Post-Apocalyptic America: Synthetic 3D Female Protagonist

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"For example, things you want to know about everything the world is about to face."

Three days?

According to the intelligence I have, Merlin should still be in Washington at this time.

The fact that the other party could promise to arrive in New York within three days suggests that Merlin's strength is probably greater than I imagined.

To know,

It's impossible for them to set off immediately after receiving the news from Bayonetta, let alone overcome the numerous obstacles between the two cities in the apocalypse.

Su Hui looked thoughtful, leaning back in the soft sofa, his fingers unconsciously tapping lightly on the armrest, making a dull sound.

Putting aside his speculations about Merlin's strength, Su Hui raised an eyebrow and picked up where Bayonetta left off.

"Then let's talk."

"Regarding the dimensional collision, regarding the cause of this impending catastrophe as described by your [guild], and... what will happen to the world after the dimensional demon god descends."

"reason?"

"Where would we need something like this?"

Bayonetta shook her head slightly, gave a self-deprecating smile, and her eyes revealed complex and unfathomable emotions.

“Dimensional collision can be understood as… countless bubbles that were originally independent of each other, under the influence of some external force, begin to squeeze, merge, and even break out of control.”

"This is a 'natural disaster' under the laws of the universe, like a planetary collision or a black hole swallowing something."

"Countless worlds and countless dimensions began to collide and merge in a disorderly manner at some unknown juncture."

"The so-called 'dimensional demons' are nothing more than powerful beings that were eroded and assimilated by higher-dimensional energy during the collision, and eventually fell into depravity, or simply predators from higher dimensions."

"And we are the poor worms who were lucky enough not to be annihilated when the bubble burst and the world was destroyed."

She paused, as if organizing her thoughts to describe the unimaginable scene.

"The real collision will come a year from now... You don't want to see that scene. The sky will be torn apart, the laws that maintain reality will be distorted, and all the common sense you know will be changed as a result."

"The whole world will be turned into a scorched hell, a dimensional battlefield where people struggle to survive."

A look of indifference flashed in Bayonetta's gray eyes.

"Those dimensional evil gods live by devouring worlds. Every dimensional collision is a feast for them."

“When they truly descend, the whole world will become their hunting ground, and all life will become their food and playthings.”

"That is a terrifying existence whose true strength has reached the pinnacle of the extraordinary and who has achieved the power of a god."

A god of the seventh order?

Su Hui's heart sank.

For a time,

Neither of them spoke, and they fell into silence.

The power of the gods is undeniable, but we ourselves may not be without the possibility of defeating them.

Su Hui looked at his system, and finally broke the silence again, asking Bayonetta:

"How much do you know about singularities?"

"I once entered it, and through the hazy barrier, I saw the existence of another world... Was that real?"

"You can think so."

Upon hearing this, Bayonetta snapped out of her previous emotions and confirmed Su Hui's guess.

"The existence of singularities is one of the signs of dimensional collisions."

"The worlds connected by that space are parallel worlds. After a year, the barriers between the worlds will be further weakened by the collision of dimensions, and the passage will be formed."

"At that time, you will be able to leave this world and go to other worlds through there."

"Other worlds... are they really like that?"

Su Hui's eyes became deep.

"However, they are less of another world,"

Bayonetta put down her wine glass and leaned forward slightly, the backless design fully displaying her beautiful back curves to Su Hui. "Instead, it's more like countless parallel histories on branches of the river of time."

She began to explain to Su Hui about the world's layers, the deepest secrets.

"You can think of the world as a giant tree, which we call the 'World Tree'."

“Where there is a trunk, there are branches. We call those trunks the ‘main world,’ while those branches that branch out due to different choices and different circumstances are the ‘parallel worlds.’”

"In theory, anyone from the main world can find their counterpart in countless parallel worlds."

"Some of our [group] members come from different main worlds, and some were originally just residents of parallel worlds."

Her voice lowered, carrying a hint of remembrance and sadness.

"But when the trunk of a tree is cut off, all the branches that depend on it will only wither and die."

"Once the main world is destroyed, all the parallel worlds derived from it will also perish in an instant."

Bayonetta's voice carried an indescribable sorrow.

She subconsciously reached out and gently stroked the antique round metal plaque on her chest, which was engraved with intricate patterns that seemed to resemble an eye.

"Just like my world."

She held the "Witch's Proof" emblem in her palm and showed it to Su Hui.

"The world I live in is divided into the Celestial Realm, the Demon Realm, and the Human Realm, as well as a gap space that only we Luminous Sages and Shadow Witches can set foot in—Purgatory."

"We have known about the existence of parallel universes for a long time. In each world, there is a different me and different experiences."

"Until the dimensional collision began, evil gods from another dimension corrupted the heavens, and the angels were transformed into mad monsters. We witches, whose destiny was to hunt angels, became the last force to protect the world."

Bayonetta's fingers caressed the [Witch's Proof], a hint of nostalgia and pain in her eyes.

"This emblem, which we once called the 'Left Eye of History,' contains the power to manipulate time and history."

"But as my world was completely destroyed, most of the power it contained also dissipated at the moment of its destruction. All the great power returned to nothingness, leaving only a tiny, insignificant remnant."

Bayonetta released her grip, letting the emblem fall once more onto her snow-white skin, as if the emblem still held the warmth of a world.

Bayonetta's words conveyed a deep sense of powerlessness.

"We are all survivors who were lucky enough to escape from that disaster."

"Since there are survivors like you."

Su Hui's gaze was sharp as a knife, instantly grasping the key information in her words.

"Perhaps some have been assimilated by dimensional forces and chosen to become traitors to the enemy."

Bayonetta gave Su Hui an approving look and nodded.

"Yes."

Su Hui listened quietly, quickly integrating all the information in his mind.

He finally had a clear picture of the truth of this world and the impending apocalyptic future.

"In other words, the world we live in now is one of the few 'main worlds'."

Su Hui said in a deep voice, "Is this why those dimensional evil gods invaded?"

"Yes."

Bayonetta nodded, her gray eyes fixed on Su Hui again, this time with an unprecedented seriousness.

Her signature, alluring and mysterious smile reappeared on her face.

Bayonetta leaned forward, bringing her beautiful face close to Su Hui's, her warm breath almost spraying onto his face, her gray pupils gleaming with an inexplicable light.

"However, it's worth noting, Mr. Su Hui, the main world you're in..."

"It is completely different from any other main world we know."

"It is...very, very special."

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"special?"

Su Hui's eyes suddenly brightened, his brows furrowed, and he leaned forward slightly, his tone revealing neither joy nor anger.

His gaze lingered on Bayonetta's beautiful face, as if he wanted to dissect every hidden message in her subtle expressions regarding her final comment.

What do you mean by saying that the world we live in is very special?

Faced with Su Hui's suddenly sharp gaze, Bayonetta did not answer immediately, but leaned back and sank back into the soft sofa.

She asked Su Hui a question.

"Mr. Su, before the dimensional catastrophe, there shouldn't have been any supernatural powers in the world you live in."

"There is no magic with boundless power, no immortal path to move mountains and fill seas, no cosmic technology to travel through the stars, and no innate superpowered individuals."

"Yes."

Su Hui nodded calmly, confirming Bayonetta's statement.

This is indeed true.

Before the apocalypse, Earth was just an ordinary world with a decent level of technology, but without any extraordinary elements.

The world's past is exactly as Bayonetta described.

"So, Mr. Su, do you still remember the 'World Tree' theory that I mentioned before?"

Bayonetta's smile remained unchanged as she brought up the concept again.

Su Hui nodded slightly, signaling her to continue.

"Based on our [group's] observations and summaries of numerous worlds,"

Bayonetta slowed her speech as she recounted the information they had deduced based on the World Tree theory: "The vast majority of 'main worlds,' that is, the trunk of the World Tree, usually have a relatively fixed source of power."

"Just like the trunk of a tree, the branches that grow from it will inevitably inherit the characteristics of the trunk."

Bayonetta gave an example: "For instance, in a main world dominated by magic, the countless parallel worlds that it spawns, even if their historical processes and civilization forms differ, will still have magic at the core of their power system."

"The main world on the technology side, and the parallel worlds derived from it, may have different levels of technology, but they will basically not give birth to mature magic or cultivation systems out of thin air."

"The same principle applies to the superpower side, the Sage side...

"Different sources of power are clearly distinct, and it is extremely rare for a single main world to simultaneously give birth to multiple completely different extraordinary powers, all of which have developed to extremely high levels."

“And so on…” Bayonetta’s gaze sharpened. “A main world like yours, which did not possess any extraordinary powers before the dimensional catastrophe, should, in theory, have parallel worlds that are just like the main world, ordinary worlds without any extraordinary powers.”

Su Hui's eyes narrowed slightly; he had already vaguely guessed the main point Bayonetta was about to make.

"But your world... just happens to break this ironclad rule."

Bayonetta paused slightly as she spoke, her alluring grey eyes fixed intently on Su Hui.

"It is clearly an ordinary world without magic, superpowers, immortality, or advanced technology, yet it has become aware of the existence of other parallel worlds in a way that we cannot understand."

“You even used all sorts of imaginative cultural mediums to depict those worlds.”

Her gaze swept over the modern-style decorations in the room, as if she could see those intangible cultural imprints within them.

"Novels, anime, movies, games..."

"You have used your imagination to depict in great detail those worldviews that possess magic, superpowers, high-energy technology, and even immortal myths."

"That's strange enough in itself."

"But what's even more unbelievable is..."

Bayonetta's grey eyes gleamed with a complex light under the lamplight, a mixture of confusion and... an indescribable excitement.

“Those parallel worlds derived from your ‘ordinary’ main world have actually given birth to corresponding extraordinary powers because of your ‘descriptions’ and ‘imaginations’!”

"The magic that originally only existed in your stories is actually operating in a parallel world."

"Those superpowers that only appear in comics have become the evolutionary direction of some humans in another parallel world."