Chapter 57: Bar Chat
The game Elden Ring isn't something you can finish in just a day or two.
But soon enough, some netizens began asking when the DLC for Elden Ring would be released.
There was no way around it; Bronie could only reply that it's in progress.
After all, Civilization DLC is on its way, so as not to be cursed by that irritable lobster head behind her backs all day long.
Bronie wasn't clear about the bloody scenes in the Elysian Realm, but Elysia's response was that everyone was playing very happily, and Kevin even held a ramen party for it.
As for why it was a ramen party, Bronie didn't know.
Just as Elysia said so, Bronie couldn't wait to go to the Elysian Realm to participate.
Then Elysia reminded Bronie that Vill-V had prepared a maze dungeon similar to Elden Ring for herself.
To be honest, Bronie was quite looking forward to it.
After all, you wouldn't die in the Elysian Realm, right? Experiencing a real dungeon must be very interesting.
But Bronie was still celebrating the New Year with Kiana, and with the snowstorm outside, it wasn't suitable for going out.
"Another Honkai Outbreak has occurred near the town recently."
As Bronie tidied up the shop and cleaned every corner of the bar, Cioara returned from outside. She shook off the snow on her body and took off her scarf before saying to Bronie, "Is it serious?"
"Not really. Grey Serpent told me that Schicksal didn't even react at all, but that guy Jackal has started to suspect me. After all, I've been in this middle of nowhere for nearly half a year."
"Jackal? That guy who performed unauthorized MANTIS surgery on you?"
"How did you know... forget it, it should be Mobius or Eden who told you, right? There are not many Agents within the World Serpent who have such good relationships with all the Flame Chasers like you do. Are you really that special? Even Elysia's attitude towards you is..."
The legendary deputy of the Flame Chasers, the woman who founded the Thirteen Flame Chasers, the second strongest MANTIS under Kevin.
Such a title represented too much. It was like the identity of the son of God in the Trinity of God in Christianity.
Such an identity was like a god to the World Serpent. But that didn't intimidate Bronie at all.
"Hmm, I know I'm special. Maybe the answer will be revealed in the future. By then, you should come and take a look too!"
"Oh?"
"Vill-V has figured something out, Mobius doesn't have the conditions to study temporarily, and Elysia told me about this layer of identity. The Elysian Realm will be lively in the future. I hope your World Serpent Agents won't do anything too excessive."
"We don't have your hacking abilities, and you really aren't a Herrscher?"
"I'm more like a Powerful Herrscher. Can a Herrscher modify information on the level of reality like I can? I'm much stronger than a Herrscher."
"But Herrschers can create black holes with their bare hands."
Cioara knows this too?
"The World Serpent's sources of intelligence are really diverse. But I really am not a Herrscher, nor can I be one, but the source of my abilities is indeed somewhat special, so special that even Flame Chasers like you are curious about it."
"Hmm, how could you casually act in the Sea of Quanta if you weren't? But another Honkai has occurred recently. Do you think it's related to Kiana?"
Once this town has an Honkai Outbreak, Cioara unconsciously associates it with Kiana. This is inevitable; even Siegfried would think so. After all, she is a Herrscher.
"Your judgments based on experience often carry many biases and subjective wishes. As far as I observed, the Honkai near Kiana didn't have much to do with her. This is the result I detected with instruments."
"Huh?" Cioara felt a bit incredulous.
Could it really be such a result?
Although there are indeed genes of the Honkai beasts in Cioara's body, she is quite sensitive to Honkai, but this sensitivity is just like when a person touches electricity. Only when there is a lot of it will there be a feeling, and it is destined to be inferior to machines.
But Bronie has a drone on her, which means Bronie used a drone for detection, and indeed, nothing was detected.
"I remember Pardofelis saying something before."
"What?"
"No matter what era it is, people are accustomed to attributing the consequences they have created to Honkai. Sometimes I wonder if this Honkai Outbreak might be caused by something else."
This time it was Cioara's turn to fall silent.
Bronie's words needed careful consideration. Although there were many subjective wishes in this statement, sometimes it was necessary to make connections.
"I will ask the World Serpent's internal department to send over the monitoring logs of collapses of all sizes worldwide, including both Schicksal and Anti Entropy, and then we can make a proper judgment on this issue."
"Maybe, I'll also establish a monitoring system near the town. By the way, Cioara, do you think it's easier for members of Schicksal to remain undetected nearby using Quantum stealth drones or nanobots?"
"I remember the technology of Schicksal. Valkyrie armor can even use Quantun teleportation equipment. Your Quantum stealth would likely be easier to detect."
"So should I use nanobots then?"
"Seeing your troubled expression, could it be that this thing has some side effects?"
"No, no, no, I just need to study it well again~"
Nanotechnology, that was the technology of the soulium nanobots given by Vill-V. It had many advantages, but the drawback was that one needed to spend time to understand the technology.
With Bronie busy celebrating the New Year and cooperating with the company to produce DLCs for Civilization, there hadn't been time to digest Vill-V's technology, so Bronie hadn't touched it for the time being.
"At your age, shouldn't you be studying?"
"At my age, should I be studying Quantum physics and advanced mathematics?"
Now Cioara had nothing to say.
"After all, you are a genius."
"Yeah, if I weren't a genius, I wouldn't have met you. Are you still talking about finding your brother within the World Serpent?"
"How else would I settle here undisturbed?"
"Maybe."
Bronie shook her head, knowing that this peaceful life wouldn't last long. But she still had the ability to prevent crises from coming.
The World Serpent wouldn't just sit back and develop quietly.
At least from the information coming from Grey Serpent, there was a lot of activity in the World Serpent recently, and it seemed that Arc City was also under the control of the World Serpent.
Jackal had established a hospital over there, called Heliopolis Life Sciences.
However, establishing such a big company must have involved bloody means. After all, starting a pharmaceutical company would inevitably disturb some people's cakes.
However, Jackal didn't approach Cioara to do it but instead entrusted it to others.
Bronie didn't know whether the World Serpent had detected something or simply didn't want to bring trouble to Cioara.
After all, those who stubbornly sought their lost brother were obviously not mentally healthy. If they were in contact too much, who knew if they would be the target of their anger.
Finding a table, Bronie and Cioara sat down. Bronie mixed a cocktail with Cioara's favorite absinthe and placed it in front of her.
"The company is getting bigger, and there are more people, but if we don't make games, everyone will be on the payroll. So it's about time to decide on the theme of the next game."
"I haven't played many games. All the games I've played were made by you. Undertale sounds good, but after I understand the plot, I won't play it again. Spiritfarer is the same. As for Getting Over It, let's forget it. Elden Ring is still being explored."
"I always feel like I can't get much advice from you."
"If you ask me how to deal with collapse beasts, I do have some suggestions, but as for game themes? Forget it, I'm just a mercenary who doesn't know anything."
"Damn, my drink turned white."
"The taste is good!"
Cioara raised her glass to Bronie.
"But"
"Hmm?"
"You might consider choosing an assassination-type game. After all, isn't that a theme you're familiar with?"
Cioara still gave a good suggestion. Assassination, stealth, that could indeed be considered a theme. The first thing Bronie thought of was the Metal Gear series and the Hitman series. These two masterpieces were good in terms of gameplay and details, but as for the plot, Metal Gear was okay, but Hitman gave people a mediocre feeling. Of course, she was familiar with that kind of content.
"If you accidentally put too many details into it, will it be scrutinized by people?"
"Huh? Too many details? Scrutiny?"
"Isn't there such a saying? A spy writes spy novels, but because they are too realistic, they are caught by the police, and it turns out they were indeed a spy."
Cioara was speechless and rubbed her forehead.
"Then how about mechs? Like those in Arahato. It should be quite popular, and I think you might like it?"
"Mechs and FPS? Sounds pretty good. After Schicksal Entertainment opened the Magic Engine, many games have purchased the rights to use it, and new games are being developed vigorously. FPS is also a big category. If you take advantage of the popularity, you can definitely get a lot of attention."
"Just the reputation of the games you've made is enough to make everyone pay attention. What more do you need?"
"What I need is to have a reasonable contact with Otto, the Archbishop of Schicksal. It's not much to ask for, just to meet him."
"Are you starting to plan against Archbishop Otto now..."
Cioara couldn't help but marvel at Bronie's boldness.
After all, that guy Otto had lived for five hundred years. The Schicksal he managed could almost be said to be the highest entity in the current civilization.
Trying to meet him through a game?
That was a bit difficult. But it didn't seem that difficult either.
After all, although Otto was low-key, he occasionally attended some banquets and the annual internal conference of Schicksal. Perhaps when there was deep cooperation, they could really meet each other?
"So, after meeting him, then what?"
"Of course, it's to hack into his Void Archives and quietly turn it into a beautiful girl!"
Cioara's face showed a shocked expression. But Bronie just smiled.
"I'm kidding. I'll probably just find an opportunity to sell it off later, just like... it's Kiana's child support, how about that?"
"I'd rather believe that you want to turn the Void Archives into a beautiful girl. What have you learned from following Elysia..."
"Of course, it's about dressing up and picking up girls, but first, the other party must be a girl, so what's wrong with a little modification? After all, in terms of general rationality, artificial intelligence should not have gender differences, it's just that the Void Archives has been with Otto for many years, so its appearance and personality are more like Otto's shape."
"As for the First Divine Key, I suggest you temporarily put it aside. If what you said is true, that the Honkai Outbreak is not an accidental occurrence, I will definitely tear the culprit apart piece by piece."
Cioara's killing intent gradually rose, showing that she still harbored hatred towards the Honkai.
Fortunately, such hatred was not too blind.
"In fact, I think the most likely culprit is not Schicksal but Anti Entropy. After all, Anti Entropy is in chaos right now, with many miscellaneous characters joining in. Like her." Bronie pointed at an image in her phone.
"Cocolia? The rising Russian female warlord?"
"That guy is a potential terrorist. Having experienced the Second Eruption, her mind is probably a bit messed up. For the sake of researching Honkai, she might do anything, like conducting human experiments to combat Honkai."
In the past, Cioara didn't feel much about hearing such information. After all, fighting Honkai often involved some sacrifices.
But could she say such things now?
"And, do you know how the Second Herrscher was born?"
"How?"
"Human experiments."
"That guy is really a lunatic."
Cioara also agreed with Bronie's statement. When people crossed that bottom line, they often created something they couldn't understand. Jackal was the same, Mobius was the same, and Otto was even more so.
Finally, everything was hastily concluded with the Honkai. Now there was another, Cocolia.
"Do you want me to eliminate her?"
Cioara volunteered.
"Eliminate her, and then take over the orphanage, right? Actually, that's not bad."
But the World Serpent would definitely not let Cioara do this.
After all, Cocolia had cooperated with the World Serpent, and she didn't have the ability to conduct human experiments herself.
The technology and means were all obtained from Grey Serpent.
So if you wanted to have an orphanage, it meant facing more future possibilities, and perhaps you still had to take responsibility for what you did.
Could you do it?
Could you turn a blind eye to such things? Forget it, let's try it!
"Elimination is not necessary, at most, just break her legs. If you can't do it, I'll do it. It's just that the woman is not too far from us. If we follow the Ural Mountains, the biggest warlord is probably her."
Taking over the orphanage on the side wouldn't be bad.
"Hehehe, I've never missed a shot. It just so happens that I recently maintained my equipment. If I don't move my body, I'll get rusty!"
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