Chapter 235
"I don't believe it." Mobius shook his head.
"Now I'm going to find the Memory Fragment, Mobius, and shove this snake into her mouth! I won't entertain you any longer," Mobius said after removing the balancing device.
"Wait a minute, take me with you," the Great Herta said, raising his hand.
"No, the only one who can bully me is myself." Mobius shook his head in refusal.
"I can share a secret with you. A secret that can help you observe the world better."
"Um?"
"So it is, and so it is..." the Great Herta whispered in Mobius's ear.
"Chen Li has this kind of use?" After hearing the secret mentioned by the Great Herta, Mobius stared intently at Chen Li with the eyes of someone examining a magical tool.
"Don't look at me like that! Mobius, calm down." Chen Li was startled by Mobius's gaze.
"Your not denying it means it's true! Let me try!" Mobius took two steps forward, looking at Chen Li with fervent eyes.
"Ah, I suddenly remembered that today is Theresa's coronation ceremony, and I'm going to present her with the crown... Also, you two are not allowed to tell anyone else about this!" Chen Li two steps back and bid farewell.
It's fine to get close to pretty girls, but you can't really treat me like a public power outlet.
Couldn't it have started with a purely physical relationship?
Moreover, Chen Li did indeed receive a message from Gray Serpent.
Chen Li took a step back and retreated to Raiden Mei's house.
"Wait, I haven't gotten on the bus yet!" The Great Herta started to panic as Chen Li disappeared.
Being afflicted by Chen Li's World Aversion Curse presents two entirely different levels of difficulty, depending on whether Chen Li is by your side or not.
Because with Chen Li by his side, he can feed Chen Li at any time to break the curse.
Some things you can do without, but you can't live without.
"Never mind. It's not a big problem." The Great Herta quickly calmed down.
Even without Chen Li, my Great Herta can still protect the hat on my head!
"What's more intriguing is Chen Li's last sentence. Did Chen Li say he allowed us to tell others about this?" The Great Herta looked at Mobius was somewhat disappointed by Chen Li's escape.
"It seems so." Mobius thought for a moment and then nodded.
"Although I don't know why Chen Li said that, since Chen Li has given permission, of course I have to share the good news with my best friend." Great Herta excitedly sent a message to Ruan Mei.
"But if more people know about it, won't the competition become more intense? After all, there's only one Chen Li," Mobius with some concern.
"Don't worry, since Chen Li has given his permission, Chen Li must have his reasons. Perhaps he has Miraculous Item that can solve this problem."
"That makes sense..." Mobius didn't understand, but Mobius chose to respect Chen Li's choice.
"What? Because Chen Li has consumed the world, connecting with Chen Li allows one to observe the world from Hyperdimension dimension?"
"What? Kissing Chen Li can connect the worlds from Hyperdimension dimension?"
"What? Kissing Chen Li can transcend the world?"
"What? Surpassing Chen Li is equivalent to kissing the world?"
"What? Chao Chen Li can receive the world's blessing? Is there really such a good thing?"
"... Mei, Kiana, do you guys feel like they're looking at me strangely? Do you have any clues?" When Chen Li arrived at the site of the Destiny Bishop Succession Ceremony through a second teleportation, he noticed that his group members were looking at him strangely, so Chen Li approached the only two who weren't looking at him with odd eyes.
"I don't know." Both of them shook their heads, looking quite bewildered.
"Forget it, there's no point in saying more. Let Theresa succeed to the position of Archbishop of Schicksal first, and then form an alliance with Anti-Entropy and the World Serpent." Chen Li muttered a few words and then looked at the high platform.
Today is Theresa's inauguration ceremony as Archbishop, and it is scheduled to be broadcast live globally.
The World Serpent had no opinion on who the Bishop of Schicksal was, but Anti-Entropy had a strong opinion.
Even though the Anti-Entropy leadership had been beating Otto for a whole day and night, Anti-Entropy was still unwilling to cooperate with Schicksal, which was led by Otto, again.
This is the bottom line!
Therefore, this succession ceremony is very important.
Only when Theresa inherited the position of Archbishop of Schicksal and represented Honkai in forming the Starter Trio that resisted the Schicksal, and as the leader who dominated this important historical process of civilization, could Chen Li obtain a large amount of Civilization Value.
Otto himself had no complaints about stepping down as Archbishop of Schicksal, or rather, Otto overjoyed to be given enough time to watch the advertisements and prepare for Resurrection Card!
They were so happy they couldn't even speak.
"Ugh!" Otto was struggling frantically.
However, Otto, who was tightly bound by a sack with only his head sticking out, his mouth gagged, and was being hung up, was completely unable to break free of his restraints on his own.
"Um...shouldn't we put my grandfather down? The global live stream is about to start, and my grandfather is going to speak." Theresa was already wearing the new bishop's robes that Amber had worked overtime to modify, hesitated before speaking.
Although Otto's current speechless joy is not due to a single reason, it is a fact that Otto's mind is made up to abdicate.
After receiving Otto's exact instructions, Amber was naturally succeeded by Theresa as the Bishop Secretary.
Although Amber wasn't entirely sure if Otto, who was video calling her with a bruised face, was being held at gunpoint out of her sight, Theresa was indeed the rightful heir to the Archbishop of Schicksal.
The very authentic kind.
Furthermore, Amber and Theresa were actually from the same batch of test subjects; Theresa was A310, Amber was A303. And it was Theresa who saved Amber, so Amber readily accepted this premise.
However, the only problem is that since the Destiny Headquarters was taken away by Sirin for her collection, Schicksal had to rent the Destiny Headquarters that originally belonged to Schicksal from Sirin.
"Principal Theresa, what nonsense are you talking about? Otto's reason for stepping down is that he is seriously injured and his health is deteriorating... Of course, we have to be ruthless, otherwise how can we show the feeling that Otto is terminally ill? We can't just step down for the sake of stepping down, we have to show everyone the most authentic side of Otto! I am Otto's makeup artist! I will not allow such an unprofessional thing to happen!" Welt said righteously.
If we don't act convincingly, what if the whole world notices our deception?
Welt felt absolutely no remorse whatsoever for beating up someone's grandfather in front of others.
"It doesn't feel like acting." Theresa had nothing to say as she looked at Welt, who was delivering punches that were landing squarely on her skin.
Theresa only learned today that Welt, the Anti-Entropy Leader, had been working as a history teacher at the St. Freya Academy all along.
Theresa really wanted to question Welt about what he thought of St. Freya. Did he think St. Freya Academy was some kind of backyard for Anti-Entropy, where they could come and go as they pleased?
"It doesn't matter, Otto doesn't feel pain." Welt.
"Really?" Theresa was a little unsure.
As we all know, humans can feel pain, but Otto is not human; Otto's body is Soul Steel body.
So Otto may really not feel pain.
"I don't know, but I don't think he feels any pain." Welt pushed up his glasses.
"Greetings, friends from all over the world. I am Otto Apocalypse, the bishop of the Schicksal. As some of you already know, our planet experiences periodic catastrophes called Honkai. Yes, for the sake of secrecy, they were previously referred to in the news as unexplained disasters..."
In his abdication speech, Otto passionately explained the Honkai, summarized the current situation, and looked forward to the future.
"As expected of Bishop Otto, he was able to portray the image of a great leader who, despite his ailing health, voluntarily abdicated so that a new generation of heroes could lead Schicksal toward a better tomorrow during this period of upheaval. The part about his ailing health was especially obvious to anyone."
"Really."
"Welt, you did a great job."
"You're too kind. I will continue to work hard in the days to come, so that Otto can constantly surpass himself and present the image of him 'dragging his ailing body' to everyone in a more vivid and lifelike way." On stage, Otto gave his resignation speech, while Welt in the audience also gave some strange remarks.
After Otto delivered his abdication speech and announced that Theresa Apocalypse would succeed him as archbishop, it was not Otto who handed over the hastily made crown symbolizing power to Theresa, who had already prepared it, but rather the humanoid Golden Honkai-Moe King who was in charge of bestowing the crown!
Otto also solemnly explained the many contributions that the "HOMU," a great being that has been passed down from the Previous Civilization era, has made to mankind, as well as the rationality and legitimacy of the "bishop" authority being granted by the "HOMU."
Chen Li admired Otto's ability to talk nonsense in front of so many people without changing his expression.
After Theresa successfully succeeded as Archbishop of Schicksal, Welt, representing the Anti-Entropy and Anti-Commerce Alliance, and Gray Serpent, representing the World Serpent, announced the alliance of the three factions and renamed it the Honkai-Moe Kingdom.
And the leader? Of course it's the Golden Honkai-Moe King, how could it be Theresa?
As the one who spearheaded this major historical event, Chen Li also gained a large amount of Civilization Value.
Meanwhile, the progress of Extraction the [Golden Honkai-Moe King] and Miracle Cards has reached 70%.
"These Civilization Value aren't enough to awaken Level 5 Collective Consciousness, but if there's an existing Collective Consciousness ... that wouldn't be difficult, and it might even reach level 6." Chen Li pondered, seemingly having already decided on his target.
Where in the Honkai world is there a ready-made Collective Consciousness that can hold up the overall situation?
It's really hard to guess.
Now that everything is ready, it's time to begin forging this Miraculous Item.
Since he planned to develop the Honkai world into a base, Chen Li intended to invest heavily, such as creating a Combination One-star Artifact, and the first thing to do was...
"First, we need to create the most important Miraculous Item for changing the Worldview of the Honkai world —the Spirit... the Honkai Sphere!"
"... Just for my sake, how about you change the Honkai Sphere to Poké Ball?"
The Pixie said she was fed up with Chen Li's constant slips of the tongue.
"Alright, I'll do it for your sake." Chen Li hesitated for a moment, then reluctantly agreed.
However, before creating this Miraculous Item, Chen Li still needs to resolve one issue.
"Let's put this out in the open," Chen Li finally said, unable to bear the strange looks his group members were giving him and their constant private discussions.
Chen Li felt that she was being ostracized.
Moreover, Raiden Mei and Kiana, who were unaware of what had just happened, also joined the group ostracizing Chen Li.
"Um... Chen Li, there's something I'm not sure if I should say," Vill-V stepped forward and asked Chen Li.
"Explain."
"Well... a friend of mine wants to ask, What If you were to receive the world's blessing, what would the punishment be?" Vill-V asked, somewhat puzzled.
"???"
A single sentence from Vill-V brought Chen Li's CPU to a standstill.
Who told you that the superego can bring you the world's blessings?
[Given your established persona, shouldn't you be more focused on the fact that you treat Vill-V like a brother, but she actually wants to sleep with you? Although I don't find it surprising.]
Chapter 242 Sirin: Cecilia is in a place more wonderful than heaven! (10k) "It was Houraisan Kaguya who told me," Vill-V said.
"It was Screwllum who told me," Houraisan Kaguya said.
"It was Nguyen Mai who told me," Screwllum said.
"Little Herta told me," Nguyen Mai said.
"The Great Herta told me," the Little Herta said.
"Are you guys playing a game of nested nested nested nested nested nested nests? And the rumors you're spreading are getting more and more outrageous... In short, I hereby solemnly declare that all of the above statements are rumors, not a single one of them is true!" Chen Li couldn't hold back any longer, so he immediately made a clarification.
What do you mean by "superego can receive the world's blessings"? How come I didn't know I had such convenient access to them?
The pupils of everyone who heard Chen Li's explanation were slightly trembling.
What? All of the above statements are true, not rumors?
Doesn't that mean that as long as you go through super-dimensional and intimate moments, you can observe the world in Hyperdimension state and receive blessings from the world at the same time?
My God, how can there be such a wonderful thing in the world?
How can it be a self-service buffet that's free and allows you to eat and take some home?
"There's no such thing as a free lunch. If someone is kind, friendly, and generous, and gives you valuable things for free, they're either after something more important, or they want your bodies." Chen Li breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that everyone seemed to be reflecting on how they had been deceived by rumors.
It's good that this matter can be explained clearly.
"So, can we interpret your statement like this? Chen Li, you're giving us the Resurrection Card link and the Friends Circle Terminal for free, without charging us any money, which means you're lusting after us?" Little Herta, displaying her extraordinary wisdom, put forward an astonishing theory.
"???"
Holy crap, that makes so much sense!
After hearing what Little Herta said, everyone felt uneasy.
If Chen Li were to lust after her, should she give in first, or resist first and then give in?