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"You mean the time travel project that Director Muirsey is carrying out? But wasn't the prototype already damaged in the War of the Witches of Knowledge?" William had certainly heard of the Deus Ex: it was originally a time travel project to go back to the past, a final means of defeating the witches.

When he first heard about it, he thought someone was just daydreaming. But then he learned that Director Muirsey, together with Dr. Wilvie and Dr. Einstein, had built a prototype! A prototype of a time travel device!

If this can be accomplished, it would essentially allow humans to save their progress! They could start over and over again without any limit!

Unfortunately, Director Muirsey and the others died in the War of the Witches of Knowledge, and I heard that the prototype was also destroyed in order to save Shenzhou.

But the Stigmata Terminal is that damaged Deus Ex prototype?

William thought in surprise.

“It’s not just that prototype, but also an alien device on the moon,” the old scientist said.

William didn't realize how his teacher knew what he was thinking without him saying anything.

"An alien device on the moon? Isn't that an observation device made by some alien civilization?"

William had also heard about the things on the moon; they were discovered by the magical girls, and it seemed to be a device used for observation in the solar system.

"Yes, but there's still a lot of magic inside. Principal Alicia led us to combine it and create the Stigmata Terminal, which is used to restart the solar system."

The old scientist said casually.

"Wait a minute, teacher, didn't you just say it was the time to restart the Earth-Moon system? How come it's the Solar System now?"

"Since the power is hard to estimate, it will definitely take at least a while to restart the Earth-Moon system. Okay, let's not think about it too much, let's go home."

The old scientist led William away from the entrance to the Sacred Mark Space, and others followed.

William suddenly remembered something.

"Sigh, it seems not everyone comes to the Sacred Mark Space."

The old scientist simply smiled at his student upon hearing this.

"We can't save everyone, and we can't save just anyone!"

"Don't forget why we need the Sacred Mark Project in the first place."

Chapter 504 I'm fine, I'm not dead

The question of who deserves to be saved and who doesn't is one that Alicia used to believe everyone should be saved. Human life is priceless, and no one should be abandoned unless it is truly necessary.

But now, Alicia understands that there are limits to what she can do; she cannot save every human being.

After the Stigmata Project begins, Alicia will be the first to see the memories and inner thoughts of those people, and their life's journey and inner thoughts will be laid bare.

Only then can they truly enter and live in the Sacred Mark Space.

However, Alicia clearly underestimated the filth in people's hearts. She had seen many shining people, but more often, she saw those who were only concerned with their own selfish desires and had almost no bottom line for them.

There were simply too many people like this, and Alicia even felt despair once again, because the vast majority of these people were privileged classes with power, influence, and wealth in various countries, who controlled the lifelines of those countries.

There are genuinely good people among them, but they are too few.

Before she was on the verge of despair, Alicia suddenly remembered the time when Muels and Emilia were still around, the officials from various countries who had joined Crystal International, the upper and lower-level employees of Rhine Lab, and the members of the Fire Moth, etc.

These people possess greater power and wealth, yet they do not enjoy the privileges that come with power and wealth. Instead, they strive and fight for their ideals and for the unity of humankind.

Back then, the light of ideals still burned in people's eyes.

Alicia realized that she had taken them for granted back then.

When did these people suddenly disappear in large numbers?

That war... the War of the Witches of Knowledge, drew all nations of the world into this brief but incredibly brutal conflict.

The war, which lasted less than a month or even less than a week, resulted in the deaths of tens of millions of people. The flames of war swallowed up the vast majority of bright and shining individuals who fell on the battlefield with their ideals.

The subsequent Star Witch incident nearly extinguished the last spark of hope.

It is the deaths of those who fought for their ideals that allowed these incompetent and unscrupulous greedy worms to seize power and wealth that did not belong to them!

"Principal, are you alright?" Padofelis walked into the principal's office carrying a data panel, only to see Alicia clenching her fists expressionlessly.

"I...I'm fine, I'm not dead," Alicia said with a kind smile, but the pink light in her pink eyes almost blinded Padofelis.

'Everyone's thinking about using their powers to kill people,' Padofelis muttered to herself.

Padoflis was well aware of Alicia's reaction, as she had seen the information on many of the people invited to join the Stigmata Project.

However, many people who received invitations were not qualified to enter the Sacred Mark Space. Just by looking at the preliminary investigation data, Pado knew what kind of bastards these guys were.

She herself came from the slums of Twilight Street, and having witnessed the full spectrum of human nature, she was well aware of the wickedness of people's hearts.

“78% of the Stigmata login portals in North America have been established,” Pado then began to report on her current work.

"88% of the stigmata registration points in South America have been established."

"The percentage of stigmata registration points in Europe is 97%, in Asia it has reached 70%, in Africa it is 82%, and in Oceania it has reached 100%."

"Now, only the last bit remains to complete the installation of Stigmata login portals worldwide."

Pado finished her report quickly.

However, she then looked at Alicia with some concern.

Because after laying down the Stigmata login portal, Alicia will not be taking over the consciousness and hearts of millions of people, but billions of people!

Previously, after setting up Stigmata login portals in various bases of the Firemoth and capitals of various countries, only a few million people were screened. Even so, Alicia almost despaired because of the darkness in people's hearts, which Pado and the other magical girls saw.

Now, they've set up Stigmata login portals all over the world in one go, which means billions of people!

After 11 witch events, the human population, which once reached its peak of 90 billion, has dropped to less than 50 billion today, with half of humanity vanishing.

Even so, there are still more than 40 billion people.

Alicia understood Padfolis's concerns.

"Let's get 50 million people logged in first, that way I can keep going."

Screening these humans is not something that can be done in a short time. She actually wanted to screen more people at once, but her energy was limited. Moreover, Alicia could hardly perceive the outside world during the process, and she could not fully devote herself to this task.

Because Alicia still has to prepare to face the 12th witch alone, the other magical girls are too weak to help her and can only transfer their magic to Alicia. As a result, Alicia can only select a small number of people first.

"How about less?" Pado couldn't help but ask.

"That's fine then," Alicia shook her head and stood up. "I'll go prepare."

"Okay, but we'll keep a close watch on you, and we'll wake you up immediately if you have any problems."

Seeing that Alicia was determined, Pado could only compromise and say that she and the other magical girls did not want to see anything happen to Alicia.

After leaving the office with Alicia, Pado watched her retreating figure and sighed inwardly. If only Tita were still here, she could definitely help Alicia.

But Dita also died in the Civil War.

I wish there was someone who could help.

Pado thought helplessly.

Her power wasn't very effective in this regard. Although it was a conceptual ability that could improve Alicia's luck and reduce the probability of Alicia feeling desperate, it wasn't absolute, and Pado couldn't guarantee that her power would be 100% successful.

'Hmm, wait a minute, it seems there really is someone who can help?'

Pado suddenly thought of someone: Aponia, a nun who lived on Twilight Street and seemed to have a natural talent for the realm of consciousness.

But Pado hesitated, because it was all many years ago. Pado hadn't been back to Twilight Street for a long time, and she didn't know if the nun was still there. It would be even better if she had the talent of a magical girl.

"Speaking of which, she should have been tested back then, right?" Pado pondered as she opened the data panel in her hand and began using her privileges to search for the test data from Twilight Street within the internal network of the Fire Moth.

Pado quickly found the information from back then, and looking at her youthful headshot, she couldn't help but smile secretly.

"Who is this silly guy?" She looked at the photo taken when her magical girl talent was detected back then with a touch of nostalgia.

After reminiscing about the past for a while, Pado continued her search and soon found Aponia's test data. Unfortunately, Aponia did not have the talent of a magical girl and was just an ordinary person with a good figure.

Her talent for persuading others at the level of consciousness can at most influence ordinary people, but it has no effect on magical girls.

However, while Pado was investigating more information about Aponia, she unexpectedly came across something.

"She died during the witch control incident."

Pado sighed. Aponia was having a lot of bad luck. During the 10th Dominator Witch incident, the man-made Honkai disease broke out everywhere, including Twilight Street, a slum.

Unaware of the situation, Aponia took in some sick children out of kindness, and then... nothing happened.

The Honkai outbreak turned those children into Honkai zombies. Aponia, a frail woman, was killed and also became a Honkai zombie.

Pado remembered that she and some of her senior classmates had gone to Twilight Street to clean up the Honkai corpses there, and it seemed that the Honkai corpses transformed from Aponia were among them.

"What a pity," Pado scratched her head and closed the data screen.

But then she saw a large number of unprocessed files suddenly pop up on the data panel.

Looking at these important documents about countries around the world, Paddy felt heartbroken. At St. Freya Academy, she was just a magical girl who ran a small shop!

"...I'm just an ordinary shop owner!" Pado said dejectedly, tapping the data panel.

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Chapter 505 The Final Moment

half year later

The Stigmata Project progressed smoothly, but it also had its challenges.

The process went smoothly because those who passed Alicia's screening quickly entered the Stigmata Space through the Stigmata login portal.

Although there are some people who are attached to Earth and have firmly chosen to stay, they are ultimately a minority, and Alicia does not force them to stay.

For most people, being able to live a good life with their families is all that matters, and besides, people can see that the witch's threat is imminent.

Those who failed the screening had their memories of the Stigmata Project erased, and Alicia also applied a consciousness filter to their consciousness, making it impossible for them to see or hear anything related to the Stigmata Project.

The reason for the setbacks is that those who failed the screening are causing trouble and instigating others.

Although these people, filtered through their own consciousness, are unaware of the existence of the Stigmata Project, they can discover that the Earth's population is disappearing on a large scale, and that it is related to magical girls.

Although these corrupt insects didn't care how many ordinary people died, they soon discovered that without ordinary people whom they considered commoners, they could hardly maintain their luxurious lives.

The industrial zones they seized from Rhine Life could produce everything they wanted, but raw materials needed to be mined and transported, and the industrial zones also needed people to control them.

Even if they live high up, far from the hustle and bustle, as long as they live on Earth, they cannot completely avoid other people. Do you think they would want to clean their huge houses themselves? Bend down and walk into the ground?

Now, a large number of ordinary people are disappearing rapidly, and it's not just tens of thousands, but millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of people disappearing from the earth.

Those who failed the screening quickly and frantically incited those who hadn't yet logged into the Sacred Mark Space, claiming it was a witch's conspiracy!

The witch is using that strange thing to systematically slaughter ordinary people! Didn't you see everyone who went in disappear?!

"Sister Xiya, what do you think?" Inside the St. Freya Space City, Padofelis looked at the news coming from the drone in front of her and smiled at Alicia.

In the footage transmitted by the stealth drone, several people were sitting in a car and using a loudspeaker to address the crowd. The people at the scene hesitated and did not dare to enter the Stigmata login portal.

"Hmm," Alicia didn't answer; she was observing the remaining people on Earth who hadn't yet logged into the Stigmata Space.

There are now only about 10 billion people left on Earth; the rest have gradually entered the Sacred Mark Space over the past six months.

Governments around the world are generally still operating normally, but only on the surface, because many lower-level officials have entered the Stigmata Space after passing the screening, leaving only a few who did not pass the screening.

Aside from those who were excluded, there are still 4 million people who have not been screened. These are the last batch of people who will be screened before logging into the Sacred Mark Space.

However, Alicia didn't know how many of these 4 million people would still be willing to enter the Stigmata Login Portal if they were incited.

She has done her best.

"Little Paddy, you can go in later too."

Alicia looked at Padofelis and said.

Padofelis, who was being stared at by those pink eyes, simply nodded calmly.

"it is good"

Now it's the final moment. Even if Alicia didn't say anything, Pado would want to enter the Stigmata Space on her own. She's also worried that the witch might take over her body.

"But what about the last few people?"

While covering herself with magic, Pado asked Alicia.

“I feel like it might not work,” Alicia shook her head.

She didn't really have much hope for the last group of people, because most of them were ordinary people who were easily swayed.

This can be seen from their daily lives and online activities. It is not difficult to use a large computer to analyze the personality of ordinary people. This is why Alicia intentionally put this group of easily swayed people in the last batch.

"Hmm, they've already started vandalizing the Stigmata login portal," Alicia said, looking at the live feed.