Didn't you go to Teyvat to earn money to support me?

For teenage boys, it's really hard to resist watching it.

He wanted to refute it but didn't know how.

Torachiyo looked at him with a charming smile. She remembered Shen Liang's girlfriend in Teyvat, the one named Xin Hai, who also seemed to like dressing like that. And it seemed she wasn't the only one who had discovered Shen Liang's extremely subtle aesthetic sense.

Those little girls who like to call themselves "little sisters"...

"My dear little wolfhound, you've been completely under my thumb for a long time." The demon girl smiled and leaned close to his ear. "Honestly, aren't I enough for you? Tonight, send your sisters away, and I'll show you what I'm capable of."

"You're a ghost, okay? The skin on your legs is red, it doesn't suit you wearing white stockings." Shen Liang decisively refused, "White with a hint of red, right? I think that color combination is absolutely hideous!"

"Why did you come to this conclusion?!" Torachiyo, who had just been trying to be romantic, was furious.

Shen Liang withdrew his gaze, walked back to his bedroom on the third floor along the corner of the stairs, and then took out the box containing the Divine Key from under the bed and took out the Black Abyss White Flower.

Such precious relics from a previous civilization were casually left in the bedroom because he didn't care if the Key of God was stolen. This was the Shaniat family home, a place where even the maids were Valkyries with mental perception comparable to thermal infrared. The difficulty for anyone to sneak in and steal something here would probably be no less than stealing the launch button for a nuclear weapon.

As for the Shaniat family stealing the Key of God... to be honest, Shen Liang didn't care. If Cecilia wanted it, he wouldn't have been able to keep it anyway, and if she really wanted it... Shen Liang would be happy to give it to her.

"Brother Liang, are you looking for Xi'er?" The door was pushed open, and a small girl with snow-white skin and long black hair with a bluish tinge, wearing a dress, quietly walked in.

Shen Liang glanced at her, "Bai Xi?"

“Yes, it is…it is Xi’er.” Xi’er gently sat down next to Shen Liang and said softly, “The other one is sleeping right now. Does brother want to see her? Xi’er can wake her up.”

"No thanks. Seele is cuter. She's a bit fierce."

"No, no. The other Seele is still Seele, Brother Liang, you must treat them both equally." Seele said anxiously, "I like the other one very much too."

Shen Liang teased her intentionally, "If I don't treat everyone equally, will she feel it's unfair and bully you?"

"Of course not! But... but she'll be very sad, she'll really be very sad... Seele will be sad too." Seele lowered her head. "Seele doesn't want Brother Liang to treat the two of us differently, that... is not good."

"What a good girl. Of course I wouldn't. You two are my most beloved younger sisters. When have I ever been biased?" Shen Liang patted her head.

Like a kitten, Seele tilted her little face up to enjoy her brother's caresses. After he finished, the timid little girl asked softly, "I've wanted to ask this for a long time. It seems like Brother Liang can always tell Seele from the other Seele at a glance, even though we haven't shown any abnormalities. How can he tell us apart?"

“Actually, you two look different.” Shen Liang shrugged. “Others might not be able to tell, but in my eyes, Xi’er, your pupils are blue, and your hair is black with a bluish tint. Hei Xi’er, on the other hand, has red pupils and her hair is black with a reddish tint. Although it’s just a subtle difference, people who know her well can tell at a glance.”

"Different appearances?" Seele touched her face in confusion. "But... even Bronya can only tell us apart by our mannerisms."

"Can't she tell your appearances?" Shen Liang was taken aback.

“Seele and the other Seele look exactly the same.” Seele looked at her brother with confusion. “We are just different personalities of the same person. Our appearance… shouldn’t change.”

no change?

Shen Liang carefully observed Xi'er's appearance, and Xi'er shyly looked away.

But that's right, Seele's smooth, long hair is indeed black with a hint of sea blue, and the black Seele in his memory does indeed appear more reddish.

—Perhaps I remembered it wrong?

But that shouldn't be the case. The reason he knows the two Seeles so clearly is because of their appearances, and this knowledge cannot be wrong.

—Is he the only one who could discover this?

Shen Liang put the question aside for the time being, and then stood the heavy Black Abyss White Flower in front of Xi'er and himself.

"This is the weapon you've always felt a connection with, Seele, the Divine Key Black Abyss White Flower." Shen Liang stared intently at Seele. "Now that I've brought it to you, can you tell your brother what you're seeking from it?"

"Black Abyss White Flower?" Seele hurriedly stood up, looking at the huge white lance, and happily reached out to stroke its hilt. "Yes, that's it, Brother Liang, that's it! I can feel it, Seele can feel it... that's it!"

"How do you feel?"

“Seele…Seele needs this, this Divine Key.” A blush rose on Seele’s fair face. Almost instinctively, she grabbed Shen Liang’s arm, her voice unusually urgent, “Brother Liang, give it to Seele, give it to Seele! Seele begs you, brother, Seele really wants it…Brother, don’t you love Seele the most? Give it to Seele, right now, please…”

Shen Liang frowned. Something was wrong with this matter, and it was getting increasingly wrong.

"Don't rush, I'll give it to you if you want it." Shen Liang sat back down and pulled Seele, who was trying to touch the Divine Key's handle, onto his lap. The usually timid little girl actually resisted him this time and tried to touch the Divine Key again, but Shen Liang grabbed her hand and pulled her back forcefully.

"Brother Liang?" Xi'er turned around, somewhat annoyed.

“If Xier wants it, her brother will give it to her no matter what, but Xier, why do you want it so much?” Shen Liang asked directly, “Your behavior is very unusual, tell me why.”

Seele seemed to realize her urgency only now. She stared blankly at Shen Liang for a long time before shaking her head. "Seele... Seele doesn't know."

"So how did you feel just now?"

"Feeling...feeling?" Seele subconsciously recalled, "When I saw the Black Abyss White Flower, Seele felt...feeling very close, feeling like it was a part of my body...Seele is incomplete, Seele is not a complete person, only it...only by eating it can Seele be complete, can she become...the real Seele? What is the real Seele?"

Shen Liang realized that something was wrong.

The Key of God is ultimately a product of the previous civilization, and it is said that even Earth's civilization cannot fully understand it. This mysterious and unpredictable thing may be very useful, but it is also dangerous.

He hadn't considered the downsides of the Divine Key before, but seeing Seele's impatient expression, he suddenly realized... the Divine Key might not be a good thing.

Actually, he should have noticed something was wrong as early as when Seele refused to leave Aisha, and when this usually sensible girl risked everything for the Divine Key. Why would such a well-behaved child like Seele be so stubborn? What was she sensing?

"You're going to eat it?" Shen Liang asked, puzzled. "How?"

This is a Divine Key, a lance, a weapon. The material is unknown, but it's definitely harder than steel! Could Seele's mention of "eating" be symbolic?

Seele bit the hilt of the lance, which was also the end of the hilt of the "Black Abyss" sword.

Shen Liang's eyes widened!

Then nothing happened.

"I can't bite it," Seele said, her eyes brimming with tears. "Brother Liang, it hurts so much."

"Let me check if any teeth are broken." Shen Liang helplessly used his phone's light to check Xi'er's mouth, and saw that her neat little white teeth were fine. "You're too hasty."

But can't you finish it?

Seele has the idea of ​​eating the Divine Key, but in reality she has no way to eat it. So where does this telepathy come from?

"How about we let the other you come out and take a look?" Shen Liang said.

Xi'er nodded, closed her eyes, and the next moment her aura suddenly became forceful. Her crimson eyes stared at Shen Liang, and she curled the corners of her lips: "Did you bring what I asked for?"

"Do you have a way to eat it?" Shen Liang asked cautiously. "Of course, even if you do, I'm not too sure I'd let you eat it for now."

“It’s not time to eat yet.” Hei Xi glanced at the Key of Eyes, her eyes narrowed for a moment, then relaxed again. “Right now, Xi’er doesn’t have the ability to analyze this thing. I feel that once she has A-level strength, her body might be able to adapt to it… I don’t know what might happen then.”

"You don't even know why you have such a great need for the Divine Keys?"

"Of course I don't know. I am Seele, and I know exactly as much as she does." Black Seele chuckled. "It's just that I have a feeling this isn't anything good. Compared to Seele's hunger, I don't really want to eat it. Dear Liang-gege, you'd better use your resources to investigate what's inside this thing... It's been tempting me all along."

Shen Liang narrowed his eyes.

Hei Xi didn't notice the contradiction in her words. On one hand, she said that Hei Yuan Bai Hua was tempting her, but on the other hand, she said that unlike Bai Xi, she didn't really want to eat Hei Yuan Bai Hua.

In other words, for Hei Xi, she wanted to eat it, but she... warned herself that she couldn't.

Shen Liang believed that both Hei Xi and Bai Xi were her closest sisters and wouldn't hide anything from him. Hei Xi's claim of not understanding meant she definitely didn't understand. So, if she didn't understand, why was she subconsciously warning herself not to eat the Black Abyss White Flower...? That's interesting.

Subconsciously, she knew that contact with the Black Abyss White Flower would have negative consequences.

What will be the consequences?

“However, although it can’t be eaten, I might know how to do another function.” Hei Xi shifted to a more comfortable position in his lap and suddenly said, “Brother Liang, this thing has the power of creation. It can synthesize a bunch of lifeless organic matter into life. Although it can’t bring people back to life, it can create a perfect and healthy body.”

"What do you mean?" Shen Liang didn't understand.

"Human consciousness can reside in countless containers: machines, clones, soul steel, electronic chips," Hei Xi said calmly. "But the best is the human body itself. However, the body determines consciousness. Any newborn body will have its own consciousness, even if it is a clone or an artificial human. There is no extra body that can store other consciousness. But the Black Abyss White Flower can create a pure body without consciousness."

"Brother Liang, it can truly set me, Xier, and me free."

Chapter 213 The Peerless Beauty Cecilia

Westminster Abbey, also known as Westminster Abbey, is located on the banks of the River Thames in London.

The World Government on the supernatural side, the headquarters of Schicksal, is located on the banks of the Thames. The two blocks radiating out from Westminster Abbey are within the territory of Schicksal's headquarters. The Valkyries of the headquarters go to the city center to clock in every day. These beings with super powers brush past the citizens of London every day.

The tallest office building next to Westminster Abbey is the core of Destiny's headquarters. This 135-story building is one of London's landmark buildings. Its official name is "Destiny Heavy Industries," and it also employs many ordinary people. However, ordinary people can only access the first 35 floors; the real Destiny headquarters is on the 100 floors above.

The most elite Valkyries, high-ranking members, and researchers of Schicksal mostly reside on floors 100 and above. To facilitate the Valkyries' movements, the building is fully equipped with dormitories, gyms, swimming pools, restaurants, fighting arenas, Honkai energy testing facilities, and exoskeleton activity rooms. Many Valkyries even live directly in the building.

Anyway, this is central London, so everything is convenient; they can even order takeout here. When those delivery guys climb up the escalator, hand the food to the young, pretty girls, and then watch the escalator doors close with a look of utter disappointment, they have absolutely no idea that these girls are a bunch of humanoid monsters capable of tearing apart rhinos with their bare hands.

Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows on the 100th floor of the building, Otto held a wine glass and looked at the construction site in the distance. It was in the northern suburbs of London, where the government had approved a large area of ​​land to build an industrial district. Tianming Heavy Industry had undertaken the project and was building a factory covering tens of thousands of hectares. Construction had been underway for nearly eight years. The London municipal government had repeatedly urged Otto's men to work harder and had hinted that if they switched to a contractor from China, it might be completed in a year.

Otto didn't care. Given his status and power, the London government could only tolerate Destiny Heavy Industries' slow progress. What else could they do? Withdraw the bid? Don't be ridiculous. The London government wouldn't dare offend such a terrifying force as Destiny... and even Great Britain itself might not dare to challenge Destiny alone.

The only force that dares to challenge destiny alone is Shenzhou. Only Shenzhou's strength on the extraordinary side makes destiny feel troubled.

"Your Excellency." The elevator doors opened, and a soft female voice came from behind Otto, "Rita is back, and she has brought back the message you requested."

"How is Cecilia?" Otto asked directly.

“Her Highness is visibly weak, but still unfathomable. Not only Rita, but even Lady Durandal and Lady Cheng Ling Shuang of Shenzhou can sense that Her Highness’s strength still surpasses everyone else’s.” Rita said with her head down, “Rita believes that it is still not the right time to antagonize the Shaniat family.”

“Is Cecilia really so strong that even you and Durandal can’t handle her?” Otto turned around, a half-smile on his face. “Is it that you can’t beat her, or that you don’t want to fight?”

“Your Excellency, we neither can win nor want to fight.” Rita smiled. “This is Rita’s honest opinion, and it is also the honest opinion of many Valkyries of Destiny.”

Otto remained silent for a moment.

As a saint, Cecilia possessed immense personal charisma within the Valkyries of Schicksal. She was the dream role model for all Valkyries—beautiful, gentle, kind, and unparalleled in strength. As long as she lived, the vast majority of people would be unwilling to lay a hand on the Shaniat family.

Her personal charm was so great that Otto was at a loss for what to do with her.

“The Black Abyss White Flower is now in the hands of the Shaniat family. I’ve missed out on the power of the ‘Herrscher of Death’ just like that, and my plan to research soul resurrection will have to be postponed again.” Otto scrutinized her, narrowing his eyes. “This makes me wonder, did you and Durandal deliberately wait for Cecilia to come, deliberately let her take the Divine Key… to prolong her life?”

“Your Excellency is overthinking it; it’s all just a coincidence,” Rita said, her expression unchanged.