Chapter 9: Bronie Is Challenging the Elysian Realm

For Bronie, battles often occurred after a deal, when the other party underestimated their strength and thought of backstabbing another.

In Cyber Arc City, where cyborgs roamed, martial arts flourished, and gangs thrived; Wearing a jacket and shorts, with a hood on, the seemingly weak Bronie was indeed the easiest target for predators.

But little did they know, it was just Bronie's tactic, as she loved taking advantage of others for their carelessness. However, as rule, she never initiated violence.

In the industry of hackers and mercenaries, it was considered self-defense. As Bronie's battles increased, her reputation grew, and the number of beneficial confrontations decreased.

This annoyed Bronie a lot, who wanted to rob people.

Luckily, during the backstabbing process, Bronie honed her skills, and now, she was about to use them against the Honkai beasts.

Although Elysia said anything was possible in the Elysian Realm and proceed with caution, could she ignore these Honkai beasts in front of her?

After stepping into the portal, Elysia cautiously followed behind Bronie. If anything went wrong, she was ready to lend a hand.

But seeing Bronie's determined gaze, Elysia realized she had underestimated her.

Travelers from the Sea of Quanta, the hacker

who said she could modify reality, Elysia now fully understood why Bronie said it.

As time passed, Bronie would create more and more drones, harass with her electric assault rifle, and delay the actions of the Honkai beasts with temporal rupture bombs.

Then countless drones would bombard them all together, finally finishing off the enemies.

"Facing Honkai beasts and Zombies for the first time, I wonder how they compare to the monsters in reality. Fortunately, my combat skills are decent."

Wiping away nonexistent sweat, Bronie dematerialized all the drones and equipment she projected.

"You did great, and even exceeded my expectations!" Elysia praised.

"If it's just these monsters, they're much simpler compared to the ones in the Sea of Quanta," Bronie replied.

Facing monsters with quantum attributes caused her endless trouble. Luckily, she had high-explosive grenades to trigger temporal ruptures, which somehow made the quantum shadows collapse.

"It seems there will be even stranger monsters in the Elysian Realm. If they look good, I'll definitely keep them! I'll mark them in the monster guide as 'Haxxor Bunny's prey'!"

But weren't the some creatures here have quantum attributes? If there were too many, Bronie would prioritize fleeing.

So, when Elysia mentioned it, Bronie felt a bit embarrassed.

...

"Welcome, visitor Bronie."

"Hmm? Is this foreseeing the future?"

Coming to her senses, Bronie noticed an ancient Bodhi tree not far away, and below it was Su, one of the Thirteen Flame Chasers, leaning against it.

"Not exactly, but as you entered the Elysian Realm, you became part of its collective consciousness. Nice to meet you. I'm Su, the seventh of the Flame Chasers, also known as Lazy Tree Lover."

"Huh?"

Bronie was surprised. Wasn't Lazy Tree Lover not his nickname?

"Haha, you've given me a vivid nickname that I quite like. But my real name is Su, just call me that."

"So, what brings you here, Mr. Su?"

"Visitor, you seek excitement. In the Elysian Realm, you'll find what you seek, but you must delve deep. This Bodhi leaf can guide you, showing the path of the enlightened among thousands of destinies."

The Signet of Bodhi was almost given for free. Whenever Su met someone, he gave them the Signet easily.

But when the imprint merged into Bronie's body, she felt a bit dizzy.

"My head is itchy. Am I growing a brain?"

"....You truly are a legendary visitor. I look forward to seeing what path your interesting soul will take."

"Then I'll make sure to broaden your horizons. The adventures I'm about to embark on will be thrilling and exciting."

Aside from future space travel on Honkai Star Rail, dealing with the Honkai was also part of her current journey.

Seeing Bronie's confident demeanor, Su responded with a friendly smile.

"May your path be smooth."

Su gave a sincere blessing while still leaning against the Bodhi tree.

"Do you mind if I set up a broadcasting room in the Elysian Realm? Or maybe expand and upgrade the hardware facilities a bit?" Bronie asked, making Su hesitate.

"This matter is significant. If Kevin and Elysia agree, I won't object."

For the Sims, 50,000 years of stagnation was just a moment. They could even pause their own existence and skip through time.

So, while many Flame Chasers had thought about changing the Elysian Realm, none had acted on it. Now, with a new visitor proposing such changes, Su chose not to decide.

Time would provide the answer, and the wheel of karma would eventually reveal the future path.

"Let nature take its course," was Su's life motto.

Meeting all those in need on the road and offering help was something Su was used to. Su would accept the outcome, even if efforts didn't change the ending.

"Well, then, feel free to anticipate. I'll create more games for everyone to play. When curiosity about the outside world arises, feel free to ask me." Bronie's playful and confident demeanor made Su smile knowingly.

However, observing Bronie's combat stance, Su sensed something amiss. Creating weapons out of thin air, launching wide-range bombings, even altering the enemy's data to weaken them. Wasn't Bronie claiming to be a hacker who could alter reality? Wasn't this ability a bit too extraordinary?

Even under the influence of Honkai energy or other forces, a human's grasp of special abilities was limited. Even before becoming a MANTIS, Aponia's perception of fate was vague. What about Bronie?

With ease, Bronie created precise components, missiles with auto-guidance, drones with identification systems. Frankly, Su couldn't help but think of Bronie as the Herrscher of Reason. But if she truly were one, the Elysian Realm's defense systems would have reacted long ago. So, wasn't this intriguing?

Claiming to be a traveler from the Sea of Quanta, temporarily residing in this world, and being fully aware of the deeds of the Flame Chasers in the Elysian Realm, Was she brought here by someone from the outside via Project Veluka?

It was something to ponder...

...

Next, in the Elysian Realm, monsters based on Bronie's cognition began to appear gradually. Quantum attribute monsters had caused Bronie trouble, but the next ones confused her.

Even though they hadn't reached the boss level yet, Bronie saw a quantum boss named Tonatiuh, Shadow of the Sun, a creature she knew existed in the underground laboratory of the Heliopolis Life Sciences in World Serpent.

And it was one of those artificially created monsters! Why did it suddenly appear in the Elysian Realm?

"Oh! Are these monsters you've encountered before, Bronie? They seem like powerful creatures ruling over a realm in the Sea of Quanta!" Elysia was slightly surprised. These monsters unexpectedly looked quite cool. She couldn't imagine the perilous journey Bronie must have gone through.

As for Bronie, she was in a state of stress. Who cared about the details now?

She activated her projection ability to its maximum capacity, projecting numerous light blue spears.

These are high-energy plasma spears crafted using Brownie's recollection of the Herrscher of Truth, combined with the technology developed by Cyber Arc City, who never ceased to gaze at the stars even while confined in a cage.

"Fire-"

The ice-cold light blue color represented extreme heat as they all fired, a volley of lasers bombarded the Tonatiuh towards the wall illuminating the area with blue hue.

The onslaught that covered the sky and earth was one of the killer moves hidden beneath Bronie's abilities.

With her slender body and weak arms and legs, how could Bronie have the ability to block and counter the current Tonatiuh?

So Bronie decided to go all out and stimulate the guy in the Elysian Realm who was trying to read her innermost thoughts a bit.

Yes, after a brief moment of shock, Bronie's clever intellect once again occupied the high ground, simultaneously realizing that someone was reading her memories in the Elysian Realm.

Reading memories was one thing, but well, shouldn't th discuss this kind of thing properly?

A provoked bunny is one that will bite!

"Oh my! Why did you suddenly use so much force! This is bad, the Elysian Realm has been punched with a big hole. Bronie, what happened?"

Elysia was also taken aback. This attack directly pierced through the floor as well as the nearby wall, destroying the surrounding environment, and the so-called Tonatiuh was probably long gone by now.

"Because these things are prone to sudden movements and like to teleport near you for close combat. Since I'm not good at close combat, I took advantage of the fact that the other party hadn't reacted yet and just ended them all in one go."

"What a passionate light, seems even fiercer than a Kalpas! I never expected Bronie to harbor such passionate power within!"

"Even if you praise me like that, I won't get angry!"

Although it didn't seem like something Elysia would do, Bronie was still a little annoyed.

Of course, upon hearing Bronie's words, Elysia naturally realized why Bronie was upset.

"It's a misunderstanding. Actually, it's not that the Elysian Realm is deliberately reading your memories, but while observing the Elysian Realm, the brain involuntarily makes certain associations. These cognitive associations are then read by the Elysian Realm and ultimately become part of the Elysian Realm's trials."

Bronie didn't know whether to believe her own words, but Elysia felt it necessary to explain clearly.

"Is, is that so? I'm sorry I overreacted... because everyone has secrets that are untouchable, right?"

"Yes, that's right~"

At this moment, Elysia looked through the hole made by Bronie.

"Oh no!"

Suddenly, Elysia exclaimed, seeming to have seen something extraordinary from the other end of the hole.

"What's wrong?"

Bronie also leaned over.

Then he saw the silhouette of a man.

Flames, high temperature, and the suppressed fury were all in that silhouette, Bronie suddenly had a feeling that something big was about to happen.

How could a casual blast accidentally injure a Kalpas out of nowhere?

How!?

"Oh? A visitor?"

The white-haired man wearing a mask, with the remnants of Tonatiuh's quantum body at his feet, its data crushed against Kalpas' sole due to data overflow. Even the laptop placed in front of the Kalpas' thighs was smashed to pieces.

"You, hello, I'm Bronie, what should I call you..."

"Your name doesn't matter! And I won't remember the name of a dying person!"

Bronie's expression was serious as she quickly raised the submachine gun in her hand.

But at this moment, Elysia stood in front of Bronie, blocking Kalpas with her body.

"Hey, Kalpass, don't be so angry. You should be more tolerant of children, okay?"

"Children?"

Only at this moment did Kalpas turn around.

Seeing the dual turbo drills behind Bronie's hood, he also stared at her in silence for a long time.

Finally, he spoke.

"Go away, don't bother me."

"I can't just ignore that. I, am Bronie. As the strongest hacker in Cyber Arc City, i have never been afraid of anyone. Moreover, Bronie is definitely not a child. All the big bad wolves who underestimate the Haxxor Bunny will be eaten by the Bunny."

Mainly, Bronie was thinking that since he had come, in which the plan to move the entire Elysian Realm naturally included Kalpas.

If you want to gain Kalpas' approval?

The best way to do so is to fight him. As long as you beat him, you can get the Signet regardless of the outcome.

Maybe she wouldn't need the signet in the future, but the power of the signet couldn't be lacking.

At least, that's how Bronie felt.

Moreover, Bronie was actually quite concerned about her own physique. Since the other party saw him as a child, he had to show off his skills to make him realize that she was not a child!

So, Bronie challenged Kalpas!