Xingtie: My mission master joins the chat group.

【Ding dong! 】

Obsidian Grandma: Is nobody paying attention to Lin Mao's lover?

Xing: What's there to care about?

Funinga: Fox-person... I should say Tingyun. I met her once before and was very impressed by her tail.

Lin Mao: The essence of a fox-person is all in its tail!

Kiana: Tail fetishist, shut up.

Lin Mao: There's nothing to say to you people who don't control their tails.

Witch A: I understand.

Witch A: A tail is simply a treasure bestowed by the heavens!

Lin Mao: @WitchA, I have a Tail Club here, wanna come?

Witch A: How could I possibly refuse! But before that...

Witch A: You should take care of my situation first.

Lin Mao: ...

Lin Mao: Immediately.

"Kiana! Hurry up!"

"You you on the line!"

Kiana casually remarked, and the next second, the Third Herrscher in front of her disappeared, and Lin Mao found a sparkling gem in his hand.

Lightning appeared around the gem, seemingly still in motion, unaware that it had already detached from its body.

half an hour.

The core light of the Herrscher, finally realizing her predicament, gradually dimmed.

"I want this."

Lin Mao is not a philanthropist. He didn't want the core of the previous Herrscher of the Void because he already had one.

Now that he has acquired a core that he didn't have, Lin Mao naturally chooses to keep it for himself.

Alicia had no objection to this, since it was Lin Mao who had been doing all the work.

"Me! Me! Me! I also contributed! This stuff should be half mine!"

Kiana appeared with a 'whoosh' of light.

“That’s not right.” Lin Mao shook his head and said, “You’ve been using my Honkai energy all along. In fact, I’ve been the one putting in the effort.”

Before Kiana could continue speaking, Lin Mao struck a nerve with a single sentence.

"Alright, I'll treat you to a few meals later, okay? If you want to use my Honkai energy in the future, just come to me. I promise to give you access anytime, anywhere."

"That's what you said!"

“I’m telling the truth, and Alicia can vouch for me.”

Alicia: "..."

What kind of testimony could she possibly give?

If Lin Mao breaches the contract, what can she do to him?

When Alicia saw Kiana looking at her, she changed the subject and asked, "Where is the Third Herrscher?"

"died."

Lin Mao said something, and with a 'whoosh', the remains of the Third Herrscher, who had been fighting Kiana, appeared.

The girls were startled, but only Velvet stared at the Third Herrscher's body on the ground with great interest. If it weren't for Lin Mao and the others being there, she might have already started to deal with it.

Lin Mao explained, "Don't think I was ruthless. I only took out the Herrscher core, and as a result, she became like a machine that had been de-energized and stopped moving."

After hearing Lin Mao's explanation, Alicia was dazed and said:

"I guess from the moment he became a Herrscher, he was already a Honkai puppet, and was already dead."

"I'll keep the core. This thing... you can keep it if you want it."

"May I have it?"

Vervi raised her hand.

"You?" Lin Mao stroked his chin. "It's not impossible."

Alicia moved her lips slightly, "I'm going to hand it over to Dr. Möbius."

"Looks like you have no chance."

Lin Mao spoke.

Vilvi spoke up decisively, saying, "Dr. Möbius? I can work under her as a researcher! I'm not bragging, but I'm quite capable. Look at these things, I made them all by hand! Their power is no weaker than the originals!"

"What a coincidence!"

Lin Mao clapped his hands and laughed, "It just so happens that after Möbius found out about you, she also wanted you to join her research. I didn't expect you to have the same idea, which saves me a lot of trouble."

Velvi: "?"

Vilvi was a little confused, feeling that the two were talking in a strange way, with a dizzying sense of incongruity.

【Ding dong! 】

Lin Mao: @Mebius, Doctor, do you want Velvi or not?

Möbius: Yes!

Möbius: To add, we don't want the one in the afterlife.

Miss Pink Fairy: Wilvi will cry if she finds out.

Möbius: Make her cry!

Möbius: Remember to take a picture and send it to me, I'll frame it and hang it on the gate of the research institute.

The Great Black Tower: ...

Xing: No, I always felt that you had ulterior motives for wanting to get rid of Velvi.

Xing: You wouldn't be thinking of taking action against the younger Vilvie because you can't handle the older one, would you?

The Great Virvi refers to the paradise of the afterlife.

Vilvi has been through a lot.

The "smaller" naturally refers to the Virvi who was still very pure and had not been corrupted much when Lin Mao and Alicia met her.

Möbius: How is that possible!

Möbius: Am I, Möbius, that kind of person?

Pink Fairy: All I can say is... like.

Möbius: Pink Fat Woman.

Alicia: ...Can we change our nicknames?

Every time I watch it, it feels like it's talking about her.

Lin Mao: Because you are a pink fat woman, that's why when Mebius said it, it felt like he was talking about himself.

Lin Mao: This proves that deep down, you also think you are fat.

Lin Mao: What was that saying again...?

Lies won't hurt, the truth is the sharpest knife!

Alicia: Hmph! There's no point in talking to someone like you who doesn't know how to appreciate things!

Do you even know what it means to be slightly chubby and considered perfect?

Lin Mao: We're leaving. I still need to go to Nordkalle for one last look.

Lin Mao: Damn it, I feel like I'm getting busy again lately!

Xing: I find you boring, but when I'm busy, you complain.

Obsidian Grandma: Sigh, life is spent grumbling and complaining.

Lin Mao: Grandma knows how to enjoy life, unlike some kindergarten dropouts.

Tiwat, Nordkale.

In a secluded corner far from Naxia Town, the area is shrouded in mist that obscures the view, and from the outside, one can see terrifying ghost faces that occasionally appear inside.

Lin Mao twitched his ears as he appeared next to Alice and Akoda.

The sounds of battle reached his ears, and the mist generated by the Wild Hunt trembled slightly with the noise.

"Brother Lin Mao!"

Yakoda spotted Lin Mao and exclaimed in surprise.

Lin Mao glanced at Yakoda with a puzzled look, not expecting her to address him that way, but he didn't say anything and just nodded in response.

Yakoda, fearing that Lin Mao was unaware, began to recount her experiences with Alice during this period.

Lin Mao listened and nodded, his consciousness enveloping the entire foggy area.

Imprint the surrounding environment into your mind.

"I really don't know how your boss found such a hidden place. If it weren't so well hidden, he might have been found and rescued by the Lamplighter long ago."

"Is my boss really inside?"

Hearing Lin Mao's complaints, Yakoda exclaimed in delight:

"Didn't you hear the commotion from such a big battle?"

Yakoda listened intently for a while, then scratched her head. "Is there any sound?"

Lin Mao raised an eyebrow and asked, "Can't you hear me?"

Yakoda shook her head, and Lin Mao understood. "So it also has the effect of blocking spying. No wonder we fought for so long and no one noticed."

boom!

Upon hearing the explosion, Lin Mao didn't hesitate. He raised his hand and summoned a stream of air, lifting the thick fog and sending it flying elsewhere, exposing the scene within the fog to the sunlight.

boom!

Just as Lin Mao lowered his hand, a missile flew straight toward him.

"grass!"

"..."