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Even if a cute pink-haired girl appeared on screen the next moment, the audience wouldn't be surprised at all.
Their feelings right now are just like Mei's in the game, filled with excitement and joy.
……
There was a flash of white light.
Mei returned to that station.
That is, the space where I talked to the raven earlier.
Unlike before, a wondrous power has now been born in this station where time has stood still.
She looked down at the beacon in her hand and murmured softly.
"Aren't you going to say anything more...Vilvie?"
Naturally, there was no response.
Or perhaps, no response is needed.
A faint floral fragrance wafted from the surrounding air... or perhaps from the [ether].
"...It's a tulip."
In the distance, a pink ray—no, it should be called "Great Free Heaven"—leaped into the air.
At that moment, the live chat exploded.
【Airi!!!】
【Airi!!!】
【Airi!!!】
【Ahhh...Vilvie, you are my goddess!!】
…………Ten thousand.
Chapter 632 Just Like the First Meeting
The pink ray leaped up.
In the distance, a pink crystal flower is floating.
Mei took a deep breath, suppressing the pounding in her heart, and a faint smile appeared on her face.
She walked towards the crystal flower.
Just as I was about to touch the petals, a flash of white light appeared before my eyes.
It was as if everything had come to the end of time and space.
That happened in the very beginning of the story.
"In the vast universe, human civilization has come into contact with some unknown entity."
"The pain that heterogeneous embraces bring to humanity..."
"And humans, in turn, respond to the other with their own nature."
"After countless cycles of reincarnation, a new consciousness was born."
"She possesses human qualities, experiences human emotions, and yearns for human beauty—she was born into this world in an emulation of humanity..."
"Ultimately, they truly became human."
"Like a dream, like a fairy tale, like destiny."
"She is known as the primordial origin, transcending good and evil—[The Herrscher of Origin "Zero One Zero"]"
……
Mei knew that she was getting closer to the Origin, closer to... [her].
"This... is the real backdoor?"
"No, it feels like... my [unresolved issue]."
The surroundings were a vast expanse of white, with no other color except for the patch of red arrows raining down on the ground.
Her guess was correct, but not entirely.
What she is about to face is a questioning of her own conscience.
The Turning Point of Fate: "Are you ready to cut off your retreat, swordsman of lightning?"
"The enemy you are about to face is far more enlightened than you, his obsession spans millennia, you share the same ideals, yet you are destined to be apart."
"You will challenge his will, bury his mission, and bring his existence to a close."
"are you ready?"
He asked Mei aloud.
It was the shadow of a raven.
The "he" she refers to is naturally Kevin, and Kevin's "ideology".
"……certainly"
"I once took up arms to protect someone, and that's why we parted ways."
"I have clashed with many people, each time with completely different stances, reasons, and states of mind."
"But one thing has never changed—precisely because the other party's will is as unwavering as mine, I must go all out."
"I will shoulder all the possibilities I have severed, those unfulfilled ideals, those lost wishes."
"I will bear the weight of all respectable will!"
Mei's tone was incredibly firm.
With the background music, it made the audience feel very excited.
The door opens.
The next segment, "Asking the Heart," is about Kiana.
She had already discussed this aspect with the [Herrscher of Thunder].
If there truly is a "Crown of the End" that Kiana needs to bear, she will support the other party and do her best to help them.
This is not abandonment or betrayal, but Mei and Kiana's shared dream. To move towards the tomorrow they have chosen, she and they will do their best.
Finally, there was the "Inquiry" segment of the [Stigmata Project].
Humans, mechanical life forms, and Stigmata Forms are all equal beings.
He asked Mei if using her human identity as a benchmark was a sign of arrogance and conceit.
Mei readily acknowledged her "arrogance" and "pride."
She cannot judge what constitutes qualification...
However, at the same time, the [Stigmata] are also not qualified to destroy humanity itself.
"I'm simply acting as a human being, defending what we humans cannot lose."
"To ensure the continuation of one's ideals at any cost—this is human arrogance, and also human pride."
"In that case, let arrogance and pride continue together."
"A hundred flowers bloom, good and evil coexist—this is the true nature of humanity!"
……
With each "heart-searching" step she goes through, the pressure on her shoulders grows heavier.
This made things very difficult for her.
"Like in mythology... Is this the weight that the human heart bears for the soul in the face of reality?"
"It doesn't matter..."
Mei gritted her teeth and struggled forward.
"Similar things, whether it's Kiana or Alicia... they've done them countless times already..."
"No, it's not just them; perhaps everyone is like that."
"We are looking at the same long scroll of the world from different perspectives."
"Everyone's dreams intertwine and merge within this, there may be waves of contention, yet we remain, like drops of water in the ocean, inseparable."
"...I think I suddenly understand why you always say you love everyone."
"—I just love people like this, and this kind of world~"
"..."
Having figured this out, Mei felt as if most of the weight on her shoulders had disappeared.
"Haha..." she smiled gently.
"[I dreamt of a star, an island of light, where I would be born in the depths of its serene tranquility.]"