"Bronya... Bronya!"
Seele's anxious voice rang in her ear, and Bronya gradually regained consciousness.
"Ugh…" Bronya struggled, trying to stand up from the ground, but the pain coursing through her body made her fall back down.
Seele hurriedly supported Bronya's falling body and asked, "Bronya, don't force yourself..."
"Seele, Bronya... is fine..."
Before she could finish speaking, blood spilled from the corner of Bronya's mouth.
It wasn't just the injuries left from the battle just now, but also the damage caused by the erosion from the Herrscher of Reason's core.
Looking at such a weak Bronya, tears filled Seele's eyes. She felt that if she hadn't trusted others so easily, Bronya wouldn't have been hurt so badly.
At that moment, a tremor shook the entire space like an earthquake.
"This is bad! This spatial vibration is...!"
Before the words were finished, a giant floating rock above their heads suddenly shattered into pieces, falling toward the group.
If no action was taken, they would all likely be forever left drifting in the boundless Sea of Quanta.
Fortunately, Walter Yang made a timely move, shattering the falling rocks, allowing the three to escape the crisis.
"This space is already unstable. We must leave here quickly!" Walter Yang said.
"Seele, Mr. Walter is right, you must leave here quickly..." Bronya said, enduring the intense pain in her body.
"Impossible! Seele finally found Bronya, how could I just leave alone like this!"
As the two were arguing, a figure suddenly emerged from the shadows.
"Einstein, I found their location..."
Then, Einstein's voice rang from Bronya's communication module.
"Bronya, can you hear me?"
"Dr. Einstein?!"
Hearing the voice from the communicator, Bronya quickly said, "Doctor! Quickly inform everyone, 'The Snake' has broken through the Sea of Quanta and returned to the real world!"
"Don't say more! The most important thing right now is your safety. I've already activated the Eye of the Abyss, quickly return to the real world through the nearest passage!"
"But... I..." Just as Bronya hesitated, she suddenly felt a stream of heat rise in her body.
Looking back, she saw Walter Yang slowly dissipating and saying to her, "Bronya, quickly take your Seele and leave this place."
"Mr. Walter, what about you?"
"Don't worry about me. Since you've connected with Ai-nyan, she'll find a way to get me out."
"I..."
Having made up her mind, Bronya no longer hesitated. Holding Seele's hand in one hand, she transmitted the information she knew to Einstein through the communicator.
"Doctor, we met Mr. Walter. I'm sorry, he got lost in the Sea of Quanta again to save us..."
"Yang?"
Upon hearing Walter Yang's whereabouts, Einstein's tone was no longer as calm as before. But even so, she still urged Bronya and the others to leave quickly through the opened passage.
"You all evacuate quickly. I'll have the others cover his exit!"
Feeling the Sea of Quanta gradually spiral out of control, Einstein anxiously shouted, "Go! You must survive!"
Under Einstein's guidance, Bronya dragged Seele as they frantically ran through the twisted space, fending off translucent quantum shadows surging from all directions.
What made them even more desperate was that the closer they got to the exit passage, the more violently the Sea of Quanta reacted.
Purple-black tentacles suddenly shot out from the abyss beneath their feet. Bronya shielded Seele behind her and swung her tactical dagger, cutting off two tentacles that had wrapped around them.
"Seele, hold on, we're almost out! Bronya promised to take you home, and Bronya will definitely keep that promise!"
However, more tentacles surged skyward from the sea floor like a giant net covering them.
Seele accidentally got her lower leg caught by a tentacle. She was about to be dragged back into the Sea of Quanta.
Bronya hurriedly lunged forward and grabbed Seele with her hands, then cut off the tentacle wrapped around Seele's leg with her dagger.
Looking at the increasingly dense tentacles behind them, Bronya made up her mind.
At the moment she forcefully threw Seele toward the glowing passage, Bronya simultaneously severed the last tentacle linking their hands.
"Bronya!"
As Seele drifted farther and farther away from her, Bronya revealed a relieved smile, "Seele, I'm sorry."
A massive repulsion force sent Seele's body rapidly away from the Sea of Quanta.
However, faced with the path to survival ahead, Seele not only showed no joy but gripped the stone wall tightly with both hands.
Blood flowed from the wounds on her broken fingers, but she didn't waver at all.
"I must..."
Just as Seele was preparing to climb back step by step into the Sea of Quanta along the stone wall, a black shadow suddenly emerged from her body.
It was Dark Seele.
"Do you want to die?!"
Without another word, Dark Seele forcefully pulled Seele's hands away from the wall, and Seele successfully returned to the real world through the passage.
Her body fell from the sky, but Seele no longer cared about the pain radiating from her body. Her heart was wholly fixated on Bronya, who was still trapped in the Sea of Quanta.
"Bronya... why..."
Bang!
Seele's delicate arm smashed fiercely against the ground, leaving behind a bright red mark. Looking at the tear-streaked Seele, Dark Seele's heart was instantly filled with irritation.
Bang!
"It's already over. There's nothing you can do." Dark Seele said coldly.
But what responded to her was still the dull sound of a fist pounding the ground.
Bang!
"The gate can't be opened anymore! You... can't save her."
Bang!
Bang!
"Bronya..."
Bang!
"No... no!"
Crystal-clear tears flowed down Seele's cheeks, dripping onto the gradually cracking tiles below.
"Enough!"
With Dark Seele's voice, countless blood-red chains bound Seele tightly.
"That's enough."
Unable to bear it, Dark Seele turned her head away, not wanting to look at Seele anymore.
The same was true for the people in the real world, none could bear to watch further.
Bronya's self-sacrifice was admirable, and Seele's refusal to give up was deeply moving.
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[Heartache for Seele]
[Uwu, stop hitting the ground, little angel Seele]
[I swallowed the key. Lock this pair forever!]
[Bronya was willing to cross the Sea of Quanta for Seele, and Seele was equally willing to return there for Bronya]
[Sea of Quanta: Could someone please consider my feelings?]
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