The Vixen's Gambit: Tonight We Hunt

After quite some time, Raiden Mei finally managed to calm down and began to force herself to face the current situation rationally.

"So, you're saying you arrived a few months earlier than us, and you've also been to this company called miHoYo, confirming they aren't the culprits playing with our lives, right?"

"That's right. Those scriptwriters always suddenly get inspiration a few days before the game update and then quickly finish the story. Even after emptying their company, their computers would still automatically update the game with the next content… It shouldn't be human work. Perhaps, as Elysia said, it's traces left by the friction between worlds."

Lihua said seriously, "After all, there have been many incidents of other world beings invading this world recently. Aren't we examples of that?"

Raiden Mei was silent, though she didn't look as agitated as before, doubt was still written all over her face.

"Still don't trust me…?"

"…Miss Lihua, I just hope you won't deceive me." Finally, Raiden Mei sighed and stated her reason, "It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that based on my understanding of your deeds, you might lie to them on purpose to prevent me from harming the people of this world."

"I'm no match for you. Lying to you would definitely have terrible consequences. Do you think I'm that kind of person?"

"According to your records, you are that kind of person."

A hint of helplessness flashed across Lihua's face, and she whispered, "…Maybe, it's just that Otto and the others thought too highly of me."

"…Understood. I'll trust you for now—but I still want to meet the creators of this game." Raiden Mei wasn't a murderer. Although she had been in the Elysian Realm for a long time, she hadn't been completely jaded yet, so she chose to take a step back and observe the situation. "But before that…"

Raiden Mei snatched the phone from Elysia's hand, studying how to use it under Elysia's tearful gaze: "How do you play this game? Wasn't Kiana on the screen just now? How did it become me?"

"Uh, why don't you try starting the story from the 'Attack' button in the upper right corner…?"

Raiden Mei was a modern person after all. After Lihua briefly introduced her to the gameplay, she quickly got the hang of it and played intently: "This is… the SELENE era? Nostalgic…"

While Raiden Mei was engrossed in the game, Elysia's attention was unabashedly focused on Lihua.

Finally, Lihua, feeling her back crawl from the lesbian's gaze, couldn't hold it in any longer. She turned her head helplessly to Elysia, who had sat down beside her at some point: "Um… is there something wrong? Why are you staring at me like that?"

"Little Lihua, do you believe in reincarnation?" Out of nowhere, Elysia asked this question.

The question didn't sound aggressive, and Elysia's expression was full of expectant, kind smiles—but to Lihua, this question was no different from a nuclear bomb exploding!

The reason was simple: in the Previous Era, Unit 03 had dug a huge pit with this question!

It was after the end of the Eleventh Herrscher incident, when global pessimism reached its peak. Many, including within Fire Moth, believed humanity was hopeless. In this situation, a theory of reincarnation began to spread wildly. Simply put, it claimed that after death, souls would reincarnate into the next life, so death wasn't the end. Instead of desperately fighting the Honkai, it was better to find a comfortable way to die and wait for the next life.

The existence of souls was so ethereal and elusive that, although this theory had no evidence, it was equally difficult to refute—or rather, even if it was refuted, those who had lost heart wouldn't want to listen.

In this situation, Lee strongly refuted the so-called reincarnation theory, stating that everyone's existence was unique. Even if similar people appeared in the future, they would at most be similar flowers that happened to bloom among countless possibilities in the world, definitely not the same person.

Whether her rebuttal reached everyone's heart was completely irrelevant, because eventually, under her Mental Stamp, everyone gave up the idea of giving up and plunged into the cause of fighting the Honkai.

Lee had two reasons for doing so. The first was that if these people committed suicide at that time, Lee would have no way to collect their consciousness, which would be equivalent to losing their lives for nothing—Lee's persona naturally couldn't allow this to happen.

As for the second reason… of course, it was to give Hua a heads-up, trying to make sure she wouldn't go crazy again when she saw Lihua next time, and to make it clear that Lee was Lee, and Lihua was Lihua…

It was unknown whether Lee's heads-up worked on Hua, but Lihua could feel from Elysia's bright eyes that this theory had no effect on her.

On the contrary, this theory made Lihua very awkward now, because no matter how she answered, it would be wrong!

If she said she believed, she could of course say she was Lee's reincarnation. If she said she didn't believe, her answer would be the same as Lee's, making her even more like Lee's reincarnation…

"That's a very interesting question… If you ask me, after people die, their souls should return to the embrace of the Lord, right?" Lihua tried her best to smile and squeezed out this answer. After all, as a saintess of Schicksal in the Middle Ages, it was normal for her to be religious, right?

If you're looking for your Lee, go look for her in heaven, don't stare at me!

"God…"

"Yeah, Lihua, there's a character of you in this game too."

Elysia didn't seem to intend to continue pursuing the question. Raiden Mei's sudden interjection made Lihua overjoyed—a topic to change the subject had arrived!

She quickly walked to Raiden Mei's side as if nothing had happened, and said with a smile, "Yes, although it's just a rank A character—"

"But this announcement says you seem to be getting a new character." Raiden Mei, who had exited the main story at some point, pointed to the information on the phone screen thoughtfully, completely unaware of Lihua's desperate inner thoughts. "Lihua Rank S Soul Awakening character, [Nocturne Dawn] is coming soon…"

Please stop, please stop talking, big sister!

Feeling Elysia's gaze behind her becoming increasingly sharp, Lihua deeply felt the malice of the world.