4 5 301 The girl with grey long hair sits quietly next to the window, gazing into the galaxy outside.
5 6 301 To the people living on the Earth, an incredibly long time has passed. The battles fought against despair had turned into history, and history turned into legends. The legends were carved in the civilization's legacy, which eventually became fairy tales that parents told their children.
6 7 301 But to "them," this is just a short break before entering the next "warp." Time and distance have expanded infinitely following the spaceship's trail in the cosmic dust. Each step it ventures forward, it leaves hundreds and thousands of years behind.
7 8 301 DeLorean-Discovery continues to sail among the stars.
8 9 301 The girl's main consciousness is located in the center of the ship, but she still occasionally separates a trivial section of her computing power and projects it into this library as a hologram.
9 10 301 Mechanoids rarely visit here. The simulated gravity is constantly kept at 9.8 m/s2. Not even a dust has changed its position.
10 11 301 Not long ago, a girl's consciousness had crossed time and space to visit. They chatted for a long time, and she finally got her answer. She continued her journey toward the destined future, unwavering.
11 12 301 —That is why they all arrive here eventually.
12 13 301 Now the library is quiet again, the girl is still sitting next to the window. In her eyes is the reflection of a planet on the border of the galaxy. Its surface is always occupied by never-ending crimson tides that make it look like a burning planet when looked from afar.
13 14 301 This is but an ordinary planet on the spaceship's path. No lives of any form can survive here. The answer that machines have been looking for cannot be found here.
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15 16 301 Still, its color makes the girl feel nostalgic. She remembers the future that she saw through Gestalt's calculation a long time ago.
26 27 301 1 Murray ...Captain Bianca from Purifying Force became a "witch" after picking up a weapon made with the Punishing Virus. She eventually sank with the fort into the depths of a contaminated ocean. 1
27 28 301 The young man in a black outfit looks abnormally calm, as if the tragic war was only an absurd dream in a distant world.
35 36 301 1 Chiko I am the Vice-Captain of the Purifying Force. Captain Bianca has gone missing during the search mission for "Scarlet Revelation". I will take over and continue the mission. 1
42 43 301 A female Construct that has never been witnessed before stands by the seaside. The seawater splashes her ankles. There is already a hint of red color inside.
43 44 301 Along with the seawater, a survived Construct also grabs Chiko's ankle. Its body can hardly be recognized. The broken vocal module is mumbling some incomprehensible words.
59 60 301 The water surges. Her vision is blurred by a viscous red. Something has dissolved within the red and turned into thousands of Corrupted, reshaping their hosts and the Red Tide Projections.
66 67 301 A tall, skeletal humanoid walks out of the sea. A broken lamp falls off "her" waist, only to be trampled by the Hetero-Consciousness Hosts that swarm the beach.
71 72 301 "Witch!" "It's a witch!" She hears humans screaming amongst the mixed wailing and blunt noises of flesh being torn apart.
72 73 301 The signals of lives displayed in her terminal are rapidly disappearing. Nobody can stop "her," as they are no match for "her." Chiko looks up at the giant shadow as it walks over the waves, gradually engulfing her.
73 74 301 Chiko I have never thought that you would come to me in this form.
78 79 301 Something is struggling in "her" eyes, but it soon dies off. "Her" bluish lips draw a ghostly smile, but crimson tears roll down the corner of her eyes.
97 98 301 The number of life signals in her terminal has dropped to a single digit. Chiko hears the sound of her neck breaking. She also smiles, closing her eyes and letting go of her hands.
121 122 301 A gentle female voice pulls her back from memories. It is one of the commonly used voices of Discovery's AI administrator.
122 123 301 "Nanami" Huh?
123 124 301 ??? We have begun to approach the target wormhole. The next warp is expected to commence in 40 minutes.
124 125 301 The hologram of a white-haired female appears next to Nanami, with a hint of concern in her light golden eyes.
125 126 301 ??? What's wrong?
126 127 301 "Nanami" Nothing. Some memories just came to me.
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128 129 301 She raises her hand to open a light screen. It displays a document tagged with "Copperfield Aquarium Campaign".
129 130 301 Unlike the calculated ending, the reality went another path. After Bianca was injured, Chiko took over and headed to the bottom of the sea first. In this document, there are unnoticeable signs of adjustments and amendments regarding the allocation of their duties.
130 131 301 What had happened to alter the inevitable disaster that took place in the calculation?
131 132 301 Inadvertently, she glances at a photo of a lamp in the document. Finally figuring it out, she casts away the light screen and opens a new time-space map, then enters a set of coordinates.
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133 134 301 The light spot runs along the information tree, finally stopping at the marked location.
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135 136 301 "Nanami" Haicma, can you help me pack up File No. 2143 and make it ready for 4-dimensional communication? There's something I'd like to send to the Earth.
136 137 301 "Haicma" Understood.
137 138 301 "Haicma" ...Are you sure this is what you want to send?
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139 140 301 Slightly uncertain, the AI asks Nanami after extracting the information she wanted.
140 141 301 "Haicma" The humans on the Earth have already mastered all the related technologies. This information is already outdated to them.
141 142 301 "Nanami" You're right.
142 143 301 The girl points at the time-space coordinates on the display.
143 144 301 "Nanami" I'm sending it here.
144 145 301 "Haicma" But mankind didn't have the ability to receive 4-dimensional communications at that point of time. Besides...
145 146 301 "Nanami" I know.
146 147 301 With a delighted smile, the girl puts one finger next to her lips.
147 148 301 "Nanami" That brief moment is their only chance.
148 149 301 "Nanami" With the Phantom Tracer and lots of Hetero-Creatures...
149 150 301 "Nanami" As long as there is a fragment that has the 4-dimensional feature, it can become the vessel for this information.
150 151 301 "Nanami" Besides, they have to look for the "door" themselves. I'm only sending a fragment of the key.
151 152 301 "Haicma" ...Understood.
152 153 301 Seeing the girl's smile, the AI's expression has also softened.
153 154 301 "Haicma" The information has been encapsulated. Time-space coordinates locked. It will be sent out during Discovery's wormhole warp.
154 155 301 "Haicma" The engine is about to start. We should go to the control room.
155 156 301 "Nanami" Alright.
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157 158 301 She turns off the time-space map and rises to her feet, preparing to send all computing power back to the control center. The light screen is set to standby, displaying a slow-spinning illusion of a blue planet amidst the brilliant stars.
158 159 301 She takes one last look at the blue planet. Discovery has crossed numerous spiral arms of galaxies. She has been to so many radiant stars and witnessed so many majestic views, but none of the planets can match its beauty.
159 160 301 "Nanami" This is my gift to them... The "future."
160 161 301 She speaks softly as her illusion gradually disappears. The library is once again empty.
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163 164 301 1 AniZhuanchangBegin The shooting star carrying the information will travel back in time, heading to its destination.
