I was transported to a broken world, yet my dreams are connected to Star Iron?

　Or, to put it more accurately, it's a case of feeling apprehensive as one gets closer to home.

　Just like when Helia and Coralie came to the moon to learn from her before, Kiana, who was teaching for the first time, felt quite nervous for a while. This time, however, Kiana was about to meet Cecilia, who was like a "white moonlight" to her. Excitement, nervousness and a series of other emotions surged up one after another, making Kiana even have the thought of running away.

　If it weren't for the fact that neither Ellie nor any of her other friends who were capable of hacking into the system could only fill in for her for short periods, she would have really wanted to hide away and come back after Cecilia left.

　That wretched Suzumo...

　Looking at Suzumo, who was temporarily in a state of "high-quality sleep" due to the Honkai Fission Bomb, customer service representative Xiaoqi's voice was full of resentment.

　[After all this is over, you just wait! I'm going to have a serious talk with Mei about how those 28-centimeter horns were made, and then I'll invite her to give you an unforgettable punishment session...]

　[Well, we're already here. It's impossible to find Cecilia a body here on Star Iron now anyway. The chaos of the three phases has worsened recently, and who knows when we'll return to the Honkai. Let's check on Cecilia's mother and Sirin first to see if they're alright...]

　After a thorough inspection, customer service representative Xiaoqi let out a self-deprecating laugh, sounding as if she had broken down.

　According to the examination results, neither Sirin nor Cecilia's injuries were serious. Sirin would probably need one or two months to fully recover her soul, as the previous five-core riot had caused her considerable damage. As for Cecilia...

　Perhaps it was because she was the holder of the Black Abyss White Flower, or perhaps it was because some of the Shaniat Holy Blood remained in her body, which allowed her to automatically repair herself. In any case, her injuries were far less severe than customer service representative Xiaoqi had initially assessed.

　Strictly speaking, Cecilia is very likely to wake up within two days.

　[Waaaah... Suzuma, I hate you...]

　Customer Service Xiaoqi (Jpg, rolling on the ground in a limited state)

　"What's going on?"

　As soon as Lingmo regained consciousness, she immediately opened the system. After all, with the support of the Black Tower's hibernation pod, it didn't matter if she stayed in bed a little longer after switching worlds. So, she immediately checked the success of her previous use of [What Faces Towards Death].

　However, as soon as Lingmo opened the system interface, she was completely bewildered by the long barrage of messages from customer service representative Xiaoqi on the screen.

　【Uh… Host, please pretend you didn’t see anything.】

　Kiana, who was rolling around on the ground, froze, and then immediately began to manipulate the system to retract a long string of crazy records on the screen. After all, no matter how outrageous she was, at least at this point in time, she still had to put on an act in front of Suzumo.

　If she wants to completely "stop acting"... she'll probably need to unlock a full Herrscher power and regain some of her Origin Power.

　"Okay~"

　Lingmo smiled slightly. In fact, her choice to let Cecilia and Sirin survive in this way was also partly to test the customer service representative, Xiaoqi.

　After all, your indifference to the second Honkai in Siberia could be attributed to complete trust in Suzuma's plans. So this time, I'm directly bringing Cecilia in; surely you can't remain indifferent then as well.

　If that's the case, then Lingmo's guess about the connection between customer service Xiaoqi and Kiana can be completely proven wrong. However, judging from Xiaoqi's current behavior... hmm?

　"So, Xiaoqi, how are Cecilia and Sirin doing?"

　Unaware that Lingmo had already given her a little test, customer service representative Xiaoqi didn't think much of it and said seriously.

　Their souls are unharmed; they simply need to sleep and recuperate for a while due to their previous injuries. Sirin may need longer, while Cecilia... should wake up in the next few days.

　[So, host, are you really planning to keep them in your body like this? If one body carries multiple souls for an extended period... it might become a burden for you.]

　"Not really. According to my current plan, Sirin can return Kiana's body, which can solve the problem of the Queen's arrival later. As for Cecilia... it's not too difficult to obtain a body from the abandoned clones in the underground dogma area of ​​St. Freya Academy or from the World Serpent to find Feather Rabbit."

　【so……】

　"So, let them stay inside my body for a while, okay?"

　Lingmo's smile was exceptionally bright.

　[Gu…]

　Customer service representative Xiaoqi sent out an embarrassing audio recording of her defeat.

　"Dong dong dong."

　Just then, a knocking sound on the hatch brought Lingmo back to reality from the joy of teasing customer service Xiaoqi.

　"If you're awake, don't linger in bed, come out now."

　The voice of the Black Tower came from outside Lingmo's hibernation pod.

　"I'd like to quickly test out what exactly is the use of that Herrscher Core you obtained."

　"Yes!"

　Lingmo suddenly realized what was happening.

　Previously, because she was worried about Cecilia and Sirin's condition, and also wanted to observe the customer service Xiaoqi's reaction, Lingmo had been completely focused and forgot about her other gain besides the crystal.

　That is, a Herrscher Core.

　Moreover, it is the core of the Herrscher of Corruption, known for its survivability and versatility.

　Although, according to Sirin, in order to allow Suzuma's weak constitution to withstand the raging power of the Herrscher core (crossed out), the Honkai Will personally set up layers of seals on this core, which would gradually be unsealed as Suzuma's own Honkai energy adaptability and physical strength increased, this did not stop Suzuma from being happy about it for quite some time.

　After all, this is a huge breakthrough from 0 to 1 (referring to strength).

　With this Herrscher Core, at least Suzuma no longer has to worry about her combat strength. Otherwise, given her current situation, she would have to use the items and character cards she drew to fight Otto, and she would still have to use items and character cards to fight a suicide soldier.

　Don't forget, most of the items you get from the system are consumables. Even if Lingmo is a big spender, she can't afford such high consumption, let alone a free-to-play player who can't even find the recharge option.

　Thinking of this, Lingmo quickly opened the hatch, sat up, and began to look forward to the upcoming physical examination at the Great Black Tower.

　Chapter 48 Otto: Kallen fantasizes about becoming a roadside animal or something, don't even try!

　"Amber, have the injury statistics been compiled yet?"

　"The riot triggered by the core did cause a fairly widespread Honkai event, but thanks to the timely purification by Lady Cecilia, and the fact that both we and Anti-Entropy had evacuated civilians from the Siberian region in advance, there were not too many casualties this time."

　At this point, Amber paused for a moment: "The only contamination... seems to come from the Honkai energy fission bombs we launched."

　"It's alright. Anyway, that area is no-man's land. We can leave this pollution to the branch in Siberia to handle later."

　As Otto flipped through the report in his hand, he asked, "What about the casualties of the Snow Wolf Squad?"

　"Miss Cheng Lixue, the Frost Swordsman, and Miss Salome Jokanan, the Broommer, survived the battle and their injuries were not too serious, so they need to recuperate. Miss Patrick Highsmith, the Genius, was seriously injured, but she did not return to Destiny. Judging from the situation at the scene, she should have defected to Anti-Entropy."

　“She was originally a member of Anti-Entropy, so strictly speaking, she can’t be considered a defector.”

　Otto took a sip of red wine: "Don't worry about her. Just handle it according to the normal resignation procedure. There's no need to impose any further sanctions on her family and friends. We've suffered a major blow this time, so our external policy should be a bit more lenient."

　"Okay, I took note of it."

　Amber nodded and continued, "Next are the two missing members. One is [Floating Solar Prominence] Shigure Kira, and the other is [Chaos Offspring] Shubniglas. The reason for their disappearance is unknown, but judging from the situation at the scene, it seems that they were swept into the imaginary space by Sirin's indiscriminate attack."

　"Then let's postpone it for now. If we don't get any news within a month, we'll treat her as a martyr... However, although the chances of Shigure Kira surviving are slim, it's certainly possible that Shub Nicholas will survive. It's just that we don't know if she can still find the coordinates to return to her original world."

　Otto thought for a moment and said, "However, there is still a chance that they will survive. It depends on whether the being inside Miss Shub is willing to help... In short, just tell the other members of the Snow Wolf Squad the truth about where these two are. Also, let us know about the one who defected to Anti-Entropy. We don't need to cause trouble in these places."

　"Lady Theresa..."

　"She's not ready. She's not mature enough. Exposing her to the truth now would probably only have the opposite effect."

　Otto shook his head slightly: "I will personally use the Feather of Dust to modify her memories. You don't need to worry about this. By the way, how is the rescue of the Soul Steel body going?"

　"The situation is bad. Eighty percent of the Soul Steel bodies are completely destroyed. Considering that Miss Lingmo may not have just launched a single attack, from a safety perspective, it is best not to directly repair the damaged bodies. Therefore, we only retained the most irreplaceable Soul Steel, and the rest of the materials need to be purchased and produced again."

　"so……"

　"So, this is the financial report for this year's fiscal year, as well as the economic recovery plan for the next fifteen years."

　Under Otto's watchful, sweat-drenched gaze, Amber expressionlessly handed him several sheets of paper.

　“Amber, Amber… about those projects you cut…”

　"One is the various strange experiments that Your Excellency invested in. Originally, they were intended to gamble on luck, like the Babylon experiment group. However, our Destiny can no longer afford to waste funds in such a lavish manner. Therefore, unless Your Excellency provides a clear research direction and reason, all of these experimental groups need to be cut."

　"I have no objection to this, but..."

　"The second issue concerns the development funding for Kallen Fantasy."

　Under Otto's deathly gaze, Amber unhesitatingly sentenced Kallen Fantasy to death: "For at least the next twenty years, you shouldn't even think about developing a sequel to Kallen Fantasy."

　"Do not--"

　Otto let out an exaggerated wail: "Amber, in twenty years, the popularity of Kallen Fantasy will be completely gone!"

　"Yes, so..."

　Amber said earnestly, "If Your Excellency can make up for the funding shortfall of Destiny within a few years, then I will naturally not interfere with Your Excellency's little hobby."

　"Of course, if you're willing to debut as an idol, these funds can probably be raised very quickly..."

　"Forget it then."

　Otto immediately rejected the proposal: "But Amber, you reminded me, how about... we restart the Magical Girl Teriri project?"

　……

　Meanwhile, in another world, Suzuma, unaware of the immense "psychological trauma" she had inflicted on Otto, sat expectantly beside Black Tower, obediently watching the various experimental data on the screen that she couldn't understand at all.

　During the first half of the system time, Black Tower first conducted a thorough physical examination of Lingmo from head to toe, and then let Lingmo try to use her erosion power. After collecting enough data, Black Tower began to work, constantly consulting information and data, and comparing it with the data collected from Lingmo.

　Although she couldn't understand what these data meant, from the way Black Tower looked at her as if she were a rare animal, Lingmo could roughly guess that her situation seemed to be rather unusual.

　"call……"

　After nearly a full system's worth of research, Black Tower finally leaned back, ending her work session.

　"Black Tower, Black Tower, what was the result?"

　"Don't rush, let me sort this out myself first."

　Hei Ta turned around, her beautiful legs, wrapped in gray silk, gently crossed, and stared intently at Ling Mo, seemingly pondering something.

　After a moment, Black Tower finished thinking and looked at Ling Mo.

　"To be honest, you... really surprised me a lot."

　"I know you have a lot of questions. How about this, I'll explain the important ones first, and then you can ask me anything you don't understand, okay?"

　Lingmo nodded immediately.

　"So, first of all, your Herrscher core... If the 'background' you explained to me before was correct, then the biggest surprise this thing gave me is that you can actually use your powers normally here."

　Black Tower rubbed his temples, looking somewhat weary.

　"I know you might not quite understand what I mean by this, so let me state the conclusion first."

　"Your system, for your core... actually acts as what you call a 'cocoon,' or rather, replaces the function of a 'cocoon.'"

　Lingmo: "?"

　Customer service representative Xiaoqi: [?]

　Chapter 49 Customer Service Xiaoqi: The local gangs are so polite.

　As Black Tower finished speaking, Xiao Qi, the customer service representative who was still carefully studying how long Cecilia would wake up, couldn't sit still any longer.

　As the saying goes, "You're sitting at home when a box falls from the sky." Lingmo had just been "punished" by Otto, and now it's her turn to be "punished"?

　However, customer service representative Xiaoqi did not stop Heita from continuing his introduction. After all, the other party might not have discovered that many things either. Moreover, if she were to jump out and stop him now, it would seem like she was trying to cover something up.

　What customer service representative Xiaoqi didn't know was that even without Black Tower's introduction, Lingmo had already guessed her identity and even completed the verification. She was now looking forward to seeing the fun of her meeting Cecilia.

　"Ahem, as for the specifics... let me put it this way, didn't you tell me before that the Herrscher's powers basically come from that so-called cocoon, or rather, it can be considered the shadow of the end?"

　"So according to you, your Herrscher core, especially the Herrscher core that was personally processed by that Honkai God, must have some kind of connection with the Cocoon, right?"

　"Wait, you mean..."

　Suzumo suddenly understood the meaning of the Black Tower.

　"That's right. Putting aside how far you are from the world in your dream, and whether the huge difference in the flow of time between the two worlds might cause your Herrscher core signal to be faulty..."

　Hei Ta shrugged: "I found absolutely no such connection from your Herrscher core, or to be more precise, this core is not connected to the cocoon as you said, but rather has a strong connection to your system."

　"If we compare the connection between the Herrscher Core and the Cocoon to a line, then the line on you is most likely connected to your system."

　"Oh, I see..."

　Lingmo suddenly made a meaningful sound, silently staring at the sweating customer service representative Xiaoqi on the system interface.

　"So, Black Tower, have there been any further discoveries?"

　"Theoretically, yes, but I don't know."

　Black Tower shook his head: "You must understand that any research on the power of the Commander must be conducted with utmost caution. The research cycle is often calculated in the Amber Period. Moreover, the power in your body is not something that is unclaimed."

　"Therefore, I will stop my research on your system here. After all, if I were to put in more effort to continue the research, it might displease the person who gave you the system. Putting that aside for now, before I have any results, you may have already grown to the point where you know the truth."

　Simply put, it's not worth it.