Luofu, Alchemy Commission, Rosy Cloud Grotto-Heaven Branch.
"The Black Abyss withers, the White Flower blooms dew."
The dark blue-haired girl held the Divine Key possessing the power of life and death, the spear tip pointing at the Cloud Knight twitching incessantly on the ground.
Gloomy black mist and pure white light patterns rippled outward. The ginkgo leaves on the Mara-struck body slowly withered upon contact with the black mist.
The burly body shriveled like a wilting plant; the layers of armor-like keratinous blocks on the exterior disappeared, and the excess organs receded.
In moments, the Mara-struck body, which had looked terrifying just seconds ago, reverted to a normal human physique, though the body was covered in scars.
Dewdrops fell from the phantom image of the White Flower, landing on the patient. A layer of new skin grew over the rotting flesh.
Nearby, a large Jade Abacus machine scanned and recorded the patient's physical state and the withering process. Once the appearance was restored to its original state, medical staff from the Alchemy Commission immediately carried the patient away on a stretcher to another part of the room.
Little Duck, whose exterior was large but interior small, practicedly raised Jizo Mitama. She reversed the blade and tapped it lightly against the patient's glabella. Crimson particles surged into the patient's forehead, drawing out black qi that resembled a demonic barrier.
The ferocious, painful expression on the patient's face faded. The branches on the body surface, which had seemed like wild grass that could not be burned away, lost their nutrients and ceased their faint attempts to sprout.
During the process, the Jade Abacus projected talisman formations rotating around the patient. The scene looked quite like a healing sequence from a cultivation novel, but in reality, it was an examination method combining the effects of an ECG, X-ray, CT, and MRI.
It was used to record the series of changes produced by the body when Jizo Mitama deleted negative memories.
Just as the two were waiting for the next patient, a Vidyadhara woman wearing the pale green uniform of the Alchemy Commission walked into the room.
"Seele, Miss Bronya, take a rest. You two have been busy for almost a whole day."
"Sister Yu Luo, are there any other patients?" 'White' Seele asked, her small face slightly pale and panting softly.
"You have already helped us collect enough symptom samples. We are very grateful for that! Leave the rest to us." Yu Luo shook her head gently and bowed slightly to express her thanks.
"Seele, take a break." Little Duck patted Seele's shoulder. She knew Seele had a kind heart and couldn't bear to stand by when facing the wounded.
However, there were tens of thousands of Cloud Knights and civilians injured in this disaster, eroded by the Stellaron, and fallen into the Mara-struck condition. It was impossible for just the two of them to save everyone.
"Mhm, Sister Bronya." 'White' Seele nodded. She was indeed a bit exhausted from constantly activating Black Abyss White Flower.
The good news was that the intimacy between Seele and Black Abyss White Flower had increased under the frequent activation. It was estimated that a Divine Awakening could be performed before long.
"Miss Bronya, is there any new news from the Head Commission?" Yu Luo looked at this benefactor of the Xianzhou, who was said to have participated in the battle against the Lord Ravager, with a gaze full of reverence. That was a Lord Ravager, after all!
"..." Little Duck's expression became slightly subtle.
First, she was indeed present at the battle with Phantylia, but she didn't provide much help to Silver Wing. Even Silver Wing didn't fight Phantylia head-on; she just threw a shuriken from eight hundred miles away... oh no, fired a few shots.
The tracking Guided Missile Gun hitting Phantylia's kilometer-tall body was just scratching an itch. If scored according to a game system, it would probably be a 3.0, unless the scoring system gave points for alienation.
Second was...
"(￢_￢) Miss Yu Luo, if Bronya remembers correctly, you are the Head Alchemist now, right?"
Having stayed in this healthy body for so long, Little Duck's 'stoic' traits had dropped significantly. Thanks to roleplaying as Silver Wing, her daily speech had a bit of the flavor of the older Bronya.
You're the Head Alchemist, yet you're asking me?
"Sigh, so what if I'm the Head Alchemist? I suddenly received the appointment notice while I was on my way back. I still haven't completely figured out the ins and outs of the matter." Yu Luo let out a melancholy sigh.
"I didn't even see anyone I knew when I came back, yet I was inexplicably promoted to Head Alchemist."
She had originally been away on a business trip. The medical seminar hadn't even finished when she suddenly received news of her promotion. It messed her up so much she couldn't continue the meeting and hurriedly packed her luggage to come back for the handover. As a result, upon returning, she couldn't even see the person supposed to arrange the handover.
They had all freaking gone into the Shackling Prison!
It left Yu Luo trembling with fear.
"Although I've barely started to find a bit of the feeling of being Head Alchemist over the past two days, it's still not quite working. I'm not suitable to be a leader."
Like a socially anxious old otaku girl forcibly pushed into a leadership position, Yu Luo was entirely numb: "Ah, I can't take it anymore. My only thought every day is to run away, to escape to an alien planet..."
"But I still can't run away. You know, after something like this happened, people's evaluation of the Alchemy Commission keeps dropping, but there is still a considerable portion of healers and alchemists who are not cultists."
"They need someone to support them. The Alchemy Commission will definitely rebuild trust."
"Mhm, Seele believes that Sister Yu Luo can definitely do it." 'White' Seele cheered her on with a crisp voice.
"Hehe~" Yu Luo was healed by the girl's brilliant and gentle smile.
"Then, we will go back to rest first." Little Duck held 'White' Seele's hand and bid farewell to Yu Luo.
"Okay, I'll see you out."
The corridors and courtyard of the branch were crowded with people. Many patients, or families of patients, whose names Bronya and Seele hadn't had time to remember, stepped forward one after another to present gifts to the two.
"Miss Seele, thank you for saving my son. Take these snacks to eat tonight; I, an old woman, made them myself."
"Sister Bronya, this flower wreath is for you. Thank you for saving my big sister!" A little girl who looked about eight years old, though her specific age was unknown, stood on tiptoes to give Bronya a flower wreath.
"Thank you, thank you everyone!" 'White' Seele was a bit overwhelmed by this display.
"What are you saying, Miss Seele? We should be the ones thanking you!" The Cloud Knight uncle, whose Mara-struck condition had been suppressed by the Black Abyss White Flower and Jizo Mitama, thanked them sincerely.
From the internal medical room to the main gate of the branch, the two were laden with gifts, all small presents containing heartfelt gratitude.
"It seems your harvest is quite significant."
Welt, who was chatting with Moonscar and Sushang by the wooden pavilion at the gate, revealed a faint smile upon seeing the two covered in gifts.
"Mr. Welt, where are Brother Caelus and Sister Stelle?"
Little Duck silently watched her sister, whose eyes lit up upon seeing Welt and who looked around left and right searching for the Gray-hair. Her mood was complex.
Seele seemed to have been snatched away, but considering Caelus belonged to Silver Wing, and Silver Wing equaled her, then according to the derivation of the equation, Seele was still hers...
"Eh, Sister Sushang... why have you turned into two?" 'White' Seele was stunned when she looked around and noticed the two figures beside Welt.
"Caelus and Stelle said they were going to help others and find joy in it."
Welt's expression was exceptionally colorful. Those two would probably redefine what 'helping others and finding joy in it' meant.
He pushed up his glasses: "As for Sushang, the situation is like this..."
After picking up 'White' Seele and Bronya, the Sky-Faring Commission's dedicated skiff carried everyone back to the Grotto-Dust Inn. On the Starskiff, Old Yang and Bronya took turns explaining the situation regarding Moonscar and Sushang to 'White' Seele.
"Oh, so the Sister Sushang we met the first time was a transmigrator from a parallel world on Earth."
With transmigration phenomena appearing frequently around them, even the naive and immature Little 'White' Seele was beginning to find it unsurprising and quickly understood the situation.
Only the simple-minded grunt Sushang was still continuously going 'aba aba aba'.
After following 'Big Sister' around for a whole day, inseparable as a shadow, Sushang finally discovered something. This Sword Immortal girl, who was carved from the same mold as herself, did not seem to be her sister, but another herself from a different world!
Her brain, unpolluted by the forbidden wisdom of a chaotic world, took a full half-day to understand this fact, but she still didn't quite get it.
Since it was herself, why was the difference so big!
Before long, the dedicated skiff arrived at Starskiff Haven. Old Yang politely thanked the driver and led everyone toward the inn.
Dan Heng and Bailu had gone to the Scalegorge Waterscape together. General Jing Yuan fulfilled his promise and revoked the ban on Dan Heng; from now on, he could freely enter and leave the Luofu.
However, the news of Imbibitor Lunae's return stirred up various waves within the Vidyadhara race. Many Preceptors began to harbor ideas. As long as Dan Heng, who bore the power of the High Elder, and Bailu, who bore the title of the High Elder, stood together on the Luofu for a single day, the internal opposition among the Vidyadhara would likely not cease.
Dan Heng hoped to give the current High Elder, Bailu, an explanation by repairing the Ambrosial Arbor seal. Dan Heng actually wanted to return the power to Bailu even more, but power wasn't something one could just take or return at will, was it?
Welt would not interfere in the Vidyadhara's internal affairs. As long as Dan Heng was safe and sound, that was good enough; this was the consistent view of the Express crew.
In the corridor on the fifth floor of the Grotto-Dust Inn, Bronya walked at the very front. She was just about to push open the room door when she heard an incredibly familiar voice coming from inside. Her footsteps halted instantly.
"Hmm?"
That unique voice line, carrying a slight milky clumsiness, was like a anti-counterfeit QR code on a product—extremely identifiable.
What was the situation?
W-wasn't this her own voice?
Could it be that Bronya from Belobog? No, although that Bronya and Silver Wing looked the same as her, their voices were distinctly different!
"What's wrong? Sister Bronya?" 'White' Seele tilted her head in confusion, seeing Sister Bronya freeze with her hand on the doorknob, not opening the door for a long time.
Bronya snapped out of her bewildered suspicion, pulled open the door, and strode inside. But she hadn't taken more than a few steps before she froze in place, her face full of disbelief and astonishment.
"There is a company called Shencheng Tech in our place. They claimed that their power grid system couldn't be breached even if three hundred hackers invaded simultaneously, but they crashed and burned in my hands."
Inside the room, Miss Haxxor Bunny was sitting with her legs crossed, holding an apple in her mouth. As if explaining her skills and work experience during an interview, she was chatting about her glorious record of hacking from the South Heavenly Gate to Hokkaido, adding plenty of embellishment.
Stelle and March 7th listened with gusto, their eyes shining, both feeling an impulse to become hackers.
It wasn't until the guest room door was pushed open that Haxxor subconsciously looked back.
"Bronya, you guys are back!"
March 7th, sitting on a wooden sofa with Xianzhou classical charm, smiled and waved a greeting.
Haxxor, who had already frowned slightly because the silver-gray curly-haired beauty looked familiar, instantly widened her eyes upon hearing March 7th's cheerful words. She snapped her head around to look at March 7th.
How did she know that name?
Until a milky voice line that sounded like it had been mixed with red wine came from behind her.
"Mhm, March, this is..."
Haxxor: "?"
Wasn't Bronya calling me?
There's someone else here called Bronya?
"Shocking! What is this situation?"
The apple in her mouth fell to the ground. Haxxor jumped up from the chair like a frightened little rabbit, her small face filled with astonishment.
"Sister... Bronya?"
The 'White' Seele who followed closely behind was originally still confused and wanted to ask Sister Bronya what had happened. As a result, before she could finish saying the name, she saw Haxxor, and her footsteps also froze in place.
"Sister Bronya!?"
Haxxor and Little Duck were exactly the same in both appearance and voice. This made 'White' Seele somewhat agitated.
"Hmm?"
Old Yang, who followed closely behind, had his glasses slip down his nose, his expression looking as if he had seen a ghost.
No, I've only been gone for half a day, how did you guys produce another Bronya?
How can there be so many Bronyas?
Old Yang felt like lobsters were crawling on his scalp.
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