Chapter 345

"Is this a kind of low-energy state?" Li Pu explained, "In short, because they are highly dependent on the Yggdrasil system, they will enter a low-energy state once the system's support is lost. Of course, in addition to low energy consumption, they also use alternative energy sources to get through this energy crisis."

"I remember that the alternative energy source for Belldandy was sleep."

"Sleep?" Kevin scoffed. "What kind of bizarre alternative energy source is this?!"

"These are some of the weirdest alternative energy sources." Li Pu shrugged. "There are even weirder ones, like the wine from Urd and the ice cream from Sariel."

While Urd and wine, Sariel and ice cream are all items that enhance character design and fit their personalities...

But realistically, how much energy can those two things provide? It's hardly enough for the Goddess!

Forget it, only a fool would try to find reality in this...

Ah, this is reality now.

"Can you do that too?" Kevin suddenly asked. "Will you fall into a deep sleep if you don't have enough energy?"

"I don't know," Li Pu said. "My alternative energy source seems to be food..."

It's not entirely certain yet. Although I drew the character Belldandy, I'm now on a different path from Belldandy.

It only possesses some of Belldandy's characteristics, and some of those that should have been the same seem to have become different.

The situation regarding alternative energy sources should be different too, right?

It seems that even when the Yggdrasil system crashed and energy input decreased significantly, I didn't feel like sleeping. I just felt a little hungry.

So, your alternative energy source is food?

Wait a minute!

Li Pu suddenly realized that he seemed to have overlooked a very important question, one that he hadn't really thought about until now: Why was he different from Belldandy?!

"This isn't right!!" Li Pu frowned and said, "No! This isn't right!"

"What's wrong?" Kevin countered. "Is it Yggdrasil? I knew that thing wouldn't just break like that~ So this must be..."

"No!" Li Pu denied, "That's not what I meant, I meant myself!"

"I... I should... may... really..."

Li Pu couldn't be too sure, because after Urd sealed her system, she had never reverted to being a boy. She had always appeared as Belldandy.

She hadn't noticed it before, but now she finally realized the problem.

I'm using the character Belldandy. If it's a character, theoretically she should be exactly the same as Belldandy, not just in appearance.

Instead, their energy and properties should be exactly the same, so if the energy supply is interrupted, Li Pu should want to sleep, not eat!

If you want to eat, it might mean that your alternative energy source is no longer the same as Belldandy's.

More importantly, his power seemed to be shifting from Belldandy's healing nature to its offensive nature. While Belldandy, as First-class God, was not weak in combat, she was not, after all, a true Battle Goddess.

However, she herself had already diverged from Belldandy on the path of becoming Battle Goddess.

This... this might not be a simple case of differentiation!

Chapter 405 Good News and Bad News

"Soda that makes you happy, fat otaku." Kevin found it strange.

He naturally knows about Feizhai Happy Water, also known as Coke, which is a drink that evolved from cough syrup. Li Pu drinks this stuff but not too much. Li Pu is not a person who likes sweets and drinks very much. But he won't refuse. He has never drank Coke since he became Beludandi. Kevin knows this. Anyway, he had almost never seen Li Pu take the initiative to drink this.

Even though it was something unusual that he drank it voluntarily, Kevin still sensed that something was amiss.

"Why do you suddenly want to drink this?" Kevin asked, a little puzzled. "Aren't we supposed to go find Ying Yi and Belldandy first?"

"Because there are some things that need to be verified." Li Pu said, holding a can of Coke, "I don't hate drinking soda, but there's a deeper reason why I don't drink it now."

"What deeper reason?" Kevin scratched his head, puzzled.

What could be the underlying reason for this?

"Am I amazing as Goddess?" Li Pu suddenly asked a question that seemed to have nothing to do with this.

"Yes," Kevin said with certainty, "It's really impressive, at least it feels like you've surpassed your previous level."

Of course, this is due to a combination of factors, including Noble Phantasm, abilities, and ideology. But what does this have to do with the present?

"You might not be aware of this," Li Pu explained, "The God Race and Demon Race have a very peculiar weakness, which can sometimes be fatal, and sometimes it can be quite absurd. And this kind of laughable weakness may be different for each person."

Li Pu remembered it perfectly. In the anime and manga, Urd's weakness was falling asleep immediately upon hearing enka music; Mara's weakness was dancing incessantly upon hearing rock music; and Wilsper, a character only appearing in the manga, was afraid of water. As for Sariel's weakness, it wasn't explicitly stated. However, based on the known information, it could be inferred that she also had a peculiar weakness.

Belldandy's peculiar weakness is cola.

"Belldandy can't drink cola," Li Pu explained. "She's fine with alcohol. It's no different from plain water to her... or at least it tastes weird. But generally speaking, Belldandy will never get drunk from alcohol."

She remembered seeing scenes of Belldandy drinking in both the anime and manga. She might not be as addicted to alcohol as Urd, but she didn't dislike it either.

Anyway, Belldandy won't get drunk from drinking.

But!

"Belldandy doesn't get drunk from drinking, but that's the problem." Li Pu said with a grim expression, "Belldandy's peculiar weakness is that she can't drink cola. The first thing I'll mention is this 330ml can of cola in my hand. That's enough to get rid of Belldandy."

"Huh?" Kevin said, as if he hadn't heard clearly, "What do you mean? You just sent away a 330ml Coke?"

"Simply put, it's being drunk." Li Pu scratched her face, swallowed hard, and said hesitantly, "I don't know if that counts as being drunk, but a 330ml can of Coke is enough to make Belldandy drunk, to the point where she's about to black out."

"So, Kevin, do you understand what I mean?" Li Pu said seriously, "If my weakness in this area is exactly the same as Belldandy's, which means I'll become a drunkard after drinking this Coke... and with my current fighting ability, I'm not sure what I could do. So if I really get drunk, I hope you can do me a favor."

"Please knock me out before I do anything outrageous," Li Pu said. "Please."

As for whether Kevin will take the opportunity to do anything strange, judging from Kevin current behavior, it's highly unlikely. He might engage in a little flirting, but he would absolutely not take advantage of the situation to do anything like forcing a relationship.

So if he gets drunk and acts crazy, Kevin is the only one who can stop him now.

"If that's the case, then don't drink it," Kevin said with a shrug, unconvinced.

He believes in the saying "a thousand cups of wine won't make you drunk," but what's with getting drunk from just one Coke? Coke was originally just cough syrup mixed with soda water. Now it's just a combination of sugar, caffeine, phosphoric acid, and carbonic acid. How can this stuff make you drunk? Are you saying you get drunk on sugar? There's so much sugar in nature; this is just too unbelievable.

"No~" Li Pu shook his head and said, "This is very important, so I have to drink! If I get really drunk, you must stop me from doing anything shocking or unconventional!"

"Ah, I know," Kevin said nonchalantly. "Is it that important?"

"This is extremely important!" Li Pu said very seriously. "It concerns..."

"It concerns MEI!"

When MEI was mentioned, Kevin, though confused, immediately became serious and said, "Okay, I understand. I'll support you no matter what!"

"Then I'll drink it!" Li Pu looked at the bottle of cola in her hand. After hesitating for a long time, she finally made up her mind, opened the bottle, and gulped it down in a few mouthfuls, just like a good brother would.

Then...

After waiting for a while and nothing happened, Li Pu's mind remained clear.

"So you don't look drunk at all." Kevin breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I knew there couldn't be such a weirdo who's weak..."

"No! Kevin!" Li Pu exclaimed in despair, "You blockhead, you have no idea what this means!"

This idiot! Did he really think Li Pu just made up an excuse to go drink Coke? If it were just drinking Coke, there would be no need to go to such lengths. She wouldn't drink Coke at this time unless it was something particularly important.

"So what exactly happened?!" Kevin was also a little unhappy. He wanted things to be explained clearly.

What does this mean? How can anyone understand it if it's not explained clearly?

"Let me put it this way," Li Pu said, patting his chest. "You don't understand at all. For me, whether it's Mei or Belldandy now, it's more like a copy, and not just a copy with the flaws corrected. What I do is not to turn the copy into 'me,' but to turn 'me' into a copy, which means to understand, resemble, and perfectly portray the character."

"But when I step out of this role, I will still be myself, not someone else," Li Pu said. "When I am Belldandy, I shouldn't be the Battle Goddess Vivian, but a first-class, non-limited Goddess Belldandy. Even if I can't perfectly replicate her, I can replicate most of her traits, including her flaws! So her flaws should also be my flaws now."

"But now her flaws are not my flaws, her characteristics are not my characteristics, do you know what that means?" Li Pu said with some pain, "It means that I am no longer a 'copy of Belldandy ', nor is it simply a 'copy of Belldandy's becoming 'me', but 'Vivian' is becoming real."

"Ah..." Kevin scratched his head, he may have realized some problems but still couldn't quite figure them out.

"I had a feeling that something was off before, but I never expected it to turn out like this." Li Pu said, not knowing how to face it. "When I started to show some of the characteristics that only MEI has, I did think about it. Now it seems that I should have thought about it more back then."

At the time, I improved MEI's understanding value through the system, and then I discovered that some habits unique to MEI had appeared in my original character Li Pu. These habits were also transferred to other characters.

For example, MEI's habitual gesture of pushing up his glasses, and MEI's amazing DIY skills.

Li Pu hadn't thought much about it before, but now she had to take the issue seriously.

"I still don't understand," Kevin said, shaking his head. "It feels a bit complicated."

"Alright." Li Pu sighed and said, "If you've been observing me all along, while I was still in that world, then you should know what I, and the people around me like Otto, think of me, right?"

"I know that," Kevin said immediately. "That bastard wants to collect soul fragments and then use your body to resurrect Kallen. You could also think of it as turning you into Kallen."

"Oh~" Li Pu shrugged indifferently and spread his hands, saying, "So now I have good news and bad news in front of you. Which one do you want to hear first?"

"Don't say that~" Kevin said a little dissatisfied, but when he saw Li Pu's look, Kevin immediately changed his mind and said, "Then tell me the good news first."

"The good news is that Otto's plan may fall through," Li Pu said expressionlessly. "I'm afraid I'll never become Kallen again."

"Oh~ that's really good news." Kevin said cheerfully. This was truly wonderful news for him. Now he didn't have to think about anything else and let Otto and the others go to hell!

Kevin said happily, "Bad news?"

"The bad news is the same as the good news," Li Pu said with a smile. "Just substitute MEI into Kallen."

"What?!" Kevin exclaimed in surprise. "What? Why? Why?!"

"There's no reason why," Li Pu said. "As I said before, what the God Race want to find in me is expansion. The basis of expansion is population expansion. If their own fertility is low and the basic population cannot meet the needs of expansion, then turning others into their own people will become their option."

"So I am different from Belldandy. My peculiar weaknesses are different, my power characteristics are different, and my development direction is different. I have replaced my past self with my present self."

"That would perfectly meet their needs, and if the current me replaces the past me, then the current me naturally won't become MEI like the past me."

"Because I am Vivian, the Battle Goddess!"

Chapter 406 The Weakness of the Oddball

Kevin's face turned ashen; this was definitely not good news.

"Are you sure?" Kevin said. "I'm not well-educated, don't try to fool me!"

"Why would I lie to you?" Li Pu said expressionlessly. "As for whether it's certain or not, I can't be completely sure right now, but I can say the probability is very high. Otherwise, it wouldn't explain why I'm so different from Belldandy now."

If it's just a copy, a high-quality replica, or cosplay, then the more you think about it, the better. The higher your knowledge and the more realistic the cosplay, the more likely you are to inherit the character's flaws.

While flaws may not be desirable, they are essential in artistic works. Flaws make characters more complete and relatable, and they are crucial for highlighting a character's personality. Often, a character's most distinctive traits are not revealed by their strengths, but by their weaknesses.

The same applies to acting; you must portray both the strengths and weaknesses. If you change the weaknesses, the character is no longer the original character.

"If these weaknesses were still exactly the same, it would simply be that I misused this power, resulting in these seemingly different power characteristics," Li Pu explained. "But now my weaknesses are different from Belldandy's, which means that Belldandy and I have diverged. The current me is neither the past me nor the person Belldandy."

"It's Vivian, the Battle Goddess!" Li Pu sighed.

"But can't you also have your wish granted?" Kevin said, clinging to the last glimmer of hope.

"Because we're twin sisters," Li Pu explained. "You could think of it as perfecting my own character. Because we're twins, I share similarities with Belldandy, such as the ability to grant other people's wishes. But because I'm not Belldandy, I'm the Battle Goddess Vivian, so there's a significant difference between me and Belldandy in essence."

"She is more inclined to healing, while I am more inclined to fight. You can think of this as a process of filling in the gaps in the setting."

Everything is in order to adapt and complete the setting I originally set for myself. I seem to have been adjusted to be very close to that setting now. Twins have similarities, but because they are independent individuals, they also have their own unique characteristics.

"How could this happen?" Kevin said, sounding somewhat desperate. "How could this be..."

"I guess it's..." Li Pu stopped mid-sentence, guessing it was caused by the Celestial God and the Yggdrasil system. It was also possible that the Celestial God did it intentionally, just as he suspected, that he was a test subject in the expansion of the God Race.

Otherwise, it's hard to explain why the gods would personally help her complete the settings, and there's even less explanation for the current situation.

"Is there absolutely no way out?" Kevin seemed very anxious.

"Not exactly," Li Pu shook his head, "But there's definitely no way to do it right now."

If the gods used Yggdrasil to influence me, would I recover if I got rid of the Yggdrasil system's influence? Or would restarting my system eliminate the influence?

"We must return to our original world as soon as possible," Li Pu said. "Or we can leave this place."

"Then why don't we just proceed directly..." Kevin suggested.

"No!" Li Pu refused without hesitation, saying, "We can't make random jumps; the risks are too great. We still have a chance to wait."

She might find what she wants from Kōtotsu, and once she obtains the information from Kōtotsu, she will have the leverage to negotiate with the gods.

If she herself is the bargaining chip, then the option of running away is a bargaining chip for negotiation.

"So what do we do now?" Kevin asked again.