wendy had just gone to the supermarket nearby to buy snacks and asked Kiana to wait for a while. She didn't expect to see such a desolate scene when she came back.
The reunion with Himeko was the happiest thing for Kiana during this period. The two even recognized each other from yesterday evening and talked until the early morning of the next day.
The two of them had so much to say, but Kiana avoided talking about only one topic - Su Jue.
In her understanding, Ji Zi and Su Jue had no relationship, and she did not want to expose Su Jue's existence, so she could only keep this secret in her heart.
But Jizi is Kiana's teacher after all, and she can guess most of what's on the girl's mind even if she's dumb. Although Kiana tried her best to hide it, Jizi has been paying attention to Kiana since she became a puppet, and she knows what Su Jue has done. She knows very well that the other party must be concerned about Su Jue.
Kiana, who was suddenly exposed, was a little panicked at first, but when she met Himeko's eyes, her panicked heart gradually calmed down.
She asked tentatively, "Teacher Jizi?"
"It's Su Jue, right?"
The moment this name appeared, Kiana's pupils dilated unconsciously. She stared at the gentle Ji Zi, and her voice trembled a little: "You, know him?"
"Of course, this kid..." After a slight sigh, Ji Zi continued: "We all owe him a lot."
Kiana, who suddenly heard the news, trembled as if she had received an electric shock. She asked anxiously, "Do you know where he is now?"
"Let's go, we'll talk slowly." Sighing softly, Ji Zi rubbed Kiana's head. She looked around and saw that they had caused a lot of congestion by standing in the middle of the road.
Jizi knew Su Jue's identity as the Herrscher of the Thousand, and the more she knew, the clearer it was that Su Jue had saved so many people. Like Kiana, she also had a lot to tell Kiana.
"Su Jue was born from..."
However, just as Ji Zi was about to reveal this information, her body suddenly lost control. The strong feeling of palpitations made her words stuck in her throat, and the instinctive threat from the puppet made all her thoughts remain in her mind.
Ji Zi, who had experienced the pain of having her soul split, immediately recalled that this was the secret door left by Su Jue, and the puppet could not leak any information about Su Jue.
Unable to speak out what she wanted to say, Jizi could only remain silent. Facing Kiana's puzzled gaze, she could only smile and say, "Let's talk about your story with him first."
"Me and him?" Facing Ji Zi's words, Kiana fell into memories.
But for some reason, she suddenly didn't want to tell anyone else every detail about her and Su Jue, even if that person was Teacher Ji Zi.
Ji Zi saw her hesitation and simply skipped the topic and asked her about her understanding of Su Jue instead.
"He was a victim of the catastrophe. When Teacher Ji Zi returned from the imaginary space, he took the plague gem in order to survive..." Kiana narrated Su Jue's origins, but she did not notice that Ji Zi's expression was becoming more and more strange.
It was clearly Su Jue who rescued her from the imaginary space personally, so how come she became a Herrscher only after getting the gem from Ji Zi?
Full of doubts, Ji Zi immediately realized that the information Kiana knew was inconsistent with the facts, but when she wanted to explain, the throbbing from her soul appeared again, making her unable to say a word.
No, he was not just the Herrscher of Fire, but the Herrscher of Domination. She wanted to tell Kiana the truth even if it meant getting hurt. However, when she saw the sadness in Kiana's eyes when she recalled the past, she suddenly felt that whether the truth was correct or not was no longer that important.
Does Su Jue not want to hurt Kiana?
Ji Zi gradually began to prepare excuses for Su Jue. She knew that Su Jue and Kiana obviously liked each other, and it was normal for the two to choose to lie in order to protect each other.
