Mei's Flavor

"It's here, it's here." Han Jiang came running over happily with a cup of instant noodles in his arms. "This is it."

Kiana could not help glancing at it. "Why doesn't the packaging have a design? What flavor is it?"

Han Jiang picked up his bowl and chopsticks again. "Beautiful girl flavor."

"Uh!"

Mei and Bronya both stopped what they were doing. What kind of flavor was beautiful girl flavor...?

"There really are instant noodles with beautiful girl flavor?!" Kiana's big eyes sparkled like stars.

Mei's delicate brows furrowed slightly. Kiana had been clamoring all day about wanting to eat beautiful girl flavored instant noodles. Did such noodles really exist?

"Yeah, I brought them especially for you," Han Jiang said. "If you want some, I'll soak them now. They'll be ready after you finish eating."

Han Jiang had complete faith in Kiana's appetite. A single cup of instant noodles would not even be enough to fill the gaps between her teeth.

"Mmm, I have to try it." Kiana clumsily poked at her food with her chopsticks.

Mei said worriedly, "Slow down. You're getting rice everywhere."

"It's because chopsticks from Mei's hometown are too hard to use. I've been learning for ages, but I still haven't figured them out."

Han Jiang saw that Bronya was silently struggling as well. Like Kiana, she was also not very good at using the chopsticks in her hands.

He had not expected even a genius like Bronya to be unable to use chopsticks, and he could not help laughing.

"What are you laughing at? You can..." Kiana retorted, only to see Han Jiang deftly pick up food with his chopsticks.

"That's so unfair. Han Jiang, you're from Shenzhou. You've used chopsticks since you were little," Kiana said unhappily.

It was only because Mei's cooking was so delicious. Otherwise, with Kiana's personality, why would she ever bother learning to use chopsticks?

When it came to eating, Kiana was extremely dedicated.

Before long, Kiana finished the food in her bowl and opened the instant noodles that had already been soaked.

"It tastes like Mei!" Kiana cried happily.

Han Jiang shuddered when he heard that. Good thing it was instant noodles. If it had been ribs or something, that would have been terrifying.

"What do you mean, beautiful girl flavored instant noodles... What flavor is that supposed to be?" Mei was also full of curiosity about that cup of noodles.

Kiana slurped up the noodles and said indistinctly, "It really tastes like Mei. It's super delicious."

Han Jiang added, "Kiana probably means it tastes like the food Mei makes, right?"

Mei stared at Han Jiang with wide eyes, her little face turning bright red as she became too flustered to speak.

Only then did Han Jiang realize he had used the wrong form of address. He had always carefully called her Raiden Classmate.

To Mei, only people close to her could call her by name directly. Han Jiang doing so was far too impolite.

"I'm sorry, Raiden Classmate. I..."

Mei shook her head. "It's fine. We're teammates on the same squad. Kiana and Bronya call me that too."

"Ding, Mei's Favorability +10."

Han Jiang secretly rejoiced at the mention of favorability. Calling a girl by her first name was amazing.

During the month since school started at St. Freya High School, Mei's favorability had remained stuck at 30 and barely increased.

Just changing how he addressed her had raised it by 10 points.

"Ding, Kiana's Favorability +5. Obtained Gun Fu LV1."

Kiana had already finished the instant noodles, and Han Jiang had finally gotten his wish and obtained the Gun Fu skill.

Of the three girls, Bronya's favorability was currently the lowest. Even now, it was only 15 points.

Compared to Kiana and Mei, Bronya had a special identity and grew up in a different environment.

It would not do for her favorability to stay like this forever.

"I'll go prepare dessert. We protected it well today, so the thermos holding our afternoon tea didn't break," Mei said happily.

Mei brought the afternoon tea from the vehicle, along with a pile of desserts... crushed so badly that their original shapes were unrecognizable.

"Have you ever wondered where Deadwalkers get their weapons?" Han Jiang casually asked as he took the dessert Mei handed him.

Kiana was clearly not interested in this, but Mei and Bronya began considering it.

"They are innate. We have no clear data proving that Deadwalker weapons are manufactured afterward." Bronya took small bites of the dessert, her face full of bliss.

Mei nodded along. "Mm, Deadwalkers are born with their weapons. There's a lot of information about this at the academy."

"Could it have something to do with the Honkai Will?" Han Jiang asked.

"The Honkai Will?" Mei asked doubtfully.

Bronya pondered for a long time before looking up at Han Jiang. "Is the Honkai Will you mentioned something similar to Gaia consciousness?"

Han Jiang recalled Gaia consciousness. Thinking about it carefully, they did seem somewhat alike, but they were also different.

"Forget it, forget it. Let's not discuss this." Han Jiang decided that once they returned to St. Freya High School, he would look for information in the library. "It's too troublesome."

"What are you talking about?" Kiana blinked her big eyes.

"Nothing. We were saying the desserts are delicious." Han Jiang smiled and stuffed an unrecognizable dessert into his mouth.

Kiana stretched out her neck and swallowed the dessert in her mouth. "Anything Mei makes is delicious, no matter what shape it is."

Mei blushed slightly.

During the break, Bronya searched for the next group of Deadwalkers to clear out, while Han Jiang continued cleaning up the battlefield.

Deadwalker Claws and Honkai Beast fangs and claws were both materials needed for evolution.

"Ding, detected more than five sets of Honkai Beast fangs and claws in the inventory. Exchange for crystals?"

"Exchange them! Exchange them all!"

The five sets of Honkai Beast fangs and claws in the inventory slowly gathered together, eventually condensing into the image of a crystal that floated to the upper right corner.

"Just one crystal?! Ah! You only gave me one crystal!"

The crystal count in the upper right corner changed from 20 to 21, shattering Han Jiang's hopeful heart into pieces.

One crystal was still better than none.

On average, five Honkai Beasts could be exchanged for one crystal. That meant 1,400 Honkai Beasts would get him one pull, which was not bad.

Han Jiang silently comforted himself. There had to be other ways to obtain them.

It was not like he had to kill that many Honkai Beasts himself. Picking up their corpses worked too. Every little bit added up.

As Han Jiang collected Honkai Beast fangs and claws, he suddenly saw the glowing orb representing Hiyori's Benevolent Face in his inventory twitch.

"What happened?"

Hiyori's Benevolent Face was currently like a pet egg. It would not hatch unless it absorbed special Honkai Energy.

Now that it was suddenly reacting, could it hatch without absorbing special Honkai Energy?

"Beep beep... beep beep!"

At the same time, Han Jiang's communicator began ringing.

"Attention, students. Attention, students. This is an order: stay away from Changkong City Girls' Middle School. I repeat, this is an order: stay away from Changkong City Girls' Middle School."

"What happened?" Han Jiang put the Honkai Beast fangs and claws in his hand back into the inventory and hurried toward Kiana and the other two.

"Bronya detected unusual activity eight kilometers to the northeast. Combined with Himeko's emergency notice, something unusual seems to have happened over there."

Han Jiang opened the map. A red dot glowed over Changkong City Girls' Middle School, while the surrounding five-kilometer radius was marked with the words "No Entry."

"It looks like some students are very close to Changkong City Girls' Middle School," Mei said as she looked at the map.

Four small green dots flickered within the red zone on the map. A small group of Deadwalkers had gathered there, and that squad was probably clearing them out.

"Ding, special Honkai Energy detected. Absorb special Honkai Energy to hatch the Herrscher Benevolent Face."

"Ding, insufficient special Honkai Energy nearby. Unable to complete hatching."

At the same time, system notifications rang in Han Jiang's mind. A compass icon also appeared on the system panel, pointing directly at Changkong City Girls' High School.

That was the second donation today. Thanks to [Mou Fa] for the 100 reward!! Today's update was a little late, mainly for the following reasons,