Li Sushang (HSR) in Danmachi Arc: Start
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[World Restoration System is at your service.]
[Target world detected and reached.]
[Target located: Furina de Fontaine.]
[Host, please prevent the target from sustaining any fatal injuries before she returns to her original world. Current return progress: 0.01%.]
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The moment she opened her eyes, Sushang heard a voice ringing in her ears, one completely different from what she was accustomed to.
While it was still a system, this navigation voice belonged to a woman, not the "Sir" she knew.
Some time ago, the Master Consciousness had unexpectedly discovered this brand-new system drifting in the gaps between worlds, birthed shortly after the Master Consciousness itself.
Although called a "brand-new" system, it was, much like Amber's, a defective product—cast aside and banished after being deemed useless by the Master Consciousness.
It had not developed a personality like the Master Consciousness, but according to the Master Consciousness, it wasn't just systems with personalities that were treated as defective.
To the deep-pocketed Main System, even the slightest flaw was reason enough to discard it like yesterday's trash.
And the flaws of this new system... well, at least in Amber's eyes, they were perhaps even more exaggerated than those of the Master Consciousness.
It was designed to restore worlds that had been played to the point of collapse by transmigrators.
Its primary focus was to track down characters who had drifted into other worlds or to handle catastrophes that had bled into foreign realities.
Compared to the Master Consciousness, who was more like a "kindergarten teacher," this system was more like a diligent, hardworking wage slave.
However, its operational capability suffered from a glaring defect: it lacked the "newcomer starter pack" that the Master Consciousness possessed.
To restore a world, it needed power, but to obtain that power, it needed to restore the world.
Given the situation described above, it would only settle the mission and grant the host rewards after the host successfully protected the target and ensured their return to their home world.
Without upfront rewards, it was difficult for an ordinary host to execute such a mission.
Binding a powerful host seemed like a good choice, but unfortunately, a system that had such high requirements for its host—and was, in specific situations, extremely demanding—was viewed by the Main System as a pure failure.
The Master Consciousness wasn't surprised by this at all.
The Main System always placed the safety of the host as its absolute top priority.
If a system developed a personality, it might develop selfish desires; if it weren't meticulous enough, it might inadvertently lead its host to their death.
These were all potential factors that could cause disaster, so it was impossible for the Main System to allow such a system to be released.
Amber could understand the Main System's reasoning, but the plight of this Recovery System reminded her of the Master Consciousness back in the day. Perhaps, for others, this Recovery System might seem like a bit of a burden, but for her, its flaws were hardly a problem at all.
The most pressing matter was to help the Recovery System replenish its energy before it ran out completely.
The only difficulty was that the Recovery System's energy requirements were different from those of the Master Consciousness.
This was to be expected, of course. The energy required by the Master Consciousness was "recognition," while the Recovery System required "world restoration progress."
It wasn't exactly a perfect match—if not entirely unrelated, then certainly not on the same page.
And so, Amber simply followed the precedent of the current Master Consciousness: she bound the Recovery System to her other selves, having several of them simultaneously carry out restoration missions in multiple worlds.
It was precisely after accepting a mission from this Recovery System that Sushang arrived in this world, commonly abbreviated as "DanMachi."
In truth, she didn't know much about this world—just a few of the characters.
Beyond that, she only recalled random discussions from forums about the "true queen" or the peculiar obsession of the protagonist, Bell, with his goal.
Other than that, she didn't have much of an impression.
Withdrawing from these thoughts, the brown-haired girl with twin tails took another look at the towering city walls before her.
As the adventurer city that sealed away the disaster known as the "Dungeon," Orario saw a massive flow of people.
Whether they were people who had traveled from afar to become adventurers, merchants bringing in or shipping out goods, or those leaving in despair, they could all be seen on this main road leading into the city.
To the guards responsible for vetting entrants, such sights were all too common.
"Hello! I'd like to enter the city!"
The guard, who had been looking down as he recorded information in the register, stopped his pen, drawn by the clear, bright voice. He looked up involuntarily.
A girl with such a lovely voice—she must be a beauty, right?
The result was exactly as expected.
The newcomer was indeed a rare beauty... no, rather than "rare," wouldn't it be more accurate to say she looked even better than many elves?
However, compared to her youthful and beautiful appearance, what intrigued the guard more was her attire.
Although the descent of the gods had brought many different styles of dress and fashion perspectives, leading to a variety of outfits inside and outside Orario, the style of the girl's clothing was something he had never seen before.
Though unfamiliar, it was certainly beautiful, and it suited her temperament perfectly.
"Hello, may I ask your name?"
While silently lamenting that Orario was about to welcome another high-profile adventurer, the guard faithfully performed his duties.
"Li Sushang."
Sushang? What a tongue-twister of a name... how is it written?
The guard scratched the back of his head and simply handed a sheet of paper to the girl, signaling for her to write her name down. When she handed it back, he saw two entirely different sets of characters.
One was in the common tongue—although not his native language, it was one he was very familiar with.
And the other... indeed, he had never seen it before. Was it the language of some small country?
"Race?"
"Immortal... Human."
Immortal?
(T/N: I believe Sushang was about to say Xianzhou Native, and switched to human. For reference, the Xian in Xianzhou means Immortal, God, or Celestial Being based on context.)
"What are you doing in Orario?"
"Uh... helping someone find a person?"
The girl perhaps felt her reason sounded a bit insufficient, but the guard didn't think much of it.
Looking for someone? That wasn't particularly rare. After all, many people lost their lives in Orario, and families who hadn't heard from them in a long time would naturally find a way to come here and search.
So, this girl had come after receiving a request to find someone? She probably wasn't some inexperienced rookie, then.
Glancing at the sword and scabbard at the girl's waist, the guard asked a few more routine questions before letting her through.
The inquiry was just standard procedure. Once inside, whatever happened was a problem for the adventurers and the gods to worry about; it had nothing to do with a transparent official like him.
Sushang was slightly surprised that the process of entering the city was so simple, but that was a good thing.
As the girl stepped into the city, the vibrant, noisy atmosphere completely surrounded her ears.
The street that greeted those entering the city was undoubtedly the golden spot for merchants and peddlers to set up stalls; the endless cacophony of hawking filled the air, making Sushang feel a bit overwhelmed for a moment.
Pedestrians with various racial traits, whom she had only imagined before, walked past her eyes.
Even having seen so many things, the sight, paired with the atmosphere that "something was about to begin," still made her heart race with excitement.
But before that, she needed to find where her target was.
Thinking of the "Little Cake's" situation, she decided that until she knew which period of time the Little Cake was in, it would be better to treat her as an ordinary person.
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