Invited, In Honkai, Grinding Stats to Level Up

Gwen nodded with a smile upon hearing this, taking another swig of his energy drink to replenish his body's wear and tear.

With his eyes slightly closed as if resting, Gwen's own status panel appeared in his vision—

"Gwen—lv1

Strength—S933 Endurance—S993 Dexterity—S989 Spirit—EX Energy—B798 Energy System: None"

"My energy and dexterity have improved significantly, and my strength and endurance have also increased. It seems the Headquarters' virtual training room doesn't solely affect the mental level as I thought; the body also undergoes corresponding training."

Gwen nodded slightly as he observed the changes in his stats.

If battles in the virtual training room could also improve his stats, then Gwen wouldn't have to worry about not being able to raise his ability values for the next few levels due to a lack of suitable opponents.

"And... the increase in energy...

It seems my Honkai Energy enchantment in the simulation also counts as training for energy...

But as for the energy system... does it require me to further enhance my mastery of Honkai Energy, achieving energy circulation before it counts as an energy system?

Or is it because Honkai Energy in the Honkai world view lacks a clear cultivation advancement system, it can't be considered an energy system?

As a result... I can only obtain systematically developed powers from other worlds through the shop or gacha machines?"

Chapter 34: Then I came here for nothing?

Gwen's fruitless contemplation ended without resolution, and the messages Anna sent to You Lan Dai Er and Rita went unanswered.

Neither Gwen nor Anna found this strange—

It was normal for them to be busy with missions and not have time to check terminal communications.

After the phantom pain on Gwen's body subsided considerably, Gwen and Anna left the virtual training room together.

Although Anna had been a little upset with Gwen for getting injured during training in the virtual training room, upon returning home, she personally cooked dinner for Gwen to celebrate.

"Mmm...

This tastes really good, Instructor Anna~"

Gwen praised Anna's cooking sincerely.

"It's not as good as Rita's, but it's excellent for an ordinary person."

"Can't you shut your mouth even while eating!"

Hearing Gwen deliberately emphasize the word "Instructor," Anna's smiling face, which had just been pleased by the compliment on her cooking, flushed slightly. She lightly tapped Gwen's head with her spoon, chiding him playfully.

"Hmph~"

Seeing Anna, who usually didn't put on airs as an instructor but still struggled to let go of her young lady's pride, pouting adorably, Gwen shrugged with a smile and continued, "Why didn't you show off your skills before?"

"Wasn't Miss Rita here before?

Of course, I wouldn't dare to embarrass myself..."

Although she had been lively when tapping Gwen earlier, Anna, who had taken etiquette classes since childhood, maintained a lady's elegance while eating quietly, her smile sweet.

"Speaking of which, Gwen, you're the first person besides my home economics teacher and my mother to taste the dishes I've made..."

"So, I've become your first experimental subject, Anna?"

Gwen's smile faded slightly upon hearing this, and he asked seriously.

"What, do you have a problem with that?"

Anna, who knew Gwen well, saw through his teasing immediately. She deliberately put on a stern face, tilted her chin slightly, and acted tough.

"I demand the compensation I deserve!"

Gwen lightly patted the table, venting his "indignant" emotions.

"Although I don't agree with your unreasonable demands, I'm still willing to hear your thoughts."

Anna remained "unmoved," continuing her "tough" act.

"Since you're treating me as an experimental subject, I should at least get some reward, right?

For example, based on today's experiment, you should provide my dinner from now on."

Gwen's expression was serious as he stated his "reasonable demand."

"As if you could..."

Upon hearing this, Anna could no longer maintain her cold and elegant expression. She rolled her eyes playfully, ending their little game.

"Eat quickly, it'll get cold soon..."

"..."

Hearing this, Gwen stopped pestering her, let out a light laugh, and decided to stop there, continuing to enjoy the delicious dinner in front of him.

After a month of living together, Anna had some understanding of Gwen's growing appetite, and the specially increased dinner portion was enough to satisfy him.

Just as Gwen was feasting, a faint voice suddenly reached his ears—

"If you really want it... I'll see how I feel. If you behave well, I might give it as a reward..."

"Huh?"

Thinking he had misheard, Gwen looked up at Anna in confusion, but only saw the girl eating with her head down.

However, even though he couldn't see Anna's expression, Gwen could tell from her slightly flushed earlobes that he hadn't imagined it.

Pretending to think he had misheard, Gwen continued to eat.

Anna, sitting opposite Gwen, was slightly relieved but also inexplicably disappointed. She no longer had the courage to speak again.

Just then, another faint voice, tinged with a hint of laughter, reached Anna's ears—

"Then I won't be polite..."

"!"

Instantly, Anna felt her face flush. She dared not look up at Gwen, fearing she would meet his smiling eyes. Even her usually graceful eating posture became somewhat flustered.

After dinner, Anna made a brief excuse about needing Gwen to rest early and left.

"Sigh..."

Watching Anna's slightly flustered retreating figure, Gwen took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.

If he didn't consider parallel worlds, butterfly effects, and the like, then in the future Gwen knew, Anna would be chosen by the Honkai and become the Herrscher of Ice for the current civilization.

If this world wasn't too different from the Honkai world Gwen knew, then the Herrscher of the current civilization had a chance to retain their human self.

In the original future, although Anna didn't succumb immediately, she also failed to regain control and was eventually killed as the second documented Herrscher-Human fusion.

If possible, Gwen hoped to change this future—

It wasn't that Gwen had some chuunibyou idea like "such a beautiful girl should belong to me, a transmigrator," nor was it that he had already fallen in love with Anna...

After a month, Gwen felt they were just friends. The joke during dinner tonight had already been a bit risky in his opinion.

Gwen simply felt that the future Anna had to face was too heavy for this girl he had a good impression of, and he didn't like it.

And in the foreseeable future, Gwen might have the ability to change this future.

Since that was the case, why not prepare in advance?

Before transmigrating, I could only watch the plot on the screen and do nothing. After transmigrating, I have the power to do something and still do nothing? Then I transmigrated for nothing, didn't I?

With a conviction beyond just surviving established in his heart, Gwen's lingering gloom vanished. He turned and closed the door, returning to his room.

However, what Gwen, whose confidence had soared due to his rapid progress in strength, overlooked was that his brief moment of unusual expression might be captured by surveillance cameras hidden somewhere.

Coincidentally, Otto, who had been observing Gwen intensely, saw this scene.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk..."

Void Archives, who had interacted with Otto more in the recent period than in the previous ten years combined, let out a sigh.

"Look at that expression, listen to that sigh..."

"..."

Otto, suddenly finding Void Archives a bit noisy lately, gave it a silencing treatment without a word. Looking at Gwen's closed room door, he fell into deep thought.

Although judging that Gwen had another face beneath his outwardly sunny and gentle demeanor based solely on a few seconds of sighing and expression was a bit hasty.

But based on Otto's understanding of himself, it wasn't impossible for his child from a parallel world to have such a situation.

"Hoo..."

After thinking for a long time, unable to reach a conclusion, Otto exhaled deeply and temporarily set aside this concern—

It wasn't a bad thing for the child to think more. It was better than being just a simple Caslana, sacrificing his life in some unnecessary place...

He believed that as long as he could feel the genuine emotions of the girls around him, he wouldn't go to extremes...

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The head of the Humanity's Revolutionary Alliance Recruitment Office watched the promotional video and couldn't help but ask, "Mr. President, is this kind of promotional video really going to work?"

Li Ka: "Don't worry, young people these days like this sort of thing."

Chapter 35 Hesitation

He only speculated that he was a pawn in some plan and might be under surveillance, but he never expected that Gwen, who was often personally observed by Otto, would be completely unaware of Otto's conversation with the Void Archives.