MGSFV?! Chapter 336. Now, Hua, You Are Corruption Too
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After Hua activated the second rated output of the Key of Sentience—
In the next moment, everything around her changed.
To be precise, Hua had entered the consciousness of one of the monsters.
Due to the unique properties of Elysian Realm, the second output of the Key of Sentience, originally usable only for thought intrusion, could now serve as a form of mobility.
"Too bad… I can only invade enemies of this level."
As her voice fell—
The game returned to a free-control interface.
All the Faded monsters stood frozen in place, as if something had seized control of them.
Even more surprising—
The players realized they could control one of the Faded monsters?!
["First Time Controlling a Mob" unlocked]
[The Flame-Chasers really are full of surprises. Each one always manages to pull off something beyond my imagination.]
[No jokes here—Hua deserves a 666.]
The players buzzed with excitement at Hua's latest trick.
Elysia also perked up, operating the Faded creature with great curiosity, circling around the area a few times.
The Honkai beast model with flapping little wings from the player POV… kind of cute, actually.
But after discovering that the area was surrounded by invisible walls with nowhere to go, she brought the creature back to Hua's original position.
Then she saw something even more shocking.
Hua's body was still standing there?!
What the—?
...
With that thought, Elysia moved the Faded monster closer to Hua's body.
As she approached—
A cutscene triggered.
"Wait… that's—?!"
Hua's sudden gasp rang out from the game.
Clearly, even she hadn't expected this development.
Because—
By transferring her consciousness into the enemy just now, she had effectively moved her mind into another body.
In Elysian Realm, this would normally mean that her physical body would vanish.
After all, she was just a memory construct!
Yet now—
When she looked back, she found her body was still there.
"What's going on… is this a doppelgänger left by the Key of Sentience?"
If her mood could be described in a meme—it would be Kalpas learning Kevin got "stuck," complete with the most confused face possible.
And just when Hua was puzzled—
Something even stranger occurred.
Sensing a growing threat, she quickly recalled her consciousness to her original body.
But as she did—
A bizarre new sensation spread through her.
"No…"
"What is this… it's like I… exist simultaneously in multiple bodies."
Hua furrowed her brows, her tone skeptical and analytical.
"This body is me. And that monster I controlled just now… is also me…"
Huh? Eh?
Even Hua herself was baffled by the situation.
And some players were just as confused.
[Wait… Hua's consciousness can now exist in two separate bodies at once?]
[Honestly, if I didn't know for sure that nothing can enter or exit Elysian Realm right now, I'd almost think the Herrscher of Sentience showed up to help Mama Hua.]
[So I wasn't the only one who thought of the Herrscher of Sentience!]
Hua's situation strongly reminded many of the Herrscher of Sentience.
Probably because it had something to do with consciousness?
Though the players quickly ruled that out.
[Now that you mention it, I kind of miss the Herrscher of Sentience. Wonder how she's doing.]
[The glorious Lady Herrscher of Sentience would never go down! Mark my words—next time she shows up, it'll be a jump-scare-level surprise! (lol)]
[The Herrscher of Sentience has altered your cognition. You now believe she is invincible.]
[Schicksal has decayed, Anti-Entropy is incompetent. Of all heroes, only Kevin and myself remain. (comic face)]
Although the live chat was becoming flooded with memes…
It didn't detract from the players' main concern—the plot.
What exactly was happening to Hua? What would she do next?
That was what most truly cared about.
Of course, by now—
Some viewers, recalling the earlier Aponia and Mobius scenes, had guessed what was going on.
But most kept their theories to themselves, and the few who posted them got drowned in the chat barrage.
…
Anyway, back to the plot.
"Could it be… the power that let me control that creature just now… wasn't from the 8th Divine Key?"
Hua muttered quietly to herself.
And as if to confirm her doubts, the outside world continued shifting.
At this moment, she hadn't yet—and couldn't possibly—realize the true source behind all this.
She looked around.
All the Faded monsters had now entered a state of submission to her will.
And yet…
She clearly…
Shouldn't have been able to do something this extreme.
Yes, she herself was shocked, as if rediscovering what she was capable of.
What?
She had this kind of power and didn't even know it?
"…Whether this is a good change or not, the priority is still pursuing the Herrscher of Corruption."
Hua reminded herself of the mission and decided not to dig deeper—for now.
She turned to chase the departing Herrscher of Corruption.
After all, even though she wasn't delayed for long, someone like the Herrscher of Corruption could've already gotten far.
She had to hurry…
But surprisingly—
She hadn't even gone far before she saw the Herrscher.
"I caught up… already?"
Hua was visibly surprised.
She also noticed the surroundings.
The monsters that had once served the Herrscher of Corruption now lay silently at her feet.
The arrows still embedded in them showed that a fierce battle had just taken place.
The Herrscher… had been attacked by her own allies?
Hua's confusion deepened.
Had the Herrscher of Corruption fought the very Faded monsters she ruled?
That couldn't be, right?
Because…
The Herrscher's power worked like a virus—corrupting and commanding everything, turning them into parts of herself.
How could there be a situation where the Herrscher of Corruption was betrayed by her own creatures?
That's not Corruption.
It's like the monsters she had corrupted were now being corrupted by something else.
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