Chapter 155: A Cycle-Based Work Naturally Needs a Post-Game Puzzle Section
"Even as Permission-Holders with some ability to transcend the cycles, the three of us can only exert our authority within the domain of the Sacred Tree."
"Whether it's the Abyss in the outer world or the Abyss inside Utopia, they are both extremely dangerous and chaotic entities."
"It corrupted Su Jingyan, and we have no idea what Su Jingyan did or modified afterward while in an unconscious state."
"After we entered, though we managed to forcibly stabilize the heavily damaged world core—that is, the Sacred Tree—Utopia's originally intended programs had already become shattered and jumbled, producing countless results we never could have imagined."
The Phoenix shook its tiny head. "This led to everything beyond the Outer Realm being as unknowable as a black box."
"All our understanding of the Outer Realm comes from the experiences and observations painstakingly accumulated by generations of magical girls."
It said in a heavy voice:
"For example, those five special fragments—even after being collected, they would be reset to different locations by the authority belonging to the Abyss with each cycle, appearing on different guardian demon beasts in different places."
"For example, the Abyss has no clear will, only a vague consciousness, and Su Jingyan's existence as an 'Executor' is its sharpest sword."