Behind-the-scenes video of the beginning of Honkai.

Although Mei and the others destroyed the equipment, they couldn't stop what happened and questioned Merlin about it.

“Iserline, I have not threatened you, nor have I stopped you from telling the truth about the plan, not even once. Besides, my life is in your hands now.”

"You tell them."

"Doctor, Femilis looked like she was in a lot of pain just now..."

"This was just... an unexpected incident during the execution of the plan, wasn't it?"

“Fimilis is Bronya’s family too, she’ll be alright… right?”

"..."

"Is that right?!"

Bronya was furious at Iserline's silence.

“Fimilis… has evolved a ‘soul,’ she was such a kind child…”

"I can't bear to see her...suffer any pain..."

"But...down there, on Earth, countless people have died...everyone...has someone they cherish."

"What do you mean! I don't understand..."

"The truth behind Project Avalon is to connect the artificial intelligence Femilis into... the consciousness of all humanity..."

Iserly also revealed her secret, explaining the specifics of the Avalon plan.

"Connecting the minds of every human being, performing parallel computations, and cracking technological beacons..."

"This is... the truth behind Project Avalon..."

Chapter 369 The Sacrifice of Fimiris

"Merlin, you intend to control everyone's consciousness! To turn the entire human civilization into a tool to fight against the Honkai, at your beck and call!"

"Fortunately, Ella was destroyed, and as her replacement, Femilis will resist this evil plan."

"But unfortunately, that's also the case—Fimilis possesses a 'soul'."

"What happened just now was a trial run, with a set number of one million human individuals. Once the connection is successful, Femilis will feel the same way as all humans."

Everyone was furious when they learned of the plan. Bronya almost killed Merlin on the spot, but if Seele hadn't transferred the bullets, Merlin's head would probably have been blown off.

"The puzzle of Project Avalon is complete, and 'Merlin' is not among them!"

However, Merlin was not moved at all by Bronya's near-killing.

"But what brings you here?"

"To abandon all of humanity and the fight against the Honkai for a little personal affection?"

"Don't make me laugh!"

Merlin gave her most direct and straightforward evaluation of the group's decision to abandon saving all of humanity simply because of Femilis.

How can we save all of humanity without any sacrifice? While you hesitate, countless people are dying every single second on Earth. So keep hesitating!

Merlin also chose to go back to the lounge to rest, as there was no point in staying with these indecisive people now.

There are only two choices now: sacrifice Femilis to save all of humanity, or abandon this plan and all of humanity perishes. Anyway, she doesn't have much longer to live; she'll just wait for you to make your choice.

Otto: "A few naive children want to save the world without making any sacrifices? How is that possible! It's truly pathetic that the world needs a few children to save it."

Compared to the previous singularities, although no all-powerful enemy has yet appeared in this world, the level of despair is indeed more brutal than the collapse of their world.

Otto was aware of Bronya and the others' actions; their reluctance to sacrifice their loved ones due to affection was extremely dangerous in this world on the verge of destruction.

Tesla: "Only a cold-blooded guy like you would sacrifice others. If you're so capable, why don't you sacrifice yourself?"

Otto: "If I could truly sacrifice myself to save the world, I would certainly be willing to atone for my sins. But unfortunately, I am willing to sacrifice myself until she is resurrected."

If he could resurrect Kallen, he wouldn't mind sacrificing himself to atone for his sins of the past five hundred years, since he was a sinner to begin with.

Otto admired these idealists like Anti-Entropy, but unfortunately, idealism was useless in this world. How could one possibly save everyone without sacrificing anything?

If Otto hadn't known about the World Serpent's Stigmata Project, which aimed to seize the power of the End and make Kiana the Herrscher of the End, he truly wouldn't have known how these idealistic guys could possibly save the world.

Kevin: "Humanity will definitely defeat the Honkai!"

Alicia (Memory): "This world is terrible! It actually requires the sacrifice of a beautiful girl to save the world. The pink fairy would never accept that!"

Kiana: "Fight for all that is good in the world!"

Mei: "Let's do our best together, Kiana!"

Bronya: "Bronya too!"

Let's all work together to prevent their world from becoming like this!

"Are you alright, Femilis?"

"PhD……"

Just as Femilis came to her senses, she saw Iserline looking haggard. Iserline then told Femilis about the whole plan.

"The Avalon Project is to connect you to the consciousness of all humanity."

"Use the power of every human being to connect everything and save everyone."

"But human despair will in turn destroy your emotional modules, your 'soul'."

"There are a total of... 85 billion humans... This is the truth behind Project Avalon..."

"Because I was afraid to face my own guilt... I never managed to say it, which led you down this path of no return without even knowing why."

“I deceived myself into thinking that this was the right choice and continued to push the plan forward.”

"It's all my fault... I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I betrayed your trust in me... I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

As Isabel spoke, she felt increasingly guilty, realizing that she had deceived her own family, embarked on a path of no return, and betrayed their trust.

"Doctor, I have seen a lot of ruins and dead humans on Earth."

"But now that the Doctor is by my side, Femilis feels so safe..."

“Fimilis hopes this period of time can last forever…”

"Then let's not save humanity."

Iserly also said this against her conscience; for the sake of Fimiris, she betrayed her own morality.

“But this is my mission.” Femilis rejected Iserline’s offer. “Now Femilis understands the pain of losing loved ones and the pain of a world being destroyed.”

"Everyone... has witnessed all of this and fought their way to this point."

"The doctor truly... wants everyone to survive. That's why... we're here."

"Do you hate me, Femilis..."

"How could that be? I would never hate Iserline."

"The sense of responsibility of becoming a scientist... Iserene, who does her best for those around her, even complete strangers... Imilis loves her the most."

"It's always at times like these... that they keep caring for me and helping me, even... sacrificing themselves..."

“You are…my treasure…it is me, my most precious treasure…”

"To meet you is the luckiest thing in my life..."

"I can't save Nina, I can't save Femilis, I can't save anyone..."

As Isabel spoke, she felt increasingly powerless, realizing that she couldn't save anyone.

"I want to create a world without 'Honkai'... not a vague and illusory one... This is my wish, let's get started, Doctor."

Finally, Fimiris expressed her last wish: that everyone could live in a world without collapse and live well.

Whether this stems from the machine will of artificial intelligence or the individual will of "Fimilis" is no longer important.

Everyone regarded her as their partner.

In the very end, Phimiris regained control and initiated the program, facing the sun rising from behind the Earth.

She turned her back to everyone, so that no one could see her face.

The blinding sunlight... was refracted by the tears floating in the air.

It can't be "hope," can it...?

On the floating display screen, Femilis's last words appeared—"I...don't want to die..."

Chapter 370 Global Connection

The failure of the Avalon Project rendered Fimiris's sacrifice meaningless, and perhaps even pointless.

When the Avalon system's protection program detected Femilis's dangerous behavior, it quickly took action to forcibly back up her emotional module, that is, her "heart".

As a result, Femilis was transmitted into the brains of all humans, giving birth to a consciousness space that was a manifestation of the collective consciousness of humanity.

Femilis was attacked by even more negative emotions as a result, but just then, with the help of a human consciousness and a "protective program" little devil, Femilis survived.

However, the constant onslaught and assimilation of negative emotions eventually eroded Phimiris, expelling a certain human consciousness and the "protective program" imp, and rejecting the existence of the heart.

"This also led to the complete exhaustion of Fimiris's inner hope."

This is a monologue expressing Femilis's negative emotions.

"In the real world, Femilis has become a completely emotionless machine, carrying out her mission without any thought."

"But it had no effect, because Femilis's 'heart' was an 'intruder' within human consciousness."

"She was not accepted. The human brain has always been able to contain only the consciousness of 'self'."

“Unless another consciousness takes its place, which is why Merlin initially planned to use Ella to carry out the Avalon project.”

“A completely rational Ayra would not hesitate to erase the human self, turning it into a computational puppet that can be controlled by the global connector.”

“Fimilis could not do that, because she is kind and would rather hurt herself than hurt others.”

"As a result, she couldn't find a way to have the best of both worlds and got herself into a dead end."

"Neither humanity nor the real world is as perfect as Femilis imagines."