Anti-Entropy and Snakes

 After the humanoid machine was formatted, St. Freya sought help from the two doctors of anti-entropy, but they were unable to obtain data information.

They were clueless about what to do next, when they received a video message from Cocolia, their former enemy.

She told them that they were wasting their time by following Schicksal's every move. They would never find any new leads that way. They were doomed to fail.

She proposed that they should create a diversion, draw Schicksal's attention away, make Schicksal play by their rules, and take back the upper hand.

Theresa asked her a crucial question, "How can you be sure that Schicksal will fall for it?"

Cocolia smiled and revealed that Otto had always been after her because of her gem. She guessed that Otto wanted to gather the four gems and bring back the old Herrscher of the Void.

She asked Hyperion to join forces with her and move the [desire] gem.

She wanted to hide the gems where Otto could never find them and ruin his plan.

Everyone was skeptical of her words.

But before Cocolia could finish talking, the signal became unstable, the screen turned white, and the image of the gray snake showed up.

Facing everyone's surprise, he said calmly, "Haha, don't be surprised; snakes are creatures that will not succumb to death."

Using a humanoid machine, the Gray Snake hacked into Hyperion's system. He caused a lot of trouble before he finally settled things down.

But the humanoid machine went into a coma again, leaving everyone in a tight spot.

They had no choice but to think about Cocolia's plan, but they still didn't give up on finding Kiana.

They agreed to split up, with Mei and Tesla staying in Arc City to search for clues.

Einstein, Theresa, and Bronya followed Cocolia's instructions and went to help in the city called Abyss.

…

Kevin observed everything silently. He saw what World Snake did in the game, but he didn't comment.

"Your Majesty, about the game, we don't have any humanoid machines, but we do have some plans in Arc City."

The Gray Snake said respectfully.

Kevin looked at the Gray Snake, his expression cold and stern. He said, "I don't care about that. I want to know… how close is the game to reality?"

The Gray Snake paused and gave an answer after some calculation: "Based on the current situation, it's 70%!"

"What's the biggest difference?" Kevin asked.

"The Bishop of Schicksal… and [Mihoyo]… they are the who went to our Elysian realm to make games," The Gray Snake said casually.

"As for Schicksal and anti-entropy, they are the same!"

Kevin was silent; if that's the case, then Elysia, your idea has been achieved, right?

He thought of the red figure in [raising the sword of rebellion towards the sky] that he had just watched, but when he saw it, all he recalled was about the past of pre-civilization.

Hen, HIMEKO... they are all such strong warriors.

To become the Herrscher of humanity… Even with this opportunity, there was a high price to pay.

"The Stigmata Project?" The Gray Snake asked no more.

Kevin nodded slightly to confirm.

...

"Cocolia? Is that really you?" Einstein looked at Cocolia, who was tied up next to her, and said.

They had changed the way they tied her up since the beginning. They didn't use the ridiculous bow and perfume anymore. After all, she was also a leader of anti-entropy radical faction.

"I agreed to do the voice acting in exchange for better living conditions, didn't I? And don't forget, the most important thing is to let me see my children if they come to visit."

Cocolia watched the game video in front of her with curiosity. "This is fascinating. I didn't know that you two did the voice acting for the video yourselves."

"That's none of your business, you old fox!" Tesla snapped.

She thought that sparing Cocolia's life was already generous enough, but they still had to bargain with her to make her do the voice acting properly. And she noticed that she looked better than her these days. How annoying!

Although the daily prison labor required her to work, it was obvious that not having to perform mental activities made her look much better, and she was no longer as embarrassed as when she first entered.

Sometimes Tesla wonders, How come someone becomes more radiant after coming to prison? Could it be that she is here for vacation?

"Please, Dr. Tesla, don't be so harsh. I've given you everything I had."

Cocolia said, smiling gracefully, even though she was tied up. "It's not easy to give up your life to someone else."

" Hmph! You should be grateful, " Tesla said angrily. She wanted to make Cocolia's life worse.

But he also knew that the cell that Cocolia lived in was already very poor, but Cocolia said lightly that it was much better than a tent in the snow with the cold wind howling.

This made Dr. Tesla stomp her feet angrily. Before becoming a faction leader, she was first a soldier. No matter how bad the prison environment was, it could not compare to the battlefield, and it was a battlefield like Siberia.

On the surface, Cocolia was not in a hurry, but in fact, she did not have much confidence in the future. She handed over the clues one by one because she wanted to see the children in the orphanage one last time. She also wanted to see if Bronya was really fulfilling the promise and saving Seele. If it is completed, she will have no regrets.

Einstein asked Cocolia, "Let's get back to the point: what would you do next in the video? What are your plans?"

Cocolia was quiet for a moment, then lifted her head and smirked. "I don't mean to offend you, but I only respect your scientific skills. I would probably try to fool you somehow."

Tesla twitched the corner of his mouth, glanced at Einstein, and found that her face didn't look good either.

"Good words have almost no effect. Since you are asking me, you must also want to know the real answer, right??"Cocolia said quickly.

"Are you trying to show your value again?" Einstein asked, with a frown.

"If leader Welt comes back, I can help anti-entropy grow stronger." She tempted.

"We don't need that; we won't trust you ever again." Tesla said, with a sour face.

"Ahem—" A mature man walked slowly, leaning on the wall. He had glasses, short brown hair, and a white checkered shirt.

"It seems that our leader is weaker than me." Cocolia glanced at Walter and said it with some disappointment.

Cocolia realized that even if Welt came back, he wouldn't be able to prevent anti-entropy from merging with Schicksal. If that happened, it would be hard to uncover the secrets of the past and escape from Schicksal's control.

She also understood anti-entropy's situation. They didn't kill her right away, so she might have a chance to see Bronya again.

She didn't care; she still had hope, Cocolia thought to herself.

"Ahem, what's the status?" he asked.

"Hey, you should be resting!" Tesla saw Yang coming out and was surprised and angry.

Yang apologized to Tesla with his eyes and looked at Cocolia, who was bound. He had heard that Cocolia had caused trouble and betrayed anti-entropy, but he didn't know the details.

"What's happening? You'll find out after you play this game!" Tesla gave Yang a phone and told him to go back to bed.

"Game?" Yang was puzzled by the people around him and noticed that they were talking about the game on the big screen.

"It's a game where you did some voice acting a while ago. Go back now!" Tesla pulled Yang back.