Seele Vollerei wasn't the first person to fall into the Sea of Quanta.
As early as 1955, Schrödinger, a member of Anti-Entropy's predecessor—which was Schicksal's North American branch—had completely quantized due to excessive use of Honkai energy.
Schrödinger, after being quantized, should have fallen to the bottom of the "Sea of Quanta," trapped in the world's crevices at the lowest energy point, just like Seele.
But as she sank, she touched the Sacred Sword "Durandal," which absorbed the excess Honkai energy within her, stabilizing her existence.
After collecting enough energy, Durandal activated "Quantum Leap," but because the two had been gone from the original world for too long, there was no "beacon" outside for them to pinpoint their location. Schrödinger arrived incomplete in a World Bubble and separated from Durandal, entering the World Bubble.
In the future, after Grey Serpent activated the Eye of the Deep Sea, Schrödinger, who was in another World Bubble, detected the abnormally high energy in reality and used the Eye of the Deep Sea as a beacon to return to the real world.
"That means, as long as the excess Honkai energy within a quantized person can be extracted, they can be freed from the quantum state."
The youth, whom Bronya called "Boss," took a sip of coffee and spoke fluently.
"There aren't many things that can contain excessive Honkai energy, but they aren't few either. The Thirteen Divine Keys, and the Schicksal Valkyrie Bianca who has merged with the Sacred Sword, all meet this standard."
The girl opposite listened very carefully, holding her breath, fully concentrated, afraid of missing any detail.
"Do you understand?"
The youth, who had already revealed some information, looked at the girl before him and said.
"Bronya understands."
Miss Banya, who had received quite valuable information simply by providing some dispensable help, showed a hint of excitement on her face. She nodded heavily, then took out a notebook, wrote this information into a memo, and sent a copy to Cocolia.
Clearly, she wanted to use this information to prepare the next round of rescue plans with Cocolia.
"However, trying to pinpoint Seele's location will be quite difficult."
The youth, who wasn't sure if Seele was currently imprisoned at the bottom of the Sea of Quanta or if she had already been taken out by "the Snake" — Kevin, said. If it's the former, the difficulty lies in searching for one person in the endless seabed. If it's the latter, the difficulty lies in how to obtain this person from the hands of Kevin 'Aotian'.
"Boss, your meaning is—"
Bronya, who had to admit that while her current boss had a very strange personality, he was also very reliable, stood up and leaned forward. The distance between the two, which wasn't far to begin with, became even closer. Li Zihan could even feel Bronya's breath on his face.
The sweet and cloying scent, mixed with the fresh aroma of fruit, flowed from her thin lips. Coupled with her face, as delicate as a work of art, it erupted into an alluring charm like a chemical reaction. All of this easily brought to mind the words from Mother Goose nursery rhymes: "Girls are made of sugar, spice, and everything nice."
If he were to lean in now, he could probably kiss her. Although he had told Kiana that he wouldn't consider matters of love and romance until he gained sufficient power, the youth's thoughts still drifted, yearning slightly for a normal romance. Perhaps it was because he had spent too much time with Aozaki Touko that his aesthetic preferences had started to lean towards younger individuals. His heartbeat, shamefully, quickened a little.
The youth, casually throwing the blame onto the Crown Rank Puppeteer, leaned back, increasing the distance from the girl's delicate face. Although Li Zihan felt that kissing her directly wouldn't be an issue—for the hope of saving Seele, Miss Banya, even if taken advantage of, would at most give a slap—he felt that doing so would be a little guichu. The youth felt that while he was a hero, there was no need to learn from Rance.
"Boss, are you—"
The girl, clearly sensing his evasive movement, raised her eyebrows slightly, her expression somewhat puzzled.
"Nothing, just thinking about what our child should be called if we got married."
"Boss, according to your country's laws, acting against a female under the age of fourteen will result in imprisonment for three to ten years."
The girl, born on August 19, 2000, and still more than half a year away from her fourteenth birthday, was educating her boss on criminal law.
"But, if we look at the marriage law passed by the State Duma in 2002, when both parties are only children, fourteen is the legal age for marriage, isn't it?"
The magician, clearly a 'Scum Boss' who might even awaken Shuuk's commonly used Stand, "King Crimson," if he just pierced himself with an arrow, pondered the laws of the Russian Federation as he spoke.
"Boss, are you declaring that you intend to pursue me?"
The girl, whose gaze subtly sharpened, had already realized that her boss's affection towards her was somewhat off-kilter when she saw Welt-One, who was on a mission with her, have his head cut off.
A guy who's interested in my body type... he must be a perverted Lolicon.
"If you were willing to say that in another half a month or so, my answer would definitely be 'yes'."
The youth, who would probably dedicate his energy to romance if the world he had transmigrated to wasn't a type where one could easily become stronger like Honkai, shrugged. Compared to the Type-Moon world, where people fought to the death for a few resources and which had similarities to the "underworld cultivation" genre, the Honkai world was practically overflowing with gold. He had been in a hurry to acquire things to strengthen himself these past few days, so his time was a bit tight, and he might not have time to pursue girls.
"It seems, Boss, your answer right now would be 'no'."
"Mm."
The youth, who would conduct a transaction with Welt Yang once he arrived, nodded.
The girl's heart relaxed slightly. She didn't dislike Li Zihan, but she couldn't say she liked him either. After all, she had only known Li Zihan for less than two days, and being confessed to would be very troubling.
However, come to think of it, what was this "work" that this guy mentioned?
Miss Banya, who instinctively felt that the person in front of her could pull off something quite extraordinary, or rather, quite dangerous, frowned slightly. She wanted to ask something, but before she could open her mouth, the youth's voice reached her ears.
"Alright, now, what I'm about to discuss is what you've been wanting to ask about."
The girl, suddenly hearing the pertinent question, set aside her doubts and quietly listened to the information that was extremely important to her.
"The hidden dangers in the Sea of Quanta include the Lord of World Serpent—Kevin, powerful combatants in certain World Bubbles, Quantum Honkai Beasts..."