"Hey, have you heard? This time our mission is to carry out with the Helm Master. I heard that elder always acts decisively and meticulously. We'd better be fully focused later."
On the road, Sushang gave a light cough and said to the two beside her.
[Mysterious Narrator of the Honkai: Star Rail World: Sushang, captain of the "Luofu Special Agent Team" under Qingque. A top student with excellent grades since childhood, known as the "Perfect Score War God." She is extremely cautious and careful in everything she does—very outstanding.]
Xueyi nodded stiffly, her voice as mechanical as always: "T-H-I-S, P-O-I-N-T, I, U-N-D-E-R-S-T-A-N-D. L-O-N-G, A-G-O, H-E-A-R-D, T-H-A-T, H-U-O-H-U-O, H-E-L-M, M-A-S-T-E-R, I-S, T-H-E, P-I-L-L-A-R, O-F, T-H-E, L-U-O-F-U. I-N, C-O-M-P-A-R-I-S-O-N, T-H-E, G-E-N-E-R-A-L, I-S, M-O-R-E, L-I-K-E, A, L-Y-I-N-G, D-O-G."
"Watch your words! We can't say that casually." Sushang immediately reminded her.
"Oh right, when we see Helm Master Huohuo later, remember to act professional. Don't embarrass the General. Got it?"
Xueyi: "G-O-T, I-T."
Hanya beside them: "······"
Before long, Sushang and the others spotted Huohuo's petite figure at the designated spot. They immediately jogged over and said respectfully: "Helm Master! / H-E-L-M, M-A-S-T-E-R! / …Got it."
?
Seeing the three's chaotic greetings, Huohuo couldn't help frowning: "You're the ones Qingque sent? They didn't just send fillers, right?"
Sushang quickly said: "No, no, absolutely not."
"Sigh, whatever." Huohuo waved her small hand. "No need to be too stiff. Once Miss Fu Xuan arrives, I'll assign tasks to you all…"
In some unknown place.
The Lustful Heliobus stared straight at Huohuo's figure in the distance… No, to be precise, it was staring at Huohuo's behind—that tail formed of cyan-green flames.
It sensed the aura of a fellow kin on it!
Without a doubt, that was a tail transformed from a Heliobus! Gulp…
Survival of the fittest is an eternal law of the galaxy, and it naturally applied among Heliobi—even more cruelly for them.
Due to the special nature of Heliobi, they cannot obtain energy on the material level. If they want to grow stronger, the only way is to devour their own kind—big fish eating small fish. Therefore, to every Heliobus, their own kind is like a blind box.
Sometimes they can eat, sometimes they can be eaten.
For example, Lord Cirrus—the Lustful Heliobus thought it was a good Heliobus because it couldn't beat Cirrus, yet Cirrus didn't eat it.
The tail Heliobus in front of it, however, gave the Lustful Heliobus a trace of temptation. As one of the fragments of the former Great Heliobus [Blaze of the Wilds], its nature still retained the devouring instinct. So it immediately had an idea.
Moreover, it could faintly sense that this tail Heliobus was very likely also one of the fragments of the Great Heliobus [Blaze of the Wilds]. It just didn't know which personality trait it corresponded to.
Here is the Lustful Heliobus's mental process:
Should I conveniently eat this guy?
What if I can't beat it?
No… that might not be the case. This guy… was actually sealed inside a foxian little loli?
I remember foxians only have an average lifespan of around three hundred years? That means this little loli is at most fifty years old!
What's the difference from a newborn? This guy was actually sealed by such a little girl—it's a disgrace to all Heliobi!
Eat!
Thinking this, the Lustful Heliobus secretly made up its mind. Heh, no matter which fragment part you correspond to, since you've already fallen so low as to become a tail for a foxian little girl, that means you're weak.
Yes, this logic should hold.
Thus, with this thought, the Lustful Heliobus moved. It seized a moment and shot out like an arrow leaving the bowstring. While flying, it opened its mouth wide and viciously bit down toward Huohuo's tail—!
"Awooo—!"
Duang!
However, reality dealt the Lustful Heliobus a heavy blow—it was casually slapped flying by that tail!
Huohuo only felt something crash into her from behind. She instantly flew into a rage and turned to scold: "Who threw a knife?!"
The next second, she saw the Lustful Heliobus with an awkward expression.
"Hm?"
Huohuo took out a wanted poster from her pocket. It read: "Lustful Heliobus, one of the important escaped Heliobus fragments. Must be urgently captured."
"Oh oh oh! Sister Huohuo, not only is this guy not hiding from us, it even came straight at us!" Tail's little brother said in surprise. "Sister Huohuo, it's provoking you!"
A cold sweat dripped down the Lustful Heliobus's forehead: "Shh, can we negotiate?"
Slap!
Huohuo slapped it hard right on the forehead. "Negotiate?"
She was already in a bad mood. This mission target actually dared to come looking for her on its own—wasn't this looking down on her and making her mood even worse?
?!
This foxian little loli could actually hit me?!
The Lustful Heliobus was shocked. It never dreamed it would receive a physical attack in its lifetime. An ominous premonition immediately rose in its heart as it turned to run—!
"Hmph, want to escape?"
Huohuo grabbed Tail, rolled it into a ball, and threw it toward the direction the Lustful Heliobus was fleeing: "Go, Tail! Subdue your kin!"
Whoosh— smack!
The rolled-up Tail accurately hit the Lustful Heliobus. Seizing the chance, the former rapidly expanded and actually transformed into a cauldron furnace, enveloping the latter inside!
"Wait wait wait!"
Seeing itself trapped, the Lustful Heliobus completely panicked: "Brother, we are from the same root—why be so hasty! I-I don't want to die!"
Tail sighed deeply: "I'm not trying to devour you. I just want to lock you inside my stomach. You were born a Heliobus—this is your destiny!"
As it spoke, the cauldron furnace it had transformed into began to contract, slowly absorbing and refining the Lustful Heliobus.
Seeing this, the Lustful Heliobus desperately resisted: "To hell with your destiny! Whether I eat or get eaten is up to me!!"
"Haah—!"
A few minutes later.
Lustful Heliobus, deceased.
"Whew—"
Tail contentedly returned to Huohuo's body: "Sister Huohuo, don't you think that guy watched too many cartoons? It actually thought it could resist?"
Huohuo shook her head: "Who knows? Digest it quickly after eating."
Tail: "Ah right, Sister Huohuo, I almost forgot to say something. While devouring this guy's power, some of its emotions might feedback onto you. Just be a little careful."
Huohuo's eyes widened: "Are you teaching me how to do things?"
"I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare…"
A few minutes later.
A petite pink figure appeared in everyone's view. She slowly walked up to Huohuo and said solemnly:
"Diviner of the Luofu Divination Commission, Fu Xuan, greets Helm Master Huohuo."