Bianka's Promising Future (Continued)

"Hmm... an old friend, or rather, a boss?"

Schrödinger put the mask back on—this disguise still made her feel a little ashamed in front of Liu Bai.

"Oh my, this sounds like it has a story behind it."

"If I had to put it in a way, it would be a story of 'almost heading towards tragedy'."

Schrödinger clearly didn't have much patience for Shakespeare, and Liu Bai responded with Schrödinger's biggest concern.

No, it's still 2012.

Phew... That's good. If she really miscalculated the time, she felt she might as well stay in the Sea of Quanta for the rest of her life.

"Tragedy... well, although I have created many tragedies, I would rather not write tragedies that happen around me."

Shakespeare wasn't without emotional intelligence; he sensed Schrödinger's reluctance to speak and thus found a way to save face for himself.

"Let's get back to the main topic." Shakespeare turned to Bianka and Rita. "Well then, ladies, I have a piece of advice for you."

"Advice?"

Rita looked away from Schrödinger and frowned.

Generally speaking, this kind of "advice" is definitely not good news.

Shakespeare didn't keep us in suspense.

"In short, to survive in this world, you must conserve your ammunition."

Shakespeare's gaze was fixed on Rita's scythe and Bianka's twin pistols.

"While it's not entirely impossible to replenish energy, the rate of replenishment will be hundreds of times slower."

Bianka's dual pistols, needless to say, are no match for fire pokers without energy.

Rita's scythe, although a melee weapon, requires energy to function and attack.

In this world, the concentration of Honkai Energy is extremely low, so it is not an exaggeration to say that the replenishment efficiency is hundreds of times slower.

"This is really not good news," Rita said with a serious expression.

"If I possess someone, I can put a weapon into an 'infinite energy' state."

Liu Bai said from the side, "But there's only one."

This news cheered Rita and Bianka up considerably; although it was only one item, it was enough.

"Could it be that the combat training you received from childhood has made you inseparable from this 'Honkai'?"

Shakespeare chuckled at Bianka's somewhat gloomy expression—clearly, he was still holding a grudge against Bianka for her earlier comment about "the red dwarf."

"Hey! Don't look down on me! If you're so tough, let's have a contest! I promise I won't use Honkai Energy!"

Unable to resist the provocation, Bianka raised her fist and glared fiercely at Shakespeare.

"Hahaha... What kind of contest? Close combat?" Shakespeare retorted with a glare, not to be outdone.

"The captain is very skilled in close combat, Miss Bianka. If you agree to this, you may not be able to win."

Schrödinger made a muffled sound through the mask.

Although Schicksal is a negative factor, Schrödinger and Reanna had a very good relationship, so there was no prejudice against them.

Even the current situation is due to my own guidance.

Although Schrödinger was very unhappy that the two people were Liu Bai's "hosts", he couldn't just watch them fall into a trap.

She wanted to salvage her image in Liu Bai's eyes!

"Hey! Someone's siding with outsiders! I, the captain, hereby declare that you're not getting your bonus or overtime pay for this month!"

There is a traitor among us!

"Hmph! My close-quarters combat skills are not weak either!" Schrödinger's statement only fueled Bianka's competitive spirit. Bianka raised her chin, showing no sign of admitting defeat. "From hand-to-hand combat to weaponry, I'll take it all!"

"That's exactly what I've been waiting to hear!"

What is Bianka's winning percentage?

Watching the two go out to play games, Liu Bai was actually a little puzzled, so he casually patted Schrödinger on the shoulder.

Although Schrödinger couldn't hear, he quickly understood what Liu Bai wanted to ask.

"Not high. Miss Bianka would have a hard time beating the Captain without using Honkai Energy. If the Captain were also Valkyrie, her strength would probably be at least close to S-rank."

Having spent a lot of time with Reanna, Schrödinger had a general idea of the power levels of the Valkyrie.

"... That's unexpected."

Rita seemed somewhat surprised, completely unable to believe that Shakespeare, from a world that hadn't Honkai, was so strong.

"It looks like Lady Bianka is going to suffer a setback."

Rita smiled wryly, then looked at Schrödinger.

"Iron Mask... no, Miss Schrödinger, would you like to have a spar with me?"

Rita extended an invitation to Schrödinger.

"After all, you are the first mate and I am the adjutant... We are both adjutants, and it's not appropriate for us to watch the commanders spar."

"...?" For some reason, Schrödinger actually felt a sense of competition.

This little girl...

Schrödinger's eyes narrowed slightly beneath the mask.

"Alright, I'm fairly confident if it's a sparring match that doesn't involve using Honkai Energy."

Schrödinger readily agreed, but the subtle sense of competition from the other party made her a little uncomfortable.

"Tsk... that's strong."

"Call..."

Rita and Bianka were both surprisingly defeated.

"... We almost lost." Although Schrödinger won, he looked at the two exhausted people in front of him with a sense of emotion.

To have this kind of fighting ability at such a young age... Rita is alright, but Bianka...

Schrödinger felt that the other person might become the next Reanna.

"It wasn't an easy win for me either... honestly, both in terms of strength and speed... Miss Bianka, are you really twelve years old?"

Shakespeare inwardly exclaimed how close she had come to defeat. Compared to Schrödinger, who claimed to have almost lost but was actually quite relaxed, she had truly been nearly overpowered by Bianka.

That would be incredibly embarrassing.

"Let me tell you, if you exercise too much when you're young, your breasts won't grow big."

"..." Liu Bai twitched the corner of his mouth.

He felt that these words inexplicably implied something about Fu Hua.

"So what if I don't grow up? I'm just a bit of extra weight that will affect my fighting ability." Bianka said stubbornly, while looking at Rita with a hint of envy.

"Don't worry, I think your breasts will definitely get bigger in the future, Miss Bianka... although I think it's still a bit difficult to become like Miss Rita," Liu Bai comforted Bianka by rubbing her head.

Although Liu Bai doesn't remember the exact dimensions of their future, he knows that there are people who surpass Rita, and Bianka is definitely not one of them, otherwise he would remember her. However, Bianka is definitely the closest one to Rita.

Oh, by the way, actually, Rita's future stats are B:92W:61H:92, and Bianka's future stats are B:88W:59H:89. Liu Bai's impression was not wrong.

As for b, w, and h being chest, waist, and hip respectively, that should be common knowledge... I won't go into the basics of the LSP exam.

It can be seen that Rita won by a narrow margin overall.

Liu Bai had serious doubts: when the two of them reached their mid-twenties or later, would Bianka completely overtake Rita?

After all, the speed of development from a flat-chested girl to someone comparable to Rita is truly astonishing—after all, the two are four years apart on paper, but only two years apart in reality.

Rita's future is just a little longer, while Bianka's is like a skyscraper rising from the ground.

On the other hand, perhaps it's precisely because Bianka is so petite that she hasn't questioned her age? After all, a normal fourteen-year-old girl has already gone through puberty for a while...

Sad, but not completely sad.

At least Bianka has a truly promising future, while Fu Hua... emmmmm...

The future is already here.

"Who needs your comfort in this kind of thing!" Bianka said, brushing Liu Bai's hand away with a look of displeasure.

Rita & Bianka compatibility +5%

"I'm still really looking forward to that day." Rita chuckled to herself, no wonder their compatibility was increasing together.

"I was trying to comfort you, you know..."

Liu Bai pursed his lips. Little Bianka, who doesn't have much pressure or responsibility on her shoulders yet, is much more fun than the rigid and straightforward Durandal will become a hard worker in the future.

Although each has its own advantages, and maturity is not a bad thing, at least Liu Bai can see the liveliness that a young girl should have in the tender Bianka in front of him.

"If you don't appreciate my kindness, I'll curse you with voodoo dolls... cough cough, anyway, I'll make sure you don't grow any breasts. Ghost curses are especially effective, you know?"

After thinking it over, Liu Bai decided that he should save face for his disciple and do him some good deeds...

After all, he was a caring and good teacher, and he was definitely not afraid that Fu Hua would find out someday and give him a Tai Xu Sword God or something...

"Alright, alright, stop talking about those stupid breasts!"

Shakespeare clapped her hands with a dark expression—although she didn't know what Liu Bai had said, she could still guess a bit from Bianka's expression and words.

Well, as a "red dwarf," Shakespeare didn't have breasts either, and neither did Schrödinger.

"Let's exchange the real intelligence instead!"

Shakespeare smiled.

"What are your expedition goals? In exchange—I will tell you the true purpose of our 'Caledonia' voyage."

"Hmm..."

This question left both Bianka and Rita with troubled expressions.

"Speak, this is information that needs to be kept secret outside, but inside the World Bubble ... even if it is leaked, it will only circulate within the World Bubble. Otto can't control that far ahead."

Liu Bai's simple and straightforward reasoning convinced the two of them.

"Rita, you tell me, I really can't remember what the bishop said."

"So, our mission is to explore the 'Aether Anchor' —does anyone have any clues about this existence?" Rita concluded after giving a long summary of Otto's explanation.

"My old brain can't understand any of this," Cervantes said with a wry smile, having somehow already boarded the ship.

Shakespeare, on the other hand, looked at Schrödinger.

"... First Mate, this is somewhat similar to what you used to say about the multiverse or something, isn't it?"

"Maybe so, Otto still has his ways."

Schrödinger nodded. "Then I'll talk about the Sea of Quanta ... As we all know, the Sea of Quanta is not a real sea, nor is it a planet, and it has nothing to do with liquids like water."

"In fact, we should view the Sea of Quanta as the cornerstone that does not belong to any single universe. It is a medium that can carry countless worlds—in this sense, we call it the Sea of Quanta —all the different World Bubble are contained within the Sea of Quanta... although I feel that a bubble bath tub is more appropriate."

Schrödinger paused.

"And the Sea of Quanta is made of ether... They will form a membrane like water in the natural ebb and flow of the tides—think about life, and if you are lucky enough, these membranes can evolve into World Bubble."

"This..."

Liu Bai suddenly remembered these theories; he had once acquired a skill called "quantum theory" from Einstein.

"In other words, the 'Aether Anchor' Otto is looking for is something that can stably transform the 'membrane' into a 'bubble'?"

"That's right, besides that, there's also information about membranes and projection..."

Schrödinger wanted to continue, but stopped when he saw the headache-ridden expressions on Bianka's and the others' faces.

Was I just talking to a brick wall?

"I feel that I have explained it vividly and concisely enough."

She even considered these people's educational level!