Stelle fundamentally did not think Herta would say something like that.
However——
She was completely caught off guard…
"Please, come take the test~~"
"???"
Stelle nearly suffocated, her expression extremely strange.
"I don't care who you are, get out of Herta's body right now!"
"You should know when to stop. Most geniuses have terrible tempers. You are also the first person who can make this genius beg."
"I'm on the Xianzhou Luofu. If you want me to take the test, then send someone to pick me up."
Ever since learning about Herta's personality, being able to talk back to her like this made Stelle feel incredibly refreshed.
Herta: "Can't you use the Domain Anchor from your Trailblaze?"
Stelle: "That's the Nameless's life-saving item. The consumption for a single use is ridiculously huge. No deal!"
She exaggerated it regardless of whether Herta understood what a Domain Anchor was.
In truth, how could Herta not understand?
Although it wasn't as exaggerated as Stelle described, ever since Akivili's fall, the Nameless could indeed no longer use the Domain Anchor freely.
It was affected by many factors.
Such as how far the user had walked on the Trailblaze Path, whether their physical condition was sufficient, how much energy the anchor points stored, the distance between the two anchor points, and so on.
Compared to the era when Akivili was still present, the Domain Anchor nowadays was more of a Trailblaze marker.
It represented that the Nameless had once visited this place.
Herta snorted coldly: "I'll personally come pick you up. Satisfied now?"
"Of course I'm satisfied. If you come, I'll help you with the test unconditionally." Stelle's lips curved upward.
"Fine."
Herta hung up the call.
Stelle hadn't expected her to be so straightforward, but she didn't mind and put away her phone.
As for Herta personally coming to pick her up, she treated it as just angry talk.
Leon smiled faintly: "It seems this Simulated Universe run is truly very important to Herta. Otherwise, she wouldn't have specifically asked for you by name."
"Why does it have to be me?"
"Probably because you're special. You have a Stellaron inside your body."
"Perhaps."
Stelle nodded. Suddenly, the space behind her rippled and became distorted.
In less than two seconds, a mirror suddenly emerged from the twisted space.
Herta stepped out from the mirror. Looking at the familiar back in front of her, she couldn't help but curl her lips.
She walked forward without any politeness and poked her directly.
"Oi, kid, I'm here to pick you up. Aren't you going to hurry up and come with me?"
The voice that suddenly sounded from behind without warning made Stelle's body subconsciously shiver.
It was quite scary.
She turned around and saw that it really was Herta.
"No way, sister?"
Her eyes widened.
The distance between Herta Space Station and the Xianzhou Luofu was who-knows-how-many tens of thousands of light years, and she actually arrived the moment she said she would?
Seeing her ghost-like expression, pride surged onto Herta's face.
"Since Nous's ascension until now, only 84 Geniuses have been born in the entire universe. Have you never thought about my value?"
"Not to mention the distance between the Space Station and the Xianzhou Luofu — even if it were the border of the galaxy, I can go wherever I want."
"Feel honored, kid. In the future, you can boast to others that you were personally picked up by Lady Herta, humph."
The extremely arrogant and narcissistic words left Stelle with an indescribable expression.
Thinking about it carefully, her value really was insanely high.
Although it was the truth, it was still annoying.
"Your personality is as terrible as always."
"Me? Terrible?"
Herta was dismissive.
"A perfectly sound genius like me — where else besides the mirror could you find a second one?"
"Stop bragging."
"Ask the Leon beside you whether I'm bragging or not."
"Huh? Is that so?"
Stelle looked toward Leon.
"As far as the current Amber Era is concerned, yes."
Leon did not tear down Herta's stage.
"Most of the Geniuses who are still alive today have flaws in their personalities, or there are certain issues with them as people — some can even be described as severe."
"Herta is indeed the most normal and the most human-like among the current Geniuses."
"Your words are quite fair, but they sound like you're insulting me." Herta was somewhat displeased.
What did he mean by "most human-like"?
Was she not a genuine, pure human?
Not only was she human, she was also young, beautiful, and cute.
Although this body of hers was a puppet.
Leon narrowed his eyes and denied it.
"How could that be? You know me — if I want to insult someone, I usually do it directly."
"That's true."
Herta did not dwell on it, nor did she care whether Leon had actually insulted her. Her attention returned to Stelle.
"So kid, can we go now?"
Stelle looked at her companions.
March 7th spread her hands. Leon smiled and nodded.
"Alright, let's go. But after the test, you have to send me back."
"You're taking advantage of the fact that I'm still interested in you to make all kinds of demands. Once I lose interest in you one day, I might throw you into some corner of the universe, tch."
"Unfortunately, you will never have that chance."
"+1, I agree." Leon chimed in.
Herta glared at Leon.
This guy still loved protecting his own so much. It wasn't like she didn't know she was just scaring Stelle.
"What about you? Do you want to come with me?"
"I'll pass. I'm afraid your Simulated Universe device would break down." Leon said lazily.
Herta froze, then reluctantly gave up on the idea.
She didn't know Leon's past, but she did know that among the top ten seats in the Genius Society, three had left behind information related to Leon.
One of them was even the Chief of the Genius Society——
This was enough to show that Leon's existence was extremely ancient, possibly even older than many Aeons.
With the current computing power of the Simulated Universe, perhaps… he wasn't lying.
"Then do you know where Polka Kakamond is?"
Leon spread his hands: "How would I know?"
Herta: "But the only thing Polka Kakamond left for the Society was… never mind."
Thinking that there were outsiders present, she didn't finish her sentence.
Many Geniuses in the Genius Society had died at Polka Kakamond's hands.
The reason was unknown.
But there was one time when she failed.
The person who made Polka Kakamond fail was the man in front of her.
To be honest, when she first met Leon and recognized him, she was very excited and couldn't wait to understand and study him.
It was just a pity that she hit walls everywhere.
But it was fine. She had Stelle now.
As Leon's companion, perhaps through Stelle she could witness parts of Leon's past in the Simulated Universe?
Even if most of what was seen in the Simulated Universe couldn't be confirmed as real, having a direction was still good.
An existence that had lived so long was absolutely, absolutely, absolutely related to the Aeons.
If she said there wasn't, then this Genius of hers would broadcast across the entire universe and call herself an idiot.
"What are you staring at Leon for? Are we going or not?"
Seeing Herta frozen in place, Stelle unceremoniously reached out and pinched her cheek.
It had to be said, the texture was excellent.
Soft, tender, smooth and silky, like top-quality white jade. It felt even more comfortable than pinching a real person.
Herta extremely displeasedly slapped away Stelle's mischievous hand, grabbed her, and dragged her into the mirror, disappearing instantly.
"Just pretend you didn't see anything."
Leon smiled at the dazed Sushang and Bailu.