Chat Group: Starting by Swapping Bodies with Elysia?

The dark patterns left by the black mist of decay, the wrinkles caused by cellular failure, were all restored to their original state before this power of creation.

The dark clouds slowly receded, and the radiant sunlight shone on the faces of the people who were awakening from their comas. A warm temperature passed over each blooming white flower, revealing a scene full of vitality.

Looking at this scene, [Seele]'s lips curled into a smile.

This disaster began with 'herself,' and it should also end with 'herself.'

"Are you really okay, Jiang Qiao?" Elysia, who had approached, was delighted to see the people restored to their original state and out of danger.

But when her gaze fell on the girl's wrist, which was still bleeding, and the somewhat shocking wound, she couldn't help but worry.

"It's fine, a Herrscher's vitality is very strong." [Seele] shook her head slightly—the wound on her wrist gradually healed.

Even for ordinary Herrschers, regenerating limbs was not difficult, such as a certain Miss puffer Fish with a history of being roasted, let alone the Herrscher of Death, whose powers were creation and decay.

"...Let me lean on you, Elysia."

The dark-blue-haired girl, wearing a thin dress, spoke softly—undoubtedly surprising Elysia.

This bad guy actually made such a request to me, Elysia?

Hmph! No way!

Using another girl's body and still wanting to borrow my, Elysia's, shoulder? Dream on!

However...

Looking at the girl's delicate yet determined appearance, Miss Elysia, who was acting tough, still reluctantly offered her shoulder—with extreme speed, as if afraid the former would change her mind.

Well... Although it was annoying that he always jumped into other girls' bodies, the feeling brought by bad Jiang Qiao using different beautiful girls' bodies seemed to be somewhat different.

It was novel—but Miss Elysia would still respond to such 'flirtatious' behavior with 'anger'!

[Seele] slowly closed her eyes.

Depletion... was severe.

It was true that Herrschers had extremely strong vitality. Even if an arm was chopped off, they could quickly regenerate it, but this regeneration was not unlimited.

The most classic example was a certain indomitable legend who simultaneously manifested six Moonlight Throne systems and almost GG'd due to Honkai energy depletion.

If Blue Wendy hadn't obtained the Black Abyss White Flower, Duck Duck would have GG'd on the spot.

And the Herrscher of Death...normally, there would be no problem. The power of creation theoretically made it difficult for her to GG like the former.

But even with the power of creation, Honkai energy was needed to use it.

If the power was overloaded and Honkai energy was outputted, even the Herrscher of Death wouldn't be much better than the Herrscher of Reason.

And the current [Seele]'s state was even worse.

Because she had been neutered by Cocoon, this body of the Previous Era Blue Wendy didn't contain the massive amount of Honkai energy like other normal Herrschers, nor could she obtain Honkai energy supplied by Cocoon.

—'She' didn't have an infinite mana bar.

And the modified effect of the black mist of decay also determined that [Seele]'s energy level as a Herrscher was surprisingly weak, so weak that it was inferior to the Herrscher of Origin, so weak that she couldn't exert the powers of a Herrscher like a normal Herrscher.

This meant that even though this body possessed the power of the Herrscher of Death, it couldn't be utilized.

[Seele] was simply a 'disposable' tool thrown out by Cocoon.

If such a body wanted to save those people harmed by the black mist of decay, to save the nearly hundreds of thousands of residents of ARK City, she had to play it rough.

Using the blood with the most Honkai energy in this body, using her own remaining small amount of Honkai energy...she finally achieved this result.

At the cost of 'almost exhausting her blood' and 'depleting her Honkai energy,' she completed this [White Flower, Holy Blood Liberation]

Although she wouldn't die, the current state of this body could only be described as hanging by a thread.

Well...it didn't matter.

Ignoring the feeling of weakness in her body, Jiang Qiao, leaning on Elysia, used the technique he had used after 'collecting research materials' with Mobius.

Just absorb some from Elysia's body to compensate... Although he had used a lot when he used this body to bring the two of them in, and when Elysia used it, the efficiency of collecting Honkai energy would be -99%, even if it was only the portion of Honkai energy that Elysia unconsciously extracted from the Origin space, Jiang Qiao wouldn't mind.

Anyway, Elysia basically didn't use it, so he would just 'borrow' it, right?

As for [Wendy], that body, without using certain tricky methods to use that scale of power, she and the Fourth Divine Key in the sky were the same—already completely spent.

Judgment—used up (pulls up pants).

Miss Elysia, who didn't realize she was being treated as a blood bag and a mana potion, puffed out her cheeks.

Of course, this time it wasn't out of anger, but...how should she put it? Although they had done things that were even closer, this was the first time...that the two of them had leaned on each other like this...

Although it was a bit annoying that it was another beautiful girl's body, after her 'daily anger,' feeling that soft, fragrant scent, Elysia silently recalled Cecilia's teachings—a good child shouldn't be picky (confirmed).

Of course, the third person present—the original owner of the body Jiang Qiao was currently using, Blue Wendy, was obviously a little embarrassed.

Jiang Qiao asked Elysia to take care of her, but in fact, she clearly didn't need any care, so she just followed along, and as a result...

Seeing her own body—[Seele] leaning on that unfamiliar pink-haired big sister's shoulder, and this scene like something from a TV drama...

Th-Th-This....

Fortunately—Wendy, who had finished handling matters, appeared in time. Although her expression was a little strange when she saw her newly acquainted friend getting cozy with Elysia, after seeing her 'reverted' self on the side, she seemed to understand something...

Hmm, just like herself...how should she put it? Her mood was a bit complicated.

Because they hadn't known each other for long, Green Seele's view of [Elysia] was more of an important friend—due to the relationship of having been merged and having her 'body played with,' it was inevitable that she would have some thoughts, but they weren't strong.

And as for Seele... Green Seele's attitude towards this newly acquainted friend was—I'm devoted to Little Sparrow (Totori)!

Well...because they looked alike and their personalities were compatible, they were actually good friends.

But it turned out that her newly acquired good friend seemed to have also had her body played with by this man... Sigh, her head hurt.

Green Seele, who felt a headache thinking about this relationship, thought it would be more joyful to be a simple-minded creature.

"How are the citizens?"

Slowly opening her eyes, having replenished some of her deficit and regained basic mobility, [Seele] had already noticed the bustling activity on this rooftop and took the initiative to ask.

"The affected citizens are being counted, and other work is also proceeding in an orderly manner. But there are too many people, and due to the lack of manpower, it's impossible to handle everything quickly. Also...supplies are somewhat scarce..."

As an extremely prosperous city in Southeast Asia, ARK City itself had ample supplies.

But that was before.

This 'epidemic' had left ARK City's buildings in an extremely dangerous state.

They would need to be rebuilt afterward, otherwise, the aging equipment and buildings would pose serious safety hazards. Of course—this was ARK City's own business, and in the short term, it had nothing to do with Fire Moth.

However, because the black mist of decay also contained the power of creation, most of the food stored here had been declared 'ruined.'

"I understand the situation, thank you for your hard work."

"Fire Moth will temporarily implement control after the disaster. As for the rest, Vill-V will communicate with the United Nations."

MEI's voice sounded from the communicator—ever since Jiang Qiao caused such a commotion, she had been paying attention to the situation here and had made timely adjustments and measures.

The sound of thud-thud-thud could already be heard, and those large transport helicopters printed with the Fire Moth standard, advancing from the distant coastline towards ARK City, could be clearly seen.

In addition to the supplies that had been mobilized from surrounding areas after the Honkai outbreak, and even after Jiang Qiao's feedback, there were Fire Moth soldiers, who would be responsible for maintaining order.

"Mm-hm."

"You don't look very well." Although to MEI, Jiang Qiao, who was currently using a new skin, was somewhat unfamiliar, her familiarity with [Elysia] made it easy for her to identify Jiang Qiao/Wendy.

Elysia might have been a little slow and didn't notice, or perhaps he was concealing it, but MEI could easily tell that Jiang Qiao was extremely weak at the moment—at least this body was.

"Let's tell you the details when we get back."

"Okay."

After ending the communication, Jiang Qiao didn't immediately return this body—after all, the deficit was too severe. If he returned it to Blue Wendy like this, she would probably faint on the spot.

And Seele certainly couldn't collect Honkai energy to replenish the missing Honkai energy and blood in her body like he could.

So, it was better for him to continue using it.

Of course, because Seele herself had the special identity of a 'Herrscher,' she would inevitably be brought back to Fire Moth headquarters.

The Fourth Squad and Wendy as well. They would return to headquarters to recuperate, and later, the Fifth Squad led by Himeko would come to take over the defense of the Southeast Asian region.

On the plane back to headquarters, Elysia chatted enthusiastically with the girls—while Jiang Qiao silently 'picked' Elysia's 'pockets' while she was chatting.

At the same time, he also took a look at the chat group during this leisure time.

Although there were some misunderstandings at the beginning, with Furina's personality as a fool who couldn't hide anything, it was easy for her to get along with the group members.

After all....

Yunyun, Miss 55kg, Kyouko, hmm...except for Hu Tao, weren't they all fools?!

Wait, could this actually be a fool's friendship group?

Thinking this, Jiang Qiao fell into a brief silence, but when he thought about the exceptions like Qingque, Hu Tao, and himself in the group, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Well, he was overthinking it.

But even so—the God of Justice, who was a fool, also got along well with Kyouko... Perhaps it was because of the color? In any case, these two had become—able to share a Bubble Orange, in Kyouko's words—This is what you call a true sis.

As long as there's a sis to share an orange with, you can stab wherever you want!

However, looking at the chat in the group, Jiang Qiao could at least judge one thing—Furina still had some reservations about this friendship.

—And this was indeed the truth.

A chat group connecting different worlds?

Furina, who learned this information from Kyouko and the group members, although she would think it was a bit fake—You can't be kidding me, right?—she still believed it somewhat, given the example of Kyouko, a magical girl.

But—

No matter how much she liked this frank new friend, no matter whether the other party was really from another world.

Furina remained steadfast in her inner conviction.

Well...she was actually a little shaken.

After all....

Five hundred years, as a mortal, she had tried her best to play the role of the 'Hydro Archon Furina' in people's hearts. No matter how scared or hesitant she was, there was still no one she could confide in.

This was really...very painful...

After understanding what the chat group was, Furina really wanted to loudly tell the group members about her inner pain.

Only.

"Is this so-called chat group really reliable?"

She would have such doubts, and also...no, no matter how unwilling she was to question her friendship with others, Furina had to think this way.

She couldn't believe, couldn't confide.

Just because of what the Hydro Archon Furina had said.

If the truth that she was not a god was exposed.

Then Fontaine would surely face destruction.

The words from five hundred years ago still echoed in her ears, echoing in every moment of daze, every late night.

For the people living on this land....

Furina understood.

....She had to hide it.

She was the Hydro Archon, the God of Justice loved by the people of Fontaine, the Sovereign of the many waters, lands, peoples, and laws.

Of course, even so, Furina was still grateful for joining this chat group—even if she had to endure this suffering for the people of Fontaine, had to play this identity that she 'loathed,' at least it would be a little easier here.

Furina: Thanks. @Jiang Qiao.

Furina was quite grateful for this unfamiliar group member's solution to her critical moment, even if it made her lose her beloved cake...hmm, she wasn't angry at all!

Looking at this group ID, Jiang Qiao rested his chin on his hand.

Jiang Qiao: Is it okay to change to this ID?

Furina, seeing this reply, was puzzled.

Was there something wrong with this ID?

Her name?

Although God of Justice, Hydro Archon, or Archon Focalors would be more appropriate, after all, in order to save Fontaine, she had to try her best to play the role of a god.

For this reason, she also decided to hide it from the group members she met in this seemingly special chat group.

But even so, Furina fantasized about a moment of 'peace.'

The seemingly endless role-playing was really tiresome—this initial hobby had turned into loathing over the course of five hundred years.

Although she couldn't confide her feelings to her new friends in this chat group, at least...not as the God of Justice, not as the Hydro Archon Focalors, Furina wanted to try to be herself.

Even if it was just a 'nickname.'

"There shouldn't be any problems, right?" Sitting in the courtyard, eating a Bubble Orange, Furina was half-confused, although she had some worries, she wouldn't think too much about it.

After all, it wasn't the first or second time she had acted under the identity of 'Furina' officially.

It was just that in the eyes of the people of Fontaine, the name Furina had already been linked to Focalors, the Hydro Archon, and the God of Justice.

As if guessing Furina's thoughts.

Jiang Qiao: No, don't worry, it's fine.

Huh? Can you read minds?

Furina, who was thinking about how to respond, was stunned when she saw this message, but she also became somewhat alert. She subconsciously looked around—thinking, could someone really eavesdrop on her thoughts, and was just happening to be peeking at her nearby?

If that were the case....it would be easy to expose her!

She was a little flustered—but she couldn't seem to find any clues, after all, this was the Palais Mermonia.

The political center of Fontaine, and the courtyard she was in was located at the top of the Palais Mermonia, the highest point of Fontaine, a leisure area exclusive to the Hydro Archon.

To get here, the Gardes and Shadow Hunters would all have to be on vacation!

Phew~

Sigh... Why am I scaring myself?

Furina exhaled, thinking this, and peeled off the last segment of the orange, throwing it into her mouth and chewing ~ The sweet taste made the girl squint her eyes in satisfaction.

Although it was no match for dessert, the raw materials also had their own flavor.

Enjoying the beautiful leisure life.

Subconsciously glancing at the group, Furina, intending to lurk, immediately saw

Jiang Qiao: You've worked hard.

Chewing on the orange, sitting in a chair with her legs crossed and dangling her little white-stockinged legs that had slipped out of her lady's shoes, Furina was a little puzzled, thinking that someone had said something, but after looking around....

Nothing was said.

The last person to speak was herself?

Sigh....

Furina felt a little baffled and shook her head.

Until the next moment....

The girl's beautiful face froze.

She looked at Jiang Qiao's chat message again.

The two lines above and below had no connection—at least in the eyes of the group members. What was wrong with changing an ID?

Most of the people in the group had changed their IDs more or less when they joined, except for Qingque, who was too lazy and directly used her Luofu forum username.

Maybe she just thought the name God of Justice was too ostentatious?

Qingque: What's so hard about changing a name?

Qingque: Hey, hey, hey, if you're really free.... how about we....

Qingque, who was handling the affairs of the Acting Diviner, was slacking off—although this position of Diviner was simply not something a human could do, in Qingque's view, it was pure money-grubbing and life-threatening, it would be better to just kill her.

But the helpless little bird could only find joy in hardship—the news of her becoming the Acting Diviner had even reached her parents!!!

The degree of life-threatening didn't need to be said.

Originally, she joined the Divination Commission because she couldn't stand the nagging of those two, and also because she heard it was a cushy job, but...

Sigh....

It was fine when she joined, Qingque could still get some leisure by developing vertically downwards.

At most, she would be nagged by her parents during the holidays,

Criticizing this unambitious daughter for not seeking progress, or something like that.

But.... A little diviner becoming the Acting Diviner.

Although it was acting, it didn't count.

But this was truly not seeking progress normally, but suddenly getting a promotion!

The kind of promotion to the Six Charioteers!

Regarding this, Qingque could only cry and say:

I'm innocent, I really don't want a promotion!

You see, originally, only Jingzhai was watching her.

But this news reached her parents' ears....

Oh my god, Qingque felt that she probably wouldn't have any peace in the future during the holidays.

Sigh, she was a little envious of those Vidyadhara on the Xianzhou.