Sky Striker Princess, but the swan song of Valkyrie.

Because of their close connection, she could sense that Finney wasn't lying. So, while ensuring she wouldn't be replaced by Finney and being curious about the relationship between Finney and Lingyi, she hesitated and leaned towards keeping it a secret.

[If Finny hadn't mentioned that your memories included Zero-chan's story, I wouldn't have been interested in the shrine maiden's memories.]

Hearing the buzzing echoes deep within his soul, Tsukuyomi answered in a muffled voice within his heart.

It doesn't matter. In fact, no matter what you choose, I won't stop showing you my memories. Just consider it a spirit's final lament.

Finnie smiled easily and said that she felt much more relaxed now that she had temporarily let go of her obsession.

So, do you want to continue today, or would you like to wait and see?

Immediately afterwards, Finney asked this question from the depths of his soul.

[Phineas...this is a crucial part, I can't possibly skip it, can I? Why can't you simplify the earlier parts a bit, Phineas?]

When asked by Finney, Tsukuyomi's response was affirmative but also contained some complaints.

Finnie said she had memories related to Zero, but before seeing that, Tsukuyomi first reviewed the other's life from birth to becoming a shrine maiden.

Although these memories gave her a better understanding of her supposed ancestor and the history of prehistoric civilizations, it was undeniably a grueling experience.

This is beyond my control. This is also the first time I've done something like transferring memories to my host body.

Phineas said that she had always taken over other people's bodies immediately after regaining consciousness, and this coexistence was a first for her.

【I slept……】

No longer talking to Finney, Tsukuyomi looked at the sleeping Kirika, found a comfortable position, lay down on the soft bed, and drifted off to sleep.

Soon, as darkness fell, Tsukuyomi's consciousness sank into the depths of her soul, her perception of the outside world was interrupted, and she was replaced by a feeling that was like a completely immersive game.

When she opened her eyes again, she was greeted by a scene she had never seen before.

Snowflakes obscured the sky, and the cold wind howled past my ears. If it weren't for the use of heretical technology to create warm and cold-proof equipment, I wouldn't have been able to reach this desolate polar region.

"Huff...huff, almost there, we're close. Once we find her, we'll know the reason why the gods cast the curse of chaos."

Step by step, supported by the scepter, she climbed towards the mountaintop, her steps uneven, until she found someone she knew who could answer her questions.

After the curse of chaos was cast, the once interconnected humans lost their language of communication, and even the Tower of Babel they built could not continue under this chaos.

To break the curse, Finnie's first thought was to find a way to communicate with God, and now, what she was looking for was a girl who could communicate with God.

"That place, is it there? It should be right."

Years of wind and snow have accumulated here, and the biting cold has made his heat source deplete faster and faster. Fortunately, before his heat source ran out, he successfully found the place where the girl lived.

It is said that the location was chosen because it was desolate enough, had good signal, and was convenient for movement.

As you get closer, the shapes of the buildings, which were covered by wind and snow, come into view. They are a group of buildings built on the ice field, carved out by the realm of heretical technology, and managed by machinery.

However, what made him uneasy was that all of these machines seemed to have stopped operating, and transport aircraft that had broken down due to insufficient energy could be seen everywhere on the roadside.

"Please, it has to be still here, it's our only hope."

Suppressing his unease, he entered the complex, crossed the neatly planned passageways, and headed towards the most prominent building in the center.

P.S. Good afternoon.

Chapter Twenty-Four: Memories of Prehistory

Zhiya-----Phi-

A harsh metallic scraping sound rang out, and the metal door, which had lost its power, was forcibly pulled open by physical force.

"Huff, huff, huff."

As the door opened, a panting shrine maiden appeared in the doorway.

After a period of exploration, she finally found her way to the area where the person she wanted to see was most likely to be. If she hadn't found him here, she probably would never have been able to find him.

Unfortunately, just like the other places she had searched, this place was completely empty, with no trace of anyone having lived there recently.

"Could it be that even she left with the gods? Have we been completely abandoned?" 59

Looking at the desolate scene, Finney felt a sense of despair and didn't know what to do for a moment.

Buzz... Buzz...

But after despair, there seemed to be hope. In this desolate, lifeless wasteland, the sound of machinery running, which should never have been heard, came from the nearby space.

"A sound, what is that?"

Following the sound, Finney found its source: a silver-white device resembling a coffin, placed in the corner of the room. As the indicator light flashed green, a buzzing sound emanated from inside the device.

"I remember this is a device for hibernation, the time setting is... how come it's taking so long?"

Walking over and approaching the device, Finnie subconsciously stepped forward to observe and touch it. Then, based on her experience as a priestess of the gods, she recognized the device as a hibernation device for living beings, and at the same time, she realized that its hibernation time was set in a way that was completely different from what would be set during normal use.

What's sealed inside?

Driven by a strange curiosity, Finney began to try to open the coffin-like object, based on her experience and guesses.

Pfft-

With a sound following Finnie's actions, not that Finnie opened the coffin, but that the coffin's equipment issued a red alarm, seemingly because her actions triggered the automatic alarm system, causing it to activate the emergency wake-up program.

"Oh no, I think I messed up."

Seeing this, Finney felt a little flustered, wondering if the owner of the mansion would punish her for her actions.

But this thought vanished when the silver-white coffin-like device was fully opened, because she saw the contents inside the coffin.

It was a naked girl covered in dormancy fluid, the one she had seen before and who was now her target—a girl with long platinum blonde hair.

"Why is Lord Zero sealed in this hibernation pod?"

Finney had a lot of doubts.

Lingyi, that was the name she remembered. Although their appearance and physique seemed to be no different from those of humans, they were able to have pleasant conversations with the gods who sat high in the sky.

On one occasion, Finnie, a priestess, encountered Zero, a god who came to visit her, and thus became impressed by her, learning that her abode was at the southernmost point of the planet.

“Ugh… um, &&*………%&*(￥##).

Not long after, after the device was activated, Zero, who was inside, opened her hazy eyes, sat up from inside the device, looked at Finney, and uttered a strange sound.

Finney was familiar with that pronunciation; it was a unified language of humanity, a language through which people who were not originally able to understand each other could comprehend one another.

However, this language has now been lost. What Finney can use now is a still very rudimentary language that has been painstakingly compiled by those around him from their own consensus and pronunciation.

"How can I make Lady Zero understand..."

Faced with this situation, Finney was at a loss, unsure how to express himself when he couldn't speak the language.

But just then, Zero seemed to sense something, stood up from the device, and began to walk around searching.

Soon, to Finney's puzzled gaze, she picked up a red and black blade from somewhere. As the blade glowed, Finney felt herself being affected by something.

"Now you should understand what I mean, right? I remember you're Finney, the witch from Enki's side, right? What exactly happened?"

Then, when Zero spoke again, Finney was surprised to find that she could actually understand what Zero meant.

"It's like this, I don't know why, but the gods destroyed our unified language and cast a curse of chaos upon us..."

As if she had finally found someone to confide in, Finney immediately poured out her heart, telling everyone why she had come to this place.

Then, Finney witnessed Lingyi's demeanor, from initial composure to gradual unease, and finally to utter bewilderment and panic.

"What the hell? What happened? What did Sister Goddess do after she drugged me? How did Anunnaki and the others leave? What is this Chaotic Curse? What did I miss? Is this some kind of prank game?!"

After listening to Finney's account, Lingyi, who had been relatively calm, kept muttering terms that Finney didn't understand, and then squatted down on the ground, covering her head in a panic.

"Oh no, oh no, I need to figure out what happened while I was asleep. Ah, anyway, I need to find some clothes to wear. Ah, I wonder if the Warblade system is still working at this time... Phew, it seems the backup power source hasn't broken down yet."

Suppressing her inner turmoil, Lingyi nervously used the black and red blade in her hand. With a flash of red light, a portal opened, from which she took out a set of clothes and began to put them on.

"Um, Lord Zero, so you don't know exactly what happened either?"

Finney asked with some concern. She had thought this would answer her questions, but instead, it only gave rise to more.

“How could I possibly know? I’ve been working and doing research here all along, and then Sister Godmother… ah, you can think of her as a goddess too… she came to find me.”

"I was originally planning to treat her well since we hadn't seen each other for decades, but for some reason she knocked me unconscious, and when I woke up I saw you, Finney."

After getting dressed, Lingyi complained to Finney in a bad mood.

"Ah, thank goodness you came to find me, Finney. If this had dragged on any longer, I don't know how far things would have gotten. Anyway, Finney, come and lend me a hand. I need to see just how bad things have gotten."

Lingyi said with some lingering fear, and with great efficiency, she pulled Finny out of the room.

P.S. Good evening.

Chapter Twenty-Five: Chaos

"This is terrible!"

Inside the room, in front of Finni, Zero let out a desperate sigh.

After Finnie woke up Zero, Zero took her to a place she couldn't understand.

After arriving here, Shan Si began fiddling with the instruments she couldn't understand, and her expression grew increasingly grim during the repeated tests.

"Lost contact, lost contact, completely lost contact, exhausted, utterly gone, what happened when my consciousness stopped?"

Lingyi covered her face, feeling confused and helpless.

"Lord Lingyi, are you also unable to contact the gods?"

Seeing Lingyi's reaction, Finnie's face involuntarily darkened.

"What can I do? All the equipment, weapons, and energy stored here have disappeared. Sister Shenming used her authority to take them away, and I don't know what she did with them. Now, only the production infrastructure remains here."

"Furthermore, even this basic infrastructure has been disrupted by the chaotic curse you described, which cut off the power supply system that was working well with the cooperation of the bio-terminal computing group. Once the emergency power is used up, most of it will have to shut down."

"What's even more troublesome is the disappearance of the Anunnaki. This is what I don't understand the most. Just how large-scale a disaster could have occurred to force those beings capable of creating worlds to abandon this testing ground and leave?"

"Ugh, one thing after another is happening all of a sudden, and they're all super troublesome things. I'm so annoyed, so confused, I just want to die."

She slumped limply onto the instrument screen, her muffled, weak voice slowly uttering unintelligible complaints to Finnie beside her.

"Lord Lingyi..."

Looking at the girl who was giving up like this, Finney didn't know what to do.

The god she once relied on has vanished, the language she once used has been taken away, and now even the only person who might be able to help is helpless. She truly doesn't know what to do.

"Okay, now that you've finished complaining, let's think about how to resolve this situation."

However, just as Finney was at a loss, Lingyi, who had just appeared extremely desperate, quickly regained her spirits.

"Qin?"

The other person's rapid change in emotion caught Finney off guard.

"Hehe, don't make that face. It's true that the current situation is hopeless, but we can't just give up like this. As long as we can still breathe, things haven't gotten to the worst point yet."

Lingyi stood up, tilted her head back, and smiled as she spoke to Finn, her expression showing no trace of her earlier dejection.

"Lord Lingyi, do you perhaps have a solution?"

Influenced by the other person's expression, Finney subconsciously assumed that the other person had come up with a solution.

"No, we have absolutely no clue, which is why we need to start investigating now. What's that saying again? As long as we keep moving forward, the road will keep extending."

"Although things seem extremely chaotic right now, it's better to move forward step by step than to stand still and remain stagnant."

"And I am confident that no matter how difficult the situation is, I can solve it as long as I work hard."

Zero, standing in front of Finnie, expressed her opinion with a smile and optimism, then turned around and began operating the controls in the control room.

"Step by step forward, Lady Zero? Is there anything I can do to help?"

Infected by the other party's optimistic attitude, Finney's once despairing mood improved, and she stepped forward to ask if there was any work she could do.

"Ah, yes, there are. Finney, you should know how to use these devices, right? I'll sort out the current situation and assign you tasks later."

Lingyi quickly replied to Finn's words, and then, as if she had thought of something, she turned around with her finger pressed against her lips in a thoughtful manner.

“However, this may take several years. In that case, Finney, I have a suggestion: could you please not add ‘sir’ after my name? Just call me Zero.”

Suddenly realizing this, Zero made this request to Finney.

"Why is that, Lord Zero?"

Finnie was puzzled by the other party's request. In her view, the person who could talk and laugh with the gods must be of noble status.

"I'm not used to being called that. It's okay a few times, but if people keep calling me that, I feel like I have an extra heavy responsibility on my shoulders, and it's very uncomfortable."