Little Black, the mouthpiece Elio usually used like a familiar, was a black cat.
Elio himself was extremely mysterious. When ordinarily playing games with Silver Wolf, Caelus had not missed the chance to beat around the bush with her, or simply through pure idle chat, learn things about the Stellaron Hunters. But Elio seemingly knew that Silver Wolf had always been in contact with Caelus, and specifically instructed Silver Wolf not to tell Caelus information about him.
Even when Caelus brought out cute photos of Seele to tempt her before, Silver Wolf hadn't told him.
Out of curiosity, Caelus had previously asked Silver Wolf for the script Elio had sent her. Because it was a fact that had already occurred, giving it to Caelus didn't matter.
The content was indeed very outrageous.
[Delta Cygni, at coordinates 135:7372124271:6372711, there is an abandoned building. Walk inside. Below the windowsill on the first floor is an intact beverage can. Pick it up. Wait until 11:12 AM on Wednesday, and place the can at the entrance of the building. The target will appear 2 minutes later. There is a certain probability that she will inspect that can; take that opportunity to throw this ball at her feet... There is a certain probability that she might ignore that can. In that case, you just need to throw the ball away.]
The time, location, characters, events, and what to do were written crystal clear, with an appropriate level of detail.
Sometimes, the future seemed to have infinite possibilities, but in reality, there weren't many branching paths. For example, whether the target would pay attention to the can—the result was only either yes or no. Therefore, things destined to happen would inevitably happen; other possibilities did not exist.
But ever since Stelle was awakened at the Herta Space Station, Silver Wolf discovered that the branching lines on Elio's scripts were becoming more and more numerous. It went from a single IF/ELSE cycle to a while loop that iterated several times, even listing over a dozen possibilities. This was a strange situation that had never happened before.
Regardless of whether the essence of Elio's prophetic ability came from the future or was a deduction of possibilities similar to the Matrix of Prescience, even if he could observe a thing or two about other parallel variables, giving Elio the utmost credit, it was still merely limited to within the entire Imaginary Tree system.
Elio was unable to predict power originating from the outer multiverse. It was equivalent to introducing an external variable into a closed system, adding an unknown quantity to a normal arithmetic problem. There were linear equations with one variable, quadratic equations with one variable, and quartic equations with three variables.
During the time at the Herta Space Station, Caelus's first ten-pull gacha brought items and creatures from the outer multiverse into the Galaxy universe whose star ratings were not high. Two- or three-star things didn't have much of an impact on the future.
The things from Caelus's several gacha pulls on the Xianzhou were different. The Divine Tree larva was slaughtered by Caelus; otherwise, it very likely would have led to a planetary-level disaster. The Potara Earrings were even a six-star item.
If the script was compared to the solution of an unknown equation, then the quantity of outer multiversal items was the number of unknown variables in the equation, and the system's star rating was the degree of the unknowns.
Think about it. If it were you, originally happily doing a simple test paper with quadratic equations of one variable, but as you worked, you became completely dumbfounded because, damn it, why were the questions below all quartic equations with four variables and cubic equations with five variables!? Let alone Elio, who wouldn't tear it up!
[Wolf King Still on the Return Journey: I'm telling you, when Elio was controlling Little Black, he almost plucked all the fur off the top of Little Black's head.]
[Wolf King Still on the Return Journey retracted a message]
[Wolf King Still on the Return Journey: Alright, Elio predicted that I was sharing his embarrassing moments with you and sent a message.]
[Fusion is a Man's Romance: Oh, I weep for Elio!]
Elio really had paid too much for the Stellaron Hunters, for a beautiful future, and to hold this family up!
[Fusion is a Man's Romance: It must be Aha's doing, damn it! Always, always, always!]
Caelus pointed fingers with righteous indignation.
[Wolf King Still on the Return Journey: That guy is indeed the biggest suspect right now.]
After all, to be able to broadly influence the future of the entire universe, one must possess a massive amount of causality. Aside from the Aeons, who were collections of philosophical concepts, who else could it be?
At first, Elio had suspected it was Caelus's doing. After all, Caelus's future was far too variable and somewhat blurry. But when it came to influence, he was far from being able to leverage the entire universe with his own body alone. Aha was different. He had the motive and the ability.
[Wolf King Still on the Return Journey: It's passable for now. The current scripts can guarantee the accuracy of the prophecies; it's just that Elio is a bit more tired and lost a few more hairs, that's all.]
[Wolf King Still on the Return Journey: That is to say, the unknown factors will weaken as time passes. Otherwise, I really would want to see his true body turn bald...]
Almost the instant Silver Wolf sent this message, she received a message from Elio. There were no words, only an emoticon of a black cat smiling extremely amiably.
Knocking off early during an external business trip to handle private matters could be considered a big or small issue, but if you added badmouthing the boss and treating the leader like a beast of burden...
The moment she realized the problem, Silver Wolf's cold sweat almost instantly poured out.
[Wolf King Still on the Return Journey: Cough, cough, I'm not chatting with you anymore. Gotta go grind KPI.]
When outer multiversal items arrived within the Imaginary Tree, their information would gradually be supplemented into the bottom layer of the multiverse. Therefore, the current sextic equation with four variables might turn into a quartic equation with four variables after a while.
The joyful expression on his face couldn't be suppressed at all. Seeing Silver Wolf hurriedly go offline, Caelus paused. "Did she get caught by Elio again?"
"Two seconds of silence for Wolf-baby."
The smile at the corners of Caelus's mouth curved up by two pixels. He had heard a massive piece of amusement first thing in the morning. Today was also a day full of Elation!
Creak.
The sound of a room door being gently opened drifted over, and Caelus turned his head to look.
He saw a fluffy head poking through the crack in the door, blinking large pink-and-blue eyes as it vigilantly peeked out like a thief, resembling a special forces soldier executing a mission. Then, March 7th locked eyes straight with those irises whose smile had yet to fade.
Time seemed to freeze subtly for a moment.
The firmly sealed memory valves seemed to suffer an impact and banged open. The nighttime memories belonging to March Stelle poured out once again. Crimson instantly rushed up her snowy neck, dyed her beautiful face, and darted to the tips of her ears.
"Ah Qi, morning..."
"Waaaaah!!!"
The exclamation was mixed with the sound of a steam engine girl's boiling water. Opening the door out of the blue only to see the eyes she least wanted to face, March 7th was startled into leaning backward. Blushing fiercely, she shut the door in a fluster.
Leaning her slender back against the door panel, Little March covered her bright red cheeks with both hands, letting out a cute whimpering sound.
"Yaaah! I clearly decided to pretend nothing happened, so why is it that as soon as our eyes meet... Wu-wu."
"Was that Sister March's voice just now? What happened to her?"
Untying her apron and putting it back in its original place, 'White' Seele walked out of the kitchen carrying a steaming hot breakfast. "Here you go, Brother Caelus."
"Thank you, Seele~!"
Wearing a white hooded sweatshirt and a black-and-pink checkered pleated skirt that fell to mid-thigh, Stelle executed a fierce tiger sprint the moment 'White' Seele set down Caelus's breakfast, pulling the girl into her embrace and taking a deep sniff as if huffing a cat.
Although Asta had gifted them a few sets of Trailblazer standard outfits with an automatic cleaning function, in daily life, no one would always wear the same piece of clothing.
"Ah, Sister Stelle... it tickles..."
The ticklish sensation on the back of her neck made 'White' Seele instinctively shrink her neck back. Her eyes narrowed slightly, curving into beautiful arcs, as she gently resisted Stelle's stormy inhalation.
A faint, mellow milky scent wafted into his nasal cavity. Caelus picked up his hot milk and began to eat breakfast.
"Ah Qi actually woke up even later than me?"
Releasing Seele after playing around for a bit, Stelle sat opposite Caelus. She revealed a scummy smile and a sidelong glance, her comical appearance seeming to imply something.
"Oh my, how could that be? The throne for the Express's number one late sleeper—This young lady certainly can't snatch that away from you~"
March 7th had changed into a set of Xianzhou attire today, looking just like the most energetic junior sister in an immortal cultivation sect.
"This outfit isn't bad."
"Of course!" Little March nodded in satisfaction.
"Lord Caelus is truly amazing!"
"Why are you suddenly praising yourself again?"
"It was the advice the two of us gave."
"This outfit is practically tailor-made for you!"
"You two merely gave suggestions; This young lady is the decision-maker. But seriously speaking, this outfit is quite comfortable to wear, and moving around is very convenient."
March 7th rested one hand on her hip, looking lively and cute.
"However, my eye for fashion is still the best!"
Caelus suddenly closed the distance with March 7th, gazing into those beautiful pink-and-blue eyes.
...!?
What did this mean? What was going on?
March 7th felt that the mindset she had just properly adjusted seemed about to be knocked open by something again.
Just as the atmosphere started to become subtle and Stelle slightly narrowed her eyes, the sound of light and crisp footsteps drifted over.
"Uh... It seems I've come at a bad time?"
Standing at the doorway of the shared living room was none other than Miss Haxxor Bunny, who had been surfing the net all night.
"No, no, no, you've come at exactly the right time!"
March 7th finally reacted. Blushing, she retreated two steps, glaring at Caelus with a mixture of shyness and embarrassment, and pulled Haxxor Bunny into the position between herself and Caelus to act as a meat shield.
Stelle wore an expression that said it was boring.
Little Haxxor Bunny was a bit dazed. She felt the atmosphere wasn't quite right, but...
"I'll go get breakfast for Sister Bronie," the dark blue-haired young girl opposite them said in a sweet and well-behaved voice, turning around to head into the kitchen.
Breakfast made by Seele—then she absolutely had to taste it!
"Did you pull an all-nighter last night?"
Tossing the March 7th who was about to fly into a humiliated rage to Stelle, Caelus subsequently asked.
"Yeah, how did you know?"
Haxxor Bunny let out a yawn.
Caelus said in his heart: It's my body, how could I not know?
"We occasionally pull all-nighters playing ranked games together."
"Oh? What game? Let's play together next time!"
Haxxor Bunny gently said thank you to 'White' Seele, who brought over the fried eggs and milk.
The shift in her tone of voice was just like transitioning from communicating with a best friend to facing a beautiful girl; it was very realistic.
Since she had joined the group, everyone would be friends from now on. Moreover, Caelus's personality was very much to Haxxor Bunny's taste, and there was also an imperceptible sense of closeness. Additionally, gaming diplomacy was one of the best methods to rapidly establish friendly relations.
"'Galactic Heroes', a MOBA game."
"My strong suit! I guarantee I'll carry you to rank up."
Haxxor Bunny thumped her modest, youthful chest a few times.
At the dining table, everyone chatted, exchanging words one after another. The atmosphere was harmonious and amicable.
"Oh right, Caelus, I have something I want to ask you about?"
Haxxor Bunny pondered for a moment and brought up business.
Caelus felt amused in his heart.
____
________________________________________
If you want more chapters, please consider supporting my page on (P). with 50 advanced chapters available on (P)
👻 Join the crew by searching Leanzin on (P). You know the spot! 😉