"The color of the thing he carries is still faint. Although it is still gestating, it truly possesses the colors of life. Perhaps this is the manifestation of a legendary intelligent AI after it acquires self-awareness?"
As mentioned before, Caelus currently cannot see colors. The reason he was able to paint the things he saw along with their corresponding colors was purely because he relied on the tentacles he extended to explore the world, as well as his understanding of color from his lingering past consciousness.
His consciousness can spread to the surroundings with the help of his own power. The moment those spiritual tentacles touch an object, they feed a certain amount of information back to Caelus, and color is included in that information. However, the color information obtained in this way is ultimately not as magnificent and beautiful as witnessing it with one's own eyes. Fortunately, with memories as a supplement, it can barely be considered viewable.
"He is analyzing my existence through some means, attempting to understand my composition. He does not trust me as much as his words suggest, which is reasonable."
This mission world has the longest time span Caelus has experienced so far. Although it has only been two worlds, the previous two averaged about a week per world, and that includes the time spent after completing the mission.
But in this world, the mission objective was not clear from the beginning, leaving it purely to free play, and the time span has already extended to two years, with the possibility of it being even longer.
Furthermore, according to the system, the universe he is currently in is the birthplace of one of his selves.
It is just that the environment he is currently in is completely closed off, without the interference of Path powers, so there is no need to worry about further consumption by the source of Nihility.
Through these two years of travel, relying on various experiences, understanding of things, and the company of those around him, Caelus's originally weak emotions have recovered a little.
The recovery of emotions naturally led to an enhancement of his own power. If the current Caelus were to return to two years ago and fight his former self, he would not say he could win instantly, but ending the battle within 10 minutes would definitely be no problem.
During these two years, Caelus has walked through many places in the Divine Land. After finishing the records regarding the civilization and cultural characteristics near Mount Taixuan, he began to think about the next destination for his travels, perhaps he could head to other countries.
"Host, it is about time. In one month, you will have to leave this world and head to other worlds."
"One more month."
"Yes. Actually, the time could have been longer, but unfortunately, even though the environment you are in shields out Path energy, the power of the Path and the Honkai energy of this world are essentially Imaginary energy. If you continue to stay, your Nihility will still go out of control, so you can no longer remain in this world."
"I understand. For that last month, I know where I am going."
Schicksal Headquarters.
Bianka thrust her spear forward, piercing a zombie that was blocking her path. After slightly adjusting her breathing rhythm, she ended this virtual combat training.
After leaving the virtual space, she checked her data and found that her progress had improved slightly compared to last time. Looking at the progress curve and confirming that it was steadily rising, she did not linger and instead headed to the place where the training equipment was stored to begin a new round of training.
A certain girl who had been observing Bianka sighed helplessly. This companion of hers was simply too hardworking. Since joining Schicksal, every day's training schedule had been completely packed. Even when finishing exercises and stretching her body, she did not forget to study academic subjects, which made many of her peers feel that she was really too competitive.
Just as the girl was following behind Bianka, deciding to go to the training room with her to exercise, she saw Bianka answer a phone call and immediately change direction, no longer heading to the training room.
That was really rare. Valkyrie reserves did not have any missions, so what kind of thing could make this self-discipline freak suddenly change her behavioral patterns?
The girl felt a little curious, but she was not prepared to pry into other people's privacy. She simply walked into the training room according to the original plan. The people in the training room were surprised when they noticed that Bianka had not arrived at this time.
She always arranged every moment tightly. Generally speaking, she should have just stepped into the training room by now.
It was actually a rare accident today.
Some people suddenly heaved a sigh of relief, feeling that they could rest a little. Finally, they did not have to compete with that guy.
Others felt that this was a great opportunity to surpass her. So these people trained even harder.
Seeing that some people were still being so excessively competitive, those who originally planned to slack off could only continue working hard with expressions of pain on their faces.
At this moment, in the office of the Schicksal Overseer, the originally gentle and appropriate smile on Otto's face was about to become unsustainable.
Just a moment ago, Otto had finished the project in his hands at the laboratory and returned to his office, preparing to rest and play some Kallen Fantasy. As soon as he opened the door, he saw someone who appeared like a ghost sitting on the sofa in his office, flipping through a book.
"Mr. Caelus, in your cognition, is there absolutely no problem with showing up uninvited?"
"I called you, but you never answered, so I came over first."
"Is it possible that the reason I did not answer the phone is because I was busy and did not have time?"
"It is precisely because I considered this point that I came over first."
"...In human society, appearing in someone's home without receiving an invitation from the host is a very rude thing."
"Then in human society, is it also very normal to use one's own means to scan, track, and investigate someone for two years?"
"Welcome to Schicksal. I think you came here this time because you are worried about that child, Bianka, right? Do not worry, I will notify her right away and have her come over."
This extremely fast face-changing skill was truly breathtaking. It was just a pity that the one appreciating it was Caelus, whose emotions were relatively weak. Otherwise, if it had been anyone else, they would have had to praise it.
Bianka arrived very quickly. When she saw Caelus sitting in the office, her originally serious expression immediately bloomed into a smile. She happily sat down next to him and said,
"Caelus! It has been a month, how have you been lately?"
"I have been doing well. I came here this time mainly to tell you that in another month, I will leave this world. I told you before that I am a traveler who constantly travels through various worlds and universes. The time I can stay in this world has reached its limit, and after another month, I will leave."
"During this last month, I would like to spend it at Schicksal Headquarters. Similarly, I will prepare a gift for you before I leave. This was our agreement back then."
"...Will we have a chance to meet again?"
Caelus saw the disappointment in her expression. He reached out and patted the child's head. He did not know if it was because of that panacea back then, or because he had always ensured that Bianka could eat and drink well during the past two years, but that little bean in the snow back then was now 1.5 meters tall. It was truly an astonishing growth rate.
In fact, Otto was also very surprised by this. Because when calculating her age, Kiana, which is the current Bianka, is actually only 10 years old. Logically speaking, a child of this age should still be in the stage of enlightenment learning, but after a month of observation, Otto found that her academic level was actually equivalent to that of a high school student in the Divine Land region.
Her physical fitness and combat level were already no less than some B-rank Valkyries.
Under these circumstances, Otto naturally could not let Bianka learn step by step. Instead, he directly promoted her to a Valkyrie reserve, allowing her to participate in training together with those who were about to become Valkyries.
Come to think of it, so far no one has really noticed that Bianka is actually only 10 years old, because her height of 1.5 meters only makes people think she is slightly shorter than others.
But if they knew the real situation, there would probably be many people pointing at her and asking in disbelief.
"This is ten years old!?"
(To be continued.)
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