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

　Although Heita's words didn't resonate with Lingmo, they were like heavenly music to customer service representative Xiaoqi.

　The local gangs are so polite; they even know when to stop!

　"However, going back to your core essence... to be honest, it's quite incredible."

　Is it really defying the heavens?

　Suzuma also turned her attention back to the main topic: "I remember, if it's just a similar ability, there should be many in the universe, right? For example, remembering one's destiny and being in harmony with one's destiny can do quite a few similar things..."

　"No, no, no, completely different."

　Black Tower waved his hands repeatedly: "The same form of expression does not mean the same essence. Or to put it another way, even if the expressive power is similar, your ability is much higher in priority than other abilities of the same type."

　"For example, didn't you say before that the Herrscher of Corruption is, to some extent, also a type of mental perception?"

　"Ah."

　Lingmo nodded: "Basically, anything that a mental perception type can do, an erosion type can do too, so they're in the same category."

　"Let's take a similar fate as an example."

　Black Tower pointed to his head: "In terms of the breadth of abilities, after devouring Order, in the realm of mental power, Harmony of Fate is definitely more applicable than Corruption of Power, right?"

　"However, if it reaches the level of Commander, I can guarantee that no Harmonious Commander can control or modify my cognition without my awareness."

　“But your Corruption Power is different. Based on my current test results, the Herrscher’s output is completely dependent on the user’s limit. If your strength reaches the Commander level, then your Corruption Power will also have the power of the Commander level. And dealing with your power... might actually be more troublesome.”

　"Is it because it's not easy to be detected?"

　"No, what I mean is... you can change your name to Rupert III."

　"Ah this..."

　"Ahem, just kidding. I know you definitely won't wage another anti-organic war, but your potential is terrifying, that's an undeniable fact."

　Black Tower shrugged: "That wasn't my doing. I just turned your ability sample into a virus and sent it as an email to Screw Gum... Oh right, you should know this guy, right?"

　"I know him, I know him, he's a good person."

　Lingmo asked, "So, what was Screw's reaction?"

　"His security protocols were alerted by your corrosive virus. Although it didn't cause him any harm, it gave him a fright."

　Black Tower revealed a wicked grin, as if he had pulled off a prank.

　"He just emailed me saying he's very interested in you. If he weren't currently tied up with other things, he probably would have already boarded his spaceship and come to the space station to find you."

　"And he told you to protect yourself and to contact him anytime if you encounter any trouble."

　At this point, Black Tower suddenly changed the subject: "However, my personal suggestion is still..."

　"I see."

　Lingmo immediately became obedient: "I will first seek help from the omnipotent Lady Black Tower, Loyalty!"

　"Grumpy."

　Hei Ta gently poked Ling Mo's cheek: "That's all I wanted to say. After all, you wouldn't understand most of the research anyway. Is there anything else you want to ask?"

　"Hmm... I don't think I can think of anything for a while."

　Because she had absorbed too much knowledge today, Lingmo felt a little dizzy.

　"We'll talk about it later. If anything comes up, we can just grab a small black tower from the roadside."

　Black Tower waved his hand: "Alright, go have fun by yourself. I have to go out for a while, it'll take about a day. When I get back, I'll introduce you to a few people. Their faction often travels all over the universe, which suits your abilities quite well. See if you like them or not. If you think they're alright, I personally suggest you join them."

　"Good~"

　After hearing Black Tower's description, Lingmo roughly knew which force Black Tower was referring to. However, she still asked with some curiosity, "So what is Black Tower going to do now?"

　"Go back to Azure Star to repair the spaceship!"

　Chapter 50 Congratulations to the player for achieving the achievement: Your account is gone.

　"?~"

　Emerging from the Black Tower's laboratory, Lingmo strolled around the space station, humming a familiar tune that would make Old Yang spit out his coffee.

　After all, the matter with Honkai Impact 3rd has come to an end, and it can be considered to have reached a good conclusion, which finally puts Suzumo's mind at ease.

　Regardless of what she said about her so-called "past life," whether she had a deep bond with Kiana and the others, or whether she was in her second playthrough... at least, from Suzumo's own perspective, she was still a newbie who had only been in the game for less than a month, and her first dungeon was on hell difficulty, with her death count almost equal to her survival days. Even if she acted calm, she would still be nervous inside.

　"Where should we go now... Oh right, since we have nothing else to do, let's go check out the Black Tower's artifact storage room."

　As the saying goes, there are always supplies after a great battle. I've just finished a part of the main storyline, so it's a good time to slowly research the Black Tower's artifact reserves. Even if I can't draw them, it's still good to make a gacha plan.

　as well as……

　Lingmo gently tapped the profile picture of customer service representative Xiaoqi on the system screen.

　"Kiana Kiana?"

　[Huh? What, what's wrong, host?]

　Feeling guilty, customer service representative Xiaoqi immediately jumped out.

　After all, Lingmo had just discussed the system with Heita. What if she asked her some difficult questions now? Would she reveal something?

　Xiaoqi felt immense pressure.

　"It's nothing. I just remembered that I haven't pulled from the gacha pool for Honkai Impact 3rd yet. Maybe I should just pull a few times."

　Oh, so that's what it is...

　Customer service representative Xiaoqi breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at Lingmo, who had already started drawing cards, Xiaoqi quickly took the initiative to start a conversation to prevent being asked any strange questions later.

　[By the way, host, when you return to the Honkai world next time, if either Cecilia or Sirin awakens, remember to have them possess your body first.]

　"Hmm? That's not a problem... but is there some particular reason for it?"

　[There really is one. After the host ended the second Honkai, a system upgrade condition popped up on my end. The requirement is to ensure that either Cecilia or Sirin survives until after the second Honkai.]

　I checked, and according to the system's criteria, it seems that they need to be put into a possessed state once to meet the upgrade requirements.

　"Oh right, there's also the system upgrade thing. You seemed to have said before that you would only know about the system upgrade after I triggered it..."

　Lingmo paused for a moment, then immediately recalled the first time customer service representative Xiaoqi introduced the system to her.

　"So, in that case... I feel like the system is actually encouraging me to push things in a positive direction?"

　[It's hard to say. Judging from the various parameters I've seen in the backend, it seems there's more to it than that. Perhaps many strange promotion conditions will appear later to ensure that the file won't be lost even if the host misses one of them.]

　As for this system update... it probably doesn't have any special features. I guess it's just converting the two-dimensional system backpack into a system space that the host can use.

　"That's good too. Consider it as finding a place for Cecilia and you to stay."

　[Gu…]

　Amidst Lingmo's snickering, customer service representative Xiaoqi made a strange sound, as if she had been sunk.

　"Alright, let's go. We've arrived at the artifact storage room. The isolation here is really tight. Even with my ability to corrode, I can hardly sense what's going on outside..."

　While chatting with customer service representative Xiaoqi, Lingmo used her highest-level access card to bypass the layers of security measures set up by the Black Tower and entered its deepest part.

　"What should we go see this time... Ah, I've got it, let's stop by 'that' on the way..."

　"And I remember that the Black Tower seemed to have... created an extra layer of protection specifically for her?"

　……

　"System time is 23:47:15. You are right on time, Kafka."

　A voice with a distinctly "duck" accent rang out from the terminal next to the purple-haired woman wearing a coat.

　"The future that Eriol saw is definitely true, but what about that explosion just now? Was that also in the script?"

　"About two system hours ago, the antimatter legion attacked the space station, which will provide cover for our operations."

　"Go through this door and keep going straight ahead. I'll be waiting for you in a monitoring room."

　"Oh? Won't you come for a walk with me?"

　Kafka raised an eyebrow: "Or did you find something interesting on the space station?"

　"I have indeed come across something interesting, but I can't explain it over the phone. You'll understand when you get here."

　"Okay~"

　Kafka calmly turned off the communicator.

　According to Silver Wolf, she is currently in the containment module of the space station, and if she continues forward, there is a monitoring room.

　Although she didn't know why searching for the location of the star core required going to the monitoring room, she had no doubts about either Elio's script or Silver Wolf's hacking abilities.

　Soon, after dealing with several waves of phantom soldiers along the way, Kafka arrived at her destination, while her companion, Silver Wolf, had materialized a virtual keyboard and was typing away.

　"Still searching for the hidden location of the star core?"

　Kafka walked over and said softly, "It wasn't written in the script?"

　"No, but I've already found it."

　Without turning his head, Silver Wolf said, "Anomaly No. 211 [Blind Spot], a simple deflection field that can make things in the area go unnoticed, but it will be exposed as soon as other things become inconspicuous."

　"Look, that unusual light screen in the corner of the monitoring room is it. There are two energy protection fields inside, and the place where the star core is hidden is behind it."

　"Uh……"

　Kafka had initially thought that Silver Wolf was outsmarting the Black Tower's defenses, but now it seemed... that wasn't the case?

　"So... Silver Wolf, what are you doing right now?"

　“I found an email in the Black Tower’s control room.”

　Silver Wolf's face showed an embarrassed expression: "You know, Elio's script says that we won't encounter the Black Tower."

　"So, since the person in question isn't going to show up anyway, I might as well hack that email and see what's inside."

　"However, it seems that Black Tower has encrypted the email content itself at the highest level, and it will probably take some time to crack it. So, I turned to decompressing the attached file in the email. I don't know why, but Black Tower encrypted the file itself, but not the attached file."

　"result……"

　"result?"

　"Alas, it turns out this was a trap deliberately set by that despicable woman."

　Silver Wolf's face immediately fell: "That thing is an intelligent virus I've never seen before. Although it's not difficult to delete, it's like it has a life of its own, running around all over my terminal. Even Prometheus couldn't do anything about it, so I'm taking action myself."

　"By the way, that virus definitely has its own emotions and consciousness, and it's very realistic. In retaliation for my antivirus actions, it has already merged one of my game accounts."

　"To prevent further damage, I just physically isolated that terminal and am now activating a new backup terminal... Don't worry, it won't delay the mission."

　Chapter 51 Children, the last one who used mental attacks on me is now sitting at the same table as the prison goose.

　Kaffa didn't intend to interfere with Silver Wolf's little hobby. After all, due to Silver Wolf's little incident, she didn't get to spend as much time with Kaffa on the space station as she did in the original work. Therefore, Kaffa, who had quickly completed the "newbie tutorial," had plenty of time for their mission.

　"Are you done, baby?"

　"Actually, it's not ready yet, but let's get on with the mission first."

　Silver Wolf sighed and said, "That Elio guy is really something. I didn't steal his cat food, did I? Such an important thing, and he didn't even write it in my script?"

　"Oh, so you've even labeled them 'important'?"

　Kafka was somewhat surprised: "I remember you weren't this frustrated when you played against Screwgom last time, were you? Is that game account that valuable?"

　"The game account isn't the key point. After all, who would download so many games on a dedicated mission terminal?"

　Silver Wolf shook his head: "The main thing is that my sparring with Screw Gum was a friendly exchange, and in gaming terms, it was called PVP, so it's normal to have wins and losses."

　"But this time, even just a virus has made me feel a bit tricky. It's like I'm sweating buckets even in PvE. Usually, when this happens... it basically means I need to improve my skills."

　"Well……"

　Kafka thought for a moment and said, "Is it possible that this virus was also manipulated?"

　Kafka's words reminded Silver Wolf, instantly reviving the dejected girl: "I really don't know about that, but now that I think about it, that thing does seem a bit too human-like. When I wiped out a portion of its data, that portion of data actually self-destructed directly at one of my game data. Conventional viruses wouldn't understand this..."

　“Yes, that’s right, the other side could indeed be a real person… Let’s finish the mission quickly and go back to ask Elio. Even if it’s not written in the script, it should at least know who that person is.”

　"Great, this means our mission can be brought forward... um?"

　"Why did it stop suddenly..."