Chapter 9: Exploring the System's Possibilities
Elysia, Eden and Sakura walked out of the office, all with deep thoughts in their head. Sakura just feel awkward, she already regretted taking this job but when she thought about her little sister, her mind already cleared up.
Meanwhile, Eden looks over at Elysia that is happily grinning to herself, she tilts her head and asked her bluntly. "Ellie, is that guy really that interesting to you? i never saw you act that clingy to anyone before..."
"Eden~ are you jealous? don't worry, you're still my favorite in the whole world! i am your number one fan~" Elysia glomps Eden and eased her worry, before she speaks in a mischiveous tone again. "Aaah, but Jealous Eden is cute as well~"
Eden looks at her best friend before letting out a sigh, hugging them back and sharing their sweetness together while Sakura is standing awkwardly on the side. "Ellie...are you-"
"Hmm? i just think he is trustworthy, i don't know why but i feel like i can trust that man. When we first sees each other, i just feel like he understands me and we know each other for a long time~" Elysia smiled at Eden, justifying her behavior. "You also felt it, right~ my dear Eden~?"
Both Eden and Sakura are trapped in a deep thought. Perhaps instinctively, they seems to easily trust him and the way he looks at them, as if someone who have seen an old lover, that warm gaze. Eden and Elysia being the people with the highest EQ can tell immediately. "You're right, Ellie...Morgan...maybe i should pay more attention to him~" Eden casually spoke, giggling to herself."
"See, i knew you would understand~ He is special~" Elysia's eyes narrowed beautiful, her pink eyes gazing back at the closed office door, her stare inscrutable of their intentions. "Maybe more special than i expect~"
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"I need a drink..." Morgan is trying to calm down his racing heart, a lot of plot twist and turns today. He needs to catch a break from all of this, sighing to himself while face palming into the desk, he looks over at the Golden Cube suspended atop his desk. "Void Archive, is Elysia really a herrscher?"
["i am positive she is one..."]
"But how?!"
["I have no idea, the system calculates the rate of honkai integration is still under 0,5%....No Honkai is detected on the surface of the planet except for the Mihoyo office"]
"This is...dangerous. Does that woman knows more than she tells me?"
Morgan is racking his brain, thinking of the implication of Elysia becoming a herrscher. Yet, he cannot find the truth right now, he needs to gather more resources and strength, broaden his power with the system and continue making games.
"Whatever, let's see what we got..."
[Reward for Completing Tutorial Missions]
[B-Rank Valkyrie Physique -> Upgraded to A-rank due to clearing hidden missions]
[Bonus Reward: Thought Acceleration]
[Thought Acceleration: A magecraft created by the main alchemist of the Atlas Alchemist that allows for fast thinking above the level of average human, giving the user the ability to compute complex formulas and process at a superhuman rate.]
"This is not bad, you are one amazing system...this should make everything easier. System, since i have thought acceleration, is there a possibility for me to gain Memory Partition next?"
["Yes, host...Please review the system, as the tutorial phase have ended. A lot more features has been opened for the host"]
[New System Features Opened: Story Quests]
[Honkai Integration Rate: 0,03%]
[Story Quests]
[Create the "Poem of Wind" Chapter and gain 10,000 Fan Value. Reward: Eye of God]
[Create the "Last Lesson" Animated Short and Gain 20,000 Fan Value. Reward: ??? Stigmata]
[Create "Cyberangel" Animated Short and Gain 30,000 Fan Value. Reward: Memory Partition, Wings of Ikaros]
[Gain over 1 Billion US dollars in Gross Profit. Reward: 1,000,000 Fan Value]
[Build Branches of Mihoyo on all 7 Major Continents. Reward: ???]
[Create "Sanguine Nights" Storyline and Gain 50,000 Fan Values. Reward: Captain of the Hyperion Uniform, ???]
.....The List goes on for all the available quests, that needed him to complete each of the storyline within the game and expanded the storyline, the key to victory seems to lie in all of these quests, yet his eyes are stuck to see the reward for the captainverse storylines.
"System, i have been suspecting this since i arrived in this world...but...who am i exactly?"
["...I believe you already know your identity, Morgan...you have known from the start..."]
"If i am the captain himself, why do i know the story of the game?! where is my ship? where is my crew?! why don't i have the memory of my time with them?"
["You will have to wait, Captain. Until you are ready to face the truth..."]
"Fine, act mysterious all you want, System...but i want you to tell me, where is my crew and my ship?" As a true captain should, Morgan is more worried about others instead of his own predicament. He cares more about the crew of the Hyperion than himself. Well, he won't deny, their expertise could really help with game development.
["Host, you need more fan values to pull the Hyperion from the Sea of Quanta. It is advised that host wait for the right moment, summoning the Hyperion carried risk of increasing Honkai Integration Rate"]
"I see, how many do i need and how much do i have currently?"
["You have 7,000 Fan Values currently...and you need 15,000,000 Fan Values to retrieve the Hyperion from the Lost Sea"]
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[[Somewhere, within the Sea of Quanta]]
"Have you found him yet, Bronie?" Rosemary asked the hacker in front of her that has been fiddling around with the Hyperion system.
"No, not yet, be patient. You don't know how hard it is to track someone in the Sea of Quanta with just this equipment..." Bronie spoke in an irritated manner, it seems she hasn't slept for days and it has been affecting her as well.
"It's fine, that guy won't leave us by ourselves here" Someone on the side spoke with absolute trust, she appears to be the only one still calm and collected. It was Kongming, sitting down while having her folding fan covering half of her face, yet as calm as she was, her eyes still reflects a bit of concern for their captain.
"Got something! a transmission!" Bronie exclaimed, causing all three girls to widened their eyes and leaned into the monitor closer.
From the Projected Transmission, a holographic projection of Morgan appears on the main deck of the Hyperion. his eyes appears to be shocked yet still reflected the same warm kindness he usually gives. {"Bronie, Rosemary and Kongming...i hope all three of you can hear me, but this is a one way broadcast, it's the only way i can communicate with you currently. Listen up, i am safe but due to an external factor, i cannot tell you directly where i am. Wait for me and keep the Hyperion safe. I will find you and bring all of you here when the time comes-"}
"Wait! Captain! Damnit...the transmission got cut off!"
"We just have to be patient, right? at least he is sensible enough to leave us a message~" Rosemary, knowing her beloved captain is now safe would immediately let her guard down, she just has to do as he ask and he will definitely fulfill his promise, that's the kind of man he is...
"I told you right? he might be a bit childish and goofy at times, but that man is always reliable when we needed him to be..." Kongming smiles to the projection screen. "I hope you come soon, Mr. Assassin"
[[Back To Mihoyo]]
["5,000 Fan Values has been used, Captain...is that really necessary? that's almost all of your current balance"]
"Yes...now, this fight seems to be not as hopeless as i think"
{A.N: Fan Values are the currency based on the power of faith that the system can gather, it is practically calculated by the amount of fans the Game has and how strong their emotions is, for example the more devoted fans will acquire more values, the values can also be increased via the strength of emotions from the fans.}