“BOOM BOOMY—!!”

Lightning split the sky, dark clouds covered the sky, Kiana half-crouched on the ground, raised her head, and looked at her friend in disbelief.

"Why? Mei?! Why?!"

"This is my choice, Kiana."

The friend in front of Kiana now had a cold expression on his face, completely lacking the gentleness that Kiana remembered.

"You saved me once, now it's my turn to save you."

"No, I don't want it. Come back with me, back to Hyperion, back to everyone...!"

Kiana screamed and stretched out her hand, but the next moment, a purple lightning came crashing down and sent her flying.

"Goodbye... Kiana."

These were the last words Kiana heard before she fell into a coma.

The world is falling apart.

Mei Raiden stared blankly at Kiana who was standing in front of her, not knowing what to say.

"This is my mission, Mei."

Kiana's voice was still so gentle, but everything she said was so cold and heartbreaking.

"I am □□□□, and this is what I must do. I must destroy □□ and protect everyone."

Having said that, Kiana smiled at Raiden Mei. That smile was no different from usual, but it was filled with some unspeakable sadness.

“That’s the choice I made.”

"No, Kiana, don't, don't...!!"

Mei Raiden struggled to run towards her, trying to keep her. But when she stretched out her hand, the only thing she caught was empty air - in front of her, the familiar girl had completely disappeared.

A Siberian blizzard covered the world, turning everything white.

The howling wind mixed with snowflakes blew towards her, and Bronya just stood there silently, looking at the burning hut in front of her. In front of her was the dead body of the man who was once her friend and now the enemy of the world.

Why is this happening?

What am I doing wrong?

Bronya asked herself this question, but she couldn't get an answer.

The battle with □□□□ was extremely difficult, but in the end, her friend regained her will at the last moment. When she looked at Bronya and begged her to destroy herself and □□□□, Bronya did not hesitate. However, in the end, she chose to complete her mission as a Valkyrie. She killed her friend with her own hands and protected the world.

And yet...why did it end up like this?

Bronya raised her head and looked towards the sky. At this moment, the world was on the verge of collapse.

The destruction of mankind is imminent.

So, what is the meaning of all that I have done?

Bronya closed her eyes, a tear flowed from the corner of her eye, turned into ice crystals and fell into the snowfield.

“…”

Fang Zheng crossed his arms and looked at the three people lying on the ground without saying a word.

What he did was to pull the three people into the world of consciousness and synchronize their consciousness with the infinite future.

As a prophecy mage, he can certainly do this. In fact, now Kiana and the other three are dreaming. Many people have such an experience, that is, you have a very touching dream, in which you experience something, and at that time you are very moved, very regretful, or very scared.

Of course, most people cannot remember the scenes in their dreams after waking up. At most, they can only recall some of their feelings and thoughts at that time.

But the experience of the three of them was a little different. This was a dream, but it was not entirely a dream. Now the three of them were like experiencing a virtual reality game in a dream. They could make their own choices and see the results of their choices, just like many RPG games with branching choices.

After all, many gamers will have various regrets after completing the game, and in order to make up for these regrets, they will resort to writing fan fiction to complete the game.

Now Fang Zheng is using this method to tell Kiana and others that your world is a shit game, but even if it is a shit game, you can still find a way to control and change everything.

But before that, they must experience the ultimate despair.

Fang Zheng knew very well that the reason why Valkyries could not become magical girls was that they were actually trained as soldiers, and for soldiers, sacrifice and dedication were their natural duties. But magical girls could not be like that. What was the value of magical girls if they could not be happy together?

However, once you choose sacrifice and dedication, you will no longer have a Happy END.

Just like Madoka, in order to save Homura Akemi, she chose to sacrifice herself to protect the world. The result is that Homura Akemi keeps reincarnating. If she hadn't met Fang Zheng, she doesn't know what the ending would be. This is not at all like a magical girl.

The one who is suffering is either you or the people around you. And unlike reality, dreams in the game are not like this. You may sacrifice yourself to save the world. But you can still see how your companions are overwhelmed by sadness and eventually lose everything after the world is saved, instead of closing your eyes and dying, even if the flood is raging, it has nothing to do with you.

With their current thinking and inertia, they will soon realize that no matter what choice they make, it will lead to endless pain and suffering.

To put it bluntly, it is like compressing all the hardships they encountered in the process of growing up together and throwing them directly at them, making them experience all the painful memories again.

Of course, after they wake up, the details of their experience will become fuzzy. For example, when they are dreaming, they may be able to clearly understand why something happened and why they did it, but when they wake up, they will only have the most sad parts left, such as they will barely remember that they killed someone, but they can't remember why they did it.

After all, Fang Zheng couldn't really give them any spoilers, because the future was infinite, and any kind of spoiler meant that a certain future was fixed.

In this way, if they were overwhelmed and became desperate, Fang Zheng would be helpless.

But if they are not crushed, but instead want to face the challenges head-on and achieve a perfect ending... well, it means that the seed of magical girls has taken root in the hearts of the three of them.

"I hope they'll be fine."

At this time, Theresa and Wuliangta Jizi also came over and looked at the three people worriedly, while Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders.

"I don't know. I've told you before that the spiritual test is very painful and dangerous. If they succeed, they will become Valkyries with a stronger will and the ability to hold on to the end no matter what situation they encounter. If they fail, they may completely lose hope in their future lives and become zombies with no motivation at all. As for how they choose to go on this path, it depends on them. This is not something I can control."

After a while, the three finally woke up. Theresa and the others breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this, but Wuliangta Jizi looked at them uneasily and asked.

"Are you all right?"

"Teacher Jizi?"

Hearing Himeko Murata's voice, Kiana, who had just stood up, was stunned for a moment. Then she opened her arms, ran over, hugged Himeko Murata tightly, and buried her head in her chest.

"Teacher Jizi!!"

"Hey? What's wrong with you, Kiana?"

Faced with Kiana's sudden behavior, Muliangta Himeko was also stunned. She could feel that the girl's arms, which were tightly hugging her, were trembling slightly. She hugged her tightly, as if she would leave her if she let go.

When Kiana heard Himeko Murata's question, she just shook her head slightly.

"It's nothing, Teacher Jizi, just let me hold you like this for a while..."

"???"

Although she was confused, it was rare for Himeko Murata to see Kiana acting like this, so she didn't say much, but reached out and gently stroked her hair.

After a moment, Kiana seemed to have finally calmed down, and reluctantly let go of Himeko Murata. Then she looked at Mei Raiden and Bronya, and turned to Fang Zheng.

"Mr. Yuki, we..."

"You don't need to say anything."

As soon as Kiana opened her mouth, Fang Zheng waved his hand to interrupt her.

"This is your experience and your thoughts. No one can judge whether you are right or wrong except you. If you feel that you have gained something, that's enough... Of course, just don't blame me for going too far."

Hearing this, Kiana also smiled gently, and then the three of them bowed and turned to leave.

Looking at their backs as they left, Theresa looked incredulous.

"It's really unexpected. This is the first time I've seen Kiana look so mature. What on earth did she experience in her dream?"

"It's just the aftereffects. After a good night's sleep, she will be back to her usual Kiana tomorrow."

Fang Zheng shook his head. This was just like when a person just woke up and was still affected by the emotions in a dream. However, looking at the looks of the three of them... Well, at least they should have passed this test.

Now that the seeds have been planted, the next step is...

"Ms. Theresa, I plan to give them some new tests. Is that okay with you?"

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng touched his chin, then looked at Theresa and spoke with a smile again.

Upon hearing Fang Zheng's request, Theresa and Wuliangta Jizi immediately became alert.

"Do they need to do mental training? I think it would be too much of a burden for them."

Theresa objected a little. She didn't know what the three had experienced in their dreams, but the dragon power Fang Zheng had released was so terrifying that Theresa was worried that Kiana and the others would have a mental breakdown. After all, among the Valkyries, there were some who had mental breakdowns due to facing huge pressure.

Although there was no problem this time, Theresa didn't dare let Fang Zheng try again.

"That's not the case."

Fang Zheng shook his head.

"The mental test has been passed, so next, I can give them some practical training."

Then, he spoke with a smile.