Collapse, I am actually in the villain camp

When the Herrscher of Consciousness saw Kiana stop, he immediately stopped supplying energy into her body and began to use his own power to maintain the stability of the aggregated consciousness.

However, due to excessive consumption, she seemed a little exhausted at the moment.

Seeing this, Otto immediately ordered the release of all the previously prepared Honkai energy.

Ten Hyperion-class Honkai energy power reactors were operating at full capacity, and Li Wen even used his own abilities to draw the Honkai energy directly to the Herrscher of Consciousness for her convenient use.

With this level of supply, the Ruler of Consciousness quickly stabilized the projection of aggregated consciousness.

However, the next step is still her job.

Once the consciousness is stabilized, the next step is to activate the consciousness jammer to implant the projection of this aggregated consciousness into the core of the Herrscher of Fire.

With the experience from last time, this is not difficult.

Therefore, it didn't take long for them to completely complete the preparations for the experiment.

Next, try to consciously peel it off.

Otto kept tapping on the operating table in front of him, and began to control the consciousness jammer to influence the projection of aggregated consciousness bit by bit, so as to obtain more parameters to maintain the stability of the experiment.

For him, preparing for the experiment was more difficult and slower.

Therefore, he needed to rely on the projection of this aggregated consciousness to conduct experiments to obtain more data.

He tried it bit by bit, and after the experimental subject suffered serious injuries, he asked the Herrscher of Consciousness to help recover.

After all, direct treatment is simpler than re-projection and transcription.

Although this practice is extremely inhumane, Kiana and others accepted it when they thought that the aggregated consciousness undergoing the experiment was just a bunch of data.

After all, the experiment needs to be carried out, and it is impossible to let Otto conduct experiments on real people.

Otto himself probably wouldn't mind, but they still didn't want such a cruel thing to happen.

So, through continuous attempts, Otto finally succeeded in collecting enough data and separated the transcribed Kiana's consciousness from the aggregated consciousness.

Chapter 86 I Want to Stay with You

After the experiment was completed, everyone naturally dispersed.

During this tiring experiment, several participants did need a good rest to recover.

Otto also needs to spend time and Changguang to organize the data obtained from this experiment to ensure that Kiana's treatment will be foolproof.

After all, simulation experiments have the opportunity to start over, but if the real experiment fails, big problems will probably occur.

Since Li Wen attaches so much importance to saving Kiana, and Kiana is also the guarantee of his backup plan, Otto naturally does not want any accidents to happen.

……

After returning to his residence with Kiana, Li Wen felt quite relaxed and excited.

After working so hard for so long, I am finally going to see the results.

If nothing goes wrong, Kiana will be able to fully recover after this experiment.

By the time his mission is complete, he might be able to completely revive Kallen.

By then, Otto and Kallen will be reunited, and he will have fulfilled a wish.

But...how should I explain Otto's actions to Kallen then...

Given Kallen's personality, this is a bit difficult to handle...

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt a headache.

Forget it, no more!

Things will work out when the time comes. When Kallen can be resurrected, we'll see what to do...

Li Wen let out a light breath, then walked directly to the refrigerator, opened it, took out two cans of ice-cold happy water, and threw one of them directly to Kiana, who was lying on the sofa as soon as she entered the door, "Next."

Kiana caught the happy water easily, pulled the pull ring directly, tilted her snow-white neck, and swallowed the happy water into her stomach with a "gurgling" sound as the liquid kept surging in her throat.

"Huh..." After taking a big sip of happy water, Kiana's face showed a bit of relief, "Finally I'm alive..."

She was extremely exhausted from using her Herrscher Core at full power for such a long time. It was not until she drank some ice-cold happy water and replenished her sugar intake that she felt a little better.

"Thank you for your hard work today." Li Wen also opened the happy water and took a sip, then sat directly on the sofa.

Kiana scratched her cheek lightly. "It's not that hard. After all, this is for myself."

"If nothing goes wrong, once my brother and Changguang have made their arrangements, you should be able to break free from the Herrscher of the Sky's control." Li Wen smiled with ease. "What are your plans for the future?"

"Are you planning anything?" Kiana thought for a moment before answering, "I don't have any specific plans at the moment. I'm just planning to stay with Destiny and fight the Honkai Impact with you and deal with the Herrscher."

Listening to Kiana's answer, Li Wen was a little surprised. "Aren't you going to reply to "Anti-Entropy"? "

He had never expected that Kiana would actually plan to stay in "Destiny".

"I'm not planning on going back for now," Kiana shook her head. "I have communications anyway, so I can always contact everyone. Besides, once I'm well again, I'll be able to freely manipulate the Herrscher of the Sky's power. Whenever I miss Theresa and the others, I can use that power to instantly travel back through space to see them."

Kiana said, stretching out her hand and waving it in the air.

"Yeah." Li Wen nodded, expressing his understanding of what Kiana said. After possessing the power of the Herrscher of the Sky, Kiana can be said to be the freest person in the world, and can go wherever she wants.

"And... the reason I want to stay in "Destiny" is because of you."

"Because of me?" Li Wen showed a puzzled look.

Kiana's face flushed slightly, and she stammered, "Don't...don't misunderstand me...I'm just saying...I mean that with my power and your strength, if a Honkai disaster breaks out anywhere in the world and the Herrscher descends, we can both arrive immediately and minimize the damage."

After thinking of the specific words, Kiana spoke in one breath, pouring out all the words.

"Haha..." Li Wen chuckled twice, nodded, and agreed with Kiana's statement, "After all, we are comrades-in-arms."

Hearing Li Wen's words, Kiana's eyes flickered, and her expression changed slightly. Finally, she pursed her lips and forced a smile on her face, "Well, we are best comrades."

Li Wen was quite happy that Kiana was willing to stay. Although he met a lot of people after returning to his hometown, including people like Yulandel and Rita who had good personalities in all aspects, the only person he was really familiar with, besides Otto, was Kiana.

Since Kiana is willing to stay, she can not only accompany him, but also help him clean up the Houkai.

After all, if he succeeded in resurrecting Kallen, his next goal would be to fight against the Honkai and save the entire world.

After all, this was the agreement he, Otto, and Kallen made when they were children.

If Kallen is resurrected, perhaps I can use this to persuade her.

Shaking his head, he threw these things out of his mind and stopped thinking about other things. Li Wen put on a gentle smile on his face and looked at Kiana, "What do you want to eat tonight?"

After hearing about the delicious food, Kiana's eyes lit up and she immediately became energetic.

"Let me think..." She was thinking seriously about what food to choose to reward herself tonight.

Li Wen did not urge her, but waited patiently for Kiana's choice.

"Got it!" After a moment of thought, Kiana finally had an answer, "I want to eat lobster!"

"Hmm... lobster is indeed a good choice this season."

Now that he knew what Kiana wanted to eat, he should think about how to make this dish.

"How about the thirteen-spice flavor?" he asked Kiana.

"What is Thirteen Spices?" Kiana looked confused. She had never heard of lobster having this flavor.

"It's a special flavor of Shenzhou lobster cuisine. It's made with crayfish and a special seasoning called 'Thirteen Spices,' supplemented with chili peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, green onions, ginger, garlic, salt, sugar, onions, green peppers, cooking wine and other ingredients. It has seven different tastes: numb, spicy, fresh, fragrant, sweet, tender and crispy," Li Wen explained.

"A specialty of Shenzhou! I want to eat it! I have never eaten lobster of this flavor." Listening to Li Wen's introduction, Kiana swallowed her saliva, nodded repeatedly, and showed an extremely expectant expression.

As a European, she had little exposure to Shenzhou, and most of the time she ate either European food or the Far Eastern dishes made by Mei.

"Then you can wait and enjoy it in the evening." Li Wen chuckled, immediately picked up his communicator, and sent his needs to the purchasing department of "Tianming".

Chapter 87 It’s delicious!

The purchasing department naturally did not dare to neglect the request of Li Wen, the head of the command headquarters, and immediately dispatched a special transport ship to transport the aquatic products to the headquarters of "Tianming" in accordance with Li Wen's request.

Under the supervision and escort of professionals, Li Wen soon received the notification and got the necessary dinner ingredients at his doorstep.

To prevent accidents, the purchasing department also specially prepared some extra crayfish and placed them in special containers.

After taking the container and thanking the other party, Li Wen carried the container back into the house and began to prepare dinner for today.

The high-quality crayfish selected by the purchasing department are still quite lively in the container.

Kiana also came to the kitchen and looked at the crayfish in the container curiously.

"Why are the claws of these crayfish so small?" Kiana asked Li Wen, pointing at the crayfish in the container.

"Because these are female lobsters," Li Wen explained. "Male crayfish have larger claws and smaller bodies, so generally speaking, males have less meat and more roe. Females, on the other hand, have smaller claws and larger bodies than males, and more meat."

Listening to Li Wen's explanation, Kiana's eyes widened, "This is the first time I know these things."

Although she had eaten lobster before, she was not a chef and was only concerned about whether it tasted good or not. She didn't care about the difference between the raw materials at all.

Seeing that Kiana was somewhat interested, Li Wen took out a lobster from the container, pinched its back, and continued to explain to Kiana, "Choosing ingredients is also a science. Look here."

Li Wen pointed to the back of the lobster. Kiana followed the direction he pointed, staring at the bright red and clean shell of the crayfish, and continued to wait for his next words.

"Generally speaking, when we buy crayfish, we can roughly judge the quality of the water they live in by looking at their backs." Li Wen brought the crayfish closer to Kiana. "If the back is bright red and clean, it means it's acceptable."

He then turned the crayfish over, revealing its abdomen. "Next, we need to observe whether the hairs on the crayfish's abdomen are white and neat. If there are no problems there, then this crayfish can basically be confirmed to be raised in clean water."

The crayfish in his hand was specially prepared for him by the "Tianming" purchasing department. Naturally, it perfectly met the requirements in this regard. Seeing this, Kiana nodded repeatedly.

Seeing Kiana listening attentively like a student, Li Wen smiled and continued, "From what we've just learned, we can already determine the general condition of the crayfish. Now that the ingredients have passed the "clean" stage, the remaining question is whether they are delicious. After all, even ingredients from the same origin can show certain differences in taste and texture."

"Then, how do we judge?" Kiana raised her hand and asked seriously.

"That's very simple," Li Wen replied with a smile. "First, we need to look at the size of the crayfish. After all, crayfish are too small, with so little meat, and they are tasteless."

"So, we just need to buy the bigger ones, right?"

"Not necessarily." Li Wen shook his head slightly. "When crayfish grow up, they will taste better with more meat, but the problem is that the texture of the meat will deteriorate as the crayfish grows older. Therefore, it is best to buy crayfish that have just grown up.

"In this way, due to the enlargement of the body, not only will the meat increase in size, but it will also maintain a high-quality taste."

"Just grown up? How can I tell?" Kiana scratched her head. "Do I need to look up information about crayfish?"

Seeing Kiana looking quite troubled, Li Wen chuckled a few times and then shook his head gently, "No need to go through so much trouble. We just need to judge by its shell."

He pointed at the crayfish's back with his right hand and continued, "Do you see some green light here?"

"...Yeah." After staring for a while, Kiana gave a confirming answer.

"This green light means that the lobster's soft shell has just grown. However, this observation is a bit troublesome after all, so we have a simpler method." He said, gently pinching the crayfish's shell in his hand. "Just by pinching it like this and checking the hardness of the shell, we can roughly judge the situation. The softness and hardness of the shell like this means that it perfectly meets our needs."

Kiana nodded in understanding. "I didn't know there was so much to learn when choosing ingredients! I thought as long as I was a good cook, that was all I needed."

"It's a two-pronged issue. The quality of the cooking determines the lower limit, while the choice of ingredients determines the upper limit."

"Oh. But..." Kiana looked at Li Wen with admiration, "You actually know so much."

"Life forces me to do so." Li Wen smiled and said nothing more. Instead, he concentrated on processing the ingredients in front of him.

Kiana looked at Li Wen's serious expression and stayed beside him for a long time before leaving the kitchen and returning to the living room to wait for her dinner.

……

It took some time to clean the crayfish, prepare the spices, and prepare the ingredients.

Li Wen finally started cooking.

After heating the oil, adding the ingredients and stir-frying until fragrant, he directly poured the crayfish that had been prepared and had their heads removed into the pot.

Following the steps he remembered, he made it step by step. After another twenty or thirty minutes, he finally completed the preparation of this Chinese specialty lobster dish.

After pouring the cooked crayfish into the pot, he walked out directly with a pot full of lobsters.

Kiana, who could no longer contain her excitement after smelling the fragrance, quickly sat down at the dining table.

Although the ventilation and smoke dispersion capabilities of this house are very strong, the fragrance that accompanies the air circulation has already aroused the greed in Kiana.

After preparing the tableware, Li Wen took out a pair of special gloves and handed them to Kiana.