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Should we conduct awareness guidance?
—No, input the data files numbered 'Mercury Lamp', 'Canary', 'Souseiseki', 'Souseiseki', 'Crimson', 'Hinaichigo', and 'Snow White' as backup data archives.
[Command confirmed, data input in progress...]
—To the greatest extent possible, limit the subjective emotions and actions of the player.
[Command confirmed, emotion program restricted.]
—Then… tell me your name.
Her long, snow-white hair cascaded down to the ground like a waterfall. The girl opened her unfocused amber eyes, "observing" the two wills existing in the same body before her, and slowly opened her mouth: "...Eve."
P.S.: Refer to Chapter 122
Time and Space Administration: Chapter 459 Premonition
"It seems this is the end of the story."
Looking at the N-domain that was collapsing due to external damage, Eve stopped the attack command she was about to issue: "Don't break it before we meet again, you defective product."
Silently watching the "self" before him leave, he suddenly spoke at the last moment: "You too, a defective product."
A few minutes later, Nanoha Takamachi and Fate, who had broken the N-field with magical cannon fire, found Eve looking completely bewildered by the situation. Even when they asked her questions, the answers were nothing more than "I don't know," "I'm not sure," "I don't understand either," and so on. Helpless, the two mages had no choice but to give up on finding information about this world from Eve and instead try to explore this completely unfamiliar world through the methods of mages.
"What Eve and I were in just now was a similar illusory barrier. What happened inside was not real, but a phantom left over from the past. As long as you are aware of this reality, there is not much danger."
Despite saying that, after recalling her near-death experience, Nanoha Takamachi was still somewhat unsure whether being killed in these "phantoms" was truly without danger. Now that things had come to this, she couldn't possibly try it again, so in the end she could only emphasize that she shouldn't get involved easily. It's worth mentioning that most of this was said to Eve.
All Eve could do in this situation was remain silent.
Even with her best efforts to conceal it, she was acutely aware that she had already revealed too many abnormalities. Before her "father" could issue new instructions, her task was to maintain her false identity and stay within the Time and Space Administration Bureau. If the mage before her noticed the truth, this task would be impossible to complete. Faced with the growing wariness of Nanoha Takamachi, she could only suppress the extreme emotions she felt towards "another self" and obediently play the role of an observer, watching the two mages wreak havoc in this unclaimed world called "N Realm"...
The outcome of the ordeal was pretty much what Eve had predicted.
Originally, the N-Domain world had a "master," namely the Laplace's Fairy that Nanoha Takamachi saw in that N-Domain. However, this "master" perished in the initial fragment conflict and naturally could not come out to help the two mages. After losing this "master," the N-Domain world was actually only left with the ability to create illusions of the past. People who know nothing about this place and run in unprepared may be in danger, but as long as they realize this and deliberately avoid those dangerous N-Domain fragments, these illusions will naturally have no harm whatsoever.
After exploring for a very long time, all the two mages could see were N-fields and more N-fields. In the end, they had no choice but to give up on this futile effort and turn back to their original world. Because Fate Testarossa had informed Hayate Yagami on the space-time battleship before entering this world, there was no risk of getting lost.
After returning, she briefly instructed Eve not to go to dangerous places alone, and then Takamachi Nanoha hurriedly followed Fate to the Asura Council to discuss the situation of the rift that suddenly appeared in the 105th dimension, leading to another unknown world.
“It was only a possibility before, but now it can be confirmed. Not long ago, there was an individual in Narumi City who could travel between dimensional worlds like us... or rather, like the Time and Space Administration.”
"This would explain why 'Unknown Object B (World - Tree)' attacked the 105th dimension. It wasn't, as we speculated, aimed at the 105th dimension itself. The more likely reason is that 'Unknown Object A' is hidden in the 105th dimension, and it was just trying to find it."
"And this passage to another world is one of the ways that 'Unknown Object A' used to transfer to another world. According to the analysis of the existing instruments on Asura, this passage was definitely not formed by chance, but was fixed by a method with rules and laws, and can be used repeatedly for a long time."
"Reuse?"
"That's right, as long as you have the 'key' to open it, you can use it."
"The 'key' you're talking about is..."
"Eve."
"—!"
"Don't be nervous, Nanoha. I didn't mean Eve-chan. It's just that this 'key' is simply the pronunciation of 'Eve' itself... In fact, we don't even know if it refers to 'Eve' or 'EVE'."
“But that’s Eve’s ‘home’.”
After calmly pointing this out, Fate awaited her friend's decision.
There was silence for a long time.
"...I understand. If Eve is really connected to it—to the culprit that caused this disaster, I will take action myself."
"Ahem, it's good that you have this awareness, but we can't prove that Eve-chan really has a problem yet, so let's just keep things as they are."
Noticing the strange atmosphere between the two, Hayate Yagami quickly changed the subject: "Even if it is proven, it doesn't prove much. If the culprit was the one who caused the disaster, Eve-chan might just be an innocent bystander, right?"
The trio's summary ended in a way that was neither good nor bad. It might seem quite good to ordinary people, but it was unprecedented for the three who had a good relationship.
Perhaps realizing her earlier behavior had been somewhat aggressive, after summarizing, Fate caught up with Nanoha Takamachi, and was pondering how to mend their relationship when—
"Fate, do you remember what happened when my teammates and I were nine years old?"
"Nine years old? You mean when we first met?"
"No, it was some time after that..."
With Nanoha Takamachi's prompting, Fate gradually recalled that strange experience: "You mean... the Holy Grail War?"
"Yes, we reported it to the Time and Space Administration headquarters back then, but we had to give up because we couldn't find any clues... Looking at it now, don't you think this incident is very similar to this one? Entering different worlds, encountering different things... equally confused, and equally unable to track it down."
"Nanoha?"
"But this time I don't want to give up! For the sake of those innocent people and for Eve-chan's sake, I must find it!"
She had a premonition that she would eventually find the "answer".
Time and Space Administration: Chapter 460 The Age of Heroes
Lin Yi was still completely unaware of what was happening in the other world. For him now, the more important thing was how to deal with the increasingly close surveillance from his pursuers.
Because of "reverse positioning," Lin Yi's personal information is locked, and he is captured by the Time and Space Administration almost every time he enters a world. Therefore, it is impossible for him to stay in a certain world for a long time in order to maintain his secrecy: unless he is equipped with equipment to confront them head-on.
However, it was not advisable for Lin Yi to wander around in the vast void in his current half-crippled state. He might just be discovered by some fragment, and the outcome would be much worse than being discovered by the Time and Space Administration. Considering both his own concealment and his goal of escaping his pursuers, Lin Yi ultimately took a different approach.
"Since the location is based on my area, then you can't blame me."
A spatial warp took them into a world that the main god had preliminarily determined to contain no other fragments.
—In the vast void, safe worlds are hard to find, but how many dangerous worlds have there been?
Since the target is himself and not others, even if Lin Yi turns around and runs into the black hole, the pursuers behind him will have to obediently follow. After all, in their understanding, their pursuit of him is still a one-sided secret. And a person will not run into a black hole for no reason and risk death. In most other cases, the Time and Space Administration can handle it, so there is no need to worry about anything.
However, the asymmetry of information doomed the trackers to their doom. While an advance fleet from the Time and Space Administration began to transfer to the world where Lin Yi was, the latter had already left his original world and set foot in another world that was "dangerous" enough.
"In terms of sheer scale, this is probably the largest war I've ever seen besides the 'Fragmentation Wars'?"
Against the backdrop of the boundless starry sky, the tiny figure that suddenly appeared went completely unnoticed by either side on the battlefield. Firstly, the target was too small—compared to conventional space escort ships that are thousands or tens of thousands of meters tall, it was even more so to describe it as a "nest" and main ship that were almost the size of an asteroid.
Furthermore, in this interstellar war that has spread across almost half of the solar system, the true "protagonist" is someone else entirely...
"Heroic race".
Though called a hero, he was in reality just a soul residing in a human body. Yet, even as a remnant, he still unleashed terrifying power under the influence of his own will.
In just a dozen seconds, the individual known in this world as "Nordos" had already achieved a feat even more glorious than that of the entire human race—the entire Dark Iron fleet.
An asteroid-sized nest couldn't withstand it for even a second, and a swarm of millions of bronze insects couldn't withstand the power of a single punch. If you ignore the total amount of insects that almost filled half the orbit of a planet, this is probably a fairly straightforward "solo show."
This scene is taking place in a highly active world that the main god discovered during his exploration of the outside world and named "Heroic Era" by Lin Yi.
Unlike the world wills of other worlds, which always exist behind the scenes and are shrouded in secrecy, the world will of this world makes almost no attempt to conceal its existence.
They call themselves the "Golden Race," a civilization that has reached the pinnacle of this world in every aspect.
One day, the "Golden" race sent out a call into the universe.
The first race to respond was the "Silver" race. As the first race to answer the call of the Gold race, the Silver race possessed advanced technology under the Gold race's tutelage. Their appearance was almost indistinguishable from that of humans (the Iron race), but they possessed extremely high telepathic abilities. All members of the race shared a portion of their spirit, allowing them to communicate remotely at any time. After physical contact, they could directly exchange memories and emotions. They also obtained the power to control the "Bronze" race from the Gold race. Individual members of the race could use their thoughts to create spaceships to move between star systems. Therefore, they did not value the concept of their originating home planet. They could be considered the most powerful race in the universe besides the "Gold" race.
The second to respond was the "Bronze" race;
A race whose appearance is more than 90% similar to the insectoid race in the fantasies of humans in a parallel world. They are good at fighting with numbers. Individuals can spit out corrosive liquid and fire beams. They can also travel through space directly using giant spherical nests (which is the asteroid Lin Yi saw). They are controlled by the Silver Clan because the Golden Clan taught them the power. They have also occupied the human home planet, "Earth".
The third to respond was the "Hero" race.
These enormous, humanoid life forms possess formidable combat abilities and a variety of special skills. Apart from the Golden Race, no other race can rival them. However, they are prone to succumbing to "madness" and losing their rationality after prolonged battles. Later, a civil war erupted, causing widespread destruction and casualties across the universe, until the Golden Race intervened and annihilated the Hero Race to the point of only five survivors. Afterwards, they were ordered by the Golden Race to merge with weaker races, each signing a pact forbidding betrayal until the Hero Race completes its great undertaking.
Just as the "Golden" race was preparing to travel to another universe after waiting for no other responders, an immigration ship arrived before them with its only surviving passenger—an infant. This last race to respond to the "Golden" race's call was called the "Iron" race, which are the humans of this world.
The description is almost entirely worthy of the title "last," as the humans in this parallel world are probably the most miserable of all the worlds Lin Yi has ever encountered.
Not only was their home planet Earth occupied by the Bronze Race, but during their long drift, they also suffered from the targeting of the Silver Race. Even if they wanted to reclaim their homeland and launch a revenge campaign, they had to rely on the power of the Hero Race, which had been integrated into individual humans.
Clearly, what is happening in the solar system right now is the moment when humanity in this parallel world, after a long and arduous struggle, is finally able to lead its individual heroes to launch a counterattack against Earth.
With the help of the Hero Race, humanity easily tore through the Bronze Race's blockade, which seemed like an insurmountable barrier to them, and marched towards their home planet Earth. However, Lin Yi could sense that two other Hero Race members who did not belong to humanity were on their way. The "Golden" Race had once wiped out the Hero Race to the point that only five individuals remained, but only one of them had merged into humanity, and the rest naturally belonged to other races.
Clearly, the two people on their way didn't seem to be there to help the humans in this parallel world, so Lin Yi chose to enter this world at this time.
"In this respect, you should thank me."
Behind them, as the spatial transfer was completed, warships powered by magic emerged from the void and entered this starry sky, naturally attracting the attention of all parties on the battlefield—
"After all, I have brought you a new 'savior'."
[This is the Time and Space Administration. Your actions have violated the Time and Space Administration's Third, Eleventh, and Sixty-Ninth Regulations. Please cease all operations immediately!]
P.S.: Don't worry if you haven't seen it; it only uses some background information, and the original plot is irrelevant.
Time and Space Administration: Chapter 461 Promoting
My body and mind are as clear as a mirror. All my actions are for the sake of justice.
Lin Yi didn't know if the Time and Space Administration possessed such a high level of spiritual awareness, but even when they entered a strange world and faced what could be called a "small-scale" interstellar war, they still issued their "declaration" with the same sense of entitlement as always.
[This is the Time and Space Administration. Your actions have violated the Time and Space Administration's Third, Eleventh, and Sixty-Ninth Regulations. Please cease all operations immediately!]
Like the Main God Space, the Time and Space Administration, as an entity capable of integrating multidimensional civilizations, also possesses the ability to make strangers understand its language. Therefore, there is no need to worry about being misunderstood when expressing a clear stance.
Then, very soon, the new "savior" faced his first test upon entering the other world.
The two Bronze Race "nests" were pushed out of Mars' orbit due to the impact of the Hero Race's battle, and coincidentally, they moved closer to the direction of the fleet. Perhaps this was not the Bronze Race's own will, but this action was regarded as a declaration of war by the overly vigilant Time and Space Administration fleet.
With the burst of the rainbow light cannon from the main cannon, the two nests were dissolved without any suspense. The highly compressed energy continued to pour into the Bronze Clan's position, and disappeared without a trace after sweeping away at least several times the number of nests along the way.
It must be said that the immense power of the magical technology from another world not only startled the Bronze Clan, but also the Silver Clan behind them. In addition, the individual heroes of the Black Iron Clan suddenly stopped for some unknown reason, and for a time, this interstellar war fell into a strange calm.
Just then, the Black Iron Clan fleet, which had been "observing" the battle between the Hero Clan and the Bronze Clan from the rear, suddenly made a move. With the order issued by the fleet's supreme commander, even though they knew there was something wrong with the order, the fleet, whose duty was to obey orders, still had no choice but to officially start the decisive battle.
Black Iron Clan flagship.
Within the vast command center, apart from the electronic sound effects transmitting various intelligence from the front lines, the only truly human voice was the rapid breathing. After delivering the "decisive battle declaration" amidst immense fear and nausea from the pervasive stench of blood, the man serving as the fleet's commander-in-chief turned around, looking with dread at the figure standing in the pool of blood, observing the surroundings with keen interest.
Mereigaros would never forget that this was the person who had suddenly appeared beside him and, just as he was about to reprimand him, had instantly severed the throats of everyone in the command area in a way he could not comprehend... Not only the command area, but the fact that no one had entered the area for so long had led Mereigaros to the worst possible conclusion: he was the only survivor on the entire ship.
Thinking of this, the panic intensified within him. For a moment, he didn't even want to consider the consequences of the order he had just given. He pleaded in an almost begging tone, "I...I've done as you said..."
"Well, I see it."
After completely copying the ship's structure into the God's archives, Lin Yi turned his gaze away with a hint of regret.
If possible, Lin Yi would like to simply pack up the whole ship and take it away, since it would save a lot of resources. However, doing so would inevitably expose his "driving" role in this war, which is obviously inconsistent with his original intention. In comparison, he can only "reluctantly give it up".
"Well done."
"Then—then am I—"
"That's right, you can go now."
With a smile, Lin Yi sincerely encouraged the "human leader" in front of him to take action: "As long as you step out of this room, you will be able to become the person you want to be again."
"No, no, no, I will leave here... I will never come back..."
After scrambling out of the command area, Lin Yi simply shook his head and gestured with his outstretched left hand.
As the crack opened, a "small individual" of the Bronze Clan crawled out from hundreds of miles away. It seemed puzzled because it had lost its connection with the mother, but this puzzlement quickly turned back into its original destructive impulse after it noticed its surroundings. It immediately ignored Lin Yi's presence and, despite being "small" compared to most of the Bronze Clan, still having a field of more than ten meters and a metal limb more than two meters wide, wantonly destroyed its surroundings.
Not only here, but the same scene was happening in various key areas of the entire ship. As a large number of Bronze Race members poured in, Melyagros, who had just escaped, was swallowed by a passing Bronze Race member before he could even notify the outside world for rescue, becoming the last victim of this ship.
After doing all this, Lin Yi did not stop. After all, war is a matter for both sides. If only one side "pushes" successfully while the other side "retreats," the war will not be fought. To avoid this situation, he jumped again after thinking for two seconds.
This time, the target of the warp jump was more than two thousand miles away, at the edge of the battlefield, next to a flying object that looked like a teardrop.
When Lin Yi teleported here, the individual members of the Silver Clan inside also decided to remain on the sidelines, as there were too many suspicious points surrounding the sudden appearance of the Time and Space Administration, and it would not be wise to rashly become hostile.
However, their decision was destined to change...
[This is from the Time and Space Administration. Your actions have violated the regulations of the Time and Space Administration. Please cease all resistance immediately, or you will be considered a hostile and attacked.]
There was no response from within the water droplets, but Lin Yi was able to detect the sudden increase in the volume of information flowing through them. This was nothing more than a discussion about the manner in which Lin Yi appeared, the threat he posed, and the hostility implied in his words.
Seeing that these Silver Clan members, who were already somewhat similar to consciousness aggregates, wouldn't be able to be dealt with in just a few minutes, Lin Yi had no intention of wasting any more time here. He decisively raised his right hand towards the individual Silver Clan members inside the teardrop-shaped flying object—
In the human-dominated Time and Space Administration, beings like you are considered outcasts.
The magical incantations within his arm spun wildly, crushing the two Holy Stone Seeds under this full-load operation. A massive surge of energy erupted instantly, transforming into a dazzling light that engulfed everything in sight.
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