strictlysupreme Chapter 259 Tesla, You're Not One of Them 1
Chapter 259 Tesla, You're Not One of Them 1
"So you all say that someone who calls himself the Learned Genius sent a signal in your brains, urging you to join that so-called genius club?"
Inside Dream Reef, Tesla asked incredulously.
She had already learned about the Genius Club and the Wisdom Star God of Broad Knowledge from the group chat.
However, she did not expect that the three doctors from the previous civilization would receive an invitation from the Venerable One after arriving in this universe. It had only been a short time, and she did not expect that someone from her place would be noticed by the Venerable One.
While this was good news in a way, as it meant that their universe also had members comparable to the Genius Club, the fact that Tesla herself wasn't among those invited was still somewhat displeasing to her.
But what can be done about it?
They were all outstanding figures from the previous civilization, and even their current civilization's technology and victory over the Honkai were thanks to the blessings of the previous civilization.
Mei, in particular, single-handedly led the entire organization of the Fire Moth during the late stages of the previous civilization, and together with two others, created achievements such as the Divine Key, Stigmata, and Fusion Warriors.
There's also the Moon Throne. The Moon Throne of Anti-Entropy itself was a design blueprint unearthed from the ruins of a previous civilization. It was only through the analysis of the Herrscher of Reason, Welt, that it was able to be reproduced in the present civilization.
Tesla and Einstein's technologies in combating the Honkai were largely based on research and re-creation of excavated pre-civilization technologies, a feat that Destiny was no less accomplished in.
“Dr. Tesla, I know it is indeed sad that a genius existing in our civilization has not been invited by this star god. But am I not the same? Although there is a bit of self-praise in my own words, I personally believe that I, Otto Apocalypse, can still be called a genius.”
Tesla glanced at Alto beside her. Although she knew Alto was telling the truth, she instinctively went against Alto's wishes as usual.
After learning about the current state of civilization, the other three naturally understood just how terrible the relationship between Tesla and Alto was. They also knew that from Tesla's perspective, Alto was an utterly wicked bastard, so they didn't say anything more.
After a while, Tesla, having adjusted his mindset, asked, "Through this period of research, I think everyone should have a full understanding of the essence of the Memory Domain, right?"
"Ah."
Mei and the others nodded, and then Mei began to give a summary.
"Essentially, the so-called memory domain is close to the quantum sea that we are familiar with, and the memory matter that Pinocones speaks of also has a very familiar name to us—ether."
Therefore, we can also think of the memory domain where memory matter exists as an analogy to a quantum sea, and synesthetic dreams as a simplified world bubble, except that the rules of this world bubble are set by a force called a family.
“That’s roughly right,” Tesla nodded. “However, the maintenance and expansion of synesthetic dreams are maintained by a profession called dream architects.”
“But now that we know what synesthetic dreams are all about, I don’t need to tell you what to do next, right?” Velvi asked.
"It's a pity Kevin isn't here, otherwise we wouldn't be in such a passive position," he sighed.
"Ultimately, it was Kiana's insistence on making a bet with that person that prevented her from taking action herself; otherwise, the matter would have been resolved long ago," Möbius said.
"But more than that, what I want to know is what happened to Kevin? You all arrived at the destination as usual, but he is the only one who has disappeared."
“To be honest, we don’t know either. Maybe He intervened in the dark,” Mei said. “After all, the spatial fluctuation itself is quite a coincidence. What’s even more coincidental is that we all arrived safely except for Kevin, which just doesn’t make sense.”
"What about the group chat? Did any of you receive a message from him in the group chat?"
"Yes, but he doesn't know exactly where he is. He only knows that there is someone there who looks a lot like him, named Bai'er, who claims to be a descendant of the Golden Race. As for the place name, it seems to be called Onpharos."
"I see. As long as you know the place name, that's fine. After all, Kiana can help you pinpoint his exact location with the place name."
“Let’s stop with the small talk,” Mei said. “According to the plan, once the people on the Starry Sky Train realize the truth, we will activate the device here and work with Miss Huang Quan to destroy this dream, thereby rescuing all the people of Pinocchio from this dream.”
“That’s true, but will he really not stop this plan?” Tesla asked anxiously.
“Do you think he wouldn’t know this is his territory?” Möbius scoffed. “He just tacitly approved of it all.”
"He's being so kind?"
“He was a good person at heart,” Otto said. “He was an idealist, unlike me, a pure idealist.”
“Compared to you, he is indeed a good person,” Tesla said.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
At this moment, Kiana is walking towards the hotel lobby in reality, and the rice cake beside her reappears.
"I never expected Kiana to be so thirsty. Now I'm starting to worry about Captain's future."
"Come on, we are one. It's just that I used my power to materialize you. I don't know who was calling me 'Captain Brother' in my head back then."
"Really? How come I didn't know?" Nian Gao swayed her body, looking guilty. "Then it must be your imagination!"
Kiana squinted at the rice cake for a while, then said nothing more.
Then, they brought the rice cake to the hotel lobby in reality.
As soon as they entered, the two saw the three people gathered together. Out of curiosity, Kiana went up and greeted them.
"Hoshi, Himeko-nee, and March 7th, what are you doing here?"
Himeko breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that the person who came was Kiana. However, she did not expect that a strange creature would appear by Kiana's side after only a short time apart.
"Wow! What's this? It's so cute!" March 7th exclaimed.
"Hehe, her name is Rice Cake, and she's my companion beast, right?" Kiana explained with a smile.
"Nian Gao, long time no see!" Xing greeted.
"Long time no see! No, we haven't been apart for very long!" Nian Gao said. "Besides, we've only known each other for a short time, so don't act like we're old friends!"
"I thought our friendship was already unbreakable."
Xing said sadly. Seeing Xing's sad expression, Nian Gao felt a little sorry for her. Just as she was about to apologize, March 7th spoke up.
"Wait a minute! When did you two meet? I don't know about this."
"Actually, it wasn't long. We met when I met Kiana during the Golden Hour."
"That's not right. I was there at the time. Even if I met up with you and Kiana later, I should have been able to see the mochi! After all, mochi is so unique, it shouldn't be impossible to miss it, right?"
"Perhaps Kiana bestowed some special blessing upon her," Himeko speculated. "Maybe Mochi was there at the time, but we just didn't see her."
“Himeko-neechan is right!” Mochi happily shook her body. “Back then, Kiana didn’t want to attract too much attention, so she gave me a blessing that wouldn’t be noticed unless she agreed. At that time, we had to talk about serious matters, so Kiana thought it was unnecessary to do anything extra and didn’t let you see it.”
"Then why can we see the stars? That's not fair!" March 7th complained.
"Okay, March 7th, please forgive me," Kiana apologized. "I didn't expect that Xing could ignore my blessing and see the rice cake. Maybe this is one of the effects of the Star Core on her."
March 7th said dejectedly, "Is that really how it is...?"
"Let's leave the small talk here. What brings you all here?"
Rice cake asked curiously, and at the same time came to Himeko's side and began to rub her face affectionately.
Himeko, of course, didn't refuse, and at the same time, she put her fingers down on Mochi's chin and started scratching it. Mochi comfortably accepted Himeko's caresses, while March Seven watched with envy.
Once they'd had their fill of intimacy, Kiana removed the rice cake from Himeko's side. Seeing the rice cake's reluctant expression, Kiana helplessly flicked its forehead.
"Actually, it's nothing much. The main reason we gathered together is because of Hoshi and Ms. Ryuki..."
Then Himeko began to slowly recount her story.
In short, after separating from Kiana and the others, Hoshino and Firefly returned to the Golden Hour, where they met a masked fool whom Black Swan called Fireworks.
Under her illusion, Xing and Liuying were taken to the primordial dream. During their exploration, they encountered the memory realm known as Death, and finally, with the help of the Black Swan, the two of them managed to leave.
This was the experience of Black Swan and the train crew meeting the star before them. Later, with Black Swan's company, everyone successfully arrived at that dream using the program sent by Silver Wolf.
However, after entering, everyone separated. Fortunately, Xing and Black Swan were together. Even more fortunately, the two met Huang Quan, whom Xing had met once before.
So the three of them set off together in the dream, exploring and searching for a chance to reunite. However, halfway through, the black swan sensed that the firefly seemed to still be lingering in the dream.
With Black Swan's explanation, Xing understood that the passage Black Swan opened was not a forced teleportation back to reality; as long as the person who passed through had a strong will, it was possible to remain there.
Considering Liu Ying's true identity, Xing only told the other two the reason why Liu Ying might stay in the dream.
Then, in the hotel lobby of the dream world, Xing and the others finally found Firefly. However, the Memory Realm Messenger was one step ahead of them and 'killed' Firefly right before their eyes.
Having already learned Liu Ying's true identity, Xing naturally wasn't worried about Liu Ying's safety, but she couldn't show it in front of the other two.
So Xing was forced to accept the two's comfort. Then Black Swan suggested that she use the power of memory destiny to trace the trail left by Firefly along the way, so as to know her experiences along the way.
Following the phantom of their memories, the group circled back to the hotel lobby in their dream, only to find a mecha engulfed in flames standing there.
The moment Xing saw the mecha, he knew that it was Liu Ying underneath.
Xing also understood that Liu Ying must have found some important clue, which was why she put on that mecha and rushed back.
However, with two other people present, Xing couldn't immediately go up and ask them. She didn't know if Liu Ying on the other side also knew about this, so without saying a word, she started fighting with the other two.
However, the firefly's desperate attempt to grab Xing caused them to hallucinate. The two immediately decided that Huang Quan would cover their retreat while Black Swan took Xing and left.
However, the black swan did not immediately take Xing away from the hotel in the dream. Instead, it led Xing to a room.
Inside the room, Sand Gold had been waiting for a long time, and there Xing also learned a very shocking truth.
That is, the famous singer Robin also died tragically at the hands of that memory realm meme. Because everything happened too fast at the time, and Hoshi didn't want to expose the identity of Firefly, he was forced to reach an agreement with Sand Gold.
After reaching a cooperation agreement with Alluvial Gold, Black Swan also sent the star back.
That's what they're discussing right now.
"Considering that Miss Firefly reappeared unharmed afterward, I think that the Memory Realm Meme might have some other purpose," Himeko speculated. "Perhaps there's something that can only be discovered by facing 'death'."
"Does Himeko mean she wants to go directly to that Memoir?" Kiana asked.
“No.” Himeko shook her head and said, “Hoshi has already reached a cooperation agreement with that Sand Gold, and Hoshi has also seen the scene of the Robin’s ‘death’. At least on the surface, he is already an accomplice of Sand Gold.”
Moreover, the meme may have 'killed' more than just two people; the family must know some inside information. After all, we were found and forcibly removed by the family as soon as we entered, so perhaps the family's decision to seal off the hotel in the dream world was also for this reason.
It's clear that Himeko's guess is very close to the truth, but she still has too few clues to deduce the true identity of the Memory Realm Memento. As for the other parts, they are almost certain.
"So Himeko's plan is to continue collecting clues in the dream world?"
“That’s right. Walter is continuing his investigation during Golden Hour, and we plan to join him later.”
“But there’s something I’m curious about,” March 7th said. “Since Miss Robin is ‘dead,’ who was the Miss Robin we saw before? Are we still going to hold this symphony festival?”
"This Harmonious Music Ceremony is of great importance. Now the eyes of the entire universe are on this place. The family certainly does not want it to end like this. Perhaps the Miss Robin we saw earlier was someone else in disguise? As for the person who was impersonating the Robin, I may already know who it is."
"Who? Sister Himeko, you wouldn't be thinking of that Hanabi, would you?"
"After all, she is skilled in illusion magic and is also the Masked Fool, so she must be very interested in the current situation of the family. If we can get her involved personally, I think she would be very happy to do so."
"how come…"
"Don't worry, nothing should happen until she loses interest, and the Harmonious Music Festival will proceed as scheduled. The family certainly doesn't want that fool to lose interest either; we still have time."
In short, our current task is to return to the dream world to find relevant clues, and at the same time, find a way to reunite with Walter, who is investigating alone. Does everyone agree?
Everyone nodded in silence.
"Since no one has any objections, let's set off."
After they finished speaking, everyone returned to their respective rooms. Kiana looked at the room's furnishings and recalled what had happened with the captain, her face turning even redder.
After patting her face, Kiana immersed her entire body in the Dream Pool, returning to the Golden Hour in a traditional way.