Herrscher Authority

After the Astral Express was forced to delay its departure due to a mass food poisoning incident caused by coffee.

Zhang Qi and Welt sat by the window, separated by a small black metal table.

"Miss Himeko's coffee is truly terrifying..."

Thinking of the three people lying stiff as corpses, Zhang Qi could not help but sigh.

"Indeed..."

Welt said, still shaken.

He had experienced the coffee's power firsthand...

"Speaking of which, Mr. Yang, when we were at Scalegorge Waterscape, I noticed that your fighting style... was quite unusual."

Zhang Qi steered the conversation away from that cup of coffee, which could easily have been classified as a weapon of mass destruction.

Welt set down his book and looked at him.

"As far as I know, Imaginary Energy itself is conceptual and cannot directly affect realspace.

"It must be converted into real energy through a Path or certain specialized devices before it can be used.

"But you... the way you control gravity seems rather complex..."

Zhang Qi explained. Put simply, if one wanted warmth, they would normally convert Imaginary Energy into fuel, then ignite it with flames.

The conversion of Imaginary Energy was achieved through Paths and various devices, a unique black box of this world. Welt's method, however, was far more complicated—or, more accurately, somewhat unconventional...

Welt fell silent for a moment. He looked out the window, where distant burning celestial bodies cast scattered glimmers in his pupils. "Your powers of observation are indeed quite sharp...

"You are correct. Under normal circumstances, Imaginary Energy would not be used in such a manner.

"In my homeland, in my world, there were no Paths.

"What governed the laws and rules of that world was a phenomenon we called 'Honkai.'"

Welt explained that, precisely because of this, the laws of his world