[Friendship Revolver]: A revolver that can instantly shatter fragile friendships. This revolver has unlimited bullets and comes with a weak homing effect. After being hit by a bullet, the target will fall into an uncontrollable fit of laughter for 10 minutes.
Weak Homing: Provides a homing effect, but it's not completely unavoidable. If the shooter's luck is too low and the target's luck is too high, it's possible to dodge.
This revolver has no attack power whatsoever and causes no injuries upon hitting, but it makes people laugh uncontrollably for 10 minutes.
Although the revolver indeed has unlimited bullets, the description also states that the bullet effect won't work again on the same target within 20 minutes after being hit.
In other words, it's impossible to infinitely control an enemy with this revolver because after laughing for 10 minutes, they gain immunity for the next 10 minutes.
Although this revolver seems quirky, it's actually quite impressive.
Don't think laughter is just a state—sometimes laughter can be deadly too. For example...
"Hahaha, stop it, Bar owner, please stop, hahaha... I can't take it anymore, my stomach hurts from laughing, hahaha..."
Well, for example, there's a victim right here.
"Sorry, Mona, this item's effect can't be removed." Chen Luo looked at Mona apologetically.
This was exactly why Chen Luo didn't want to test it on himself.
"Hahaha, how could this be, haha, help me, hahaha..." Tears were streaming from the corners of Mona's eyes from laughing.
"Don't be sad. The revolver's description says laughter is good for health and will make you feel physically and mentally pleased. Could the description be wrong?" Chen Luo looked at the gun's description and then at Mona in front of him, feeling uncertain.
"No, hahaha, I really... hahaha... no, don't talk to me now. Hahaha..."
Witnessing Mona's current "plight," Chen Luo silently stored the revolver in the deepest part of his inventory.
What friendship revolver? This is a friendship-shattering revolver.
Commonly known as the friendship-breaking gun.
It could also be called the social death revolver.
Right now, Mona was practically rolling on the floor laughing.
Tsk tsk tsk, so pitiful...
Good thing I didn't test it on myself.
* * *
"Ah... ah... it finally stopped." Mona lay on the table clutching her stomach, looking utterly devastated.
If you haven't laughed for 10 minutes straight, you can't understand the pain of laughing for 10 minutes. Laughing is easy, but laughing for a long time is hard, and laughing heartily for 10 minutes is even harder.
However, the Friendship Revolver's effect was also evident—Mona felt that her previously gloomy mood from being hungry for half a day had dissipated considerably. This indicated that the Friendship Revolver had indeed made Mona recall happy things and laugh from the heart.
It's just that Mona didn't want to experience this feeling again anytime soon because it was utterly exhausting.
Overall, he had acquired another divine item, or rather, an excellent auxiliary item. During combat, if an enemy were hit by this and laughed for 10 minutes, by the time they finished laughing, the opportunity would be long gone, and their ashes might have been scattered.
"Why are all my items so bizarre?" Chen Luo complained inwardly.
Mona left with the soup Chen Luo had prepared for her, saying she would drink it slowly at home to avoid Chen Luo accidentally shooting her with another bullet.
Before leaving, Chen Luo specifically gave her a box of compressed biscuits to take back.
This way, if she were truly on the verge of starvation, she could at least survive a few more days with the compressed biscuits.
Although the longer she starved, the more frequently she might trigger commissions, Chen Luo wouldn't actually use a friend's situation to frantically earn primogems.
He wouldn't go that far, really wouldn't.
Primogems are very precious, but primogems aren't everything.
Previously, Chen Luo hadn't prepared for her because he didn't expect her to trust him so much that she wouldn't save a single Mora.
It's just too absurd.
After Mona left, Chen Luo felt lost. What should he do now? After grinding through 7 days of activities, although exhausting, it had made Chen Luo feel fulfilled. But after fulfillment came the emptiness of the early rest period.
Because Chen Luo hadn't had a moment of rest during those 7 days, he now felt that taking a break was some kind of heinous crime.
"Maybe I should go to Nagazora?" Chen Luo suddenly thought.
"Go to Nagazora to test the conceptualized authorities. I can't have spent so many crystals without any changes to the authorities, right?"
If there were truly no changes at all, Chen Luo would feel he had suffered a huge loss.
Of course, even if it were a huge loss, it was still a necessary loss. He couldn't let himself remain in that uncomfortable state of being in his own world but feeling awful, could he?
Not even the Ten Great Punishments of the Qing Dynasty were this bad.
When Chen Luo first woke up, he had glanced at the talent panel, but just looking at the talent panel couldn't reveal specific details.
However, some data on the talent panel had changed.
Name: Chen Luo
Age: 17
Talent: Traveler (EX-rank)
Sub-class: Puppeteer
Other Talents:
Herrscher of Domination Authority (S-rank)
Herrscher of Corruption Authority (S-rank)
Two additional S-rank talents appeared, which hadn't been there before the talent modification. This indicated that before the modification, pure authorities weren't recognized as talents.
This taught Chen Luo a lesson: if possible, it's better to purchase skills through the talent panel unless absolutely necessary. Otherwise, learning things in other worlds might lead to unpleasant surprises when returning to his own world.
Chen Luo still had 23,600 crystals, several times more than his 5,095 primogems.
But the problem was, Chen Luo now felt that 20,000+ crystals weren't enough anymore!
Heaven knows, 50,000 crystals are equivalent to 50,000 primogems. No matter how you think about it, they shouldn't be spent this quickly.
But the reality was, they were indeed spent this fast.
Modifying Void Archives, modifying the Stigmata, purchasing resurrection abilities, modifying authorities, modifying the Herrscher Physique...
Which of these didn't require spending money?
Originally, Chen Luo had planned to spend all his crystals during the 7 days before the event ended to maximize benefits. But after learning that modifying Herrscher authorities also required crystals, he changed his mind.
Since Chen Luo had obtained the Honkai Terminator achievement, which could be considered invincible in the Honkai world, he would definitely continue to operate in the Honkai world in the future, especially since the Honkai world truly has many valuable resources.
But given this, there would certainly be many places to spend crystals in the future.
Moreover, some expenses would be completely unexpected, like this authority modification cost, which Chen Luo never anticipated.
However, thinking about it, it makes sense. Authorities are inherently granted by Honkai to Herrschers, and Chen Luo's world lacks the Imaginary Tree, Honkai energy, and the Will of Honkai. To use Herrscher authorities, he must supply Honkai crystals himself and use the Honkai energy within to power the authorities.
Naturally, using authorities normally is impossible.
Therefore, the modification fee is absolutely necessary.
Furthermore, without modification, the Herrscher of Domination authority might be somewhat difficult to use but still functional, while the Herrscher of Corruption authority might be completely unusable.
After all, while the Herrscher of Domination authority claims to plunder other Herrschers' authorities, it actually only grants usage rights, and only within the Honkai world.
Thus, the modification fee is absolutely necessary.
Since Chen Luo now has the Herrscher of Domination authority, he will inevitably plunder other Herrschers' authorities in the future, such as the potential Earth and Ice Herrschers.
If he spends all his crystals now and has none left later, would he have to use primogems for settlement? That would be too costly.
Chen Luo truly has it tough.
So even though there's a limited-time 10% discount for 7 days, Chen Luo might have to miss out on this discount.
However, it's not a huge loss because Chen Luo currently has no emotional bonds with any factions. But after becoming familiar with certain individuals later, the discounts he could get would be much better than a mere 10% off the full price now.
For example, purchasing Mei's authority through the St. Freya faction would cost 10,000 crystals at full price, and even with a 10% discount, it would still be 9,000 crystals.
But if purchased directly from Mei, it would be over 30% off.
Even knowing this, Chen Luo still feels that not being able to use the 10% discount now is a loss.
"What a huge loss," Chen Luo sighed.
After sighing, Chen Luo took out a gem and played with it in his hand.
Plague Gem.
It was the Herrscher of Flame's core that the Herrscher of Sentience casually took when she acquired the Blank Key.
"Sigh, why can't my Herrscher of Domination authority plunder authorities from Herrscher cores?" Chen Luo lamented while looking at the gem in his hand.
Although Chen Luo's Herrscher of Domination core is somewhat different from the other two Herrschers of Domination, like the Herrscher of Domination in the original story, he cannot plunder authorities from Herrscher cores or Divine Keys.
To plunder them, they must have an owner.
"Should I try becoming a dual-core Herrscher?" Chen Luo said uncertainly.
Although Chen Luo currently possesses two Herrscher authorities, he is essentially still the Herrscher of Domination.
So adding the Herrscher of Flame would only make him a dual-core Herrscher.
"Thinking about it, if Sirin could become a six-core Herrscher, why can't I become a dual-core Herrscher? I'll try it later! Preferably within these 7 days, so I can get a discount on modifying the Herrscher authorities." Chen Luo's eyes suddenly lit up.
"And if I remember correctly, after the third Herrscher appears, it's the fourth Herrscher's turn—the Herrscher of Wind. Wendy, the Herrscher of Wind, hasn't become a true Herrscher yet, so I could plunder her core."
"Wait, I'm not entirely sure if she's been implanted with a Herrscher core yet. I'll check the information later or ask Theresa." Chen Luo stroked his chin.
Chen Luo didn't remember the exact timeline of Wendy's involvement in the Herrscher of Wind "cultivation" plan, so he wasn't sure if she had been implanted with a Herrscher core yet.
But honestly, the Herrscher of Wind core brings misfortune, especially for Wendy.
For Wendy, an A-rank Valkyrie with the potential to become an S-rank Valkyrie, the Herrscher of Wind core not only destroyed her dream of promotion to S-rank but also subjected her to three years of suffering.
Chen Luo believes that if given a choice, Wendy would absolutely not want to be implanted with that damned Herrscher of Wind core again.
"So, is it possible that I could become a triple-core Herrscher?"
"Or, to be bolder, could I possibly become a 14-core Herrscher?"
"Wait, why am I so fixated on Herrschers?" Chen Luo suddenly rubbed his temples.
Even the Herrscher of Finality isn't completely invincible.
Not to mention the world-destroying power of Dragon Ball, even in a technological world, a dimensional weapon like a dimensional foil should be something the Herrscher of Finality couldn't block.[1]
Provided the dimensional foil could actually be used in the Honkai world.
So, his perspective shouldn't be so narrow; he needs to think more broadly.
"I should take it easy these past couple of days. I feel like I'm becoming obsessed with Herrschers." Chen Luo sighed.
Herrscher authorities are good, but he can't focus solely on them.
"Ding-dong!" The doorbell of the Midnight bar rang, startling Chen Luo.
The "Closed" sign should still be hanging, right? How could someone be here? And it's still afternoon.
Generally, most customers come to the bar after 8 PM.
"Wait, seems like a new customer." After sensing the different feedback from the Midnight bar, Chen Luo's confusion instantly vanished.
If it's a new customer, that's normal. But now that he thinks about it, it's been two days since a new customer arrived.
So, which problem child is it this time?
As Chen Luo pondered, the door opened just a crack, about 10 centimeters, and the person didn't immediately push it open.
This seemed normal to Chen Luo, as one could never predict where this bar might appear. For example, Venti found the bar under the great tree at Windrise—would a normal bar appear in the wilderness?
Other customers also found the bar in somewhat unusual locations during their first visits.
Perhaps this is why new customers are rare.
After all, if you miss the first opportunity to enter the bar, it becomes very difficult to get in later.
"Bang!" Just as Chen Luo was wondering where the bar had appeared this time, the door was forcefully pushed open, slamming against the wall.
"Whoosh!" A cold breeze surged in, carrying a chill through the bar's entrance.
Chen Luo saw a white-haired woman holding a long spear, emanating an endless cold aura, looking coldly around the bar with a fierce expression.
If not for the fact that the Midnight bar wasn't an ordinary bar, Chen Luo might have thought she was here to cause trouble.
When Chen Luo got a clear look at the white-haired woman, he was stunned again.
While Chen Luo was stunned, the white-haired woman didn't remain motionless. She stepped into the Midnight bar, pointed her spear at Chen Luo, and spoke with her cherry lips: "You, are you my heart demon?"
"Huh?"
This unconventional greeting caught Chen Luo completely off guard.
What kind of new way is this to say hello?
Although, he does have an heart demon at home.
TL Note:
[1]: Dimensional foil is a weapon from Liu Cixin's renowned science fiction series, The Three-Body Problem. In the story, a dimensional foil is a universe-destroying weapon that reduces the three-dimensional universe into two dimensions.