Chapter 3: Excitement of Fu Hua

Luo Lin left the abyss feeling satisfied. When she opened her eyes, she saw the sky over Nagazora just beginning to brighten. Subconsciously, she walked to the kitchen and started cooking...

When she came back to her senses, a fully prepared breakfast was already on the table, and a certain white "cat worm" had crawled over to the table, eagerly waiting for food.

Luo Lin and Kiana, awakened by the aroma of the food, exchanged a glance and laughed awkwardly.

"...Thank you, Luo Lin."

"If you want to thank someone, thank Cecilia..."

Kiana skillfully used chopsticks to eat her fried eggs, took a big gulp of milk, and made a satisfied sound. "Ah, it feels good. It seems like it's been years since I last did this... so much happened last night... sigh, where's Sister Fu Hua?"

"She's probably out exercising, right...?"

Luo Lin guessed, and sure enough, Fu Hua returned with a rush of heat, carrying a bag of clothes with labels still intact, apparently bought on the way back from exercising.

"Good morning, Luo Lin, Kiana."

Luo Lin couldn't help but be amazed. "Wow, is this how an S-rank Valkyrie trains?"

"It's become a habit..."

Fu Hua remained calm. "There's even a rising S-rank star in the Headquarters now, her training intensity is much higher than mine."

Luo Lin was surprised to hear a familiar name from Jingwei's mouth and asked, "Is it Bianka Ataegina?"

"You know her?"

Fu Hua blinked and, seeing the eager look in the black-haired girl's eyes, added, "But now that girl has given herself a new middle name—'Durandal.' So her full name is now Bianka Durandal Ataegina."

"Durandal..."

Luo Lin breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Bianka's magical world tour hadn't changed much according to the plot. She successfully acquired the power of the world bubble and smoothly embarked on the road to [Equinox].

Compared to the chaos in Nagazora, it was really good.

Maybe she should try summoning Bianka to assist in the battle tonight and see what the situation is...

"Your question reminds me of something, Luo Lin. You were a member of the Valkyrie Assault Team before you disappeared, right?" Fu Hua continued, "The Valkyrie Assault Team has been disbanded. Your old captain, Ragna Lothbrok, is now a teacher at the Saint Freya Academy in the Eastern Branch of Schicksal."

"Ah?!"

Luo Lin was shocked and hurriedly asked, "Then what about Murata Himeko?"

"Murata Himeko? She's now a combat instructor at the Headquarters." Fu Hua said without hesitation, "She's very skilled and is well-liked by the Valkyries at the Headquarters. Even Durandal has learned a lot of techniques from her."

"This..."

It was another unexpected deviation. It was probably the result of her intervention in the battle against Herrscher of the Void during Kiana's awakening.

The Assault Team was not disbanded because of being annihilated like in the original plot, but rather because all the original members suffered severe erosion from the Honkai Energy, greatly reducing their combat capabilities, and their titles were revoked.

Luo Lin leaned back in her chair, rubbing her temples, and finally shook her head helplessly. "Sigh, the erosion of Honkai Energy..."

"Luo Lin, this is the destiny of the Valkyries. There's no need to be so sad—everyone has their resolve to face this."

"But I hope for a happy ending for everyone... Huh? Wait a minute, I did have something that can change the current situation..."

Luo Lin took out a circular object and put it on her arm.

—Mini Honkai Energy Conversion/Transmission Device - Moon Ring!

Fu Hua looked at it with some confusion. Luo Lin lightly tapped its shell with her index finger and said mysteriously, "Fu Hua, watch closely!"

Watch closely? What does that mean...?

Fu Hua keenly sensed the fluctuations of Honkai Energy around her. She felt that the strange device in the black-haired girl's hand was absorbing the Honkai Energy from her body and storing it.

In the next moment, Luo Lin took out a communicator and pressed the charging port against the Moon Ring. The indicator light on the communicator lit up with the message "charging in progress". The girl calmly placed it aside, and the energy continued to power it wirelessly.

"This thing can safely absorb Honkai Energy from the human body..."

"What!"

Even Fu Hua, who had lived for fifty thousand years, couldn't help but swear. She almost jumped up from her chair and cautiously tried to touch the small circular device in front of her. "Are you, are you serious?"

"Will I deceive you?"

Luo Lin looked at Fu Hua's incredulous expression with great satisfaction, and handed the Moon Ring to her without hesitation. "Try it, it's not difficult to operate... but this thing is basically bound to me, so you might find it a bit uncomfortable to use due to compatibility..."

Fu Hua held the white circular device in her hands and gently flicked it. Honkai Energy was extracted from the gray-haired girl's body by it. With her excellent Honkai Energy perception ability, Fu Hua was sure that the burden on her body when this thing was operating was extremely small.

Valkyries might be able to use it instead of implanted artificial stigmata. Even if they were heavily eroded by implanted artificial stigmata, they could use the Moon Ring to extend their lifespan. Even ordinary people could wear it to work in places with slightly denser Honkai Energy, greatly relieving the pressure of manpower shortage...

"Is this also something you obtained from a parallel world?"

"Yes, and it can even be mass-produced...?!"

Fu Hua stood up, hugged Luo Lin amidst Kiana's stunned gaze.

The gray-haired girl rarely showed such strong emotions. She had lived for too long and had seen too many people die from Honkai Energy erosion.

Now, this thing called the Moon Ring brought her new hope.

"...Thank you, Luo Lin."

"You should thank the people who researched it... there are people you know involved, like Tesla, Einstein, and Nagamitsu..."

Fu Hua blinked. "Was it jointly developed by Anti-Entropy and Schicksal?"

"No, there was no Anti-Entropy or Schicksal distinction at that time. Everyone was just warriors fighting against the Honkai Energy..."

"Haha, parallel worlds, there are indeed all sorts of wonders..."

The gray-haired girl chuckled and rubbed her eyes. "I really want to take this thing back to the Schicksal Research Department immediately and let them start figuring out how to mass-produce it... but unfortunately, we can't go away for now..."

"Of course we can, why not?"

Luo Lin, like performing magic, pulled out another Moon Ring—it was the Moon Ring she obtained from Bronya when she left the world bubble of St. Fontaine.

She also gave it away without hesitation.

"You just need to call someone over to take it back. With your authority, you can definitely command them, right?"

Fu Hua choked up a bit. "...Okay."

"Wow, Fu Hua is so excited! This has never happened before!"

Senti exclaimed in Luo Lin's mind.

"Who are you? I was here first, why does Sister Luo Lin have other residents now?" 'Seele', who had reconnected with the Revelation Key in the sea of quanta, pouted.

Senti: "Is this the weak and timid girl you mentioned? Why can't I feel it?"

Luo Lin: "Actually, she also has the potential for being a yandere..."