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Chapter 76:  Mei with Science

"I choose C."

Fu Hua made her choice.

[Correct]

As expected, it was correct again.

They are all ungrateful?!

While sighing over the answer, several people looked at Fu Hua with a bit of weirdness.

"...What's wrong?"

Feeling uncomfortable with the strange gazes, Fu Hua asked puzzledly.

"Nothing... I just think your luck is too bad?"

"...Is that so?"

Of course it is!

Several people said in unison.

It is normal to have one or two ungrateful apprentices when you have one or two apprentices.

What about Fu Hua? She has seven apprentices, and she raised them all by herself.

But they are all ungrateful. Isn't this outrageous?

This can no longer be explained by poor vision.

Of course, it is also possible that Fu Hua's educational methods are problematic, resulting in all the apprentices being ungrateful?

Otherwise, it would be too bad to meet seven born ungrateful people.

Mei initially believed that people's luck could not be so bad, but now, she subconsciously placed the possibility on Fu Hua's educational methods.

While chatting, the seventh question also appeared on the screen.

[7. Each world has a special organization. Please choose the correct name of the organization in this era from the following options:]

[A. World Bird]
[B. Taixuan Serpent]
[C. World Serpent]
[D. Taixuan Sect]

Everyone: ...

What are these?!

"I haven't heard of any of these names."

Looking at these names that she had never seen or heard of, Theresa's face fell and she scratched her hair.

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the others instantly fell on Fu Hua.

Since the more knowledgeable Theresa is useless, then the only one they can rely on is this old woman who has lived a long life and seen a lot.

Come on! Immortal Phoenix, it's up to you!

Looking at the eyes that regarded her as the hope of the whole group, Fu Hua felt her scalp tingling for a moment.

Can she say that she doesn't know either?


Fu Hua has lost most of her memory. It's fine answering questions that she still remembers, but when she encounters questions that she can't remember, she can only rely on instinct to guess.

It's just... this question...


Looking at the answers that are like playing word games, Fu Hua feels that her instinct may not be reliable when encountering this kind of situation.
However, since she is regarded as the hope of the whole group, she will naturally not let Mei and the others down.

Gritting her teeth, she spokd in an erratic tone. 
"I think B and D should be ruled out."

This is not an unfounded guess.

It is Fu Hua's speculation based on the naming format.

A naming method like this that uses ancient style and Shenzhou characteristics is usually only used by her.

And she have already established the School of Taixuan, so these strange formats with the same name are obviously problematic.

"The remaining correct answers will be left to you to figure out."

After solving the two answers that could be solved, Fu Hua threw the question back.

"World Bird! I think birds are cuter!"

Kiana actively put forward her own opinion.


Of course, as expected, she was hit by Mei's hand knife.

Mei said unhappily, "Kiana... This is not a question of whether it is cute or not."

"Well... But don't you think World and Bird are a good match?!" Hugging Kiana nodded, still not giving up.

"Really? I think Serpent is more suitable ."
Mei put on her glasses and spoke slowly.

"According to the information I know, Schicksal is currently the most powerful anti-Honkai force, right?" She looked at Theresa inquiringly, and continued to speak after getting a positive answer.


"As the most powerful force, it's weird that the granddaughter of the Overseer doesn't even know about this unknown organization."

"Then... either this organization is too small and not worth mentioning,"

"Or this organization is powerful and good at hiding itself."

If you are powerful but don't know how to keep secrets, you will eventually be exposed. Clues can only be hidden and cannot be perfect under the suppression of tyrannical power.

If you want to hide without a trace under the eyes of Schicksal, you must at least have the power equal to or even higher than Schicksal.

"Compared to the brave and flamboyant bird, Serpents is obviously more suitable for this role."

Mei adjusted her glasses and gave a conclusion.

"So, I think the correct answer should be C. World Serpent."

Although Kiana doesn't understand, it seems to make sense.

Kiana was confused by Mei's series of analyses, so she naturally didn't understand it at all, but she still came to a basic conclusion. 

Mei is right!

Since Mei made the final analysis, the choice of this question was naturally handed over to Mei.

"I choose C!"

She made her choice and then waited for the result nervously.

Yes, yes, yes, yes! It must be right!

If Mei analyze it and ended up with a wrong answer, then Mei feels that she will be embarrassed to death.

[Correct]

The answer is finalized, and it is just as she thought.
Mei heaved a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, she was not slapped in the face.

However, before she could breathe a sigh of relief, the eighth question came.

[8. Mei is extremely profound and indispensable person. So, what is Mei's secret to becoming a Herrscher?]

[A. Shout that I can do anything]

[B. Shout that I can't do anything]

[C. How can domestic flowers smell as good as wild flowers]

[D. Cooking]

As soon as this question came out, Everyone turned their eyes to Mei with sympathy in their eyes.

Mei's pretty face turned blue and red, and her plump cleavage fluctuated violently, which made Kiana beside her excited.

"..."

Mei looked at the question and the answers and felt a wave of undisguised malice coming at her.

Because of her former reserve as a young lady, she didn't say anything on the surface, but secretly she was drawing circles in her heart.

Angry! I'm so angry!

But what can I do if I'm angry? Don't I still have to answer the question?!

Getting angrier and angrier, Mei simply stopped thinking about it and put on her glasses to try to calm herself down.

Then, she began to look for useful information from the question... What the hell!

Even with her glasses on, Mei couldn't find any useful information from this question.

What is the secret to becoming a Herrscher?

There is a secret to becoming a Herrscher?

How does she know what the secret is!?

Answers A, B...

You can become a Herrscher just by shouting?


Voice control, right?

Answer C...

Seeing this answer, Mei was confused.

She was completely confused by this answer.

And answer D...

How can you become a Herrscher by cooking?


Becoming the Herrscher of Rice?

Okay, you're persecuting me again (Damn).

Mei pouted. She felt like crying but unable to cry.

The label of a cook can't be removed, and it's always pulled out and whipped in public.

"Huh."

Mei took a deep breath and looked at the question with a look of resentment.

This Q&A space is definitely targeting me, always giving me this kind of question.

Can't you persecute someone else?

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Chapter 77: I can't do anything

"I choose B!"

Mei was too lazy to think and just picked an answer at random.

Why did she choose B?

Well, she really had no idea how to solve this problem.

Does this choice look good? Isn't it?

[Correct]

Mei was stunned.

Hey, is it true? She guessed it right with just one random choice?

She rubbed her eyes in disbelief, and after confirming again, she finally realized that she was right.

However, Mei was not happy about it.

Instead, she looked at the answer she chose, feeling confused.

The secret to becoming a Herrscher was to shout that she couldn't do anything?

This is too much.

Feeling that this was totally unreasonable and lame, Mei pinned insult into the Q&A space that was trying to play a prank on her.

Really, how can someone become... just by saying that they can't do anything?

Image appears... 

In the picture, Mei had shorter hair than now and wore a blue-purple patterned outfit for easy movement. She was holding a sword, and a blonde woman in a military uniform was holding a spear in one hand.

"It's Durandal!"



Because she was not unfamiliar with this person, Theresa exclaimed in an instant, her face becoming uncertain.

"How can Mei fight against this woman?!"

She had left the headquarters earlier, but even Durandal at that time— the strength she showed was far beyond her own, even beyond the former Cecilia.

And Mei would actually confront this silly goose? This was definitely not a good thing.

Sure enough, as Theresa expected—

In front of the tyrannical strength of Durandal, Mei could only say that she was struggling, and even Theresa could see that it was purely because Durandal didn't use much strength.

"It's not... over yet..."

Mei tried her best to stop it, gritting her teeth.

"I won't give Kiana... to you!"

Perhaps touched by Mei's firm eyes, Durandal slowly spoke.

"Nice eyes."

"But now you don't have the strength to match this will."

Durandal took Kiana and jumped up, like a flash of light shooting into the sky.

Before Mei could react, the flash in her sight disappeared into the distance, leaving her alone on the deserted street.


Mei desperately chased after him, trying her best in the hazy night.


However, no matter how hard she tried, she could not catch the trajectory of the light.


After running for an unknown period of time, Mei stopped running, exhausted. In the afterglow of dusk, she held the only torn coat left by Kiana in her arms, tears falling from the corners of her eyes.

"I can't do anything..."

Mei's body trembled constantly. Regret, unwillingness, self-blame— all emotions burst out at this moment. Durandal's understated actions and words were like a blade hanging on her heart, making her unable to breathe.


Every time she recalled it, her heart became heavier— she had just watched the most important person to her being taken away so easily.


But Mei couldn't keep Kiana.


The peaceful days of St. Freya Academy in the past seemed like yesterday.


In the blink of an eye, she had become the Queen of Honkai, showing a hideous smile.

Now that they finally met again, she watched her being taken away by Durandal.

Everything had changed, and the only thing that had not changed was the weak self who remained in the same place.

She understood that the current Kiana was getting farther and farther away from her.

The image is blurred.

Looking at the helplessness and sadness of her other self, the originally persecuted Mei who had a sudden rise in blood pressure became powerlessness, her mood becaming heavy.

Kiana put her hand on Mei's shoulder. She didn't know what to say.

She didn't understand the information revealed in the image, but she could clearly feel the sadness and pain of Mei in the image— because of her.

Kiana wanted to comfort her, but Mei now was much more helpless than herself.


Become stronger.

After understanding this, she no longer needed to embarrass herself by putting out her improvised words.

Mei put on her glasses and temporarily got rid of her heavy emotions.

While she was touched by everything that happened in the video, she did not forget to get useful information from it.

"The things in the video should have happened after the battle at Schicksal HQ."

Mei determined the timeline of yhis incident.

But she had no idea what happened in between.

The information that could be obtained from this video was only a little—

But it was also enough to make their future smoother.

Red arcs flashed in her crystal lenses, and the rationality brought by them could not hide the waves in Mei’s eyes.

She spoke to Kiana. 

"I am different from the helpless me in the video. I will not let anyone take you away from me, Kiana!"

Hearing this, Kiana smiled like a flower.

"Well, I won't leave you either, Mei."
She responded.

"I say you... you should be more careful."

Theresa was not surprised by the orange atmosphere between the two.

After all, her own Saint Freya Academy was full of such people. Even she was also like this, although she was still single because she was bullied by a bastard.

"Don't underestimate Durandal."

Theresa's face was full of solemnity, and she spoke helplessly, "Although I am very unwilling, but to be honest, even if everyone present is packed together, they may not be the opponent of that woman."

After saying so, she paused when she landed on Fu Hua.

Wait, don't I still have a 50,000-year-old antique left over from the previous era?

As the Immortal Phoenix who had been guarding Shenzou for thousands of years, Fu Hua should be able to beat that stupid goose.

After learning about Theresa's thoughts, Fu Hua shook her head slightly and confessed.

"If it's Bianka... even I am not her opponent."

It was also one of Otto's trump cards. When she was at the headquarters of Schicksal, she had fought with the girl named Bianka several times.

Except for the initial advantage, Fu Hua won less and lost more afterwards.

Of course, if she was in her peak state, Fu Hua was sure to defeat Bianka.

And now... her strongest means is to simulate the power of the past through Fenghuang Down.

Not only does the simulation cause great loss, but it also has extremely serious side effects.

She had tried to use Fenghuang Down on her before.

The first time, Bianka was easily taken down.

The second time, she still took her down, but it was not so easy.

The effect of Fenghuang Down on Bianka became less and less effective as the number of times increased.

Although there was no contact later, However, up to now, Fu Hua was very skeptical about how effective her Fenghuang Down was on the other party.


Chapter 78: Put This Doll

"Is that so..."

Theresa was a little disappointed. She had thought that with Fu Hua around, she wouldn't have to worry about their entire group being picked apart by Durandal.

Sure enough, she had been too naive.

However, Theresa was not discouraged.

Right now, they were indeed very weak compared to Grandpa's side.

But—they could become stronger!

With the help of this magical Q&A space, Theresa believed that Kiana, Mei, and the others could grow rapidly.

"Kiana, you must learn to control yourself."

Theresa looked at Kiana with a serious expression.

"Although I don't like what Grandpa said, I have to admit—he's right. You must follow his advice. Master the power of the Herrscher with your own hands, and become a Herrscher who can determine her own path."

"Only then can you control your own destiny and gain the ability to shape this imperfect world into the one you envision, just as Himeko said in the earlier vision."

After receiving Kiana’s firm gaze, Theresa nodded in satisfaction.

Then, she looked at Mei.

"Mei, I’m very reassured about you..."

"You’re even smarter than I am. What should be done, what needs to be done—you already know without me saying it."

Theresa, who was always cautious and calculating, had no concerns to raise about Mei. So, she turned her eyes to Bronya.

But Theresa didn’t know what to say to Bronya.


After all, the only thing revealed in the Q&A space so far was that Bronya would become the Herrscher of Reason.


As for how that came to be—it was still unknown.

“Practice more and prepare yourself to become the Herrscher of Reason someday,” Theresa finally said awkwardly.

The remaining ones were Himeko and Fu Hua. There wasn’t much to say about Himeko—Theresa knew her well.


As for Fu Hua, she had experienced more things than Theresa had eaten bowls of rice.


[End of this Q&A]

[Start of Settlement]

[Number of answers: 8]

[Correct: 6]

[Wrong: 2]

[Reward Box Distribution: 6 Homu Treasure Boxes]

With the Hom Treasure Boxes falling down, this answering session came to an end.

It was time to open the boxes again.

Theresa received a card called Powerful Resurrection Card from her Homu Box.

Together with the two cards Kiana had given to Mei, they now had three resurrection cards in their possession.

However, these cards were clearly useless unless all necessary ones were collected—unless they were willing to take a gamble.

Kiana also opened her box.

From it, she received a silver case.

“Wow, a whole set of dolls again?”

Grumbling silently, Kiana opened the silver box.

Inside, a tube of unknown potion lay quietly. Next to it was a golden broadsword.

Kiana and the others were puzzled by these two items. But when Fu Hua saw them, she instinctively muttered their names. 

"Is that... the Meta-Morph Activator and Xuanyuan Sword?"

"Fu Hua, you know what these are?" Theresa asked curiously.

"...Hmm," Fu Hua nodded slightly. She didn’t explain further but simply waved her hand. Instantly, information about the two items appeared:


[Meta-Morph Activator]

Product of the Previous Era MANTIS Project. Must be used in conjunction with the Xuanyuan Sword. If successful, it leads to a significant increase in strength.

[Xuanyuan Sword]

The tenth Divine Key—Key of Domination. Can only be wielded by warriors who resonate with the Meta-Morph Activator. Without resonance, this Divine Key is no different from an ordinary weapon.

“The Tenth Divine Key!?” Theresa shouted the moment she saw the name.

In her impression, every Divine Key was an incredibly powerful and precious weapon. Just like her own Judas, Cecilia’s Black Abyss White Flower, and Siegfried’s Judgment of Shamash.

And now... one could just get one from opening a box?

Although the description stated it had to be paired with the Meta-Morph Activator, and without a match it would be wasted—

Still, it was a Divine Key.

"Hey, hey, hey, don’t get too excited just because you got a Divine Key!"

The Book of Fuxi, sensing Theresa’s undisguised joy, poured cold water on her enthusiasm without hesitation.

“If it were any other Divine Key, maybe that would be fine. But this one’s the Key of Domination.”

“Unlike the other Divine Keys—there are a thousand of these!”

Book crossed her legs, clearly unimpressed with the Tenth Divine Key.

“This thing? My immortal used to have loads of them!”

As soon as those words were spoken, Theresa’s eyes snapped to Fu Hua, filled with disbelief.

She was beyond shocked.

Not only that there were a thousand of the Tenth Divine Key—but also that Fu Hua once had so many of them.

Fu Hua sighed and gave a bitter smile.

“That was in the past. Now, I only have one.”

She glanced at the Meta-Morph Activator and Xuanyuan Sword, her expression complicated.

“This thing can indeed strengthen someone, just as described.”

“But... I remember the success rate of this project was extremely low.”

“If you seek power from it, you must be mentally prepared. Of course... I’m not saying it’ll kill you.”

“Even if it fails, the Meta-Morph Activator won’t harm your body. But if it succeeds—”

“—there’s no going back.”

Whether Fu Hua’s warning would have any effect, however, remained to be seen.

By this point, after everything they had seen in the Q&A space, each of them likely already had the resolve they needed.

No one would retreat just because of a warning.

There was only one Meta-Morph Activator and Xuanyuan Sword.

In the end, after discussion, they were entrusted to Himeko, who had volunteered to take them.

Kiana, Mei, and Bronya would all become Herrschers in the future.

Theresa herself was similar to a MANTIS and possessed the Oath of Judah.

Apart from Fu Hua, only Himeko’s future was uncertain.

Her final moment was wearing the Vermillion Knight Battlesuit and fighting against the Herrscher of the Void.

That was powerful, yes...

But before the Battlesuit arrived, Himeko’s growth potential had already plateaued with age, and she could no longer progress.

If she was to protect Kiana and the others, Himeko knew clearly—she had to become stronger.

And the Meta-Morph Activator in front of her was a golden opportunity.

“Alas...”

Fu Hua sighed. Someone had finally chosen to use the Meta-Morph Activator.

But looking at that determined expression—she could only respect the decision.

In front of everyone’s eyes...

Himeko picked up the Meta-Morph Activator and, without hesitation, stabbed it into her arm.





Chapter 79 You must be very lucky, right?

"How does it feel?!"

Theresa looked at Himeko nervously.

Himeko opened her eyes, felt her limbs, and raised her eyebrows.

She felt...

It was the same feeling as before.

"No effect..."

As soon as Himeko said this, the others turned their attention to Fu Hua, asking,

"About this... Meta-Morph Activator is a very special thing. When injected into the human body, it will lie dormant and will not interfere with the human body."

Fu Hua slowly described the characteristics of Meta-Morph Activator one by one.

"However, once the right opportunity is met, the user of Meta-Morph Activator will instantly become stronger."

"With the activation of Meta-Morph Activator, Xuanyuan Sword will also change to a state that suits the owner's wishes."

"--For example, me."

Fu Hua used herself as an example, raised one arm, and an ancient hand armor emerged during the conversation.

"This is the Xuanyuan Sword I have. It has become a glove according to my habit - the Grip of Taixu."

Looking at Himeko, she guessed,

"If it is you, Himeko, it will most likely be a sword after awakening, right? Maybe it will be similar to the flaming sword like the one in the video."

"Do we still need to wait?"
Hearing this meaning from Fu Hua's words, Himeko couldn't help but have a headache.

She thought that the Meta-Morph Activator would take effect immediately after using it.

In response, Fu Hua nodded without saying anything and gave a vague statement 

"A little stimulation may shorten the waiting process."

It seems that she once... awakened it from a battle between life and death.

But whether this is the case, Fu Hua can no longer remember.

"Stimulation..."

Hearing this, Himeko was thoughtful.

This matter is over.

Fu Hua also opened the Homu box she got.

At that moment, white light suddenly appeared.

Under everyone's strange gaze, Fu Hua felt her scalp tingling.

The Book of Fuxi next to her didn't understand what was going on, and was just surprised.

"Hey... Immortal, you actually emitted white light, I saw that they have always been golden light."

"You must be very lucky, right?"
Hearing this, Fu Hua was hit directly.

The state of mind after years of cultivation was directly broken.

Looking at the excited little face of Book of Fuxi, Fu Hua opened her mouth stiffly, not knowing what to say.

She looked at the things she opened from the box with a bitter face.

It was a USB flash drive, which seemed to be the same as the previous soulium technical data.

Fu Hua opened the information table of the USB flash drive.

[Mass production technology of Stigmata: Hannah·Upper]

[Through this technology, Stigmata: Hannah·Upper] can be produced.

[Effect 1: Small resistance to Honkai energy erosion (this effect changes depending on the increase of other parts)]

[Effect 2: Attack power slightly increased (this effect changes depending on the increase of other parts)]

[Effect 3: Endurance slightly increased (this effect changes depending on the increase of other scores)]

[Note: Stigmata technique with no side effects, surprise?]

After seeing this information table, Theresa's eyes lit up instantly, full of unconcealed joy.

You should know that her original intention of Saint Freya was inherited from Cecilia.

To cultivate Valkyries with flesh and blood, emotions, and not fighting machines, to make their short lives more meaningful.

What is the reason for the short life of Valkyries?

Fighting against Honkai and dying in battle?

Yes, this is indeed a big reason.

Theresa is powerless to change this.

But,  There are still many Valkyries who are affected by Honkai energy due to years of fighting.


Many died to erosion.

This result is caused by the fact that the artificial stigmata technology of Schicksal is too flawed and has serious side effects.

After serving as the head of the Far East Branch for so many years, those who left her own St. Freya Academy, those who originally belonged to the Far East Branch, and those who were transferred from other branches... 

Theresa has witnessed too many Valkyries ushering in the inevitable end.

She felt sad and sad about this.

But Theresa was helpless and could not do anything about these people.

Until now.

From the stigmata manufacturing technology provided by Fu Hua, she finally saw the dawn of dawn.

After reading the information, Fu Hua handed the USB drive to Theresa without hesitation.

"I'll leave this to you, Dean Theresa."

She has been in Schicksal for a while and understands the importance of the technology in this USB drive.

For her personally, it has no meaning.

But for the Valkyries who are fighting against the Honkai, this thing is too important.

"I believe you can make use of it."
Looking at Theresa's touching eyes, Fu Hua looked serious.

Then, she opened another Homu Box.

Very good, another white light.

With some doubts about life, Fu Hua looked at the reward in her hand.

It was a USB flash drive, and the appearance was very familiar.

It seemed that she had seen it somewhere.

Fu Hua looked up at the one in Theresa's hand, and then looked at her own.

Instantly understood something.

She opened the information table of this USB flash drive powerlessly.

[Mass production technology of Stigmata: Hannah·Middle]

[With this technology, Stigmata: Hannah·Upper can be produced.]

[Effect 1: Slightly resist the erosion of Honkai energy (this effect changes depending on the increase of other parts)]

[Effect 2: Slightly enhance attention (this effect changes depending on the increase of other parts)]

[Effect 3: Slightly increased endurance (this effect changes depending on the increase of other scores)]

[Note: Absolute, too absolute]

Sure enough.

As expected by Fu Hua, The data in these two identical USB flash drives are almost the same, but some small things have changed.

"Huh."

Exhaling a breath to slow down her blood pressure, Fu Hua was too lazy to say anything and directly stuffed the USB flash drive into Theresa's hand.

Theresa was naturally excited about this.


Of course, she also came to Fu Hua and spoke tentatively.

"Well... why don't you open another box and get a full set?"

Since the upper and middle have been opened, Theresa thought that Fu Hua might as well open the lower one.

It just happened to give her a set, right?

...but this is just a thought.

After all, Fu Hua's boxes have already been opened.

If you want to come again, you have to ask the people who still have boxes to pick one out of her hand.

Although it is not a difficult task, it is somewhat embarrassing.

Theresa wanted to be shameless for once, but was stopped by Fu Hua.

Theresa is shameless, she still wants it.

If she borrows a box from someone else and then it still emitted a white light, Fu Hua thinks that she will be embarrassed to death.

Theresa is very sorry about this.

Then, she turned her eyes to Mei, who had not opened the box yet.

She showed an expectant look.

This naked feeling as if she was going to strip herself naked and eat her made Mei's mouth twitch.

Okay, this wave is seeking immortals in vain, and they are targeting me.

Da ga, koto waru. 

I, Mei, am not an unlucky person like Fu Hua!

It is not rational to put the abacus on me!


Etremely confident in her luck, Mei puffed up her chest fearlessly, with a face full of fighting spirit!

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Chapter 80: Going Further and Further on the Road of Cooking

Mei rushed forward.

Mei opened the Homu box.

The dazzling golden light hurt Fu Hua’s scarred heart.

Inside the box, there was an extremely beautiful, transparent eye—like glass.

Yes, it was an eye. Although this item wasn’t as beautiful as ordinary things, it was undoubtedly an eyeball from its general outline.


Fortunately, it looked more like a beautiful ornament than a real organ. Otherwise, Mei would probably scream and throw the eyeball away after taking such a thing out of the box.


She held the eyeball ornament lovingly. Finally, urged by others, she opened the information panel of this ornament.

[Sha Naqba Imuru (Mei Limited)]

[Browse all recipes on Earth like the brilliance of stars and know the cooking methods of all dishes.]

[Although it is far inferior to the original in combat, in terms of cooking skills alone, the owner of this item will undoubtedly become No. 1 in cooking.]

[Effect 1: Know all recipes and cooking methods from ancient times to the present in this world.]

[Effect 2: Indestructible.]

[Restriction: Bound to Raiden Mei.]

[Note: With it, you will become stronger!]

You? Is this to say you want me to go further and further down the path of being a cook?!

Before, you gave me a pan, and now you give me a weird cooking plug-in.

What will happen next? I don’t dare to imagine what you’ll give me next.

Why don’t you just give me the entire kitchen?!

Mei couldn’t help cursing in her heart.

“Mei… don’t be unhappy, isn’t this pretty?”
Kiana consoled Mei with a shameless smile.

Of course, Mei rolled her eyes in response.

The reason I’m being tormented by this joke thing is because of you guys freeloading!

Still…

Seeing the little stars in Kiana’s eyes, Mei could already guess what she thinks just by looking at Bronya’s expression.

She must be thinking she can cook more food and enjoy a feast with this thing.

Mei reached out, pinched Kiana’s smooth cheek hard, and said in a rather unpleasant tone, “You’re going to become fat sooner or later!”

Kiana’s face turned red from the pinch as she begged for mercy, crying out in pain, which made Mei stop.

Then, she prepared to open another Homu reward box.

The same golden light appeared again.

The item in this box was a miniature truck.

Judging by its shape, it seemed to be a dining truck!


Wait, it can’t be...

Mei’s heart sank at the sight.

She quickly opened the information sheet for this car:

[Mei’s Modified Portable Mobile Dining Truck]

[As the name suggests, this is a dining car equipped with almost all kitchen utensils and seasonings that can be used for cooking.]

[How to use: silently recite the command, then throw it out.]

[Warning: Please don’t throw it at other people’s heads; this car is very heavy!]

After reading the information, Mei laughed angrily.

You really just want to send me to the kitchen?

You feel uneasy if you don’t keep insulting me, don’t you?!

Fine, I admit defeat!

Tired of being tossed around, Mei was too lazy to say anything else.

She pulled Kiana close and vented all her anger on her face.

This made Kiana want to cry but have no tears.

She was just an innocent bystander—how could she suffer such unprovoked torment?

The questions were answered and the boxes opened.

Everyone was very happy and returned to reality with smiles.

Kiana and the others went back to Theresa’s office.

Fu Hua and Book of Fuxi were still on their way.

When they arrived, Kiana was shocked.

Seeing Fu Hua’s wet clothes, torn as if she had survived a shipwreck, Kiana was a little puzzled.

“What happened to you?”

Before Fu Hua could answer, Book of Fuxi—who looked relatively normal—stood on the balls in her feet, hands on hips, face puffed up.

“Don’t ask!”

“Elmhead and I came back by ship and then we were transferred to that Q&A space halfway through the journey.”

“But when we got out, we landed directly in the sea!”

She was angry.

Because it happened so suddenly, even though she could fly, she still fell into the sea.

“...”


Kiana nodded sympathetically at Fu Hua and Book of Fuxi’s unfortunate experience.


Then, after seeing their embarrassed expressions, she thought of something and asked with a twitch of her mouth, "You didn’t just swim all the way back, did you?”

Fu Hua nodded.

If there’s no boat, then you have to swim.

After careful calculation, she swam for half a day—probably a few hundred miles.

It felt... relaxing?

…

Time passed quickly.

During these days, Kiana and the others helped Fu Hua integrate back into the class after being absent for many days. 

Fu Hua also succeeded in becoming the monitor of Kiana’s class thanks to her outstanding ability and rigorous personality.

Knowing how strong Fu Hua was and after understanding the future, Mei, Kiana, and Bronya all deliberately asked her to help train them.

Fu Hua naturally did not refuse.

Under Fu Hua’s unreserved training, the combat effectiveness of the three improved significantly.

Of course, this was compared to their past selves.

If we look at Valkyrie levels, they rose from C-rank to B-rank Valkyries, excluding any bonuses from external plug-ins.

In daily life, after obtaining the heart of the cook, Mei was basically invincible.

The dishes she cooked made Valkyries living in other dormitories drool at the aroma even across the apartment.

Even Fu Hua, who had the strongest self-control, showed faint signs of blushing after tasting Mei’s cooking.

And Kiana, a foodie, never hid her intoxication every time she ate.

Bronya was a bit more restrained, mainly because of her paralyzed face. Her only clear expressions were a trembling body and blurred eyes.

Whenever Mei started eating, the scene was like something out of a book.

Almost everyone at St. Freya Academy knew that in Kiana’s class, there was a cook who made delicious food.

Of course, Mei wasn’t too happy about this.

Compared to the title “cook,” she felt she should be called something wiser, like Dr. Mei.

Theresa was not idle either. Besides continuing to clean up hidden agents planted by Otto, she was trying to prepare a completely trustworthy scientific research organization. The previous soulium incident had really scared her. She had entrusted it to someone she thought was trustworthy, but Otto found out as soon as it was handed over. How could she dare act rashly again?

The soulium incident had already attracted her grandfather’s attention. If this stigmata technology was used again, her grandfather definitely wouldn’t just give a warning and let it slide as before. Theresa saw this very clearly.




Chapter 81 I, the cook, will never work 996!

It is not easy to prepare a reliable research institute.

Only those who can conduct such research can be extremely outstanding.

In this world, most of the outstanding scientific research talents have been won over by Schicksal.

The remaining small part is either in Anti-Entropy or distributed in those countries in the open. It is very difficult to win them over, and it is easy to attract Otto's attention.

Under such a difficult situation, Theresa also successfully established a reliable research institute prototype through some small means.

During this period, Mei specifically applied to participate in it.

In this regard, after experiencing Mei's wisdom many times in the Q&A space, naturally would not refuse.

Mei did not disappoint her. In a few short days, she successfully changed the prejudice of her colleagues against her [just a young girl with no ability].

Colleagues were amazed by the style displayed by Mei and admired her profound knowledge and wonderful ideas.

Well... fortunately, these people don't know that Mei's profound knowledge is only the result of reading books for a period of time, otherwise this newly established research institute might face staff reduction at the very beginning.

"Well, my time is up, and the next thing is up to you."

Mei, who is participating in the scientific research project, glanced at the watch on her hand, and stopped what she was doing when she saw the time.

The researcher who was originally the main researcher, but voluntarily downgraded to Mei's assistant because of admiration for Mei's wisdom and ability, was a little helpless when she heard this.

Researchers like them usually work from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., and it is common to work all night when they arrive at a critical place.

Mei is different.

Not only is she not a full-time worker, she can choose her own time or not.

And, after coming, they will leave work at a fixed time.

With Mei's talent, if she works overtime like them, the research progress will definitely be rapid.

It is precisely because of this that other researchers have tried to persuade Mei before.

But Mei usually politely refuses.

And the reason is a bit unacceptable to them.

It turned out to be...

"Sorry, there are a few people at home waiting for me to go back and cook."

When they heard this reason, the expressions of several researchers were so distressed.

They thought it was unreasonable and a waste of life to give up important experiments and research for a simple meal!

Eating is just to supplement the nutrients that can maintain human activities!

…

"Mei!"

Mei walked out of the research facility and looked in the direction of the voice.

Just like the previous times, Kiana and Bronya were already waiting for her outside.

"How was the class today? Kiana, you didn't sleep, did you?"

As she walked towards the apartment where she lived, Mei asked Kiana, who followed and hugged her arm, about what happened when she was not there.

This question naturally made Kiana's expression stiff.

She said with a guilty conscience: "Of course... Yes, I was very serious in class today!"

"Idiot Kiana is practicing standing in the corner seriously."

On the side, Bronya exposed Kiana's lie without hesitation.

This embarrassed Kiana and made her angry.

She stared at Bronya with flaming eyes and spoke angrily. 

"Damn it! Do you have to ruin my show?! Shorty Pudding!"

Unfortunately, before Kiana and Bronya started to quarrel, Mei spoke up.

"Oh? So that's how it is."

"Kiana, shouldn't you say something?"

Kiana tried to divert attention but failed. She looked at Mei's half-smiley expression, and couldn't help but feel a little numb on her scalp, and muttered softly:

"...It's because the teacher's voice is too much like a lullaby..."

She can be eager to try in practical classes, but in cultural classes... Kiana is really not good at it. She wants to sleep just by listening to the voice.

"You..." Mei is a little helpless about Kiana's defense.

But she didn't have anything else to say.



For Kiana, this is an old problem. She has taught her before, but unfortunately she never changes.

"Don't worry about it. Auntie and the others are waiting for us to go back for dinner."

"I still have to do it?"

Hearing Kiana's words, Mei rolled her eyes and felt a little tired.

She either went to school or did research during the day, and had to prepare dinner for this group of freeloaders at night.

This life is comparable to that of a 996 office worker.

This is not how you exploit labor!

During the chat, the three of them arrived at the apartment where they lived. Perhaps it was because tomorrow was the day when the Q&A space would be opened again. Theresa and Himeko came back earlier than usual.

"Mei, how is it going over there?" Seeing Mei and the others coming back, Theresa asked with concern. She was previously talking to Himeko on the sofa. 

She handed over the two extremely important technologies, Soulium Technology and Stigma Technology, to this hastily built research facility, and was naturally very concerned about its progress.

"The progress is quite good. Because the technical data is very complete, there will be no accidents in general, but it may take a lot of resources to mobilize later." Mei briefly talked about the progress and estimated it.

"If the resources are in place, we can start making soulium in about a month. As for the Stigmata... To be honest, I'm not very good at it yet. It is a field involving genes, but not given much attention."

"I heard from others that it will be put into production in about two or three months, but because the resources required are special, the efficiency may be relatively low."

The manufacturing of soulium and the production of holy marks are both extremely advanced technologies.

Normally, even if it is thrown to those countries outside, those secular people cannot make such things emerge with the existing scientific level.

However, Saint Freya belongs to Schicksal.

As the most powerful anti-Houkai organization in this world, Schicksal has obtained a lot of heritage from the previous era by excavating ruins.

Although Saint Freya is not as good as the headquarters and those branches specialized in scientific research and production, but as long as you are willing to use equipment and take time out for other facilities, it is not difficult to realize the manufacturing technology of stigmata and soulium.

The only trouble is probably... lack of money?

This embarrassing situation has not changed much because of the emergence of the Q&A space.

Mei naturally also noticed Theresa's difficulties.

In this regard, she gave a suggestion.

"You might as well try to cooperate with my father."

Her father's Massive Electric is a super money-making machine in the Far East.

Although this money-printing machine was closed because of Cocolia, however, with the help of two people, thr secular North American country successfully used its international influence to whitewash Ryoma's crimes.

Now, ME has initially resumed operations.

"Although my father belongs to Anti-Entropy, from the information revealed in the video, we still have a lot of room for cooperation with Anti-Entropy."

To be honest, as the daughter of Raiden Ryoma, in theory she should automatically belong to the Anti-Entropy camp.

But as the saying goes, marry... Anyway, splash water first!

According to an old saying from Shenzhou, Mei consciously put herself in the camp of Saint Freya Academy.

"Hmm..." Theresa was a little moved by this proposal.

She wanted to contact Anti-Entropy in the previous video, but because there was chaos on the Anti-Entropy side for some unknown reason, and she wanted to learn more about it later, Theresa put this idea in her heart.

And now, since Mei brought it up again, there is naturally nothing to refuse.

"Then, I'll leave this matter to you."

Theresa directly threw the task of cooperating with Anti-Entropy to Mei.

As the daughter of Raiden Ryoma, it is not only more appropriate to let Mei negotiate this matter, but maybe she can get more benefits, right?

Mei pursed her lips and wanted to slap herself.

She just made such a suggestion, why did this task fall on her?



Chapter 82: Fell into the Herrscher's Nest!

The next day, everyone waited in Theresa's office.

The pendulum clock hanging on the wall ticked, then slowly stopped at a certain moment.

This signaled that the Q&A space had reopened.

Just like last time, everyone entered again when the Q&A space opened.

Of course, new visitors appeared as well.

"...Ms. Theresa?"

They were no stranger to Theresa. Einstein had fought bravely against the Second Herrscher’s forces during the Second Eruption. She was a little surprised to see the few people gathered here.

Next to her stood Tesla, wearing a confused expression.

"Hey, hey, hey! What’s going on?! I’m in the middle of an important experiment, and suddenly I’m in this weird place!"

Seeing Theresa, Tesla showed a mix of sadness and anger.

"How can there be people with Schicksal here? Mophead, were we caught by Schicksal?"

"Then shouldn’t we see Otto?"

Einstein’s words brought Tesla back to her senses and calmed her down.

Yes, if Schicksal really had caught them, they should be seeing the bishop now — not Theresa.

“Cocolia’s adopted daughter...”
Einstein glanced calmly and finally fixed her eyes on Bronya.

“Bronya, I assume you don’t mind explaining the situation to us, right?”

Though Bronya had been a comrade with Theresa before, they were now on opposing sides, so Einstein did not ask Theresa.

But Cocolia’s adopted daughter was different.

Previously, the two sides had helped Bronya handle some aftermath, even though Bronya had not revealed many details.

Since Einstein had helped, Bronya undoubtedly owed them a debt of gratitude.

Originally, Einstein thought this favor would be useless, but now it was not meaningless.

“Let me explain.”

After exchanging a glance with Theresa, Mei stepped forward and took over the conversation.

Einstein nodded without hesitation.

She just needed someone to explain the situation — she didn’t care who it was.

“This place is like this…”

Mei spoke slowly, roughly outlining the nature and uniqueness of the space.

She avoided going into too much detail and omitted much of the information she had previously obtained.

Though the video suggested they had some cooperative relationship, without more clues, she couldn’t reveal everything to Einstein and the others without risk.

Einstein noticed this but said nothing.

Mei’s cautious approach was understandable.

Even Einstein herself would have acted similarly.

“How do you feel about this, Dr. Tesla?”

After hearing Mei’s explanation, Einstein had a general understanding of the place.

She then turned to Tesla.

“Does it seem a bit unscientific to you?”

“Sure enough, I placed too many unnecessary hopes on you, Dr. Tesla,” Einstein sighed at her answer.

“Then organize the information we have. If what you say is correct, Tesla and I will be your allies moving forward, right?”

“That sounds promising, but I have to admit, I have doubts,” Einstein said bluntly.

“I trust your character, Ms. Theresa. After all, we had pleasant cooperation during the second Honkai, but... empty words don’t convince people.”

“So I don’t expect blind trust, but at least show us the relevant... well, the video you mentioned, right?”

Her request wasn’t excessive — it was quite reasonable.

After confirming with Theresa that there was no problem, Mei gave Bronya a knowing glance.

Bronya understood, summoned Project Bunny, and activated its video module.

Since the first time she entered the Q&A space, Bronya had deliberately recorded questions and videos for emergencies.

Though they had not been used before, Bronya had often watched her recordings in private.

The video showed Seele under the display.

Now was the time for these videos to be used.

With Bronya’s careful selection, the segment about Otto’s battle plan was presented to Einstein and Tesla.

Otto’s mad scheme was revealed to them.

Even if Kiana and the others had seen it once before, they couldn’t help but clench their fists subconsciously.

“Tsk, Otto is still as annoying as ever.”

Though Tesla had realized this hundreds of years ago, seeing Otto’s horrifying plan again made the impulsive Tesla furious, ready to punch Otto with her iron fist.

Einstein’s usually calm face also darkened.

Then, her eyes fixed on Kiana’s body.

A complex look flashed in her eyes.

According to Otto’s plan, the Kiana in front of them was the body of the former Second Herrscher.

As long as certain conditions were met, the Second Herrscher could be resurrected.

With these characteristics, Kiana was a dangerous bomb in the eyes of the always cautious Einstein.

“Herrscher?”

Mei smiled and gestured to Bronya after noticing Einstein’s meaning.

Then, another image appeared on the screen.

It concerned the Herrscher.

“If you’re worried about the Herrscher, there’s no need to be — because here… there are many Herrscher candidates.”

In Theresa’s troubled expression, Mei shared this shocking information with Einstein and Tesla.

They looked at the five Herrscher images in the video.

One by one, they studied the St. Freya Academy candidates.

One, two, three, four…

“Hey, hey, hey, Mophead, it seems we’ve fallen into the Herrscher’s nest. Can we even get out alive?!”


Tesla’s face turned pale with fear as she grabbed Einstein’s sleeve in panic.

Einstein was shocked too, but remained rational.

She felt relieved once she concluded the images belonged to the future.

“Calm down. This is just their future.”

“Besides, don’t you find something odd, Dr. Tesla?”

Einstein looked at Bronya — the Herrscher shown in the video.

The logo read — Herrscher of Reason.

Tesla noticed this too and looked surprised.

“What’s going on?”

The Herrscher of Reason should be Welt, yet this adopted daughter of Cocolia was also labeled Herrscher of Reason.

Wait…

Could it be?!




Chapter 83: Randomly Hitting a Lucky Visitor

With Einstein and Tesla looking unhappy after their guess, the long-delayed Q&A finally began.

[1. Shortly after the battle at Schicksal HQ, a hidden force emerged as the time was right.]

[Excuse me, which of the following is the name of this force?]

[A. Anti Serpent]

[B. World Entropy]

[C. Fire Goose]

[D. World Serpent]

The question appeared on the screen.

“Hey, what does this mean?!” Having read the question, Tesla was keenly aware that the answer was clearly implying something, so her face was full of dissatisfaction.

“Indeed, but that’s not the point,” Einstein replied, affirming the observation while focusing on how to interpret the information revealed by the question.

“About this question... I think we roughly know the answer.”

After reading through the unreliable options one by one and recalling the questions she had seen before, Mei formed an idea.

This question was nothing more than a word game, like before.

“...Based on the information obtained earlier?”

After roughly guessing the source of Mei’s knowledge, Einstein showed a trace of helplessness.

Coming in late meant having no rights to much of the previous information. For such questions, you could only wander aimlessly like a headless fly.

“Want to cooperate?”

Sensing Einstein’s concerns, Mei took the initiative to offer collaboration.

The concern was mainly about how the rewards would be distributed later. Saint Freya had no issues since they were all friends—usually, those who needed it most would use it.

Einstein and the others were different.

As members of Anti Entropy, their stance differed from Mei’s.

They had many concerns about the distribution of benefits.

Because of this, Mei decided to avoid potential risks caused by reward distribution.

“Why should I say no?” Einstein sighed.

Since Mei had already considered their situation, she clearly knew the current circumstances.

Mei nodded and, after exchanging a glance with Theresa, told Einstein the answer she knew.

This could be regarded as a precedent set for future cooperation.

“World Serpent? So there really is a large secret organization hiding in the shadows."

Upon hearing the answer, Einstein frowned.

She didn’t doubt the answer’s accuracy—it wouldn’t benefit the other party to lie.

What worried Einstein was how this organization, could be so hidden that she had never heard of it.

Putting aside her thoughts for the moment, Einstein softly said, “I choose D, World Serpent.”

[Correct]

Nothing special—just the simple green word “Correct” appeared.

There was no image for this question, but some changes occurred.

For example…

A Homu treasure box suddenly fell from the sky and hit Tesla.

“Oh my god, ouch!”

Tesla’s screams echoed throughout the space.

“It hurts so much! How dare you hit this genius! If you break my precious body, it will be a huge loss!”

Amid the sympathetic looks from others, Tesla, supported by Einstein, angrily kicked the box that had struck her.

Einstein smiled helplessly, then squatted down to examine the Homu treasure box.

“Is this the Homu treasure box you mentioned?”

“Didn’t you say that the rewards would be distributed evenly only after all questions were answered?”

Mei was speechless.

Usually, the rewards were distributed at the end.

Now that one had dropped early, how could she know what was going on?

Full of confusion, she looked up at the sky.

[Announcement]

[This space has been slightly adjusted, and the following content has been updated.]

[1. The reward mechanism has been changed from final settlement to immediate distribution after answering each question.]

[2. The distribution mechanism has been updated to give visitors more stimulation.]

[3. The opening time has been changed, and the cycle will be extended to bring more quality questions and rewards.]

Seeing this announcement, Bronya, an experienced gamer, pulled the corner of her mouth.

Isn’t this an update announcement for an online game?

Others began discussing the rule changes.

The first was no big deal—it just meant boxes could be opened early.

The second…

That meant… randomly hitting a lucky visitor, right?!

After recalling what had just happened to Tesla, everyone’s faces changed.

Wow, from now on, there was a risk of getting smashed when receiving rewards—how exciting.

The third one… isn’t this a typical game developer’s trick to fool players?

Although some wanted to complain, if there was nothing they could do, they could only lie down and accept it.

Anyway, the change wasn’t too serious—it just meant they had to pay more attention to personal safety after answering questions correctly.

Einstein casually opened the Homu reward box.

It was golden light.

Fu Hua silently turned her head away.

She wasn’t concerned about Tesla's injury but simply found the light too dazzling.

What came out of the Homu box was a…

“Haha, don’t you think it looks like a discarded iron block, Mophead?”

With his arms folded, Tesla couldn’t help but laugh at the ugly, square iron block in Einstein’s hand.

“It turned out to be just a piece of broken copper and rotten iron.”

“That thing is not scrap iron!”

It was the Book of Fuxi.

Everyone looked surprised as the Book of Fuxi floating beside Fu Hua moved to Einstein’s side.

“…This square block has extremely terrifying energy hidden inside.”

After turning on data analysis mode, Fuxi used her blue eyes to scan the unremarkable iron block.

The energy Fu Hua used to power herself could last thousands of years.

This block, if used for power, judging from the energy detected, could allow operation at full power for millions of years.

“Anyway, let’s open the information panel first.”

Shocked by Book of Fuxi's words, Mei took the initiative to urge Einstein and taught her how to open the information panel.

Then:

[The Allspark]

[A special item from a certain world, which can be placed in a machine to give it real life, containing great power.]

[Note: If used properly, you can create new life.]

The extremely simple information appeared before everyone’s eyes.

Kiana, Himeko, Theresa, and Fu Hua—the war faction—may not have understood what this meant.

However, Mei and Einstein, and Tesla, a true leader in machinery, all subconsciously held their breath upon seeing the item’s information.



---

Chapter 84 What Antique?!

"This... this, this, this!?"

Tesla looked at the magical item called Allspark in surprise. From her authority in the field of mechanics, this was definitely a rather outrageous thing.

It could actually give life to lifeless machinery!?

This was not an ELF like the Book of Fuxi.

Einstein specialized in physics and quantum fields. She was not good at mechanics. However, after seeing the information on the Allspark, she quickly thought of the use of this thing.

"It seems that the thing we found not long ago can be used."

Tesla naturally knew what Einstein was talking about, but she seemed a little hesitant about it.

"Are you sure?"

"We can't just leave that big guy there, right? Well... I would like to do this, but Dr. Tesla, are you willing to do it?"

Einstein teased, making Tesla embarrassed.

"That... what are you talking about?" Mei asked with some confusion.

These two people were here and there, and they didn’t know anything.

"It’s not something worth hiding."

Tesla didn’t hide it either and spoke frankly. 

"When I was doing the aftermath, Mophead and I got a super-large unfinished giant Titan."

This naturally referred to the super-large Titan that Cocolia made later—Wodan.

Because Cocolia died, Einstein and the others would naturally accept the property belonging to Cocolia.

And at a certain base, they found this unfinished super-giant Titan.

Because it was unfinished, Einstein's opinion at the time was to dismantle it to stop the loss.

But how could the machine loving Tesla agree?

Although she didn’t like the appearance of Wodan and some of its poor technology, Tesla still chose to save the unfinished Wodan from being demolished.

However, Tesla regretted it afterwards. She found that even if she could perfect Wodan, she couldn’t solve the extremely terrifying energy consumption.

Tesla had no choice but to temporarily put the Heavenly Father aside.

"Super-giant Titan?"

"You plan to use this thing on that kind of thing?"

Mei immediately understood the two people’s plan and frowned.

According to her current understanding of Honkai, Honkai could be said to be pervasive. It could erode people, animals, and machines and turn them into puppets of Honkai.

Compared with the first two, Machines find it more difficult to resist the erosion of Honkai energy.

Titans like Anti-Entropy used Honkai Energy as their source, so they had to take various measures to isolate Honkai Energy.

And if that super giant Titan were endowed with life. Once they were eroded by Honkai, wouldn’t their strength be doubled on the original basis?!

It was not difficult to deal with the manipulation of ordinary Titans…

The super-giant Titan controlled by Honkai—just thinking of this possibility, Mei couldn’t help trembling.

"Well... it does need to be considered."

Taking note of Mei’s concerns, Tesla nodded in agreement.

Although theoretically, if the supply of this Allspark energy was sufficient, Wodan would not even use Honkai Energy for power in the future, which could greatly reduce the possibility of being eroded by Honkai energy.

But various other external factors must also be considered.

She saved Wodan to fight the Honkai, not to help Honkai create an anti-human machine.

While chatting, the second question also jumped out:

[2. In order to save Seele, Bronya stepped into the dangerous Sea of Quanta with the help of Anti-Entropy. So, in this journey to rescue Seele, which of the following is the most dangerous factor?]

[A. Numerous world bubbles]

[B. Attention from the pioneers]

[C. A large number of quantum shadows]

[D. Unable to find the direction]

Bronya’s eyes moved slightly, and a little excitement flashed in her eyes.

Finally, finally there was a clue about herself and how to save Seele.

At this moment, she had been waiting for too long.

Einstein and Tesla were not unfamiliar with the Sea of Quanta. They glanced at Bronya with surprised expressions after reading the question. Tesla couldn’t help but say. 

"Bronya, are you going to the Sea of Quanta? It’s very dangerous there. If you are not careful, you will be lost in it forever."

She summarized the dangers of the Sea of Quanta in a few words.

But how could Bronya be scared by these words?

"Well, Bronya’s sister is there, and she is the most important person to Bronya!"

"For the important person?"

Witnessing the enlightenment in Bronya’s eyes, Einstein nodded slightly, with a little admiration in her eyes.

Apart from admiration, she did not forget the business at hand.

"According to our understanding of the Sea of Quanta, A, C, and D all belong to the dangerous category mentioned in the question, and for option B, we don’t know what the so-called pioneers are."

Einstein first shared the following information from her side, and then looked at Mei. She had already regarded this smart girl with glasses as the intellectual leader of St. Freya Academy.

"Regarding option B, do you have any relevant information from the information you got before?"

"It has not been mentioned explicitly, but I guess there is one I should know something about."

Mei spoke calmly and turned her attention to Fu Hua.

"Class Monitor, I think you should know something about this, right?"

Fu Hua nodded slightly.

Luckily, she still had some impression of this.

"The pioneers refer to the survivors who have survived since the last era and awakened in this era, and who have advanced the step ahead for the human civilization of this era."

"I am one of the pioneers , but I’m sorry, I can’t remember the status of the other pioneers and their information now."

Mei nodded slightly, but she was not disappointed.

She didn’t expect Fu Hua to remember much, and it was good enough that she could reveal so much information.

Next to her, Einstein and Tesla stared at Fu Hua with horror.

What did they hear just now?

This girl who looked honest was actually a survivor from the previous era?!

"Hey, hey... are you sure? It’s been nearly 50,000 years since the last era!" Tesla stared at Fu Hua and swallowed her saliva in disbelief.

"Is she really a survivor of the last era? Are you kidding us?"

"Of course not. Class Monitor is indeed a genuine survivor of the previous era. You may have heard of her name in the past?"

"What is it?"

The two were a little curious.

"Immortal Jingwei. "

Tesla: …

Einstein: …

A genuine antique?!



Chapter 85: Tlaloc / Janna, Choose One!

——The immortal who has protected Shenzhou for thousands of years.

Anyone who knows a little about the history of Shenzhou can recognize the existence of this figure.

At some point in the past, Einstein even conducted a special investigation into the existence of this immortal.

Unfortunately, the investigation yielded no results.

This led Einstein and the others to believe that the so-called immortal had died long ago—

Or that the so-called immortal was nothing more than a fabrication, much like the legend of King Arthur in England.

"I didn't expect to see the real person today."
Einstein looked at Fu Hua with some emotion.

This Shenzhou immortal turned out to be a pioneer left over from the previous era.

It made sense that he could protect Shenzhou from destruction for thousands of years.

"Let's talk about feelings later."

Reaching out and knocking on Kiana's head as she played a prank on the side, Mei adjusted her glasses and spoke slowly.

"The most urgent thing is to get the correct answer."

"The content of this question focuses on the greatest threat during Bronya's journey—not the threats in the Sea of Quanta."

"Although the two are not vastly different, I think you should understand the distinction between the former and the latter."

Mei spoke slowly.

Off to the side, Kiana watched Mei speak gracefully to Einstein, her eyes flashing with joy and complexity.

Back in Nagazora City, Mei had seemed so… ordinary.

But after this not-so-long period of time, Mei had transformed from an ordinary cook into a super cook and a wise woman.


Having witnessed these changes, Kiana was sincerely happy for her.


But at the same time, she couldn’t help feeling a bit discouraged.

Mei had changed so much.

But what about me?

Aside from the slight change in mood after watching the last lesson video, her combat experience and skills had only improved thanks to the efforts of Fu Hua and Himeko.

Everything else was basically the same.

Kiana lowered her head slightly and clenched her fist in silence.

She...was little unwilling.


... 

During this time, Enstein have discussed the answer to the question with Mei.

"The option we discussed is A."

After announcing the answer, Mei focused her attention on Bronya.

"Bronya, this question is for you to answer."

Since it was about Bronya saving Seele, it was only natural for Bronya to be the one to answer.

Einstein naturally had no objections to this.

Bronya, without asking why, accepted the answer that Mei and the others had discussed.

"Bronya chooses A!"

Bronya made her choice under the gazes of everyone.

A short while later—

[Error]

Seeing this result, Mei and Einstein, who had discussed the answer, frowned.

Then, the correct answer was revealed:

[Correct answer: B. Attention from the pioneers]

After seeing the answer, Einstein glanced at Mei helplessly and sighed. 

"I should have listened to you."

In the earlier discussion, Mei had insisted on choosing answer B. If they had followed Mei’s choice, they would have gotten it right.

Mei shook her head slightly at Einstein's words.

"There’s nothing to regret. After all, your answer was more convincing than my guess, wasn't it?"

Whoever makes the most sense, we follow them. It’s always been that way.

"Rather than dwelling on this mistake, I think we should focus on the information revealed by the answer."

A glint flashed across the lenses of her glasses, and Mei's eyes were filled with solemnity.

The pioneers, like Fu Hua, were survivors from the previous era.

And as the question title suggests, the attention of this unknown pioneer will become the greatest threat to Bronya during her mission to rescue Seele.

Having experienced Fu Hua’s strength firsthand, Mei placed this unknown pioneer on the same level as Fu Hua—no, even higher.

After all, according to Fu Hua, she had been seriously injured, and her current strength was only a tenth of what it used to be.

In response to Mei’s concerns, Einstein calmly replied. 

"Dr. Tesla and I will investigate this later."

Tesla was somewhat dissatisfied with Einstein’s habit of making decisions on her behalf 

"Hey, Mophead, take care of the work you volunteered for yourself! Don’t drag me into it!"

"Huh?" Einstein tilted her head slightly and stared at Tesla with her usual, somewhat disinterested expression.

Mei also glanced at Tesla.

Under the weight of both gazes, Tesla quickly caved in.

[3. In order to rescue Seele, under the guidance of Joachim, Bronya successfully found the core of the Herrscher of Reason hidden somewhere in the Sea of Quanta and inherited Yang's will, becoming the third acting Herrscher of Reason. ]

[Question: Which of the following Honkai Beasts obstructed Bronya from obtaining the core of the Herrscher of Reason?]

[A. Benares]

[B. Chiyou] 

[C. Tlaloc]

[D. Janna]

Looking at the new question, Einstein showed no signs of surprise.

After learning that Bronya became the Herrscher of Reason, she had already guessed most of it.

But she hadn’t expected it to happen in the Sea of Quanta.

The Leader should still have been hiding at St. Freya Academy teaching.

And Bronya obtained the core in the Sea of Quanta and inherited the will.

So that means—something must have happened to make the Leader go to the Sea of Quanta.

Wait, was it that one...?

Since they already knew that Bronya would become a Herrscher, the people of St. Freya weren’t too surprised by the question.

The only strange part was—

"Can a status like being a Herrscher be passed down?"

Theresa was a bit curious. It was the first time she had heard that a Herrscher could have a first and second generation.

"Well… because of its special nature, the core of the Herrscher of Reason has the ability to be inherited. As for other Herrschers, I’m not sure if they can be passed down."

Tesla carelessly revealed this detail about the Herrscher of Thunder.

Einstein was somewhat helpless, but said nothing.

After all, at this point, St. Freya Academy was worthy of their trust.

So sharing this information wasn’t a big deal.

"As for this question, the Honkai Beasts mentioned in the books..."

Mei was a little confused. She had recently read many reference books, but few focused on Honkai Beasts. At most, she recognized the more common ones recorded in the Schicksal Library.

Of the options, Mei only recognized Benares from option A.

"Rule out option B."

Fu Hua suddenly spoke, drawing everyone’s attention.

Then, she quietly shared what she knew:

"Chiyou is a Judgment-level Honkai Beast that appeared in Shenzhou thousands of years ago."

Fu Hua didn’t say anything more—mainly because she had forgotten the rest.

However, this brief information was enough for Mei and the others to eliminate Chiyou as the correct answer.

How could a Honkai Beast from Shenzhou appear in the Sea of Quanta?

With Chiyou excluded, Mei and the others were left with two choices:

[C. Tlaloc] and [D. Janna]








Chapter 86: Bronya Trusts You, Class Leader!

Whether it is option C,Tlaloc, or option D, Janna,

No one has any impression of these two names.

This means...

"I can only choose one of the two?"

With a sigh, Mei's pretty face showed a trace of helplessness.

Okay, this situation is not the first time anyway.

"Since there is no clue at all, let's rely on luck."

As she said this, Mei looked at Bronya and gave Bronya the right to choose.

"Bronya, just choose one from here."

Bronya naturally had no objection to this.

She glanced at the two answers and prepared to choose one according to her mood.

Well... she was going to choose D.

The name Tlaloc is so low and incomprehensible. No matter how you look at it, option D, which sounds a bit like a girl's name, is more in line with Bronya's girlish heart.

"D? I think it's C?"

Kiana muttered, seeing Bronya's thoughts, which made Bronya stop voicing the answer that was about to come out and turn to look at Kiana.

"Why?"

Bronya simply spit out two words.

"Well, I always feel that the latter one will be more difficult than the former one."

"Intuition?"

Guessing what was going on, Bronya sighed and spoke bluntly.

"Idiot Kiana's intuition is not reliable at all."

Kiana's intuition had always been more accurate in answering questions. She also answered correctly based on intuition in the previous few times. However, she also answered incorrectly.


In this case, it was difficult for Bronya to trust Kiana's intuition too much.


Bronya shook her head slightly and planned to maintain the original answer and still choose D.

However, when she glanced at Fu Hua, she suddenly thought of something.

"Class leader, if you were asked to guess, which one would you choose?"

"Ah?" Fu Hua was stunned for a moment when she was asked suddenly. After reacting, she glanced at the question and spoke without thinking, "I should choose D."

She felt that D looked like the correct answer.

"Really?"

After hearing Fu Hua's answer, Bronya's eyes lit up, and she had an idea in her mind instantly.

After taking a deep breath, she said her choice without hesitation:

"Bronya chooses C!"

A slightly childish voice sounded in everyone's ears, accompanied by the result of the question:

[Correct]

Bronya almost laughed out loud, but unfortunately, she was a expressionless. 

"...Bronya, can you tell me why?"

Fu Hua was a little curious about Bronya's quick, accurate, and unhesitating answer after her answer and even showed an expression of having expected it afterward.

"..."

Bronya had a blank expression on her face. She struggled with whether she should tell the truth to Fu Hua.

If she said it, she was afraid of hurting class monitor's self-esteem.

If she didn't say it, she felt a little sorry for class monitor.

After struggling for a moment, she grabbed Fu Hua's arms and forced a smile.

"Bronya just trusts the choice made by class leader!"

Bronya's words revealed full trust, which made Fu Hua a little moved.


But then she was a little confused.

No... why should she be moved?

Trust her choice?

But didn't she choose C?!

Fu Hua couldn't figure it out for a moment. She had a face full of question marks.

On the side, Book of Fuxi had already seen what was going on. She lied on the sphere with his white head tilted up. She held her forehead and sighed.

Jingwei was still the same as before, a blockhead.

The screen for answering questions changed slightly at this time, and a video was slowly played.

…

In the long corridor... 

The various hardships she had experienced before had made Bronya's body scarred. The exoskeleton leg armor that was originally used to replace the broken leg to assist in movement was now tattered, with broken and missing parts everywhere.

"Hu... Ha... Hu..." Bronya's disordered breathing was the only sound in this silent place.

Taking a staggering step, she limped forward in a very bad state.

"Here... is the Sea of Quanta..."

Around her, on the square mirror, various images of what Bronya had experienced and had not experienced flashed one by one.

"The core of the Herrscher of Reason is here..."

There were Bronya's parents, whose appearance she had long forgotten, Bronya's childhood appearance, the good memories of accompanying her companions in the orphanage, and the good memories of everyone in St. Freya Academy.

Physical pain and mental fatigue lingered in Bronya's heart.

Tending to her injured arm and enduring everything that ordinary people cannot endure, Bronya reluctantly opened her heavy eyelids.

"Seele... Bronya... will definitely save you."

Using this belief to encourage herself, Bronya raised one hand with difficulty and shook it forward.

In an instant,

The mirror shattered, and everyone's memories turned into fragments and disappeared in an instant.

And this obscured space also revealed its true face.

The deep gem that exuded strong Honkai energy and made it impossible for people to approach was suspended in the air, and the dazzling light it emitted made it impossible to look directly at it with the naked eye.

After adapting for a while, then, with a difficult humming sound, Bronya reached out to grab it, enduring the burning pain of the Honkai energy.


Then, as if breaking through some kind of barrier, she directly grabbed the Herrscher core.

The moment the core was touched, the air stagnated, and there was a momentary pause.

However, from the next moment, extremely terrifying Honkai energy burst out from the Herrscher core.


The huge amount of Honkai energy caused a huge change in the originally monotonous space, dyeing it with an ominous color.

And Bronya's action of touching the Herrscher core was like a switch.


From the moment it was turned on, pale and huge tentacles broke out from the ground and rushed to the sky.


They entangled together, tightly binding the intruder who dared to touch the guarded object.

However, the erosion of Bronya by the core held in her hand did not stop there but became more and more severe.

The dark purple lines on her arms, representing the sign of Honkai erosion, began to appear. Spreading from the neck, from the neck to the face, taking up all the spare space, and Bronya's pupils gradually became dull.

"The core... is going to lose control..."

Enduring the burning pain, at the last moment of consciousness disappearing, she witnessed the Herrscher core falling from her hand, and she was somewhat powerless to be covered by the object and fell into darkness.

Deep, she fell into the deep sea.

Such powerlessness, even if there was still reluctance in her heart, Bronya also knew that she was probably done for.

Unable to stop the feeling of falling, the empty feeling of loss, Bronya fell powerlessly into the depths of the sea.

A blue, dream-like butterfly appeared, flapping its wings and slowly falling to Bronya's fingertips.

An inexplicable power bloomed, providing Bronya with the power to open her eyes.

She opened her eyes dazedly, feeling this warm and familiar feeling, and Bronya reluctantly looked at the blurry but familiar figure.

"...Seele..."



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Chapter 87 [Cyberangel: ZERO Exception]

The entangled bud-like touch object leaked light from the gap. Under the tyrannical force, this extremely resilient extension object was directly opened.

A sci-fi-filled virtual shadow, very different from the previous one, was suspended within it and slowly opened its mechanical arms as if protecting something.

Gorgeous butterflies, like dreams, flew and scattered.

With the flow of light, the virtual shadow's cover was revealed from the surface like a silkworm chrysalis shedding its skin and turning into a butterfly.

No longer like the white of the past, the cold blue replaced those former colors, and the majestic and sharp posture surpassed the past, causing the people watching the movie and familiar with its exstence to marvel again and again.

And below it, the petite figure with a bent waist slowly straightened up. Like Project Bunny, as the azure light spots shattered one by one, new, gorgeous clothes replaced the ordinary, shattered ones. The dreamy blue butterfly fluttered and circled around.


Finally, it spread its wings and landed in front of Bronya, turning into a blue gem to fill the only flaw in this gorgeous dress.


The brilliance bloomed; everything was complete, as if reborn. After resonating with the Project Bunny, Bronya turned slightly and faced the enemy that was about to appear.

The sharp and wide claws scratched the ground, obeying the call of the pioneer, and the hideous and unbearable snake followers appeared from the imaginary space.


The serpent follower angrily rushed toward the weak figure who dared to touch the thing they were guarding and roared.

"Roar!!!"

The might swept in all directions. If it were an ordinary Valkyrie, she would be injured and unable to stand just by facing the roar.

However, as the successor of Welt, the third Herrscher of Reason, Bronya Zachyik would not be disturbed by this barking.

She walked fearlessly and rushed toward the snake followers under the protection of Project Bunny.

Light flowed beneath her graceful steps, and round pulleys emerged from her feet, making Bronya’s movements faster.

This leisurely look made Tlaloc manic. He raised his huge palm and slapped fiercely.

Under the enormous force, the ground shattered, and smoke filled the air.

Of course, Bronya couldn’t be knocked down so easily. She jumped from the smoke into the air and landed on Tlaloc’s spacious body.

The pulley rolled, and she ran steadily on Tlaloc’s ribbon, looking quite relaxed.

At the end, Bronya, noticing something, abruptly stopped her advance with a nimble movement and turned her head to look.

In the hideous, bloody mouth, a huge amount of purple Honkai energy gathered, exuding a dangerous breath.

The light flashed and then erupted in an instant, turning into a hot energy stream and rushing toward Bronya, who was already in the air.

Right in the middle!

The beam that directly hit the target spread out in all directions, causing a violent explosion.

At this moment, the people outside the image felt a chill in their hearts and worried about Bronya in the image.

However, the next moment, this worry disappeared.

A figure appeared from the dissipating smoke, and the blue Project Bunny robot palmed slightly, building an indestructible defense barrier in front of the dragon.

[All systems on]

The unique mechanical sound of the Project Bunny sounded.

Standing beneath it, Bronya, who was not damaged at all, stared at the huge monster.

"Ride on!"

"Ride on."

Responding to Bronya’s command, Project Bunny answered as if they were one.

[Switch engine drive]

In Bronya’s blooming light, Project Bunny suddenly took off—

Decompose, reassemble, and reconstruct.

The gears overlapped, the gaps attached, and it turned into a blue, sci-fi motorcycle to an exciting accompaniment.

Bronya drove it and jumped out of the air.

"Bang"

Another heavy blow.

But in the next moment, the motorcycle driven by Bronya jumped out of the smoke and dust and soared into the air with a blue glow.

Wherever the vehicle drove, a blue illusory light curtain appeared.

Chased by those extended objects, Bronya was always in the lead.

But there are exceptions to everything.

Under Tlaloc’s full strength, the entangled limbs were like a net, trying to catch Bronya and the damn motorcycle together.

Realizing the approaching danger, Bronya let go of the handrail, flew into the air, spread her legs, and performed a split in mid-air.

After crossing this not-so-long road, she once again grabbed the handle of the motorcycle.

And from that moment on, floating cannons as numerous as stars emerged from the air.

As Bronya twisted the throttle suddenly, the illusory tracks spread toward Tlaloc’s huge body.

[Turbo charge]

Under the accumulated power, the Project Bunny at the center began the countdown.

[One]

[Two]

[Three]

As the final countdown ended, the motorcycle bursted with terrifying power. It rushed toward Tlaloc along the illusory road!

"Roar!!"

Roaring, Tlaloc spread his broad palm and struck at the weak human who dared to face him.

Looking at the behemoth, Bronya gritted her teeth, and the stoicism she had maintained for years broke into a hoarse cry at this moment—

"Ha!"

Though immature and a little milky, one could feel the emotion poured into it.

[CRITICAL]

Ignoring the warning from Project Bunny, Bronya drove the motorcycle fiercely through the tail flames.

The powerful force directly pierced the tough arm. Nothing could stop Bronya and her beloved motorcycle from moving forward at that moment.

Soaring into the sky, Bronya fell from the bike, and Project Bunny returned to its original form.

The silver hair once bound by the hairpin was no longer restrained as the ornaments fell off, turning into a silver streak trailing behind her. The power from the Herrscher perfected the Herrscher attire on her.

As the pleated skirt descended, the hairpin appeared, Bronya completed the coronation ceremony of becoming a Herrscher.


At that moment, she looked down at the behemoth like a noble angel.


Those illusory creations completed their final transformation and became real entities. The cold muzzles aimed at the broken Honkai beast.

As the gear symbol unique to the Herrscher appeared in Bronya’s eyes, the blue and deadly beam engulfed Tlaloc’s body.


Boom!


After a violent explosion, as the smoke dissipated, Tlaloc’s broken body turned into scattered light spots and vanished due to irreparable injuries.

Alone in this sea of light spots, Bronya stretched out her hands and enjoyed the lingering quietness.

… Seele

Seele’s figure flashed through her mind, and she no longer clung to that rare quiet. She slowly opened her eyes.

With a faint smile on her face, Bronya gently placed her hand on the cold knuckles of Project Bunny, as if to express her gratitude to this friend who had accompanied her all the way.

"Brony is here to see you..."




--



Chapter 88: Bronya is So High

The scene ended with two entangled blue butterflies.

After witnessing this extremely shocking image, everyone present was silent for a long time.

Even Kiana who usually liked to bicker with Bronya,l was also convinced and admired Bronya’s wonderful performance in the image.


She whispered.  "Bronya is quite handsome.”

This made Bronya smile.

It wasn’t easy to make stupid Kiana say something like that.

Seeing that she looked so cool, and knowing that it seemed she would be able to rescue Seele later—and even earned Kiana's admiration—Bronya was in an extremely good mood at the moment.

But before she could enjoy it for even a few seconds, Kiana spoke again with a bit of disgust.

“But why is the person next to me so lame?”

Bronya’s forced smile vanished instantly, and her previously elated mood was ruined.

Huh?

What do you mean the person next to me is lame?!

Isn’t that Bronya herself?!

The one in the video is also what Bronya will experience in the future!

“Then Bronya thinks stupid Kiana isn’t much better!”

Annoyed, Bronya replied expressionlessly.

Before, she was controlled by the Herrscher persona and ended up like that, which led to Teacher Himeko dying in battle.

How dare you say that about me! How dare you!

“Hmm…”

Kiana was choked by the rebuttal and couldn’t refute it.

Compared to the Bronya who became a Herrscher to save her sister and looked so cool in the video, her past self—who was also controlled and indirectly caused Himeko’s death—really seemed pathetic.

Although the Queen’s performance had its merits, Kiana had nothing to be proud of.

Every time she thought of what she had seen in the video, she only felt regret and discouragement.

“Okay, okay, stop arguing,” Mei intervened just in time.

She could ignore their usual bickering, but when it came to sad matters—especially considering that Kiana, even though she had changed a lot and wasn’t as fragile as before—she might still feel bitter.

“What happened in the past is in the past, and it’s not Kiana’s fault that things turned out that way.”

She said this casually, then also encouraged Bronya 

“Bronya’s performance was really great.”

Mei’s praise was sincere. She truly believed Bronya’s performance was excellent and complimented her wholeheartedly, which made Bronya feel much better.

Yeah, Mei really is the best sister!

It’s a pity I already have Seele, otherwise...

Bronya didn’t dwell on that thought for long.

Well, after rescuing Seele, I’ll introduce her to Mei. I believe Seele will get along well with Mei—after all, they’re both gentle in their own way.

“Good performance.”

As a friend, subordinate, and assistant to the former Herrscher of Reason, Tesla crossed her arms and seemed very satisfied with Bronya’s display in the video.

Einstein also gave a rare smile.

To Bronya, the successor chosen by Welt Yang, her performance in the video had not been disappointing at all.

Fu Hua.

She admired Bronya’s composure and presence in the video.

But more than admiration, she was still distracted by the pain in her knees.

With the reminder from Book of Fuxi, Fu Hua finally understood the meaning behind what Bronya had said earlier.

But upon realizing it, she felt as though an arrow had pierced her knees.

She had always thought that the obedient and honest Bronya was a good girl.

Staring at Bronya with a slightly resentful gaze, Fu Hua felt genuinely hurt.

Suddenly—

Whoosh!

A falling sound was heard.

Fu Hua instinctively dodged to the side.

And then...

Book of Fuxi next to Fu Hua wasn’t so lucky.


Bang! 

She was directly hit by something that fell from the sky and was heavily pinned to the ground.

That “something” was the Homu reward box that appeared after answering the question.

As the answerer, Bronya picked up the Homu Reward Box, freeing Book of Fuxi. He braced his back and floated up again. Although he was an iron-clad armed puppet, Book of Fuxi had the ability to simulate pain—and being hit like that couldn’t have felt good.

Once it was confirmed that Book of Fuxi was fine, everyone relaxed and turned their attention to Bronya.

Bronya, of course, knew what she had to do. She placed the Homu Reward Box on the ground and opened it with a trace of anticipation.

As always, golden light burst forth. Everyone was used to it by now… well, everyone except Fu Hua, who felt like she had been shot by another arrow when she saw the golden glow.

Inside the box was an ornate and gorgeous hair ornament.

“Isn’t this the one Bronya wore in the video?!”

After Theresa pointed it out, everyone else remembered.

From the appearance, it was indeed the butterfly-shaped ornament that had appeared with the pleated skirt when Bronya reached the final stage of becoming a Herrscher in the video.

“Just an ornament?” Tesla showed a slightly annoyed expression.

As a pragmatist, she had no interest in purely decorative items. At best, they just made the overall image look tidier.

Einstein’s eyes also flashed with disappointment. Judging by her disheveled and unruly hair, she clearly wasn’t the type who cared about appearances.

She really had no interest in simple ornaments.

However, the people at St. Freya Academy didn’t look down on these kinds of accessories.


After all, Mei became a genius just from wearing a plain pair of glasses, and that eye thingy (Mei’s limited edition) turned her into a super cook. So they didn’t underestimate seemingly useless accessories or miscellaneous items.

“Open the info panel and take a look,” Kiana, growing impatient, urged Bronya with curiosity.

Then…

[Motor Duck’s Accessory]

[The Herrscher of Reason – Bronya Zaychik used the power of the Herrscher to construct an accessory matching the costume. It contains the power of the Herrscher of Reason (indestructible).]

[Friendly reminder: Hidden attributes will be triggered when worn by certain people.]

“…This attribute,” Mei muttered with a twitch in her lips. She was all too familiar with it.

The glasses she was wearing now could increase intelligence and allow the use of part of the Herrscher of Thunder’s power.


Hidden attributes, wasn’t it the same as what was shown in the video?

“Since it’s your own accessory, Bronya, why don’t you try wearing it?”

Using her own experience as a reference, Mei gave her suggestion for triggering the hidden attributes.

Bronya didn’t hesitate to accept it. She took off the accessory tying her hair.

Her signature double Roman curls instantly fell apart, cascading down like silver silk threads.

Then, Bronya placed the ornament exactly where she had worn it in the video.

This hair ornament was special—it didn’t need pins or clips. Once placed, it automatically adhered to her hair.

As soon as it was in position, a wave of blue light flowed over her. The accessory transformed into a dreamy blue butterfly that flapped its wings twice before returning to its original form.

Under everyone’s watchful eyes, the feeling Bronya gave off—

—had changed.




Chapter 89 Who Revoked Bronya's Driver's License?

Although there is no change in appearance, Bronya feels a little... different after wearing this jewelry.

"Subtle? Should I say that?"

Mei scratched her cheek and expressed her feelings uncertainly.

Without the intention of dwelling on this topic, she directly suggested. 

"Anyway, let's see if there are any changes to this jewelry first."

Everyone present was quite curious about this at the moment.

Bronya didn't mean to keep it a secret and reached out to touch the jewelry in her hair.

[Motor Duck's Jewelry]

[The Herrscher of Reason - Bronya Zachiyk

This accessory, constructed by Bronya using the power of the Herrscher, is a set of accessories that match the clothing. It contains the power of the Herrscher of Reason (indestructible).]

[Effect 1: Power of Reason – The wearer can obtain some of the power of the Herrscher of Reason (non-Herrscher state), and for Herrschers, it is enhanced by 30% on the original basis.]

[Effect 2: Hanser's Singing Voice – When wearing this accessory, when using the power brought by this accessory to fight, the BGM produced by Hanser will be automatically played.]

[Angel of Sin: Attributes increase by 10%.]

[Limited Wearer: Bronya Zacyhik.]

[Note: One accessory with built-in sound is better than two!]

Compared with the simple information before, the activated accessories this time have a lot more information.

However...

She was surprised to see the Power of Reason in Effect 1. After all, it was almost equivalent to having two law enforcers present. Although only part of the power could be used, there was a lot of room for operation.

However, the attribute named [Hanser's Singing Voice] at the back made Tesla's expression a little weird.

"It has its own BGM during the battle? Can hearing BGM increase combat power?
What kind of weird settings are these?"
She said with a full desire to complain.
"Why does it sound so... like a joke?"

"Speaking of BGM, there was something similar in the video just now, right?"

She didn't pay attention to it because she was so absorbed in watching it, but when she saw Hanser's BGM, Tesla reacted.

"Well, it sounds quite similar to Bronya's voice."

Himeko thought about it and teased Bronya: "You sang that music, didn't you? Bronya?"

This made Bronya want to complain.

"Bronya can't sing," she said directly with a blank expression.

That song couldn't be sung by me. I can't just hum a BGM while fighting monsters, right?

And Bronya can't sing either.

Except for the time in the orphanage, whether it was the past as the Ural Silver Wolf or after she lost Seele, she had no connection with music.

"According to the information in the accessories, the song should be sung by the person called Hanser."

The rational Mei made a rough guess.

"Perhaps, Hanser's voice is very similar to Bronya's?"

"It's not impossible."

For Mei's rational speculation, Einstein, who also belongs to the rational school, echoed and silently gave a thumbs up.

She is now liking this girl named Raiden Mei more and more.

She is so rational and intelligent, and always goes straight to the point and moves towards her goal, which is very similar to Einstein's code of conduct.

Einstein, who felt that she had met her too late, suddenly thought of the netizen she had recently communicated with in an online academic forum.

Mei gave Einstein the same feeling as when she talked with that netizen—very comfortable, and she could understand the other person's meaning without much nonsense.

If one day, that netizen could also come in, then with Mei, she would form a happy little circle.

What? Dr. Tesla?

Well... although Einstein does regard Tesla as her good friend and partner.

Tesla's intelligence is at the same level as her own, but unfortunately, Tesla is too unstable. Her recklessness from time to time often gives Einstein a headache...

Back to the topic.

Einstein looked at Bronya wearing the hair ornament with a serious face:

"You must practice well with the power of the Herrscher of Reason."

"Among all the Herrsher, the power of the Herrscher of Reason is almost the weakest."

Tesla took over the conversation, with a little helplessness on her pretty face.

"The power of the Herrscher of Reason lies in knowledge. In other words, if you can't accumulate knowledge, you will be defeated. If you don't have enough knowledge, the power of the Herrscher of Reason will be almost useless."

Because there is a Herrscher of Reason around her, she and Einstein naturally studied the Herrscher of Reason a lot.

There is no need for them to say anything about their leader. After all, Yang is already a mature Herrscher and has inherited some of the knowledge of his predecessor Welt. With their assistance, it is easy to exert the normal combat power of the Herrscher.

However, Bronya is different.

Einstein once deliberately investigated Bronya, who was Cocolia's adopted daughter and served as her assistant.

When she accepted Cocolia's property later, she had collected almost all of Bronya's information through records.

The Silver Wolf of Ural, a very famous killer, but unfortunately, it is of no use to inherit the power of the Herrscher of Reason.

After staying in the orphanage for a while, she formed a deep bond and then just lived a lazy life.


The rest of the time, she was just slacking off...


Eistein really couldn't overestimate Bronya's knowledge reserve as the successor of the Herrscher of Reason.

In the previous video, Bronya actually manifested a high-tech product such as the floating cannon, which surprised her.

"After that, I will sort out the information of the weapons, and you need to remember them all in your mind."

Seeing Bronya nod, Einstein made arrangements.

The real Herrscher of Reason can directly engrave the information into the core without memorizing it in the mind and store it in the core.

This is also the core ability unique to the Herrscher of Reason—inheritance.

But Bronya in front of her is different.

With the ornament, Bronya may be able to use part of the Herrscher of Reason's power.

But Einstein estimated that, at most, she could only use the most basic understanding and reconstruction ability.

Whether the more important inheritance ability can be used is still unknown.

[4. After becoming a Herrscher, Bronya found Seele and prepared to take her away from the Sea of Quanta]

[Excuse me, who among the following options revoked Bronya's driver's license and laid the foundation for Bronya's title of the King of Defeat ?]

[A. Su.]

[B. Kevin.]

[C. Black Tiger A Fu.]

[D. Dudu]




Chapter 90: Kiana Is Occasionally Smart

"Haha, hahahaha!"

Kiana burst into laughter when she saw the question.

She looked at Bronya with a hint of mockery in her eyes. “The King of Defeat? It suits you well, shorty!”

Kiana still remembered what Bronya had said to her just now.

Although she really had nothing to say about it at the time, now that she had the chance, Kiana would not miss the opportunity to laugh at Bronya.

“…”

Bronya’s eyes burned with fire, clearly annoyed by the question.

What is the origin of the title “King of Defeat”? Bronya is not the King of Defeat!

The question made her feel bad, and since Kiana had come so eagerly to mock her, Bronya would not be polite and retorted:

“Bronya thinks that Idiot Kiana is more suitable for this title!”

“Huh?” Kiana glared.

A verbal battle was about to break out.

“Okay, okay, let’s wait and see.”

Mei clapped her hands to stop the bickering between the two.

“Now, we still have to discuss the question that will make Bronya lose… Puchi—”

When she said the word, even Mei couldn’t help but cover her mouth and smile.

However, after feeling Bronya’s resentful gaze, Mei still suppressed her smile and said seriously:

“We still have to choose the correct answer to this question.”

To be honest, this question is a bit weird.

The first part is about Bronya becoming the Herrscher of Reason and leaving the Sea of Quanta with Seele.

Then it turns into someone revoking her driver's license and starting her journey as the King of Defeat.

It sounds a bit anticlimactic.

“Let’s ignore this strange question for now and look at the answers directly.”

“We’ve seen this ‘Dudu’ from answer D many times before. I think those of you who fought against Entropy should know of this S-rank Valkyrie of Schicksal.”

Suddenly, Mei paused and spokd uncertainly, “Isn’t answer D a little off?”

“It’s a little wrong. The correct one should be Durandal,” Einstein confirmed and corrected Mei at the same time.

“Well… I don’t think it’s wrong,” Theresa muttered softly.

Based on her understanding of Durandal, the name “Dudu” did indeed suit her.

However, this is just a rough description.

“If the school principal doesn’t know Durandal’s combat power well, and there’s some exaggeration, then as one of Otto’s trump cards, if future Bronya conflicts with Schicksal and her license gets revoked… she does have the motivation and ability.”

Mei analyzed rationally and raised her eyebrows when it came to the mention of the revoked license in the question.

“Option D can be retained for now.”

“As for the other answers—do you have any impressions of the names listed?”

Kiana and Bronya looked at each other. They didn’t know the names, nor were they expected to.

Theresa and Himeko shook their heads. Tesla and Einstein had also never heard of those three names.

Only Fu Hua’s expression changed slightly.

“Except for option C, I don’t know.”

“I just have an impression of option A. I should have had some interaction with the person named Su in the past.”

“And the person in option B…”

After a pause, Fu Hua’s mind suddenly brought forth memories of the name.

Recalling for a moment, she said solemnly:

“He’s a pioneer left from the previous era, like me.”

“And… he should be the most powerful among us.”

Fu Hua revealed a shocking piece of news.

“…Kevin, the pioneer—the most powerful one among them?”

After hearing this, Mei’s expression became a bit serious.

At the same time, she suddenly remembered something and looked at Kiana.

“Kiana, we should have seen this name before, right? When we were still in Nagazora City.”

“Hmm… did we?” Kiana scratched her head in confusion, then suddenly remembered and nodded. “Oh, I think we did.”

“This guy’s full name seems to be Kevin Kaslana, right?”

She remembered thinking at the time: if someone with the Kaslana name had done something so terrible, she would have punished them and cleaned up the mess.

However, the culprit turned out to be Cocolia, and so much had happened since then. If Mei hadn’t brought it up, Kiana would have almost forgotten the name.

Thinking about what the class monitor had just said—

This guy named Kevin is actually stronger than herself.

Because of sparring and training, and having been beaten by Fu Hua in various ways lately, Kiana instantly felt the gap and felt a bit embarrassed about her ignorant thoughts back then.

“Speaking of which, in the previous question about Dwarf Pudding, the biggest threat to her was the gaze from the pioneers.”

“Since this Kevin is so strong, and he’s a pioneer like the class monitor, could he be the one mentioned in that previous question?”

When Kiana said this, everyone who knew her was shocked.

“…What… what happened?” Seeing their stunned expressions, Kiana was a little puzzled.

“Nothing. I just didn’t expect that Idiit Kiana could think of so many things.” Bronya said bluntly.

Of course, this wasn’t pleasant for Kiana to hear.

What do you mean I can think of so many things?!

Are you implying I’m usually too dumb to?

Damn it! I might not be good at studying, but I’m extremely smart!

After glancing at the rest of the group, Kiana became furious when she realized even her beloved Mei seemed to think the same way.

Seeing Kiana’s displeasure, Mei quietly patted her on the shoulder.

Then she turned serious and said, “What Kiana said is indeed very reasonable.”

Being both a pioneer and a true powerhouse fits the conditions mentioned in the previous question, which makes the answer more certain.

“Compared to the other vague options, this one is more reliable.”

“So…”

Mei looked at Bronya and signaled with her eyes.

“…”

Bronya sighed and then, without hesitation, made a choice.

“Bronya chooses B!”

To be honest, she didn’t really want to answer this question, but since it was about her, she had to face the consequences of her own failure.

[Correct]

The question was answered correctly.

But Bronya was already mentally crossing out this man named Kevin, imagining Project Bunny hanging him up for a beating.

As she thought this—

The answer screen shifted slightly, and the image tied to the question appeared.

With everyone focusing—and Bronya gritting her teeth—

The image that marked Bronya’s defeat began to unfold!



Chapter 91: Can’t Say “Similar ,” Can Only Say “Exactly the Same”

The space was torn open with a harsh roar. The baby carriage-driving Bronya descended from the sky, streaking across the screen between the two people talking.

Among the two, Bronya was not unfamiliar with the first—Seele Vollerei, someone who often came to her mind.

Directly opposite Seele stood a white-haired, blue-eyed man wearing a long windbreaker.

"Kevin..."

Seeing that familiar face, Fu Hua’s hands, hidden beneath her sleeves, trembled slightly. A trace of nostalgia flashed through her eyes—even though she no longer remembered much of the past.

"This is the pioneer like you, Kevin."

Standing to the side, Himeko looked at Kevin in the image with a casual tone, admiring the man’s striking features.

"I think he looks pretty good."

"Tch, I don’t think he’s all that," Kiana said, unimpressed.

Although she had to admit he was good-looking and shared the same surname, the Kaslana family had always been about strong women. Even though she wasn’t the real Kiana, the Kaslana bloodline ran deep in her—and it mattered.

Thanks to the instincts embedded in her very DNA, Kiana found it hard to feel anything for a man.

And...

Looking at Kevin’s indifferent expression, Kiana felt uneasy. There was an inexplicable dislike growing in her chest. The feeling was similar—but not identical—to the way she felt about Bronya, the short little pudding.

She instinctively reached out and held Mei’s hand. Mei, surprised by the sudden gesture, looked at Kiana’s conflicted expression, not quite understanding what had happened.

Still, she didn’t pull away. Instead, she held Kiana’s hand tighter and gave a small, comforting smile.

Seeing that smile, the strange feeling in Kiana’s heart began to fade. Her mood gradually calmed.

She leaned against Mei, clinging to her arm as they silently watched the video continue to play.

Bronya had reunited with Seele and exchanged a few words.

Then her gaze fell on the conspicuous “light bulb.”

“Mr. Welt, is that man the [Serpent]?” Bronya stared at Kevin with a serious expression and asked her companion— Welt Yang

Even as the Herrscher of Reason, she could feel the danger emanating from this man.

“This is the first time I’ve seen his true form,” came Welt’s deep, magnetic voice in her ear.

“But his aura is undeniably the [Serpent] I sensed in the Sea of Quanta.”

Einstein and Tesla, watching the footage, were visibly moved by the voice. Their expressions shifted, their eyes flickering with recognition.

“We meet again, Herrscher of Reason... and her successor.”

Kevin had already noticed Bronya’s arrival and her conversation with Welt, so he was the first to greet them.

Welt, whose will was hidden in the core of the Herrscher, was surprised and a bit skeptical.

“He’s speaking to me...? Can he sense my presence?”

Kevin didn’t answer. He continued calmly:

“I once thought you were an apostle of the Honkai, but in that labyrinth, I saw your past.”

“Your will isn’t a disguise. As a Herrscher, you truly fight for humanity.”

“So, I helped that girl—hoping she’d bring you to me.”

He glanced at Seele and spoke lightly,
“Fighting the Honkai is our shared mission. I have no intention of being your enemy.”

But Bronya wasn’t convinced. She stared coldly at Kevin and declared with unwavering determination:

“Sweet talk won’t let you walk away from here!”

Kevin realized that words would no longer avert the inevitable conflict.

“Can you stop me?”

A dangerous glint flashed in his icy-blue eyes. Kevin lowered his arms and spoke with chilling calm.

At his words, a black tide surged from the dimensional rift, enveloping him. It twisted and churned like a living shadow.

At the same time, energy in the space converged into Kevin’s hand, transforming into a glowing emerald gem.

“Is that... the Gem of Desire?!”

Not only Bronya in the video, but also Theresa outside it exclaimed in unison.

But upon recognition, surprise followed.

The Gem of Desire should have been with her student Wendy in New Zealand. How did it end up with this man named Kevin in the future?

What had happened in the meantime?

The image continued.

“I have slumbered in this ocean for 1,500 years,” Kevin said.

“In all that time, Honkai has ravaged the world, and I could do nothing but sink into memories.”

“But now, it’s time for the serpent to return.”

His words were absolute. Kevin made a bold declaration in a tone that left no room for objection:

“Whether you accept it or not, I will fulfill my mission!”

The air grew tense.

With that declaration, the already strained conflict reached a breaking point.

“Kevin, I will never let you succeed!” Bronya declared fiercely.

As a Herrscher, her power surged to life. Blue artillery formed midair.

The barrage rained down, shredding the twisting shadows in the sky.

Bronya soared through the chaos in her beloved mechanical vehicle, charging toward the white-haired man—

—But things didn’t go as she’d hoped.

Just as she approached, something unexpected happened.

The core of the Herrscher of Reason radiated a dangerous energy, broke free from her control, and returned to Kevin’s hand. Bronya, stunned, lost her Herrscher form and Honkaid weakly to the ground.

“Bronya Zaychik,” Kevin said coldly.

“You’ve crossed countless world bubbles.”

“Carrying a heavy burden, you’ve come all this way.”

“But your body can no longer keep up with your will.”

As he finished, the glow from the Herrscher’s core in his hand changed—and slowly transformed into Welt Yang Joyce!

“Why does this guy... look exactly like Mr. Yang, the history teacher at the academy?” Kiana scratched her cheek in disbelief.

Mei and Bronya were speechless.

Call that similar? They’re exactly the same!

Even their clothes hadn’t changed! 

As principal, Theresa didn’t know every staff member personally, but she was well-acquainted with all the teachers. Of course, she knew Mr. Yang.

Now, seeing Welt—who looked identical to Yang—Theresa was left with a huge question mark floating above her head.

“What the heck is going on?!”




Chapter 92: The Herrscher is Actually Beside Me

Regarding the fact that her own school's history teacher is the leader of the mortal enemy Anti-Entropy—the First Herrscher, Welt—Theresa could only say:

Good grief.

I should have met him once during the Second Honkai... Well, although they didn't meet for too long and he hurried to the moon, I didn't recognize him.

Theresa couldn't help but feel annoyed. She remembered that when she first accepted Welt, he seemed familiar to her, and she specifically asked if she had seen him somewhere. But he said he hadn't seen her, and his name was completely different.

At that time, she was busy with government affairs and had a headache, and she was eager to read the latest Homy Weekly, so she didn’t pay too much attention.

After that, Theresa, as the principal of St. Freya Academy, also served as the head of the Far East Branch. She rarely asked about personnel transfers in the academy, instead handing them over to her confidants.

If it weren’t for the exposure in today's video, she would probably have kept the fact that her teacher was actually a Herrscher buried deep inside.

"Hey, hey, hey, shouldn’t you explain to me what’s going on?!"

Feeling embarrassed and annoyed at her negligence, Theresa stared at Tesla and Einstein, who held multiple identities as Anti-Entropy executors and Welt’s friends, with strong dissatisfaction in her eyes.

Grandpa Otto was already too much. The people he sent had almost infiltrated her academy like a sieve.

And what about Anti-Entropy? It was even more outrageous.

They actually placed such a dangerous existence—their leader and a Herrscher—in St. Freya Academy.

There was actually a living Herrscher around her. Theresa didn’t dare to think about what might have happened.

"Well... regarding this matter, Dr. Tesla and I actually disagreed with the leader choosing your St. Freya Academy, Ms. Theresa, as a place to settle down."

"After all, Ms. Theresa met us and the leader during the Second Eruption. If he was exposed, then our leader would be under the nose of Schicksal."

Einstein looked helpless.
"But what’s even more helpless is that the leader took the approach of acting first and reporting later."

"We actually didn’t know about him sneaking into St. Freya Academy as a teacher until later."

"You make me angry just mentioning this."

When Tesla brought this up, she couldn’t stand it anymore and shouted angrily:

"That troublesome guy sneaked into St. Freya Academy without notifying me or Mophead. According to him, he was almost not disguised."

"What’s more outrageous is that he succeeded."

At this point, Tesla glanced at Theresa with disgust.

"I say, Theresa, did you use xx to review the personnel at St. Freya Academy!?"

"Such a conspicuous leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance—you actually let him pass the personnel review?"

As soon as these words came out, and faced with the eyes of others, Theresa suddenly felt ashamed.

But she immediately realized something was wrong.

She had been the one asking questions, so how had it suddenly turned around on her?

Theresa was ready to speak again when she realized something, but after thinking about it, she pursed her lips and said nothing more.

It was her fault for not recognizing Welt’s identity.
It would be embarrassing to say more.

Einstein also noticed that the atmosphere had become a little strange.

Since St. Freya and Anti-Entropy were about to enter into a cooperative state, she had nothing to hide about the movements of her leader.

"The leader was seriously injured in the Second Honkai. He went dormant just to find a place to recover."

"He had his own reasons for choosing Ms. Theresa’s St. Freya Academy."

Einstein explained briefly, which made Theresa’s face look much better.

Although this was a bit like playing Tai Chi, it was more or less to save her own face, so she accepted the explanation.

During this interval, everyone continued to watch the unfinished video.

Kevin couldn’t help but admire the act of instantly reconstructing a body with a Herrscher Core.

But the two sides soon fell into disagreement.

Welt tried hard to snatch the Gem of Desire from Kevin’s hand.

But like Bronya, he was easily knocked to the ground by an invisible impact.

"I respect you. In this generation, there is still a group of heroes determined to fight for humanity."

"But you are still too naive—so naive that you will be killed by your ideals."

"—You know nothing about Honkai."

"I will command and lead mankind to complete the true mission of a [Pioneer]."

"Let us meet again in reality."

As soon as the voice fell, Kevin disappeared.

"...Kevin."

Listening to those heavy words, Fu Hua looked at the disappearing back of her former friend in the video. Even though many things had been forgotten, her mood was still complicated.

After Kevin left—

"Sister Bronya... Sister Bronya...!"

In Seele’s voice full of worry, Bronya in the image tried to get up with difficulty, but a trace of blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.

Not only were there wounds left by the battle—her body was suffering fatal damage.

Looking at the shocking dark purple lines under her skin—

"...Corrosion damage from the Core of the Herrscher of Reason?"

Outside the image, Einstein saw what was going on at a glance.

As the previous Herrscher of Reason, Yang had also suffered similar damage when using the power of the Herrscher of Reason.

Naturally, Bronya could not be an exception.

Compared to Welt, Bronya—who acquired resistance to Honkai energy—was even less adaptable to Honkai than Yang, and the erosion damage she suffered was also more serious.

As the successor of the Herrscher of Reason, Bronya may not have been a qualified candidate in terms of physical compatibility.

"Bronya Zaychik."

Einstein, understanding this, turned her eyes to Bronya and asked in a deep voice. 

"Are you determined to risk your life for your beliefs?"

If she answered no, she would stop Bronya from inheriting the power of the Herrscher of Reason.

This was also for Bronya’s safety.

However, there was no need to answer.

From Bronya’s resolute and unshakable expression, Einstein had already received a response.

She laughed softly: "It seems I asked an unnecessary question."

There is no doubt that those who have made up their minds can give everything to save Seele and protect the people they cherish.

Even if she suffers a heavy blow like the one in the image—even if she knows that such a choice will lead to her end—

Bronya Zaychek will never look back!




Chapter 93: About the Cause of Death of the Weakest Herrscher

In the video, Bronya's extremely poor physical condition was not the greatest crisis.

"The space is shaking…?! Damn it!"

Welt's expression suddenly changed as he sensed the disturbance.

The boulder floating in the air shattered instantly, becoming separated from the other two.

The boulder that fell into the abyss rolled, crumbled, dissolved, and eventually vanished into the chaos, merging with the bottomless, dark tide.

This was a sign that the ground was about to collapse.

If they fell into the dark tide, they would share the same fate as the world bubbles that sank into the sea—forever lost in the Sea of Quanta.

If Seele could not be saved, Bronya would sink with her.

This extremely dangerous situation deeply alarmed those watching from outside the video, making them genuinely fearful for the people within it.

—Suddenly, a figure emerged from the dark tide.

"Einstein, I’ve found their location."

A calm and unfamiliar female voice spoke.

Although the figure wasn’t clearly visible, the moment the voice was heard, Einstein—watching from outside the video—trembled. Tesla, standing beside her, also showed signs of doubt.

"This voice... could it be..."

"...It's Schrödinger."

Einstein calmly spoke the name of the voice’s owner.

She had once been their companion—someone from their era—who ultimately sacrificed herself to protect them during a disaster many years ago.

Despite her calm tone, Einstein’s eyes betrayed her lingering emotions, revealing that she was far from composed.

With the figure’s arrival:

Zzzzz...

The sound of electricity surged everywhere, and Bronya’s previously inactive communication device came back to life.

"Bronya, can you hear me?!"

Einstein’s voice came through the communicator—steady, but with a hint of anxiety.

"Dr. Einstein…"

Bronya stood up with Seele’s help and responded weakly.

"Doctor... we failed..."

"The Serpent took the Gem of Desire... and left the Sea of Quanta..."

Einstein didn’t dwell on the bad news. Instead, she made immediate arrangements and urged. 

"Don’t say anything more! I’ve activated the Eye of the Deep . You need to return to reality through the nearest channel!"

"Welt is still alive... but he's too far away from us!"

Bronya shared this important information, her voice tinged with hesitation.

"Yang…?"

Einstein, on the other end of the communicator, was clearly surprised.

But she made a quick decision.

"You evacuate first. I’ll arrange for someone to cover him!"

"Go now—you must survive!" Her words carried an undeniable command.

At that moment, the image disappeared.

Everyone fell silent.

There was too much information revealed in the footage. Both Mei and Einstein needed time to sort through everything they had just seen.

"In the image, Bronya referred to a man named Kevin as... ‘Serpent,’" Mei said, adjusting her glasses with a serious expression.

"Based on earlier discussions, aside from Schicksal and Anti-Entropy, there is also a hidden organization called ‘World Serpent.’"

"I believe there must be some connection between the two."

"And judging from the image, it seems Bronya and Mr. Welt’s purpose was to prevent this ‘Mr. Serpent’ from escaping the Sea of Quanta."

"Perhaps the [World Serpent] in the outside world lies dormant precisely because of this Mr. Serpent."

Einstein gave a slight nod in agreement with Mei’s deduction. She didn’t withhold anything and instead shared a very important piece of information.

"After the Second Eruption, Dr. Tesla and I received a secret message."

"The contents of the message were: A dangerous entity known as the Serpent is imprisoned in the Sea of Quanta. If it escapes, humanity will face a crisis far worse than the Honkai."

"The reason the leader is dormant is because he is recovering from the injuries sustained during the Second Eruption. His goal was to investigate the truth of this information in the Sea of Quanta."

"Based on the video, I believe that at some point in the future, the leader left St. Freya Academy and entered the Sea of Quanta..."

"There, he uncovered the truth behind the warning—and then everything that followed occurred."

"As for what happened next, Dr. Tesla and I will investigate further."

"But right now, we need to figure out something very important."

"...The Gem of Desire ?"

It wasn’t Mei, but Theresa, who spoke.

She guessed what Einstein was most concerned about—and it happened to be her own greatest concern as well.

Because based on the conversation in the video, the Gem of Desire—now in Kevin’s hands—clearly played a crucial role.

"I don’t know much about the Gem of Desire. I only know it’s currently housed in the Schicksal Branch in New Zealand."

"And in all the prior discussions, almost nothing was ever mentioned about it."

"Except..."

Theresa hesitated, drawing everyone's attention.

"The Herrscher of Wind—Wendy—who appeared alongside Kiana and the others earlier."

"Wendy was once my student, and the most outstanding young A-rank Valkyrie at Schicksal Headquarters."

Memories flickered in Theresa’s eyes.

"Later, there was an experimental project involving the Gem of Desire. It was said that if the experiment succeeded, one could gain great power. I personally recommended Wendy for the project."

"Unfortunately... the experiment failed."

Theresa’s expression grew heavy.

"As the test subject, Wendy was placed in a sanatorium in New Zealand and removed from the front lines."

That experiment had ruined her most exceptional student.

And along with her, the future of a Valkyrie with limitless potential was lost.

Einstein didn’t comment on this. Instead, she asked about the Herrscher of Wind who had appeared in Bronya’s footage.

"But she still became the Herrscher of Wind, didn’t she?"

She had not overlooked the Herrscher of Wind in the earlier video. On the contrary, she had etched the images of all four Herrschers into her memory.

Theresa smiled bitterly. "That’s exactly what puzzles me."

"A few days ago, I personally contacted the Schicksal branch in New Zealand and asked for Wendy’s current status."

"The information I received was no different from before. Wendy is reportedly alive and well, and shows no sign of Herrscher activity."

Upon hearing this, Mei grew thoughtful, her expression turning contemplative.

Then she spoke:

"If the experiment failed in the past and there's no problem now, then Wendy’s transformation into a Herrscher must not have occurred in the past or present—but in the future."

"If the Gem of Desire is currently still with Wendy, but ends up in the Sea of Quanta in the future, then something must have happened in between."

"Judging from the video, it seems we cooperated with Anti-Entropy during the battle at Schicksal Headquarters, and that’s when Bronya came into contact with Einstein."

"Therefore, this change likely occurred before the battle at Schicksal Headquarters."

"And Wendy probably became the Herrscher of Wind during that period—between now and then."

While Mei continued her analysis, the fifth question suddenly appeared:

[5. May I ask, what was the cause of death of the Herrscher of Wind Wendy in the New Zealand incident?]

[A. Attempted to challenge the three Herrscher reserves and was killed in a direct confrontation]

[B. Was talked to death]

[C. Was defeated by the Titans, became the weakest Herrscher, and was later killed by Cocolia (a weak death)]

[D. Was betrayed and died unjustly]

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Chapter 94: Cocolia? She Died Long Ago!

The group had just been discussing the fate of the Herrscher of the Wind, Wendy, when the answer space presented a particularly timely and relevant question—almost as if in perfect coordination.

However, the question itself…

Wasn’t it a bit too humiliating for Wendy?

Faced with the blunt and insulting phrasing, everyone present fell silent, a wave of collective sympathy washing over them for Wendy.

Unlike Mei and Fu Hua, who were also "breastfed" yet now stood tall among them, Wendy’s situation was far more tragic—her "breastfeeding" happened in isolation, far away in New Zealand, and metaphorically crashed down on her from the sky.

Of course, looking at it from another perspective, perhaps being "breastfed" publicly, like Mei and the others, was even more miserable?

Regardless, once their moment of sympathy passed, everyone returned to the more pressing matter at hand: analyzing the information revealed in the question.

Despite its mocking tone, the question contained valuable clues about Wendy’s fate. As Wendy’s former teacher, Theresa couldn’t help but look sorrowful upon reading it.

“So, Wendy… died,” Theresa spoke sadly.

Seeing her reaction, Mei also felt sympathy for the once-promising girl.

Suddenly, the events in the previous video made sense—it was Wendy’s death that led the Gem of Desire to fall into Kevin’s hands.

Still, there was a critical gap: what was the Gem of Desire in reality? And how did it end up in the Sea of Quanta?

Mei believed that answering this question might finally provide those answers.

Answer A: Attempted to challenge the three Herrscher Reserves and was beaten to death head-on.

“…Herrscher Reserves?”

Mei frowned slightly as this term caught her attention. She subconsciously looked at Kiana, locking eyes with both her and Bronya.

Others in the group turned their gazes toward the trio as well.

Kiana—the Reserve Herrscher of the Void.
Mei—the Reserve Herrscher of Thunder.
Bronya—the Reserve Herrscher of Reason.

From this, it became clear that the “Herrscher Reserves” mentioned in the options were likely referring to these three.

Of course, Fu Hua, the Reserve Herrscher of Sentience, might also be a candidate—but considering the previous questions, it was more likely she was still acting as an undercover agent during this period. While collaboration couldn’t be ruled out, it was more probable that Kiana, Bronya, and Mei had been together from the beginning.

“Ahem…” Mei coughed, a bit embarrassed to find herself potentially involved in Wendy’s death, but continued to analyze the situation rationally.

“While it’s true the three of us are Reserve Herrschers, at the time shown in the video, only I had the potential to use a Herrscher’s powers.”

“Kiana hadn’t awakened hers, and Bronya hadn’t inherited hers yet.”

“Even if I followed the intended path, I wouldn’t have been able to control Herrscher powers back then.”

“In a battle against Wendy, the Herrscher of Wind, the most I could have done was protect Kiana and the others—not defeat her, let alone kill her.”

Mei firmly ruled herself and Kiana out as suspects.

To be fair, her argument was a bit forced—no one could say for sure what happened without seeing it firsthand. Even Mei didn’t know whether her Herrscher self could have defeated Wendy. But her reasoning was plausible enough for the group to eliminate Option A.

Option B: Was talked to death?

Killing someone with words? As absurd as it sounded, there was a certain comedic logic to it.

Could Wendy really have been "talked to death"? Wasn’t that something out of a Homu Ninja skit?

Even Bronya and Theresa, both known Homu fans, couldn’t help but shake their heads at such a ridiculous possibility.

Option D was put aside for now.

That left Option C…

Einstein initially dismissed it outright.

The Anti-Entropy Titans were powerful, yes—but that power was relative. Against Herrschers, living embodiments of destruction, even Tesla had to admit that her beloved Titans were no match.

A Herrscher who could be defeated by a Titan… wouldn’t really be a Herrscher at all.

However, unlike the scientists who rejected Option C immediately, Mei fixated on it.

"Come to think of it… wasn’t there information in Nagazora City that mentioned a Herrscher defeated by Titans?"

Mei recalled the data she’d gathered on Cocolia.

It had stated that the Titan Army had once defeated a Herrscher.

“Could it be that the Herrscher in question was Wendy?” she mused aloud.

Kiana looked skeptical. "A Herrscher beaten by Titans? That’s way too weak!"

“Even I wiped out an entire Titan squad with a single strike in the video.”

“Even if Wendy wasn’t as strong as me, she shouldn’t have been crushed so easily, right?”

“Still…” Mei said carefully, “according to the question, Wendy was labeled the weakest Herrscher. In that case, it’s not impossible that the Titans could have taken her down.”

“Plus, there’s another detail—Cocolia.”

The moment Mei mentioned that name, Kiana’s expression darkened.

The events in Nagazora City still haunted her memory.

“Tch, that woman… that woman's name fits this kind of dirty deed perfectly,” Kiana muttered with disgust.

Beside her, Bronya hesitated to speak.

Eventually, Tesla broke the silence, frowning in confusion.

“Cocolia? Wasn’t she already dead?”

“!!!”

Kiana and Mei were stunned.

“She didn’t escape?!”

Tesla snorted. “Who told you that?”

“I personally helped clean up her corpse, along with Mophead.”

“It was weird though,” she muttered. “The way she died...”

Einstein nodded gravely, confirming Tesla’s account.

Kiana and Mei were dumbfounded. All this time, they believed Cocolia had escaped.

After all, Bronya had told them that she ran away.

Wait…

As if struck by realization, Mei turned and stared sharply at Bronya.

Bronya avoided her gaze like a startled deer.

Her guilty reaction spoke volumes.

Mei had only meant to test her… but Bronya’s response told her everything.

Clearly, Bronya had known the truth all along.

She had lied to both Mei and Kiana.

But why?


Chapter 95: Bronya's Anger

Seeing the suspicious looks of Mei and Kiana, Bronya knew that she couldn't hide it any longer.

But if she thought about it carefully, since so many things were revealed by this answer space, there was actually no need to hide it any longer.

So, Bronya confessed the reason why she had concealed Cocolia's death.

At that time, after she woke up first, she was very sharp and deduced part of the incident based on the traces at the scene and the words she heard during her blurred consciousness and guessed that Cocolia's death was related to Kiana.

At that time, Bronya's mood was very complicated.

Although the relationship between her and Cocolia was disturbed because of Seele and some shameful things that happened recently, it was very stiff.

But she was her adoptive mother after all, providing a place for herself and her friends in the orphanage to live.

If it weren't for the fact that the ending was caused by Cocolia herself, Bronya still needed the assistance of Mei and Kiana at that time, and in that short time, Bronya had a lot of feelings for the two.

Without all these, it would not be impossible for Bronya to kill Kiana on the spot while Kiana was unconscious.

"The reason for concealing it, even if Bronya didn't say it today, I believe Sister Mei should be able to guess it, right?"

Before she finished speaking, Bronya looked at Mei calmly.

"For Kiana?"

Mei naturally would understand.

After hearing all this, combined with the video of the Queen's arrival that she had seen before,
she immediately understood how the battle in Nagazora City ended.

After she fell into a coma, the Herrscher of the Void in Kiana's body must've awakened briefly and killed Cocolia.

And in her trance, Bronya sensed the dangerous existence of the Herrscher of the Void.

Afterwards, in order to protect Kiana and to suppress the complicated feelings of Cocolia's death at Kiana's hands, she chose to conceal everything and fabricate a false fact that Cocolia ran away.

"Wait? Did Cocolia run into the Herrscher of the Void?!"

Tesla was very keen to detect what was going on in Bronya's words, so she was surprised after hearing this and spoke in a daze. 

"I was wondering why the female vixen died so hastily. It turned out that she was asking for trouble and ran into the Herrscher of the Void."

A little surprise flashed in Einstein's eyes, but she did not pause for too long. Instead, she spoke to bring everyone's attention back on track.

"Let's discuss the past later. The most urgent thing is to give an answer."

"Although Cocolia is dead, but... according to the original development, she should not have died in Nagazora City."

"In this case, the person involved in the question, naturally, it should be considered according to the established original timeline."

She crossed her arms and said calmly: "From the options alone, among these four options, according to Meiyi and others' ideas, option C is indeed the most reasonable choice."

Everyone naturally had no other opinions on this.

After all, the other answers were not reliable.

The final choice of this question was given to Theresa. After all, Wendy was her student, so she, as a teacher, should answer it for her.

"I choose C."

[Correct]
As expected, the image of this question also unfolded.

The first scene was Kiana, who received the task sent by Theresa. The trio were ordered to go to New Zealand, where the Honkai had occurred, with the goal of retrieving the Gem of Desire that was there.

Then, the protagonists met the girl named Wendy.

The two sides had a pleasant conversation, and the harmony moved the three people watching the movie—especially Bronya, because she noticed the same characteristics of Wendy as Seele, and thus her favorability doubled.

But the next moment, the situation in the video changed.

When they were about to arrive at Hyperion,
Wendy, who was originally talking happily, turned into the Herrscher of Wind amid the urgent warning of Himeko.

She was originally gentle, but her face became extremely contemptuous, and her words revealed deep hatred and murderous intent.

Obviously, Wendy didn't take her current situation lightly as she said before, but buried it deep in her heart.

This grudge, catalyzed by the Gem of Desire buried deep in her body, turned Wendy into a ruthless Messenger of the Storm.

She attacked the three without hesitation.

Under the terrifying power of the Herrscher, the three ordinary Valkyries could only try their best to ensure that they would not be defeated.

Then, they tried to persuade Wendy with words.
Perhaps she was shaken. Wendy gave up attacking the three people and flew away.

Kiana and the others reported the situation and learned that the battleships of Destiny and Anti-Entropy were rushing back and forth.

As the school principal, Theresa stepped forward to buy precious time for the three people in this predicament.

In the sea of flowers all over the mountain, they found Wendy.

Such entanglement also made Wendy murderous.

The three fought with Wendy again.

And this battle ended with Wendy being persuaded by Bronya's words and returning to normal.

Seeing this, everyone outside the image couldn't help but smile.

Although the process was tortuous and difficult, this result could be said to be a very ideal ending.

However, will things really be as simple as they think?

Although Wendy was indeed convinced and escaped from the control of Honkai, but...

"Bronya, my dear daughter, now, recover the Fourth Herrscher."

"The Fourth Herrscher is an important experimental sample. If it cannot be recovered, it must be destroyed. It cannot fall into the hands of Destiny."

A familiar voice sounded, and the faces of those who were not unfamiliar with it outside the image changed.

"...No, don't."

Cocolia was a little surprised by Bronya's resistance.
"Hehe, your self-awareness is getting stronger and stronger."

But she didn't take it to heart at all and didn't care about Bronya's thoughts at all, and gave the order in a cold tone.

"It's just a meaningless resistance. The highest authority order: Even if you can't defeat the Fourth Herrscher, you have to hold her back! My main force will arrive soon!"

Then, under the control of the chip in her brain,
in the video, Bronya could only follow the order issued by Cocolia helplessly and ordered Project Bunny to attack Wendy.

And this also made Wendy, who had calmed down, show an unbelievable look
.
"Sister Bronya! Why do you want to attack... hit me?!"

"Are you deceiving me with what you just said?! I... I can no longer trust anyone!"

In grief and anger, Wendy, thought she was deceived and betrayed. She became furious and turned into the Herrscher of Wind again.

"...Wendy."

When Bronya heard these words, she subconsciously reached out to defend her behavior.

But she immediately realized that it was just an image.

On the side, Tesla istantly became angry when he saw that she forced Bronya to go against her will. Unable to hold back, she gnashed her teeth in anger. 

"Cocolia, that bastard!"

Hearing this, the others all showed expressions of agreement.

Cocolia's despicable behavior was indeed enough to make anyone present angry.

As the person involved, Bronya's eyes were full of coldness at this moment, and her petite body could not stop trembling.

Although she had long been disappointed with her adoptive mother, however, she never expected—

Her adoptive mother actually placed a control device in her body that could control her.

The video is not over yet.

Because of Bronya's attack, Wendy fought with Kiana and the others again.

This time, she showed no mercy.

The storm swept across the land, leaving scars on Kiana and the others.

Even in such a difficult situation, Kiana still successfully delayed the Herrscher of Wind for a long time with her excellent qualities and cooperation.

"It's really difficult."

"Humph, being difficult is my biggest advantage!"

Kiana seemed quite proud of Wendy's evaluation.
"I can still fight for another whole day!"

Then, the next moment, Cocolia's voice rang in the ears of several people.

"Unfortunately, I don't have such good patience."

As the words fell, the surrounding environment changed slightly.

"All tactical mechas, remove stealth. Target: the Fourth Herrscher."

One by one, Titans emerged from the void, and as Cocolia's order was issued, they attacked Wendy.

In just a moment, Wendy was knocked down.

"Ah?"

In Mei's unbelievable exclamation, the throne of the weakest Herrscher was successfully established.

"The new tactical mecha is quite powerful."

"Hmph, I also have to thank you for weakening her power."

"Oh, by the way, I almost forgot that there is another Herrscher here."

After saying this, Cocolia issued another order without hesitation. 

"Bronya, my daughter, the highest authority order: capture the Third Herrscher."

"Yes, mother."

Brony at this moment was like a robot. With the help of the changed Project Bunny, she easily knocked down Mei.

Ignoring the fact that she was surrounded by Titans, she could only kneel on the ground helplessly.

The manipulated Bronya reported the progress to Cocolia emotionlessly. 

"Mother, Raiden Mei has been captured, and there is one last target."

"It has been detected that there are troops of Schicksal approaching at high speed around."

Cocolia snorted coldly at the hint given by Bronya and then issued an order.

"Hmph, you are lucky. All troops, return!"

The video ends here.

For the scenes revealed in this video, hecause Bronya was already very angry in the previous section, the anger in her eyes almost overflowed at this moment!