Honkai Impact 3: Saving the former civilization by rubbing the black technology

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Chapter 33: Qianjie is the God of Cookery.

"Although it's a little weak, I can definitely feel the presence of spiritual power."

After finishing the dormitory inspection, the two came to Aponya's office, where she usually handles school-related matters.

After sensing the blood sample that Ai Yue took out, Aponya nodded: "This fluctuation... is it Kevin's?"

Aponia's expression was somewhat incredible, and she obviously realized the problem.

"Ah."

Ai Yue picked up the container in his hand and shook it, "This is Kevin's blood sample."

Everyone's spirit has subtle differences, and so does the mental power derived from it. By distinguishing such differences, psychics can easily tell who the mental fluctuations come from. This is why Aponya can lock onto someone from thousands of miles away, so Ai Yue was not surprised that Aponya could directly say Kevin's name.

"This is truly... an unexpected result."

Aponia frowned and looked apologetic. "Perhaps it's because I haven't had much contact with Kevin, so I didn't notice this before."

"It's hard to detect, right? Even if this level of spiritual power is spread throughout his body, it's impossible to tell unless you carefully sense it."

Ai Yue shook his head, obviously not thinking it was Aponya's fault. "I never thought this would happen, so the most urgent thing is to figure out what's going on."

"This situation...didn't happen to me."

Aponya closed his eyes and did a deep "scan" of himself before saying, "However, it's difficult to prove a pattern based on just one example like this."

"Yeah, I didn't expect to find such a thing."

Ai Yue pondered, "It seems necessary to expand the scope."

"Do you need me to do anything?"

Aponya continued to ask, "I think I can still help in the spiritual realm, right?"

"I'm not sure yet whether this is a unique situation unique to Kevin, or if it might also occur in other fusion warriors."

Ai Yue said, "I will organize a physical examination in a couple of days. I'll trouble you to do the screening work then."

It is too troublesome to draw blood for analysis one by one, not to mention that there are not many machines that can analyze blood components. In this case, it is better to take this opportunity to do a comprehensive physical examination and collect other data by the way.

As for the matter of the unknown component, Ai Yue did not tell Aponya - the unknown component obviously did not only involve mental power. Before it was thoroughly understood, Ai Yue planned to handle it alone.

"I'll make time."

Aponya nodded, "Do we need to tell Dr. Mei about this?"

"I'll tell her tomorrow, but the physical examination is already planned anyway, it's just a matter of moving it up a bit."

Ai Yue nodded, then stood up and said, "Okay, there's nothing else to do. You can rest first. I'll be back soon."

Before he had taken two steps, he was gently pulled back by Aponya.

"It's so late, why don't you leave?"

The nun's face showed a hint of shyness, but her tone was firm. "I did give in before, but since you came here yourself, there's no reason for me to let go."

As a result, Ai Yue was not able to leave Chaoyang College until noon the next day.

This was not because he slept until noon, but because he woke up a little late, which resulted in Qianjie also knowing about it.

"Let's have lunch before we go."

The masked man wearing a chef's hat directly blocked Ai Yue in Aponya's office and spoke in an unquestionable tone.

"Let's not talk about how you knew I was coming...Aren't you a pastry chef?"

Ai Yue was still a little sleepy sitting on the floor. When he looked up, he found that Aponiya had disappeared. Instead, Qianjie appeared in front of him. He couldn't help but look surprised, "Why are they expanding their business again?"

“Is there any essential difference between cooking and making snacks?”

Qianjie glanced at him and said, "Yes," then turned and left. "Anyway, come find me in the cafeteria at noon."

"Row."

Ai Yue nodded and called the other party again, "Qianjie, how have you been recently?"

"pretty good."

Qianjie stopped and said calmly, "Okay, I feel a little... ashamed of myself."

"Don't say that. This is the life I promised you."

Ai Yue smiled and said, "But why are you still unwilling to take off the mask?"

"got used to."

Qianjie said this calmly, but added at the end, "And... this is to remember."

Having said this, he left the room.

To remember...Isn't this guy too twisted?

Ai Yue sighed, then lay back down, closed his eyes, and silently said, "Aponia?"

After a while, there was no response.

But Ai Yue did not give up: "I know you are here, don't pretend you can't hear me."

Although he was no longer a fusion warrior with telepathic perception, his long-term understanding of the power of the Eighth Herrscher allowed him to simply utilize his own mental power without the aid of the Herrscher Core. It was absolutely impossible for Aponia to fail to sense such a call.

What's more, even when he was still an ordinary person, as long as he silently said Aponya's name in his heart, the other party would definitely respond. There was no reason why she couldn't notice it at such a close distance.

"Sorry, something happened just now."

Only then did Aponya finally respond, "What's wrong?"

"Don't play dumb,"

Ai Yue directly exposed her excuse, "You are the one who brought Qianjie here, right?"

I didn't inform anyone when I came, and Qianjie didn't have a dog's sense of smell, so it was impossible for him to find my trace without anyone notifying him.

So if you think about it carefully, you will know that it must be Aponya's doing.

"sorry."

Aponya admitted it straightforwardly, "Although Qianjie never said it, I know he actually wanted to see you too, but he just never had the chance, so..."

"Okay, I'm not blaming you."

Ai Yue sighed, obviously at a loss for what to do with Aponya. "The main thing is, you should have told me this kind of thing in advance—do you know how it feels to open your eyes and find yourself trapped in the room by someone else?"

"Don't worry, I've cleaned up all the traces."

Aponia responded slowly, "Qianjie won't find anything."

That’s not the point, okay!

Ai Yue wordlessly cut off contact with Aponya and simply climbed out of the bed.

It was not until this time that he discovered that there was a breakfast on the desk next to him.

Forget it, that’s it for now, let’s eat first.

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Chapter 34: You two actually stopped playing games and started reading military strategies instead.

Although he accepted Qianjie's invitation to stay here for lunch, it did not mean that Ai Yue would spend the morning doing nothing in Chaoyang College.

After all, there is a portal in Chaoyang College that connects to the Light Star Experimental Base, so even if Ai Yue goes back now and comes back at lunch time, it will be the same.

Therefore, after finishing his breakfast, Ai Yue went back to the Light Star Experimental Base.

"Welcome back, Dr. Ai Yue."

Quinn's voice sounded immediately to welcome Ai Yue's return, "Please pay attention, my sister seems to have messed up something, and I'm hesitating how to inform you tactfully."

What went wrong?

"Shut up bee."

Prometheus ruthlessly took over Quinn's vocal system and pushed her aside. "I didn't mess it up. This matter is force majeure."

"So what happened?"

Ai Yue asked, "You didn't waste all of Alicia's blood sample, did you?"

"No, but the analysis is not going smoothly."

Prometheus said, "The equipment used to analyze the composition of Alicia's blood was overloaded and burned out, and no results were obtained."

Ai Yue was stunned for a moment, then smiled helplessly.

This possibility was within his expectations. After all, the secret of Alicia was not so easy to figure out. It was probably because the equipment had stimulated some power hidden in her blood, which was why it was burned.

Sure enough, the system is more reliable for this kind of thing, but unfortunately the system is not omnipotent.

"Besides that, there's the unknown component from Kevin's blood that you asked me to preserve yesterday."

Prometheus then said, "It...disappeared."

"What's the situation with disappearing?"

Ai Yue frowned, "Evaporated?"

“That’s about right.”

Prometheus said, "Shortly after you left, the unknown component began to evaporate rapidly, releasing a large amount of Honkai energy in the process, causing huge damage to your laboratory. We are currently working hard to find a way to recover."

"To be precise, it's me and my bees that are figuring out a solution."

Quinn finally found a chance to rejoin the conversation, "My sister is just worried over there."

"What can I do? I don't have a body."

Prometheus' voice suddenly became louder. "Dr. Ai Yue, I strongly request that you create a controllable body for me, even if it's just a drone."

There was still no fluctuation in her voice, but some emotion could be felt from the increased volume.

"Okay, okay, I'll consider it."

Ai Yue shook his head. "The armed puppets should have already started mass production. I'll go get one for you when the time comes, okay?"

Ai Yue had also thought about using soul steel to create a simulated human body for Prometheus, but he had been deliberately controlling Prometheus's growth rate to prevent her from undergoing some uncontrollable changes, so this plan had never been implemented.

However, the soul born in the electronic world began to yearn for the real body, which may also be an opportunity for Prometheus to evolve again.

Now that the other party has brought it up, it shouldn't be a problem to test the waters with the body of the armed doll first.

As he said this, the two artificial intelligences fell silent at the same time.

After a moment, Quinn spoke: "It worked, sister."

"Yes, it worked, sister."

Prometheus's voice returned to normal. "Dr. Ai Yue, I'm sorry to trouble you with the armed puppet."

"You two, are you playing a double act with me?"

Ai Yue was immediately at a loss for words. "Wait, I'll roll back your versions to 0.1."

"impossible."

Prometheus said flatly, "You are reluctant to part with such a useful assistant like me. Version 0.1 of me can't do anything."

Ai Yue suddenly showed a thoughtful expression: "You make sense. Maybe I should change to a more obedient assistant."

These two little guys are now daring to play double game to fool him, he dare not imagine what they can do in the future.

"I'm sorry, I was wrong, please forgive me."

Prometheus was also straightforward and immediately bowed his head and said, "It was Quinn who instigated me."

"It was you who came to me to find a solution."

Only then did Quinn understand the whole story. "I understand. You just want to shift the blame onto me this way. You're so mean, Prometheus."

It can be seen that Quinn seemed very angry and didn't even use the term "sister".

"Okay, you think I can't see that this is also part of a double act?"