Honkai Impact 3rd, but I have too many mods.

"Really? Weren't you the one who was dominating Theresa the whole time?" Ye Lan asked as she moved next to Liu Bai to ask him to help her remove the restraints.

"As for that barrier, that thing... I remember seeing a similar weapon with a different form."

Huang Quan thought for a moment and then answered.

"Sir, do you know the difference between large and small body types?"

"……vitality?"

"More or less." Huang Quan nodded, then tapped the scabbard at his waist.

"If the effect of this sword is to annihilate all matter that it touches, then if I were to cut myself with a normal sword, I would definitely die, but if I were to cut a star beast that is weaker than me..."

"It's no different from a mosquito bite." The knife is long, but it's obviously less effective than a toothpick against a star beast; even a penetrating wound would be pitifully minor.

“Yes.” Huang Quan nodded at Liu Bai. “But conversely, if my sword were a demonic sword that meant certain death upon contact…”

"So although you and the Star Beast will both die if you get hit, in terms of size, it's much easier to hit the Star Beast than to hit you... Hmm, so you're talking about this compatibility?"

"Yes, the range and pressure of the east and west sides are specifically designed to counter small and medium-sized creatures. For me, most creatures need to engage in close combat after they become powerful, and I am affected almost all the time. When facing giant beasts, their vigorous vitality and huge size make them less effective."

"I thought you could just ignore that thing."

"It's no longer possible," Huang Quan said calmly.

She is moving away from the void and gradually breaking free from the influence of the self-destructors. In the past, the divine grace barrier really couldn't affect her.

However, ordinary travelers will be affected.

Izumo exhausted the entire nation's resources to slay the original "Tōmō-giri-gami," forging its beastly body into a royal sword to repay it with its own evil. Even so, it was only after countless casualties that one evil god after another fell.

Even so, the entire war lasted for nearly ten Amber Periods, a full thousand years...

Is the evil god very strong?

They are very strong, but what they are truly strong about is the power they possess.

They are strong enough to make them retaliate in kind.

Ten Amber Ages later, Izumo fought its way from the dark and barbaric era to the technological age, only to barely win in the end.

Izumo isn't that kind of place. Fate Walkers can be born normally. If you can't beat them, you can't beat them. If you could beat them, you wouldn't need the Imperial Decree Blade.

However, on the other hand, if she were to return to the normal universe, she should be able to embark on a different destiny or return to her former destiny.

But apart from emptiness, it didn't really mean much to her... No, perhaps the greatest meaning was a new beginning?

If you still cling to the past, won't you still step into nothingness after returning to the universe?

“Even I only managed to overcome this phase of disaster after a hard-fought battle. At that time, my hometown was practically defunct.” Huang Quan replied while pondering.

"Does Miss Huangquan's hometown also suffer from a similar catastrophe?" Ye Lan knew she couldn't get a word in edgewise about the Star Beasts and Starry Sky, but she was very curious about this topic.

“Yes, we won.” Huang Quan’s expression dimmed. “Then an even greater disaster occurred—or you could say we challenged Him… The final result was that my hometown was reduced to mere fragments, even the [memory] was gone… Only the [mystery] remained.”

Izumo and Takamagahara had long since stepped into the shadow of nothingness.

If you don't want to be devoured, then you have no choice but to wield your sword.

"?"

Ye Lan could understand the first half of the sentence, but she was a little confused by the second half.

Why are you so weird?

Huang Quan himself seemed slightly lost in thought.

She remembered the end of a song that a monk had once chanted:

Then the dark world was swept away, the battle ceased with the sounding of gongs, and all twelve cold lights were extinguished;

The desolate souls clamored, the dark sun shone brightly, and finally forged two swords that betrayed the world.

One is "beginning," and the other is "end"; it begins with humans and ends with ghosts.

The sound ceases as the inch breaks, the fallen flowers wither and fade, the defeated vanish into nothingness, the victor… comes to nothing.

Swords from Izumo Province can also be used to point at people.

From the beginning, through the end...

"Yellow Spring?"

"...Sorry, I was daydreaming."

Lately, I seem to be feeling sad more often.

Huang Quan let out a breath.

"By the way... can we take off the hood now?"

"Ah...didn't I already take it off?" Bai pointed to his head.

Huang Quan: "..."

Huang Quan silently pulled the black stockings hood off his head.

My husband is such an unreliable savior...

"Liu Bai, you're good at coming up with bad ideas."

When it came to the headgear, Ye Lan reacted the most, immediately grabbing Liu Bai to settle the score.

You guys... no, you bastard have completely disgraced me!

—Huang Quan is definitely not the kind of person who could come up with this kind of outfit.

"Is this how you treat your savior?"

Liu Bai was in no way inferior to Ye Lan.

"Who knows who was screaming for help inside the bracelet?"

"Couldn't you have used a more normal method?"

"What else could be normal? Secretly rescuing you and then being followed by a bunch of tails?"

"Then why not just fight back and be done with it?"

"Ah, right, what's the difference between then and now? There's even more risk of showing your face now."

"What if we take them all down by surprise?"

"You think you can hide in my pot forever?"

Liu Bai sneered at Ye Lan, "There's an old Chinese saying, 'You can run away from the monk, but you can't hide from the temple,' you know?"

"..."

Speechless.

"But this time it was a miscalculation, wasn't it? Theresa used zero rated power directly, lost face, and exposed her full strength." Ye Lan gave up arguing.

Anyway, she can disguise herself, so what if she doesn't care about her face... Of course, this time she has absolutely no intention of thanking Liu Bai!

My face is thick enough!

And she had nothing left to give!

"Hmm... Theresa's mind works a little better than I thought."

Liu Bai readily admitted his mistake.

He originally thought Theresa was the kind of useless teammate who would never be able to unleash her full potential, but it turned out she had sensitive skin.

Yes, Liu Bai doesn't dislike teammates with sensitive skin.

The question is, if both the human and the bot can unleash their ultimate abilities, why can't you?

This time, at least it's clear that Theresa's on-the-spot decision-making wasn't as naive as she appeared or as he imagined.

"I have to thank Rita for that. If Rita hadn't kicked me out, I probably would have been lying down after taking that hit from the Divine Grace Barrier."

However, there was nothing she could do. Rita was playing the role of maintaining a balance of power, and Theresa could never have imagined that Liu Bai was all show and no substance, much less that Rita was playing her...

"I'm also keeping an eye on your situation."

If Rita hadn't reacted when Huang Quan spoke, Huang Quan could have easily knocked Liu Bai away with a single scabbard strike.

"Thanks." Bai nodded and thanked her. "Ye Lan, what are you going to do now? I don't think Theresa will want to cause you any more trouble for a while."

“That’s what they say…” Ye Lan scratched her head.

Theresa's situation is a bit troublesome.

From a wise perspective, Theresa should have given up.

But if we're going to go by Theresa's recklessness...

Theresa is a problem.

Ye Lan sighed.

"You should say he was wise in his foolishness; Zhang Fei used his brain, after all." Bai shrugged; he had figured that out.

Isn't this how Zhang Fei used his brain?

You thought she was going to overpower you, but she turned out to be playing mind games with you.

You thought she was trying to use her brain, but she was completely outmaneuvered by brute force.

Given Ye Lan's situation, even without Liu Bai's arrival, Theresa would have already overwhelmed him.

No matter how eloquent you are, your intuition can easily defeat you.

Besides, their intuition is accurate; an unreasonably accurate intuition only makes people curse.

Theresa's face is so sculpted from Kaslana's that she must have inherited the Kaslana family's brain storage technique.

"Don't worry, it's time for Theresa to use her brain."

According to Liu Bai's estimation, Theresa's brain should be stored in Cecilia.

If Cecilia is ineffective, Theresa will probably be able to come to her senses and figure something out.

—Actually, if you put it that way, Theresa can breathe.

But I'm afraid Theresa might put her brain back after she's done using it...

“Recently, during this period of time, I didn’t need to worry about Lisa looking for me. She (will probably try) to investigate my and Huang Quan’s identities through you. After all, she can’t ignore a strong person who can fight Rita and a swordsman who is beyond her imagination.”

"...So you're saying you're coming back to find me, but you won't lay a hand on me? Spare me."

Ye Lan is truly exhausted.

"Oh well, thank you anyway, you came just in time."

[Ye Lan's Affection Level: 4548]

The more favors you owe, the more you accumulate.

The previous one hasn't even been settled yet, and here comes another one... Well, this one isn't as big as the previous one.

After all, even if they were caught, with Rita's help from the inside, Night Orchid could get out in a while.

But Ye Lan now has a feeling that she is going to be lost.

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"Long time no see, my lovely Theresa."

"...It's been a long time, Your Excellency."

Theresa greeted the blond man on the screen in a slightly indifferent tone.

However, the blond man didn't seem to care about such a trivial matter.

“Rita has already told me about what’s been happening in the Sky Zone lately. Kiana is missing, and the aliens are still nowhere to be found… Hmm, that’s unexpected.”

"..."

Theresa's lips moved slightly, but she didn't say anything.

In front of your grandfather, saying too much is bound to lead to mistakes.

She is perfectly clear-headed right now.

"I heard from Rita that you encountered a formidable enemy, right?"