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

"Wow~ It's my secret stash of money! I usually save up some secret money and have [Canned Food] help me hide it somewhere that no one can find."

Padofelis raised her hand to speak.

"If no one can find him? Then how can you find Patto?"

"It's okay, [Canned Goods] will tell us."

"Meow?"

Padophilia patted her chest, filled with a sense of pride, but then the sound of "Canned Food" made her heart feel even colder than when Kevin was grabbing it.

"What?! You even forgot where you hid the canned food?!"

Watching the girl shaking the canned food and spreading joy, Aunt Mei smiled knowingly. "Padoo... I will definitely ask Mr. Xia Yuan to help you regain your lost memories."

Xia Yuan temporarily ignored the pair of lively characters, Padofelis and [Canned Food], as his top priority was to restore the Chief Administrator's data as soon as possible and defeat the Corruptor.

After a short rest...

The next mission will be undertaken with Ai-chan [p] and Xia Yuan together.

Because the administrator is still in a very weak state, she will remain in the base lobby.

Although Bronya was also at the same time as Xia Yuan, the attack of the Corruptor not only affected the Administrators, but also had a considerable impact on and wore them down.

Regarding this... one only needs to see Miss Spring Spirit lying motionless in the corner on a folding chair, looking somewhat resigned to life, much like a salted fish... to understand it immediately.

"Human... what are you looking at?"

Noticing Xia Yuan's gaze, the Spring Fairy, lying on the folding chair, managed to turn over and looked back at him, exhausted. She didn't even have the strength to make a sound.

After her previous battle with the Herrscher of Corruption, the Spring Spirit appeared in this exhausted state.

"Leave the rest to me... Quan."

Xia Yuan approached the Spring Fairy and gently stroked her head, but in the Spring Fairy's eyes, it seemed as if it were filtered through some kind of lens.

"Hmm... what's going on with this plot that looks like it's from a comic book!"

"I'm clearly the domineering Herrscher, so why is a human touching my head?! Shouldn't I be pulling this human into my arms in a domineering way and saying some cool things about how I don't need him to worry about me?!"

The spirit of the spring was crying out in her heart.

"Humans...you're not allowed to touch me..."

But at this moment, Miss Spring Fairy had no strength left and could only let Xia Yuan rub her head back and forth.

"Alright, Quan, you just stay here and rest quietly and wait for me to come back~"

"Hey, human, wait..."

Before Miss Spring Fairy could finish speaking, she nearly fell off the folding chair, but Xia Yuan had already arrived in front of the teleportation portal and looked back at the crowd in the hall.

"You stupid subordinate, can you manage on your own? Cough cough, I mean, what if something happens to you without my help?"

Bronya approached Xia Yuan with some unease.

"Don't worry, Duck, I can handle this little thing all by myself. Besides, Ai-chan is here with me, so there won't be any problems!"

"Then be careful on your journey, you silly subordinate. Mei and I will be waiting for you here."

Bronya waved goodbye...

Amidst the farewells of the crowd, Xia Yuan carried Ai-chan and stepped into the portal. The pattern on the portal seemed to depict the image of a certain Archbishop of Destiny.

After a blinding flash of light.

What came into Xia Yuan's view was an empty town, with dark clouds filling the sky above it.

"Where is... Klosten?"

"That's right, boss. This is the scene where Kiana and the others had their final battle with Archbishop Otto. And in some corner of this town, I hid some spare crystals in treasure chests here...hehe."

"Hmm? Hiding crystals, and you even dare to laugh out loud, Ai-chan?"

Feeling Xia Yuan's devilish gaze, Ai-chan instinctively lay down on the ground, covering her head, and said:

"Waaaaah, boss, Ai-chan was wrong~ Next time... cough cough, there won't be a next time, please forgive Ai-chan this once, okay?"

Ai-chan looked very flustered, fiddling with the hem of her clothes.

In Xia Yuan's opinion, perhaps... Ai-chan's hoarding of crystals, like a happy hoarder, gives her a strange sense of pleasure?

"Ahem... Anyway, boss, let's get back to our main topic and mission. What we need to do next is actually very simple: find the treasure chest I hid and take out the crystal inside."

Chapter 329 already stated that I am not His Holiness the Bishop!

Although Ai-chan made it sound so simple, Xia Yuan still had a bad feeling.

"The only problem now is that you need a virtual avatar in this town to interact with the treasure chests."

"Then Ai-chan, why don't you just come and get the crystal?"

“Boss, without the chief administrator’s approval, I cannot obtain crystal resources. Currently, the administrator’s data is corrupted, and Kiana’s data needs to be repaired. I can only provide you with a currently intact image, and there is only one suitable candidate…”

Sure enough, Xia Yuan's bad premonition came true.

Thinking of the pattern he saw on the portal, Xia Yuan's left eye twitched incessantly.

Before he could stop Ai-chan, a large amount of data enveloped Xia Yuan like a small tornado, and he felt his body changing rapidly.

When the data storm subsided, Xia Yuan looked down.

She saw that she had become tall and slender, wearing a pure white dress, with a strand of golden hair falling from her left shoulder.

Xia Yuan unconsciously raised his hands, finally confirming that the role he was playing was indeed—Archbishop Otto Apocalypse.

"Ai-chan, aren't you going to explain yourself?"

"Sorry, boss, please hang in there a little longer. Also, this data entity doesn't have any means of attack, so we'd better hurry, otherwise, if we encounter an enemy..."

Before he knew it, Ai-chan had run to the front of town. She was waving her little hand at Xia Yuan, gesturing for him to keep up. Xia Yuan sighed and had no choice but to follow her...

[Crystal +15]

[Crystal +30]

[Crystal +60]

While Xia Yuan and Ai Jiang were happily opening treasure chests... they unknowingly arrived at a church in town, where a statue of a saint seemed to be placed in the center.

"Alright, boss, there's only one last treasure chest in front of the statue. Let's open it quickly so we can collect all the crystals the administrator needs."

Xia Yuan nodded in acknowledgment, slowly opened the treasure chest in front of the Kallen statue, and carefully took out all the crystals inside and put them into his pocket. Just then, he accidentally saw a pure and flawless light.

Swah——

A spearhead appeared not far from Xia Yuan's feet.

In the split second that his mind went blank, Xia Yuan realized that this seemed to be the weapon wielded by Durandal, the strongest Valkyrie of Destiny, who was staring at him with a serious expression.

Ai-chan, who was standing to the side, seemed to sense the heavy atmosphere between the two. She then silently activated her stealth mode to observe from the shadows, and even prepared to sneak away.

"Hey... Ai-chan, why did you turn yourself invisible without saying a word! What am I supposed to do now? What should I say to Durandal?"

Xia Yuan kept winking at Ai-chan, who was hiding nearby, and whispered something to Durandal when she wasn't paying attention: "How can we fly alone when disaster is imminent!"

Then Ai-chan held up the sign that had already been written.

"Um... because I sensed danger, boss, good luck... Ai-chan believes you can definitely handle this situation."

Ai-chan, who blended almost seamlessly into her surroundings, encouraged him.

Xia Yuan glanced furtively at Durandal, who was watching him from behind, then quickly turned his head away. What should he do now...? Greet her? Or pretend he didn't see her? Or speak to Durandal like an old friend?

In the end, Xia Yuan chose not to see anything, whistling as he prepared to walk past her. But Durandal wouldn't let Xia Yuan off the hook; she grabbed him and put her arm around his shoulder.

"...Bishop, someone told me that in your next plan, you might destroy the present and then choose the past again. What exactly does that mean?"

"What else could it mean...? Of course, it's going back in time to save Kallen!"

Xia Yuan shouted in his heart.

However, if he remembered correctly, wasn't this conversation the prelude to the scene where the bishop and Durandal fought?

"Waaaah... Is the mission over already? Boss, I'll miss you. Boss, is there anything you want to say to the administrator or the others?"

Ai-chan seems to have given up on herself.

"Hey, Ai-chan... I haven't prepared any last words or anything like that! Don't give up on me so soon!"

Now that things have come to this, we can only try to figure out a way to get by.

"Ahem... You might not believe it, but I'm not Otto Apocalypse. I'm actually a Stand made of Soul Steel, not the real Otto."

“Bishop...you have indeed treated me well over the past few years, and that is why I need to know your true purpose at this moment.”

However, Durandal in front of her did not listen to Xia Yuan's words at all, and continued to talk to herself.

Xia Yuan glanced at Ai-chan beside him, asking her with his eyes what was going on.

"Well, boss, there's nothing we can do about it. It seems that the process data here has also been damaged to some extent due to the invasion of the Herrscher of Corruption."

Suddenly, Durandal seemed to have learned the truth, and she clenched her left hand.

"Bishop, this is insane..."

"I feel even more frantic now!"

Just as Xia Yuan was feeling that the situation was getting complicated, another familiar figure appeared in front of him.

"Chongchong, you didn't come here too...?"

Kiana, in her Herrscher of Fire form, slowly raised the greatsword in her hand. Her eyes were exceptionally sharp, and she seemed to have no intention of having any further conversation with Xia Yuan.

"Wait... Chongchong, Haoqibao, let's talk this out!"

"That's enough, Bishop!"

Xia Yuan appeared extremely flustered. At this moment, he had no fighting ability whatsoever, not to mention facing the twin sisters Kiana and Durandal. The only solution he could think of was to escape from this place as soon as possible.

"Insects, Del, look! What's that in the air?!"

After distracting Kiana and Durandal, Xia Yuan ran as fast as he could towards the edge of town, his heart filled with the hope that he could survive.

"Don't even think about running!"

"Qibao, I've already told you I'm not Otto!"

During the chase, Xia Yuan unleashed the full strength that Bronya had been training him to use. Thanks to his daily errands for Bronya, such as picking up packages and buying Houmu merchandise, he played a crucial role at this moment.

Chapter 330 Thanks to Bronya's daily training

"Boss, hang in there a little longer, the portal is just ahead."

With his exquisite dodging skills and incredible luck...

Xia Yuan survived being attacked from both sides by Durandal and Kiana, and successfully returned to the Module Hall just as Kiana's greatsword was about to touch his buttocks.

"Finally saved... I'm still alive."

Xia Yuan collapsed on the hall floor, breathing heavily, his intermittent gasps echoing throughout the hall.

"As expected of the boss, he has an iron will. If it were me, I would have given up more than ten times in that situation."

"Ai-chan, how dare you say that! It's clearly because your will is too weak. People can overcome their limits when faced with absolute adversity."

However, Xia Yuan didn't even have the strength to scold Ai-chan anymore. He was now experiencing what the Spring Fairy was feeling... that feeling of exhaustion was spreading from his feet to his whole body.

The commotion here naturally attracted the attention of others.

Bronya, who had been leaning against the wall with her eyes closed, opened them and quickly walked towards Xia Yuan when she saw him lying on the floor.

"You idiot subordinate, all you did was open a treasure chest... how did it turn into this mess? Did you encounter some danger over there?"

"Thank goodness... I'm back alive, all thanks to your daily training, Ya Ya."

Bronya looked surprised; this was the first time she'd ever heard her foolish subordinate thank her, though she had no idea what had happened to him on the other side of the portal...

"Training? Bronya, what do you usually have Mr. Xia Yuan do?"

Aunt Mei and Patofilis walked over together, and it seemed that the two had gotten along well during the time that Xia Yuan and Ai-chan were away.

Seeing Xia Yuan's miraculous escape from death, Aunt Mei asked Bronya with some curiosity.

"Hmm... I don't think I did much. Besides my usual work, I mostly had my idiot subordinates pick up packages and buy Houmu merchandise for me?"

"I see. It seems that your usual work has played a crucial role at this critical moment. How about we consider having Bronya double your workload in the future? It'll be good exercise for her too."