Vivian's signal?

Not only Andori, but even Shen Sui was taken aback for a moment. He almost jumped out but restrained his impulse when he saw Alice, who was looking curiously.

"Lady's signal?! Is it recent?" Andori asked anxiously.

Even though many Elemental Empresses chose to return to the Elf Forest, all of them are staunch supporters of Vivian. In their hearts, Vivian is the only lady. Even the Elf Empress Freymia cannot shake Vivian's position in their hearts.

Thus, when Andori heard news of Vivian, she was even more excited than Shen Sui.

Oh, heavens!

As long as Lady Vivian returns, this damned owner can't just hang her on the horse's tail so casually!

Lina nodded affirmatively and said, "Yes. We just recently received the signal. However, we are unable to determine whether this is the Lady's true self or her Candlelight Illusion."

Candlelight Illusion?

Of course Shen Sui knew about this.

This is Vivian's lifebound magic.

It's a kind of gifted magic she comprehended when she was still The Little Match Girl, huddled in a snow-filled corner in a cold winter, lighting matchsticks to imagine a better life.

Each matchstick represents a future and a life.

When Vivian lights a matchstick, it creates a duplicate in the world that others can't distinguish as real or fake.

This duplicate will follow a trajectory set by Vivian, living out its life. Vivian doesn't need to make complex settings; just designing a rough life path is enough, and the world itself will naturally fill in the rest.

The Candlelight Illusion acts like a false signal, deceiving the world into believing such a person exists. When the world finds no memories from people around of this person within the range Vivian defined, with no traces of this person existing in the world, it will spontaneously fill in these details.

Thus, to everyone in this world, this person seems real; people have all sorts of memories about him, and you can find related traces of him in reality.

It's like how a blind person with a deceived brain, whose eyes have gone blind, will continue to have visual imagery, never realizing they have lost their sight because in their mind, there truly is a real image.

The most powerful point is that Vivian can use the Candlelight Illusion to directly conjure a person, and the deceived world will fill in this person's past experiences according to Vivian's settings and implant them into the memories of people around, with no one noticing that this is a fictitious existence in their mind.

To put it slightly inappropriately, it's a sufficiently real, collective magic akin to a constructed Mandela Effect, but unlike the Mandela Effect, people have clear and real memories of this person.

Vivian could easily evade countless gods' targeted killings by using this magic during the Twilight of the Gods event when the gods killed numerous Vivians and Claudes, but all of these were false individuals created by Vivian's Candlelight Illusion.

When Shen Sui confirmed Vivian had once been in the real world, he had suspected that the original Shen Sui in the real world was a Candlelight Illusion fabricated by Vivian.

This Shen Sui had evidence of real existence, with people around having very clear memories of him, and official records detailed his documentation.

His disappearance is also reasonable, with a clear motive for suicide, explicit surveillance tracks along the way, and characteristics all Candlelight Illusions possess: disappearing without a trace after vanishing.

However, one thing is unreasonable: according to the Exploration Bureau's account, Vivian's journal appeared more than three hundred years ago, and Vivian couldn't have created a Candlelight Illusion named Shen Sui three hundred years ago.

Most importantly, how did Vivian know Claude Modena's real name was Shen Sui?

The other feature of the Candlelight Illusion is that Vivian is never afraid of others knowing she has such a magic.

This is a true deceit technique.

You know explicitly of its existence yet will still be deceived by it.

Andori also fell silent.

If Vivian really used the Candlelight Illusion to create a Vivian, then most people in the world would be unable to distinguish her authenticity.

Forget about the signal; even if you see Vivian in person, you might not be able to determine whether she is the true self of Vivian.

Shen Sui remembered that in the game plot, Baris had jokingly said, could it be that the Vivian before them now is also a phantom of the Candlelight Illusion?

Then followed a brief side plot where Vivian proved she truly existed.

Shen Sui has a way to differentiate, but that requires standing before Vivian to check the attribute panel.

In the game, the Love Contract's mark is unique, a thing the world cannot simulate. As long as he sees the attribute panel, Shen Sui would know whether the Vivian before him is real.

However, right now, Vivian's signal is not the most urgent thing.

The Boundary-breaking Worms have already invaded.

If they are not stopped in time, forget about the Elf Race; the entire Dawn Continent will be doomed.

Of course, the Elemental Empresses are aware of the Broken Boundary Empress's power, so even though they know they can't entirely eliminate the Boundary-breaking Worms, they are leading the elves to kill as many Boundary-breaking Worms as possible.

The Boundary-breaking Worms are troublesome to kill but at least not entirely unkillable.

But the Broken Boundary Empress is not a foe the gods of this world can provoke; even Daylight is no exception.

Fortunately, the arrival of the Broken Boundary Empress requires a certain number of Boundary-breaking Worms, so as long as they keep killing the worms, preventing them from gathering enough, the arrival of the Broken Boundary Empress can be delayed.

"Delay? This method sounds pretty good, why the pessimism?"

Alice asked half-understanding.

Lina sighed and said, "Because we can't guarantee suppressing all the Boundary-breaking Worms within the Elf Forest. As long as one Boundary-breaking Worm escapes to the outside and gnaws open the world's barriers there, a new worm outbreak can occur. It's foreseeable that even if the entire continent joins the fight, the number of Boundary-breaking Worms will eventually reach what is sufficient to summon the Broken Boundary Empress. And what we must do is...."

At this point, Lina looked at Andori sternly and said, "Find the master; the great Twilight Bishop once killed a Broken Boundary Empress in front of us. Only he can handle this dangerous enemy."

"We need your help, Andori," Lina said, "When all the Elemental Empresses gather, a miracle will occur. Although it's just a legend, perhaps we can attempt it."

"Oh... right, why have you come over this time?" Lina suddenly realized and curiously asked, "I thought you were still asleep and planned to notify Aina to dig up your grave."

"What do you mean grave! I'm not dead yet!" Andori shouted, jumping up.

"So why are you here?"

"Um... we came to ask Miss Freymia to save Claude. He was recently severely injured by the War God," Alice quietly raised her hand.

Lina stumbled and fell off Alice's head.

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