As time passed, the Honkai energy Yuna had forcefully injected into the vines gradually dissipated.
Their violent movements slowly weakened.
Theresa emerged from Oath of Judah several times to inspect the situation.
Xia Ling, meanwhile, remained inside System Space and continuously monitored the athletic field.
Finally—
After more than an hour—
The vines stopped spreading and attacking.
Without the Honkai energy supporting them, they collapsed limply across the athletic field.
“Looks like the remaining Honkai energy finally dispersed.”
[Host going outside now?]
“Yeah.”
“Time to wake Theresa.”
The scene shifted.
Xia Ling reappeared on the athletic field.
“Wow.”
“This place went from elite private academy to national nature reserve overnight.”
Xia Ling poked one of the collapsed vines.
No response.
Even the toxin attached to it had disappeared.
“Just as expected.”
“A poison capable of taking down Theresa obviously wasn’t something the vines naturally produced.”
“It was fundamentally a characteristic of Yuna’s Honkai energy.”
“The vines were simply the delivery mechanism.”
“Once Yuna died…”
“Everything naturally dissipated.”
Xia Ling looked around.
Oath of Judah stood prominently in the middle of the field.
The glittering golden cross had not suffered any noticeable damage.
Still pristine.
Still shining.
Still standing proudly.
Xia Ling raised a hand and knocked on the outer shell.
“Theresa.”
“Wake up.”
“It’s morning.”
Mechanical noises immediately came from inside.
The cross opened.
Theresa crawled out.
“You’re okay?”
“Thank goodness.”
Seeing Xia Ling completely unharmed—and even energetic enough to personally wake her—
Theresa visibly relaxed.
As principal of St.
Freya Academy, Theresa believed she had become reasonably good at judging young people.
To her, Xia Ling appeared to be the sort of person with mild self-destructive tendencies.
Combined with Theresa’s theories about Xia Ling’s circumstances, she had spent the last hour worrying whether the girl might do something reckless.
If Xia Ling knew what Theresa was thinking, she would have felt terribly wronged.
What self-destructive tendencies?
What disregard for life and death?
That was merely the side effect of dying too many times inside System Space!
“Have these vines completely lost activity?”
Theresa quickly noticed the athletic field now resembled a primordial forest.
“Yeah.”
“I tested them earlier.”
“Even the poison is gone.”
“Leaving them here shouldn’t cause any problems.”
“You tested them yourself?!”
Cold sweat instantly appeared across Theresa’s back.
“What were you thinking?!”
“That toxin was dangerous enough that even I wouldn’t casually touch it!”
“Don’t worry.”
“Things like this don’t really matter to me.”
Xia Ling merely shook her head with an expressionless face.
“You probably have a lot of questions.”
“Let’s find somewhere to talk.”
Then Xia Ling simply started walking.
“You…”
Theresa opened her mouth.
She wanted to say something.
In the end—
Nothing came out.
She silently followed.
…
Ten minutes later—
Xia Ling led Theresa onto a familiar rooftop.
Yes.
The sacred Origin Highlands.
Unfortunately, this was before the wormhole and Finality crater reached their complete form.
“Does this count as a pilgrimage?”
Xia Ling asked internally.
[I think Host should wait until the location reaches its completed form before calling it that.]
“Doesn’t matter.”
“System, remember to take pictures.”
[Why?]
“After Mei commits domestic violence later, I can use the pictures to tease her.”
[Very well.]
[Hopefully Host doesn’t repeat Black Swan’s mistake.]
[March confidently into teasing Mei 1 and emerge as Prison Swan.]
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“Here should work.”
Xia Ling stood beside the railing and looked back at Theresa.
“You ask first, or me?”
“One question each?”
“I’ll go first.”
Theresa pressed at her aching forehead.
“Technically, I’m one of the people responsible for this region.”
“Investigating suspicious individuals is part of my job.”
“Fine.”
“I don’t really have anything to ask anyway.”
Xia Ling shrugged.
“First.”
“Who are you?”
“And why did you appear in the middle of my battle with Yuna?”
“My name is Xia Ling.”
The answer came immediately.
“As for identity…”
“Transmigrator.”
“Wanderer.”
“Refugee.”
“Interpret it however you want.”
“As for why I appeared there…”
“I’m not completely sure.”
“When I entered this world, I didn’t deliberately designate a destination.”
“My guess is that the Honkai energy concentration where you two were fighting was unusually high.”
“Now it’s my turn.”
“Are you Theresa?”
“I understand similar individuals can exist across different worlds, but I’d still prefer confirmation from the person herself.”
“I am.”
“You…”
“Know me?”
“The person I knew…”
“May not have been you.”
Xia Ling’s gaze softened faintly.
“I simply wanted to confirm that I hadn’t helped the wrong person.”
“If you’re Theresa…”
“Then it’s fine.”
So she was close to the Theresa from her own world…
Theresa pursed her lips.
She wanted to comfort Xia Ling.
But did not know what to say.
Eventually, she sighed quietly.
“How did you reach our world?”
“When you appeared earlier, the energy disturbance was enormous.”
“Yet your strength appears…”
“Rather weak.”
“Because I’m bound to something powerful.”
Xia Ling paused.
“Something roughly similar in nature to that cross you carry.”
“It’s one of the rarest creations produced by my civilization.”
“It can bring me through barriers between worlds.”
“But the effect is unstable.”
“After this use, it may require a long time before recovering.”
“As for my strength…”
“That isn’t a major problem.”
“I should recover much of it after some time.”
The System really is one of the rarest things produced by its civilization.
It really did bring me across worlds.
And as for strength—once I Elite 2 myself, I’ll just say that’s my original power.
Meanwhile, Theresa’s mental image of Xia Ling gradually took shape.
Someone from another world or bubble universe.
Probably somewhere with terrible conditions.
She was seriously injured, but can recover.
Possesses some ability to travel through the Sea of Quanta…
“All right.”
“Your question.”
“I don’t have much else to ask.”
“If possible, just explain the basics of your world.”
Xia Ling spoke calmly.
“If you have more questions for me, ask whatever you want.”
“Then…”
“Where do you plan to go next?”
“Nowhere in particular.”
“I’ll find somewhere I won’t starve.”
“Eh?”
“You’re not going home?”
“Coming to our world was an accident, wasn’t it?”
Theresa watched Xia Ling nervously.
She knew the question might once again step on something sensitive.
But as the person responsible for Schicksal’s Far East Branch, she had obligations.
Understanding this otherworldly visitor’s next objective was necessary.
“Home…”
A lonely expression appeared on Xia Ling’s face.
“I may…”
“Not have one anymore.”
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