Chapter 346

"I want to further confirm my idea," Li Pu said. "As Goddess, I must have a rather peculiar weakness. Let's find this peculiar weakness. If we follow this premise, my weakness might also be some kind of beverage."

Because of the twins' setup, their weaknesses will likely be similar in the general sense, but differ in the details.

In other words, Li Pu might also get drunk from some kind of beverage. If that's confirmed, then my current guess is pretty much right.

"Then I think I might need a lot of Moon Stone," Li Pu added. "A lot. I don't think the battle in Soul Society will simply be a matter of weakening our forces; they will definitely be stronger than I expected. Bringing more Moon Stone will definitely be very useful."

"Moon Stone?" Kevin asked doubtfully. "What is that, and why do we need it?"

"If I remember correctly, Moon Stone is lunar soil. It's a very important energy source for the Goddess after Yggdrasil collapsed and could not get enough energy." Li Pu looked up at the sky and said, "Moreover, Moon Stone has a characteristic that it can be artificially synthesized. It can be synthesized here. Belldandy definitely knows the specific ingredients."

Li Pu remembered that in the original work, Urd used that thing to restore his power, but Li Pu had forgotten the specific ingredients. She only remembered that the description of this thing was something like the stone on the moon. But it was hard to say in reality, but she remembered that in the anime, this thing was synthesized by Belldandy and Ying Yi together.

Therefore Belldandy must know.

"But Belldandy," Kevin said, "According to your theory, she should be unconscious. If that's the case, then Belldandy needs Moon Stone, right? Only Moon Stone can awaken Belldandy. How to obtain Moon Stone is through synthesis. How to synthesize them? Only by awakening Belldandy will we know."

"This is a vicious cycle!" Kevin complained.

"Not necessarily..." Li Pu took out his phone and said, "Actually, there is another person who knows the composition of Moon Stone. We can ask her about this."

"Who?" Kevin asked. "The person we can ask now."

"Well, how should I put it?" Li Pu said somewhat reluctantly, "If we're going by our current status, I should be calling her 'elder sister,' and she's also the one who caused all the troubles I'm facing now."

"I really don't want to contact that guy..."

Urd! The Goddess suddenly appeared before her and sealed her system.

It seems I need to talk to her first!

Chapter 407 Urd

Urd was someone Li Pu was not particularly happy to see.

If it weren't for her, I wouldn't be in this situation.

Unfortunately, whether she's willing or not is one thing, whether she can actually see him is another. Now that the Yggdrasil system has crashed and Belldandy is in a coma, it's still very necessary for her to talk to this Urd.

Holding her phone, she dialed the number in her phone book without much hesitation—a number she'd almost never used. A few beeps followed, and the call was quickly answered. A lazy, slightly playful voice said, "It's really a surprise you actually remembered to call me."

Urd, ever since Li Pu came into this world, except for the time when she needed to communicate with him to make fake documents, she has hardly received any calls from Li Pu.

"If it weren't for the current situation, I wouldn't bother calling you," Li Pu said irritably. "You've really gotten me into a lot of trouble."

"Very bad?" Urd said innocently, "I didn't mean to hurt you, my dear sister Vivian."

Urd deliberately emphasized the word 'sister' as she said, "I'm a rare and wonderful older sister, how could I possibly harm you, Vivian?"

"If you're so good, pigs can fly," Li Pu said, even more displeased. "Stop pretending."

Good? Is Urd any good? It's hard to say, but he's not bad. Compared to Belldandy, who is closer to the Goddess archetype, Urd is more like a mortal. His strengths and weaknesses are both exceptionally prominent. He goes to great lengths to arrange his sister's marriage, and while he might resort to some underhanded methods, he's certainly full of terrible ideas.

More importantly, Urd also put his terrible ideas into action.

Fortunately, it's a comedy romance anime; in reality, her actions would be quite unethical in many ways. Right now, Li Pu doesn't care about that; after all, Urd's bad ideas won't affect him.

"The human world needs you." Li Pu said before Urd could say anything, "I think you'd better come over, or I won't take care of Belldandy anymore."

"Don't say I don't protect Belldandy; I'm helpless in her current situation."

Upon hearing this, Li Pu hung up the phone and waited with the back of his phone facing up.

"What are you doing?" Kevin asked curiously.

"Wait for Urd," Li Pu said. "I remember she used a camera lens as a medium to travel through time."

Speaking of which, the things the Goddess used to travel through time were equally bizarre: a camera lens, a telephone receiver, a mirror—none of them were anything outdated...

What did they choose before these things appeared?

Well, never mind, that's not a topic that Li Pu cares about.

The camera lit up as soon as she finished speaking, and a curvaceous and beautiful figure appeared in front of Li Pu and Kevin.

"Ah! It's this woman!" Kevin pointed at her as if he recognized Urd. "I remember she was the one who brought MEI from our world to this world."

"You know him?" Li Pu asked curiously, but then she suddenly seemed to realize something and said, "Oh, right, you were observing, so you should be able to see him."

"Yes, her name is Urd, a level two management-limited Goddess."

"No, no, no, no~" Kevin seemed to have thought of something and said, "You should have the coordinates of our world, right? But you brought MEI to this world!"

Kevin's reminder made Li Pu suddenly realize the same thing. "That's right, since she brought me to this world, then this Urd should have the coordinates of my original world, right? Maybe I can ask her for the coordinates of my original world and then go back to it."

"I don't know~" Urd seemed to have already anticipated that Li Pu and Kevin would ask this question.

"All I have are these coordinates," Urd said, spreading his hands. "Normally I don't leave our own world too far, because that would cause our power to deplete quickly, and as an outside force, we would be rejected by the native forces. I wouldn't have gone there if I hadn't heard Belldandy's song."

"I have a feeling you're lying," Li Pu said incredulously. "How did you hear me when I was in that world and you're in this world?"

"I'm Goddess," Urd retorted. "A Goddess can't lie! Don't you even know such a basic thing?"

"Right~" Li Pu sneered and said, "Of course I know, but you can't lie, but you can tell part of the truth. The highest level of lying is not telling falsehoods, but selectively telling the truth."

"Besides, you have half Demon Race blood, so lying is no problem for you at all."

Li Pu remembered one of Urd's settings: she originally possessed the strength of First-class God but only had the license of a second-level god. A major reason for this was that she always lied, which prevented her from obtaining the license of a second-level god.

"No, not at all," Urd said. "Have you forgotten that I am the Goddess who manages the Yggdrasil system? After you appeared, a special connector appeared in the Yggdrasil system, and none of this could escape my observation. After seeing this connection point, I decided to check it out myself, and then I heard Belldandy's singing."

"And then it's all over," Urd said, arms crossed. "That's just how it is, believe it or not."

Her attitude of "this is the truth anyway, and I can't do anything about it if you don't believe me" made Li Pu very angry.

"Then you didn't keep the coordinates of that world?" Li Pu said unhappily, "I don't believe it."

"First, I truly didn't hold back. Second, you were the one who asked for it," Urd said condescendingly. "Third, given our current relationship, I'm your older sister! You better show some respect!"

"He asked for it himself..." Li Pu's lips twitched.

Well, if I had to put it that way, I came here because I wanted to learn Belldandy's ability.

"Speaking of which..." Urd said, scrutinizing Li Pu closely, "You seem a little different."

She couldn't quite put her finger on it, but she seemed to sense that Li Pu was different from when they first met.

"Yeah, right." Li Pu said irritably, "Because I'm now the Type 1 Class 1 Combat-Limited Goddess Vivian."

"Ha!" Urd, bewildered, gave Li Pu a hard tap on the head and said unhappily, "I've put up with you for a long time! This is so disrespectful! Don't try to fool me! Get serious! Explain yourself!"

"I'm not trying to fool you!" Li Pu said, rubbing his forehead. "I'm serious. If before I was just a copy of Belldandy or a fake pretending to be Belldandy, now I'm not a copy of Belldandy anymore, but a real, independent individual, 'Type 1 Class 1 Combat-Limited Goddess Vivian'."

"Huh?~" Urd frowned, looking at Li Pu incredulously.

After circling around Li Pu several times, he finally confirmed and said, "This... this is truly unbelievable!"

Urd was certain that Li Pu wasn't lying; what was initially just a way to give her a legitimate identity by placing her next to Belldandy had actually come true!

This...

This is simply unbelievable!

"How did you do that?" Urd asked incredulously.

"First, this might be a normal change caused by the Yggdrasil system after you sealed my other powers," Li Pu said. "Second, this might be an inevitable change brought about by you sealing my other powers. Third, this was something your gods deliberately orchestrated."

"Huh? A god? Affected?" Urd shook his head and said, "Let's put the first and second aside for now. As for the third, why would the Lord God do this? There's no reason."

"I don't know about that," Li Pu said, shrugging. "He must have some reasons that you haven't considered, and that you in your position don't need to consider."

Is that so? Urd didn't know, but it seemed a bit wrong to directly deny it.

"What exactly do you want from me?" Urd decided to change his approach. "Is it to ask you for the coordinates of that world, or to tell me that you are now the Battle Goddess, Vivian? If you want to ask for coordinates, I don't know. As for the Battle Goddess, you should go to Lind if the Lord God has assigned you to her side."

"Neither," Li Pu said. "You know about Moon Stone, right?"

Urd nodded.

"I need to make Moon Stone," Li Pu said. "This is the most important thing I asked you to do. My power has been weakened a lot after the Yggdrasil system collapsed, but you know that I'm not too dependent on the Yggdrasil system. But I still need to try my best to make up for the power I've lost."

"So you need Moon Stone?" Urd asked.

"And Belldandy," Li Pu said. "The Yggdrasil system has crashed. You rely on the Yggdrasil system more than I do. Based on what I know of her, I think she should be in a coma right now."

"Without the Moon Stone, she might have remained in this state for a long time, the comatose Belldandy..."

Li Pu slapped her head. She didn't want to say anything too harsh, but after thinking about it, she decided to speak up. Otherwise, things might get even more complicated later.

"Belldandy unconscious is a burden," Li Pu said. "It's not safe on the ground, and I've just signed a contract with someone else, so I might not be able to protect her here for a while."

"Either take her back to the heavens, or give Belldandy some ability to protect herself."

Even if you can't protect yourself, you can still run away!

Chapter 408 Moon Stone and Honkai

"Moon Stone, huh?" Urd looked at Li Pu with a strange expression and said, "If you want to make that thing, you might have to pay a price."

"Price? What price?" Li Pu asked, somewhat puzzled. "Isn't that just lunar rock or lunar soil?"

If the cost is spending some money, then what kind of cost is this?

"Who told you this thing is a rock or clod of earth from the moon?" Urd retorted dismissively. "This thing is an important item that can provide the Goddess with enormous energy. What can rocks and earth from the moon do? If rocks and earth from the moon can provide us with such enormous energy..."

"We've already emptied that place out of there," Urd said. "Don't you realize that the thing that can help the Goddess quickly regain her strength is a strategic resource, not just some random rock or clod of earth?"

Urd's words left Li Pu speechless; that was indeed how it was portrayed in the anime and manga. However, in reality, things must conform to logical principles. Anything capable of quickly restoring the Goddess's power would undoubtedly be a strategic resource for Goddess. It's unlikely the God Race would remain indifferent to such a vast amount of strategic resources.

"What is that?" Li Pu asked.

"In terms that you can understand most easily..." Urd thought for a moment and said, "That thing should be called a secondary 'Herrscher Core'!"

Herrscher Core? Li Pu was stunned for a moment, and she and Kevin looked at each other for a while.

"Secondary what?" Li Pu scratched his ear and said, "Say it again?"

"A secondary Herrscher Core!" Urd said, "You should know what Herrscher Core is from the world you came from."

"Of course I know!" Li Pu retorted, "Since you know about Herrscher Core and need Herrscher Core, you must have the coordinates of our world, right?"

"Who told you that only your world has Herrscher?" Urd said. "Our world also has Honkai, and Honkai can also produce Herrscher. We have also collected Herrscher Core from Herrscher, but only the energy of the gems in the Herrscher Core is useful to us; the rest is basically useless."

"So we create Herrscher Core that possess the same power but lack any special characteristics," Urd explained. "Therefore, what you might call 'Sub-Herrscher Core' is what we might call 'Moon Stone.' Because 'Sub-Herrscher Core' that are purely used to provide energy look similar to Moon Stone."

That's why it's called Moon Stone.

So that's why it's called Moon Stone? Is it really that outrageous? Li Pu couldn't help but frown. This is quite different from the original design in the anime and manga.

"If you don't believe me, you can do it yourself." Seeing that Li Pu seemed a little skeptical, Urd said, "Humans have studied the composition of the moon in the sky, and this information is basically public knowledge. You can try to synthesize it yourself and see if it works."

"Alright..." Li Pu said, "If that's the case, then it's simple."

She remembered that Kevin should have a Herrscher Core here.

"Speaking of which," Li Pu suddenly asked, "the Honkai Energy used by the God Race?"

"Power can be converted into each other," Urd said. "The power of the God Race is the power of the natural spirits, and the Honkai is also a kind of natural power. They can be converted into each other through certain means. For example, it's like converting wind energy into electrical energy. However, there will be some energy loss in the conversion process."

Is there energy loss? That does conform to the law of conservation of energy.

"Sigh..." Li Pu said, not too embarrassed, "There's no equipment or research materials here."

"You can make this?" Urd said, somewhat surprised. "This is no simple little thing."

"To be precise, MEI has the capability to do it," Li Pu said. "If it's a secondary Herrscher Core ... something that only provides Honkai Energy, then I think calling it a Honkai Crystal would be more accurate."

"It can be manufactured, but it is quite difficult and very dangerous."

The biggest challenge in creating Honkai Crystal lies in the abnormally high environmental Honkai index caused by the high Honkai Energy encountered during the manufacturing process.

Because gathering Honkai Energy scattered in the natural environment will inevitably lead to an abnormal Honkai index.

The abnormal Honkai Index has two serious consequences: it infects personnel at the production site, corrodes electronic equipment, and creates dangerous Honkai Beast.

If I were to handle this thing at school, I'd either infect the students or cause Honkai Beast to appear.

It's even possible that both exist.

So, Li Pu needs to find a safer place to manufacture this thing. Where would be safer? More... well, more secluded, unnoticed, and rarely visited, so that even if the aforementioned problems arise during the manufacturing process, they can be quickly resolved?

"Hiss..." Li Pu pondered this question.