Bronya remained expressionless.
"Heavy Onslaught Rabbit, activate riding mode."
The robot on the girl transformed directly into a motorcycle. Wendy cried out instinctively when she saw it. "Oh no, she's getting away!"
Just then, Raiden Mei's voice rang out. "I think we should deal with these big guys before worrying about her."
The Titans moved.
One Titan vanished from where it stood, then smashed toward Kiana.
"Hey, hey, hey! Why am I the one getting attacked first?!"
Chapter 52: Titan's Little Fists Pounding Your Chest
"Hey, Bronya, you're seriously pathetic."
From one of the corridors, Sin Mal's mocking voice echoed throughout the entire ME Company. "They're just a few little brats, yet they actually gave you trouble? You're gonna make me laugh my teeth out!"
As Kiana dodged the Titan's attacks, anger immediately flared within her. "Little brats? Who are you calling little brats?!"
"Just from your voice, you can't even be fourteen yet, can you?"
Having her age exposed, Sin flew into a rage from embarrassment. "Hmph! You've only eaten meat for two more years than me. What's there to be proud of?"
Then she controlled the mech, and the enormous Titan vanished directly from the spot. The next second, it appeared right in front of Kiana.
Its fist, as big as a cooking pot, was about to smash into Kiana's chest.
Cold sweat broke out on Kiana's forehead as she instinctively rolled aside.
"How can such a huge fist be this fast? Aren't bigger things supposed to be slower?"
Raiden Mei pulled Kiana back to her feet.
At some point, a blade had appeared in her hand. However, with her untrained body, it was not much use against a Titan.
Faced with Kiana's muttering, she could only say, "Be careful. This isn't something we can handle."
However, three more Titans charged toward them.
Just then, Wendy directly shot apart their control cores.
"Tch, these Titans are even fiercer than the ones in the Memorial Arena."
The girl shielded Kiana and Raiden Mei behind her. "Be careful. I'll capture that little brat."
"Who are you calling a little brat?"
Sin became enraged and directly piloted her Titan toward Wendy.
Countless bullets shot toward Wendy at tremendous speed. Seeing this, Wendy immediately activated the Time-Space Rupture System.
She locked onto her target at incredible speed. "Whoever I'm talking about is the little brat!"
Although she held a gun in her hand, she chose to forcibly dismantle the Titan instead, intending to capture Sin that way.
However, what awaited her was Chen Ran shouting a warning.
Wendy's pupils contracted slightly as she saw that Sin had somehow piloted her Titan directly in front of her.
"I was already prepared for the Time-Space Rupture System."
The Titan Sin piloted had long been equipped with the Quantum Leap System. A Titan in a quantum state was an unobservable existence, so naturally, it was not bound by the limits of time and space.
This is bad!
That was Wendy's first thought.
They were too close. She could only watch helplessly as the Titan's little fist smashed into her chest.
Just then, a gust of wind lifted Wendy up.
An invisible vortex formed out of thin air and directly swept the Titan into it.
Chen Ran looked like a grand mage as he began manipulating Honkai Energy to block Sin's attacks.
Seeing this, Bronya immediately counterattacked Chen Ran.
"Useless."
A smug smile appeared at the corner of Chen Ran's lips as a barrier formed from fluid stood directly before him.
He now possessed the same authority as the Herrscher of Wind. With only Bronya and Sin as opponents, he could naturally take them down with ease.
That was also why Chen Ran had brought Mei and Kiana along despite believing they might be in danger.
However, a message from the system quickly shattered his confidence.
Please note: according to the system's calculations of the host, using authorities simulated by the system will accelerate the consumption of the host's mental consciousness.
Chen Ran was stunned. "Why?"
The system was not a true Herrscher. Every time the host used an authority, it consumed the system's computational power. Since the system was installed in the host's brain, the host bore the computational burden.
"You're screwing me over!"
He instinctively complained, then decided to end things quickly.
"We don't have time to drag this out. Wendy, I'll create an opening for you."
His eyes narrowed, and powerful Honkai Energy fluctuations surged from his body.
"Gales, submit to me!"
The storms coming from every direction made it impossible to move. Sin sneered from the side. "Idiot. Titans can withstand Category 15 winds."
"Is that so? Then what about this?"
He controlled the wind around the Titan, and a dense series of explosions erupted from within it.
Chen Ran directly created a vacuum in the air, then triggered pressure explosions.
It was a little trick of fluid manipulation. By relying on pressure differences, he could create explosions at multiple frequencies. Even the earliest firecrackers exploded because heat expansion created a pressure difference.
He had merely skipped the heating process.
No one could block the invisible wind.
In an instant, every Titan was scrapped.
Kiana blinked from the side. "Whoa... a grand mage?"
Wendy looked at Chen Ran, a trace of surprise appearing in her eyes. "That power... are you a Stigmata bearer?"
This was Chen Ran's second time using an authority. The first time, Wendy had assumed it was merely special equipment. But now, equipment could not explain what was happening before her.
Only a Stigmata could explain power that surpassed convention.
Chen Ran blinked. "Keep it a secret."
He did not deny it, but he did not want to reveal his circumstances yet. At least before this simulation ended, he did not want Schicksal Headquarters getting involved.
Naturally, he knew how important Stigmata were.
Chen Ran's face turned slightly pale. "My Stigmata power is limited. I'll leave the rest to you."
Wendy's gaze sharpened. "Don't worry. I definitely won't disappoint you."
Without the Titans, she quickly defeated Bronya and Sin.
However, Sin also had a Stigmata.
Under a bizarre temporal standstill, Sin escaped with Bronya.
Wendy instinctively wanted to chase after them, but Chen Ran stopped her. "Don't chase them. There's no point now."
"The enemy has more than one Titan. Now that we've confronted them face-to-face, Cocolia won't be stupid enough to keep placing Honkai Energy reactors in the ME Company."
"Our priority now is to investigate the ME Company through Mei."
Just as he was about to say something else, a stabbing pain suddenly pierced his mind.
Warning: the current simulation has reached the upper limit of the host's mental consciousness capacity. Continuing the simulation will cause consciousness confusion. The system is temporarily ending the simulation scenario. Congratulations, host, on acquiring some computer knowledge.
World Serpent, Elysian Realm.
Wendy had finally grown accustomed to the sensation of memories being forcibly crammed into her mind.
She mocked herself. "He really was a liar."
Elysia sat in the lounge with her legs crossed. Seeing that Wendy had finally recovered, she could not help but smile. "Oh my, it looks like you received a lot of memories."
"So? Did he take you on a date? Or did he take you out to do something naughty? I'm so curious. I wonder what expression Mobius would make if she found out. Now I'm even more curious."
Wendy asked, "I want to find a way to return to the past."
"Mm-hmm. If returning to the past truly existed, there wouldn't be an Elysian Realm." Elysia blinked. "But compared to that, aren't you curious about who Mobius is?"
"Who is she?"
"Mm-hmm, your rival."
PS: As for the plot involving Cocolia and Raiden Ryoma, please consider it my own secondary setting.
The Changkong City plot follows the storyline of Guns Girl Z. In Guns Girl Z, the Conquest Gem inside Raiden Mei was actually injected by Raiden Ryoma.
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In the early setting, Raiden Ryoma was a demonic scientist. His characterization gradually changed later, but that also created many plot logic holes. Interested readers can look it up; if you are not interested, then please just reluctantly accept my secondary setting.
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PS2: Some readers mentioned that Guns Girl Z was not a very suitable reference. I understand that as well. But Honkai Impact 3rd's Changkong City storyline was too thin, so I could only add some settings myself. 1
Starting a reward event, ending before release
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Chapter 53: Lab Rat on the Experiment Table
According to the system's calculation of your consciousness capacity, the optimal time for the next simulation is six hours later.
When Chen Ran woke up once again, he discovered that he was about to take off his clothes.
Combining this with No. 666's memories, he learned where he currently was.
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