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

　Of course, the severity here actually refers to the situation at the Babylonian Laboratory.

　Because the flow of time is different on both sides, although Suzumo only communicated with the Black Tower for less than ten minutes, several hours had already passed for Sirin.

　But Suzumo's body... showed no sign of reviving.

　In despair, Xilin remembered what Lingmo had told her before.

　Even if my resurrection does have conditions, they would definitely be the kind that are very difficult to detect, such as requiring a large amount of Honkai energy to replenish, or not being able to damage the tenth thoracic vertebra or something...

　"Could it be... that what Lingmo told me was really a necessary condition for her resurrection?"

　Xilin muttered to herself as her small hand quickly slipped inside Lingmo's clothes. Fortunately, although Lingmo was extremely open-minded at the moment, it seemed that in order to carry out the order not to accidentally hurt Xilin, the Valkyrie had deliberately pointed the gun upwards when she fired.

　This means that even though Xilin has almost no medical knowledge, she can still determine that among the body tissues that Lingmo was blasted apart, there is most likely no so-called tenth thoracic vertebra.

　and so……

　"Is Suzuma not resurrected yet because she lacks Honkai energy...? Yes, that must be it. Suzuma needs Honkai energy. As long as there is enough Honkai energy, she can definitely be resurrected..."

　Almost subconsciously, Sirin ignored, or rather forced herself to ignore, the possibility that Rinmo was truly dead. This meant that she almost obsessively believed that as long as Rinmo was given Honkai energy, she could definitely be resurrected.

　"Guards, where are the guards?"

　Sirin placed Lingmo's body aside, then quickly walked to the door of the cell where they were being held, pounding hard on the iron door in an attempt to attract the attention of the Valkyrie guarding outside.

　"Hey! Weren't you supposed to be ensuring the safety of the test subjects? I heard your demands earlier! Then hurry up and inject Honkai energy into the room! You still need Suzuma to maintain the experiment, don't you? If she doesn't revive, what will you use to conduct the experiment? Hey, say something!"

　"Uh……?"

　The Valkyrie, who stood silently at the entrance, exchanged a glance with her captain, and then quietly opened the team chat.

　"Captain, what does this kid mean? What resurrection? The lab didn't say anything about it. And what's with the strange requirement of injecting Honkai energy? Isn't this just courting death?"

　"Tsk..."

　Unlike the rookie Valkyrie, this older captain's face turned green beneath her mask.

　After all, her extensive experience dealing with these scientists told her that the experiment she had gotten involved in seemed a bit unusual.

　But she really didn't want to hear any of this! Resurrection and Honkai energy injection—it sounded like some kind of top-secret plan! Could a working-class person like her really listen to this kind of stuff?! She wanted to live a few more years!

　"Fall back. You didn't hear anything. We need to get out of here immediately."

　After a moment of silence, the captain made a decisive decision.

　"Eh?"

　“What do you mean, ‘hey’? The director has already completed the surgery. Theoretically speaking, our mission can be considered over. Before I left, didn’t I ask you to add a lot of emergency missions to our mission sequence? Now, the situation is urgent, and we need to go back to the branch immediately to deal with these emergency missions.”

　"After that, unless the headquarters gives a direct order, our branch will remain in a state of war. If they ask us for assistance again, we will directly ask for help in return to shut them up."

　"Captain, but those matters..."

　The newbie Valkyrie scratched her head: "I wrote about feeding cats..."

　"Shut up! I said the branch situation is urgent, Neil Dorron!"

　The captain glared fiercely at the rookie Valkyrie.

　"As for the girl's request... the lab had previously instructed us that the corpse would release a corrosive liquid after being exposed to Honkai energy, and injecting Honkai energy might damage the cell. So to prevent unnecessary trouble, we can ignore this request. In any case, we just need to strictly follow the Schicksal departmental cooperation regulations."

　"That's it, retreat!"

　"Yes, Captain!"

　Since the aforementioned exchange took place during their team communication, from Sirin's perspective, the two men simply remained silent for a moment after hearing her request, and then immediately left the cell door.

　"That's great! As expected, they still need Suzumo... Although there will be more experiments to come, at least, at least Suzumo will be alright..."

　With renewed hope, Xilin carefully picked up Lingmo and leaned her against her. After all, Lingmo still had a large hole in her chest, and if she moved too much, she might be in trouble. However, Xilin didn't mind Lingmo's condition at all. In previous experiments, she had sent several of her companions to their deaths, and she was already used to corpses.

　Besides, if it's Suzumo... she has nothing to be afraid of.

　Sirin carefully wiped the bloodstains from Lingmo's face, looked at the iron door of the cell, and waited with hope. The Honkai energy that she used to avoid at all costs and that had killed several of her companions had now become Lingmo's life-saving medicine... Sirin didn't know why such a change in her identity had occurred.

　But it's okay, it'll be fine once Lingmo wakes up. Lingmo knows a lot, and she can use her own methods to turn those difficult theories into stories that she can understand.

　And then, Sirin can scold Suzuma for what she should say... or complain about why she didn't tell her the information that resurrection requires Honkai energy, and that the clever Sirin had to find the answer herself and then find a way to get Honkai energy from the lab to help her revive... Well, let's put it this way, Suzuma will probably pat her head apologetically and then hug her and apologize, right?

　A smile involuntarily crept onto Xilin's lips.

　but……

　Sirin waited and waited, until the sky outside darkened again, until there was no more blood flowing from Lingmo's body, and until the familiar Honkai energy that used to bring her pain did not come.

　Celine's smile had frozen, and her eyes gradually lost their sparkle.

　She mechanically raised her head and looked outside the cell at the camera that was always pointing at the room.

　A voice had been in her mind for hours.

　Perhaps because she was thinking about Lingmo, she couldn't quite hear what the other person had said before.

　But... as time passed and despair fermented in her heart, she found that she could hear clearly again.

　The other person seemed to be talking to me...

　Accept His power, and then destroy this place?

　Chapter 16 Leera: These are all my lines!

　"The basic situation is roughly as I just told you. Hmm... If the situation in your world doesn't change too much after you return, then the techniques I taught you will basically come in handy."

　An electronic pen twirled nimbly at Black Tower's fingertip, while beside him, on a semi-transparent screen, a dense array of analyses Black Tower had provided to Lingmo regarding various difficulties was displayed.

　It must be said that although Black Tower claims to be bad at these kinds of scheming and intrigue, for a genius, even in a field they are not good at, they can see further than ordinary people. At least, for Lingmo, who has almost no experience in fighting, she was completely stunned.

　"Why are you so surprised? Although I've said I don't really like studying these things, humans are... well, everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses, but they're all pretty much the same."

　Hei Ta poked Ling Mo's cheek with his pen and said, "Although I don't know much about this so-called Bishop Otto, since you said that you are unlikely to clash with him in the short term, I have not included him in the variables."

　"From the perspective of experimental rigor, this is definitely unreasonable, but due to your resurrection mechanism, your tolerance for error is inherently much greater than others... Therefore, let's leave the pre-battle preparations as they are for now."

　"As for logistics... without affecting the power system, I have dismantled all the parts of this spaceship that could be dismantled. Considering your physical condition, there's nothing left that can help you."

　"However, the spaceship will return to the Black Tower Space Station in a day. I have already informed Estella in advance and asked her to prepare some items for me so that when you come back next time, you can greatly expand your weapon pool."

　"Great!"

　As the saying goes, it's not the god-like opponents you should fear, but the pig-like teammates. However, Black Tower clearly falls into the category of "god-like teammates." Although Suzuma is nominally Black Tower's experimental assistant, judging from the current work situation, Black Tower is more like a virtuous wife, managing everything for Suzuma in an orderly manner.

　Is this what it feels like to be carried by a pro...?

　Lingmo suddenly felt that spending so much time floating in space wasn't so unacceptable after all.

　"Ms. Black Tower is unparalleled in the world. Ms. Black Tower is extremely intelligent. Ms. Black Tower is so stunning that it can captivate all creatures!"

　Seeing Lingmo raise her hands, looking as if she could never repay Black Tower's kindness, Black Tower silently snapped his fingers, and a magic wand descended from the sky, giving Lingmo a tap on the head.

　"You're like you have an automatic praise module installed... Never mind, lie down first, I'll take you back."

　Upon hearing this, Lingmo immediately lay down in the life support pod that Black Tower had prepared beforehand, and then winked at Black Tower.

　"I'm ready."

　"..."

　Looking at Lingmo, who was lying obediently in the life support pod awaiting death, Black Tower frowned almost imperceptibly, and then "casually" asked, "By the way, it seems that you need to be in a state of death to travel back, right... Can you be in a deep coma?"

　"Hmm, I'm not too sure either, since even sleeping can trigger the time travel mechanism... but death is still safer."

　Lingmo blinked, a sly smile playing on her lips: "Is Black Tower worried about me? Or is he just reluctant to do it?"

　"A mere lab assistant, who would worry about you..."

　Hei Ta curled his lip, then walked to Ling Mo's side and gently placed his hand on the girl's soft chest: "What a nuisance... Then close your eyes. Don't worry, I'll try my best to control my abilities."

　Before Lingmo could reply, the imaginary energy, under the control of the Black Tower, flowed out through Lingmo's body. The girl, who had been jumping around and teasing the Black Tower, suddenly stiffened and went limp.

　"Tsk..."

　Looking at Lingmo, who seemed to be asleep, Heita pulled his hand back as if he had been electrocuted, sighed slightly, then took out his terminal, remained silent for a moment, and quickly edited a message, which he sent to one of his friends at the top of the list.

　【Ruan Mei, do me a small favor. I'll send you the prototype data later. Could you make a reagent that can induce a state of suspended animation in this prototype, the closer the effect is to true death?】

　……

　"Help! Help! Don't kill me..."

　"You didn't heed their cries for help when you were dealing with the test subjects."

　Controlling the Void Spear to pull it out of the researcher's body, Sirin's gaze swept over the last person in the laboratory.

　Or rather, the last surviving member of the Destiny faction in the entire Babylonian laboratory.

　"Hello, Director..."

　A slightly crooked smile appeared on Celine's lips.

　"Can you tell me... how to wake Suzumo up?"

　"I I I I..."

　Under immense pressure, the director, who had been so smug just hours before, was now stammering: "Didn't I tell you? Inject her, inject her with Honkai energy and... ah!"

　Before the director could finish speaking, a sharp, ethereal spear severed his other hand.

　"Yes, after receiving the Honkai energy replenishment, Suzuma's injuries have indeed healed..."

　Sirin said expressionlessly, "That's why you've survived until now."

　"But why hasn't she woken up yet? I want to know... is there something you're hiding?"

　"I-I didn't!"

　The director was almost in tears: "If I knew the principle behind her resurrection, why would I have experimented on you? Besides, that girl has so many tricks up her sleeve, who knows if she did it on purpose..."

　"Shut up!"

　A fierce killing intent suddenly flashed in Sirin's golden eyes, and the Void Spear was almost pressed against the director's chest: "You bastard, what do you know, Lingmo!"

　"Rinma is my belief, Rinma is my answer!?"

　"Lingmo is different...only Lingmo is different—!?"

　"Rinma...is different from everyone else?"

　"you you……"

　Seeing Xilin suddenly switch to her feminine mode, the director was almost scared to the point of losing control of his bladder.

　After all, the deeper the other person's feelings for Lingmo, the smaller his chances of survival.

　Of course... he didn't have that chance anymore.

　Because he saw that Sirin, who had just been angrily questioning him, suddenly froze, and then revealed an undisguised look of joy on her face.

　This was also the last thing he saw in his life.

　"Lingmo...has come back to life?"

　Without hesitation, she thrust the Spear of the Void into the director's heart. Sirin's eyes lit up almost instantly, and then her figure vanished from the top floor of the Tower of Babylon.

　Chapter 17 Honkai Will: Kids, I have something to do at home, so I'm muting my microphone.

　"Phew... It feels so bad without an air purifier."

　In the Babylonian laboratory, Suzumo suddenly opened her eyes.

　"But... is this the Babylon Laboratory?"

　Seeing the familiar metal walls around her and the iron gate in front of her, Suzumo almost immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

　She was worried that if she came back and found herself awake in Destiny or Anti-Entropy, and was told that several years had passed, that would be a real problem.

　Although she could skip over a decade of the storyline after the second Honkai Impact 2, she wouldn't fall behind the main plot, but then she wouldn't have had the chance to save Sirin.

　"Waking up in the Babylonian lab at least means that the second wave of collapse isn't over yet. To be optimistic, it might only have been a day or two... But where's Sirin? And that smell..."

　Smelling the slightly sweet and metallic scent of rust in the air, Lingmo frowned, a sense of foreboding rising within her.

　"Lingmo!"

　However, before she could take another look at her surroundings, a petite figure suddenly appeared out of the air and then instantly pounced into Lingmo's arms, causing the unsuspecting girl to take a few steps back and almost fall to the ground.