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Humanity, which was on the verge of unification, is on the verge of collapse due to the war of the Witches of Knowledge. She cannot allow all of this to be in vain.
But in a sense, this is also an opportunity. If the consequences of this war can be managed well, humanity can truly unite to fight against the witch.
"No! Emilia, your injuries are too severe. You need proper treatment and rest!" Emilia pleaded, gripping Emilia's hand tightly.
"But..." Emilia hadn't finished speaking when she suddenly fainted again.
"Amy!"
"!!!"
A few days later, in the capital of Mu Continent, before a grand funeral ceremony began...
Xia Die slowly removed her gloves, then closed the crystal coffin, her gaze calmly fixed on Muirsey, who seemed to be sleeping inside.
She looked up and saw hundreds of identical crystal coffins all around her, containing the remains of hundreds of magical girls who had died in the War of the Witches of Knowledge.
The encoffining ceremonies for these magical girls were all performed by Xia Die herself, making them look as if they were simply asleep.
Xia Die watched them quietly.
A moment later, Alicia and a dozen S-class magical girls entered the hall of the guild hall, which housed hundreds of crystal coffins.
Following behind them were high-ranking leaders from various countries and the families of the deceased magical girls.
Everyone remained silent, and then Alicia stepped forward and, together with the others, lifted Muelseth's crystal coffin.
Then, each of these crystal coffins was lifted up one by one.
Apart from Muirse, all the other deceased magical girls will be taken back to their hometowns for burial.
Muerseth's crystal coffin will be interred separately in the national cemetery of the Mu continent.
Although Muirsey is not a particularly well-known figure among ordinary people around the world, Emilia is more widely known, but Muirsey is by no means less important and is respected by the leaders of various countries.
After the funeral service began, Emilia, sitting in a wheelchair, came to the hall of the venue, picked up her speech, and slowly read out Muirsey's deeds over the years on the live broadcast to the world.
"We deeply mourn the passing of a great leader of human civilization, one of the founders of the Fire-Chasing Moth, one of the three founders of St. Freya Academy and its Dean of Students, a renowned scientist who led the world's scientific and technological development, the founder of the well-known company RheinLife Science, and the leader of the United Nations scientific team..."
High-ranking officials from various countries were all watching Emilia and Alicia behind her in the lobby of the convention center.
In their grief, they also pondered a practical question: who would inherit Muirsey's legacy after her death? Putting aside everything else, the global supercontinent RheinLife Science Center alone was enough to cause fierce battles between nations.
This is the foundation that Muirsay built to maintain the living standards of billions of people around the world, and its GDP alone accounts for about one-third of the world's total GDP.
Moreover, it also has legacies in military, technology, and other fields.
Although Alicia seems likely to inherit Muelseth's legacy, she is actually the least likely to succeed.
But as long as Emilia was still around, no one dared to be the first to step forward and ask for anything.
Seeing the sorrowful expressions on the faces of the high-ranking officials from various countries, Emilia guessed what they were pondering.
The witch must be fought, but people also need to live.
Chapter 457 A Tumultuous Time
St. Freya Lawyer Academy
"It seems like my script is coming up soon."
Eden gently swirled his golden goblet, speaking with a slightly tipsy tone.
"Hmm, after you, it's my turn."
Möbius lay languidly beside Eden, his voice soft and gentle.
"But do you really want to let 'you' bear that kind of consequence?"
Eden looked at Möbius.
"It doesn't matter. She's me anyway. After death, she'll just return to being a part of Möbius, right? It's just a tiny little thing. Of course, I can handle it then."
Mebius, however, didn't seem to care much.
"But things might get even worse. After all, it was 'you' who researched and promoted that gene fusion technology. In the end, everyone else will put all the blame on you."
Eden smiled helplessly.
"That's all humans do, always blaming so-and-so for everything and making one person take the blame—that's a long-standing tradition."
"Anyway, all of these types of human beings will be completely purified by then."
Mebius calmly observed himself in this timeline.
The fusion of magical girl genes and human genes.
But in reality, it's impossible. These are not the same life form. As the familiars of the Herrscher of Origin, magical girls are even difficult to define by their life forms.
Every magical girl can actually be called a Herrscher in another sense. In essence, they are beings who have come to life based on the first law of thermodynamics, the law of conservation of energy, and so on.
The Law of Origin, in other words, is the singularity of the universe that has come to life.
If Mebius hadn't helped him create something seemingly plausible, Mebius in this timeline wouldn't even have been able to see the magical girl's genes, because she didn't even have a body, let alone genes; she was purely composed of energy.
"Your Excellency, this is a document from the United Nations. Please take a look."
Inside the governor's office, Emilia, sitting in a wheelchair, glanced at the documents handed to her by her secretary, then simply put them aside and ignored them.
"Your Excellency?"
The secretary was slightly puzzled; this was an important document from the United Nations.
Emilia looked at the inexperienced secretary who had recently taken office, sighed inwardly, and then said to him.
"Take a closer look at the documents and notes left by your predecessor."
"......OK"
The secretary suddenly realized something and nodded hurriedly.
The office fell silent, with only the sound of pens scratching across paper remaining.
After processing a large number of documents concerning the post-war reconstruction of the Mu continent, Emilia finally turned her attention to the important document sent by the United Nations.
Most of the above content is unimportant; it's all formulaic and bureaucratic. The only important part is the last paragraph, which concerns the handling of Rhine Life Sciences.
“These are turbulent times,” Emilia said indifferently. She picked up the cup and took a sip of the medicine inside, the bitter taste immediately filling her taste buds.
More than a month has passed since the end of the War of the Witch of Knowledge.
The continent of Mu is quietly carrying out post-war reconstruction. Other countries are also doing so to varying degrees, but none have reached the point where Mu has almost destroyed half of its territory and lost millions of soldiers.
Although other countries were actually taken away by Shenzhou in one wave, with almost all of their high-ranking officials captured and most of their troops teleported away to follow Muerseth in attacking the giant tower, this resulted in the intensity of war on the home turf of each country being relatively low.
However, during the war, when China attacked countries around the world, its primary targets were the industrial zones of all sizes that Rhine Lab had built around the world.
These industrial zones of Rhine Lab have historically been responsible for manufacturing most of the basic necessities for various regions, specifically to maintain the normal lives of ordinary people and suppress any potential price spikes caused by the witch's influence.
With the protection of magical girls and the advanced technology left behind by the Witch of Reason, Rhine Labs expanded rapidly, quickly becoming a global super conglomerate with industrial zones of all sizes established in various countries, each a vital industry in its respective region.
This kind of indirect economic ties are also one of the roots of the unity of human civilization.
However, during the War of the Witches of Knowledge, the Divine Continent army destroyed most of the industrial zones of Rhine Lab. After the war, trade between Divine Continent and other countries was boycotted, and the living standards of ordinary people in various places gradually deteriorated.
Emilia was unable to force countries to resume trade with Shenzhou, even though Shenzhou was indeed controlled by the 8th Witch, Shenzhou was still hated by many people.
The document sent by the United Nations aims to rebuild RheinLife's industrial parks of all sizes around the world.
But in reality, apart from dealing with the reconstruction of Mu, Emilia devoted all her energy to the affairs of Rhine Lab.
The United Nations, or rather the top leaders of various countries, had a simple idea: to divide up the industrial zone rebuilt by RheinLife Science and turn it into their own national assets.
Their intentions are clear and they make no attempt to conceal them.
However, the leaders of various countries only tried to divide the spoils peacefully, and did not dare to seize them by force.
However, this also made Emilia realize one thing: she had to speed things up.
During her years ruling the continent of Mu, Emilia knew that the leaders of major countries would not allow the lives of their citizens to remain in the hands of others.
If it weren't for the threat of the witch and the martial arts of the magical girls, Muirsey's speed in establishing and expanding Rhine Lab technology wouldn't have been so fast.
What Emilia is doing now is to seize this opportunity: first, to rebuild Rhine Life Sciences' industrial zones in various countries; second, to relocate Rhine Life Sciences' headquarters to the Mu Continent; and finally, to try again to establish a unified federation of human civilization with the Mu Continent as its core.
This is the best opportunity. Militarily, apart from Shenzhou and Mu Continent, most of the soldiers of other countries have died in war. Shenzhou will not stop Emilia's actions. On the contrary, in order to clear their name of being controlled by the witch, they will do their best to assist Mu Continent.
Economically, the rebuilt RheinLife industrial zone will directly grasp the economic lifeline of various countries. After filling the gap left by China, RheinLife's total output value will directly account for more than 50% of the world's total output value.
This is also the main reason why countries want to divide up the industrial zones rebuilt by Rhine Lab. The factories in those industrial zones are not ordinary factories, but high-tech factories left behind by the Witch of Reason that can produce all kinds of items, including civilian and military products.
Finally, in politics, Emilia, who had ruled the Mu continent for many years, also had enough prestige and means to unify the various human nations and become the first supreme leader of the Human Federation.
The unification of human civilization was almost just one opportunity away, but the outbreak of the War of the Witches of Knowledge abruptly interrupted this process.
Fortunately, Emilia still has a chance to be repaired.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances.
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Chapter 458 Accident
"Eden..."
When Eden woke up, he opened his eyes and saw Alicia clinging to him, as if afraid that she would leave, her white hands tightly holding Eden.
"Sia," Eden looked at Alicia with tender eyes.
Alicia then pulled Eden into her arms; she neither wanted nor desired to lose anyone else by her side.
Even knowing that Eden could become a witch at any moment.
"I want to take you off Earth."
Eden did not answer, but simply inhaled the delicate fragrance emanating from Alicia.
"The solar system is vast, and the universe outside is also vast. There will surely be a place for you to stay!"
Alicia's tone was very firm. She didn't want Earth to be destroyed by witches again, but she also didn't want to lose Eden! Even if Eden might very well become a witch completely.
Whether this was the right thing to do, Alicia didn't know, but she had already lost her closest and dearest family member, Miu Miu, and no matter what, she was unwilling to kill Eden again!
The only solution Alicia could think of was to take Eden away from Earth and hide away from here, so that even if Eden turned into a witch, it wouldn't affect the humans on Earth.
If Eden really does become a witch, Alicia decides to let Eden live in a certain place forever.
Alicia had considered hiding Eden in the fantasy paradise at the center of the earth, but the witch's destructive power quickly made her abandon the idea.
Although the inner world created by the Thunder Witch is stable, it is not entirely stable. Ultimately, this place is too dangerous and too easily affects the Earth.
Therefore, Alicia decided to take Eden to the moons of other planets in the solar system, such as Saturn or Jupiter, and build an eternally independent paradise there.
However, Emilia's help is needed to achieve this.
A moment later
Alicia led Eden to a lounge in the Governor's office.
"Eden, sit here for a while, I'll be right back."
"it is good"
Eden smiled as he watched Alicia's impatient steps.
After Alicia left, only Eden remained in the lounge.
'Almost there'
Eden smiled slightly, sensing that several magical girls were preparing to arrive.
Meanwhile, in the Consul's office
Emilia looked silently at Alicia in front of her.
"Amy, I want to take someone away from Earth."
Alicia looked at Emilia with great sincerity.
"This is the best choice for her and for the planet."
"...Have you thought about how to stop her if that happens?" Emilia asked with a sigh.
The danger of witches goes without saying. Ever since the abnormal suppression state within the Earth-Moon system was discovered, Emilia has known what kind of power witches would unleash after leaving the Earth-Moon system.
Emilia and Alicia were both very aware that they had both studied the powers of the Seventh Witch.
It is no exaggeration to say that the Seventh Witch is fully capable of destroying any planet outside the Earth-Moon range. In fact, with her power, she might even be able to shake or destroy a star!