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

　So, things have come to this...

　Xing held Lingmo in her arms.

　Go to sleep first.

　Suzuma, who had entered some strange state after being spanked earlier:?

　Seeing Xing unable to sleep due to the heat in her body, but closing her eyes to force herself to sleep, Lingmo blushed slightly and bit Xing's cheek. Then, with a flip, she pinned the somewhat unsuspecting Xing beneath her.

　"Silly Xingbao..."

　Following Xiaoqi's movements from last time, Lingmo's fingers began to restlessly trace down Xing's perfect waistline.

　"Let me teach you the rest."

　That night, the stars opened the door to a new world.

　Chapter 112 Return to Honkai Impact 3rd and the Gradually Awakening Sirin.

　The next day, Lingmo, who had been "tired" all night, slowly opened her eyes in bed. She glanced at the messy bed and covered her cheeks, which still had some unknown dampness, with her hands in a melancholy manner.

　She realized that she had underestimated Xing's stamina; her own weak constitution did indeed have a "small gap" in endurance compared to Xing's.

　Last night, at the beginning, she was able to take advantage of Xing's complete lack of experience and manipulate Xing Bao with ease.

　However, less than two hours later, she realized that something seemed wrong.

　Previously, Xing had been at Lingmo's mercy, but now that Lingmo had the upper hand, Xing seemed eager to try something new... and quickly showed her "exploratory" qualities.

　Yes, it was Suzumo who was pioneered.

　In short, despite having an absolute first-mover advantage and an information gap, last night's battle ended in a draw, which made Lingmo fall into self-doubt.

　Am I really going to suffer like this?

　"hateful……"

　Lingmo suddenly sat up in bed.

　"We'll win next time!"

　"Well?"

　Still half asleep, Xing rubbed her eyes and then subconsciously nuzzled against Lingmo's soft chest.

　"Lingmo, isn't it time to go eat breakfast?"

　"The Goethe Hotel should provide meals, right...? What's wrong?"

　"No, it's nothing..."

　Xing looked away somewhat embarrassedly: "I just feel... I need to drink some water."

　"Let's go downstairs and get something to eat together."

　Lingmo stretched, drawing a beautiful arc in the sunlight: "Perfect, I wasn't teleported to another world last night... so I'll just have to use the hibernation pod to teleport there actively."

　After washing off the strange marks on her body and replenishing her strength under the shocked gazes of the restaurant's kitchen staff, Lingmo lay back down in her hibernation pod.

　"Xiaoqi, Xiaoqi, how much time has passed in the Honkai world this time?"

　A full day had passed since the last teleportation, and when she left, it was around April in Honkai Impact 3rd. Optimistically speaking, Suzumo felt that she should still be able to catch up with the start of the main storyline.

　[Don't worry, after the last time the spacetime environment experienced turbulence, I've found some ways to mitigate it... While similar situations may still occur, it's unlikely that they'll last for a year or several years.]

　As for this time... less than a month has passed over there?

　"It'll only take about twenty days, phew... that's alright."

　Lingmo breathed a sigh of relief: "If the time span is too large, Wendy's situation will be difficult to resolve... After all, her change of mindset shouldn't have happened instantly in December."

　【Uh……】

　Customer service representative Xiaoqi paused for a moment.

　[Actually... never mind, you'll find out when you go talk to Mr. Walter, Suzumo. I won't spoil it for you here. Hmm.]

　[If there are no problems, I'm going to begin transferring the memories from this hosting session. Although, it seems there aren't any particularly noteworthy memories.]

　"Wait, wait, I have another question!"

　Lingmo quickly stopped Xiaoqi.

　"I wanted to ask about Sirin's situation. Weren't they saying she'd wake up in a few months? It must have been well past that time, right?"

　[...Idiot Suzuma, time lost during turbulence doesn't count.]

　Otherwise, more than a decade has passed since you obtained Cecilia and Sirin's souls; they should have awakened long ago, shouldn't they?

　"so……"

　Lingmo counted carefully: "Since I woke up, I've stayed at St. Freya Academy for more than four months, almost five months... So Sirin should be waking up soon too?"

　That's right. Without external stimulation, he'll wake up in a month at most; with external stimulation, it will be even faster.

　"Then let's not provoke Sirin for now. Given Otto's current tendency to show up every now and then, if Sirin's awakening is too loud, Otto might notice something amiss."

　Lingmo nodded and said, "I'm ready. Let's begin the synchronized memory."

　……

　A few minutes later, at Anti-Entropy's North American base, Suzumo opened her eyes.

　"Hmm...it seems like nothing major has happened."

　After sorting through her memories, Lingmo discovered that the world had been relatively calm during this period, and the integration work of Anti-Entropy was progressing steadily. In the managed state, her main task was to cooperate with Cecilia's resurrection.

　After all, as Otto said, although the God-Slaying Spear project is still ongoing, the path of mass-producing Holy Blood by cloning Cecilia has been proven to be a complete failure. In a sense, these Cecilia clones underground at St. Freya Academy are just like the 422 bodies before K423, all of them are "defective products" without consciousness or ability.

　Therefore, Suzumo's initial idea of ​​directly giving Cecilia a clone was actually a completely unfeasible idea. Not to mention that Cecilia would be extremely weak and have almost no combat power, she probably wouldn't even be able to sustain a clone's lifespan for very long. So, the solution proposed by Anti-Entropy was to collect Otto's experimental data and "customize" a body for Cecilia.

　Walter had previously made a trip to Manila, which was the opportunity he took to obtain some genetic information from the direct bloodline of the Shaniat family.

　Thanks to the collaboration of many parties, the experiment has actually made very good progress. According to the memories that Suzumo received, Cecilia will probably be able to begin to adapt to her new body as early as October.

　Of course, the price to pay is that, although according to Lingmo's plan, she is to go to Oceania to avoid trouble, she still has to take time out every month to go back to the Far East to complete routine experimental verification tasks.

　"All in all... it's not an unacceptable price, Cecilia-senpai. It looks like you'll be able to set foot in this world again soon."

　"However, it's still not enough to be of any help to you..."

　Cecilia sighed: "After all, the memories in my soul can't replace the muscle memory developed through long-term training, and my new body might not be able to fully awaken the Saria family's stigmata... Maybe by then, I won't even be able to beat Ritsuki and the others, who are already S-rank Valkyries by now, right?"

　"Let's take it one step at a time, we still have time..."

　Lingmo smiled and comforted her.

　……

　Meanwhile, on a direct flight from New Zealand back to the Far East.

　"So, what you mean is..."

　Kiana, who had just finished her mission in New Zealand, closed her eyes and communicated with the voice that had suddenly appeared after she came into contact with the Tranquility Gem.

　"Your name is Sirin, so you're... my older sister?"

　Chapter 113 Wait, who did you say was the head of the Oceania branch? Otto, you're really something!

　Meanwhile, in the conference room of the Anti-Entropy base, Suzumo was leaning back in her chair, looking bored, waiting for Walter.

　After all, the other party was the leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance, and her own wake-up time was not fixed. Therefore, Lingmo could only wait for Walter to finish dealing with his current matters before introducing the situation in Oceania to her.

　However, this did not prevent Lingmo from first sorting out the current situation in Oceania, because she discovered a problem.

　In the original work, Otto stood by and watched as the members of the Oceania branch bullied Wendy, and even deliberately facilitated this phenomenon, because he wanted to use Wendy as a preview and comparison of Kiana.

　After all, Wendy's talent is only at the same level as Rita's. If Otto really wants a Herrscher who can control the Herrscher core, then he should just give the core to Durandal. The success rate might not be 100%, but it can be considered at least 99%.

　Moreover, although he was deeply involved in the Second Honkai Impact, Otto was unaware that Cecilia in the Feathered Dust had almost redeemed Sirin. Based on this, Otto was not entirely confident about the plan to have Kiana suppress Sirin through love and seize the core of the Herrscher at this time.

　Therefore, as a rigorous scientist, Otto would have verified the feasibility of this conjecture before his experiment. The opportunity to verify it through the Third Herrscher had already been wasted by Cocolia, and Otto was not clear about the details of Changkong City at the time, so he set his sights on Wendy.

　This is the reason why Wendy's tragedy occurred in the original work.

　So here's the question... given the amount of information Otto currently has, does he really need to conduct this verification?

　Lingmo fell into deep thought.

　Although he didn't show off his love during the Second Honkai Impact, anyone could see that Sirin controlled the Herrscher Core because of him, or rather, Suzuma was Sirin's anchor point for maintaining her humanity.

　For Otto, this was already a perfect verification. Even the test subject was Sirin. In his view, if Sirin could do it during the Second Honkai Impact, Kiana had no reason not to. Therefore, the answer to the question of whether emotions could make a Herrscher control their desire to destroy the world was yes.

　"But if that's the case... why did Otto still carry out the Gem of Desire Project? Wasting a Herrscher core, a huge amount of manpower and resources, and even ruining Wendy, who was almost 100% destined to become an S-rank Valkyrie, just to find a place to contain a Herrscher core?"

　Lingmo said she didn't quite understand.

　After all, the power distribution between Anti-Entropy and Destiny is not like in the original work. With my addition, although Anti-Entropy lost Cocolia, its overall strength has definitely increased a lot compared to the same period in the original work.

　On Schicksal's side, although the Snow Wolf Squad also survived, due to Otto's actions during the Second Honkai Impact and Siegfried's defection, the Snow Wolf Squad had a greater negative impact on Otto's plans than a positive one. Under such circumstances, it was crucial to cultivate a new generation of Valkyries. According to Welt, Otto even personally rescued Anna during the Manila Honkai Impact and appointed her to form a Valkyrie squad on par with the Undying Blade.

　In this situation, Wendy's future S-class value is no longer as insignificant as it was in the original work. Suzuma really couldn't understand why Otto would play such a big card.

　"Dong dong."

　A knock sounded from outside the meeting room, and then Walter, who looked somewhat haggard, walked in.

　"Sorry to keep you waiting, Suzumo... There have been some problems with the Eye of the Abyss lately, so I've had a lot more work. I guess you won't be able to see me for a long time next month."

　"The Eye of the Abyss... Is it time to begin the first phase of exploration?"

　"Ah."

　Valte nodded: "I will personally oversee the progress of the first phase of the experiment. With me there, even if something is released from the Sea of ​​Quanta, it can be dealt with quickly, and the risk will be greatly reduced."

　"Uh……"

　Lingmo thought for a moment, then remained silent.

　After all, although it seemed a bit dangerous at the time, Suzuma, who was familiar with the plot, knew very well that Kevin could not possibly kill Walter. She was overjoyed and even wanted to lure Walter into Paradise.

　This plot point is also related to YaYa's transformation into a Herrscher of Reason, so it's best not to change it arbitrarily.

　"Alright, let's talk about your situation first. I've already taken care of your Oceania identity. You'll be Wendy's personal nurse and a condition observer. You can report for duty tomorrow."

　"In addition, I have already spoken to the branch manager of the Oceania branch. If you have any questions, you can go directly to her. If necessary, it doesn't matter if you reveal your identity as a member of Anti-Entropy."

　"Such a strong connection?"

　Lingmo gasped. In the days she was away, had Anti-Entropy already seeped through Destiny like a sieve?

　"It's not as exaggerated as you think. The current branch leader of the Oceania branch has some connection with the Snow Wolf Squad."

　"To be precise, she was one of the first students that Salome and Cheng Lixue of the Snow Wolf Squad took over after they retired to the second line. She once had a very powerful Valkyrie squad under her command, but unfortunately, the squad was disbanded because of something you know."

　"...?"

　Lingmo's head was filled with more and more questions.

　Students of the Snow Wolf Squad? The problem is, the Snow Wolf Squad was wiped out in the original work, so she doesn't know what kind of students they took after they survived. As for the powerful Valkyrie Squads... Schicksal has at least thirty to fifty squads led by A-rank Valkyries over the past ten years, including both long-term and temporary ones. How could she possibly know?

　"So... who exactly is the branch leader in Oceania?"

　"Her name is Ragnarok Brok, and she is the mentor of Rita and Durandal, two S-rank Valkyries of Schicksal. Of course, you may be more familiar with her other student, Himeko, the teacher at St. Freya Academy."

　"???"

　Lingmo immediately leaned back tactically.

　"Wait, Mr. Walter, so you mean that the squad under her command is the famous Valkyrie Assault Team, and the mission that led to the squad being severely damaged and disbanded was the one where Kiana lost control and severed Siegfried's arm?!"

　"So you know."

　Valt nodded: "She is the most respected person in the hearts of many Valkyries in Schicksal. Salome and Cheng Lixue also speak highly of her. Under her guidance and help, Wendy, although paralyzed in both legs, has always maintained a good mental state... Uh, Lingmo, why do you have that expression?"

　"I, I'm fine..."

　Lingmo felt a bit of a toothache, probably because she was upset by Otto.

　One is a caring teacher who is also like a mother to me, and the other is a problem student with the core of a Lawyer... Haha, so it turns out they are Ragnar and Wendy from Oceania. I thought they were going to give me my last lesson.

　She now knew what Otto wanted to test on Wendy.

　No, or rather, this wasn't a verification at all, but rather... a scenario rehearsal for Project Sirin.