Herta: Now I'm Really Going to Savor Chen Li! (8k, continued)

Doesn't Chen Li understand the Great Herta? Even before the Great Herta spoke, Chen Li knew what it wanted.

"You really make me happy. Come on, take a bite." After a short while, she finished looking at the Great Herta of Miracle Card and offered her fair and slender wrist to Chen Li's mouth.

"???"

"I want to experience what it feels like to be rejected by the world. Stop talking nonsense and bite me." The Great Herta said with great excitement.

Sigh, this is what it feels like to be hated by the world.

If you have the ability, who wouldn't want to give it a try?

Moreover, judging from the description of this Miracle Card, Chen Li can get rid of this feeling at any time if he wants.

People usually won't watch bad movies, but they have to see the truly terrible ones.

It's free anyway.

"Sorry, I don't eat people." Chen Li shook his head.

"Take a bite, take a bite." The Great Herta moved his wrist closer to Chen Li's mouth again.

"It doesn't necessarily have to be the body itself, as long as it's a part of the body, but it must be on the body when it's being eaten."

"Part of the body, right..." Great Herta gently stroked a strand of her hair, having a good idea.

"No, I can't sleep at all! And I think you two are acting against me. Let me tell you, I, Sirin, am so smart, how could I be so easily fooled by you... fooled... What are you two doing! Is there no Heavenly Principles in this world? Is there no law in this world? You old witch! I'll fight you to the death!" When Sirin pushed open her bedroom door and saw Chen Li and Great Herta kissing in front of her door, she instantly exploded.

Old witch! Don't rape my family!

I'm going to explode!

The golden light in Sirin's pupils instantly intensified!

Space began to tremble, and countless afterimages appeared and disappeared behind Sirin. Among those afterimages, the Great Herta seemed to see some kind of extremely beautiful tree shadow, a tree shadow that was dazzling and mesmerizing even from a single branch.

The Great Herta gazed dazedly at the image behind Sirin, her body collapsing limply into Chen Li's arms from exhaustion. As she observed the magnificent projection of the Imaginary Tree, she felt a deluge of information flooding her mind.

This feeling... is absolutely wonderful!

Unbeknownst to him, the Great Herta released Chen Li's lips, and the intense, Hyperdimension sensation vanished instantly.

The Great Herta paused for a moment, looked at the furious Sirin, then at Chen Li, and then used his hand to lift Chen Li's chin and lean in.

That feeling is back!

"Old witch, I'm going to fight you to the death!" Seeing the Great Herta provocatively harassing her followers, Sirin grabbed her Judgment of All Things and charged forward.

Reason told Sirin that she shouldn't use the Judgment of All Things, but Sirin's reason had already evaporated!

"Sirin, Sirin, can you perform that again?" the Great Herta asked expectantly, sitting on the sofa in Raiden Mei's living room.

"Hmph! Don't talk to me!" Like a pufferfish that had swelled up with anger, Sirin crossed her arms and turned her head away.

"Please, please. Try connecting to the Imaginary Tree again." The Great Herta was somewhat agitated.

The Second God Key, the Key of Eternity — the Zero Rated Power of the Thousand Realms Shattered —created using the Herrscher of the Void Core, is capable of opening a passage to the Imaginary Tree.

The fact that such an outrageous thing could appear in Honkai Impact 3rd, a civilization that can't even leave its star system, is also why the Great Herta is interested in the Honkai world.

The initial estimate for the Great Herta is that the mechanism of the Honkai world is too ancient... The existence of Honkai in the Solar System can be traced back to hundreds of millions of years ago, which is a terrifying number.

Just like some early-game characters in the early stages of the game had incredibly powerful mechanics, even though their stats weren't as high as those of later-game characters, their mechanics were perfect.

The Herrscher of the Honkai world are like that.

The Second God Key can open a passage to the Imaginary Tree, and the Herrscher of the Void can do the same. Moreover, Sirin, the Second Herrscher, seems to have a more flexible connection with the Imaginary Tree while she is alive.

"Don't want!"

"Try again. Consider it after all the things I've taught you."

"..." Sirin was somewhat conflicted.

"Silence means agreement. Chen Li, come quickly."

"Wait, why did you Chen Li over here?" Sirin was taken aback.

"You connect to the Imaginary Tree, I connect to Chen Li."

"What?!!"

"I've discovered it. Perhaps it's because Chen Li used his Gourmet Cells to taste the [World] that Chen Li can exude the same deliciousness as the World. This means that Chen Li can observe the World from its perspective. And when I have extremely close contact with Chen Li and taste his deliciousness, I can also use this to observe your connection with the Imaginary Tree from a very special angle. In other words, Chen Li is the adapter between me and the World," the Great Herta said excitedly.

This is why the Great Herta was able to see the connection between Sirin and the Imaginary Tree and gain more secret knowledge when it came into contact with Chen Li, but could no longer observe it after it left.

However, that kind of knowledge seems to be particularly special; it can only be seen and understood when one is in a state of observing the world. Once one leaves this state, the knowledge disappears like quicksand.

The Great Herta initially estimated that only by thoroughly understanding certain knowledge in that state, and making it belong to the Great Herta, could that knowledge be preserved.

Because that is... forbidden knowledge. Knowledge belonging to the world that should not be touched by humans.

In other words, if the Great Herta wants to better understand the profound knowledge brought about by the Imaginary Tree, it must continue to use an adapter.

You asked what the Great Herta understood?

No. Because the time was too short and the knowledge was too profound.

Just as a child cannot comprehend calculus, Great Herta experienced for the first time the sensation of knowledge flowing from one ear to the other, as if the wrinkles of his cerebral cortex had been instantly smoothed and stretched, bringing a moment of relaxation, like strolling through the Norwegian Wood or sailing on the Pacific Ocean in Sanya...

As a genius, the Great Herta had never felt so ignorant.

This feeling is absolutely amazing.

"You mean you want me to try my best to connect the Imaginary Tree while you sit on the sidelines and enjoy my familiars? Dream on! I'm going back to sleep!" Sirin glared at the Great Herta, then turned and left.

Ha, you despicable old witch.

However, Sirin also learned one thing from this: the Great Herta had never had any close contact with Chen Li.

Otherwise, the Great Herta would have discovered Chen Li's trait long ago.

As for why Great Herta kissed Chen Li in front of his own door?

How did Sirin know?

In any case, it's impossible for Sirin to be so generous as to use herself as an excuse for the Great Herta to take advantage of Chen Li.

Joke.

How could anyone be so stupid as to mumble their own name?

"So, are you willing to give Sirin, who left you aside yesterday, a little shock Herrscher of the Void?" the Great Herta asked Kiana, or rather, the Spring Spirit who boarded the Kiana ship.

"..." The Spring Spirit was somewhat tempted.

"Silence means consent. I will help you gather enough Honkai energy to repair the Herrscher of the Void Core within you. But in exchange, remember to show me the [Connection to the Imaginary Tree]." Seeing the Spring Spirit hesitate, the Great Herta nodded in satisfaction.

"..." Chen Li, who was sitting on the side watching everything unfold, was speechless.

How could anyone be so stupid as to mumble their own name?

However, it's good that the Spring Spirit is a bit clumsy and simple-minded, which means that Chen Li's plan to cripple the Queen of the Void is very successful.

It's not so bad to let the Spring Spirit be a useless person.

Furthermore, it's time to repair the Herrscher of the Void Core within Kiana's body.

"Ugh, I can't take it anymore, Chen Li! When are you going to get the Spring Spirit out of my body? Every time it suddenly steals my account without warning and then uses my body to do some weird things." Kiana started complaining as soon as the Spring Spirit logged off.

"What's most infuriating is that she showed up. I went back to my consciousness space and ate some of her snacks. When she went back and found that her snacks had been eaten, she even said that I was like a glutton, having eaten so much food?"

"Is there any Heavenly Principles? Is there no law left?"

"I didn't even blame her for littering in my consciousness space, but she blames me for eating too much?"

"I'll speak to her on her behalf," Chen Li nodded.

Keeping the Spring Spirit in Kiana's consciousness space indefinitely is not a solution.

It's quite simple to make the Spring Spirit appear as a separate individual; just look into Yakumo Yukari's Gap and her Boundary Abilities.

As a chosen working woman, Yakumo Yukari can do anything.

Even if Yakumo Yukari can't do it, Chen Li can create an additional Miraculous Item to solve the problem.

It's really hard to say who will ultimately possess the Herrscher of the Void Authority.

They might be able to borrow each other's abilities at any time, just like Fu Hua and the Herrscher of Reason.

"Chen Li, could you conjure up some snacks for me too? Preferably Mom's brand," Kiana said expectantly.

"It's possible, but you need to understand one thing: the Spring Spirit won't get fat if you eat snacks in your consciousness space, but you will get fat if you eat snacks in reality."

"... Then Chen Li, can you think of a way to make me become Herrscher consciousness and let the Spring Spirit come out and move around?" Kiana asked after a moment of surprise.

"Probably not."

"Can you forge a Miraculous Item that allows me to eat without gaining weight?" Kiana asked expectantly.

"It can be forged, but there's no Miracle to be found; it's a complete waste."

"How can you say it's a waste to have Miraculous Item that allows you to eat without gaining weight?"

"Because I don't gain weight from eating. It's a waste if I don't use it," Chen Li said.

"... Could you lend me your Miraculous Item for a moment?"

"The [Gourmet Cells] Miraculous Item is only suitable for me. After all, Kiana, you don't want to eat snacks and become so strong that you can't control it and end up tearing the house down all the time, right?"

Because Chen Li has the ability to allocate points, he can leave the surge in Attribute Points idle at any time, and can even allocate the points to [Body Control] to solve this problem.

Otherwise, let alone eating a bite of the world like Chen Li, just taking a bite of the Divine Body Amber might cause one to lose control of their power.

Gourmet Cells are only responsible for improving physical fitness, not for helping you increase control over your body.

"... Okay, I'm going back to catch up on my sleep." Kiana suddenly realized that this snack wasn't absolutely necessary, so she returned to her room dejectedly.

It was still early, at 6 a. m., when Kiana was still asleep when the Great Herta dragged her out of bed.

"I really hope Sirin can figure this out soon and cooperate with me in the research," said the Great Herta after seeing Kiana return to her room.

In the opinion of the Great Herta, the most suitable candidate for research is still Sirin.

It wasn't because toying with Chen Li in front of Sirin would bring a sense of accomplishment to the Great Herta, but because Sirin could even control three Herrscher of the Void Core.

Sirin has one Herrscher Core, Kiana has one Herrscher Core that originally belonged to Sirin, Second God Key is one.

The former and the latter need no further explanation, and the Herrscher Core within Kiana originally belonged to Sirin.

"I doubt Sirin will ever understand this in her lifetime," Chen Li retorted.

How could such a problem be solved simply by thinking about it?

"Chen Li, it's all your fault."

"What's it to me? You were the one who insisted on trying to see if exchanging body parts could trigger the Scamming for Food and Drinks effect, weren't you? I said hair would be fine too, but you insisted on putting hair in your mouth."

"Is it tasty?"

"Mmm, it tastes very good." Chen Li gave a thumbs up.

"That settles it, doesn't it? But that's not what I meant. I mean, you wouldn't be deliberately letting yourself exude the deliciousness of the world, making me discover that I can observe the world from another dimension through you, the adapter, and making me unable to resist this feeling, would you? Are you secretly in love with me?"

"I'm not just secretly in love with you, I'm openly in love with you. Ms. Herta is so beautiful, how could I not like her?" Chen Li suddenly looked at Great Herta with deep affection.

As everyone saw, she flirted with me first.

"Yes, I've recorded what you said." Great Herta suddenly took out a voice recorder.

"What are you going to do???"

"Stimulate Sirin."

"... Sirin is truly blessed to have a teacher like you. But I still have to say, I didn't intentionally try to emit the same deliciousness as the world. It's because I haven't yet digested that bite of the 'world' that I'm in this state of passively emitting the world's deliciousness," Chen Li explained.

As it turns out, there are limits to the number of One-star Artifact.

Chen Li is now considering trying to create Two-star Artifact.

However, it seems that no one has such a high demand for it at the moment.

One-star Artifact have a chance to contend with the world; Two-star Artifact can understand and utilize the world; Three-star Artifact have a chance to surpass the world...