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

Xia Yuan thought to himself.

Following the administrator, Ms. Ai, to the central terminal in the lobby, the administrator skillfully activated the terminal system.

Following her instructions, Xia Yuan saw areas such as [Drifting Maze] and [Time Factory]. Those levels that he had cleared countless times in Honkai Impact 3rd flashed quickly across the holographic screen.

These areas are covered with a large number of flashing red cursors.

Xia Yuan clutched his aching liver, guessing that the red markers must have been corroded by the Corrosive Treasure.

It seems the situation is quite serious...

At this moment, the administrator zoomed in on a map marked "[In-depth gameplay area]", and a striking red icon was flashing in the center of it.

The icon looks quite similar to Ai-chan.

Judging from the map, the administrator of the same model as Ai-chan: Ai-chan [E] is currently at the deepest part of that deep gameplay, but judging from the color of the icon, she looks pretty good.

However, Xia Yuan noticed that the enemy cursors on the screen were still densely packed, but unlike the previous areas, the cursors near the red cabbage icon were disappearing in a fan-shaped clockwise direction.

"The number of enemies seems to be decreasing? Could it be because of another Ai-chan?"

"Yes, Mr. Xia Yuan, unlike the main storyline module we encountered before, this module mainly contains databases of levels where players obtain various materials, including weapons, Stigmata..."

"And there are all sorts of beautiful and powerful Valkyries!"

Xia Yuan, who was standing to the side, answered quickly.

“Mr. Xia Yuan, I think this Valkyrie named Senior Lewis is very suitable for you.”

"???"

While Xia Yuan looked on in confusion, the chief administrator pulled up the other party's file and information. Looking at the information marked on the file, wasn't this Carol's mother? That burly figure... that dark skin...

"No, no, this is bad for my health. And please, Miss Manager, don't joke with me like that!"

Xia Yuan quickly waved his hand and said.

"Hehe~ I think the other party seems to be very suitable for our operation. She seems to perfectly fit Mr. Xia Yuan's criteria for a strong and powerful Valkyrie as a bodyguard."

As Xia Yuan fell silent, the administrator let out a silvery laugh.

"Alright, alright, enough joking around... Well then, let's not delay, Mr. Xia Yuan, Ai-chan, let's set off quickly. This is a perfect place for Mr. Xia Yuan to practice, as it's a permanent stage for obtaining character upgrade materials."

The chief administrator spoke to the two of them in order to help Xia Yuan adapt to the new environment.

A screen of light appeared before everyone.

On the light screen is a pink "Houmi", surrounded by materials resembling cherry blossom petals.

Xia Yuan leaped through the light curtain, and in a daze, he saw a very familiar beach.

However, this is not the beach where the Spring Fairy lives and guards, but a scene where she controls Titans and fights with other mechs. Although the current version has been updated with a one-click sweep function, seeing it again after so long made Xia Yuan feel a little nostalgic.

"Is this the [Anti-Entropy Titan Sanction] level?"

However, just as Xia Yuan was about to pilot the Titan mech and show off his skills, he looked around the beach and found that he didn't see any enemy mechs, or even any mechs that he could pilot. Could it be that there was some kind of problem with the process of this level? In any case, he should investigate the surroundings first.

"Wait... there seems to be something twisting and turning ahead?"

Xia Yuan noticed that it looked like someone's upper body was buried in the sand, which reminded him of the shadow of a watermelon being embedded in the sand by Aunt Mei on the other side of the beach.

As soon as the group entered, the person buried in the sand suddenly became agitated and made stammering sounds.

Xia Yuan took a closer look at the brown-haired girl trapped in the sand. Wasn't that Padofelis? How did she end up buried in the sand, or rather, how did she manage to bury her little head inside?

"Ugh—Ugh ugh ugh, help me, meow!"

"Pado...are you sunbathing here? That's quite an idea, as expected of you."

As Xia Yuan spoke, he casually walked over to Padofelis's side.

"Pah, pah, pah, Brother Xia Yuan, I heard that! There was a pretty girl sunbathing with her head down, almost buried in the sand!"

Chapter 316 Xia Yuan, don't press there!

Xia Yuan stood on the beach, carefully observing the surrounding scenery.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone through the fluffy clouds, casting a warm, golden glow over the entire beach.

The waves gently lapped against the beach, creating a rhythmic sound like music. The white sand stretched into the distance, reflecting the azure sea and forming a soothing and comforting scene.

Apart from the sand rising continuously on the beach not far away, it seemed that someone was digging in the sand there.

Through the sunlight, Xia Yuan saw a figure that resembled a young girl, as if she was digging for something, or as if something was buried under the sand, and the girl was drawn to it.

She crouched low, excitedly digging through the surrounding sand, revealing a gleaming gold coin.

"Wow, canned food! Looks like we're going to strike it rich! Quick, keep digging!!!"

"Meow~"

This gold coin is decorated with exquisite patterns and exudes an ancient feel.

The girl threw herself into the sand with all her might...

At the same time, Xia Yuan, Ai Jiang, the chief administrator, and their group were slowly walking towards the girl's figure.

"Canned food, keep going, keep going! Our feline sense of smell tells us there's a huge treasure hidden beneath this beach!"

"Meow?"

Just as Xia Yuan arrived nearby, a sunken pit appeared in the center of the beach, and the girl's screams could be faintly heard coming from below the pit.

"Good heavens... how did they manage to dig such a big hole in the sand with their bare hands in such a short time?"

His gaze swept quickly across the nearby gravel and pits. He crouched down and peered inside, where he saw a brown-haired girl lurking deep within the cave, frantically shoveling sand out of the ground, among which were some glittering gold coins.

But the weight of everyone standing on the beach became the final straw that broke the camel's back.

Sudden--

The pit that had been dug collapsed instantly, burying Padofelis and the cans directly under the beach.

The greedy kitten and the girl will eventually pay the price for their actions.

"Cough cough cough, how did it suddenly collapse? Is there anyone nearby who can help Pado?!"

"Meow~"

Xia Yuan was both amused and exasperated by the greedy little Paddy.

"Pado, what are you doing here on the beach... digging for gold coins?"

"Hey, is that Xia Yuan's voice? Quick, quick, get us out of here!"

Padoflis dangled her toes, which were still outside the gravel.

So Xia Yuan approached the girl trapped in the sand and shook her back and forth, trying to pull her out of the sand.

Perhaps because she was buried too deep, or perhaps because the sand was too hard, Xia Yuan used all his strength but failed to pull the girl out of the sand. Instead, during the shaking, many shiny gold coins fell out of the girl's pocket.

Ai-chan, who was standing to one side, saw the gold coins and, taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, secretly hid one in her pocket.

"Ai-chan will accept this gold coin without hesitation~ as a reward for saving someone, hehe."

"It's so tight!"

Just as Xia Yuan pushed aside the surrounding sand and prepared to use both hands to pull Padofelis out, bursts of laughter came from the beach.

"Ahem... Brother Xia Yuan, can we talk about something... When you hug me, could you please not touch my belly button? It's really itchy. When you touched my belly button just now, I swallowed a handful of sand!"

From the pit beneath the beach came Padofelis's slightly melancholy voice.

"Hmm... there's still a lot to do. It seems you still don't want to come out from under the beach, Miss Manager. Let's go take a look elsewhere first."

Xia Yuan said this deliberately.

He also remembered that during the "Honkai Adventure" game, it was this lively and mischievous brown-haired girl who accidentally fell into a rope net trap because of the so-called treasure.

Immediately afterwards, a panicked voice came from under the beach...

"Hey, hey, no, no, Brother Xia Yuan, we know we were wrong! Come back, we'll let you hug us!"

Continuing to brush away the sand and gravel near the girl's burial site, Xia Yuan reached his arms upwards as far as possible. But as Xia Yuan pressed down hard to pull Padofelis out, the girl's scream came from the pit again.

"Hey, wait... Brother Xia Yuan, don't press there, that's... um..."

After a moment, the girl, her face flushed with shame and indignation, emerged from the sand pile. The first thing she did, besides brushing the sand off her body, was to point her finger at Xia Yuan.

"Brother Xia Yuan, you! Forget it... We're too magnanimous to hold a grudge. As long as you hand over all the scattered gold coins around here, we'll reluctantly forgive you."

Padofelis stood with her hands on her hips, gesturing with her eyes to the gold coins scattered around the beach. She felt that she was missing several gold coins, while Xia Yuan ruffled the girl's brown hair in annoyance.

"Oh dear, Xia Yuan, if you don't want to pick it up, you don't have to. Don't mess up my hair, it'll be hard to manage... We were so lucky just now! Let me tell you, Xia Yuan, if you had been a second later, you wouldn't have seen your cute little Paddy!"

Padofelis fanned herself with her hand.

"So, Pado, now it's your turn to answer my question: why are you here?"

"That's a long story... I woke up to find myself on this beach I'd never been before. But that's secondary. The key thing is that my sense of smell detected the immense wealth hidden beneath this beach. Since you're here too, Brother Xia Yuan, how about we split it 80/20? I'll take 80, and you take 20."

With a professional smile befitting a businesswoman, Padofelis held up two fingers to Xia Yuan.

"Hmm... that's very much in your style, Pado."

Xia Yuan quietly watched the girl spitting out sand, venting her emotions and telling him her needs. Suddenly... Padofelis slapped her forehead and said a fact somewhat awkwardly.

“Um… Brother Xia Yuan, we seem to have forgotten something. There seems to be some kind of unactivated trap mechanism nearby.”

"Wait, why didn't you say so sooner, Pado?!"

Before Padofelis could finish speaking, several Anti-Entropy Titan mechs fell from a distance. The shockwave caused by their landing plunged Padofelis, who had just been rescued, back into the sand.

"Wait a minute...isn't this way too many?!"

Xia Yuan watched as the Anti-Entropy mechs kept emerging, and the entire beach was shaking. What exactly did Pado dig up to cause so many mechs to descend, or was this a trap that Eclipse Treasure had already set up?

Chapter 317 Padofelis Rescued

"Miss Administrator, is there any way to resolve this? If this continues, we'll not only be surrounded, but we'll also be annihilated!"

Data input complete.

"Mr. Xia Yuan... please board that mech and engage in battle."

A crimson Titan mech appeared before Xia Yuan. This was the core gameplay of this level, but a new problem arose for him... How should he pilot it?

Never mind all that...

Inside the mecha, Xia Yuan maneuvered it wildly across the beach, while Padofelis, who was embedded in the sand, struggled to pull herself out from under the sand.

"Canned food, come and get me out of here! And Xia Yuan, take it easy, don't bump into us!"

"Meow~"

Padofelis watched nervously as the mecha piloted by Xia Yuan crashed wildly across the beach, afraid that it might accidentally hit her.

After Xia Yuan controlled the mecha and unleashed a series of devastating attacks, most of the anti-entropy mechas on the beach had been eliminated.

"That solves everything..."

Just as Xia Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and was about to leave the mecha, the female administrator beside him reminded him:

“Mr. Xia Yuan, have you forgotten something, or rather, a certain friend who is stuck in the sand pit and can’t get out? With the help of the mecha, it should be easy to get out.”

The administrator's words awakened Xia Yuan inside the mecha.

"You mean..."

Xia Yuan glanced at the mecha's massive fists, then at Padofilis, who was still struggling to break free from her restraints in the sandpit.

"Brother Xia Yuan, have all the mechs been cleared out? Could you please rescue me from this crater?"

"Okay~ Pado, hang in there, or just bear with it a little longer, and I'll get you out."

As Xia Yuan piloted that enormous mech toward her step by step, Padofelis felt a bad premonition.

"Wait, Brother Xia Yuan, what are you doing?! We feel we can get out on our own, so there's no need for you to worry about us!"

"No, Padma, of course I have to rescue you, as a friend~"

But Xia Yuan seemed not to hear the girl below who was begging for mercy. Instead, he manipulated the mecha to lower his body and assume a charging posture.

One punch—!

Padofelis instinctively closed her eyes. She could only feel the things around her, the beach, getting further and further away from her, until finally, she fell into the sea like a parabola.

A wet, brown-haired girl with a resentful look in her eyes walked along the coastline to the crowd.