Chapter 197

Elysia nodded in agreement. "I think so too."

Although she had never seen Ai Yue hold a grudge, Elysia knew very well that someone as kind-hearted as Ai Yue probably wouldn't dwell on this matter for more than a day.

Ai Yue could only casually change the subject. "Speaking of which, what were you guys talking about just now?"

Elysia and Aponia exchanged a glance, then gave each other a knowing smile, "We're talking about you."

Ai Yue immediately became alert. "What content?"

"I have to go. I still have a lot of work to do at the Morning Sun Academy."

Aponia stood up as if she hadn't heard him, leaving him with only a subtle look in her eyes. "Elysia, am I handing Ai Yue over to you?"

She stayed here only to keep Elysia company. Now that the true master of the Star of Light has awakened, she naturally has to go back to fulfill her duties.

"Don't worry,"

Elysia nodded. "I'll keep an eye on him!"

"Who's supervising whom, anyway?"

After watching Aponia's figure disappear into the Teleportation Gate, Ai Yue turned to Elysia and asked, "Did you tell her about that?"

Although Aponia already knew Elysia's true identity from the murals on the moon, Ai Yue still didn't want Elysia to know about the possibility of her going out of control.

"Of course not, didn't you say it's a secret between us?"

Elysia smiled and shook her head. "Of course I won't tell anyone until you make a decision."

"That's fine,"

Ai Yue then stood up as well, saying, "In short, let's get a check-up done first."

However, this cover-up probably won't last long.

The night of revelry is over, and now it's time to race against time again.

Elysia naturally agreed to Ai Yue's request, and the two then went to a laboratory that specialized in researching Herrscher authority to conduct another thorough examination on Elysia.

However, the result was not much different from before—except that Elysia's body fat percentage was a little higher, everything was normal.

How could that be?

Elysia stared at the test report, then pinched her lower abdomen in disbelief. "Is there something wrong with the equipment? How could I possibly have gained weight?"

Judging from her expression, this incident was a blow to her no less than a loss of control.

"It must be because I didn't drink enough last night, so I ate a lot."

Ai Yue, while gloating, adjusted the equipment, saying, "Alright, stop worrying about that little bit of fat, let's move on to the next test."

As he spoke, he opened the door to the room on the right side of the laboratory, picked up the equipment in his hand, and went inside.

Elysia followed closely behind, only to discover that the room was entirely metallic, from the walls and ceiling to the floor. Upon entering, she instinctively frowned. "I feel... a little uncomfortable..."

"It's normal to feel uncomfortable. Sixty percent of the metal around here is Soulium, which can suppress Honkai Energy."

Ai Yue placed the device in the center of the room, then pressed a button to fully unfold it into something resembling a target. "Get used to it, and then show us your abilities."

What Ai Yue is doing now is to determine Elysia's current state as much as possible, and what kind of power she wields as Herrscher. As for how to observe her connection with the Cocoon of Finality, and how to block or even sever this connection, that is not yet in his plans.

After all, if even the prerequisites cannot be met, then the subsequent plans are like castles in the air and cannot stand at all.

Therefore, the most urgent task is to figure out what kind of Herrscher Elysia really is.

This point wasn't even explicitly stated in the original plot, and the analysis of the plot only yielded a jumble of confusing answers.

Some say Elysia's power is "humanity," which is why she is not controlled by the Cocoon of Finality. Others say her power is a kind of "wish fulfillment," which is why she was able to sever the threads of fate and allow humanity to truly have a future. Still others say Elysia's power is actually "linkage," which allows her to connect with other powers...

Ai Yue could only use these speculations or information from the original plot as references—after all, he wasn't playing a game now, and if he made a mistake in the face of the unknown, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Fortunately, he has the help of the system. As long as he can determine the direction, he can leave the rest to the system. But if he can't even determine the direction, then even the system will have a hard time playing its role.

The simplest point is that the materials collected from Elysia now will only be recognized by the system as "special Fused Warrior materials". While these are useful, they are extremely limited and cannot directly unlock the skill tree in the relevant field like rare materials.

This also means that Elysia has not actually fully awakened, which is why she is in her current state.

What Ai Yue needs to do now is to find a way to determine her powers and then try to awaken Elysia through this clue.

He had initially thought that Elysia's ability to create crystals out of thin air would have some resemblance to the Herrscher authority, but the test results were quite disappointing. Both Elysia's description and the results of the actual combat test showed that this special ability did indeed come from "Mahamayuri," which was the Honkai Beast that Elysia had fused with.

However, besides that, Ai Yue did learn about Elysia's other ability.

"You mean, you can roughly sense other people's emotions?"

Listening to Elysia's description, Ai Yue looked thoughtful. "Is this considered mind reading?"

"I don't think so, since I can't sense other people's specific thoughts,"

Elysia shook her head. "However, simply using 'emotion' to describe it is not comprehensive enough. After all, goodwill or malice shouldn't be considered emotions, right?"

The ability to perceive good and evil or vague emotions, this power similar to spiritual perception, obviously cannot come from "Mahamayuri". But if it is regarded as part of the Herrscher authority, does it overlap with the power of the Eighth Herrscher?

Or is it that this isn't actually a type of mental perception, but just a similar form of expression?

Ai Yue fell into deep thought.

Surely it can't really be related to "human nature"?

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Ai Yue spending half a day tinkering in the lab, Ai Yue still couldn't figure it out and became increasingly confused.

Because he couldn't find the source of the special ability that Elysia had mentioned.

Logically speaking, the ability to spy on others must originate from the mind. However, despite using all the equipment at his disposal, Ai Yue was unable to detect anything special about Elysia's mental fluctuations.

Based on Ai Yue's current understanding of the mental realm, and the experience summarized from the test results of many Mental Perception Fused Warriors, Ai Yue can now even infer the type of ability a person possesses based on the frequency and shape of their mental wave frequency.

However, no matter how you measure Elysia's mental wave frequency, it only seems to be slightly stronger than that of an ordinary person, not high enough to give rise to special abilities. Not to mention compared to those mental perception types from the second phase onwards, even Hua when she first accepted the Divine Tone Project was slightly stronger than her.

Of course, Ai Yue didn't come up with nothing. At least he analyzed the clues and came to a conclusion—that Elysia's sleep quality had been poor lately.

"It shouldn't have taken this long to reach this conclusion, right?"

Even Elysia couldn't help but look speechless upon hearing this. "Why didn't you just ask me directly?"

Strictly speaking, Ai Yue didn't even need to ask, because after learning about the abnormality in Elysia, he knew that she must have been sleeping poorly these past few days.

"Just kidding."

Ai Yue shrugged. "I just noticed you were being a bit too anxious."

"Of course I'm anxious, after all, even you can't find the root of the problem,"

Elysia sighed, then gave a teasing smile. "I still vividly remember how dismissive someone looked back then, but now it seems like they weren't all that special."

"What's the rush? It's only the first day. I have plenty of time and energy to solve your problems."

As Ai Yue spoke, he pulled something out of nowhere and handed it to Elysia, saying, "Take this with you before we begin."

"This is... a hair clip?"

Elysia took the object with a crystal flower from Ai Yue's hand and examined it curiously. "What's this for?"

"Mental health protection device, with recording and alarm functions."

Ai Yue explained, "Although we can't be sure what the problem is with you right now, as long as the symptoms you mentioned before reappear, then we may be able to find clues."

Since we can't find anything unusual about Elysia's current state, we have to start from other directions.

"I see,"

Elysia nodded, then pinned the hair clip in her hair. "How is it? Does it look good?"

"Of course it looks good, it's something I made."

Ai Yue nodded without hesitation, "Alright, that's all we can do for now. I'll organize the data I have. As long as you don't leave Australia, you can go anywhere during this period."

"Then I'll go out for a walk."

Elysia said with a smile, "Speaking of which, I heard from Ai that you're planning to build Fortress City in Australia too?"

"Yes, there's already one under construction, located in the southeast direction,"

Ai Yue responded, "After all, Australia can't remain empty forever. Sooner or later, people will come back."

"Oh, so you've thought that far ahead?"

Elysia nodded thoughtfully, then smiled brightly, "I'll go take a look, is that alright?"

"Of course, no problem, but remember to have Ai guide you."

Ai Yue waved his hand, then turned and walked towards the lab table. "Alright, don't disturb me now."

Elysia was naturally very unhappy with Ai Yue's heartless attitude, so she made a face at Ai Yue's back before turning around and leaving the laboratory.

Ai Yue, whose back was to Elysia, had a gloomy expression.

Although he didn't show it to Elysia, it was clear that his efforts had yielded nothing, which was obviously not within Ai Yue's expectations.

There are two possibilities if no problems can be found in Elysia. One is that Elysia is indeed fine, and the problem lies with the Cocoon of Finality that can be linked to her. The other is that the problem is so serious that even Ai Yue's current level of expertise cannot detect it.

The former is not difficult to handle; as long as a way can be found to block this connection, Elysia's situation can be temporarily controlled. However, if it is the latter, then this matter is a bit serious.

The question is, what exactly happened to Elysia? Is it related to her status as Herrscher? Did her Herrscher authority play any role in this matter?

Besides, where is Elysia's Herrscher Core located?

Looking at the words "Herrscher Core" that he had written on the paper, Ai Yue couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

The Herrscher Core is the bridge between the Herrscher and the Cocoon of the Cocoon of Finality. It is the key for the Herrscher to open the door to the Imaginary Space and obtain infinite power. It is not just a simple crystallization of energy, but also exhibits different characteristics according to the powers of each Herrscher.

Before Elysia, similar situations had occurred with the Eighth Herrscher and the Twelfth Herrscher. However, the Herrscher Core of the Eighth Herrscher was actually hidden in the spiritual realm, while the Twelfth Herrscher did not have Herrscher Core in the true sense, because as a virus, it could be regarded as Herrscher Core in a special state.

The crystal currently kept in the black box is more like the remains of the Twelfth Herrscher. However, although it is a remains, it can still release the power of the Twelfth Herrscher, so it can indeed be regarded as the Herrscher Core.

But unlike the Eighth Herrscher, Elysia can hide things in her spiritual realm, and unlike the Twelfth Herrscher, who is special, what form will her Herrscher Core take?

Ai Yue for a moment, then suddenly wrote down the name "Welt" on the paper.

When this the First Herrscher, born in the next generation of civilization, was first discovered, no Herrscher Core could be detected in his body. However, it was because the other party used special methods to hide the Herrscher Core in his own genetic material, thereby suppressing the power of the Herrscher and the control of the Honkai over him.

Could a similar situation occur with Elysia?

Thinking of this, Ai Yue pulled up Elysia's genetic file, trying to find some clues from it.

But at that moment, a voice suddenly rang out from behind him. "What are you researching?"

Ai Yue paused for a moment, then subtly switched the screen to display data related to the Twelfth Herrscher: "Let's see if the Aberration Power can be used for anything worthwhile."

When he turned to look at Mobius, he also picked up the paper on the table to avoid any unnecessary misunderstandings if the other party saw its contents.

"I've already seen that thing. It's essentially a source of pollution and radiation. If you want to use it, you have to clean up the pollution first, which is a real hassle."

Mobius walked up to him. "Besides, it doesn't have any advantages over the Stigmata Project. Why are you still so hung up on it?"

"After all, it's Herrscher authority, it would be a shame to just let it go like this."

Ai Yue shrugged, looking at Mobius had returned to his adult form, "Aren't you feeling bad anymore?"

Being drunk is essentially doubly damaging to Mobius's current condition, so even though Mobius drank far less Ai Yue, she is probably in even worse Ai Yue.

"It's alright now,"

Mobius glanced at Ai Yue. "But you, is it really necessary to be in such a hurry?"

Ai Yue was stunned for a moment, and didn't know how to answer.

Having spent so much time with Mobius, he not only knew him well, but also knew that Möbius knew him well—and according to his usual style, he wouldn't have thrown himself into the research so early.

Ai Yue is essentially a somewhat lazy person. If it weren't for the shadow of Honkai constantly hovering over his head, he would never be so diligent. But even so, he occasionally reveals this aspect of himself.

For example, Ai Yue would basically not do anything the day after attending a party.

Mobius was not someone easily fooled, and she certainly couldn't have failed to notice this.

"Fine, it's good that you're working hard; consider it catching up on the progress."

Fortunately, Mobius didn't press the matter. He simply waved his hand and was about to leave, saying, "I'm going back now. I just wanted to let you know."

Ai Yue did not keep the other person as his assistant as before, after all, he had promised Elysia that he would not tell a third person about this for the time being.

So he just nodded. "Okay, remember to come to me if you encounter any problems."

Mobius smiled noncommittally, then walked towards the door.