Fu Hua, the founder of the Edge of Taixuan technique, always delivers punches with various special effects, sparking with lightning all the way.
Then there's the Herrscher of Sentience, who actually crafted her gloves as a sample, her true weapons being her set of spears, swords, whips, which can be all be combined into a shwred hoe.
Li Sushang's performance is commendable, showcasing orthodox inheritance from Edge of Taixuan's Domain through her swordsmanship, Taixuan Sword Ki, and flying swords.
However, it's puzzling why she's also a glove character; perhaps the Taixu ancestor also dabbled in gloves, leading to this arrangement by the planners to spare players the headache of creating a new series of weapons.
The discrepancy between the weapons Valkyries equip and those they actually use is quite normal; after all, isn't a certain Herrscher also a dual-gun character wielding a greatsword?
However, this decision led many players to scratch their heads when trying to optimize their Flamescion's Stigmata attributes, inadvertently selecting greatsword damage, only to find the attributes ineffective and their warehouses empty.
Luo Lin is pleasantly surprised to discover that due to the special shape of the "Feather of Brilliant Jade," it's an ultra-thin, form-fitting sleeve—well, glove—that practically feels nonexistent, allowing Luo Lin to use other weapons without hindrance.
Moreover, thanks to the unique nature of the "Dominion Key," it can even enhance the equipment of other weapons on Luo Lin's body.
Especially the one called the "Moon Ring," nicknamed "Little Dominion Key," it seems to have a strange resonance with the "Feather of Brilliant Jade," significantly boosting its performance!
However, when Luo Lin attempted to combine the "Feather of Brilliant Jade" with the "Key of Revelation" to create a high-damage blank weapon for use in the Abyssal battlefield, intending to merge the two for both damage and weapon effects, the system harshly penalized her.
[In Abyssal battlefields and other PvP environments, Valkyries can only choose one weapon for battle at a time. The damage and special effects bonus from using a single weapon cannot be stacked with multiple weapons and their special effects for optimization.]
"Wow! So frustrating... Wait a minute... the meaning of this 'PvP environment' is, I'm competing in the same environment with those who are rubbing glass panels and joysticks, right?"
Luo Lin thoughtfully stared at the key words in the prompt. "Then, in non-PvP environments, it's in the real world of Honkai 3... Can't I play some fancy tricks? Not only using multiple weapons at the same time but also... like 'Monkey Business'?"
The system remained silent about this, apparently not prohibiting this kind of bizarre operation.
The specific origin of the term "Monkey Business" is not easy to trace, but perhaps the most frequently used is from a game with a letter "D" represented by Tencent. It involves switching equipment multiple times, taking medicine, and other operations to stack a bunch of buffs on the character, and finally making a powerful blow...
Usually, players go through a set of "Monkey Business" just to show off a big number to others, but for Luo Lin, this technique may be able to reverse the situation at times.
Of course, she also needs to acquire more weapons, Stigmata, character cards, and other items—the more buffs from 'Monkey Business,' the better.
"By the way, does 'Elysian Realm' count as a PvP environment?"
Luo Lin tried it out, looking very happy at the faint golden weapon in her hand. It not only has the high panel damage of the "Key of Revelation" but also gained the weapon skills and effects of the "Feather of Brilliant Jade"...
The point is, this is still the character card of "Stygian Nymph," and she is still holding a greatsword now!
"So other characters don't necessarily have to hold specific types of weapons either..."
The "Stygian Nymph" awkwardly swung the greatsword a few times, sighing, "I trapped myself in a mindset; this isn't good..."
After all, in the game, Valkyries can't use other weapons, as the program limits them... there aren't so many restrictions in the real world, so Luo Lin can pick whatever she wants.
However, "Stygian Nymph" is a character that fights with scythes and claws, after all. Although she can hold other weapons, she hasn't received professional training with them.
Even if Luo Lin knows how to use these weapons like greatswords and machine guns, the body of the "Stygian Nymph" doesn't have muscle memory trained by practice, leading to errors and discomfort during actual combat.
This is very deadly, after all, in battle, any slight mistake can cause catastrophic consequences—it's called "a difference of a thousand miles for a small mistake."
It's probably the same for other character cards.
It's best for Valkyries to use the weapons most suitable for the characters honestly; using weapons of different types for combat is mostly just for emergencies...
Luo Lin is quite satisfied with these findings; she changes back to her original appearance, struts off to find Vill-V, planning to show off her "Dominion Key" to this "Divine Key" maker and also to inquire about her research progress.
According to the explanation of Mobius, who passed by and emphasized that she was not a "kind-hearted person," Vill-V felt that the various instruments she had temporarily made in the Mobius Laboratory were not particularly powerful, so she took some of the data back to her old nest, the "Helixcraft," to tinker with.
So on Raven's personal terminal, she received the positioning of the "Helixcraft," and the mercenary lady led Luo Lin and Senti into the teleportation gate with a look of distress.
She felt a little lost. "I'm not a tour guide..."
Luo Lin patted Raven's shoulder and comforted her, "It's okay; your relationship with the MANTIS of the Elysian Realm now probably makes many agents from the World Serpent envy you to death... Maybe you can get a few more Signets later?"
"Awakening Signets aren't that simple..."
Raven and Luo Lin glanced at each other, the mercenary lady remembered the conversation just now, and couldn't help but smile quietly.
After a while, the group passed through the last teleportation gate and arrived at the gate of the "Helixcraft."
This is a building with a strong personal touch of Vill-V's, filled with steampunk style, large pipelines, gears, and a golden exterior, gorgeous and exaggerated, making people suspect that every part contains mysteries.
After observing for a while, Luo Lin murmured, "Could this thing also transform into a giant robot and fight against Honkai Beasts?"
"But you came up with a good idea, but my budget is not enough."
With the sound of gears turning and biting, the workshop door quickly opened, followed by a sudden burst of fireworks, sparkling little fragments and ribbons shot out from various places like a machine gun, falling on the startled group of people.
"Surprise!"
Accompanied by a burst of colored light and smoke, the Flamechaser of "Helix" appeared; she stood at the door, gave a tip of her hat to the group, revealing a happy smile.
"Welcome to the Helixcraft!"
Vill-V clapped her hands and said loudly, "You've come just in time; there's been progress in my research here, and I need someone to help!"
"Just in time..."
Raven and Luo Lin glanced at each other, the mercenary lady remembered the conversation just now, and couldn't help but smile quietly.