"Come on, Dr. Tesla, we have to find Kiana before Schicksal anyway." Einstein yawned lazily.
"It's already midnight. Dr. Einstein is going to sleep."
"You idiot! How can you stay home so calmly...?" Before Tesla finished speaking, Einstein closed the communication on her own. Then she turned around and looked in Tian Shi's direction.
[Reunited with simulated host Einstein]
[Detected that Einstein's current compatibility is 210%]
[Compatibility rewards begin to be distributed]
[Skill: Physics Level increased by 1]
[Simulation Reward Number 1] [Skill: ... ]
Tian Shi ignored the system's notification sound. Obviously, Einstein shouldn't be able to see him, but inexplicably, Tian Shi had a feeling that Einstein was looking him in the eyes.
"You're back?"
"Are you talking to yourself?" Tian Shi was obviously surprised when he saw Einstein's actions.
"It's just an inexplicable feeling." Einstein tilted her head and looked in Tian Shi's direction with an inquisitive look. Although it's a feeling, Einstein's tone is quite certain.
"Well, I'm back," Tian Shi said softly, "Sorry for making you wait so long."
Thanks to the influence of the Welwitschia plant, time has left no trace on this great scientist, just like when they parted.
"It seems that after 62 years, 10 months, 7 days, 4 hours, 27 minutes, and 04 seconds, our Anti-Entropy leader is back again." Einstein had a faint smile on her face, but what she said shocked him. Although time has left no traces on the girl in front of him, in reality, 62 years have passed.
"Ein..." 62 years, a full half-century, is enough time for a normal family to grow from birth to becoming a grandparent. But in the mouth of the blue-haired girl in front of him, it seemed like something that could be brushed aside... It wasn't just Mobius who was waiting for him...
"By the way, that time was a joke."
"...Huh?" Wait a minute, Tian Shi felt his brain was a little confused.
"That is to say, that time chain was invented by Dr. Einstein." The blue-haired girl smiled and played with her natural curls with her fingers.
"Your ability to make serious jokes has never changed..." Tian Shi complained weakly.
"But you feel a little relieved now, don't you?" Einstein still had a faint smile on her face.
"There's no need to be so nervous. For the past sixty years, everyone has been looking forward to your return. Isn't this the moment you said before you left?"
They are never afraid to wait with a clear goal. As long as they have a goal, these scientists will keep going.
"You make me feel guilty." Tian Shi sighed slightly.
"By the way, has Anti-Entropy changed much in the 60 years I was gone? Is everyone okay?"
"Well... this is..." Einstein had a strange look on her face, "Except that Schrodinger expelled herself to the Quantum Sea during her experiment and that Finn didn't accept the Welwitschia transformation and died of old age 20 years ago, everything else is pretty good."
"..." Needless to say, Finn got what he wanted.
Moreover, in terms of age, Finn would have been 80 years old 20 years ago. His past sins had been atoned for, and being able to die peacefully in his bed might have been a relief for him. Tian Shi wasn't surprised by this result.
But Schrodinger... Tian Shi couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth. This unfortunate girl. Even if Tian Shi tries his best to change things, can this girl still not escape the future of becoming a quantum ghost?
"Didn't you try to save her?"
"We tried, but we couldn't save her. Even so, we can contact her from time to time. Dr. Einstein believes she might be happy to stay there."
When talking about Schrodinger, Einstein's tone was somewhat helpless. Although Schrodinger looks like a good girl, how could a girl who came up with an experiment like "Schrödinger's cat" be as well-behaved as she seems?
Well, to be honest, none of these great scientists are easy to deal with, so how can they be good children? Even Planck, the elder sister who looks the most intellectual and mature, is someone who dares to drift on a bus.
"Then there's no need to rescue her for now. That girl, Schrodinger, won't seek death on her own. When the opportunity comes, she will come forward on her own."
"Dr. Einstein thought so too." Einstein nodded in agreement. "Also, besides Schrodinger's matter, the Sixth Key of God, the Black Abyss White Flower, which we possessed, returned to Schicksal's hands 17 years ago."
Seventeen years ago?
"Siberia, the second Honkai Eruption?" This point in time is really so important that Tian Shi thought of it immediately.
"That's right." Einstein nodded, "Seventeen years ago, when the second Honkai occurred, Edison sent Reanna and Welt to search for and destroy the Second Herrscher, but... I didn't read the specific battle report. But now that Reanna and Welt are at headquarters, you can ask them for the details."
Combat matters were not Einstein's responsibility, and it seemed that under Edison's leadership, there was no division between "innovators" and "conservatives" within Anti-Entropy. Otherwise, Einstein wouldn't have been able to act as if she knew nothing about the battle report of that year.
"Okay, let's go take a look." Just go. In the past sixty years, Anti-Entropy Headquarters has changed... Although it can't be said to have completely changed, many places are subtly different from what Tian Shi remembers. However, the first stop Einstein took Tian Shi to was not Welt's or Reanna's room, but a laboratory that still had the sign "Lab 42".
"Ada, bring out 'that'—"
"Dr. Einstein?" The computer in the laboratory turned on automatically, and Ada's voice sounded, "Ah, Alliance Leader Mr. has returned? Please wait a moment." As Ada's voice fell, a spherical object appeared on the laboratory table amidst a mechanical sound.
"Ah... This is the storage where the Star of Eden was stored at that time," Tian Shi was also quite impressed by this thing.
"Yes, it's that storage, but that's not the important thing. Ada, open it."
"Yes, Dr. Einstein." The spherical storage opened, and a puppet the size of a human head that was very familiar to Tian Shi appeared in front of him.
""Dangdangdang! The Soul Steel Puppet, jointly developed by Dr. Einstein and everyone else, known as the Armed Puppet - [Tian Shi Type I]"" There was a strange hint of pride in Einstein's tone.
"Wow..." This surprise really startled Tian Shi. "Ein... what is this armed puppet...?"
"It was just a small idea from over sixty years ago. An idea that came to me after discovering that you could possess Reanna unconsciously."
When Einstein said this, Tian Shi immediately thought of something. No wonder Einstein's skill options after the simulation included a skill called [Armed Puppet Cognition lv1].
At that time, he naively thought it was because the Einstein of the previous civilization was the creator of armed puppets... He didn't expect that it was because of him that the Einstein of this era also had the same idea.
The puppet in front of him is much larger than the puppet Hua made. The puppets made by Hua were only the size of a palm, but the puppet in front of him was as big as a head.
"Tian Shi Type I is made of Soul Steel as a whole, and it is a bionic structure of the human body. The specific template is based on Reanna's. In theory, it is perfectly adapted for your use." Einstein pointed to the puppet in front of him and introduced it.
"Moreover, without destroying the basic bionic structure of the puppet, with Welt's help, it was given a certain firepower, equivalent to that of a Titan mecha, mainly for self-defense."
Obviously, the completion of this puppet is much higher than Hua's. Even just in terms of research progress, Einstein may have surpassed the pre-civilization Einstein when Tian Shi left; after all, Anti-Entropy has Welt, the Herrscher of Reason.
As long as Einstein and the others told Welt the operating principle and the intended structure, Welt could test whether it was feasible or not, which directly saved a lot of time.
If it weren't for the things built by Welt essentially being Honkai energy and unable to last forever, then Anti-Entropy would have died out long ago.
"Everything is functioning normally."
With the entry of the soul, the Soul Steel puppet quickly changed into Tian Shi's appearance.
To look more friendly, Tian Shi made Soul Steel appear wearing a white shirt on the outside, "The firepower system... seems to be in good condition, but there's no need to test it here. Let's go find Walter first to find out the situation... By the way, everyone's asleep at this hour, right?"
After all, it's the middle of the night; when there isn't a research project, these people don't have the habit of staying up all night.
"This... it's only midnight, Reanna should be asleep, but Welt is definitely not asleep." Einstein sighed, "Come with me... In fact, Welt has changed a lot."
"The change... is it big?"
"Dr. Einstein believes you will know when you see it." Einstein led Tian Shi out of Walter's room. Before entering the door, Tian Shi heard the sound of games and flashing lights coming from inside the door.
Boom, boom, boom!
"Who is it?" A somewhat unfamiliar middle-aged voice sounded.
"?"
Does the so-called big change mean that Welt has become an uncle? Wait, does a Herrscher age?
"It's me, Dr. Einstein."
"Doctor? Wait a minute! I'll open the door right away." With a reply, half a minute later, the door to the room opened.
A middle-aged man who looked a little thin opened the door. Tian Shi could tell at a glance that this guy wasn't Welt, but inexplicably, he looked a little familiar.
"Dr. Einstein, are you looking for my godfather?" As soon as the word "godfather" came out, Tian Shi remembered who this guy was.
"Yang, do you still recognize me?" Tian Shi controlled the puppet to float up and looked at the middle-aged man in front of him with a half-smile.
-Welt Yang
In the original history, he accepted Joyce's inheritance and became the Second Herrscher of Reason. But now... due to Tian Shi's intervention, the relationship between Yang and Joyce has directly become that of father and son... Well, Yang originally called Welt brother, but now he calls him dad; this is really a sad story...
"Uh..." Yang first looked at Tian Shi for a moment, and then reacted with a look of surprise, "Alliance Leader Master!?"
"You used to call me Alliance Leader Brother."
"Cough, cough," Yang was a little embarrassed. At that time, he was only eight years old.
Wouldn't it be perfectly fine for him to call everyone brother or sister? And now, although he doesn't look old, he's actually seventy...
"Where's Welt? Isn't this his room?" Tian Shi looked at the room number, which indeed said "Welt Joyce." Yes, they didn't make a mistake.
"Um... that..." Yang's already embarrassed expression instantly doubled, "Godfather... Godfather is working on the strategy guide."
"Strategy?" Tian Shi wondered if his ears had misheard.
"What strategy?"
"Game guide." The more Yang said, the more embarrassed he became. My godfather, a native Herrscher, actually stays at home studying game tutorials.
"What game?" Tian Shi didn't look angry at all. Rather, he felt it was quite fresh.
"Uh... The new Kallen Fantasy XV." At this moment, the 70-year-old man simply lowered his head and turned into a quail.
"..." Tian Shi, who didn't actually feel anything at first, immediately fell silent after hearing the name of the game.
It turns out Otto has brought out Kallen Fantasy 15? That guy is really... No, now they should say Welt is really good.
When it comes to playing games, Tian Shi is not an old-fashioned person. As a time traveler, he doesn't actually care about those things at all. In the same way, he didn't care that Welt played games.
After all, it was something quite new for Welt. Naturally, Tian Shi wouldn't discriminate against Kallen Fantasy; after all, the game Otto made for Kallen was definitely no worse than any other game. But... Welt playing Kallen Fantasy is really something people want to complain about...
"Yang, what's wrong? Or does Dr. Einstein have something urgent to tell you?" It seemed that because Yang hadn't returned for a long time, Welt thought something was wrong.
"By the way, Yang, I'm curious what you're doing here?" Tian Shi asked curiously.
"Writing a copy."
Good job! At first glance, Welt looked professional, and there was even someone responsible for drafting the text.
"Don't say anything; I'll go in and take a look." Tian Shi smiled kindly at Yang, then released his possession, holding the puppet that had turned back into a dead object, and relying on the unknown characteristics of a ghost, he slowly floated into the room and floated all the way behind Welt.
Since the puppet had become a dead object, Welt, who was a game addict, didn't notice anything unusual. Tian Shi took the opportunity to take a look, and it seemed like it was time to fight the boss.
Reconnected!
"Welt, where are we now?" Level 3 Persuasion and the fact that Walter's attention wasn't on Tian Shi meant he didn't react immediately.
"To the third boss, the evil mage Tian... huh?" Welt seemed to notice something was wrong.