Surviving in a Collapsed World, Is Something Wrong?

Chapter 445 Refining the Holy Scar Space

After that, Jiang Ming accompanied Bianca to watch each other's memories deep in their minds -

Cecilia said goodbye to Siegfried and sacrificed herself to stop Xilin's self-destruction, but was saved by Jiang Ming.

Cecilia and Siegfried's first meeting in Denmark, a PK in the arcade, and two years of training with the Valkyrie of Destiny in order to see Cecilia again.

After the Second Collapse, Siegfried began a deal with Anti-Entropy to hand over K-423 to Anti-Entropy in exchange for his and Bianca's safe departure from Sentence.

However, due to the obstruction of destiny, the people of Anti-Entropy failed to respond in time, causing Kiana, also known as Bianca, to fall from a high altitude and her life or death is unknown. Anti-Entropy proposed that Siegfried take care of K-423 so that she can experience what "love" is, and in this way suppress the will of the Second Herrscher in her body, giving the world a chance to breathe.

And so on...

Bianca's consciousness suddenly returned to the stigmata space from the backflow of memories, but what made her feel empty was that Jiang Ming, who had been holding her right hand, suddenly disappeared, which made her feel a sense of loss.

But soon, she saw the channel insect left by Jiang Ming beside her - the bookworm, which told her that he had other important matters to deal with, and that the judge would soon appear in front of her, signaling her to pay more attention.

Bianca felt a chill in her heart, as she was on guard against the judge. Just as she was becoming cautious, a magnetic voice rang out in her mind.

"The memory of a man who failed to be a hero."

Bianca had expected it in her heart: "Who?"

"I am this space itself, and I am the will that secretly guides you to discover your own destiny along the way."

Bianca had seen the will that led to the discovery of one's own destiny before. Those Homunculi were such wills.

"But...you're not one of those muppets."

The magnetic voice replied, "Of course I am not. If you must find a benchmark... it should be the Monument of Destiny that provides you with direction."

"You want me to learn some memories, why?"

Bianca asked pretending not to understand, because Jiang Ming went to do other things. Although she didn't know what he was going to do, Bianca still had a hunch and bought time for him.

"Remember you said it yourself - your outlook on life is to take on the unfinished business of those who are no longer able to shoulder their own destiny."

Bianca showed a dissatisfied look: "...I have to tell you, I don't like being summarized so rashly. If you really have something to tell me, how about you just show up straight away?"

"That's a little difficult."

There was a hint of helplessness in the magnetic voice: "After all, you have something that even I find very rare... They are resisting my power and providing you with guidance similar to mine. Why don't you take a look at what they want to tell you?"

What else could he want to tell himself? Wasn't it just to tell himself that she was the real Kiana Kaslana?

As for those forces that resisted this voice and provided similar guidance, there was no doubt that this must be the work of Jiang Ming.

But soon, the consciousness that had permeated the entire space suddenly disappeared, which made the girl realize something.

If she wanted to question this suspicious being, if she wanted to complete the trial of the Holy Mark Space, she needed to at least find an opportunity to meet this mysterious being face to face.

As for Jiang Ming's whereabouts, Bianca believed that there must be a deeper meaning behind it. She just needed to keep moving forward and wait.

After the magnetic voice disappeared, Bianca could only go to the next memory device according to the calculations she had already made in the bookworm left by Jiang Ming.

Without the feeling of holding hands, Bianca felt a little uncomfortable. She quickly calmed down and put her consciousness into those memory devices.

Bianca saw many memories here again - she and Siegfried pretended to invade and took Kiana away...

"It seems... these are my memories before I lost my memory."

"Very good, you actually realized this with the help of another force." A magnetic voice suddenly sounded.

Bianca frowned slightly. "I have to say, I don't like talking to someone who is so secretive. How about speaking directly? What do you want to see or get from me?"

"Don't worry, we will meet soon. I said that I am the consciousness of this space itself. To put it more concretely, I am also the judge who provides you with the trial. Now that the conditions for memory are basically complete, it is time to give you the opportunity to meet me face to face."

The memory device was directly activated during the conversation between Bianca and Shigure Kirara in the Quantum Sea, in which Cecilia was also mentioned, and Shigure Kirara compared her with Bianca.

"That idol, she likes to compare you to someone named Cecilia, but it's a pity that even the strongest one can't use her as a benchmark."

The familiar voice suddenly sounded, and Bianca did not hesitate to mock: "...You finally started to directly invade my memory. Do you enjoy the feeling of interfering with others?"

The magnetic voice seemed to shake its head: "Enjoyment? I don't have that concept. Perhaps your assistant can explain to me whether he has enjoyed a similar process."

"Helper?" Bianca was ready to play dumb.

The magnetic voice snorted coldly: "Isn't it? Apart from your helpers, how else can you get here? Forget it, let's meet in person."

As soon as he finished speaking, the space around Bianca changed and returned to the original place. In front of her, stood a huge black doll, probably the villain in "Hum's Adventure".

"I am the will of this space, an extension of the stigmata. Any explanation beyond this is just a complicated pile of terms to you." It was still that magnetic voice, but it didn't sound so out of place when it came from this body.

The black doll continued: "Just like for you, the stigmata itself is nothing more than a "fate" engraved into your DNA fifty thousand years ago."

"You think your will is free, but that kind of freedom is often just an illusion of cognition, the inevitable result of Kaslana's fateful impulse."

"But now that you've shown up, I can defeat you here. Don't you claim to be a trial-taker?" Bianca said.

The black doll laughed intermittently. "Hahahaha, that's really straightforward, but you're right. If you pass my trial, you will have true freedom and gain far greater power than before, but... ordinary attacks may not have any effect on me."

"You need me to defeat you under the rules you set?"

"You can say that, although I was not the one who constructed this space and established these rules, everything I have done is just to guide his descendants, to guide those heirs who have special stigmata."

"The heir of the special stigmata... me?" Bianca continued to play dumb and ask for information.

"I guess so. Your bloodline has passed down a special holy mark to this day, which gave birth to this space and gave birth to the me of today. Do you remember those black memory monuments you saw along the way?"

The black puppet said casually: "They are the past that emerges around you as the entire space rises and falls. They are the waves that I casually stir up in the sea of ​​memory... They also represent that in this space, the more you explore, the closer you will be to me and the more you will be bound by me."

"If you are still unsure of the most fundamental reason, before I tell you the final truth, I might as well let you review some memories of your past. This may be somewhat unfair to you... but since you need to regain your freedom from me, then this is something you must face."

".......OK."

Before Jiang Ming could respond, Bianca agreed.

As she finished her words, memories unknown to those present now emerged in Bianca's mind...

This is Ragnar's memory of talking with Otto after he was hit on the head by debris from an aircraft several thousand meters high and fell freely to Bianca deep in the snow-capped mountains.

Ragnar also knew that Bianca was Kiana Kaslana, and Otto's original words to her were...

"That's definitely an exaggeration, but it's basically true. I don't need to create another soul steel clone, and she will definitely become the strongest Valkyrie in Guanming. She has the right to get rid of those adult disputes, embark on her own true path, and become the strongest warrior Guanming has ever had."

"When she wakes up again, she will have a brand new name and a brand new starting point. She will completely get rid of the personal grudges that have trapped her at this moment, and become a better person who is more beneficial to destiny and the future of mankind. You can understand me, right... Miss Ragnar Lodbrok?"

The memory ends.

Bianca came back to her senses: "What you just showed me was...Ragnar's memory?"

"No, that's not her memory."

The black puppet denied: "Do you remember what I just said? These memories are proof that you are bound by me. To put it another way - the area I protect can only carry the memories of the same group of people."

"For this group of people, the original stigmata are passed down in their blood, and therefore they are deeply cursed by the source of history. Here, there are countless generations of conscious or unconscious, active or passive memories."

"Because they share this extremely special bloodline, they were collected by me on their own accord and added to this holy scar space called Kaslana."

"So you're saying...the memory just now can actually only come from a third party?" Bianca narrowed her eyes.

"Yes, it's the child in my memory who was trapped in Otto's soul ladle and was receiving some kind of treatment. Recall everything you have seen here so far--"

The black puppet said in a deep voice: "Dr. Mei's child, Kallen's father, Theresa, Siegfried, and the child just now... They all have the same blood flowing in their bodies and the same stigmata sleeping in their bodies. You, who are in the imaginary space, have become entangled with this stigmata space and me... Although your memories did not belong to this place before you came here, it is no coincidence that you have become entangled with this space."

"So I just said that it would be somewhat unfair for you to experience memories like the ones just now, because the basis of their existence is also a part of me, and they are also the stigmata of Kaslana. It's just that due to other reasons, they are entangled in your body and have not settled in my space."

"Let's change the angle to make it easier to understand, Miss Yulandel..." The voice of the black puppet suddenly became clear.

"Not only does your body have pure Kaslana blood flowing in it...but the memory we just saw was also recorded in your own senses."

"You... are the third person involved in that memory. In that memory, Otto Apokalis called you - Kiana Kaslana."

Bianca: "......Oh"

"Oh?"

The black puppet was a little dazed. Although it didn't care about the other party's identity, it had also watched Bianca's memory. The other party should not be such a cold and heartless person, but why did he behave so calmly when he learned the truth?

etc...!

The Holy Mark Will, which appeared in the form of a black puppet, suddenly noticed something. When the will carefully explored, it found that the dominance of this Holy Mark space was instantly out of its hands.

"How is it possible..." Even the Stigma Will couldn't help but shrink his pupils. Zheng Zheng looked at Bianca in front of him, but to be precise, in Bianca's view, he seemed to be in a daze.

However, Bianca was also confused. She didn't know what was wrong with the stigma will on the opposite side. It suddenly stood there in a daze without saying a word.

But soon, Bianca was delighted and turned around quickly, and Jiang Ming's real body was standing beside her: "You're back?"

"Ah."

Jiang Ming nodded gently with a smile on his lips: "As I calculated, although this holy scar space is attached to the imaginary space, the size of the space is not infinite."

"While traveling with you and checking your memories, I have secretly deployed a large number of Dao Refining Gu worms, as well as this intermediate stage Tongwu Dao Array Gu worm in my hand, and combined it with my Dao Refining Universe Rules to form a Heaven and Earth Refining Array. After this period of time, a large area of ​​the Holy Mark Space has been refined into my own hands. Therefore, as the Holy Mark Will, it naturally lost the main control of the Holy Mark Space."

"And the reason why I didn't refine it as well is because I still want to rely on it to help you awaken the Holy Mark."

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