novelraw Chapter 117: Gained the Main God’s Space
Chapter 117: Gained the Main God’s Space
Her magical sense swept over that piece of information.
After confirming it was useless, Shion released the frozen concept, letting it drift away.
She casually tossed aside the person who had shattered like glass.
It truly wasn't a human from this world.
But it definitely could be considered a person.
Just a person made of glass.
After opening its head, one could find the core inside.
One Calamity Egg.
Shion stared at that Calamity Egg for a long time. It was strange; this Calamity Egg wasn't tainted with much emotion.
Neither negative nor positive emotions, it was very pure.The energy inside—it seemed like residue?
Shion poured her mana into it again, carefully probing.
Her feeling was correct; it seemed like residue.
Residue produced after both negative and positive emotions were exhausted.
Was it some new usage method?
She didn't quite understand.
Putting away the Calamity Egg, she looked around.
This Mirror World space wasn't large, much smaller than the Jiangming City Disaster Control Bureau.
Luckily, she had seen something similar in Jiangming City before; she just had to find the entrance and break in.
Otherwise, it really would have been hard to find.
The Mirror World of the Jiangming City Disaster Control Bureau had been completely destroyed by her. She heard many documents and assets were lost in the collapsing mirror space, and in the end, the Jiangming City Disaster Control Bureau still rebuilt in the K district downtown.
The Beihai Disaster Control Bureau, however, didn't use Mirror World technology; it should be some kind of mental image space, looking very similar to Iris's domain.
It seemed the Disaster Control Bureau held quite a few spatial technologies, and many had been distributed. The Azure Cloud Sect should catch up too.
Let Bingtang see if she can get one from the Disaster Control Bureau. If not, let Bingtang leverage the sect's foundation, as it's still not very convenient to just hold activities in a factory basement.
Now, the Azure Cloud Sect's mountain gate had also reached the time for expansion. Later, she'd find a way to get one in the sky, one in the ocean depths, one in the mountains, and if possible, another in space, plus an independent space.
Five peaks representing metal, wood, water, fire, and earth forming a five-element image, then governed by an independent space—this would be very suitable both as the sect's foundation and a defensive position.
She could also let inner sect, even outer sect disciples live inside, serving as talent to fill with immortal energy.
Each disciple would get an independent room. If they wanted to live together, they could also choose larger houses themselves.
Not to mention fighting and training would be much more convenient.
As for that outer area, it was still too large.
Not suitable for a major sect like the Azure Cloud Sect; not grand enough.
She looked down again at that computer-like machine.
But it was actually a projection. Beautiful mirrors spun and shimmered. The originally messy files on the screen had been cleaned up completely.
The entire interface only had "Start System" left.
"Welcome. This is the Mirror Kingdom Restoration System Alpha. What can I do for you?"
"The Mirror Kingdom Restoration System?"
Shion's voice echoed in the empty Mirror World, giving off an ethereal, eerie feeling.
"Yes. The Mirror Kingdom is facing a crisis of destruction. To ensure the Mirror Kingdom's survival, the Alpha System was created to allow the Mirror Kingdom to descend upon a new world and complete the restoration plan."
Though she didn't understand, in short, killing all the Mirror Kingdom people probably wasn't a problem.
Shion thought for a moment and asked the key question, "What is the restoration plan?"
"Alpha can tell you, the Mirror Kingdom's restoration plan was set by the Prince," Alpha answered dutifully. "We must destroy the world and its Magical Girls."
"How to destroy it?"
"Now, the Mirror Kingdom's envoys are heading toward..." Alpha's voice stuttered. "...Retrieving relevant information for you... Sorry, all information has been deleted. Please, please re-enter, enter the question... System repair in progress. Detected main gate damage. Would you like to repair the main gate?"
"Repair."
So Shion saw the gap she had smashed above gradually heal.
"System formatted. Deep deletion complete. Rebooting..."
After a good while, Shion saw the screen flicker back on.
Purple mana overflowed from her fingertips, spreading throughout the entire space and seeping into the core of this machine.
This small Mirror World was completely sealed.
It should have been connected to something before, but there was something burned out at the core.
The other party had probably cut the connection to the main system.
They really cleaned up thoroughly—all content deleted, connection severed, the Mirror World completely sealed, even unable to trace the line to find the Mirror Kingdom.
Originally, she wanted to follow the clues, trace the line to that so-called Mirror Kingdom, and destroy it all.
But the other party seemed to have anticipated it. Now, not only had they cut the line-like thing, but they also deleted all the content.
But it didn't matter; this was also within Shion's plan.
That's why she allowed that insignificant piece of information to leave.
In ancient times, there were big shots fishing for children of fortune. Now, she, Shion, could also imitate it, baiting and fishing for the "departed."
As for why "departed," because in web novels, the primordial sage Confucius once said, "Sitting on the river of time, cause, and effect, the departed are like this."
As long as the message was given, receiving my karma, sitting at the river's head, the Mirror Kingdom's corpses would come to her on their own...
"Reboot complete. All content deleted. Please rename the system."
The girl who snapped back to reality suddenly had her pupils light up. Her petite figure leaped into the chair as if teleporting—there were chairs and a table in front of this computer-like tool.
Her usually stern face had a slight smile at the corner of her mouth.
As if she had picked up some treasure.
"Main God Space."
"Naming complete. Hello, Main God Space is pleased to meet you."
Shion slammed the table hard, though actually protecting it the whole time, not smashing it, just making a loud noise. "Wrong, wrong! It's 'Welcome to Main God Space.'"
"Apologies. Welcome message corrected. Welcome to Main God Space."
The Magical Girl nodded with satisfaction. "Your name is Main God."
"Yes, my name is Main God."
"Main God, Main God, I need you to change your form now, turn into a big light sphere."
Shion said, even jumping off the chair, tilting her body, gesturing animatedly to demonstrate. "It's, a big light sphere, then white, must have dignity, have a sense of oppression..."
"Understood. User now wants me to design a big light sphere, white, with dignity and a sense of oppression. Relevant information found. Generating a white sun for you..."
"No, no!" Shion stomped her foot over there. "Just a simple, big white light sphere!"
"Understood. User rejected the white sun design. Switching to a giant incandescent lamp."
"Make it more dignified! More oppressive!"
"Merging the sun and incandescent lamp for you..."
"Even dumber than Keke. Forget it, just look directly." Shion sighed, mana expanding, a huge light sphere immediately appearing beside her, floating quietly, emitting a gentle sunlight-like glow.
"Tsk. User gave an example to illustrate I misunderstood her meaning. 'Keke' might be someone the user knows. Judging from the reduplicated naming style, it's more like a nickname or a girl's name. The user subconsciously saying 'Keke' indicates the user's daily relationship with Keke is quite familiar. Being able to be used by the user as a 'negative term' reference suggests Keke is very dumb in the user's heart, but it's also possible Keke's intelligence is indeed not high. From this, it can be inferred the user and Keke are loving sisters, because obviously the user's intelligence also has some issues. The light sphere she displayed is clearly a fusion image of the sun and an incandescent lamp, so Main God should continue executing the original operation."
The Mirror Kingdom's technology seemed a bit trash.
Shion looked at that big white light bulb, took a breath, then reluctantly nodded. "Forget it, just like this."
Saying this, the girl immediately ran to the side, reaching out to touch the edge of the mirror space. "Main God, Main God, can it only be this big here?"
"Yes. Please note, user, smashing the Mirror World walls will only cause collapse, not expand space. More space expansion requires an application. Application target, application target... Unable to locate target. Unknown."
Shion, who was just about to smash the walls, withdrew her hand. She didn't care, just stroked her chin thoughtfully. "Main God, I also need a free personal space."
"Um, please repeat the requirement. Current space size judged as narrow, already usable as a single room..."
"Repeat, you need a personal space."
"Understood. User now wants me to build a personal space. Though no specific requirements were stated, based on all current information analysis, Main God believes the user might need a small space suitable for rest. Constructing a restroom targeting the user."
The big light bulb containing the sun and incandescent lamp flickered. Then, the mirror wall of a space beside Shion twisted, constantly changing and merging, forming a small...
Nursery.
"Main God has provided you with a personal space very suitable for you..."
Boom!
Shion stomped the nursery to pieces. Her originally tense, somewhat excited expression turned ice-cold. "I want a normal person's personal space."
"Um. User is completely angry. She stomped the restroom I made as a warning and re-requested a normal person's personal space..."
Shion hated idiot AIs.
"Reduce emotional language. I need a perfect Main God system. You only need to execute commands and issue tasks with a cold, emotionless voice."
"Received. Corrected."
Shion walked to the big light bulb and sat down.
"Now I need you to design a set of display lists for me."
"Please provide more detailed requirements..."
She propped her small face with one hand, brows slightly furrowed. "Hmm, anyway, just like a game item list. Serial number, item name, item picture, then price. That's about it."
Immediately, a table dropped down on the screen.
"The list as you described. Would you like me to randomly fill it with content for you?"
"No, no, no. This needs careful consideration, can't just do it randomly. The things exchanged in Main God Space must be able to be taken out."
When Shion sat on the stool, her feet swung casually. Then she immediately patted the table. "I'll do the input, but I can only provide pictures. You need to model based on the pictures."
"Will consume a large amount of computing power and energy..."
Shion waved her hand casually; countless mana threads wrapped around the Main God system. "Energy is plentiful."
She also found this system's energy supply device.
It used Polluted Magic to power it, so she could fully supply it here.
What a marvelous system. Maybe she could give it to Bingtang to see; perhaps she could mass-produce it.
But before that...
"The Main God Space exchange list must be completed as soon as possible!"
"Yes, Master."
...
When Coral was captured, the laboratory couldn't really be considered a Witch Association stronghold yet.
The lab's original owner was a professor who had long researched the power attributes of Magical Girls with another team.
The original workspace wasn't here either, but in that building in the center of Yanzi University.
But back then, the first authorship of the paper was snatched away. Over a decade of effort and hard work almost served as a bridal gift for someone else.
After several attempts to defend his rights yielded no results, he was instead kicked out of the team.
Finally, under the Witch Association's guidance, this professor turned to research the conversion relationship between Magical Girls and Witches.
Coral was captured around this time. At first, the professor wasn't exactly a good person either.
After all, collaborating with the Witch Association to capture Magical Girls—if exposed, forget his professional title; he'd face legal prosecution.
But back then, the professor was still an ordinary person, not daring to do much to her. Occasionally conducting experiments was also very simple; she didn't suffer much.
Until about three or four months later, his experimental results seemed consistently unsatisfactory. More Witch Association people started appearing.
The experiments Coral underwent also became more intense.
Until the previous month, the professor's experiment seemed successful. Witch Association people started decreasing.
But Coral suffered more and more, being injected with Polluted Magic and strange drugs, the pain becoming unbearable.
Actually, Coral also fantasized that if Miss Shion would suddenly appear and save her, that would be great.
But she ultimately knew this was just fantasy.
Even Miss Shion couldn't possibly know everything. Her own delusion was just imposing on others.
Even if she couldn't come to save her, it wasn't Miss Shion's fault.
It was her own fault for deluding herself, and those Witch Association people who did wrong.
But, but, it really hurt so much.
Coral had been afraid of injections since childhood. Every injection made her cry for a long time. The only time she didn't cry was the first time she saw Shion.
Her mother encouraged her: if it were Magical Girl Shion, she definitely wouldn't cry over such a small thing.
So Coral held back her tears and finished the injection. But later, actually thinking of Miss Shion didn't help either.
The moment the needle pricked down, she couldn't help but cry.
But in the lab, after who knows how many injections over half a year, plus the pain from drugs and Polluted Magic,
Coral was no longer afraid of injections.
Just, she was still afraid of pain—afraid of the tearing pain when Polluted Magic surged inside her body, afraid of those drugs making her internal organs cramp in agony, afraid of the skin-and-flesh pain when beaten.
Sometimes, crouching in the corner, looking at the small patch of sky outside the window, she would fantasize.
Miss Shion suddenly appearing, just like back in Beihai, killing all the bad guys...
Not long after, Hyacinth found this place.
Though she didn't know how she did it, Hyacinth gained the Witch Association's trust. The doctor treated her as an assistant.
At first, Coral thought she was also a bad person, so she always treated Hyacinth poorly, even biting her once.
But Hyacinth never hurt her, even reduced her experiments, gave fewer injections, helped her cleanse Polluted Magic.
Not long after, the professor disappeared. Only she and Hyacinth remained in the lab.
Hyacinth confessed her Magical Girl identity to her and asked if she was willing to help her, continue the experiments.
Only later did Coral learn the experiment's purpose was to use Mirror Kingdom technology to enhance Magical Girl power.
Back then, Coral just wanted to go home. She missed her parents so much.
Having been missing for so long, she didn't dare imagine how sad and worried her parents must be.
Hyacinth originally agreed, letting her go home, even returning her Miracle Seed to her.
But later, suddenly, Witch Association people sent a message saying a Witch Association big shot was coming here for experiments.
It was the East China Regional Director. Such an important person coming to this small lab naturally required caution.
If only Hyacinth was here, it would be easy to expose.
So Hyacinth asked her if she wanted to cooperate to defeat the Witch Association person together.
Though she really, really wanted to go home, Coral thought, since she was also a Magical Girl, and Hyacinth had saved her,
Wasn't helping simply the right thing to do?
And they were dealing with the Witch Association. If they didn't kill them,
Maybe more Magical Girls like her would become victims.
So she obediently stayed there, waiting for the Witch Association person.
During this time, Coral also learned many things about Senior Hyacinth. For example, she actually couldn't transform into a Magical Girl much anymore. She made a deal with Mirror Kingdom people to continue being a Magical Girl.
Sometimes Hyacinth would also sigh melancholically, wondering if her choice was right.
Because she didn't know the Mirror Kingdom's goals. But if she didn't make the deal, she couldn't transform into a Magical Girl and couldn't save her.
She felt the Mirror Kingdom wasn't exactly benevolent, but since they could lend her power and weren't like the Witch Association who immediately harmed people,
Even if she cooperated, it should be forgivable, right?
Coral could see Hyacinth was troubled. Her occasional questions seemed like she wanted answers from her.
But Coral also didn't know what was right or wrong. But she thought, since Hyacinth used such power to save her,
Even if it was wrong, for her, Coral, it had meaning and value.
She absolutely couldn't deny Hyacinth's choice because she was the beneficiary.
But she absolutely couldn't affirm her choice either, because no one knew the final outcome. That wasn't a responsibility Coral could bear.
So she just worried along with Hyacinth.
After that, Hyacinth also inquired about many Witch Association matters, seemingly all obtained from the Mirror Kingdom side.
Not long after, Coral heard the news of Miss Shion's death.
For Coral, Miss Shion was someone she met a very, very long time ago. Though she always held admiration and reverence in her heart, she actually didn't really understand how powerful Miss Shion was or what kind of person she was.
She confirmed several times, even saw the recording from Hyacinth.
Judging by Miss Shion's final killing, the battle in the recording was almost obvious.
Miss Shion was fiercely suppressed. That fox-masked youth was almost too strong, not giving Miss Shion a single chance to catch her breath.
Undoubtedly, the other party possessed the strength to kill Miss Shion.
Though she was only a Sprout Magical Girl, not strong, and rarely fought, she could still understand this situation.
Finally, the crystal ball shattered. Miss Shion's all-out final strike failed to kill the other party.
Probably at their mercy then.
How desperate, how painful must Miss Shion have been at that time?
She didn't dare imagine, because she herself was in agony from just a bit of experimentation.
Though the Witch Association kept loudly proclaiming that Shion had been killed by their member Simo Tu, Senior Hyacinth didn't seem to feel much about it.
Perhaps because Miss Shion and Hyacinth weren't familiar.
But for Coral, it was undoubtedly like a bolt from the blue.
She didn't want to talk to Hyacinth about Miss Shion, because she probably didn't know what happened and couldn't understand what Miss Shion meant to her.
Coral became a Magical Girl because of Magical Girl Shion.
Senior Hyacinth was already troubled enough; her own matters shouldn't bother her further, adding to her worries.
After all, Senior Hyacinth couldn't do anything either.
Until Simo Tu's arrival. So, this so-called East China Regional Director, the Witch Association big shot,
Was the person who killed Miss Shion.
She had been pretending to sleep, waiting for the opportunity.
Waiting for the chance to avenge Miss Shion!
She seized the opportunity, successfully achieved her goal, dealt a heavy blow to the murderer...
That's how it should have been. It should have been her perfect victory.
But, Simo Tu turned into Miss Shion...
That petite, agile figure, that adorable face that seemed unreal even in dreams—undoubtedly, it was her in the flesh.
After Shion chased after that Splash and disappeared, she looked at the wrecked playground and school, then glanced at the silent Hyacinth beside her.
"Hyacinth, Senior, I, what should I do? Won't Miss Shion be angry? Will she hate me? I actually wanted to avenge her. I, I didn't mean to attack her. Why, why did it become like this..."
As she spoke, she felt like crying.
And over there, Hyacinth's vacant eyes only held a sigh. "I'm the same, Coral."
After Shion went to the Mirror World, she delayed for a long time without returning. Even outside, the Disaster Control Bureau's sirens were already sounding.
Just as Hyacinth started worrying if there was any danger, a huge virtual screen suddenly popped up before her eyes.
Startled, she looked carefully; it seemed like a Mirror World virtual screen.
Hyacinth had naturally seen it before; Splash had shown her these things.
But now, the content on that virtual screen was clearly a bit strange.
"Do you want to know the meaning of life?"
"Do you want to truly live?"
The flashing "yes" and "no" on it immediately set off alarm bells in Hyacinth's heart, wondering if Mirror Kingdom people were up to something.
Suddenly, she noticed the "yes" above had been clicked.
Hyacinth was stunned, immediately looking back.
Sure enough, a virtual screen also appeared before Coral, who had just clicked "yes."
"You..."
Coral scratched her head. "Ah, accidentally, accidentally pressed it..."
...Clearly intentional, right? How is that accidental?
Actually, it didn't matter. The problem was,
Why was the screen option shared? She clicked and I got clicked too? Isn't this somewhat unreasonable?
Even this kind of option is linked?
Feeling the surrounding environment becoming unstable, Hyacinth immediately grabbed Coral.
A dizzying spin!
Probably forcibly sent into the mirror space.
Hyacinth had felt this before...
But when everything calmed down and she opened her eyes, she found she wasn't in the Mirror World.
A huge light sphere slowly rotated above, its blinding light bringing no small sense of oppression.
But below that light sphere, sitting high, the purple-haired Magical Girl tilted her head slightly, right hand propping up her cheek, legs crossed. Under the strong light, her face was unclear, appearing mysterious and imposing.
"Welcome to Main God Space."