I Am in Honkai, But Integrated Strategies Have Activated

(So... Xia Ling had this kind of idea and feeling when she worked hard to enter the Elysian Realm and meet me...)

(Waaah... You're so cunning. You only know my past and future from one side, and you want to fill my regrets...)

(I really want to hug little Xia Ling and tell her that I've received her feelings~)

(But then again...)

Elysia wiped the corners of her eyes with her finger, refocusing her attention on this wisp of her consciousness.

(Only you know Elysia's past, but Miss Fairy knows nothing about you. I won't be at a disadvantage like this~)

(For the days to come, let Miss Fairy understand your story more deeply, okay?)

Chapter 15: What, I have to open a Gate too?

After finishing this week's Elysian Realm trial, Flame Willow and Xia Ling lost the mood to spar in the training grounds and each left the system space.

Elysia, who had been waiting on the side, turned her perspective back to the Elysian Realm.

After a night of exploration, Elysia also discovered that the composition of this body was extremely stable, and this wisp of her consciousness would not dissipate on its own even without control and maintenance.

So, she only needed to turn her perspective back when this wisp of consciousness sensed someone entering the system space, and she could continue to "secretly observe" Xia Ling.

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However, all Elysia could do was this. Unable to break through the system's permissions, she could neither actively talk to Xia Ling nor interfere with Xia Ling's choices. She couldn't even eavesdrop when Xia Ling only used the system's communication channel without entering the space. She could only obtain information when Xia Ling entered the system space.

This could be considered a strange form of idle play.

But fortunately, Xia Ling entered the system for training every night, which added some unique fun to Miss Fairy's unchanging life.

Several days passed in such ordinary yet not monotonous daily routines.

Xia Ling continued her campus life, enjoying eating, sleeping, and teasing Kiana every day, while Flame Willow found a quiet place in Changkong City and began her journey of wasteland survival.

During this period, she did try to find the location of the Herrscher's Key, but unfortunately, she found nothing.

It is worth mentioning that after a few days, Flame Willow discovered that Raven seemed to have left Changkong City.

Bored every day, she once again played the game of tailing others, secretly following Little Kong and the others to collect supplies like going to work, and then returning to her small nest to sleep at night.

Time quickly came to the second week. This time, Xia Ling and Flame Willow decided to challenge the normal difficulty.

Of course, facing the normal difficulty trial, the two became significantly more cautious.

They avoided all Unexpected Encounters and skipped all urgent battles. Under Xia Ling's strategy of only fighting normal battles, Flame Willow passed the seventeenth floor without any danger.

Then, after the two discussed it, under Elysia's amused gaze, Flame Willow cautiously chose Serpent as the Herrscher trial target.

And then, as expected, she was completely dominated by Serpent.

"Hiss, I feel so weak right now. I feel like Serpent is going to drain me dry."

Flame Willow said with a whine, lying on Elysia's lap.

"At least you struggled for a while. I was instantly killed by Serpent the moment I came up."

Xia Ling leaned against Elysia, looking completely exhausted.

(Mhmm, now you know how good Miss Fairy is. Mobius won't wait for you to be ready before making a move~)

That's right. Although Xia Ling's strength wasn't high, with her speed, she shouldn't have died so quickly.

The problem was that under normal difficulty, the Herrschers' intelligence and reaction speed were almost a notch higher.

Almost at the same moment Xia Ling was summoned by the support system, she fell into Serpent's dark green slime.

It was a perfect goal.

Flame Willow, after struggling for a while, realized that her damage was insufficient to deplete Mobius's health bar.

It wasn't a problem of not being able to break through her defenses. The key was that her control over Honkai Energy was too rough.

Short battles were fine, but once the battle dragged on, or when facing enemies like Mobius who primarily absorbed energy.

It wasn't enough. The Honkai Energy was simply not enough, especially since Flame Willow didn't even have the chance to gain SP+3 because Serpent absorbed it faster than she could recover.

In the end, Flame Willow, whose Honkai Energy was completely drained, was sent back to the lounge by Serpent's lightning strike.

"Sigh, hastily acquired strength is still not enough. Controlling Honkai Energy takes time to hone, as well as developing abilities... I still need to practice slowly."

(Hmm... Flame Willow lacks a way to recover Honkai Energy. When she comes to the Elysian Realm, I'll let her learn well from Eden. If she can get the Gold Insignia, it should be of great help to her?)

Even though Xia Ling couldn't even clear normal difficulty yet, it didn't stop Elysia from planning her future studies.

"Forget it, I won't think about this for now." Xia Ling sat up with a quick, agile roll.

"My Originium Ingots and Hope should be enough, System, add points!"

[Does the host want to exchange for Elite Phase 2 enhancements?]

"That's right. Hmph, since I don't have the opportunity to make any other plans right now, I might as well upgrade my main body to Elite 2. That way, I can at least spar with Flame Willow."

Xia Ling opened the system interface and directly selected the Elite 2 enhancement.

As the Originium Ingots and Hope rapidly decreased, Xia Ling's body began to be enveloped in light.

[After Elite 2, the host should awaken another aspect of her abilities, but I wonder which one it will be.]

"Hey, you don't know either?" Flame Willow looked at the system suspiciously.

[This thing is related to everyone's talent... I only have guesses, but I don't know which aspect she will awaken.]

"Are you sure it's just a guess? You look so confident."

[Uh... okay, actually, it's pretty much a sure thing. As for which ability it is, let's wait until the host finishes strengthening to reveal it. Otherwise, if I'm wrong, won't I be embarrassed?]

Before she finished speaking, the light on Xia Ling's body was completely absorbed by her body. Xia Ling gently opened her eyes, and the originally black pupils seemed to have lightened in color.

"How is it, how is it? What ability is it?" Flame Willow asked excitedly.

"Mmm..." Xia Ling didn't answer immediately. Instead, she lowered her head with a strange expression and looked at her own fair, jade-like hands.

"How should I put this... Maybe you can understand it as opening a door?"

"Ah?"

(Huh? An ability similar to Felice's?)

"Mmm... like this." Xia Ling extended her hand forward, and her arm seemed to stretch into the void. Her forearm suddenly disappeared. At the same time, next to Flame Willow, a hand suddenly appeared from the air and pinched her cheek.

Flame Willow curiously looked at the connection between the arm and the air, but it was empty. When she touched it, it was nothing but void.

"So if you take me into this so-called door of yours, where will I fall?"

"You'll fall into the Imaginary Space," Xia Ling replied confidently. "Of course, if you have a positioning item similar to Genius's and can survive in the Imaginary Space, you should be able to find your way back."

"Looking at it this way... it feels a bit like the Herrscher of the Void?"

Chapter Sixteen: All Eyes On Me

"No, not exactly," Xia Ling shook her head. "In terms of space, my ability's upper limit and output might not be able to match the Herrscher of the Void."

"But, from what I feel now, I think this ability might be able to activate some conceptual things... For example, I can even cause a small-scale Honkai to a minor extent."

(The more I look, the more she resembles Felice.)

"Despite that, I still have a strange sense of déjà vu," Flame Willow mused.

"If a person can use spatial abilities and cause a small-scale Honkai, wouldn't that person be the Herrscher of the Void?"

"Well said, but don't say it again next time. I find it suspicious just looking at it," Xia Ling quickly covered Flame Willow's mouth. "What do you mean, 'I am the Herrscher of the Void'?"

[Ahem, actually, I can explain this.]

The system spoke up.

[I said before that the ability awakened after Elite Phase 2 is related to the person's talent, but that statement wasn't entirely accurate.]

[Actually, everyone has many aspects to their talent, and the ability awakened during Elite Phase 2 is often the most outstanding one.]

[So, from this perspective, where do you think the host's talent lies?]

"Uh, getting lost?"

"Uh, masochistic?"

(Uh, easily embarrassed?)

"Wait? What do you mean by masochistic!" Xia Ling turned back and glared at Flame Willow. "Aren't you me too? Is it fun to self-deprecate like this!"

"Ahem, you said getting lost... I didn't say anything else, did I?" Flame Willow said with a teasing look. "Besides, no one else can hear us here, are you afraid of being socially embarrassed?"

(Right, right, no one else can hear us here. I'm just a cute signboard girl for the Elysian Realm. What bad intentions could a fairy have?)

(Mmm, a blushing Xia Ling is also very cute~)

[Ahem, you two, be mindful when you're driving. I'm just an innocent system, don't get me censored later.]

[Actually, what you said isn't entirely wrong, um, I mean about getting lost.]

[Xia Ling's tendency to get lost is, to some extent, related to her talent.]

"Don't keep me in suspense, hurry up and say it!" Xia Ling, feeling her face getting hot, quickly changed the subject.

[The answer is that you are a transmigrator, host, and you are even a rare case of a transmigrator who physically transmigrated.]

[Being a transmigrator itself means having some adaptability in terms of space. Moreover, you were able to preserve your body intact after transmigrating, so your talent in this area is imaginable.]

[And your tendency to get lost is also because your sensitivity to space is too high, causing you to be frequently interfered with by information from other spaces and dimensions when perceiving direction normally, making it difficult to discern direction properly.]

[Therefore, I can be sure that your Elite 2 ability must be in the spatial domain.]

[It's just that I didn't expect you to solve your problem of getting lost this way... By not being able to find the way, you just skip the process of finding the way and open a door directly to your destination, right?]

"Regardless, the outcome is good," Flame Willow concluded.

"That's right. If I want to save Teacher Himeko without changing the plot, I'll need a way to freely enter and exit the Imaginary Space. I was originally planning to get involved in the Thousand Worlds Layered in London..."

"But since I now have this ability, I can make my plan less aggressive."

(Thousand Worlds Layered, I remember Vill-V was involved in its design, right? Then Vill-V must have left a backdoor. I'll go find Vill-V later and ask her, maybe she can help little Xia Ling a bit~)

"Phew... In that case, let's stop here for today," Xia Ling yawned. "I even deliberately entered the trial space early today, and it's only a little past one o'clock now... Should I play some games before sleeping, or just go to sleep directly?"

"Sigh, it's good to be a teacher," Flame Willow said, listening to Xia Ling's humblebrag, and her face fell. "Little Kong and the others have to go out and collect supplies early every day. I haven't slept in for days."

"Hehe, that's for the children's safety," Xia Ling smiled and left the system space.

The St. Freya Academy at night was as tranquil and peaceful as ever. Aside from a few night owls, most students were already fast asleep, lost in dreams.

Of course, there were those who couldn't sleep.

Theresa and Himeko, for instance, and Welt, who was far away.

For individuals who had reached a certain level of strength, their perception of Honkai Energy was exceptionally keen.

Especially a sudden surge of Honkai Energy felt like forgetting to turn off the lights in the dorm at night. You're still in the top bunk, without a curtain, and then the next morning when the power comes back on, you're suddenly blinded by the light.

So, who was the person who suddenly set off a flashbang for them in the middle of the night?

"Liiittle— Xia— Ling—" Theresa's frustration was so intense it threatened to blow the roof off. "What in the world are you doing in the middle of the night!"

Inside the villa, Theresa and Himeko were currently in Xia Ling's room, glaring at Xia Ling, who had shown up late at night while they were still awake, much like a judge and plaintiff in a courtroom.

"Uh... well, I, um... had a small accident..." Xia Ling sat on the bed, trembling, and tried to gesture "a little bit."

Actually, it wasn't entirely Xia Ling's fault. She had genuinely forgotten about concealing her Honkai Energy fluctuations. Firstly, she was exhausted both physically and mentally after finishing the trial. Secondly, due to frequently using empathy with Flame Willow, she had become accustomed to feeling a Honkai Energy reserve comparable to an S-rank Valkyrie.

Subconsciously leaving the system space, Xia Ling, sitting on the bed, first felt the abundant Honkai Energy within her. Then, she sensed that her Honkai Energy seemed a bit too abundant.

That's when she realized, Oh no.

Immediately after, the two, startled by the sudden surge of Honkai Energy emanating from the villa, rushed to Xia Ling's room. After all, in their understanding, a B-rank Valkyrie erupting with such a magnitude of Honkai Energy likely meant she had, quite literally, exploded.

"Come on, explain to me what kind of accident caused your Honkai Energy fluctuations to increase severalfold," Theresa rolled her eyes. "If you can cause a few more 'accidents' like this, tomorrow our Far East Branch will rebel, punch Schicksal, kick the ass of Anti-Entropy, and unify the world."

"Pfft—" Himeko, standing beside her, couldn't hold back a laugh.

"Be serious!" Theresa complained, tapping the table. "Can't you see I'm lecturing here?"

"Alright, alright, don't mind her. Theresa was just woken up by your flashbang in the middle of the night and thought something had happened to you, so she was startled," Himeko patted Xia Ling's head. "Now that she sees you're okay, she's just a bit grumpy from being woken up."