I, the Lord of the Fifth Heavenly Throne, flow out of all things!

The space inside the bookshelf is managed by her, whether it is finding books or returning them.

She has exactly the same appearance as Darien. Although she is also Darien, Duanmulian thinks they are two different people.

"She's...gone."

The pink-haired girl answered Duanmulian's question in a gentle voice, with a sad look in her lavender eyes.

Duanmulian heard words that she didn't want to hear, and her heart felt like it was thrown into a blender. She didn't know whether it was heartache or sorrow in her soul that overflowed uncontrollably at this moment.

At the same time, a sense of sadness that did not belong to him also resonated in his soul.

Duanmu Lian also has sadness, but the more intense sadness comes from the previous generation of Demon God Lian.

In his mind, the memories of the previous generations of Lian and Darien kept flashing and emerging as if stimulated.

However, these memories that had just emerged all turned into "experience" the next moment.

Just like watching a movie, Duanmulian saw those memories but did not have the feeling of experiencing them personally.

This was the restriction placed on him by the Duanmulians when he awakened countless memories of past lives, so that he would not be affected by his past.

"I...can still feel her..."

Duanmulian used all his strength to suppress the unspeakable pain in his heart. He walked slowly to the pink-faced girl and looked at her with complicated eyes.

His relationship with Darien is complicated, and they have an unspoken friendship when they get along with each other.

She would not regard Duanmulian as the devil lotus, nor would she regard him as a substitute.

Duanmulian will only have a good impression of Darien, but will not take this good impression any further.

"She...gave up herself and gave everything to me..."

The pink-faced girl looked directly at Duanmulian in front of her and explained the reason softly.

She is Darien, but she is not Darien.

She was originally a self-sealed being in the bookshelf space, and had a different personality from Darien.

She calls the bookshelf she is in a prison.

Because in the past she had opened the bookshelf and spread many disasters in the world.

Plague, love, distress, superstition and destruction, war and killing, and death, just like Pandora in mythology.

Darien gave up herself, which means she gave up her consciousness, personality, memory, emotions, etc.

All the colors contained in the soul are cleansed, just like a newborn baby.

It can be said that this is no different from death.

The pink-haired girl in front of him came out from Danterian's bookshelf space and replaced Darien.

"Did she have anything to say to me?"

Duanmulian, who understood everything, wiped away the tears and blood that flowed from her suppressed sorrow with an expressionless face.

The pink-haired girl shook her head and said nothing, but raised her hand and pointed at Duan Mulian's chest.

The next moment, a vortex of light bloomed in Duanmulian's chest.

Among them, a phantom book slowly flew out and hovered between Duanmulian and the girl.

"...Darian, do you really have nothing to say to me?"

Looking at the phantom book floating in front of her, Duanmulian's heart tightened and her voice began to tremble.

The phantom book floats without any words.

After circling around Duanmulian, it finally floated into the arms of the pink-haired girl and was held in her arms.

After a long while, the gentle voice of a young girl finally came out from the phantom book.

"Please, take him somewhere."

The pink-French girl pursed her lips, then nodded in agreement.

She stood up from the pile of books, signaled Duan Mulian in front of her to follow her with her eyes, and then ran out alone.

Duanmu Lian followed the other person silently.

All the emotions of relaxation he had felt after returning from the other world were completely wiped out because of this incident, causing his current mental state to return to the time when he was alone.

Duanmulian was not too surprised that Darien would do such a thing.

I can accept it, but I can't bear the pain of losing it.

A minute later, the pink magic girl brought Duanmulian to the interior of the space, in front of a magnificent gate that he was familiar with.

This huge door, a perfect combination of mechanical and mysterious styles, was exactly the place that Duanmulian and Darien had agreed not to enter for the time being.

Seeing this gate again, Duanmu Lian felt a sense of melancholy.

He was very curious about what was inside, but he also abided by the agreement with Darien and did not enter for the time being.

Unexpectedly, after returning from the other world, this place could be entered.

The pink magic girl stopped in front of the gate with the phantom book in her arms, turned her head to look at Duan Mulian, and said softly:

"Only you can open this door."

"......"

Speechless, Duanmulian stepped forward and reached out to touch the magnificent gate in front of her.

I pushed it forward gently, and it was easily pushed away as if it had no weight at all.

When the door in front of him opened, a vortex tunnel that was as magnificent as a cosmic nebula appeared before his eyes.

Duanmulian walked in without any hesitation, and the pink-haired girl followed closely behind him.

The starry sea surrounding this tunnel is extremely real, and the tunnel is also extremely long, as if it has no end.

And when the light burst out before my eyes, that light directly swallowed up the tunnel which was as dark and deep as the universe and the starry sky.

Duanmulian and the pink-faced girl were led to a whole new world.

When the blinding light faded away and she could feel the ground under her feet again, the scenery reappeared in Duanmulian's sight.

At this moment, what appeared before him was a vast paradise on earth and an absurdly huge tree that reached the sky.

The giant tree's lush and dense branches and leaves completely replaced the concept of the sky.

And those leaves are not green leaves in the normal sense.

Because the appearance of each leaf is a different scene of the universe and the sea of ​​stars.

This is similar to the cosmic marble scene that Duanmulian had seen, but it is even more shocking.

However, compared with the paradise on earth and the huge world tree before her, what shocked Duanmulian even more was the human figures wandering around the giant tree.

Looking around, although the figures were dressed differently and had different figures, they all had the same face as Duanmulian.

At the same time, a voice with a complex and melancholy tone sounded.

"Welcome to [Naraka: The Other Shore]."

Hearing this familiar voice, Duanmulian immediately turned around to look.

I saw two figures, one big and one small, standing on the grass not far away.

The person who spoke was Darien, and next to her stood Duanmulian, who was wearing glasses and robes engraved with countless mysterious spells.

There was a melancholy expression on Darien's face, while Duan Mulian beside her nodded to her and gave her a friendly smile.

"Welcome here, my successor."

“That’s not a surprise at all.”

Duanmulian's eyes contained extremely complicated emotions. He looked up and down at the two people in front of him, and he also found something strange about them.

The two people in front of him were not real living people, but a kind of spiritual existence.

"It's really not a big surprise. I built this place with good intentions, but I also have some bad tastes."

Duanmulian, or Demon God Lian, who was standing next to Darien, shrugged his shoulders.

Seeing Duanmulian, his successor, appear here, an expression of reminiscence of the past appeared on his face.

After all, when he first came to this place before, he was similar to Duanmulian.

Unexpectedly, after a long time, the Demon God Lian would come here as a member of this place to see his successor and meet him.

"How long has this place been in the space interior?"

Duanmulian glanced at the unimaginably huge tree in the distance, and then she and the pink magic girl came up to the two of them.

The pink magic girl and Darien looked at each other, then handed the phantom book in their hands to each other.

After taking the phantom book, Darien gathered her clone back and returned the phantom book to the pink magic girl.

"Among countless reincarnations, this place is the 67854234th one I have built."

Demon God Lian snapped his fingers, and a set of tables, chairs and black tea immediately appeared in front of the four people. After they sat down, he began to describe the place, saying:

"The inspiration comes from the paradise of the afterlife in [Honkai Impact 3]. This place is 98% likely to be [us] from different reincarnations. The purpose is to turn us into valuable experience and assist generations of new selves."

"That's really interesting. There's a Mobius in the chat group right now. I also recently found the coordinates of the Honkai Universe."

Hearing this, Duanmulian burst into laughter and made a joke to herself.

The Darien and Demon Lotus in front of him were two extremely real [memory information bodies].

There are countless people like them in this place.

There are as many Duanmulians in this place as there are Duanmulians who have reincarnated.

Including Duanmulian before the construction of [Nirvana: The Other Shore].

As long as the memories they left behind are extracted through the chat group's [Universal Record] function, a [Memory Information Body] can be created.

And the place in front of us is similar to the paradise in Honkai Impact 3.

It’s just that Duanmulian’s memory space is [Nirvana: The Other Shore] which has been strengthened countless times.

Because the goal of every generation of Duanmulian was to break through the eternal calamity and return to overturn everything on the fourth day, it was named Eternal Calamity: The Other Shore.

After all, this can be said to be the afterlife for those who have passed away.

There is nothing wrong with saying it is [Wu Jian].

"I play 'single player', and I haven't invited anyone to the chat group except those in Group 1."

Demon Lotus took a sip of black tea and was not very interested in the people in the chat group.

Duanmu Lian expressed her understanding of this, after all, their personalities were quite similar in the beginning.

Apart from the people in group one, he didn't have much affection for the people in chat group two.

In addition to alleviating the staleness of the known, he invited others for the purpose of exploration and utilization.

If it weren't for Darien's suggestion, he would have also planned to play single-player.

"Lian, our story has ended, and your story has just begun. I'll trouble you to take care of the other 'me'."

Darien looked at Duanmulian in front of her with a somewhat apologetic look.

The real her has completely given up her own consciousness and personality, and she is replaced by another book princess who is sealed inside the bookshelf.

From now on, she will continue to provide help to Duanmulian here.

But I can't be with him anymore.

"...I respect your choice."

Duanmulian looked at the pink magician beside her and accepted and respected Darien's choice.

Life or death is the other party's own choice, and he has no right to influence Darien's intention.