"The magical girl who originally possessed it must have been incredibly powerful. Even after being eroded by the Abyss for so long, it still retained a truly miraculous power."
"Not only could it modify everything in this world, but it could also awaken the souls of girls who met the requirements."
"By simply forming a contract with the Sacred Tree, the core of this entire world, they could tap into the inner power of their souls and become 'Chosen' magical girls."
Amber gave a somewhat complicated smile. "However, actually… in the outside world, the situation with magical girls might be very different from what you imagine."
— Different?
Lin Guang was taken aback, but Amber didn't continue on that topic.
"For the company, being able to create 'Chosen' magical girls was the greatest significance of this project."
"But for Su Jingyan, an idealist, another matter held even greater meaning."
Amber's voice carried a hint of recollection. "This is a world capable of modifying souls, a world where he could paint freely as a creator god."
"This world inherently exists between reality and illusion. Combined with L Corp's special technology, even [Supernaturals] would barely detect any anomaly.""In this way, as long as one chose to abandon the past, abandon all memories of the outside world, lie down in a cryo-chamber, and pour their soul into this game world, anyone could live a second life of happiness as a member of Kazenari Town."
"He hoped this game could grant people happiness they couldn't obtain in the outside world."
"Moreover, Su Jingyan even anticipated one possibility."
"As the world where 'Chosen' magical girls were born, it naturally had to be filled with things rarely found outside… love, beauty, hope, and the like."
The red light flashed, and the car stopped again at an intersection.
Beside them was a small park.
Within Lin Guang's gaze, a few children were playing a role-playing game.
A young boy, waving his claws menacingly, acted as an invading demon beast, while a few younger kids cooperatively crouched on the ground, hands over their heads, playing the role of helpless citizens.
A young girl stepped forward, tightly gripping a red magical toy wand, her face brimming with pride as she engaged the boy in battle.
Amid the cheers of the other children, the boy dramatically let out a cry of "Gah!" and fell flat on his back with exaggerated flair.
The commotion finally caught the attention of the adults.
Still basking in the afterglow of being a hero, the girl didn't flee. Instead, she pointed her toy wand at her imposing mother, as if attempting to challenge this invincible foe.
The next second, the "monster" mercilessly reached out and grabbed her ear.
The invincible magical girl had fallen!
Amber withdrew her gaze from the scenery outside the window and spoke softly:
"If the company's employees and board executives, after experiencing the warm atmosphere in Kazenari Town that they'd never felt outside, could bring some small changes to that cold world, then that would be wonderful."
"— Utopia."
"That was the reason Su Jingyan named this project that."
"..."
Lin Guang sat in the back seat of the car, his cherry-pink eyes calm as still water, silently watching the everyday hustle and bustle outside the window.
Every person here seemed so real.
If one weren't told their existence was false, merely things "refreshed" during the world's reconstruction… could even the most perceptive person truly tell the difference?
This was perhaps the world its creator, an idealist named Su Jingyan, had envisioned from the start of his design.
But at this moment.
That figure clad in blue-black armor, wearing a rugged crown, the [Abyss King], flashed through Lin Guang's mind.
Following it came the malice of the black fog, enough to almost destroy the entire world, and that sword slash that seemed capable of cutting the very world apart.
"Yeah."
As if reading something from Lin Guang's eyes, Amber spoke with a touch of emotion.
"— If only it weren't for the endless cycles."
She said softly, "Su Fang's situation… Airwen should have told you about it already."
"The whole story starts with the core purpose of the project."
"The board of directors didn't care what Su Jingyan planned to do with this project—whether it was bringing Su Fang's mother in for convalescence or anything else, they only cared about the results."
"You should be able to figure it out. The core purpose of this project from its inception was solely for 'Chosen' magical girls."
"If it succeeded, everything else was just a byproduct, a permissible form of 'padding one's pockets within limits.' But if there was no progress, the project naturally had no reason to continue."
"To meet the company's demands and protect this Utopia he had built with his own hands from being forcibly shut down, Su Jingyan designed a game plot to save the world—that is, reclaiming the Fragments of Hope and saving the Sacred Tree."
"[L Corp] was responsible for finding girls with kind hearts, unfortunate backgrounds, and the potential for awakening, bringing them into this world to embark on their adventure."
"I, Phoenix, Airwen, and Su Jingyan served as [Operations], strictly controlling the functioning of this world."
"The design itself had no problems."
"If things had gone according to plan, cycles would indeed exist, but they would never be so frequent."
"Moreover, we were supposed to have the authority to terminate any game session at any time and let people [Logout]."
"There should have been no casualties, no sacrifices… that's how it should have been."
The scenery on both sides of the street kept receding past the car window.
Amber lowered her gaze slightly, and her fingers gripping the steering wheel unconsciously tightened.
"But it was after the framework of this world was mostly completed… that an accident suddenly happened."
Outside the car was the ordinary world, but the atmosphere inside the cabin felt frozen, suffocatingly heavy.
"Everyone miscalculated."
Through the rearview mirror, she met Lin Guang's attentive gaze head-on.
"The Abyss in this world wasn't in a harmless, inert state."
"In fact… it had already eroded this world long ago, and with the investment of countless resources, it had become fully active, transforming into a catastrophe of terrifying proportions."
"Su Jingyan, who had been working and building within it, was also controlled, reporting to the company that everything was normal and that Utopia had begun trial operations."
"I, Phoenix, and Airwen, as company executives and the designated [Operations], entered this world together."
"But when we discovered the world had undergone a drastic change and tried to exit, we found that the world's door had already been shut. Not only could we not leave, but we couldn't even communicate with the outside world."
"As Supernaturals, we lost all connection with our physical bodies, with only our souls remaining active in this world."
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