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

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　Hehe, actually, Sirin's Herrscher of Reason still needs a few more chapters, meow. After all, even knowing Suzuma's resurrection ability, Sirin might not reach the threshold for Herrscher of Reason even after witnessing Suzuma's death.

　In short, the answer will be revealed in a couple of days (laughs).

　By the way, this book will be featured on the recommendation list this Friday, and how well you read it before then will determine what level of recommendation it gets... So, if possible, try not to keep a cat that reads books~

　Chapter 13 Black Tower: Are all the Commanders these days so fond of writing scripts?

　"So, even if I commit suicide right now, a long time might have already passed in another world?"

　Lingmo gasped.

　She had originally planned to slack off a bit longer at the Black Tower, since she might have to undergo a life-limit test similar to that of an earthworm once she returned to the Honkai. But now it seems...

　If only a few days have passed on the Honkai side, that's fine. But what if ten or eight years have passed by the time she gets back... then wouldn't she have essentially changed nothing at all?

　"Calm down... Although there's no evidence, I think the being who granted you this ability wouldn't let you miss too many important events."

　Black Tower rubbed her head, took off her large, pointed hat, and placed it aside.

　"There's an old saying in the Immortal Ship: 'Sharpening your axe won't delay your work.' So, my personal suggestion is that you wait until you understand your own situation before returning to the world in your dream... Of course, if you insist on returning now, I can send you on your way painlessly."

　"Let's analyze the situation clearly before going back."

　Almost without hesitation, Lingmo chose to follow Daheita's advice.

　Are you kidding me? Could she possibly be smarter than the Great Black Tower? Just trust the wisdom of the Black Tower lady and that's all.

　"Okay, so first, let me describe your situation from my perspective..."

　Heita cleared her throat and began to explain her analysis of Lingmo's abilities, using the screen as a guide.

　However, while Lingmo was enjoying a peaceful life, on the other side...

　"That's it... all done?"

　"Okay, all done. Now we just need to wait for that unlucky fat pig director from the Babylon Laboratory to finish his surgery and then issue us the handover order."

　At the top of the Tower of Babylon, the Siberian branch team, which had just responded to Babylon's request for assistance, had completed all of their ally's requests.

　"But……"

　The young Valkyrie nudged her captain: "Is it really appropriate to lock this girl up with the corpse? Her eyes look like they're dead."

　"Don't show any unnecessary pity; just obey orders."

　The captain of the Siberian branch was a seasoned veteran who had worked for Schicksal for several years, and she had handled this type of cleanup dozens of times in her career.

　"Although our Valkyrie branch is nominally a parallel unit to the laboratory, in terms of actual authority, the research unit absolutely has the upper hand over us..."

　The captain glanced around, then lowered his voice: "In fact, many experiments may have used 'voluntary' Valkyries as their experimental subjects."

　"what?"

　"In short... for this type of work, don't put any other thoughts into it, just treat yourself like a machine."

　The captain glanced back at the purple-haired girl in the Honkai energy isolation cell, who was holding the body of the pink-haired girl and remaining silent. He sighed softly, "Otherwise... who knows, one day you might be the one in there."

　"I, I know..."

　The young Valkyrie shrank back: "When will we be able to finish the handover? That girl just glanced at me, and I almost got goosebumps. Her eyes were so scary..."

　"It should be soon."

　The captain glanced at his watch: "It's just a limb reattachment surgery. Judging by the time, with Tianming's technology, a full recovery will probably only take a few more hours at most."

　"Huh, that's good..."

　The young Valkyrie breathed a sigh of relief.

　However, what she didn't know was that Celine in the cell was already acting strangely.

　"Why...why haven't they been resurrected yet?"

　In a corner of the cell, Xilin held Lingmo's already cold body tightly in her arms, completely unconcerned that her clothes were gradually being stained red with Lingmo's blood.

　Although Xilin didn't know much about Lingmo's abilities, she was almost completely clear about the resurrection time due to Lingmo's numerous deaths, even without actively investigating.

　In the past, when Suzuma died in the laboratory, she would usually be revived in less than an hour. Even if her body was damaged excessively during the experiment, this time would not be extended to more than two hours.

　However, this time, after being nearly blown open in the chest by a high-powered hand cannon, Suzumo not only did not wake up within two hours as usual, but her chest injury also did not heal.

　However, Sirin was unaware that the reason Suzuma's body usually recovered so quickly was because Suzuma's survival time after going to Star Iron was usually less than a second. Since Suzuma would be forced to switch worlds after death, the Honkai side had to start repairing her body immediately.

　But now... because Lingmo has no intention of switching worlds, Lingmo's body has remained in an "open-minded" state.

　"It's almost time..."

　"No, Sirin, you have to believe in Rinmo. Wait a little longer, maybe Rinmo will recover..."

　Xilin bit her lip tightly, a faint metallic taste beginning to fill her mouth, but she didn't notice her already bitten lip.

　Looking at Lingmo's serene expression as usual, she repeatedly tried to convince herself that Lingmo only needed a longer recovery time because her injuries were too severe this time. However... as time went by, more and more unease began to spread in her heart.

　And she was completely unaware that beneath her stained clothes, faint purple lines were beginning to appear under her skin.

　……

　"I see... As expected of Lord Black Tower!"

　"Just call me Black Tower, no need for any other titles."

　A strand of hair twirled around Black Tower's fingertip as he said, "I don't like people giving me titles arbitrarily, unless I choose them myself. In the past, those people from the Academy of Knowledge wanted to add the title 'Unique Black Tower' to my true form in order to distinguish me from my puppet body."

　"Then, I changed that entry directly to 'The Great Black Tower'."

　"Okay, Great Black Tower."

　Lingmo readily accepted good advice.

　"Stop being silly, there's no other body here."

　Black Tower's wand floated up automatically and gently tapped Lingmo's head, making a crisp sound.

　Just now, she had told Lingmo about her observations of Lingmo's abilities, including the mechanisms and possible principles of those abilities she had observed, without reservation. Lingmo was very satisfied with her and directly provided her with a lot of special information that only Lingmo could see.

　For example, she learned that Suzuka's ability was called a system, and that a system was something that could be directly communicated with.

　Ah……

　Black Tower could vouch for this with her gray silk: this so-called system was definitely the same person who granted Lingmo the ability, or at least someone who could send their consciousness to Lingmo at any time, just like she manipulated Little Black Tower.

　Chapter 14 Lingmo: How about I sell myself... Wait, don't actually agree!

　However, even disregarding the fact that Lingmo is indeed very likable, judging from the power fluctuations released by this system alone, Black Tower has no need to expose this matter. After all... it's not a good choice to antagonize a powerful being.

　Moreover, the other party showed no malice towards either her or Lingmo. Even regarding Black Tower's slightly excessive probing, they showed no intention of pursuing the matter. They even allowed Lingmo to directly reveal the existence of the system to Black Tower. Black Tower was very pleased with this attitude.

　Therefore, after initial investigation, Black Tower came to a very subtle conclusion.

　That is, she felt that the envoy behind Lingmo was very likely...

　is a good man.

　Or rather, he was someone with a "conscience" like her.

　Only such a person could so openly present their plans to the "other good people," which was both a request for help and a frank declaration... But in any case, there was one thing Black Tower could not deny: the other party was indeed to her liking, and she was indeed very interested in this "experiment."

　"Alright, that concludes the intelligence sharing phase."

　Hei Ta glanced at Ling Mo, who was listening with a bewildered expression, and said helplessly, "Hey...you're not going to tell me you didn't understand what I just said, are you?"

　"No, no!"

　Lingmo shook her head repeatedly: "I was just thinking..."

　"What are you thinking about?"

　"I've been thinking, Black Tower, you've helped me so much, how can I repay you?"

　Lingmo blinked and looked at Black Tower seriously: "After all, although my escape plan ultimately failed, Black Tower did do a lot for me, right? Including what you just said about dismantling a lot of parts of this spaceship..."

　"Don't worry, you can't afford to pay back this spaceship even if you were asked to, unless you later hook up with some rich pink-haired girl. Her weekly allowance could almost completely repair this spaceship."

　Black Tower waved his hand and said, "As for your reward... let me think about it..."

　Black Tower's gaze swept over Lingmo from head to toe, making the girl feel slightly uncomfortable.

　"Uh, no, it doesn't mean I have to sell it myself, does it?"

　"also."

　"?"

　"Because I really do crave your body."

　Black Tower said matter-of-factly, "Please, just the unknown system of command power you possess right now is enough to drive the entire Knowledge Society crazy for you. Do you have some misunderstanding about the value of command envoys?"

　"Furthermore, if the information you provided about the world in your dream is true... it is an unprecedented research topic. Although there can be some differences in the level and magnitude of power, generally speaking, the two are probably close to each other."

　"However, based on your description of Herrschers... to be honest, I've really not seen many cases where their power level is extremely high, but their output is completely limited by their individual skill level."

　"So, I really do want to keep you by my side, but..."

　"but?"

　"It's okay, we'll talk about it later."

　Black Tower casually changed the subject.

　After all, Suzuma's ability to "extract concepts" from dreams simply by making contact is a perfect fit for an organization that spends its days wandering the streets of the universe. Moreover, according to Suzuma's description, she can also bring the abilities of other people in her dreams here through contact.

　Therefore, from the perspective of Lingmo's personal growth, having her join the Star Train and embark on a pioneering path that can accommodate all kinds of abilities and destinies is indeed the best choice.

　However, Black Tower didn't want to make such a crucial decision about someone else's life direction without consulting them. So, it would be better to let Lingmo make the decision herself after she had a better understanding of the world.

　"Going back to the previous topic, although I would be happy to accept if you sold yourself to me as a package, I would prefer that you cooperate with me in another form."

　Heita cleared her throat and said, "After all, I know my own personality. My interest in you might just be temporary. I'm the kind of bad woman who'll throw you aside once I'm tired of you, you know?"

　"So, come be my experimental subject... cough cough, come be my assistant, and accompany me on this research project. How about it? I've never given anyone else this honor before."

　Actually, Black Tower originally wanted to say "experimental subject," but considering that the girl was just trying to escape the identity of the experimental subject in her dream, in order to prevent Suzuma from having Ptsd, Black Tower changed his way of speaking in time.

　"of course can!"

　Lingmo didn't notice this detail and nodded without hesitation.

　After all, just the fact that she is Lady Black Tower's assistant is enough to make her someone that the Interstellar Peace Corporation would go to great lengths to win over, instantly elevating her status. Moreover, there are a large number of various artifacts in the Black Tower space station, and based on the usage of the [Temporary Gambling Funds], her abilities are clearly very well suited to these artifacts, making her a good addition to the combat force.

　"But... what would you need me to do as a lab assistant?"

　"You don't need to do anything. Just explore that world as you see fit. I will observe you and provide the help you need."

　Black Tower shrugged: "Of course, out of consideration for your privacy and my schedule, I won't be monitoring you every minute of every day. In short... it depends on my time and interests."

　"no problem!"

　Lingmo readily agreed.

　"Then now I..."

　"According to you, even if you go back now, you'll most likely be imprisoned."

　Black Tower sighed: "So... let me first help you review the better choices you could have made before."

　"After all, your escape plan gave me a blood pressure spike... To give you the simplest example, since you're not going to die, why did you insist on going out after discovering that the other side had already called for help? Why didn't you go to the Tower of Babel that powers the lab... uh, you call it the Honkai Reactor there? Why didn't you use that to threaten them and bring things out into the open?"

　"You knew that it was against the rules for the other party not to report you as a special experimental subject, and you even said that there are still many good people in Destiny, and that the branch that came to support them is not affiliated with Babylon Laboratory. With such a large room for maneuver, you didn't even think about making some adjustments?"

　"Uh……"

　A vast array of formulas, universes, and brain patterns seemed to appear behind Lingmo's head. Then, she decisively lunged forward and embraced Heita's smooth gray silk.

　"Oh no! Black Tower strategist, save me!"

　Chapter 15: In the blink of an eye, these living fathers have made it seem like a queen has descended.

　While Lingmo was still happily reviewing the situation... well, maybe not so happily. In fact, Lingmo's head was practically spinning from all the criticism from the Black Tower.

　However, the situation might be even more serious for Sirin.