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'Acheron' fell into deep thought.
Something was wrong.
Twelve parts out of ten were wrong.
If!
The Galaxy Rangers were still active at this moment, and Ifrit was still running around with them.
And Annihilation Gang Lord Zhurong hadn't died yet.
Then what about Star-shatterer?
Star-shatterer was the Annihilation Gang Lord who emerged to replace Zhurong.
If Zhurong wasn't dead, wouldn't Star-shatterer still be mingling in the Family as a relative?
Oh no!
This run is going to have a huge problem!
Baiming immediately realized a very serious issue.
If Zhurong was not dead, Star-shatterer had not yet emerged.
Then her impersonating Star-shatterer would not be a matter of merely impersonating an existing Annihilation Gang Lord.
It would be the literal creation of the eighth Annihilation Gang Lord out of thin air in this universe!
"Holy crap..."
If she really went through with this,
Nanook would one hundred percent come over to focus on her.
And more importantly,
based on the experience from the previous two rounds,
Baiming could confirm that Emotional Value provided by non-originals was terrifyingly low.
She didn't know how many strangers' emotional feedback it took to move the progress bar by one percent.
So the problem was:
Star-shatterer hadn't been born yet.
Where was she supposed to find an original to provide her with Emotional Value?
Without the original to push her progress bar,
where was she supposed to make up the missing progress?
Baiming felt that the situation was very wrong.
If there truly wasn't an original Star-shatterer to provide her with Emotional Value,
how big of a commotion would she need to cause to fill that gap?
...
Acheron watched 'Acheron' fall into blank contemplation.
She clearly realized something was wrong.
This reaction was strange.
And very unsettling.
However, she waited until 'Acheron' snapped out of her thoughts
before asking:
"Did you... did you learn something? Is that why you acted so strangely just now?"
"Yes, yes, I think so... I seem to have misremembered some things."
'Acheron' scratched her head awkwardly.
She didn't know how to explain it.
Should she tell her that the Galaxy Rangers would gather to defeat Annihilation Gang Lord Zhurong sometime in the future?
And that a large number of Galaxy Rangers would die, becoming Soulguilts?
Wait, no.
'Acheron' suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
Star-shatterer, the Annihilation Gang Lord, was, as she recalled, born from the ashes of the Aeon of Harmony's Emissary of Finality.
If not the Emissary of Finality, then one of Xipe's emanators. She originated from a figure aligned with Harmony, nonetheless.
Which meant.
Star-shatterer, despite her connection to Destruction, actually had some grasp of Harmony.
This also aligned with her tendency to lead armies into battle.
Since Zhurong hadn't died yet,
the Galaxy Rangers should still be quite numerous.
Then her impersonating a Galaxy Ranger would likely be quickly discovered by the real Galaxy Rangers.
She could use that connection to team up with the Galaxy Rangers.
And then, in the guise of Annihilation Gang Lord Star-shatterer, lead the Galaxy Rangers to defeat Zhurong.
And if she had spare time, she could use Harmony's power to take Ifrit to Penacony and stir up trouble.
Shuhu's death
could continuously provide her with dozens of percentage points of progress.
Zhurong was far more infamous than Shuhu.
If she could genuinely lead the Galaxy Rangers to kill Zhurong,
the remaining progress bar might be filled.
The only risk was that
the moment she used the Star-shatterer character card,
Nanook would certainly appear.
And might even cause some trouble.
Also, if she attacked Zhurong in the capacity of an Annihilation Gang Lord,
and the other Annihilation Gang Lords heard the news and came looking,
that would be very dangerous.
Star-shatterer originated from Harmony and liked to lead group combat.
If she were to face opponents like Ena, she would likely be the one getting beaten up.
So...
'Acheron' looked up at Madam Acheron, who was quietly waiting beside her.
Acheron's powerful blade techniques absolutely had to be secured during the reward settlement.
Otherwise, she would be truly uneasy.
Just then,
a hand reached out toward 'Acheron's head.
Acheron stroked her hair and asked with a smile:
"What are you thinking? Your expression changed so much."
"I was thinking about what to do next."
Acheron heard this and asked curiously:
"Are you going to change your disguise again?"
"Well... yes, and it's a somewhat troublesome identity."
"What identity?"
"An Annihilation Gang Lord."
"..."
'Acheron' felt the hand on her head stiffen before returning to normal.
Acheron didn't understand why Baiming would choose such a dangerous identity.
But judging by her previous behavior, this identity might not have been her own choice.
"Do you have a plan?"
"It's manageable. I'm just afraid the other Annihilation Gang Lords will group up to ambush me."
Acheron's face broke into a smile when she heard this.
"If you can't win, run away and come find me here. But don't commit evil deeds under the name of an Annihilation Gang Lord, or I'll beat you up too."
Acheron wasn't arrogant enough to think she could challenge several Annihilation Gang Lords alone.
But this was the gateway to the abyss of Nihility.
This was her home turf.
Theoretically, no one dared to unleash their full power here except her.
Coupled with Baiming's resistance and the Annihilation Gang Lord she was impersonating,
driving them away should not be a problem.
"Thank you, Mei-jie."
'Acheron' looked at Acheron, feeling a surge of emotion.
She couldn't help but call her by the name Raiden Mei.
Acheron was momentarily stunned by the address.
Then she smiled and squeezed her cheek.
"You're quite bold, daring to call me by my name."
...
Ten-plus days passed quickly.
During these days, 'Acheron' devoted most of her time to studying blade techniques.
She not only successfully created a set of blade techniques entirely her own.
But even the real Acheron, who had the benefit of the pills and could fully immerse herself in her blade work,
advanced further in this half-month of sparring.
Baiming looked at her panel:
[Character Impersonation System]
[Name: Baiming (Acheron)]
[Lifespan: 04:00:59:53 (Paused) + 1 Day (Character Impersonation)]
[Available Transformation Characters: Great Herta (Recharge: 35.2%), Acheron, Star-shatterer]
[Available Draw Count: 0 (50.4%)]
The remaining time for the character impersonation was listed as one day, but it was actually less than half a day.
It was roughly what she had expected.
In the last twenty days or so,
as the news of Shuhu's death circulated, her progress bar continuously rose to fifty percent.
However, it had slowed down in the last couple of days.
Likely because everyone who would be surprised had already received the news.
And most other people didn't really care about Shuhu's death.
After all, Shuhu's survival or demise was irrelevant to them.
Acheron looked at Baiming's expression, guessing that the time was near.
"Time to leave?"
"Yes, but given my resistance to Nihility, I'll be back often. It's just that my face might look different every time I visit."
'Acheron' nodded.
Then she actively went over and hugged the real Acheron again.
"Before you go, can you let me see who you're transforming into? Just so I don't mistake you for someone else later."
Acheron smiled as she watched Baiming.
She was actually still curious about how the other person managed such perfect impersonation.
Baiming heard this, thought for a moment, and nodded:
"I can do that, but watch closely."
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