My Superpower Is Piloting Magical Girl Corpses?
Chapter 174: Yearning for a Meaningful ExistenceThe next moment.
Under everyone's gaze, the girl named Amber, with her black hair, rose to her feet, then stepped back half a pace. She reached her hand to her collarbone and unfurled the two tightly strained buttons on her inner shirt.
Her fingers traced downward for a moment, then from the impossibly deep valley between her chest, she pulled out a pendant set with a gem-like piece of amber. Holding it in both hands like a prayer, she closed her eyes.
She spoke softly: "The mundane world is but a dream, a fleeting shadow of life."
Rustle—
Accompanied by the gentle incantation of transformation and waves of magic power, Amber crossed her hands over her chest. Behind her, the void conjured the phantom of flipping book pages, along with the sound of rustling paper.
Her clothes dissipated, and an amber-colored holy light traced every curve of her dreamlike figure with exquisite detail. It then climbed to the tips of her hair, infusing her tresses with a crystalline glow that matched the color of her eyes.
"Seal this very instant within the radiance of amber."
A spirit outfit gown woven from purple, black, and amber coalesced around her, outlining a graceful silhouette. The hem resembled layer upon layer of overlapping petals, and the Soul Gem was embedded in her chest just as it had been during Lin Guang's transformation.
The transformation was complete.Noticing the slightly dazzled looks from everyone, Amber smiled and spoke: "Alright—"
She raised her hand, palm up, and a thick, magic-bound tome materialized in her grasp.
"Actually, restoring your memories, which have been concealed and altered by this world, is quite simple for me. All I need is to access the Sacred Tree's authority, along with... paying a small, insignificant price."
Amber smiled. "I'll trade my memories as the cost, using the Sacred Tree's contract as the channel, to secure the full restoration of your memories throughout this entire cycle."
"In other words, it's a mutually equivalent exchange that forms a 'Binding.'"
"!!"
As if noticing the shock and concern in the girls' eyes, she let out a soft laugh: "Oh, it's really not that terrifying."
"I've been stuck here for a full three hundred years, and outside, I've been around... far longer than you all. Forgetting some trivial details doesn't matter."
Her eyes flickered as if recalling something, tinged with a hint of melancholy: "Besides..."
"Someone like me has way too many memories that aren't needed. Forgetting might actually be for the best."
The Phoenix outside couldn't help but interject with a sarcastic remark: "If you dare to forget the memories of when you deceived me as a spy, I'll never let you off."
"Oh, that won't happen~Those are very precious memories~"
The next moment, the book in her hand began to flip through its pages on its own.
Rustle.
An amber-colored magic power cascaded out with a hazy brilliance, rapidly condensing in midair.
At the same time, the Sacred Tree outside the door also emitted a golden glow, channeling a portion of its own power.
In the end, it coalesced into three tiny crystal glass vials filled with a liquid resembling the starry firmament, floating steadily before the three girls.
Su Fang, Tang Keren, and Zihan didn't hesitate for a moment. Almost simultaneously, they reached out, grasped the vials, tilted their heads back, and downed the potion in one gulp.
The next instant.
The three girls' Soul Gems began to flicker violently.
Boom—
The sealed gate of memory shattered completely, and their consciousnesses were instantly yanked into their own personal memory vortexes.
............
A pristine white room.
The scent of disinfectant.
An unbearable burning sensation across her entire body, like thousands of ants gnawing at her.
"What a pitiful child... Did you apply yourself to enter 'Utopia'?"
Her golden eye slowly shifted, looking to the right.
By the doorway leaned an adult woman with short white hair.
"Those scumbags really wasted you... dragging an 'uncut gem' of your caliber into this mess."
A faint smile tugged at the corner of her lips, and genuine pity and sympathy gleamed in her eyes.
"Do you want to understand the meaning of life? Do you want to truly... live happily?"
............
A rainy day.
The humid air.
Her golden right eye still stinging beneath the bandages.
"When I saw the applicant's information, I thought it was a mistake."
"I never expected that the eldest miss of the Lu family would make this choice."
The white-haired woman laughed as she spoke: "That old fogey, Lu Chi, had his eyesight... oh, no, that was something from a hundred and fifty years ago."
"What's the name of the current head of the Lu family?"
"Forget it, anyway, it's just another clueless fool."
"Your eye is actually really beautiful, you know. They just didn't know how to appreciate it."
"Mm... since you've signed this agreement, you want to enter 'Utopia,' right?"
"Well then, I hope you become the person you want to be."
............
A familiar room.
A photo of a family of three hung on the wall.
"Courageous."
The white-haired woman applauded, a smile on her face: "I've already taken care of the procedures for you. You can enter 'Utopia' anytime."
"Don't thank me."
"I just... want to see more 'hope' blossom."
"After all, you have a lot of potential... perhaps the potential to overcome the 'Trial.'"
............
Images of the past surged back to life with overwhelming force, crashing into them like a tidal wave. They trampled through the wasteland of memory like a herd of wild horses, vivid enough to be painful.
That was the origin of everything.
Their lives in the cruel world outside.
Birth, growth, misfortune... and the reason they ultimately chose to enter this world.
But that was only the beginning.
The memories of the cycles spun like loops that were nearly identical yet slightly different—the annual rings etched into their very souls.
In truth, they were all much the same.
Under the barrage of fabricated memories and implanted backgrounds, they rarely had free time within the realm. Instead, they were constantly training, constantly heading to the Outer Realm to battle demon beasts.
In the earliest days, before Su Fang had entered this world and before the tenth generation's Prophecy Maiden had appeared, they didn't have such clear goals. They simply followed Airwen every time, fighting wherever the battles took them, like the most realistic of training exercises.
Over a hundred deaths. Countless moments of desperation.
But...
There was still something very important, something that shone like a beacon in their memories.
Tang Keren and Zihan suddenly remembered.
A very long time ago, something that had happened right after they first entered this world.
............
Actually, their first meeting had been quite ordinary.
Under the influence of the implanted false memories, they were already classmates. Their memories already contained knowledge and familiarity with one another.
Zihan and Tang Keren had suffered similar misfortunes in the outside world. Their experiences had been processed and shaped into the backstories of this world.
It was only natural for them to become close friends.
But...
For some unknown reason, a certain girl had taken the initiative to approach them. It was as if she admired the two of them, and she greeted them in the classroom.
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