Update; All chapter updates are Monday, Wend, Fri for the meantime.
Got my files sent to the shadow realm and I'm trying to recover stuff. I'd be two weeks before returning to the usual update schedule.
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Watching Fu Hua's bewildered expression, Luo Lin trembled slightly.
"System, do you remember what just happened?"
[Of course, it's all clear in my log—mission failed, then the system attempted to restart the mission, causing the entire consciousness space to revert to the present.]
The girl breathed a sigh of relief, glad that the system didn't encounter any further issues.
Fu Hua looked at Luo Lin's changing complexion and asked out of concern, "What's wrong, Luo Lin? Did something happen?"
"...Fu Hua, you may not believe it when I say this, but this consciousness space just experienced a time rewind..."
Luo Lin didn't intend to hide anything and straightforwardly recounted everything she had experienced to Fu Hua, from meeting with Siegfried, Kiana, and Raiden Mei, to the abnormalities in the city at night, and finally, the entire world resetting back at some point in the late night.
Fu Hua, who looked like a moth in the age of fire, frowned. "It sounds plausible, but... could it really not be your imagination?"
"I can assure you it's not imagination."
"Alright, I believe you."
Fu Hua nodded and, after a moment of contemplation, said, "Luo Lin, I remember you mentioned earlier that you need to spend a day or two to fix the problem on Fenghuang Down. And now, with this consciousness space experiencing a time rewind, it must be related to its anomalies."
She opened her palm and showed Luo Lin the Divine Key corroded by quantum power. "Let's take a closer look at Fenghuang Down and see if we can find any clues, shall we?"
"Okay."
Luo Lin blinked, feeling a sense of admiration and moved.
Having Fu Hua as a teammate was really a great thing. She was powerful, decisive, and most importantly, she would wholeheartedly trust you and execute your plans.
Taking the flickering Fenghuang Down carefully from Fu Hua's hand, Luo Lin cautiously probed the Divine Key with her Honkai Energy. Soon, her enhanced perception detected some clues.
The quantum power on the feathers didn't seem to be a condensed force but rather divided into six pieces.
These pieces of quantum energy could each fight independently. Although they all wanted to continue corroding Fenghuang Down, those that didn't cooperate were intercepted by the defense power of the Divine Key itself and had to return in frustration.
"Interesting, let me try..."
Fu Hua took back Fenghuang Down and compared to Luo Lin's cautious actions, she was a bit more aggressive, directly colliding her Honkai Energy with those quantum powers, causing Luo Lin's face to pale, and she quickly stopped her.
"Ugh, maybe you shouldn't collide with them directly like that?"
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. This is just a small amount of Honkai Energy, and Fenghuang Down isn't as fragile as you imagine."
Fortunately, Fu Hua's actions didn't lead to any disastrous consequences. She sent a tiny bit of Honkai Energy over, causing those quantum powers to react, and the bright blue light illuminated half of the kitchen.
"Did you feel that, Luo Lin?"
"Yeah."
The two of them stared solemnly at the gradually dimming Fenghuang Down. The quantum powers had just shown peculiar directional behavior, responding remotely in different directions.
Luo Lin even saw one of the beams of light pointing directly at Sirin. Thanks to her quick thinking, she covered the Divine Key, preventing the light from shining on the purple-haired girl like a spotlight.
However, the movement of this light was indeed noticeable. Sitting in the living room, Sirin naturally became curious about it: "Mom? What are you doing? What's that blue light?"
"I'm making bread for Sirin."
Luo Lin quickly came up with an idea, took out a plate of cookies from the system warehouse, and placed it next to Sirin, "That light should be from a passing publicity car, right? I saw it was promoting the performances of a singer and a magician."
"A magician? Is it the kind of person who pulls rabbits and doves out of hats and conjures strange things with wands?"
Sirin held a cookie and chewed on it.
Luo Lin smiled and replied, "Yes, Sirin knows a lot—if the magician you're talking about is the one I know, then she should be able to do all those things you mentioned, right?"
"Wow! Really?" The purple-haired girl seemed excited, but she quickly thought of something else and said cautiously, "Um, Mom, can we go find Dad and little sister? I haven't seen them in a long time..."
Luo Lin naturally wouldn't object and agreed, "Of course, no problem. But Sirin, the bread you wanted has just been put into the oven. Let's wait until the bread is done and we've filled our stomachs before we go find Dad and little sister, alright?"
"Okay!"
Sirin smiled happily, looking very pleased, and even ate two more cookies.
Luo Lin helplessly brought a glass of water for Sirin, "Eat slowly, eat less, don't choke."
Fu Hua, who was still holding Fenghuang Down in the kitchen, keenly noticed that when Luo Lin agreed to Sirin's request to go find her father and little sister, a quantum force on the Divine Key slowed down its erosion speed and suddenly became docile.
"What does this mean..."
Fu Hua was somewhat puzzled. She decided to tell Luo Lin about this phenomenon.
However, before mentioning this matter...
Fu Hua turned her head and looked at the "exquisite" bread in the kitchen oven, the corners of her mouth twitched: "Luo Lin, I suggest you come and see the bread you made yourself... It seems to be burnt..."
"What? Did it fail again?"
The girl was shocked and hurried back to the kitchen.
Finally, Luo Lin once again provided Sirin with bread from the system warehouse and, accompanied by freshly made fried eggs, ham, a small dish of salad, and milk, they enjoyed a delicious lunch.
Watching the purple-haired girl happily eating, even burping contentedly, Luo Lin felt a bit embarrassed.
"Monitor, aren't you going to eat something?"
Fu Hua tried to pick up food from the table, but her fingers went straight through. She shook her head, "It seems like I can't eat, but it's okay, my body is very resilient, skipping a few meals won't be a problem."
Then, relying on Sirin's inability to perceive her actions and words, Fu Hua floated next to the dining table and told Luo Lin about her discovery.
"While I was comforting Sirin, the quantum force corresponding to her seemed to calm down?"
The girl blinked, immediately associating it with the system task full of garbled characters:
[Current Objective: Spend a day that makes *＆% feel perfect (*＆%￥（）＆...%￥）]
Luo Lin nodded thoughtfully and replied, "I seem to have some ideas..."
It seemed she needed to make the six quantum powers corresponding to certain individuals happy, fulfill their wishes, and ensure that everyone had a perfect day?
What was this? Honkai 3 Date a Live?