35. Elysia: "A Cute Pink Girl Just Like Me!"

[Why are you acting so silly? It's because you haven't reached Elite 2 yet...]

"Well..."

As Xia Ling watched Kal'tsit begin her Elite 2 enhancement, she also fell into deep thought.

"Xia Ling, Xia Ling, what are you thinking about?"

The Miss Fairy without a tail came and hugged Xia Ling again.

"The more I think about it, the more I feel... Kal'tsit is actually quite suitable, referring to her role as my elder."

"It's just that it wasn't very friendly to Theresa and Himeko, it felt a bit like meeting the family of a deceased comrade."

"Isn't this because Little Xia Ling heroically sacrificed herself in front of them? Little Xia Ling, you're so mean~"

"Hehehe..."

A moment later, Kal'tsit's body landed in mid-air, and she looked down at her body with curiosity.

"How is it? How does it feel?" Xia Ling leaned closer and asked curiously.

"That's amazing, let me try it first..."

Kal'tsit closed her eyes, and after a moment, a black mist enveloped her body. Then, her clothes changed from her original white lab coat to another outfit.

Wearing black stockings, ankle boots, a brown short dress top, and a black hooded cloak, Kal'tsit transformed from an unarmed Medic Operator into a cool-looking guard.

"Demon Cat! It's awesome, it's awesome!"

Xia Ling, who was part of the atmosphere-building team, cheered in response.

"It's not that strong... it's just a normal combat form."

"If we're really going to fight, we'll have to look at this."

As she spoke, a black, diamond-shaped crystal appeared in Kal'tsit's hand, and then a terrifying shadow rose from her spine.

"Mon3tr!"

With a roar, a black monster nearly ten meters tall filled the three people's entire field of vision.

The newborn mon3tr lowered its head, curiously poking around, occasionally letting out excited low growls.

"This little guy has an independent consciousness and is not under my control. However, it seems that because it is newly born, it has not yet developed its own personality and is quite curious about all kinds of things."

Kal'tsit touched the smooth black shell of the mon3tr and smiled.

"As for its strength... I think it should be no weaker than Emperor-class Honkai Beast under normal circumstances. As for abnormal situations, most of my abilities are used to amplify mon3tr."

"Ideally, mon3tr might be the strongest fighter among us."

"Okay, that's enough for combat now." Xia Ling gave a thumbs up.

"Next... is the issue of my background."

Taking out the pre-designed backstory setting book, Xia Ling began discussing it with Kal'tsit, while Elysia, who was unusually interested in such matters, would occasionally chime in.

After all, Xia Ling and Elysian Realm have quite a few interactions, and Elysia also needs to help Xia Ling improve some of the unreasonable settings regarding Elysian Realm.

Nearly two hours later...

"Alright, that basically completes the story of my origins..."

Xia Ling closed the notebook and stretched her slightly sore body.

"If we set it up like this... Kal'tsit is playing the role of my parent. Good luck, use riddles on them, Kal'tsit!"

"My assessment is that it's a bit too new."

Kal'tsit shook her head repeatedly. "I can't even imagine how painful it would be for Theresa and the others to catch these 'messages in bottles' you made in the Sea of Quantum, and to know that you still have a parent looking for you."

"Hmm... Miss Fairy, all I can say is, I hope you'll be alright when you see Theresa next time?"

"So, my life and death depend on your decision." Xia Ling looked at Kal'tsit with teary eyes:

"You absolutely have to find a way to make it clear to Theresa when she first contacts you that I'm not dead! I don't want to end up like Highmore qwq."

"Look on the bright side." Kal'tsit tried her best to suppress her smile, "At least Theresa doesn't have tentacles."

"But Theresa has the almighty Judah!"

"If Vill-V knew that Judah could be used like this in your mind, she would probably go crazy."

"Alright, alright..." Kal'tsit controlled mon3tr to lift Xia Ling off her body, her previous aura completely changed.

"If your life cycle is too long and boring, you might as well stop your useless steps and look for the meaning of existence, or carry a great ideal. There are still many things on this earth that are worth your attention."

"Yes, spicy, that's the taste!" Xia Ling nodded frantically.

"Next, we should start creating your teammates."

Xia Ling took out the Soul Steel clone that Highmore had already placed in the system space.

Chapter Thirty-Five: Elysia: A cute girl with pink themes just like me!

In the system space, Xia Ling took out the Soul Steel clone that had been disinfected with the Kishinuma.

"System, put the AI Little Ther you've finished creating into here."

Should we also sculpt this body? If we let Little Ther learn on his own, it will probably take some time.

"If it's possible, of course it is." Xia Ling nodded. "Although I don't have Old Yang's Otto PTSD, I don't want to see someone with Otto's appearance speaking in Little Ther's voice."

Okay, so I'm taking over the body...

[Compatibility adjustments are underway...]

[Personality import in progress...]

Import complete.

As the Soul Steel body melted and deformed, a familiar face gradually appeared before Xia Ling's eyes.

A moment later, Theresia's pink eyes slowly opened.

"Program started, visitor: Xia Ling —Good morning, Xia Ling, Kal'tsit."

"Yay, it's Little Ther!"

Xia Ling cheered and hugged him tightly.

"Huh? Xia Ling... why are you suddenly hugging me... Kal'tsit? What's wrong with you too...?"

Although the database contains some common sense, the newborn Theresia clearly cannot understand Xia Ling's sudden affectionate gesture. Faced with Xia Ling's intimacy, Theresia seems somewhat at a loss.

But what she didn't expect was that this was just the appetizer; the person who would really bother her was only just beginning to take action.

"Is this Miss Theresia Xia Ling has been longing to see?" Elysia's eyes sparkled with curiosity. "She looks like a cute girl with pink tones, just like me."

"Hello, Miss Elysia, the system has already implanted your relevant information into my data."

Reassuring Xia Ling and Kal'tsit, Theresia gave them her usual gentle smile, "Is there anything I can help you with?"

"Um..."

Elysia's gaze fell on Theresia, and then slowly rose, rose... finally settling at just the right height.

There was nothing there except Theresia's pair of straight, shiny black horns.

"If possible, I really need Theresia's help~"

Theresia tilted her head, somewhat confused, while Xia Ling chuckled to herself.

"Can I... touch your horns?"

"Huh?" Theresia blinked.

"But why...?"

Theresia's expression was a mixture of confusion and curiosity. Theoretically speaking, although the database did not contain any information on what it meant to agree to someone touching one's horns, even from a common-sense perspective, this did not seem to be a normal scenario.

However, getting involved in Elysia's interpersonal relationships obviously deviates from normal norms.

"Because I'm really curious, those black, smooth-looking horns... they seem to feel completely different from the horns of Flame Willow and Evening~"

Theresia turned to Xia Ling and Kal'tsit for help.

Kal'tsit instinctively covered her tail, while Xia Ling silently turned her head away.

"Little Ther, believe me, if we don't let her touch it, she'll mind for a long time..."

"Is that so...? If it's just to satisfy curiosity..."

Theresia lowered her head slightly and slowly closed her eyes.

(Fun fact, Little Ther 165, Elysia 163)

"Hmm..."

"Um..."

"Hmm~"

"Well, um, if your curiosity has been satisfied..."

"Mmm, are you satisfied?"

Elysia smiled with satisfaction.

"I never expected it to feel like this... It's quite unexpected, I thought..."

"Wait, Miss Elysia, there's no need for a detailed description..."

Seeing that Xia Ling and Kal'tsit were also looking at her with increasing curiosity, Theresia quickly interrupted.

"Hmph, fine, but just call me Elysia."

"Okay, please just call me Theresia, or like Xia Ling, you can call me Little Ther."

Seeing that Elysia wanted to continue talking to Theresia, Xia Ling quickly interrupted her:

"Ahem, alright, alright, that's enough about the new members' conversation. If you keep going, Elysia, we probably won't finish before Himeko wakes up."

"Little Ther, let me explain the mission-related settings you need to know."

Xia Ling took out the newly created setting book and began to explain it point by point.

Himeko's treatment was complete, and Theresia and the newly joined Kal'tsit had each been assigned their tasks. Having temporarily settled her current affairs, Xia Ling prepared to embark on her journey to find Kiana.

Of course, because Kiana has the mark that Xia Ling planted in advance, as long as Kiana appears within a certain range around Xia Ling will sense it and pinpoint her location precisely.

Therefore, Xia Ling wasn't too worried about finding her. At worst, she could just go to Changkong City and stake out the place; she was sure she could find Kiana eventually.

As for Theresa, Xia Ling decided to remain in a state of death for the time being.

Although the mark on her Stigmata Space was erased due to her death once, and she lacked Yae Sakura, a high-level combatant, she was able to escape Otto's sight for a short time. Although the time was short, it was a rare respite.

Another aspect is that, according to the upcoming plot, Theresa and her group will briefly search for Kiana in Changkong City before splitting into two groups: one will head to North America to decipher the data of the humanoid machines, while the other will head to Abyssal City.

Thanks to Xia Ling's help, Welt's condition was not as weak as in the original work, Cocolia's radical faction was greatly weakened, and Kevin deliberately held back throughout the entire incident, so the whole incident was quite safe and Xia Ling didn't need to worry about it.

Therefore, she plans to accompany Kiana on her wanderings. Compared to the original work, Kiana's blow this time is probably much greater. In order to prevent Fu Hua from causing any problems while comforting her, she decides to personally take care of Kiana's mental health.

As for Himeko, she'll naturally be left to Kal'tsit. After all, she's Medic Operator. Although she doesn't have the same miraculous healing skills as the original Kal'tsit, she can still handle general care thanks to the system's training.

So, Xia Ling leisurely embarked on her journey alone.

On the other hand, a few hours later.

The ice crystals on Himeko's body gradually began to fall off, and exactly 24 hours after she fell into a coma, as the effect of the End of Time disappeared, the last trace of ice crystal completely melted.

As her health gradually improved, Himeko couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. After being "unsealed," Himeko, who had rested for a sufficient amount of time, regained consciousness almost immediately.

Then, the events that occurred before she lost consciousness gradually came to mind.

Her clearest memory stopped at the last moment before she lost consciousness: Xia Ling's gentle smile. For a moment, Himeko was afraid to open her eyes, fearing that she would see her friend's mangled corpse.

Since the stormtroopers disbanded, she hadn't encountered any comrades who had died in a long time, so long that she had almost forgotten how to cope with the pain.

Until... she heard a strange voice.

"If you're awake, open your eyes. Whatever your purpose, running away will only make things worse. If you still have a shred of reason left, you should keep moving forward and try to change this land."

Before she could delve into the other party's somewhat ambiguous words, Himeko's long-standing vigilance as a warrior made her subconsciously open her eyes.