A journey of Shadowverse and Honkai Impact 3rd

Immediately after, when Abel caught the gem that suddenly appeared, a series of information appeared in his mind, letting him understand the supplies he needed to collect for this outing.

that's it?

Surprise flashed across his mind, and was replaced by the determination to complete the task and complete it well. There was no doubt that a strong fighting spirit was burning in his blue eyes with a sense of vicissitudes.

"The gems are your funds while you're away. I hope you can make good use of them. Just bring the resources back."

"I see. How do I get back then?"

"The contract will guide you, and the barrier will not hinder you. However, you are not allowed to bring outsiders in without permission."

The old man had a clear mind and answered all the questions clearly, and Sera explained them one by one. Finally, Abel, who had regained his youthful body, took his dog and embarked on a new journey.

The comfortable lush green suddenly disappeared, and the world before his eyes was still in early spring. Even the original forest had only sprouted a few new buds, which looked withered and ugly compared with the mysterious paradise. Abel, who was used to the beautiful scenery of the forest, was confused for a moment, but then he shook his head with a smile.

"Abel, let's go!"

Not every place is as full of flourishing vitality and inclusiveness as the forest. The old man suddenly cherishes his lucky experience even more.

The dog, also named Abel, barked and looked behind him several times. After confirming that he could not find the paradise, he whimpered and followed his owner's pace and began to return to their former residence.

It was a small nest in a small settlement. Although it had modern facilities, it had now completely lost its appeal to them.

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Flickering arcs of electricity danced in the workshop, and from time to time, subtle sparks disappeared in mid-air, dying before reaching the ground, never to be seen again.

This is the material Sera is preparing for the experiment. Although it is not the various metal alloys and pure elements required in the example, she has her own unique approach to material substitution.

The noble alchemist excels at the transformation of matter. Even if it is non-metal, Sera can make it show excellent performance.

There are just a lot of processing steps involved. According to Sera's own estimate, it would be considered fast to complete the experimental machine within half a month.

If we also count the time spent exploring the deck, it would probably be more than a month.

Under Sera's control, the scorching lightning obediently burned the branches that had fallen off Baltek's body, purifying its spirituality while also changing the shape of the branches. Slowly, imperceptible energy circuits appeared on the gradually flattened wooden board, as if a kingdom was etched on the board, containing unspeakable wisdom.

But soon, this engraved wooden board was ruthlessly thrown into a corner of the workshop by Sera, where it became a new waste product along with the piles of unfinished dolls, reducing the storage space of Sera's workshop.

Manipulation is another challenge. Fabricating circuits down to the nanoscale is incredibly difficult...

The dripping sound continued, accompanied by the clicking sound of hard objects being thrown into the corner. When night fell in the home outside, Sera still did not have a finished product that met the standards in her hands.

The beautiful girl looked at the huge mountain of materials piled up in the corner and finally sighed helplessly. The fruitless days throughout the day might have improved her operation level, but the consumed materials made Sera, who was becoming more and more like a hamster, feel distressed.

Oh, maybe I shouldn't continue this experiment. If it continues at this pace, I'm afraid Baltek will bleed profusely.

He rubbed his temples, adjusted his breathing to regain his spirit, and stared at the messy pile of waste with his blue eyes. After a long time, Sera waved his hand and sorted it out with a slightly rough method.

The raging wind disrupted the arrangement of the waste pile, causing the hill-like things to scatter and then fall to the ground, turning one hill into different kinds of hills. As for the specific sorting, the girl felt that it should be left to tomorrow.

When the tired girl fell into the soft bed, Sera, who felt sleepy all of a sudden, said good night and fell into deep meditation.

126. Re-entering the Mechanical World

Five days passed in a flash, and Sera felt that she had found several standard samples of the materials she had prepared that could be used.

It looks like just a smooth and flexible piece of wood, and apart from the unusually beautiful grain, it seems to have no other special features. But if it is placed in a dark place, then it will glow like a firefly or a night pearl. The mana contained inside is always circulating around the precisely etched circuit.

Sera could no longer understand the changes that had taken place on the wooden board. It was obvious that she was the one who completed the circuit, but when the circuit was completed, the accumulated quantitative changes instantly achieved a qualitative change. In terms of spirituality, Sera could feel the ignorant plant spirit in it.

Have I achieved similar results?

The blue eyes carefully paid attention to every aspect of the wooden board. The light breeze embraced it in the air. The wooden board, which had no support, rotated freely like a celestial body in regular motion, and the beauty of its detailed shape was shining.

Is it the result of spiritual convergence? Or is it the result of communicating with a certain dimension or quantum realm?

Sera became interested in this, and judging by the materials of the finished product, she seemed to be able to manufacture the mind-controlling machine and complete the first living work born in her own hands.

Well... don't be in a hurry. I'll think about the appearance, performance and other details later, and then start the final assembly and operation.

Now, go explore the deck. If you are still in that dark world, you may gain more.

The girl's mind flashed through the friends she had met in Eyalon. Not knowing what was happening over there, she sighed softly and put down the spiritual board she had been observing carefully.

"Celine?"

The calling voice was conveyed to my friend who was extremely happy every day, and I received her lazy response.

"what's wrong?"

"I'm going on a long trip."

"Oh! Then leave it there for now. I'll control your body when I'm interested."

The center of the wonderful conversation was the control over the body, but it seemed that in Xilin's eyes now, manipulating the body to go out and play no longer had much appeal.

It's all just Sera's body hosting business, huh.

On the big bed which was as soft as the clouds in the sky, Xilin rolled over happily. In the leisure time, she even put aside her dream of becoming a tailor temporarily and unsurprisingly experienced the joy of playing dirty.

Swinging is an attitude, a calmness towards life...

Quietly glancing out the window at Xilin, who still maintained her cute appearance, Sera shook her head in amusement and helplessness in her mind, hoping that her good friend would not become fat and round in the lazy pace of life and swell up like a pufferfish.

Sometimes, self-awareness can affect the image of the mind, my dear Miss Celine.

Looking around at the vast grassland, the sight of Mr. Orange and the clay dolls was a little monotonous, but there was no flaw at all. The girl thought that if Mr. Orange was still in the spiritual realm, he would definitely ask her to take him to the new world for a tour.

Well, it is indeed a good idea to materialize Mr. Orange into reality, but I don’t know if it can meet my expectations for the third node.

The breeze blew through the silver hair, and suddenly, Sera was like delicate frost and snow, melting in the warm sun, without a trace. Only Xilin, who had extraordinary tacit understanding, blinked her eyes in her own little house and realized the temporary emptiness in her spiritual realm.

I'm out again. I don't know if I can ever go out with Sera again.

The golden eyes flickered, and the corners of the pink lips curved into a strange arc. After a while, Xilin decided to show off some of the alchemical fruits cultivated by Sera in reality to fill her empty heart.

.........

The wind and sand stopped, the muffled thunder disappeared, and on the devastated earth, the holes with a diameter of kilometers silently told the cruelty of the battle that had taken place here. It was a scar on the world that would take a long time to heal.

Breath masking, optical confusion, space distortion, all the means Sera could think of were carefully used on herself to avoid being discovered by the roaming creations. When she came to the edge of the void, she had to be shocked by the amazing destructive power of the creations.

It was like ice being melted by high heat, or like notes being erased by an eraser. Although the hole was not smooth due to the filling of sand, Sera could still imagine what happened here after she escaped.

Wherever the rays reached, everything collapsed. The black and white spirals penetrated the earth and penetrated to an unknown depth underground, leaving this terrible hole on the surface.

If I encounter a mysterious creation later, I'll really have to run away...

Her eyes glanced at the thick dark clouds in the sky. The suffocating black was like the walls of a prison cell, locking up all living things on the planet. And what kind of blockade was hidden above the clouds? Sera felt a pang of pain just thinking about it.

Is this the intensity of interstellar warfare? It's truly unimaginable for beings trapped by planetary gravity...

Suddenly, a faint light flashed in the hollow, like the reflection of a lens, but where did the light come from in this dark place?

"Are you the magician who once fought against the Creation Army here?"

The magnetic male voice was polite, but it came from behind her. From it, Sera caught the extremely hidden spatial fluctuations.

"That's right. But who are you, uncle? Why are you here after the battle? You know, the creatures around here are not vegetarians."

Sera turned around, and her outstanding blue eyes immediately saw through the disguise of the perpetrator. Under the well-fitting black suit and gentleman's hat, the polite man looked old and kind, but he himself was superimposed with a terrifying shadow.

The tall figure has dark horns, and his lava-red eyes seem to be flowing with hot magma. If his strong and powerful body were to appear, Sera would have no doubt that the destructive power he possesses could fight against the creation.

"You may address me as Lucas. I have come here solely to record the struggles that have occurred in this world and to obtain some rare resources."

As he spoke, the broad-faced demon revealed a stone he had collected from underground. Various unusual spots of light floated under the hollow, illusory shell. After Sera saw it, the demon put it away.

"Your Excellency should know that there is no hope left in this world. Therefore, in order to prevent it from completely disappearing, I have decided to walk this land as a historian of the end times."

"...Can you believe the devil's words?"

There was no trace of cunning or treachery from Lucas, but the reputation of the demon race was so bad that Sera didn't know whether this was a clever disguise.

"I see. It's undeniable that my clan does have a bad reputation. Well, to gain your trust, I'm willing to show you a way."

The old man with a square face and white hair and beard said this, which unsurprisingly aroused Sera's interest.

"you mean?"

"In that direction, about three hundred kilometers away, you'll reach the stronghold of the indigenous people of this world. Whether you decide to go there or not is entirely up to you."

"Also, I would like to remind you that in this world, besides the undead, the indigenous people, the creations, and me, there is another neutral force. If you encounter them, please leave as soon as possible."

127. Eternal Red

What does a neutral force mean?

Watching the figure of the elderly gentleman gradually fade away and disappear from his sight like a ghost, Sera was particularly concerned about the strange spatial fluctuations. If she could analyze it completely, it might bring some inspiration. However, Sera was also thoughtful about what he said.

The blue eyes looked in the direction Lucas pointed, and all they saw was the same homogeneous gray and black. The depressing color constantly spread the atmosphere of despair, which was daunting.

With a good sense of space, Sera recorded her position, hid her body, and began to move in another direction. The ghostly space transmission did not cause any ripples, and she left the patrol circle of the creatures.

Heading towards Eyalon, a distance of a hundred kilometers was nothing. It didn't take long for Sera to arrive above Eyalon, and as expected, she still discovered the figure of the creation.

The energy core of the star ring restraints is extremely dazzling in the silent night. The ancient creation moves silently, slowly moving on the earth with its three sharp claws, spewing some kind of light blue scanning rays as if to search the entire land. It looks diligent and meticulous, and the mechanical operation will continue until the goal is achieved.

Eyalon has the barrier I set up, and coupled with his own stance technology, he should not be discovered.

She waited quietly for the creation to gradually move away. After reaching a safe distance where she would not be discovered, Sera used her familiarity with the barrier to directly enter Eyalon.

"Beep beep..."

The sound of the signal being connected was clean and pleasant, and the wrist computer on his right hand came back to life in Eyalon. At the same time, questions from friends also came.

I was caught as soon as I went online. Have you been guarding my account the whole time?

She couldn't help but complain in her heart. After Sera carefully read the message, she raised her brows unexpectedly, because, in addition to Anier and Nicola, the person communicating with her also had an unknown ID.

"Thank you for your help to Eyalon before. I happen to have some free time now. If you're willing, Sera, you can come to the depths of Eyalon's hardware factory on the F18 floor. I hope we can have a wonderful exchange meeting."

F18 floor, is this the place where I first met Aniele? And with that tone, hmm, is she Aniele's sister?

Two familiar card images popped up in Sera's mind, but she didn't know which one she was about to meet.

Is it [the eternal crimson·Mono] or [the clear blue·Tantra]?

Filled with curiosity, the girl concentrated on sensing the corresponding time and space coordinates. After submitting her application obediently, she was teleported away and greeted by a strange scene deep in the factory amidst a faint smell of electricity.

An unknown gas was dissipating into the environment, its misty white color like steam, spreading around the ceiling, dimly revealing the cold, mechanical nature of the room.

In a semi-open cavity container that looked like an incubator, stood a mind-controlling machine connected to multiple cables. The inky blood-red color had both the delicate beauty of a woman and the coldness of a machine, making the entire room and all the facilities pale in comparison.

"Nice to meet you, hello, lovely lady."

Gears and metal structures were everywhere on her body, and the only part that imitated a human was a charming cold white face. From her tone, it seemed that she wanted to say hello playfully, but her injured body could not respond to her will and make the graceful movements of an older sister.

"My name is Mono, Annie's eldest sister. I'm currently one of the leaders of Eyalon, but my body is severely damaged, making it difficult for me to move."

With an amiable yet slightly beautiful smile on her face, the Ink-Drenched Crimson Machine introduced herself in this way, showing her goodwill to Sera.

"Then let me feel it. After obtaining Eyalon's information recently, I've also been conducting experiments on the creation of intelligent life forms. Perhaps Sister Mono's body can give me some inspiration."

With a seemingly innocent smile, his blue eyes were fixed on Miss Mono's exquisite machine. Even though some parts of it were not very beautiful and had cracks after the battle, it was still very beautiful in Sera, with the wise brilliance of the crystallization of technology.

As she spoke, the girl silently took a few steps closer and made an eager gesture at the edge of the cavity container, but she did not cross the line. It was obvious that she had the will but not the courage.

"Haha, it won't be too late for me to check on you again after you recover."

Mono gave a bell-like laugh to the girl who tried to tease her. In a good mood, her eyes rolled and her head turned in a way that humans could not do. The silent shock made people realize that she was an intelligent mechanical life form.

"Then it's settled~"

Climbing up the pole, Sera was really curious and didn't care whether Mono's promise was a joke. After chatting for a while and exchanging his understanding of Eyalon, Mono suddenly asked about Sera's origins.

"According to Gino's report, Sera, you shouldn't be a native of the planet Istel. Sera, could you please explain how to leave here?"

"Of course, you are under no obligation to explain this technology to us. Everything is up to you."

The blue eyes reflected Mono's solemn expression. Sera clearly saw the presence of responsibility and hope in the machine. Unfortunately, she could not help with this request.

"I'm sorry. I'd like to help, but the technology is so limited that I can't help you."

Shaking her head to express helplessness and refusal, to be honest, Sera herself wasn't very clear about the conditions for taking someone out. According to Mr. Orange's example... maybe it was an extremely high favorability or something like that?

If I were to say this out loud, I'm afraid it would be emotionally awkward, becoming friends just to escape purgatory or something...

"Is that so?" Mono's face showed no disappointment. It seemed that she had expected this answer. "I understand, Sera. No matter what, you are an honored guest of Eyalon. I hope we can get along well in the days to come."

Mono showed a relaxed and happy smile. The sincere friendship that did not deteriorate due to the answer was the cute rigidity unique to the Mind Control Machine. When it came to the recognition of relationships, they were actually not as complicated as humans.