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

　"Let me think, what else was there..."

　Kafka's gaze fell upon Suzuma, who lay dead to the side.

　"Ah, I knew I'd forgotten something."

　"Time is almost up, I must go... Listen to me: the little girl lying beside you will be an important companion to you. You can go on adventures with her, and soon someone will find you. Go with them without worry. You remember nothing but me."

　"Ka...Fka...?"

　"When you have the opportunity to make a choice, don't let yourself regret it..."

　After saying that, Kafka glanced at Hoshino, who had fallen asleep again, and then stood up with some reluctance.

　"Have you finished explaining? Adding this girl of unknown origin, is everything really alright?"

　“It’s alright, that’s what Elio required in the updated script he gave me… She will be a very important asset in the future.”

　"Alright, whatever you say."

　Silver Wolf shrugged, then, as if remembering something, ran back and dragged Lingmo next to Xing: "Let's put these two together, otherwise it'll look like a murder scene."

　"Next, it's time for their journey."

　……

　Meanwhile, on the snowy plains of Siberia.

　"Xiaoqi... is the direction you pointed me in really correct?"

　Yes, right... I don't really remember this place...

　"But I've been walking for so long, and I still haven't seen a single person in the world..."

　Lingmo sighed deeply: "It feels like I've stumbled into some kind of wilderness film set."

　Although only a few minutes had passed on Xingtie's side, Suzumo had already been trekking across the snowfield for nearly four hours.

　In fact, Suzuma, who has become the Herrscher of Corruption, is not without ways to travel. Even without using item cards or character cards, Suzuma can transform herself into a data state—that is, the legendary punch you through the network cable.

　The problem is that because Suzumo's core of corruption is sealed layer by layer, she cannot perform teleportation out of thin air. Without a physical entity as a medium, even if she had this ability, it would be useless.

　I don’t know if it was because Otto’s Honkai energy fission bomb had turned this place into a no-man’s land, but in four hours, let alone a town, all Suzumo could do was watch the bears baring their teeth by the roadside. If it weren’t for the fact that even if she committed suicide now, she would be in the same place next time, she would have run back to Xingtie long ago.

　【Host host! 】

　"What, are we almost there?"

　Lingmo's eyes lit up.

　【no. 】

　"Then why are you so agitated?"

　[Ahem, although I don't know the way, someone who does is about to wake up.]

　"So you were just pointing randomly!"

　Lingmo angrily overturned the coffee table in her mind, and then she immediately realized the meaning of the second half of Customer Service Xiaoqi's sentence: "Wait, you mean... Cecilia woke up?"

　[Hmm, her consciousness is fluctuating violently right now, she should be waking up soon. Also, host, you should immediately take Cecilia's soul out of the backpack, and after she is fully awake, integrate her into your body to complete the system upgrade task.]

　"Oh well……"

　Lingmo didn't dare to delay, so she quickly opened her backpack, selected Cecilia's small icon, and then released her.

　"By the way, how do I take Cecilia back into the system later?"

　【Hmm... not yet. After the conditions are met, the system will undergo an update and upgrade. During this period, the card pool will be disabled, and items in your inventory will only be available for taking out, not putting in. After the update, the items in your inventory will be directly transferred to the system space.】

　"So, Cecilia will possess me until the system update is complete?"

　Lingmo paused for a moment: "About how long?"

　[It'll only take a few hours, I need to do some more mental preparation... oh no, I mean, system upgrade preparations.]

　"Oh, so it's to prepare for a system upgrade~"

　Lingmo drawled, trying hard to suppress the ever-growing corners of her mouth: "Okay, then you take your time to adjust. I'll take Cecilia off to the wilderness for survival first."

　While Lingmo was teasing customer service Xiaoqi, Cecilia gradually opened her eyes.

　"Huh, where am I...? Why am I... floating?"

　"Ahem, actually, it's like this: we all accidentally died in the Second Honkai Impact. This is paradise."

　Lingmo said in a very serious tone.

　"Yes, really..."

　Cecilia paused for a moment, then gave a bitter smile: "I'm sorry, I didn't expect to drag you into this. In the end, I didn't manage to do anything..."

　As she spoke, Cecilia subconsciously reached out to pat Lingmo's head, but her hand slipped through Lingmo's body.

　"Eh?"

　"Hmph~"

　Suzuma let out a mischievous snort: "Alright, don't worry, I'm not dead, and neither are you... The situation is a bit complicated, let me explain it to you slowly, Cecilia... uh, sister?"

　"Although I'm happy to hear you call me 'sister,' isn't it a bit confusing in terms of generation if Xilin calls me 'mom'?"

　Cecilia's attention was suddenly drawn to something strange: "How about... Suzumo calls me Mom too? Actually, I wouldn't mind having a few more daughters~"

　"Cough cough cough..."

　Cecilia's direct approach caught Suzumo off guard: "This, this is progressing a bit too fast. Maybe I should just call you senpai... Cecilia senpai."

　"In short, this is roughly how it happened..."

　As she spoke, Lingmo gave a brief account of how she used the props to preserve their souls and how she traveled between the two worlds.

　After all, Cecilia had nothing to hide about her situation. She was going to meet with customer service representative Xiaoqi in the next few hours, and she didn't think that Kiana, that idiot who wore her heart on her sleeve, could fool Cecilia.

　"In other words... with the help of that system of unknown origin, both my soul and Sirin's soul were preserved, but since there are no suitable bodies available right now, they can only temporarily possess yours..."

　Cecilia nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite: "I don't know why, but I'm actually looking forward to that system spirit you mentioned... Judging from her way of doing things, I always feel a strange sense of familiarity with her..."

　"It's okay, there will be opportunities."

　Lingmo glanced at Xiaoqi, who was hiding inside the system like a hamster under the pretext of system maintenance, and laughed, "But now... Senior Cecilia, do you know the way?"

　Chapter 54 Otto: Bouchou, My Karen Fantasy Record!

　It can only be said that Cecilia truly deserves to be recognized as an S-rank Valkyrie by Schicksal during the second Honkai Impact 2 era. She is proficient in almost everything, whether in combat or non-combat (except cooking).

　Upon hearing about Suzuma's predicament of not being able to find her way, Cecilia immediately displayed the composure of an older generation of S-class Valkyries. With her help, Suzuma quickly found an abandoned Destiny Outpost, where she discovered a broken old terminal.

　"Strange, why is it bad...?"

　Cecilia looked at the communicator covered in a thick layer of dust and said with some doubt, "It's one thing that this site is abandoned, since it's near a radiation zone, but this model of communicator must have been replaced last year. Has the quality of Schicksal's equipment deteriorated to this extent...?"

　"It's also possible that we're in a time long after the Second Honkai Impact."

　Lingmo studied it for a moment and said, "It's okay. Although the communicator itself is broken, the communication line of this station is fine... I can use this to find nearby towns and then contact Anti-Entropy."

　"The Herrscher of Corruption's abilities are so convenient..."

　Cecilia floated to the side and said, "Little Sirin really went to great lengths."

　"Alright, Cecilia-senpai, possess me now, I'm about to begin the transfer."

　After a brief, somewhat clumsy attempt to sense the surroundings, Lingmo gently touched the line connecting the communicator to the communication station. Instantly, the figures of the person and the soul vanished into the snowfield.

　Moments later, in a settlement on the outskirts of Siberia.

　"I have bad news for you, Cecilia-senpai."

　Lingmo looked around at the buildings, which were clearly on a different scale than before, and sighed softly.

　"While transmitting just now, I casually collected some of the scattered information, and then I realized that the time we skipped seems to be a bit too long..."

　"Hmm, approximately how long?"

　"Fourteen years."

　Suzuma uttered a number that greatly shocked Cecilia: "The current time is the end of 2014."

　"so long?!"

　Cecilia was startled: "Then my little Kiana isn't... all grown up now?"

　"Um……"

　Lingmo pondered for a moment, then pinched her brow with a headache: "To be honest, so much time has passed, I don't know what happened between Destiny and Anti-Entropy... Here's what we'll do, Cecilia-senpai, let's find a game console. You control my body and make sure I don't give anything away, while I try to connect to the internet to get some information."

　"Don't worry, I'm a gaming expert."

　Cecilia said confidently, "I guarantee I'll complete the mission!"

　After finalizing the plan with Cecilia, Suzuma went out into the streets and easily found an arcade. After easily accumulating a lot of game coins using her Corruption ability, Suzuma sat down in front of an arcade machine.

　"Senior Cecilia, we can begin."

　"Okay, I wonder if any of the games I like to play are still running after all this time... wait."

　After searching through the game console for a while, Cecilia's expression turned strange.

　"Kallen Fantasy...why hasn't there been a sequel? And why is the highest record still held by Bishop Otto?"

　"Hum..."

　Cecilia's lips curled into a somewhat cunning smile.

　Although she doesn't have a body yet and can't retaliate against Otto for the persecution he's inflicted on her and Sirin, but...

　With her skills, it wouldn't be a problem for her to annoy Otto in the game or even take the top spot on the leaderboard.

　A mother's anger can be quite terrifying.

　So Cecilia decisively created a new account, entered the name "Yae Sakura," and started the game.

　……

　"Hah... Good evening, Cecilia-senpai. Sorry to keep you waiting for several hours. You're probably still having fun, right?"

　Four hours later, Lingmo finally yawned and returned to her body from the data network.

　"No, no, Lingmo, wait a moment before taking over the body. Let me finish this score first..."

　Well, it seems they haven't gotten tired of it at all.

　Looking at Cecilia, who had transformed into a "net addict," Suzuma gave a helpless smile.

　"By the way, Lingmo, how's your investigation going?"

　While easily defeating the boss, Cecilia also managed to find time to check on Suzuma's current situation.

　"Well... it's all very confusing. I probably won't know the specifics until I come into contact with anti-entropy."

　Lingmo sighed: "The situation is roughly like this..."

　In fact, Suzumo's investigation did not go smoothly this time.

　Initially, Suzuma attempted to hack directly into Schicksal's core database to investigate Kiana's situation and whether K423 had been created.

　Then... she discovered a problem.

　The core database of Destiny was actually protected by Void Treasury using a special protective measure.

　If it were just an ordinary firewall, it wouldn't be a problem. But what really troubled Lingmo was that she sensed a familiar aura on these firewalls.

　That was... the same corrosive power as hers, or more precisely, an incomplete corrosive power mimicked by the Void Treasury.

　This left Suzumo completely baffled. Logically speaking, since the twelfth Divine Key was not yet fully completed, Void Manzo had no way to use the power of erosion, let alone the mimicry of Jizo's Soul. But judging from the current situation... Void Manzo clearly obtained some of the data of Jizo's Soul!

　Could it be that……

　Considering that it is now the end of 2014 and the story of Sakura Rinne has ended, a conjecture cannot help but appear in Suzuma's mind.

　However, due to time constraints, Lingmo could only keep this question to herself. Although Void Treasury could defend the core database through the mimicry of Jizo's Soul, Void Treasury itself had limited capabilities. It was impossible for it to protect all of Destiny's databases at the same time. Because of this, Lingmo gradually obtained the answer she wanted from other unimportant data.

　For example, Durandal's attendance photos, and Siegfried's wanted poster.

　After confirming that there hadn't been any major changes in the world line, Suzuma quickly ended her investigation and sent the special executor code that Walter had previously given her, along with her location, to Walter's private channel.

　After all, since Destiny can't find anything out right now, it's more convenient to ask Walter directly than to risk leaving traces by forcibly breaking through the firewall constructed by the Void Archives. In any case, Anti-Entropy will basically be involved in these events.