When Honkai frequently appeared in Tianqiong City, Fu Hua had already rushed over.
Unlike others, she was the guardian of Shenzhou for five thousand years, the legendary Red Kite Immortal.
Currently, Fu Hua was also at Saint Freya, but she was often preoccupied with Shenzhou.
When something happened in Shenzhou, Fu Hua crossed the sea to Tianqiong City to find out the reason.
However, before she could uncover the cause, she heard a familiar voice.
"Elysia."
Despite most of her memories being burned away by Fenghuang Down, Fu Hua still called out the girl's name in front of her.
She couldn't help but glance around, seeing familiar and not-so-familiar faces.
Cecilia, Wendy, Sirin...
Hmm, who is that man?
Elysia's eyes glinted with mischief, "Chen Ran, it seems Hua has forgotten about you."
Chen Ran replied nonchalantly, "That's normal, right?"
Fu Hua's memories began to burn from the less important parts, and he and Fu Hua had not been very familiar until now.
So it was only natural that Fu Hua didn't remember him.
Even so, Chen Ran felt a bit sad.
Elysia's eyes held a hint of cunning, "That won't do, every year during Qixi, you both attended the ball together."
Herrscher Wendy instinctively looked at Chen Ran.
Fu Hua was puzzled, "A ball? Do I have such leisure?"
Chen Ran revealed a black line, "My girlfriend is here, don't say that."
Fu Hua showed an apologetic expression, "Sorry, I've lost most of my memories, but what exactly happened in Tianqiong City?"
Fu Hua didn't dwell on the trivial matters of the past.
To her, what had already happened was trivial; she wasn't carefree, but she wouldn't dwell on the past.
Cecilia, who had temporarily stabilized her body through full-domain connection, coughed lightly.
"I'll explain."
She recounted everything she had encountered and speculated.
Fu Hua looked at Chen Ran in astonishment.
She found it hard to imagine that the Otto she knew would use such a grand scheme against one person, and it seemed he wasn't avoiding using an S-rank Valkyrie as a sacrifice.
However, when Fu Hua saw Sirin, she appeared enlightened.
Yes, if one could pull another person out of time, then that person was undoubtedly quite terrifying.
For example, the law of conservation of mass states that in any isolated system, regardless of the changes or processes that occur, the total mass remains constant.
The entire universe can be viewed as the largest material system.
But Chen Ran had opened the time dimension of the universe's material system.
In other words, theoretically, Chen Ran could bring things from the past to the future and vice versa. Although the current Chen Ran didn't know how to do this.
But the theoretical possibility was enough to instill fear.
When a universe's material system incorporates the dimension of time, the disasters that civilization suffers are no less than those from Honkai.
However, from Fu Hua's worldview, there was no concept of killing one person to save the world.
As long as Chen Ran didn't violate her taboos, she wouldn't take action against him.
She pondered for a moment and said, "Currently, we shouldn't return to where Schicksal is; how about we sit in Taixuan Mountain instead?"
"Sure."
Before Chen Ran and the others could agree, Elysia smiled brightly, "I've been here for so long, and I still don't know where you live."
Fu Hua replied lightly, "It's not lively there; you probably wouldn't like it."
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Fu Hua had only one place to live in Shenzhou, which was Taixuan Mountain.
For five thousand years, she cultivated civilization, nurtured Kindling, descended the mountain to help the people, and vanquished demons, earning the beautiful title of Red Kite Immortal.
As the executor of Project EMBER, Fu Hua had actually done quite well.
From the perspective of civilization, she and the Fourth Divine Key accelerated the revival of the destroyed civilization, which allowed the current era to have such a profound foundation.
Later, she became obsessed due to divine sound and was betrayed by her seventh disciple; thereafter, she recuperated in Europe, and the legend of the Red Kite Immortal gradually faded from the land of Shenzhou.
Fu Hua was delighted to meet an old friend, yet at this moment, she didn't know how to express her joy.
Elysia sighed when she arrived at Taixuan Mountain.
"Hua, I thought you would live in a secluded courtyard or something; I didn't expect you to live directly in the mountains."
"Don't you get bored, Hua?"
Fu Hua shook her head, "Before, Fuxi and Nuwa were here to take care of me, so living in the mountains wasn't a problem. After they left, they left the Book of Fuxi, which kept me company for a long time."
"Later, I took in a few disciples, so it wasn't too lonely in the mountains. After that, I left Taixuan Mountain and went to Europe."
She casually recounted the past years, saying lightly, "I spent most of my time here, but the time spent alone isn't actually that much."
Chen Ran couldn't help but ask, "What about the Book of Fuxi?"
"It has no energy supply."
Fu Hua glanced at Chen Ran; although she knew he was from the same era, she still felt surprised.
Everyone followed her into a simple but tidy wooden house. Fu Hua rummaged for a while and took out the Book of Fuxi.
"She has accompanied me for quite some time, but back then, there was no energy supply, so the Book of Fuxi inevitably fell into a shutdown."
ELF also needed energy to operate.
At the Stigmata terminal on the moon, if it weren't for the Honkai Energy overflowing from Elysia and Finality, Durandal would also have gone offline.
The Book of Fuxi, like Bia, also needed energy supply, and it had to be high-quality energy.
Chen Ran looked at Fu Hua in confusion, "By the way, hasn't she been shut down for so long? Aren't you going to wake her up?"
Fu Hua casually said, "It's boring to follow me; it's better to sleep."
"Hua, you can't think like that. If you don't ask her, how do you know she'll find it boring?" Elysia leaned in to look.
"Hmm, this is a little figure resembling Fuxi. Chen Ran, this wouldn't be your work, would it?"
She asked Chen Ran with a smile.
Chen Ran noticed Herrscher Wendy's thoughtful gaze.
He said, "I don't remember making an ELF; Soulium is too expensive, so it should be Fuxi and Nuwa's work."
Thinking of Fuxi and Nuwa, Chen Ran's heart flashed with complexity.
If the Book of Fuxi was with Fu Hua, it meant that Fuxi and Nuwa were still Fu Hua's assistants, working on Project EMBER.
And they were likely to die in some Major Honkai Eruption of the new era or due to reaching the end of their lifespan.
However, Chen Ran suddenly thought of something: wasn't Nuwa already a MANTIS?
He couldn't help but ask Fu Hua, "How much do you remember about Nuwa?"
"Nuwa…"
Fu Hua's eyes flashed with complexity.
She paused and said, "My memories have been burned away by Fenghuang Down, but I remember that both Fuxi and Nuwa died due to errors in executing Project EMBER, not because their lifespans ended."
Cecilia, who had just regained some spirit, said, "Fu Hua, I think you should wake this doll up now."
"Chen Ran is so concerned; he wants to ask some questions, right?"
Chen Ran nodded, "Fu Hua's memories were burned by Fenghuang Down, but the Book of Fuxi doesn't have that issue."
The Book of Fuxi is an ELF, equipped with a memory storage device.
This doll is similar to Bia, possessing its own emotions, preferences, and learning methods, rather than being like Prometheus.
If Chen Ran wanted to find information from the beginning of the era, he naturally needed to wake the Book of Fuxi.
The others, except for Sirin snuggling in Cecilia's arms, were also very interested in this doll.
Chen Ran directly took out the Ether Essence from the Stigmata space.
Now that Cecilia had undergone full-domain connection, she could naturally sense the Ether Essence in Chen Ran's Stigmata space.
Cecilia felt a familiar aura.
It was somewhat like Theresa.
But now wasn't the time to dwell on that; Chen Ran took out the Ether Essence and said to Fu Hua, "How do I charge her?"
"Leave it to me."
The Ether Essence is a high-concentration Honkai Energy crystal, which also possesses high corruption potential.
But those here were either Herrschers, Stigmata holders, or MANTIS, so they didn't care much about the corruption ability of this Honkai Energy.
Soon, the Book of Fuxi reacted.
When her eyes lit up, the first thing she said was, "Old antique, you finally remembered me!"
Fu Hua couldn't help but feel a bit embarrassed.
Elysia pinched the Book of Fuxi's cheek, "Ah, this voice sounds a lot like Fuxi; I wonder if her personality is the same?"
"Who are you?"
She quickly flew to the old antique's side.
Fu Hua's calm eyes gained a hint of brilliance.
She wasn't an emotionless person; it was just that her emotions had long lost their outlet.
But when she saw the Book of Fuxi, who had accompanied her for many years, call out 'old antique' once again, even her heart, which was as still as water, couldn't help but ripple.
Chen Ran also began to inquire about the events at the dawn of this world's era.
Among them, he asked the most about himself.
"Book of Fuxi, I want to know if there was anyone named Chen Ran at the beginning of Project EMBER?"
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The Book of Fuxi is an ELF constructed by Fuxi and Nuwa, but more importantly, it serves as a companion and support for Fu Hua.
This puppet also records part of the knowledge base from the previous civilization era, though it does not contain more than what Prometheus recorded.
However, she also has her own role.
That is to document history and civilization.
The time recorded by the Book of Fuxi begins when Nuwa and Fuxi awakened in the new era.
"Chen Ran… Chen Ran, I feel like I've heard that name before."
The Book of Fuxi inherits Fuxi's appearance, but her personality seems closer to Nuwa.
She tilted her head: "Old relic, isn't that the name Nuwa often mentioned when I was created?"
Fu Hua shook her head: "I don't remember."
Elysia, on the side, laughed and said: "Hua is always like this, so Book of Fuxi, how much do you remember?"
"I checked the data I have stored and found that there are no relevant records of Chen Ran in this civilization era, but in a hidden file within my body, there is information about Chen Ran recorded by Nuwa."
"But this file is password protected, and I cannot unlock it."
The words of the Book of Fuxi piqued everyone's curiosity.
Chen Ran asked: "What's the password?"
"Where was Chen Ran and Nuwa's first date?"
As soon as the Book of Fuxi finished speaking, everyone looked at Chen Ran with meaningful expressions.
Elysia: "With Nuwa."
Cecilia: "First time."
Herrscher Wendy: "Date."
Chen Ran: "…"
Damn, can't you not put me in such a predicament?
He quickly said: "No, at least I don't remember having a date alone with Nuwa."
"Incorrect answer, you have two more chances to answer." The Book of Fuxi mercilessly exposed him.
Wendy: "Mr. Chen, haven't you always wanted to find your data? It's time to be honest."
At that moment, Wendy's dominant personality, in a fit of rage, directly took control of her body.
It was evident that the power of anger was effective, as Wendy suppressed the Herrscher personality.
In response, both Elysia and Cecilia showed expressions of watching a show.
Chen Ran: "Well… I did have a brief moment alone with Nuwa once, it was at a ball, and Fu Hua was there too."
He gritted his teeth and recounted the events of that Qixi Festival ball, omitting the details about Fuxi and Nuwa's parents' Honkai illness.
Moreover, he emphasized: "After that, Fuxi and Nuwa quickly returned to Shenzhou and met Bianka there."
Cecilia was indeed drawn in by that name, and Chen Ran let out a slight sigh of relief.
As long as their attention was on Bianka, the date would not exist.
Book of Fuxi: "Correct answer, next question: What did Chen Ran and Nuwa do on their date?"
Chen Ran: "There's still a next one?"
Wendy: "Answer honestly."
Feeling delicate fingers at his waist, Chen Ran broke into a cold sweat.
He had no doubt that if he answered incorrectly, Wendy would mercilessly pinch the soft flesh at his waist.
She might even stir up a storm.
Chen Ran quickly said: "Recited poetry, no, it was reciting lyrics, the title was 'The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl'."
"What were the specific lyrics?" the Book of Fuxi asked.
Chen Ran: "Do I have to answer that too?"
"No, this is what I want to ask, I'm very curious."
The Book of Fuxi blinked her eyes, looking quite innocent.
Chen Ran sighed: "Let's hurry up, don't waste time on such trivial matters."
Fortunately, the Book of Fuxi didn't have any more questions after that.
Under everyone's gaze, the hidden file about Chen Ran was presented through a virtual projection.
This file was recorded from Nuwa's perspective, containing many images and text materials.
The images were mostly candid shots, with many photos taken in the First Research Institute as the background.
Wendy looked at Chen Ran with a meaningful gaze.
However, at that moment, Chen Ran's attention was not on this.
But on the information about himself.
Aside from some private documents resembling a diary that he skipped over, he found information about himself before and after the arrival of Finality.
[...After the success of the Global Connection Plan, Dr. MEI found Chen Ran to discuss Project Stigma, and afterwards, Chen Ran frequently interacted with MEI, even leading to many rumors within Fire Moth. At that time, Kevin looked at Chen Ran with displeasure; I see Dr. MEI… well, I dare not feel displeased.]
[Later, Chen Ran had a big fight with Dr. MEI, the reason unknown, but it was probably related to Project Stigma. Later, Klein told me that MEI wanted to connect all Stigmata holders through the Global Connection to create humanity's Finality, but Chen Ran did not agree.]
[The administrator of the Global Connection is Kiana, who does not listen to Dr. MEI, so Dr. MEI created a Stigmata connection separately, but there was not enough time. After the Herrscher of Corruption appeared, Finality would soon follow.]
[Chen Ran proposed that the logic of Finality Destruction civilization is not to directly destroy a certain species of civilization physically, but to create a way that makes destruction impossible.]
[Dr. MEI approved the mass production of Moonlight Thrones, and the main Moonlight Throne was equipped with the Nuexs system. The first pilot of the Moonlight Throne was Kevin, and the second pilot was Chen Ran.]
[Chen Ran was locked up by Dr. MEI. I wanted to find him, but Dr. Mobius suddenly handed us a bunch of things. Big Sister and Dr. Mobius had a big fight, and Dr. MEI arranged for us and Eden to execute Project EMBER. But later, Eden handed Project EMBER over to Hua.]
[After Finality left, I went to find Chen Ran, but he was gone. Hua said she didn't see him on the moon, and with his personality, he definitely wouldn't die. So I wanted to use Hua to spread the legend of the immortal; Chen Ran is so smart, he will definitely find us.]
[...]
[Two years later, there was still no news of Chen Ran. Big Sister and Hua had already given up searching, and I guess I have given up too. The Earth is too big.]
Nuwa's recorded information did not have obvious time markers, but everyone could see that these written records pointed to the time before and after the arrival of the Final Herrscher.
In the future, Chen Ran's relationship with MEI was not good, as evidenced by the fact that MEI could directly lock Chen Ran up.
Project Stigma also arose from the Global Connection; to be precise, Project Stigma is a 2.0 version of the Global Connection.
Of course, Chen Ran had been exposed to this information to some extent, so he was not surprised.
What surprised him the most was that his data in the current civilization era was zero.
He smiled bitterly at Wendy: "At least there's some good news, I didn't foolishly participate in the Finality battle."
Wendy frowned: "Isn't that worse news? If you died because of Finality, you could still avoid it, but disappearing without a trace, what does that mean?"
Chen Ran fell silent.
If he had gone missing because he participated in the Finality battle, then avoiding Finality would have been fine.
The Destruction of the previous civilization era seemed inevitable, but he still had the confidence to survive into the next era.
But this…
"System, was it you who did this?"
The system did not respond.
He smiled and said: "It's fine, I will be careful from now on."
Wendy looked at him: "So what should we do next, attack Schicksal?"
Chen Ran looked slightly troubled: "For this, I want to hear Senior Cecilia's opinion."
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