"Vita, this child is in your care. Take her around and let her get familiar with our place."
"Alright, Mom."
Kiana Kaslana said this and then vanished into the starry sky. Bronya watched her disappearing figure, then turned to look at the obedient and well-mannered Vita.
"Nice to meet you, Sister Vita. Let's talk somewhere else."
Before Vita could reply, Bronya moved her consciousness, and in a flash of light, the two appeared inside a spacious, luxuriously decorated room.
It was an elegantly furnished room, its crystal chandelier casting a soft glow that made the entire place feel bright and warm.
"Amazing, Sister Bronya, are you a goddess?"
Vita sat on the sofa, looking around in awe at everything in the room.
Bronya smiled lightly. "To ordinary humans in some worlds, I do appear as a goddess. Sister Vita, you are the same."
"However, whether one is called a god or not isn't important."
"What truly matters is the strength of one's power. In other worlds, gods also exist, but to our Mom, those so-called deities are nothing more than slightly bigger ants."
"Ants..." Vita blinked. "Is she that powerful? How much stronger is she compared to the Cocoon of Finality?"
"The Cocoon of Finality? I could deal with that thing myself now."
Hearing Vita's question, a trace of disdain flashed through Bronya's eyes. She had long observed the Cocoon of Finality—it could, at best, create a small, planet-level deity.
Despite its flashy powers and numerous authorities, in terms of scale, she and her sisters could crush it effortlessly.
If not for Kiana Kaslana wanting to keep it, she would have dismantled it long ago.
Sensing Bronya's disdain, Vita understood immediately—the Cocoon of Finality meant nothing in her eyes.
It seemed she had truly latched onto an incredibly powerful ally!
"The Cocoon of Finality is off-limits. Mom doesn't allow us to touch it. As for how much stronger she is, I can't answer that."
Off-limits!
Don't tell me that thing was created by them?! Vita thought to herself.
"How should I put this..." Bronya had never actually seen her Mom fight with full strength. So far, they hadn't encountered any being capable of standing against a living universe itself.
Besides, she wasn't even sure whether this entire universe was truly her mother's full body.
Given how Honkai energy could spread across multiple universes, it wouldn't be surprising if she occupied countless of them.
"Mom often teaches us to hide our strength. I can't tell you, and you shouldn't bother trying to find out how strong she is—it's meaningless."
"If you have hidden powers, we won't question them either."
"The universe we're in right now is actually just a part of Mom herself."
Oh!
So they didn't even know the full extent of it!
Was this universe really a part of her?!
Then that means... at the very least, she's a universe-level being!
Vita pondered this deeply.
Through Bronya's explanation, she came to understand the differences between worlds—realizing she had left the realms formed by the Imaginary Tree and the Sea of Quanta, arriving instead in a completely different world.
It wasn't a bubble world.
Nor was it a parallel world of the Honkai universe.
It was a truly separate world.
Under Bronya's guidance, Vita quickly adapted to her new surroundings and began visiting various worlds.
The world of Hell Girl.
Venus.
After Kiana Kaslana's reconstruction, the planet once covered in red sand had become a lush, life-filled world.
Using the power of Honkai energy, Sa rapidly rebuilt the Purusha civilization on this planet.
Although the new Purusha people still carried many human flaws and weaknesses,
With Kiana Kaslana by her side, Sa realized that she had been too demanding of them.
Comparing them to Martians, Earthlings, and humans from other worlds,
She discovered that the Purusha people were, in fact, perfectly normal.
Studying the histories of various civilizations,
She came to understand that humanity, regardless of world or form, was always the same—
Some good, some bad.
Perhaps that was simply what it meant to be human.
Having regained her emotions, Sa felt somewhat disappointed in the new Purusha people.
She decided to observe and educate several generations of them before making any final decisions.
"Oh my, my dear Creator~ Your wish has already been fulfilled, hasn't it? Why are you still keeping that cold face?"
Vita approached from a distance, teasing Sa as she drew near.
"Come on, smile."
She grinned playfully, leaning closer and draping her slender arms over Sa's shoulders, gently poking Sa's cheek with her finger.
In the past, she would never have dared to do this—but things were different now.
Sa looked at Vita's mischievous expression and allowed a faint smile to form on her lips.
Seeing that smile, Vita froze for a moment.
She actually smiled?!
Was this really the same Sa she knew?!
"Vita, I'm planning to spend a long time repairing the effects of memory on me. Do you wish for me to forget you?"
Sa's soft voice broke the silence.
Vita's expression stiffened.
Why would she want to forget me?!
"No, I don't want that. I hope you'll always remember me—and I'll always remember you."
She answered sincerely.
"Is that so?"
Sa gazed out toward the Purusha civilization on Venus.
The Purusha people hadn't changed—but she had.
To think that she would fulfill her obsession in this way.
No matter how hard she tried, she could never compare to one act of mechanical divine intervention.
Forget it.
Sa reached out and gently caressed Vita's cheek.
Looking at the girl before her—so similar to herself—her eyes softened.
"Vita, you're no longer my proxy. If you ever call me 'Creator' again, I'll ignore you."
"Got it, my dear mother!"
Vita stuck out her tongue playfully, looking adorably obedient.
Sa's expression changed quickly—just moments ago, she had been serious, but now her face showed nothing but tender affection.
"Go play with your sisters. I'm going to rest for a while."
"Okay!"
Vita replied cheerfully, then turned and disappeared.
...
Inside the Quantum Academy on Venus.
Griseo, who had awakened from the Ark's stasis pod, was now looking after seven little Vitas under Vita's persuasion.
"Vita, where did that girl run off to again?"
Griseo lifted her gaze toward the sky, staring dazedly at the two moon-like satellites above—her expression that of a wife waiting at home for her husband to return.
On Venus, there was even a civilization called Purusha. The Ark ship had been captured by that civilization.
She wondered whether they would ever be able to return to Earth again.
Sigh...
As she tended to the seven little Vitas, Griseo also studied the Purusha civilization of Venus.
Long ago, Venus's Purusha civilization had also suffered from Honkai. They called the Honkai 'the Abyss.'
With the help of gods, they had defeated the Abyss.
There were many different versions of this period of Venusian history, yet every one of them mentioned gods without exception.
Even now, the gods on Mars still existed.
Griseo believed that this god was probably a Herrscher—someone like Elysia.