People are collapsing, but the integrated strategy is launched

Chapter 40: Correction of World Line

[By the way... Host, if Anna decided to rescue the citizens here, would she still meet Chen Tianwu? ]

"..."

"It seems, yes."

The corners of Yan Wei's mouth twitched. He was so busy trying to look good that he forgot something so important.

[What should I do, host? Do you want to save him yourself? ]

"Let's send Chen Tianwen out first. I wasn't lying to her. Chen Tianwen's condition right now can't afford to delay."

"Yan Wei, you can actually come directly to me."

Xia Ling suddenly interrupted.

"The support from the Far East Branch has arrived. We are responsible for building the defense line in the north of Manila. According to the map you gave me earlier, it should be not far from your location."

"The Far East Branch has provided support for a total of six Valkyrie teams. I will draw the area I am responsible for for you later. When you arrive, I will directly teleport you through the system's positioning."

"Okay, I'll be right there."

Using the collapse energy to protect himself and Chen Tianwen's bodies, Yan Wei directly started to explode and quickly rushed towards Xia Ling's location.

【Host, I discovered something. 】

"Well, you said."

[It seems Anna has met Chen Tianwu again.]

"Uh...ah?"

Xia Ling and Yan Wei, who had just received Chen Tianwen's message, were stunned for a moment.

"Hasn't she already given up on gathering and focused on rescuing the citizens? How could she still meet Chen Tianwu?" Question marks seemed to pop up above Xia Ling's head.

"From this perspective, in the original world line, after Anna saw Chen Tianwen, the next person she met was Chen Tianwu."

"And because she felt so guilty for not saving people before, she was completely overwhelmed, so she reached out to Chen Tianwu for help."

Yan Wei analyzed.

"But if we put it in a metaphysical way..."

"Are you talking about the correction of the world line? I can't say for sure, but it's better not." Xia Ling shook her head immediately as if she had heard something dirty.

"Alas, I hope not. Otherwise, we will face much greater obstacles in our future plans."

Yan Wei put one hand on his waist and sighed: "Remember to mark this location yourself. Since Anna has already met Chen Tianwu, things will probably develop according to the original plot. There is no need for me to do anything more."

"While there is still time, I will go and rescue some people, and then leave before Tianming completely controls the situation."

"I will bring the rescued people here, and you will be responsible for receiving them."

"Okay, then you decide for yourself. I will keep you updated with the news from Tianming."

Twelve hours into the rescue operation, Xia Ling heard two familiar names from her companions.

"Anna, former vice-captain of the Manila Snow Lotus Squad, A-rank Valkyrie, was severely injured due to physical exhaustion and forcible restraint of a Honkai Emperor without any equipment. She is now being treated in the medical cabin."

"Chen Tianwu was found hiding in a ruin. He had passed out due to excessive damage from Honkai energy."

Listening to the doctor's report, Xia Ling nodded slightly: "Got it. If Anna wakes up, remember to notify me."

......

It was several days later when I saw Anna again.

"Hello, Anna." Xia Ling looked at Anna who had recovered and couldn't help but sighed: "Tsk tsk, your recovery ability is worthy of being someone who can forcibly hold back the Honkai Emperor in that state."

"Actually, I didn't do anything... Protecting the people is the Valkyrie's duty." Anna replied a little embarrassedly.

"So, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Oh, it's like this, there's a blond-haired girl who asked me to bring her a message."

"I have already sent the little girl you were worried about to Tianming's base. You can go find her yourself when the time comes. I acted in time, so the girl should be able to survive."

Imitating Yan Wei's tone, Xia Ling continued, "This is the content of the message. As for the child she brought... he should be called Chen Tianwen. He is now in the hospital here. This is the detailed address."

As she spoke, Xia Ling wrote a string of addresses on a piece of paper and pushed a pass and the addresses towards Anna.

"Yes, it's her!" Anna's eyes widened suddenly, and she immediately recalled the person who impressed her so much.

"It seems that you have a deep impression of her. Do you mind talking about it? We are quite curious about that guy."

"She has quietly saved a lot of people these days, and many people want to thank her. Unfortunately, that guy came and went without a trace, and we know very little about her."

"But according to the remaining records in Manila, that person was not found. With such skills but unknown, we reasonably suspect that she might be some secret weapon of anti-entropy."

That's right... Wei Cao's strength is indeed terrifying... At least she can appear behind me without anyone noticing...

Judging from her attitude towards Tianming, it is clear that she is not very used to Tianming...

Reason told Anna that she should describe everything she saw in detail. If someone of such strength appeared quietly on the battlefield against Tianming, although she did not seem to like killing innocent people, the property damage caused would be immeasurable.

but......

"No, I'm not very familiar with her. The only reason I know her is that I helped her rescue the child."

Anna shook her head vigorously, as if trying to get rid of some thoughts.

"Is that so... Never mind. I didn't intend to delve into it." Giving Anna a meaningful look, Xia Ling whispered, "After all, she didn't do anything except saving people this time."

"Then...can I go see the child now?" As if afraid that Xia Ling would ask something else, Anna picked up the address on the table and prepared to leave.

"It's okay, go ahead. By the way..." After taking a look at the pendant on Anna's neck, Xia Ling teased, "That little girl may have a deep connection with you."

Anna seemed to be walking faster, leaving here at a speed close to running away.

"Alas, one of the few heterosexuals in Honkai Impact 3rd."

"But..." Xia Ling concluded in the channel: "It seems that she has figured out the pros and cons, but she still hasn't given Yan Wei away. It seems that we can trust her a little more in the future."

"Speaking of which, I have one more thing to report."

Hai Mo suddenly interrupted.

"Taking advantage of the collapse of Manila, the Oceania branch chief seems to have sent out the two veteran A-rank Valkyries in the branch, and attached a series of personnel transfers."

"It seems that he intends to completely control the Oceania branch."

"But this would be against the rules," Yan Wei asked hesitantly.

"Don't worry, Otto will make him comply. Even if he doesn't take action this time, Otto will take the initiative to transfer those Valkyries away."

Xia Ling curled her lips and said, "He is reluctant to let those Valkyries die with the branch chief. This is only a little over a year away from the main storyline, and it is not certain whether such a transfer opportunity can be found in the future."

"Speaking of this, shouldn't we also prepare to clear the Trial Paradise? In a few months, it will be the storyline of the Second Key of God." Yan Wei looked at the time and suggested.

"Yes, it is time to put it on the agenda... After this operation is over, we will prepare to conquer the final difficulty of Trial Paradise."

Chapter 41 Prelude to the Final Trial

"?~"

In the paradise of the past, Alicia hummed a melodious tune and wandered in the paradise.

"Oh, little Xia Ling is finally coming to the paradise soon~ Let me think about what gift I should prepare for her?"

Alicia has been hesitating about this question for a long time, but she still can't think of a good answer.

"Hmm~ Really, I've never been troubled by something like this for so long. It's all the fault of the system. It locked me up in that trial paradise but didn't pull me into Xia Ling's communication channel. I don't even know Xia Ling's daily life. How can I choose a gift?"

"How about asking Mobius? Um... No, no, I called her a snake in front of everyone a while ago, and she got so mad that she ignored me for a week. I'd better not mess with her."

"Forget it, never mind. We still have some time left. Let's go find Wei Erwei first. Xia Ling told me yesterday that their next move is to find the Second God's Key."

"Wei Weiwei was deeply involved in the creation of the Second God's Key. She should have left a backdoor in it, right?"

After a while, Alicia finally met Vivi as she wished, but she was not the one she wanted to see.

"Oh, my dear audience, if you are looking for me, I am happy to help." Magician Weiwei showed a troubled expression: "But if you are looking for an expert or a scholar... then I really can't help you."

"Eh? Why?" Alicia tilted her head: "I remember you all had fixed appearance times every day, didn't you?"

"Yes, but that's normal." The magician sighed. "During this period, I don't know what the expert came up with. Anyway, after discussing with the conductor and the scholar, she monopolized most of our time. The remaining small part was mostly when scholars or conductors appeared."

"And I, a poor great magician, can only sit on the bench."

"But, what is it that makes her unwilling to tell you?" Alicia asked curiously: "If it comes to talent..."

"Well, I don't know. Maybe... it's because my style is too obvious?" The magician said uncertainly: "At least, that's what the conductor told me."

"Is that so... That means I won't be able to see the expert these days." Alicia was a little disappointed.

"Yes, you know, when the expert is in high spirits, the Spiral Workshop is in a closed state." The magician said that he was powerless: "If it is not urgent, I suggest you come back to her later."

"Well... okay, there's no rush anyway." Alicia thought for a while. According to the time given by Xia Ling, she would set out for the location of the Second Key of God in autumn. It seemed to be called... London?

Anyway, there are still three or four months left, and I believe the experts will have free time by then.

So if we turn the perspective back a few months ago...

"Strange, what on earth is this thing?"

In the spiral workshop filled with retro and steam-style, expert Vivi was staring at a pile of rapidly changing data with a frown on her face.

She had discovered a problem a long time ago. It seemed that some of the discarded data in Paradise was often inexplicably missing.

If it were anyone else, this would be a problem that would never be discovered. By analogy, it would be like there being a few fewer garbage bags inexplicably at your neighborhood garbage dump, and a normal person would definitely not notice it.

But Velvet is not normal.

Because there are eight personalities in their bodies, they often add their own preferences to each other's "little inventions".

Therefore, Wei Erwei's data discard rate is much higher than that of other heroes.

Moreover, there are often some Velvets who go to the discarded data to "pick up" their masterpieces that were thrown away by others.

After a while, Weiwei discovered this small abnormality.

At first, Velvi thought this was Mobius's experimental requirement. After all, she was Mobius. Who would have thought that she would suddenly have the idea of ​​using something as experimental material?

But after a while, Weiwei found something wrong.

The amount of data reduced each time is too fixed.

Every week, a little bit of Paradise's discarded data is lost, and the amount lost is very fixed.

This is obviously abnormal, and this phenomenon finally caught Weiwei's attention.

After the expert spent a day making a garbage data counter, he began to wait for his prey to take the bait.

Sure enough, in the early morning of Friday of the second week, Weiwei caught the "thief".

But not fully captured.

She only discovered the route the thief used to steal data, but she did not find the source of the thief, nor did she have any way to invade this route.

The other party used a method she had never heard of. For a moment, facing this "completely closed" theft line, Wei Wei was actually helpless.

She could indeed block this route, but she couldn't prevent this type of theft, as the other party could do the same thing at any time and open a new route.

At first, Weiwei thought of Pado. With Pado's ability and luck, she might be able to successfully find the loophole in this line and then invade in reverse.

But it was obviously not safe to do so. Moreover, for some well-known reasons, Weiwei couldn't bear to let this carefree cat take risks again.

So, in the end, the experts decided to take action themselves and try to figure out a way to invade this route.

After all, she is Wei Wei, and I can be Wei Wei as long as I want.

After explaining the pros and cons to the conductor, the experts successfully gained control of most of the time, and the remaining time was given to the scholars, who were responsible for theoretical research.

Of course, the magician was excluded from this plan, because according to the conductor's speculation, the other party obviously had a certain understanding of the Thirteen Heroes. If the magician's traces were added to the work, then the magician's exaggerated style would definitely be recognized at a glance.

After several months of hard work, Weiwei finally found a way to reverse the invasion.

It was at this point that the great magician, who had been imprisoned for several months, was finally released to get some fresh air.

May 5th, one week after the Manila collapse.

After finishing her rotation, Xia Ling finally returned to Saint Freya. That day happened to be a Thursday, which was also the time when the number of trial entries was refreshed.

Xia Ling returned to bed early, saying that she was exhausted after a week's visit and needed to catch up on some sleep, and her spirit was now in the Paradise reception room.