Gacha System in the Honkai World
Chapter 22

The Strongest Race in Terms of Combat Power is Indeed the Zu'an People

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Mei Raiden's Plasma Shadow Show, held in her right hand, was plunged into the white robot beneath Bronya. With her left hand, she grabbed Bronya's thigh. "Get down here!" Mei Raiden shouted angrily. She pulled Plasma Shadow Show out with her right hand and fiercely slashed at the connection between Bronya and the white robot.

"Chira..." As expected of Ryoma Raiden's masterpiece, Plasma Shadow Show's ice-blue blade severed the connection between Bronya and the white robot without resistance. Pale blue electricity sparked from the cut, and fine ice shards covered it.

With the connection severed, Bronya was easily pulled off the white robot by Mei Raiden. The white robot instantly stopped working. Of the other robots, only six or seven remained intact, and they also stopped working, avoiding the fate of becoming scattered parts like their companions.

"Mei is so amazing, she actually pulled her down!" Kiana exclaimed, curiously leaning closer as she watched Mei Raiden, whose entire body was pressing down on Bronya, preventing her from moving.

"Oh dear, oh dear," Yu Luo covered his eyes repeatedly. "Mei, I understand your impulse right now, but you have to realize she's still a child. You'll end up on 'Today's Law' if you keep this up!"

"What kind of strange things are you thinking about, Teacher!" Mei Raiden scoffed lightly, but she also realized her posture was unseemly. She nimbly climbed off Bronya and tidied her slightly disheveled clothes.

The three surrounded Bronya, wary of her escape. However, when Bronya was pulled from the white robot, she became completely still, as if disconnected.

"Mei-senpai, how do we restore this child from her mechanization?" Kiana asked, seeing Bronya's state and suddenly feeling the difficulty of the problem.

"For those whose minds have been mechanized, we can stimulate them through other senses to restore them to normal," Mei Raiden said confidently. "This is something I realized from swordsmanship."

"No, no, no," Yu Luo interjected. "No matter how you think about it, swordsmanship has nothing to do with this kind of human modification."

"And according to common sense, people who have been modified like this must have something like a bio-chip inside them. Removing that should restore them," Yu Luo added. "Isn't that how it's always written in games and novels?"

"You're unreliable too! Looks like I'll have to step in!" Kiana rubbed her hands together, a dangerous smile on her face, looking like a creepy old man. "Let me strip her and check her thoroughly, and then we'll know, hehe..."

Perhaps stimulated by Kiana's terrifying words and dangerous expression, the previously motionless Bronya suddenly raised her head, her inorganic voice ringing out: "Suitable Body under threat, requesting immediate support, immediate support."

"Bronya, wake up! Your consciousness is being controlled by machines. You're not your true self right now!" Mei Raiden called out sincerely to Bronya, appealing to the human emotions that were being suppressed by the machines.

"This isn't an anime, this kind of talking-down won't work, right?" Yu Luo commented as if he were an outsider. However, to his utter astonishment, in response to Mei Raiden's call, Bronya's face showed an expression for the first time.

"True... Bronya..." Bronya's face was full of thought, which was undoubtedly good news in the eyes of the three.

"Talking-down is really the ultimate combat power, I'm stunned!" Yu Luo's worldview was somewhat shaken by this magical maneuver. The System said disdainfully in his mind:

"Ignorant. Talking-down exists everywhere in reality. Look at Situ and the Prime Minister, aren't they standard examples of talking-down?"

"Are you sure that's not just being foul-mouthed?"

"Is there a difference? So, if you were a Zu'an Person, you'd be invincible!"

"Wake up, the last person who called themselves invincible is still floating around in space."

Putting aside the little skit in Yu Luo's mind with the System, Bronya's thoughtful expression was quickly suppressed, and her inorganic voice rang out again:

"Mental fluctuations detected, Personality Suppression System level upgrade..."

"Bronya, hold my hand!" Mei Raiden walked over to the struggling Bronya, took her small hand, and looked gently into her eyes. "Can you feel the warmth in my hand? You're not a machine, you're a living human! Don't give up your consciousness like this!"

"Warmth?"

"That's right! This isn't the cold touch of a machine, but the warmth and pulse unique to life!"

"Personality Suppression System... Error... Bronya..." Bronya stammered, her face showing signs of struggle.

"Valkyrie System, activate!" The struggling expression on her face was forcibly suppressed, and a voice devoid of emotion rang out. Bronya's light gray pupils turned crimson, strange patterns appeared below her left eye, and a peculiar red and black armor appeared on her body. An immense sense of danger suddenly surged into Yu Luo's heart.

"Mei, get away!" Yu Luo rushed forward, forcibly pulling Mei Raiden, who was holding Bronya's right hand, back.

Behind Bronya, clad in the strange red and black armor, a peculiar robot appeared. Its design was similar to the robot she had been riding, but it was much smaller. "Heavy-Oni Rabbit 19C." The strange robot raised its mechanical arm, which was equipped with an oversized caliber cannon.

"Whoa, a 460mm Cannon of Equality Yamato Cannon?!" Yu Luo exclaimed in shock. "You're even equipped with that thing, are you planning to conquer a country?!"

"I didn't expect the Personality Suppression System to have such a loophole. I guess I have to thank you all!" A strong and confident voice sounded from Bronya. Yu Luo narrowed his eyes and asked dangerously, "You're not Bronya, who are you?"

"My name isn't important. You just need to know that I am Bronya's mother. Thank you for playing with my daughter for so long. The game ends now," the voice said with a smile. "Mei Raiden, come with us obediently. For Ryoma Raiden's sake, I'll treat you well!"

"You know my father?!" Mei Raiden became agitated, demanding, "Where is my father?!"

"Heh, no comment. Bronya, leave the retrieval to you." The voice chuckled flippantly and then disappeared. "Don't go! Tell me where my father is!" Mei Raiden weakly extended her right hand, only to be caught by Yu Luo.

"Bronya must know something. Let's restore her first," Yu Luo's eyes reflected Bronya's red and black figure. "That hateful woman, I'll find her sooner or later!"

"Mhm!" Mei Raiden also understood the priority. The immediate concern was this Bronya radiating a dangerous aura.

"Slaughter personality fully unlocked!"

Bronya's icy voice rang out in her corrupted state. The dark muzzle of the cannon gathered flames, and a terrifying bombardment was brewing within.

"I just find it ridiculous, how did a Yamato Cannon get installed on this robot!" Yu Luo grumbled, but the suffocating sense of death in his heart clearly told him that if he couldn't come up with a way to counter this cannon, which could collapse the entire ME Corp building, he would die.

"Looks like I have to ask the all-powerful Magic Conch!" Yu Luo gripped Raikiri in his right hand and held a silver Noble Phantasm Card, [Dragon Vein], between his left index and middle fingers. "You're not lying to me when you said transformation energy can be converted into various energies, right!" The matter was of great importance, so Yu Luo still asked the System in his mind.

The System was indignant at Yu Luo's doubt. "I'm a professional System, can you trust me? My solution is absolutely foolproof. I finally found a host who's easy to exploit. Even though you're broke, I don't want to switch now."

"So, in your eyes, I'm just someone easy to exploit?"

"If you had money, I'd treat you like a father!"

"Fire!" The Cannon of Equality mounted on the Heavy-Oni Rabbit 19C finally gathered enough energy. Kiana and Mei Raiden had thought of ways during this time, but as soon as they approached Bronya, the Heavy-Oni Rabbit 19C behind her would forcefully push them back with its mechanical arm, preventing them from getting close. Moreover, in the face of this Yamato Cannon, which could collapse a building, there was no escape from the blast radius.

"Dong!" The dark muzzle erupted with fire. With nowhere to dodge and nowhere to flee, the three could only face the terrifying power of the Cannon of Equality head-on.

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