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—After the armed puppet rebellion in the previous civilization, the previous civilization's attitude towards the armed puppet technology became somewhat subtle. At least on the surface, it had banned such things, although it had no control over lawless types like Mebius.
After that, if I were to make something like that again, it would probably just be out of a desire to 'remember' something.
Unfortunately, people back then no longer had such a leisurely mood. After all, once the first Herrscher was defeated, they had to face the final end while grieving the loss of their comrades.
The 'Fairy Ellie' that Jiang Qiao is seeing now was actually made using her spare parts.
As the designated maintainers of Paradise, when the previous civilization established this, this Base One had already stored a large amount of various replacement materials and parts for Klein to repair Paradise of the Past and maintain himself.
Later, as the new era arrived, the World Serpent also provided her with many things.
Occasionally, there would be some oddly sized parts in this parts warehouse—slightly different from the ones he used, but Klein didn't pay any attention to them.
Not long after Jiang Qiao entered Paradise, Wilvi asked her to assemble that part of the components. After some 'data' provided by Alicia was injected into the components made of Soul Steel, this product appeared.
"Then I think I understand."
After analyzing the fairy Ellie with the power of truth, Jiang Qiao understood perfectly what had happened.
Just like in remembrance of Klein, back in the pre-era, when Mebius was still the original form, he probably thought about creating this after Alicia passed away.
However, due to time constraints, only a portion of the parts were produced.
Later, after connecting with World Serpent, and piecing things together piece by piece over a long period of time, the parts for 'Fairy Airi' were almost complete—except for one set of data.
Perhaps because nothing much happened in Paradise, this matter was put off until later. As a result, it was unknowingly invaded and its base was raided, and all of Alicia's data in Paradise was wiped clean.
Now, the commemorative fairy Airi, who was just waiting to be assembled and have her data injected, has been "stillborn."
"Hmm...is she in hibernation mode now?" Holding the fairy Ellie, feeling the extremely realistic texture of the material, just like an interesting doll, the pink-haired girl was quite interested.
"Yes."
"The way Fairy Ellie is activated seems to be through an 'awakening word,' but unfortunately, I don't know what that is... Elise didn't tell me either. She asked me to tell you—if you want to know, you have to guess it yourself, okay? It seems so."
As she spoke, Klein sounded somewhat helpless.
Perhaps because she was also an armed doll, she found it difficult to comment on Paradise Airi's 'prank' regarding the awakening method.
If I can't guess it, won't I just stay sleeping there forever?
Don't add unnecessary trouble to other people's work!
—An accusation from a flawless person.
Jiang Qiao didn't seem to care much about this, but instead recalled the plot—
"Let me guess... I remember the wake-up phrase the cook used was..."
"—Dear Alicia?"
As soon as the words were spoken, 'Fairy Airi' reacted, opening her eyes and making a face. Then, a series of words, clearly pre-planned by Paradise Airi, rang out in the former's childish tone:
"Wake word answer incorrect—heh heh, I knew you'd guess that was it, so I've changed the original wake word!"
Then, the fairy Airi once again entered a state of lying dead.
All of this was observed by Paradise Airi, who was spying on their actions through external facilities.
The chubby lady sitting on the sofa revealed a smug expression.
Hmph, thankfully I had the foresight to change the awakening phrase beforehand—no matter how much you disguise yourself as 'Alicia,' in front of me, the real Alicia, you still have to obediently drink my foot bath water!
Guess! No matter how hard you try, you'll never guess that the wake word is—
"Alicia—I love you?"
The next moment, the fairy Ellie opened her big blue eyes, hugged her magic wand, and said with a smile:
"Hmm, I love you too, you know?"
"Eh--?"
Paradise Airi was instantly stunned.
No... you guessed it already?!
Why, why so fast?!
She spent a lot of time thinking before coming up with this wake-up word that this scoundrel could never come up with, and even if he did, he would be too ashamed to say it!
"Wow~ Is this the perfect replica of me?" While Paradise Airi looked on in disbelief with a puzzled expression, the awakened fairy Airi hugged her fairy wand and circled around 'Arisia', examining her closely before nodding in satisfaction. "Hmm~ As expected of me, you're even cuter than the mature me!"
"?"
Paradise Airi's already question-ridden mind instantly began producing a 'question mark assembly line'.
What do you mean—cuter than me when I'm mature?! Do you have any taste?! You and that scoundrel are clearly the same, okay?! No! I'm more genuine and cuter than him!
Some were fuming, but after remembering that it was an armed doll they had given away, they could only sulk.
It's because Fairy Airi used her own data.
Of course, Paradise Alice's gift to Fairy Alice was entirely out of kindness!
She definitely didn't intend to have 'Fairy Airi' act as a 'supervisor' to monitor this scoundrel's attempts to seduce other beautiful girls with his body!
"You're cute too, Fairy Airi?"
Ellie, the fairy who had been praised, chuckled and swung her magic wand around, replying in her sweet, childlike voice:
"Hehe, of course~ I'm a fairy from the Fairy Kingdom—even though it's a perfect replica, I really like you~"
For some reason, watching the two 'Aili's', one big and one small, getting along so well, I felt a strange sense of joy.
Paradise Airi would inexplicably feel a little threatened—it must be just her imagination, right?
...
When Fu Hua found the returned Feather Dust on her desk, she knew that Jiang Qiao had finished dealing with what she needed to do.
Jiang Qiao, who returned to the previous civilization with a wealth of gains, naturally sent the 'Soul Steel' computer prepared by Mebius back to headquarters—to Dr. MEI—as soon as possible.
For the latter, this was an unexpected 'surprise'.
After reading the data from the Soul Steel Computer using state-of-the-art equipment, MEI glanced at the pink-clad girl sitting to the side, teasing the fairy Airi—although she had indeed already guessed and understood the situation of this 'Alisia', she did not expect that the other party could actually do this much.
"Thank you so much, Alicia."
Dr. MEI already knew the name 'Jiang Qiao,' but out of habit and for some convenience, he still used that name to refer to the delicate pink-clad girl, he said quite seriously.
The 'Collection of Essential Technologies from Previous Civilizations' that he brought back is extremely important for the previous civilizations, which are now facing increasingly fierce battles against the Honkai, yet are still exploring and pioneering in the unknown.
By mastering the technology, the previous civilization could have saved at least a decade or more—at that time, MEI was planning the 'Global Connection,' and this document contained many technologies that could be helpful.
Especially that 'Stigmata Project'.
In reality, the previous civilization had already mastered the shortcut to 'defeating the Honkai'.
However, MEI never considered taking such a shortcut—not for any noble reason, as the previous civilization didn't have such luxurious 'choices' as the new generation, but simply because this was the only path they could choose.
after all--
Just as Mebius warned Jiang Qiao.
How could someone as clever as MEI not realize that their world is now tied to an incredibly twisted dead end?
Only by mastering the power of the cocoon can one possibly escape this predicament—this is the price that the previous civilization had to pay to gain a second chance after its 'destruction'.
Of course, this does not mean that the Stigmata Project has lost its necessity.
Even if it can no longer be considered a 'shortcut' to defeating the Honkai.
However, its emergence has indeed given the current pre-civilization a new direction.
—Regarding the direction for combating the Honkai forces.
"With the outbreak of the Fourth Great Collapse, although the scale of the Fire Moth has gradually expanded and gained mainstream discourse power and control over the world's fight against the Collapse through our maneuvering, new problems have also been put in front of us - ordinary soldiers are already somewhat powerless in the fight against the Collapse."
In fact, this problem had already emerged as early as the Second Great Collapse.
The imaginary authority of the Second Herrscher directly turned humanity's proud high-powered weapons into a joke. The cause of death of the Third Herrscher and the Fourth Herrscher within the Flame Chaser remains a mystery to this day. In fact, if it weren't for the Herrscher core as evidence, some people would doubt whether these two Herrschers are still alive. Dr. MEI is deeply gratified to see such colleagues who are dedicated to fighting the Honkai.
In short—although, under the cover of fabricated lies, humanity's firearms continue to achieve remarkable success in the fight against the Herrschers, the various countries, including those within the Moth of Fire and those experiencing small-scale Honkai outbreaks around the world, as well as those where the Herrscher of Domination is causing trouble, all believe that to more effectively combat the Honkai, it is necessary to develop more advanced and targeted weapons.
The original Key of God project was conceived under this background.
Dr. MEI, who proposed the plan, was also assassinated several times because it threatened the interests of high-ranking officials within the Zhu Huo organization and even various countries.
She no longer considers this plan—not out of fear of assassination, but because who could assassinate a Herrscher of Thunder? Even though MEI has stripped away its core to avoid conflict, the lack of Honkai energy supply, which limits the use of only a small portion of its authority, is enough to make the world's best assassins understand how terrifying it would be if one of the four fundamental forces, 'electromagnetic force,' fell into the hands of humanity's most brilliant minds.
Ignoring the Divine Keys, it's just that they can borrow them from the future—and using the Herrscher Core as a Divine Key is an extremely wasteful act.
In the eyes of Dr. MEI, who has become a Herrscher and understands the difference between a living Herrscher Core and a dead one, her future self's proposed plan is no less than using a nuclear weapon as a pistol—of course, she also understands the limitations imposed by the circumstances.
After all, he wasn't always as wealthy as he is now, with a 'Super Ellie' to help him.
Forced by the circumstances, and from a human perspective, the only option to wield the power of the "Herrscher"—a power belonging to the "gods"—was naturally the worst possible plan: the "Key of God."
"Fusion warrior technology?"
The pink-clad girl stopped poking the fairy Ellie's index finger; she remembered that the data showed Mebius had released the 'most perfected version of the Fusion Warrior technology'.
But to be honest, Jiang Qiao was not very optimistic about this technology.
Because this thing, like the Divine Key, was a product born out of necessity.