Firefly, I want to be a Sanyo Hermit

"You have been watching my test since the beginning?" Wendy winked at Raiden Mei. "Does Raiden Mei have any ideas?"

"Thoughts?" Mei Raiden shook her head slightly. "Besides thinking Wendy-san is amazing, I don't have any other feelings... This is probably what they call 'unclear but impressive'."

"Hehe." Wendy couldn't help but laugh when she heard what Mei Raiden said.

"Wendy seems to be two or three years younger than everyone else. Why does Wendy want to skip a grade?" Seeing that Wendy seemed to be planning to sit for a while, Raiden Mei took the initiative to bring up the topic.

"There's no particular reason." Wendy's voice was soft and tender, giving people the feeling of a well-behaved little sister. "I just want to graduate earlier and help more people."

B.78 Memory Battlefield

"I want to help more people..." Mei Raiden was a little stunned when she heard Wendy's answer.

Fighting against Honkai is not an easy task, and it is not something that can be solved by just talking about it.

Mei Raiden, who has become the Herrscher, does not fully understand the strength of the Honkai.

Creatures like Honkai Beast are still too weak for her.

But this does not mean that Mei Raiden is unaware of the dangers of fighting against Honkai.

'Even though Wendy is still so young...' Raiden Mei thought to herself.

"Miss Mei Raiden, what's wrong?" Noticing Mei Raiden's complicated look, Wendy asked in confusion.

"I was thinking, Wendy, you must understand how dangerous Honkai is, right?" Raiden Mei pursed her lips and said slowly.

"Yeah, of course." Wendy nodded slightly.

How could she not know how dangerous these monsters are...

When the Honkai broke out, everything she was familiar with was reduced to ashes.

The dead stood up again, the small animals grew shells, and those huge white monsters appeared out of thin air...

If it wasn't for Teacher Theresa who saved her...

"Even though she knew the danger, Wendy still chose to become a Valkyrie?" Mei Raiden had no intention of prying into Wendy's past, but she wanted to know some of Wendy's thoughts.

In other words, she wanted to know what these people of her age were thinking when they were fighting the Honkai.

"Yeah." Wendy nodded.

"Why?" Raiden Mei asked softly. "Becoming a Valkyrie is not mandatory. Why did Wendy take the initiative to become a Valkyrie?"

"That's easy." Hearing Mei's question, Wendy laughed. Mei was shocked by the gentle and soft girl's smile and answer. "Just like Teacher Theresa saved me... I also want to help more people."

"Is this what they call 'people who have been caught in the rain always want to hold an umbrella for others'? This sounds like a line from an anime, but..."

Although Mei Raiden asked Wendy two questions one after another, in Wendy's opinion, the answers to the two questions were the same.

Whether it's skipping a grade or becoming a Valkyrie, Wendy's answer is "I want to help more people."

"That's amazing..." Mei Raiden nodded to Wendy. Feeling Wendy's determination, Mei Raiden also understood a little bit about the meaning of the Valkyrie.

Soon, the tests for all the students were over.

But what comes next is the highlight.

"The [Memory Battlefield] system has been activated. Classmates, we will now conduct a 'simulated battle'."

[Memory Battlefield] is an extremely outrageous black technology developed by Tianming. It is a virtual battlefield system specially designed for Valkyrie training.

The effect is to use real data to simulate the battle between powerful enemies of Honkai and Valkyries in the virtual battlefield, so as to train and improve the combat capabilities of Valkyries.

Because the data used are real data, the strength of the enemies in the [Memory Battlefield] is no different from that of the enemies in reality. Therefore, the only difference between the [Memory Battlefield] and reality is that if you die in the [Memory Battlefield], you will not really die.

However, in order to prevent some Valkyries from getting used to "playing" in the [Memory Battlefield] and then rushing forward without thinking when encountering a real Honkai beast, Tianming deliberately added a penalty mechanism to the [Memory Battlefield] system.

When the Valkyrie challenges a strong enemy in the [Memory Battlefield], if she is accidentally "killed", she will receive the DeBuff of "being plagued by diseases" for one day.

Simply put, it is a series of punishments such as dizziness, vomiting, blurred vision, and abdominal pain.

Therefore, the Valkyries will also work hard to pass the level in order to avoid such punishment.

"Raiden Mei, since this is your first time participating in the mock battle of the [Memory Battlefield], you have a chance to be exempted from punishment." Because she was a new student, the teacher came to Raiden Mei first and said to her. "So you don't have to worry about being punished because you are not familiar with it."

"So that's how it is. That's great." Upon hearing the news, Mei Raiden said with relief.

Soon, Mei Raiden followed her teacher and classmates to the training room of [Memory Battlefield].

What surprised Mei Raiden was that the simulation device of [Memory Battlefield] looked like several one-person-sized cabins.

It feels like the hibernation pods in movies and TV shows.

"Students whose names have been called, please step out." The teacher quickly called the names of the six Valkyries. "Everyone, please enter the cabin in turn."

The function of this cabin is actually very simple. The first is to allow the Valkyries' spirits to connect to the 'virtual battlefield'.

The second purpose is to scan the bodies of the Valkyries so that they can use their own bodies to fight in the 'virtual battlefield'.

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"It looks so serious..." I saw my classmates being smashed into pieces by a giant [Tank-class] fist, or being directly injured by a [Knight-class], or being smashed by a [Temple-class] shield...

I feel like I can't bear to look at Mei Raiden.

"But...is this the current situation of ordinary Valkyries..." Raiden Mei looked at the screen with some concern.

Although most of the Valkyries in the class, except Wendy and Anna, are not even at B-level in strength.

According to the rules of destiny, C and D-level Valkyries are logistics Valkyries and do not possess very strong combat capabilities.

But after watching her classmates die, Mei Raiden couldn't help but feel "Is this really okay?"

Originally, Mei Raiden thought that all the Valkyries were superhumans and should be able to face the Honkai Beasts with ease. Only a few Valkyries would be defeated by the Honkai Beasts because of their carelessness.

But Mei Raiden now finds out that she was extremely wrong... the Valkyrie is indeed the 'superhuman' as Mei Raiden imagined.

But she greatly underestimated the strength of the Honkai Beast.

"Raiden-san, don't feel any psychological pressure." Anna patted Mei Raiden's shoulder and said, "You only have one chance to be exempted from punishment. If you don't use it, you won't get another chance."

“So just go and experience it.”

"Okay, I understand." Mei Raiden nodded seriously to Anna, and then under the teacher's command, Mei Raiden lay down in the cabin.

When Mei Raiden opened her eyes again, everything in front of her had changed dramatically.

"This is...'Changkong City'?" Mei Raiden widened her eyes in disbelief, and the 'Changkong City' in front of her was in an extremely dilapidated state.

B.79 A knife

Theoretically, while [Memory Battlefield] scans the Valkyrie's physical data, it will also read part of her memory.

Although it sounds like a violation of human rights, Tianming doesn't care about it, and the memories of ordinary Valkyries are of no use to Tianming.

With such a large amount of data collected, theoretically [Memory Battlefield] can piece together any scene.

Although in reality, 'Changkong City' has never been ruined for some reason, this does not prevent [Memory Battlefield] from simulating a ruined city.

Well, it is better to say that most of the data that [Memory Battlefield] can collect is "broken".

"Is this...'Changkong City'?" It was different from the city we were in a few days ago.

The city in front of Mei Raiden was extremely dilapidated, with weeds, moss and vines spreading everywhere.

There was a lot of moss on the ground underfoot, as well as dust produced over the years mixed with silt, giving off a strange smell of decay and plant life.

The city was full of rubble and water, and no one knew where the water was seeping in.

"What exactly happened... Is it just the 'scene map' of the [Memory Battlefield]?" Raiden Mei moved her fingers and then realized that she seemed to be holding something in her hand.

Raising her hand, Mei Raiden finally saw the object in her hand.

It was a sword with a light gold and black mixed together, and the purple-pink blade did not look like a "proper weapon" at all, but more like a fluorescent toy.

Mei Raiden did not reach out to touch the blade, but poked the ground instead.

The concrete floor was like a ball of foam in front of the blade, more fragile than tofu. Raiden Mei didn't even feel any resistance as she immerged a small section of the blade into it.

"Is this, cutting through the mold?" Because there was no resistance, Raiden Mei's first thought was not that the knife was too sharp, but whether it was cutting through the mold.

But when she drew out her long sword, the clear cracks proved that the ground was indeed damaged by the weapon in her hand.

'...' Raiden Mei was silent for a moment, then reached out and pressed the button on the device around her neck.

[Raiden Mei, is there anything wrong?] The teacher's voice sounded in my ears.

"Teacher, is the weapon of destiny so powerful?" Mei Raiden waved the long sword in her hand with some doubt.

This sword looks too much like a "toy", but Raiden Mei has to admit that the weight, length, center of gravity... everything about the sword seems to be tailor-made for her.

"Well, I'll ask Sister Kiana how to forge the power into this state later."

Previously, driven by instinct, Mei Raiden forged a sword named [Heavenly Strike of Purification]. That sword felt great... but it was slightly inferior to the one in her hand.

[Of course the weapons used to defeat Honkai are powerful... Eh? The weapon in your hand, Mei Raiden...] The teacher switched the surveillance to Mei Raiden's main perspective, and then she saw the long sword in Mei Raiden's hand that "fits the Valkyrie well, but is not destined to be one."

"What's wrong with this knife?" Hearing the teacher's somewhat hesitant voice, Raiden Mei also reacted.

This knife...maybe it's not destiny.

'But whose is it? ' Although Mei Raiden is not a martial arts or sword fanatic, she does get excited sometimes when she sees prey.

Although this knife does not quite fit the aesthetics of Mei Raiden, it is really very, very suitable for Mei Raiden.

So...if it was the sword of a Valkyrie who had used the [Battlefield of Memory], then she wanted to meet her.

Of course, Mei Raiden definitely didn't want to get the other person's sword. She just wanted to borrow it to observe and then use her power to forge a sword of her own.

[No, it's nothing. There is no record of this sword in the 'Destiny Arsenal'. It may be the memory of a certain Valkyrie.] The teacher explained to Raiden Mei. [But it doesn't matter. Our evaluation of students is not just about 'killing', there are many other considerations.]

Skill, strength, tactics...

These are all factors that are used to measure a student's strength, so it doesn't matter if the weapon in Raiden Mei's hand is not very powerful.

"Okay, I understand, thank you teacher." Raiden Mei nodded towards the sky.

[Well, come on, Mei Raiden, but don’t put too much pressure on yourself.] The teacher said something soothing and then turned off the microphone.

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"Tianming's technique is truly amazing..." Looking at the arc of electricity that flowed out from the hilt of the sword, which was similar to a stream of water, Raiden Mei sighed in her heart.

Although it was only reading the Valkyrie's physical data, the device of [Memory Battlefield] seemed to have simulated her powers as well.

However, Mei Raiden is not worried about being exposed. After all, these problems...will all be solved by her sister Kiana.

According to sister Kiana...

"Don't worry, [The Ruler of Man] is an absolute treasure for human civilization, there won't be any problems."

"Besides, if the problem cannot be solved, Otto can solve the person with the problem. If that doesn't work, I can solve Otto."

"In that case, let me see... the power of [Hersher of Thunder]." Since becoming the Herrsher, except for the fight with Yulandel when she was not yet in her complete form, Mei Raiden has never used her power.

Since this place is 'virtual', she can use her power at will.

As for whether there will be a mismatch between 'consciousness' and 'body'.

Brain: 'I can'

Hand: 'Do you want to think about it again?'

This situation...it doesn't matter. According to sister Kiana's description, the Herrscher's utilization rate of his own power is very low, so in 99.99% of cases, no matter how much the Herrscher improves, it is difficult to reach his true limit.

"Then... the first enemy." Raiden Mei waved her hand, and a screen appeared in front of her. It was a list of 'enemies' for her to choose from.

In addition to the enemies in the Valkyrie's own memory that can be read directly, there are also some special enemies.

Those are the data recorded by our predecessors. These powerful enemies require a specific level to be unlocked.