A journey of Shadowverse and Honkai Impact 3rd

"The goal of this experience is to find a safe spot. Xilin, you must be careful. In this forest, there are not only mysterious disasters, but also vicious ghosts wandering around."

The connection between Sera and Celine still exists, which can be regarded as Sera's pity for Celine, not letting her true self face the unfamiliar environment and terrible danger alone.

"You make it sound so easy, Sera!"

Unappreciative, Xilin responded with an angry and dissatisfied voice, but immediately stopped complaining to Sera.

Because, in this forest, a group of moving shadows are spreading from the ground...

294. Xilin can't stand the spicy

The black shadow moved, vaguely turning into an ominous figure in people's eyes. The turbid color was as thick as a liquid, and the moment it spread out, it gave Xilin the feeling of being hunted.

They cling to trees, penetrate into the soil, and even erode light, becoming their carrier. It seems that in the next moment, they will launch the final general attack.

It was like a giant python that had confirmed the timing. It opened its bloody and smelly mouth in an instant and swallowed all of its prey.

“This is too disgusting!”

Xilin felt a chill. When she saw this unknown thing approaching step by step, she felt an urge to nausea rising from her heart, tainting the calmness of her heart and reflecting on her body.

This is a normal reaction, because in Sera's eyes, these shadows are the result of filthy mental thoughts, a disgusting and unclean thing.

Well, in a sense, it can be considered as a special attack on girls who love beauty?

Sera hid aside and watched Xilin quietly with a disgusted expression. She was thinking about how Xilin would respond, and was also paying attention to the extent of the experiment so as not to let Xilin complain about her.

"Keep trying, Silin! I believe you can overcome these difficulties!"

The sudden encouragement came with the girl's sweet voice. Although it was the voice from the heart, it also had a beautiful physical texture, like a whisper. When the heartbeat brushed past her ears, Xilin was immediately cheered up.

Hmm... I can't let Sera look down on me!

Shadows surged in from all directions, up and down, left and right. Unclean things like a tide roared silently, waving their irregularly grown and twisted limbs, and under the powerful impact, they met with failure in an instant.

The characters they want to devour are the elves of dreams, the fairy fairies of fantasy. They are like fish in water in real dreams, and their specialized space magic is one of the pinnacles of their homeland. It is a high-level thing that can only be learned by those with talent.

hum-

The space violently played the prelude to rotation, and an eternal roar came from the veins of the world. The moment the Manalya defense array was corroded and weakened, they fell into the abyss of space and went to another dimension that no one knew.

Xilin ruthlessly controlled the magic of space, and with the infusion of mana, the deep cave became more and more attractive, which in turn swallowed up all the shadows violently until the girl's surroundings were swept away, and even some trees with unstable roots disappeared in an instant.

Only smooth depressions remained, as if gnawed by an invisible giant mouth, with tiny dust particles floating in them, visible under the night sky. The dreamy blue seemed pure, sacred and noble against the backdrop of darkness.

"Humph, that's all it is."

Although he used advanced space techniques that almost reached the level of dimensional swallowing, Xilin still expressed his disdain, looking down at the incoming ominous shadow with contempt, with a sense of invincible hero and aloofness.

Xilin waited for a while, and when she found that no more strange things were coming, she unfolded the map in her hand and carefully observed the markings on the map, hoping to find her location.

She did not forget what Sera said, that some safe places are fixed points, and they can be found as long as you find the right direction.

But soon, the beautiful purple-haired girl frowned slightly. She really couldn't find any reference to determine her specific location on the large map that included the five regions of center, east, west, north and center.

All I know is that it should be in the "Southern Region of the Mortal World" because the sign on the south side is painted with large patches of green, and it looks like a tree.

It just doesn't give people a very good feeling, as if the tree is some kind of monster.

Xilin fell into deep thought. She stood there motionless, her golden eyes silently staring at the large map in her hands. Although she didn't move, Sera, who was hiding beside her, could still see that the girl was thinking carefully about the key to breaking the deadlock and successfully completing the goal of the experiment.

Xilin looks so beautiful when she is serious.

Although she didn't know what Xilin was thinking, Sera couldn't help but feel relieved by Xilin's calm and rational appearance. Just when Sera was wondering whether to give her some reminders, Xilin made an unexpected move.

She did not bother looking for reference points around to identify the direction, but directly burst out with powerful mana, flew straight into the sky, and with the help of her half-baked wind magic and space magic, rushed out of the dark forest and bathed under the huge cold moon.

If the evil sun seen in the sky in the desert before was the most evil celestial body in the sky, black and red like a burning abyss, then the cold moon at the top of the forest was exceptionally huge, so huge that it almost occupied the entire night sky.

The cold moon did not have the burning sensation brought by the evil sun. It was simply huge, completely transforming the entire night sky into a grayish-white color that belonged only to it, so cold that it was suffocating.

Xilin was stunned for a long time before she could get over the shock of this completely different thing. However, Leng Yue's influence was more than that.

In the girl's mind, an inexplicable sense of fear has been slowly growing. When the mental pressure reaches the threshold, this sense of fear will prompt some irrational things to happen.

If it is a group, it may intensify the conflict; if it is an individual, it will stimulate the senses and erode the reason.

At first, Xilin, who had a high tolerance, didn't take it seriously, but after flying in the air for quite some time, she felt this ominous feeling, as if there were needles stirring in her brain, and the pain made her feel quite uncomfortable.

There's something wrong with the moon!

When the startled Xilin looked at Leng Yue again, the originally plain Leng Yue had changed its appearance. On the mountain ranges formed by the moon craters, wrinkles were strangely connected to form a human face, revealing a kind and strange smile to the creatures looking at it.

"Are you kidding me?! Why is there so much weird and disgusting stuff here?"

There was no way to deal with Leng Yue. Things of such a huge scale were beyond Xilin's ability to handle. In desperation, Xilin had to grit her teeth and give up the convenient method of finding her way in the air, and instead returned to the gloomy jungle.

The cold air penetrated the skin and into the bone marrow, bringing people a sense of calmness. After arriving in the forest, Xilin's condition improved a lot, but this also meant that she would continue to face the many strange creatures in the forest.

So, she chose to do something more unexpected, but also reasonable.

The girl, with a face full of resentment, put her hands on her hips and shouted loudly in the forest. Her vicious tone was full of stubborn non-violent non-cooperation.

"I'm not coming! Let me out now! I'm giving this trial experience a hundred thousand bad reviews!"

"I know, Sera, you must be watching! You have the guts to cheat people, but you don't have the guts to show your face to others! Come out!"

Hiding on the side, Sera covered her forehead helplessly, feeling that Xilin's spiritual level was still very young (immature)...

295. Time flies

According to ancient legend, the original real dream was a terrifying place that could make people shudder. Anyone who had experienced it once would come out looking listless.

Even a certain dream elf in the homeland who was as elusive as a dragon shouted that he would never go in again after his first experience, but if it was a different way of experiencing it, Xilin said that he could adapt to it.

The safest place closest to the dark forest, in a tree hole.

This is a settlement with a unique charm. The light called Order shines on the top of the temple, like the sun, giving this place natural daylight and dispelling all ominousness and uncleanness.

However, due to the lack of human intervention, there are currently no normal residents living here. Only the ancient and desolate temple stands, surrounded by various side rooms connected to the main hall.

There is a high platform for sacrifices in the main hall of the temple. On the dome above the platform hang three human-shaped statues woven from tree bark, vines, roots and other plant parts. Although they do not look very beautiful, a closer look reveals a strange sense of tranquility that can soothe the waves of the heart.

Crackling.

There were figures under the platform. Around a burning bonfire, Xilin was wrapped in her small blanket, comfortably enjoying the various delicacies provided by Sera.

With a slender straw in her mouth, at the end of which was a small bucket of sweet drink, she would take a few sips from time to time, and tell Sera a few words about her feelings and suggestions for improvement. In this way, Xilin completed her duty as the first victim of a real dream.

"It's too difficult! It's easy to discourage people!"

"There has to be a gradual increase in difficulty! It gives people a sense of accomplishment as they gradually overcome difficulties!"

“Install more prompts! Let people know exactly how to proceed!”

Like a master, Xilin slowly spoke of her various ideas, while Sera next to her used the automatic secretary to write them all down. After Xilin finished speaking, Sera talked about another way of experiencing it.

"Okay, thank you Xilin for your help. I will continue to improve the relevant settings later."

"However, being an explorer is actually a difficult mode. I also have a simple entry-level mode for beginners."

As Sera spoke, she received Xilin's resentful gaze. The girl wrapped in a small quilt could hardly help but suspect that Sera did not do it on purpose.

"Then why didn't you tell me earlier?"

The words were dark, and Xilin's eyes were like dead fish, with a strange glow, as if she wanted to eat people, or to break off the friendship.

"It's bitter first, then sweet."

"Oh."

Xilin completely lost interest. She no longer even wanted to understand the saying about suffering first and sweetness later, unless...

"Alas, what I said is really bitter first and sweet later. Let me be frank. The entry-level model is to maintain the normal development of the settlement in a safe zone and create a normal living atmosphere."

"I will grant the leader of the settlement a certain degree of power to modify real dreams. He can make various modifications to the settlement as long as they do not violate the main structure."

As Sera spoke, she found that there was still no ripple in Xilin's golden eyes. She looked completely calm and free of desires, as if she was otherworldly and had lost all worldly desires.

So, Sera had to do two things at once. On the one hand, she began to coax Xilin, moving closer to her friend with a delightful tone and expression, and on the other hand, she used actual operational effects to set up this safe zone to the way Xilin liked.

The gurgling water flows down from great heights, and the rolling white waves form a magnificent waterfall between the drops. The lush green hills change on the left and right, with one beautiful mountain after another rising up, and temples standing like they are ascending to heaven.

Sera took Xilin's hand and walked to the door with her soft body, giving the girl this quiet and beautiful scenery, and also giving her the right to modify this area.

"Although the place is small, it is at least a gift from me. Xilin, please accept it. Here, as long as you don't destroy the temple, you can do anything you want."

A tranquil wind blows across the earth, and peaceful thoughts gather here from all corners of the dream, forming various moving and still scenes, from the sparkling water to the snow-capped Tianshan Mountains. Quiet joy arises naturally, immersing the soul in it and forgetting the barriers between man and the world.

The so-called temple is a set dream node. Due to its strong screening and supporting power, it allows good thoughts to remain and turn into peaceful scenes. As time goes by, in the future, normal dream people will be born and become the real natives here.

"It's okay. Since you said so, Sera, I'll accept it reluctantly."

It's still a pretty good toy. Considering that it's quite playable, let's forgive Sera for now.

The girl acted as if she had calmed down, and her golden eyes once again showed some brightness, no longer looking lonely and without desires.

Then, Sera saw all kinds of anomalies caused by unskilled operations. The irregular bulges of the earth were like a blank sheet of paper for people to paint on, but the painter's painting skills were obviously not so exquisite. In a blink of an eye, one abstract rice paper and ink painting after another was completed. The various scenes were embarrassing.

It was normal for the water to flow in twists and turns, but later on, it turned into a magical river that went up and down like a roller coaster track. The water couldn't even flow properly, so it had to stay on the ground in a daze, staring blankly at the river that flew into the sky.

Suddenly, the waterfall stopped flowing, the green mountains curled up, and the beautiful scenery turned into all kinds of "wonders" that were astonishing.

"Uh……"

Sera looked at the scene in front of her that was trying to change back, and knew that it was Xilin who was trying to remedy the situation. But obviously, Xilin, who took over for the first time, could not control the modification rights well. She could only look at Sera with a slightly red face, and the meaning of asking for help was self-evident.

"It seems that we need to add an operating guide later, otherwise it is easy to cause trouble when using it for the first time."

After saying that, Sera began her restoration. After a while, the bright mountains and rivers returned again, which made Xilin breathe a sigh of relief.

Standing in front of the temple on the mountain, the two people who had completed the real dream experience had different expressions, but generally speaking, this experience still discovered many problems and guided the direction for future repairs.

Time then began to pass quickly. As the real dream world was gradually repaired and opened, Sera gradually began to get busy. During the review of the space project that was on track, she spent one fulfilling day after another with both pain and joy...

In the blink of an eye, it was already the day for the official construction of the spacecraft~

296. Lively and Uncomfortable

"My career is really flourishing."

The sigh of joy blended into the wind, expressing the black-haired girl's satisfaction with the current situation. In her eyes, since the site of the space station was chosen near the observatory, it was naturally her own direct line and a symbol of her thriving career.

An intense and lively atmosphere always hangs over the construction site in full swing. Even the strange ripples of day and night reversal in the observatory cannot dampen the enthusiasm in the slightest. The builders coming and going are all in high spirits, and their active participation is unprecedented since the construction of the home.

Flying in the sky, running on the ground, crawling on the ground, all kinds of residents came here from all directions of their homes, and put on protective gears in great enthusiasm. Together with the food and materials delivered by logistics, a picture of a vigorous construction work is emerging before everyone's eyes.

Although the quiet-loving tree people were not happy with the huge commotion and gave way to the observatory one after another, they also expressed their willingness to contribute their efforts to the project after learning about it.

The branches of the ancient trees are connected one after another, as if they have completed a series of rapid assembly lines. The square building materials can be transported unimpeded to the construction site with just a little effort from the trees on the road. The appearance of them being born always raises clouds of dust.

"Qiluo, come on, since Mom has promised you a foreman position, you must not make any mistakes in the corresponding areas."

Fimi, who had a leadership air, said this to Shigure Kirara who was already wearing a safety helmet. Her kind face was full of earnest expectations for others, as if whether Shigure Kirara performed well or not was directly related to her.

"You need to take your responsibilities seriously, treat your staff with a united attitude, and complete your tasks quickly and with quality, with resilience and determination."

Shi Yu Qiluo listened to Feimi's talk with a frown on her face. In her eyes, she had already begun to doubt her own actions. She had clearly wanted the opportunity to go up to the sky and see the endless starry sky, but in the end she became a construction foreman.

It is necessary to get to know your subordinates well after the construction begins, and quickly complete the construction of the space station within a limited time...

"Well, it's not that I don't want to do this, but I really don't understand construction very well. Fimi, what should I do if I'm given a construction plan involving advanced magic?"

If you say she had confidence in her heart, Yu Qiluo certainly did not have much confidence at that time. Although she had been a Valkyrie and an idol, she had never been a foreman, let alone bent down to put up plaster or tie steel bars.

"Then just ask me. Besides, I don't know anything, so I can be in charge of the scheduling."

"Replace the capable ones and take the incompetent ones down to rest. It's that simple for a foreman."

With a casual wave of his hand in the Star Canteen, Femi sent away the confused Shigure Kirara, and returned to the top of the observatory tower. He sat down in the observatory and marveled at the vertical launch platform that had already begun construction.

Dig directly downward from the ground and carry out vertical construction of the spacecraft directly in the vertical underground facilities. After the construction is completed, the fixed structure can be directly dismantled, allowing the construction site to be directly converted into a launch point.

I just don't know when it will be completed. If everyone in the home is inefficient, then I will also bring my own production machinery team to join in.

Not only Fimi thought so, but Ochis, who was far away in the garden, also thought so. Although they were not directly involved in the space project, they all paid close attention to it, or had subordinates who were directly involved and reported at all times, which directly hinted to Sera that they could share some of the responsibility.

"No need. It's rare that everyone is so enthusiastic and willing to participate. Just take a good rest. Please believe that the younger generations will definitely deliver a satisfactory answer."