Destination: Daydream Hotel's public lounge.
"Oh, right, dear, I also prepared gifts for you." Before they reached the public lounge, Joy Huang Quan said.
"Gifts? What gifts?"
"A saber and a sword."
"Hm?" Chen Luo was a little puzzled.
If it was a saber, Chen Luo could still guess that it might be the World-Protecting Edict Blade, or something formed from combining all twelve World-Protecting Edict Blades.
But what was the sword?
With those doubts in mind, Chen Luo arrived at the public lounge.
The moment he entered the public lounge, his attention was drawn to one corner.
That was because only that corner contained a large number of objects covered by red cloth.
And beside those objects stood several figures Chen Luo found somewhat familiar, guarding them.
They seemed familiar, yet not entirely the same.
Chen Luo now somewhat understood why Huang Quan had not been overly surprised upon seeing Raiden Mei.
He also understood why, in the original story, Huang Quan had grasped Walter's allusions regarding Honkai Impact 3rd so quickly.
Because they really were somewhat similar.
"Benefactor." A man who looked remarkably like Grey Serpent from Honkai Impact 3rd called out in a mechanical voice.
Beside him stood several more men who looked exactly like him.
Fucking Grey Serpent!
"Well? Surprised?" Joy Huang Quan asked Chen Luo.
"...A little. Why him?" Chen Luo's expression was complicated.
Chen Luo was no stranger to Grey Serpent, because in the Honkai Impact 3rd World, he had made a deal with Grey Serpent—a deal with enormous consequences.
But under normal circumstances, Grey Serpent would not appear in a positive role.
That was why Chen Luo was so surprised that Joy Huang Quan had chosen to bring Grey Serpent to Penacony.
"There are actually many people similar to those from the Honkai