Chapter 91

MEI, not particularly interested, said, "So, does that mean he holds a special position here? Hmm, he seems to be doing a good job."

"Yes," Jackal said, his heart filled with a mixture of joy and respect. "He led us in our fight against the Honkai."

"We believe that only our Lord has the power to destroy the Honkai."

"Oh, oh, oh." MEI didn't seem happy at all, or even very interested, as she said, "So, Kevin didn't eliminate the Honkai?"

"Or is it that he accomplished nothing except being your lord?"

MEI adjusted her glasses.

In that instant, Jackal's heart skipped a beat. She realized a serious problem. They were only thinking about bringing Mei back, and only thinking that with Mei there, they could definitely bring the Lord back.

All of this is based on MEI's willingness to help them.

However, they have been ignoring a very serious problem.

They may know their own Lord well, but they don't know MEI! They worship their Lord, but this MEI doesn't know their Lord's opinion.

That's very hard to say.

Jackal was losing her composure; she had forgotten what she had gleaned from the Kuchikamizake and the added ingredients. Relying solely on her remaining intuition, she still felt that Mei had a reason to help them.

Because the relationship between MEI and the Lord is better than they imagined.

But...

'What kind of attitude is this?' Jackal really didn't dare to answer this question easily.

Mei seemed to have simply received an answer; she felt no expectation, no disappointment, no excitement or hope, and no anger or sense of loss.

She simply, very simply wanted an answer.

"That's not the case," the Jackal replied cautiously after a moment's hesitation. "We've just encountered some problems."

"The Lord is currently trapped in the Sea of Quantum and cannot emerge, he..."

"How did he get in?" MEI asked again.

"Something unexpected happened," the Jackal said cautiously. "We don't know exactly what happened between the Lord and that person, but they had a conflict, and then the Lord was trapped in the Sea of Quantum and couldn't get out."

"Who?" MEI asked next.

"SU," Jackal said, "This happened more than 1,500 years ago, and we don't know the specifics of the time."

"We have been trying to extricate the Lord from this situation."

"So..."

"I'm a little interested in your experiment." After listening to Jackal's explanation, MEI didn't listen to Jackal request. She simply pushed up her glasses, as if she had put everything about Kevin aside and stopped paying attention to it.

"Your Excellency..."

The Jackal offered a cautious reminder.

The Lord is still in the Sea of Quantum, we shouldn't be...

"The main problem is the Honkai, isn't it?" MEI said, hands in his pockets. "I think I need to relearn. I've lost too much, and these things seem very different from what I remember."

"We should focus our energy on more important things."

"Kevin, I think he'll understand."

"You should know," MEI said, pointing to her head, "I've forgotten a lot of things, although I think I have a vague impression of Kevin."

"But I can't remember who he is or what happened between us."

"Shouldn't we focus our efforts on dealing with the Honkai before Honkai's eradicated?"

"You're right, aren't you, Miss Jackal?"

"Now," MEI said, "I'd like to see your research materials, and do you have any study materials?"

"I think I need to start learning again."

The Jackal shuddered, as if... they had done something terribly wrong.

"Something incredible has arrived," Himeko said with a headache. "Does this Redhead have that much power? He just lost a supply crate."

"It actually caused chaos and panic throughout the entire ship."

Himeko thought the matter was over and done with, and she didn't care about the supply box at all.

Raiden Ryoma is about to leave the ship; he can't stay here for long. The janitor Li Pu, hasn't appeared for quite some time either.

There has been no news from Dr. Mei in the last two days.

It really feels like a turbulent time.

"Actually, supply crates are very important to us," Theresa said. "They're not as ordinary as you might think."

"If you want better equipment and better weapons, it will be very difficult to get them through application."

"But with supply crates, we might be able to get some weapons that are hard to obtain through applications."

"And you can also get material supply boxes for upgrading armor and weapons."

"That's true," Himeko said, leaning back on the sofa. "It's just a supply crate, is it really necessary to cause such panic throughout the entire ship?"

A supply crate may seem like an ordinary supply item, but it's actually quite important to the liaison officer. And losing a supply crate inexplicably, as part of the logistical support, is indeed a rather unfortunate situation.

If we were to investigate further, it would indeed cause quite a commotion.

"So there's still no result?" Himeko asked.

"The security department has sent people here countless times."

"Do our Valkyrie look like they're resupplying?"

"I'm furious with that dark-faced guy."

"You might not get anything good from the last supply crate."

Himeko seems to be listening to complaints.

"Stop complaining like that," Theresa said. "Major Himeko, the supply crates are indeed very important."

"And you'll get even more different supply crates in the future."

"This is different from the unit you used to be in."

"So you get used to it, about supply crates."

There must be a result.

"But I feel," Theresa said, frowning, "That this matter might not be as simple as just losing a supply crate."

"Dr. Mei hasn't sent any messages back these past few days."

The supply crate incident is not completely over yet, but both Himeko and Theresa firmly believe that this matter is not as simple as just losing a supply crate.

Haven't a lot of things happened in quick succession lately?

It's not just Schicksal that's causing trouble.

The Anti-Entropy has not been as calm as it appears on the surface lately.

Humans are not particularly united creatures; infighting is practically a human tradition. Anti-Entropy involves more than just battling Schicksal.

Anti-Entropy itself is not monolithic.

There was also internal sabotage.

This kind of sabotage is not as simple as who steps down and who steps up, who gains power and who loses it. Throughout history, such struggles have always produced various casualties.

Now, the Anti-Entropy innovators have found another great target.

"Is this the latest information provided by the World Serpent?"

Cocolia, a daughter of Siberia from Lucia. As a woman of a warrior race, she possesses the fierceness, toughness, and aggressiveness typical of them. And of course, those well-developed pectoral muscles!

"Isn't this some kind of conclusive evidence?" Cocolia put down the secret report in her hand.

As the leader of the radical faction, in order to further seize control of Anti-Entropy, she had to undermine the authority of her opponents, even if those opponents were exceptional individuals.

There's nothing that can be done about it; after all, you chose the wrong side.

Cocolia didn't care whether the information was true or false; she also inherited some of the negative traits of Siberia. For example, "Comrade, I don't care about your beliefs or loyalty; I only care if your name is on the list."

The names of the people she wants to target are on the list; the rest are not on her radar.

The authenticity of the intelligence is irrelevant; what matters is this:

When should we take action?

"There's no rush now," Cocolia thought.

'I'm not a pawn of the Gray Serpent!'

Chapter 120 They were quite brave!

'I have a feeling that we might have made a huge mistake?'

The Jackal clutched its head with both hands.

I've finally managed to get rid of that Doctor Mei.

Jackal felt an indescribable fear welling up from her heart. Even when facing the Honkai, when facing those seemingly hopeless situations, she had never felt such fear as she did today.

I never imagined I would feel this way today.

I thought that, as planned, I would kidnap the Doctor from the Hyperion and then, through the Doctor's research, find a way to quickly and smoothly escape the Sea of Quantum.

Under the leadership of the Lord, the Honkai will be destroyed, ushering in a new era for humanity.

A brand new era, one that will never be threatened by Honkai.

That doctor was originally just a very minor incident. Even without her, Jackal believed that with World Serpent's efforts, they could still bring the Lord back.

A PhD is like an accelerator, but not the most important one.

The cold dishes for Lunar New Year's Eve are fine with or without you.

But what is human nature?

Repeating a grade, internal strife, shortcuts.

If there is a very obvious shortcut to success in front of you, would you take it? Of course you would; it's something no one can avoid.

From national leaders to ordinary individuals.

Humans have fully utilized their talents of repeating lessons and being lazy, repeating the same mistakes over and over again, and fantasizing about achieving success overnight.

Just like the optimism of a certain logistics company, they initially thought they could eliminate their biggest competitor in three to five months.

Later, they wanted to divide the country along the Yangtze River and wait for the outbreak of World War III to automatically achieve a complete victory.

Later, they even naively proposed a plan of one year for preparation, two years for a counterattack, three years for quelling the rebellion, and five years for success.

Of course, in reality...

Hehe~

Now, Jackal has the same idea. Now that they've kidnapped Doctor Mei, everything will be easy, right? One month to prepare, two months to bring back the Lord, three months to annex Schicksal and Anti-Entropy, and within a year to destroy the Honkai.

In this way, the world will be at peace.

But the reality is... the reality...

"It's not that we haven't tried hard enough, my lord!" Jackal scratched his head, still unable to understand, and said, "Why is this MEI..."

"Why is this happening?!"

Why is that? I clearly sensed that her relationship with the Lord was special, so why is she paying so little attention to him? According to the script, shouldn't she have started researching and devising a solution as soon as she learned that the Lord was trapped in the Sea of Quantum?

Even if a month isn't enough to prepare, World Serpent can wait!

One year is fine, two years, three years is also fine!

The World Serpent has already waited a year and five hundred years, so it really doesn't matter if it waits another year or two.