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HIA VOL 9 CH76-92

Chapter 76

"Hello?"

"Luo Lin, I've run into your Valkyrie team several times. Fortunately, Night Owl and I have good stealth skills; otherwise, we would have fought with your people long ago..."

Raven's helpless voice came from the headset: "Can you send me your battle plan, or at least give me a heads-up? Cooperation will be more efficient!"

Unexpectedly, Luo Lin was more concerned about the other World Snake Agent she mentioned: "Night Owl should have joined the World Serpent not long ago, right? His stealth skills have become 'fairly good' so fast?"

"How should I put it? He is indeed a genius in combat. After practicing a few times, he's already pretty good..."

Raven sighed: "It's a pity that this guy is a good person in a universal sense. He's not willing to be ruthless, and he keeps shouting about driving a mecha, saying it's a man's romance. Can he really drive it if he got on..."

Luo Lin understood: "Oh, I understand. Chen Tianwu should be affected by the resonance of the stigmata like Ana. No wonder his combat effectiveness took shape so quickly..."

The mercenary was stunned for a moment: "What? Stigmata? Does he still have the qualifications?"

"Well, I guess so. Me, Mobius, and Vill-V have an experiment on stigmata resonance, which can allow..."

"Stop! Stop, I don't want to listen to the thesis!" Raven looked a bit exasperated. "Anyway, Night Owl is very talented, and he can really drive a mecha, right?"

The black-haired Valkyrie choked and could only nod: "Indeed."

The mercenary stretched out her hand and made a free-riding declaration with confidence: "Then you might as well build me a mecha, and I'll give it to him when the time comes."

Luo Lin's mouth twitched: "Aren't you guys stealth fighters? Isn't it a bit too arrogant to use a mecha to fight head-on?"

Raven smiled: "Killing all the enemies directly is also a stealth technique! Besides, you guys in Schicksal have made big noise on Coral Island these past two days. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the situation on Coral Island is getting worse. I'm just being prepared, right?"

"Stop." Luo Lin gritted her teeth. "I'll find Vill-V for it later!"

Raven's face changed slightly. She was familiar with the Flamechasers and naturally knew Vill-Vs reputation. The quality of the items that the chief engineer of the Fire Moth brought out must be top notch, but her style and taste were really hard to comment on, and she always did some fancy stuff...

But on second thought, the person driving this mecha was not her, Raven, so what did it matter?

The mercenary nodded happily and said, "Okay, I'm not in the Elysian Realm now anyway. Collecting materials is Gray Serpent's and your job. I just need to wait for you to send the stuff over."

Luo Lin looked at Raven's self-indulgence and felt helpless. She interrupted her fantasy and asked, "I say, Natasha, why did Kevin call you here? It's not just for you to practice with Chen Tianwu, right?"

Raven scratched her head: "Well... the Lord doesn't allow me to say it, but I also received instructions to help you if necessary..."

She shook her shoulders, and a strange gun-shaped weapon appeared from the mercenary's cloak and slipped into her hand.

"The Key of Sanction, Seven Thunders of Retribution..."

Luo Lin was not surprised that Raven brought this thing with her. She must have some hidden weapon when she went out.

The only problem was that the Seven Thunders of Retribution did not seem to be particularly compatible with Raven. She had to wait for a while after each shot...

Raven patted the Divine Key: "Not long ago, I used this thing to hit a sub-body of the Herrscher of Dominance, but its power seemed to be too great, and it didn't leave the small Herrscher core you mentioned."

"Did it blow up the Herrscher core directly? It shouldn't be so fragile, right?"

Luo Lin was stunned and then fell into deep thought: "Well, if it is the Divine Key, it seems that it is not impossible... After all, the sub-bodies of the Herrscher of Dominance is really weak."

"How about... I don't use the Seven Thunders of Retribution to hit the sub-bodies in the future?" Raven asked.

The black-haired Valkyrie replied: "You should use it. Don't worry about it. It will eventually fail. I don't want to see you controlled by the Herrscher of Dominance and end up like those in the little books in the Far East..."

Luo Lin has seen a lot of books and pictures related to the Herrscher of Dominance. The keywords are [Bondage], [Corruption], and so on...

Raven waved her hand in disdain: "Ah, although I don't know what little book means, I roughly understand what you want to express when I connect it with the Far East."

"It's good to understand. Don't be careless."

Luo Lin hung up the phone and then cast her eyes on the research report next to her.

That was the research report sent by Otto earlier. After reading it carefully, Luo Lin roughly figured out the thread.

The Archbishop of Schicksal believes that what the Herrscher of Dominance is doing now is not real-time interference, but just copying some data from other branches of the imaginary tree through some means (that is, the [time coordinates] mentioned by Otto), producing a kind of "resonance" effect, "reproducing" the scenes of other worlds here.

But the upper limit of this "resonance reproduction" is extremely high. If the Herrscher of Dominance is allowed to operate further, she's afraid that the future of the world will really be locked because of "resonance" and head towards the direction of the timelines where Humanity is annihilated...

Moreover, the Herrscher of Dominance seems to have used this ability to hide their nest (the Theater of Domination) in a special location in the imaginary space, even if Luo Lin directly uses the Cosmic Juggernaut.

However, the Archbishop of Schicksal proposed a solution:

Otto believes that it is not a simple matter to reach out from the branch of the imaginary tree of the real world to copy the [time coordinates] of other world branches.

If the Herrscher of Dominance was strong enough to cross timelines directly, it wouldn't need to go to great lengths to create "resonance reproduction" and could just come out and kill all the people who were in the way.

Therefore, they must have used "cleverness" to overcome difficulties.

The genius Overseer used a series of dazzling formulas and methods to prove that the hidden location of the Herrscher of Dominance's lair (the Theater of Domination) was closely related to those [time coordinates], and it could even be said to be the center point of "resonance reproduction."

"Good god, Mobius intends to use the characteristic data of the Herrscher of Dominance itself to detect the area affected by the Herrscher of Dominance, and finally reverse-track the Herrscher of Dominance itself, while Otto intends to use [time coordinates] to calculate the location of the Domination Theater... This is an attempt to catch them all in one fell swoop."

Luo Lin smacked her lips: "But I like it. The monk can escape, but the temple cannot. I won't let them succeed."

Chapter 77

Luo Lin sorted out her thoughts a bit and decided to start with Kiana and Sirin.

Although it was almost midnight, Kiana had not fallen asleep yet. After all, the Coral Island branch had entered a state of combat readiness, and all the Valkyries were assigned shifts, and the white-haired girl happened to be on this shift.

Of course, Raiden Mei was also with Kiana. After all, they had cooperated for a long time and had enough tacit understanding. Schicksal was always willing to put acquaintances together, which was conducive to improving combat efficiency and coordination.

The others are resting. Bronya was still resting in the medical department, and Seele also took leave to take care of Bronya and the newly arrived Olenyeva sisters...

When Luo Lin came to the door, Kiana was dozing on Raiden Mei's shoulder, and the ahoge on her head also softened a little listlessly and drooped there. Although falling asleep on duty is against the rules, other Valkyries nearby were quite tolerant of Kiana and the others, turning a blind eye to such behavior.

After all, they are just ordinary students who have not graduated from school in name, and everyone is more caring towards students.

She just doesn't know what the people in the Coral Island branch will think when they know the true identities of Kiana and Raiden Mei. She imagined it should be quite chaotic.

Raiden Mei noticed the figure of the black-haired Valkyrie and greeted her softly: "Sister Luo Lin..."

Luo Lin nodded, came to the white-haired girl, and poked her face with her finger: "Wake up, Kiana, I have something to ask you."

"Um..."

"Come on, accompany me to do another experiment."

Kiana responded dazedly: "Ahhh..."

"...Why don't you just let your sister Sirin come out to entertain me, and go to sleep yourself."

"Ahhh... cough."

Sirin came up instantly, looking quite serious: "Another experiment?"

"Yes, I have some ideas to deal with the Herrscher of Dominance. Let's see if it works."

Luo Lin couldn't help but remind her: "Sirin, wipe your mouth. Kiana just drooled..."

"Come on, let's go do the experiment."

The Herrscher of the Void raised her hand with a dark face, wiped the crystal at the corner of her mouth with the back of her hand, then stood up as if she was going to run away, and walked towards the laboratory assigned to Luo Lin by the Coral Island branch.

"Mei, are you going?"

The girl with long blue-purple hair smiled and shook her head: "No, I'll stay on duty here. I can't let others think that the Valkyrie students of Saint Freya ran away when they are in a mission, right?"

"You are quite considerate of the Far East branch. If you go on a mission later, remember to follow the main force closely, and then take action when it is time. It's no problem to use the power of the Herrscher of Thunder..."

Luo Lin said a few words and caught up with Sirin, who was walking ahead.

Soon, the two arrived at the laboratory.

Sirin sat on the chair in the middle of the laboratory with ease. Luo Lin came over with a few patches and stuck them on the white-haired girl.

"It's a bit itchy..."

Sirin pinched the iron sheet on her body and asked, "How long will it last this time?"

"It may take longer. Otto's report gave me some inspiration..."

The black-haired Valkyrie took out the Key of Revelation and emulated the Cosmic Juggernaut, then said, "By the way, Sirin, there may be some fluctuations related to imaginary space later. Remember to observe these things from the perspective of the Herrscher of the Void..."

Sirin's expression became subtle: "I declare in advance that at most I can just feel that there is something abnormal or something else. If you insist on asking me to explain it, I'm afraid I can't do it."

Luo Lin waved her hand: "It's okay, just do your best. Just tell me what's wrong and I'll think of a solution."

"Okay."

The Herrscher of the Void lay back in the chair, with golden light flowing in the depths of her eyes: "I'm ready now."

"Well, then I'll..."

Luo Lin's voice seemed to go far away all of a sudden, hazy, and suddenly inaudible.

"......?"

Sirin blinked in confusion and found that she was no longer in the laboratory, but in a sea of flowers.

She looked around and found that she was in the center of a huge building. The huge walls surrounded Sirin and extended to the sky--

"Galactic Stairway? But wasn't I just... in..."

Sirin covered her forehead, as if some force was preventing her from remembering what happened before, and even gradually erasing her memory.

[No need... to think...] The whispers rose in her heart at the same time, [Rest... sleep...]

Now, as long as she assembles her thoughts, her head would feel a tearing pain.

[Give up... No one will come...]

[They killed your friend...]

Several familiar faces flashed by, followed by graves randomly buried on the snowy field.

--Her head hurt even more.

Sirin simply knelt on the ground and gasped heavily.

[Humans... are enemies...]

[Why... betray?]

"Oh, no... I must..."

The girl gritted her teeth, enduring the intense pain and digging hard in the ocean of memory.

[Stop... Stop... Obsession...]

Sirin raised her head stubbornly and looked around with her sharp golden eyes. Even though the girl's vision was blurred by the pain at this moment, Sirin clearly expressed her attitude.

"You cowardly waste, why don't you come out and fight me?"

[...! @￥＆...*]

A noisy voice, accompanied by sharp laughter.

[Failure...]

[Resistance equals punishment.]

The biting cold air spread out at some point, covering the flower field where Sirin was with dark blue frost. In the distance, ice crystals climbed up along the base of the track elevator like parasitic plants, and soon everything turned into a world of ice and snow.

In the center of all this, Sirin still did not give up. She was fighting the whispers in her mind, piecing together the fragments of memory brick by brick, suppressing the rising anger.

Someone said that she needed to control herself.

Someone said that she should trust herself.

Someone said...

Who was that person?

[She lied to you...]

[Humans are not trustworthy...]

"She, is it? It looks like a girl..."

Sirin actually laughed out loud, then raised her hand tremblingly and snapped her fingers fiercely.

"Crack!"

A crisp cracking sound echoed in this space, and a slender crack appeared in front of the girl.

[How is it possible?!]

[It was actually opened?!]

[Increase the interference, quickly!]

Sirin took a deep breath, reached out and grabbed both sides of the crack, roared, and tore the crack open. The unprecedented pain stimulated her and made her almost faint.

But she still stood up and supported the crack from closing!

"It's funny. This is nothing compared to the pain in the Babylonian laboratory!"

The gold in the eyes of the Herrscher of the Void flickered, and the crack in front of her was repairing itself and gradually getting smaller.

[Everyone, do your best!]

[I've tried my best!]

[We are all ordinary people!]

[Then try harder!]

Hurry up, remember... that person...

She murmured unconsciously: "...Luo..."

"——I found you!"

The next moment, the black-haired Valkyrie pierced through the darkness and grabbed Sirin's hand.

"And you, the Herrscher of Dominance!"

Chapter 78

Time went back a little.

After starting the experiment, Luo Lin paid close attention to the data on the screen and the condition of Sirin, who was sitting in the chair undergoing the experiment.

"Well, compared with before, the fluctuation of imaginary energy is more active."

The black-haired Valkyrie touched her chin and murmured: "Is it because I used the Mimic Cosmic Juggernaut as an aid this time, or is it because Sirin used some of the power of the Herrscher of the Void?"

Luo Lin observed for two minutes and confirmed that the fluctuation of imaginary energy had been maintained at a relatively high level. She asked: "Sirin, can you relax the intensity of using the power of the Herrscher of the Void now, or just empty your mind and think about nothing?"

"..."

The white-haired girl did not respond.

"Sirin? Sirin?"

Luo Lin's expression gradually became serious. She immediately stopped the experiment, but Sirin, who was lying in the chair, still had her eyes closed, and the imaginary fluctuations that should have stopped with the experiment still existed.

The black-haired Valkyrie stared at the white-haired girl's body. In her vision, the light representing Sirin's emotions began to fluctuate violently, the color kept changing, and it quickly tilted towards the negative direction.

"Senti, help!"

The Herrscher of Consciousness, who was resting in the system space, was called out by Luo Lin. She glanced at the person in the chair and frowned: "What's going on?"

"I think it's the Herrscher of Dominance."

Luo Lin ran to Sirin and held the white-haired girl's forehead with her hand: "The feeling of her emotional changes is somewhat similar to the changes when the Herrscher of Dominance attacked the base a few days ago... Is there any thread that can be tracked?"

"No!"

The Herrscher of Consciousness shook her head and smacked her lips in annoyance: "Tsk, the defense measures I set up in her consciousness have not been activated. This seems to be some new method!"

"I have sent a message to the others to let them come over. Let's enter Sirin's consciousness space first!"

"Okay."

Senti waved her hand, and the black and red feathers flashed by, enveloping her and Luo Lin's consciousness and delving into Sirin's mind.

With the experience of previous in-depth explorations of this place, Luo Lin and the Herrscher of Sentience quickly found the clue - in the empty snowfield where the blizzard never stopped, Luo Lin pulled out the golden thread again.

"Sure enough, it's the Herrscher of Dominance!"

Compared to the "clue" found last time, the golden thread in Luo Lin's hand was hidden deeper this time, showing a delicate translucent texture, and even at first glance, there was no abnormal energy or emotion attached, giving the illusion that it would disappear out of thin air if not observed closely.

"...Maybe it's not an illusion."

Luo Lin blinked and pinched the thread hard. Her expression was subtle, and then she turned her head to Senti: "This thing moved just now, did you see it?"

"I saw it."

The next moment, the thread trembled violently, and Luo Lin almost didn't catch it.

Seeing this, the Herrscher of Sentience immediately reached out and grabbed the thread.

"Its reaction is so intense that it can reveal some of its true nature!"

The red light in the eyes of the Herrscher of Sentience flashed: "Let me see... Damn, their retreat is getting stronger!"

The gray-haired Herrscher was pulling the silk thread in a panic, and the thing was flying and shaking like a living thing.

Luo Lin felt more things from this line, and she asked: "Senti, can you send me over through this line?"

"What?! Are you crazy?"

"That means you can, right?" Luo Lin said, "Sirin is asking for help, and her voice calling me came from this line!"

"Huh?!"

Senti made a puzzled sound, she glanced at Luo Lin with a serious expression, took a deep breath, and the black and red shackles condensed in the air, trapping the silk thread in the middle.

"Then grab my hand first! And relax, don't resist!"

Luo Lin held the hand of the gray-haired Herrscher as she said, and the black and red energy spread instantly, engulfing the girl.

The next moment, the figure of the Valkyrie condensed into a ball. The Herrscher of Sentience put the ball on the silk thread in her hand, pushed it hard, and the stream of light merged into the silk thread and flew away!

Luo Lin felt like a spaceship jumping in the universe. Everything around her was stretched, and her ears were full of whistling noises.

The pink in the depths of her eyes lit up, and a strange feeling guided her to look into the distance.

There, a space crack opened at some point, and a familiar breath emanated from behind.

The next moment, Luo Lin broke through the obstacles and came to Sirin!

"Luo Lin!"

Sirin happily hugged the black-haired Valkyrie. Luo Lin's appearance seemed to break the restrictions of the Herrscher of Dominance. The tearing pain in the Herrscher of the Void's head disappeared, and her memory was restored!

"It's okay, I'm here!"

Luo Lin lowered her head and looked at the girl with long purple hair lying in her arms and breathed a sigh of relief.

The voices in the black-haired Valkyrie's ears gradually became clearer, and she realized that it was the discussion of the Herrscher of Dominance!

[How did she catch up?!]

[Damn it, I can't stop her at all!]

The noise lasted for a few seconds, but the crisp hammering ended the noise of the puppets, and the person who maintained discipline appeared

[Silence! Uninvited guests have taken the stage! But it doesn't matter, because our script cannot be disobeyed!]

"Stage, script?"

Luo Lin became alert. It seemed that she had already run into the Theater of Domination?

[Please invite the next actor to come on stage!]

Accompanied by the words of the Herrscher of Dominance, something suddenly appeared above Luo Lin's head and fell heavily!

Fortunately, the black-haired Valkyrie remained alert. She exerted force on her feet and retreated, withdrawing from the range of the shadow at the critical moment.

"Boom!"

As the ground shook, frozen fragments flew towards Luo Lin and Sirin.

Luo Lin raised her hand, the Key of Revelation shone, and the twisted gravity field unfolded in front of her. The trajectory of the fragments changed immediately, bypassing Sirin and Luo Lin... right?

"Huh?!"

The next moment, Luo Lin could feel that the gravity field in front of her had lost control, and the scattered frozen fragments were aimed at the Valkyrie again under the control of an invisible force.

"Swoosh!"

Luo Lin could only condense a shield and smash the fragments with a flying sword and a submachine gun to minimize their damage to herself.

Fortunately, Sirin was not idle either. She stretched out her hand and absorbed part of the attack with the portal, and then used the absorbed fragments to counterattack other fragments.

However, after a few operations, the purple-haired girl broke out in sweat on her forehead. She shouted, "My ability has been weakened. I can only do this!"

With two prongs, the two of them managed to deal with this wave of attacks. Luo Lin felt something in her heart and looked at the heavy object that fell down.

It was a huge existence like an inverted diamond with lanterns floating around it. Its face was dark, and the blue cross on its chest emitted a cold light. The cold air was radiating from it.

"The Herrscher of Rimestar..."

Luo Lin's expression was slightly distorted, and she whispered: "No wonder the control of the gravity field was taken away..."

[The performance begins now!]

With the order of the Herrscher of Dominance, the world around Luo Lin turned upside down!

Chapter 79**

Unknown world, miHoYo headquarters, Honkai Impact 3 production team.

An unknown strawberry-haired guy stood up from his workstation and stretched his body.

"Finally, I've dealt with today's workload... Uh, why isn't it time to get off work yet?"

Strawberry sighed, moved around a little, and then sat back in his chair. He logged into his QQ account, used to observe the public opinion of the game community, and prepared to "investigate" what everyone was doing.

As soon as he opened the software, he found that a QQ group with an abnormally long name (and a tendency to get longer and longer) kept flashing and was very lively.

Without hesitation, he immediately clicked into the group chat named "MiHoyo Family Bucket: The Old Sisters Were Driven Crazy by Tie Xiaomei (Undistorted Forum/Robin Support/Firefly Fan Group)"—

Reborn: I'm Really a miHoYo Employee: What's going on? Is there a bug in the game?

Star Taro Paste Day: No, we're watching Mr. Polar bear play the plot.

Reborn: I'm Really a miHoYo Employee: Damn, is it really being broadcast?

QQQ: Just broadcast, just broadcast, I like people playing the official game watch their beloved content creator play the test server of Garbled Brother!

Follow Mi Bai Thank you Miao: Oh my god, it's awesome!

Kiana's Husband ○X People: I mean, they are probably using Garbled Brother's plot as a side dishl, after all, who would dislike more plot content, right?

Group Dog Head Military Advisor Coralie: What substitute Aeon Shigure Kira.

Meng0 Xiaochi: @Reborn I am really a miHoYo employee, so when can you recruit Garbled Brother into the official production team?

Reborn: I'm Really a miHoYo Employee: It's not that I don't want to recruit him, I really can't find him. (bitter smile)

Meng1 Xiaochi: I just found out who changed my group nickname before, who is messing with the tiger's tail? (Pam furious.jpg)

Group Moron, always ready to peek: Bilibili sharing-livestream: I heard that Garbled Brother has a new plot?

Group Moron, always ready to peek: @Reborn I am really a miHoYo employee, come quickly, the first stage is about to end!

"Here I am!"

Soon, Strawberry clicked into the live broadcast room.

On the screen, the Vtuber named "Penguin with Polar Bear" was playing [Garbled Brother Special Offer Honkai Impact 3]. The vtuber avatar, wearing a down jacket, black ski goggles, and animal ears, shook his head excitedly, and his voice unconsciously raised.

"Oh my god, isn't this Rimestar?"

The audience was very familiar with the figure that suddenly appeared, covering most of the base of the surrounding track elevator.

The next moment, the camera suddenly focused on the humanoid part above the huge body of the Herrscher of Meteorite.

Her black arm was raised high, and the platinum light condensed in the Herrscher's hand. A device made of several circular tracks appeared there, turning continuously.

Polar Bear sighed: "There is no jaggedness even when zoomed in so close. Is it possible that it is seamlessly integrated into the CG? This is already high tech, right?"

His complaints were echoed by the barrage in the live broadcast room, and Strawberry, who was watching the live broadcast, opened his mouth and muttered: "Is there a possibility that Garbled Brother really uses black technology..."

Anyway, everyone in the production team thinks that Garbled Brother is using the world's leading (or even the first) compression and confidentiality technology for this fanmade game, and the programmers' hairlines have risen a lot.

They feel that they are just like people trying to brute-force crack a rock without tools. Perhaps only one day will Garbled Brother show mercy and release his technology, and everyone can understand the mystery in this small installation package.

Strawberry blinked, cleared the messy thoughts from his mind, and refocused on the live broadcast room on the computer screen.

The galaxy model in the hands of the Herrscher of Rimestar suddenly stopped, and the whole scene instantly reversed. The flower field filled with frozen fog came to the top of their heads. The unprepared Luo Lin and Sirin slipped and fell towards the boundless blue sky.

[Luo Lin: Gravity flipped?!]

Polar Bear couldn't help but let out a "Fuck," watching the camera pass by the two of them. Luo Lin adjusted her posture in the air, her cloak fluttering due to the airflow generated by the fall, and Sirin's hair in her arms was shaking, but she miraculously maintained her hairstyle.

"You can break your head, but your hairstyle can't be messed up, right?" He couldn't help but complain.

The comments replied one after another: "Can you fix it if your hairstyle is messed up mid-fight?"

"Don't ask, if you ask, it's just the way it is!"

"What's wrong with Herrschers fixing their hair?"

"High energy ahead!"

Polar Bear found that the Herrscher of Rimestar had flown to the edge of the screen at some point, always keeping a fixed distance from the falling duo.

Then, an infuriating female voice appeared with subtitles outlined with golden threads—

["Herrscher of Rimestar": Gravity, use it for my own benefit!]

The striking red color, which represented the boss’s attack, instantly filled the screen, and there were also many red threads forming a grid. They rotated and moved irregularly, making people dazzled.

The anchor screamed: “How can I evade from this?!”

[Sirin: Luo Lin, hold me tight!]

A button with a cross pattern appeared on the right side of the screen, and the highlight guided Mr. Polar Bear to quickly press the icon.

The next moment, the camera focused on Sirin’s face. The extremely detailed modeling perfectly showed the expression of the purple-haired girl at that moment. Her golden eyes lit up again, and the portal instantly opened in front of the two of them, swallowing them!

Everything around them was covered with a hazy purple, and the sound suddenly became distant. At the last moment before the portal closed, they could see the violent explosions, the irregular distortion and flipping of gravity, the flying ice chips and fragments...

Fortunately, they had been thrown into another world by Luo Lin and Sirin!

["Herrscher of Rimestar": This is our stage, you have nowhere to escape!]

To the girls’ surprise, the voice of the Herrscher of Rimestar penetrated everything, and several golden spearheads pierced through the surrounding space, and the cracks that followed made Sirin scream in pain.

Hundreds of silk threads swept in, trying to wrap around the two!

[Luo Lin: Don’t even think about it!]

Mr. Polar Bear began to tap the keyboard, and the character holding the purple-haired girl on the screen also responded:

Flying swords, gunshots, projectiles, sword energy... As long as the attack key was pressed, she would cut the silk threads with swift moves!

Strawberry, who was watching the live broadcast, was envious: "How many actions are performed here? It's so luxurious!"

"I really want the files of these actions!" The action designer behind him exclaimed.

"When did you come?!" Strawberry was shocked.

But Luo Lin's attack still failed to stop the Herrscher of Rimestar from pulling them back from the imaginary slit. With the sound of cracking, the girls fell back into the real world and faced the second round of attack from the Herrscher of Rimestar!

["Herrscher of Rimestar": Hahaha, you can't escape!]

[Sirin: I can still... again... woo!]

The purple-haired girl's expression was very painful, as if the other party's action of pulling the two back directly just now caused her serious damage!

Polar Bear glanced at the button next to him, and sure enough, that thing was covered with a dull gray representing "unusable."

On the screen, the black-haired Valkyrie raised her gun with a serious expression.

[Luo Lin: Then I will destroy you here directly!]

Chapter 80

"Click, click!"

The crisp sound of keyboards resounded throughout the live broadcast room, proving that a certain polar bear anchor was really working hard (physically).

But unfortunately, strong keyboard pressure does not mean that the anchor's operation is as strong as their strength.

"Damn, I didn't dodge!"

Mr. Polar Bear shouted while hitting: "Hey, I dodged? Oh, it's still on cooldown... How come the attack range is so large!? Why am I not dead yet? Why is the boss not dead yet?!"

〖You ask me? Who should I ask?〗

〖What is the difficulty of this update?〗

〖Difficult〗〖Of course, it is difficult〗

〖Mr. Polar Bear who claims to be a technical anchor is now asking questions to the audience (laughing)〗

〖Obviously you're the anchor...〗

The huge and oppressive figure of the Herrscher of Rimestar floated not far away, making Luo Lin and Sirin in the center of the venue look particularly small. The purple-haired little girl lay on the back of the black-haired Valkyrie. Luo Lin's feet were flashing purple light. It was a temporary platform condensed by Honkai energy, allowing her to move freely and fight during the fall.

The Herrscher of Rimestar was not idle either. She raised her hand, and the sharp ice cones condensed around her and kept firing at Luo Lin. Several small black holes appeared on the field at the same time. The distorted gravity field greatly reduced the safe area, and even in the end, there was only

Fortunately, Luo Lin's attack could smash the incoming ice cones, and there was also a certain probability that the ice cones would be rebounded and deflected. As long as you press the attack button more, you can reduce a considerable amount of DPS.

In addition, the black holes on the field will become attackable objects after a period of time. You only need to hit them 30 times to destroy the black hole and restore the ground submerged by the red attack warning to its normal color.

[Valkyrie·Dark Feather] happens to be a High-DPS character, and it is really easy to hit the shield 30 times.

And the Dark Feathers character card has its own HP recovery skill, and its recovery ability is quite strong. Even if Mr. Polar Bear is in a hurry and his HP bar is fluctuating, he still washes his face with ice cones, takes a bath with black holes, and is hit twice by the lantern flying out of the Herrscher of Rimestar, in the end he is still has HP left to spare.

"The battle design in the production team of Garbled Brother is also very good! The skills of the boss look gorgeous, but in fact, they will not make the players unable to see the current situation clearly. Whether it is a single attack or an AOE, there are very obvious guidance and sound prompts!"

The one who said this was one of the combat designers in charge of Honkai Impact 3. He stared at the screen released by the projector, looking fascinated and amazed.

Yes, not only Strawberry watched others playing the test server of Garbled Brother during working hours, but in fact, many people in the production team of Honkai Impact 3 studied this extremely "advanced" fan game over and over again, trying to draw inspiration and advantages from it.

Another combat designer's eyes were also shining, and he danced with joy: "And this battle scene, the boss fight in the Galactic Stairway, and constantly falling down... It reminds me of the scene of Durandal riding a horse before fighting the False God Otto!"

At this time, the game screen on the projector is not Mr. Polar Bear but the perspective of a senior miHoYo employee.

This person is obviously a master. He controls the character and shuttles through various dangerous red lights with ease. He cleverly uses the invincibility time when releasing skills and ultimates and evasions to block certain damage and has not lost a drop of HP until now.

"How should I put it? It's a little difficult."

While playing, the master commented: "This is the main entry of the event. There is no difficulty option before entering. Although the character has its own HP recovery, it will definitely be able to grind through it in the end, but the viewing experience is not very good."

The battle planners watching nodded one after another.

"Indeed."

"Weaken the attack barrage a little, reduce the coverage of the black holes, and reduce the number of black holes on the field at the same time."

"Or let the players choose the difficulty of the battle before the battle, and divide it into [easy/difficult]."

If Luo Lin could hear the sighs of Mr. Polar Bear and the battle planners who were going through the plot, she would definitely wail loudly: "This is not something I can control. If I can reduce the boss's skills, I want to reduce Rimestar's abilities to a blank state now!"

Unfortunately, Luo Lin did not have that kind of power. She could only float in a pile of ice spikes, distorted gravity fields, and more direct Honkai energy impacts of the Herrscher of Rimestar.

Luo Lin protected Sirin as much as possible in the battle and threw the healing power at her. The purple-haired girl could feel that the pain in her body was soon relieved.

But the influence of the Herrscher of Domination on Sirin has not been lifted. She is now dizzy and in a very bad state.

Just when the black-haired Valkyrie was in a state of panic, the "inspiration" that guided her to Sirin before reappeared again-

Her sight penetrated the space and saw the shadow of the building that enveloped herself and Sirin, and the golden thread that spread out from the shadow and connected the Herrscher of Rimestar and Sirin, as well as the puppets sitting around the shadow at the back.

The sub-bodies of the Herrscher of Domination also felt Luo Lin's sharp gaze, and there was an uproar in the theater!

[She saw us!]

[How did she do that!?]

[Hey, hey, hey! Is this a foul?! Actors are not supposed to break the fourth wall!?]

Luo Lin didn't even have time to think, the solution naturally emerged from her mind: "If you want to get through, you should... use this!"

The next moment, a flash of white light appeared, and [Valkyrie - Dark Feathers] returned to the support column of the Selection Team Interface.

A platinum knight holding a spear and riding a warhorse appeared in the middle of this space.

The weak Sirin was held in the arms of the platinum knight. She raised her head and looked into the other's eyes, which were brilliant and shining pink.

"Luo Lin..."

The puppets were confused when they saw this scene: [What is this?!]

[Where is the Valkyrie just now? Did another person run in?]

[No, look at her eyes, this is Luo Lin! Yes, she transformed!]

[She doesn't have this ability in the parallel world?]

Palatinus Equinox clenched [Midnight Ataegina], and the warhorse under her raised its head. A huge amount of Honkai energy gathered around her and finally condensed on the tip of the spear.

The Herrscher of Rimestar realized something, she crossed her hands, and the floating lantern flew in front of her. Her huge body in the shape of an inverted diamond changed slightly, and all the energy was concentrated in front of her.

The next moment, the azure energy cannon wrapped with black lightning was fired by the Herrscher of Rimestar.

"Boom--!"

At the same time, the platinum knight put her gun flat, Krishna screamed, and charged with her master and the purple-haired girl!

Their speed was getting faster and faster, like a meteor!

"The Path to Equinox is here--!"

The energy cannon and the knight meteor collided with each other, illuminating everything around like the rising sun. The whistling and impact caused by the collision dissipated outward, easily stretching and bending the structure of the orbital elevator, and finally drowning it in the violent energy.

[On the stage, our power is endless!]

[Actors must abide by the rules of the stage!]

[Your behavior of deus ex machina and destroying the script will not be allowed!]

The voice of the Herrscher or Dominance echoed in Luo Lin's ears. She did find that Palatinus Equinox's attack was constantly weakened and compressed, and it looked precarious.

"Who said I have to be an actor? Why not just smash your stage!"

Luo Lin, who was at the center of the collision, smiled. She twisted her wrist, and the tip of the lance with blue in the dark extended forward. Under the gaze of the Herrscher of Dominance, it poked at the intersection of several gold lines of domination.

"Crack!"

A crisp shattering sound was heard, and a huge amount of energy rushed into the crack, causing a panic voice--

[Help!] [Ah!] [Boom!]

[Fuck, I'm bleeding all over the floor!]

[How did she get to the theater?!] [So scary!]

[Quick, get out of here!]

[Stage, our stage!]

Luo Lin's intuition told her that the shot had already rushed through the crack into the Theater of Domination, and the damage that spread had affected at least dozens of puppets hiding behind, and even the "stage" was also damaged.

After all, Luo Lin could see that the Herrscher of Rimestar stopped moving abruptly not far away, and everything around it became blurred and illusory, and the golden threads connecting Sirin all broke.

[You... you wait! Damn human!]

The Herrscher of Domination shouted angrily, their voice intermittent

Chapter 81

The next morning, everyone gathered in the laboratory of the Coral Island branch. Bronya also came with Seele and the twins. The girl with silver spiral hair said, "Bronya has almost recovered."

Luo Lin looked at Bronya's pale and tired face and asked suspiciously, "Are you sure?"

Bronya coughed, "Sister Luo Lin, you are not much better than Bronya now."

"Uh..."

Luo Lin, who had not rested since she got Sirin back from the Herrscher of Dominance yesterday and was doing related research while the iron was hot, choked. She touched her face and finally said stubbornly, "I have a special physique. I can recover after a short rest, but you can't. You have to rest well and not let your sisters worry."

Senti tilted her head, glancing at the black-haired Valkyrie, not hiding the teasing expression on her face at all, "Is it a bit... coming from you to say it of all people..."

Luo Lin stammered awkwardly, "...I will definitely take a rest in a few days."

Unfortunately, Luo Lin's persuasion did not work. The girl with silver-haired spiral curls had a very suitable reason, "The entanglement about the Herrscher to Lilia and Rosalia have not been solved yet. Bronya will not miss the information that Sister Luo Lin worked hard to get."

"...Okay, then I will explain to everyone what happened last night."

Luo Lin pushed the glasses that she didn't know when she put on, and explained to everyone, "I originally wanted Sirin's help to conduct a study on imaginary space where the coordinates resonate, but during the experiment, I unexpectedly discovered that Sirin could not respond to my call, and her emotions were also very abnormal..."

"Abnormal emotions?" Elysia asked immediately, "Is it the Herrscher of Dominance?"

"Yes, Senti and I followed the clues deep in Sirin's Sentience space to another place, which is obviously the territory of the Herrscher of Dominance. They call that place [stage] and treat Sirin and me as [actors]."

"Stage? Actors?"

Raiden Mei fell into deep thought, "Just from these two words, it seems to fit the concept of 'Dominance' in their name... Well, and the appearance of those Herrscher's sub-bodies, it looks like puppets..."

Kiana suddenly snapped her fingers and shouted out her guess, "So it's a puppet show? We also saw golden threads when we encountered the Herrscher. Does that represent the power 'dominance'?"

Luo Lin looked at the other party with eyes that saw some rare treasure, "You actually guessed it right. I thought this guess was thought up by your sister Sirin."

The white-haired girl suddenly exploded, and the whole person seemed to swell up, "No, what image did I leave in your mind?!"

Luo Lin answered decisively, "Paramecium!"

Raiden Mei and Bronya laughed out loud.

"Okay, let's get back to the point (Kiana: You were the one who started it!)..."

Luo Lin continued, "On the stage, I not only found Sirin, but also saw the Herrscher of Rimestar - the 'Frappuccino' I mentioned to you earlier, which was created when Ana and Chen Tianwu became the Herrscher of Ice and the Herrscher of Rock..."

Everyone's eyes were focused on the chestnut-haired Valkyrie standing next to her, and she looked very subtle. Ana's eyes twitched, "No, why are you looking at me like that? I haven't become a Herrscher yet..."

Raiden Mei patted her shoulder and comforted her, "In fact, becoming a Herrscher is not that exaggerated. It's just that something will mutter some weird words in your mind, asking you to destroy humans or something..."

The chestnut-haired Valkyrie's eyes showed a lot of fear. She quickly raised her arms and made a big X with her hands, "That's too scary, right?! I don't want to become a Herrscher!"

Su, who was watching, also sighed, "I have observed many parallel worlds and Bubble Worlds, but this is the first time I heard a Herrscher say this words... our world has really deviated."

Mei scratched her head, "Well, it's not that exaggerated. As long as you are determined, you can be completely unaffected... and Sister Luo Lin has special treatment. Look, Kiana and I are in a very stable situation..."

"Don't, don't set a flag! The Herrscher of Dominance really has a way to make you go berserk. I think this is also a small goal of theirs!"

Luo Lin quickly interrupted Mei's words, "Last night, Sirin was attacked by the Herrscher of Dominance. At that time, on that stage, she wanted to use the power of the Herrscher of Void to take me to avoid an attack, but she was interrupted by the opponent and fell out of the narrow gap of the imaginary space with a splitting headache..."

The Herrscher of Sentience smacked her lips and hed eyes became cautious, "So their mental attack directly bypassed the defense line I set up... Luo Lin, you called everyone here early in the morning, you should have guessed about the Herrscher of Dominance's method, right?"

"Well, combined with the previous inference of Archbishop Otto, The Herrscher of Dominance should have directly injected the data they got from the [Time Coordinate] into..." Luo Lin crossed her arms and said with certainty, "'Resonance Reproduction' creates, including but not limited to, memories and abilities... These data are conceptually very closely related to the resonated person, and the process of being infused with these resonance can even be seen as a kind of 'reinforcement' or 'buff' to Sirin herself!"

"I see! In a sense, what the Herrscher of Dominance does is actually not malicious, but they uses the mechanism of resonance reproduction between branches of the imaginary tree instilling negative emotions and memories into people!"

The Herrscher of Sentience suddenly realized, "That makes sense. The defense line I set up in the spiritual space cannot recognize this effect of 'I have become stronger' and 'learned new knowledge' from the inside... Tsk!"

The gray-haired Herrscher pondered for a while and found it quite difficult, "If I want to use my Herrscher power to stop all this from happening, I must put the person's consciousness in stasis, refusing any changes that may occur... But if I do this, then people's memories cannot increase, and what they see and hear cannot even enter their brains, let alone do other things. This is no different from a person in a coma!"

Elysia asked worriedly, "In other words, Senti has no way to defend against it for the time being?"

"Hey! I... I really don't have any ideas. I can only adjust the mental defense line in everyone's brain, set up something like a buffer, and try to set up a filter to distinguish the memory infused by the Herrscher of Dominance from your own memories..."

The Herrscher of Knowledge racked her brains and finally admitted helplessly, "But I can't say what the specific results are. After all, I am just a Herrscher who relies on talent, and I don't have a good brain like Luo Lin..."

"...Well, I do have an idea. It doesn't make sense to only allow the Herrscher of Dominance to use this data upload mechanism, right?" Luo Lin pondered for a few seconds, "Since we know that the Herrscher of Dominance is using 'Resonance Reproduction' to cause trouble, can we just hack into the opponent's stage like I did last night, stop the opponent's actions from the root, and collect data on the Herrscher of Dominance's lair..."

Chapter 82

"The best defense is offense. Since we have the opportunity to take the initiative, we must do something with them!"

Vill-V clapped her hands excitedly and then fell into deep thought, "But Luo Lin, the way you hacked into the Herrscher of Dominance's 'stage' sounds very troublesome, and it feels very unstable and not very safe."

The black-haired Valkyrie spread her hands helplessly, "But I have only found this one way so far..."

"Why not leave this matter to me."

Luo Lin and Vill-V turned back together and looked in the direction where the voice came from.

Mobius's face was calm, but Luo Lin could feel the surging undercurrent hidden under this expression... No, it can't be called an undercurrent, it's simply magma that has been accumulated for a long time. It drives the green-haired doctor to keep moving forward, and she will never give up until she reaches her goal.

The appearance of the Herrscher of Dominance really made Mobius full of energy, Luo Lin couldn't help thinking so.

"Doctor..."

Beside her, in the place where the holographic projection did not cover, the ELF Klein stared at Mobius, and she had the same feeling as Luo Lin.

Mobius tapped the tablet in her hand, "With my current technical reserves, it is no problem to make a device that can guarantee your safety while carrying out the counterattack plan."

Vill-V noticed something wrong from the word "technical reserves" from the green-haired doctor's mouth. She half opened her mouth and looked incredulous, "Wait a minute, are you still doing other research while making progress of the current experiment in private? Your daily plan is obviously full..."

"Aren't you also secretly researching? We are the same kind of people; who doesn't know who."

Mobius shook her fingers, "It's just that I am more efficient, so after completing the daily plan, I have more time to advance private research project."

"That's purely because you have so many helpers!"

Vill-V looked at the Fuxi, Nuwa, and the ELF Klein standing behind the other party, and said with gritted teeth. Then she turned her sight back to Luo Lin, "And you, Luo Lin, you overwork maniac, Mobius secretly stuffed you with countless things, and you dealt with them all quickly and well..."

"If you have the ability, you can also find someone else to help." She curled her lips and stared at Mobius again, "Besides, you said it as if you didn't stuff more work for Luo Lin."

At this time, everyone's eyes were focused on Luo Lin, and the substantive [pity] emotion came from their sight—of course, except for Fuxi and Nuwa. These two people looked at Luo Lin and Klein who bore the same feeling.

Luo Lin scratched her head; she didn't feel tired. It was normal to work for the two giants of Elysian Realm scientific research, and she also learned a lot from these jobs.

A trace of joy flashed in Mobius's eyes, "Ever since you, Luo Lin, suddenly appeared in the Elysian Realm, bringing new research projects and hope, I have been thinking all the time, what should I do if the Herrschers of the current civilization appears... Now, everything has finally come to fruition."

"It seems to be related to me..." Luo Lin blinked, "The base rules of the universe, right?"

"That's right."

Mobius smiled, "Give me some time, I will integrate the information at hand and find a way to make something useful."

"Yeah."

Vill-V waved her hand, "Do you need my help?"

"Of course!"

Luo Lin also raised her hand, "What about me?"

The green-haired doctor decisively refused, "You can't, I'm just a person who assists in developing solutions, and you are the specific executor. Your burden is much heavier than mine, isn't it? Now I order you to go and rest with your friends."

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Luo Lin sat on a bench by the sea, twisting her butt slightly left and right, and couldn't settle down at all.bOf course, this was not because of the quality of the chair, but because she was like a sandwich between two other people.

Yes, Luo Lin, the Herrscher of Sentience, and Sirin were unanimously driven out of the Coral Island Base by everyone. Their work has been taken over by others. At least now there is nothing for the three of them to do.

Are you letting me relax and rest? It's obviously putting pressure on me!!

The black-haired Valkyrie felt the increasing force of the two people pulling her arms and smiled bitterly.

"Well, can you relax a little? You almost pulled me apart..."

"Hmph." *2

Sirin and the Herrscher of Sentience let go of their hands but sat closer to Luo Lin, leaving her no room to move her butt.

What, you asked Kiana what she thought?

She actually wanted to give her sister some advice and cooperate with her, but after listening to Kiana's 'confident plan', Sirin turned into a steam engine and locked the white-haired tuna in the depths of her consciousness space while her red temperature was emitting steam.

What about robbing, what about cooking rice before it's done, what about sleeping together if it really doesn't work... Sirin didn't understand them at all!

But she didn't want to give in!

Of course, the Herrscher of Sentience didn't want to give in either. She secretly looked at Sirin, and her golden eyes and red eyes collided, almost creating a real spark.

Facing such a dangerous situation, Luo Lin asked a question, "So, how should we rest?"

"Oh my God..."

Sirin's wild thoughts were interrupted by Luo Lin. She glared at the black-haired Valkyrie fiercely and couldn't help but sigh, "This is the consequence of working overtime frequently. People became so stupid and they can't even relax!"

"Well, then should I go back to the dormitory and go to bed?"

The black-haired Valkyrie touched her chin and said, "Sleeping is the best way to relax, isn't it?"

The Herrscher of Sentience sitting on the other side showed dead fish eyes, "I think if you lie down in bed, you will subconsciously gone to Elysian Realm to work overtime..."

Luo Lin was shocked, "Ah? Am I like this?"

"Your symptoms are more terrible than the sleepwalking of the Olenyeva sisters. After I used my power to treat them, they would not get up in the middle of the night and run around, and you..." Sentience shook her head, "Even if I use the power of the Herrscher, you can still go to the place where you work overtime."

The Herrscher of the Void snorted, with a light flashing in her golden eyes, "Don't mention it, why do you talk about this when you come out to relax? It's annoying to listen to."

"Oh, oh..."

Luo Lin scratched her head embarrassedly.

She cast her eyes into the distance. The blue waves beat on the beach. She could see the noisy crowd over there. Many children piled sand there. There were also parasols and benches set up, and people lying on the chairs were drinking drinks contentedly.

As she looked, the Valkyrie's eyes softened, "That's great."

Sirin looked in that direction, thinking, "...You also want to play in the water on the beach?"

"Also?"

The Herrscher of the Void nodded, "Yeah, I want to play that."

Luo Lin immediately asked, "Senti, what about you?"

"Me?"

Shibao hesitated for a moment. She originally wanted to find an amusement park or something, but the girl looked at the people on the beach, touched her chin, and smiled mysteriously, "Well...it seems that it is not impossible."

Chapter 83

Luo Lin asked in a low voice, "Is that... necessary?"

The Herrscher of Sentience looked at the somewhat embarrassed and tangled expression of the black-haired Valkyrie and smiled more and more unrestrainedly. "Of course! How can you not wear a swimsuit when you come to the beach?"

Sirin beside her also nodded, "I agree wholeheartedly!"

"Hiss..."

Luo Lin took a breath and raised her head with difficulty to look forward.

In front of her was a shop selling swimsuits, from full-body tube skirts, half-body two-pieces, to bikinis with minimal fabric, and even three-point swimsuits that covered nothing except the essentials...

At least the other shops selling swimming gear that Luo Lin had visited were definitely not as luxurious as the shops here on Coral Island. The dazzling and colorful swimsuits hung on the shelves in the shop made people blush.

The black-haired Valkyrie took a big step back. She said calmly, "Well, I actually have a swimsuit. There's no need to waste money on a new one..."

"Ha!"

The Herrscher of Sentience knew Luo Lin's habits very well. She stepped forward and blocked Luo Lin's way back, then said, "I know what you are thinking. You must be wearing the diving suit issued by the equipment department!"

Luo Lin's body stiffened for a moment, "Why, what's the matter? Isn't that also for diving? Very practical, okay!"

The Herrscher of Sentience said bluntly, "But it's ugly! It will affect our mood!"

Sirin also echoed Senti, "That's right! That's right! If I'm in a bad mood, I can't rest, my spirit can't be restored, and then I fall into a vicious cycle, and maybe I will go crazy one day..."

"No, what's wrong with you two?!"

Luo Lin screamed, and the two Herrschers who were glared at by her smiled together—at least on the issue of getting a new outfit for the black-haired Valkyrie, Sirin and Senti had reached an agreement.

"Okay, okay, don't pull me. Can't I buy it?"

Luo Lin sighed and walked into the swimsuit store resignedly, and the two Herrschers followed her in.

"Welcome!"

The shopping guide at the front desk smiled sincerely. She had just watched the "little drama" performed by the three people in front of the store, and she had some guesses about the relationship between them.

A combination like this can definitely make a sale, but she wondered if she could eavesdrop a bit more to get more information and bring more fun to her boring work life.

With this mood, the shopping guide enthusiastically introduced the various products of her store to Luo Lin and the others.

Sirin and Senti touched the material of the fabric and helped Luo Lin choose clothes very seriously.

Luo Lin asked with a bit of a smile, "Hey! What about my opinion?"

The Herrscher of Sentience made a sharp comment, "From the fact that you have more than a dozen identical uniforms in your warehouse and your intention to wear a diving suit just now, your opinion is not particularly important in choosing the style of swimsuits."

The Herrscher of the Sky held up a sea-blue one-piece swimsuit and asked Luo Lin, "What do you think of this one?"

Before Luo Lin could speak, the Herrscher of Sentience shook her head and said, "The temperament is a bit mismatched. It seems a bit too childish... Maybe it would be more suitable for you to wear it?"

"Are you calling me childish?" Sirin raised her eyebrows.

"I didn't think so."

Senti shrugged her shoulders, picked up another swimsuit, and held it in front of Luo Lin. "I think this one is more interesting. Lavender. How about trying slightly more out-of-the-ordinary styles occasionally?"

Sirin looked at the dress and her eyes lit up, "Well, lavender, it really matches your eyes... Try it?"

Luo Lin found that the opinions of the two Herrschers were rarely the same, so she had no choice but to go to the dressing room with the shopping guide to try it out.

Two minutes later, Luo Lin changed her clothes. She was a little uncomfortable, crossing her arms over her chest, trying to use them to slightly cover the large area of skin exposed. The amplitude of her walking also subconsciously became much smaller.

Sirin and Senti looked at the shy Luo Lin and exclaimed together, "Wow..."

Even the shopping guide praised her new look, "This dress really suits you, and your skin is very good. You must exercise regularly, right? Look at this body line..."

Luo Lin looked at the image in the mirror and had to admit that she was indeed quite pretty at this time. However, before she could appreciate it for a few seconds, she found that Sirin and Senti, who were standing not far away, seemed to be doing something else.

Luo Lin asked with a trembling voice, "Wait, what are you holding in your hands?"

The two Herrschers said in unison, "Of course, other clothes for you to try!"

"Ah?" Luo Lin swallowed her saliva, "Do you want to try again? Not just buy it...?"

The Herrscher of Sentience turned her head, shrugged her shoulders at Sirin, then spread her hands with an expression that said, "I told you so."

"I understand why Ah Shi repeatedly emphasized that your taste is very bad. Do you think it's over with just the first one? How can you choose clothes like you..."

Sirin rolled her eyes and stuffed another swimsuit of the same style and color into Luo Lin's arms, "We can usually listen to you in other aspects, but at this time, just throw your brain away and follow our lead!"

"Oh, oh..."

Luo Lin hugged the clothes, looking like she had no desire to live.

—It's over, now she's going to become a dress-up doll.

The facts proved that her premonition was correct. Sirin and Senti showed unprecedented enthusiasm in dressing up Luo Lin. Even the shopping guide seemed to be infected by their enthusiasm and took out different styles of clothes from various places.

Although Luo Lin's figure was a bit regrettable and she couldn't wear some swimsuits that highlighted special parts, the girl's qualities in other aspects were very good. In addition, Luo Lin's temperament was very approachable. It can be said that she was a perfect clothes rack and looked good in anything.

People in the clothing business would be very happy to meet such a girl who could almost be called a free model.

The atmosphere became more and more heated. The excited Sirin and Senti even found a strange swimsuit from somewhere. It was obviously not a style for swimming, but for wearing in more private occasions.

"Bang!"

Luo Lin chopped the two people's heads with her hand knife. She blushed and shouted, "This is absolutely not allowed! No way!"

The two Herrschers were very disappointed, "Why not..."

"I have been picking for a long time, enough!"

Luo Lin didn't care about being shy and picked out a few sets of swimsuits that she liked from the pile of swimsuits and handed them to the shopping guide.

The black-haired Valkyrie took a breath and put her hands on her hips. She glanced at Sirin and the Herrscher of Sentience, then snorted and laughed, "I have already bought it, so it should be your turn, right? Let me take a look at yours..."

Sirin raised her hand with an innocent face, "While you were changing clothes, I already picked mine out."

"Ah?"

Luo Lin widened her eyes.

She immediately turned her head to look at Senti. The gray-haired Herrscher coughed twice and said with a wry smile, "Actually, I've also finished choosing... I've already bought them."

"What?!"

Luo Lin protested, "Damn it, you guys took advantage of me changing clothes to secretly buy yours, and I haven't seen them yet!"

Hearing this, Sirin and Senti's eyes wandered together.

Senti: "Well, well, there will be a chance later..."

Sirin: "If you want..."

The two paused suspiciously, and then glared at each other.

"Don't even think about it!"

"I want to think about it!"

The shopping guide handed back the packaged swimsuits, breaking the awkward situation in time.

"Here are your and your companions' clothes. Please take them! Welcome to visit next time!"

Sirin and the Herrscher of Sentience took the swimsuits they had chosen, and it seemed that some strange fighting spirit had risen between them. Luo Lin could feel the sparks from the friction of their eyes, which was very intense.

After a few seconds, they turned their heads away and invited Luo Lin.

"Let's go to the beach!" *2

"Hmph!" *2

Luo Lin: "...Let's go."

The shopping guide watched the strange trio leave, and the smile on her face never stopped.

"Hoohoo~ What a rare trio. Is it because they are all girls? But who will succeed in the end..."

Chapter 84

By the time Luo Lin and her group walked onto the beach, the sun was already high above their heads, and the humid heat mixed with the sea breeze, blowing the girls' hair.

The Herrscher of Sentience wore a translucent sky-blue sun hat, a sleeveless vest that was mainly white with blue stripes, black hot pants, and a single black stocking tied with a buckle.

In short, Luo Lin felt that Senti must have referred to the image of the "Herrscher of Sentience in Swimsuit" that had popped up in her mind.

As for Sirin, the style she chose was not very related to the stereotypical swimsuit image of the Herrscher of Hollow (referring to the Elf of the Spring).

She didn't wear a hat but had a small starfish hairpin in her hair and a short blue off-shoulder gauze dress on her upper body, which didn't cover the bold black tube top at all, allowing her proud size to be revealed to everyone. The white-haired girl was wearing short shorts that were no less impressive than Senti's. Of course, the most popular leg rings were indispensable. The blue ribbon was wrapped around her thighs, and the slightly sunken feeling of tightening the flesh made people's appetites growl.

"Woo-wah!"

The Herrscher of Sentience faced the sea and shouted excitedly at the surging waves.

Although this was not her first time seeing the sea or playing at the beach, the girl was in a particularly good mood at the moment.

As for the reason... maybe it was because someone she cared about was with her?

The Herrscher of Sentience turned her head and called out to Luo Lin, who was a few steps behind her: "Do you want to try to shout together?"

Luo Lin replied nervously, "...I don't really want to."

"You are too nervous, aren't you? You have been so stiff since just now; it seems that you can't even walk."

Sirin was speechless for a few seconds and said, "And there is no need to check your swimsuit straps and clothes every ten seconds. Haven't you fixed them with Taixu Sword Qi?"

--But everyone is looking at me. I am so uncomfortable!

Luo Lin, who usually talks and laughs in front of countless brutal bosses, can drive herself to continue fighting with superhuman will even if seriously injured, ignore pain and suffering, and can work around the clock to handle work, shrank under the eyes of the onlookers on the beach.

In combat and research, the sharper the perception and intuition, the better. These two things can greatly increase the success rate, and Luo Lin, who has made considerable achievements in both aspects, is even better in perception and intuition. This also caused Luo Lin to be able to feel other people's gazes very easily, and she got goosebumps all over her body.

After all, Luo Lin, Sirin, and Senti are all beautiful girls, not to mention that the three of them walking together can be said to be a beautiful sight.

Because Luo Lin usually hangs out with the Herrscher of Sentience, she has rich research experience in emotional fluctuations and can even taste some of their thoughts from their eyes.

This made Luo Lin even more furious.

Though due to this, she failed to see the most burning eyes staring at her.

Especially Sirin, who was following beside her, did not hide her desire at all, and her eyes swept around the black-haired girl, as if she wanted to swallow her in one bite.

At this time, Luo Lin was wearing a big white flower hairpin with golden stamens on her head, which was obviously transformed by the Key of Revelation. The upper body was a black bikini swimsuit with a circle of blue-purple gauze. The straps of the swimsuit crossed from the chest to the back of the neck. Her lower body was a black gauze skirt with a big white bow tied on it, and the bow was fixed with a starfish-shaped clip in the middle.

Under the sea breeze, the gauze skirt and the ribbons of the bow were gently lifted, and Sirin's eyes moved there involuntarily, imagining the scene under the black-haired girl's skirt.

"Hey! Don't look!"

Luo Lin covered her skirt and said.

Sirin sneered, took two steps forward, stretched her neck, and came closer: "I'm just watching!"

The noise of the two girls' playfulness made the eyes focused here even hotter.

The Herrscher of Sentience looked around, then stretched out her hand and snapped her fingers, reducing the presence of the group in the eyes of the onlookers.

Now, the eyes focused on the three girls quickly disappeared. After others stopped paying attention to her, Luo Lin suddenly became much more relaxed.

The black-haired girl let out a long sigh: "Thank you, Senti."

"You're welcome!" The Herrscher of Sentience scratched her head and muttered softly, "Actually, I don't really want others to see you like this..."

"Well, do you need me to silence the others present?" Sirin made her own suggestion.

"This is a bit too fast-forwarded!" Senti's mouth twitched, and she added, "No need to be so extreme. After I snapped my fingers just now, basically no one will remember us."

A few seconds later, the Herrscher of Sentience touched her chin with a guilty conscience and asked Luo Lin, "Well, this shouldn't be considered an abuse of power, right?"

"...It won't count this time."

Luo Lin took a few deep breaths and adjusted her mentality: "It's already noon now. It's not appropriate to go swimming in the hot sun. Let's eat something first and then go swimming a little later, how about it?"

"I'll listen to you." The Herrscher of Sentience followed suit. Sirin put her hand on her forehead to block the scorching sun and looked at the beach in the distance. Soon, she found a target: "Hey, there is a small cart selling things over there. There should be food, but it might be a little more expensive... I remember that's what people say on the Internet!"

Luo Lin was stunned: "I remember there is a beach near Saint Freya where you can play. Why do you seem to have never been there after what you said now?"

"I really haven't been there because Kiana is busy studying. Even if she takes a break, she won't go far away from Saint Freya. It probably takes a whole day to go back and forth to that beach, so she doesn't have time to go..."

"Ah?!"

Luo Lin was shocked. This was completely inconsistent with her impression of the white-haired ball skipping classes and running around. "You won't forget that Kiana and the others were actually transfer students to Saint Freya last year, right? Compared to other Valkyries who have been trained by destiny since childhood, they are still far behind in theoretical knowledge, and they have to work hard in private to make up for it..."

Sirin couldn't help rolling her eyes: "Especially for someone like Kiana who is not good at learning theoretical knowledge. To reach the passing score and avoid being scolded by you, she really risked her life to study... After all, Kiana takes you as a role model!"

The Herrscher of the Void paused and spread her hands: "So, when Kiana rests and it's my turn to control this body, I won't go out too far to bother myself. I'll just eat some snacks and fight monsters in the memory battlefield..."

"So, I'm also partly to blame..." Luo Lin blinked, "Then I'll take this opportunity to play with you, how about it?"

Sirin's mouth curled up: "Huh, is there anything else to say?"

The Herrscher of Sentience interrupted: "Don't forget me! I'm still here!"

"I definitely won't forget, I won't forget..."

Chapter 85

The three girls took the items they bought from the snack cart and sat down at a table with a parasol.

"I didn't expect they would sell freshly made parfait ice cream here."

The Herrscher of Sentience looked at the glass in front of her and sighed, "Although it's a little expensive, I think it's worth it considering the ingredients."

This cup of parfait ice cream consisted of strawberry and cherry-flavored ice cream stacked together, with mango and orange slices, as well as some jam and chocolate sauce to add richness to the taste. On the top, you could see relatively thin cream ice cream squeezed out of the machine, with a few cookies stuffed next to it.

Luo Lin and Sirin also had the same style of parfait ice cream in front of them, but the flavors differed from Senti's. Luo Lin chose the classic chocolate, vanilla cream, and nuts, with Oreos and long wafer biscuits on top. This combination was timeless and very safe to eat. Sirin curiously chose tropical ice cream with passion fruit and banana, topped with sliced avocado and pineapple, and relatively fewer cookies.

The similarity was that their parfaits were equally rich and looked like they were about to overflow.

The black-haired girl looked around and felt that the parfaits in other tourists' hands did not seem to be as large as theirs: "Did we buy a super large cup? It's not written on the menu. Or..."

Luo Lin looked at the Herrscher of Sentience. She suspected that Senti had let herself go loose a little too much today. "This is none of my business! I gave us a buff that makes us less visible, but it doesn't work when we communicate with people. They can't talk to the air, right?"

The gray-haired girl licked the spoon and winked at Luo Lin: "The clerk was obviously amazed when he saw us just now, and the parfait he made was particularly large... In a sense, this is also a benefit for beautiful girls, right? Of course, he can't remember what we look like in the end, and only a beautiful thought will remain..."

"Stand still."

Luo Lin accepted this explanation and scooped a spoonful of ice cream from her glass into her mouth. The cool touch in her mouth formed a sharp contrast with the hot sea breeze.

"Ha..."

The black-haired girl savored it for a few seconds and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Luo Lin, want to taste mine?"

Sirin handed the spoon to Luo Lin's mouth and looked at her expectantly.

Luo Lin looked at the spoon that shone in the sun and finally bit it.

"Ah~"

Sirin gently pulled out the spoon and put it in her mouth without hesitation, her golden eyes staring straight at Luo Lin.

Luo Lin subconsciously smacked her lips, recalling the taste just now.

How to say it? Very... very sweet, a familiar sweetness.

She looked away and put her hand on her chest, as if doing so could stop her heartbeat from accelerating.

"Ahem!"

The Herrscher of Sentience suddenly lowered her head; she choked because of Sirin's action. When the gray-haired girl raised her head again, Sirin had already sent the second spoon of ice cream to Luo Lin's mouth.

Senti hurriedly raised the spoon and poked it in front of Luo Lin's nose. The momentum was no different from thrusting with a spear, so Luo Lin had to slightly tilt her head back to avoid it.

"Tsk tsk tsk."

Sirin shook her head and made a pitying sound.

Although this move was not invented by her but was secretly suggested by a Kaslana, it is currently very effective.

"You...!"

The Herrscher of Sentience quickly pulled the spoon back a little (at least the position was not so "offensive"), then adjusted her expression and looked at Luo Lin with a pleading look.

The black-haired girl smiled helplessly and ate the ice cream from the Herrscher of Sentience. A different kind of sweetness spread in her mouth.

Senti breathed a sigh of relief, but she did not taste the remaining "flavor" like Sirin did, pretending to scoop a spoonful of ice cream to eat normally.

The gray-haired girl held the spoon in her mouth and glared at Sirin fiercely, but the other party was completely unaffected by this eye attack. She calmly raised the metal spoon handle and sent another small piece of pineapple to Luo Lin - even the pineapple she had taken a bite of.

Herrscher of Sentience: “?!”

Luo Lin was fed several rounds of cold food by the two in a grudge match. Finally, she had to raise her hand to stop their behavior: after all, eating too much cold food in a short period of time would give her a headache, and Luo Lin was caught in the trap.

“Stop… huh, stop, it’s so cold… ha…”

“…”

Sirin pulled her bangs, and Senti pinched her collar. Both of them were a little embarrassed, but soon they were attracted by Luo Lin’s appearance at this time.

Luo Lin was sticking out her tongue and breathing heavily, trying to relieve her tongue that was numb from the cold. Her face, earlobes, and neck were all intoxicating red.

Just like… delicious strawberry glutinous rice dumplings?

The two swallowed their saliva almost at the same time, then looked at each other, and it was no surprise that they noticed similar emotions in each other’s eyes.

Sirin and the Herrscher of Sentience took back their “weapons” at the same time and ate their own portions in small bites. However, neither of them gave up the idea of feeding play, but it would not be so fast to stuff it in later.

After Luo Lin recovered, the Herrscher of Sentience felt that it was time to start the second round.

Then, in Luo Lin's surprised eyes, she scooped a spoonful of ice cream and handed it to Sirin:

"Do you want to eat it?"

Sirin was stunned for a moment, and then realized that Senti was waiting for her to say no so that she could legitimately hand the spoon to Luo Lin.

"Of course I will eat it." She made up her mind and smiled, "Ah~"

"..."

The Herrscher of Sentience withdrew the spoon expressionlessly and fell into silence.

Sirin wiped the corners of her mouth, raised her nose a little stiffly, and snorted.

You want to play with me, and you still...? !

The Herrscher of the Void widened her eyes because Senti actually snatched a spoonful of ice cream from her cup aggressively, then directly held the spoon and glanced at her provocatively.

"Then I'll eat the same!"

It was Sirin's turn to stiffen up.

The girl with golden eyes half opened her mouth, looked at her cup, and then looked at the corner of Senti's mouth. The smile just now completely disappeared.

-What do you mean by hurting the enemy by a thousand and hurting yourself by eight hundred?

Luo Lin shook her head, her expression helpless.

Sirin rolled her eyes, and she lay on the table and said, "Luo Lin! I need your kisses and hugs to calm down!"

"Don't be funny, eat your food well!"

Luo Lin sighed, first stopped Senti from lying on the table with her eyes, and then gently flicked Sirin's head with her fingers: "If you keep doing this, the ice cream will melt."

"Okay, okay."

Sirin rubbed her forehead and sat up again.

As for Senti, she hesitated for a few seconds, and finally gave up the idea of continuing to "fight" with Sirin, and used Honkai to create a new spoon and started eating her parfait.

Luo Lin muttered, "You two..."

Is this a good thing? Maybe, maybe not?

The black-haired girl smiled bitterly and held the spoon, letting the sweetness of the chocolate melt in her mouth.

Chapter 86

Obviously, it is not appropriate to have ice cream alone for lunch, so Luo Lin bought some more filling food. Sirin and Senti just ate silently during the second half of the meal without any extra movements.

After lunch, Luo Lin took out her mobile phone to check the time. Although the hottest time of the day had not completely passed, more and more people were playing on the beach. Luo Lin muttered, "Wow, don't these people really feel hot?"

Although the current temperature was bearable for her, she could adapt to it without even frowning. But after all, Luo Lin came out to relax, and there was no need to force herself to be uncomfortable, right? You ask when you need to force yourself? Look at the monsters and demons in the Abyss Battlefield and Paradise. They change the world at any time. There is blizzard weather that will freeze you if you stay there for more than ten or twenty seconds. The floor turns into magma, and meteorites fall from the sky (the background is the sound of Master Qianjie laughing), or it is just pure, high-concentration collapse energy erosion that becomes stronger over time...

Forget it, forget it. Thinking of these scenes, Luo Lin sweated on her head. She shook her head and asked Sirin and the Herrscher of Sentience, "Do you want to go out and play now?"

"It's all right," Senti replied.

"No problem, but before that..."

Sirin glanced at the gray-haired girl slowly, then reached out and took out a bottle from the imaginary space, which contained a transparent oily liquid. "Shouldn't we take some sun protection measures?"

Senti tilted her head, looked at the label on the bottle, and read, "Sunscreen... We shouldn't need this kind of thing, right? Wouldn't the sun's rays be blocked if we just put up a Honkai shield?"

"Alas, you have no taste."

Sirin smiled mysteriously, handed the bottle directly to Luo Lin, whose face began to turn red again, and said, "Please help me apply it, and I can help you apply it later."

Senti finally understood. She also suddenly became flustered: "Ah?! Can it be like this?"

The black-haired Valkyrie shook the bottle: "This is definitely not something you thought of. It must be Kiana giving you advice behind the scenes! Is she watching our situation now, and smiling happily?"

Luo Lin guessed correctly. Kiana, who was hiding deep in the consciousness space, was indeed peeking, feasting her eyes directly. She even planned to discuss with Sister Sirin that she would go share senses with her briefly to enjoy it when applying oil later...

But it was obvious that Sirin had no intention of sharing this experience at present—it was already a great mercy to be able to feast her eyes. If it went further, she would not be very happy.

Sirin snorted lightly and deliberately hooked her finger: "So what? Just say whether you will come or not?"

Luo Lin hesitated for a few seconds, and finally followed her inner desire: "... Come."

So they stood up and walked towards a place with fewer people.

Senti didn't say anything but followed the two closely, obviously not intending to miss this moment. The Herrscher of the Void tried to scare her away with her sharp eyes, but Senti pretended not to see it, as if to say, "I wanted to see it even though I am young."

Then... uh, then, Luo Lin helped Sirin apply oil, Sirin applied oil to Luo Lin in return, and then Luo Lin cleaned up Senti, and Senti touched Luo Lin twice after finishing.

The whole process was very measured, yes, measured (emphasized).

Don't forget that this is a public place!

Although only a few minutes had passed, after everything was over, the three of them looked like cooked, red shrimps, and finally had to postpone their plans to play, as the sea breeze blew on the lounge chair.

It took Luo Lin a long time to get her mind away from the two different smooth skin touches. She coughed a few times: "Are you all calm now?"

"... Yeah."

Sirin kept staring at her fingers, as if she was struggling mentally (there was also a certain white-haired tuna fanning the flames here), and after struggling for a long time, she gave up the option of licking her fingers.

As for the Herrscher of Sentience, she seemed to be in a trance, and her soul was not present. The close contact just now was indeed a bit exciting for her, but after thinking carefully for a while, Senti felt that she had gained something.

After all, Luo Lin's arms, shoulders, and thighs felt really good to touch...

The three girls fell into a strange silence again, and finally, a few passers-by carrying surfboards broke the deadlock.

"I want to try surfing!"

The Herrscher of Sentience suddenly spoke up. She sat up from the lounge chair and directly made two surfboards with Honkai energy. She handed one to Luo Lin, who was confused, and then pointed to the waves not far away, and shouted loudly and deliberately, "This should be completely different from stepping on the flying sword!"

After that, the gray-haired girl ran out with the surfboard and rushed into the sea in the blink of an eye.

She's completely running away!

Sirin's expression was a little subtle, and Luo Lin herself couldn't hold back and laughed.

In the distance, Senti waved: "Come on!"

"Let's go?"

Sirin gestured and pouted: "I don't have a surfboard."

Luo Lin sighed and used the [Key of Revelation] to produce a golden board: "Here, now you have one."

The black-haired Valkyrie directly pulled Sirin up and trotted into the waves.

No one knows who started it, but the girls began a water fight. They picked up the waves with their hands and splashed them on each other, one after another, back and forth, accompanied by hearty and clear laughter.

Luo Lin also tried surfing. Thanks to her excellent physical fitness and agility beyond ordinary Valkyries, this was not a difficult task.

Sirin also tried it, but she didn't seem to be very good at this sport. Although she could barely step on the waves to move a distance, she still preferred to use the surfboard as a lifebuoy, lying on it, and then paddling her arms to move herself on the sea. But the Herrscher of Sentience seemed to have found a unique pleasure in it, and she was enjoying the slide. Soon she was not satisfied with the waves on the shore and headed deeper into the ocean.

Finally, the gray-haired girl came back on a very exaggerated wave and even mixed in some "acrobatics," which caused cheers from other passers-by.

"Didn't you say that you added a buff with a weak sense of presence to us? Why were the cheers of the onlookers so loud?"

"Ah, after all, there must be someone who appreciates my superb skills, right?"

Senti muttered a few words and finally became confident: "Anyway, no one will remember us in the end, and we are obviously relaxing, so there is no need to be so serious!"

Sirin, who used the power of the Herrscher of the Void to stabilize her surfboard and then drank a drink while floating on the sea, also echoed, "That's what I said."

Luo Lin scratched her head and felt that what the two said made a little sense, so she waved her hand helplessly: "Forget it, I don't care today, let's have fun."

"Okay!"

The Herrschers cheered.

Luo Lin blinked her eyes.

What a rare happy time. I hope I can have the opportunity to come again in the future... No, not just a few times. I should come as many times as I want! And I have to invite more friends so that everyone can show a clear smile... Let's work hard with this goal!

Chapter 87

The rest time passed quickly, and Luo Lin and the others returned to the Coral Island branch after nightfall.

As soon as Luo Lin entered the door, Leila, the captain of the Snow Lotus Squad, approached with a pile of documents.

"It's time to work."

Luo Lin had no objections. She waved to Senti and Sirin, immediately entered working mode, and followed Leila to the command center.

The Herrscher of Sentience watched Luo Lin disappear around the corridor corner, then turned to Sirin beside her. She noticed that Sirin seemed lost in thought, raising her hand and grasping at the air, as if recalling something.

Senti narrowed her eyes and noticed that Sirin's eyes had turned back to blue, and she breathed a sigh of relief—it turned out Kiana had logged in, which was not surprising now.

"Damn it, I can't touch Luo Lin directly! Sister Sirin, you're hogging her all to yourself!" Kiana gritted her teeth and muttered, "I made so many comments and suggestions, and the results were quite good..."

The Herrscher of Sentience heard all of this and clenched her fist expressionlessly. "Tsk, I suddenly feel itchy. Kiana, come with me to the training ground to spar?"

"Lululu, I won't!"

The white-haired girl made a face and trotted away. "You guys played like crazy this afternoon and didn't eat much. Now I'm hungry—I'm going to find Mei for food!"

"Hey, why does it seem that Kiana is the one who enjoys it the most? Always sticking to people, right?"

The Herrscher of Sentience touched her stomach, feeling a bit down. She was indeed hungry.

Although a Herrscher can live without eating and rely entirely on Honkai energy, what fun is that?

The Herrscher of Sentience, who inherited Fu Hua's common sense, had no intention of changing her human habits. She ate when she should eat, drank when she should drink, and slept when she should sleep.

Most of the time, this habit brought her enjoyment, but occasionally it felt a little troublesome, just like now.

"I really want to eat the food made by Luo Lin... but she's busy again..." Senti sighed and finally walked toward the cafeteria resignedly. "Forget it, I won't bother her. I'll just deal with it casually."

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"What the hell are they doing?"

Meghan Rothschild, the executor of Anti-Entropy stationed on Coral Island and a member of the Centrists, pressed her temples and looked at the information in her hand, feeling deeply confused.

The arrangement of Schicksal on Coral Island had fully retracted, and even the peripheral members of Schicksal had disappeared, as if they had all hidden in the Valkyrie branch on Coral Island.

This information was obtained by her from Dr. Heathers. The old woman just told Meghan that she was aware of the crisis on Coral Island and found a safe place to stay.

As for Schicksal, it could no longer be said they were in a state of combat readiness. Anyone with a brain could see that the Valkyries of the Coral Island branch were already fighting fiercely with unknown enemies.

The intelligence personnel of Anti-Entropy could see the sudden dispatch of transport boats and helicopters every day. They were full of fully armed Valkyries flying in the sky, heading to a corner of the city, and carrying the Valkyries back ten minutes or half an hour later.

But almost all the elite Anti-Entropy members who tracked these Valkyries failed to obtain any intelligence on the scene—not a single bit.

"I only know that I tracked the Valkyries, watched them get off the transport, and then... nothing happened."

An intelligence officer who had followed the transport to its destination described his experience this way: "When I saw them again, the matter seemed to have been completed, and they quickly boarded the vehicle to return. I felt like I was sitting downstairs, staring blankly for more than 20 minutes, as if I were drunk..."

"Is there a problem with my memory? Did Schicksal use the legendary Divine Key? Is it that serious? Fighting a small organization... huh?"

Meghan bit her lip and thought of a possibility. "Besides Anti-Entropy, what else in the world is worth Schicksal's serious attention?"

The executor of Anti-Entropy suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and swallowed hard. "I'm afraid it's only the Honkai itself... Is Coral Island going to explode?"

She immediately called up Anti-Entropy's Honkai energy radar data table and observed the fluctuation of the Honkai energy concentration near Coral Island—it only rose slightly, which was completely in line with the natural growth law of Honkai energy observed by scientists... It looked very normal.

Anxiety quickly filled Meghan's heart. She stood up and paced back and forth in the office.

Finally, the woman with burgundy hair looked out the window, her eyes falling on the huge orbital elevator still under construction.

Her intuition told her that she had to do something.

So, Meghan called her subordinates. "Strengthen the security around the Galactic Stairway, and send out intelligence personnel. Not only should we pay attention to Schicksal, but we should also carefully investigate the places Schicksal raided, to see if there is any conspiracy behind them."

"Yes."

Meghan paused and continued, "Contact the United Nations. Even if it means giving up a little profit, people should pay attention to this... I will contact Raiden Ryoma later and get some Titan mechas."

Her subordinates were a little embarrassed. "Sir, the budget may be a problem in this case... Do we really have to join the battle against Schicksal?"

"No, maybe we have to help Schicksal..."

Meghan waved her hand, instructing her subordinates to start the action, and then called Raiden Ryoma.

"No signal?"

The woman with burgundy hair stared at the text on the terminal, frowning.

Meghan knew what happened to the ME Club in Nagazora City before, and Raiden Ryoma told her personally. Cocolia tried to plot to get rid of Raiden Ryoma, but he escaped, though Ryoma's power in the Far East was weakened significantly.

Raiden Ryoma used his connections to find Meghan Rothschild and reached a cooperation with her. In Southeast Asia and Australia, he exchanged for the cornerstone of his comeback. Since then, he had been at loggerheads with the radicals led by Cocolia, engaging in both verbal and real battles in private.

Maybe this guy is temporarily busy...

Helpless, Meghan had to write an email and send it to him, hoping that Raiden Ryoma could see it in time and contact her as soon as possible to discuss the purchase of more Titan mechas to strengthen the defense of Coral Island.

But what Meghan didn't know was that Raiden Ryoma's current situation was far worse than she imagined.

"...How did you manage this?"

Raiden Ryoma poked the zombies and the corpses of the Honkai beasts on the floor with a Japanese long sword emitting electric light and sighed deeply.

Beside him, Tesla and Dr. Einstein looked dazed, as if they had not yet recovered.

Just now, these creatures had suddenly appeared from the air and attacked Raiden Ryoma and the others.

Fortunately, this appearance seemed to have some effect on the Honkai Beasts and the dead warriors themselves. Their speed and attack power were far inferior to normal. Moreover, the S-rank warrior Siegfried was also present. He had been vigilant and killed these creatures with one strike.

Siegfried held the Judgement of Shamash and stared at the door vigilantly. "Why are we attacked as soon as we arrive? Isn't this a secret base?"

Finally, Dr. Tesla spoke, her voice trembling. "Only a few people in the conservative executora know about this place..."

"That means that the conservative faction has also been infiltrated by the Herrscher of Domination... Tsk."

Raiden Ryoma blinked. "It's not safe here either. Take the leader and move immediately!"

He looked at Welt Yang, who was placed on a chair and fell into a deep coma, with a gloomy face and sighed deeply.

"Welt, Anti-Entropy needs you now... I believe that the Herrscher of Domination's assault can't kill you, wake up quickly..."

Chapter 88

Luo Lin looked at the projected coral island sand table. There were not many symbols related to the Herrscher of Dominance on it. It was clean and tidy. This situation gave her a headache.

"I haven't seen the Herrscher of Dominance doing anything these days. It must be brewing some other conspiracy..."

Luo Lin sighed: "So passive."

"Speaking of this..." Senti touched his chin and said, "Didn't Mobius vow a few days ago that he could make a device for counterattack? How is her progress now?"

"She has been in seclusion these two days. I haven't had time to ask..."

Luo Lin hesitated for a moment but decided to go to Mobius's laboratory. She thought she should be able to lend a hand and help speed up the progress of the research.

As soon as she said it, Luo Lin immediately pulled a chair in the command room and "fell asleep" on the spot, and her consciousness dived deep into the paradise of the past. However, she did not find Snake in the laboratory, but the various instruments and equipment inside were still humming, and crumpled blueprints could be seen everywhere on the table and the ground.

Luo Lin picked up a few balls of paper from the ground and unfolded them to look at them. She found that they were full of dazzling characters, and various formulas, conjectures, and design structures filled every corner of the paper.

The black-haired girl looked at it for several minutes and roughly understood what Mobius was struggling with—she felt that the design she came up with seemed to be able to be optimized, but after optimizing it, it didn't feel right.

Luo Lin thought for a while and turned to look for Vill-V's spiral workshop.

Sure enough, the black-haired Valkyrie found Mobius there.

The green-haired doctor was crossing her arms and watching Vill-V, who was working at full power not far away.

The great inventor of the Realm stood in front of a workbench, wearing strange glasses, and the several mechanical arms behind him were all concentrated in front of her, working on a one-meter square device. Even from a distance, Luo Lin could hear the sounds of metal cutting, assembly, and welding coming from there.

The black-haired Valkyrie also saw a mountain of [Transformation Material Boxes] nearby, and it was obvious that many of them were used in the equipment that Vill-V was making.

Sheshe's ears moved, she turned her head, and whispered to Luo Lin, who was approaching cautiously: "You're here?"

The black-haired Valkyrie nodded at Vill-V, who was busy, and asked: "Is that the device you designed?"

"... Vill-V and I did it together."

Mobius sighed slightly: "To be honest, I am better at research on biological evolution technology, and Vill-V is better at equipment design and manufacturing. After struggling for a while on how to make that equipment, I decided to leave this part of the problem to Vill-V."

"Huh?"

Luo Lin widened her eyes. Didn't Snake vow some time ago that she could do it all by herself? Now she actually assigned the work to others, and she was not even being stubborn about it?

Mobius stared at Luo Lin with her green snake pupils and said softly: "You are dealing with a Herrscher. I will not get angry because of the difference in views with Vill-V on some academic issues... Let the most suitable person do what they should do. It's a simple truth." She turned her head again and looked at a two-color pompadour who was working hard. Half an hour later, Vill-V put away the mechanical arm and took two steps back. She took off her glasses, looked at the equipment not far away, and nodded with satisfaction. Luo Lin asked, "Is it finished?"

"Wow!"

Vill-V made a strange sound and grabbed her hair: "Luo Lin, when did you come? It's so quiet, so scary!"

"You are too focused, right?" Luo Lin was speechless, and then replied, "I've been here for a while, and I saw you were busy rubbing things over there, so I didn't disturb you."

"Hehe... It's already finished."

Vill-V stretched, then enthusiastically pulled Luo Lin to the "freshly baked" equipment and introduced it: "The latest masterpiece, the specific name has not yet been given, the theoretical part is provided by Mobius, and I designed and manufactured it..."

She snapped her fingers, and the square "box" in front of her turned into a recliner in a dazzling change, but strangely, the recliner did not look like a particularly hard material, and it glowed with a kind of flowing liquid-like light. Luo Lin realized something: "This is... soulium?"

"That's right! I referred to the technology of forging the Divine Key before, and used soulium to strengthen the properties of 'space' and 'link'. It can greatly enhance the efficiency of your hacking into the space-time coordinates..."

Vill-V nodded, gestured, and her expression became serious: "It should be noted that you can more easily find the flaws of the Herrscher of Dominance and conduct deeper hacking, but with each step deeper, the process of evacuation will be correspondingly lengthened... The risk is very high, I hope you can think about the pros and cons before making a decision."

Luo Lin answered decisively: "I understand."

Vill-V looked at the Valkyrie deeply: "In addition, this device can be connected in parallel with the probe radar array previously deployed on the coral island to perform remote hacking work, but the efficiency should be lower."

Luo Lin touched her chin and thought: "This is quite convenient... By the way, besides this chair, can it become something else?"

"No, there is only the unfolded form of the recliner and the square transport form."

Vill-V spread her hands and glanced at Mobius with her eyes slanted: "Some people have repeatedly emphasized to me that I should not do anything fancy, and everything should be based on the safety of the users..."

Snake frowned and added to Luo Lin: "You have to remember that this equipment uses a lot of chips related to the rules of the universe. This is the first time I have used it on such a large scale... Although it is fine in theory,... I don't know how it works in real life."

Mobius paused and said: "Smart, some little white mouse, do you understand what I mean?"

"Okay, don't worry about me!"

Luo Lin raised her arm and made a very powerful gesture: "I am very sensible!"

"I think you have no self-awareness at all." Mobous narrowed her eyes, "Forget it, I can't stop you, wait for me to talk to the Herrscher of Sentience and that person, Kiana? Right. I will talk to them..."

"Ahem, then I will move this thing first?"

Luo Lin immediately ran to put the chair in the system warehouse and left in a somewhat embarrassed manner.

"...I'll continue to study the data of the Herrscher of Dominance. I should be able to improve the device a few more times before she starts hacking."

Vill-V called Mobius: "Mobius."

The green-haired doctor didn't turn around, but just asked: "What?"

"How long have you not rested?"

"It's none of your business."

Vill-V had a headache: "Don't learn from Luo Lin to work overtime... Klein has been a little confused these two days."

"...One more iteration, I'll stop today."

Chapter 89

Luo Lin returned to the Coral Island base with the "Anti-Herscher of Dominance Armament (tentative name)" and installed it in the laboratory. Under the guidance of the two giants of Elysian Realm Research, the instrument and the Coral Island radar probe array were successfully connected to the network.

"Next, you can call the people who have been affected by the Herrscher of Dominance, and then use the instrument to check to see which person is the most suitable for hacking," the two-color fluffy head adjusted his hat and said, "In addition to the Herrscher, don't forget the Herrscher of Ice."

"Herrcher of Ice, right? I understand," Luo Lin agreed. So, not only Kiana, Raiden Mei, and Herrscher of Sentience, who are indeed Herrschers, came to the laboratory, but Anna, Bronya, and the Arlene sisters were also invited.

Of course, Elysia would definitely not miss this excitement. She pulled Su into the venue and watched Luo Lin's actions.

In addition, Luo Lin had actually called Raven before and asked if she could bring Chen Tianwu to join in the fun. Unfortunately, the mercenary said that she didn't have the time to spare. She was taking Night Owl to attack several gangs related to the Ruler of Dominance in several cities around Coral Island.

However, this did not mean that Raven rejected Luo Lin's invitation. Her original words were: "You are on Coral Island, and I know your efficiency. But there are still some remnants of the Thousand Fists outside Coral Island. I think I must deal with them... After dealing with these guys, I will bring him here for inspection."

While Luo Lin was communicating with others, Vill-V and Mobius, who were "on-site" guiding through holographic projection, naturally saw the conspicuous pink in the crowd and a shrunken man with squinting eyes.

In response, they said that they were emotionally stable and issued instructions in an orderly manner.

"Luo Lin, get on the machine, start scanning now!"

"Come on."

Under the crowd's gaze, Luo Lin sat on the "recliner" and pressed the button to start the instrument.

With a "beep!", "Anti-Honkai Herrscher of Dominance Armament" began to run, and Luo Lin raised her eyebrows when she heard this and took a breath: "This sound..."

Isn't this the prompt sound for entering a level, exiting a level, and switching interfaces in the game Honkai Impact 3?

"This is a normal phenomenon. It means that there is no problem with the device and it has entered the next stage... As for whether it can be removed, I tried it, and it doesn't work. It seems to be bound to a certain conceptual rule."

While looking at the status data of the instrument, Mobius said calmly: "I haven't completely figured out the base rules of the universe. It's like using the 'black box technology' of the Herrscher core. It doesn't matter if there is a strange prompt sound. It can run normally."

Luo Lin: "...Actually, I think you underestimated yourself a little."

Both Vill-V and Mobius looked up and found that Luo Lin's expression was quite subtle.

Because the black-haired girl saw a translucent system dialog box pop up in front of her—

[Unknown system module detected, do you want to load it?]

[Yes/No]

After the window popped up automatically, Luo Lin's system realized that something was wrong, and its electronic voice was particularly shocked: [Wait, wait a minute, host, what is this thing you brought...?]

Luo Lin looked at Mobius and Vill-V with a complicated look. She really didn't expect that the two of them could rub out something that could be identified as a system module. She could only sigh: "It's worthy of being a scientific research giant..."

After a few seconds of silence, the system probably recovered from the shock, and then said dryly: [Host, are you sure you want to load this? There may be unknown risks...]

"What you said sounds like the prompt that the antivirus software gave me after I inserted the USB drive into a new computer..." Luo Lin paused, "Will this cause the main system to crash or malfunction? Is it possible to cause irreversible damage?"

The system did a brief check and replied: [It should not cause irreparable damage, but loading this module will definitely introduce more unknown bugs...]

The black-haired girl's eyes lit up: "That's great!"

The system saw Luo Lin's reaction and naturally understood what she was thinking. It warned: [Although I know that you, the host, are very interested in bugs, the vulnerabilities found after introducing this module are basically not the kind of 'benign bugs' that can be exploited—you may even need to spend crystals to fix the vulnerabilities...]

"It's okay, I saved money for this time."

Luo Lin breathed a sigh of relief. She looked at her crystal inventory, which was more than 30,000, which could be said to be a huge sum of money. If she wanted, she could buy a Valkyrie character card on the spot, or buy the upper, middle, and lower stigmata of a single Valkyrie, plus an exclusive weapon...

Well, these should be enough to cover the cost of fixing the bug...right?

Luo Lin closed the warehouse interface with a guilty conscience, and whispered: "Never mind, just load it, and kill the Herrscher of Dominance first!"

[Understood... Module loading... Loading completed!]

A few seconds later, the system reported: [Host, a new button has appeared in the 'Light and Shadow of the Floating Sea Theater' activity interface!]

"Let me see..."

Luo Lin opened the system panel and found the new button almost at a glance. Because the style of that thing was incompatible with the beautiful activity interface, it was like a button that a programming novice dragged out of the pre-selected library of the editing software, with a white background and a black frame, and no characters on it.

Seeing such a thing, Luo Lin's heart was a little daunted: "System, is this reliable?"

The system was also unsteady and said hesitantly: [There shouldn't be any problems at the beginning, right?]

Luo Lin gritted her teeth and clicked the button. She was surprised to find that this thing didn't even have a special effect animation of the button changing when it was clicked.

With a "beep" sound, the colorful and vibrant activity page switched to an old command line window, with only two lines of text flashing there.

[The "Anti-Herracher of Dominance Armament (tentative name)" module is running.]

[Start scanning.]

Luo Lin could feel that her consciousness suddenly extended out and mysteriously connected to the modified radar of the Coral Island branch. In the rotation and movement of the machine, invisible ripples were emitted, and after a series of refractions and reflections, they were captured again by it.

The "lounger chair" made by Mobius and Vill-V also began to work. The vast amount of data was quickly classified, matched, and processed, and finally applied to the algorithm they developed. According to the final result, the chips made of soulium that could touch the base rules of the universe in a wonderful way continued to operate.

Then there was another "beep", and the text on the command prompt interface changed:

[137 suspected Herrscher characteristic signals were captured, and 10 Herrscher data were confirmed by comparison.]

[Current hackable signal, 1, signal strength medium...]

[Do you want to hack?]

[Y/N]

Is there any need to ask this? YYYYYY!

The familiar sense of sinking consciousness came, which proved that she was on the right path.

Before closing her eyes, Luo Lin made an OK gesture to all the onlookers in the laboratory: "I'm leaving!"

The next moment, the black-haired girl opened her eyes again and looked at an unexpected character. "Raven...?"

"I didn't tell you my name...wait..."

The World Serpent mercenary was stunned for a moment, and then Luo Lin saw the "Sichuan Opera Face Changing" process on her face, which can almost be called the world's intangible cultural heritage.

From suspicion to vigilance, from vigilance to suspicion, then to vicissitudes, and even holding back two tears, it finally became a big melting pot of some complex emotions.

She opened her mouth and asked in a hoarse voice: "Are you... the Luo Lin I know?"

Luo Lin: "?"

Luo Lin could confirm that the mercenary standing in front of her was Natasha Xiora, who accompanied Luo Lin in "jail" in the Elysian Realm, but what question was she asking?

The black-haired Valkyrie was still thinking, while the raven opposite had confirmed the girl's identity: "Okay, I know, you are the Luo Lin I know... your eyes, others can't pretend."

"So what's going on?"

"It's hard to explain for a while..."

The mercenary opened the curtains, and Luo Lin looked out through the window, and the light of the city night scene shone on the two of them.

"Anyway, welcome to this unknown Arc City."

*Chapter 90*

Luo Lin was just about to get closer to look at the scenery outside the window when she involuntarily fell to the ground, hitting her nose directly. She then realized that she was tightly tied up with ropes. At first glance, she looked like a dumpling. Her hands and feet were numb.

"Uh, I almost forgot about this..." Raven slapped her forehead and hurried over to untie Luo Lin. While untying the rope, she patted and rubbed the black-haired girl's limbs to relieve the discomfort caused by the long-term binding. Fortunately, Luo Lin had healing abilities. After being freed, she gave herself a few buffs and returned to normal in almost the blink of an eye.

"What's the situation with this binding?" The black-haired Valkyrie moved her wrists and couldn't help raising her eyebrows. "Don't tell me you just like this tune..."

"Of course not." Raven shook her hands to show her innocence and then explained hesitantly, "In fact, more than ten seconds ago, the body should not have been you, but the native of this world 'Luo Lin.'"

Luo Lin was stunned. "Native...?"

"Three days ago, I was resting in a safe house of World Serpent, and I came here in a blink of an eye." The mercenary touched his chin and said, "Then I explored around and found that this was actually Arc City in Shenzhou... How to say it, World Serpent actually has some arrangements in Arc City, so I was thinking about finding someone to pick me up."

The black-haired Valkyrie certainly knew who the World Serpent agents in Arc City were. "Do you want to find the Jackal of Heliopolis?"

Raven didn't react to Luo Lin's direct mention of these names and didn't feel surprised at all.

After all, Luo Lin had such a good relationship with Flamechasers's memory in the Elysian Realm, and later rescued Lord Kevin from the Sea of Quanta. In a sense, she could even be said to be a half-member of the World Serpent, so it was not surprising that she knew more.

"Yes, I did go to Heliopolis Life Sciences and found Jackal, but the situation there didn't match my memory at all—" The mercenary just shrugged and said, "World Serpent has clearly signed an agreement with some organizations that are at odds with Schicksal. There are a steady stream of volunteers coming to Heliopolis Life Sciences to undergo some dangerous but not fatal experiments under the guidance of Jackal..."

Raven's face was gloomy. "But here, Jackal seems to have lost her mind. Not only is she far behind in technology, but she is also bold enough to capture people as experimental subjects everywhere in Shenzhou, and sne doesn't care about the severity of her actions. I think she is going to kill them..."

Luo Lin thought for a moment and said, "So from that moment on, you realized that you were not in the our world?"

"In fact, when I first came to Arc City and investigated everywhere, I almost understood it... When I was in Coral Island, it was still 2014, and this place is actually 2017. It's impossible that I've spent three years in one go, right?" Raven pointed at Luo Lin and said with a strange expression, "Of course, the biggest contrast may be you. I mean Luo Lin in this world—when I found her, she was just an ordinary C-level intelligence Valkyrie stationed in Arc City. I took her away in a few moves."

Luo Lin's mouth twitched. "Taken away... Am I so unbearable in the parallel world?"

"She's really weak." Raven smiled and teased, "I subdued her easily with one hand, without weapons. Even after I brought her back, she couldn't even break free from the rope. It's really embarrassing for your Schicksal Intelligence Department..."

Luo Lin seemed to be able to guess what Raven was thinking. It was probably because she saw many strange expressions of frustration on this native Luo Lin, or heard a lot of loser speeches. In short, the contrast with her was very great, and she could laugh out loud just thinking about it.

"Ahem, I've gone off topic... Actually, your appearance is quite special. It's like your soul 'traveled' and directly occupied this body." The mercenary gestured and said, "The eyes suddenly changed from black to pink, and the aura on her body suddenly changed from a new logistics Valkyrie to a veteran soldier, and there was a familiar gentle feeling... By the way, I haven't had time to ask, how did you get here?"

"I..." Luo Lin explained her "hacking" action to Raven. After listening, the mercenary frowned. She looked at her body and said, "Sure enough, such a bizarre experience should indeed be related to the Herrscher..."

"In fact, I think the place we are in now should not be a parallel world, nor a bubble world." Luo Lin looked at the bustling night view outside the window and whispered, "It's the 'stage' built by the Herrscher of Dominance just like what happened to me and the Herrscher of the Void, Sirin..."

The black-haired Valkyrie looked at Raven and emphasized seriously: "If that's the case, Natasha, you are the one in danger now."

"..."

Raven was silent for a few seconds. She rubbed her face and said, "Maybe I am in trouble, but who isn't mentally prepared in the mercenary business? Isn't it all about making money with your head tied to your belt? But you, Luo Lin, jumped directly into the trap, isn't that more precarious?"

Luo Lin just smiled. She didn't say anything, but it seemed that she said everything.

"The Valkyrie of Schicksal is always like this, let alone you..."

Raven muttered a few words, sat down on the chair directly, and said desperately, "Okay, Miss Luo Lin, you are the commander-in-chief now, give the order, I will cooperate with you 100%."

"Ah?" The black-haired Valkyrie was stunned. "Have you given up thinking directly?"

The mercenary spread her hands. "I am just an ordinary mercenary. I don't have the wisdom like you. I just need to be an executor of the plan honestly, and knowing your skill is also a part of me being honest."

Luo Lin was speechless. "I am also an ordinary Valkyrie? Why are you so angry with me? So high up?"

Raven immediately cast an incredulous look. "You are ordinary? Believe it or not, have some self-awareness, okay."

"Step on."

The Valkyrie had no choice but to reach out. "Share the intelligence you have collected these days with me, I'll see if I can find some clues from it..."

The mercenary took out the terminal very skillfully and slapped it on Luo Lin's palm. "Look for yourself, the password is still the same."

Just when the Valkyrie was about to lower her head and start to look, the voice of [Helix] rang in her heart: "Hey, main body, something big happened, our connection with the Elysian Realm is broken!"

"What?!"

Chapter 91

"Wait... Alicia!"

The first person Luo Lin thought of was Miss Pink Fairy. She was still in the Coral Island branch. Now that the connection between the system and the Paradise of the Past was disconnected, was Miss Pink Fairy affected?

Luo Lin quickly opened her Valkyrie formation interface and was surprised to find that the Miss Pink Fairy character card, originally placed in the team, had turned a dull gray, with a bright yellow horizontal bar on it and three large words—[Locked].

Friends who often play the Memory Battlefield should be very familiar with this special effect. As long as you don't use fast battle to skip the process of fighting the boss, then after entering the battle, the team of characters, weapons, and stigmata you selected will be locked and cannot be used in other bosses in the Memory Battlefield. This kind of locking is probably a mechanism for the game to test your character inventory and richness, to prevent players from fighting with a single combination. Otherwise, no one would draw cards at all.

But Luo Lin was not playing the Memory Battlefield now. Why was there a locking special effect on the character card? Luo Lin stood up under Raven's surprised gaze and shouted anxiously, "System! What's going on?!"

[Detecting... Detection completed. There is a bug, it should be caused by the conflict between the new module and the existing logic!]

The system, understanding Luo Lin's anxious mood, directly gave a conclusion: [You can use the locked character card and stigmata to check Miss Alicia's status. She is fine now and is still on Coral Island!]

Luo Lin pressed her temples, feeling the blood vessels throbbing at her fingertips, much faster than usual. This unexpected situation made her very nervous.

She tried to replace the Valkyrie character cards in the remaining two positions on the formation interface, and the process of transforming into the corresponding characters was smooth and without problems. The girl looked at the locked pink figure and didn't dare to do anything. She pursed her lips and asked, "Can you test it again to make sure that the disconnection of the paradise link has no effect on her?"

The system replied seriously: [I swear by my own integrity that the environment built by the character card and the stigmata can fully carry the consciousness of Alicia. There is absolutely no problem on her side. Host, you can rest assured!]

Luo Lin was relieved. "Then you can also check the situation of other modules."

[In addition to locking the character card and the paradise disconnection, the time flow rate of the current space is somewhat different from that of the real world, similar to the situation when entering the quantum sea world bubble last time.]

The system paused and said: [The difference in proportion is also very large. One hour in the real world equals about one month here.]

"So exaggerated?"

"Hey, Luo Lin, are you okay? What's with the sudden nonsense? Is the Ruler of Domination here?"

Raven waved cautiously in front of the girl and prepared for battle at the same time. "No, the Ruler of Domination hasn't come yet. My mental resistance is very high. If he attacks, you should be the high-priority target."

"Tsk, that sounds so annoying. Did you learn it from Mobius?" The mercenary showed dead fish eyes. She now hoped Luo Lin was attacked by the Ruler of Domination.

Luo Lin blinked and explained, "I was talking to the system I carry. There was a bug in the hacking module..."

Raven thought for a while and suddenly realized: "It's an auxiliary AI, right? I understand."

"...Anyway, that's probably it."

Luo Lin opened the hacking interface that looked very simple and plain and tried to enter the commands "/help" and "/?" to get prompts. Sure enough, a few lines of text popped up:

[1. Exit the "stage"]

[2. End the "play"]

"Natasha, there are two choices before us." Luo Lin touched her chin and said, "One is to exit the 'stage' and run away to ensure our own safety, and the other is to find a way to end this 'play'... The second option is very dangerous, but I think it should be able to disrupt the Ruler of Domination."

Raven smiled and said almost without hesitation, "The second one."

"Okay."

Luo Lin pressed the [End "play"] button, and the hacking interface flashed a few times before new text appeared in front of her:

[Unable to abort the process—please find the "important role" and try again after exerting enough influence on the "script."]

"Something..."

Luo Lin touched her chin, thinking.

According to this logic, the Ruler of Domination is the director, and he must want to manipulate the so-called "important role" to follow the script in his hand. Given the nature of the Ruler of Domination, this script must be dark and cruel, designed to mess with people's minds. As for the important characters, they must be Kiana and the others.

Then what Luo Lin has to do is very simple. "Turn this imperfect story into what we expect..."

The black-haired girl sat back in the chair, opened the terminal handed to her by Raven, and murmured: "First sort out the information, and then find Kiana."

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Kiana was in a bad mood now. This was not only because the consciousness of the Ruler of the Sky, Sirin, was in her body, sarcastic whenever she appeared, but also because there was another "resident" in her body, the spy sent by Archbishop Otto of Destiny, Fu Hua.

Although Fu Hua was once Kiana's beloved class leader, her later actions could almost be called a betrayal. Now, she talked about old-fashioned principles all day long. If reasoning were useful, then Teacher Jizi wouldn't still be needed...

"Tsk."

The girl ignored Fu Hua's preaching and walked back to her hiding place these days. It was a small room with a tourist map of Tianqiong City hanging on the wall, densely pinned with photos.

These were the intelligence she collected during her time in Tianqiong City, including several missing cases and dozens of times more missing persons than the open intelligence. There were also rumors that monsters attacked humans almost every few days, but they were soon suppressed and disappeared by mysterious forces. Kiana knew these were not just rumors. The dead soldiers and collapsed beasts did breed in the dark corners of this city.

This intelligence gathered together constructed a fact in Kiana's mind: the security situation in Tianqiong City was getting worse and worse. Even if a big collapse broke out here one day, she would not be surprised.

The white-haired girl pinned the newly taken photos to the wall and sighed a little helplessly. "Why is there no one from Destiny to manage this kind of place..."

"Because this is Shenzhou..." Fu Hua finally stopped talking about those big and empty principles. She said in a complicated tone, "Because of an agreement, Destiny does not interfere too much in Shenzhou... and now it seems that I have done something wrong."

"What does it have to do with you?"

Kiana waved her hand, trying to shoo Fu Hua away like a fly: "Okay, it's time to go to bed, don't bother me."

"...Wish you a good dream."

Fu Hua was silent.

The white-haired girl took off her dusty combat uniform and curled up on the sofa like a helpless young animal. She even wanted to sleep forever, but a burning sense of mission made Kiana feel uneasy.

The white-haired girl stared at the ceiling, and her thoughts gradually drifted away.

The mess in Tianqiong City is too bad. I don't know how the idiot who rescued me at the beginning is doing. I should call her Luo Lin... How about going to see her tomorrow?

And... and...

Mei, Bronya, Auntie... I miss you so much...

Chapter 92

When Kiana woke up, the room was still dark.

The white-haired girl was not sure what time it was, but the confusion and sluggishness in her body showed that she had not slept for long.

She turned over and almost fell off the sofa.

No wonder Kiana felt worse than before. It turned out she had fallen asleep on the sofa in a daze.

The white-haired girl hesitated for a while, then stood up from the sofa and walked to the window.

At this moment, the sky was still dark, the lights in the high-rise residential buildings were mostly off, and the bars and food stalls on the roadside were closed, leaving only the neon billboards still flashing.

It must be late at night, Kiana thought.

Her body and mind told her that what she needed most at this time was more sleep, but she did not want to sleep.

Because as soon as she fell asleep, Kiana would likely dream about scenes she didn't want to see again: a gradually extinguished fire, a broken giant sword and armor, and a red figure falling into the imaginary space.

Thinking of this, Kiana felt regret and pain climbing up her heart, and she couldn't help but clench a certain relic in her pocket.

It was the syringe that once contained the "God Killer Spear" anti-Honkai serum, now only an empty shell remained.

The slightly cold temperature of the needleless syringe helped Kiana sober up. She took a few deep breaths and rubbed her nose.

"...Ah."

Kiana sighed, shook her head, adjusted her lying position on the sofa, squinted her eyes, and tried to empty her mind.

Even if she didn't sleep, as long as she didn't do anything and didn't think about anything, it could barely be considered rest.

Since that day, she had gotten used to being in a daze like this...

The white-haired girl narrowed her eyes and stared at the wall with the map of Sky City. In the dark room, she could only vaguely see the outline and blurry photos of the missing people.

"...No, the more I look, the more awake I am. Let's go out and kill two dead men to help me sleep."

A few minutes later, Kiana changed into her outdoor clothes. She picked up the large-caliber double guns she had modified from the table, turned over, and jumped out of the window.

Thanks to Saint Freya's Valkyrie training and her practical experience in recent days, Kiana had a certain understanding of how to act secretly in the city. She skillfully bypassed the surveillance cameras and shuttled through the top of the reinforced concrete jungle.

The white-haired girl inspected many blocks, and at some point, the sun peeked out from the horizon, shining its light on the entire Sky City. Kiana took out a chocolate bar she had bought from a convenience store and dealt with her rumbling stomach. After confirming that there were no signs of dead men or Honkai beasts nearby, she left with peace of mind.

After walking for about half an hour, Kiana came to the top floor of an apartment and looked at the room on the next floor. That was where Luo Lin, the kind-hearted girl who had rescued her a few days ago, lived.

At that time, Kiana had just arrived in Sky City, and her condition was worse than it was now.

Perhaps because she had been wandering around incognito for a long time to avoid the pursuit of Destiny, and had not been able to eat and rest properly, she got sick, had a high fever, and fainted directly in an alley.

Thanks to Luo Lin, who passed by and saved Kiana, taking her to the hospital for infusion, and then taking her home to recuperate, feeding her three meals a day.

It is worth mentioning that considering Kiana's appetite, this was a very difficult task for ordinary people.

Thanks to the superhuman physique of the Kaslana family, after getting enough rest and nutrition, the white-haired girl quickly recovered.

Then, looking at the tired Luo Lin and the empty rice jar, noodle jar, and refrigerator in her house, Kiana felt embarrassed to continue living in Luo Lin's house.

Additionally, Kiana knew she was still being hunted by Destiny and did not want to involve innocent people, so she left without saying goodbye one night.

Unexpectedly, Kiana discovered that the reaction of the collapse energy in Sky City was somewhat abnormal. There were always dead men wandering in the dark corners, and there might even be three or two collapse beasts... It looked like a prelude to something big.

Whether considering the kind-hearted girl who saved her a few days ago or other innocent citizens in the city, Kiana finally decided to stay in Sky City to help deal with the collapse incidents here.

Occasionally when passing by Luo Lin's residence, she would look over there from a distance to see how the other party was doing.

However, Kiana discovered something unusual this time. The door of the apartment where Luo Lin lived was open carelessly. She waited for more than ten minutes but saw no signs of activity.

"Did she forget to close the door when she went out to work?"

The white-haired girl touched her chin. "No, I remember Luo Lin is a freelancer. She can finish her work at home. Occasionally, she goes out to rest and play or to pick up takeout and express delivery... Go and have a look!"

Soon, Kiana came to the door of the apartment. She walked into the room without hesitation and then saw that the cabinets, drawers, and other storage spaces in the room had been opened by someone unknown, and the room was a mess. The messy objects had fallen to the ground, and all the valuables were taken away.

The white-haired girl half-knelt on the ground with a solemn expression, staring at the traces left on the ground.

Kiana gritted her teeth and murmured, "There are traces of a slight fight. One of the parties had no power to resist, and then there are traces of searching everywhere... Robbery plus kidnapping?"

"No, Kiana, these two are two completely different things."

At some point, Fu Hua, whose figure was slightly transparent, appeared in the sight of the white-haired girl.

"The fight and the theft were done by two different groups of people. I can see that the traces from the two groups are far apart and not closely related."

Fu Hua pushed her glasses and said in a calm voice, "I have some experience in investigating cases..."

"...Are you sure?" Kiana glanced at her with some suspicion.

"The fight should have happened first. One of the parties should be Miss Luo Lin, and the other party was very powerful, leaving very few traces... This is definitely not something that ordinary people can do. I'm afraid only the Valkyrie of the Intelligence Department can have such a neat skill." Fu Hua paused and said, "As for the stolen things... Well, probably the person who kidnapped Miss Luo Lin didn't close the door, and then an ordinary thief broke in, rummaged through the things, and left."

"..." Kiana's face was gloomy as she let out a long breath. "Has Destiny caught up... And unexpectedly... No, we have to find a way to get her back."