Noldrei returned in triumph, quickly bringing everyone the shocking results.
What? There used to be a civilization on Venus?
What? A monster was born within that civilization?
What? This monster lived for hundreds of millions of years and barely made any progress?
What? This monster hadn't even restored its own civilization? And it only dared to bully the Bubble Universes in the Sea of Quanta?
The brothers and sisters had their eyes opened.
That this kind of person could gain power from the Sea of Quanta to fight the Honkai was truly a case of heaven being blind. Even the Cocoon of Finality would probably fall silent upon seeing this.
Everyone started to mock the existence of such a monstrous person in this world.
Even though Otto had done so many bastardly things, at least his motives and reasons were understandable. Even the Valkyrie organization that Otto reformed from Schicksal was a normal, modern management system.
Whether it was Anti-Entropy or Schicksal, both were social structures born from modern industry. Sa, who was touted as a replacement for the Cocoon and claimed to be a civilization unto herself, was captured just like that, without leaving even a shred of her civilization behind.
"Let me tell you, I really don't get it!"
Noldrei was astonished. This sort of thing was impossible even in so-called religious civilizations, let alone in the age of slavery. He had never heard of a social system collapsing and a civilization going extinct just because its slave owner died.
"Her intelligence doesn't seem to comprehend what civilization is. One of the most basic reasons for a civilization's existence is the reproduction among its own kind. In other words, the basic condition for becoming a civilization is the internal creation of mutually understandable life individuals."
"And then, that Sa was quite proud when she talked about herself. Hahaha..."
The man from the future found it truly amusing.
Everyone else clearly understood what Noldrei meant and now had a certain understanding of the upper and lower limits of Sa's intelligence.
Durandal had been ready for a major battle, but after hearing Noldrei's account, she felt like she was facing a moronic slave owner. No matter how strong she was, in the face of a stronger existence, she was nothing but a pile of crap, with no one to even entrust her last words to.
"Can a lifeform like that even become a Cocoon-like entity? When did the Honkai's standards get so low?"
Kiana doubted if this Sa was even qualified to be another test subject. She asked in confusion, "Are you sure you didn't catch the wrong one? Could she be lying and making things up?"
"Don't worry, she's like glass in my eyes. I can detect whatever she's thinking. She's not qualified to lie in front of me. Did you think I was one of those pathetic Trisolarans? Unable to even monitor the thought activity of a living brain?"
Noldrei's words left everyone speechless. The Trisolarans could now be used as a point of comparison.
"Ahem, let's not talk about monitoring the thought activities of other lifeforms for now. You haven't monitored us either. Since we've confirmed there's no problem with the opponent, let's just teleport Durandal over to practice on her."
Elysia knew that the body she was currently borrowing, a differentiation of Noldrei's, was also under his surveillance. People from the future had high moral standards and generally chose to adhere to the basic social norms of the natives.
They would only intervene if they encountered a situation they couldn't stand.
She tried to gloss over the topic, hoping others would ignore the fact that Noldrei could crack open someone's mind at any time.
"Right, shouldn't we be using her for practice now? Where does her power originate from? Do you know the specifics?"
Durandal finally steered the conversation back to the main topic.
"Contact Tesla. She'll need to explain it to you. The situation with the Imaginary Tree is different from my world, but this strange thing uses the energy of the Sea of Quanta to replicate an effect similar to the Imaginary Tree."
Noldrei called for Tesla, handing over the explanation to the doctor.
After finishing her work, Tesla quickly spoke to Noldrei about the matter. It was also an unexpected situation that she and Einstein needed to inform everyone about.
It concerned the Imaginary Tree and the Sea of Quanta.
There was a high probability that the Imaginary Tree wasn't a result of observation, and it was very likely an abnormally existing energy system.
"Prepare yourselves. What I'm about to tell you will be very different from what you think."
Tesla's expression was very serious. She and Einstein had indeed found something amiss with the Imaginary Tree and the Sea of Quanta.
"I believe you all know about quantum mechanics, so I won't go into too much detail. You even know about gravity, space-time, and so on. Didn't Einstein explain to you about the water cup, the overflowing water, and the conditions for the birth of parallel universes?"
"Well then, let's start from there."
"First, let's understand parallel worlds. Normally, we see parallel worlds as branches on a tree, right? You've all traveled through them and even seen Bubble Universes, haven't you? It's just that the branches of the world's laws are different, right?"
Everyone was very clear on what Tesla was saying.
But what came next sounded rather horrifying.
Tesla played with her red hair and said, "But the following is different. I asked about the situation in Noldrei's world, and their parallel worlds are completely different from ours. If you don't understand, you can imagine it like this: take all the branches of our world's Imaginary Tree and stack them all into the same cylinder, compressing them into something like a sausage."
"What are the parallel worlds Noldrei travels through like? It's that his existence undergoes a quantum leap. A person will appear in a parallel world while simultaneously existing in their own world."
Hearing this, Bronya, who had been quietly playing with the little Herrscher of Reason Core, suddenly spoke up.
She asked in amazement, "You mean, the parallel universes in Noldrei's world are completely different from ours?"
"Yes, you can understand it that way. In our parallel worlds, they are branches of the universe's laws. Although they are called parallel, there are no signs of them being connected. They are more like two glasses of water existing in two separate cups, each operating independently."
"But Noldrei's world is different. The parallel worlds there are truly parallel. That is, two or more sets of world laws can exist in a superimposed state within the same cup. If you travel to a parallel world, it's just that your existence has undergone a quantum leap, and you simultaneously exist in two worlds."