Honkai Simulator: Not for Kidnapping Herrschers!

He forced himself to calm down. "The current situation is already good enough. Otto isn't an idiot like Cocolia; he'll understand how to maximize a Herrscher's value. Even if she's being used, Wendy won't be in any mortal danger."

"This is actually the best outcome."

He forcibly reassured himself. "Wendy can also become a Herrscher fighting for humanity. It can't be worse than the original outcome, right?"

Just then, he saw a familiar instruction manual on Theresa's desk.

It was the Stigmata activation potion he had given to Theresa before the end of his last simulation.

This potion, created with the System's extraordinary biological knowledge, was still there.

But perhaps due to a System correction, Theresa hadn't used it on Wendy.

Chen Ran froze slightly, instinctively reaching out to grab the item.

Naturally, he couldn't pick it up.

"This is quantization!"

"Even if I can control a level ten hurricane, I can't move a single blade of grass in this world."

He felt a bit dejected.

Actually, Chen Ran understood the System's design. Only by doing this could he avoid becoming attached to the simulated scenario.

The world was separate from him, allowing him to enter the next scene.

Otherwise, people could easily get lost within it.

Just like he was now, on the verge of being lost.

A hint of sadness flickered in his eyes.

"I'll take one last look at Wendy and then leave."

He left St. Freya and began to fly over the Atlantic Ocean at extreme speed. From the conversation between Theresa and Otto, he learned that the Valkyries of the Blade of Immovability had already prepared an ambush.

Wendy and Durandal were locked in combat.

High-altitude combat was not Durandal's specialty. Even in her armor, she couldn't use her legs, which significantly weakened her.

But even so, her fight with Wendy was not one-sided.

Wendy was intentionally holding back, not controlling water, but only using wind to try and disrupt Durandal's balance.

However, the fourth-generation Valkyrie armor's auxiliary functions allowed Durandal to completely negate the wind's influence.

At this point, Wendy realized she couldn't hold back anymore.

She didn't want to hurt others, but she also didn't want to be captured again.

If she returned to Schicksal, not only would they not help her find Chen Ran, but she would also lose her freedom.

Herrschers amplified the hidden desires within, including the desire for freedom.

Level ten storms began to appear over the sea, sweeping up shallow fish and passing birds.

The salty moisture of the sea, accompanied by the storm, struck Durandal. At such high speeds, even a small stone could generate destructive force comparable to a large truck.

When speed reached a certain point, even air could explode.

Durandal's eyes narrowed slightly, and she activated the armor's protective functions. However, the air was everywhere, even crushing the internal organs of many fish and seabirds. Mutilated flesh and blood splattered onto the armor.

The damage was minimal, but the insult was extreme.

Anger ignited within her, and she began to throw objects at Wendy. Wendy dodged by turning her body, only to find a white light barrier enveloping her from all sides, and the phantom of a knight appeared.

"Awaken, defender of glory!"

A knight phantom over three meters tall appeared, sword in hand, and slashed down at Wendy.

Seeing this, Wendy had no choice but to use Honkai Energy to form a fluid shield to block it.

Intense Honkai Energy erupted from the sea. At this moment, Chen Ran, who was rushing towards the Atlantic, sensed the Honkai Energy fluctuations and immediately sped over.

Then, he saw Wendy fully engaged in defending against Durandal's attack.

The girl's eyes showed a look of defiance as she continuously manipulated wind and water to form obstacles, resisting the fiery, aggressive onslaught of Durandal in her fourth-generation Valkyrie armor.

However, because she had been searching for Chen Ran, her Honkai Energy was already depleted, and she hadn't found an opportunity to replenish it. She was on the verge of falling into a disadvantage.

Chen Ran's heart filled with anxiety.

He thought about using the wind to attach to Wendy's body, interfering with Durandal's judgment.

However, the wind, having become quantized, was also unobservable. His efforts were destined to be futile.

Chen Ran could only be a forced spectator to the battle.

He stirred up huge waves again and again, trying to break through the spatial barrier, but could only watch helplessly as Wendy gradually struggled to cope in the fight.

"I want to help her, let me help her!"

Just then, Wendy's strength began to fail, and she exposed a weakness.

Durandal, seeing this, decisively threw her knight's lance. It was about to land on his shoulder.

Chen Ran felt his heart clench.

"...Open for me!"

A strong desire surged within him.

He compressed the wind he controlled, stirring the very tides of quantum energy.

Between Durandal and Wendy, the invisible wind surged like a tide, forming a massive barrier that trapped Durandal within.

Wendy subconsciously looked over and saw the figure from her memories.

Then...

He vanished.

[Ding, an unknown cause has been detected, causing the host's mental capacity to instantly exceed its limit. The System is performing an emergency scan.]

[Until the scan results are available, the host is prohibited from entering simulation scenarios. The System will notify you separately after the scan is successful.]

Chapter 41: Elysia and Vill-V

When Chen Ran was forced to end the simulation, his head throbbed with pain.

Pain...

A piercing pain.

It felt like he'd been violated by eighteen burly men in his sleep, a gut-wrenching agony.

The moment he could manipulate fluid to break the barrier between quantum energy and the world, he had instantly surpassed his mental capacity limit.

The System's cold voice, rarely showing anger:

[Due to the host's forceful interference, the Wind Painting Scroll scenario has encountered an unknown factor, breaking through the System's intervention settings.]

[The System is performing an emergency scan to determine the cause and attempt repairs. However, if the host engages in such foolish actions again, the System and the host will be forcibly unbound.]

[Fighting Honkai does not require impulsive hosts.]

The System wasn't entirely devoid of emotion, but Chen Ran, at this moment, didn't have the mood to argue.

His head felt like it was being pricked by needles. While his consciousness wasn't completely shattered, his face had become extremely grim.

Fortunately, Blanca was busy helping Mobius with experiments at the moment and didn't notice him.

He slowly got up and then gradually left the First Research Institute.

Flame-Chaser, Recreation Area.

"Ta-da! This is the Flame-Chaser's recreation area. What do you think, Vill-V? Doesn't it feel like home coming here?"

In the spacious area, a girl with long pink hair spoke to the girl in overalls: "Isn't it charming? I gave a lot of input on the design here too."

The girl called Vill-V said indifferently, "It's alright. It would be better if there was a little less pink."

She had been 'captured' by the Flame-Chasers.

After the Second Honkai War, Vill-V had noticed the organization fighting Honkai, investigated on her own, and even infiltrated the Flame-Chasers using a drone to steal data from Mobius's room.

Then, she was targeted by the Flame-Chasers.

A magician could deceive an audience, but they couldn't fool everyone. Especially not this girl named Elysia.

After a long game of 'cat and mouse,' Vill-V resigned herself to being brought to the Flame-Chasers by Elysia.

However, that wasn't the end.

She had been imprisoned thirteen times and escaped twelve times.

The thirteenth time was because the prison holding her was on a small island in the ocean, making escape impossible by air or land. Yet, even then, she had created weapons that even Mobius feared.

So, Vill-V joined the Flame-Chasers and directly became the head of the Engineering Department.

Although, she only now realized that the so-called Engineering Department consisted of just her.

The Flame-Chasers, as if holding a grudge, even assigned her a task that was almost impossible: to excavate a prison she couldn't escape from.

Vill-V didn't feel much belonging to the Flame-Chasers, so she didn't care much about this task.

It was a shame that the Flame-Chasers had anticipated this and imposed an extremely strict deadline.

Therefore, Vill-V really wasn't in the mood to discuss interior design.

Elysia blinked her eyes: "Don't be like that. Don't you think pink is cute? Just like me, beautiful and adorable, making people want to get close?"

Vill-V completely disagreed.

She said indifferently, "I just want to find more people to get the work done."

Compared to the recreation area, she was more concerned about finding suitable candidates.

The higher-ups of the Flame-Chasers had told her that she had to solve this herself. They would provide ample budget, but she also had to demonstrate corresponding capabilities.

Perhaps the higher-ups were all mediocre, but those who could enter the Flame-Chaser now were geniuses.

If the abilities Vill-V displayed seemed ordinary, she would lose her greatest asset and value for entering the Flame-Chaser.

The current Flame-Chaser already had the means to select geniuses.

Vill-V naturally knew this, yet she specifically wanted to join the Flame-Chaser. Otherwise, she wouldn't have cooperated with the Flame-Chaser in this "prison break" game to prove the value of her intellect.

For the young girl, stepping into the realm known as Honkai was actually something more thrilling.

That's right, she just found it thrilling, nothing more.

Honkai was dangerous, there was no doubt about that.

But she preferred a life that bordered on danger, rather than becoming a patient with a mental illness as defined by ordinary people.

Elysia smiled and said, "Don't worry, everyone in the Flame-Chaser is very good. If you ask, many people will be willing to help, like the one who just passed by."

"Hi, Chen Ran."

Chen Ran walked past with a blank expression, pretending not to hear Elysia's voice.

He naturally recognized Elysia, as she was a frequent visitor to the First Research Institute.

This girl had once assisted the Flame-Chaser in recovering the Second Herrscher, and Mobius had been looking forward to getting her on the operating table for a long time.

This was also why, every time Elysia came to deliver little dresses, Mobius, despite wanting to grind her teeth in frustration, still maintained a forced smile.

However, once Mobius discovered later that Elysia was like a scumbag, always keeping her at arm's length, she would probably refuse Elysia's visits outright.

Chen Ran saw through this very clearly.

If it were any other time, he would have greeted her and tried to build a closer relationship.

But right now, all he wanted was to sleep.

Seeing this, Vill-V subconsciously said to Elysia, "His complexion looks a bit off. Are there any dangerous places within the Flame-Chaser?"