Crystals: 27915
Honkai Adaptability: 179.95%
Five-Star Achievement Progress: 8050/10000
This was Chen Luo's progress in the 7-day event by noon on the fourth day.
The situation was excellent.
Especially since the Crystals were almost at 30,000.
Because of this, and with Little Xi looking at him expectantly, Chen Luo finally bought the completed Edge of Taixuan.
The complete Edge of Taixuan cost 4000 Crystals. With a 60% discount, it became 1600 Crystals.
Furthermore, all items from this world purchased during the event period received a 10% discount. Combined with the fact that Chen Luo had already learned a significant portion of the Edge of Taixuan, he qualified for an additional discount.
Therefore, buying the entire Edge of Taixuan (including Eminence) cost only 1080 Crystals.
Does that sound very little compared to the nearly thirty thousand Crystals? Yes, it is very little.
Chen Luo felt coming to the Honkai world was absolutely the right decision; he was practically drowning in profits.
It's just a shame that due to Chen Luo's own limited strength, the power he could unleash when using Eminence wasn't very high.
Eminence had a very high ceiling, but Chen Luo's potential hadn't been fully developed yet...
"Sigh, if only all these Crystals were Primogems," Chen Luo sighed deeply.
Crystals were good, but they were only useful for purchasing items within the Honkai world.
And when you thought about it, the Honkai world didn't have that many things to buy.
Things like Herrscher Cores or Divine Keys—spending 10,000 Crystals to buy them was worse than just stealing them.
Of course, the more important reason was that while Chen Luo's Crystal count seemed high, it was actually just average. Not exactly low, but certainly not a lot either.
And Chen Luo wasn't the type to be dazzled by Crystals. If it were Primogems, that might be a different story.
So these Crystals needed to be strictly budgeted to enhance his strength as much as possible.
A Herrscher Core definitely had to be bought. I mean, why even come to the Honkai world if you're not going to buy a Herrscher Core?
But which one to buy required careful thought.
Also, due to faction alignment, the Herrscher Cores Chen Luo could currently buy were only: Herrscher of Sentience Core, Herrscher of Thunder Core, Herrscher of Reason Core, Herrscher of Wind Core, Herrscher of Flame Core, Herrscher of Death Core, and Herrscher of Void Core.
It's important to note that these are just Herrscher Cores, not Herrscher Authorities.
There is a difference between the two, and it's a significant one.
Take Senti, for example. She is a natural Herrscher, possessing the Authority of the Herrscher of Sentience, and can use its abilities without any side effects.
The counterexample is Welt.
Is Welt strong?
Very strong.
The abilities of the Herrscher of Reason are indeed impressive, but Welt, or rather
Joachim Nokianvirtanen (the second Welt), was not a perfect match for the Herrscher of Reason Core. Using the Core caused him constant, immense pain.
Then there's Bronya, who is different. Bronya is a compatible user for the Herrscher of Reason Core. If Welt could only utilize 80% of the Core's power, Bronya could easily reach 90%.
Then there are the Death, Flame, and Wind Cores. These three really are just pure Herrscher Cores right now.
If the compatibility isn't high enough, even if Chen Luo bought them, he might not be able to use them, or using them could cause severe side effects.
But if he bought the Authority, there would be no problem at all.
The Authorities Chen Luo could currently buy are: Herrscher of Sentience Authority, Herrscher of Thunder Authority, and Herrscher of Void Authority.
The Herrscher of Sentience Authority comes from Senti, the Herrscher of Thunder Authority from Raiden Mei, and the Herrscher of Void Authority from Kiana, or K-423, or Sirin.
These three names all refer to Kiana herself.
These three are the true Herrschers who can control their Authorities, the executors acknowledged by the Will of Honkai.
It's just that none of them are willing to destroy humanity for the Honkai; instead, they've all become turncoats.
There's another reason Chen Luo isn't buying a Herrscher Core right now.
He had a feeling that when his Honkai Adaptability reached 200%, something special might happen. For example, the Will of Honkai might see how incredibly awesome Chen Luo is and reward him with a Herrscher Core or something.
If that really happened, then Chen Luo would truly join the Honkai faction.
According to Chen Luo's estimate, he could then buy Authorities instead of Herrscher Core.
What's so great about Herrscher Core? Take Kiana, for instance—she did steal Raiden Mei's Core.
But if Raiden Mei was willing, she could just snatch it back through imaginary space, rendering the Core inside Kiana useless.
"Big brother, big brother, who is stronger, you or teacher?" Sora, sitting next to Chen Luo, tugged on his sleeve and asked.
"Ah, oh, of course your teacher is stronger. I'm just a support with no strength to even tie up a chicken. I'm pretty good at shooting arrows and stuff, but in close combat, I'd definitely lose to your teacher," Chen Luo admitted frankly to Sora's question.
Chen Luo completely ignored the Eminence he had just acquired.
Of course, in reality, Chen Luo really couldn't beat Raven. Even though he hired her easily, if they really fought, Chen Luo could run away (she couldn't stop him), but he absolutely could not defeat her.
Raven had been trained intensively by Gray Serpent in World Serpent since childhood. Her strength was sufficient to deal with a Judgment-class Honkai Beast.
At least, that's what was written on the Wiki. Chen Luo hadn't played Honkai Impact 3rd much in the later stages and wasn't very clear on Raven's true capabilities.
Plus, with the Third Divine Key in Raven's hand, the chances of Chen Luo winning against her were very slim.
Of course, if they really did fight, the most likely outcome would be Raven getting trapped in the War Domain and starving to death, or Chen Luo calling for backup to gang up on her.
Even if Chen Luo couldn't win, there were naturally others who could. He could just spend 10 Judgment Time to hire Yuyuko for a big attack—who could withstand that?
"See, I told you teacher is the strongest," Sora said to the four other children gathered around.
"Then I must become a strong person like teacher in the future. One sniper rifle to rule the world!" a blue-eyed little boy suddenly stood up.
"Alright, alright, Lyle, sit down now. Don't stand up during meals, or I'll spank your bottom," Chen Luo threatened the little boy.
"Oh." The little boy obediently sat back down.
This little boy was the only male in the entire group of five troublemaking children.
Lyle Kolodi
A child Raven had picked up from somewhere this morning.
He was also, of course, the sniper from Squad 2 who provided support in Post-Honkai Odyssey, the one who might not fire a single bullet in an hour.
Chen Luo only found out about this while playing on his phone after lunch in the bar, by looking it up. What can you say? Life is just unpredictable...
"Alright, you all eat slowly. Remember to throw the trash out after you're done. Your teacher and I are going to go collect supplies now," Chen Luo said to Sora after patting her head.
"Oh." Sora quickly nodded.
At the same time, Chen Luo couldn't help but glance at the robot floating next to Sora.
When exactly did Raven get her that robot?
After leaving the survivor base, Chen Luo used a Teleport Waypoint to travel to the place he had explored last time.
"By the way, Dad, I'll be back tomorrow," Little Senti said, patting Chen Luo's head.
"Mm, just pretend you didn't hear that earlier, got it?" Realizing she had misspoken, the Herrscher of Sentience patted Chen Luo's head again.
"What did you say? I didn't hear it." Chen Luo naturally played along very cooperatively.
After all, not cooperating would get him beaten up.
"I said I'll be back tomorrow, more or less."
"Oh? Finally decided to come back?"
"And I even brought you a gift. I used a storage ring to pack a lot of ammunition and high-powered weapons; it's almost full. Wait for my main body to enter the bar later, then take the stuff out."
"Mhmm, Little Senti is still the best to me," Chen Luo said with emotion.
The Schicksal armory—just thinking about it, you knew there had to be a lot of good stuff.
And most importantly, Chen Luo had no psychological burden about taking things from Schicksal Headquarters.
"By the way, remember to make another Teleport Waypoint for me while you're at it. That way, even if we're elsewhere, we can often go back to Schicksal to play," Little Sentii added.
"Is this going back to Schicksal to play? You're preparing to go back and wreck the place, aren't you?" Chen Luo mocked.
"You can't say that. This time, I was very, very, very light-handed. Compared to the last time I wrecked Schicksal Headquarters, this time I only smashed a few of their mech hangars. Schicksal is a huge organization; they won't care about these little things."
"Only smashing that little stuff? That doesn't really sound like you," Chen Luo was quite surprised by this.
He had thought the Herrscher of Sentience would turn the entire Schicksal Headquarters upside down.
"Isn't it all to set up something big for tomorrow?" Little Senti waved her hand dismissively.
"Something big?" Chen Luo was taken aback.
"Don't you mess around. Otto can't die right now. If Otto dies, who will resist Anti-Entropy? Who will resist the Honkai? Theresa isn't mature enough yet to take the position of Schicksal Overseer."
Personally, Chen Luo didn't have any particular dislike for Otto, as he hadn't had any contact with him, at most just knew some things about him.
Chen Luo was just considering the bigger picture. Of course, if Senti really wanted to kill Otto, Chen Luo wouldn't have any objections either.
"Don't worry, how could I possibly disrupt the plot so easily? If I went to kill Otto, how boring would that be? It would be much more interesting if you got the Old Timer to kill Otto herself," Little Senti said.
"Emmm..." Chen Luo rubbed his chin and didn't argue further.
Beep beep
The communicator on his left arm, the one belonging to Durandal, rang. Chen Luo looked at the vibrating video call request and had absolutely no intention of answering it. After four or five seconds, he input a text response.
This time, the caller was Durandal's tool technician, Alvitr, who only appeared in the background.
Actually, for Durandal, all members of the Immortal Blades were tools.
As everyone knew, Schicksal's S-rank Valkyries were divided into two types: Durandal, and the others.
This tool person wasn't contacting Durandal for anything important, just asking why she hadn't returned for so long.
Actually, this tool person had inquired via communicator yesterday as well, but Chen Luo had brushed it off. Now, he brushed it off again.
Thinking of this, Chen Luo couldn't help but sigh at the good deeds Senti had done at Schicksal Headquarters. It was precisely because of Senti's actions that Otto and Rita didn't have time to check up on things, which was why Chen Luo hadn't been discovered yet.
As for the possibility that someone had found Durandal's communicator and was imitating her...
This was actually not within anyone's consideration.
Because no one could defeat Durandal—that was everyone's confidence in her.
Moreover, they had indeed been suspicious some time ago. But later, both Rita and Otto had video-called with Durandal, so their suspicions were dispelled.
Also, specially encoded communicators like this could only be used by the owner themselves.
Well, except for those that Chen Luo had taken over using his Furniture Mastery.
Any restricted item in Chen Luo's hands, as long as it wasn't something sufficiently sentient and already owned, would obediently become Chen Luo's, no matter how sophisticated the device.
After dealing with the tool technician, Chen Luo continued "tracking" the outworld traveler.
While avoiding those troublesome Honkai beasts and hunting down those weak zombies, it wasn't long before he felt Senti enter the bar.
When Chen Luo came out of the bar again, his inventory contained several intact Schicksal mechs, plus some heavy firepower items.
These were all "borrowed" by the Herrscher of Sentience from Schicksal, and Otto had never said anything about needing them back.
However, Chen Luo didn't use this heavy firepower immediately, because in his opinion, it was better to complete the achievement commission and the Honkai Adaptability commission first.
As Chen Luo continuously killed zombies and also incidentally demolished the houses the zombies were in, he smoothly obtained a three-star achievement.
[Demolition Derby](3-Star): You are the bane of buildings, the destroyer of furniture. The three most notorious house-wrecking dogs bow before you. Even infrastructure maniacs exclaim 'pro move' upon seeing you.
Effect: Inflicts high additional damage when destroying buildings and furniture. Huskies, Alaskan Malamutes, and Samoyeds will behave very docilely in your presence.
Unlock Requirement: Successfully destroy over 100 buildings.
Promotion Path:
[Lunatic's Hand](5-Star): Successfully destroy over 10,000 buildings.
[Lunatic's Hand](5-Star): Inflicts massive amounts of high additional True Damage to all non-living objects. Can easily find the weaknesses, flaws, and illogical parts of non-living objects and exploit them.
Special Skill: [Lunatic Does Not Die Empty-Handed]: You can temporarily convert a building into your own unit.
(Note: What normal person would destroy 10,000 buildings? Isn't that just lunacy?)
"This... doesn't look like much, but it's actually ridiculously strong!" Chen Luo exclaimed upon reading the description of the five-star achievement.
Well, the name was just a bit unpleasant-sounding.