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Xiangzi squinted uncomfortably and tightened his grip on Yan slightly.
throat--
The revolving door of the passageway to the other side stopped rotating.
Maya stepped out first, bowed to them, and gave them a welcoming greeting.
"Welcome to the other side."
Emerging from the passage on the other side, I entered the blue room.
The interior of the blue room was much more complex than that of the red room, with many facilities inside, and a row of gas masks neatly hung on the wall near the exit.
The first thing Xiangzi did after stepping out of the passage was to turn his head and look at the red room next door, watching another version of himself carrying Yan back out of it.
Just now I was watching myself on the other side walk into the passage to the other shore; now I'm watching myself on the other side walk out of the passage to the other shore...
Anzu cast a surprised glance at herself on the other side, and the two gazes collided in mid-air once again.
Is it once again?
Yes for Kyoko, but for the sequence of time, and for this side of the river, this was their only encounter.
"Wow~~~~" Kyoko exclaimed, her mouth agape. "What on earth is going on...?"
"What a wonderful feeling," Xiangzi exclaimed.
“You’ll get used to it after a few more times. There are still some amazing things to discover when we go out later.” Ma Mi shook her head. “Wait for me. There should be some emergency medical equipment or something here.”
Mayi casually rummaged through the blue room, pulled out a stretcher, and gestured for Xiangzi to put Yan on it.
Xiangzi placed the unconscious Yanping on the stretcher, and the three little ones from Mitakihara immediately rushed over impatiently.
"How is she now?" Xiaoyuan looked at Mami, her eyes watery. "How is Xiaoyan?"
Mayi then swept the Geiger counter-like object over her body again, and this time it didn't make a constant hissing sound like before.
"Her wound has recovered. The effects of the anti-entropy radiation will gradually stabilize, and the wound can now heal. In a few days, it should be almost completely healed."
"Really... That's good." Xiaoyuan breathed a sigh of relief.
“Next, we’ll go back to what happened a few days ago. I can’t help you with the rest; we have our own things to do. But we can stop for a little while.” Mayi crossed her arms and turned to Xiangzi. “We didn’t have time to chat earlier. Is there anything you want to ask us now?”
Maya saw so much thirst for knowledge in Xiangzi's eyes, a thirst that was very similar to her own. She liked this junior very much.
Yes, of course there are, there are too many.
Xiangzi took a deep breath and asked:
What does "reverse entropy radiation" mean?
The Tale of Reincarnation: The Forgotten Shore: Chapter 506 Reversing Entropy
"What is reverse entropy radiation?" Xiangzi asked the question that had been on his mind for a long time.
"It's just the power of the witches on this side of the river. That's what I originally called it, and everyone else just followed suit," Maya said. "Don't you think the situation on the other side is a lot like anti-entropy? Oh no, I should start by asking you what 'entropy' is."
"I think I understand." Xiangzi nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.
She must have heard of the concept of entropy; her teacher mentioned it in physics class, and... Kyubey also mentioned it.
“If you understand, it’s easy to explain. When something is on the other side, all its entropy decreases instead of increases. What appears to be the opposite of this side in terms of physical quantities such as time, heat, and vectors… The so-called people on the other side are the result of being uniformly radiated by reverse entropy radiation, like we are now.” Ma Mi continued, turning her head to look at Yan, who had calmed down. “This is something only the passage to the other side can do. If you are only locally affected by reverse entropy radiation, it will be like what she just did—only the ‘future’ of healing wounds is in the ‘past,’ but the person is still on the timeline leading to the future. Do you understand what I’m saying?”
"I don't understand." Xiangzi blinked, confused. "But then again, I kind of understand."
Tech geeks' language is really hard to understand.
“But I know that Kyubey talks about the concept of entropy all the time, saying that the power that bursts out when a magical girl transforms into a witch can be used to avoid the heat death of the universe caused by the increase of entropy.” Xiangzi added, “Is the anti-entropy radiation that Maya-senpai talked about related to the heat death that Kyubey talked about?”
"There is a connection, and a very strong one. There is no doubt that anti-entropy radiation can do everything Kyubey wants. Their lifelong pursuit is to stop entropy from increasing—and the witch from this side can do that. This witch who returned from the future is probably the one who can make the incubators rush to concentrate all their power."
Maya placed her two hands together in an equilateral triangle at her chest, and her other two mechanical arms in an inverted triangle at her lower abdomen, as if representing two different directions.
“But there isn’t a single Kyubey in Kamihama,” Xiangzi said. “I noticed that when I first arrived.”
To this day, no trace of Kyubey has been found in the entire Kamahama Shoko area; it's almost as if someone is deliberately preventing Kyubey from entering.
“It’s as if something is ‘watching’ all of this happen, a being more terrifying and higher than the witch and the incubator on this side of the world. It’s ensuring that the ‘performance’ goes smoothly.’” Maya pointed to the ceiling. “All of us, including the incubator, are its puppets, props for its performance.”
"..."
The atmosphere suddenly became extremely heavy. Xiangzi felt a tingling sensation on his back, as if he were being watched, and he shivered.
"Well, that's just my guess." Maya shrugged. "Ayana always likes to say that, so I couldn't help but think that way."
“What happened has already happened…” Xiangzi murmured.
The phrase that Maya mentioned, which Maruyama Aya often said, should be this one.
Xiangzi pursed his lips and fell into deep thought.
Suddenly, the abnormal wound on Mami's body flashed into her mind.
When I first met Mami, she had this wound on her chest, but when we broke into the warehouse just now, neither Mami on this side nor Mami on the other side was injured at all.
Xiangzi's pupils shrank slightly, then dilated again.
It turned out to be the case.
She got it.
"You guys go first, I still have some things to do." She called out to Mami, who was packing her things to leave together.
By this time, everyone had packed up their belongings and were preparing to take the supplies left behind by the Ode to the scene and find a safe place to stay for a few days.
"What do you want to do?" Maya turned her head to the side.
"Xiang, what are you planning to do..." Mu seemed to have figured out what Xiangzi was planning to do.
"I have some things to take care of," Xiangzi said.
"Are you planning to go out alone, outdoors?" Ma Mi shook her head. "You won't be able to stand it. Stay inside the container. I'll find someone to transport you away. You have no idea what you'll see once you step outside."
“I was prepared,” Xiangzi said firmly. “What happened has already happened, and Senior Cai told me the same thing.”
"I knew it... If you insist on going, then take this with you."
Mayi seemed to have known what she was going to do all along. He reached into the Soul Gem and rummaged around for a while before pulling out a dark cube and tossing it to Xiangzi.
"What's this?" Xiangzi caught the black cube and looked up at Mami.
“I made this protective suit myself, using several Lament Seeds as raw materials.” Mami held up two fingers and explained, “First, normal oxygen cannot enter your lungs on the other side. You can breathe normally now because the blue room is full of air from the other side. Second, you cannot directly touch yourself on this side. This thing can help you solve these two problems. Even if you bleed, it’s okay. The protective suit will secrete some liquid to cover your blood.”
What would happen if we encountered it?
"What happens when an electron collides with a positron? Annihilation, annihilation, and then new matter is created. The original electron and positron cease to exist." Maya clapped her hands, making a snapping sound. "In plain terms, you'll die, understand?"
She didn't expect Xiangzi to understand, but as long as the meaning was conveyed, that was enough.
"..."
Xiangzi nodded.
"Also, you'll feel very uncomfortable after leaving the airlock. All your senses will change. When you run, the wind will blow from behind you, and your clothes will freeze when you touch fire. Gravity transcends time and latitude; it's the only thing that won't change. But otherwise, the whole world will be reversed. Your hearing and vision will also become abnormal, so it's normal to feel uncomfortable." Mami instructed while gesturing to Xiangzi how to use the black cube. "Now the whole world is 'the other side' for you. You must remember that."
Xiangzi nodded, placed the black cube against his chest as Ma Mi instructed, and pressed the switch.
The cube unfolded into layers of valves, just like Mystique's transformation in X-Men. The unfolded valves covered Xiangzi's entire body, completely enveloping her before fitting together seamlessly.
Xiangzi looked up at the full-length mirror that Mami had pulled out from somewhere and placed in front of her.
The mirror could no longer see Toyokawa Shoko; only a blurry, indistinct black shadow remained.
The Tale of Reincarnation: The Shore of Oblivion: Chapter 507 Mami Tomoe's Perspective
In the reversed world, Mami clutched her gaping wound in her chest and stumbled forward. The wind blew from behind her, making the night, which should have been cold, feel unusually hot. Sweat poured down her face, seeping into the hole in her chest and causing a sharp pain.
Why did it become like this...
she thinks.
No.
She quickly dismissed her own idea.
That's how it should be.
What's done is done, and your goal has been achieved. Being injured might affect your judgment, so... is that why you chose not to tell?
It turned out to be the case.
Mami collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, before struggling to her feet and, amidst the flames of the train explosion, headed towards the port of Free Port...
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Time goes back to the very beginning—no, it should be said, back to the "end," which is also the "beginning."
From the very beginning, after Mami had her subordinates take Homura away, she hid in the space between the warehouse and the red room, monitoring everything through a special observation window and real-time intelligence from her subordinates.
Here, she will receive information from her future self to her subordinates—in order to prevent the "grandfather paradox" from occurring, she cannot meet her future self directly, so all information needs to be relayed through an intermediary.
After a while, she heard her subordinates tell her that when the train from the other side arrived, Yan had placed Hua in the car.
After a while, the train arrived.
As her subordinates brought Flame down, Mami immediately obtained the flower. To be on the safe side, she had a trusted subordinate take the flower and leave Freeport, while she remained behind to carry out her assigned tasks.
Then, Flame was escorted into the red room by her subordinates, while her counterpart from the other side walked backwards into the blue room, signaling her subordinates to wake Flame.
Then, the other side asked a few questions, and only after Yan was hit twice by the other side's bullets did she slowly walk out from behind the curtain.
Yes, she knew from the beginning that Yan was lying.
Lying is useless against her, who has returned from the future.
Next, Xiangzi forcibly stormed the warehouse—Xiangzi's ability to break through was quite unexpected for Mami, but it didn't matter, her goal had been achieved.
What she's going to do next.
It's about making "things that have happened before happen again".
"Your future self died, Flame. But it's alright, I will piece you back together, and I will help you fulfill your final wish."
Before the passage to the other side completely closed, Mami left a message for Homura.
"I will bring you justice."
The wish of the eulogists is the same wish of the witch of this shore. This wish gives meaning to her own survival, which she could no longer endure, and interprets a new kind of "justice".
I must rely on this sustenance called justice to continue to exist, for—
For what...?
Mami and Shoko, who was almost in front of her, exchanged one last glance.
Why? Does it matter?
She laughed.
Her goal was to achieve justice; she didn't need any extra reward.
The needle was placed on the record, and the revolving door led Mami into the blue room.
Asami walked out of the blue room, watching Shoko in the red room retreat towards the door, and finally even herself left the red room.
"I lost it on the way!"
Flame struggled in agony, blood gushing from the two bullet holes in her body. The altered, reversed audio was already playing from the loudspeaker before she could even open her mouth.
Next…
He wanted to point a gun at her head.
The interaction between the other side and this side is very complex, and it took Mami a long time to figure out a way to communicate. She on this side first observes what she says and does on the other side, and then recreates the same situation on the other side based on that memory.
"The next shot will be to your head. (Read-yiqiuming6 6 Qibaba)"
After Mami finished speaking, she moved the gun down, aimed it at Homura's abdomen, and pulled the trigger.
boom--!