Kiana: Vill-V Is Such a Good Person / Elysia: Actually, I Prepared a Secret Weapon for You Too

"I have no different from you!"

The Miss Fairy subtly wiped her eyes and said angrily.

"Actually, what I wanted to say was that it's okay if you can't hold on anymore."

Xia Ling brought up a split screen.

"After all... even a certain self-proclaimed mature headmaster couldn't hold on any longer~"

The plot in the node has progressed to Chijie's final monologue, while on the small screen that Xia Ling brings up separately, there is Theresa burying her head in HOMU and "slurping noodles".

"Wait a minute, that body pillow... isn't it Bronya's?"

Within Chijie's mental space, Chijie's body could no longer maintain stability.

For him, persisting to the Deepest Place his being had already consumed everything he had, not to mention that he had also managed to get information from Aponia's remaining consciousness.

"Chijie?"

"Ha... this is my own end? How laughable..."

"Get out of here after you've finished reading. If you were the one watching me die... that would be disgusting."

Chijie waved his hand impatiently, as if he was about to face not death, but merely a rest.

"At least, let me preserve your last thoughts. After everything is over, I can still try..."

At this point, Aponia suddenly realized something and abruptly stopped. Her gaze slowly moved downwards, landing on the hands that had once touched Chijie...

It was already covered with the same ominous, dark green shadow.

"Are you kidding me?! This can be contagious!"

Outside of the trial, Theresa had just looked up when she couldn't help but pull two tissues from the table.

As someone who is somewhat naive and always wants to save everyone, she really can't accept this ending where everyone sacrifices themselves.

Especially in this helpless situation, she always thinks of Second Honkai Outbreak.

No, she still had the power to resist during the Second Honkai Outbreak, but now the situation facing the Herrschers... she couldn't even think of any way to turn the tide.

On one hand, her heart ached so much that she couldn't bear to look anymore, but on the other hand, her brain urged her to look up quickly so as not to miss the ending. This agonizing situation made Theresa grit her teeth.

"Damn it..." Theresa clenched the tear-soaked tissue in her hand tightly. "If it doesn't end with a happy ending, Xia Ling, you just wait!"

Chapter 84 Kiana: Vill-V is a really good person

"So far, the Herrschers have learned about the enemy they are facing through the Chijie, but the price they have paid... is too high."

Fearing she would burst into tears if she continued watching the Chijie chapter of the story, Kiana abruptly changed the subject, trying to distract herself.

"I can't think of any chance to turn things around, but... maybe the Herrschers have some trump cards that we don't know about."

Mei's voice was also somewhat low. "And we're only on the Third Floor now... Sister Xia Ling said that the fourth and fifth endings are fought consecutively, which means there will definitely be Sixth Floor."

"At this rate... the Herrschers simply won't last until then."

"And do you remember? In the battle level of Erosion, her enemies were Elysia and Sakura, but inside the level, we only saw her kill Elysia."

"Now, Chijie has also proven to us that Ying is not a traitor... so there will definitely be a turning point."

However, despite Mei's firm belief, the turning point in the future could not be the salvation of the present. In front of them, Chijie finally could not hold on and stepped down.

"Get out of my way!"

The man, who had long been unconscious, suddenly awoke. Aponia's attempt to give him a beautiful final vision could not ultimately deceive him.

"I don't need... the illusions you've given me..."

"What I really want... I know I don't deserve."

"But this time, this time... did I...?"

"It did protect something..."

"Answer me, you... answer me..."

Chijie's weak voice made Aponia tremble with a hint of tears.

"Yes... you did it."

"Sleep now... you... you will not lose anything more."

With a crisp shattering sound, another piece from the Shattered Standee series appeared in Kiana and Mei's backpacks.

Of course, this extra redeployment position also completely signifies the departure of a Flame-Chasers.

"To be honest, Brother Jie is actually quite satisfied with his storyline."

Inside the Elysian Realm, seeing that Elysia seemed to be really unable to hold back, Xia Ling quickly started talking about some behind-the-scenes stories in an attempt to distract Elysia.

While a beautiful girl's tears may be delicious, it wouldn't be good if she were to be punished by Elysia and Theresa afterward for having too much fun.

Are there any more behind-the-scenes stories like this?

Elysia blinked and asked understandingly.

"Ahem, since we've borrowed everyone's data, we should actually explain its purpose."

"The others were fine, but when I went to find Brother Jie, I thought I was going to be kicked out."

Xia Ling scratched her head. "I didn't expect that Brother Jie would not care at all... or rather, he would pretend not to care."

"It seems he's quite satisfied with his 'ending'?"

"That's right, but he did ask me a few questions... but they had basically nothing to do with himself."

"Oh?" Now Elysia's curiosity was truly piqued. "What did he ask?"

"One is..." Xia Ling's gaze shifted to Little E: "He asked me if taking pictures of this little one like this would cause any problems for her future, and whether he had Little E's consent."

"Another one is... he thinks Aponia talks a bit too much nonsense."

"It really has the style of Chijie, doesn't it?"

Although Elysia in the Elysian Realm was temporarily comforted by Xia Ling, Kiana and Mei's emotional wounds had not yet healed. After briefly composing themselves, they immediately moved on to the next stage.

However, this node is already the third to last node of this layer. After this node, only the final Mind Boundary and Perilous Enemy remain.

"Based on the storyline before we entered this branch, the next point should be a continuation of the storyline of the consciousness collector Vill-V before, right?"

"That's right." Mei nodded. "Pardo had already verified the safety of the consciousness collector beforehand, but this node at the Mind Boundary always makes me a little concerned."

"Entering this point will lead us into a Bizarre Chapter... But applying this to the current trial plot, could it be that we're being asked to enter someone's mind world?"

"We'll find out what it is once we go in." Kiana, pulling Mei, entered the node without hesitation.

According to her observations, although the Herrschers have suffered great losses so far, if someone were to die, Sister Xia Ling would still be willing to spend several points describing it, and there has never been a situation where one person dies and several others die.

In other words, right after the Chijie shattered, at least this point should be a safe point where no one will die.

As Mei had predicted, upon entering the node, after testing the stability of the consciousness collector, Hua delivered news of Mobius's death. At this moment, in order to clear herself of suspicion, Vill-V also invited them to enter her mind.

"So, this is the origin of that Mind Boundary...?"

Looking at the node before her, Mei fell into deep thought.

"But where will this Perilous Enemy come from...?"

"Both Elysia and Aponia say there's no traitor among the Thirteen Flame-Chasers," Kiana said confidently. "So, it's very likely that we're about to encounter corruption."

"However, we don't know much about this Flame-Chasers, Vill-V. On the contrary, Sister Xia Ling seems to know her very well. I heard that she contributed to almost all the Divine Key in the Previous Civilization?"

"Then maybe she really does have some secret weapon to deal with the erosion." After Kiana said that, Mei also became excited.

After all, the plot has been going on for so long, and all they've done is suffer setbacks. Although the Herrschers haven't given up yet, this oppressive environment is bound to make people feel very uncomfortable.

Now, it seems that a turning point for a counterattack is about to appear, how could they not be excited?

Filled with excitement, the two of them entered the Mind Boundary without hesitation.

There are five nodes within the Mind Boundary: three vertically connected Unexpected Encounter, one battle node, and one Safe Corner.

This strange arrangement inevitably left the two of them with some doubts.

"Why... is there a battle in the Bizarre Chapter?"

"No, it's not surprising that there's a battle in the Bizarre Chapter, the key is..." Mei pondered, "Given the current plot development, why would a battle occur in Vill-V's mental space?"

Chapter 85 Elysia: Actually, I also prepared a secret weapon for you, you know?

However, after entering Vill-V's mental space, the situation was somewhat different from what Kiana and Mei had expected.

Although they had anticipated Flame-Chasers's unusual behavior, the extent of Vill-V's "specialness" still took them by surprise.

"Although Sirin and Sister Xia Ling often joke about split personalities, saying that in this day and age, you can easily run into ten or eight people with dual personalities when you go out..."

Kiana was momentarily stunned. "But someone like Vill-V, who can split into several people... that's terrifying."

"Being able to split myself into different selves, each possessing a different skill... I really want Kiana specifically for doing my homework..."

"Are you an idiot...?" Mei helplessly covered her head. "Vill-V can only do that because she has the corresponding talent. Do you think you have the talent to do homework?"

"Even if you assign a dedicated expert like Kiana, she'll only be there to help you worry about your homework."

"Hmm... at least I don't have to write it myself, right?" Kiana muttered. "But speaking of which, if that's the case, wouldn't the split version of me be full of resentment? Having to do homework every day is too pitiful, no way..."

"Full of resentment..." Mei muttered these words, a thought suddenly popping into her mind.

"Alright, let's continue..."

However, although Vill-V's memory is still normal so far, her memories that follow will be quite different.

"Mei, I suddenly feel like Vill-V isn't as friendly as she used to be."

Kiana couldn't help but swallow.

"I was just joking... but this Vill-V, she really concentrated all her evil thoughts into one area of her mind?"

"Not only that, it even occupies a full half of the area. Isn't this playing with fire?"

"No... Kiana, in the Previous Civilization, a time bomb that requires a time limit to explode cannot be considered playing with fire..."

Mei slowly shook her head and said.

"Moreover, discussing someone else's actions without understanding the specific circumstances is an arrogant act... Compared to that, I'm more concerned about something else right now."

"That locked door that Pardo volunteered to open just now... could it be... inside?"

"It shouldn't be that bad, right? After all, these mirrors can only seal memories in theory. If what Vill-V said is true, that the personality that bears the evil thoughts occupies a full half of her mind, then such a small mirror shouldn't be able to hold it."

Kiana scratched her head and said, "But now that you mention it, Mei, I do feel like something's not quite right."

"Mei, don't you think that what we saw in this Unexpected Encounter had a slightly more negative bias compared to the first one we just went through...?"

"You mean that experiment where they gave weapons to monkeys?"

Mei frowned. "Indeed, even Flame-Chasers... doing such a thing is a bit... even Meibi suspected Erliu Shan? (II) Liuqi? IV Ba4 Wusi had murderous intentions."

The two remained silent for a moment.

"The situation is getting a bit bad, maybe we should... bring Pardo back?"

"This is part of the plot. The choices have already been made and cannot be changed. How could we possibly make Pardo stop...?"

Mei placed her hand on the hilt of her sword. "Let's go, that's all we can do now... If we encounter any problems, we should get to Pardo as soon as possible. Besides, as a Fusion Warrior, Pardo should be able to hold out until we get there..."

As they spoke, the two looked together at the last mirror in the area.

Judging from the contents of this mirror, this is probably the last memory of Vill-V before she joined the Fire Moth.

The final interrogation, which was secured by Elysia and conducted by Mobius himself.

During this interrogation, Vill-V also revealed a very important fact... she actually possessed the ability to split her mind long before she became Fusion Warrior.

Just as Mei and Kiana were engrossed in watching, a sound of shattering glass suddenly erupted above them, followed by...

A familiar scream.

Although Mei and Kiana were being quite cautious with their perspectives, Xia Ling couldn't help but smile as she watched from the Elysian Realm.