Chen Ran actually did not have confidence in fighting Kevin.
He was just an ordinary researcher.
In the simulated scenario, the only powers he could use were the Kallen Stigmata without Kallen's consciousness and the fluid powers of Infinite, which were close to the Herrscher of Wind.
The invisible, raging winds stirred the tides of quanta, and at the same time, the entire desolate land suddenly froze over.
Clearly, Kevin had very little power belonging to Honkai in the Sea of Quanta, yet at this moment, he was not much weaker than an ordinary Herrscher.
"What a hassle, strange, why do these two people feel so familiar to me?"
A voice echoed in Seele's mind.
She said, "But while they are fighting, let's leave quickly."
Right now, both Chen Ran and Kevin were extremely dangerous existences for Seele.
The girl could not control the full power of the Stigmata, which was why Seele had been running for so long.
Seele did not respond but looked at Bronya.
"Big Sister Bronya, what should we do?"
"Seele, hide here and wait for Bronya to come back."
She wanted to help.
At this moment, Chen Ran might be able to defeat Kevin, but the door to the Abyssal Eye would not wait for long.
As always, Bronya did not care about fairness or any so-called 'bottom line' at this time.
All her thoughts prioritized Seele's current situation.
"Project Bunny 19C, full weapon system deployed."
As Chen Ran faced off against Kevin, Bronya directly opened fire on Kevin.
"Fire!"
The shells flew rapidly towards Kevin, who frowned slightly and immediately countered with ice spikes.
The shells struck the ice spikes and exploded instantly.
At that moment, Kevin's pupils constricted slightly.
He saw Bronya throw the gun she had taken from Cocolia to Chen Ran, who then shot directly at Kevin.
It was an ordinary bullet, but Chen Ran had infused it with fluid power, nearly maximizing its speed.
In the instant the ice spikes exploded, the bullet was about to hit Kevin's shoulder.
A ripple finally appeared on Kevin's face.
He no longer maintained his calm expression and directly dodged the bullet, quickly moving at high speed towards Chen Ran.
Kevin's speed was not fast.
But his explosive power was extremely strong.
Chen Ran continued to fire three bullets at him, but Kevin dodged them all.
"Kevin, you're so serious that I even suspect I did something to wrong you."
Chen Ran's mouth did not stop joking, and a storm surged upwards, forming an invisible shield.
Kevin's attacks against Chen Ran were completely shattered.
At that moment, Bronya's eyes lit up from a distance: "Good opportunity!"
She continued to unleash firepower at Kevin.
At this time, Kevin had his back to her.
The storm affected Kevin's balance, Chen Ran manipulated the ideal fluid, and Bronya used Project Bunny to launch a two-pronged attack on Kevin.
However, if Kevin were to lose so easily, he wouldn't be Kevin.
Even without Heaven's Fire at this moment, he was still the strongest fighter.
A layer of exoskeleton, resembling that of a Honkai Beast, suddenly appeared on Kevin's skin. Whether it was the cutting of the ideal fluid or Bronya's shells, he withstood it all.
Chen Ran's pupils narrowed.
"You can control your artificial collapse?"
"Yeah, you taught me this."
Kevin spoke politely, but his actions were not.
Even without weapons, he directly attacked Chen Ran with fists and feet.
Chen Ran retaliated using Valkyrie combat techniques.
This was the only combat skill he had learned from the system.
He was just an ordinary researcher.
"I can't teach you these things. If you think I did, then it must be Mobius who taught me."
He was very confident in his knowledge.
Even though he used the power of the Stigmata to protect himself, he still felt awkward when facing Kevin.
However, despite his clumsiness in handling the situation, Chen Ran found that he could barely hold his ground.
"Why do I have to do all this when I'm just an ordinary researcher?"
He sighed slightly, then a sudden gust of wind pushed Kevin away.
The Honkai exoskeleton on Kevin was also left with numerous scars from Bronya and Chen Ran's attacks, which was fundamentally due to his lack of Honkai Energy.
Kevin without Honkai Energy and Kevin in peak condition were essentially two different people.
Chen Ran understood in his heart that if he kept using his authority, he might be able to wear him down.
However, time was not on his side.
He quickly retreated to Bronya's side: "Hurry, start your motorcycle, we need to leave."
As long as they returned to reality, it would be his home ground.
Although he was immortal in the Sea of Quanta, the vast Sea of Quanta would become his prison.
Clearly, Kevin also knew he could traverse time.
He understood even better that only by binding Chen Ran in the Sea of Quanta would he lose the ability to jump through time.
The reason for attacking Chen Ran was that in reality, no matter how Kevin executed Project Stigma, it would always be disrupted by Chen Ran.
After all, disrupting the time dimension was, to some extent, a dimensional strike.
Bronya: "It's Project Bunny."
The three planned to leave, but Kevin would not give them the opportunity.
A massive ice spike fell from the sky, and even he, with his originally pale face, turned even paler.
At that moment, a bolt of heavenly lightning struck down.
"Judgment Thunder!"
It was Bella, who had appeared here at some point, and the massive ice spike suddenly exploded.
Chen Ran was slightly taken aback and immediately said, "Bella, keep up, we're running."
"I'll take you to find Sirin when we get back."
"Coming, coming!"
ELFBella blinked and then let out a howl.
The tingling Raiden directly paralyzed Kevin.
In just half a second of paralysis, Kevin saw that the three and the ELF had vanished.
No more chances. Kevin understood.
Chen Ran was already adept at speed like the wind, something Kevin had known fifty thousand years ago.
Although Chen Ran was not as strong as Kevin in direct combat, he was more than capable of escaping.
If the Sea of Quanta could not trap Chen Ran, then Kevin knew that Project Stigma would have several more variables.
In fact, Chen Ran could return to the past and fundamentally negate this plan.
He retracted the exoskeleton armor, furrowing his brow slightly, and fell into thought again.
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Meanwhile, Chen Ran and the others were moving towards the location of the Abyssal Eye.
On the way, Bronya took the time to tell Seele about Chen Ran's identity.
"Seele, after we get out, Chen Ran will conduct some research on your body. This was the condition Bronya promised him when he came here."
Seeing that Kevin did not pursue them, Bronya let out a slight sigh of relief and said, "The Stigmata on you, according to Chen Ran, comes from the Sixth Herrscher of the previous civilization era."
"Eh? Eh? Eh?"
Seele blinked: "Another me, is a Herrscher?"
"Herrscher, oh, I do have some memories related to that."
The other Seele shared consciousness with Seele and said faintly, "No wonder I always feel familiar when I see these two people."
"However, I have lost part of my memory."
"Heh, forget it. Since I am a Herrscher, then it's not surprising what happens to me."
Herrscher Seele's tone seemed to carry resentment, as well as a reluctant acceptance of fate.
But at this moment, neither Bronya nor Seele noticed.
Chen Ran said, "To be honest, I don't know if this is right."
If Seele's body contained Herrscher Seele's power, then how could the Seele of the previous civilization era become the data for the Stigmata?
Could it be because of the Stigmata terminal?
Chen Ran was not very clear.
In any case, he had to uncover the secrets of quantization.
"The Sixth Herrscher is from the era I belong to, which is the same era you all have seen before, the first Herrscher to have emotions. I even lived with her for a while."
"I won't go into details, but... oh no!"
A tentacle swept towards them.
The rules of quanta materialized, transforming into a massive octopus.
"Speed is of the essence."
Chen Ran manipulated the ideal fluid and immediately began to cut through it.
However, after one tentacle was severed, it transformed into countless quantum creatures, rushing towards Chen Ran and the others.
Chen Ran frowned, glancing sideways, his pupils narrowing slightly.
Bronya's body was beginning to overlap.
"It's quantization."
Seele exclaimed, only to see Bronya's body being entangled by the tentacles.
"Get away from Big Sister Bronya!"
Unbeknownst to Seele, a scythe had appeared in her hand, quickly severing the tentacles.
However, what was cut was only the tentacles, not the rules of the Sea of Quanta.
After a brief moment of freedom, Bronya directly pulled Seele's hand into Chen Ran's palm.
"Take her out."
"Big Sister Bronya!"
Seele immediately broke free from Chen Ran's hand and hugged her tightly.
Chen Ran spoke rapidly, "It's not that bad yet, you all hold on to me, I can use the power of the wind."
He had never tried quantum flight before, but now he had no choice but to attempt it.
Just as Bronya began to exhibit an unstable quantum state, the Herrscher Core she carried suddenly reacted.
The core of the Herrscher of Reason from another world bubble began to stabilize the existence known as Bronya.
"What is this..."
Seele looked at Chen Ran, hoping he would provide an answer.
Chen Ran frowned involuntarily, and just then, a voice rang out.
"Her body is stabilized by the power of the Herrscher Core."
A woman with a single-sided Roman curl stepped out from the Sea of Quanta. She looked at Bronya and said to Chen Ran and Seele, "I don't know the principle, but the power of Honkai has the ability to suppress quantization."
Bella suddenly exclaimed, "Oh oh oh, it's that human next to Teacher Red Kite, who deleted all the data!"
"She's an evil villain!"
Seele hesitated, "Dr. Schrödinger?"
"Oh, you know me."
Schrödinger replied lightly, continuing to look at Bronya, saying, "However, just the power of the core is not enough. It's like I stabilize myself with the world anchor point but cannot leave the Sea of Quanta."
"In this cosmic depression, only special life forms can leave."
"Like the Stigmata that protects you, or the Herrscher."
Bronya did not possess a Stigmata.
Although she was one of the few survivors of the Second Honkai Eruption, essentially, she only had the genes for Stigmata but no manifest Stigmata.
Chen Ran vaguely understood, "So, to leave the Sea of Quanta, it actually requires a massive supply of Honkai Energy, right?"
No wonder Kevin needed the Gem of Desire; that explained everything.
If the space where the universe exists is four-dimensional, and the Sea of Quanta is a depression between the 3D and 4D, then the imaginary numbers exist in a higher dimension beyond the four dimensions.
Thus, Honkai is essentially a special power that can carry information from a higher dimension to a lower dimension.
In other words, Honkai is a special power that allows lower-dimensional life to access higher-dimensional space.
So, to leave the Sea of Quanta, one must rely on Honkai.
Thinking of this, he also understood why the Seele in his reality had uncontrollably transformed into a Herrscher.
The Seele of the pre-civilization era had not fully mastered the power of the Herrscher.
However, the specific situation still needed further research.
Chen Ran said, "So, making Bronya a Herrscher would be enough, right?"
"Bronya, this is for you."
He took out something.
This was the God-slaying spear that Chen Ran had always carried in the Stigmata space generated by the system.
The system prohibited Chen Ran from bringing real-world items into the simulation scene, but items that already existed in the simulation scene were not restricted.
Seele instinctively asked, "What is this?"
"Schariac serum, the Schariac family possesses the power to manipulate Honkai."
Upon hearing this, Bronya immediately grabbed the serum while also holding the Herrscher Core with one hand.
The power known as Honkai suddenly erupted.
Then, everyone noticed that the entire Sea of Quanta seemed to be 'boiling.'
Bronya's body recovered.
However, her neck and cheeks also showed signs of corruption.
At this moment, she decisively injected herself with the Schariac serum.
Schrödinger immediately said, "We need to hurry."
"The structure of the Sea of Quanta is very fragile; the collapse caused by Honkai may lead to unknown changes here."
Relying on the holy blood of Schariac, Bronya temporarily stabilized her mental state.
This was a gamble with her life.
The four of them immediately moved towards the passage where the Eye of the Abyss was located, countless quantum creatures obstructing their way.
Bronya suddenly erupted, the power of the Herrscher began to manifest within her.
The power known as authority allowed her to create multiple floating cannons out of thin air, directly annihilating all the quantum creatures.
At that moment, Chen Ran suddenly grabbed the wrists of Seele and Bronya, saying to Schrödinger, "Hurry up, the Eye of the Abyss has opened, Dr. Einstein must be eager to see you."
He also manipulated his power, maximizing their speed.
Schrödinger was momentarily stunned, a rare emotion appearing on her gloomy face.
"Hmm."
She extended her right hand, and Chen Ran saw that it was her Honkai-affected right arm.
In the world where she arrived, she could only rely on the Ether Anchor Point to stabilize her existence. The Ether Anchor Point was the central point that stabilized the world bubble.
It was also the place with the densest Honkai.
The right arm, which was incompatible with her body, erupted with intense Honkai Energy, and Schrödinger's speed momentarily matched Chen Ran's.
Bella, on the side, was puffing up in anger.
"Hey, what about me? I want to complain!"
The Sea of Quanta was vast.
However, with continuous jumps, they quickly closed the distance to their target.
Until...
The exit of the Eye of the Abyss appeared before them.
However, the tentacles originating from the Sea of Quanta were also increasing in number.
Chen Ran took a deep breath and suddenly swung his hand, throwing Seele towards the exit.
After that, he pulled Schrödinger and accelerated sharply.
Relying on the ideal fluid, all the tentacles that touched them were directly severed.
Then, Chen Ran and the others slid onto the cold floor.
"Bang!"
He rolled several times and then saw Bronya's face, all marked with signs of Honkai corruption.
"Big Sister Bronya!"
Seele's eyes widened in horror, and Chen Ran suddenly took out another Schariac serum.
He directly found Bronya's vein and injected it.
The symptoms of corruption were alleviated, and Seele let out a slight sigh of relief.
However, everyone knew that this was only temporary.
Indeed, becoming a Herrscher required the right timing, location, and people; Bronya was not the chosen Herrscher.
Fortunately, her body had a low adaptability to Honkai Energy, and her current condition should be similar to Kiana's state during the Celestial Meteor.
After doing all this, Chen Ran finally felt a bit relieved.
Including Bella, everyone had already exited the Sea of Quanta.
Cocolia immediately ordered to close the Eye of the Abyss.
The invisible tentacles that appeared from the Sea of Quanta into reality were all shattered by the mechas that Cocolia had long prepared.
Until the doors of the Eye of the Abyss were completely closed, Chen Ran finally felt a bit relieved.
[Congratulations, host, for clearing the fourth simulation scene. The system rewards the host with the ability to manipulate quantum-level power and knowledge related to the Sea of Quanta.]
[Congratulations, you have obtained ELFBella.]
[Special Note: The system has not granted the host the ability for free quantization; the quantum power used by the host is a quasi-quantum core simulated based on data by the system, which can be regarded as a special Stigmata.]
[This ability cannot completely replace quantization.]
[The next optimal simulation time is 8 hours later.]
The system's cold voice made Chen Ran breathe a sigh of relief.
Bronya regained her clarity, and Seele hurriedly supported Bronya.
Schrödinger, on the side, looked curiously at Cocolia, "Hello, I am Erwin Reanna Schrödinger."
Hearing this familiar name, Cocolia's mood became complicated.
The one before her, one of the founders of Anti-Entropy, did not resemble the photos at all.
With a body partially quantized and partially Honkai-affected, she looked neither human nor beast.
Schrödinger said, "Let's have a good talk; I still need to understand the current Anti-Entropy."
Cocolia nodded, "Okay, but first I need to take care of my child."
Chen Ran let out a slight sigh of relief, "Dr. Schrödinger, I will also need your help later."
The mysteries surrounding the Seele of the pre-civilization era might rely on Schrödinger to unravel.
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