Chapter 20: Inebriated

Deep within Elysian Realm, in an unnamed laboratory.

"Bang!"

Mobius frowned as she set down the test tube in her hand.

Due to the broadcast that had just spread, she had rarely trembled slightly. The reagent reacted excessively, emitting a burst of black smoke, and the experiment in progress failed just like that.

"What is Elysia up to?"

Snake stood up, looking somewhat puzzled towards the direction where the energy was coming from. After a split-second of calculation, she confirmed the source of the signal transmission—the reception room of the "Elysian Realm."

Mobius glanced at the still smoking test tube, as well as the various other experiments running concurrently. If she left now, eighty percent of these ongoing experiments would fail...

"I have to go find Elysia and demand compensation for the losses incurred from my failed experiments!"

The green-haired girl sat on the box-shaped levitating device without hesitation and left the area.

On the other side, Su furrowed his brow and muttered softly, "... Elysia?"

After a moment of thought, he jumped down from the scaffold and approached the large technological device nearby.

This was Vill-V's creation. After Elysia pointed out the location where Luo Lin had left, Vill-V directly constructed a huge device on the spot to collect and capture the residual information around, she was analyzing the data of the outsiders within it.

Of course, this thing was also filled with steampunk style, with huge gears, various rivets, overall looking extremely cool.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Su knocked on the shell of the instrument, and Vill-V's impatient voice came from inside, "I've felt it, you go first, if there's anything, contact me directly with the communicator! I think this side is more important!"

"Alright, I hope you find some clues."

The gray-haired man sighed and left the area.

On the way to the signal transmission location, Su encountered Pardofelis who was running.

"Brother Su, hello!" Pardofelis curiously glanced at the teleportation gate behind the gray-haired man and asked, "Did you come from the location Elysia left earlier? Both of you stayed there the whole day?"

"Yes, Vill-V is doing research there now..."

"Oh, I see..."

Pardofelis rubbed her fingers together, realizing that Vill-V was now out doing research. It seemed she would be immersed in it for a while, and she should take this opportunity to sneak into Vill-V's workshop's trash can to find some good stuff, even if it was just restocking.

"You better be careful..." Su said, "Although I know you and Vill-V are very close, every time you get caught by her, you're just left to watch her performance, but... her mood isn't great right now, if you mess up again..."

"Yikes!"

Pardofelis shook her ears, quickly thanked Su, and said, "Thanks for the reminder, I'll go elsewhere for restocking..."

"...Mine won't work either."

Looking at Su's somewhat speechless expression, the cat-eared girl guessed what he was thinking, "Of course, why would i restock from you this time, I' not planning to restock in front of people... judging by your expression, do you not want me to restock my goods?"

Su nodded, and Pardofelis spoke firmly, "That won't do, restocking my goods is my lifeline!"

With that, Su could only shake his head and let her go.

The two soon arrived at the reception room and found that many sims had already arrived.

A pink-haired girl with fox ears and a sword in her hand stood at the door, nodding to the two arrivals, "Su, Pardofelis..."

"Sakura, what's going on inside?"

Sakura's face revealed a rather indescribable expression. She opened her mouth, "It's hard to explain... but it shouldn't be a bad thing..."

"Then why are you standing at the door?"

Pardofelis asked curiously.

Sakura rubbed her temples, "I have to intercept Kalpas outside, wait for the people inside to figure things out before letting him in... Otherwise, with Kalpas's temperament, he might directly fight the visitors as soon as he enters, and our reception room will be ruined... You'd better go in and see for yourself."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work."

Su's curiosity was piqued, and he walked directly into the reception room.

The cat-eared girl tilted her head, "Fight?"

But Pardofelis's "lucky" intuition told her that even if Kalpas came, the reception room wouldn't be destroyed...

Oh, it seemed like some data from a part of the exterior Elysian Realm might be destroyed, they will probably moved to another location to fight.

She had to go in and take a good look.

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The timeline rewinds slightly, back to when Luo Lin transformed and sent out the "Elysian

Megaphone" to Elysian Realm.

"... Elysia!?"

Eden stared fixedly at the pink figure in front of her, somewhat startled.

"No, she's not Elysia, she just gained some strange power..."

Senti wrinkled her brow and muttered, "But I still think she's better off on her own form... uh, but this is also an expedient measure..."

After calming down a bit, Eden actually lowered her gun.

"This method, it's clearly taught by Elysia, ...well, come with me."

"Huh?"

Was Elysia's signature move so effective? Just because there was a slight connection, could she relax her guard like this? No wonder Pardofelis had behaved so exaggeratedly before...

Luo Lin breathed a sigh of relief, ready to return to her original form, but Eden seemed to know what she was about to do. She suddenly turned her head sharply, and stared at her with sharp and oppressive eyes.

"Don't. Change. Back!"

"Ah, this..."

Luo Lin shrank her neck, her hand that was about to switch roles stopped.

Eden's momentum was fierce, truly worthy of being "1" of Elysia's fanclub, the true Elysian Realm's prime minister.

"Please, sit down."

Eden pointed to the chair in front of the bar, indicating the two to sit down.

Trembling, Luo Lin sat down like a primary school student waiting to be scolded.

Senti acted more composedly, one arm resting on the bar, leaning to the side, crossing her legs, her gaze shifting back and forth between Eden and Luo Lin, her smile extremely subtle.

"You're still smiling!" Luo Lin gritted her teeth and whispered.

"What, only you're allowed to smile before? Am I not allowed to laugh?"

Eden took out a bottle of expensive-looking wine and poured a glass for Luo Lin and Senti each.

"This is compensation for before."

Senti and Eden stared at each other for a few seconds, and she shrugged her shoulders in response, "Alright."

Luo Lin noticed that the atmosphere between the two had relaxed a bit, finally relieved, she picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

With a subtle bitterness, the rich fruity aroma filled her nose—this was better than any other wine Luo Lin had tasted before, even though she wasn't fond of drinking, she wouldn't mind having another glass.

Really worthy of being in Eden's collection... truly impressive.

Luo Lin took another sip, exhaling contentedly.

Senti picked up her wine glass, sniffed it, and placed it back on the table.

"The old fossil rarely touches this stuff, but once she does, she's sure to get roaring drunk and feel depressed... hmph, I don't know what's good about this thing."

"Alcohol, it's something that can make people escape reality, but Hua shouldn't be that kind of person... and besides, there shouldn't be any alcohol that can really get Hua drunk..."

Eden paused for a moment and asked, "You... you should have a deep relationship with the current Hua of the present era, right? How is she doing now?"

"She? She's not very free..."

"Her brain's also burnt out a lot, she can't even remember a few of the thirteen Flamechaser !"

Senti and Eden suddenly turned their heads at the same time, looking at Luo Lin who had a strange red flush on her face.

The girl scratched her head, murmuring strangely, "What are both looking at? *Burp*!"

"Oh no, she's drunk."

Recognizing the signs from some of Luo Lin's memories, Senti slapped her forehead, realizing things were going awry.

She remembered Luo Lin's drunken scene at the Schicksal headquarters years ago, it was like turning into a self-destructing truck, her mouth never stopped, and she kept babbling...

"Eden, let me tell you about Fu hua..."