Honkai: It’s broken, I have become the Herrscher of Corrosion?

Enosia looked at Kiana and Sirin who had arrived behind her:

"You guys came faster than expected, could it be..."

Xilin shook her head:

"No, what happened to Otto was exactly the same as you predicted. However, even the Infinite Otto was much weaker than expected. He was just a punching bag that could only take a beating."

"After Kiana destroyed Otto's body, we did return to the Holy 357 Church, but the space cracks in the church still exist."

"After we entered the imaginary space again, the anomaly almost disappeared. The one who seized the imaginary power... besides Otto, there was also her."

Xilin's eyes were fixed on Melide, and she immediately entered combat mode.

There was a hint of smile in Mailide's eyes. She spread her hands and slowly raised them.

"Until the very end, you were all in Otto's calculations... Otto told me that due to the variable of Enosia, as long as he loses quickly enough, Sirin and Kiana will definitely go to support Enosia, and the three of you will eventually confront me."

"So... he made a small change to his original plan... The authority of the Tree of Imaginary Numbers... is not just partially in my hands, but most of it... is in my hands..."

As Melide's voice fell, an imaginary number seed exploded behind her, and her whole body was covered in gold. Behind her, it seemed as if there was a golden sun, and eight arms with alternating black and gold colors grew out symmetrically from both sides.

"Have you ever thought of a possibility? Since the core of the Law-Binding Agent is in my body, Otto has given me the task of capturing all of you in one fell swoop."

Enosia sneered:

"Your actions are more like seeking death like Otto. You talked to me for a long time before, not only to attract my attention and delay time until the four of us were in a confrontation, but I also felt from you... a determination to let go of everything."

Melide also laughed:

"Maybe, but you... don't have a choice... I won't let it go like Otto!"

Melide waved her hands forward, and the restraining barrier opened again with her as the center.

"Enosia, in the imaginary space, the restraining barrier will not affect innocent people, but you have no other choice but to use satellite weapons to destroy it."

As they were well prepared, the three of them quickly distanced themselves from her the moment the restraining barrier was opened. But then, countless imaginary shells shot out from behind Melide. Kiana swung her greatsword and swept across, intercepting most of the imaginary shells.

"Sirin, Kiana, I am sure that what Melide and Otto want to do is the same, at least in this step. If Otto has calculated that "Sirin is unwilling to waste time on him", he will immediately use the power of the Herrscher of the Void to perform imaginary number renormalization. Then Melide has created a situation where she cannot win without imaginary number renormalization."

"There are only two choices before us now. Either Xilin performs imaginary renormalization and then joins forces to kill it, or we return to the real world and find another way. But judging from the strength she has shown so far, if such a being returns to the intrinsic world, I am afraid the world will face a catastrophe."

"No matter what, being in the imaginary space is indeed the best opportunity to kill the Ruler of Constraints."

"Understood, Kiana, Aino, create opportunities for me!"

After briefly weighing the pros and cons, Xilin immediately made a decision. At this time, countless golden lights shot towards everyone around Melide.

Kiana snapped her fingers, and countless ice spikes flew out and collided with the golden light. Enosiya summoned the Jizo puppet to clear a path for Sirin. Sirin gritted her teeth and rushed straight towards Merid. She knew very well that if Enosiya made a mistake, her behavior of rushing into the restraining barrier would be no different from suicide.

However, she still chose to believe Enosia. As Silin approached, Melide took the initiative to remove the restraining barrier, allowing Silin to exert her power on her. Silin immediately seized the opportunity and imprisoned her in place.

"We have already done what you wished for. After laying the groundwork for so long, it's time to explain your true purpose."

Meride, who was unable to move due to the spatial confinement, smiled:

"At the gate of Saint 537 Church, you asked me whether I had lived as Melide until now in order to revive her or to avenge her."

"The answer is, neither. What I want is for all of humanity to complete its transformation. This is also the wish that the real Meride made before her death."

"In the thousands of years I have lived with humans, I have been hurt countless times by their malice, and I have also been saved countless times by their kindness. Melide... was the most impressive one for me."

"I realized that humans are a kind of life with a very high upper limit and a very low lower limit. The so-called transformation is to stabilize the upper limit while raising the lower limit."

"It is because of the existence of war that people think peace is beautiful; it is because of the existence of crime that humans realize that laws must be obeyed. Transformation may bring pain, but after the pain, the human beings on the third planet in the solar system will be collectively reborn."

Xilin frowned:

"After talking for so long, there is still no point!"

"Don't be impatient. You should have much more time than I do. Enosia, your previous judgment was correct. Until this step, I have been copying Otto's plan and becoming the second person who can face the Tree of Imaginary Numbers."

"But... Otto's purpose in doing this was to rush the tree, to create a timeline where Kallen survived. And I put everything on the line so that I could use the Tree of Imaginary Numbers as a path and send myself out as a... distress signal."

If Mered says so, Kiana and Sirin won't be able to be dealt with.

"A distress signal? Who exactly are you sending the message to that requires you to pass through the Tree of Imaginary Numbers?"

There was a hint of fanaticism in Mailide's eyes:

"I use the Imaginary Number Tree to transmit information because it is the only way I can think of... to cross the interstellar cliff."

Enosia's expression changed immediately:

"No wonder you can get together with Otto... You are just like him, a complete lunatic."

"...Haha, you really figured it out right away. Just as you thought, the final recipient of this help message... is the God of Abundance [Pharmacist]."