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[Observer: @LittleCatThief A genius navigator whose dream is to draw a world map he has seen with his own eyes, yet he struggles on an island ruled by the fish-man 'Aryu.' To raise 100 million Berries, he has to bear the stigma of 'thief' and 'traitor,' and alone bear the hopes and despair of the entire village.]
boom--!
These words struck Nami's heart like a thunderbolt from the heavens.
29 Alicia discovered the treasure
The sunlight of Cocoyasi Village instantly vanished from her, replaced by a biting cold.
The pen and paper in her hand fell to the ground with a "thud," and she felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave, her blood seemingly freezing at that moment.
Evil dragon...
Ah Long...!
This name is etched into her soul, a nightmare deep within her spirit! It is the root of all her pain and humiliation over the past eight years! It is a shackle she can never escape!
For the sake of the village and for everyone, she was willing to bear everything.
There is no way a fourth person could know about this except for the deceased mother Bellemere and sister Nojiko!
Who exactly is this "observer"?!
Nami's body began to tremble violently and uncontrollably. Her face turned ashen, her breathing became rapid, and immense fear gripped her heart, making her feel like she was suffocating.
However, Gu Chuan's "spoilers" did not stop there.
His gaze shifted to his next target.
[Observer: @March7 A girl, sealed in ancient ice floes and stripped of all her memories, is rescued by the Star Train. You know nothing of your past, only the day you were discovered as your name. Your journey begins with a group of companions calling themselves 'Nameless Travelers,' traveling by train through the endless sea of stars, chasing and 'exploring' a catastrophe capable of destroying civilization—the 'Star Core.']
Star Dome Train, inside the observation carriage.
"Eh?"
The smile on March 7th's face froze.
She blinked her bright, large eyes, as if she didn't understand the words on the screen.
Loss of...memories?
Sealed inside... ice?
Star core...
These words were completely foreign to her, but when they were put together, they were like a key that pushed open a heavy iron door called "the past" that she had never noticed but had always existed.
She subconsciously looked down at her hands, then looked up at everything around her—familiar companions, familiar train, familiar starry sky.
This was her entire world.
Before all of this?
Who am I? Where did I come from? Why... can't I remember anything?
The questions that she had deliberately ignored, or rather, that had been obscured by the joy of the journey, were now brutally exposed and laid bare before her.
A nameless panic and confusion instantly overwhelmed her heart.
Finally, Gu Chuan's gaze fell on D, who had shown the most ease and confidence since joining the group.
[Observer: @Pink-haired cutie Hehe, or should I call you... 'Humanity's Herrscher, Alicia?]
[Observer: A pink fairy who pursues 'purity and beauty,' one of the 'Thirteen Heroes of the Fire Chaser' from the pre-civilization era. You symbolize the most beautiful shining points of humanity, yet you were born into a tragic era destined to be swallowed up by the 'end of civilization.' All your efforts are to preserve the last embers of a war that is doomed to failure.]
There was a brief silence.
[Pink-haired cutie] This D, the first time I didn't reply immediately.
A moment later, a new message slowly appeared.
Alicia: ...
Alicia: Oh dear, that really startled me.
Her tone still carried that signature lighthearted laugh, as if she didn't care about anything, but all the perceptive people in the group could sense that beneath that laugh lay a deep and complex emotion that they couldn't understand.
The Lawbringer, Pre-Civilization, Heroes Chasing Fire, The End...
These words, like boulders thrown into a calm lake, stirred up a tidal wave in Alicia's heart, yet her face remained perfectly radiant, with a pure and beautiful smile.
She simply stared at the screen, as if piercing through endless time and space, meeting the gaze of that mysterious "observer".
This man...he knows everything.
He knew his true identity, the mission he bore, and even the tragic ending that they all fought against, yet were fully aware of.
This goes beyond just being "funny".
This is a higher-dimensional, all-knowing "observation".
At this moment, the entire [Cross-Dimensional Film Screening Event] fell into an unprecedented, deathly silence.
The veteran members were speechless, stunned by Gu Chuan's actions. For the first time, they felt so directly the weight of the word "observer"—an unparalleled authority to see into the past, present, and future.
The three newcomers were completely shocked by this sudden "spoiler" about their own fate, which completely overturned their understanding.
Nami collapsed to the ground, utterly dejected, tears streaming silently down her face.
On March 7th, looking around blankly, he began to doubt his own existence for the first time.
Only Alicia, after a brief moment of shock, smiled even more broadly, her beautiful eyes sparkling with an unprecedented and dazzling light.
She felt as if she had discovered a treasure more interesting than all the cute girls in the world combined...
30 The True Nature of a "Fairy" and the Eve of the Storm
Silence can spread.
Gu Chuan's three earth-shattering spoilers were like a nuclear explosion in the mental world, leaving the entire chat group speechless. Whether they were newcomers stunned by fate or veteran members overwhelmed by the "Observer's" power, no one knew what to say for a moment.
It was Alicia who broke the silence.
[Alicia: Oh my, Mr. Observer, you've really given us a wonderful 'gift'!]
Her writing is as light and playful as ever, as if the world-shaking spoilers just now were nothing more than an interesting magic show to her.
[Alicia: But revealing all of a girl's secrets like that is really ungentlemanly~ Luckily, I'm not that petty.]
She cleverly used a joke to lightly brush aside the heavy and suffocating topic, while also giving the other two newcomers a chance to catch their breath and react.
[March 7: I...I'm sealed in ice? And I have to fight the 'Star Core'? What...what is going on...]
March 7th's voice was choked with sobs; she was clearly still reeling from the shock, her little head filled with countless questions and panic.
Nami, or rather, the "little thief cat," remained silent.
But everyone in the group seemed to see that the orange-haired girl was hiding in some corner of the world, licking her exposed, bloody wounds alone.
Alicia keenly perceived all of this.
She didn't press the mysterious "observer" further, but instead showered the other girls in the group with her ethereal gentleness and warmth.
[Alicia: @JewelMagicianRin, right? I just saw your name. Your magic, like you, is like a dazzling ruby. Although it may look a bit angular on the outside, it is pure and radiant on the inside. It's so beautiful~]
In the underground workshop of the clock tower, Rin Tohsaka, who had just been sulking, blushed instantly upon seeing this sentence.
"W-what?! This guy... he talks so frivolously!" She said this, but the corners of her mouth involuntarily turned up slightly. This was the first time she had been praised so directly and accurately.
[Alicia: @Miss ButterflyNinja, your gentleness seems to heal all the pain in the world, like a butterfly dancing among flowers, both beautiful and strong. I'm so happy to have met a girl like you.]
Shinobu Kocho, standing in the corridor of the Butterfly Mansion, smiled gently when she saw the message. Alicia's words were like a spring breeze, easily dispelling the gloom in her heart.
[Alicia: As for... @Miss Esdeath, the Ice Queen~]
Alicia deliberately dragged out her words, as if she were performing some kind of special ritual.
[Alicia: Although your aura is like the ancient glaciers of the far north, so cold that no one dares to approach, I can feel a passion beneath that ice that's hotter than lava, a passion that yearns to conquer everything. A girl like you is so challenging, I love it!]
Between the empire and the throne.
Esdeath stared at the text on the screen, paused for a moment, and then burst into hearty laughter.
"Hahaha! Interesting! What an interesting woman!"
Her blue eyes gleamed with admiration. "Someone actually dared to say they liked me to my face, and in such an amusing way! @Alice, you woman, I'll remember you!"
In just a few words, Alicia deflated the tense atmosphere in the group chat in an incredible way.
She not only comforted the frightened newcomers, but also subtly touched the hearts of every veteran member, making everyone curious about and fond of her.
This is the charm of "Miss Pink Fairy?", the ultimate insight into "beauty" and "humanity" engraved deep in her soul.
She keenly sensed that the atmosphere in this group was very peculiar—it was almost entirely composed of girls, and all of their emotions seemed to revolve around the mysterious "observer." Jealousy, curiosity, admiration, attachment… all sorts of emotions intertwined, forming a subtle force field.
"Hehe, just like the legendary planets revolving around the sun," Alicia chuckled to herself.
As the atmosphere eased, everyone gradually recovered from the shock of the spoilers.
[Gem Magician: Ahem... Anyway, welcome to the newcomer. But speaking of which, @Observer, you just said you were going to @SwordShura's World, that's the important thing, isn't it?]
The topic has been brought back to square one.
Although Alicia had temporarily suppressed the flames of jealousy, they had not been extinguished. On the contrary, the earlier incident had fueled them even more intensely.
However, this time, Gu Chuan did not reply.
On the rooftop of Shuchiin Academy, he closed the chat group interface.
His eyes were cold, and his attention was highly focused. Just now, after he dealt with a few zombies on the rooftop, the system notification sounded again.
[System notification: 'Mirror Realm: Echoes' has been detected deeply assimilating with the source world, and the pollution is intensifying.]
[Mission Objective Updated: Eradicate the source of pollution before achieving 100% assimilation.]
[Failure Penalty: The 'Observer's' main world will be covered by the 'Mirror Realm,' becoming a breeding ground for the [T-Ω Virus], which will then spread indiscriminately to the worlds of all group members.]
"The price of failure is the destruction of everyone's world?" Gu Chuan's eyes narrowed slightly. "The system is using everyone's fate as a gamble, forcing me to win."
He raised his head and looked in the direction of the old teaching building. There, an ominous aura was rising into the sky, as if connecting to another hell of despair.
The storm is coming.
Now is not the time for idle chatter.
31 Hell Returns
As Gu Chuan gazed at the polluted campus, in another dimension, in a true apocalyptic world, a strange, brief calm before the storm was unfolding.
Fujimi Academy, Medical Room.
The air was filled with the mixed smell of disinfectant and a little blood.
"So, Saeko, what exactly happened the other day?"
The incredibly hot blonde school doctor, Shizuka Marikawa, was slumped over her desk, staring at the purple-haired girl in bewilderment. "Suddenly, everyone in the city turned into those monsters that chase and bite people, and then 'bang,' they all disappeared. It was like a nightmare. The police are still explaining it as 'mass hysteria,' honestly!"
Saeko Busujima sat quietly to one side, polishing her long sword, Murata.
Three days have passed since that "doomsday" that came and went so quickly.
The world returned to peace, as if nothing had happened. But only those who experienced it firsthand know how real that despair was.
However, no one can explain all of this.
Only Saeko knew that it wasn't a nightmare.
She would occasionally glance unconsciously at the empty space beside her, as if there were a virtual screen there that only she could see.
[Cross-Dimensional Film Screening Event]
That mysterious "observer".
And then there are the lively and interesting girls from different worlds in the chat group.
"Saeko? Saeko? Are you listening?"
Seeing that she hadn't spoken for a while, Shizuka Marikawa waved her hand in front of her eyes. "You've been absent-minded these past few days. Are you feeling unwell? Do you want me to check you out?"
"No, I'm fine, Shizuka-sensei." Saeko snapped out of her reverie, a complex emotion flashing in her purple eyes. "I was just thinking about some things."
She was thinking that the "observer" said that his world was also in crisis, and the source seemed to be related to her own world.