I'm playing Honkai Impact 3

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"I'm only 99% sure right now, not 100% certain."

Walter's forehead creased with a question mark. What's the difference between 99% certainty and absolute certainty?

"In short, don't make any moves that might alert them. I'll explain in detail when I get back."

Qiong was relatively confident in the Immortal Boat, even though he didn't know the main plot and only knew that Huanlong was related to Jianmu through fan-created information.

As long as Huanlong's disguise isn't directly exposed, she definitely won't openly do anything big.

There is one thing that Qiong cannot conclude: was the Star Core brought to the Immortal Ship by Huanlong?

That's fine, but if not, doesn't that mean someone is still hiding something?

However, it didn't matter to Qiong; the more people, the more fun!

Qiong dropped a bombshell on Lao Yang, left the inn, hailed a taxi at the nearest station, and headed towards the port where the train would land.

"Master, to Liuyun Port."

Qiong boarded his private starship.

"Alright, little brother, traffic restrictions have been in place in the Liuyun Port area for a few days now."

"Just drop me off nearby, driver! Can you drive faster? My wife is cheating on me in Liuyun Port!"

Qiong's face was full of anger, and her golden eyes seemed to be surging with rage and fury that wanted to burn the adulterous couple to ashes.

The experienced driver's pupils dilated in shock—caught in the act, caught cheating!?

There's some juicy gossip to come!

"Got it, buckle up, little buddy!"

The experienced driver shoved the speed control lever to its maximum, and the speedometer on the Starship jumped straight to 400 mph.

He steered with one hand, honked the horn incessantly, and overtook the car.

Drive faster, faster! We need to catch the most exciting part.

"You are speeding. Please show your medical insurance card..."

Xingcha Navigation issued a notification.

The journey, which should have taken an hour and twenty minutes, was completed in less than fifty minutes by the driver.

"Young man, do you need my help?"

Upon arrival at the destination, the driver volunteered to help, displaying the selfless dedication of a Xianzhou citizen who was eager to assist the people.

"No need, thank you, brother. You're a bit slow; they've already run away."

Qiong tossed out a remark that would keep the driver up at night for six months, making him want to slap himself every time he got up in the middle of the night, and then drove off with a flourish.

The chaos within the Star Core of Liuyun Port has not yet been completely quelled and remains under lockdown, with ordinary tourists and residents prohibited from entering.

The shadow beneath his feet rippled like water, and the sky slowly sank into the kingdom of shadows, silently entering through the dark world and heading straight for the train.

Inside the train carriage, Sora saw Himeko researching how to expand into the culinary world, making coffee-boiled manta ray with sweet and sour fried bananas.

Qiong gasped in shock. He didn't dare disturb Himeko, who was completely absorbed in her work, for fear that he wouldn't be able to get off the train that night.

The adjusted boundary anchoring allows for one ultra-long-distance teleportation and several short-distance teleportations.

We arrived safely at the Black Tower Space Station, which is orbiting the Azure Star.

"You arrived quite quickly."

The most unmysterious office in the entire universe. Black Tower sat behind his desk, arms crossed, looking at Gray Hair with displeasure as he walked into the office.

"You really want to see Ruan Mei that much?"

Black Tower felt somewhat displeased.

Previously, every time she asked Xingqiong to test the simulated universe, these two guys made her beg them, and she even called them "Dad" a few times. Although a few words of begging meant nothing to Black Tower, who had optimized away all sense of shame.

But without comparison, there is no harm.

Doesn't Qiong's attitude make her Black Tower seem like nothing more than a roadside nuisance?

"Honey, don't be jealous. I didn't cheat on you. You're the most beloved baby!"

Qiong took out a black tower doll, hugged it to her chest, kissed and rubbed it, and lifted it high in the air.

Black Tower: "...?"

"I know you're terminally ill, but I still can't understand what kind of logic you used to arrive at this conclusion?"

Watching the Black Tower doll being hugged and kissed by Qiong, Black Tower showed no shame or embarrassment, but instead hummed with considerable confidence:

"I am the Black Tower, perfect as I am, isn't it only natural that I am your favorite?"

"Yes, yes, yes, Miss Black Tower is the cutest in the universe!"

Qiong made no attempt to hide her sincerity and affirmation of this.

"By the way, is it true that Ruan Mei will come to the space station?"

"What do you say?"

Black Tower rolled his eyes: "Do you know how precious my time is? If I lie to you, it's my time that I'll lose."

"I'm the one who brought her here, but don't get too excited. Ruan Mei who comes to the space station is most likely a fake. Don't just think I like using dolls. Ruan Mei isn't much better. She throws out fakes every day to fool people."

"You guys messed up the simulated universe before. After we repaired it, we are discussing whether to do a big project."

"What kind of big project?"

Upon hearing about the simulated universe, Qiong immediately perked up.

"We plan to add something new to the simulated universe, a completely new expansion device."

Because the object of his attention was Qiong, Heita was quite patient and explained:

"I don't plan to load the Akivili template for the next simulation test."

Black Tower glared fiercely at Qiong.

Black Tower felt that the accidents in the first two tests were inextricably linked to her loading the Star God template into the Starry Sky.

The first time the two gray-haired men raced the train as Akivili, they destroyed Kripper's subspace crystal wall and the Comet Wall, which led to Kripper's subsequent rage, the appearance of Aha, and the activation of mysterious unknown code.

The second Star God template was in a semi-loading state, and with the shady operation of spreading the eccentric images of the Dome Painting to simulate the universe, the Pharmacist was lured out.

Without a partially loaded [Pioneer] Star God template, the probability of the Pharmacist being lured out is there, but not high.

Therefore, the way to prevent the two gray-haired characters from ruining the simulated universe is to completely ban their Star God identity cards and let them seduce the Star God based on their compatibility with their destiny.

"But in that case, the attraction between the two of you would be too weak. Even if the time were extended by several hundred times, it would be difficult to attract the attention of the Star God in a short period of time."

"Therefore, I plan to fix the simulated cosmic time within a certain historical segment to narrow the scope. This method is more helpful for studying a particular star god."

Hei Ta brushed aside a stray strand of gray-brown hair that had fallen beside her ear:

“However, there are too many Star Gods, and I don’t know which Amber Era to put you into. It just so happens that Ruan Mei has some ideas. She seems to be particularly interested in the Star God of [breeding] and has suggested locking onto the timeline before the fall of the Insect Emperor Izyuros.”

"The Insect King..."

Qiong sat in a super comfortable sofa chair, enjoying Fengta's massage.

He vaguely remembered the insect mode in the simulated universe, the insect plague and such. The fan-made version didn't mention much about the settings, but it wasn't a big problem.

"None of us have any objections. Anyway, it doesn't really matter which star god we're targeting. Besides, I'm also a bit interested in some of the things that happened in the universe during that period."

"In conclusion, after our discussions, we have determined the direction for the major update."

"So, when can I get tested?"

Qiong was in high spirits.

"The previous two times I had to beg for so long before I came to get tested, why are you so eager this time?"

After a slight pause, Black Tower looked at Qiong with some suspicion.

"However, we'll have to wait a while; the major upgrade hasn't started yet..."

"When did you start making empty promises? Creating a new folder?"

"Stop talking nonsense. Do you know how many resources and how much preparation are needed to upgrade a simulated universe?"

Black Tower said irritably.

"I called Ruan Mei here precisely to upgrade the simulated universe."

When will she arrive?

Qiong raised the key question and handed Heita a cup of tea: "Here, I specially brewed this dehumidifying tea for you."

"It should be soon. The ancient beast materials I gave her last time have run out, and she asked me for more, so I told her to go to the material reserve area in the Orenjia Starfield to get them herself."

Hei Ta looked at the tea that Qiong handed over with surprise. "I appreciate the kindness, but dehumidifying tea won't work on the doll."

"How will you know it's useless if you don't try it? I brewed it for you myself... And then what? When is she arriving?"

Qiong is used to having two-threaded chat.

"She seems to have encountered something related to the Great Lord of Annihilation on her way to the Orenjia Starfield, which delayed her a little... Hmm?"

Hei Ta took a sip of tea and frowned: "What did you use to brew it?"

"A desiccant! The packaging says it can keep a damp doll dry and in good condition."

Qiong revealed a self-satisfied smile: "I also added mothballs to help you keep out insects."

Black Tower: "...?"

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Chapter 236 I hope I didn't scare you.

Starry sky and Milky Way.

Long ago, a research ship set off from an extremely remote star system and headed towards the Orenja Star System.

When they were still a quarter of the way from their destination, they encountered an unlucky fellow who seemed to have stumbled upon the Great Lord of Annihilation.

The wreckage of the caravan ships, with its faint, almost invisible ashes, is the remains of the lucky survivors.

Because it involved the Great Lord of Extinction, the research ship made a brief stop in this uninhabited star field to conduct an exploration and retrieved a lucky surviving Celestial Ship person from the vacuum of space.

They then continued their journey towards the Orenja Starfield.

Having obtained the necessary materials from the research lab of the genius Black Tower, this research vessel set its next destination as the Black Tower Space Station.

One of the ship's experimental compartments is unlike any other; the space for this experiment is extremely spacious, even exceeding that of a typical gymnasium.

A graceful and elegant woman stood there quietly.

Her expression was indifferent, as if she carried the melancholy of half a poem by Li Qingzhao.

Genius Club #81, Nguyen Mai.

The woman pointed her finger and pressed the switch in front of her.

In front of Ruan Mei, a giant worm was curled up in a 20-meter-tall culture tank.

Its body has a streamlined arthropod structure, its carapace is covered with a layer of chitin with a blue metallic luster, and its head has serrated mouthparts.

The enormous culture vessel split in half, and the giant worm slowly opened its scarlet compound eyes.

"Hi~"

The insect emitted a mad screech, and several pairs of transparent membranous wings split open on its back, with terrifying energy flowing through the veins of the wings.

Its aura was rising steadily, but its attempt to spread its membranous wings looked incredibly difficult.

A dozen seconds later, the insect seemed unable to withstand the terrifying force; its membranous wings spontaneously combusted, and it fell heavily to the ground with a mournful cry.

"So weak..."

The woman gazed at the insect's condition, pondered, and then stepped forward.

Before she could even touch the wailing behemoth, its body began to dissipate little by little, completely turning into particles and disappearing.

"Failed again."