Chapter 84: Stimulating Exchange

Originally, Otto believed that there weren't many people in the world who could evade his Fenghuang Down's ability.

Even those in the Herrscher category had to struggle. As for Ryounnouske, it was because he had something else on him, which ultimately led to almost losing the Fourth Divine Key completely.

Of course, since that incident, Otto no longer blindly believed in the power of Fenghuang Down. But anyone who could resist its effects was definitely not easy to deal with!

To put it bluntly, they had combat power at the Herrscher level, and the resistance effect was akin to level suppression in games, primarily focused on brute force.

So, Otto began to feel nervous.

How should he put it? If he lost his body, it would just mean losing a bit of memory.

But now that Otto knew about this, without knowing the details, would it affect his relationship with Bronie?

Would it be necessary to immediately become enemies with someone like this?

Of course not, so he asked that question.

"Who exactly are you?"

"Strictly speaking, I'm a traveler in the Sea of Quanta. I'm currently settled in this world temporarily. After all, as you know, this world is on the brink of destruction. I'm a kind-hearted person and can't stand things to happen."

So, she was actually a good person!

The Sea of Quanta?

Originally, Otto had thought about exploring the Sea of Quanta, but so far, he hadn't found a suitable candidate. His own soul-steel body wasn't really suitable for exploring that broken place.

Otto himself was at a loss for how to explore the Sea of Quanta.

But now it seemed like an unexpected opportunity had presented itself.

As for the truthfulness of Bronie's words?

That could be verified slowly in the future.

"So, you mean you have a way to solve this disaster of Honkai?"

"No."

"Well, that's true. Normally, Honkai isn't that easy to solve. Just traveling in the Sea of Quanta, although it requires some skill, it's not possible to solve the Honkai so easily."

Otto wasn't surprised by this; he just casually asked a question.

"The Sea of Quanta is chaotic, and there are many dangers. But one thing is certain, there are no Honkais in other worlds. Occasionally, there may be some Honkai in worlds related to this one."

This news was indeed very important, but it was casually mentioned by Bronie!

As a hacker, Bronie naturally understood the value of information for certain individuals and groups, but being able to say it so casually made Mr. Otto pay attention to the concept of Aeons mentioned by Bronie.

"I agree to your trade request."

"Great, I like straightforward bigshots like you. If you have any future commissions, just let me know. As long as the price is right, there's nothing I can't do!"

"Oh? It seems that Miss Bronie has some other interests besides making games?"

"Having fun, solving puzzles, challenging the impossible, these are the things I like to do. There's nothing in the world that I can't hack into. That's the intelligence I've prepared. Sometimes, for a researcher, a clear direction and inspiration are more valuable than decades of experimentation, don't you think?"

What Bronya said was indeed true.

There were too many mysteries in this world, and there were many things to do to revive Kallen.

But most of the time, it was difficult to find a direction.

Intelligence could provide guidance, and Bronie's assurance of this made Otto very interested.

"This is the intelligence you wanted. It contains research data on memories and AI within Schicksal. But I didn't expect you to be interested in this field?"

"It's not that, it's just that what I want to do is related to this field, so I need to catch up. There's no other way. Once Honkai begins, Herrschers will continue to emerge one after another. In terms of the time scale of civilization, our time is not very abundant."

To have such a deep understanding of Honkai, was this really someone who drifted from the Sea of Quanta to this world?

Or was it that every person drifting in the Sea of Quanta, each one possessed extraordinary skills?

What a good person, Otto liked these kinds of people the most.

No other reason, they were good at fooling around, useful, and could even spread positive energy within Schicksal.

To be honest, Otto was starting to want to recruit Bronie into Schicksal to work for him.

But would Bronie agree?

Otto didn't think Bronie would agree. After all, she had said before that if the reward was enough, she would consider taking on a commission, which meant she didn't want to have too close a relationship with any organization.

"Indeed, our time is not ample. You could have chosen to leave this world and avoid the disaster of Honkai. What made you decide to stay and fight against Honkai? What method do you have to combat Honkai?"

"Hehe, can you guess?"

"Well, if you have your own plan, then I won't inquire further. Here's my contact information. I wish us a pleasant collaboration in the future! It's everyone's responsibility to fight against Honkai, and Schicksal warmly welcomes geniuses like you to join us! That's a promise from the Archbishop of Schicksal."

"Mm-hmm, I know. It's getting late now, and I need to hurry back to sleep. If you don't sleep early, it's hard for your body to grow taller. So, with the deal done, I'll take my leave."

Otto nodded, watching as Bronie left the room in a hurry.

"My old friend, what do you think? A wanderer from the Sea of Quanta, and there's almost no Honkai in other worlds. Is this really a reasonable situation?"

After Bronie left, Otto asked his Void Archive, which he carried with him.

The Void Archive remained silent, which made Otto feel a bit strange.

After all, Void Archive knew a lot, but whenever there was information or data it didn't know about, it would analyze it in his ear.

"Void Archive?"

"I'm here."

When the Void Archive responded, Otto was stunned in place.

Because the voice of the Void Archive had changed, it had become somewhat similar to Bronie's.

"What's going on!?"

"The organization behind Bronie's is the elite of the ancient civilization, who fought against Honkai. It includes Mobius, who devised the Project Stigma, and Vill-V, who created the Divine Keys. She just transmitted some data to me through a special method."

After five hundred years, Void Archive had already become ingrained in Otto's life.

But Bronie, through a backdoor that even he didn't know about, transmitted data and directly changed herself back to her original form.

What did this mean?

It meant a lot, such as to fight against Honkai, one naturally had to understand it. And who knew Honkai better than the scientists of the ancient civilization?

Perhaps Bronie was also trying to resurrect the dead?

Otto thought of many things in an instant, but he couldn't understand the relationship between AI, memory, and the elites.

He did know a bit about the MANTIS of the previous era, but this information was obtained through archaeology. Although the Void Archive contained a lot of knowledge, it didn't have any historical records.

And now, Bronie had essentially given the offline Void Archive a software update of over fifty thousand years, which changed its appearance completely.Void Archive found it difficult to evaluate this situation.

Was there hostility?

Perhaps Bronie didn't have any.

But did Bronie have her own ulterior motives?

That wasn't easy to say. Perhaps she had some unknown purpose. So far, neither Void Archive nor Otto could analyze it.

Looking at the USB drive in his hand, Mr. Otto examined it with great interest.

"What an amazing hacker! She even hacked into Void Archive. What else can't she hack into? A person like that is very dangerous. I need to carefully check if there are any extra Trojan programs inside the USB drive."

But to be honest, as long as it didn't affect Mr. Otto's plans, he generally didn't care.

It's just that now, Schicksal had to be wary of one more person, and the internal network system had to be updated again.

Who knows if Bronie embedded some small programs or viruses in the game she made?

...

"Showing off and then running away, it feels quite thrilling. I got all the data stored in the Void Archive internally. I can almost say I've got all the technology Otto has in his hands!"

Would Bronie still dare to stay in the hotel in Canghaai City?

God knows if Otto would sneak into her room in the middle of the night and teach her a lesson with Fenghuang Down.

Fortunately, Bronya had a plane prepared by AE for her, ready to retreat at any time.

After getting on the plane, Bronie was immediately greeted by Einstein's concern.

This feeling wasn't bad at all.

"What you're doing is like pulling out a tiger's teeth. Aren't you afraid of Schicksal?"

"The premise is whether he knows what I took or feels that he lost something... Hmm, maybe he should thank me?"

Bronie wasn't worried that Otto would get angry or anything. After all, he hadn't really lost anything, but instead gained some intelligence.

Exchanging knowledge for knowledge, perhaps this was a trick one who walked to the Path of Erudition learned to play, but it was indeed effective when facing certain researchers.

"Perhaps, but after all, he's Otto. Nothing he does will surprise people. Dealing with him, you never know when you might suddenly be sold out. Countless Valkyries of Schicksal, the strongest female warriors, have been killed by him."

Einstein was still afraid that Bronya didn't know what Otto had done before, so he hurriedly grabbed Tesla and prepared to give her a science lesson.

From the Shenzhou to Siberia.

But Bronie stopped her.

Bronie knew that Otto had done a lot of beastly things, and no matter how much she washed it, she couldn't wash it off. After living for five hundred years, Bronie's favorite thing about Otto was his good death.

"He's still useful."

This final judgment from Bronie left Tesla completely confused.

There weren't many people in this world who could use Otto, usually it was Otto who used others.

Even when dealing with Anti-entropy, sometimes Otto would make Anti-entropy spin in circles. Tesla really couldn't stand it when he thought about it.

Unfortunately, the time for revenge hadn't come yet. After solving the Honkai, he would take the giant robot to Schicksal Headquarters and give Otto a taste of his own medicine!

"I'm back!"

As soon as she returned home, Bronie's voice rang out, and the footsteps of the children echoed throughout the orphanage.

Leading the charge was Rosalia!

"Oh!! Big sister Bronie is back! And she's alive!"

"Am I the kind of person who dies easily! The way you say that isn't very nice, do you not want cherries anymore?"

Bronie was carrying a bag, and was there cherries inside?

Rosalia wasn't very sure, because these cherries seemed a bit oversized, but that didn't stop Rosalia from feeling envious.

"May everything go well for Big Sister Bronie, and may Big Sister Bronie be in good health!"

"Always mischievous, I'll make sure to record all your embarrassing moments and publicly humiliate you when you grow up."

"That's something future me will have to worry about!"

Then Sin pretended to pass by, took a glance at Bronie, who hadn't lost any limbs, and acted like nothing had happened as she returned to her room.

Everyone knew that Sin was a deadpan tsundere. Although the tsundere personality had long been retired, Sin still insisted on maintaining this character.

How should they put it, this was her way of expressing shyness, which was also thanks to the effect of the little skirt.

Otherwise, she would behave like a little demon, being arrogant and domineering all day long, calling everyone "trash."

Who could stand that?

"Welcome back, Big Sister Bronie. All our homework has been completed under my and Sin's supervision. Recently, Bronya has reached the Diamond rank in Apex Legends and is expected to become a Hunter. When that happens, will Big Sister Bronie give me a set of jump equipment or a Titan?"

Although it was agreed that if they were to engage in battle in the future, Bronie would provide some privately customized powerful equipment.

But Bronie hadn't said anything about giving Titans!

Although there was a somewhat strange misunderstanding, Bronie just rubbed Bronya's head.

"There are still technical difficulties to overcome with the jump device. Do you want your butt to catch fire when you use the jump device?"

"Ah? This can happen? Looks like Bronya needs to reevaluate the jump device."

"And there are also great risks in using it. If you're not careful, you could break your legs."

"So, how was your harvest this time?"

Bronie knew that when she left the orphanage this time, it was for a very important matter. Obtaining intelligence from the Archbishop of Schicksal was like pulling teeth from a tiger's mouth.

Being able to return safely was actually quite lucky.

After all, in Bronie's Honkai Lecture Hall, it was almost like she was listing what color underwear the Archbishop of Schicksal liked to wear. Past love-hate relationships with Kallen, as well as jealousy towards Yae Sakura.

But Bronya understood very well that the Archbishop of Schicksal was a very dangerous person, and just meeting him would entail great risks.

It might even be a final farewell.

"Although I don't know if you can understand, overall, I'm quite satisfied. For example, the technology of Schicksal's mech manufacturing, the Soulium avatar technology, and the consciousness transfer technology. To be honest, over the past five hundred years, Otto has indeed researched many aspects of resurrection, and he's quite trustworthy. He didn't do anything shady with the technology he traded."

"So..."

"Maybe you guys will be able to see Elysia in person in the future."

When Bronya heard this, she was so shocked that she couldn't speak for a moment.

In other words, Elysia, who had been with everyone as a teacher, as well as Eden and the others, were actually...

Bronya didn't dare to think about it, but Bronie sensed Bronya's astonishment.

"In fact, I'm not so strict about the definition of life. Have you ever felt that something was wrong when you were with them all this time?"

"When they come over, I'll gather everyone from the orphanage and prepare a big welcome ceremony for them!"

"Then I'll really look forward to it!"