Infinite Transmigration Starting from Violet

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It was already evening when we returned to the village.

Inside the thatched hut, Sister Ling heard what had happened from Zhengji.

Looking at Hanbei, whose body was covered in many wounds, I couldn't help but feel sad.

"Although I claimed to be from the other side, I never imagined I'd actually go there. How pathetic... Aaaaaaah!!!"

Sister Ling was so frightened that she fell off the kang (a heated brick bed) and scrambled away.

Because Hanbei, who had stopped breathing just a few minutes ago, suddenly sat up from the straw mat.

He was so startled awake from his deathbed that he was almost ready to "laugh and ask the guest where he came from."

"That's why I told you the old man wouldn't die!"

As Zhengji muttered to himself, he sorted the weapons he had taken from the savages.

At that moment, Hanbei suddenly turned his gaze to Violet.

"Excuse me, are you a woman from a foreign land...?"

"I'm not called 'Woman from Another Country,' I'm called Violet," the girl said earnestly.

"..."

Hanbei tried to pronounce the four syllables "Violet".

But it was difficult and a bit strange, so we gave up in the end.

"Excuse me, I have a favor to ask."

The girl looked at the old man with curiosity.

"Could you... kill me?"

"kill?"

“That’s right, I am a person from the other side, and because of my lowly body, I cannot die…” Hanbei said, “If it were you, you might be able to kill me.”

"Grandpa, why are you so sure?" Lu Ye asked.

“Because her sword is so straight,” Hanbei said. “In all my years, I’ve never seen such a straight sword. That indomitable spirit is something not everyone can possess… So, how about granting me this wish?”

"With such a body, why would you want to die?" Zhengji was very puzzled.

Hanbei remained silent for a moment, then let out a long sigh.

"Because we are already on the other side..."

After dinner, the sun set.

Since the savages had been driven away and would not bother the village for a while, Zhengji no longer needed to keep watch at night.

Zhengji's house is not far from Sister Ling's house.

He and Sister Ling are not actually related by blood; they were just acquaintances from their parents' generation who looked after each other.

Before resting, he called Violet and Luye outside and pointed to the pile of knives he had looted from the savages on the ground.

"You guys pick two."

"Thank you very much."

Lu Ye did not refuse, after all, the knife in Violet's hand had already developed some chips during the battle.

Lu Ye selected a katana from among them that looked to be in relatively good condition.

Violet tried all the swords and finally chose the six-foot-long nodachi!

Such a large knife was completely out of place for her petite figure.

But Lu Ye knew that the weapon Violet chose must be the one that suited her best.

Finally, Zhengji handed the other katana to Luye.

"This one is for the old man. Anyway, thank you so much for today," Zhengji said earnestly.

"Yes, I will pass it on to him."

night.

In the quiet night, Lu Ye slowly sat up from the straw mat.

He went outside and came to the fenced courtyard behind the thatched hut, and then opened the shop.

Of course, he didn't have any points on hand, so he didn't want to buy anything. Instead, he contacted customer service—Xiaobai.

A moment later, the young girl's dissatisfied voice came from the other end of the communication.

"Contacting me at night? What a naughty child! Are you planning to keep me from sleeping tonight?"

"Xiaobai, I want to ask you something."

"what?"

"I always feel like I know this world very well, but I can't remember anything about it..."

"Really? Looks like I'm a step too late..." Xiaobai sighed.

"Too late?"

"The first world you traveled to was Violet Evergarden, right? If I remember correctly, it was an anime or something?" Xiaobai said. "Can I ask about your experience after traveling to that world?"

"I always feel like this distorted world is just awful..."

“That’s right, this is caused by the Protoss fragments,” Xiaobai said. “But the fragments will not only affect parallel worlds, but also your world, as the game has already explained.”

Lu Ye nodded. If the Star Spirit fragments were left unattended, his world would also be eroded.

"And the erosion has already begun, though earlier than I expected... That's why I told you to set off sooner!"

"It's already started?"

“Yes, if you have a strong sense of déjà vu about a certain world, it means you were once quite familiar with that world.” Xiaobai’s tone was very serious. “But their existence has been erased from your world, and that is called ‘erosion’.”

"So, this world, like Violet Evergarden, is something I once knew, but have now forgotten?"

Chapter 108 Master Hanbei

“That’s right, maybe it’s various artistic or entertainment works, in short, you recognize them,” Xiaobai said. “But because of the influence of the fragments, their existence has been erased from your world, which is called a world line shift, making it seem like they never existed in this world from the beginning. Naturally, you have never seen these, so your memories of this world have disappeared.”

"But I still remember Violet..."

"Erosion is gradual, this is just the beginning, and no one knows what will happen next. Maybe you'll forget about that silly girl!" Xiaobai said this with a hint of happiness.

"Can I retrieve my memories of this world?"

"It's difficult because of the influence of causality. After the world line changed, this work never existed in your world from the very beginning, so how could you possibly have any memories of it?"

"I see..." Lu Ye seemed thoughtful.

"If there's nothing else, I'm going to bed now..."

"Could you tell me more about 'erosion'?"

"Well, I'm not entirely clear on the details of this... But what I am sure of is that the effects of erosion will become increasingly significant and severe, just like a dam. Initially, a small crack appears on the surface, but if left unattended, it will gradually widen until the dam collapses."

"That's a very vivid explanation..." Lu Ye roughly understood.

If the Protoss fragments are left unattended, Earth will be "corroded" by their power, and the timeline will change.

For now, it's just that some movies and games have disappeared, but nobody knows what will happen next.

"Xiaobai, I have another question."

"Tell me quickly, staying up late will make your skin worse!" the little girl said angrily.

"I've always been curious. Violet Evergarden and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice are both works I've seen on Earth. They were created on Earth, so why are they able to form their own independent worlds? Shouldn't parallel worlds not interfere with each other?"

"Do you know what 'planetary interference theory' is?" Xiaobai asked.

"I don't even know where the end of the universe is, how would I know this?"

Xiao Bai cleared his throat and began to explain in a teacher-like tone.

After the explanation was completed, the communication was interrupted.

Lu Ye learned about this knowledge called "plane interference theory".

A plane is like a soap bubble floating in the void, possibly containing multiple worlds of different shapes. Although they do not interfere with each other, they are always within the same bubble, and this connection is called world interference.

Its manifestation is that information from one world, after being refracted and distorted, is projected onto another world and then reproduced in some form.

For example, the fantasy worlds in novels may seem to be the product of the authors' inspiration, but in fact, they may very well be the result of information from another world being projected onto the current world. Through the operation of causality, they are simply manifested in the form of novels.

But Lu Ye felt that something was off about the conversation just now.

The world line has shifted.

In other words, one doesn't remember what happened in this world; at most, one only has a sense of déjà vu.

What about Xiaobai?

How did she know?

Although she is the game's administrator, the game is essentially nothing more than a tool for recycling fragments.

Could it be that... the changes in the world line will not affect her?

Lu Ye wanted to attack again, but the merciless panel popped up.

[...Unable to connect to the void]

How is this going?

Lu Ye spent a lot of time fiddling with it but still couldn't figure it out.

A gentle breeze was blowing.