Chapter 9: Is It in This Box?

Under the startled gaze of Senti, Luo Lin neatly collected the jars of pickled vegetables and turned to ask the Herrscher, "By the way, do you remember where Fu Hua hid the 'Book of Fuxi'?"

"You mean the labor ELF you've been worrying about?" the Herrscher replied.

After pondering for a while, the Herrscher of Sentience answered somewhat hesitantly, "The old antique erased that part of her memory quite thoroughly, so there are few remaining fragments... But after confirming, she definitely didn't take the 'Book of Fuxi' away from Mount Taixu."

The girl couldn't help but quip, "What order did Fu Hua burn her memories in anyway? It feels like she's burned every memory she had, leaving nothing good behind..."

"You can think of the 'Fenghuang Down' as a reaction furnace. After throwing memories into it, it enhances the user's combat power based on the quality of the memories."

The Herrscher of Sentience whispered, "Those everyday, trivial memories can be seen as shredded paper scraps; burning them away doesn't provide much power."

"And those memories that are very important to the user, filled with emotions, are the best fuel. The energy they contain is beyond imagination, and they can even help people surpass their limits and face the Herrschers directly..."

Pausing for a moment, the Herrscher of Sentience continued with a complex expression, "And memories related to the 'Book of Fuxi' must have been extremely important to the old timer, yet now they've been burned into this scattered, almost impressionless mess... Ah, it's really frustrating."

"Why are you angry?"

Luo Lin asked with a smile. "It's clearly Fu Hua's business, not yours, Senti."

"Oh, I... I'm just frustrated!"

The Herrscher of Sentience couldn't come up with a coherent reason. "Normal people would be angry if they knew about the old antique's experiences! It's called a simple sense of justice!"

Luo Lin raised her hand, initially planning to pat the Herrscher of Sentience's shoulder, but after some thought, she voluntarily held the Herrscher's hand instead. "Alright, alright, Justice Seeker of Sentience, aren't we here to make up for Fu Hua's regrets? It doesn't matter if old memories are lost; let's create new ones in the future!"

"Then why are you holding my hand?" the Herrscher of Sentience asked, puzzled.

The girl raised an eyebrow. "Don't you want to spend happy days with your old timer?"

Feeling awkward, The Herrscher of Sentience turned her head away from Luo Lin. "Who wants to spend days with her?! It's probably eating pickled vegetables and steamed buns every day, getting up early to train in the morning, living a simple life with no snacks allowed..."

"That's her own requirements," Luo Lin spoke, sweating profusely. "I don't think Fu Hua would make you live like that..."

"Right, I'm not the old antique! She can't control me!"

"Well, not entirely..."

"Ah, what a buzzkill. Can't you stop her?"

Senti turned and ran off into the distance. "I'll search this side of the house; you search the other!"

"Okay."

Luo Lin summoned Selune's Elegy directly, and the two performed a strange dance in the air, emitting a series of bizarre "oh hehehe" laughter.

"I hear the call of destiny!"

"Wipe the cookie crumbs from your mouth, please," the black-haired girl pointed to the corner of the ELF's mouth.

"Then activate your radar and scan the surrounding area for any other signals from ELFs—if you find any, I'll buy you some specialty snacks with crystals!"

Selune's Elegy widened its eyes and patted its chest. "Okay, it's on me."

The ELF closed its eyes, pretending to hold its breath, its mouth puffing up, and a dumb-looking strand of hair suddenly popped up on its head, spinning rapidly like a helicopter rotor.

"Are all ELF radars are in the form of dumb hair?"

Immersed in radar scanning, Selune's Elegy didn't hear Luo Lin's complaint. After half a minute of scanning the surroundings, it opened its eyes, panting, and said, "There's nothing noteworthy nearby. Let's go the other way!"

The girl and the ELF headed in another direction. Meanwhile, the dumb hair on Selune's head continued to spin, making Luo Lin tempted to reach out and grab it.

A few minutes later, Selune's Elegy detected a signal, pointing straight to a forest not far from the house—the same forest where they had previously visited the Nian Beast's old home.

"There is something over there!"

Luo Lin and Selune's Elegy entered the forest, attracting a chorus of chirping.

Looking up, they saw a pile of white fluff peeking through the gaps in the leaves, curiously observing the visitors.

"Wow, aren't these just fat chickens!"

Selune's Elegy greeted the Nian Beasts, "Hello there!"

"Cluck?"

The response from these fat white birds puzzled the ELF. "Strange, why do they look less intelligent than the fat chickens I usually interact with..."

Luo Lin explained, "I think these Nian Beasts are different from the fat chickens you're used to. Those are active characters with exceptional intelligence, while these are just ordinary wild creatures..."

"Oh, I see... I miss the Honkai beasts from the previous Honkai events..." The Selune's Elegy said, "Although some only knew how to say 'car car,' they were very relatable... Oh, there's a signal response!"

The ELF pointed to a clearing not far ahead, saying decisively, "It's over there!"

Luo Lin took a few steps and found three stone tablets in the center of the clearing. They appeared to have been carved by Fu Hua herself using Edge of Taixuan, with a few lines of blurry text engraved on them.

"N... What... Fu... Hmm... Could these be the burial mounds for Nuwa and Fuxi? The last one should be a new addition for the 'Book of Fuxi'..."

After carefully examining them, the girl's expression turned subtle. "Wow, it's like burying oneself with her own master... Let me confirm, the signal is here, right?"

"That's correct... but..."

Feeling a chill in the air, Selune's Elegy trembled involuntarily. "M-Master, you don't plan to... dig..."

"Aren't you the Reaper of Shadows? Aren't you not afraid of ghosts? And besides, Nuwa and Fuxi didn't die here; their bodies are probably still in Chiyou's stomach."

Luo Lin once again used the Revelation Key as a shovel and, amidst a group of Nian Beasts' curiosity, uncovered the soil.

Soon, the Valkyrie unearthed a rectangular box of moderate size. The box's material was extraordinary; even the Revelation Key left no marks on it.

After overcoming some strange fear of ghosts, Selune approached and touched the box, then exclaimed, "This is a Soulium box! It should be the shell of some kind of high-tech device! The signal inside is very clear now!"

Luo Lin inspected it from all angles, lifting Selune's Elegy up and gesturing with it over the box. "Hmm, it seems to fit perfectly—this should be 'Book of Fuxi' we're looking for."

Selune's Elegy: "?!?!"

"How do we open this thing?"

After clearing the box with Edge of Taixuan, Luo Lin searched around but found no handle or button to open it.

"Is this reasonable? It's very 'inside the box'!"

After a moment of thought, the girl took off her hairpin and directly inserted the Revelation Key into the Soulium box.

The Divine Key flickered, and the box made a strange sound: "Drip, drip~ hiss—"

"Alright, it's open!"

Luo Lin looked at the "sleeping beauty" inside the box and smiled satisfactorily.

"Hey? Senti, can you hear me? I've found the Book of Fuxi, come take a look..."