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

Soon, the two of them walked to a strange building. This was the place where the Fire Moths selected their official players. Mei was sure that Enosia could not completely replicate the entire scene between the person she replaced and the competition venue, so she chose to shorten the journey. Otherwise, she would not have been able to walk more than 10 kilometers in less than half an hour.

"Looks like we're here. It feels like time is going by faster as we're walking and talking with Mei."

After the two explained their purpose at the door, the guard looked at Alicia and frowned:

"Little sister, this is a military selection venue, not a talent show. Are you sure you are in the right place dressed like this?"

"But... there weren't any requirements for clothing in the previous rules. If a girl dresses up nicely when she goes out, it won't necessarily affect the assessment."

"But to participate in the selection, you must have basic awareness."

The guard looked at Mei who was standing beside him.

"Look, the girl you're traveling with is obviously here to take the test. Look at her, then look at yourself..."

"Old Deng, you should change your habit of lecturing strangers. You are a guard at the base, not the parent of this girl."

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw a blue-haired young man standing not far behind the guards. The guard, named Lao Deng, did not show any intention of retorting when faced with his questioning.

Mei recognized him as Hen, the only survivor of the first collapse of the battlefield.

Hen Fei came to the two of them and said with a smile:

"Hello, everyone. I am Hen, the person in charge of this selection. Beautiful lady, if his words just now made you feel uncomfortable, I can apologize to you on his behalf. However..."

"Ah, no need to apologize, this guard is also thinking about me."

Alicia flashed and appeared behind Lao Deng, inside the base. Lao Deng subconsciously wanted to catch her out of his duty as a guard, but found that he couldn't touch the corner of her clothes no matter what.

The expressions of Hen and Meiyi changed.

"So Alicia was already so powerful before she joined the Fire Moths..."

Mei is sure that with her current strength, she will be able to participate in the competition later and meet Alicia. Rather than how to win, she will think about how to last one more second.

"I'm sorry, but it seems... this method can better prove myself."

When Hen looked at Alicia again, his expression became much more serious:

"Indeed, we shouldn't judge people by appearance. You are indeed qualified to participate in the competition."

Alicia shone her hand towards Mei:

"Mei, let's go."

Thanks to Hen's company, the two of them did not encounter any obstacles along the way.

The assessment content was much simpler than Mei had imagined. It included a target shooting test, a reaction ability test, and a simulated combat test that Mei was familiar with.

Due to Alicia's previous outstanding performance, she passed the reaction ability test without any test.

Mei performed the first two tests quite casually because she was sure that in order to ensure the development of the subsequent plot, no matter whether she was perfunctory or serious, the final result would be a fixed value.

The fact is just as Mei expected. At the shooting range, the trajectory of each of Mei's bullets was fixed before it was fired from the barrel. It was as if the bullet hole existed before the bullet.

The last test and the Honkai beast generated by the virtual module made Mei more concerned.

Aside from comparing it to the training that he had done previously at St. Freya's Academy, entering a virtual system within a virtual system was indeed a wonderful experience.

Looking at the charge-level Honkai beast and the mecha she had never seen before, Mei gripped her sword tightly and rushed forward.

The sword, which was only three feet long at first, grew to dozens of meters after countless consecutive strikes, and lifted a mecha that looked very large into the air.

However, despite Mei's strong control and reaction, neither the Advance-level Honkai Beast nor the mecha had any advantage by numbers. However, the damage was very touching. After more than 30 consecutive hits, the mecha that was lifted into the air was still not destroyed.

[Tsk, I don't know how long it has been since I last saw you look so weak and pitiful.]

While Mei was fighting fiercely, the voice of the second personality sounded in her mind again.

"You are unable to use the power of the Herrscher of Thunder. Even if you go, I'm afraid your situation won't be much better than mine."

[You're still in the mood to chat with me. It seems that you've realized that you can't eliminate all these scum within the specified time, so you're ready to face reality? ]

"Losing the power of a Herrscher and experiencing the difficulties faced by ordinary warriors may not be a bad thing for me."

The second personality fell silent again, and Mei felt helpless. Although she sometimes wanted to contact her actively, she always failed. The initiative in the communication between the two seemed to always be in her hands.

"Huh, is this what it feels like when ordinary soldiers face Honkai beasts?"

After more than 50 consecutive attacks, the health bars of an advancing-level Honkai beast and the mecha in the air finally reached the bottom.

The time was up, and after comprehensive evaluation, Mei barely passed the test. When she walked out of the examination room, she found that Alicia had been waiting outside for a long time. The expression on her face told Mei that passing the Fire Moth test was a piece of cake for her.

"Mei, I knew you would be able to pass the test. A cute girl like you can definitely do anything."

"Hen just told me that those who pass the assessment will be arranged to stay together. Then, I can get to know Mei better?"

Suddenly, some bad memories flooded into Mei's mind. She carefully observed her current appearance and was very glad that she was not in the form of the Herrscher of Thunder, otherwise...

Soon, Mei Raiden found out the address for that night. Regardless of whether Alicia asked for it or not, she was not surprised at all that she was living in the same room with her.

I don't know if it's the special care that the Fire Moth gave to Alicia. Although Mei knew about the former civilization and the Fire Moth, she was still shocked by the excellent conditions when she walked into the dormitory.

The dormitory for two people is fully equipped with a study, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. Judging from the appearance alone, the overall conditions are much better than the Valkyrie Dormitory at St. Freya Academy.

Soon, she noticed a lot of noise coming from the bedroom, and when she got closer, she saw that it was Alicia rolling on the bed. She was wrapped in the sheets, with only her head sticking out.

"Mei, were you surprised when you first came in? Me too. Hen told me that the first place winner of the competition would get the best accommodation, and I didn't expect it to be so good... Mei, do you want to try it too? I guarantee that this is the most comfortable bed I have ever slept on."

"Of course, if Mei wants to have sex with me... I won't refuse, okay?"

After a day of getting to know each other, Mei thought she had a better idea of ​​which words of Alicia came from her heart and which were just for teasing.

Therefore, in response to Alicia's enthusiastic invitation, Mei sighed and turned to leave. When she accidentally glanced out the window, she immediately stopped where she was.

"Mei, are you... angry?"

"No. Just...thinking about what to eat tonight."

Alicia crawled out of the bed and looked out the window.

"It's really getting late. Time has passed so quickly. I feel like my meeting with Mei on the street just happened."

At this time, it was dusk outside the window, and the setting sun that merged with the horizon was using its last rays of light to illuminate the entire sky red.

(No... From the time I met Alicia at this point to now, it feels like only three or four hours have passed at most. Why did time pass so quickly...)

(If we consider the story of each node as a movie... Is Enosia cutting out the time she considers unimportant to improve efficiency...)

"Mei, can you cook?"

Alicia walked up to the thoughtful Mei Raiden and waved her right hand in front of her a few times.

"...Of course, but..."

"Ah, I know, a good cook cannot cook without rice. This is the first day we just moved in. We have nothing, so we can only go to the cafeteria in the base to eat. But seeing that Mei is so confident, I am looking forward to the day when I can eat the meal that Mei cooks herself."

"...If conditions permit in the future, I will."

"That's it, then. Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you that Dr. Mobius has something to talk to me about tonight, so I won't be having dinner with Mei."

The beautiful girl in front of me pushed open the door, and in the blink of an eye, she disappeared like a gust of breeze.

"Mebius is looking for Alicia... there may be important information here."

With this thought in mind, Mei did not go to the cafeteria, but walked towards the office.

"Hello, where is Dr. Mebius?"

Mei was unfamiliar with the place, so she had to stop a middle-aged man who looked kind and ask him questions.

Hearing the word Mebius, the middle-aged man's expression changed instantly:

"You're looking for her... She should have been in the First Research Institute all this time... You must be a newcomer who just arrived at the base recently. Don't blame me for being nosy. I'm kindly reminding you that Dr. Mobius is not in a good mood recently, so be careful with your words..."

"…Can you tell me what happened?"

At this time, two young people, a man and a woman, walked by holding hands. Perhaps because they only had eyes for each other, they did not notice the gazes of Mei and the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man pointed at them:

"What a coincidence... This is the reason. You may have seen that young man. He is the hero of the previous Great Honkai, Hen. The one next to him is his wife, and also Dr. Mebius' assistant, Blanca."

"You may have noticed that Blanca is pregnant. A few months ago, Blanca's pregnancy forced her to take leave and go home, so the duties of Dr. Mobius' assistant had to be taken over by someone else."

"Perhaps you don't know yet, although Dr. Mebius is indeed excellent in research, she is a real freak in the Fire Moth Chaser. She is the kind that scares people. I'm afraid there are not many people who are capable of serving as her assistant."

"Therefore, although Fire Moth arranged for other people to take over Blanca's job after she left, the longest-serving one lasted nearly a hundred days before resigning. And now, another one has left recently. Since Dr. Mebius's experiment is at a critical stage, the sudden lack of people has greatly reduced her experimental efficiency, so..."

"Then... Blanca, who is already pregnant, came to the base for..."

The middle-aged man shrugged:

"Although Dr. Mobius is a scary lunatic, Blanca is a genuinely good person. Maybe she felt that this series of events was related to her, so she needed to take responsibility. Therefore, she took the initiative to recommend a new candidate to Dr. Mobius. Her name is... Klein... Since Blanca recommended her, I hope she can stay with Dr. Mobius for a little longer..."

"Ah, I've said too much if I don't leave any myths. You must have something else to do with Dr. Mobius, so I won't delay you any longer."

The middle-aged man apologized very politely and left quickly.

"I remember that the Klein who protected the paradise of the past was an armed puppet made of Klein herself. I didn't expect that the opportunity for her to meet Mebius was Blanka's pregnancy..."

Raiden Mei followed the instructions and walked towards the First Research Institute. The closer she got to the First Research Institute, the fewer people she saw. It was as if the place where Mobius was had really become some kind of eerie and terrifying place.

"Alicea, do you know why the Fire Moth came to a place where no one wants to get close to me on the day you joined the Fire Moth [Stay on the Ground] group?"

Before reaching the destination, Mei heard Mebius' voice, so she slowed down and stopped a few dozen meters away from the two of them, concentrating on listening to their conversation.

"Isn't it because you are too lonely that you need a beautiful girl like me to open her heart to you?"

The lively girl opened her arms as if she really wanted to embrace Mebius.

In response to this, the doctor just snorted very coldly:

"Your attitude only shows that you are suspicious. Six years ago, the Fire Moth received a report that in a small town called Vostok-6, the same Honkai energy fluctuations as the meteorite that fell from the moon 51 years ago were detected. After investigation, they found that an 14-year-old girl was the most suspicious, so they conducted further examinations on her. However, they did not get a satisfactory result in the end, and they were too kind, so they released her and left Vostok-8 with nothing."

"Aliceia, although six years have passed, as the person involved, after all I have said, you should still have some impression of the actions of the Fire Moths in Vostok-51."