Luo Lin and Fu Hua exchanged glances before Luo Lin was the first to avert her gaze, lowering her head to tinker with the Support battle panel.
"Um, let me see if I can do something..."
[Unknown error occurred, unable to end Fu Hua's Support status.]
System! System, come out and save me!
[Host, I've just detected the cause of the error...]
Upon hearing Luo Lin's call, the system emerged, explaining:
[Miss Seele wanted to use the "Key of Revelation" to observe this world, and you granted her partial access to the Divine Key. Later, Seele found Fu Hua using Fenghuang Down at your room door. Out of goodwill, she interfered with Fu Hua's performance using the "Key of Revelation"...]
"Can interference between two Divine Keys be this exaggerated? Could it even cause system errors? You shouldn't be weak to this extent, right?"
[Host, you're correct. If it were just ordinary interference from the Divine Keys, it wouldn't have escalated to this extent.] The system's tone became more embarrassed, [However, Miss Seele used quantum power to jumpstart her control over the "Key of Revelation"... Now, there's a continuous quantum fluctuation in the Fenghuang Down, interfering with the operation of the Divine Keys...]
"...Is this the work of that big shot?"
After many chapters, Luo Lin recalled the fear of being dominated by the two big shots..
[Most likely, but the good news is that this interference is still within my processing range. It might take some time, about a day or two, to resolve it.]
"To think you still want to earn crystals from me!"
Then, Luo Lin realized a more serious problem: "Wait, how long will it take to solve this? Does it mean Fu Hua needs to stay in my mind for a day or two? What about her body outside?"
"How long?" Fu Hua asked.
"...Um, Fu Hua, you might need to stay in my consciousness temporarily for a day or two, then you can go back..."
The Immortal Phoenix squinted. "So, this situation is caused by you?"
"Actually, it's not... Sigh, forget it, ultimately it's my fault."
If she hadn't granted Seele the authority to manipulate the "Key of Revelation"... No, that would be too cruel to Seele, being all alone in the Sea of Quanta, with monotonous surroundings...
The impact on the girl would be immeasurable!
Fu Hua looked at Luo Lin's twisted expression, realizing that this seemed more like some kind of accident. She gently pinched Fenghuang Down, her long-time companion, which remained unresponsive.
"Is Fenghuang Down malfunctioning?"
Although it was a question, Fu Hua's attitude was firm.
Luo Lin nodded wryly. "It seems to be interfered with by quantum power. I need a day or two to repair Fenghuang Down..."
Quantum power?
Fu Hua had some impression of this term; it seemed both Schicksal and Anti Entropy had put a lot of effort into researching it.
The immortal blinked. "Where did this quantum power come from?"
"I have a friend who is favored by Sea of Quanta ..."
"This friend wouldn't happen to be you, right?"
"No, it's not. She's currently outside the world. She is using items on my body to observe the situation inside the world. Then when you, Fu Hua, came to my door at midnight, she noticed and interfered a bit..."
Luo Lin pinched her fingers, trying to show that her friend had only used a small dose.
"...Sigh, since that's the case, then I can only rely on you—just don't betray my trust."
Fu Hua sighed helplessly.
"Don't worry, you're my class monitor after all!"
Luo Lin pounded her chest loudly, while secretly urging the system: "System, please hurry up!"
"Alright, alright, I got it."
The system closed the dialogue box and went to deal with the trouble with Fenghuang Down.
Luo Lin rubbed her temples. The events of the past while gave her a headache. She had planned to continue the task of compiling the chronicle, but now, she had completely lost interest in dungeon raids.
"Well... let me try if there's any other way..."
The girl opened the system panel and pressed the exit button.
With a gentle dragging sensation, Luo Lin's consciousness floated back into her body. She opened her eyes and asked softly, "Is Fu Hua here?"
"...I'm here."
As Luo Lin hoped, after she exited the system space, Fu Hua's consciousness also returned to reality.
The white-haired red-eyed immortal gazed at her ethereal body, floating in the room with interest, then floated around the room for a while before passing straight through the bedroom door.
Fu Hua saw her combat-ready body, dressed in a lightweight combat suit, standing behind the bedroom door with closed eyes, red feathers floating above her forehead, sometimes bright and sometimes dim, shimmering.
Fu Hua could feel the connection between this divine key and herself. She reached out to touch Fenghuang Down, which weakly responded to her, emitting a slightly discordant texture in its aura—presumably the quantum fluctuations Luo Lin mentioned earlier.
"So Fenghuang Down really is malfunctioning..."
As Luo Lin gently pulled open the bedroom door, she was startled by Fu Hua standing there, but soon the girl realized and asked the translucent figure floating in the air, "Fu Hua, is this your body?"
"Yes, that's right."
"But you can't just stand here like this..."
Luo Lin reached out and easily lifted Fu Hua's body, placing her on the bed in the bedroom, covering her with a blanket.
"You'll have to stay hidden in my bedroom for these two days... My roommate won't notice if there's an extra person in the house."
Luo Lin looked at Fu Hua lying on the bed with closed eyes, who seemed to exude a vulnerable and sickly beauty.
Wow, but Fu Hua was actually someone who looked thin in clothes but muscular when undressed, capable of running horses on her arms and standing on her fists... Ah, no, girl!
Luo Lin shivered and shook off the strange thought from her mind.
Then, she picked up the golden hairpin on the table and earnestly called out, "Seele? Seele! You should know what happened, right?"
"...Who knows if she's a friend or foe?" A somewhat aggrieved voice came from the hairpin, and Luo Lin immediately recognized it as Veliona's muttering.
Thinking of this, Luo Lin understood something. Probably, the one who triggered the activation of the Divine Key with quantum power earlier was Veliona... It's no wonder things ended up being related to the big shot in the Sea of Quanta.
"Alright, I know you did it for my own good. So, in a moment of desperation, you directly used this thing to make a breakthrough. It's okay, my dear class monitor is a broad-minded person..."
"Hmph, why do I feel like I'm the one who made a mistake, when the situation was urgent... Go and chat with your dear class monitor..."
Listening to Luo Lin's comforting words, Veliona sounded somewhat aggrieved and didn't respond further.
"Sigh, Seele? Seele!"
Luo Lin helplessly put down the hairpin, scratching her head.
Oh no, too many things happened tonight, and she spoke without thinking... She should buy her some cake later as an apology and compensation...