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

　Alicia smiled noncommittally: "Let's leave it at that for now?"

　"However, on this point, I agree with Dr. Mebius, Suzuma, you really need to improve your skills."

　"Yes."

　Mebius nodded repeatedly: "Especially your erosion ability. I have more research experience in this area. You can come to my laboratory more often. There should still be a lot of experimental data and materials from that time stored there."

　"If you'd like, you can stay there..."

　"That won't do!"

　Ellie took Lingmo's small hand: "Lingmo will also be learning to master the power of the True Self Mark from me. Even my dear Mebius can't steal her away from me, okay?"

　"Tch, what's so great about your crystal flower technique..."

　Snake snorted unhappily: "Besides, who knows what you're up to? With Little Pink Mouse's personality, she probably won't even realize you've devoured her."

　"Oh~"

　Ellie's eyes lit up; she finally realized what she had been overlooking all along.

　"I originally thought that Möbius was only so concerned about Suzumo because he valued the experimental subjects, but it turns out..."

　Ellie leaned closer, a hint of "I see" in her eyes, and looked at Möbius with a mischievous grin: "Dr. Möbius, are you actually concerned about Suzuma?"

　"Eh?"

　Lingmo pointed blankly at herself: "Me, me?"

　"Alicia, what nonsense are you spouting!"

　Snake's voice suddenly turned furious: "Why would I care so much about a little pink mouse I've only known for a few hours, just because she looks like you? Alicia, aren't you being a little too narcissistic?"

　"Wow, it seems like I was right..."

　Alicia's voice held a hint of surprise: "I just wanted to test you... Turns out I guessed right?"

　"You, you bastard!"

　Mebius angrily kicked the aircraft beneath him, then turned and walked away: "I can't be bothered with you, you narcissistic guy... Little pink mouse, if you change your mind, just come to the lab to find me. But I still suggest you stay away from this Alicia, be careful... you might get tricked by her without even knowing it."

　"I only lied to you once, don't hold a grudge, Möbius..."

　Watching Snake stealthily turn his head and then quickly disappear into the distance, Ellie's expression became somewhat intriguing.

　“Möbius actually cares about you, Suzumo. That’s really strange. Apart from Klein, I’ve never seen her care about anyone else like that…”

　"Can't it be because of you, Ellie?"

　Lingmo tilted her head.

　"That's hard to say, maybe it really is..."

　Alicia smiled slightly: "Miss Pink Detective, is it time to consider taking action again?"

　Chapter 129 Lingmo: I don't understand, so I'm asking why Yingjie's favorability rating is so high on my side?

　Although she knew nothing about Mebius's inner thoughts or what happened in Paradise, with Airi's help, Suzuma went from being a "smuggled-in Paradise" to a formally registered member of Paradise.

　The only problem is that this organization seems to be Ellie's pet (this is questionable).

　It's a very realistic version of "Alice's (pink) dog," and it even looks a bit like Mimi's nickname.

　In short, since Elise can determine whether Suzuma adopts the Mimi form or her original form by supplying energy to Suzuma's stigmata, Suzuma usually simply uses the Mimi form when interacting with other heroes. She only transforms into Suzuma's form during training or when Elise is "fed" by her.

　As for what they feed each other... it's normal for girls to feed each other small snacks during afternoon tea, right? It's also normal for two people to play a little game of eating chocolate bars from both sides at the same time, right?

　Although the process might have been a little too sweet, Airi still dutifully fed the adorable Suzumo until she was full.

　Incidentally, this behavior of being able to recharge Suzuma at any time and then call Suzuma out to feed her was met with strong dissatisfaction and protest from the snake after it witnessed it one day. The snake was very envious, no, I mean, very seriously condemned Ai Li's behavior and called it "feeding a child".

　After she finished speaking, for some reason, Suzuma felt that the process of Ai-Li recharging her was even more exciting.

　Putting aside the strange battle between Ellie and Snake over her, Suzuma still learned a lot in Paradise. Snake didn't treat her perfunctorily. After leaving that day, she almost immediately dug out the various experimental data she had conducted on the Herrscher of Corruption, as well as some theoretical conjectures about the Corruption Virus at that time. She even went to borrow Hua's Feather of Dust to help Suzuma expand the breadth of her abilities.

　Meanwhile, Airi taught Suzuma two skills that were very characteristic of Airi.

　One is crystal magic, and the other is the skill of using a bow and arrow.

　The former requires the use of the Aili Stigmata on Suzuma's body, and even though Suzuma has learned a lot about the use of crystal magic from Aili, she still has no idea what the principle behind it is.

　Simply put, this ability to create crystals out of thin air, shape them, and imbue them with properties is like a black box of rules to Suzuma. She only needs to input instructions into the Stigmata to produce the corresponding results.

　As for the principle... it's probably something like, "If you don't understand, go talk to my Primal Power."

　As for the skills of using a bow and arrow, it is more about training and experience-based teaching. Apart from the fact that Ai Li blushed and her heart raced when she held Ling Mo's hand to teach her the archery posture, Ai Li's teaching was very responsible. She even had Ling Mo scan the data composition of her special bow—the Love Poem of Flying Flowers from the Past Life—from all angles. Now, even in reality, Ling Mo can reproduce this bow through the power of erosion.

　However, despite having gained a lot in Paradise, even after spending several days there, Suzuma still had two questions that remained unanswered.

　One is the "Pink Detective" operation that Ellie mentioned before, which seems to have come to nothing. Suzuma is certain that Ellie has conducted a detailed investigation into this matter, and even went to ask Aponia about it. However, Ellie has no intention of telling her the results of the investigation.

　Incidentally, after Ellie returned from Aponia, her expression seemed a bit strange, and even the way she looked at me was odd. However, Ellie quickly returned to normal, though she seemed to become a little clingier and more tolerant of Mebius's "stealing of Rinma."

　Another question is... Lingmo noticed that the other heroes in Paradise seemed to be treating her with unusual friendliness.

　Aside from Hua, Gretchen, Kosmo, and Neko, who were generally friendly to outsiders but didn't pay much attention to their current situations, Suzumo could clearly sense the goodwill of the other heroes towards her during the days she spent visiting various places with Ellie.

　People like Eden and Sue go without saying; they basically answer all of Suzumo's questions. As for Aponia, she hasn't even met her yet, and as for Velvet...

　Two days ago, when she was strolling near the Spiral Workshop, Velvet happened to be online and immediately cooked a delicious meal for Lingmo that left a deep impression. After listening to Lingmo's complaints about the Void Treasury, she immediately summoned the Conductor and gave Lingmo a mysterious little button.

　According to the conductor, the function of this small button is very simple, it can be summed up in two words.

　Power off (can be reused).

　Of course, if you could say that Wilvie just happened to encounter a personality that was relatively friendly to outsiders, then another thing that happened to Lingmo made her quite certain that the heroes were indeed very friendly to her.

　That is, she encountered a thousand tribulations in the reception room of Paradise.

　At that time, Lingmo hadn't even noticed Qianjie was there. After all, Qianjie usually crouched silently on the other side. Just as Lingmo was fanning her ears and trying to figure out how to get the good wine that Eden had placed on top of the cabinet for Ai Li, Qianjie took the initiative to come over and helped her take the bottle of wine down from the top.

　It completely crashed the Lingmo system at the time.

　Although this friendly attitude could be attributed to her resemblance to Airi, or that she was Airi's friend, etc., Suzuma still felt something was off.

　I wonder if it's because she hasn't been sleeping well lately, but she seems to have this strange feeling that she's the darling of the paradise?

　No, no, no, such a conjecture is still a bit too offensive. Although she had read many stories of heroes and heroines in her previous life, such as the Golden Courtyard, Lingmo was not so arrogant as to think that she could gain the approval of all heroes and heroines as soon as she entered the Paradise. Moreover, the current attitude of some heroes and heroines towards her can even be described as "pampering".

　For example, Eden directly gave the space in his collection room to Suzumo, letting her take whatever she liked, while Möbius... he was even more of a heavyweight.

　Upon learning that she was currently undertaking a "dangerous (questionable)" infiltration mission, Snake handed over her own mark to Lingmo without hesitation.

　Yes, that's the thing that really messed up Mei's life in the original work.

　The 【Infinity】 imprint can increase Suzuma's endurance in various ways, such as her physical recovery ability and the stability of her data projection creations, which feels somewhat similar to the function of enhancing summoned creatures in the game.

　However, Lingmo could sense that Mebius seemed to have hidden a lot of things in his mark, such as the compressed erosion virus that was almost overflowing from the mark, and the very suspicious strange green light that exuded a snake-like aura.

　However, after spending these days together, Lingmo didn't think that Mebius had any improper thoughts about her, such as possession. Although there was no evidence, from Lingmo's own feelings, Snake was someone she could completely trust.

　Yes, that's right. Lingmo is so easy to coax. Even after learning from Airi about the change in Lingmo's feelings for her, Snake complained with a look of disgust that Lingmo was too trusting of others.

　Of course, according to Ellie's later account, although she kept saying things like Suzumo wasn't vigilant, Snake's lips were practically curled up to the sky at that moment.

　In short, after things settled down in Paradise, Suzuma settled into a very fulfilling daily routine.

　Needless to say, the others were treated with the highest diplomatic treatment in Beloborg due to their previous "meritorious service." They basically had a smooth journey through the upper and lower city districts. During this time, Suzuma and Hoshino did many memorable activities together, such as rebuilding the museum.

　On the Honkai side, since Wendy's regular training usually only lasts half a day in the morning, Suzuma usually trains with Wendy in shooting and developing their abilities. This is why Ragnar is in big trouble, as the difficulty of sneaking a drink increases dramatically after Suzuma arrives.

　As for the afternoon and evening, Suzuma would shift her consciousness to Paradise, then see which side, Airi or Snake, had snatched her away that day, and then conduct the corresponding training.

　This peaceful routine continued for about a week, and then... the first place to break the routine was Belloberg.

　To be precise, although this timeframe did indeed fall the day before the Star Train was scheduled to return, the event that disrupted the routine was actually unrelated to the Star Train itself.

　"I'm sorry, we arrived 3 minutes and 56 seconds earlier than the agreed time. I hope this has not caused you any inconvenience or trouble."

　"Of course not. On the contrary, I am quite flattered that Mr. Screws actually accepted the invitation and came here."

　Lingmo followed the example Black Tower had taught her on the space station and performed a proper bow.

　"There's no need to be so formal, Suzumo. Heita mentioned in his letter to me that you are very lively and full of creative ideas, so please don't let these formalities stifle my honor of seeing your wonderful thoughts."

　Screw Gum bowed slightly in response to Suzuma with equal courtesy, and then spoke in a gentle voice.

　That's right, the "big shot" who quietly visited Belloberg was none other than the king of Screwstar, Screwgoom.

　As for why Lingmo thought of inviting him to visit Belleburg... that goes back to her sorting out of the timeline not long ago.

　As we all know, unlike Honkai Impact 3, which is a game where the main storyline has come to an end, before Suzuma travels through time, the timeline of Star Iron is in a rather ambiguous state, and various activities are often inserted into the timeline in the form of memories or other forms.

　While Lingmo was staying in Belleburg, Xingbao pulled her into running the museum together, and a question suddenly occurred to her.

　That is, the event timeline in the game does not seem to be equivalent to the main storyline of the current version.

　For example, the Silver Wolf's companion quest "Punk Lord Spirit" is a quest from version 1.1, but judging from the quest's storyline, it should take place after the train crew finished their expedition in Beloborg and before they headed to the Fairy Ship.

　After all, the classic storyline of Silver Wolf's 76 accounts being banned mentioned that Kafka was about to embark on the Immortal Ship to complete Eriol's script, which is the main storyline that follows.

　This discovery immediately perked Lingmo up.

　As we all know, Screw Goom first appeared as an NPC in the Silver Wolf's Companion quest, and continued to shine in the subsequent storyline, even leaving behind the legend that "rumors of him being added to the gacha pool were circulating since version 1.6, but he was never actually implemented in version 3.6".

　When Black Tower and Lingmo mentioned Screw Gum earlier, they also mentioned that he had been entangled in trivial matters recently, otherwise he might have come to the space station to see Lingmo immediately.

　So, Lingmo was thinking about a question: since Screws would theoretically visit the Black Tower Space Station in a few days, did that mean he had already finished dealing with his current matters?

　Lingmo was quite keen to meet this genius known as the AI ​​King, after all, from the perspective of an AI like Screwgoom, he might be able to give her a clearer answer to the question of what the true nature of the Corruption Authority really is.

　Moreover... there are indeed some things about Belloborg that could pique Screwgoom's interest.

　So, after inquiring about the Black Tower dolls still on the train, Suzuma sent Screws to Screws the information about the current situation of Schwarzkopf and Pascal, including the history and environment of Beloborg.

　And as the story has shown, Screwgoom was indeed very interested in the state of Beloberg, an AI that had awakened its own emotions. Almost at the same time as Suzuma sent the message, Screwgoom immediately received the data and gave an affirmative reply a few minutes later.

　"Alright, screw, I'm still here, and there are only three of us, so there's no need to make it as formal as a diplomatic occasion."

　Black Tower couldn't help but curl his lip as he watched the two of them go through the formalities for so long.

　“Lingmo, now that the screws have arrived, let’s take a look at that mechanical settlement. To be honest, I’m also very curious about how this place, which is hundreds of years behind the company’s civilian models, managed to produce the ‘spark of silicon-based civilization’ as you said.”

　"If it's interesting enough, I feel like we could make this a separate project and put it into a simulated universe to see how it goes."

　Chapter 130 Screw Gum: Your powers are extremely dangerous, but your kindness makes up for it.

　"Hey, I said..."

　"I told you to relax a bit, but you don't have to be this relaxed, do you?"

　Black Tower, who was being hugged and rubbed against Lingmo's chest like a giant doll, had a black line on his face.

　"But I usually sleep like this, hugging your doll!"

　"?"

　A question mark seemed to appear on the Black Tower's head.

　"You mean, when you and Xing were lying in bed, and you sandwiched my doll between you, you were sleeping while hugging my doll?"

　"Star ran up here by itself, Suzuma didn't know that~"

　Lingmo blinked: "Besides, even so, I've been holding onto the Black Tower the whole time. Doesn't that prove my loyalty even more?"

　"Hmph, glib-tongued..."

　Black Tower turned his head away and muttered something softly.

　"whee……"

　Looking at the seemingly sullen Black Tower, Suzumo thought for a moment, and then the Alice Stigmata on her hand suddenly lit up.

　"By the way, Black Tower, how about I show you the ability I recently learned?"

　"Oh, so you studied in that world in your dreams?"

　Black Tower immediately perked up: "Speaking of which, after you invaded that paradise of the past, I was completely unable to receive your dream signals. What happened?"

　"Uh, it might be related to Ellie, after all, her identity is rather special..."

　Thinking of a fairy lady like herself who was a "daughter of a god," Suzuma made a very reasonable deduction.

　"In short, I learned some amazing magic tricks there!"