"Oh? Did you see me?"
Just upon arriving at L18, Pardofelis noticed that the previously vanished feeling of being watched had descended upon her once again, so she was certain that the staff members who had been peeping at her earlier were looking at her again.
"They're so relentless. I just don't know if that video they filmed will still be leaked after this accident."
"I originally figured it would be enough to just paralyze their laser weapons, but who knew they would just explode..."
Speaking of this, she looked at the EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) Grenade in her hand with some confusion and muttered to herself:
"Is the power of this thing really that great? Or did that laser emitter simply have no protection at all?"
However, just as she was feeling confused, the system suddenly popped out to explain again.
[Because system items are conceptual objects, when the EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) Grenade explodes, it ignores protection and deals a fixed amount of damage.]
"So that's how it is..."
Hearing the system's explanation, Pardofelis suddenly realized, but quickly said with some confusion:
"But... system, why did you suddenly appear? Logically speaking, normally you wouldn't show up even if I called for you?"
[I mainly came to explain matters regarding Phainon Khaslana to you, but seeing that you were somewhat confused, I explained this in passing.]
Hearing this, Pardofelis rolled her eyes.
"Finally stopped playing dead? Speak, what exactly is going on."
[This involves the origin of the characters.]
[All the characters you have drawn, including the undrawn but materialized character Hysilens, were actually extracted from different parallel universes of Honkai: Star Rail.]
"Different parallel universes?"
Listening to the system's words, Pardofelis asked with some confusion, then her body flashed, and she took out some guard robots that had surrounded her on the side.
"Meaning, the plot experiences of these characters are actually somewhat different from the plot set in a certain game."
[Exactly, you can understand it as them being similar but not identical people.]
"I roughly understand." Pardofelis nodded, then stuffed the confidential data and funds stored on the L18 floor into her pockets before walking towards L19. "Then what is the situation on Phainon's side?"
[The time period he was in at that time was the end of the reincarnation cycle, the stage when he had just killed the Flame-Chaser. At that time, he obtained all his power and memories, which led to a problem during the extraction process. The individual Phainon Khaslana broke free from this system's restraints just as the extraction was about to be completed, and thus materialized in this world a hundred years early.]
"The end of the reincarnation cycle, the stage where he just killed the Flame-Chaser?"
After hearing this passage, Pardofelis froze for a moment, and then said in disbelief:
"So at that time, Phainon had just received all his memories, but still retained his humanity and was in the stage where he hadn't been eroded by the Coreflame?!"
But quickly she frowned and muttered to herself:
"But that's not right. According to your words, if Phainon came to this world a hundred years early, then why does it feel like he is completely fine now? There is not a single sign of him being eroded by the millions of Coreflame he was housing inside his body."
[Because this system, for the sake of the host's experience and safety, will completely clear away the negative status effects carried by the characters, which includes the symptom of Coreflame erosion.]
"Completely cleared?!"
Hearing this, Pardofelis, who had originally been violently beating up the guard mechas while braving the Superpower lockdown zone, froze right in her tracks, then widened her eyes in disbelief.
"You mean to say, the current Phainon is the Phainon belonging to the end of the reincarnation cycle with all his memories and powers, and who also doesn't have the debuff of Coreflame erosion?!"
[Yes, so I want to remind the host to pay attention to safety. After all, he has broken free from the system's manage...]
"Pay attention to what!" Pardofelis excitedly kicked a guard mecha against the wall. "I'll just have Hyacine and Castorice go cling to his thigh directly! Once I finish this job, I'll go too!"
"With Phainon around, I can just walk sideways when the time comes!"
After saying this, Pardofelis did not linger on the L19 floor any longer, but rushed directly towards the L20 floor.
Meanwhile, after hearing Pardofelis's words, the system went somewhat silent.
It waited for a while before slowly saying:
[Host... please show some restraint...]