Mei: I Have Too Many Cards to Play

But the Herrscher of Domination screamed so pitifully today... Mei felt a chill run down her spine.

So Mei snuggled up to Liu Bai, hugged his arm, and rested her head on his Liu Bai.

Liu Bai merely glanced at Mei and made no other move.

This girl hasn't really taken advantage of me much, so it's not a bad thing to let her do it occasionally.

"By the way Mei, have you learned anything lately?" With nothing else to do, Liu Bai decided to chat with Mei about everyday things.

"Learn..." Mei was a little embarrassed.

Sorry, but as a teenage girl, all she can think about right now is fear. Study? Study my ass!

But he couldn't say to Liu Bai's face, "I want to have sex with you, Brother Liu Bai, and then I can study."

"Um... does learning how to tie yourself up in a more artistic way count?" Mei asked cautiously.

Well, this isn't a topic that siblings should discuss, but in other words, if Liu Bai doesn't react in this regard, Mei herself doesn't need to worry too much about siblings; she can just treat it as a romantic gesture.

"..."

Liu Bai felt that he shouldn't have asked that question.

"... Besides this?"

"Can I now tie myself into any classic rope bondage position in just thirty seconds?"

Mei continued cautiously.

She's been a real street urchin lately, with nothing to do but either go out and pick fights with Rita or stay in her room figuring out how to tie herself up.

Thanks to this, Mei's skills have improved by leaps and bounds.

"Thirty seconds... You could apply for a world record."

Liu Bai's lips twitched slightly. It wasn't like he hadn't seen other people tie people up before. Rita would hang Raven up for a minute or two!

"Ahem, of course, I can untie ropes very quickly now." Mei a little, but what made her even happier was that her older brother didn't seem to have much of a reaction to this.

In other words, from now on they will be in a relationship as brother and sister.

"You change positions quickly, don't you?"

Liu Bai added quietly.

Mei blushed and nodded.

Indeed, this technique is used to change positions. If Mei gets tired of playing with a particular position, she can change it herself in a minute without needing anyone else's help.

Now all that's missing is Liu Bai to "play" with her.

But this is the most difficult part for her, since Liu Bai can't sneak in as a ghost to meet her in secret; he can only do it openly with his physical body.

Distressed.

Mei is now truly ready for everything except Liu Bai.

If she wants to have a secret rendezvous with Liu Bai, she'll need someone to help her, preferably a contractor...

Otto?

Mei thought about it and decided to let it go. This person was mentally ill, but the others... well, they were all vixens.

If she's not a contractor... Aunt Cocolia?

Um... never mind, let's not make things difficult for Auntie.

So it seems like... only Senior Reanna is left?

Chapter 498 Mei: I have too many cards

Mei thought about it and realized that she could only really rely on Reanna.

Am I all alone?

Mei looked up and glanced at Liu Bai's profile.

How about... we take care of Liu Bai in the elevator?

Mei suddenly had a dangerous thought, but Mei quickly shook her head.

Mei, you are a Yamato Nadeshiko, the woman who will become your brother's virtuous wife in the future. How could you do such a thing?

However, Mei soon didn't need to worry about this anymore—because the elevator reached the top floor.

As soon as the elevator doors opened, Mei saw Mei standing outside waiting for the elevator.

At the same time, Mei also saw Mei wearing a crop Mei that was part of her JK school uniform and hugging Liu Bai.

"..."

Mei raised an eyebrow but didn't react; she simply walked calmly into the elevator.

So calm?

Of course not!

Mei really wants to put on the Key of Emptiness and punch Mei twice right now.

She's not wearing any clothes right now...

"Teacher, are you done interrogating the Herrscher of Domination?" Mei glared at Mei before sitting down next to Liu Bai. "Did you get any valuable information?"

"Does taking the Herrscher of Domination under your control count?" Liu Bai stroked his chin. "It's probably like becoming someone who shares a lot with Otto —by the way, how did you know that the Herrscher of Domination was imprisoned here?"

"Otto told me," Mei pushed up her glasses. "As for your plan to recruit the Herrscher of Domination for your own use... are you really planning to collect every Herrscher in the current civilization?"

In the Previous Era Civilization and the Herrscher fought to the death; now, they serve as Herrscher in the same court.

Mei feels that her teacher is playing a very novel game now... like something like Herrscher Pokémon.

"No way... cough, aren't all the Herrscher of Death dead already?"

"... Believe it or not, if you insert the core of the Herrscher of Death into Seele, she will become a new Herrscher of Death."

Mei rolled her eyes. To be honest, if Sirin hadn't gone to the moon to receive the legacy and disrupted the current civilization's Herrscher progress, the chosen Herrscher of Death of this civilization should have been Seele.

There's no reason why! The power of Seele's Stigmata comes from the Herrscher of Death of the Previous Era!

"However, the official title of the Herrscher of Death should be the Herrscher of Death and Life."

The Previous Era called that thing the Herrscher of Death because it only used the power of death. Later, it was discovered that its core was actually two powers: death and creation, which is quite advanced among Herrscher. The fact that the Previous Era could get this thing was actually equivalent to drawing an SSR... although it might not be good news for the Previous Era.

The current civilization inherits the Herrscher categories from the Previous Era, and therefore also inherits the SSR Herrscher of Herrscher of Death and Life.

"I see...and Seele is also two sides of the same coin." Liu Bai thought of Seele's own problem. "Wait, does that mean the Herrscher of Death and Life in the Previous Era also had the possibility of two sides of the same coin? After all, the Herrscher of Death didn't use the Authority of Creation in the end."

With the Authority of Creation combined with the Herrscher's infinite mana bar, unless someone can deal a one-hit kill, it's equivalent to having infinite life.

Mei pondered Liu Bai's question for a moment, then shook her head and said, "Anyway, the person has already been killed, so there's no point in saying anything more."

But if we really want to say something, it should be the Herrscher's humanity that controls creation. In other words, the Herrscher of Herrscher of Death and Life may be born with a tendency towards dual personality... Of course, if one's understanding of their powers is deep enough, one can use a single personality at will.

However, that would be like an epiphany, like "only today do I realize who I am"—after all, creation has limited meaning for Herrscher filled with destructive desires.

However, if it's not a natural Herrscher, for example, if it were given to Seele, Seele would most likely be able to use these two powers with any of her personalities. It's not like the extreme personality of a normal Herrscher, so it would be easy for her to explore the use of both powers.

"Based on this reasoning, it's basically impossible for a normal, born Herrscher to use the Authority of Creation, since that would be equivalent to laying down the Herrscher and becoming a Buddha on the spot... But it is indeed possible to let Seele try to accept the Serenity Gem."

Mei believes that a fellow Herrscher is still very valuable—except for those Herrscher of Domination.

Even among the Flame-Chasers, a proper combat-type Herrscher would be considered mid-tier, let alone the Herrscher of Death and Life is capable of both offense and support.

"I think that after the fusion, he will most likely be stronger than this guy."

"I'm not Herrscher."

Seeing Mei retort to her, Mei rolled her eyes and continued to hug Liu Bai.

Her core is all about cheating, okay? I'm not even Herrscher, and you're saying I'm bad among Herrscher?

Just say it.

Anyway, now that I'm on good terms with Brother Liu Bai, there are some people who can only discuss business with Brother Liu Bai, but I won't say who they are.

"..."

Seeing Mei's smug glare, Mei gritted her teeth.

"That's not quite right. Mei Honkai Energy output is a bit outrageous right now," Liu Bai said, trying to put a good word for Mei.

This isn't the Mei from the original timeline who had to be combined with the Gem of Conquest. The current Mei has been working with the Gem of Conquest for years, and is a genuine, seasoned Herrscher. Her full-power Honkai Energy output has already surpassed that of her predecessor, Bella, who was Judgment-Class Honkai Beast. These stats on paper are actually terrifying...

Yes, not Bella who surpasses the Judgment-Class Honkai Beast, but Bella who was once a pseudo- Herrscher of Thunder.

"Brother is still the best..." Mei leaned on Liu Bai's shoulder, continuing to exude a sense of superiority towards Mei like a couple.

"By the way, speaking of which, where's Bella?"

Liu Bai realized he hadn't seen that silly, emotionless dragon maid in a long time, so he looked at Mei with a suspicious expression.

He didn't think Mei would kill Bella, but he was very likely to use some illegal means to illegally detain Bella.

After all, Bella's mind isn't working very well right now.

"You can ask Sirin about this..." Mei's lips twitched. Was she really that unreliable?

Okay, although she really wanted to stab Bella, there was a proper Herrscher right next to her.

Mei wasn't really acting impulsively and recklessly. She could tell how much muscle everyone had. If something really happened, even without Sirin, Bella could beat her up.

Although there are restraint devices, what restraint devices have ever restrained a living Judgment-Class Honkai Beast?! Even Previous Era didn't have them!

"Speaking of which, Bella is actually Herrscher of Domination, right? It's just that the traces of her Herrscher of Domination were erased by my senior sister... or rather, by the Shibao."

Strictly speaking, Shibao actually turned the core of the Herrscher of Domination into a blank slate—because a single Herrscher of Domination is so weak.

"If you want to ask about the Herrscher of Herrscher of Domination, just say so directly, no need to beat around the bush."

Liu Bai immediately saw through Mei's thoughts.

"You want to ask whether the planned new generation of Valkyrie Armor can still proceed, right?"

"... As expected, you can't hide it from the teacher."

If the Herrscher of Domination aren't one of our own, then even before our teacher finishes interrogating them, we can just have someone catch a couple of them, slaughter them like chickens, and no one will say a word.

But now that the Herrscher of Domination is one of their own, Mei has to think things over.

On the one hand, the current environment is not one where one must seize every opportunity and fight to the death.

On the other hand, Mei also knows just how valuable a well-organized system of Herrscher of Domination truly is.

The principle behind the Key of Emptiness is simply that the Herrscher of Domination can be compatible with the Herrscher Core!

Everyone knows how powerful the Key of Emptiness becomes after linking to the core, so what if the Herrscher of Domination directly absorbs it?

If you can guarantee the loyalty of the Herrscher of Domination, feeding the Herrscher of Domination is also an option!

Putting everything else aside, a Herrscher of Domination fed with a Herrscher Core is definitely stronger than the armor originally planned.

What was the plan before?

The low-energy cores of the Herrscher of Domination can be used to create controllable Key of Emptiness, but the problem is that no matter how many Herrscher Core are used, unless they are all together, the energy level will not be as high as that of a single Herrscher.

So now, whether to feed the Herrscher of Domination or build armor has become a new dilemma for Mei.

But I don't think that Rita, being such a weakling, would be nothing more than a background character in the Finality even if she wore the new armor.

Bianka, being the overpowered protagonist she is, no longer needs this kind of armor. I seriously doubt that Bianka's physical body can now completely ignore the backlash from the Key of Emptiness. Moreover, she has an even more suitable weapon. Once I find the time to use Bella's highly versatile genes to perform surgery on Bianka, she should be able to beat Kevin to a pulp.

If Bianka's compatibility is good, we can continue with the Chimera Project...

With this series of actions, Bianka has truly become a ruler who has suppressed all men for a lifetime.

And the most crucial point is that Bianka's gene is highly likely to be...

Finally, we could also offer some part-time roles as a Herrscher Core Herrscher.

Yes, that's a side effect. After all, Bianka, having completed the Chimera Project, could probably beat Herrscher to death in hand-to-hand combat even when naked.

When Bianka's momentum surged a couple of days ago, Mei was already considering whether to put all her eggs in Bianka and max out this girl's potential. She might actually be able to go toe-to-toe with the Finality!

If we're not betting on just one character, the second choice would actually be Kiana and Sirin. That old joke about stuffing Kiana with Herrscher Core, and if she couldn't fit, stringing her together like beads and stuffing her through the two openings at the bottom, wasn't just a joke...

Now there's another Herrscher of Domination.