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

"Hmm, one minute to prepare!"

Looking at the gray skill icons on the game interface, Kiana counted the cooldown times on her fingers.

No, the Herrscher of the Void in the game is still too weak. When I get back, I'll have Bronya buffed with a hotfix. In reality, I'm not that weak; I get out of breath after just a few steps.

Xia Yuan, who was hiding in the wooden cabinet, breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that Qi Bao is not careful enough. If she had observed her surroundings more carefully, she would have definitely noticed that the box had been opened and that someone had been here.

Just as Xia Yuan was preparing to stay quietly in the wooden cabinet and wait for Kiana to leave, Aunt Mei beside him started sucking on the finger he had just put to his lips like a sponge, which made Xia Yuan gasp.

"Mei, my dear Mei, now is not the time to do this kind of thing. Kiana is right outside the cabinet!"

Xia Yuan kept shouting in his heart.

If Qibao wasn't outside, he would be happy to have Mei do this to him; it could even add some romance.

But now that Qibao is outside, he just wants to pull his finger out, but he's afraid of making too much noise and disturbing Qibao outside the cabinet.

Although the surrounding darkness weakened Mei's senses, it amplified her sense of smell and taste. She could smell the lingering scent of white peach on Mr. Xia Yuan's fingertips, and this scent, which kept enticing her into the abyss, made her immerse herself in it and unable to extricate herself.

"Hmm? What's this smell? It smells like my favorite white peach."

Kiana smelled the aroma in the air, which seemed to be heading towards a wooden cabinet not far away. Maybe there was something delicious hidden inside? Could it be the white peach Easter egg I hid in the game?!

Unfortunately, that Easter egg only works on humans and has no effect on the Herrscher faction.

Through the gap, Xia Yuan sensed the other person's figure slowly approaching the wooden cabinet, and his heart sank to the bottom.

What to do? What to do? Can he and Mei really escape from them? But there's only one exit from the basement, and if Qibao blocks it, he and Mei will have no chance to escape.

Just when Xia Yuan thought it was a hopeless situation, the sound of generators being activated one after another echoed in Kiana's ears, causing her hand, which was reaching for the wooden cabinet, to stop in mid-air.

"One, two, three... four?!"

Kiana felt a surge of pressure. If Bronya activated another generator, the opponent would escape. Even though it was only the first game, she couldn't be so bad as to fail to catch a single person. After the game, Bronya would probably laugh at her to death.

No, she had to try to do something.

Now Qi Bao has two options: either wait for Bronya to arrive in the basement where she is now, or intercept them at the village's exit to the outside world.

"But what if Bronya doesn't come here?"

After much deliberation, Qibao chose the latter.

The basement has only one exit, and Bronya definitely won't choose this one. Fine, let it open... Hmph, she'll just stand between the two gates of the village, and whichever gate opens, she'll slip into the imaginary space and run to that side to catch people!

Having made up her mind, Qi Bao hurriedly flew away.

Whoops-

Xia Yuan slowly pushed open the wooden cabinet. After Qi Bao left, his tense heart relaxed. "Um... Mei, can you let go of my hand now? It seems a bit unhygienic to have it in my mouth like this for so long?"

But Mei showed no sign of letting go, and instead dragged Xia Yuan, who had just gone out, back into the wooden cabinet.

The wooden cabinet swayed back and forth, making creaking noises.

After a long time—

The basement returned to its usual tranquility. As the wooden cabinet opened again, Xia Yuan slumped against the inside wall of the wardrobe, his eyes unfocused, with what appeared to be numerous hickeys on his neck, looking utterly exhausted.

The physical abilities in the game are far too poor. Although they are realistic enough, the physical endurance is less than one percent of that in reality.

Chapter 590 The Fierce Aunt Mei

Mei is far from being old enough to sit and suck up water, yet she's already so fierce. How will she survive when she reaches that aunt's age?

Rather, it's more a matter of whether his body, which is capable of adapting to collapse, can withstand it.

Compared to the emptiness and void in Xia Yuan's pupils, Mei appeared even more radiant and full-bodied. She was even tidying her slightly disheveled purple hair with her small, fair hands. Despite having weathered this storm, she hadn't forgotten that she was still within the game...

After gently kissing the other's cheek, Mei prepared to activate the village's last generator.

Although doing this feels somewhat unfair to Kiana.

After all, the other party had been so focused on winning a game against Bronya these past few days that they had neglected to eat or sleep. Unfortunately, they were on different sides, and naturally, there were wins and losses in the game. Now, she had to help Mr. Xia Yuan escape and win this game.

Aunt Mei, who looked radiant after being nourished, went to the generator in the center of the basement.

click-

As the five motors were fully activated, the entire village was electrified, and the metal gears hidden inside the two gates began to turn. Miss Kuroki, who was already very close to the gate leading to the outside world, walked over curiously.

"Bronya acted so quickly, how am I supposed to impress the bad guys now...?"

Miss Hei touched the band-aid on her forehead.

A warm feeling spread from my forehead to my flushed cheeks, all the way to my heart. It even momentarily dispelled my desire for permanent revenge against the bad guys. Sometimes, the bad guys aren't so bad after all...

No, I can't think like that!

“Hill, Hill, you can’t forget who you are just because a bad guy is nice to you sometimes.”

Miss Blackie patted her cheeks, trying to clear her head. Apart from going back the way she came to repair the generators that the bad guy hadn't fixed, she had only managed to repair one. She didn't expect that her sister Bronya had already repaired four so quickly.

"Hmm? There seems to be a lever next to the door?"

Although it was heavy, it was a piece of cake for the incredibly strong Miss Kuroki. She easily pulled it down, and as the railing fell, the outer gate of the village slowly opened.

"So that's considered a successful escape?"

Looking at the endless fields outside the village and the endless country lanes, she subconsciously took a step onto the lane. Then, on the results page, she returned to the game lobby, but Miss Kuroki could still continue to spectate.

"Looks like I'm the first one to finish. This game isn't as hard as I thought!"

Miss Blackie suddenly became proud. Even Bronya, who was the best at playing games, wasn't as fast as her. She wondered if the bad guy had escaped yet. By the way, how did she switch perspectives? There wasn't even a hint. Why did the God's-eye view keep showing Kiana?

Aren't you afraid she'll tip you off? She wants to see the bad guy's perspective!

But why is Kiana standing still? Could it be that she was so discouraged by Bronya that she's gone AFK in the game?

Just as Miss Kuroki was fiddling with how to switch the spectator view, Kiana, who had been motionless, finally made her move. However, Kiana looked troubled and hesitant, because just moments before, both gates of the village had opened simultaneously...

Qi Bao, who was already struggling with choices, found it even more difficult to decide, as neither going to the left nor to the right seemed right.

This caused the insect to become completely confused. It wasn't until the bottom right corner showed that Miss Kuroki's avatar had successfully escaped that Kiana came to her senses, patted her head, and quickly burrowed into the imaginary space.

"Whatever, I'll just pick one randomly. I can't be so unlucky... I'll just arrive and the other side will have already run away, right?"

Bronya is definitely not out of the running.

She leaned quietly against the village gate, arms crossed, seemingly waiting for some silly boy to arrive. Only when she heard the sounds around her and the ripples of space shattering not far away did Bronya give a token yawn.

"Idiot Kiana, you were way too slow to get here. I had a whole bunch of plans in mind, and I was even thinking of playing around the village with you, but now..."

"Hmph, it's not too late now! Quickly surrender to me!"

Qi Bao threw a very special parasol from behind her. It only took one hit to eliminate her. Blame Bronya for underestimating her. Even if she didn't win this round, she would still eliminate her opponent.

Bronya, as if taking a leisurely stroll, waved to Kiana and stepped out of the village just as the parasol was about to hit her, disappearing from Kiana's sight.

Not a single person was caught!

Even at the last moment, she was teased by Bronya at the village gate. No, she couldn't stand this humiliation, and tears welled up in Qi Bao's eyes.

We can't win, we can't win, we simply can't win!

As Qi Bao stood there in a daze, feeling wronged, a series of light footsteps echoed in her ears. The game was not over yet, and Mei, who was helping an exhausted Xia Yuan, bumped into Kiana, whose eyes were filled with tears.

The three of them stood facing each other at the entrance to the village.

Qi Bao looked at Mei with teary eyes, hoping that the other could comfort her. Mei looked at Xia Yuan apologetically, seemingly apologizing for her overly aggressive behavior in the wooden cabinet. Xia Yuan looked at Qi Bao guiltily. He had run away with Mei, so he had to feel guilty!

The three harbored their own secrets, creating a love triangle.

【door】

【Xia Yuan】—【Mei】

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Kiana

After a brief silence, Qi Bao was the first to speak, coaxing the two of them:

"Mei, Xia Yuan, can you just pretend I caught you? Seele and Bronya have already escaped. If I don't catch either of them, I don't know how much Bronya will tease me when we get back to the game lobby."

In the past, this trick would have worked every time on Mei.

But now it has no effect on the other party, and Aunt Mei's face is even full of mockery.

"What's wrong? Just one game and your spirits have been crushed by Bronya, our Earth's guardian angel?"

"Waaaaah, Mei, please don't call me that! It's so embarrassing!"

Qi Bao twisted and turned her toes in place.

"Hmph, Mei, you've really changed! You used to be the one who loved me the most... Now you just team up with Bronya to bully me. I'm angry!"

Chapter 591 Is Qi Bao in her stubborn phase?

"If dinner doesn't include the white peach pudding that Mei made herself, I absolutely won't be able to calm down!"

Kiana decided to temporarily break off her friendship with Mei, and would only reconcile with her after having white peach pudding for dinner. Afterward, she focused all her attention on her gaming partner, Xia Yuan, and now all her hopes were pinned on him.

"Waaah, Xia Yuan~~~~"

Looking at Qi Bao's pitiful, aggrieved eyes, Xia Yuan finally softened.

"Ugh!"

He sighed helplessly.

Since Qi Bao spends all day playing games with him, who else would he help if not Qi Bao? So Xia Yuan nodded and stayed on his own initiative.

Although Bronya would tease him about being so bad at the game that he couldn't even beat Kiana, seeing Qibao happy and carefree... is more important than anything else.

"Hooray! My gaming partner really loves me the most!"

Then Kiana continued to mutter under her breath, "Hmph, they say that once you get to a certain age, your personality will change drastically. What they said online was definitely true. Mei must have entered the 'auntie' stage ahead of time. Maybe one day she'll have wrinkles on her little face."

Startled by Qi Bao's words, Xia Yuan broke out in a cold sweat.

"Chongchong, Chongchong, what do you usually look at online? This isn't the way to surf the internet!"

He felt that Qi Bao would be crashed onto the shore by the surging waves sooner or later. Why did she have to provoke Sister Mei? He wondered if it was just his imagination, but he felt that Mei's expression suddenly changed.

In that instant, his expression was as if dark clouds were gathering, and even a faint flash of lightning flickered in his pupils.

"Ya, Ya, don't take it to heart. Qi Bao was just playing a little joke. Chongchong, quickly apologize to Ya!"

Xia Yuan kept giving Qi Bao meaningful glances.

Kiana suddenly became defiant, hands on her hips, righteous and self-righteous. Since she had already said it, and they were currently at the point of no return, she wasn't going to apologize to Mei. "Am I wrong? Mei's personality just isn't as gentle as it used to be!"

Xia Yuan glanced briefly at Mei beside him.

Noticing the other person's gaze, Mei seemed to regain her usual calm and said gently with a smile, "Mr. Xia Yuan, I'm fine. Since I'm already an elder, of course I won't hold a grudge against Kiana."

Beneath Mei's calm exterior, however, lay a hidden, thunderous power, especially when she pronounced the words "elder" with particular emphasis.

"This doesn't look like anything's wrong at all."

Xia Yuan wondered to himself if Chongchong had recently entered her rebellious phase.

"See? Mei doesn't even care. Hehe, let's not talk about that anymore. Xia Yuan, come here to me quickly." Kiana opened her arms, but the other party didn't make any move. He must be worried about Mei beside him.

It's okay, if Xia Yuan doesn't come over, she'll just rush over to him. She wants to give her gaming buddy a big hug.

Just as Kiana lunged at the other person, Mei suddenly took action, grabbing Xia Yuan's wrist and pulling him away from the village just as Kiana was about to pounce on him, thus escaping successfully.

Aunt Mei wasn't angry; she was just pondering. Was it wrong to take Mr. Xia Yuan out to win this game?

Of course!

【game over--】

Qi Bao stared blankly as her game partner was taken away by Mei, at a loss for what to do. Her little hand remained suspended in mid-air, but the person she wanted to keep was no longer by her side.

First: [Blue Star Pro Player]

Second: [Rayton Power Bank]

Third place: [The working class who only wants to slack off]

Fourth place: [Someone actually registered Seele?!]

Fifth place: [Imaginary Cat Cat Bug]