Welt Feels the Generational Gap

"Don't put too much pressure on yourself. We still have time. There will only be more and more Herrscher in the future, Kevin's return won't be a problem. In short, take it easy and don't take temporary gains and losses too seriously."

Skyfire softened his expression and looked at Gray Serpent with concern.

Gray Serpent's spirits lifted, and the fatigue from days of busy work vanished. He nodded solemnly and said:

"Yes, Skyfire!"

The Raven, who had long been tired of working life, was helplessly enduring the Jackal's ravages while feeling a strange sense of déjà vu.

Why does this feel like it's on the CPU?

Haha! It must be an illusion! Where would World Serpent get capitalists, right?

"Ugh, I'm so sleepy!"

At the St. Freya Academy, late at night, Delta had just been pushed off the plane by Wendy. She looked so sleepy that she could barely keep her eyes open, and she kept yawning, not greeting anyone who came to greet her.

Durandal didn't mind at all, and simply smiled and said welcome.

Theresa stood at the back with her head down, looking like a wilted flower, completely devoid of energy—and rightly so. She couldn't explain all the expenses spent on HOMU, and now she was worried about whether she could keep her position as the headmistress, or whether she would be forced to die in the entire Schicksal Society. Everyone was waiting for Otto to bring down the guillotine, so it would be strange if she had any energy!

Only Wendy and Rita, two normal working professionals, remained, engaging in workplace communication.

"It's been a long time, Lady Rita. How have you been?"

"Everything is fine, except... I've been working overtime the whole time."

Rita smiled, while giving Durandal was completely oblivious, a resentful look.

The patrol work was started by this silly goose, but the most tired one was Rita, the all-around maid. Durandal was wholeheartedly devoted to her work, didn't even notice her best friend's resentment and was only concerned with exploiting her labor 24 hours a day.

Honestly, if it weren't for Theresa and Anqi in St. Freya, Rita probably wouldn't have been able to take it and would have run back to headquarters with her bucket.

Wendy looked at Rita's dark circles, which even makeup couldn't hide, and gave Rita a sympathetic hug—she was suddenly a little glad that her partner was a lazy bum rather than a workaholic, at least she could arrange her time freely and wouldn't suffer from sleep deprivation.

"Don't you think I'm pretty good this way, Wendy?"

"No, no, no, you'd better be serious. Sometimes I'm really afraid that if I forget to take you out for some sunshine, you'll grow mushrooms along with your wheelchair."

"Tch, Wendy, you're such a hypocrite! But I don't dislike Wendy for that reason."

"Ahem! We're talking about serious matters! Go take a nap over there and don't bother me."

Wendy kept a straight face, immune to Delta's kind words, and simply waved her hand dismissively.

Then he turned to Rita, his expression serious, and asked in a low voice:

"Isn't it said that the intelligence work in St. Freya is not very good, and that it was once deeply infiltrated by Anti-Entropy? Will our intelligence be leaked since we came to St. Freya like this?"

"It doesn't matter. Anyone with a discerning eye can easily guess that we'll be heading to the East China Sea to blockade Cocolia. We can't hide it from them anyway, so we might as well openly show them the determination of Schicksal. This will only serve to intimidate some of the lowly monsters and demons."

"It's good that Your Excellency knows what's going on. I'm just worried that coming here like this might lead to mistakes and delay important matters."

"Don't be nervous. All possible routes are heavily guarded. If the Gem of Serenity is really delivered, it won't escape our notice. Now is not the time. You can rest for a while and wait for news... One room?"

As she finished speaking, Rita looked at Wendy and Delta with amusement, her eyes filled with curiosity, gossip, and anticipation.

If there's anything more exciting than seeing two adorable little girls, it's watching them snuggle together.

Rita really loves this couple. Just watching them get along makes all the hard work of the past few days seem insignificant.

Wendy turned to look at the dozing Delta, rubbed her forehead, shook her head, and said helplessly:

"Just one room, we're used to sleeping together anyway, someone has to take care of her, right?"

"Understood, I'll make the arrangements right away and make sure you two have a comfortable few days."

Wendy thanked her sincerely and pushed the sleeping Delta to her room to rest.

Only after entering the room and closing the door did she mutter to herself in a daze:

"I feel like Rita Rita's expression is a bit strange. Is there something odd about Delta and me?"

Wendy, who grew up in a rather simple environment, hasn't yet connected this to anything strange, and can only assume it's just an unusual behavior due to working too much overtime.

Then she turned around and saw Delta struggling to crawl onto the bed, and was immediately horrified:

"Don't just climb onto the bed! At least take off your shoes and wash your feet before I get in!"

"Tomorrow... tomorrow I'll have them... change the sheets, right?... I'm sleeping here Zzz..."

"No! Get down here right now!"

"I'm... not smelly Zzz..."

Is it a matter of whether it smells or not?

Even though we've slept together for so long, I know you don't smell bad, and you just took a shower before coming, but it still bothers me psychologically!

Can't you have a little bit of a girl's self-awareness and be a little cleaner?

Wendy forcefully pulled Delta off and carried her into the bathroom. Just taking care of this infuriatingly lazy partner already required all her strength; Wendy had no time to think about anything else.

Chapter 187 Welt sensed the generation gap

"Dr. Maki... Dr. Maki!"

"Huh? Uh... what just happened to me?"

Maki suddenly woke up from the strong push-back feeling in the back seat, covered her forehead, and shook her head uncomfortably.

His gradually clearing consciousness told him that he should be in the mech that Cocolia had arranged to meet him, but he couldn't remember anything after entering the mech.

"I apologize for disturbing your rest. However, I must confirm whether the HSN-B46 serum you have really has the effect of eliminating the body's Honkai Energy?"

The intense vibrations of the mecha, along with Kuerla's urgent questions, made Maki forget the memory gap she had just experienced.

She was probably too tired during this period, with a heavy physical and mental burden, so she fell asleep as soon as she stepped out of Otto's control range. This is quite normal for an elderly person.

Maki thought to herself, then gripped the serum in her hand and nodded vigorously.

"I'm sure it has that effect."

"Alright, Lady Cocolia trusts you. In that case, we will give up the Gem of Serenity."

"Wait, what did you say?"

Maki was suddenly startled, and her old face changed color abruptly.

"Do you know what Schicksal is going to do with the Gem of Serenity? If Otto continues to use this stone like that, what's the point of my escape?"

"But with the gem, we will face endless pursuit from Schicksal! Doctor, your serum and research ideas are the most important. Lady Cocolia said that these are the key to changing the world. The gem is no longer important!"

"No! If destiny takes the Schicksal back, then all of this will have been meaningless!"

"... Then I cannot guarantee our safety. Doctor, I must remind you how dangerous this is. I have already lost several comrades-in-arms, all of whom were the bravest and most upright soldiers."

Whether Kuerla's upright or not is hard to say, but since it's Anqi herself, she's definitely brave and fearless.

After a moment of silence, amidst the booming sounds of the outside world, Maki spoke:

"Sorry."

"It's okay, I'm sorry too."

Kuerla, piloting the Titan at breakneck speed across the night sky, responded casually.

Yes, I'm sorry, we have no grudge against each other.

I pushed you to your death simply because I needed to. We're all bad people, so let's not look down on each other. Blame it on your weakness, and also on your bad luck that you happened to catch my eye.

"Boom!!!"

The firelight illuminated the night sky.

Amidst the widespread smoke and dust of the explosion, Kuerla, clad in armor, crashed to the ground. He glanced back at the relentless pursuit of his enemies, a slight smirk playing on his lips beneath his helmet, before turning and disappearing into the wasteland.

"Don't worry about me, take the gem and leave. Don't let Schicksal get it!"

"Sizzle sizzle..."

The alarming images, fragmented and intermittent from the explosions and flames, were transmitted to Welt as he drove along.

The three long-time partners, who had worked together seamlessly, all frowned as they watched.

"That's the situation. The team I sent out is now down to Kuerla, who is fighting alone with the Gem of Serenity, serum samples, and research data. The East Sea Base is under Otto's watchful eye, and anyone I send to reinforce will be besieged. I can only rely on the Alliance Leader to step in."

Where is it located?

"She strayed from the planned retreat route in the chaos and is now roughly in the southeastern corner of the Kukuxuan Snowfield. Damn it, if I hadn't moved out of Siberia yet, I might still be able to reach her!"

"Hasn't that meant they've almost escaped half the planet?"

Welt compared the map in his mind and was immediately shocked.

Firstly, I didn't expect the Titan BT72 Model to have such incredible endurance; secondly, it's because of Kuerla's personal abilities.

Not only did he provoke the Schicksal, but he also managed to escape from the Schicksal Headquarters to a distance of half a planet. Such extraordinary bravery—whose general is he?

Oh, it's mine?

That's alright then.

Welt's love for talent emerged. Isn't the growth and development of an organization all about these passionate, loyal, and highly capable individuals?

This person must be saved, even if it's not for the gems and serum. Not saving him would be a disservice to the goddess of fate's great favor to us, Anti-Entropy!

Even Raiden Ryoma, who was at odds with Cocolia, couldn't help but nod to himself, making a note of this young man whom he had never heard of before he went to prison.

"Ryoma, open the hatch."

"Yes, Alliance Leader."

Welt leaped into the air, his tall figure plunging into the boundless night, transforming into a black shadow as he sped off towards the snowfield.

It was a very lively night.

Schicksal pursues Anti-Entropy Titan across half a planet.

Even though the vast gap in technological levels prevented secular countries from discovering anything through technical means, the pursuing teams would always pass through towns and cities. As a result, many major powers with advanced intelligence capabilities noticed some clues one after another.

Europe inquired about Schicksal.

The Americas are testing the waters at the Anti-Entropy Headquarters.

In Asia, they are mainly gathering information from Cocolia and Theresa.

Unfortunately, no one had the mind to heed the doubts of secular society.

The fate of the Gem of Serenity will be decided by an unprecedented large-scale conflict. At this moment, there are only three protagonists on this planet— Schicksal, Anti-Entropy, and World Serpent.

Not to mention the unease and helplessness of secular states.

Welt arrived at the snowfield at dawn. By then, the satellite images had already been interfered with by Schicksal and were unusable for the time being, so he directly manufactured a massive number of drones to conduct a carpet search for any traces of the escape.

At the same moment Welt made his move, on another part of the snowfield, the Machine God and Valkyrie forces that had been chasing Kuerla landed to adjust their condition and recuperate.

At the very front, the heavily wounded Silver-helmeted Warrior was bound by an invisible force, suspended in mid-air, unable to move.

"My goodness, who is this guy? He escaped all the way from the Mediterranean to this place. Are you guys deliberately letting him escape?"

Delta floated steadily to the front of the pursuing team without touching the ground, yawning as she asked casually.

"Delta, we... we are truly ashamed!"

The leading Valkyrie stepped forward, overwhelmed with shame.

To be honest, they also wanted to curse.

They were just a few Titans, at most fast-flying, but their firepower was negligible. Yet these few iron lumps were incredibly cunning and tenacious, splitting up, flanking, harassing, and engaging in guerrilla warfare along the way. No matter how many attacks they endured, not a single one retreated or fell behind. So far, all the pursuers have delayed the enemy's advance by self-destructing in the most tragic way.

Their main opponents have always been the Suicide Soldier and Honkai Beast, and occasionally those who have touched Honkai Energy, but they are all pitifully weak and have no power to fight back against the Valkyrie.

Despite the Valkyrie's exhaustion at facing such an unusual opponent, they simply couldn't bring themselves to hate them.

Therefore, when faced with Delta, who stopped Kuerla, the Valkyrie, with their complicated feelings, couldn't care less about Delta stealing their prize; they only felt ashamed.

Delta raised an eyebrow, waved her hand casually, signaling the Valkyrie to rest on the spot, and then floated lightly to Kuerla's side.

"Hey, you amazing lady, let's make a deal. Give me the gems and let me end this business trip. I'll give you face and let you off the hook, okay?"