Honkai Double Traverse, Taking Xilian to Honkai 3rd

"Status analysis: Normal."

"Analysis: Mental state has reached a critical point."

In the cracks of shadows unknown to anyone.

Grey Snake stared at the dozens of screens arranged neatly before him, monitoring every move of Raiden Mei with nothing short of rigorous precision.

Sadness, fear, anger...

Even the despair that followed when everything returned to zero, the despair after that despair, the despair of falling into the abyss.

However—

A pink figure appeared abruptly before his eyes.

Simply to avoid any interference from external factors, Grey Snake rewound the recording and zoomed in on that scene.

"------!!"

Hidden beneath the black snake-shaped mask, his pupils—which were essentially just flickering red lights—suddenly dilated.

This... what is this?!

Elysia???

------Impossible!

The thought that emerged in his mind was denied the very first instant.

From a rational perspective, he absolutely did not believe such a fantastical thing could possibly happen.

But this did not stop him from proceeding with the restoration. His fingers tapped on the virtual screen before him, magnifying that scene once more. He abandoned the other screens without hesitation, merging all the split screens together. He called upon all his computing power and capacity, using high-intensity processing to forcibly repair the blurred parts.

The pink that had only appeared for a fleeting moment revealed its true form on the large screen—

Elysia?!!

He could not believe it.

He had no choice but to believe it.

An artificial creation did not have the stubbornness of a human; it would accept what it saw as truth unless facts appeared to disprove it.

After confirming that the person who appeared before him looked exactly like Elysia, Grey Snake called upon his entire information reserve, monitoring every corner of Nagazora.

At the same time, he naturally heard—

"She, Xilian. She can also be called Aili."

"----???"

After the similarity in appearance came the name.

It was too suspicious.

Grey Snake did not know the deeper stories of the Elysian Realm, nor the truth behind that ball in the previous civilization.

Herrschers, traitors, and also the deputy leader. Those matters, which were extremely secretive even to the Flame-Chasers, were not things a failed product could know.

Grey Snake simply felt it was strange.

And...

"Perhaps, there is value in existence."

The single giant screen before him was sealed. He bent down to open a box beneath the screen. After opening it, there was a safe. He entered the password, opened it again, and found another safe. He reached out, repeated the password entry, and did this dozens of times until the final safe revealed a bizarre instrument.

It was impossible to understand what kind of thing it was.

It seemed to be a combination of gears, displayed in a way that was both incredibly twisted and inexplicably aesthetic.

The overall design style was close to steampunk. The moment Grey Snake bent down to lift it, it emitted steaming heat that he could not comprehend at all.

Grey Snake, accustomed to such things, let the steam finish venting before lifting one of the gears upward—a micro-screen appeared before his eyes.

[Lord, there is a suspected counterpart to Lord Elysia in this civilization. Please provide instructions.]

He sent it out, along with the image.

Several minutes later.

[There will not be a second Elysia.]

[...]

[Invite her.]

Then.

He turned around and opened another screen.

[Cocolia, how is your preparation for the capture of the Third Herrscher coming along? Any progress?]

In the combat command room.

Cocolia looked at the message that had been sent.

"I have prepared all the necessary armed forces. Once she appears, I can capture her and—experiment."

[Multiple entities have appeared beside the Third Herrscher's vessel. Was this also part of your plan?]

"Irrelevant."

She didn't even bother to glance at them, holding her head high, raising her brows, and tossing her long golden hair with disdain.

"Ever since I acquired ME Corp, resources and money have continuously paved my logistics. The strength of my resources today is something only Otto at Schicksal headquarters can compare to."

"Compare to?"

"Hmph."

She let out a cold, dismissive snort.

"Perhaps my resources have already far surpassed the original source of Anti-Entropy. To ensure I possess this wealth forever, I will convert all of it into strength. Beyond dealing with those who defy me, I will seize anything of value—Herrscher cores, technology, nothing is an exception."

As if showing off, Cocolia pressed a switch on the console, revealing all her trump cards at once.

The multiple screens merged into one. The largest screen displayed a cold, glinting legion of steel—

Artillery, artillery, and more artillery in the literal sense.

Various physical missiles and laser weapons filled the warehouse, accompanied by an equally vast number of Titans, now lined up neatly in the armory.

Draining the resource reserves of ME Corp was enough to single-handedly fund the operations of the entire Anti-Entropy organization.

What she had purchased was an overwhelming, seemingly endless legion of mechs.

Of course.

Cocolia was no ignorant brute; she naturally didn't believe these things alone would allow her to act with absolute impunity.

—Her true trump card lay on the other side of the armory: a blue-haired young man submerged in maintenance fluid.

—Welt.

Using cloning technology derived from experiments at the orphanage, combined with the genes of that former leader, she had recreated the arrogant, gravity-wielding First Herrscher.

This was her greatest reliance, capable of easily distorting gravity by a factor of ten, or a hundred times over if he went all out.

It was enough to single-handedly defeat—

Every nation currently existing on the surface of this world.

The funds that simultaneously supported massive scientific research and maintained a top-tier organization hidden behind the world's veil were now being forcibly extracted in a manner akin to draining a pond to catch all the fish.

Regardless, once she obtained the Herrscher of Thunder, she could easily bring even Schicksal to its knees.

—What was a little money compared to that?

[...]

Grey Snake offered no response.

Was he shocked?

Cocolia thought with a twisted sense of amusement.

She reached out and tapped a button on the left. Countless blue lights ignited along the gaps in the mechs' faces and shells, turning the warehouse into broad daylight.

Then, she pressed the button below.

The blue light on the containment unit flickered to red. The translucent green maintenance fluid gradually drained away.

The blue-haired young man inside suddenly opened his eyes.

"I..."

"Master..."

His stumbling voice became clear after only a few words, and a gear pattern, so damaged that not even the axle remained, lit up in his eyes.

"—I am Welt!"

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PS:

<Genshin: Awakening Infinite Paths by Romancing Girls>

After his gacha pulls went wrong and he quit the game, Ye Yan transmigrated to Teyvat.

At the very start, he ran into the Third of the Fatui Harbingers, Columbina, performing a "purification" at the Silver Moon Court.

She was scared unconscious on the spot, and Ye Yan was terrified out of his wits!

Later, just as the Moon Hunter was about to finish them both off, Ye Yan's brain buzzed!

[Host's life in critical danger detected. Emergency protection initiated!]

[Awakening... [Honkai: Star Rail] all Paths loaded!]

[[Destruction], [The Hunt], [Erudition], [Harmony], [Nihility], [Preservation], [Abundance], [Elation], [Remembrance], [Propagation]...]

[Ding! Special talent detected in host. Path of [The Trailblaze] has reached max level!]

And so, the space-time of Teyvat restarted on the spot! At the same time, the system mission refreshed: to practice the true meaning of [Trailblaze] in Teyvat and sow the will of life into a wider world.

Looking at Columbina, who had just woken up in his arms with a dazed expression, Ye Yan smiled.

Ye Yan: "Lady Moon, it seems we need to go trailblazing together."

Columbina: "Trailblazing, what is that?"

Sparkle: "Oh my, another ultimate scene of Elation."

Huohua: "Hey, you old model, look behind you right now!"

Super Smart Kiana (Revised)

Hot winds whistled past, whipping up charred plastic fragments.

The earth had been reduced to scorched soil, and the steel was nothing more than semi-liquid remains melted by the high temperature. Shops exploded one after another, leaving behind only plastic that had completely liquefied.

Kiana holstered her revolver.

--Nothing could survive that strike.

Her fine, delicate hair seemed more like crystal in the surrounding atmosphere, pressed against her temples by the scorching air.

Kiana's fingers naturally brushed a strand of silver hair that had fallen by her ear, tucking it behind her small earlobe.

She continued to cast her gaze toward Raiden Mei, toward the girl who had just torn through the entire street—

The brief eruption was replaced by an even deeper sense of oppression.

Her fingertips were flushed red, with wisps of blood caught in the gaps between them. As the dust flew, the wounds grew increasingly swollen.

"From what position are you saying these things?"