Luo Lin stood at the edge of the bustling street, watching the lively hustle and bustle of traffic and people while sighing in amazement.
"This is much livelier than St. Fontaine and Schicksal!"
She was dressed in loose casual clothing, with a white semi-transparent ring-shaped device hanging on her wrist and a matching beret atop her head. Her bangs were adorned with a small, intricately crafted gold cube-shaped hairpin.
With such attire, coupled with Luo Lin's youthful face, slightly upturned corners of her mouth, and well-proportioned figure, she looked like a teenage girl exuding youthful charm.
Who would have thought that according to her birthdate, she must be at least in her twenties now?
Swimming in the Sea of Quanta, where time flows strangely, indeed messes a person's ages!
Passersby looked at the girl standing on the street corner with admiration. Perhaps none of them could imagine that the device hanging on Luo Lin's wrist was not just an ornament but a dangerous equipment powered by Honkai energy capable of causing destruction?
[Moon Ring], a small-scale Honkai energy conversion device developed based on the [Selene]. When fully activated, it could easily destroy an entire block.
Of course, the gold cube hairpin worn by Luo Lin was even more significant—it was the [Key of Revelation: Void Archives]!
Well, it's not entirely accurate to say that because there is no consciousness of the "Void Archives" inside it, only the pure essence of the divine key, [Key of Revelation].
This also caused Luo Lin quite a bit of distress because without the super AI Void Archives, she was like facing a supercomputer with no programs, having to hand-code everything she wanted to do.
As for how the [Key of Revelation] came into her possession, that's a rather lengthy story...
In short, it was a distortion where Otto's [Void Archives] impersonated Otto himself in a performance of "Thus Spoke the Void Archives", leaving the original [Key of Revelation] as a reward for Luo Lin, while the original consciousness of it went to save Kallen instead of Otto, delivering her to the world line of Otto.
There's also something about Adult Bronya and Smol Herrscher Bronya meeting, Schicksal and St. Fontaine overlapping, the Void Archives inheriting the coffin backstepping properties of the Herrscher of Reason, the love-hate relationship between the Imaginary Tree and the Sea of Quanta, and so on...
Of course, because the tree and the sea are mutually exclusive, Seele Vollerie, who had the chance to follow Luo Lin back to her hometown, was bounced away by the rich quantum energy on her body and is now floating outside the world!
"Can you see it? Seele?"
"Um, I can see it, the environment around me is very clear, and the call is smooth, without much interference..."
Seele's voice came from the [Key of Revelation], and Luo Lin adjusted the position of the gold cube hairpin to make it more convenient for her to see.
Now, through some means, Seele had established a connection with Luo Lin through the [Key of Revelation]. Allowing her to observe the situation inside the world and not be alone staring into the Sea of Quanta.
"Okay, that's good."
Luo Lin observed her surroundings while listening carefully to the languages spoken around her, confirming that she had indeed arrived in the Far East—specifically, the territory of the Far East branch managed by Theresa Apocalypse.
Fortunately, Luo Lin knew that the Far East was an important stage in Honkai Impact 3, so after transmigrating over, she had made up her mind to improve her language skills, coupled with a little privilege as an Information Warfare Valkyrie, it was no problem for her to pass as a local.
"Let me see where exactly this is, what year it is..."
The girl walked along the street, searching for information around her, and soon confirmed the time and place she was in.
August 30, 2013, Far East, Nagazora City.
The destined stage of the Honkai story!
Luo Lin suddenly felt a surge of excitement, her eyes almost teary with anticipation.
Finally, she had arrived in Nagazora. If it had been anywhere else, she might have been in trouble right from the start!
However, the next moment, when Luo Lin retrieved her bank card from the system storage and eagerly inserted it into the ATM to withdraw some money, the machine vibrated and locked the card inside.
"Your bank card has been cancelled. Please contact the bank counter for related card information. Thank you for your cooperation."
The girl stood in front of the ATM, looking at the prompt on the screen, her expression stiffening.
"Luo Lin, what's wrong?"
Uh... this bank card is tied to my Schicksal account... I've been missing for so long, it's probably been cancelled as presumed dead, right...?
"Oh no, how am I going to manage my living expenses now..."
Luo Lin covered her face. She manipulated the [Key of Revelation] to manifest some silk threads, penetrating into the ATM to burn the disk inside with Honkai energy, as well as the image storage disk linked to its camera, erasing any traces she had left behind.
Luo Lin took out the bank card that was spit out again, this thing now only had commemorative significance...
The bank staff who hurried to check the smoking ATM bowed apologetically to her and warmly invited her to the manual counter to handle the procedures, even for the smallest withdrawals, as compensation for scaring her due to the machine malfunction.
Luo Lin forced a stiff smile. She could only wave her hand to indicate she didn't need it, and turned away from the place.
The girl walked along the main street of Nagazora City, where she saw a map of Nagazora City prepared for tourists—this was a great help to her, at least she didn't have to ask where Senba Academy was.
Luo Lin took out a hair tie, tied her hair into a short ponytail and raised the hairpin a bit to keep her bangs from blocking her view, then rolled up her sleeves, striking a pose of "I love running, I'm exercising," and headed towards Senba Academy.
Controlling her running speed, it took her some time to reach Senba Academy.
Looking at the almost magnificent campus of Senba Academy, Luo Lin, who had suddenly fallen into poverty, couldn't help but sigh. Building this campus probably cost a lot of money...
It was time for class, and from the entrance, Senba Academy appeared silent, with the security guard at the entrance being sturdy and scanning the passersby with fierce eyes.
When Luo Lin saw the security guard, she understood that there probably weren't any traditional ATMs small thugs around Senba Academy—do you think such a magnificent campus would ignore the safety of its surroundings with the amount of tuition it collects each year?
So the girl turned around and walked away from Senba Academy, heading towards the edge of the city.
Since she's in the Far East now, it wouldn't be right for a transmigrator not to encounter a few small thugs, would it?
That's what Luo Lin thought, but it seemed that someone in Nagazora City had the same idea as her.
...
"Stop hitting me, White Devil!
I'll give you money, I'll give you money!"
Following the voice, the girl saw a group of thugs running out of a small alley, bruised and battered without looking back as they disappeared.
The next moment, a girl wearing a hood and carrying a baseball bat walked out from alleyway, her pockets bulging which seemingly contained some banknotes. Luo Lin could vaguely see the white hair flashing by the edge of the hood...
"Who are you?"
The hooded girl looked warily at Luo Lin. She only slightly relaxed when she saw it was another girl, but still maintaining an aggressive stance.
"This isn't a place for good girls like you to come!"
"I'm just passing by, um..."
Luo Lin's expression changed, feeling a sudden warmth behind her...
—Stigmata, why now...?
The hooded girl stopped in her tracks, staring straight at the person in front of her.
The setting sun shone on the alley entrance, making Luo Lin look as if she was enveloped in a layer of sacred light.
What kind of warmth was emanating from the other person? It was as if she was being bathed in warm sunlight, as if she had returned to those carefree days, filled with the aroma of delicious meals and candies, and warm embraces...
She murmured, "Mama..."
Kiana gasped, covering her mouth in surprise, her eyebrows furrowing.
"Who are you exactly?"