[Qingque: How about this!]
[Qingque: The three cups of Immortal Happy Tea are on me, and the remaining three cups of soda-bean-juice are on you.]
[We…]
[Qingque: Share blessings together!]
'Share blessings together, my immortal-board-ass.'
[Levi: Shouldn't there be another line after that, 'and in hardship, I'll take it'?]
[Qingque: You really understand me, Levi!]
Facing Qingque's shamelessness, Levi waved his hand. [I'm done arguing with you. I'm going to get it set up now. Remember to tell Lady Fu Xuan tomorrow.]
[Qingque: Definitely, definitely.]
Qingque answered repeatedly, then reminded him, [And you remember too, don't you dare get me that soda-bean-juice. If you want to drink it, drink it secretly somewhere I won't see it.]
That stuff, Qingque felt nauseous just seeing it now.
Ending his chat with Qingque, he tossed the shut-off jade talisman onto the bed.
Levi logged into the network and started working.
With MAX-level hacking abilities, he basically had no opponents in the online field.
And since this wasn't even anything difficult, he quickly finished creating the general-tasks agency website and also set up a flow-redirect from the Divination Commission to boost his traffic.
As for how he increased his popularity…
Levi simply made it so anyone clicking the Divination Commission's site would automatically jump to his general-tasks website.
With that, his popularity from any angle became massive.
The only thing to worry about was that when Lady Fu Xuan discovered this tomorrow, she might explode in fury.
But he had Qingque standing in front to tank the blast.
Even if the sky collapsed in the Divination Commission, Qingque had to stand higher than him.
If she couldn't stand, Levi would lift her up.
Whether she wanted to block it or not, she would block it.
"The grudge of tricking me into drinking soda-bean-juice must be repaid!"
Qingque, who was peacefully asleep in bed, had no idea what awaited her tomorrow.
———
"Gulp gulp gulp…"
On the Astral Express, Mr. Yang finished the water in his kettle, then went to fill another kettle and set it in front of him.
He kept repeating the routine, pour water, drink it, pour again, drink again.
Once the water was gone, the cycle ended.
Then he went to refill again.
Himeko pressed her fingers to her brow. Watching Mr. Yang repeatedly drinking water to ease his anxiety, she said, "I remember the storage car has some alcohol. I'll get you some…"
Better that than drinking too much water and ending up with water poisoning.
She had just stood up when Mr. Yang stopped her.
"It's fine…"
"You don't look anything like 'fine.'"
Seeing his expression, Himeko sat back down and asked, "What did Stelle show you? Something that scared you into this state?"
Honestly, ever since they started exploring with Mr. Yang, this was the first time she'd ever seen him look like this.
The Welt Yang of the past, calling him the solid backbone of all trailblazers wouldn't be an exaggeration.
And this was the very first time she'd seen this man showing fear.
"First time seeing it?" Mr. Yang looked at his palm with a bitter smile.
"I didn't expect that in this world, I'd run into it again…"
"Honkai." He said the word heavily, as if those two syllables carried countless lives' weight.
'Damn it! Honkai is still chasing me!'
Mr. Yang felt speechless grief inside.
He originally thought he wouldn't encounter anything related to Honkai in this world.
But now he found out, Honkai wasn't nonexistent.
He had just been lucky not to meet it earlier.
And now his luck had run out.
Stelle's friend, a Luofu outworlder, infected with Honkai disease.
The Honkai-eroded purple lines on the arm were so obvious.
Anyone from Mr. Yang's original world who had dealt with Honkai would immediately recognize it.
First came Elysia, whom he'd only ever heard mentioned by Raiden Mei.
Now another Honkai-eroded Luofu outworlder popped up.
Mr. Yang felt waves of exhaustion.
Honkai in his original world was already basically resolved. After crossing into this world, he thought he could escape that disgusting phenomenon.
But he still ran into it.
And it was Honkai unresolved yet again.
Even though this world's civilization and tech were highly advanced…
Honkai got stronger because of advanced civilization.
He didn't dare imagine what would happen if the Honkai inside that person erupted, if it erupted on the Xianzhou Luofu.
What kind of human purgatory Luofu would become.
If a Herrscher appeared, he didn't dare imagine how powerful that Herrscher would be.
Mr. Yang felt mentally exhausted, extremely exhausted.
Looked like he was destined to be entangled with Honkai for life.
Even in old age he couldn't have peace.
Seeing Himeko's worried gaze, Mr. Yang steadied himself. "Sorry for making you worry."
"So what exactly is Honkai?"
Something that could make him look like this…
"Honkai, huh…"
Mr. Yang turned to the starlit sky outside the window. Originally, he didn't plan to tell his companions about Honkai, after all, this world had no Honkai, and that tragic synonym was better left gone.
But now that Honkai had reappeared in this world…
Mr. Yang decided to explain what Honkai truly was.
"In my homeland, there's a special kind of energy. Its name is… Honkai."
"..."
Himeko quietly listened. Very soon, through Mr. Yang's explanation, she gained a basic understanding of Honkai.
"Honkai… is a kind of energy that erodes life and turns living beings into monsters?"
Mr. Yang nodded. "You can understand it that way. But its terror, if you haven't seen it, you can't truly grasp it."
Just like hearing someone else describe their suffering.
No matter how detailed the storyteller is, if you haven't experienced it, it's hard to understand.
Only personal experience brings clarity.
But this thing, Honkai…
Mr. Yang definitely didn't want his companions experiencing it.
Himeko frowned deeply. Suddenly she thought of a possibility. "Could the erosion that Stelle's friend suffered have been caused by that Elysia we saw earlier?"
After all, Mr. Yang and she came from similar types of worlds.
And both had Honkai.
If that were the case, it would explain why Honkai, something that never appeared in the universe, would suddenly appear in Luofu.
Because Elysia had been there.
"It's possible, but unlikely." Mr. Yang shook his head.
From Raiden Mei, he had learned what kind of person Elysia was.
A girl who, from beginning to end, stood with humanity, someone who, even after learning she was a Herrscher, remained a Herrscher who embodied humanity.
The kindest existence.
Spreading Honkai like this? Impossible for a person Mei praised like crazy.
And based on his brief interaction with her, Mr. Yang didn't believe she'd ever do such a thing.
Mr. Yang looked toward the distant stars and fell silent for a moment.
"Himeko, when they come back…"
"I know."
Himeko nodded. The tacit understanding built through traveling and exploring together let her instantly understand Yang's intentions.
"When they come back, I'll tell them about going to the Luofu."
Then Himeko tried to lighten the heavy atmosphere, smiling as she said, "You might not know this, but Stelle is very eager to visit Luofu to see that friend of hers."
This situation was perfectly in her favor.
Mr. Yang tugged at the corner of his mouth. "Sorry for making you…"
"It's fine. We're companions, aren't we?"
———
"Trash! Trash! Let me see what Trash is doing?!"
"Oho! Still sleeping! Trash is still sleeping!"
"Get up! You piece of trash!"
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