I'm in Honkai Impact's Infinite Abyss!

"Luo Lin? Are you awake?"

Not far away, a retro-styled horn emitted a slightly noisy sound, obviously the handiwork of Vill-V.

Luo Lin scratched her head. "You should have heard the explanation just now... I didn't expect the effects of [Emotional Diffusion] to extend outside."

"Tsk, you actually managed to strike up a conversation with Aponia..." Vill-V's tone was very subtle. "You really made me suffer just now. Seeing Mobius in such a sorry state, she probably added a big mark against me in her mind again."

"Ahaha..."

"Test subject, are you finally done?"

Mobius's teeth-gritting voice came through the horn, making Luo Lin shiver subconsciously.

"I'm sorry!"

"...Next time, if you plan to chat with that indecisive nun again, remember to talk to me beforehand so I can keep my distance from you."

As soon as the words fell, the laboratory door opened, and Mobius flew in on a floating apparatus, her eyes flashing with dangerous light.

"You look very tired? Well, it's just right to test the combat data under extreme conditions... There's no need to specially return to Arcadia's guest hall to initiate the trial. I'll be your opponent."

"This, this isn't good..."

The Valkyrie looked at Vill-V, who had just entered with Mobius, hoping she would lend her a hand.

But the engineer had a look of indifference, even clapping her hands in approval. "More data, more research!"

Unable to contain herself, Senti chuckled.

With no other choice, Luo Lin transformed into the form of Miss Pink Elf and prepared to face Mobius's impending challenge.

Mobius looked at the pink figure in front of her, stunned for a moment, then revealed an even crueler smile.

"Do you want me to go easy on you because of this appearance? No, I've actually wanted to see her defeated by my hands for a long time."

Vill-V raised her hand cautiously and said, "Um, I also really want to try..."

"No, I'll go first. You can go next time."

In just a few words, the two arranged Luo Lin's upcoming miserable ordeal, and the Valkyrie could only accept it with a bitter smile.

"Go easy on me..."

At this moment, Mobius unexpectedly advised seriously, "In real combat, enemies are more likely to attack you when you're not in top condition—at least I didn't launch an ambush from the toilet while you were using it, did I?"

If it weren't for the snake's scheming grin, Luo Lin might have actually believed her.

"Can't Honkai beasts launch an ambush from the toilet..."

"Consider it practice, little white mouse."

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Elysia stood at the door of Mobius's laboratory, rubbing her eyes, wondering if she had come to the wrong place.

She found Luo Lin lying on a sleeping bag with vacant eyes, clothes disheveled, looking exhausted. Strange and oddly shaped detection instruments surrounded her, resembling the scene of an unspeakable aftermath.

"Oh, little Luo Lin, what happened to you?"

Miss Pink Elf exclaimed in surprise and took a step forward to rescue the Valkyrie, but was stopped by Raven beside her. "Miss Elysia, Dr. Mobius said not to let anyone disturb the instruments..."

"But..."

"I'm fine, I'm fine..." Luo Lin spoke up, "It's just... practicing combat skills with Dr. Mobius... Uh, a bit."

The mercenary miss pursed her lips. She guessed that Luo Lin was probably embarrassed to say that she had been beaten up by Mobius while wearing Elysia's appearance.

Vill-V ran over from the other side, laughing heartily, holding up a valuable-looking camera and looking very excited.

"I recorded everything just now! If Elysia ever bothers me again, I'll... Um, oops?"

Miss Pink Elf stared at the camera in the engineer's hand with interest. "What's up?"

Vill-V's face stiffened as she replied, "Nothing."

"It seems very interesting... Can I see it now?"

Elysia realized something and narrowed her eyes.

"Snap."

Vill-V decisively crushed the instrument in her hand and exclaimed, "Oops! My hand slipped and accidentally broke it."

"Such an expensive item surely has a backup, right?"

The engineer miss tearfully took out a memory chip from her pocket and snapped it in front of Elysia. "...There's no backup now."

"Sigh, alright. I can guess what you recorded..."

Elysia looked at the "beaten-up" Luo Lin and said with a bit of annoyance, "Little Luo Lin, you must practice my power more! If you get beaten up like this every time, how will you fight against the Honkai?"

"...I'll do my best."

Actually, what Mobius said made sense. After all, if Luo Lin wanted to change the tragedies in the game, she would inevitably have to confront powerful forces like the Herrscher and the MANTIS. She couldn't always guarantee that she would be fully prepared and in top condition at all times...

The Valkyrie comforted herself like this, which indeed calmed her down a lot.

Luo Lin struggled to lift her hand and sprayed the nearby soulium target with her submachine gun, triggering the [Dark Feather] passive skill's healing and energy recovery effect.

"I'm ready to transform."

Mobius replied, "Go ahead, the instruments are ready for detection."

Luo Lin closed her eyes and touched the icon of [Miss Pink Elf] on the system panel with her mind.

In that instant, the Valkyrie suddenly felt her consciousness briefly detach, returning to the boundless darkness.

"...Huh? Hasn't the transformation been completed yet?"

Luo Lin was a little puzzled, expressing her confusion. But at this moment, she was in the middle of switching roles, leaving only her consciousness and no real body.

The girl felt herself enveloped by a complex array of emotions, tangled together like a ball of yarn suspended in the air, connecting her to an unknown distance.

Unknown distance?

Because of her thoughts, the ball of yarn changed, expressing a clearer emotion—[Doubt].

Such a concise emotion! What should I do now...

The Valkyrie instinctively activated the switch for [Emotional Diffusion].

When she realized it was wrong, the doubts multiplied rapidly, quickly reaching her control limit, about to overflow.

No, there are still many people around me right now. If I spread it again, I might get beaten up again...

Luo Lin decided to stop this process, but all around her were just simple emotions, without even the Honkai energy. How could she suppress them...?

If only I had some Honkai energy...

And just as the girl had this thought, the almost overflowing emotions turned into Honkai energy, successfully helping her regain control, and even faster, she turned off the switch for [Emotional Diffusion].

Honkai, it really is omnipotent.

"Wait a minute, what just happened?"

Luo Lin widened her eyes, realizing that she had already returned from that strange state, successfully switching to [Miss Pink Elf]. However, she felt that something else had happened.

She felt the incredibly dense Honkai energy around her, looked at the detection instruments blown several meters away, and several emergency protective shields that had been activated, falling into contemplation.

"Luo Lin, you just erupted with extremely powerful Honkai energy. What happened?"

Vill-V's calm voice brought the Valkyrie back to her senses, and she squeezed her fist, murmuring.

"My emotions... can be transformed into Honkai energy?"