In the black hole world, they had been absorbing Ryn's Honkai energy for decades. Even though there was no Honkai energy in Jialan City now, the reserves they had built up were more than enough for them to use for a long time.
Kiana and Houraiji Kyuusyou flew up directly. This scene stunned Mei, who was playing with Bronya. In her memory, didn't Kiana and Houraiji Kyuusyou not know how to fly? How did they both suddenly take flight?!
"Bronya, Kiana and the others seem to have found something. Let's follow them!"
As Mei spoke, she hurriedly summoned her Divine Wings, flapping them a few times quickly, wanting to fly up and follow Houraiji Kyuusyou and the others.
But apart from a bit more lightning element in the air, Mei didn't even feel her body getting lighter...
"Uh... this shouldn't be happening..."
Mei scratched her head in confusion. Logically, shouldn't Herrschers be able to fly whenever they want? Why couldn't she do it!
Hearing Mei's words, Bronya also summoned Project Bunny. She sat on its palm and activated the anti-gravity system, floating in the air.
As she was about to take off with Mei, she noticed that Mei was still on the ground, flapping her single wing.
"Eh, Big Sis Mei, you can't fly?"
"Uh... I guess so... I never learned how, and I forgot to ask them how Herrschers fly..."
"Is that something you need to be taught?"
Bronya jumped down from Project Bunny's hand and then used Honkai energy to make her body float.
"Isn't it just a matter of controlling Honkai energy with more finesse, treating yourself like an object to manipulate, and then you can fly?"
"Huh? Honkai energy?"
Mei's eyes widened in disbelief as she exclaimed, "It's powered by Honkai energy?!"
"Yeah... what else?"
After getting Bronya's confirmation, Mei wanted to dig a hole and crawl into it...
She had never seen the Herrscher of Thunder in action, so she didn't know how she flew... Ever since she got her Herrscher powers and grew a wing, Mei had subconsciously assumed that she had to fly like a bird by flapping it...
Common sense has failed me!! As expected, you can't use common sense with Honkai!!!
Mei started to follow Bronya's advice, treating herself as an object and then manipulating Honkai energy to lift herself up...
And then, Mei flew...
But Mei wasn't happy at all. In fact, she felt like grabbing an oar and banging her head against it...
In the Stigmata Space, the Herrscher of Thunder watched Mei and Bronya fly towards the heavens and fell into deep thought.
*So, it's not like you can just fly whenever you want... there's a method to it! But why could I fly just by thinking about it?*
*Wait, why doesn't Mei just turn herself into her element? Wouldn't it be faster to fly as a bolt of lightning?*
"If I had known, I would have passed on some of my experience when I gave Mei the power. Disgrace to the Herrschers, a disgrace to the Herrschers!!"
(Mei: Yeah, yeah, says the one who got knocked down by an ordinary baseball bat. You're a disgrace to the Herrschers too.)
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Mei and Bronya passed through the barrier of the Bubble Universe and appeared in outer space, only to find Houraiji Kyuusyou and Kiana stopped just ahead, not moving forward.
"Kiana, Ryn, is there something unusual here?"
Mei, with Bronya in tow, landed beside Houraiji Kyuusyou and Kiana.
Houraiji Kyuusyou was still investigating, so Kiana explained to Mei and Bronya.
"There should be something, but how do I put it... it seems like it's not from our world.
Houraiji Kyuusyou has the powers of the Second and First Herrschers, so she's more sensitive to space and dimensions. She sensed something familiar here, but we can't touch or see it."
Houraiji Kyuusyou stopped her investigation, rubbing her chin in confusion. "It feels like we're trapped in a box, and the outside we're sensing is the real world.
But it's a bit troublesome; we can't seem to get through. I can sense the coordinates over there, but that world is rejecting my access. And it seems like Brother Ryn and Seele are over there. The aura we're sensing should be coming from Seele."
After speaking, Houraiji Kyuusyou tried to perform a spatial jump using the coordinates she had previously left on Ryn, but the result was as expected: once she left this world, the coordinates became invalid.
But unlike Kiana and Mei, who were deep in thought, Houraiji Kyuusyou's eyes were filled only with excitement and longing.
No matter how much she developed her authority over gravity as the First Herrscher, she could never catch up to Ryn. So why bother developing it? She could just ride on his coattails, ask Ryn for his notes, and then practice by following his example.
But Ryn's research into the manipulation of space wasn't deep. She could totally go down this path and complement Ryn!
Moreover, the final form of this path was already presenting itself to her!
Different spaces overlapping and coinciding, in a box-stacking manner, achieving an unbelievable state!
As Houraiji Kyuusyou was thinking this, an ethereal yet majestic voice echoed in her mind.
[A good idea, but this is only the surface. The true core, and the deeper mysteries, still require further exploration.]
"Who's there!"
Houraiji Kyuusyou instantly entered her Herrscher form, fully armed and alert, looking around warily.
Mei and Kiana also instantly entered combat mode, the Herrscher of Thunder and the Saintess of Schariac fully manifesting.
Bronya habitually summoned Project Bunny, but after a moment's thought, realized that Project Bunny's maximum power couldn't even break her own defense now. So she recalled it and clenched her fists, ready for battle.
The four of them stood back-to-back in a circle.
Kiana's eyes quickly scanned the surroundings but found nothing, so she asked Houraiji Kyuusyou, "Houraiji Kyuusyou, what did you find? Is it an enemy? Which direction?"
"I don't know... Its voice suddenly appeared in my mind. I'm not sure if it's an enemy."
[Don't be such a stranger!]
The voice of the Great Will of the Sea of Quanta echoed in Houraiji Kyuusyou's mind again.
[I'm your Brother Ryn's mother-in-law, his elder. You're your Brother Ryn's girlfriend. By rounding up, aren't I your elder too?]
"Huh?"
Houraiji Kyuusyou was so surprised by the Great Will of the Sea of Quanta's explanation that her jaw dropped to the floor.
"Wait, wait, that's a thing? Is Brother's world that open???"
[Well... not really. I'm just open-minded. Come on, everyone is waiting for you over here.]
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