It's worth mentioning that by this time, significant progress had already been made with something called Soulium.
Although production capacity wasn't particularly high yet, it could already be refined.
Essentially, Soulium is an aggregate of countless nanomachines.
Because it possesses strong resistance to Honkai Erosion, it's more suitable for crafting Honkai energy weapons compared to ordinary metals.
Of course, this was partly due to future knowledge reversing causality and accelerating the present, but compared to technologies like MANTIS surgery, Stigmata, or Divine Keys, it wasn't all that remarkable.
At best, it was just a precursor technology.
And there were many such precursor technologies.
Kiana didn't need to understand them in depth.
Heck, she didn't even need to pay attention to how far technology had advanced or what level civilization had reached. It was like being a Paradox Interactive game player—just glancing at the basic data to get a rough idea was enough.
If I knew all the details myself, what would I need you experts for?
Anyway, after happily enjoying a satisfying meal, she was promptly kicked out by Chef Vill-V.
Kiana didn't take the first Divine Key with her. For one, she didn't need it, and for another, strictly speaking, it was still only a half-finished product.
Although it already possessed the authority of the first Herrscher, since the first Herrscher's power inherently grew stronger through learning and accumulation of knowledge, the first Divine Key also needed to continuously record data and be "fed" more information.
If it were to truly serve as an all-encompassing library, a great deal of effort would be required to nurture it further.
All of this had to be handled by an expert like Vill-V.
After all, she needed to continuously adjust and refine it during the nurturing process, identifying and resolving any issues that arose.
Moreover, this was, after all, the first attempt at crafting a Divine Key, so the data from every aspect was highly valuable.
Naturally, Kiana offered some words of encouragement, but after that, there was nothing more for her to do.
She really felt like saying, "How about modifying the first Divine Key into a structure like an intelligent mechanical doll? And for its appearance, why not model it after the first Herrscher?"
"I think the first Herrscher is quite cute. I really like her."
Kiana only made the suggestion briefly.
Vill-V didn't outright agree or refuse at the time—she just seemed very impatient.
So, Kiana didn't bring it up again.
On a brighter note, later on, Kiana did her usual routine and asked the system if there were any new discoveries.
The system said, [Yes].
After countless future worldlines showed possibilities of making contact with the world of Genshin Impact and the world of Star Rail, a new possibility had now been observed.
Honkai Impact 3rd.
That's right.
Honkai Impact 3rd!
Not the Previous Era like the one she was in now, but the actual main story—the Current Era.
Though Kiana wasn't sure about the specific timeline on the other side yet.
Just like with the worlds of Genshin Impact and Star Rail, she had only caught a fleeting glimpse of their existence.
More detailed information remained unclear.
Specifics couldn't be obtained in a short time.
She didn't even know when, in that future, she would make contact with them.
But she still preserved this material carefully and found a way to graft it onto the main worldline.
Because once the grafting succeeded, it meant that in the future, she would definitely make contact with the Current Era of Honkai Impact 3rd, and everything would proceed smoothly.
That was the greatest assurance!
And in fact, the same applied to the world of Genshin Impact and the world of Star Rail. Kiana had done the same for both.
She didn't care how many Genshin Impact worlds or Star Rail worlds existed in the Sea of Quanta—she only wanted the two she had seen.
The Genshin Impact world would definitely be one she contacted when venturing into the starry sea in the future.
As for the Star Rail world, it was more likely that she would bring the entire main world along to integrate into it, unlocking a new map.
None of this was a big deal.
Even if it was a distant future, capturing and anchoring it was meaningful to Kiana.
Unfortunately, the system was limited by Kiana's abilities and still couldn't see far enough.
The short-sightedness issue—well, let's just set that aside for now. She was used to it.
But!
Not being able to see far enough meant that if, in the future, she left the Imaginary Tree and Sea of Quanta and was no longer operating here, that period would remain unseen.
If she had to find a solution, it would either be waiting for time to pass or becoming stronger.
That way, more of the fog might disperse, allowing her to see more possibilities.
She wanted both quantity and range—breadth and depth.
This was one of Kiana's more anticipated goals. It was like opening blind boxes—you never knew what was inside until you opened them, but the desire to open them never faded.
"Still, even so…"
"Well, the list we compiled earlier needs to include a few more girls now."
In other words, the side-story video would need even more revisions.
Although Kiana didn't dislike this, she couldn't help feeling a little resigned. But there was no helping it.
After all, this roundup was meant to showcase all the girls who would be part of her life at a certain point in the future.
It also felt a bit like showing off to the whole world.
But in reality!
Her behavior was more like how in her previous life, she'd shout about who was her waifu—just empty claims.
Whether they could truly become her partners would depend on her own efforts in the future.
The difference was, if she pointed them out in the video and everyone believed that these girls were her partners, then in the future, it was highly likely they would end up together.
At the very least, the initial favorability would be higher.
Sometimes, Kiana even felt like she was cheating.
But upon second thought, she already had a system and an accelerator—what was wrong with cheating a little?
Without cheating, would Elysia have looked at her differently?
Without cheating, would Rin have been so warm toward her?
Besides, it wasn't like she was hypnotizing anyone.
She wasn't truly distorting anyone's will.
If anything, at least for now, it seemed like the girls around her all had super high favorability toward Kiana. But whether they genuinely saw her as a partner—honestly, Kiana couldn't tell.
Of course, she wasn't forcing the issue either.
No matter what!
When rounding up all her partners in the side story, they were categorized by world—basically, all the worlds she currently knew about.
That included her current world and the worlds she planned to visit, featuring all the girls she had loved in her previous life.
This didn't mean that characters who hadn't appeared in the works of her previous life were out of the question. It's just that the likelihood might be smaller.
Although it's true that everything should be left to fate, sometimes the word "fate" is really hard to define.
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