Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation

"Impossible! No way!"

For me, there's no way I'd want to destroy a world! It makes no sense, and I don't even have that kind of power, even in other worlds!

"There are endless parallel worlds. We only know a tiny bit of them! There could be millions of me who went through totally different joys and pains. This leads to totally different futures, maybe even going down wrong paths! Even though Feliciana from World 27 isn't really connected to us, if we can put her back on the right track, we might save a whole world of lives and souls. Isn't that like saving another version of ourselves?"

No. 14 Nicola on stage was still trying hard to convince everyone. Maybe it was really for the reason she said.

Hearing her words, I thought of No. 12 Feliciana's angry face. Maybe No. 12 Feliciana went through some bad things in the past, like she said.

"If we can go home, I'll join!" Finally someone in the crowd stepped up. Even though it's a bit dangerous, the "Eye of Galadra" is really famous. At least if they join, they won't be stuck in this world anymore. Slowly, more and more people started asking to join.

The H-country security boss saw things going well for them. He quickly stood next to No. 27 Cyra on stage, waving his arms to keep order:

"Everyone please be quiet. We understand what World 27 needs! Of course the base supports what she's doing. So we're starting a sign-up committee right now! I promise, every world will have a chance to sign up.!"

"Even if we haven't fixed the space portal problem yet, the pressure of more visitors coming will be much relieved!" Cyra sighed.

"We're all us from different worlds, but why are we so different!" I still hadn't recovered from the shock. Now I finally understand how Cyra felt facing Cyrae. I still feel like I can't accept it.

"It's true that in most parallel worlds, we have very strong powers. which can decide if thousands of lives live or die at any time!" No. 14 Feliciana stood behind me, suddenly saying something meaningful. "Of course, we can't control how other world versions of us use these powers. Some worlds' versions of us might not have power, but have wisdom or other ways. But when facing tough challenges, there's only one thing we can really control ourselves!"

"What thing?" I was about to leave the square, but stopped when I heard her words.

"Whether to choose good or evil."

This was a very simple, even shallow thing to say. But for some reason, it hit me hard.

When I suddenly turned around, the space behind me was empty. I couldn't see any trace of No. 14 Feliciana anymore...

I felt like maybe this No. 14 Feliciana knows something about me. Or maybe she saw some of my future through No. 14 Nicola?

Why did she only say these things to me, not other Felicianas? Am I special?

Well, I am a bit special. I'm from this Earth, and my tag is number 0... But it still doesn't make sense!

Things went very smoothly. With the base's big help, No. 27 Cyra's plan to get help from other worlds moved ahead quickly. Over 90% of parallel world visitors chose to go with No. 14 Nicola to World 27.

But since they said it was totally voluntary, a few people from some worlds chose to stay. This included World 1 and World 9.

World 1 was mostly because it's very similar to our world. So the M-country situation might happen in their world too. It makes sense they didn't join, to see how this world develops.

World 9 stayed because they were weaker, so they didn't have much confidence.

Besides these, World 11 and World 12 in the jail also chose to stay. I didn't expect this at first.

"Why not take this chance to leave? Then you won't suffer here! Look at World 7 that you messed with - they're smart. The cuckold king agreed to lead their people to help World 27. So why stay?" Cyra asked No.11 Feliciana in the jail cell, very confused. The "cuckold king" means No. 7 Adrian who was jailed with her before!

This made me quickly glance at my Adrian. Luckily he doesn't know what "cuckold" really means yet, so he didn't act weird.

"Because the real mastermind who got me caught, No. 12 Feliciana, isn't dead yet! As long as she's on this Earth, I won't let her go easily! Don't forget she's the one who pretended to be me. I'll find a chance no matter what, even if you guys try to stop me!"

After learning the truth, No. 11 Feliciana put all her hate on No. 12 Feliciana. She still hasn't reflected on how much damage her extreme actions caused to World 7. In the end, it wasn't No. 12 Feliciana who got her jailed, but herself!

If No. 11 Feliciana wasn't so stubborn and angry, No. 12 Feliciana wouldn't have caught her weak point to use her. Instead, World 7 who suffered the most decided to let go of this grudge, not seeking revenge.

As for No. 12 Feliciana, after being jailed, she suddenly changed and started acting comfortable.

"Now that you've exposed the truth, I guess everyone in the base including other versions of me knows what happened! Helping World 27 isn't going straight home. If I go there, won't I be in an awkward spot? I might even get isolated and beaten up!"

No wonder she's still only at four wings. No. 12 Feliciana is too focused on scheming. She's very small-minded, always thinking the worst of others. In the end, she just imagined other world versions of herself to be like her.

"Anyway, it's better to stay in this place. The jail is pretty safe! After you locals fix the space portal problem, your world's Galadra will find a way to send me back to my world safely."

Looks like she made up her mind and won't change easily. She turned to lie on the floor, facing inside with her back to us. Clearly this was a silent way of telling us to leave.

"Nothing we can do!" I could only shake my head, leading Adrian and others out of the jail.

Our attempt to convince them totally failed! Actually, General Lee wanted most to get rid of these unstable factors in jail. But World 12 and World 11 just wouldn't agree. I can't force No. 14 Nicola to drag them away.

So the problem went back to where it started - the space portal.

As time went on, fewer new visitors came. By the time rescuers were set to leave for World 27, only one or two new worlds' guests had arrived.

Most of these worlds were just normal people from Eldoria Continent. When they heard about helping World 27, they all chose to stay without exception.

The way to leave this world was pretty simple. We didn't need to open a new space portal.

No. 14 Nicola had everyone joining the rescue mission touch the crystal ball one by one. They'd disappear right away, sent straight to World 27.

There was a long line in the square.

I stood on a tall building nearby, watching it from high up. I really wanted to go help, to see what this Feliciana who wants to destroy the world is like! But my mind told me my own world still has big problems to solve. So I could only wish them good luck!