Corruption-Elysia... likes? Xia Ling... wants to bully? / Durandal Has Joined the Party

"It seems that Kolosten is actually quite a tough nut to crack..."

Kiana pondered, "Let's take Rita with us for now. After all, even if we don't take her, Durandal will still be there after we meet up with Auntie."

On the other side, in a pure white space.

"..."

"..."

"Hey, you're supposed to be the Honkai Will, you know. I've come knocking on your door, and you're just sitting here cosplaying a timer with me?"

Looking at the ethereal figure in front of her, Xia Ling finally couldn't help but speak, breaking the long silence.

Otto always responds quite enthusiastically when he seeks out the Honkai Will... so why does it always fall apart when it's my turn?

Xia Ling looked at the still silent Honkai Will, and a series of question marks seemed to float above her head.

If the Honkai Will knew what she was thinking, it would probably feel very wronged. Otto always came with important business, and even when Sirin came to her door, he at least asked her some questions.

Xia Ling is not only ridiculously high-ranking, but she also comes here as casually as if she's visiting someone's home, and she doesn't say a word... Of course, the Honkai Will can't provide any information about someone so extraordinary.

"Sigh... never mind, it seems you don't intend to talk to me anyway, so I'll just do as I please."

Xia Ling knew very well that although players often jokingly called the Pudding Duck Honkai Will "Prometheus 17" in their previous life, the Honkai Will of the Intrinsic World was actually a completely different concept from Prometheus XVII.

After all, at the same time as hacking into the Honkai Will, the Intrinsic World's Number Seventeen had already completely lost himself and been assimilated by the Honkai Will. The contingency plan left by the Previous Civilization could only make the Honkai Will act according to certain pre-reserved procedures.

Therefore, the Honkai Will before us is not as safe as we imagine...

Fortunately, He never explicitly showed any malice towards anyone, so since the other party was not going to speak, Xia Ling remained calm and got down to business.

"So..."

Xia Ling stretched out her hand. At this moment, half of her body was covered with an ominous dark green, as if she had been assimilated by some kind of substance.

In fact, Xia Ling was indeed in this state. Back when she first dealt with the problem of Sakura Samsara, Xia Ling had used this method of using her own body as a carrier to Corrosion Virus, which tricked Hi-maru once.

Time has passed, and Xia Ling has now become Herrscher of Domination. Although the nature of her actions is the same as before, her safety has improved considerably.

At the very least, she can use her core to "dominate" these viruses to some extent and gain control over them.

Xia Ling brought these viruses in for the purpose of...

"Ah, I found it!"

In a corner of this space, Xia Ling discovered this "creature" surrounded by a dark green color.

Or rather, calling it a living being is a bit too general, since at this point, the Herrscher of Corruption was just a nearly colorless consciousness that couldn't even use its powers and could only control itself by instinct.

Holding the consciousness in her hands, Xia Ling sensed her surroundings. The Corrosion Virus, which had spread throughout the space, was continuously sending her "contact reports" about this space.

After carefully examining the specimen and confirming that the erosion in her hand was the only erosion specimen, Xia Ling looked at the erosion lying quietly in her palm and felt somewhat troubled.

Just yesterday, she told Elysia the whole plot of the Everlasting Paradise arc from the original work, and even mischievously used the system to materialize some of the original plot and CG for Elysia to see.

And the result of doing so...

Well, although Xia Ling witnessed Ai Li's tearful Elysia, she also paid a price of ten or even nine times the amount of "water".

Chapter Ten: Erosion: Elysia... likes? Xia Ling... wants to bully?

Anyway, putting aside the "punishment" Xia Ling suffered, after learning about the original plot, Elysia also made a request to Xia Ling.

She hoped to take on the responsibility of overcoming the erosion herself.

Although this request was somewhat expected by Xia Ling, she originally intended to have the erosion done to herself. Therefore, she planned to firmly refuse Elysia's request.

But her body wouldn't listen to her.

After her "tough" refusal was met with an even tougher counterattack, Xia Ling was forced to agree to Elysia's request.

She also understood to some extent that even in the original story, Elysia never gave up on her desire to talk to Erosion, and only took action after receiving a clear rejection from Erosion.

Now that she's facing this pure white erosion... she's even less likely to give up.

Only...

Xia Ling stared at her palm with a conflicted expression. Perhaps because she was the first creature it had ever seen, it seemed that the eroding body had already begun to be tainted by Xia Ling's aura to some extent.

However, this was not Xia Ling's focus. What surprised her was that after witnessing the splitting of its "kind," Erosion immediately began to learn this behavior.

And... it seems to have succeeded.

In Xia Ling's hands, the erosion has successfully created another version of itself, which is now exploring Xia Ling's hands from both sides.

This terrifying learning ability truly frightened Xia Ling.

"..."

After a long silence, Xia Ling suddenly slammed her hands together and slapped back the copy of the Corruption she had already made.

"Fine... I believe in Elysia, and I'll believe you this once too."

Staring at the erosion that was constantly wriggling in her hand, Xia Ling murmured to herself.

"You'd better... not disappoint me."

Enveloping the erosion in a Honkai Energy, Xia Ling glanced back at the Honkai Will. This silent "god" had been watching everything silently from the beginning, without any intention of expressing any opinion.

Then, Xia Ling's figure began to gradually disappear from this space.

What she didn't know was that the erosion didn't have as harsh external learning conditions as Xia Ling imagined.

This learning process began the moment I first saw Xia Ling.

Moreover, because she had been in direct skin-to-skin contact with the erosion, many of her feelings about Elysia were absorbed and learned by the erosion.

Therefore, the first thought, or rather... fragment of thought, appeared in her consciousness.

"Elysia... perfect... I like her..."

"Call..."

After leaving that pure white space, Xia Ling did not return to the outside world, but went directly to the system space.

Handing the Erosion over to Elysia through the system space is one of the isolation methods Xia Ling could think of. After all, if it were transferred from the outside, there's no guarantee that the Erosion wouldn't come into contact with any information.

Within the system space, on the one hand, Erosion's current abilities are completely ineffective against the system; on the other hand, the system can also create a completely empty space specifically for Xia Ling to transfer Erosion to Elysia.

"Elysia, are you really going to bring this little one along...?"

Xia Ling's expression was somewhat complicated, and she looked at Elysia with a hint of pleading in her eyes.

"Its learning ability is too strong. I'm afraid it will turn into its original future form... Maybe I should just use the Domination Core..."

"Okay, Xia Ling, I know you're worried about my safety, and I'm actually very happy about it!"

Elysia affectionately patted Xia Ling's head. Since meeting Xia Ling had never refused any of her requests, including those that were not excessive and those that were slightly excessive.

However, this was the first time she had tried to refuse herself regarding the matter of erosion, and although she didn't succeed, Elysia couldn't help but feel a surge of joy.

"However, you should trust me a little more. Or do you think I would raise Little E to be a bad child?"

"Of course not! I'm just afraid... oh well, never mind."

Xia Ling sighed, released the corrosive force from her control, and handed it to Elysia.

Then, watching as Elysia unhesitatingly integrated the erosion into her own body, he watched as Ellie did so.

"Elysia, if anything happens to you, please let me know immediately..."

"Okay, okay, I know, you're the one who should be worried the most, so why are you suddenly concerned about me?"

Elysia pinched Xia Ling's cheek, her tone filled with undisguised concern.

"You must still have a lot to do, after all, you haven't finished dealing with Otto's matter yet. Don't worry, leave Little E to me. I'll show you a completely different Faded Miss Fairy."

"Okay... By the way, Elysia, remember to test the feasibility of that idea I mentioned to you before."

"After all, after the Otto incident, the time before the Stigmata Project is fully realized is neither too long nor too short... We should make the most of the time as soon as possible."

"Well, I'll tell Ling... But I have a feeling that Xia Ling's motives are a bit impure."

Elysia's face showed a teasing look. "You little rascal, do you just want to see how others will react after they know my story?"

"Using the truth you spoke in that state yesterday, it was something like... a 'Changgui'?"

"Cough cough cough..."

Recalling how she had tried to seduce Elysia yesterday, only to be utterly defeated and retaliated against by Elysia, Xia Ling blushed and quickly fled the system space.

At this moment, Little E also gained a second fragment of thought from Elysia.

"Xia Ling... is so cute... I want to tease her..."

Leaving aside Xia Ling's busy schedule, on the other side, the group still shrouded in the mystery of the Otto Project had already reunited.

"Is that how you see it...?"

After the two sides had fully exchanged information, the people gathered in a circle in the garden fell silent.

After piecing together the clues, Otto's behavior not only failed to become clear, but instead became even more perplexing.

"Oh, right, there's one more thing I'd like to mention."

Mulsus suddenly spoke, breaking the silence.

"When we were at Fu Hua's house just now, I felt like someone was watching us the whole time."

"But this kind of spying shouldn't be malicious... Miss Durandal, Miss Rita, do you have any clues?"

"Considering the composition of our group..." Rita for a moment, then replied, "It should be Miss Li Sushang."

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"... who?"

Fu Hua was taken aback.

"It's a young lady named Li Sushang. Judging from her attire, she should be from Schicksal." Rita thought Fu Hua hadn't heard her clearly, so she repeated herself.

"This Valkyrie appeared suddenly in Kolosten. Durandal and I don't know much about her. After all, we've only met her a few times. The Lord Bishop doesn't seem to want us to get involved in our daily interactions with her."

"Yes, Rita is right. I did ask the bishop, but he said that this Miss Li was an old friend of his who came here specifically to attend his funeral."

Durandal added.

"Otto's old friend suddenly appears, Schicksal..."

Fu Hua felt a headache coming on.

Although she didn't really want to believe it, this Li Sushang did seem to be the very person she had met five hundred years ago... her grand-disciple.

"Hmph, I knew that wicked disciple's apprentice wouldn't do anything good. Sure enough, he sided with Otto as soon as he appeared."

Sirin snorted softly, indignantly.

As is well known, five hundred years ago, Fu Hua was betrayed and killed by her seven disciples, her Sword Heart shattered. It took her a long time to recover thanks to the life force of Garuda.

Although Fu Hua herself no longer cares about this past, Xiao Sirin finds these so-called seventh disciples extremely annoying, and consequently, her impression of this grand-disciple, whom she has only met a few times, has also become poor.

"Sirin, that past is past. This Li Sushang may not be the one I remember. And even if she is, I have no prejudice against her."

"No? Do you even believe that yourself? Taking her five hundred years into the future or something, that bastard Otto is absolutely capable of doing something like that."

"Sigh... I know Sirin 're standing up for me, Xiao Shi..." Fu Hua shook her head and tried to soothe Sirin Shi.

"Who? Who's doing this for you! I just can't stand those traitors who betray their masters!"

Sirin's signature arrogance instantly lightened the otherwise somber atmosphere.

"Wow, it's so lively here?"