"In this place full of dreams, are you looking for a way to defeat the Herrscher of Thunder?"
Sirin's tone rose slightly, sounding somewhat sharp, with even a hint of sarcasm.
'Fu Hua' nodded seriously: "Sirin, I think you've also realized that something is wrong with the outside world. In fact, it's a vast consciousness space woven from the unconscious minds of hundreds of thousands of people."
"And we, who walk within it, are like those having a 'lucid dream.' But in a normal dream, death generally means the end of the dream. After you die in a dream, you wake up in your bed in reality. At most, you might be a little frightened, but you can continue living your life as usual."
"But it's different here. The space woven by the consciousness of hundreds of thousands of people, combined with the 'omnipotent and extremely dangerous' Honkai energy, has made this space nearly indistinguishable from reality—even if we know it's a consciousness space, we can't help but be deceived."
'Fu Hua' spoke with meaning: "If you die here, you will die in reality..."
Just as Kiana was trying to grasp the deeper meaning, Sirin suddenly sneered: "Then it was quite dangerous when I fought you at the beginning."
"Well, didn't I beat you before?"
'Fu Hua''s straightforwardness made the purple-haired girl a little embarrassed. She coughed softly and said, "Okay, I understand the matter of this consciousness space, but what does that have to do with your defeat of the Herrscher of Thunder?"
The Herrscher of Sentience snapped her fingers and said excitedly: "Look at these bubbles around us. They actually represent ordinary people connected to this space. They are like necessary but inconspicuous cornerstones, but their influence on this consciousness space isn't great."
"Only people with strong will can shape the appearance of this consciousness space, just like that—"
The Herrscher of Sentience pointed into the distance. Kiana and Sirin looked where she was pointing and saw "stars" surrounded by countless light spots.
There were about a dozen "stars." They were much brighter and larger than the surrounding bubbles. It was clear at a glance that they were unusual.
One of them emitted an especially strong sense of presence. Its size far exceeded that of all the bubbles around it, so massive that it almost filled half of the three's field of vision.
Interestingly, the light it emitted was far from its size, more like a warm sun that made people feel drowsy.
"Wow! What is that? When did it appear there?"
Kiana exclaimed, and the Herrscher of Sentience shrugged and said, "It's always been there, but we were a little too far away to see it before. I just brought you to a spot where you can see them clearly."
"The technique is very powerful."
Sirin didn't feel like she had been affected by anything. She looked at the gray-haired girl beside her with some fear, then turned her attention back to those "stars."
Ten seconds later, the purple-haired girl noticed something. She pointed to a ball flashing purple-red electric light and said, "Is this what you're looking for?"
"Yes, you are right. I need this thing."
The Herrscher of Sentience said this, but her eyes never left the big one behind it.
"Are you interested?"
"Of course... Maybe this thing is the culprit that pulled us into the illusion?"
"Ah, yes, you're right."
'Fu Hua' touched her nose awkwardly, then she and Sirin exchanged a brief glance and pulled Kiana, who was still in shock, along with them.
"Hey, what are you doing? I can..."
The Herrscher of Sentience gave Kiana a look of contempt: "Can you fly in this weightless environment similar to space?"
As she spoke, 'Fu Hua' revealed something like wings on her waist. It was continuously ejecting Honkai energy, propelling the gray-haired girl forward like an engine—in fact, it was the hem of the [Phoenix] form from the game. In the plot, Fu Hua can really use this thing to fly in the sky.
"Uh, then Sister Sirin..."
Kiana turned her head and found that Sirin had stretched out her body, soaring freely through the starry sky like a fish. The Sub-space ribbon she pulled left a long tail behind her, which looked dreamy and beautiful.
The white-haired girl closed her mouth and stopped talking.
"I feel out of sync with you guys."
"Wow... this thing is really big."
After getting closer, 'Fu Hua' realized that this "star"... no, let's call it a "supernova" because it wasn't just one or two sizes larger than the surrounding "stars," but more than ten times larger.
Sirin and 'Fu Hua' placed their hands on it together, and a window, neither too big nor too small, gradually appeared under the influence of Honkai energy, allowing them to see what was inside.
A medium-sized black-haired girl with less-than-ideal breasts sat on a bench by the road, calmly observing everything around her.
She didn't have the kind of appearance that could amaze others at first sight, but after looking for a long time, she possessed a special charm.
'Fu Hua' was stunned. Isn't this Luo Lin?!
Are you the mastermind behind the scenes? She doesn't look silly, but rather like something she would do... uh...
Sirin was so fascinated by it that she was snapped out of her thoughts by Kiana's exclamation half a minute later.
"That's my parents, and Sirin and me! Hey? Why is there a blonde girl behind them?"
Kiana was a little confused. She had put in a lot of effort to accept the fact that there was a sister (?) in the family besides herself. Now why did this guy suddenly add another family member to her dream?
Sirin looked at the confused white-haired girl, sighed, and scanned other places—there were many familiar faces there, all of whom she had known or seen in the consciousness space:
Magicians, opera artists, barbecue stall masters, painting brothers and sisters, pink-haired girls with long ears...
There were also people Sirin had never seen: a woman with long golden hair wearing thick clothing with a soldier's demeanor, a guy wearing a cloak like a crow, a woman with a very good figure burning like a flame, and a cross that could run away...
Isn't that [The Oath of Judas]?!
The Herrscher of Sentience didn't notice Sirin's panicked look. She bit her lip and keenly observed that there were two identical gray-haired girls in the distance, talking and laughing as they walked toward the end of the street...
Isn't that me?
The Herrscher of Sentience shook her head, took a deep breath, and began to think.
Many people matched the names. She had seen them in the consciousness space—it seemed that it was Luo Lin's influence.
In general, compared with the previous dreams that's easy to understand, Luo Lin's "dream" was a bit plain and not exaggerated...
It was just a warm and simple daily life.
It was like a beautiful world where the Honkai did not exist.
"Do you think so? Luo Lin... This dream may never be realized..."