"Then I'll speak plainly."
Jade did not have any qualms, directly isolating their group from the others, then smiled slightly and said: "Actually, you should know that the Myth·Celestial Court, or rather, Lord Hermes, has always been in dire need of people."
"Talents who meet His Lordship's requirements are being recruited continuously."
"Some time ago, Lord Hermes sent invitations to us, the Stonehearts."
"So, what are your thoughts?"
Topaz and the others fell into thought upon hearing this.
Since the establishment of the Myth·Celestial Court, this Lord's recruitment and poaching activities had never ceased.
Anyone with any influence in the universe could basically see this.
However, what exactly did this Lord want to do that required so many people?
This had always been a matter of great curiosity for many forces in the universe.
Were the geniuses of the Genius Society seemingly wanting to join forces to create a big spectacle?
Regarding this, the truly top-tier forces in the universe basically all had some vague guesses.
"Then what are your thoughts, Jade?"
"Hehehe, don't you already know?"
However, it was strange. Previously, this Lord exclusively recruited scholars, scientists, researchers, artisans... and even chefs, but never included business practitioners like them.
Why was there an exception this time?
...
Star Crown Court, courtyard.
Hermes, Ruan Mei, and Screwllum surrounded Herta, each utilizing their own methods to begin observing Herta's current state.
As the anchor point for this space-time interference experiment, Herta was not like the others, who merely gained an extra memory.
Her transformation had only just begun!
The honkai: star rail world was undergoing tumultuous changes, and Herta's changes at this moment were no less significant.
The two Hertas existing within the same space-time were currently enveloped in ripples of time, sparking a collision.
Herta quickly pulled out a Curio: Momentary Flowing Light Brick.
On this Curio, there were densely packed, minute engravings that went down to the molecular level; these engravings connected head-to-tail, resembling natural runes.
With the appearance of this Curio, the violent causal conflicts and timeline backlash were temporarily smoothed over.
"Very good, everything is as I expected. The Curio I specially processed can buy me enough time."
Herta breathed a slight sigh of relief, then, not daring to delay for a moment, quickly collected data and calculated the convergence point with her Hertas Three-Phase Great Magic.
"Herta, this technique of yours, it feels like it has a hint of One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones if placed in those xuanhuan or xianxia worlds."
Watching Herta's flustered state, Hermes muttered to himself.
Truly, this kind of technique, regardless of which world it was placed in, was a rather powerful Dao-proving art.
"Herta, if your dual-Herta time-parallel lifeform wants to truly take shape, the most critical point is to solve the problem of two Hertas coexisting within the same space-time."
Ruan Mei pondered for a moment, offered her suggestion, and began to assist Herta.
"Ms. Herta, you two are essentially the same person; perhaps there is no need to forcibly split into two independent entities."
Screwllum had an extremely high level of attainment regarding the underlying logic of consciousness; watching the actions of Herta and Ruan Mei, he frowned slightly, feeling something was amiss.
Perhaps it wasn't a so-called coexistence problem; forcibly merging two Hertas originating from the same source into a unique life form might not be the most perfect solution?
"Hehehe, Ruan Mei, Screwllum, these problems have of course all been considered."
Both Hertas spoke triumphantly at the same time, the two of them having an eerie synchronization at this moment: "My Hertas Three-Phase Great Magic is not that shallow."
"It is not simply a cloning technique!"
"Fundamentally speaking, the technology of anchoring the self and projecting consciousness from a high dimension is its most important content."
"Although I have now become two independent entities and two consciousnesses, in reality, there is still only one fundamental self."
"Herta, focus first; the backlash from the temporal level and the entanglement of causal logic are coming."
At this moment, Hermes' expression shifted slightly, and he spoke up to warn her.
This power, originating from time and causality, was quite formidable.
According to Hermes' estimation, if thrown into those xianxia worlds, an ordinary immortal would likely die directly from divine retribution, with absolutely no other possibility.
It was only because Herta's technology was so superb that even time was deceived and causality was filtered through several layers of processes.
This was the consequence of taking shortcuts.
If it were Hermes himself, this kind of backlash would never find its way to him.
This was purely a basic operation for someone whose strength and realm had reached that level.
"Clatter~"
Herta's expression became solemn; an unprecedented sense of suffocation descended directly upon her consciousness.
In an instant, it dragged Herta's consciousness into darkness.
The tide of time engulfed her, and the threads of causality bound her tightly.
This situation was almost like wanting to trap her in an endless abyss; it was extremely perilous.
An ordinary Envoy, facing such a situation, would likely have their consciousness obliterated in an instant.
"I don't even know where my consciousness has been dragged to?"
"A pure illusion?"
"Impossible! No illusion can truly trap me, Herta."
Herta's consciousness, like that of a mortal, was slowly suffocating, as if it were about to drown her.
"Fortunately, my level of technology for anchoring the self is not low, and I even learned a few tricks from this guy, Hermes, and even casually created a technique regarding the mind and consciousness."
"The problem is not too big right now."
In Herta's consciousness, thousands of thoughts flashed in an instant, searching for a way to escape.
"Anchor of Consciousness, pin down my consciousness!"
Herta remained expressionless, quite calm: "And then my high-dimensional consciousness projection technology, let's see if it can pull my consciousness up."
Amidst the backlash of time and causality, Herta didn't even know how many difficulties she had endured.
She could only respond passively, unable to truly break out of the situation.
"Hmm?"
Hermes, watching from beside Herta, frowned and muttered in a low voice: "This wave of backlash is quite terrifying; Herta's conscious thinking is becoming slower and slower."
Without much worry, Hermes did not believe Herta would be unable to handle this wave of backlash.
However, looking at this situation, Hermes felt quite strange in his heart; in this situation, wasn't this what is called [Tribulation Transcension]?
Surviving this wave of tribulation and then breaking through to a new realm, wasn't this exactly the same?
Ruan Mei and Screwllum's expressions were also quite calm.
They also did not believe Herta would be unable to cope with the current situation.
Both being geniuses, they knew very well exactly what level Herta could achieve.
------------------------
There are already 70+ chapters available on my Patreon!
The story will continue to update 1 chapter per day on Webnovel,
while early access chapters are posted on Patreon.
Maybe it's not worth it today but it could be later
[email protected]/Kazenova223
"And If you're enjoying it, drop a Power Stone for me!"