Chapter 87: The Key to Unlocking the Layer of Time

As for the Divine Body technique?

Perhaps in the context of the Cosmic Galaxy, it is something many major factions would fight over desperately.

But in the eyes of the Genius Club members, it is merely a somewhat impressive technique.

Of course.

Overall, he still held considerable fondness for the female angel race led by Kesa and He Xi.

The moral and ideological standards of the entire race were so high that even Hermes would take notice.

In his own Honkai: Star Rail world, even the relatively outstanding Immortal Boat Alliance paled in comparison to them.

Pure beauty meant nothing to Hermes; he could create a more perfect race at any moment.

Yet, angel maidens who were both beautiful and kind still drew his gaze and earned his appreciation.

He Xi watched the members’ exchanges with noticeably more serious expression.

The Battle of the Furious Sea?

The era of the Celestial King?

Kesa went offline?

And the member named Hermes, with his casual tone, seemed to radiate an underlying confidence...

Soon, He Xi acquired the [Plot] from Luo Qianqiu.

Within a single second, she absorbed all the information, analyzing it frame by frame to extract the needed details.

Though the ending was even worse than expected, overall, it did not shock her.

Unfazed, He Xi gazed deeply into thought.

Though the information in the [Plot] was merely a fraction of the true world.

How could a script and director possibly depict an entire world in full?

Yet with He Xi’s intellect, she could discern much.

Li Bing’s past, Mo Ganna and Karl’s alliance, Kesa going offline—none of this truly surprised her.

But after she and Kesa left, those little angels had turned a winning hand into utter chaos—this truly caught her off guard.

He Xi sighed; the little angels who once seemed so sharp now looked like rotten wood.

What? After we left, did Itachi just squander all the wealth we spent tens of thousands of years accumulating?

This rate of waste left He Xi stunned.

She felt a deep sense of anguish.

Even though she never cared much for wealth, seeing the fortune built over tens of thousands of years vanish so quickly gave her the illusion of her heart stopping.

Originally, in her expectation, even if she and Kesa both went offline, with their vast reserves, how difficult could it be to hold onto their core territory as a dominant force in the universe?

As long as they remained calm, no one would dare attempt to invade the Angel Headquarters, knowing the final, desperate counterattack of this ruler who had dominated the universe for tens of thousands of years would drag countless others down with him...

But the enemy was still probing—and Itachi collapsed on your own?

Leaving He Xi’s existential crisis aside, on the other side, Ba Shen Taiyi, who had already exchanged for the [Dimension Anchor] ability, hastily arranged matters in the Digital World and the Real World, then immediately departed.

He could not wait a single moment!

After following the procedure, a new world appeared before his eyes.

Yet the aesthetic of this new world...

Why was it so strange?

The Court of the Star Crown, the Flame·Digital World where Wu Liangta Ji Zi resided.

“A moth flying into the flame, fleeting and gone—is this the story of Liu Kage?”

Wu Liangta Ji Zi, accompanying Hermes while tending to Liu Kage’s body, listened to the man’s calm narration and couldn’t help but sigh.

She felt that every time she believed she understood this vast universe, something always came along to shatter her perception.

The Grammer Council, the Grammer Empire, the Grammer Iron Cavalry living in a web of lies...

“One can only say: the universe is vast, and anything bizarre is possible.”

Hermes himself could not help but be speechless at the fate of the fallen Grammer.

They turned such a good hand into this?

Why not simply let [Titania] ascend as Empress and establish the Grammer Empire, rather than annihilating it outright?

Under Hermes and Wu Liangta Ji Zi’s gaze, Liu Kage slowly sat up from the nutrient chamber, movements sluggish.

Still unconscious, she appeared physically weak.

Green mist from the nutrient fluid drifted around her, lending her graceful form a dreamlike quality.

“First, put on your clothes, then rest well.”

Wu Liangta Ji Zi walked forward tenderly and dressed her in the clothes she had prepared.

“Grammer truly was ruthless! They didn’t just restrict the Grammer Iron Cavalry’s bodies with [Shi Shang Syndrome]—they even invaded the realm of consciousness.”

Hermes, watching Liu Kage calm down, sighed: “But now, it’s over. Itachi are no longer the weapon [Sam], but Liu Kage—shedding your past, reborn into a new life.”

No wonder the Star Core Hunters couldn’t cure her [Shi Shang Syndrome]—it was a dual lock on both body and mind!

One can only say: Grammer was truly ruthless!

“Thank Itachi, thank Itachi so much!”

Liu Kage, feeling her powerless yet utterly unbound new body, tears welled in her eyes.

She sobbed, clinging tightly to Wu Liangta Ji Zi like a newborn infant, her gaze pure and unblemished as she stared at this new world.

They did not disturb Liu Kage as she reacquainted herself with the world.

Hermes watched Liu Kage lost in joy and silently thought: “Itachi’re celebrating too soon, Liu Kage. Eliot and I have promised Itachi the [Perfect Answer] Itachi’ve longed for—and it’s far more than this.”

No one knew that Hermes, smiling here, no longer existed solely within the confines of [Present] time.

Using the special artifact [Light Cone] provided by Eliot, Hermes had skillfully projected a fragment of his consciousness into a specific time period.

Of course, to truly interfere with the [Past], he still needed more preparation.

Seizing this opportunity, Hermes’s consciousness instantly ascended to a higher dimension, gazing down from above.

Instantly, his emerald eyes reflected his infant cries, his youthful runs, and the timeline where he was later locked by the Omniscient Lord.

And even...

The dim, nearly irreversible future of the universe’s end!

Originally, all of this felt cold, nearly impossible to reverse.

Even the original Hermes dared not claim he could undo everything.

In this Honkai: Star Rail universe, time was both loose and rigid.

Sometimes, time could be manipulated freely; at other times, it seemed like an unbreakable law.

And now...

Hermes had finally obtained the key to maneuver within the layer of time!