Chapter 325
The nun from the Dusk Street Sanatorium wore a white veil over her head, covering her long, smooth, flaxen hair. Her black and white nun's habit had been slightly altered by Eden to fit Aponia's figure. The tight-fitting habit made Aponia's slender waist contrast sharply with her amazing breasts. Her smooth, straight, and long, shapely legs were always one of the two most eye-catching features of her.
A gentle yet mysterious, holy yet ethereal nun presented Chen Li with a gift.
"This is my gift; you might find it useful." Aponia handed the gift she was holding to Chen Li.
"What is this?" Chen Li felt that the thing in Aponia's hand was dazzling, even more dazzling than the golden cup that Eden had just given him.
But what puzzled Chen Li was that he hadn't seen this thing before.
"This is my... stand in. Is that how it should be described?" It was a bit too much to ask Sister Aponia to understand what a stand was.
"Huh? A stand-in?" Chen Li was taken aback.
"Hmm, perhaps it's because my future is different from everyone else's that my Stand is an object..." Aponia nodded.
Unlike Eden, whose fate was to perish along with the Previous Civilization, Aponia's ending was to merge her own consciousness into the back door left by Vill-V when she created the Land of the Past, and become one with it, in order to witness whether Elysia's sacrifice was meaningful.
Therefore, Aponia in the Land of the Past is different from other Memory Fragment and can be considered the true Aponia.
Aponia died, but she didn't really die.
Perhaps it was because of this bug that Aponia both dreamed and possessed a Stand.
Aponia's Stand was a beautiful pop-up book. Chen Li took the book and slowly opened it, revealing a magnificent hall in front of Chen Li.
"I have named this substitute... 'The Story of Being Because of You.' Its effect is to borrow the power of other Flame-Chasers —perhaps because this book contains the entire Land of the Past, containing all the Memory Fragment. I am giving it to you, hoping that you will find it useful," Aponia said.
"Oh... isn't this a bit too expensive? This is your substitute."
This is another version of you. Is it really appropriate to just give it to me like this?
"I have already reclaimed the power that belonged to me; what remains is a sincere gift from the Thirteen Arbiter-Generals. I consulted them on all my decisions. Perhaps this gift will not be of obvious help to you, but I believe you will be satisfied with the entries above," Aponia explained.
After hearing from Vill-V that Chen Li liked the entries, and that the brightness of the entries was positively correlated with the meaning that time, space, and fate bestowed upon the item, Aponia believed that Chen Li would definitely be satisfied with this gift.
This gift weighs 50,000 years.
Because Aponia has reclaimed her own power, Aponia can now see the threads of fate... although those threads are broken, and there's also that butterfly that can lead everything toward the worst possible outcome.
Aponia has already qualified to surpass Heaven!
"Very satisfied." Chen Li nodded.
[Deliverance], [True Self], [Discipline], [Gold], [Spiral], [Decimation], [Bodhi], [Setsuna], [Morning Light], [Infinity], [Stars], [Fleeting Life], [Empty Dream], [Remembrance], [Story], [Flame-Chasers], [Paradise], [Gift], [Bond], [Substitute], [Chasing Fire]...
This is the item with the most entries that Chen Li has ever seen, bar none.
The accumulation of 50,000 years has made these individual entries, while not as bright as the Aeon, far surpass the Emanator, and the number of entries is also greater than that of the Aeon.
At the same time, more than half of these entries are proprietary terms.
Chen Li needs to experiment to see if Extract Attribute will affect his Memory Fragment, and then carefully consider the uses of these terms.
Perhaps... it can be used directly to create a complete One-star Artifact.
Because of the item's completeness, it might not even cost a few cents.
That's so complete.
"Perhaps you could try this item," Aponia suggested.
"Good."
Following Aponia's instructions, Chen Li gently tapped the pop-up book, and 13 coins appeared in front of Chen Li, each engraved with Flame-Chasers's unique mark.
Chen Li reached out and took the True Self Coin.
"Elysia Armor! Combine!" After Chen Li selected the Elysia coin, the pop-up book immediately drew an armor that covered Chen Li's body. When Chen Li inserted the True Self coin into the groove on the belt attached to the armor, the other 12 coins suddenly transformed into streams of light and formed a longbow.
"It's the True Self Armor! The True Self Armor! Don't call it that in such an embarrassing way!" Elysia, who was chatting with Eden while also keeping some of her attention on this side and secretly watching Chen Li's reaction to the gift, panicked the moment she heard Chen Li name the armor.
He rushed forward and immediately put a neck lock on Chen Li.
"No, this isn't armor, this is my Artificial Honkai Eruption state! The artificial Artificial Honkai Eruption state that should exist! So... at least give my coin and this armor some nice names!" Elysia couldn't help but complain.
After all, the Elysia Armor and stuff like that really sound awful!
"Sigh, is this your Artificial Honkai Eruption state? Why is it so pink and delicate, and it's even armor?"
"Perhaps it's because Aili's Artificial Honkai Eruption state is no different from Aili normal state, so her Artificial Honkai Eruption state would be armor. If we choose Eden's coin, everyone might be able to see that beautiful giant whale again," Aponia said.
Aponia once glimpsed the form Eden manifested after his first Artificial Honkai Eruption, done to amuse Elysia.
"Then the other coins will become Exclusive Weapons, right? I roughly understand how this item is used. So what is the effect of this bow?" Chen Li began to play with the pink longbow, studying the weapon's effects.
"Alright, everyone's here, so I should get going." Seeing everyone chatting happily, it was time for Vill-V, the driver, to get to work.
Upon hearing the news that the Astral Express was about to depart, Pom-Pom hurriedly ran back to the Parlor Car, wanting to know how these people managed to get the Astral Express to start.
After arriving in the other world, without the laid silver tracks, the Astral Express could not move an inch.
Pom-Pom remained puzzled until Pom-Pom saw Vill-V take out a mask and place it on the floor of the Astral Express.
From an angle that Pom-Pom couldn't see, a cute version of Pom-Pom's face suddenly appeared on the front of the Astral Express.
"Astral Express, departing!"
"I am the Astral Express, the exceptionally capable Astral Express!"
"Beep beep!"
"I'll copy! Elation!"
When Pom-Pom sensed the power of Elation contained within the mask, she felt that something bad was about to happen!
When Pom-Pom heard the Astral Express make a sound that was very similar to her own, yet too embarrassing, she was filled with terror.
However, under the influence of this power, the Astral Express rushed towards the teleportation portal opened by Chen Li not far away, even without the silver rails.
Chen Li then understood the bow's two effects—[True Self] and [Return].
"Chen Li, I've called Argenti over for you." Sparkle walked into the Parlor Car.
"Huh? Oh." Hearing Sparkle call his name, Chen Li's hand slipped, and the arrow was shot out.
The arrow struck Sparkle precisely in the forehead.
The pink arrows did not harm the Sparkle; instead, upon Sparkle, they transformed into pink heart-shaped bubbles that enveloped the Sparkle.
With a bewildered expression on Sparkle face, Sparkle disappeared the moment the pink heart-shaped bubble burst.
[Return] Arrows can send people home.
Sparkle arrived in this world through the coordinates of a public Friends Circle set up by Chen Li at the highest point of the Destiny Headquarters. However, this power does not have the ability to teleport across worlds, so...
"..." Sparkle stood at the highest point of the Destiny Headquarters, looking at the Astral Express heading towards the Teleportation Passage not far away, her face disheveled in the wind.
"I haven't gotten on the train yet! I haven't gotten on the train yet!" Hanabi shouted as she ran towards the Astral Express, not knowing why she had been kicked off the Sparkle.
"Chen Li, Chen Li, how can I live without you? Chen Li, please take me with you, Chen Li!"
"Bang!"
"Hmm? Did the train collide with something?"
"I don't know, it might be a speed bump."
"Oh, I see. Speaking of which, my dear friend... why did you send that the Lady to see me?"
"It's like this..."
Chapter 276 Even friendly forces should prioritize attacking Otto, who has the [Taunt] skill? (11k "Chen, Chen Li!" The moment the doors of the Astral Express opened, what came into Chen Li's eyes was not the beautiful scenery of another world, but Hua Huo, who was holding her trembling legs and panting Sparkle.
It's clear that Sparkle has truly given her all to survive.
"Hey? Sparkle, what are you doing outside? You look exhausted. Here, take some gold coins to recover your stamina." Without saying a word, Chen Li handed Sparkle a bunch of Approval of Noble Morality (Karma Coins ) and a Senzu Bean.
Sorry, sorry, it was a blind spot.
"Sigh, yeah, how come I'm outside?" Sparkle scratched her head, wondering why she was outside and why she was so tired.
Alright, I'll eat Senzu Bean to recover my strength first.
"Phew..." Chen Li breathed a sigh of relief.
Approval of Noble Morality is still effective.
Chen Li assured that he really did not intentionally use Elysia's True Self Arrow to Sparkle and teleport her outside the train.
Of course, nothing too serious happened to Sparkle. At least she wasn't hit by the Astral Express or run over as a speed bump, since the Astral Express travels very slowly.
Sparkle simply clung to the Ram and climbed onto the train, only to be terrified by the talking Pom-Pom locomotive.
Perhaps...
The Ram poses almost no threat to those who have no hostility towards the Astral Express.
However, if you insist on testing whether the Ram's edge is sharp, that's another story.
"I might really need to buy some insurance for the Astral Express." Chen Li thought for a moment, then took out 10,000 Karma Coins and placed them on the Ram of the Astral Express.
In this way, if the Ram hits anything random, you can simply use Karma Coins to offset the damage.
Although the Astral Express isn't liable for hitting people, it still has to pay some compensation if it damages Huahua.
[Oh, I get it this time—the whip is dipped in iodine solution, disinfecting it while being used!]
"Speaking of which... I have a feeling I really bumped into something just now. Sparkle, do you have any clue?"
"Huh?" Sparkle scratched her head.
"I mean, did you see anything just now?" Chen Li asked as he stepped out of the Astral Express.
"Oh, I think I just saw the Astral Express crash into a castle." Sparkle recalled carefully.
Although the Ram Miraculous Item is very sharp, it first generates a shield when it hits something, both to protect the vehicle and passengers and to increase its attack range.
Sparkle, clinging to the Ram, stayed behind the shield and witnessed the atrocities committed by the Astral Express.
That's so brutal!
"Huh? You crashed into the castle?" Chen Li was taken aback.
The first stop of the Astral Express set by Chen Li is the other world where Kazuma and Aqua live. Chen Li remembers that there is only one place near the starting village where Satou Kazuma lives that can be called a castle.
That is the castle where the demon general Belldea resides.
As one of the eight executives of the Demon King's faction, Belldea to Axel to find out the truth.
Chen Li did tell Satou Kazuma that he was bringing a trainload of people to this world, so he asked him to throw his Friends Circle Terminal, which serves as a coordinate and anchor point, further away, but... he threw it way too far.
Were you strapped to a bow and arrow and shot out?
"Ah, sorry, sorry... I was harvesting cabbages right now, so I just tied my Friends Circle Terminal to the arrow and sent it flying. I don't know exactly where it got. Pfft! What a strong cabbage!" Chen Li's call with Satou Kazuma was filled with various screams.
"..."
Okay, Chen Li could barely understand Satou Kazuma's thought process.
"Damn humans! How dare you smash my castle with this unknown steel behemoth! This is a castle I just repaired! Do you know how difficult it is to clean an abandoned castle until it's spotless?! You bastards! Are you prepared to fight against the demons?!" A hand reached out from under the bricks and tiles amidst the ruins of the castle that had been destroyed by the Astral Express.
The two-meter-long greatsword instantly cleared away the debris, Chen Li a tall, Headless Knight clad in black armor, cradling a helmeted head in his arms.
"Emmm..." Chen Li looked at the Headless Knight with a fierce expression and then at the Astral Express next to him, and finally confirmed one thing.
That means the Astral Express can kill people without being held responsible, but it will have to pay compensation if it crashes into buildings.
Didn't you see that the Headless Knight was only angry that the Astral Express crashed into his castle, not that Ramming Horn?
"Um... let me explain." Chen Li felt sympathy for the tragic fate of this demon general who had painstakingly renovated the abandoned castle, but Chen Li also had something to say.
The plan to Destruction the castle was devised by Satou Kazuma!
Or is this also part of Satou Kazuma's "luck"?
"Explanation? There's nothing to explain! You, you and this damned steel behemoth, I'll shred you to pieces!" The Headless Knight seemed utterly enraged.
"Buzz!" The front of the Astral Express, which had been unresponsive, suddenly emitted two red lights.
The Headless Knight's words seem to have triggered some incredible keywords!
With Vill-V no longer in control of the Astral Express, the train started up again.
The Headless Knight, who originally regarded Chen Li and Sparkle as great enemies, instinctively dodged when he saw the giant train that was about to crash into him without saying a word. However, the Astral Express swung its Divine Dragon and sent the Headless Knight flying high into the air.