Chat Group: Starting by Body Swapping with Elysia? - Chapter 135 Part 1

Chapter 135: Is This the Power of Truth?

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Falling from high altitude, spreading her arms wide, feeling the airflow rushing past her body, the silver-haired girl with her eyes closed felt an unprecedented sense of comfort in both body and spirit as she fell vertically downward.

Slowly, the girl opened her eyes, but at this moment, her pupils no longer held the silver color that belonged to 【Bronya】, but were tinged with the divine orange that belonged to a Herrscher — the unique orange of the Herrscher of Reason.

The moment she opened her eyes, the atmosphere around her suddenly changed, as if even the air itself had come to a halt.

Flipping, stopping — the vertical downward trajectory was altered in this instant, and the silver-haired girl stood suspended in mid-air as if there were nothing beneath her feet.

But during this process of adjusting her posture, the pajamas that 【Bronya】 had been wearing disappeared without a trace, replaced by illusory constructs — code composed of strings of azure zeros and ones.

Her emotionless gear-like pupils gazed across the vast distance, meeting the eyes of the original owner of this body, causing tremendous waves in the latter’s heart. At the same time, through detectable means, this was reflected on the screen in the central control room of the Anti-Entropy battleship where Yang was stationed.

At this moment, Yang, who had been sitting, immediately stood up with a shocked expression.

“She… succeeded?”

As a human, Tesla couldn’t make out the implications, but she could still sense something from Yang’s reaction.

“…Yes.”

Yang was silent for a moment before nodding.

He could feel that the connection he had maintained with the Herrscher of Reason core had completely vanished the moment 【Bronya】 opened her eyes.

To actually master the authority of the Herrscher of Reason so quickly and complete the Herrscher transformation…

Although he had long wanted to find a successor, seeing this speed still made Yang somewhat envious and filled with a sense of defeat.

Back in the day, as Joyce’s successor, he had spent a considerable amount of time just barely grasping the authority of the Herrscher of Reason, and then spent even more time to complete the Herrscher transformation. This was an achievement that took years under the guidance of Tesla and Einstein, and yet… how long had 【Bronya】 had the core?

Ten minutes? No, probably not even five minutes…

Recalling his own smugness when he became the Herrscher of Reason, and comparing it to this successor’s speed, Yang began to wonder if he might actually be worthless.

Seeing Yang’s dejection, Einstein proactively comforted him:

“Don’t be discouraged, Joachim. She already mastered the power of the Herrscher of the Void. With that foundation, mastering another Herrscher’s authority and completing the transformation relatively quickly isn’t strange.”

“No need to comfort me. Being able to master the power of the Herrscher of the Void through her own strength before even grasping the authority of the Herrscher of Reason is proof enough of her exceptional talent. An old man like me isn’t so petty as to be unable to acknowledge the difference in talent between myself and others.”

Yang shook his head with a bitter smile, then looked at the girl on the screen and sighed:

“However, the authority of Reason is fundamentally different from Imaginary authority. I wonder if she can truly unleash the power of the Herrscher of Reason.”

Although 【Bronya】 had completed the most difficult Herrscher transformation and effortlessly mastered the power of the Herrscher of Reason, this didn’t mean she could directly wield the power belonging to the Herrscher of Reason.

After all, the Herrscher of Reason’s requirements for knowledge and wisdom far exceeded those of all other Herrschers.

Without wisdom as a foundation, this authority would undoubtedly be the weakest among all Herrschers.

“It’s going to be tough. Don’t you remember how much effort Einstein and I put into tutoring you?” Tesla’s tone carried some annoyance.

She didn’t think that little girl could unleash much of the Herrscher of Reason’s power. After all, Yang’s ability to play the Herrscher of Reason so skillfully was the result of sacrificing enormous amounts of time from two top-tier human geniuses for training. No matter how heaven-defying 【Bronya】 might be, constructing a few tanks and guns would probably be about her limit.

Yang nodded in deep agreement, showing a helpless yet happy expression:

“Yes, it seems I’ll still need to properly mentor this successor as her senior.”

Jiang Qiao’s level of genius made him, as a senior, somewhat embarrassed, so he could only try to restore his dignity as a senior through such means.

No matter what, he had been the Herrscher of Reason for several years, so his experience alone as the Herrscher of Reason would be enough for 【Bronya】 to study for a while!

— Although all three didn’t believe that 【Bronya】, this third Herrscher of Reason, could unleash the power belonging to the Herrscher of Reason, none of them were worried about this battle against Chiyou.

After all, even without being able to use the Herrscher of Reason’s power, just relying on the Herrscher of the Void power she originally possessed would be sufficient to deal with Chiyou.

“Wait, Einstein, did you put on music?”

Tesla, existing in projection form, asked Einstein somewhat strangely. The latter naturally rolled her eyes as expected. “How could I?”

Even if she really wanted to listen to music, she would use an MP3 player. How could she possibly play music out loud?

“Then what’s with this music?”

The strange music was not only heard by Kiana despite the sound of wind and rain, but even the Anti-Entropy battleship high in the sky was not spared.

Chiyou was naturally no exception.

It raised its massive beast head, eyes full of confusion.

What the hell was that noise?

Although completely unable to understand what this nursery rhyme-like sound was about, Chiyou still focused its gaze on the small figure suspended in mid-air.

Instinct told it that this tiny creature was dangerous.

Although from the Honkai faction’s perspective, they were technically on the same side, apart from symbiotic Honkai Beasts, this same-faction relationship wasn’t clearly defined. Moreover, the Herrscher of Reason was clearly marked as an existence that had betrayed the Honkai.

— Having determined that this was an enemy, Chiyou didn’t hesitate. It directly opened its massive maw, and the brewing deep blue light beam shot toward the silver-haired girl in mid-air like an arrow released from its bow.

Violent ice dust exploded, obscuring vision.

But the next moment, the strange song that had been brewing shifted from one kind of high pitch to another kind of high pitch.

According to the “no harm through smoke” law, a pair of deep blue mechanical giant hands revealed themselves as the ice dust was torn apart.

As the slender hand covered by azure silk gloves gently caressed the mechanical giant hand, the silver-haired girl who had undergone complete transformation was now entirely different from before.