Young Man, Do You Desire Power? {Part 2}

Gao Fushuai's question also made Hua Ling fall into thought. He might look like Theresa, but that didn't mean he was stupid—on the contrary, he was far smarter than the big dumb oaf beside him.

"We need to calm down now. The fact that the pain train that sent us flying here also left us a stable air bubble means it doesn't want to toy us to death."

"Heaven never seals off all exits. Maybe a solution is about to come."

As Hua Ling spoke these words, Gao Fushuai stared in shock at what was behind him.

"Whoa, it really came! A huge galaxy is barreling straight toward us!"

Gao Fushuai shouted in terror. Hua Ling's face stiffened, and he turned around to see a White Dwarf filling his entire field of vision, hurtling straight at them.

Just as the two were about to close their eyes and wait for death, the countless White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars suddenly phased through them, turning intangible. When they hesitantly opened their eyes again, they saw a field of vision covered entirely by colorful scales, inscribed with countless profound runes, and silently burning with multicolored flames.

The two stood dumbfounded. Even a single scale covered their entire view. They couldn't imagine what kind of existence had noticed them. As ordinary humans, they trembled in fear, watching that figure seem to realize something and begin shrinking rapidly—from an immeasurable size down to a thousand kilometers.

Then they finally saw what kind of being had found them.

"A huge multicolored dragon—and it's the Yinglong from primordial myths! Did we transmigrate to the Primordial World?"

Gao Fushuai asked in astonishment.

"I think the weirder thing is that we saw something so enormous and didn't die of fright."

Hua Ling watched the massive Yinglong coil around them, its multicolored dragon eyes fixed on them.

"Hello?"

Hua Ling mustered his courage and asked cautiously.

For some reason, he saw a glint of amusement in those enormous eyes, as if it had found something interesting.

"Welcome to this universe, little cuties."

"Hmm, you two give me a familiar feeling—especially this little girl."

A majestic voice rang out. Hua Ling's face darkened at the words "little girl," while Gao Fushuai struggled to hold back his laughter.

"I didn't ask for this either. May I ask who you are?"

Hua Ling shot a glare at the tall, dumb oaf beside him and resigned himself to being the one to negotiate with this being.

"Mm, Immortal Dragon—Qin."

"Since I rarely encounter anything interesting, I can grant each of you one wish and help you escape your hopeless situation. In return, I want entertainment—amuse me."

The Immortal Dragon Aeon, Lin Qin, looked down at the two tiny specks and communicated with them through divine thought, a smile in his mind. He had stumbled into this universe by accident. It seemed similar to the Star Rail World, but the development here matched the game quite closely.

He wasn't from this universe. After crossing the Five Decays of Heaven and Man and achieving Golden Immortal, he had gone next door to kill the Will of the Overarching Will and sever his karmic ties. While passing through this universe on his way back to his own, he had picked up that peculiar hum, so Lin Qin came here and found these two Earthlings who seemed to be his fellow countrymen.

What caught his attention most was that the little girl cosplaying as Theresa was surprisingly spot-on. To Lin Qin, who loved stirring up trouble, this was an opportunity for entertainment he couldn't miss!

So, on a whim, he promised them each one wish.

Now the perspective returned to Hua Ling and Gao Fushuai.

"Come on, young man. Do you crave power?"

Immortal Dragon Lin Qin asked his question.

"No! I crave dango!"

Hua Ling blurted out instinctively, then suddenly covered his mouth. He was completely mortified. Gao Fushuai stared at him in shock, his expression clearly saying, So you really do want to be a girl.

"I crave a system!"

Gao Fushuai quickly shouted. He knew this was a supreme being—after all, anyone who could juggle White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars was no joke.

"Mm, as you wish. A train will soon arrive via warp to pick you up. I should be heading back too."

"As you wish! Transform!"

As Lin Qin's words fell, a multicolored radiance enveloped the two. Lin Qin thought for a moment, noticed the Plastic Judas on Hua Ling, and decided to turn it into a real Oath of Judah.

Not only that—since Hua Ling reminded him of his old acquaintance Theresa, Lin Qin naturally crafted a Core of the Herrscher of Binding and a Stone Mask. He imagined Hua Ling holding the Stone Mask and shouting that she would no longer be human, and the thought of Otsukiyo becoming a vampire was just too hilarious!

He also sealed the Vishnu Super-Mutagen Factor inside the system that Gao Fushuai had become, only unlockable under specific conditions.

Then Lin Qin turned to Gao Fushuai, who had wished for a system, and granted his wish—turning him into a system. He bound him to Hua Ling, then transformed Hua Ling into a genuine Theresa, turning his Stardust Symphony into the real deal.

"Finally, I bestow upon you the Path of Immortality. I can't wait to see what fun it'll be when those Aeons sense the aura of immortality on you."

Lin Qin once again bathed the transforming Hua Ling in multicolored light, then withdrew, returning to his own universe.

With Lin Qin's concealment gone, several Aeons lurking in the cosmic void immediately sensed the aura of immortality radiating from Hua Ling.

His colossal figure vanished. By now, Hua Ling had become a genuine Theresa. She slowly opened her sapphire-blue eyes, confused as she felt her completely renewed body. Looking down, she saw a pair of B-cup buns pushing up her shirt, and her face froze.

Trembling, Hua Ling reached a hand down toward her lower region. The little Kun Kun of her imagination was gone, replaced by something belonging to a girl. The strange sensation made her face flush with shame.

"Mm, a message left for me... I've been granted the Path of Immortality? So you were the Immortal Dragon Aeon... but didn't the Immortal Dragon disappear?"

Hua Ling was completely at a loss. Then she noticed that Gao Fushuai's figure had vanished, and panic set in.

"Gao Fushuai, you big idiot, where are you!"

Hua Ling shouted in distress. No matter how calm she had seemed before, it was because her best buddy Gao Fushuai was there. Now, alone, she was terrified.

[Ding, Hua Ling, I think I've turned into a system...]

[Dammit, I wanted a system, not to become one!!!]

[And I'm bound to you now, plus there are system target missions. Let me check.]

[First step: join the Astral Express. Reward: Vishnu Hyper-Mutation Factor. Failure: erasure.]

"Ah??"

Hua Ling cried out in fear.

[Just kidding. Failure means becoming space junk, keeping Great Kaz company.]

[But you really did turn into Theresa, and your buns are even bigger than hers. Not bad, not bad. This lord is satisfied (^▽^)]

[Since you've become Theresa, I might as well pick a name to match you. As everyone knows, Theresa loves Hōmu, so I'll rename myself the Herta Space Station System!]

[Also, Hua Ling, since you're disguised as Theresa, you'll have to change your name to Theresa too. Otherwise, once suspicious Old Yang gets suspicious... my dear Hua Ling, you don't want to become space junk and stop thinking, do you?]

Gao Fushuai—now the Herta Space Station System—said to Hua Ling, who was now Theresa. Hua Ling felt some reluctance, but becoming Theresa didn't seem so bad. She had no choice but to nod in resignation.

"Fine. To avoid becoming space junk and stopping thinking, from now on, I'll call myself Theresa."

Hua Ling said helplessly. Anyway, she was already used to losing her dignity, so she accepted her fate ╮(╯▽╰)╭.

In the distance, spatial fluctuations began. A massive black steam train tore through space and emerged not far away.

Today's beauty shot. This is the protagonist Hua Ling—from now on, Theresa's appearance. And the Stardust Symphony outfit she's wearing.