At the same time Lixue was becoming a disciple.
Far East, at Mei's home.
Lucius, Kiana, and Mei were gathered around the dining table, eating the lunch Mei had prepared.
After one Worry-Free Dumpling went down, Lucius's body suddenly flickered with chaotic mosaics. Kiana and Mei beside him glanced over but didn't show any surprise.
After Lucius's earlier explanation, they already knew that what appeared here was only one of his consciousness clones.
As for where his main body currently was, Lucius hadn't disclosed.
The reason Lucius chose to return for meals at this time was partly because he couldn't give up the 10 crystals he could earn per meal.
On the other hand, although he felt danger everywhere in the Far East, for some reason, only in Mei's home did he feel completely at ease.
That existence bringing him danger seemed unable to come to Mei's home, or rather, before Mei?
But regardless, at least his daily 30 crystals were secured.
As the flickering mosaics on his body disappeared, Lucius's originally chaotic consciousness recovered under Fenghuang Down's refresh.
At this moment, Kiana was also using a spoon to scoop up a pink dumpling, her face showing melancholy.
Finally, she gritted her teeth and still placed it in her mouth.
Unexpectedly, the instant the dumpling entered her mouth, she actually tasted sweetness.
Kiana froze.
"Could it be that Mei can finally make edible food?"
Just as this thought flashed through her mind, she found the sweetness in her mouth growing stronger and stronger, even sweet to the point of bitterness.
And growing bitter along with it was Kiana's little face.
She tilted her head back and forcefully swallowed the dumpling in her mouth.
Instantly, the sickly sweet taste exploded in her mind. Kiana's consciousness dispersed.
Then with a thud she collapsed onto the table.
In a daze, her consciousness seemed to cross the distance between heaven and earth, drifting to the desolate Moon.
She even vaguely saw another version of herself.
That self was rolling left and right on the barren lunar soil, mouth seemingly shouting things like "my instant noodles," "give back my baseball bat," "damn thief," and other incomprehensible words...
Soon, the ahoge atop Kiana's head twitched, and she sat straight up from the table, her face showing confusion.
"So weird..."
"What?" Seeing the confusion on Kiana's face, Lucius asked.
Kiana shook her head.
"Nothing, probably just some illusion."
Then Kiana looked before herself and discovered there were still many dumplings on her plate. Her little face instantly turned bitter.
After thinking, she decided to change the subject first to take a breather.
"By the way Lucius, what exactly is your relationship with that Elysia person?"
"Relationship? Well... I guess I'm her boss."
"That's it?"
Kiana looked at him suspiciously, while Lucius also looked at Kiana strangely, saying: "What else would it be?"
Paying no mind to the strange expression on this white-haired one's face, Lucius finished off the dumplings on his own plate. After rolling his eyes several times, he said to Mei: "Mei, I need your help."
Although eating was important—after all, there were crystals to earn.
But besides that, the reason he left a consciousness clone here was also to solve a difficult problem in Fu Hua's storyline.
According to the plot Lucius knew, the most important nodes in Fu Hua's life experiences were: suppressing Chi You, the Seven Disciples' Patricide, and the Second Great Honkai.
And the difficult problem he needed to solve now was about suppressing Chi You.
Chi You's birth came from Project Ember.
After the pre-civilization's destruction in another world line, Fu Hua was responsible for executing the Ember Plan formulated by Mei—that is, teaching pre-civilization technology to post-civilization humans to revive human civilization.
But because of spreading overly advanced technology, it spawned the Judgment-class Honkai Beast Chi You.
—A Honkai Beast possibly tens of thousands of square kilometers in size.
Nuwa and Fuxi sacrificed themselves to seal Chi You. Ji Lin became corrupted during thousands of years of sealing Chi You, transforming into Dark Ji Xuanyuan.
Ultimately, only Fu Hua and the armed puppet Book of Fuxi created by Fuxi survived.
Overall, completing this plot node wasn't too difficult.
Nuwa and Fuxi were currently working in Mobius's laboratory, and Lucius had already communicated with Mobius. These two slackers would soon be optimized away by Mobius for the reason of entering with their left foot first.
Dark Ji Xuanyuan herself was similar to a stigmata state—she could be completely replaced by Ji Lin's stigmata consciousness. Even after finishing Chi You's shoot, she could continue working on the next Xuanyuan chapter's plot.
So calculating it all, actually only Chi You remained unsolved. This would require Mei's efforts.
As thoughts flowed, only an instant passed.
After hearing Lucius's request, Mei put down her chopsticks and asked in a gentle tone: "Father, what are your instructions?"
"Mei, as the Herrscher of Thunder, you should be able to spawn a companion Honkai Beast of your own, right?"
Every Herrscher possessed their own companion Honkai Beast. They were absolutely loyal to their master, with loyalty priority even above loyalty to Honkai itself.
Hearing this, Mei nodded.
"After becoming a Herrscher, I automatically gained the ability to create companion Honkai Beasts."
"Very good. Mei, can you create a companion Honkai Beast over twenty thousand square kilometers in size?"
After hearing Lucius's request, relevant data flowed through Mei's mind. She quickly reached an answer.
"Yes. Theoretically speaking, as long as there's sufficient Honkai energy, there's no limit to a Honkai Beast's size."
"I hope you can create this companion Honkai Beast and name it Chi You."
Although according to the main storyline, the companion Honkai Beast that Mei, who had taken over Raiden Mei's role, should possess should be a red electric dragon named Kurikara.
But Kurikara and Benares were actually the same one—just dye Benares red when needed.
After the plan to create Chi You was decided, Mei supported her chin with one hand, thinking aloud: "I've recently been conceptualizing an anti-Honkai decisive battle weapon. I was still somewhat troubled, but creating a continent-sized Honkai Beast... this might just help me solve this trouble."
Whether it was an illusion or not, ever since Mei gained Herrscher Mei's personality, Lucius always felt she'd become somewhat chuunibyou.
However, although the term "anti-Honkai decisive battle weapon" sounded quite chuunibyou, Lucius admitted his curiosity was genuinely piqued.
"What kind of weapon is it?"
Mei organized her words, then said:
"You know, Father, Honkai eruptions span the entire Earth, and humanity's response speed is limited. It's very difficult to completely suppress it."
"So I was thinking of building a global defense system against Honkai."
Talking about her area of expertise, Mei's expression gradually grew excited. Her purple eyes emitted bright light, her entire person radiating confidence.
"In my concept, this is a global defense system operating along Earth's equator. It would be an extremely massive installation—theoretically its height could reach the exosphere."
"With this defense system, we could monitor global Honkai anomaly points around the clock, constrain Honkai energy at the moment it's about to erupt, then deliver devastating strikes against Honkai-side units."
For some reason, listening to Mei speak at length, Lucius felt this so-called "anti-Honkai decisive battle weapon" had a strong sense of déjà vu.
"Sounds very powerful, but such a massive installation would be difficult to construct, right?"
"There are indeed some technical issues, but they can be solved by throwing materials at it. It would just require a lot, a lot of energy."
"Originally I was thinking of modifying Honkai energy reactors for power supply, but I discovered I'd fallen into a thinking trap. After gaining Herrscher status, I actually have more solutions."
"For instance, following Father's request, spawning a Honkai Beast tens of thousands of square kilometers in size—its energy can also serve as a power source."
"As long as it's alive, it's an automatically recharging power bank."
"And as my companion Honkai Beast, it's absolutely loyal, so I can completely use this Honkai Beast as the framework to construct this 'anti-Honkai decisive battle weapon.'"
Here it comes again, that strong sense of déjà vu... Lucius inwardly complained.
Then Lucius quickly heard Mei say:
"Since the construction plan has changed, perhaps the name should change too. How about just using this Honkai Beast's original name..."
"Chi You... is a good name. The legendary Master of Arms of Shenzhou."
"Master of Arms... how about... calling it Godsbane?"
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