Honkai Impact 3rd, Paradise Typewriter isn't for making this kind of game.

After a while...

A mischievous little hand emerged from the imaginary space, poking Xia Yuan's cheek as if in a teasing manner.

"Ellie, I already said... I'm not eating!"

"Hehe, what good food are you eating? Let me have a taste too!"

Hearing that familiar yet distant... sound that seemed familiar yet somehow familiar, Xia Yuan quickly looked in the direction from which the sound came, and saw Kiana Kaslana peeking out her little head from the imaginary space.

"Chongchong, what are you doing here?!"

"Look at what you're saying, Xia Yuan. Why can't I be here? You know we're good partners who fight side by side in the game."

Kiana, hands on her hips, leaning forward, eyes narrowed to slits, her smile bright and sunny, emerged from the imaginary space, casually put her arm around Xia Yuan's shoulder, and looked towards the game field not far away.

"Oh, so you and Bronya sneaked off here to play games without me, and you didn't even invite me? That's so unfair! You know, life on the moon is incredibly boring~"

"My dear little bug, do I look at myself playing a game at all right now?"

Kiana carefully examined Xia Yuan, who was bound and unable to move, then pondered for a moment and nodded seriously.

"Yes, it looks like it!"

"Like you my foot! And you, Worm, aren't you spending all your time on the moon... doing high-intensity internet surfing?"

"Even with internet access, it'll still get boring. Playing games alone isn't as fun as playing with you and Bronya. Is Bronya in the game area? Hehe, she contacted me saying she's been really unhappy lately, so unhappy that she doesn't even want to pay a certain subordinate's salary~"

"So verbose!"

The topic of salary is Xia Yuan's eternal pain...

"Chongchong, why are you bringing up things you don't want to talk about? Believe me or not, I'll beat you up!"

Kiana perked up. After going through so much, she could finally relax and unwind, just like the energetic and enthusiastic girl she once was at St. Freya Academy...

"Alright, now that I'm the Herrscher of the End, who's going to beat whom is still uncertain! Want to try Kaslana's ancestral gun-fu? I promise you, I'll only use one finger!"

Kiana's fingertips dangled in front of Xia Yuan.

Seeing Xia Yuan's expression, Kiana smiled and patted him on the back, saying:

"Hehe, Xia Yuan, you've been following Bronya for so long, but you haven't learned anything else. However, you've learned Bronya's little eye movements quite well."

The silent Xia Yuan maintained his characteristic silence and resentment.

"Alright, alright, enough joking around. I'll untie it for you now~ Hmm... Who tied this up so tightly? It's even a knot that's impossible to untie."

"No... you silly bug, you tied it yourself just now."

"As Bronya's idiot subordinate, you have no right to talk to me like that~"

"Wait, the bug... it's too tight!"

Xia Yuansheng watched helplessly as Kiana frantically tried to untie him, tightening his muscles further. He felt like he couldn't breathe. At that moment, the referee, Airi, noticed the commotion and whistled as she approached the two of them.

shhh-

"Hey you girl with the white ponytail who's been acting all sneaky, what are you trying to do to my Xia Yuan?!"

Faced with Alicia's gaze and questions.

Kiana, caught red-handed, awkwardly raised her hands above her head.

"Nothing much... just, just wandering around."

Kiana hummed a little tune, glancing around somewhat guiltily.

"This is the first Little Xia Yuan Competition, and non-participants are not allowed to enter freely. However, since you are a very cute girl, Miss Pink Fairy can make an exception for you~"

"Chongchong, don't worry about Ellie, quickly help me untie her. It's the one in front of you who tied your best gaming partner here as a game prize."

Kiana had a sudden inspiration.

She came up with a way to rescue her gaming partner without causing any conflict.

Since it's a game competition, if I participate in the game and win the championship, wouldn't I be able to rescue my game partner Xia Yuan from the opponent's hands?

"Um... I also want to sign up for the competition."

Just as Kiana was raising her little hand, eager to try, the referee Airi's words extinguished the little flame that Kiana had just lit.

You can't join the game midway through!

"These are the rules of this game, and even if you're a very cute girl, you can't do it~"

Alice clasped her hands together...and said apologetically.

"Huh?!"

Kiana immediately deflated like a punctured balloon.

Chapter 192 Stupid Kiana and Stupid Subordinate~

Xia Yuan seemed to have thought of something...

If the Clever Bug, who possesses the power of the end, were to join the game midway, it would probably turn into a one-sided crushing defeat. However, the battle on the game field did not end there; instead, it intensified.

As of now, no one has been eliminated from the game.

It seems everyone is aiming to win the game, which isn't a good thing for Xia Yuan.

duang——

A violent tremor echoed across the gaming platform and caught Xia Yuan's attention.

A massive pillar filled with lava crashed heavily onto the small platform where the Spring Spirit was standing. Qianjie stepped onto the pillar and ran towards the Spring Spirit.

"Herrscher, face me!"

"Wait... Uncle, how come you can climb up this pillar like that?!"

The Spring Fairy was somewhat flustered inside, but on the surface she still pretended to be arrogant and calm. However, as a mercenary... the Raven, hiding in the shadows, would never let go of this perfect opportunity.

"A good opportunity."

The raven transformed into a dark red afterimage and attacked the Spring Fairy from behind without touching the floor.

"Herrscher of the Void!"

"My little island!"

The words of Thousand Calamities and Raven echoed in the ears of the Spring Fairy at the same time. Caught between Thousand Calamities in front and Raven behind, the Spring Fairy felt somewhat flustered.

"Are you guys kidding me? You're actually going to fight two against one?!"

In the instant that Qian Jie charged towards her, the flustered Spring Fairy used the imaginary space to teleport to the farthest block in the game arena, though she now appeared somewhat disheveled.

"Huh? Is that Sirin at the very edge of the gaming platform?!"

Kiana, standing next to Xia Yuan, rubbed her eyes in disbelief. Had she been playing games all night and her vision was blurry?

"Hmm... Do my eyes get tired after becoming the Herrscher of the End? I guess I'll have to be more careful about the time from now on."

Kiana reached out and rubbed her eyes, but was stopped by Xia Yuan beside her.

"Chongchong, don't rub your eyes."

"Oh dear, Xia Yuan, why are you even more nagging than my dad? I'm the incarnation of the End now, I'm perfectly healthy, so just relax~"

Just as Kiana was patting her chest in assurance, she caught a glimpse of the Spring Fairy in the game area out of the corner of her eye.

"Huh... did I not see that wrong just now?!"

Looking in the direction Kiana was looking, Xia Yuan explained to her in the simplest way:

"Chongchong, you can think of her as Sirin from another world on the Tree of Imaginary Numbers. In that world, she is a spirit who controls lakes and hot springs. If you meet her, she can grant you three wishes."

Kiana shook her little head, indicating that she understood Xia Yuan's explanation.

But Xia Yuan felt somewhat surprised.

How could a single-celled worm understand so quickly? Puzzled, Xia Yuan asked:

"Chongchong...don't you have anything you want to ask me?"

"Hey~~ Xia Yuan, what's with that look you're giving me? I'm not stupid. I've been listening to Prometheus ramble on on the moon all day long, so I'm bound to get a little smarter. My ears are practically calloused from all that professional knowledge and jargon she spouts."

Kiana stretched out her little hand and mischievously... pinched and kneaded Xia Yuan's face, who was unable to move.

"Hmph, even my dad praises me for being smart, how dare he call me an idiot."

ka ka ka-

Just then, the "fair and objective" typewriter next to them printed out a page, which meant that the first eliminated player had been born.

[Little Island Crow is out of the game]

[Since all attention was focused on the Spring Spirit, it was unfortunately swept away by the pillar swung wildly by Thousand Calamity and eliminated. Let us deeply mourn for Miss Boom Crow, the first to be eliminated.]

"No!"

This news was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for Xia Yuan.

His future boss was the first one to be eliminated from the game? He refused to accept this fact!

Kiana, who was standing next to Xia Yuan, noticed something was off about him.

"Why are you crying all of a sudden? I didn't pinch you hard, did I...?" Logically speaking, she hadn't used any force at all.

"Alright, alright, you're a grown woman now, why are you still acting like a child? Let me give you a massage~"

Immediately afterward, another piece of good news reached Xia Yuan's ears.

[Hypnotic Butterfly is out of the game]

[The immobile Aponia became the perfect target for Thousand Calamity's attack. Swinging his pillar, he knocked her from the air onto the soft bouncy bed below. The nun was now eliminated.]

"Waaaaah, Nia!"

The series of bad news dealt a fatal blow and trauma to Xia Yuan's already fragile and young heart.

"Hey, why are you crying even harder... I was wrong, I shouldn't have pinched your cheeks... I didn't control my strength properly. How about I sing you a song, Xia Yuan, then you'll stop crying~"

"You know, Bronya has never even heard me sing before. This is a blessing for you, Xia Yuan. Listen carefully, so don't cry anymore."

Kiana, the clumsy girl who's not very good at comforting people, was sitting cross-legged in front of Xia Yuan.

Clap your hands~

A cheerful melody hummed from the corner of her mouth as the energetic girl sang.

[Although both the idiot subordinate and the idiot worm are idiots, their thoughts are completely different. Xia Yuan only feels that his future is bleak, while Kiana still can't understand why the other person is crying.]

after all.....

Prometheus didn't teach me any of this on the moon either. Maybe I should find some time to ask him?

At this moment, on the game platform, although [Hypnotic Floating Butterfly] Aponia has been eliminated.

But before being eliminated...

Aponia did the last thing she could do at that moment.

The sky above the game field was filled with the thunder of holy judgment.

The lightning strikes from the clouds are bombarding every participant on the game field. Now, they not only have to prevent the platform under their feet from suddenly collapsing, but also have to be constantly on guard against the lightning falling from the sky.

"Hmph, that's all?"

But the Herrscher of the Spring, the "Beach Queen," looked at the golden lightning bolts forming in the sky and said disdainfully.

She then quietly took out a parasol from the decorations behind her and opened it.

The lightning struck the umbrella without causing a ripple.

Miss Spring Spirit strode forward, eager to witness the disheveled state of the other contestants, if only they would be willing to make a wish and offer their heartfelt blessings to the great Spring Spirit...

Chapter 193 Kiana and Sirin~

So, she is a kind and understanding spirit of the spring.

It's not that... I can't lend them the parasol I formed from the sub-space spear.

By comparison.

The spring spirit strolled leisurely... while Padofelis, at the edge of the platform, was running around frantically, constantly dodging the lightning strikes from Aponia.

"Waaaaah... Sister Nia, please don't unleash such devastating lightning strikes before you leave, okay?!"