Summary of Volume 3

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Since the third volume is a bit confusing, I originally wanted to explain a lot of things, but after thinking about it carefully, it was not necessary.

However, the writing is indeed a bit messy in some places, so I will sort it out in this summary.

If you are a reader who jumped here and read the summary below, you probably don’t need to go back and read the original article.

The main line of the third volume is divided into two parts: plot line and psychological line. I personally think the plot line is okay, not messy, and a bit simple.

It's nothing more than: looking for Qianjie - accidentally falling into the quantum sea - digging a hole - getting Qianjie back, just in time for the fourth collapse - reverse entropy is established - accidentally meeting Xi'er to break the defense and lead to the secret. Luo, dig a hole - the perspective changes to Zhuhuohuo, Lezren is doing research on the corpse left by Mikael Sanbeng, dig a hole - end.

What really makes people feel confused is the psychological line. Many people can't understand why Mikael broke the defense and broke it multiple times, emmm...

Let’s start from the very beginning. What was Mikael’s state of mind during the process of finding Qianjie? Let’s look at the original text:

[Although judging from Mikael's style during this period, it is indeed possible... But Hua knows that this is just an appearance.

Mikael has been looking more and more unreliable recently. If I have to say it, he should be more and more similar to Ellie, but Hua can feel the difference between the two.

Alicia's liveliness is based on optimism, while Mikael's liveliness is based on pessimism and confusion.

The more pessimistic and confused she is, the more she needs to put on a lively appearance to cover it up - Hua doesn't understand why she understands so thoroughly, but she can just see it. 】

In fact, the foreshadowing of Mikael's bipolar disorder has already been left here. As for why he is becoming more and more pessimistic and confused, I think this is actually easy to understand, because he is the only one who knows the ending of the pre-civilization. Since he has known the tragedy of the ending from the beginning, pessimism is simply inevitable. How can you be optimistic under such circumstances?

But it hasn't happened yet because Mikael does still have hope, and he still believes that he has some possibility of changing his destiny.

Then there is the world bubble plot. The main psychological activities in this section are actually easy to understand. There are two main issues:

First, how did Mikael realize that Xi Er was Death Law?

…

Because it’s drawn in the comics.

Second, it’s obvious that she is a fake Ellie in a world bubble, so why is Mikael so defensive?

As for this, the plot of the world bubble is actually quite long at the beginning. For a long time, it is the daily life of Ellie and Mikael in the world bubble. If you add this part, it will not be difficult to understand.

But at that time, a lot of people in the comment section (it happened to be a 7-point review, you can’t see it, only me can see it) thought that the pace of the fourth volume was too slow, so I didn’t dare to start writing about it. The final result was emotional The change was too sudden.

But I personally don’t think it’s a big problem, at least there’s no problem with the logic of psychological changes.

[You are like looking at a photo left by a deceased person. This photo is very important to you because the image above is of the person you love, but it is not very important because the person you really love is no longer there. . 】

This is the metaphor of World Beauty for Mikael and Alicia.

["So...even if I am just a phantom of hers...I am so important to you...Mikael..."]

This is the world's own idea.

[If it was just an unrelated phantom, then she should have decisively killed him, the Herrscher, when he was unconscious...

If it was just an unrelated phantom...how could she poke his cheek with her finger like he and Alicia in the original world were used to?

What if it really is a phantom?

That was also Alicia's phantom. To him, at least to him at this moment, even if it was a phantom, she was still Alicia! What's the difference! 】

This is Mikael's own psychological activity.

Of course, even if the daily interactions are deleted, there is still no conflict in the logic of this psychological change, because the most important reason for Mikael's defense breaking is:

After the entire civilization ceased to exist, and even herself ceased to exist, the world bubble Ai Li asked him to help kill the Sixth Herrscher and give their civilization an ending that had never happened in the real world - does it look familiar?

Replace the World Bubble with Eternal Paradise, replace the Sixth Herrscher with the Herrscher of Corrosion...

As a result, the faces, movements, behaviors, and tones of the Ellie in the memory, the Ellie in the original world, and the Ellie in the world completely intersected at this moment, so there was no way to do anything about it.

This was also the first mental stimulation Mikael received.

Then there is the link between the fourth collapse and the establishment of reverse entropy. There is not much to say here. Whether it is the plot or the psychology, it is smooth sailing. The rising tide lifts all boats.

It was this smooth sailing that once again laid the foundation for bipolar disorder.

Then he met Xi'er and broke his defense.

The reason for breaking the defense is clearly written in the plot, because of fate.

[He may have changed the fate of some individuals, such as Carol, Aldemir, and... people who are against entropy.

Oh, he also changed the location of the fourth collapse. According to the progress of the world bubble, the fourth collapse should have occurred in a small coastal border town in southeastern Europe, where Kosmo should be.

But the power of the fourth Herrscher has not changed. What does this mean?

The collapse should have sent down different Herrschers based on the development of civilization, but in this timeline that has been changed by him and is somewhat unrecognizable...

The world line is constantly converging. The appearance of the second and fourth Herrschers, the scope of the third collapse, and the power of each Herrscher... Every step is based on the corresponding destiny, perfectly matched and impartial. 】

Many readers may not understand one thing - the so-called destiny of the pre-civilization, including Teyvat, cannot be equated with the so-called destiny of general anime.

In many other stories, destiny is a pseudo-concept, which may exist or not exist. If it exists, it is a coincidence, and if it does not exist, it means that the protagonist controls his own destiny.

But the old Mi universe is different. "Fatalism" is the cornerstone of the entire collapsed universe. The existence of Aponia and Mona puts this fatalism on the table, telling you clearly that the fate of the whole world has been predetermined and cannot be changed at all.

But it is not completely unchangeable - Alicia did it.

After she disappeared, all destinies have been cut off, so the final choice made by the former civilization Yingjie, whether to live or die or live a life worse than death, is no longer a play arranged for them by fate, but a choice made by them themselves.

And Kevin's sentence: A person's fate is his character, whether it is placed before or after the fate is cut off, it is right.

It's just that before this, the so-called character is also a part of fate, and after that, everything is decided by humans themselves.

In fact, as an outsider, Mikael has no shackles of fate, so he can change the fate of some people, such as Carol, the original first Herrscher, and the place and time of the fourth collapse.

But these are just minor changes, and the world will soon make corrections. The biggest evidence is that the power of the Herrscher in the second, third, and fourth collapses has not changed.

The power of the Herrscher should have been targeted based on the situation of the civilization. The current civilization is because of the traitor, but the previous civilization is different. Logically, the power of the Herrscher should have changed accordingly because of the variable of Mikael. (This is actually what Mikael has always been afraid of)

But the most ironic thing is that not changing is even more terrifying.

Taste it, taste it carefully.

ps: How did Mikael change his fate? You can refer to the gravitational field. If another object with a very large mass distorts the space, it causes the surrounding objects to rotate toward it and meet. If this is the original fate, then Mikael is the second object with a very large mass that appears in this space, but his mass is still too light compared to the original fate, so that he can only capture a very small number of dispensable characters into his orbit.

But if the mass continues to increase, and eventually achieves the reverse transcendence of the original destiny mass, then...

As for Seele, in fact, his feelings are also very simple. At the beginning, it was because of fate. He must not kill her. Not to mention that it will cause the Sixth Herrscher to appear in a time and person who is unaware, and no one can do it.

If he doesn't kill her, he will watch her step into the trajectory of her original destiny, and she will eventually be killed by Mikael.

This is the second impact... No, the second blow.

And the third blow, to be precise, is not as strong as the first two, but... It is extremely mocking.

You see, Seele is your sister in a sense, so what do you do?

It's like a fool did something bad to you, and ran to you all day to mock you and laugh at you.

If you look closely, this mockery of fate had already begun at the end of the first volume when Alfred was there.

So the third time he couldn't hold it back at all and got sick.

So when Mikael shouted "Why are you laughing" when he beat Lezren, he was actually shouting to someone who decided the existence of fate.

As for people saying how can you write a protagonist like this, how can a protagonist be so fragile...

So Su's words were not meant for Mobius, but for readers who have such thoughts.

Is Kevin strong enough?

He also suffered from serious mental illness after killing Himiko in the seventh collapse.

And the pressure he and Mikael face is not at the same level.

After all, he can still fool himself and paralyze himself with the possible victory in the future, but for Mikael, there is no victory and no hope in the future.

In fact, he has been able to hold on until now, only occasionally breaking the defense, instead of completely giving up, I think he is already very strong.