Chapter 324

Now!

The blade was already right in front of her face; she could even feel the heat of the lightsaber. Now! Dodge! She somersaulted sideways into the air, and the world seemed to suddenly fall silent. The light lost its color, the air seemed to freeze, and everything slowed down.

'Is this Space-Time Rift?'

Li Pu didn't know why she had entered the Space-Time Rift, but it was perfect! She slid and darted behind the Honkai Emperor.

Behind the Honkai Emperor, there was a striking white spot that seemed particularly eye-catching.

"Excalibur!"

Regardless of what that light spot actually is, firing a shot with Curry Stick is always the right thing to do!

Chapter 366 This System?

A single Curry Cannon brought this battle to a close.

'I feel like something's missing.' Li Pu plopped down on the ground, panting heavily. Only after the battle was over could she more or less think about what the battle really meant to her.

This battle may indicate that the enemy has become stronger, while at the same time it shows that we have become weaker.

This Honkai Beast has indeed become much stronger, but no matter how strong it gets, it's still just a low-tier Honkai Beast. Even at its peak, it can't surpass a high-tier Honkai Beast! It shouldn't be this difficult against other characters.

If I could switch to Artoria, Kallen, or Cecilia, I could finish the battle quickly.

Unfortunately, that won't work; in this respect, I've definitely been weakened. My biggest trump card, the ability to switch characters, has been sealed by Urd, so I can only use Belldandy in battle.

Fortunately, although Belldandy is not officially classified as a combatant, as Goddess, her physical attributes and strength are still excellent.

If I were in my normal state, I probably would have already lost my life.

"Vivian!" Belldandy ran over anxiously, her face and eyes filled with apology and worry, and she even looked like she was about to cry.

"Ah~ It's been eliminated." Li Pu waved his hand weakly and said, "There's absolutely no problem. I estimate that there won't be any more evil creatures as powerful as the one we just encountered for a while. The rest is up to us to deal with the aftermath."

"Vivian!" Belldandy seemed even more worried, her voice trembling as she said, "You're hurt!"

"Injured?" Belldandy's reminder brought Li Pu back to her senses. She seemed to have felt a vague pain in her back during the battle, and touched it. The pain became more pronounced, and the heat and stickiness on her hand, when she looked closer...

It's blood! Fresh blood! This is the first time I've been injured in a battle against Honkai Beast.

"Ah... it's nothing..." Li Pu tried to appear strong, but his consciousness was becoming hazy.

"With Avalon's presence on me, this little injury is nothing." Li Pu felt dizzy and was about to faint.

"I should be fine after a good night's sleep..." she finally couldn't take it anymore and said, "I'll leave the rest of eliminating the effects to you."

After saying that, Li Pu finally couldn't hold on any longer and fainted.

He managed to get through it, or perhaps not. He lost consciousness, yet he seemed to be able to sense something. In the darkness, Li Pu felt as if he were drifting with the current, not knowing where he would be led.

What place is it?

I don't know, I don't know how much time has passed, in this place where the sky and the earth seem to be a chaotic blur, and you can't tell up from down, left from right, right from left, east from west, north from south.

He just kept floating like that until he finally stopped as if he bumped into something.

What is it?

Yes...

'Belldandy?' Li Pu finally seemed to realize what had stopped her. It was Belldandy!

'Why her? And where is this?' Li Pu didn't know, but he seemed to be gradually regaining his ability to think. He struggled to stand up. Well, he should say stand up! He stood up from what had been a lying, drifting position.

In front of her was Belldandy, and behind Belldandy was the system!

Is this the system space? Why is Belldandy here?

That doesn't seem like a problem, does it? Urd can seal off her system, along with all the other characters. It shouldn't be impossible for Belldandy to infiltrate her own system space, right?

"Belldandy?" Li Pu asked tentatively.

Li Pu didn't answer, but he noticed that Belldandy, in his consciousness, seemed to speak as he spoke.

"Belldandy?!" Li Pu frowned, and Belldandy frowned as well.

'Is this me?' Li Pu sensed something was wrong and looked down at himself. Hmm, there were no breasts, and his hands weren't the delicate, white skin of a girl's. He still looked like himself. But the Belldandy in front of him was making the same movements as him.

'It should be a character, a character you still control.'

This was the first time he had encountered a character he had previously controlled in the system space! However, it was possible that the character he had previously suspected might actually exist to some extent.

It's not simply about cosplaying, making yourself resemble a certain character, but rather transforming into that character entirely.

'But here...' Li Pu looked around.

Although he was certain this was the system space, the system was now just a collection of rules and regulations; all the text had vanished. However, the scenery here had clearly changed.

He remembered that the previous system space was completely dark, and only this system dialogue interface stood out conspicuously.

And now...

It felt as if I was standing under a starry sky, with my feet on the water, surrounded by a breathtakingly beautiful scene.

'Oh~ Speaking of which, Urd seemed to have said that I could also break this seal.' Li Pu remembered what Urd had said before, so this was the way to break the seal? I can give it a try. If I can control Belldandy here, maybe I can use her power to break the seal.

Li Pu raised his hand and placed it on the system interface.

Belldandy raised her hand and placed it in the same position as Li Pu, making it look like a mirror. She would mimic whatever Li Pu did.

What's the next step? For example, should I inject Belldandy's power into this system dialog box and get it working again? It seems, probably, that's how it should be, right? Anyway, we'll find out by trying.

Since we've already come this far, how can we not give it a try?

Power, the power from Belldandy, began to flow into the system; although not much, it was still perceptible. At the same time, the system seemed to be undergoing a subtle change.

Just then, a whole bunch of strange and wonderful things suddenly flooded into Li Pu's mind.

He didn't understand, he couldn't comprehend it. It felt more like a bunch of random, garbled code being violently and directly shoved into his mind! These things were like a wild bull running amok in his brain, causing Li Pu a splitting headache!

'No! No! We have to stop! Stop!'

"Eee-yaa..."

At that very moment, Li Pu suddenly opened his eyes.

A worried, sad, and apologetic face came into her view.

Chapter 367 Natural Gas Explosion

"Vivian."

Seeing that Li Pu had finally woken up, Belldandy's face finally showed a hint of relief. She hugged Li Pu tightly and said excitedly, "That's great! That's really great, you're finally awake."

I was really, really worried to death. Although the terrible wound had been healed, Vivian showed no signs of waking up.

She seemed to have entered some kind of deep hibernation, which was not a good thing for a Goddess. Belldandy tried everything she could, but couldn't wake Vivian. She was truly helpless and could only wait and pray that her sister, whom she had only met once, had risked everything to protect her and Ying Yi sister, and that she would wake up soon. Otherwise, she would never forgive herself.

Waiting... waiting, waiting for time to slowly pass by, Vivian finally woke up after several hours.

"Ah... Belldandy, you're holding me too tight," Li Pu said, a little out of breath. "If this keeps up, I'm going to suffocate."

Belldandy is indeed a very good person—kind, innocent, and caring more about others than herself. Her only flaw might be that she's a bit of a "love-struck" type. Of course, there are also some negative effects from being overly concerned.

"Ah~ I'm sorry, Vivian." Belldandy quickly released Li Pu.

"No... it's nothing." Li Pu sat up, feeling a little dizzy, unsure whether it was because of what she had just done in the system space or because she had been unconscious for too long. She couldn't move freely for a while.

"Um..." Belldandy sat down next to Li Pu, and seeing Li Pu's slightly pained expression made her feel even more distressed.

"I'm sorry, Vivian." Belldandy really wanted to comfort and help her younger sister, but she didn't seem to know what to do and could only say with sincere apology, "I dragged Vivian into this because of what happened between me and Ying Yi."

"It's nothing," Li Pu said nonchalantly. "If anyone is at fault, it's me. I was too careless and thought it was just a publicly funded trip."

Indeed, Li Pu initially thought that this was a romantic comedy, so it would be safe. She only needed to pretend to scare some ill-intentioned people among ordinary humans. The rest was just learning what Belldandy did.

I never expected that this place would also be affected by the Honkai, and I encountered a reskinned Honkai Emperor right away.

"Ah... um..." Li Pu suddenly looked up at Belldandy and said, "Do you know her or not...?"

"What?" Belldandy, seeing Li Pu suddenly ask her a question, prepared to answer seriously, but after waiting for a long time Li Pu 'Li Pu next sentence. Who does he know? What does her sister want to ask?

"Ah... this..." Li Pu opened his mouth, he did have a question he wanted to ask but didn't know how to say it.

It's about the system; my mind has been flooded with a bunch of gibberish ever since. Li Pu seems to be starting to understand this bunch of things that look like gibberish; it's not gibberish at all, but some kind of language.

It's roughly like programming languages such as C++ and Java. Of course, Li Pu doesn't want to discuss which language, C++ or Java, is the most beautiful, or which is the best for beginners.

But there is no doubt that this seemingly fabricated language gave her more information, the most important of which was the true nature of the system.

An unclear but already vaguely discernible phantom.

The information conveyed to Li Pu by this blurry phantom was not much, but it seemed to be very important. The system's true form was a small little girl, and the more information that could be conveyed from this blurry phantom was that she seemed to belong to the same category as Belldandy and the others.

Whether it belongs to the same race remains to be further investigated, since it is just a phantom and can only convey too little information.

However, judging from the current situation, the presence of Belldandy makes her even more useful in cracking the system.

"I meant Ying Yi?" Li Pu changed his question and asked, "I don't seem to have seen him."

"He went to volunteer." As soon as Ying Yi Belldandy mentioned it, it was as if the sadness brought on by Li Pu's injury had been swept away. She said happily and admiringly, "He said that he couldn't do anything if he stayed here, and that the evil thing was a negative effect of his own wish, so he needed to do something because it was his responsibility. Because it was because of him that those disasters were brought to the school."

As she spoke, Belldandy looked to one side, where there was a dense crowd and various large construction vehicles coming and going.

It seems that the aftermath has already begun, and judging from the situation, it appears that the municipal government and the school are working together to handle the aftermath.

"Speaking of which," Li Pu suddenly asked curiously, "How did you handle this impact?"

Li Pu remembered that the Goddess seemed to have the ability to modify parts of human memories, and they seemed to use this ability frequently. After something like this happened, they would definitely use this ability to clean up the mess, right?

"It was a natural gas pipeline explosion," Belldandy said innocently. "Some experienced people say that if you encounter something like this, just say it was a natural gas explosion. It's a very useful excuse."

Natural gas pipeline explosion...

Li Pu was truly speechless, and had to admit that this explanation did indeed fit the current situation quite well.

"Belldandy".

Covered in sweat and looking exhausted, Ying Yi appeared before the two. Judging from his dust and tired appearance, he had put in a lot of effort in the cleanup operation. Not having slept all night and being busy just now, his mental state seemed to have reached its limit.

She always seems to have the kind of look that makes her fall asleep the moment her head hits the pillow.

"Ying Yi- san." Seeing Ying Yi's tired appearance, Belldandy said with concern, "If you really can't hold on, you can take a good rest. Don't push yourself too hard."

"No, it's nothing." Ying Yi said, looking very embarrassed and apologetic. "This whole thing started because of me, it's nothing at all."

"More importantly, Vivian, how are you feeling?"

Having just suffered such severe injuries, and despite Belldandy saying that humans couldn't heal Vivian's wounds, she was left here to be treated by Belldandy. However, Vivian hasn't woken up since the treatment, and remains unconscious to this day.

She had woken up, but Vivian's mental state didn't seem to be very good.

"It's nothing." Li Pu rubbed his shoulders and stood up, saying, "You're basically fine now, and Belldandy was right. If you really can't handle it, you should rest properly. Besides, you don't need to blame yourself too much for what happened with the evil creature."

"These things have always existed; they didn't appear because of our existence." Li Pu tried to persuade Ying Yi, saying, "They're right here, and if no one goes to get rid of them, they'll stay here forever."

"Perhaps they won't come out to hurt people for a day or two, but it's only a matter of time before they accumulate enough power to do so."

"Moreover, if they are given enough time and accumulate enough energy, the damage that may occur will not be limited to just one road in the school, or simply a matter of injuring a few people." Li Pu said reassuringly, "It could be an entire campus, an entire street, an entire city that will be impacted, and the number of casualties will not be hundreds or thousands, but tens of thousands."

"From this perspective, forcing these evil creatures out in advance also saved the entire city."

As for whether that was true, Li Pu wasn't entirely sure; the transition from an ordinary Honkai Beast to Herrscher Honkai wasn't simply a matter of accumulating power. However, this explanation did make the kind-hearted Ying Yi much more at ease.

I have high hopes for the protagonist, Li Pu, even though he, like most Japanese anime protagonists, doesn't have many merits besides being kind and gentle.

However, Li Pu prefers this protagonist to the others because Ying Yi genuinely kind and incredibly devoted. Although there are many Goddess around him, this anime can't really be categorized as a harem anime.

Because Ying Yi's heart belongs only to Belldandy. He is not an emotional idiot like in traditional Japanese anime. He is strong-willed and devoted to his feelings. He is just not good at expressing himself, may be a little insecure, and lacks the courage to break through the barrier between humans and gods that may or may not exist.

In short, this protagonist, despite his weak combat abilities, truly embodies the will and resilience of ordinary people.

Therefore, Li Pu did not want Ying Yi to bear too much mental burden.

"Really?" Ying Yi asked in surprise.

"Yes," Belldandy chimed in, "Li Pu is right. The evil thing is right here. If we leave it unchecked Vivian, it will surely cause a disaster. So Ying Yi- san isn't really at fault."

"That's good." Ying Yi finally relaxed and said, "That's good... that's good..."

As Ying Yi finally couldn't take it anymore. Once the guilt in her heart disappeared, she truly couldn't bear it any longer. She hadn't rested all night, and on top of that, she had faced a sudden and disastrous turn of events, as well as continuous work and assistance since the end of the battle.

Ying Yi has reached her limit, both physically and mentally.