Chapter 163: What Would a Herrscher-Turned-God Be?
Having long seen that the System possessed hidden talents, the writer had more or less grown accustomed to it. After all, the 'auto-battle' program bug triggered itself every couple of days.
Once you get used to it, it's no longer a bug but a normal feature of the system.
However, a sudden, out-of-the-blue surprise like this really messed with one's mind.
Second Silverwing quickly scanned the contents of the compensation mail, curious about what new trick the system had pulled this time. Reading from top to bottom, she soon understood what had happened.
The reflection system was already built on an operational error born from a series of coincidences. After being extracted by the system to become a standalone module, it became easy for certain special actions by the writer to introduce new elements into its stable operation.
For example, stretching the time flow between the Stigma space and reality caused a discrepancy between Second Silverwing's subjective time and the writer's subjective time.
If you compared the writer's main body and the three female bodies to a four-wheel-drive car on the road, normally, if one tire spun at more than three times the speed of the others, the whole vehicle would lose balance and flip over.
But the underlying program prioritized the host, adjusting the time flow for recoupling. So, when Second Silverwing left the Stigma space, the program glitched.
The time flow between the Honkai world and the Star Rail world was stuck at a ratio of 3.46:1.
The writer and Second Silverwing were unaffected; their unified consciousness was split between spacetimes with different time flows, yet they remained lucid. It was like the four-wheel-drive car's tires spinning at different speeds without the vehicle losing balance.
Don't ask about the principle, just call it a bug!
After figuring out what happened, Second Silverwing breathed a sigh of relief. A small time discrepancy was no big deal.
However, for the system, this problem seemed a bit more severe than the last auto-battle issue, as it gave a whole 400 crystals in compensation.
Second Silverwing had hoped for a trial character card, but on second thought, she couldn't use more than three characters at once. Sushang was still lying in the Valkyrie space, so another character card would be useless.
[System, explain.]
Second Silverwing mentally tapped on the card in the compensation mail.
[Ahem, Big Bro, this is easy to understand.]
The system, having just caused a bug, sounded guilty, like a timid kitten.
[Using an Equipment Re-systemization Card can formalize a non-system weapon into an item that can be placed in the [Equipment] slot. In other aspects, it will be equivalent to gacha equipment, and it can also slightly increase intimacy.]
It sounded simple enough: turning a non-system weapon into one that could be stored in the system space. At first glance, it seemed like a useless, scam-like feature.
But a little thought revealed that the key wasn't the first part of the sentence. Second Silverwing, deep in thought, realized the meaning of the second part.
[Equivalent to gacha equipment… which means a re-systemized non-gacha weapon can undergo Divine Form Awakening?]
[That's right.]
As if seeing a dumb, cute dog nodding repeatedly, Second Silverwing narrowed her eyes slightly, her slender hand stroking her chin in contemplation.
The writer was quite fond of the Curio Yo-yo. He had even drawn a skill from the Blazing Teens world and felt that the yo-yo was a great main weapon for him.
One was enough. He wasn't like Stelle, who used a baseball bat, then a fire lance, and apparently a hat in the future—a total player.
The only thing that gave the writer pause was that the Curio Yo-yo couldn't undergo Divine Form Awakening.
In the game Honkai Gakuen 2, Divine Form Awakening increased a weapon's power.
But in the real world, it was just as the name implied: granting a weapon divinity and awakening its self-awareness.
In the world of Shrouding the Heavens, it would be like upgrading an ordinary spirit treasure or holy weapon into an ultimate imperial weapon with a divine consciousness, and the deity would 100% be a super beautiful girl.
Usage time was linked to intimacy, which was the main factor for Divine Form Awakening. Using a non-system weapon as a main weapon would waste cultivation time, which was a real shame.
This Equipment Re-systemization Card happened to solve that problem perfectly.
And…
Second Silverwing looked at the chibi-fied cutie floating before her.
"This is the real world. What's wrong, Big Sis Silverwing?"
The strange question left Rin feeling a bit baffled. She carefully observed the silver-haired girl's condition, and after a moment, asked with concern:
"Could it be that your consciousness was injured during the fight with Higokumaru?"
Hearing this, Kiana and Mei both cast worried glances at the silver-haired girl.
"No, I'm fine. I was just thinking about something."
The silver-haired girl shook her head with a light laugh, signaling that all was well. She then looked down at the black and red tachi in her hands, her gaze shifting thoughtfully between Jizo Mitama and Rin.
She was contemplating whether to use an Equipment Re-systemization Card on Jizo Mitama.
Admittedly, she might pull Jizo Mitama from the gacha in the future. Using a card on the one from this world seemed like a bit of a waste.
But, setting aside the probability of pulling the twelfth Divine Key from the massive, messy pool of Stigmata, weapons, and emblems from Honkai Gakuen 2 and Honkai Impact 3rd…
Even if she did pull it, the Jizo Mitama from the gacha wouldn't come with the consciousness of a Previous Era Herrscher; it would just be a pure weapon.
This Jizo Mitama, however, not only had Rin as its spirit, making it easier to build intimacy, but if it underwent Divine Form Awakening… that would mean granting divinity to the Herrscher of Erosion, an ultimate virus capable of eroding living beings, inorganic matter, and even information data networks!
What would a Herrscher with divinity become? How powerful would the authority of Erosion be?
Could it reach, or even surpass, the level of Finality?
Second Silverwing wasn't sure, but she imagined it would definitely surpass the special authorities of the Herrscher of Origin and the Herrscher of Human:Ego.
The most, most, most crucial thing was that Second Silverwing could also use Soul Crystals to strengthen the weapon's divinity!
With enough Soul Crystals, surpassing the level of Finality was truly not a dream!
In the Star Rail world, that would be an Aeon's Emanator-level authority of Erosion. In a galactic universe with technology far beyond Earth's, the high-tech equipment the authority of Erosion could control wouldn't be limited to small fireworks like nuclear bombs.
Eroding an Imaginary Collapse Pulse, a Star-Annihilating Fleet… Ever heard of Emperor Rubert? (Tactical lean back)
The authority of Erosion was also a special counter to intelligent life, the natural enemy of all technological and mechanical creations!
Of course, all these conclusions were based on being at the same energy level. Using the current Jizo Mitama to erode an Emanator of Nous would be like an ant trying to shake a tree—utterly impossible.
But the future was full of possibilities!
Growing a little excited at the thought, Second Silverwing quickly made her decision.
Use it!
One for Jizo Mitama, one for the Curio Yo-yo, and keep one as a spare.
Second Silverwing responded to the system with her traditional skill: once the compensation was received, amnesia immediately set in. What system bug? It was clearly just a technical adjustment.
More of these, please!
Mentally opening her inventory, the silver-haired girl held up the Divine Key in both hands under the confused gazes of Rin and Kiana.
The jet-black sheath concealed the blade, and the blood-red color at the end of the scabbard spread over the hilt, forming a strange and beautiful pattern.
Click to use.
A prompt appeared.
Confirm.
"Voom—"
Jizo Mitama suddenly emitted a subtle hum. A black mist-like aura swirled around its core, and a crimson light pulsed, as if something was being reforged.
It was an extremely short moment, not even 0.1 seconds.
So brief that Kiana and Mei thought the light they had just seen was a hallucination.
"Eh? E-eh—? Big Sis Silverwing, what's happening?"
With a surprised cry, Rin quickly reached out with her small hands to touch Jizo Mitama's sheath, her expression bewildered and slightly hesitant.
As the spirit of Jizo Mitama, she could sense the instantaneous change. Her entire being had been taken apart and reassembled by a strange power.
She was different now compared to before, yet she also seemed the same. Rin couldn't feel the difference.
The only thing she could feel was that some kind of connection had been established between herself and Big Sis Silverwing, a feeling of warmth and intimacy, like being with her own sisters.
"It's nothing. I'll be in your care from now on, Rin."
The silver-haired girl smiled sweetly, reaching out to pat the girl's cute, large head in her chibi form.
She had just checked her intimacy with Jizo Mitama. It was surprisingly no less than with Black Abyss, which was highly compatible with Seele and had been used for so long—in fact, it was even higher.
"Mhm!"
Although she still didn't understand what had happened, the feeling of being patted on the head by her big sister was so comforting that Rin began to enjoy it, her brows relaxing.
Divine Keys also had compatibility. System-reformatted equipment would have increased compatibility with the writer and all characters.
Coupled with Rin's already immense gratitude towards Big Sis Silverwing and the added intimacy bonus, this was the result.
"Big Sis Silverwing, hurry and take me for a walk. I can't wait to see the world as it is now."
Rin returned to sit on the silver-haired girl's shoulder, her face full of anticipation.
After being sealed for fifty thousand years, she was finally back in the outside world. How much had the current era changed compared to the one she lived in?
The memories from her time as Higokumaru, dominated by the Herrscher personality, were partially lost with its complete eradication. The remaining parts existed for Rin like a videotape.
Thus, Rin's personality had reverted to what it was before she was killed—cheerful and lively.
"Alright."
"Let's bring Sakura out too. We can all go for a stroll together."
Rin had at least died in the modern era. Yae Sakura, on the other hand, was a village girl from a remote village five hundred years ago. Second Silverwing felt she needed to learn some modern common sense.
And the best way to learn common sense was undoubtedly through experience.
"Okay, okay!"
Rin clasped her small hands in front of her chest, striking a cute "leave it to me" pose. It was mainly her chibi form that made every action super adorable.
The little fox girl dispersed into sakura-red particles and floated into the Yae Sakura stigma pattern on the back of Bronya's neck, preparing to use her authority to help her big sister materialize.
Beep beep beep—!
Suddenly, the silver-haired girl felt her communicator vibrate in her sleeve pocket. She took it out, opened the screen, and a smirk played on her lips when she saw the contact.
"Well, look who's back."
The silver-haired girl waved the communicator at the white-haired girl. Seeing the caller ID, Kiana's eyes immediately sharpened, and she clenched her fists tightly.
"That stupid old man!"
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