It'll Be Hard to Wrap This Up Without Dying Once

Wait a minute.

I'm no longer a member of World Serpent, so why should I follow them?

The Raven fell into deep thought.

Why would someone who is a big boss's personal bodyguard and future mistress, an absolutely neutral person, get involved in this kind of thing?

This looks like a major battle is about to begin!

This isn't right!

This isn't my business! I'm going to run away!

Chapter 475 It's hard to end this without dying once.

"Gray Serpent? I'm clearly no longer World Serpent executive, so why are they still bringing me into this?"

After discovering the problem, the Raven promptly asked the question.

She wanted to run away, not for any other reason than feeling guilty. After all, her status as a "future mistress" meant, to put it kindly, no competition, but to put it bluntly... well, she was just an eyesore.

Adding to what happened last night, Raven was somewhat panicked.

"Why are you only telling me now?" Gray Serpent asked calmly. "You think you can just run away now that you're all this way?"

"Is someone feeling guilty?" Jackal grinned wickedly, adding insult to injury.

Although their relationship had improved slightly, they could only talk normally together at most. If there was time to tease Raven, Jackal would definitely not let the opportunity pass.

The Raven was speechless; she really hadn't considered this possibility at first.

After all, it was Gray Serpent who invited her. Although Raven's presence in the World Serpent has been somewhat detached since her first departure and return, Raven and Gray Serpent actually have a pretty good relationship. After all, she owes her success to Gray Serpent, and Gray Serpent is very tolerant of her on most issues.

So when Gray Serpent said that the World Serpent cadres should go together, Raven didn't react because of inertia.

If it were Jackal inviting her, Raven would be sure she would react immediately.

So the Raven glared fiercely at the Jackal.

You talk too much!

"Alright, stop arguing, we're already here."

Mei glanced at the Raven with a smile.

Well, just like the Raven thought, I think the Raven is rather an eyesore.

Especially since your only physically capable fighter has switched jobs and reserved the position of mistress—even Sakura back then wasn't as arrogant as you!

What's wrong with absolute neutrality?

I'm all about absolute neutrality!

As for Kevin, who is physically capable... he must be out of his mind to get involved.

This means that if Mei is pinned down, there's no one to help her.

Come on, let me show you how powerful our Previous Era was!

Although Mei didn't doubt the unity of her group of bastards, she never doubted their fighting ability.

"Since we're already here..." Raven's eyelids twitched, but he didn't say anything and silently followed Mei into the underground shelter.

First was the Heritage Zone, Raven was most familiar with. As the name suggests, it contained various projections used for heritage transmission and was also the outermost perimeter of the shelter. Mei quickly and easily dispelled it.

They continued deeper in, and the Stasis Pod watched the Raven and the Jackal with twitching eyelids.

"These are..."

"Most of the Fusion Warrior from the Previous Era were not very strong. The vast majority were only equivalent to the slightly weaker A-rank and B-rank Valkyrie of today, as well as some elites from other fields."

Mei shook her head. The Fusion Warrior technology of the Previous Era only consumes your potential. After that, there is basically no room for improvement except for moving towards Artificial Honkai Eruption.

Kevin, who was able to remain compatible even after being stuffed with other Honkai Beast by Mobius, is a completely isolated case.

Putting aside other factors, Valkyrie's A-rank is something you can achieve by gaining experience, much like leveling up in a game. Of course, A-rank is also the highest rank available.

Going further down the line basically requires a certain amount of talent.

The Jackal and Raven relaxed a little after hearing this. Although they had seen quite a few of them along the way, they were not really worried about them.

The biggest problem... is actually Flame-Chasers.

The Jackal with a modicum of sense quickly realized the real problem after a moment's thought—damn it, the Moth Chasers to Fire has inherited the entire team!

It's no exaggeration to say that if everyone here were to awaken, the Moth Chasers to Fire from the Previous Era could be resurrected on the spot at the World Serpent Base.

Okay, the World Serpent's base was the Moth Chasers to Fire's base 50,000 years ago.

Doesn't this immediately create a three-way balance of power with Schicksal Anti-Entropy?

Moreover, they are the ones with the advantage.

Afterwards, Jackal felt somewhat fortunate about the current situation. If it weren't for their own boss, and World Serpent had revealed this power, everyone would probably have really beaten the dog's brains out.

Although Jackal is a bit extreme, as she said before, no matter what she does, she is still a scientist on the human side. Humanity is in a great position now, how can we manage if we start fighting again?

Mei glanced at the Jackal indifferently, and from the change in the Jackal's expression, Mei knew what the Jackal was thinking.

But this is actually a fallacy.

If Liu Bai were around, the Moth Chasers to Fire would never attack anyone else. Even without those guys from the current civilization, Liu Bai would likely coexist with them.

If Liu Bai weren't there, a fight might indeed break out. However, there would definitely be people on our side who would choose to switch sides to Schicksal or Anti-Entropy due to ideological differences. In the end, we might still find ourselves coexisting for various reasons.

Besides, Otto... Mei also admits that he is not an easy opponent, and can be even crazier than herself when necessary.

However, it was good that Jackal had some awareness, so he didn't correct him and continued to lead the group inside.

Before long, the group reached the deepest part of the Moth Chasers to Fire.

The Jackal visibly tensed up as no password was entered for authentication.

"What's wrong, Jackal?" Raven asked casually.

"Ahem... I'm about to meet my teacher, in person. I'm a little nervous."

The Jackal didn't try to hide anything and answered directly.

"Although I've seen many projections, this is the first time I've seen a real person."

"It's rare to see you get nervous."

"It's not a matter of being nervous or not, it's just pure admiration for academic ability—never mind, you wouldn't understand even if I told you that."

The Jackal rolled its eyes at the Raven with disdain, but the Raven didn't care at all—it was used to it.

She wasn't uncomfortable at all. Although she had seen the projections of these Flame-Chasers before, she wasn't really familiar or close to any of them. Unlike the Jackal who had a legacy, she was a little uneasy.

... Of course, she was mainly feeling guilty.

With the roar of the mechanical door, a room much smaller than the outside space appeared before them. Inside, eight Stasis Pod were neatly arranged in front of them.

Except for Sakura, Hua, Kevin, and Su, who are not here, everyone else's Stasis Pod are here.

The Gray Serpent and the Jackal's gazes lingered for a moment on the face of the green-haired loli in the Stasis Pod.

Mei did a quick hands-on check.

"Hmm, there haven't been any problems. It has been operating smoothly for 50,000 years, so we can lift the hibernation."

Mei continued to enter the key on the console, and the next moment, the entire underground shelter roared.

Everyone else had only one feeling—the shelter, they were alive.

"Ah~~ Good morning~ Is it time to get up?"

Elysia yawned and stretched in the already opened Stasis Pod.

A quick glance revealed that the others had already come out.

"Everyone woke up really early..."

"Not everyone can be as heartless as you." Mobius, still with a loli-like figure, rolled her eyes at Elysia.

They all woke up the moment their Stasis Pod were released, except for Elysia, who was sleeping soundly as if nothing had happened.

Elysia ignored Mobius's sharp tongue and easily jumped out of the Stasis Pod.

"Hey, where's Liu Bai? Where's Liu Bai? His girlfriend's awakened!"

"The teacher couldn't come because of something," Mei said calmly.

You bastard, you come out and do this to me, right?

You might as well go back to your Stasis Pod and continue sleeping. I'll release you during the final battle.

"Eh..."

Elysia showed a look of disappointment, but it was fleeting.

"So now Liu Bai is doing very well."

"Of course it's great, great enough to sleep with other women." Mei dropped a bombshell on the spot.

"What the hell!?" Before Elysia could explode, Mobius exploded first.

The Gray Serpent covered its face in response, knowing that its snake master would be the first to explode upon hearing this news.

"Mei! Repeat what you said to me?"

"Sleeping with other women, the physical ones—do I need to go into more detail?"

"What are you good for?!"

Just when Mei thought Mobius would go berserk and start stabbing people, Mobius jumped up and punched Mei to the ground.

"Mei! What good are you?"

"???"

Even Mei was a little stunned after taking Mobius's "light" punch.

No, you're blaming me now?

"Was it my fault?"

"If it's not your fault, whose fault is it! Do you think I expect Hua to supervise Liu Bai?" Mobius was furious. "Anyway, you're just a nobody who can't steal anything! Hua, on the other hand, is the one who dares to steal!"

"..."

Hearing Mobius's furious words, Mei fell silent. So, in your eyes, I'm just a nobody who can't even steal a bite of food?

She desperately wanted to fight back, but... she couldn't win.

"I think the idea of relying on small fry to keep an eye on Liu Bai is flawed." Eden elegantly smoothed his hair. "But speaking of which, what's the situation with the body? Did you manage to successfully research what Mobius left behind?"

Upon hearing this, Mobius paused for a moment to calm down. Well, if Mei failed to successfully put his research into practice, then Mobius wouldn't mind giving Mei a way out.

"I'm sorry, it has absolutely nothing to do with your outlandish experiment that you wrote with your feet, Mobius."

Mei's tone was also very impolite.

"So you were just messing around with it on your own back then. If you handed it to me, I would definitely send it back to you. As for the teacher's body, it's a new ability, five hours of physical time a day."

"Five hours? That's not bad..." Eden nodded thoughtfully, then looked at Vil-V, "Vil-V, what does your lover think?"

"Look at you!" The conductor's face darkened, and he retorted without hesitation.

"Oh, so it's not exciting enough because we didn't see it with our own eyes?"

Eden looked enlightened.

"Five hours is useless!" Mobius said irritably. "It's not even enough for me alone!"

"You really think you're a snake?"

Mei showed no mercy whatsoever.

If you say that everyone else doesn't have enough time, that's fine, but what if you say you don't have enough time?

Do you have no shame?

"What does this have to do with whether you consider yourself a snake or not? Just imagine having the physique of Fusion Warrior, doing this for five hours straight without even breaking a sweat!" Mobius retorted. "No one would give up after just a few moves, would they?"