Although transforming into a human was rare, it was not impossible.
However, transforming into the same kind was different.
Creating a human with human-level intellect was a god-like achievement.
It was the same principle for an Oceanid creating another Oceanid. Usually, it was impossible.
But the 'Mary-Ann' in the Sleeping Place had created An.
There were only two possibilities for this situation: either 'Mary-Ann' had surpassed the entire Oceanid race.
Or her cognition had a problem.
But at least, Caterpillar could confirm that Lyris, as the director of the Narzissenkreuz Institute, did not possess such intelligence, nor such madness.
Yes, Lyris was a real existing person, not just a story character.
This point could be confirmed through Seymour's intelligence sources.
Originally, as an Oceanid, Lyris had no right to choose to remain in waters outside Fontaine.
She was appointed as the director of the orphanage.
Her main role was to symbolize the benevolence of the previous Hydro Archon.
Because Lyris's intelligence level was in the lower-middle range.
Although she was full of love for the children, she was not good at understanding cause and effect, nor could she count.
Therefore, the specific affairs of the orphanage were all handled by the human vice director.
Seymour's records about her at the orphanage only went up to the disaster period.
According to rumors, she could not understand the disaster, the orphans fleeing, or her own role in it.
Full of self-blame and expectation, she wandered in the ruins.
Seymour had once gone to the ruins with the real Mary-Ann—that is, the Sleeping Place.
They saw the sorrowful Oceanid wandering there.
However, when Seymour continued to check Fontaine's archives, he found that when Lyris appeared in the records again.
She had already become a core member of the Narzissenkreuz Ordo and a first-class wanted criminal.
Mu Yang was not surprised by this.
Because the orphanage's name was the Narzissenkreuz Institute.
So the people who founded the Ordo were very likely those who had left the institute.
With Lyris's benevolence, she probably had no idea what Narzissenkreuz was doing that got him wanted by Fontaine.
In her eyes, they were probably all just children...
Furthermore, there was another important piece of information about the Narzissenkreuz Institute.
That was, Alain and Mary-Ann were not originally named Guillotin.
They were both orphans at the Narzissenkreuz Institute.
It was the vice director who, through her connections, found her old friend Guillotin to adopt them.
This point had been proven by the notebook in the Sleeping Place earlier.
Finally, it was the clue provided by An.
Mu Yang had once taken the three of them to the Sleeping Place together.
Although 'Mary-Ann' had refused their visit.
An had still heard her inner voice...
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In front of the computer, Guinaifen was close to crashing.
"This reasoning mode is too hard to play, family. Which one is connected to which..."
[Invincible, streamer. Just use the exhaustive method.]
[The guidance is really bad, and the clues are spaced too far apart.]
[Let Silver Wolf teach you how to play.]
'Thank you Silver Wolf for the eye-catching message': Choose 1433223, in this order (100 yuan)
Little Gui's face was covered in tears, "You are my god!"
[Main wife, restrain yourself a bit. It's too embarrassing...]
[She immediately changed her fan badge to Silver Wolf's. That's got presence.]
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On the Teyvat side, as everyone reasoned.
The truth of the matter gradually surfaced.
Originally, there existed an orphanage—the [Narzissenkreuz Institute].
All the protagonists of the story came from here.
Lyris was the director, and the former Navy Commander [Basil] was the vice director.
Narzissenkreuz, Alain, and Mary-Ann were all orphans in the institute.
Among them, Seymour was Alain's creation, with the purpose of protecting Mary-Ann.
Later, during the Khaenri'ah Cataclysm.
The orphanage was destroyed.
Basil then contacted his old friend and came to take all the children away.
Many years later, Narzissenkreuz used the World Formula to calculate and discovered the truth of the world's end:
[The beast of the stars will drink up the world's amniotic waters. After that, another hundred years will pass, and all life on the surface will be wiped out.]
[Bro, you can even calculate that?!]
[The beast of the stars—is that the big whale in the PV?]
[There seems to be a scene of the doomsday clock falling too.]
[Starting to get goosebumps.]
After calculating the world's end, Narzissenkreuz founded the Narzissenkreuz Ordo.
He intended to save the world.
His purpose was pure and selfless.
It was just that his actions violated human ethics.
For example, conducting research on Caterpillar and Jakob, various human experiments...
Therefore, Alain, who was already a high-level member of the Fontaine Academy of Sciences at the time, could only turn against his old friend.
He joined the Marechaussee Hunters to hunt down the Narzissenkreuz Ordo together.
In the end, inside Elynas' belly, the two sides engaged in a fierce battle.
In that battle, Mary-Ann died and Seymour fell into slumber...
[It's too contradictory. He wants to save the world from doom, yet he does such morally violating things.]
[So what exactly is Narzissenkreuz's method? Hurry hurry hurry!]
Everyone was anxious, but Caterpillar stopped talking.
He only said it would be better to explain once they reached the place.
An was somewhat worried, "Is the world's end real?"
Caterpillar thought it wasn't, "I believe it's a pathological hallucination caused by Narzissenkreuz's paranoia."
However, this statement was denied by Mu Yang.
Although he had not yet seen the star-devouring beast that swallowed the Primordial Sea water.
Right now, all of Fontaine had fallen into chaos because of the eruption of the Primordial Sea water.
"We should set off as soon as possible while we still can. We might not have much time left."
"Mm."
Caterpillar led Mu Yang, Seymour, and An out of the Ordo and headed toward [Gestalt].
And right after they left, Lumine perfectly missed them.
What damnable coincidence!
"Could it be that they made some important discovery?"
Lumine looked at the desk and saw the note Mu Yang had left.
[You're still the most meticulous, Mu Yang.]
After reading it carefully, Lumine synchronized the information from Mu Yang's side.
She planned to go back and tell Neuvillette.
It involved the period before and after the Khaenri'ah Cataclysm.
She should ask him and Furina—the two of them knew best.
However, when she returned to the Palais Mermonia, she found that Neuvillette and Furina were arguing.
Neuvillette was extremely dissatisfied with Furina's attitude of hiding something and refusing to speak.
Furina had her own difficulties.
She could not say anything right now. She could not say anything at all.
If she spoke, hundreds of years of effort would be wasted.
Moreover, what stood on the other end of the scales from her was the entire populace.
How could she possibly loosen her lips?
The only one she believed in was the person in the mirror.
But when exactly would that day come?
How much longer did she have to wait before this prophecy would end?
Furina did not know.
She did not want to, and could not, answer Neuvillette's questions.
After saying a few words, she ran out of the Palais Mermonia...