Chapter 38: See? I Told You 10 Seconds Would Be Enough, Right?
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10 seconds, is that really enough?
Are you talking nonsense?
When Jiang Qiao said those words, not only Kiana and Mei, but even the original owner of the body, Elysia, couldn’t help but think this way.
Although this was very rude, but…
That was her body after all!
Even though she couldn’t understand what Jiang Qiao’s transformation and summoning that manta ray was all about, even though it really made her CPU burn a little.
But how was Jiang Qiao going to stop Cocolia’s conspiracy?
Forget about 10 seconds, based on Elysia’s understanding of her own body, not to mention that she had no way to terminate those programs in the first place, even if she could terminate them, considering the dozen or so Honkai energy reactors of various sizes that Cocolia had distributed throughout Nagazora City, even if you could walk over and terminate one on the spot, just the travel time alone would take at least an hour, right?
Not to mention doing it within 10 seconds, resolving those Honkai energy reactors and saving Nagazora City from Cocolia’s conspiracy.
Elysia completely understood Jiang Qiao’s desire to show off in front of girls.
But now was obviously not the time to do such things, right?
She really wanted to persuade Jiang Qiao to leave quickly. If she could survive afterwards, once they switched bodies back, she could keep smiling while watching him show off for as long as he wanted, even for a day or a week, no problem.
But unfortunately, she didn’t have the chance to do so.
Because the countdown on the central control room screen, along with Jiang Qiao’s words, entered the final 10-second countdown.
9 seconds.
Under the anxious gazes of Kiana, Mei, and Elysia, the pink-haired girl who had spoken so boldly raised her hand.
8 seconds.
Under their astonished stares, a bow made of crystal, incredibly gorgeous, materialized in Jiang Qiao’s hand.
If the bow had a name, he would probably give it the title, Domain of Ego: Flawless Return.
7 seconds.
The crystal bow completely materialized from virtual to real.
But looking at the crystal bow in Jiang Qiao’s hand, although Kiana and Mei both thought it was really beautiful, could something as fragile and beautiful as crystal really be used as a bow?
Of course, the more crucial question was, how did he create such a crystal bow out of thin air?
Elysia was completely dumbfounded by this.
Having mastered extremely refined Honkai energy techniques, she also possessed the ability to create objects, but currently her limit was just creating crystal arrows, ammunition for that custom pink electromagnetic bow from the Fire Moth weapons development department.
As for creating bows, she had once had such thoughts.
But without a doubt, it had failed.
Even using Honkai energy to enhance strength, bows and arrows were completely different concepts.
The force a bow had to withstand was a thousand, a hundred times greater than that of arrows.
Unless that bow wasn’t meant for shooting at all!
Very unfortunately.
Jiang Qiao could do exactly that.
As the awakened Herrscher of Origin, his Honkai energy application techniques, along with everything Elysia had taught him from the beginning, had jumped to a level that completely surpassed Elysia the moment he awakened.
Whether it was giving the bow strength sufficient to withstand any arrow, or using the bow as a “staff” for launching arrows, for him as the Origin, it was all effortless.
6 seconds.
In Elysia’s eyes, Jiang Qiao held the bow horizontally in an extremely amateurish posture, making her, who was deeply versed in the techniques of a certain Shenzhou martial arts school, suppress her urge to correct him. At the 5th second, he spent a full second adjusting the hair by his ear.
He spent a full second adjusting his hair?!
Although she already thought Jiang Qiao was showing off, seeing this scene, Elysia still couldn’t help but scream very unladylike in her heart.
This feeling of maintaining elegance even when things were urgent, so familiar!
It was indeed familiar, because Elysia herself fought exactly like this.
And Jiang Qiao was even more excessive than her. With less than 10 seconds remaining, he still managed to squeeze out a second to maintain 【Elysia】 habits.
5 seconds.
Jiang Qiao placed his slender finger on the bowstring, and wind from somewhere blew up the hair by his cheek… wait, where did this wind come from? Wasn’t this underground?
Looking carefully, they found it was that manta ray beside him flapping its wings in a theatrical manner, and from the wind force, it was working very hard.
This scene made Elysia and the other two nearly faint on the spot.
Wait, you summoned such a Honkai Beast just to have it fan the wind for you?
4 seconds.
Under the tense breathing of Elysia and the other two, Jiang Qiao slowly drew the bowstring.
This process was extremely long, as if what was being drawn wasn’t a bowstring, but a century.
3 seconds, the direction of the bow and arrow slowly moved toward the sky above.
This operation left the three of them dumbfounded again.
They also looked up.
It was the ceiling!
According to the specifications of the underground base, this underground base was at least several dozen meters deep from the ME Corp building above.
And above that was the ME Corp building itself, which was over 100 meters tall.
Not to mention the base itself had impact-resistant and various other defensive layers.
If Cocolia were still here, seeing this scene she would probably start laughing immediately—
What, you can shoot straight through the ceiling?
Forget about such a tiny arrow.
Even if you dropped a Honkai energy fission bomb, it would be useless! Not to mention shooting upward! Don’t you understand gravity?
2 seconds.
The bowstring was drawn to its maximum, and the girl’s lips also showed a slight smile.
0.5 seconds before the countdown ended.
He released his finger that was holding the bowstring.
At this moment, the arrow that left the string was like an unleashed wild horse—
Flying directly upward!
And the moment this arrow was shot, the large Honkai energy reactor that had been filled with ominous purple light instantly went out!
Under the stunned gazes of Elysia and the other two.
The pink arrow directly ignored the soil layers and protective layers.
From an angle they couldn’t see, it rapidly pierced through the entire underground base, the entire ME Corp building, and then rushed toward the sky.
Immediately after, the arrow exploded directly after reaching its predetermined position.
Through the thick soil layers, Jiang Qiao’s divine pink eyes reflected the arrow that had left the string.
— The authority of Origin began to turn at this moment.
The night sky of Nagazora City was as if it had been lit up.
Pedestrians on the roadside stopped and marveled at this scene.
Some children even pulled their parents’ hands, calling out innocently:
“Mommy, a shooting star!”
As the light curtain rapidly covered the area, the large and small Honkai energy reactors installed at various locations throughout Nagazora City all went out with a whoosh just as they were about to explode, becoming dark and lifeless.
And having done all this, Jiang Qiao slowly lowered the bow in his hand.
The crystal turned into points of starlight and dissipated, and his clothing belonging to the Herrscher of Origin also returned to normal.
And the instigator of all these changes, that pink-haired girl, playfully blinked her eyes, and her words filled with laughter rang in the ears of the three:
“See? I told you 10 seconds would be enough, right?”