To Nanook, the birth of the universe was inherently a mistake.
If civilization is a cancer quietly rising among the vast stars, then conflict is the only language shared among intelligent beings.
If entropy increase is the irreversible law of the universe, and heat death is the inescapable fate of the material world, then why bother struggling?
Burning, fusion, and then annihilation. If you wish to welcome a new life, you must first commit yourself to the end.
This is Nanook's philosophy.
"While I don't deny the constant conflicts among living beings, you also can't deny the noble flower of humanity that intelligent life has brought into Bloom, can you?"
Kiana neither denied nor agreed with Nanook's theory of practicing the "correction of universal errors."
But Nanook was still too extreme, and his way of thinking was too divinized.
She didn't know if it was because he was constrained by his own Path concept after becoming a god, leading to the loss of the humanity he originally possessed as an intelligent being, or something else.
Kiana didn't know, because Aha seemed to live quite freely, constantly looking for fun.
"Intelligent beings are intelligent beings because they all possess independent thought and self-emotion."
"Perhaps because of this, humans have made many mistakes."
"But it is precisely because of these diverse emotions that the originally cold universe gains 'warmth' and is filled with color."
"That's right~ That's right~ Understanding joy is the exclusive clearance of intelligent beings~ Aha likes you more and more!"
Aha circled Kiana, constantly harassing her, but Kiana grabbed the mask and then kicked Aha's mask away.
"Aha will be back~!"
Aha's voice gradually faded until... "Aha keeps his word! Aha is back!"
The red mask reappeared beside Kiana.
Kiana looked at Aha with a headache. This thing held no hostility toward her, so she couldn't exactly hit it... "Sigh... Aha, behave yourself..."
Kiana sighed helplessly, then continued to look at Nanook.
"Intelligent beings will also uphold their beliefs and follow their own Path. For example, the Path of Destruction you follow based on your belief in correcting errors, and Akivili practices Trailblaze with the goal of expanding unknown boundaries."
Kiana simply wanted to say that everyone follows a different Path, and conflicting stances are inevitable.
No one can forcibly make others walk their own Path.
If Nanook insists on firmly executing his philosophy, Kiana will eventually personally destroy him.
Because their philosophies clash, and their stances differ.
Just like if Nous insisted on anchoring the most correct moment and affected Kiana.
Then Kiana would also unhesitatingly dismantle the mechanical head and, in her own way, guide the future toward goodness.
She would resist the end in her own way and protect everyone she holds dear.
"wisdom can create, inherit, and resist fate. I believe all of you who ascended from intelligent life to become Aeons are very clear about this—how vast the possibilities and miracles contained within intelligent life, within mortals, truly are."
I ask: if all wisdom in the universe were completely cleansed, it might be correct for the universe itself.
But before that happens, intelligent beings will surely unite first to resist this inevitable destruction.
When that time truly comes, the hope of humanity might unleash miracles unimaginable even to the Aeons, or even the world itself.
"..."
Nanook lowered his eyes, gazing silently at the girl below, who stood with one hand on her hip, staring directly at him.
The opponent clearly possessed the power of ultimate destruction, yet her philosophy contradicted pure destruction itself.
Perhaps one day, "Destruction" and "Ruin" will engage in a world-shaking war.
Nanook took one last deep look at Kiana, then left the Interstice of the Paths.
The next time they faced each other, they would be enemies, and a divine war would commence.
This was something both "Destruction" and Kiana knew clearly in their hearts.
But Kiana wasn't afraid. When the time came, they would see if Nanook wouldn't be strung up and whipped into a spinning top by her.
She'd directly whip the dark-skinned handsome guy into a dark-skinned beautiful girl!
"Alright, what do you all want, gathering here? If anyone wants a fight, This Young Miss isn't afraid."
Kiana half-closed her eyes, scanned the area, then locked her aura onto Nous and Hu, speaking with ease and composure.
Previously, the remains of Gresiavia's The Propagation were used by these two to make a fuss and intentionally target her.
Now, Kiana couldn't muster an ounce of goodwill toward these two things.
Since these two things wanted to kill her, she didn't need to tolerate them.
Meeting again now in the Interstice of the Paths, Kiana was ready for one versus two.
She wasn't nervous at all. At worst, she would drag these two into the Imaginary Space or the Sea of Quanta for a battle.
After all, fighting a Divine War within this universe was too dangerous, and the innocent lives affected would be countless.
Kiana wasn't a bloodthirsty person; fundamentally, she was still a very lively, energetic, and peace-loving cute cat!
Moreover, she still had an All Delete in her hand. She wouldn't mind initializing Nous and letting Bronya or Welt take over Erudition using the clearance of Reason.
The mechanical head flashed red light continuously.
The final calculation concluded that if He spoke two more sentences, His fate would inevitably be destruction.
At this moment, the Enigma of "Mystery" looked toward Nous. If Nous made a move against Kiana, He would intervene to stop it.
Because Kiana was the variable preventing the possibility of Erudition's certain destruction.
Seeing this, the mechanical head did not linger and vanished from the Interstice of the Paths.
His purpose for coming this time was originally just to see who that existence was—the one equal to the Aeons, or perhaps even subtly above them.
He didn't know until he saw it; once he did, he was startled.
He fled, he fled... Hu's spiral body had several cracks, and even the two-colored sphere at the center of the spiral on His chest had dimmed considerably.
"Your existence has broken all Equilibrium; the scale has already tipped to one side."
Hu's divine voice echoed in her ear. Kiana raised an eyebrow slightly, looking at Him in surprise.
After being beaten up like that by her dear Little System, He was still worrying about His broken Equilibrium.
But that made sense.
He Himself was the Aeon who practiced Equilibrium.
If He saw someone break the concept of the world's binary relative Equilibrium, and He didn't do something, it might affect Him personally.
But what could He do now? Kiana already existed here. Kiana couldn't possibly commit suicide for His so-called Equilibrium, could she?
"You say I broke the Equilibrium? Why don't you look at my own power? Creation and Annihilation, creation and ruin—isn't that also a type of Equilibrium? Did I break the world, or just your version of Equilibrium?"
Kiana continuously released two completely different clearance powers with both hands, leaving Hu utterly bewildered.
Kiana herself possessed all relative clearances, which could be considered a mutually beneficial and mutually restrictive relationship within her own power.
Hu was silent for a moment, then continued:
"Your power has broken the Equilibrium of the universe."
"If my power broke the Equilibrium, then there would be no need for the Aeons to exist either."
Kiana didn't plan to waste any more words. Instead, she activated her Triple Fold form (God of Ruin, Ultra Instinct, Finality), condensing the Power of the God of Ruin in her right hand and pointing it at Hu.
Her power was too strong and threatened the Equilibrium of the universe?
Every single one of the Aeons had the ability to destroy a universe. Wasn't this just blatant exclusion of her, an unofficial personnel not within the ranks of the Aeons?
Kiana could only say that this guy had poor judgment; she was clearly still the Herrscher of Finality, affiliated with the imaginary tree.
"Oh dear, is there going to be a fight? Aha is here to help you!"
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