Chapter 132: Tricked into a limp, Star God protecting the Dao, terrifying harvest

The "Primordial: Tree and Sea worldview" has a serious fault line.

The "Imaginary Tree" and "Sea of Quanta" sit high as Super-Singularities (Twelfth Rank).

The conceptual Star Gods of the Honkai: Star Rail universe generally range from the Eighth to Tenth Rank.

Between the Sixth Rank Emanator level and the Star Gods, the Seventh Rank Twilight Ancient Beasts are missing.

The Immortal Dragonkin, the Supreme Dragon, barely brushes the threshold of the Seventh Rank, and even then, it is only a local-tyrant type of Seventh Rank.

Herta's current strength is quite awkward.

She cannot get the useful things, and the things she can get are of no use.

"Do you still have any money?"

"One A-rank Origin Crystal, and I will point you toward a bright path to quickly complete your Seventh Rank transformation."

In the time it took to say a few sentences, he had an "Emanator of Erudition" spend 1A and 1B on him.

Meng Yi was still unsatisfied; he wanted more and more, so he decisively activated his grand swindling mode.

"What do you mean by that?"

Herta became interested and intended to listen to Meng Yi's "bright path."

At worst, she would just give up the gains from this leek-harvesting session. Compared to the elevation of her own life level, what did mere wealth matter?

Meng Yi scrutinized Herta's puppet body.

"I won't pretend anymore; I'll lay my cards on the table. Little Herta of the 'Genius Society,' you and I come from the same 'Primordial worldview'."

"?"

"!!!"

Herta was so shocked her mouth hung wide open. She exclaimed in astonishment, "No way? How come I've never heard of a character like you?"

"You entered the Paradise at the Fourth Rank; with the home-field advantage of our old hometown, you should be an Emanator, right?"

Meng Yi feigned deep melancholy, wearing the look of someone whose past was too painful to recall.

"Alas, I participated in the curtain call of the Ancient Beast era. I witnessed the ascension of my two 'old friends,' 'Preservation: Qlipoth' and 'Voracity: Ouroboros'."

"I witnessed the fall of the 'Permanence: Long,' and I saw 'The Hunt: Lan' cross the abyss."

"I saw 'Propagation: Tayzzyronth' rise upon the remains of the Permanence, and I saw with my own eyes the death of the Insect Emperor as it streaked across the sky like a meteor."

"'Order: Ena' was annexed by 'Harmony: Xipe,' 'Trailblaze: Akivili' burned out to increase the total mass of the universe, 'Beauty: Idrila' went missing, and 'Destruction: Nanook' was born in the wasteland..."

"One thing after another... Wandering between the intrinsic worlds and the branch universes, I never stayed in one place for long. It is normal that you have never heard my name."

Meng Yi tilted his head back, gazing at the dome of the Third Rank public area at a forty-five-degree angle.

His pitch-black "Eyes of the Infinite World" revealed a thick sense of exhaustion and vicissitudes, as well as the weight of accumulated years.

To make it more realistic, Meng Yi let the Void Dragon leak a trace of its rule aura, 'accidentally' letting Herta perceive it.

"This is—a Star God?!"

Herta's worldview shattered.

Holy crap! Holy crap!

This is absolutely outrageous; did she really run into a fellow countryman?

"Hoo—hoo—!"

Herta hurriedly took a few deep breaths.

A super old monster who was a contemporary of the Amber Lord and had lived for countless years—compared to this heavyweight, her few hundred years of age didn't even amount to a fraction of his!

The events Meng Yi mentioned were too realistic; there were many that even Herta didn't know about.

Coupled with the high-level rule aura that didn't seem fake, Herta was led into the ditch by Meng Yi.

The smarter a person is, the easier it is for them to overthink. Information asymmetry is exactly what traps smart people!

She couldn't verify whether what Meng Yi said was true or false. Go pay respects to the Amber Lord?

How could the 'God of Civil Engineering and Physics, the Amber Lord' pay any attention to her?

Herta filled in the blanks regarding the identity and background of the 'Old Monster: Bai Mo,' her heart filled with emotion: 'No wonder Bai Mo could quickly reach Seventh Rank authority. He is recovering his strength and returning to the peak state of his past!'

'The fluctuation just now, which felt like the manifestation of universal physical rules, was not much different from what I perceived when I paid respects to 'Erudition: Nous' two months ago.'

'Could it be... that Bai Mo has already found a path of life transformation that is not restricted by the 'Imaginary Tree' and truly returns greatness to himself?'

Meng Yi, whose city-deep schemes were profound, guessed Herta's thoughts and chuckled, "In the past, I had the opportunity to anchor 'Imaginary Energy' to form a 'Path,' but I gave it up to avoid being bound by the 'Imaginary Tree (Tree of Existence)'."

"How did the first batch of living beings, the Twilight Ancient Beasts, perish? The second batch of Star Gods will inevitably walk the same old path. What is the worth of a status blessing where life and death are not in one's own hands?"

"In search of a truly unfettered path of sublimation, I have walked too many places. Unfortunately, I could not see a shred of hope, and my spirit has reached its limit."

"Who would have thought that after giving up most of my power, I would receive an invitation to the 'Evolution Paradise,' which instead brought new vitality to my decaying and weary soul."

Herta wanted to speak but stopped, then wanted to speak again. After holding it in for a long while, she performed a greeting for a senior with an extremely complex mood.

"Junior 'Genius Society: Herta,' greets Senior Bai Mo."

Meng 'Old Antique' Yi smiled kindly and raised his hand in a gesture of support, signaling that Herta need not be so formal.

Herta and he were both Second Rank 'fish-fryers'; there was no guarantee they wouldn't meet in a dungeon one day.

If a person has no long-term worries, they will have immediate ones. Being prepared is always better than being caught off guard.

In the event of a fish-fryer brawl, it would be excellent if he and Herta formed an alliance to kick other fish-fryers out of the game first.

"No matter."

"Now that we are both players of the 'Evolution Paradise,' we can communicate as peers."

Herta smiled bitterly and shook her head, "How could I dare to be presumptuous in front of Senior Bai Mo!"

Meng Yi stopped correcting the 'Senior' title, "I see you seem to walk the path of puppet science. Let me tell you about an opportunity you can obtain now, and the risk is not too high."

"Origin Crystals are good things, and I lack them too. I originally intended to tell you the location of the opportunity for free, but after some thought, I feel that equivalent exchange is more suitable for us Paradise players."

"After all, there is only reward if there is payment. As for whether the information is worth an A-rank Origin Crystal, you can weigh it yourself."

Hearing this, Herta agreed wholeheartedly.

Debts of gratitude are the hardest to repay. Problems that can be solved with money should never be solved by owing favors, especially favors from a fellow countryman from the same worldview.

"Senior Bai Mo is absolutely right!"

"Hmm, not bad, a child worth teaching! I am very optimistic about your future."

Meng Yi smiled with satisfaction, "Do you know that the 'Interastral Peace Corporation,' founded by the followers of my 'Old Friend: Qlipoth,' has a place of exile: the Penacony Prison?"

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Herta was completely confused; she didn't know why Meng Yi mentioned the Penacony Prison.

The Honkai: Star Rail universe had not long finished the Swarm Disaster campaign, and there was still some time before the 'main storyline.'

"Senior, that place is no longer a Penacony Prison."

"The 'Harmony: Family' took over the Penacony Prison in the Asdana star system and transformed it into the world-famous interstellar hotel, The Reverie, and they hold a grand 'Charmony Festival' every Amber Era."

"During the last 'Charmony Festival,' the 'Harmony: Family' gave me an invitation, but I was too lazy to go because I felt it was a waste of time."

Meng Yi, possessed by Oscar-level acting skills, tapped his head and feigned distress, "I'm old, and I can't remember things from young people's lives clearly."

Meng Yi changed the subject, "You just need to know this place. 'Harmony: Xipe' has not completely digested 'Order: Ena'."

"With your current Sixth Rank level, you have a chance to scheme and get your hands on the legacy of 'Order: Ena' to turn it into nourishment for your own growth."

"The place where the legacy of 'Order: Ena' resides is that Penacony."

Herta: "!!!!"

An old senior is indeed an old senior; the gold coins he spits out are too fragrant!

Herta, who had been tricked into a limp, had her eyes light up, and her soul of scientific research burned fiercely!

According to her knowledge, the Family in Penacony does not possess Emanator-level combat power (Sixth Rank)!

It is too early to study conceptual Star Gods at this stage, but Star God residue is just right!

"Thank you, Senior, for your guidance! Your information is worth an A-rank Origin Crystal!"

"After I finish harvesting this batch of leeks, I will give you the A-rank Origin Crystal immediately!"

Herta, who couldn't wait to return to her hometown, had no time to care about the slip of the tongue regarding 'harvesting leeks.'

To be safe, she felt that it would not be stable for her to take action alone.

She would gather a group of ten or so Emanator-level friends, such as Ruan Mei, Screwllum, Stephen Lloyd, and the like, and bring various black-tech weapons.

A dozen Emanators + a space fleet suppressing the 'Harmony: Family' in Penacony would definitely make the Family unable to stir up any trouble!

As for 'Harmony: Xipe' wanting to perform dimensional reduction strikes?

Does she think 'Erudition: Nous' is dead?

As early as when the selection dungeon ended and Herta returned to her hometown, she had already been received by 'Erudition: Nous.'

'Erudition: Nous' personally promised that if anything happened in the Honkai: Star Rail universe in the future, He would be responsible for the bottom line.

Herta and Meng Yi's situations were different.

Meng Yi's psionic power came from "Essence Outflow," so it wouldn't matter if the Warhammer Warp internet cable was cut.

He could completely be regarded as a "Rule Star God," "Necron," or "Pariah."

Herta was not entirely so; she hung an "Emanator of Erudition" status in her hometown, and "Erudition Star God: Nous" must have noticed.

Currently, Herta and "Erudition: Nous" had reached a cooperation tendency.

"Erudition: Nous" needed Herta to learn more knowledge of worldviews to drive the expansion of the "Path of Erudition."

In return, a Ninth Rank life form would 'protect the Dao' for Herta in her hometown and use the Star God status to help Herta deduce her knowledge system.

One day, when Herta promoted to a Ninth Rank player, she could refer to Meng Yi and the Void Dragon fragments to let "Erudition: Nous" become a part of herself.

"Hmm, I'm not in a hurry. Let's sell things first."

Meng Yi smiled and ended the swindling.

The more you say, the more you err. It was enough to mislead Herta into thinking along the inertia of her own thinking.

Firefly alone was not stable enough; adding Herta as another line was just a two-handed preparation.

If he missed the technology of Luo Ji's hometown, he couldn't reject the black technology of the "Genius Society" too, right?

Time passed in a hurry.

Third Rank players were growing in intelligence. Only a few losers who were at their wit's end and not sure they could pass the "Promotion Assessment," or newcomers who 'brought capital into the Paradise,' were easily deceived.

After a few days, Meng Yi and Herta had gained a lot, and the things in the Third Rank area were basically sold out.

The things they harvested from leeks were high quality and inexpensive, much cheaper than direct strengthening in the Paradise.

The losers at their wit's end and the newcomers who thought they had picked up a bargain contributed quite a bit to lowering their "Credit Value."

Herta returned the A-rank Origin Crystal for the opportunity information to Meng Yi.

Suddenly, the two looked at each other, both receiving a warning from the "Evolution Paradise."

【Warning! Player 'Bai Mo' has damaged the Paradise balance mechanism and harvested the dungeon gains of low-rank players!】

【This illegal profit: D-rank Origin Crystal · 325 (3S + 3A + 1D) + Paradise Coins · 80w, reaching the third limit of Credit Value reduction!】

【Warning! Player 'Bai Mo' current Credit Value: -2 level → -3 level!】

【Warning! Deducting Player 'Bai Mo' authority to go to First Rank ~ Third Rank public areas!】

Herta gritted her teeth and said, "Damn cesspool Paradise!"

"I only earned 3A + 3B, this is bullying! This is bullying!"

Meng Yi raised an eyebrow. Herta's reduction standard was calculated based on 1.5 times the average dungeon gain of a Sixth Rank player, while his was calculated based on 1.5 times the average dungeon gain of a Seventh Rank player.

"Should we continue harvesting leeks in the Fourth Rank area?"

Meng Yi extended an invitation to Herta, but Herta shook her head and declined, "It's too much of a loss. Wait until I obtain Seventh Rank hidden authority, then I'll consider lowering my 'Credit Value' to -4 level."

Herta looked at 'Senior Bai Mo,' who was preparing to close his stall and run away, and asked, "Senior Bai Mo, can you sell me that 'Space: Type III'?"

"3B + 5w Paradise Coins, are you sure you want it?"

Meng Yi was very surprised. Herta had already become beast-like and started harvesting low-rank players; it was impossible for her not to understand that cost and selling price were two different things.

"Sure."

"I walk the path of puppets, and the technology contained in your 'Space: Type III' can serve as a not-weak reference for me."

"Moreover, according to historical records, the residue of 'Order: Ena' in our hometown also has some puppet-related characteristics."

Herta's thinking was clear, and her gaze was firm.

She did not bargain with Meng Yi and bought it directly at the selling price, focusing on a clean transaction where money and goods were cleared and neither owed the other.

"Good."

Meng Yi handed the "Space: Type III" to Herta, gaining another 3B + 5w Paradise Coins.

Afterward, he activated the teleportation mechanism and left the Third Rank public area, heading to the Fourth Rank area to continue harvesting.

On the 14th day of the Paradise recovery period, the "Space: Type II" was finally sold out.

Not to mention that Fourth Rank players were becoming harder to swindle, the "Evolution Paradise" warning sound for bullying 'great philanthropists' rang on time.

【Warning! Player 'Bai Mo' has damaged the Paradise balance mechanism and harvested the dungeon gains of low-rank players!】

【This illegal profit: A-rank Origin Crystal · 3 + B-rank Origin Crystal · 1 + C-rank Origin Crystal · 87 (3S + 4A) + Paradise Coins · 63w, reaching the fourth limit of Credit Value reduction!】

【Warning! Player 'Bai Mo' current Credit Value: -3 level → -4 level!】

【Warning! Deducting Player 'Bai Mo' authority to go to First Rank ~ Fourth Rank public areas!】

"Hmph! It is but a mere frost!"

Meng Yi let out a cold snort, calculating his gains.

His current wealth was terrifying.

Savings + gains from harvesting leeks + trading in the Black Tower (2A+4B), minus the small change spent on setting up the street stall.

After synthesizing the low-level origin crystals, his total wealth reached: 1,650,000 Paradise Coins + 10S + 1A + 2B + 1C + 1D!

"With over a day left, it's time to go to the 'Omnipotent Domain' to spend!"

"'Seventh Rank · Omnipotent Domain', can you let me catch a glimpse of the 'Multiverse'?"

He stripped the Supreme Dragon of Honkai: Star Rail, which had decent pretension, and then its true colors were revealed.

——

Algorithm 1: Using the largest star system currently explored by human civilization in the universe: UY Scuti, as the unit of measurement.

The star UY Scuti is 4.6 billion times the size of the Sun.

The Supreme Dragon has a diameter of 679.2 billion kilometers.

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Algorithm 2: Elevate the status of the Honkai: Star Rail universe as much as possible, setting the Dragon star system to be smaller than the Solar System.

Small-scale star (Sun) diameter: 1.392 million kilometers.

The Supreme Dragon is at most the size of the Solar System; its diameter will not exceed 1 light-year.

——

And the Seventh Rank breakthrough player, Giant Bro, mentioned in yesterday's update, stands 7.6 light-years tall.

No matter how much you hype up the Supreme Dragon, to a Seventh Rank breakthrough player, it's just a chopstick.

If Giant Bro went to Honkai: Star Rail, even with the infinite imaginary energy support of the home-field imaginary space, the Supreme Dragon would still be stepped to death by Giant Bro.

The output limit difference is too great; a local tyrant at the Supreme Dragon level isn't even enough to scrape the Seventh Rank breakthrough player.

A casual strike from a Seventh Rank breakthrough player could hammer the Supreme Dragon into Supreme Dragon Sauce.

……

The expressive power of Acheron in the Penacony stage and the expressive power of the Preservation Lord-Ravager Diamond in the company short film cannot surpass a Seventh Rank Supreme Dragon.

Setting Acheron as having home-field advantage (local tyrant).