[Echo: Mourning Aix (Celestial Light)]
[Quality: 5-Star Overlord Class]
[Main Stats: Healing Effect Bonus 26.4%, Attack 150]
[Substats: Resonance Skill Damage Bonus 10.1%, Crit Rate 10.5%, Crit Damage 19.8%, Resonance Efficiency 10.8%, Resonance Liberation Damage Bonus 7.9%]
Good news: all five substats are effective.
Bad news: the main stat rolled into healing!
One second ago, Noah was still sighing over the greatness of love; now he only felt like he was about to explode!
There's only one Mourning Aix in all of Jinzhou—this is the only 4-cost Echo for the Celestial Light set!
"That damn Kuro is messing with me again, hngh aaaaaah!"
A burst of static interrupted Noah's building roar.
"Noah, it's me, Yangyang."
The voice on the terminal sounded especially cheerful.
"Miss Xuanyin's experiment today is complete. This is the first time I've learned that Tacet Discord language can actually be translated."
As Yangyang's words ended, several lines of small text appeared simultaneously.
[Chronicle Quest "Listening to the Voice of Animals - Lizard Language Translation" has been completed.]
[Current possessions: Radiant Tide20, Lustrous Tide5, Astrite28200, Shell Credits1000000.]
[Detected Shell Credits holdings have reached 1000000; module "Shop" has been unlocked.]
"Noah, is there anything else you need help with?"
The voice on the other end carried a hint of anticipation.
"Nothing for now. Thanks, Yangyang!"
"Okay, you can contact me anytime if something comes up next time."
After hanging up the call, Noah opened the newly unlocked shop interface. A dense array of goods filled his view.
[Jinzhou Skewers (Green Ingredients): Increases all Resonators on the team by 100 Attack for 15 minutes. Price: 3000 Shell Credits.]
[Jinzhou Stew (Blue Ingredients): Increases all Resonators on the team by 8% Attack and 6% Crit Rate for 30 minutes. Price: 6000 Shell Credits.]
[Forest Dweller Hotpot (Golden Ingredients): Increases all Resonators on the team by 40% Attack for 30 minutes. Price: 12000 Shell Credits.]
Oh no, he's turned it into the real ~Wuthering Waves~ open-world action game!
From now on, before big battles, does he have to chug potions and scarf down food first?
Scrolling past rows of food and potion purchase options, one particularly eye-catching item caught his attention.
[Tuner: Can consume this material to modify the main Sonata Effect of a 5-star Echo. Price: 10000 Shell Credits.]
Buy!
Shell Credits -10000.
Tuner +1.
Closing the shop, Noah opened the Data Bank interface and familiarly navigated to the Data Reconstruction screen.
[Mourning Aix (Healing Effect Bonus)]
——Tuning successful——
[Mourning Aix (Crit Damage)]
A cry of wild joy suddenly rang out deep in Whining Aix's Mire!
"I admit Wuthering Waves is the best open-world action RPG in the world!"
Without further ado, he swapped Echoes and equipped the Mourning Aix as the main one.
Character: Rover
HP: 18920
Attack: 2154
Defense: 1005
Resonance Efficiency: 125.8%
Crit Rate: 71.3%
Crit Damage: 300.8%
With Emerald of Genesis +43311 and the Celestial Light Echo set, Noah had fully graduated two characters at once.
Rover (Spectro) and Jinhsi.
"I'm lacking nothing now."
In Whining Aix's Mire, Noah smiled lightly as he clenched his right fist, feeling an unprecedented surge of abundant power spreading from his Tacet Mark through his limbs and body.
If the resonance energy in his body before was like boiling hot water, now it was like burning flames.
Both quality and quantity had undergone a leap in growth.
He lightly snapped his fingers.
"Time Stop—"
Invisible energy instantly spread from around him, immediately freezing time in a ten-meter radius. The faint mist lingering in the air solidified.
"The Time Stop has the same range as before, but the energy consumption is only one-tenth of what it used to be."
Noah carefully sensed the changes in his power, murmuring to himself.
"If I go all out, perhaps a Time Stop covering a thousand meters wouldn't be impossible—though it probably wouldn't last long."
Ending the Time Stop, Noah prepared to return to Jinzhou.
Next, he planned to find Jinhsi and inform her about matters concerning the Sentinel.
No matter what decision Jinhsi made, he had decided to support her.
[Main Quest: "A New Companion" has begun.]
[Quest Description: Quest anomaly detected. Quest canceled.]
[Main Quest: "A New Companion" has ended.]
Noah glanced at the pop-up subtitle but paid it no mind.
"A New Companion" mainly involved Rover meeting Abby, the Echo hidden within and coexisting with him, after the great battle with Dreamless.
But since Noah didn't have Abby, it was expected that this quest would be canceled.
However, the small text popping up before his eyes wasn't finished yet—
[Main Quest: "Awakening the Startled Hibernator on Mt. Firmament in Years Past" has begun.]
[Quest Description: The whereabouts of the missing Jinhsi, the mysterious and incomprehensible dreams—questions about oneself and the past linger in the heart.
And in the unseen guidance, a force seems to be leading the path of the wanderer far away, toward a secret place on the sea.]
[Completing the Main Quest "Awakening the Startled Hibernator on Mt. Firmament in Years Past" will reward: Radiant Tide20, Lustrous Tide10, Astrite1600, Shell Credits100000.]
"Oh no!"
Noah's pupils contracted.
The Mt. Firmament main quest has arrived—does this mean there's not much time left for Jinzhou?
No matter what, the urgent priority now is to immediately confirm Jinhsi's situation.
"Come to think of it, I really haven't seen Jinhsi in a long time. Her office room stays lit until deep into the night every day; she seems very busy."
Noah pulled out his terminal and actively contacted Jinhsi, his brows tightly furrowed as he muttered to himself.
"Jinhsi should still be at the City Hall in Jinzhou right now... hmm... why isn't she answering the call?"
Staring at the terminal that went unanswered for a long time, Noah's expression changed slightly.
Canceling the call, Noah instead initiated one to Sanhua. This time, the call was quickly connected.
"Honored guest, this is Sanhua. What can I do for you?"
"I'm looking for Jinhsi. Could you help me contact her?"
Upon learning Noah's purpose, the other side paused briefly before responding.
"The Magistrate is currently not at City Hall; she has gone to Mt. Firmament."
"What!"
Noah's voice unconsciously rose as he hurriedly asked, "When did she leave?"
"Three hours ago. Please keep this confidential. After the battle with the Threnodian, Jinzhou's situation remains unstable. Matters concerning the Magistrate must not be known to the outside world."
"Mm."
Noah fell silent, his mind racing with thoughts.
Logically, since the day after he transmigrated, Scar from the Fractsidus had been killed by him and hadn't passed on the Sentinel's prophecy to Jinhsi.
Therefore, the current Jinhsi does not know that there is a fated battle between the Sentinel and her.
So, Jinhsi likely sensed the Sentinel growing increasingly weak as Her Resonator and decided to head to Mt. Firmament to find the Sentinel.
Unbeknownst to her, once she enters Mt. Firmament and learns the truth of its chaotic time flow, this journey is destined to be one with no return.
Without Rover granting the Sentinel the ability to transfer chronal power at the critical moment, Jinhsi will surely die from Overclocking.
Thinking of this, Noah's breathing grew heavier, and the frequencies within his body faintly stirred restlessly once more.