‘It’s quite embarrassing.’
Aleph was self-aware of the one-liner he spouted earlier.
Ever since becoming an Aeon, bits of his childish side showed up. It was completely different in Earth where he had to remain cautious, lest he gets barraged by Mobius’ counterattacks.
Fortunately, nobody minded his slight eccentricity here. He was, after all, the most normal Aeon.
Mobius would definitely scoff at this and verbally attack him, however. Outwardly, ...
2025-04-05 15:20:44 +0000 UTC
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The surroundings returned into Herta’s lightless office. There are currently twenty steps between the two of them.
Polka Kakamond looked at Herta—to be precise, on her current mental cognition. It was intangible, yet this exact state throws the entire world into disarray.
It was not merely understanding. It was not intellect. Hell, it was not related to anything to Erudition at all!
Nearly everyone misunderstood the Aeon of Erudition!
All except for the eighty-thre...
2025-04-04 16:01:09 +0000 UTC
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Lord of Silence.
Genius Society Number Four, Polka Kakamond.
Her existence itself is an enigma. Nobody knew the reasons behind her deeds, only that these deeds were enough to change the entire universe.
For once, the outside world speculated that she orchestrated the death of Mechanical Emperor Rubert, who was similarly a part of the Genius Society. The latter led all mechanical lifeforms in a war against biological and organic beings.
That wasn’t all.
Polka Ka...
2025-04-03 16:32:22 +0000 UTC
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It took some time before they stopped arguing.
‘She originally did not want to involve herself much in the dojo, but now…’
Aleph sought Hua’s help to keep an eye on Senti… or so it was. Seeing the former actively involving herself in establishing the dojo, a wry smile appeared in his face.
Even he did not notice how much he was smiling over the past few days.
“There’s something I’d like to say.”
Aleph’s words caught the attention of the two.
2025-04-01 15:15:23 +0000 UTC
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‘The Marshal and he…’
Xuanquan tried to calm herself by grasping the Dao on her waist.
‘No. It shouldn’t be the Marshal. I recall there are records of doppelgangers…’
She recalled the knowledge when Xianzhou came across several worlds. There, they encountered a strange case of several “doppelgangers”.
It was later discovered that it was a case of “World Image Refraction”. Simply put, there are inevitably people with the same appearance as yours t...
2025-03-31 15:12:16 +0000 UTC
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The subsequent transactions became smoother after the first. Aleph used information exclusive to his world to trade with Han Xiao’s samples of five Supers Systems. That includes some equipment used at varying levels before Transcendent Grade, energy samples, and the likes.
Aleph emptied out more than half of his current knowledge bank in exchange for these things.
It was a losing deal at first glance. Information can only be traded once while items are not.
‘Might as wel...
2025-03-30 15:10:33 +0000 UTC
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Along the silence was the abrupt disappearance of the girl beside the man. His expression turned serious as he considered a showdown against Aleph.
‘Which of the three? It’s impossible for them to succeed so quickly. That guy remained stuck in Beyond Grade A for seventy years already…’
The man shifted his thoughts elsewhere.
‘What if he told the truth? In another world… But then, everyone else should have failed. Only our iteration succeeded in bypassing the univ...
2025-03-29 15:16:20 +0000 UTC
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‘What happened..?’
Hua thought as she looked at the two people eating silently. Whenever Senti looks at Aleph, she proceeds to look away immediately. The movements of her chopsticks aren’t as agile as usual.
She exchanged glances with Aleph, to which the latter spoke.
“Let me do the dishes.”
“Um.”
The moment he broke the silence, Senti finally had the courage to do the same.
“I want to work at a dojo.”
“Hm?”
Amidst Hua’s ...
2025-03-28 13:47:14 +0000 UTC
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Aleph decided not to think about it further.
{“The distribution of collateral damage compensation is currently underway…”}
The jade abacus in the form of a wide-screen projection showed Xianzhou’s recent news. The couch where he sat remained as soft as ever.
He looked at his surroundings and found nothing had changed.
Five days after his formal appearance to this world, Aleph chose to return to the courtyard given to him by Jingtian.
Fortunately, it has...
2025-03-27 14:57:04 +0000 UTC
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“There’s only one other Aeon who is similar to me.”
“Akivili.”
Aleph nodded to Herta’s words.
“They are unlike most Aeons. Perhaps it is due to their [Path] or personal beliefs. It won’t change the fact that Akivili was the closest Aeons to mortals.”
“Your [Path] does not look like theirs.”
Herta remarked upon noticing the similarities between the two Aeons.
“Trailblazing involves the exploration of the unknown...
2025-03-26 14:44:32 +0000 UTC
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Everything remained the same yet different. A blink was all it took for Herta to see herself surrounded by the void. It was filled with countless silver lines that formed a white grid. In front of her was a literal path made of pure white light.
An urge to walk forward emerged from the depths of her mind.
Without apprehension, she began walking towards the end of this path.
“Hm. Is it setting up for a meeting? How… humane.”
Aeons were known for being unpredictabl...
2025-03-25 14:27:41 +0000 UTC
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The feeling of zero-gravity assaulted Hua’s senses.
It was similar to slipping and falling into the ground. Only, the place where she fell was outer space.
No splashes of water were heard, yet she felt her entire body sinking into the “water”.
Before she could regain control of her body, Hua felt a hand grasping hers. It stopped her from floating upwards.
The moment her hand was held, Hua’s thoughts became still. The panic and doubts she brought over were was...
2025-03-24 15:01:52 +0000 UTC
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The past year or so was a period of transition. The uprooting of traitors with high status caused a more stable development for Fire MOTH.
Not a single Herrscher appeared since then, too.
With only the exponentially growing numbers of honkai beasts to deal with, the difficulty was lowered from hell to normal.
Mobius’ research on complex lifeforms, Vill-V’s analysis of Edict Edges, Mei’s progress on the Sea of Quanta…
Everyone progressed with rapid speed.
...
2025-03-23 15:06:03 +0000 UTC
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The ruthlessness of time.
The apathy of Aeons.
The more Aleph learned of these things, the stronger his longing towards home became.
Crack-!
The barrier in his grasp resisted his entire power. Simultaneously, the rejection imposed onto him gradually became stronger.
‘I will use it as a guide. Send back my information to them.’
Its firmness far exceeded his expectations. The power of the Tree unimaginably gathered strongly on it. He could ...
2025-03-22 15:21:51 +0000 UTC
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The physical world could not accommodate Aeons’ true bodies. The weight of their ‘existence’—the complexity of their information—was so heavy they could only reside in higher-dimensions. The greater the number of ‘vectors’, the more their existence could be accommodated.
It was for such a reason that every single Aeon, if not all, could only “project” their bodies in the form of various images. This makes their locations erratic.
Aleph could only plan...
2025-03-20 13:04:09 +0000 UTC
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A relatively normal human being—the short-lived species that lives and dies within a hundred years.
That was the impression given off by Aleph. He was sitting across the office desk.
‘...I can see why she told me such a thing.’
Marshal Hua did not pay attention to these trivialities. She cared more about what she saw in his eyes.
“It surprised me when I heard about the happenings on the Fanghu. It is nice to meet you.”
“It is also a nice thing t...
2025-03-19 12:59:26 +0000 UTC
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Aleph ended up not leaving the courtyard. His god-level processing speed made him capable of solving problems that plagued him since he became a god.
For example, the uses of his seven authorities.
Infinity, World, Spirit King, True Dragon, Null, Finality, Door.
In addition to the five that he originally had, there are two new authorities he gained. Ten years of slumber was enough for Metatron...
2025-03-17 08:26:16 +0000 UTC
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Originally, Xianzhou possessed nine Flagships at its peak. This number represented good fortune and longevity only below to that of a god. The problem came after the destruction of three flagships over time.
The current Xianzhou replaced the two of them, but the third Flagship could not be built for the time being. It resulted in them having eight Flagships currently.
The Flagship spearheaded by the Marshal herself was the infamous Xianyuan...
2025-03-16 09:00:10 +0000 UTC
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The serious atmosphere remained for a while until Jing Yuan broke it.
“Let’s not think of the worst-case scenario. If he held any malicious intent, he would not have waited until now. We can trust him for now.”
“Yaoguang did not say anything about this. Xiao Yuan’s words hold credibility.”
Jing Yuan’s eyelids twitched upon hearing his childhood nickname from Yueyu. This foxian had lived for thousands of years. She was there when Jing Yuan...
2025-03-15 16:45:38 +0000 UTC
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Aleph did not continue delving into that thought. The fall of an Aeon occurs rarely. IT could be seen in this explored universe. One Amber Era equates between seventy to two hundred years in Earths’ time. It is currently 2157 AE, a full five hundred thousand years since the calendar was written.
Even the ‘youngest’ Aeon was around two thousand years old. The amount of preparations and meticulous schemes they could think of was nothing short of unimaginable.
...
2025-03-14 15:42:05 +0000 UTC
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Aleph did not care as to how Xianzhou in general handled the aftermath. Jingtian sent him to one of the courtyards open in Fanghu. The architecture reminded him of the mix between feudal East and high-end technology.
He did not stay for long and decided to stroll around.
The glass floor reflected Aleph’s appearance. In the eyes of the bystanders, however, nothing was there.
“Fu…”
Knock-!
His knuckles knocked at the glass floor and m...
2025-03-14 08:38:41 +0000 UTC
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Aeons do not have empathy towards the living beings.
It was a case proven by time. Every single ‘major’ war involving several Aeons affected millions, if not billions of living beings. They do not even view them as cold numbers, but rather, an ant that could be crushed to death accidentally.
So long as they achieved their ‘goals’, everything else was fine. Such was the case now.
The Cloudpeer Telescope attracted a nearby ‘Lux Arrow...
2025-03-13 15:09:05 +0000 UTC
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The world fell into silence.
The implosions of crashed starskiffs disappeared in the cold void. The borisins who managed to step foot into Fanghu were gone.
It was as if everything was nothing but a bad dream.
There were people who did not remain still at this moment, however.
Yuque’s Divination Commission was said to be the ‘best’ when it came to, well, divining. Their high-end equipment and connection to ‘Nous’, the Aeon of Erudition, allo...
2025-03-11 14:34:44 +0000 UTC
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The differences between Earth and Xianzhou were miles apart. Things that would not be noticed by the former would fall onto the latter’s radar. The impending influence of an Aeon was one such case.
{Reminder. An incoming complex information bearing the concept of Hunt is predicted to strike this area. The estimated destruction range totals fifty million kilometers.}
The earlier space warfare was completely overturned by the sheer number ...
2025-03-10 08:46:59 +0000 UTC
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Crack-!
A crisp sound rang throughout the store room. More lines appeared on the amber crystal. As it became more fractured, fragments of the crystal fell to the ground.
Just as it was about to be fully broken, the entire place fell silent.
“Fu…”
A pure white hand touched the fracturing crystal. The damage to it was reversed in an instant.
Zoom-!
The sound of air being torn resounded. It was akin to a recording tape being rewou...
2025-03-09 15:19:28 +0000 UTC
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Things became better after the eighth eruption. Humanity no longer faces disasters that cause tens of millions of casualties. Although the damage was there, recovery was already underway.
It was at this moment of peace did humanity develop at a fast pace. Honkai beasts being manageable enough made it possible for more MANTISes to be more proficient in fighting. All sorts of scientific research were made possible.
Part of it was due to the lessened threats, but it was mostly ...
2025-03-08 14:59:27 +0000 UTC
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The eighth eruption was the largest and most chaotic mess Fire MOTH faced since their conception.
A major eruption occurred in one city, followed by four other Herrschers appearing in different places.
Worse, they appeared in strategic places—one that would cause unthinkable damage to humanity once destroyed.
Although they were soon handled by the MANTIS soldiers, the damage was done. The casualties on the fifth institute ranked first, followed ...
2025-03-07 11:19:59 +0000 UTC
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The signs were there.
The more I thought of it, the more I knew this would happen. The significance of my existence pushed both the Tree and the Sea to make their moves despite the fact they did not care about anything else.
Otto took advantage of the loophole in the imaginary realization, thus forcibly creating new branches on the Tree; it did not care.
The Cocoon siphoned energy from the Imaginary Tree;...
2025-03-06 14:57:11 +0000 UTC
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A/N: I’ll be using “Infinity” for Aleph’s authority and “Limitless” for the actual cursed technique to avoid any confusion.
*****
Three minutes ago.
“I see.”
Kurumi completely understood the assignment. Aleph did not directly hand out the three [Stella] to her but chose to give it in a roundabout way. It was due to the Cocoon’s assumed ability similar to omniscience.
Aleph thought of it when he remembered Su’s deeds of looking for other ...
2025-03-05 12:48:46 +0000 UTC
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Everything has its purpose.
It was a popular saying in my previous life. It held the same meaning as “pre-determined futures”. One of the settings in Star Rail, the game that was connected to Honkai’s story, was the presence of predetermined futures.
The fourth Cosmic Conundrum, more known as the solitary waves theory.
In simpler terms, futures were predetermined from the beginning. However, there comes a time when an interference occurs. It ...
2025-03-04 11:24:44 +0000 UTC
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