"You have three minutes. After three minutes... enter the dungeon and loot the place." Chen Li looked at the Crystal Ball floating in the air, his gaze sharp.
"Okay."
Firefly nodded heavily, then walked toward Sam.
As Firefly's palm landed on Sam's cold armor surface—
"Clack, clack, clack—"
A burst of mechanical shapeshifting sounds rang out. Instead of opening its cockpit as usual, the Sam mecha transformed directly into countless tiny nanofragments, like a living silver storm, instantly wrapping around Firefly where she stood.
Amid flickering light, the girl in the dress vanished. In her place stood a mighty and imposing Molten Knight wreathed in Deep Blue Flames.
"I hope the Propagation Aeon really is in this dungeon... That way, Firefly can experience what it feels like to be the Propagation Aeon." Chen Li crossed his arms and stared at the Crystal Ball, muttering to himself.
One-star Artifact [Sam]—Effect 3: Same Origin · Insect. When the Artifact Wielder kills members of the Swarm, Sealing Cards may drop. After equipping a Sealing Card, the user may gain the target's traits.
The Propagation Aeon was, in the end, merely a larger, stronger, older bug.
And besides...
[Firefly—269 Crystal]: Wield [Molten Knight · Sam (Restriction Release Version)], kill [Propagation Aeon · Tzivros], transform into the Queen of the Swarm, command all remaining Swarm members in the Honkai: Star Rail world, then slit her own throat and ascend to heaven, restoring a bright and clear world to Honkai: Star Rail.
That was the fundamental reason why this Miraculous Item could bring Chen Li such immense returns after Firefly obtained it.
Though there didn't seem to be anything wrong with that.
After all, the Propagation Aeon had ignited its Path because of the loneliness and hatred born after its species went