Herta: Want to learn my magic? First, spend a day learning advanced math!

"Fine, I'm not going to argue with an unreasonable man like you. Do you think I should use this key now?" Herta tossed the bronze key in his hand.

"It doesn't matter, you definitely won't succeed the first time anyway. Just consider it as increasing your success rate."

"I don't believe it. Want to take a gamble? If I succeed on the first try, I'll use your Miracle Card three times and ask three questions," Herta said.

Making a cake counts as one time, exchanging it for Herta figurine counts as one time, and making a bet counts as one time.

Why be so obsessed with making cakes?

The answer is: the capriciousness of a genius!

After trying 42 different magic tricks without being able to create a cake that would make people feel happy and smile involuntarily just by smelling its aroma, Herta, who is passionate about baking, is convinced that this is a scientific theory that has not yet been fully understood!

Since it's a difficult problem, we must conquer it!

Although Chen Li thought that Herta should reflect on whether this was because Herta's cooking skills were too messy, Chen Li was too lazy to say anything because he thought Herta would definitely not listen.

"Fine, let's bet. But What If I fail the first time, you have to give me three Herta figurine and make them spin around in my living room continuously!"

"Make a deal!"

"It's a deal!"

"Heh, Chen Li, don't underestimate the Bond between me and the Erudition! I am the Emanator of Erudition!" After making the bet, Herta smiled smugly.

"We'll see. Should I send this key to your original body?"

"Send it there." The Herta dolls nodded.

Chen Li took the key and sent it to Great Herta via Friends Circle.

After seeing the Herta dolls in front of him enter an AFK state, Chen Li calmly drank his chrysanthemum tea-flavored "All the World's Evils" milk tea.

Ten seconds later, the Great Herta went online again.

As Chen Li had predicted, Herta did not show a smug smile this time.

"How was it? You lost, didn't you?"

"How can you be so sure that I will not succeed?" Herta knew that Chen Li could tell the outcome from his expression, but he didn't understand why Chen Li was so certain.

"Hilarious! Although there's no evidence, I believe that every time I forge Miraculous Item in this world, the Aeon of Intellect is Peeping me. Just now, after we finished forging the Miraculous Item, we were thinking about how to summon the Aeon of Intellect. What's the difference between that and openly plotting in someone's face?"

"You knew that, so why did you secretly plot with me?"

"I've already said I have no evidence. Besides, while the Aeon of Intellect can't predict what I'll do next, he can know what I've done before. Do you think the Aeon of Intellect doesn't know my purpose in creating this Miraculous Item? In short, it's your idea of creating this Miraculous Item that's far too purposeful," Chen Li said.

Don't underestimate the powerful machine head of the Aeon of Intellect.

Compared to Kal'tsit, the old woman who claims to know everything, the Aeon of Intellect is the one who truly knows everything.

The reason why the Aeon of Intellect could not predict what Chen Li would do next was simply because the Friends Circle, this Miraculous Item that communicates with other worlds, could bring too many variables to Chen Li.

Perhaps the Aeon of Intellect finally managed to deduce what Chen Li might be doing based on his trajectory over half a day, only to find that Chen Li was suddenly summoned to another world.

"..." by Herta.

Heaven has forsaken me; it is not a sin of wisdom!

Herta didn't feel that he was slightly inferior; he only felt that Chen Li was too cunning.

"Alright, don't be upset. I'll lend you another Key of Destiny's Invitation. Although I feel you still won't succeed, it can increase your success rate." Chen Li handed the Key of Destiny's Invitation, which he had summoned at the cost of one Starstones, to the Herta.

"This is?"

"The true Invitation of Fate is in your hands, but I can still briefly summon another Invitation of Fate using the Starstones. This key was summoned before you used it, so the opportunity to use it is still reserved."

"So, can your Miracle Card exploit this kind of bug?"

"No, stop dreaming, use them now. Remember to give me back the three dolls when you're done, I want to take them home."

"Anyway, it probably won't succeed this time, so I don't plan to summon the Aeon of Intellect... Do you think the Aeon of Beauty will respond if I use this Miraculous Item to summon Him?" Herta asked casually.

The Herta remembers that invitations can be extended even to the dead.

"Who knows? All I know is that if you send an invitation to the Aeon of Joy, he'll definitely come and take a look at what it is?"

"I'll give it a try..."

Because it is the Aeon of Joy, Herta did not use its real body at all, but instead used the Herta dolls to try to open the door.

And then... it failed.

"That's a lie."

"Is it possible that I'm not lying, but that you're just not good enough? If you're bad, just practice more."

"If you're so good, then you do it!"

"Cough cough, if it weren't for the fact that I've run out of attempts..."

"Don't you have that Imaginary Value? Why don't you just use the Imaginary Value to recreate the key's usage status from 10 minutes ago to the current status?"

"Hiss... Herta, you're a genius!"

"That's right!"

"But Imaginary Value is also very expensive."

"You're just not good enough!"

"Never tell a man no!"

"Then show me how! If you can summon the Aeon of Joy in one go, I'll stay in my current online state and circle your house 3,000 times right now!"

"It's a deal."

"A word is enough..." Before Herta could finish speaking, he saw Chen Li insert the key into the door, turn it gently, and push the door open.

Within that space, which the Herta had never seen before, shadows hidden beneath a pile of masks were greeting the Herta.

"Here you are. The Aeon of Joy you requested." Chen Li pointed inside the door.

"..."

Damn it!

Chapter 162 Herta: Want to learn my magic? First, spend a day learning Advanced Mathematics!

"Why should I?"

Why?

"Is Aha your illegitimate child?"

Herta stood by Chen Li's dining table, circling around as he asked, puzzled.

The Herta still doesn't know why this damned Aha responded to Chen Li's summons so readily.

"Herta, you need to understand something..." Chen Li gestured to Herta while eating dinner.

"Understand what?"

"The Aeon of Intellect may not be Peeping me all the time, but the Aeon of Joy certainly is!"

"As Aeon, you can't expect him to be available whenever you call. Doesn't the Aeon of Joy have any dignity?" Herta ranted about the Aeon of Joy in the other world.

"Herta, you don't understand, do you? The Aeon of Joy and I are just having fun together. If I ask the Aeon of Joy for some Elation- related terms, he might not give them to me just to have fun with me... no, he definitely won't. But if I invite him to have fun, he'll definitely come," Chen Li said.

As Chen Li said, although Chen Li successfully invited the Aeon of Joy into the Invitation Space on his first use of the Key of Destiny's Invitation, the Aeon of Joy remained silent after arriving in the Invitation Space, only mocking the Herta.

As for Chen Li's request for the "Elation" entry, the Aeon of Joy did not react at all, but just smiled there.

The Aeon of Joy might be amused by Herta, Genius Society member, or perhaps by Chen Li's desire for the entry but his inability to obtain it.

Therefore, it is impossible to meet the Aeon of Joy through the Key of Destiny's Invitation and then purchase the [Elation] keyword from him.

If the Aeon of Joy really wanted to give Chen Li the Elation attribute, even without the Destiny Invitation Key, the Aeon of Joy, who had been Peeping Chen Li, Chen Li appear in front of him.

What was that saying again?

Those who truly understand me don't need explanations; those who don't understand me won't understand even if I explain.

Chen Li said that if the Aeon of Joy provided Chen Li with the "Elation" entry, he could provide the Aeon of Joy with more fun... But how could Chen Li know that in the eyes of the Aeon of Joy, the fun that Chen Li could get from his unfulfilled desires was greater than the fun that Chen Li could contribute?

So Chen Li only asked once, and when he saw that the other party did not respond, he gave up decisively.

In short, never expect the Aeon of Joy to do anything worthwhile.

The true purpose of the Aeon of Joy is to do nothing!

"In a sense, you, who can understand the Aeon of Joy, also have the potential to become the Masked Fool," Herta said as he spun around.

"... That's true." Chen Li nodded in agreement.

"Can I stop now?" Herta suddenly asked.

"Obviously not, it shouldn't have reached 3000 laps yet, right?"

"No, but I can trade you something else," Herta said.

"For example?"

What do you want?

"...I want the key that hangs around the neck of your true form Herta," Chen Li said.

"What do you need that for? It's just a decoration."

"I want to see if I can Extraction any information about Magical Girls from that key," Chen Li said.

"Deal." Herta decisively agreed to the deal, then stopped circling around, pulled out a chair from the table, and sat down.

Although Herta thought Chen Li would be disappointed because the key should only contain magic and not a girl, this did not stop Herta from agreeing to the deal.

The Herta is really about to vomit.

I'm not dizzy, but I'm bored.

"See? I'm definitely not suited to be the Masked Fool. The Masked Fool won't give up fun for profit, but I will," Chen Li said.

"Don't make being greedy for money sound so natural," Houraisan Kaguya retorted.

"I can bear the infamy, but I want to declare that everything I have done is to Deliverance," Chen Li retorted.

"Yes, yes, I believe you. But what do you need the Magical Girl entry for?" Houraisan Kaguya nodded perfunctorily.

"For Sirin."

"Hmm?" Sirin, who was eating while hugging her Bella doll, looked up, wondering why this matter was related to her.

"Sirin, are you... interested in becoming Magical Girl?" Chen Li suddenly asked.

"Magical Girls? No interest."

"Don't be so quick to refuse. I think you're born to be a Magical Girl."

Why do you say that?

"After all, as the Herrscher of the Void, you possess the ability to manipulate space, and your connection to the Imaginary Space is closer than any other Herrscher. You can even use your powers to travel to the location of the Imaginary Tree... With such power, aren't you also a kind of Magical Girl?" Chen Li stroked his chin.

The Honkai world has its own unique characteristics. The powers of the Herrscher of the Void are very special even in the Honkai world, and if they were placed in the Honkai: Star Rail world... they would be even more special.

[Path] is a part of the imaginary number, a metaphysical spiritual aggregate. When certain conditions are met, this part of the Imaginary Energy will be completely occupied by a certain intelligent being.

This intelligent being is called the Aeon, and the energy He possesses is called Path.

In other words, What If Chen Li were to use the [Imaginary Number] and [Magical Girl] entries together to create a Miraculous Item, would it be possible for someone to become Magical Girl belonging to the Imaginary Tree?

If this Miraculous Item reaches the star level of one star, and the Imaginary Energy reach the level of Aeon, does that mean that Chen Li created an Aeon in the Honkai: Star Rail world?

In that case, how many Crystals and Starstones could one obtain?

"Herrscher of the Void Authority? Sounds interesting... Sirin, right? Want to learn magic with me?" Herta observed Sirin with great interest.

Herta had only just learned that Sirin was a being from a different world within the same Worldview as himself, but at first Herta wasn't very interested.

But if your abilities can reach the Imaginary Tree, then the Herta will become interested.

The Imaginary Tree is a widely accepted cosmological theory in the academic community today.

This theory likens different worlds in different times and spaces to a tree structure: each branch is a form of world existence; each flower and leaf is its present and past in the dimension of time. The canopy, by absorbing the ownerless Imaginary Energy in the spacetime dimensional space, always has a dynamic structure—new buds grow, withered leaves fall off, and countless births and endings unfold in the boundless universe.

This is why every planet that gave birth to civilization is so similar.