"Hey, Bronya, you're really pathetic."
In one of the corridors, Sin Mal's teasing voice echoed throughout ME Corp as she piloted the Titan, "Just a few little brats, and you're already struggling? That's enough to make me laugh my teeth out!"
Kiana, who was dodging the Titan's attacks, couldn't help but feel furious upon hearing this, "Little brat? Who are you calling a little brat!"
"From the sound of your voice, you can't even be fourteen yet!"
Sin, whose age was exposed, became furious and embarrassed, "Hmph, it's just that I've eaten two more years of meat than you. What's there to be proud of?"
Then, she manipulated the mech, and the massive Titan suddenly vanished from its spot, only to reappear right in front of Kiana.
A fist the size of a sand pot was about to smash into Kiana's chest.
Kiana broke into a sweat and instinctively rolled to the side to avoid it.
"With a fist this big and moving this fast, isn't it supposed to be that the bigger they are, the slower they get?"
Raiden Mei pulled Kiana up from the side.
She had a knife in her hand, but her untrained body was of little use against the Titan.
In response to Kiana's mumbling, she could only say, "Be careful, this isn't something we can handle."
However, three more Titans charged towards them.
At that moment, Wendy shot and shattered their control center.
"Tsk, this Titan is even more ferocious than those in the memory battlefield."
The girl positioned herself behind Kiana and Raiden Mei, "You two be careful, I'll go catch that little brat."
"Who are you calling a little brat?"
Sin was enraged and directly piloted the Titan to lock onto Wendy and charged at her.
Countless bullets shot towards Wendy at high speed. Seeing this, she immediately activated the time-space rupture system.
She quickly locked onto her target, "Who I'm calling a little brat is who I'm calling a little brat!"
Despite holding a gun, she chose to break the Titan apart with brute force, hoping to capture Sin in the process.
However, what awaited her was Chen Ran's warning.
Wendy's pupils constricted slightly, only to see Sin piloting the Titan appear right in front of her.
"The time-space rupture system was already prepared for this."
The Titan piloted by Sin was equipped with a quantum leap system, and a Titan in a quantum state is an unobservable existence, thus not subject to the limitations of time and space.
"This is bad!"
That was Wendy's first thought.
The distance was too close; she could only watch helplessly as the Titan's little fist smashed into her chest.
At that moment, a gust of wind lifted Wendy up.
An invisible vortex formed out of nowhere, directly sucking the Titan into it.
Chen Ran, like a great magician, began to manipulate the Honkai Energy to block Sin's attack.
Seeing this, Bronya immediately counterattacked Chen Ran.
"Useless."
A smug smile appeared on Chen Ran's lips as a fluid-manufactured barrier stood guard in front of him.
Now, he possessed authority similar to that of the Herrscher of Wind, but with only Bronya and Sin, he could easily handle them.
This was also why Chen Ran felt that bringing Mei and Kiana might be dangerous, yet still chose to take them along.
However, a message from the system quickly shattered his confidence.
[Warning: According to the system's calculations for the host, using the authority simulated by the system will increase the consumption of mental energy.]
Chen Ran was taken aback, "Why?"
[The system is not the true Herrscher. Each time the host uses the authority, it consumes the system's computing power. The computing power is borne by the host as it is embedded in the host's brain.]
"You're kidding me!"
He instinctively complained and then decided to end this quickly.
"There's no time to waste. Wendy, I'll create an opportunity for you."
He narrowed his eyes, and then a strong wave of Honkai Energy surged from him.
"Gale, submit to me!"
Storms from all directions made it impossible to move. Sin sneered from the side, "Are you stupid? Titans can withstand level fifteen gales."
"Is that so? Then how about this?"
He manipulated the wind to blow at the Titan, and then a series of explosions erupted from within the Titan.
Chen Ran created a vacuum in the air, causing a pressure explosion.
This was a little trick of fluid manipulation; by relying on pressure differences, he could create multi-frequency explosions. The initial firecrackers were also explosions caused by thermal expansion creating pressure differences.
Now, he simply omitted the heating process.
No one could block the invisible wind.
In an instant, all the Titans were taken out.
Kiana blinked, "Wow, great magician?"
Wendy looked at Chen Ran, her eyes revealing a hint of surprise, "This kind of power… you're a Stigmata holder?"
This was Chen Ran's second time using the authority, but during the first time, Wendy thought it was just a special piece of equipment. But now, equipment couldn't explain the situation before them.
Only Stigmata could explain this extraordinary power.
Chen Ran blinked and said, "Remember to keep it a secret."
He didn't deny it but didn't want to reveal his situation, at least not until this simulation was over. He didn't want Schicksal Headquarters getting involved.
He knew how important Stigmata was.
Chen Ran's face turned slightly pale, "My Stigmata power is limited; the next part is up to you."
Wendy's eyes narrowed, "Don't worry, I won't let you down."
Without the Titans, she quickly defeated Bronya and Sin.
However, Sin also had Stigmata.
In a strange time freeze, Sin took Bronya and fled.
Wendy instinctively wanted to chase after them but was stopped by Chen Ran, "Don't chase; it's not meaningful now."
"The opponent's Titans aren't just one. Now that everyone is facing off, Cocolia won't be foolish enough to continue placing Honkai Energy reactors in ME Corp."
"The priority now is still to investigate ME Corp through Mei."
Just as he wanted to say something more, a sudden sharp pain shot through his brain.
[Warning: The current simulation has reached the host's mental capacity limit. Continuing the simulation will lead to consciousness confusion.]
[The system temporarily ends the simulation scene. Congratulations, the host has gained some computer knowledge.]
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World Serpent, Elysian Realm.
Wendy finally got used to the feeling of having memories forcefully stuffed into her brain.
She self-deprecatingly said, "He really is a fraud."
Sitting in the lounge, Elysia crossed her legs and, seeing Wendy finally recover, smiled and said, "Oh, it looks like you've accepted a lot of memories."
"So, did he take you on a date? Or take you out to do something embarrassing? I'm so curious; I wonder what Mobius's expression would be if she knew this news? I'm even more curious now."
Wendy asked, "I want to find a way to go back to the past."
"Hmm, if going back to the past really existed, then there wouldn't be an Elysian Realm, would there?" Elysia blinked and said, "But compared to that, aren't you curious about who Mobius is?"
"Who is she?"
"Hmm, your rival."
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PS. Regarding the plot involving Cocolia and Raiden Ryoma, you can consider it my alternate setting.
The Nagazora City plot follows the storyline of Honkai Academy 2. In Honkai Academy, the Gem of Conquest within Raiden Mei was actually injected by Raiden Ryoma.
The early setting of Raiden Ryoma was that of a demon scientist, but later the character design gradually changed, leading to many plot logic holes. Interested readers can check it out; if not, just accept my alternate setting.
PS2. Some readers mentioned that it's not very suitable to reference Honkai Academy, and I'm aware of that. However, the Nagazora City plot in Honkai 3 is too thin, so I can only add some settings myself.
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