I'm in Honkai Impact's Infinite Abyss!

"Guinea pig, next, we're going to conduct a battle test..."

"I understand, are we continuing with the trials in the Elysian Realm?"

Mobius stated firmly, "No, it's you and me. You'll assume the form called 'Stygian Nymph.'"

"Huh?"

Luo Lin shuddered, her mind naturally conjuring up the image of the huge snake boss on the 17th floor of the Elysian Realm's final stage, along with its classic two lives and dozen health bars.

The girl chuckled awkwardly, "Um, could I go stack a few formed Signets first?"

"Oh?"

The green-haired scientist stared at the Valkyrie with snake pupils, revealing a cruel smile, "Unfortunately, I'm not as good as you think, Guinea pig. Battle test—now, immediately, right away!"

Luo Lin frowned. She find it hard not to think of this as retaliation from snake, wondering if calling Mobius a "good person" was some kind of particularly effective psychological damage method.

The Valkyrie turned her gaze to Vill-V who was eagerly moving equipment out and busy calling out, "Wait for me, Mobius, I'll add a protective shield to the detector!"

It appears Vill-V was the one even more excited... Luo Lin was out of moves now.

No, actually, there was still a reinforcement on the way. At the moment Luo Lin needed her most, the pink figure jumped out of the teleportation gate, waving to the Valkyrie.

"Hi, Luo Lin, I'm here! Missed me..."

"Elysia! Save me!"

Elysia, who had just entered the room, asked, "?"

"Dr. Mobius wants to conduct a battle test with me! I can't possibly beat her right now!"

"This... What did you do exactly?"

Miss Pink Elf rested her chin on her hand, observing Mobius's stiff expression, and finally sighed helplessly, "Luo Lin, Mobius looks really angry. You'd better listen to her."

"Ugh..."

Luo Lin was eventually dragged to a spot next to the laboratory (just across a teleportation gate), surrounded by a large number of pale yellow protective shields covering detection instruments. She stood on the edge of the field, under the watchful eyes of Mobius on the other side.

The snake extended her hand. Green arcs of electricity flowing between her fingers, illuminating her face which made her look significantly more ominous.

Mobius hadn't activated her AHR state and only intended to battle Luo Lin in human form, but rather than this, the Valkyrie hoped to fight the giant snake instead, so she could rely on her experience in the game to have a rough idea of its moves.

But facing the human form of Mobius, Luo Lin was a bit at a loss.

According to the skill set of "Infinite Ouroboros," Luo Lin could only analyze that Mobius was a ranged output character adept at using lightning damage, similar to most of the characters from Elysian Realm. Like most of the character cards, she could enhance her attacks by pressing the ultimate skill key after basic attacks, and then... babababa loop to the opponent's face.

As for specific moves...

Uh, when "Ouroboros" outputted its attacks, the light pollution was too severe. Luo Lin only remembered a screen full of green light and nothing else.

Oh, when using the ultimate skill, she would suddenly transform into a giant snake, electrocuting others in an area, with quite high damage.

As Luo Lin racked her brains thinking about what other skills Mobius might have, the snake on the opposite side impatiently asked, "What's wrong, Guinea pig? Aren't you going to attack me?"

"Ah, um..."

The confused, watery eyes of "Stygian Nymph" met Mobius's, exuding a thoroughly pitiful aura like Seele's.

Elysia, Raven, and Vill-V stood next to the detector, watching the situation on the field through the protective shield together.

"So cute!!" Miss Pink Elf held her hands to her face, stars twinkling in her eyes.

Raven pulled at her collar. She felt increasingly uneasy due to the rising concentration of Honkai energy around her.

Vill-V didn't care much. She was more focused on the various data scrolling on the instrument.

Finally, Luo Lin stopped hesitating. She raised her scythe and charged towards Mobius.

The snake narrowed her eyes, locking onto Luo Lin firmly with her elongated pupils, lightly tapping the jellyfish-like instrument she was sitting on—a device officially named "Kevin Killer, MK 244," just by looking at the name, one could tell whose work it was.

Although Mobius and Vill-V were in a competitive relationship in research, the snake still highly admired and respected her prowess in crafting equipment.

The next moment, the massive Honkai energy was injected into "Mk 244," its slender tentacles enveloped in verdant substantialized energy, stretching downwards, charging towards Luo Lin like a real snake, its sharp tip shimmering with terrifying lightning.

Luo Lin didn't hesitate to activate the ultimate skill of "Stygian Nymph," spreading a pitch-black quantum field that blocked the lightning tentacles, causing a fierce explosion where quantum and Honkai collided, whipping up a storm that blew Mobius's hair.

Then, the black and red tentacles of "Stygian Nymph" burst out from the hemispherical quantum field, slapping away Mobius's "Lightning Whip."

But Mobius sneered and waved her hand, conjuring many sharp green short spears around Luo Lin with the same action as the Herrscher of the Void, stabbing towards her.

Luckily, this move didn't come with "space-time lock." Luo Lin mimicked her method of dealing with the Herrscher of the Void, manipulating the giant red claws to dodge the attacks.

"Crack!"

Then she was ambushed by the tentacles of "Mk 244" emerging from under her feet, powerful electric currents coursing through her body, giving her a chilling and exhilarating feeling.

You have tentacles, don't I have them too?

The black and red tentacles of "Stygian Nymph" quickly detached the still-electrifying green arrows, entangling them together in a mess of green and black, looking somewhat disgusting.

"Hiss!"

Luo Lin felt tingling all over, her movements noticeably slowing down after enduring the tremendous lightning baptism.

Mobius, who should have taken advantage of this, furrowed her brows instead after two rounds of engagement.

She asked, "What's wrong? Why aren't you using your full strength?"

Are you the silly Dudu? Always babbling about "not using your full strength"?

Luo Lin struggled to defend against the attacks, barely surviving amidst the green lightning and the assaults from "Mk 244."

She finally realized that Mobius was treating her powerful form with numerous Signets from the Elysian Realm as her regular combat strength.

And now, Luo Lin was just an ordinary S-rank "Stygian Nymph," completely unable to compete with the five exclusive war god signet form!

In that brief moment of distraction, Mobius seized the opportunity. Raising her hand, a black cross flew out from somewhere, smashing down next to Luo Lin with terrifying lightning!

A circular shockwave burst forth, enveloping "Stygian Nymph," while the surrounding Honkai energy boiled unprecedentedly, as if in a world composed of lightning, even the air exuded obvious hostility!

Then, Mobius pressed down hard on the top of "Mk 244," accompanied by a slight mechanical rotation sound. The huge snake-shaped lightning struck Luo Lin, leaving her motionless, lying on the ground.

Luo Lin felt something wrapping around her arms and shoulders, lifting her into the air. She blinked hard, seeing seven or eight snake-like figures floating in front of her.

"...What's going on? Why are you so weak? Who gave you the courage to provoke me?"

Mobius grabbed Luo Lin's neck, her eyes full of anger. "So-called kindness and compassion won't change anything. In the battle against Honkai, the only thing needed is absolute power! Show me your previous abilities!"

"Wow, Mobius is really angry."

Vill-V continued to operate the instrument, saying indifferently.

Raven covered her head, "No surprises there..."

Elysia covered her chest, murmuring worriedly, "Luo Lin..."

"Cough... Are you... going to kill me?" The Valkyrie asked with difficulty.

"...This is the Elysian Realm, a world of spiritual and memory constructs. Killing you outright won't do anything, at most it'll just give you a headache for a while."

The snake threw Luo Lin to the ground, looking down at her while confused.

"Tell me, what's the difference between you before and now?"