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Upon hearing Kiana's question, Mei's pretty face immediately flushed red. She gently stroked the ring on her finger and explained shyly,

"This ring can't be bought; it was a gift from Bai Xun."

"Why?

Why?!!!"

Kiana felt as if the sky had fallen, and she instantly collapsed to her knees, dazed and powerless, as if she had suffered a fatal blow.

Bronya looked at the distraught Kiana and shook her head. The little Bronya spoke with such an old-fashioned air.

"It seems that someone has already suffered a crushing defeat."

But to Bronya and Mei's surprise, Kiana, who had fallen to the ground, suddenly seemed to have attained enlightenment and unleashed an unprecedentedly powerful aura.

The visible air blast was almost like it was about to enter Super 3.

Kiana, whose eye had transformed into a gleaming golden inverted cross, suddenly raised her head, her tone incredibly firm.

"I understand now, beauties are only meant for the strong!!!"

Kiana now fully understands everything.

If I were stronger, I would have been the one to save Mei from danger back then.

If I can pass the C-rank Valkyrie assessment, I can go to find Hakuhiro with Mei instead of being completely passive.

If I were a little stronger, I could do anything I wanted!

Starting with this C-rank Valkyrie in front of her, Kiana will climb step by step to the top and become the strongest Valkyrie!

"It's just a C-rank Valkyrie assessment, right? Sirin, lend me your power! I don't believe that the combined intelligence of the two of us can't pass a simple written test!"

"No way, you woke me up for this reason? Are you out of your mind?!"

Sirin, using Kiana's body, made a rather speechless sound.

But Kiana, provoked, couldn't care less about anything else. Amidst Mei and Bronya's helpless gazes, she began to attack her right brain with her left, letting her spiky head take over the thinking.

"Cirin, I need your help with my exam!"

"Can't you use your brain, you paramecium? I have to work hard to catch up with junior high school students before you expect me to take the exam for you?"

"W-what? You're illiterate too?!"

Oh no, oh no, I miscalculated...

Kiana gasped, grinding her teeth and furrowing her brow.

She completely forgot that Sirin was captured and used as an experimental subject in the Babylon Institute when she was very young, and had hardly attended school at all. After becoming a Herrscher, she was busy waging war against the whole world and had read fewer books than she had.

Is my ambition to become stronger going to fail at the C-rank Valkyrie assessment?

"No, I absolutely cannot fail!"

I still have a rival in love that I haven't defeated!

I still have a makeup exam I haven't passed!

I also have... hey, I have an idea!

With a clap of her hands, Kiana once again displayed her extraordinary wisdom.

"Sirin, you can just use the Void Law ability to help me cheat. You can create an imaginary space and stuff all the textbooks into it. I'll be in charge of the exam, and you can use the Subspace Belt to help me flip through the books in the imaginary space. I can just open a tiny spatial door in front of my eyes and I'll be able to see them all."

"Why are you so smart about things like this?"

Xilin was even more speechless.

If this paramecium had used even half the cleverness it uses when cheating on its studies, it wouldn't have failed the exam.

"Fine, I'll help you this once. Don't wake me up for these kinds of troubles in the future."

"Sirin, just spoil her..."

Mei, standing to the side, shook her head at Kiana's astonishing wisdom and couldn't help but retort.

"You mean you cheated using the power of a Herrscher just to pass the Valkyrie rating test against Herrschers?"

"There are differences even among Herrschers. We are good Herrschers who save humanity from the Honkai. The Herrschers of a Thousand and the Herrschers of Corruption are the bad Herrschers and deserve to be punished!"

Kiana showed no remorse for her cheating; instead, her gaze was as resolute as Uluru stuffing a family photo into a security box before blocking a bridge.

"Besides, you always have to give up something to become stronger, and I've gone too far for the sake of strength."

What else can Mei say about this?

Since Kiana has already gone this far, there's nothing we can do but go along with her.

"Forget it, just don't get caught cheating and get a beating from the headmaster."

Mei shrugged, giving up on correcting Kiana, and instead went out with Bronya to do a big shopping trip for basic necessities such as food and clothing.

As for the source of funding?

Does the heiress of ME Company even need to worry about money?

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Yalilo VI, Belloberburg Underground, Rivet Town.

Under the influence of the erosion of the rift and the gradual depletion of resources, this once prosperous town is now deserted. The ruins and piles of garbage and wooden crates accentuate the desolation and decay in the air. Meanwhile, the twisted creatures writhing in the shadows and the occasional low growls tell of a different kind of vitality on this suffering land.

—After civilization fades away, with no more human involvement, life belongs to those alien beings.

But that's not entirely true, because human footprints have never truly disappeared here.

"Follow the butterflies, phantoms of the past!"

Pale blue quantum radiance flickered violently in the darkness like welding. The figure of the red-eyed, blue-haired girl transformed from solid to ethereal, splitting into many parts and wielding a giant scythe from all directions to slash at a cyan centaur-shaped creation from the rift. In an instant, she tore it into countless pieces, leaving only a wisp of twisted wind vortex remaining.

"Manager, she just... launched her head out?"

Holhaia watched in disbelief as Seele, transformed into a quantum flying barbarian, slayed a Windbreaker, feeling that she had been surprised far too often lately.

Being by Bai Xun's side was nothing short of a mix of surprises and shocks, as everything she encountered was beyond her comprehension.

But that's exactly what she wanted!

"Who's still calling our Seele a quantum flying head monster?!"

Bai Xun decided to try and salvage his reputation as the top-tier character at the start of the game, who once outperformed Jing Yuan.

"Seele's ability is quantumization. What you just saw was Seele's appearance when she used her ultimate, where everything except her head was quantumized. Don't be surprised."

"It's fine if you two don't help, but can you please stop nagging?"

Upon returning to the lower city, Seele picked up the arrowheads left behind by the Windbreaker from the ground and glared at Bai Xun and Horhaya, who were slacking off nearby.

I wish I could give those two a good shocking check on their DPS right now.

But considering he still needed Bai Xun's help, he could only purse his lips unhappily, and in a gesture that suggested he wasn't just making things up, he shouldered the sickle and gestured towards the two of them.

“Come on, come back with me to see Nata. She’s the one in charge of the lower city. I’m just a thug at best.”

"Don't rush, don't rush."

Bai Xun waved his hand and said, amidst Xi'er's somewhat displeased gaze,

“Let’s go to the bar in Panyan Town first. I prefer to get to know the real thing about this place from a bar rather than to contact the person in charge directly.”

"Tsk, Nata would never lie."

"Fine, since you're the boss now, whatever you say goes."

With a helpless sigh, Seele could only obediently become the guide, leading Bai Xun and Horhaya towards Rocky Town.

"I know a shortcut, let's go!"

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Why did they give the Delta Force collaboration skin to Mai Xiaoshu? Shouldn't it be Uluru who would have been the perfect fit? (oへo╬)

Sigh, the Extinction Lord PV for Star Iron is what Star Iron should be about. It brought back the feeling of playing Star Iron before. The disconnect between Onphalos and the previous ones is too strong. The general said that a space opera must have space!

Chapter 100 Seele and Bai Xun's Tavern Speech (4k)

Panyan Town.

Deep underground in the lower city, where the sun never shines, there is no concept of day or night. Only the brass clock on the table echoes, telling everyone that it is time to rest.

However, not everyone is lucky enough to get a break when they should, and the vast majority of people in the lower city cannot be considered lucky.

Miss Natasha, one of the few doctors in the lower district, has just finished a difficult surgery.

"Thank you, Dr. Natasha!"

"It's my duty to keep the patient from moving around for the next few days and let him rest properly."

After giving instructions to the patient's family, Natasha walked out of the operating room, slowly took off her mask, and sighed.

Natasha's hard work left her little time to groom herself, but this did not diminish her charm in the slightest.

Her light blue hair was tied into a ponytail and half-draped over her shoulder for easy tying. Her messy bangs were slightly stuck to her forehead with beads of sweat. Combined with her pale and tired face due to overwork, she perfectly showcased the charm of a mature and beautiful woman, while also arousing a sense of pity and protectiveness in people.

Of course, what attracts the most attention is Miss Natasha's plump thighs encased in long boots and black stockings, and the potion collar she wears around her neck for convenience, all of which bring a sense of sin and guilt to her.

Miss Natasha works so hard, how can you have such thoughts about her?

But Miss Natasha is really cocky!

Those who don't understand Miss Natasha are in trouble!

Natasha walked slowly to the window, her right hand lightly touching the cold glass, looking down at the street illuminated by the streetlights.

She is a doctor, and healing and saving lives is her sacred duty.

But can the scourges plaguing this lower city, this Beloborg, this Jarillo... truly be cured by doctors alone?

The conflict between the upper and lower city areas is escalating, the Great Guardian is acting unilaterally, the snowstorms are becoming increasingly violent, and the production of earth marrow is declining day by day... If things continue like this, the lower city area will only suffer a slow death, and a new way out must be found for the people.

"Studying medicine won't save Belloberg!"

So Natasha formed the Earthfire and became the clandestine leader of the Lower City, constantly exploring and searching for hope and a way to change everything.

Just as Natasha was lost in thought as usual, a member of the Earthfire team rushed into the clinic and stood before her in a flustered manner. Although he was trying to keep his voice down, he could not hide his anxiety.

"It's terrible, boss! Seele is giving a speech at the tavern with her people, and now the miners are so enraged that they're going on strike, revolt, and attack the upper town!"

"what?

Seele? A speech? An uprising? You're not kidding, are you?

Natasha was completely stunned.

She was more surprised by either Seele's speech or the miners' planned uprising to retake the upper town.

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Some time ago.

Panyan Town, Fight Club.

The entertainment options for people in the downtown area are quite limited, and the fight club is one of the few places for workers to relax after a hard day's work. It is both a boxing ring and a pub.

While watching the boxers' thrilling boxing matches in the ring, they drank and chatted below, enjoying their only moment of leisure in the day.

Today, the fight club welcomes a special challenger.

"Brothers and sisters! Do you want to know who the strongest fighter in the Lower City is?!"

Dr. Aijue, the host, pushed the microphone forward, and the bloodthirsty audience, filling every seat, chanted in unison.

"think--!"

Upon hearing this, Dr. Aijue's face lit up with happiness, almost to the point of tears. He nodded earnestly and shouted,

I want to too—

I want to too—

Everyone wants to—!