The promised third collapse, where is it?!!

Mei volunteered to take care of the leftover food. The two, bored out of their minds, decided to make full use of the entertainment area on the underground floor.

They dragged Bronya, who Kiana had insisted on re-bundling into a caterpillar, to the first basement level. After looking around, they decided to play some games first.

Then, Bronya's blood pressure shot up.

"Use an E and then Dimensional Slash! They're already staggered, what are you waiting for? Phantom Sword!"

"F2A and go in, F2A and go in, and this match is ours!"

"Teammates, help! Save me, save me!"

"Pick Alchemist Scholar! In this patch, Sword Saint is only good for boosting teammates' critical damage!"

"Suka blyat!!!"

Whether it was Fu Li or Kiana, their difficult pasts had made them remarkably skilled at video games.

Bronya, infuriated by the "clash of chickens," cursed them out. She spoke far more than she had during her interrogation, clearly having been driven to her breaking point by the two of them showing off.

However, despite her words, seeing the pair scratch their heads, bicker, blame each other, and then make up to start a new game again, Bronya couldn't help but feel a pang of envy.

The best setup for any game was never a high-end 8090 graphics card, but friends.

And the friend who was willing to play games with her was still trapped in the dark, endless Quantum World, waiting for Bronya to rescue her.

So, the question remained: who was responsible for all of this?

Fu Li's earlier "badmouthing" of Cocolia echoed in the girl's mind. She shook her Twin Turbos hard, as if trying to shake off these thoughts and worries.

Chapter 60: "Let's Get Some Fu-Ki Sugar"

Oath of Brotherhood. In ancient times, it referred to becoming sworn siblings, symbolizing an extremely close relationship. In modern terms, it refers to a frustrated Bronya scolding Fu Li and Kiana for being too flashy, even managing to lose eight consecutive games (oaths) against AI opponents.

A while later, Mei, having finished wiping her hands, came downstairs amidst Duck Duck's colorful language.

Seeing this, Fu Li, who had just suffered the third wave of Strategic Nuclear Strike in the PVP match, happily threw down his controller. "Since it's come to this, let's arrange the guard duty schedule for tonight."

The physical fatigue couldn't be recovered with just a few Healing Bullets, and Fu Li's Mental Power had been completely depleted while controlling the Shadow Blade.

He, Kiana, and the others had fought battles all day and needed proper rest to face tomorrow's fight, and (in Fu Li's eyes) the impending Third Honkai.

"Put guard duty aside for now. This round, this missy won!" Kiana declared, not wanting him to just throw down his controller and act like nothing happened.

She raised her delicate face, marked with three and a half '正' symbols, and crawled over, holding a pen in her mouth and using her hands and feet.

Her little butt jiggled under her hot pants, and along with the loose, oversized boyfriend shirt, it created a tantalizingly alluring pose.

"Hey, let's talk business."

Snatching the neutral pen that was trying to draw on his face, the "scum" A Li, who had taken a wet towel from Mei, spoke righteously.

"Hmph!"

The girl grunted and leaned in front of Mei, chattering:

"Mei—! Look at him!"

"Good girl, don't move."

"Okay, sniffle."

After she finished wiping Kiana's face, Fu Li spoke, "It's nine o'clock now. If it's until six in the morning, that's nine hours."

"Proposal!"

"Please speak! Classmate Kiana!"

"I propose Mei sleep for the first six hours!"

"Proposal passed!"

Fu Li gave a thumbs-up, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, just like Kiana.

Ten in the evening to four in the morning was the ideal sleep period for humans.

Theoretically, if one slept well for those six hours, they could be energetic for the entire day.

Before, Mei would have undoubtedly rejected such a proposal, which clearly contained a considerate intention.

This time, however, she only absently agreed, leaving Fu Li and Kiana, who had prepared elaborate arguments to persuade her, with nowhere to put their efforts.

The two exchanged a look.

"Then A Li, you'll take the first watch. Mei and I are going to sleep."

With that, Kiana stood up, pulling Mei's hand.

The stubborn and proud girl still didn't know how to express her kindness. Sleeping for three hours, then being on watch, then sleeping for three more hours, would result in significantly lower sleep quality compared to staying up until midnight and sleeping until dawn.

"I need to monitor the Anti-Entropy forces in the middle of the night. Do you also have the Shadow Blade?"

Unfortunately, Fu Li's words negated her good intentions.

As someone who had been alone for two and a half years, quick sleep and quick waking were essential skills.

Coupled with the vigorous vitality provided by the Human Immortal Path and Nine Revolutions of Unrivaled, the difference between sleeping all at once and sleeping in segments made little difference to Fu Li.

"Oh."

Seeing that he had things under control, Kiana didn't say anything else.

She tilted her head and suddenly realized a problem: "By the way, where are we sleeping?"

"We'll sleep here."

Fu Li pointed to the basement level below their feet. "With the first floor to buffer any attacks, we can also use the garage on the second basement level to escape. It's perfect no matter how you look at it."

"No."

Kiana shook her head, her pigtails flying everywhere and ruining her looks. "I mean, are you going to sleep with us?"

"Yeah, we need to be ready to cooperate at any time."

The armed helicopter waved its hand. "Don't worry, we won't share a bed, and I won't do anything to you in the middle of the night."

"You're not interested in women?"

"I'm not interested in humans."

Mei had closed her mouth after arriving, and Bronya, who had been secretly eavesdropping on their conversation, suddenly became alert.

Not interested in humans ≈ dislikes humans ≈ likes non-humans ≈ likes steel robots. Could his XP be Heavy-duty Rabbits?

If that were the case, it would make sense why he was so nice to her...

Bonk!

"???"

The girl whose forehead had been flicked was a little dazed. She looked over with her innocent, dull gray eyes.

"That's a good guess, but don't guess next time."

The culprit who had retracted his hand said so.

He retrieved the bedding from the first floor and, while he was at it, kicked Kiana, who was reluctant to leave. "Hurry up and stand guard."

"I know, I know!"

Just thinking about her Mei having to sleep with a man, even if it was in separate beds, made the girl's heart bleed.

"Mei."

She reluctantly held her friend's hand and solemnly reminded her for the forty-third time, "If you encounter any danger, be sure to call out!"

Fu Li chimed in, "Call out, call out! Even if you scream your lungs out, no one will come to save you."

"You really have ulterior motives towards Mei!"

"Get going!"

He kicked Kiana's butt, and she dove into the covers, falling asleep within three seconds.

"What the heck, why so hard..."

The white-haired ball of fluff complained while rubbing her sore backside. She immediately quieted down when she saw his peaceful sleeping face.

—Keep an eye on Bronya.

She silently mouthed the words to Mei, then turned and tiptoed towards the lookout post on the second floor.

Mei nodded, her purplish eyes casting a faint glance at the prisoner beside her.

Noticing this, Bronya shook her head and responded with a similar gesture:

I won't wake him up.

Mei couldn't deny it. She walked to Fu Li's side, knelt down, and gazed at his sleeping face. Without warning, she gripped her dagger!

The blade flashed with a silver light and plunged fiercely towards her own abdomen!

"!!!"

Bronya, who had been watching, opened her mouth to shout, but Mei, who had instantly moved behind her using the dagger's ability, had already pressed the blade to her neck.

"You lied to me. You planned to wake him up."

She lowered her voice and said the words in a cold, hard tone.

"But I'm satisfied with what you just did, so this will be the last time."

The girl put away her dagger and turned to face Bronya, lying down.

Bronya glanced at her coldly. "Are you planning to watch me all night?"

"Yes."

Mei nodded politely. "And please shut up. Your actions just now made me feel a sliver of goodwill towards you. I hope you don't anger me before it disappears completely."

What a dangerous woman,

Bronya couldn't help but think.

The dark basement fell into silence, with only Fu Li's chest glowing.

He had a bad habit of curling up like a caterpillar in his covers when he slept, so the girls confronting each other didn't notice this anomaly.

The light source was a gem the size of a fingernail.

It was the Corrosion Gem that Miko Ling had turned into after being defeated, an unfinished version of Kikyo.

More than a day had passed since he obtained Kikyo, and during this time, Fu Li had naturally tried to activate it for his own use.

Unfortunately, no matter what he did, the Honkai Energy he inputted seemed to vanish without a trace, yielding no feedback whatsoever.

For a man, trying hard for a long time without any results was a terrifying prospect.

After half a day of fruitless experimentation, Fu Li had to reluctantly abandon the idea of activating it prematurely.

According to the experience from the previous loop, Kikyo indeed needed some more time to fully gestate.

So, he fashioned it into a pendant and wore it, looking forward to the day it would break free from its cocoon.

Fu Li, who came from unconventional origins, did not know that an unfinished Kikyo could actually be used.

Not just Kikyo, but any unfinished Divine Key could exert some of its functions through the following two methods:

The first method is through the active cooperation of the consciousness within the Divine Key.

Unfortunately, Miko Ling, who was precisely bombarded by Solar Apollo, had not yet recovered. Even if she did, it was unlikely she would cooperate with the culprit who had destroyed her twice, so this route was a direct pass.

The second method is to resonate and drive it with energy from the same origin as the Divine Key—the Honkai Energy within a Herrscher's core.

Divine Keys were super divine weapons crafted from Herrscher cores as raw material; the two were practically brothers.

Under normal circumstances, the current Fu Li also couldn't meet this condition.

Honkai Energy also had its levels of quality.

The Honkai Energy within a Herrscher and the Honkai Energy within a SeeD were worlds apart in terms of quality.

Then Mei lent a helping hand.

Those who have traveled through the Honkai Impact 3rd world know that the 'faucet' continuously supplying Honkai Energy into her body was, in fact, the Conquest Gem that Cocolia so desperately desired.