Where's the Third Honkai We Were Promised?!!

As an extract from the Second Herrscher's body, the Conquest Gem could be understood as a junior version of the Herrscher of Thunder Core.

Kikyo immediately perked up upon sensing Herrscher energy, but Fu Li burned through it absurdly fast.

Previously, it had been used to manifest the Shadow Blade and hold back Anti-Entropy; the Honkai Energy vanished after making one circuit through his body. Later, it was converted through the Human Immortal Path's devouring ability and used by Nine Revolutions of Unrivaled for cultivation.

The former was edging practice; the latter was "I'll just rub against it, I definitely won't put it in."

Could this be tolerated?

Absolutely not!

Unfortunately, even if it couldn't be tolerated, it had to be tolerated.

Kikyo had no consciousness of its own.

With Ling severely injured, it would only operate according to the program its creator had engraved within it.

So the question was: faced with the above situation, or something similar, what had Dr. MEI, the woman who had personally created the Key of Corruption, instructed it to do?

"Mmm~"

Mei let out a deeply alluring moan as she sensed something strange within her body.

She narrowed her eyes warily, immediately suspecting Bronya across from her.

Bronya rolled her eyes. For fuck's sake, I haven't done anything, and I'm supposed to take the blame for the captain again?

The information returned by Heavenly Eye told Mei that Bronya truly knew nothing about it. After thinking for a moment, she decided to observe for a while longer.

The girl, whose attention was fixed on Bronya, ultimately failed to notice that the innate Lightning Stigmata on the inside of her thigh beneath her pajamas was emitting a faint glow.

It was not the only place glowing. Fu Li's inner thigh was glowing as well.

A Lightning Stigmata identical to Mei's was being imprinted from nothing under Kikyo's power.

This continued for over two hours before the Stigmata's imprinting was finally complete.

A string of data recorded in Previous Era script flashed across Kikyo's surface:

Name: Lightning Stigmata

Level: A

Category: Permanent

Effect: Ignores 80% of lightning attribute effects. Combat power is enhanced while in a lightning attribute environment.

Note: "The previous Thirteen Herrschers are manifestations of the Herrscher of the End from different dimensions. Conversely, if we can gather the corresponding Stigmata possessing the traits of the Thirteen Herrschers, we can completely reverse-engineer and create a human End..."

—Dr. MEI's academic report, jointly shelved by the Fire Moth Council for certain reasons

The gem's glow gradually dimmed before finally returning to nothingness.

Twenty minutes after the Lightning Stigmata had finished imprinting, Fu Li, who was lying on the tatami, opened his eyes.

He picked up the phone beside his pillow and checked it. There were still ten minutes until the shift change at dawn.

He climbed up and glanced at the beautiful girls lying beside him.

They were all sleeping soundly. Very good, very good~

The boy narrowed his eyes in satisfaction.

When the Shadow Blade was damaged, it caused a slight mental backlash to its creator. He was certain Bronya had not caused trouble, or at least had not tried to destroy the Duck Binding Rope.

He reached out and tucked Mei's blanket around her, covering part of her exposed thigh.

He tiptoed away, sneaking quietly upstairs.

After Fu Li left, Mei and Bronya's closed eyes snapped open. Once again, they stared each other down.

At this point, it was no longer a question of whether they were monitoring each other.

Whoever chickened out was Sun Tzu!

The clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, and the bright moon emerged at just the right moment.

Tonight's moonlight had shed its incandescent whiteness and instead taken on a rare golden hue.

Yet that gold was not dazzling. It was rather tranquil and gentle.

Under such moonlight, Kiana leaned against the window.

Her eyes gazed aimlessly outside, and the braid tied behind her head had somehow come undone.

Gold and silver light intertwined in full bloom. White petals opened in the night, their fragrance exquisite, their beauty as splendid as an Udumbara.

Fu Li held his breath in the corner.

"Who?!!"

The girl abruptly turned around upon sensing his presence, and the scattered chill condensed into a single point.

"What, it's A Li."

After seeing who it was, she scratched her head. The curve of her pursed lips revealed the same endearing innocence as always.

—It wilted the next morning, thus earning the name "a fleeting bloom."

The description of the Udumbara flower from ancient texts flashed through Fu Li's mind.

He sighed. "You lasted even less time than an epiphyllum."

"?"

"Nothing."

I can't exactly tell her that her looks nearly one-shotted me, can I?

The boy shuddered inwardly.

"Could you not stop halfway through a sentence?!"

Kiana cried out in dissatisfaction. She hated people who stirred up someone else's curiosity and then abruptly stopped the most.

"The rest isn't something I can say out loud."

Fu Li scratched his cheek, his gaze shifting slightly away.

The girl studied his appearance, as if she had suddenly realized something.

"Hehe~"

With a sly smile, she stepped closer, rose onto her tiptoes, and patted his shoulder with her little hand as though comforting him.

"Yes, yes, Miss Kiana's moonlit beauty portrait just now was so gorgeous that I got completely mesmerized, all right?"

Fu Li sounded rather self-defeating as he tossed something toward her. "Here, catch."

Kiana obediently caught it and discovered it was Soth's artificial intelligence.

"You actually remembered!"

She happily put it away without asking where the dog's body was.

"Go get some sleep."

"Okay~"

Kiana nodded and skipped toward the stairs.

However, the moment she left Fu Li's sight, the girl weakly leaned against the stairwell wall.

"A moonlit beauty?"

"Completely mesmerized?"

The blush she had suppressed for so long rose to her cheeks. Kiana carefully savored the fascination and amazement in the boy's gaze just now.

"As if I'd believe that!"

She raised a hand to cover her face in an attempt to conceal it, but the lovely curve at the corner of her lips could not be suppressed no matter what she did.

Prometheus's Charging Port

After watching Kiana's back disappear around the stairway corner, Fu Li sat on the windowsill where she had just been sitting. Staring at the moonlight shining in the night sky, he seemed to mutter to himself, "You're back?"

I came back only to find the host going crazy over a prematurely gray-haired underage female who might be a mother gorilla. Feels like I came back at the wrong time.

"No, you came back at exactly the right time."

Prometheus, appearing on his retina, did not take the bait. In those crimson eyes identical to Fu Li's, the left one read "fucking nonsense" and the right one read "bullshit."

"I think humanity's pursuit of beauty has existed since ancient times."

Fu Li bickered with Little AI as naturally as ever. "Kiana is genuinely born beautiful. Just setting that cat-like face of hers there would make countless people rush through fire and water without hesitation. If I deliberately sang a different tune, it would only make me seem hypocritical, like I still haven't gotten over the past. Don't you agree, babe?"

Well, it was mainly the white moonlight bonus. Even though everything had passed, those beautiful memories would always flow softly through his recollections.

Babe? The host was actually extending his demonic claws toward an AI program without even a physical body. The host's sexual domain truly was as indescribable as an abyss.

She's back! My sharp-tongued little girl is back!

Fu Li looked sheepish. "I feel like your combat power shot up after disappearing for a while."

Doesn't the host want to ask about the new functions after the End-of-World Assistance System evolved?

"Didn't I have to first show some verbal concern for a missing person?"

Fu Li said insincerely, "You were offline for so long that I almost forgot you even existed."

You were gone for less than two days.

"You disappeared for a full two days!"

What a scumbag line of reasoning that was! Tactical recline!

Oh no, then Prometheus would have to become a missing person every now and then from now on.

"How so?"

After the system update, in order to conserve the energy required to maintain its operation, the AI would no longer have the privilege of remaining connected to the End-of-World Assistance System at all times.

"Put it in words everyone can understand."

Ten minutes online for chatting, twenty-four hours in standby sleep.

The girl floating in midair paused before saying: In short, the host no longer needs to worry about Prometheus constantly seeing his private activities, such as masturbating or having sex.

"Then what do I have to do to show my Little AI my magnificent cock anytime, anywhere like before? Would buying a Heartfelt Member subscription work?"

Due to certain irresistible factors, such a possibility does not exist.

Seeing him attempt to keep her around, the corners of Prometheus's lips rose by two pixels. The system's functions will not be affected. Even while the AI is on standby, it can still perfectly perform its role of assisting the host.

He couldn't see what was so perfect about that function.

Fu Li grumbled inwardly, then asked, "What if I pour Honkai Energy into you? By the way, babe, where's your charging port?"

Infusing Honkai Energy cannot extend Prometheus's online time either. As for the charging port, it is here.

The girl provocatively lifted her skirt, revealing a huge patch of mosaic beneath it.

Actual mosaic.

The image quality was blurrier than Minecraft. Clearly, it couldn't be forcibly conquered and could only be outsmarted.

She lowered her skirt. Prometheus will go offline in seven minutes and thirty-five seconds. It is recommended that the host quickly handle the various matters following the system upgrade during that time.

"Tch, fine."

Fu Li sighed. The little girl's tool-like nature was becoming stronger and stronger, and he always felt somewhat guilty about it.

He asked, "Then what functions were updated this time?"

The Character Panel can now be handwritten.

"Ooohhh!!!"

Upon learning that such a powerful function had evolved, the boy clapped his hands forcefully. "And then?"

There is also Targeted Recruitment. From now on, when the host draws prizes, corresponding tags can be specified. The prize drawn will partially match the characteristics of that tag—of course, final interpretation rights still belong to the system.