The Final Meal

It's true that the Venerable Lord is awesome for not winning, but his execution is... well...

Sigh, if that idiot were on our side, we wouldn't have been forced into such a miserable situation.

Now that he's joined Schicksal, if he can suppress Otto's actions to some extent, then our World Serpent might be able to gain some breathing room...

—If I really thought that way, my IQ would probably be about the same as Jackal's.

It's one thing that this guy has a good relationship with Venerable Lord Kevin, but if he could plot against Venerable Lord 1,500 years ago, how could he release Venerable Lord today 1,500 years later?

Damn it, that bastard must have already contacted the people on the Anti-Entropy side and told them to keep a close eye on Haiyuan City, the 'eye' of the Quantum Sea.

After all, he is the holder of the Void Key. Knowing the coordinates of the Anti-Entropy Headquarters, he could probably teleport there instantly with just a breath.

Furthermore, given his ability to create World Bubble, if he were to create a clone using the corresponding power in the same spot, Otto might not even realize that 'Su left the Thousand Worlds Annihilation'.

With his eloquence and abilities, it wouldn't be difficult for him to persuade Siegfried and Welt to pay attention to Haiyuan City.

After all, although these two are at odds with the World Serpent, they are on the side of humanity.

If we lay out the Stigmata Plan out in the open, those two idiots will definitely think, "Oh, this project is inhumane," and "We need to keep an eye on Haiyuan City and prevent Kevin from getting out."

It's difficult to handle.

During this period, Siegfried used the Heavenly Fire: Unleashed, which could harm himself, four times in four battles: the Third Honkai Outbreak of Changkong City, the unsealing of Chiyou in Nine Nether, the Fourth Honkai Outbreak of Singapore, and the duel between England and the Heavenly Father.

Welt Young's health has clearly never been good.

However, even though both of them were on their last breath...

Even with those two little girls and the support of the brain chip, it's basically impossible for them to win.

Moreover, Wendy has been held captive by us for so long, yet she has managed to maintain a reasonably good mental state.

This little girl—she even has the nerve to make faces!

We exposed all of Otto's dirty secrets, but after self-hypnosis, she directly thought, "You must have fabricated these dirty secrets to make me despair," and ignored all the evidence.

Otto —how did he manage to act so well!

If all else fails, we'll have to try another method.

Even if Siegfried and Welt are very strong, they still have weaknesses.

The flaw lies in their 'moral bottom line'.

The twins were essentially victims.

By adding the option to make them appear to be in pain and struggling to the manipulation program on the brain chip, these two people will realize that they are also victims, which may lead them to show mercy when attacking.

Of course, this is still not enough for me to complete my subsequent plans.

Removing the gem from Wendy's body is now highly unlikely.

So, when the time comes, Wendy, who has lost her ability to fight, will be thrown directly into the Abyssal Eye during the chaos, taking a gamble in this way.

The Desire Gem remained in Wendy's body in an unstable state; it did not completely disappear.

Therefore, throwing Wendy into the Abyssal Eye is actually equivalent to throwing the Herrscher Core into the Abyssal Eye.

The Gray Serpent had thought this method was not very reliable, so it wanted to remove the gem.

But now—he has no choice.

One by one, Otto secretly dismantled the bases; if this dragged on any longer, the problem would become even more serious.

Now, those unimportant bases of the World Serpent have been sold off in one fell swoop because the Raven found out about them.

While the remaining important bases are temporarily safe, given the capabilities of Otto's elite intelligence personnel and the possible clues left within them, none of the remaining bases are truly secure.

While Venerable Lord Kevin is indeed powerful, Gray Serpent believes that once he emerges, he will be able to suppress everything.

However, if Otto destroys all of World Serpent's bases, even if Kevin is eventually released, he will have to spend more time preparing again because of insufficient manpower and preparation when he wants to carry out the Stigmata Plan.

If everything goes smoothly, this outcome is not unacceptable to Gray Serpent.

But now—can this situation still be considered normal?

The intervals between the first, second, third, and Fourth Honkai Outbreak were forty-eight years, fourteen years, and fifty days, respectively.

Even just looking at the unit, Gray Serpent felt like he was suffocating.

The Honkai is accelerating; in other words, the arrival of the Cocoon of Finality will definitely come much sooner than they originally estimated.

If we keep dragging this out, the Venerable Lord will return before he even gets to eat Chiyou sashimi, and the Finality probably come knocking on our door.

It's decided. Let the Jackal apply all the potions and all those Death Weaver she created at once.

Deploy enough of 'us' to inject the drug at the same time, and then send all the Emperor-class and other combat forces rushing up at once.

If Siegfried and Welt hadn't unleashed the power of the Divine Key, they wouldn't have been able to defeat these opponents so quickly.

But once they unlocked the Divine Key...

Siegfried's body will suffer the fifth devastation from the Flame-Chaser's Judgment this quarter.

Welt's already poor health will only get worse as a result.

Moreover, if all those Emperor-class were to self-destruct at a crucial moment, it would still be enough to endanger the lives of these two.

If any link in these plans succeeds, the crippled Siegfried and Welt will no longer be able to stop us from completing the subsequent plans.

The biggest problem now is—the coordinates of Haiyuan City!

That idiot Cocolia never got the coordinates of Haiyuan City, even until her death!

While I can't say I didn't benefit at all from working with her, this woman... just thinking about her makes me angry every time I think about her.

Let our fellow members within Anti-Entropy take note of Anti-Entropy's recent activities.

It's just a pity that conservatives are really too conservative in this regard.

Unlike Cocolia, which continued to expand, the conservatives were very strict in their vetting of members within their own faction.

Of course, it's probably because Cocolia's antics were so severe that even her own people, who were also Anti-Entropy, were on guard.

It is precisely because of this that the World Serpent spies, who should be ubiquitous, still haven't obtained the exact coordinates of Haiyuan City.

Although Gray Serpent might be able to pinpoint the exact coordinates of Haiyuan City by continuing to analyze the movements of the Anti-Entropy mechs and other ordinary data, he really didn't want to drag it out any longer.

The situation is urgent, and he can't wait for Venerable Lord Kevin to emerge from seclusion tomorrow, sweep away all enemies, and then launch the Stigmata Plan to save the world.

However, it seems that the plan that No. 1904 reported to me before has already succeeded.

Using the blood of the strong to create powerful gene fusion experimental subjects...

If the probability of the experiment succeeding wasn't so low, and if we didn't have the time, I would really like to see what kind of destructive power this experimental object could bring after mass production.

Just then, the administrator, Gray Serpent, suddenly received a communication from within the Gray Serpent network.

"Hmm, 1904? I was just about to ask that—what did you say?"

"The only successful test subject escaped???"

I know you suspect I let the test subject escape, but this time it really isn't my fault.

At another base, Gray Serpent 1904, having already reviewed the base's surveillance footage, reluctantly transmitted the video to the Gray Serpent network.

[This test subject actually possesses the ability to teleport—an ability that originally belonged to the Herrscher of the Void, who knows how it ended up in her!]

Good news—the experimental subject we created is very strong.

Bad news—the test subject was too strong and ran away.

[And don't expect me to have a tracking device on her; who could have predicted that she could slip away while soaking in nutrient solution?]

"Alright, let's leave it at that."

Although some resources and time were wasted, the administrator Gray Serpent, was very unhappy.

However, at present, Gray Serpent's focus is still on rescuing Kevin and carrying out the Stigmata Plan.

Everything else is just a minor detail. The test subject has escaped, so he can't afford to waste manpower and resources chasing after it.

That's strange, the speed at which this experimental subject developed self-awareness is too fast.

I have a feeling...

—Could it be that she was guided by something before she was able to run away?

St. Freya Academy

Inside the St. Freya Academy, Lin Yu, who was on patrol today, watched as Stan scratched something on the ground with his claws and roughly understood what Stan meant.

"So, you're thinking of moving to a different place?"

Upon hearing Lin Yu's words, Stan nodded vigorously, giving Lin Yu a hopeful look in his eyes.

"Turn down."

Seeing Stan's look, Lin Yu said irritably.

"I don't have time to go outside every day to feed you cat food."

"Meow meow meow meow (I don't need my boss to feed me, I can take care of myself!)"

"Besides, there are many reasons why I let you stay in the dorm."

"First of all, you are, after all, a modified Honkai Beast from World Serpent's side. Just because I believe you doesn't mean that Branch Leader Theresa and Major Himeko believe you."

"Meow (yes)..."

"You have to operate under their noses; that's what I consider their 'bottom line.' If you go outside and hurt other students, then..."

"Meow (I don't have the guts)!"

"And besides..."

After recalling what had happened, Lin Yu said helplessly to Stan.

"Kiana needs someone else to protect her, and I can't always be by her side."

"You're usually like a little kitten, very good at disguising yourself, so you can play a crucial role in critical moments."

"Kiana's defense isn't me, it's you, and—I can only ask you for this, understand?"

Stan wanted to say, "She doesn't need my protection at all; she's way scarier than me," but his boss had already made his point...

Sigh, it wouldn't be appropriate to cause any more trouble.

Even now, as Lin Yu gazes at Stan with a gentle expression, Stan still hasn't forgotten the terrifying aura that erupted from Lin Yu when he threw that punch that night.

Even today, Stan still feels that the aura that is completely different from the feeling of 'a superior being suppressing a subordinate' still makes him think that the boss should be the strongest person in the dormitory.

It's currently living under someone else's roof and still being picky... What if it goes too far one day and gets beaten up or even sent to be dissected as an experimental subject? That would be embarrassing.

Even if you follow your heart, the boss won't allow it. At times like this, you might as well just obediently listen to him.

At the same time, Lin Yu also received a communication from Otto.

"What?! My application for transportation was rejected?"

On the explanation for the rejection of the application, Lin Yu saw a sentence written by Otto.

Rushing into everything will only hurt you—just relax and relax, we'll talk about this later.

Damn it, they won't even make me any equipment.

Damn, everything is speeding up now. Could Otto also want to accelerate the progress of his plans?

The awakening of the Herrscher of the Void didn't happen until two and a half years later. Otto, that bastard...

—Could it be that you also want to bring this up recently and do something drastic?

Chapter 190. Last Meal Before Beheading

The bells floating around the academy make it hard to believe that this place is actually a 'military camp' for training anti- Honkai warriors.

Although she hadn't had much contact with the Fire Moth organization before becoming the Corrosion Herrscher, after spending some time in the illusion, she had a general idea of how arduous and rigorous the warriors' training was.