Chapter 4: Quantum Quirks, LOL

[Infinity Abyss - Quantum Environment]

[Damage inflicted by characters with quantum attributes increased by 20%]

"Quantum, ah..."

Luo Lin sat in a corner of the system space, her face pale, as she scrutinized the leaderboard data—

[1. Celestial Lan——21726]

[2. Salted Fish Logan——21600]

[3. Start the car!!! ——21583]

[4. I love Elysia——21356]

[5. Forget Kalpas——21321]

[6. Jinghong——21286]

[7. Luo Lin——21250]

Stuck at the seventh position, barely avoiding relegation...

With a sigh, Luo Lin opened her Valkyrie panel, emitting an aura of utter despondency.

[Luo Lin - Valkyrie·Dark Feathers]

[A rank (cannot be upgraded through character fragments)]

[Lv.??——Imaginary attribute (click to switch attributes)]

Yes, besides Biologic/Mecha/Psychic, Luo Lin now also possessed the Imaginary attribute, which she obtained as a reward after completing the "Character Challenge · Metamorphosis Feather (B→A)" mission...

But there's no quantum attribute yet...

Ascending from a B-rank Valkyrie to an A-rank, her basic stats such as HP, energy, attack, defense, and critical hits increased significantly!

But there's no quantum attribute...

She even gained several new skills, including one that could counteract Infinity Abyss's HP dot debuff while restoring health and providing energy to the whole team!

But still, there's no quantum attribute...

"Ah!! How can I possibly use the imaginary attribute to fight in the quantum field?! Isn't this just a loss of output for no reason?!"

Currently, Luo Lin fervently hoped that Seele, who reigned supreme in the Sea of Quanta, could come to help her in the abyss.

After all, she's the queen of quantum!

Unfortunately, the system indicated its inability to assist with this. Currently, Luo Lin could only fish in the sea of random refreshes for support slots.

However, ever since she last fished out "Himiko Murata" with colorful letters, now there were only shadows of B-rank and A-rank Valkyries...

"What are you thinking about?"

Just then, the main character arrived. Himiko Murata sat beside the pale Luo Lin and leaned over to look at the leaderboard.

"Wow, these guys with weird aliases are really terrifying... I wonder how they managed to deal with that 'Revenant'?"

Himeko-sensei was amazed. She and Luo Lin had battled fiercely in the abyss for a whole night, facing the final boss on the last level, "Couatl: Revenant."

It's the one that looks a bit like the Honkai Emperor, with its usual function of chaotic flashing of Quantum Shadows everywhere, needing to break a shield with a certain number of hits during phase transitions, dropping blue balls on the floor during the process. If the boss collapses when carrying this ball, it will cause the opponent to collapse.

Luo Lin's current attack method is very effective against the shield (referring to the charge rifle), and she doesn't worry too much about phase transitions, but the shell removal part is more tricky—

Unlike in the game, facing the transparent attacks whistling towards them, Luo Lin and Himeko basically relied on the opponent's body movements to start evading long before, making it impossible to trigger the mechanism of "evading or blocking an attack to release the 'Honkai' shockwave."

Luo Lin tried it. To trigger this "Honkai" mechanism now, she has to perform an "extreme evasion" just before the "Resurrection Shadow" is about to hit her—then she gets killed by the boss's continuous blade lights.

The materialized "Couatl: Revenant" is not a fool. It has a huge body size and agility completely unmatched by its size, continuously suppressing and chasing after them.

Even with the great increase in strength and defense under the blessing of the Eclipse Armor, Himeko, who can confront the Honkai beasts head-on with a group, doesn't want to try the feeling of being rammed by the "Revenant."

So the two of them could only helplessly watch as the "Revenant" carried its quantum shield throughout the entire battle, jumping up and down in the arena.

As everyone knows, Quantum Shadows with quantum shields are immune to all status attacks. For them, flames, plasma, frozen grenades, except for blasting open, basically have no effect.

Luo Lin can barely be considered a high DPS physical damage support, while the Vermillion Knight is purely a fire-based output; without setting the enemy on fire, there's a gap in damage.

The two of them had such an intense and exciting scraping battle with the "Revenant" all night.

Thanks to Luo Lin's current rank in "Original Sin III," the boss's health is still within their range of handling after a frantic barrage, resulting in such a score...

"Forget it, let's just stop at this point for today's abyss..."

After completing the battle replay, Luo Lin lay down on the ground, entering her lazy state.

Himeko Murata was also exhausted. Although the system space provides unlimited opportunities for trial and error, high-intensity battles consume a lot of mental energy. She also wanted to lie down and enjoy the cool floor like Luo Lin, but she couldn't let go of her dignity as a teacher and senior.

"Alright, let's rest... Give me some of those ice popsicles and drinks you've hidden!"

Luo Lin's eyes lit up. "Oh! I forgot I still have these things!"

She brought out chairs and tables, set up some snacks, and the two of them enjoyed a leisurely moment together.

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Kiana woke up from its slumber as she rubbed her messy hair into a pile while letting out a big yawn.

She seemed to smell the aroma of food, and her nostrils twitched a few times.

"Sniff sniff... What's that smell?"

Kiana slid out of the blanket, carefully opened the bedroom door a crack, and looked in the direction of the kitchen. Luo Lin, her mysterious roommate who had moved in yesterday, was holding a frying pan and there was a faint crackling sound coming from the pan, as if she was frying something.

Foodie Kiana took a deep breath and murmured, "Ah, this salty and juicy aroma, it must be bacon! And eggs! Yes, and bread!"

"Kiana, are you awake? Come over and try if the food suits your taste buds?"

Luo Lin turned her head and waved to the bedroom with the door slightly ajar.

"I'm coming, I'm coming! It turns out all chinese people can cook!"

Kiana quickly freshened up, then happily stuffed the breakfast made by Luo Lin into her mouth, looking so satisfied that bubbles seemed to be popping.

"What do you mean by that?! You're biased..."

"Okay, I still have to go to school today. I'll be off!"

After a whirlwind-like meal, Kiana tidied herself up a bit and rushed off to Senba Academy.

Watching the empty room, Luo Lin sat on the sofa, contemplating her next move.

Luo Lin remembered that in the mainline activities of St. Fontaine, there was a thing called the "Mouse Cannon" that players jokingly referred to, something like "Eye of Honkai"? The weapon's active skill is to trigger a quantum Honkai.

The girl flipped through the system—surprisingly, besides the system store, she also found the "Mouse Cannon" in the rewards of the "Post-Honkai Oddyssey." It seems that because of the previous "Open World" module being affected by the sea of trees battle, the system added it to the reward list as compensation.

Unfortunately, the system indicates that the "Open World" module is still under maintenance and temporarily unavailable...

So Luo Lin's idea of progressing in the post-Honkai Oddyssey to get the "Mouse Cannon" fell through.

What else is there...

Luo Lin opened the system panel and her gaze fell on the button for the "Chronicle."