The experiment centered on Chen Tianwu was conducted a total of six times before Li Zihan obtained the results he wanted.
"Phew~, that was exhausting."
A core corresponding to the Herrscher of Rock floated above his hand. The boy took a deep breath, reached out with his free hand, and wiped away a bead of sweat.
A "Reality Marble" was originally an ability that only spirits and demons could wield.
But after long years of developing magecraft that could create a personal mindscape, a portion of high-level practitioners made it possible to construct a "Reality Marble."
However, with the exception of spirits who were natural extensions of the world, any otherworld created by others would be subject to elimination by "Nature."
Therefore, maintaining a "Reality Marble" required enormous energy and cost, resulting in it only being sustainable for a few minutes.
Li Zihan could indeed draw mana from the Mystic Code of the Second Magic.
But the mana for a Reality Marble was drawn from the caster's body, not from the Mystic Code. Continuously drawing mana and then supplying it to the Reality Marble was also a very tiring task.
Honestly, having to maintain an entire Reality Marble as an experiment site was quite draining.
However, for Li Zihan, it was worth it.
The experiment to investigate the effects of different power levels of Jizo Mitama and Fenghuang Down on a Herrscher was complete.
He had found the exact power level on Chen Tianwu that could erase the Herrscher personality while ensuring the human personality remained unaffected.
"Since you have obtained everything you wanted, then I will take my leave."
Chen Tianwu, who had lost his original body but gained a far more powerful one, moved his limbs about.
In non-special circumstances, Li Zihan was an honest and trustworthy person.
He had given Chen Tianwu a body equivalent to an S-rank Valkyrie and had gifted him a vial of Saintess's Blood, which could directly neutralize Honkai energy and revert a human who had not yet fully turned into a deadwalker back to their human state.
If his relatives were to be unfortunately infected during a Honkai eruption, he could use this to save their lives.
Having already received sufficient compensation, Chen Tianwu put the test tube containing the crimson liquid into his pocket and bid farewell to Li Zihan.
"It seems you're also eager to get back, so I won't keep you," Li Zihan said, not attempting to detain him. He had also gotten the answers he wanted from Chen Tianwu, as well as the Herrscher of Rock's core.
Afterward, a ship approached from a distance and carried him away.
Chen Tianwu did not like being embroiled in major events, so he chose to return to his hometown and become a homebody.
Li Zihan, holding the Herrscher of Rock core, boarded another boat and headed in the direction of St. Freya Academy.
The next things he needed to do were simply deal with the shuraba, then travel five hundred years into the past to collect the souls of Yae Rin and Kallen.
Having roughly formulated some ideas to delay the shuraba, he toyed with the Herrscher of Rock core in his hand and smiled faintly.
Bronya was not a natural Herrscher candidate.
Therefore, the way to increase her power was clearly not to throw her into the center of a Great Honkai Eruption and then hit her with the Jizo Mitama and Fenghuang Down combo.
So, his plan was to use "Chaldea can return to New York in 1955 and save Welt Joyce and the others" as a bargaining chip. He would then use this core to trade for the Herrscher of Reason core from Welt Yang and install it in Bronya.
This method would drastically increase Bronya's strength.
However, long-term use of the Herrscher of Reason's core could lead to Bronya being eroded by Honkai energy.
Therefore, it was necessary to once again conduct Cocolia's "x-10" experiment beforehand.
The gift of the Sea of Quanta was clearly not limited to just the power of quantization; it could also enhance one's adaptability to Honkai energy.
And by imitating Seele to reach the Sea of Quanta, it was a good way to obtain its gift.
Thinking of this, the boy holding a crimson tachi wore a bright smile.
"Hey, hey, hey, what kind of crooked scheme are you plotting now?"
Having been with Li Zihan for some time and having a certain understanding of him, Ling looked at the boy's radiant smile through Jizo Mitama and felt her heart skip a beat.
Whenever this guy had that smile on his face, he was basically up to no good.
"Nothing much. Just thinking that I should do my best to help Bronya get stronger."
The boy, who was clearly planning to scatter the girls he had close ties with through various means to avoid a shuraba, had a smile playing on his lips.
Ana would obviously be moving in near his dormitory within the next couple of days.
If she ran into girls like Mei or Seele and they had a little chat, it would directly trigger a shuraba.
But, as long as he could separate them, wouldn't the probability of the so-called shuraba occurring decrease?
Bronya could be sent to the Sea of Quanta first, under the pretext of adapting to the Herrscher of Reason's core, and then sent to Welt's side.
Raiden Mei was on the Artificial Herrscher list, but Raiden Ryoma didn't know about it yet.
Therefore, he could easily use the excuse "it's better to discuss this matter with my future father-in-law in person" to send Miss Mei to Mexico.
Kiana could be taken away by entrusting Siegfried to take her elsewhere to train and practice her Gun Kata.
As for Seele, she could stay at St. Freya Academy. Once he finished dealing with Ana, he could take her and the tool-man Durandal the Dull Goose to five hundred years ago.
The boy, having easily thought of reasons to disperse the girls around him, listened to Ling's question and smiled faintly.
"I just thought of a way for Bronya to possibly control the power of a Herrscher core. I plan to have her make a trip to Anti-Entropy to learn from Welt Yang how to control a Herrscher core as a human."
Helping a girl with no Herrscher potential obtain the power of a Herrscher through an alternative method?
"…Are you sick in the head?"
Ling, who could now confirm that Li Zihan had extremely ambiguous relationships with many girls who could become Herrschers at any moment and was completely walking on the line of death, was silent for a long time before speaking.
The shuraba laid out before Li Zihan was already tragic enough, and he was actually adding more fuel to the fire?
This guy…
Had his brain really broken?
Thinking of this, Ling's gaze towards Li Zihan was now tinged with pity.
"You, with the surname Li, if you keep this up, you're really going to die a violent death in the future."
"I won't die that easily."
The boy, who was clearly planning to take advantage of the time when the girls he knew were scattered to conquer them one by one, smiled.
"Right. A scourge lasts a thousand years."
Looking at the boy's cheerful smile, Ling couldn't help but roll her eyes internally.
This guy was probably about to pull some more utterly absurd stunts.