Were they originally one?
'Mei' closed her eyes and realized that the anxiety on the face of the girl with blue eyes in her consciousness had disappeared, replaced by a kind of determination...
She believed in her friends and family.
And Kiana and Aunt... indeed quickly noticed that something was wrong.
It was just... just...
People are inherently greedy.
How could a Herrscher be an exception?
"Aunt..." The power of the Herrscher of Thunder surged once more. "What if... I don't want to share with anyone else..."
"You can't do that," Xia Yu wrapped her arms around her. "Mei is a good girl, right?"
"..." The latter didn't answer; that power just continued to surge time and time again.
"Hey, what exactly did you do to Mei?" Seeing this, Kiana finally couldn't hold back anymore. She gripped the Baseball Bat and glared at her like a tiger watching its prey.
"Confess honestly, or we'll all rush you, and you'll meet your end right here today!"
Bronya silently summoned Project Bunny. Did Sister Acheron mess up?
Seeing this, 'Mei' was stunned, an unspeakable sense of grievance welling up in her heart.
She was very familiar with Kiana's expression; it was exactly the same as that day... It was just... just... now, she was standing on the opposite side.
She stood in front of that weakling, raising a weapon against her.
This scene fiercely tugged at the heart of the Herrscher of Thunder.
Raiden Mei cares about you, so do I not care?
I also want... also want to have that ray of sunlight that can illuminate my life!
"Why? Why does that weakling get to have all of this?" she muttered. "I can only watch... Even though... even though she... she doesn't even dare to resist!"
The Herrscher of Thunder recalled the bits and pieces in her memory. Facing those people's bullying, she would angrily clench her fists and ruthlessly smash them into those people's faces, even if it was just a memory, even if she knew it was completely futile.
But that girl... that girl would only let people bully her!
A person as weak as her... why!
"I won't hurt you." Even though she was extremely unwilling in her heart, she still lowered her head, not daring to look at Kiana, nor daring to meet the eyes of the Aunt behind her. A massive amount of Honkai Energy was drawn out from Imaginary Space by the Gem of Conquest as if by instinct. "I won't... I just want... just want..."
Think about what Kiana's status was in Mei's heart? What did she do for Mei? After a pure, ignorant consciousness experienced all this, how could she not become addicted to it?
If the sixteen-year-old Mei couldn't handle it, let alone her?
Therefore, Kiana raising a weapon against her truly broke her heart, but she still didn't want to let go. That sunlight was too warm; how could an ignorant consciousness born in the dark Stigma Space possibly let go?
Think about the great Herrscher of Sentience; it was memories that shaped a person, and she had the same memories too.
In the original storyline, she would give up simply because Kiana was truly going to risk her life fighting her. In order to not hurt the last ray of light in her heart, the Herrscher of Thunder had no choice but to let go...
But now everything was peaceful, coupled with the fact that the power of a Herrscher made her somewhat inflated...
"Kiana, don't speak for now." Seeing this, Xia Yu sighed, pacified Kiana beside her, and then looked at 'Mei' in her arms.
She was drawing more and more Honkai Energy. The satellite Honkai Energy readings of Anti-Entropy and Schicksal were probably off the charts. Even the Elden Ring couldn't hold up anymore.
After all, with only output and no input, the Elden Ring was going to be drained dry. Previously, in order to promote the awakening of the Herrscher, it hadn't consumed a single bite of ME Corp's Honkai Energy!
Now, the harvest season had arrived!
Right now, it was the day for devouring food!
"You are not behaving," Xia Yu reached out and brushed aside the loose hair on her neck. "Disobedient children must be punished!"
Then she took a bite.
Well, just like a vampire, except she didn't break her skin.
However, the massive amount of Honkai Energy inside the Herrscher began to surge. Previously, the Herrscher of Thunder had been trying to mobilize it to break through Xia Yu's blockade. Now that it finally saw a breakthrough, it naturally poured out all at once.
And Xia Yu, on the other hand, saw a serving window.
A massive amount of Honkai Energy flooded into her body, and was then forcefully compressed and guided by the Emanator-level Power of Nihility, before being injected entirely into the Elden Ring!
Joke's on you, how could the power of a single Herrscher be enough in front of an Emanator, especially an Emanator like Acheron? Even if Finality came over, it would still fall a bit short.
The Herrscher of Thunder naturally noticed Xia Yu's actions. At first, she even retracted her Honkai Energy, afraid of hurting Aunt, but as a result, the other party seemed unsatisfied and increased the intensity of absorption...
So she decided it was best to spitefully increase the intensity of drawing Honkai Energy from Imaginary Space.
Mainly, she discovered that it seemed the power of a Herrscher wasn't that invincible after all; despite trying so hard for so long, she couldn't break free from Aunt's embrace.
Xia Yu welcomed it all on her end; after waiting for so long, the harvest season had finally arrived.
The Elden Ring was operating at full capacity even more so. As for whether Honkai Energy could be absorbed?
Hey, you never had to doubt the Elden Ring on this point. This thing truly welcomed anything; any Order could be stuffed inside. Theoretically, the Order of the Golden Order even came from beyond the planet, yet didn't it still operate perfectly fine?
Including Scarlet Rot, or even the power of Outer Gods like the Frenzied Flame, it could install and run them all the same. Although Honkai was a bit special, providing only energy without setting rules, it wasn't impossible either.
Just like that, one side put in all its effort to output, while the other happily took large gulps, forming a bizarre balance.
Kiana blinked as she looked at this scene.
Wow, this 'Mei' looking full of grievance... Hmm, it makes my heart ache a bit, but she isn't my Mei...
The way Sister Acheron is biting Mei's neck... the two of them are really so... I also want to... No, Kiana, what are you thinking about? Let's leave this kind of thing for tonight, alright.
We are doing serious business right now!
Bronya looked at Kiana in confusion, not knowing why the other party suddenly went crazy and slapped herself.
Then she continued to stay on guard.
But right at this moment, she suddenly looked up at the sky.
There, one of Schicksal's Warships slowly appeared.
"The party crashers are here." Seeing this, Xia Yu finally let go of her mouth.
But the action of drawing Honkai Energy from the Herrscher of Thunder did not stop. The channel had already been established, and both of them were now enveloped in dense Honkai Energy.
They came too fast. She hadn't finished her business on this end yet, and she couldn't let others ruin it.
"Bronya, it's time for your performance." She thought for a moment, then wickedly took out the smartphone she had just bought a few days ago, opened her favorites, and clicked on a song.
This was a 'treasure' copied from her own phone.
"Go, hack into Hyperion, and play this song on loop using their communication system!"
"Ah? Me?" Hearing this, Bronya pointed at herself.
"Yes, you," Xia Yu gave her an affirming look.
"But... but..." Bronya didn't know what to say. It was true she was a hacker, but to make her hack into the system of a Schicksal Warship completely unprepared...
Geez, you might as well just kill me!
You don't think all hackers are like the ones in the movies, where they open some impressive-looking software on a computer and then randomly mash the keyboard to hack in, do you?
Not to mention that was a Schicksal Warship, a Warship!
They were a military unit! How could they be that easy to hack!
"You can't do it?" Hearing this, Xia Yu was a little disappointed.
"Sister Acheron," Considering that the other party was indeed related to whether Seele could leave the Sea of Quanta, Bronya wracked her brains to come up with a makeshift solution. "You just want them to hear this song, right?"
"Yes," Xia Yu nodded.
"Then what if we exclude those Valkyries? Can it be heard by other people?" Bronya asked cautiously.
"That doesn't matter," Xia Yu shook her head.
"Then Bronya has a way," The latter sighed in relief upon hearing this, and then said, "Bronya can't hack into Schicksal's Warships, but Bronya can hack into ME Corp!"
"Looking at the current situation, Schicksal will also have to be cautious for a while facing the anomaly here, and they definitely have to gather intelligence, so let's broadcast this song at ME Corp headquarters!"
"They will definitely listen in!"
"Alright, then I'll leave it to you!" Hearing this, Xia Yu directly threw the phone to her, letting her operate it herself.
Then she turned back to look at the Herrscher of Thunder.
"Are you still going to be willful?"
The latter continued to lower her head, stubbornly not saying a word.
Looking at her like this, Xia Yu didn't mind either, continuing to take a bite and drink vigorously.
This made Kiana incredibly envious.
"Sister Acheron, is your body still holding up?" She leaned in with a flattering face. "Do you want me to help share a little burden?"
Hearing this, Xia Yu shot her a sidelong glance.
Do you look like you want to share the burden?
You clearly just lust after her body, you (...)!
But interestingly, upon hearing her words, the Herrscher of Thunder's body trembled slightly, and then, as if unwillingly, she quietly tilted her head, exposing the other side of her neck.
As the one pressing close to her, Xia Yu immediately noticed her little movement. She stopped her mouth, doubtfully turned her face over, and looked into her eyes.
There's something wrong with you!
"..." Seeing this, Kiana looked at the little movements of the haughty-faced 'Mei', and combining it with what Sister Acheron had said earlier...
Oh no, did she just break her heart earlier?
She had been too worried about Mei just now, resulting in her speaking somewhat carelessly. What should she do now?
"Just stop adding to the chaos," Xia Yu rolled her eyes at her. "Kiana, the time bomb inside your own body is not much smaller than Mei's. Handling her problem today is enough of a headache for me."
"If something goes wrong with you too, I really won't be able to handle it all!"
This was a lie; in fact, Sirin was much easier to handle than the Herrscher of Thunder.
The latter was essentially still Mei, and she didn't stand on the side of Honkai either, so she needed to be pacified.
Sirin? Just a beating would do.
"Ah? Me?" Hearing this, Kiana was dumbfounded.
She looked at Mei; even without contact, just from the domineering aura exuding from her body and that massive amount of Honkai Energy, she knew that she was terrifyingly strong.
"I also have a second personality?"