This is an Experiment

During her time loop in Penacony, Twilight basically only did three things: farm Caelus's favorability, make Caelus face reality and not get too lost in dreams, and beat up Stellaron Hunters, especially Firefly.

Farming favorability mainly happened in the final Dream of Unity [Ena]. Making Caelus not fall too deeply in love online happened when the Express crew first arrived in Penacony. Beating up Stellaron Hunters happened from beginning to end.

Although mentioned many times before, it's worth emphasizing—Twilight was extremely petty.

Slightly different from Unit Three, who insisted on getting double the gold coins back if a target made her spend energy, Twilight's pettiness was more ingrained in her personality.

Created incarnations always had some inherent flawed traits, like Lihua's idiocy, Shoko's narcissism, Lee's duplicity. And Twilight, who appeared innocent and naive at first, had her own issue—she held grudges.

While the main body could forcibly control these flaws if desired, Li Bei usually didn't bother, as they didn't cause too much trouble.

Thus, if someone provoked Units One, Two, or Three without reason, they might not fuss too much, just laugh it off. But with Twilight, that was absolutely impossible. While she wouldn't take out a little notebook to jot down names, anyone who annoyed her absolutely couldn't expect things to just blow over.

Initially, this grudge-holding mainly manifested as protecting her companions. If they were bullied, Twilight would retaliate no matter what—refer to Sparkle's unfortunate experience in Penacony, getting slapped into a pancake and dying out of the dream because she bullied Caelus earlier.

But now, having lived so long and experienced so much, the mature Twilight's heart had broadened considerably; she could laugh off such things... right?

The answer was no. The much more mature Twilight simply had a clearer self-positioning—not only should companions being bullied warrant a heavy fist, but when she herself was bullied, the heavy fist should strike even harder!

Therefore, while rewinding through the past, suddenly remembering how Firefly playing dead caused Caelus to treat her horribly, even speaking coldly, Twilight decisively chose to vent her anger first before leaving.

Besides, beating up Stellaron Hunters had another benefit: their leader, Elio, held the script of the future. Thus, no matter how much Twilight beat them up now, they would still obediently follow the script later. No need to worry about the worldline descending into chaos because of it.

This discovery satisfied Twilight greatly, and she decided to list eating, sleeping, and beating up Stellaron Hunters as routine activities for each rewind.

What? Since she had become Little Abundance, she could totally be more magnanimous, no need to be so petty?

Please. A person walking the path of self-destruction, preparing to greet death and disappearance, how could they care about magnanimity and politeness? As long as she herself was happy, that's all that mattered.

Compared to overly perfect people, flawed characters are often more endearing~

Incidentally, the current number one on Twilight's grudge list was Lan. It was just that the opponent was way too powerful, so she chose to regain rationality and temporarily shelve the issue. After all, as the saying goes, a gentleman's revenge is never too late, even after ten years... Even if she still couldn't get revenge after ten years, by then she'd be back on Blue Star anyway, out of sight, out of mind.

However, just long companionship and flaws weren't quite enough. A boring life always needed some temptation and excitement—especially at the beginning, these things had to be even more enticing.

So, it still had to be Jarilo-VI? That pitiful planet, practically the cosmic boondocks, where even if she intervened a little, it wouldn't affect the universe much...

Mm, time to set off then. After the Jarilo-VI trip, there wouldn't be much time left.

"Are you really going to do this?"

Among the Stellaron Hunters sprawled haphazardly on the ground, the black cat, held up by the tail and being petted against the fur by Twilight, despite looking utterly wretched, still spoke calmly to her as she was about to leave. "I want to know what exactly you are thinking."

Although a cat suddenly speaking human words was a bit startling, the universe was vast and full of wonders. Besides, Twilight had petted its fur countless times already, long accustomed to it.

Elio, nicknamed the Slave of Destiny. Although this cat was tight-lipped about its own affairs, it did seem to possess some ability to see fate and the future. Unfortunately, seeing the future didn't equate to fighting prowess; it still ended up miserably defeated alongside the other Stellaron Hunters before Twilight.

"What matter are you referring to?" Twilight smiled faintly at the cat in her hand.

"The future is already determined. And you are now attempting to change a script that has already been written—You might think so, but unfortunately, even behavior like yours is merely part of the story."

Though held undignifiedly by Twilight, Elio's gaze remained sharp. "From the moment you were born, everything related to you was merely a script calculated by Him from the very beginning... You are the product of an experiment. But now the experiment has succeeded, you have the potential to break the script, yet you choose to return to the script in the end?"

"What's wrong with the script?" Twilight chuckled.

"You will die," Elio stated calmly.

"Everyone dies, little kitty. Humans die, Aeons fall, even the universe itself will one day face extinction..." Casually tossing Elio back onto the ground, Twilight gently brushed the cat fur off her hands. "As long as the result is the one I want, whether it's a script or not isn't important."

Although Elio's words seemed somewhat cryptic, Twilight understood exactly what it was saying.

Everyone in the world has parents; even machines need their workshops. And Twilight's parents could be considered Nous, the one who created her.

The Aeon of Erudition, knowing the answers to all things, calculating the future of the entire universe As Maxwell Demon—but the question was, why did They create Twilight? After all, Nous wasn't Aha; They wouldn't do something pointless without reason.

And the answer to this question was just as Elio said... This was an experiment.

With the existence of Terminus, the Aeon of Finality from the future, already present, was the universe's development already determined? With all current variables known and calculable, was the future entirely predictable?

From the perspective of Erudition, all things in the world have answers. If the present is known, the future must be solvable.

But even an omniscient sage never stops seeking knowledge—could there be a possibility, a way to make the supposedly fixed future change?