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For him, the overdraft of Honkai energy was obviously a minor issue.
It's just that your mana bar is depleted. The easiest way to solve this is obviously to replenish your mana!
Looking at Alicia's expectant eyes, and considering that she would indeed need to use this body in the future, Jiang Qiao quickly made a decision.
Yes, this is Alicia's mission!
Chapter 226 You Pig...
Amidst Alicia's puzzled gaze, Jiang Qiao regained control of her body.
Well, it seems like something to be happy about. After all, although it's relatively safe to keep the bad Jiang Qiao inside her body, she often gets so angry at this scoundrel because Jiang Qiao is so unruly.
However—what Jiang Qiao did next after regaining her body made Alicia's eyes widen. Under her questioning gaze, Jiang Qiao leaned close to Wendy and brought her pink lips to the girl's lips at an extremely close distance.
"What are you doing?!"
Alicia was clearly not prepared for things to turn out this way. Looking at the man and woman pressed together, her face flushed red with a mixture of shyness and annoyance as she questioned them.
But the next moment, Jiang Qiao was gently pushed away, and Wendy, who was lying on the ground with her eyes closed, slowly opened her eyes, revealing slightly red eyes—a change in her body after Jiang Qiao's adjustments.
Of course, at this point, it would be more appropriate to describe Wendy as 'Wendy'.
"As you can see, replenish the deficiencies in this body." 'Wendy' slowly stood up, twisted her fair wrist, and then her beautiful face was extremely calm as she described what she was doing in her slightly cold girlish voice.
"What do you mean by replenishing Honkai energy that requires doing this?!"
"Yes, indeed... Normally speaking, the method of 'replenishing mana' requires the exchange of bodily fluids at a negative distance."
"Body...body fluid exchange!?" Upon hearing this, Alicia, who was initially displeased, had a flurry of thoughts running through her mind, and then her face flushed red—Damn! Absolutely damn!
If that's the case, then it's better to stay as it is now. At least Jiang Qiao has done this kind of thing with other cute girls more than once.
Even if one day we are forced to do something like this, we should at least wait until I, Ellie, have had my turn first!
"Well, just kidding."
The girl smiled slightly, tilted her head, and stuck out her tongue.
Although it may be inappropriate to say it this way, it should still be done in a more 'scientific' way.
After all, what this body lacks is Honkai energy... Although other Herrschers' bodies, which are made of Honkai energy, can indeed supply Honkai energy through methods such as 'fluid exchange,' scientifically speaking, this efficiency is obviously too low.
Jiang Qiao wasn't interested either.
Just like a charging socket and plug.
That primitive method only involved a socket and a hole.
His approach was different—the exchange of bodies, represented by the aforementioned principle, was equivalent to Jiang Qiao, acting as a plug, directly filling the socket. No socket hole was needed; the entire body had been filled by 'Jiang Qiao'.
"While switching to a Herrscher core would likely be more efficient, this level is more than enough." With her pale hands clenched into a ball, feeling the body that hadn't been 'logged in' for so long, 'Wendy' made a suitable assessment while adapting.
For Herrschers, the best energy sources are the Herrscher Core and a high-powered Honkai energy reactor. Sirin's rise to power was due to the latter. However, due to the scarcity of Honkai energy, this body is completely depleted and insufficient to condense a Herrscher Core. Therefore, it needs another Honkai source.
Therefore, Jiang Qiao chose to use the portion of the Origin Authority he carried to fill the body with Honkai energy extracted from the Origin Space, and—he also happened to have another very useful thing on hand.
The destiny of 'pleasure'.
Although Honkai and the power of destiny are very different, they are both based on the same worldview and their fundamental component is 'imaginary internal energy'.
The authority of imaginary numbers, the energy supply from the primordial space, and the power drawn from and transformed from the path of pleasure rapidly filled this depleted body.
Not much, but enough.
"So, Wendy, tell me what's going on."
Wendy nodded slightly, glancing sideways at her own body—she now had a new owner.
The other person in this body would be unable to maintain consciousness due to the depletion, but there was obviously no such worry for her own human body. Therefore, she was already awake the moment the exchange was completed.
"..."
Wendy fell into a brief silence, but through her expression, Jiang Qiao understood that the former did indeed know something, and the result was as expected.
"It's Seele...!"
—A familiar name. Jiang Qiao was 'tortured' not long ago, but it is clear that Wendy is not referring to the Blue Wendy with unfriendly sleeping posture, but to the Blue Wendy of this era.
The Herrscher of Death who caused the deaths of millions during the Sixth Great Collapse due to Kevin's momentary leniency.
However, due to Jiang Qiao's appearance, the change in the way the cocoon breaks down has obviously made this development different from the original one.
The source of these withering black mists is indeed a girl named Seele, but—she is not the perpetrator, but the 'victim'.
The way the 'epidemic' caused the collapse made Seele, who was originally acquainted with Wendy and had a fairly friendly relationship with her, the initial spreader of the 'withering black mist'.
The withering black mist emanated from her body—then absorbed Honkai energy and expanded chaotically, eventually engulfing the entire Star City.
Wendy sensed something was wrong, but it was too late.
Because of the close contact, she was also affected by the withering black mist—it should be known that this is a kind of 'epidemic'.
It's not something you can avoid simply by 'avoiding contact'; it can spread and multiply through human-to-human transmission.
Because the authority of the Lawgiver of Death has two sides.
Decline and rebirth.
The decay corresponds to the decaying black mist, which causes things to age and decay, while the creative power promotes the 'evolution' of other harmful substances within the body.
Although they will eventually perish just like their owners, this 'evolution' undoubtedly accelerates the death of pathogens.
Wendy, infected with the disease, was attacked from both inside and outside, rapidly depleting her already limited Honkai energy.
With little time to think or seek help, she could only make this risky decision, using all the Honkai energy to build a wind wall to protect the people, and then relying on the Herrscher body created by Jiang Qiao to withstand the attack from the power of decay and creation.
Even so, Wendy still couldn't protect all the people, because the sudden collapse probably killed hundreds of thousands of people.
After listening to Wendy's story, a pale hand gently landed on her face. The girl, who had once soared like a bird in the sky, had now shed her disguise and returned to the proper posture of her body. She softly comforted her:
“You did a great job, really...you’ve done a great job, Wendy.”
Looking at the gentle girl, Wendy's cheeks flushed slightly. The only problem was that she felt a little strange and awkward after discovering that this was her own body.
While Alicia was pleased to see this, she couldn't help but puff out her cheeks, feeling a little jealous—"Waaah, this rascal has never praised me like this before!!"
I, Ellie, also want to be praised more!
Wendy was somewhat captivated by the girl's gentleness, but the next moment she remembered something and looked at Jiang Qiao, who was using her body, with a pleading tone:
"Seele...please save her."
Because the incident happened so suddenly, and she quickly fell into a coma, Wendy obviously didn't have time to worry about Seele. As a result, Seele is still in the area covered by black mist, and her fate is unknown.
She knew she definitely couldn't save Seele, but if it were this man in front of her... then, having saved her, she surely could save Seele too, right?
Even though it was just a faint hope, Wendy prayed for it nonetheless.
"Of course~ Leave it to me."
The girl smiled gently, her bright smile as dazzling as the sun in a clear sky, inspiring longing.
Then he said something quite reassuring:
"I will take care of all of this from now on."
Her energetic voice is full of confidence and an unwavering certainty that nothing will be difficult.
"However, next, you and the Valkyries of the fourth squad will need to manage the populace."
"No problem! Leave it to me!"
Wendy's voice was full of energy and confidence. After a period of training, she was no longer the withdrawn girl she used to be.
Seeing Wendy being assigned a task, Alicia, who was standing nearby, spoke up somewhat anxiously:
"What about me! What about me, Jiang Qiao!"
She didn't come with Jiang Qiao just to be a mere accessory!
While it's true that being beautiful is a girl's specialty, if I don't do anything... wouldn't that make me look useless?
"You pig... cough cough, you go and manage the people with Wendy." Looking at the pink-haired fat lady with an expectant look on her face, 'Wendy' almost blurted it out subconsciously, but she quickly realized her mistake, corrected herself, and gave a task assignment that seemed acceptable.
"Huh?" Alicia pouted, somewhat displeased.
Is this just to appease me, Ai Li?! This is definitely just to appease me, isn't it?!
Ellie, I'm getting angry!
...Okay, Ellie, I'll go, alright?
While she was dissatisfied with the simple and perfunctory arrangement, Alicia, not wanting to cause trouble for Jiang Qiao, could only puff out her cheeks and follow Wendy out somewhat unhappily, thinking that doing something was better than doing nothing.
Wendy, standing on the rooftop, watched the two leave before turning to face the sky, her emerald green eyes revealing a deep, unfathomable look.
He said softly:
"Well then, it's time for me to make my move."
The Honkai energy obtained from the three parties was gradually filling this body, and an invisible wind also rippled out, dressing the girl in the robes of a messenger of the gods—her wings, as green as the clear sky, unfolded.