"It's a pity, I haven't unlocked the Statues of The Seven in other countries yet," Alex said with some regret as he returned to Windrise.
Alex gently cupped his chin with his right hand, pondering, "How about I run around for you these next two days? But I'll tell you now, I'm not familiar with the Pyro and Cryo ones. The Electro one is a bit troublesome right now, but the Dendro one is fine."
Lumine shook her head and then said to Alex, "No need for now, these are already enough."
"Alright then, no rush. We can talk about it again later." Alex nodded and agreed. Since Lumine felt it was enough for now, there was no need for him to be too eager to unlock the Statues of The Seven in the remaining two countries.
Just then, Lumine looked at Alex and brought up the vehicle she had seen earlier: "Speaking of which… that motorcycle of yours from before was pretty cool."
"Yes, yes, I also saw such a flying tool for the first time. Is it Fontaine's latest technology?" Paimon chimed in from the side.
"Haha." Alex laughed, then summoned Baron Bunny behind him.
This time, Alex did not let Baron Bunny transform directly into a vehicle.
"Wow, it's a mecha!" Lumine said enviously. She had seen it at the end of their battle with Dvalin.
The vehicle had actually disassembled and transformed into its current appearance.
It was a high-tech mecha with a modern style.
Lumine had been to worlds where she could fight in mechas before, but unfortunately, she couldn't take anything from those worlds.
"Wow, it's a mecha!… So what is a mecha?" Paimon repeated from the side, still not understanding what a mecha was.
"It's a mechanical product, you can control it to fight," Lumine explained from the side.
"Baron Bunny, transform!!!" Alex shouted, and then Baron Bunny, from its mecha state, clanked and assembled, finally transforming into a vehicle.
"Wow, so cool!" Lumine said, then couldn't help but touch Baron Bunny, looking at Alex with hopeful eyes: "Can I ride it?"
"Of course," Alex agreed directly with a nod.
Lumine then got on the vehicle but couldn't start it.
At that moment, Baron Bunny emitted a somewhat piercing alarm sound.
"Warning! Warning! Rider, insufficient authorization. Rider, insufficient authorization."
Lumine looked at Alex pitifully.
"Alright, let me think…" Alex looked at his phone.
Inside it, there was a setting, and by clicking on it, he could see a permission management option.
The permission management panel displayed:
Secondary Authorized User: Furina / Focalors. (Unique, bound, cannot be unbound.)
2/1 (gray) This was an unclickable state.
It indicated that there could originally only be one secondary authorized user, but Furina and Focalors were an exception. They appeared as two individuals, but they could essentially be considered one person.
Alex shook his head regretfully: "It seems I can't… Is there a normal authorization option?"
"Is that so…" Lumine said, getting off the vehicle with a hint of regret.
"Ding dong, you have normal authorization available for unlock."
Alex was even planning that even if he couldn't let them drive his vehicle, he could drive them around every day!
How great that would be, he would enjoy it, and they would enjoy it too.
But he didn't expect that with this move, he could actually grant it, normal authorization.
Alex had originally thought that perhaps Klee wouldn't be able to help him pull for wishes anymore.
But it wasn't too bad; having Furina and Focalors help him pull for wishes was actually enough, and they came with an 80% discount on wishes, which was also incredibly powerful.
"The current limit for normal authorized users is 1. The first unlock requires a payment of one thousand Primogems."
Huh? It wasn't a free feature; it even consumed his Primogems!
But it was still good; his current Primogem reserves were just enough. That was because he didn't have enough for a ten-pull, so he pulled at a loss, and those were the remaining ones.
Some others were earned from the lemon drink shop he opened in Fontaine with his remaining lemons.
Alex decisively paid one thousand Primogems to unlock the normal authorization.
The phone said there was only one currently, and he didn't know when the second one would be available, he was very anxious! The second one definitely had to go to Klee~!
"To increase the normal authorization slot, the next level requires a payment of two thousand Primogems."
That's still okay... but this design always makes me feel like it's going to double!
Four, eight, sixteen, like that?
Then the further it goes, the more of a loss it is. It seems this normal authorization also needs to be given out sparingly.
Then, Alex was not in a hurry to unlock the second slot, and besides, he didn't have enough Primogems right now!
Instead, he looked at what normal authorization could do.
"Normal Authorization: Can only see the phone and use the wish function.
Only with the main user's consent can some phone functions be temporarily used, and it must be within a hundred-meter radius of the main user.
If outside the range, all associated items will automatically disappear (with an accompanying explosion effect) and return to the main user."
Secondary authorization, however, was powerful. Regardless of whether he agreed or not, and no matter where they were, they could actually summon the phone to their side and compete with him to use it.
And although secondary authorized users couldn't access items in his backpack, as long as an item, even one 'bound to him,' was taken out, secondary authorized users could also take it out and use it freely.
Baron Bunny was like that before. Furina had already driven it around Fontaine once.
Although it was that powerful, Furina and Focalors weren't that obsessed with the phone right now; Alex was basically the only one using it.
Afterward, Alex first gave this currently sole normal authorization to Lumine.
The moment he clicked confirm, Lumine noticed the dark blue phone in Alex's hand.
Σ(⊙▽⊙) Lumine once again showed a surprised expression.
"Pho-phone!!!" Lumine exclaimed. In fact, his strange actions earlier had already felt very familiar to her.
But she didn't say anything until now, when Lumine saw it! His phone. A word hidden deep in her memory for a long time resurfaced.
Regarding phones, they were only used in the very first world, and in most subsequent worlds, things were more advanced than phones. For example, rings worn on the hand that directly projected screens, allowing one to click things in the Akasha.
"What phone, chicken? Is it something delicious?" Paimon looked at the two of them, confused.
"Hm?" Lumine looked puzzled, then pointed at Paimon, "Can't you see it? This item in his hand is called a phone."
"Ah? No, I can't!" Paimon became even more confused. Was there something wrong with them or with her own eyes?
"Ahem, Lumine. It's normal that Paimon can't see it; I only made it visible to you," Alex said.
"Oh, oh." Lumine nodded, then looked at the phone in Alex's hand. It had been a long time since she had played with one, and she felt a sense of nostalgia.
Lumine looked at Alex and said, "Can I borrow it to play with for a bit? Don't worry, I'll just touch it and look at it, then I'll give it back to you. After all, it's been a very long time since I've touched a phone."
"Sure," Alex nodded in agreement, while also thinking about Lumine's Primogem reserves. If she could spend her own Primogems to pull for wishes, then he would essentially be getting them for free!
"Pull for wishes?! Alright!" Another nostalgic word, it had been a long time since she encountered it. Lumine agreed directly.
But what were Primogems…? Lumine asked in confusion, "Primogems?"
"It's this. A pretty Shitou," Alex said, taking one out as an example.
"Oh, it's this. Then I have a lot. Countless," Lumine nodded and said.
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