What exactly was Honkai energy? In the official visual novel "Anti-Entropy," Einstein once used her friend Schrödinger's deductions to speculate on the nature of Honkai energy.
In the Honkai world, there existed an Imaginary Space, which was antithetical to the real world, also known as Real Number Space.
The second law of thermodynamics states that if the entropy in a system decreases, it will inevitably cause the entropy of another system to increase by a greater margin.
Real Number Space and Imaginary Space were two completely different spatial systems.
The essence of Honkai energy was actually "Imaginary Internal Energy," the counterpart to the "Real Internal Energy" consumed in the real world.
In Imaginary Space, Imaginary Internal Energy, under the influence of an unknown force, transformed into Honkai energy, which could then be converted into "Real Internal Energy" like lightning, rock, and fire.
Clearly, other worlds did not possess the conditions to form Honkai energy.
Without a reliable supply station, all the abilities he had acquired in this world would become unusable.
The only thing that needed to be confirmed was whether the Imaginary Tree would notice someone from another world using the power of Honkai and then extend its roots.
"System, can you answer a question?" the young man, desperately needing an answer, asked the system in his mind.
"Do you think the Imaginary Tree doesn't know there are other worlds out there, and doesn't want to strengthen itself by absorbing the power of other worlds?" the system retorted.
"Not very likely."
Almost no thought was needed; such an answer was far too obvious.
"All paths to other worlds are occupied by the Sea of Quanta. The Imaginary Tree's roots simply can't reach out."
"It can't just find a coordinate and complete a teleportation like I can."
The system's reply was practically rubbing salt in the Imaginary Tree's wounds.
"Besides, do you take me for some useless piece of scrap iron system that can't even block external detection?" Mr. System said, unintentionally revealing that systems were not unique.
"If that's the case, then it's much simpler."
The young man, feeling he could now collect more gems to serve as hidden energy sources, picked up the tea Miss Mei had poured and began to recount the story of the Pufferfish Herrscher to the girl opposite him.
In the year 2000, during the Great Honkai Eruption in Siberia, Sirin, the Herrscher of the Pufferfish, was beaten half to death by a not-yet-crippled Welt and Tesla, who would unleash superweapons at the slightest disagreement.
Just as she was about to be killed by Welt, Otto, who needed to contact "God" through a complete Herrscher, intervened, ambushing Welt and giving her a chance to escape.
Afterward, the half-crippled Pufferfish Herrscher Sirin was dragged all the way to the moon by Benares (Beibeilong), where she found a part of "God" that had been sealed by the Previous Era's Moonlight Throne.
The "God" sealed on the dark side of the moon by the Moonlight Throne bestowed new powers upon the Pufferfish Herrscher Sirin.
The Gem of Pestilence, symbolizing the Herrscher of Flame; the Gem of Conquest, symbolizing the Herrscher of Thunder; the Gem of Serenity, symbolizing the Herrscher of Death; and the Gem of Desire, symbolizing the Herrscher of Wind.
The Herrscher of the Void immediately entered a five-core mode, her entire being swelling up like a ball, and began to declare vengeance upon all humanity.
And then she was blown up.
The counterfeit Moonlight Throne that had once sealed a fraction of God—Oath of Judah's Zeroth Power: Divine Grace Field; the Shenzhou Tablet's Taixu Sword Ki; and the Might of An-Utu's Zeroth Power: Calamity—all made their appearance.
Miss Pufferfish naturally typed out "GG" amidst cheers and laughter.
The four gems residing within her body, as well as her own Herrscher Core, thus fell into the hands of Schicksal and Anti-Entropy.
And the Gem of Conquest was one of those that fell into Anti-Entropy's hands.
"In 2005, when you were eight years old, Esteemed Father-in-Law implanted the Gem of Conquest into your body to suppress your prematurely awakened Stigmata."
The young man, who possessed a profound talent for spoiling plots, spoke while sipping the tea Miss Mei had brewed.
"This is also why Cocolia targeted you."
"She wanted to retrieve her daughter, who she had carelessly tossed into the Sea of Quanta through her reckless experiments, by artificially creating a Herrscher."
"Seele, like you, is a natural Stigmata wielder. Therefore, Cocolia hoped to turn you into a Herrscher, then collect experimental data to provide research material for her subsequent artificial Herrscher experiments."
"So that's how it was?"
Raiden Mei's expression turned a little grave.
She hadn't expected such a terrifying object to exist within her own body.
Once exposed to a large amount of Honkai energy, it would trigger a Great Honkai Eruption, and she would become a monster similar to the "Herrscher of Erosion," standing in opposition to all humanity.
"Don't always think about the bad side."
The young man, who very much wanted to get his hands on a few gems to carry around, put down the teacup he was holding and said very seriously.
"If you can control the power of the Gem of Conquest, you will become an existence similar to Anti-Entropy's Sovereign, 'Welt'."
"Anti-Entropy's Sovereign, Welt?"
Miss Mei, whose understanding of Old Yang was mostly limited to him being her father's very capable superior, pursed her thin lips, a hint of incomprehension in her gaze.
"The successor to the First Herrscher, a fellow who wields the authority of a god with the heart of a human."
"He's a very respectable sit-up athlete."
Sit-up athlete?
What kind of nickname is that?
Miss Mei's beautiful eyes were filled with immense confusion.
"In short, just understand that if you can control the power of the Gem of Conquest, you'll become very strong."
Li Zihan didn't answer Miss Mei's question but continued with his own suggestion.
"Want to try finding an uninhabited place and creating an artificial Honkai Eruption to see?"
"If it's you, the probability of transforming into an existence similar to Welt in the future is still very high. Once the transformation is complete, you'll be the Queen of Thunder, you know."
Raiden Mei listened silently to Li Zihan's proposal, her silence profound.
Li Zihan possessed an incredibly unbelievable predictive ability. If he said she had a high probability of transforming into someone like Welt in the future, then it was naturally true.
Queen of Thunder—just thinking about the title made one feel a sense of awe.
However, he had also said it.
That was a transformation that would only be completed in the "future." Before the transformation was complete, she wouldn't be able to control that power, right?
Raiden Mei was afraid that she wouldn't be able to control this power that transcended common sense and would ultimately harm those she held dear.
"Let's... just forget it."
Raiden Mei shook her head and said.
"In that case, you want to have the Gem of Conquest removed, then."
The young man, who was indeed very interested in the Gem of Conquest within Miss Mei's body, smiled, his voice light and cheerful.
"Yes."
Raiden Mei nodded.
If the price of power was to go berserk and harm others, she would rather not have it.
"Since that's the case, let me hold onto it for you for the time being."
The young man, who would likely be using gems as batteries from now on, said to the girl before him.
"How do you need me to cooperate?"
Miss Mei, who had no intention of becoming the Herrscher of Thunder, pursed her alluring cherry-pink lips and looked at the young man who knew a terrifying amount of things.
"Take off your top."
The young man's reply was blunt and to the point.