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Antarctic lighthouse base

Project Abyss is a plan by the scientists of the Fire Moth to explore the Underworld Sea. With the help of magical girls, they are currently venturing deep into the Underworld Sea in search of the lost continent of Mu.

However, shortly after the 11th Witch incident, the scientists who were studying the Underworld Sea were suddenly informed that the project would be temporarily suspended, leaving them somewhat bewildered and confused.

"Principal! Why, why is this happening?! Why are you terminating Project Abyss?"

Many scientists rushed to contact Alicia to ask her urgent questions.

Upon receiving the communication, Alicia looked at the scientists in the image and spoke calmly.

"We don't have time to continue with Project Abyss; there are more important things to do now."

"However, Project Abyss will not end; it will only be temporarily suspended."

"Please be patient, I have further orders to give."

After saying that, Alicia ended the communication.

Looking at the interrupted communication footage, the scientists at the Lighthouse Base exchanged bewildered glances. Principal Alicia seemed to have changed quite a bit.

"Hurry up and gather the documents now."

"Accelerate the exploration of Project Abyss!"

Two absolute orders suddenly rang out, and the old scientist in charge of Project Abyss and his student and deputy exchanged a silent glance.

The fact that the 11th Witch was not hidden from these scientists was well known. They all knew that many magical girls had died because of the witch, and they could understand why Principal Alicia seemed to have changed so much.

The current progress of the Abyss Project is only at the beginning of exploring the Underworld Sea, and finding the Mu Continent is like finding a needle in a haystack.

The old scientist in charge of Project Abyss knew very well that without enough time and with the help of the magical girls, it was impossible to enter the Underworld Sea and find the continent of Mu.

Many magical girls are already dead; the Abyss Project will have to end sooner or later.

But his deputy thought differently. The only thing missing from the Abyss Project was finding the Mu Continent. Once they found the Mu Continent and Governor Emilia, everything would be alright.

"Pack up the documents!"

"Continue with the plan!"

The two once again issued completely opposite orders to the scientists around them.

The old scientist glanced at the purple crystal badge pinned to his deputy's chest; it was the symbol of Crystal International, an amethyst emblem that represented the governor.

“William, the situation is different now. We don’t have enough time to continue the Abyss Project!”

"Teacher! It is precisely at this critical moment that we need to find Mu Continent as soon as possible! And the Governor! As long as the Governor is here, everything will be alright!"

Things aren't as simple as you think!

The old scientist sighed.

In that civil war sparked by the 11th Witch, far too many magical girls died. Of the 26 S-class magical girls, only 4 remained, including Principal Alicia. All A-class magical girls were wiped out, and less than one-tenth of the B-class magical girls were left.

Most of the magical girls who are still alive today are only C-rank or D-rank.

More importantly, nearly 20 billion humans also died in that devastating civil war, which is even more than all the humans directly or indirectly killed by all the witches!

The old scientists even doubted that human civilization could survive the next 12th witch.

"We need to find the continent of Mu! We need Governor Emilia!"

William did not back down; he looked at his teacher with sincerity and determination.

The old scientist sighed. Yes, if Governor Emilia were still alive, things would never have turned out this way.

Looking at the expressions on the faces of the others around him, the old scientist knew that many people shared the same thoughts as his student William.

We don't have much time.

The old scientist didn't try to dissuade them further; he simply instructed a small group to begin compiling research materials and data for Project Abyss.

William had understood his teacher's words, and he immediately led most of the scientists in the Deep Sea Project to intensify their exploration of the Underworld Sea.

Unfortunately, without the help of the magical girls, William and the others were unable to venture deep into the Underworld. They lacked both powerful strength and the ability to control magic, and would be completely lost the moment they entered the Underworld.

Fortunately, William and his team found a solution: to send the fusion warriors into the Nether Sea to explore.

These ugly genetic monsters created by the Tenth Dominating Witch are unstable and extremely weak, and they also cause serious problems of going out of control. Very few fusion warriors can heal and restore them. For safety reasons, most fusion warriors are imprisoned in Antarctica and forced to work as sewing machines.

However, these fusion warriors made one last contribution at this moment.

Watching one Fusion Warrior after another disappear without a trace in the Underworld Sea, William and the other scientists felt no pity. They treated these Fusion Warriors as guinea pigs and exploratory tools. These Fusion Warriors were all heinous criminals who had bullied ordinary people by abusing their power, and they deserved no pity at all.

What William and his companions didn't know was that in the Dark Sea, a purple-haired, purple-eyed girl was somewhat annoyed as she cleaned up the living trash that had fallen into the Dark Sea.

"Can you please be quiet for a bit?" The purple-haired girl looked at the door, which she had indirectly helped open before, but now it had become a door for throwing away "trash".

Fortunately, this situation didn't last long. Soon, nothing was being stolen through that door anymore, because there was nothing left to steal.

After nearly two months of exploration, which exhausted all remaining fusion warriors, William and his companions had no choice but to suspend their exploration of the Underworld Sea.

The Fusion Warriors actually explored many places in the Nether Sea, and the data they sent back was of great value for studying the Nether Sea. However, what William and the others needed was not this data, but to find the continent of Mu within the Nether Sea.

William and the others waited anxiously, but after the last fusion warrior lost signal in the Nether Sea, they still couldn't find any trace of the Mu Continent.

William wanted to apply to continue the Abyss Project, but unfortunately Principal Alicia had already announced the termination of the Abyss Project, and nowadays none of the magical girls would come to help.

After leaving the laboratory at the Gate of the Underworld, William tried to find his teacher, but he couldn't get through after several attempts.

"Strange? Where is the teacher?" William was puzzled, but then he noticed an even stranger problem: why were there so many fewer people at the lighthouse base?

William saw a passing researcher and hurriedly ran up to ask him a question.

"Hey, where is everyone? Where did everyone go?"

"Huh? Everyone's gone to carry out the Stigmata Project?"

"What is the Stigmata Project?"

Chapter 503 It Exploded Along with the Solar System

"The Stigmata... Project?"

It's a name that sounds a bit puzzling, and many people who learn about the plan for the first time are extremely confused about it.

What are stigmata?

However, this plan is top secret, and all that is known is its name; the specific details are kept confidential.

Like many others, William was initially puzzled when he first heard about the plan. He discovered that not only his teacher, but also many scientists seemed to have joined the project.

Inside the lighthouse base, after watching the researcher leave with light steps, William pondered for a moment before taking out his communication device. He then saw the information displayed on the device.

This is a message from the base's internal network; it seems he just sent it.

The above shows the invitation to the Stigmata Project, but you first need to go to the Stigmata login portal.

"The login portal for the Holy Mark?" William was a little confused.

But he still went to the place indicated in the information.

Along the way, William saw many people walking towards the Stigmata Login Gate in twos and threes. From their conversations, it was clear that they didn't know much about the details of the Stigmata Project, but they had all received invitations to join it.

However, William also saw another group of people heading to the teleportation area with their luggage; these people did not seem to be invited by the Stigmata Project.

A short while later, William finally arrived at the Stigmata login portal, which appeared to be a laboratory that had been repurposed.

William saw many people queuing up, and out of curiosity, he joined the queue.

"I wonder how things are going with the Enterprise."

"It should be alright, it's just a pity the distance is too far, it seems impossible to get in touch."

"Sigh, this whole mess has caused so many deaths."

"We still don't have a definitive answer as to who is being controlled by the 11th Witch."

"It should be Lucifer, right? Judging from her actions back then, it seems she had been intentionally sowing discord among the magical girls for a long time. But that doesn't make sense. Why were so many people following her? How could they not have noticed?"

"Maybe it's the vice principal of Shengyuan."

"Alright, alright, stop talking. Those girls' eyes are all red."

The researchers who were talking were scolded by the people next to them. They couldn't help but look at the few girls at the entrance of the Holy Mark login portal, whose eyes were all red.

The researchers blushed and apologized repeatedly.

"Please go through the login portal," a little girl said, wiping away her tears. Then, feigning indifference, she nodded as she accepted their apologies.

William sighed softly. He noticed the number 12 pinned to the shoulders of the girls, some even 13, and a letter C on their blouses. They were all magical girls from the 12th and 13th classes of St. Freya Academy, freshmen who had enrolled just before the magical girl civil war.

Upon entering the Stigmata login portal, William saw that it was actually a teleportation area. The girls from before were covering the people preparing to enter with magic before teleporting them.

Two Class B magical girls from the 11th term are instructing several junior girls on how to carefully manipulate magic.

William was somewhat dazed upon seeing this familiar scene, because more than ten years ago, when he had just joined Crystal International, he had seen Governor Emilia teaching newly enrolled students how to manipulate magic.

At that time, Emilia had not yet become governor, and the magical girls were still full of energy and hope.

Magic enveloped William and the others, and the next second, they vanished from the entrance to the Holy Mark.

William lost consciousness after the teleportation began.

When he regained consciousness and opened his eyes, what he saw was not a bustling, serious laboratory, but a garden.

William stared blankly at the sea of ​​pink flowers before him; the pink blossoms were beautiful.

But didn't he participate in the Stigmata Project?

Where am I?

"Hey kid, what are you looking at?" Suddenly, a familiar, strong voice came from behind. William turned around and saw that it was his teacher.

"Teacher, where is this place?" William glanced at his teacher, then looked at a city not far behind him.

Yes, a city, a futuristic city that looks extremely sci-fi and dreamlike, and to William's surprise, it felt very warm to him, not in terms of temperature, but in a feeling that emanated from within.

The old scientist's expression was somewhat complicated. The teacher and student watched as people gradually entered the city, all of whom entered through the Holy Mark login portal.

"It was just built recently, and it hasn't been named yet."

"Just built? Where is this? When did such a big city get built? Wait, weren't we participating in the Stigmata Project? How did we get here?"

William was somewhat surprised to find himself in a newly built city, but he quickly realized that he was here to participate in the Stigmata Project.

"This is part of the Stigmata Project."

The old scientist explained slowly.

"what?"

"Strictly speaking, this is also an ark carrying humanity towards the future."

"I do not understand"

The old scientist smiled broadly.

"This is Principal Alicia's heart."

"?"

What does it mean to say that this is Principal Alicia's inner world?

William was bewildered, but the old scientist continued to explain.

"This city is built within the Stigmata Space, which exists within Principal Alicia's consciousness and heart. It's named the Stigmata Project because it leaves a mark on Principal Alicia's back. The Stigmata Project aims to bring all recognized humans together to live in the Stigmata Space."

"Then, another part of the Stigmata Project, the Stigmata Terminal, will restart the Earth-Moon system's timeline."

William remained silent, his mind momentarily blank, and he looked at his teacher incoherently.

"Us? Here? A world reboot? What the hell is this...?"

The old scientist watched his student with delight, completely forgetting that he had felt the same way when he first learned the details of the Stigmata Project.

"To put it simply, Principal Alicia plans to use the Stigmata Terminal to drag the entire solar system into a blast with the witch, but she doesn't intend for human civilization to perish, so she's having us move into the Stigmata Space."

"Forehead......"

William remained silent for a while. He wasn't surprised that Principal Alicia would do this, because after the 11th Witch incident, human civilization was already unable to defeat witches, as far too many magical girls had died.

However, he didn't expect that Alicia would plan to use that Stigmata Terminal to destroy the witch.

"What exactly is the Stigmata Terminal?" William was most curious about the Stigmata Terminal; what exactly was that thing?

"Have you heard of the Deus Ex project?" the old scientist remarked.