Seeing Ruan Mei Again / You Can't Be Betrayed If You Don't Trust

"You probably don't need to think too much about it."

Jiaoqiu was somewhat amused and exasperated. "You said it yourself, power itself has no right or wrong."

Kiana lowered her eyes; she couldn't explain the existence of Honkai, so she could only say, "But it will hurt other people."

Is she worried that something like that will happen again and hurt innocent people?

Recalling their previous encounter, Fei Xiao said, "Then let's subdue it."

"Surrender? How is that possible..."

She subdued the Honkai?

Is this something she can actually do?

"Yes, if you don't want to hurt others, then adapt to it, subdue it, master it, and turn it into an asset, not a nuisance!"

"How is this possible?"

Why not?

Fei Xiao said matter-of-factly, "If you don't even believe in yourself, then of course it's impossible. But as long as you firmly believe that you can do it, trust me, you will find an answer that satisfies you."

Kiana didn't know what to say.

"You must drive it with your own will, instead of being swept along by fate. Those who are swept along by fate will sooner or later be swallowed up by fate and become its puppets."

Similar words, the same principle applies.

"Do you have anything you absolutely must do?"

"... have."

"Then let's take this as our motivation and goal, and on the road ahead, let's treat mastering it as a necessary step."

"... I can tell you have a personality that tends to be prone to internal conflict."

Suddenly, Jiaoqiu spoke up and asked, "Have you ever heard of the name 'General Fei Xiao Three-No General'?"

"The Three-No General?"

Fei Xiao? Sanwu? What's wrong with her?

"Without worry, without regret, therefore invincible."

Fei Xiao laughed and said, "This is the Three-No General."

"Being carefree and without regrets makes one invincible?"

She hesitated, staring in astonishment at Fei Xiao who had just spoken. If someone could be so carefree and without regrets, then they would indeed be... invincible.

"If you don't know where to start making changes, you might as well learn from General Jiang's 'three no's'. As long as you can be carefree and without regrets, your condition will be almost completely cured."

Although she's not a psychologist, Jiaoqiu knows how to advise people in this situation.

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Chapter Fifty-Eight: Goodbye Ruan Mei

More than half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

As Kiana boarded her spaceship and returned to this planet, far from its original course and located in a remote corner of the universe, she felt as if she had been transported to another world.

Remembrance of this place flooded back.

She felt a pang of nostalgia for the past, even though those times were not so long ago, just a few months ago.

"Otherwise, why would there be a saying that ignorance is bliss?"

She made fun of her current state.

She could say she gained quite a bit from her brief encounter with Yaoqing a while ago.

Looking at the familiar scenery, fragments of memories flooded her mind, and her emotions gradually calmed down.

This is the place where she stayed the longest. She only spent less than a year in Izumo before Izumo became what it is now.

And here.

Kiana has Remembrance spanning over a year.

Although not all of them were pleasant memories.

I'll be waiting for you at our usual spot.

The sound came abruptly from a flower climbing on a tree, but it didn't startle Kiana who was walking.

Ruan Mei has studied and modified most of the plants and animals on this planet, and this Sound-transmitting flower that can be used as a telephone is just a tiny part of it.

She has the full capacity to turn those unscientific things from fairy tales into reality.

"Okay, I'll be right there."

Thinking that she would soon see Ruan Mei, whom she hadn't seen for a while, Kiana quickened her pace back.

The old place Ruan Mei mentioned.

It wasn't some strange place, but rather the laboratory where she usually spent the most time.

Kiana knew this by heart.

Half an hour later, she arrived at the destination on foot. She had access to most areas and could move around almost without hindrance.

Ruan Mei was not conducting research; although she was in the laboratory, she was in a separate room outside the laboratory.

This place has been set up as a temporary resting spot, with seating areas and a coffee table for placing things.

The sounds of opera singing and classical music mingled from a rather old-fashioned radio.

Ruan Mei sat there, head bowed in thought.

Unlike usual, she wasn't relaxing in her free time, so she wasn't engrossed in the music.

"ARuan ~"

She was only brought back to her senses when a voice that sounded very familiar to her rang out.

Upon seeing Ruan Mei again, Kiana couldn't help but smile. It was a long-awaited reunion, and how could she not be happy to see an old friend?

"I'm back! It's been a while, did you miss me?"

In the familiar surroundings, she moved with the ease of a clingy little animal, enthusiastically stepping forward and snuggling close to Ruan Mei.

In truth, if she hadn't forgotten anything in the first place, she wouldn't have done such a bold thing to Ruan Mei.

The reason is simple: we need to consider more factors.

Ruan Mei has a rather indifferent personality, or rather, because she is a remarkable genius, she doesn't retain much of her humanity.

The higher a person stands, the broader their perspective, and the things and ideas they can see will naturally differ from those of ordinary people.

But who is she?

She's completely unfazed by being rejected.

As long as she isn't completely rejected, she'll take advantage of the situation; this is a lingering trait in her nature, even without her Remembrance.

Ruan Mei, however, would not openly refuse.

She is valuable to Ruan Mei.

Ruan Mei, who was being hugged, did not frown or reject her closeness. Firstly, she was used to it, and secondly, she did not do anything meaningless.

"It hasn't been that long since we last met. We saw each other at Kasli -VIII a while ago."

"You said it yourself, it was some time ago."

Kiana cheerfully begged for an answer, "Tell me, tell me, have you missed me?"

Ruan Mei looked at her eyebrows and eyes, reached out and traced her face with her fingertips, saying in a low voice, "Without you by my side, some steps of the research have been stuck."

It's been several days.

Without Kiana's help, the research on Honkai reached a standstill, and she had no interest in doing anything else.

Because of the research stall, she has been feeling restless and frustrated for the past two days.

It wasn't until Kiana appeared in the lab that the faint restlessness in her heart completely disappeared, as if it had never existed at all.

As her fingertips touched Kiana's soft skin, a hint of doubt quickly appeared on Ruan Mei's elegant face.

A new seriousness appeared in his eyes.

She tried again and got the same result.

"A new consciousness is hidden within you?"

Ruan Mei discovered it so quickly?

Kiana released Ruan Mei, creating a slight distance between them, and remarked, "As expected of you, you noticed it right away."

Ruan Mei pondered for a moment the sensations she had just sensed, "Honkai? Your friend's consciousness?"

A beautiful dream world that seems to be Remembrance.

She wasn't surprised, but she was curious about Kiana's reason for doing so.

Kiana's Honkai energy activity is more pronounced than it was during her time in Kasli VIII, and it's showing signs of dominating the Void energy.

But Kiana seemed to be fine.

... wrong.

She then noticed what Kiana was holding, and strangely pulled her hand to try and take it away. Kiana couldn't possibly hide this from her, so she didn't stop her.

The marks on my hands have faded a lot, but some traces that haven't completely disappeared are still visible.

Ruan Mei's fingertip landed on a mark; the faint purple light was inconspicuous, but Ruan Mei's brows were already tightly furrowed.

"ARuan, you have Honkai energy resistance now?"

There wasn't enough time to stop Ruan Mei from working on the erosion marks, but Ruan Mei didn't appear to have been affected.

"It's not difficult."

Ruan Mei lowered her hand, looked at her, and said, "These are marks left after being corroded by Honkai energy. But why would something like this appear on your body?"

She has been researching Honkai energy, and after obtaining Honkai Beast as research material some time ago, the experiments she conducted have become increasingly complex and dangerous.

Of course I know I need to stack resistance first.

Where does resistance come from?

It's naturally Kiana's body.

Kiana's blood, her power, her resistance to Honkai energy, and her control over it—she has witnessed it all.

So she couldn't quite understand it.

I can't understand why Kiana would have such marks on her body. Kiana's body has a high resistance to Honkai energy, so this shouldn't be on her.

"Izumo's Honkai energy intensity is too high."

Kiana sighed. Taking it step by step was fine, but Izumo and everything outside of Izumo were completely different worlds.

"Izumo?"

"It's the place I was looking for, the place I mentioned before."

Kiana scratched her head and explained, "What I'm looking for at Tenhutou Rock is Izumo. It's near the IX mechanism, shrouded in the shadow of nothingness, but the Honkai is rewriting the rules of that planet..."

"Honkai energy has the property of eroding and assimilating other energies. The power of nothingness is no exception, so the two forces are locked in a stalemate, with Honkai energy eroding and assimilating the power of nothingness, causing Honkai energy to continuously grow."

Hearing something interesting piqued Ruan Mei's interest. Had she known Kiana's destination was this kind of place, perhaps she should have spent some time accompanying Kiana.

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Chapter 59: Without trust, one will not be let down.

"What's the situation in that galaxy?"

"The Honkai energy is bound to Izumo, which is probably due to the rules, and there is no leakage of Honkai energy. That's why the Honkai Energy Concentration in Izumo is becoming more and more... outrageous."

Kiana thought for a moment and finally used "outrageous" to describe Izumo's current situation, after all, even Planet-class Honkai Beast have been spawned.