Chapter 170: Bronya: I Must Thoroughly Develop Little Rabbit!
"Remove my hood, why?"
Standing before the ancient, wall-thick gate, Raven turned her gaze to the silver-haired girl with a faint smile, her face filled with confusion.
To fish for a certain Elysian Realm Flame-Chaser, of course~!
Theoretically, according to the mechanism of the Elysian Realm, visitors entering it would encounter the Flame-Chaser whose will and compatibility best match their own.
Of course, that's just theory.
For instance, Miss Pink Elf, as long as the visitor is a cute, beautiful girl, she will come running, drawn by the scent of a pretty girl's body.
Raven never removed her hood whenever she entered the Realm, so the Flame-Chasers couldn't see her face, which is why she never popped out.
"Never mind, it's nothing."
Silver Wing merely thought of this on a whim and suggested it, but on second thought, there was no need at all.
The Elysian Realm is a data world entered mentally; she and Bronya could act separately. She herself, Li Sushang, the white-haired adorable furball, and Mei.
All of them are beauties of an unparalleled era, and among them are two Herrscher Cores. It feels like they could directly drive that Pink Elf to an extremely ecstatic state!
It made no difference whether Raven removed her hood or not.
"What the hell?"
Raven twitched her eyebrows, looking utterly bewildered, unable to grasp the other party's intention.
However, under that complex gaze, mixed with a hint of suspicion, pity, and indifference, Raven's eyelid twitched. She casually removed her hood, revealing the upper half of her face that had been obscured by shadow.
So I'll take it off!
As if Raven were some kind of unsightly monster.
"Is this a relic of the Previous Era? Does Zero Shelter refer to the first shelter built?"
Looking a bit like Grandma Liu visiting the Grand View Garden, Raiden Mei curiously surveyed everything inside the shelter.
After all, she was a true novice who had skipped the beginner's dungeon and growth period, directly entering an endgame dungeon, without even learning basic Valkyrie knowledge. It was understandable.
Kiana was better in comparison; her lively nature made her jump around, looking left and right, and she was carrying a baseball bat.
Silver Wing almost thought Kiana was possessed by a gray-haired raccoon.
"Who knows? Although the records indicate that the Previous Era's shelters were indeed named according to their chronological order, this particular shelter seems different."
Raven explained nonchalantly.
"Hey, that's…"
Entering Zero Shelter, after proceeding a short distance through a steel corridor, Kiana, looking around, noticed a figure standing ahead.
White research uniform, green hair, an eye patch, and a portable laboratory table floating beside her, carrying test tubes with an unknown green liquid.
It's normal for researchers to appear in Previous Era ruins, but the problem is…
"A child?"
Kiana seriously stared at the tiny figure, whose height barely reached her waist, and looked at Raven with a strange gaze.
"You actually employ child labor?"
What kind of organization is this World Serpent? Truly nefarious!
"It's an Armed Puppet."
The silver-haired girl explained: "A Previous Era technology, an automaton powered by Honkai energy, used to combat Honkai, possessing all-terrain combat capabilities—a combat type. This one, however, should be a research-type Armed Puppet."
The one without an "eye," Klein.
"The Previous Era truly was amazing!"
Mei exclaimed, she had only ever seen this level of machinery in movies and anime.
"This little one is as cute as Rin!"
Kiana quickly ran over and scooped Klein into a hug.
"Ah, please put me down."
Her tone was overly polite, a soft whisper verging on faintness, making it impossible to feel any resistance from her, so Kiana naturally held her in a tight embrace.
"Kiana, don't be so rude."
Only after Mei's intervention did Klein land safely, her small legs touching the ground. She first looked at the silver-haired girl.
Raven also stared at 'Bronya'. Although Armed Puppets weren't top-tier technology, they were unique to the Previous Era. Why would this person know about them?
"Just as she said, Armed Puppet Klein is responsible for looking after visitors and maintaining the Elysian Realm's facilities."
Raven introduced her to the three, and Klein nodded expressionlessly: "Greetings, visitors."
Unlike the pure memory constructs within the Realm who have no physiological needs, external visitors only enter the Realm as consciousness, their bodies remaining outside.
Kiana looked at the immensely massive facility inside the shelter, glancing around. Aside from Klein, there wasn't another soul in sight, and she couldn't help but widen her eyes.
"Such a huge facility, maintained by this little one all by herself?"
Even for a robot, isn't that subtly pushing it too far?
"Don't let her small size fool you, she's highly capable."
Hearing Raven's words, Bronya, who was in the body's background, stared at Klein thoughtfully.
A small Armed Puppet can maintain the entire shelter? Her Project Bunny is several times larger than her, doesn't that mean it could handle several times the workload?
Indeed, I'll have to develop Project Bunny's potential later!
If Silver Wing can utilize Little Bunny to that extent, there's no reason I, as the original owner, can't!
"But Klein, how come you're free? Are you here to pick us up?"
Raven looked down at the small figure, who was faintly emitting a zombie-like aura.
In recent years, she was probably the most frequent visitor to the Realm, but even she rarely saw Klein. The other party was either working or on her way to the next task.
Klein shook her head and spoke with the tone of an immortal cultivator master, her forest-green and pale-pink pupils fixed on the silver-haired girl:
"As you entered, the monitoring equipment detected a Honkai energy reaction."
The Honkai energy detected was highly corrosive. Armaments powered by Honkai energy or Honkai energy consumed during combat generally fall within the range of safe energy levels.
Inside the Realm, no one would typically release Honkai energy beyond the safe alert threshold.
"Corrosive Honkai energy?"
The silver-haired girl looked at the black-and-red katana strapped to her back.
Given Bronya's height, Jizo Mitama would be difficult to hang at her waist; even strapped to her back, it looked slightly odd.
"No need to worry, Rin is just a little excited as we approach the Realm."
Suddenly realizing something, Klein, uncharacteristically, showed a change in expression.
"This is?"
Seeing the full form of the black-and-red katana, Klein's unhealing eyelid lifted. Did it feel somewhat familiar?
"The 12th Divine Key, Jizo Mitama? Wait."
"Visitor, are you referring to Rin?"
"That's right, Rin, come out, we're about to enter."
Eerie red light particles flowed from the blade, converging into a normal-sized, cherry-haired girl with fox ears and four fox tails.
"Is Older Sister here?"
Even though she was merely a memory construct remaining in the world, for Rin, who was a super virus, her fundamental form of existence was similar.
She had dreamed of seeing her Older Sister again one day, but when it was truly time to meet, Rin couldn't help but feel nervous, her heart pounding.
Gazing at the cherry-haired fox-eared beauty, Raven's expression turned serious. Gray Serpent had previously informed her of the other party's intelligence: Divine Key and Herrscher of Corruption.
No wonder that guy went to great lengths to avoid contact with them, making her handle everything.
"Incredible, a probability of less than one in a million."
As Mobius's research assistant, Klein knew a great deal. The successful forging of Jizo Mitama and the complete preservation of Rin's consciousness were extremely low-probability events!
From a subjective perspective, it could be considered zero.
She hadn't expected it to actually happen.
In that case, she understood what the detection of highly corrosive Honkai energy was all about.
"Follow me."
Allowing the Herrscher of Corruption into the Elysian Realm carried immense risk, but considering Rin and Sakura's relationship, Klein wasn't too worried. She only hoped the Realm's system compatibility could withstand the Herrscher of Corruption, otherwise, she'd probably have to work grueling hours maintaining the Realm again.
Afterward, Raven explained some precautions to the group, mainly to Kiana and Mei, while Klein made the final adjustments to the prepared loading devices.
Rin naturally had no need for loading devices. Klein needed to adjust some of the Realm's program defenses, which took even longer than adjusting the loading devices.
This was also why Silver Wing had Rin appear beforehand: to let Klein adjust the Realm's program, to prevent any unforeseen complications later.
After waiting for almost two hours, the group, including Raven, used the access devices, and their consciousnesses entered the Elysian Realm in a trance.
After the four successfully entered, Rin eagerly followed 'Bronya's' access device, dispersing into red streaks of light particles and invading it.
For Silver Wing, there was no need to worry about accidents that occurred when Mei entered the Realm in the story, such as her consciousness being locked by Mobius, or the Elysian Realm turning into Aincrad.
She only needed to disconnect the system's mapping; no one could keep her.
Midnight Absinthe could even exploit a bug to seize control of Raven's body at any time.
Therefore, there was no need to worry, either internally or externally; a complete sense of security!
Almost the instant the group's consciousness connected to the Elysian Realm, the entire Elysian Realm instantly exploded!
Of course, not a literal explosion.
Instead, the thirteen Flame-Chasers within, wherever they were, abruptly looked up, displaying expressions ranging from solemn to serious, perplexed, or intrigued.
With Rin not deliberately concealing herself, almost everyone could sense that familiar aura: the Herrscher of Corruption.
Including the graceful figure standing in the cherry blossom grove.
Long, straight, cherry-blossom-like hair flowed to her waist. A stylish black headset hung around her neck. The lower hem of her white short-sleeved shirt gradually became transparent, and over it, she wore a long-sleeved dark blue jacket.
Her thighs were covered in white stockings of varying lengths, revealing differing amounts of her 'absolute territory'. One side of the stockings was adorned with blue patterns, complemented by dark blue ankle boots with heels, making her look like a clear spring encountered in summer—refreshing yet not cold.
"This feeling…!"
The cold-faced Fusion Warrior suddenly looked up, her pupils constricting.
"Hello there, Sakura."
It was a silver-haired beauty with a graceful figure, who, with a friendly smile, gently waved in greeting.
"Who are you?"
Sakura gripped Spirit Edge: Hyoukai Katana at her waist, her eyes wary. She felt it—the aura of a Herrscher, and that familiar, unforgettable power…
"My name is Bronya Zaychik. Don't be so nervous; I have no ill will."
"I'm just here to deliver a small gift to you."
The silver-haired beauty's upturned lips were quite meaningful, causing Sakura's brows to subtly furrow.
"A gift?"
"Indeed."
Silver Wing snapped her fingers.
The next second.
"Older Sister~!"
A voice, seemingly from the end of the world, froze Sakura's entire world.
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