You Have a New Job (Continued)

There is no such thing as a peaceful and carefree life; every Anqi is carrying a heavy burden!

While conceiving various Dreamscape to help Kiana accumulate combat experience and adapt to the power of the Herrscher, Anqi of the Herrscher of the Void was also exploring other possibilities within Kiana.

For example, the sacred Kaslana Stigmata connects to every Kaslana, including genuine Kaslana like Siegfried and Siegfried, as well as hybrid Kaslana like Theresa and Kiana.

"It's killing me! It's killing me!"

"I found it, but the problem is how do I access it?"

"I'm just rubbing against it, not going to go in. Will Kevin just pop out and hit me?"

With her ever-expanding knowledge and a variety of miscellaneous abilities, Anqi did indeed find the path to access the Stigmata.

However, I'm not too bold to go in and explore.

Firstly, Stigmata are one of the ultimate measures against Honkai, and they probably don't have much affection for Herrscher. Although the story of Yae Sakura and Rin reaching a reconciliation within Theresa's Stigmata Space proves to some extent that the power of corruption can affect the power of Stigmata Space, it hasn't been truly verified. And Anqi has always been a coward who resists risks—or, to put it more kindly, cautious.

Secondly, the Stigmata resides within Kiana's body. Putting aside other considerations, if anything goes wrong during the test and affects Kiana, who is still completely unaware of it, it will be too late for Anqi to cry then.

"Or perhaps we should wait a little longer?"

"But Kevin will be pushing forward with the Stigmata Project as soon as he gets back. After all, it's the last resort after running out of options, and I can't just overturn it from the start. If I don't start learning about Stigmata now, will it be too late?"

Anqi felt slightly conflicted.

They either surpass Kevin and prove they have the qualifications to defeat the Finality, or they accept the arrangements of the Previous Civilization. In Anqi's view, this was not a problem.

Ultimately, even Anqi herself couldn't guarantee she'd create a better future. If she were to accidentally make a mistake, causing the future to take an even worse turn, then Kevin's safety net might be a way to give human civilization a dignified end.

At most, she can gather the people she wants to take with her and wander together in the trees and the sea!

The world is so big, if this leaf can't stay, can't it go and roam somewhere else?

"Kiana's safety is still the most important thing..."

"But the entrance is right here. It's like a sacred place for Kiana and Himeko. It's tempting me!"

Anqi crouched down, covering her head in defense, trapped in a mental dilemma for what seemed to be the umpteenth time.

At the same time.

Kiana, with the huge, hollowed-out shell of a Honkai Beast on her back, stealthily evaded the vigilance of a large number of patrolling soldiers and arrived at the side of a long, upward-facing bone passage. Then, she discarded the shell she had used to conceal her figure and strode up the path.

"Hey! You old geezer, your days of opening Teleportation all the time are over! Give me Anqi's cat ears!"

Arriving at the platform, which resembled a fossil cut surface with bizarre and distorted colors and shapes, Kiana strode forward and spoke to the silver-haired man sitting on a cheap plastic chair.

But then Siegfried, who was holding the Skyfire Greatsword in one hand and the cat headband in the other, stood up, and the plastic chair turned into black particles that drifted away in the wind.

"If you want it, then you have to take it. You know that rule."

"... You only said half of what you meant in English, but do you think I've never played Origins: Cry 5?"

Kiana's lips twitched, and she produced her recently favored street dance greatsword, which she carried imposingly on her shoulder.

On the other side, Siegfried, with a villainous, confident smile, continued reciting his pre-set lines:

How many times have we fought?

"I can't say for sure. There were quite a few training duels in my childhood memories, but I can't remember them very clearly. By the way, how are you doing with Anti-Entropy? Have you been eating on time? Have you recovered your health? Sigh, I know it's a dream, why am I asking you these questions? You can't answer them anyway."

"I won't lose to you, daughter!"

"Alright, stop nagging! Let the big boss of the Dreamscape world fall down!"

The two sides were about to clash when the flaming greatsword and the silver greatsword collided, creating a powerful aftershock that shattered the platform.

"Bang!!!"

Kiana's eyes lit up.

She felt an inexhaustible power within her, a surge of exhilarating feeling about to burst forth, which made Kiana realize—this was Dreamscape of perks.

In short, to prevent Kiana from becoming discouraged and giving up after repeated setbacks, Anqi arranges a bonus Dreamscape after each trial Dreamscape. In this dream, Kiana obtains Herrscher- level Honkai Energy, using its overwhelming power to slay gods and demons, experiencing the thrill of being invincible.

Kiana, of course, was unaware of these truths. She simply took the Dreamscape of benefits for granted and enjoyed it every time.

This time, naturally, is no exception.

"Hahaha! You stinky old man, let me try out this knife!"

Kiana's clear, flawless sky-blue eyes turned a dazzling golden color as they were corrupted by the massive amount of Honkai Energy. Kiana laughed loudly, and her immensely powerful greatsword slammed down on Siegfried, whose expression had drastically changed.

Then, fueled by her lingering resentment towards Siegfried, Kiana unleashed a flurry of slashes, brutally beating her own father.

"Hahaha!"

"That's it? Dad, is this all your Heavenly Fire Judgment is?"

"I really want to laugh! So weak, so poor, so incredibly weak!"

The now overconfident Kiana unleashed Anqi custom-designed street dance moves, leaving Siegfried struggling to defend himself and even falling to the ground multiple times.

"Hahaha! How am I so strong? I'm invincible! Honkai, Herrscher, Otto, what are they? Watch me smash them all to pieces, then save the world and have women on both sides!"

Kiana laughed wildly.

At the same time, he brutally beat Siegfried.

After enjoying himself for a long time, he finally delivered the fatal blow to the lifeless Siegfried.

Goodbye, you wretched old man, and goodbye to my cowardice!

Kiana plunged her greatsword into Siegfried's chest, then kicked him to the ground with a cool expression.

Then he held up the cat headband that Anqi had worn.

It was the weekend before the exam, Anqi rewarded Kiana by offering her a cat headband to be petted, hoping to motivate her to cram before the test. Kiana readily fell for it and narrowly passed the test.

And this cat-ear headband that Anqi wore is now a prized possession displayed in Kiana's wardrobe.

Even if it's Dreamscape, even if it's that stinky dad, Kiana absolutely cannot tolerate having him taken away!

"Yoshi, next time we meet, let Anqi wear it as a gift for our long-awaited reunion!"

Kiana imagined that scene, along with Anqi's "meow~~", her breath hot as she exhaled hot air from her nose, temporarily ignoring even the melancholy that Anqi was still nowhere to be found.

At the same time.

Deep within the Stigmata, a certain filtering and judgment logic, after experiencing numerous calculation errors, reached the following conclusion:

"Target Kiana Kaslana... beep... error... error..."

"Beep... Kiana Kaslana... Beep... Error..."

"Beep... Kiana Kaslana, you have passed the test and are of excellent quality. You will soon enter the final assessment stage of the Kaslana Stigmata."

After a difficult logical deduction, the Kaslana Stigmata's filtering mechanism locked onto those fantasies of Kiana unleashing her divine power and beating up all sorts of monsters and demons, and then submitted the conclusion to the execution mechanism.

At the same time, Anqi, who was struggling with whether to touch the Kaslana Stigmata, suddenly paused.

She stood up, parted the space in front of her, and plunged half of her body into the empty, Dreamscape world of welfare.

Look left and right.

Look up and down.

Its head and eyes darted around nimbly.

A moment later, Anqi flew into a rage.

Where is my Kiana?

"Where's this big cat bug of mine?"

"They were just here a moment ago, who did this?!"

At this moment, even if Finality Kevin were standing here, Anqi would have to fight tooth and nail to avoid having a few wings torn off. No one could escape unscathed after stealing Anqi's cat-like insect—no one!