The Invincible Durandal Has Fallen!

"Speak, what do you want?" Cocolia's voice didn't come from the communicator, but from the loudspeaker in the ME Company's corridor.

"I need materials, lots of materials, lots of Honkai Beasts and Militants materials. As for the price... well, that depends on how much your daughter is worth," Chen Luo said bluntly.

Chen Luo urgently needs materials to refine puppets. Although he can use the Militants he picks up on the road, this kind of local sourcing is not a long-term solution. Chen Luo can't stay in Changkong City forever.

The drop rate for materials from defeating Honkai Beasts and Militants is extremely low, so the only option is to extort money from them.

"What do you need these materials for?"

"What's it to you? Just tell me if you're selling or not. If you're not selling, your daughter is actually quite a good prospect..." Chen Luo pinched Xing's arm under his butt.

To be fair, apricot, as a high-grade human material, is far superior to those materials used by Honkai Beasts and Militants.

However, since Chen Luo was not comfortable with that style of human body modification, he was willing to settle for second best.

Besides, Chen Luo needs to practice with ordinary materials right now. Chen Luo can't handle such high-level materials right away.

"Okay, I can promise you that you can take all the materials from ME Company now. I can also open the secret room to you. But you have to promise me that I'll put Apricot in there afterward," Cocolia said over the loudspeaker.

"Wait, you're trying to get something for nothing! Even without you, wouldn't all the materials from ME Company be mine?" Chen Luo immediately interrupted Cocolia.

Cocolia has really got a good plan.

"But without my help, you won't be able to find those hidden places where the materials are stored. And even if you do find them, I can activate the self-destruct mode so you won't be able to get them," Cocolia said decisively.

"Well... alright, I agree." After hesitating for a moment, Chen Luo agreed to Cocolia's request.

Since Chen Luo's original goal wasn't Xing, but the Honkai energy Reactor, extorting money from her was just a side effect.

Another thing is to let Durandal know about the Pseudo-Herrscher that is being conceived.

That Pseudo-Herrscher was a candidate, and was actually being slowly Honkai by the Honkai.

According to the original plot, Raiden Mei was conceived as a substitute and became Pseudo-Herrscher after leaving Changkong City before fully awakening.

But this time, because of Chen Luo's intervention, Raiden Mei left too quickly.

So for some reason, this Pseudo-Herrscher began to develop rapidly.

After nearly two days of development, this Pseudo-Herrscher is slowly maturing.

If the opponent truly becomes Pseudo-Herrscher, Chen Luo's skills will fall behind, so now is the best time to reap the rewards.

For Chen Luo, this kind of semi-finished Pseudo-Herrscher is the most suitable material.

At the same time, since the Pseudo-Herrscher themselves are not human, using Pseudo-Herrscher to create dolls will not shake Chen Luo's pitiful, stubborn, and self-deceiving humanity.

Although the "Bio-Doll" branch of the puppeteer profession sounds rather inhuman, Chen Luo felt that he should try his best to maintain humanity whenever possible.

For example, Chen Luo wouldn't use the apricot from under his buttocks, which is obviously rarer, to make a doll.

Chen Luo first took out a rope from his backpack and neatly wrapped it around Xing 20 times, binding her securely. Then, he found a remote-controlled bomb among the supplies Liu Wenxuan had given him and tied it to Xing's body. Only then did he begin the ME Company exploration journey with Xing.

To be honest, the materials from ME Company weren't as plentiful as Chen Luo had imagined.

Perhaps because Cocolia was responsible for this Great Honkai, Cocolia knew exactly when it would Honkai and thus moved some precious items away beforehand.

Even so, Chen Luo still reaped considerable rewards.

After all, what is precious to Cocolia and Anti-Entropy is nothing precious to Chen Luo.

For example, the precious data in the Anti-Entropy Database is extremely valuable to both Anti-Entropy and Schicksal, but it's just so-so to Chen Luo.

Even so, Chen Luo still copied the data and gave a copy to Durandal as well.

The physical valuable items can be transferred, but the data cannot.

Originally, this was supposed to be destroyed afterward, but Cocolia never expected that someone would be brave enough to come all the way to the Anti-Entropy headquarters— ME Company —in Changkong City, where the 3rd Great Honkai had just occurred.

Fortunately, some core data requires keys, which Chen Luo and his team can't take, and Cocolia isn't willing to tell Chen Luo. As for the peripheral data, it's fine if it's lost.

The most precious thing in ME Company right now is probably that super-powerful Honkai energy reactor.

Cocolia was determined not to give this to Chen Luo, and Chen Luo couldn't move it anyway.

Within ME Company, a subsidiary of Anti-Entropy, Chen Luo didn't actually find much data on human experimentation. After all, Anti-Entropy was founded on high technology, so Chen Luo did collect quite a few high-tech firearms and ammunition.

If this were the Schicksal Research Lab, it would be full of human experiments.

So overall, Anti-Entropy is still better than Schicksal, at least in terms of humanity. This refers to the conservative faction of Anti-Entropy. The radical faction... is even worse than Schicksal. Even disregarding the Third Honkai, that bastard Cocolia is still thinking of using the Serenity Gem to trigger another Honkai. That's truly inhuman!

Besides the materials, Chen Luo also readily accepted all the mechs in ME Company's hangar that dared not attack Chen Luo, putting them all into his backpack.

This also made Durandal and Cocolia, who saw the situation through monitoring, secretly marvel at Chen Luo's amazing spatial storage technology.

"It's a pity that Schicksal has moved up the timeline," Cocolia sighed.

Watching Chen Luo rummage through the surveillance cameras, Cocolia was furious but helpless as she saw him looting valuable items from ME Company.

With Durandal, currently the strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal, by his side, sending any number of mechs would be like sending them to their deaths. Moreover, 90% of the mechs currently stationed in Changkong City are now in Chen Luo's backpack.

But the apricot is worth the price.

This is not because Anzu came from Cocolia Orphanage, but because Anzu herself is one of the very few high-end combatants around Cocolia.

Anti-Entropy's mech and airship technology is indeed advanced, and it can win by sheer numbers, but high-end combat power is something that can never be lacking.

After binding the apricots into a rice dumpling again with iron chains and throwing them into a ME Company basement, Chen Luo and Durandal slipped away.

Chen Luo did this because he was afraid that Xing would launch another reckless attack after being liberated, since Xing was indeed capable of anything.

As for how Apricot, who was bound hand and foot like a dumpling, would escape, that would have to be done by Cocolia's people.

Mechs are out of the question. Almost all of Anti-Entropy's mechs in Changkong City are now in Chen Luo's hands. Besides, mechs can't perform such precise unbinding operations.

However, Cocolia never understood why Chen Luo wanted the mecha.

Chen Luo already has a lot of data, but the mech with the remote control system can't be used by him. What does he need it for?

Unless Chen Luo possesses hacking skills comparable to Bronya's, but the other party clearly did not demonstrate similar abilities, they were even unable to properly copy ME Company's database, ultimately leaving it to Durandal to do.

"What did you throw next to the Honkai energy reactor?" Durandal asked as they walked out of ME Company.

Durandal just saw Chen Luo throw something next to the Honkai reactor from a blind Honkai energy in the surveillance camera's view, but because he threw it so fast, Durandal didn't see it clearly.

"Who knows?" Chen Luo shrugged.

Chen Luo couldn't very well admit that he had thrown his Vision into it, could he?

Even after leaving ME Company, Chen Luo could still feel the pleasant sense of satisfaction emanating from his Vision.

In any case, as long as Chen Luo wants it, the Vision will immediately return to Chen Luo's backpack.

Do you even understand the value of "binding"?

As for damage? If you can even scratch this thing, I'll livestream myself being stewed in this iron pot!

"Unfortunately, the little girl's parents are really gone."

This was a surveillance video that Chen Luo had Cocolia investigate while he was scavenging for supplies. The video clearly showed that both of the other party's parents had died because they could not withstand the erosion of Honkai energy. There were no Militants left, but this could be considered another kind of peace.

"Let's go, it's time to find that Pseudo-Herrscher who hasn't fully developed yet. I think you Schicksal are also very curious about it." Chen Luo said as he cast a flight spell on himself.

"By the way, I don't think I'll have to carry you again this time, do I?" Chen Luo asked tentatively.

"What do you think?" Durandal glanced at Chen Luo.

"..."

While carrying a beautiful girl through the sky might sound interesting, Durandal is actually quite heavy. The main problem is the weight of the lance she carries and the armor she wears, and she is completely unaware of her own weight.

"Alright, come on up," Chen Luo said helplessly.

"..." Durandal looked at the unwilling boy in front of her and subconsciously tapped him on the head with the butt of her lance.

The way you're making it look like I desperately want you to carry me on your back.

Whom are you complaining about?

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Chapter 89 The invincible Durandal has fallen!

Durandal walked alone into the classroom of the Chiba Academy and looked at the girl in front of her who was entangled by countless vines and thorns.

Even though the girl knelt quietly in the center of the classroom as if she were dead, seemingly harmless, the countless corpses entangled in vines around her testified to how terrifying she was.

Or perhaps the girl herself wasn't scary at all, just an ordinary person, but under the influence of the Honkai, after becoming Pseudo-Herrscher, she instantly transformed into the most ferocious enemy to humanity.

However, the other party is currently in the process of gestation and cannot even move, so it can be said to be in its weakest state.

Looking at the girl before her, Durandal raised the spear in her hand.

"Why hasn't Durandal come out yet? Why is she taking so long?" On the roof of the teaching building, Chen Luo complained as he shot at the scattered Militants in the distance with his bow.

Isn't it just Pseudo-Herrscher that hasn't fully matured yet? It's just a matter of one shot, isn't it?

Chen Luo looked at his panel, anticipating the arrival of the Primogem.

As Durandal is a teammate, the enemies she defeats or kills can also be credited to Chen Luo's account. For example, after Durandal knocked down Xing in a few moves, Chen Luo received 150 Primogem.

This Pseudo-Herrscher, even though it's weak and might not even be able to leave, should still give me 50 Primogem.

Thinking this, Chen Luo glanced at the talent panel and was instantly horrified.

[The Schicksal Demolition Team]

Durandal: S-rank Valkyrie of the Schicksal S Rank.

Status: Poisoned

"???"

Wait, what does that mean?

Seeing this display, Chen Luo jumped off the roof of the teaching building. With the help of Wind Element, he smashed through the glass and entered the classroom marked by Little Herrscher as having Herrscher.

Upon entering the classroom, Chen Luo was shocked. The upper left corner of his talent panel was starting to turn faintly green—a sign of impending poisoning. Holy crap, it's poisonous fog!

The current situation is that the Pseudo-Herrscher Chen Luo thought was surely dead, is surrounded by vines, and one vine has directly grazed Durandal's abdomen. Although Durandal is covering her wound with one hand, the wound is quite long.

In Chen Luo's imagination, Durandal, who could never lose, stuck her lance into the floor. She was kneeling, supporting herself weakly with the lance. When she saw Chen Luo in, she looked up at him.

As for that Pseudo-Herrscher... well, it lost its head and half its body.

However, even after their owner died, the vines seemed to retain a little bit of vitality. Sensing Chen Luo 'Chen Luo arrival, they reflexively rushed towards him.

It's like a conditioned reflex that persists even after an animal dies.

The current situation is clearly beyond Chen Luo's expectations.

Yuno, who was originally supposed to have Pseudo-Herrscher force two months later, almost killed an S-rank Valkyrie in just two days. And she already possesses the poison mist ability, which was supposed to be available two months later.

Of course, she herself was also instantly defeated.

It's obvious that the plot has changed significantly, otherwise it wouldn't have turned out this way.

But Chen Luo would never admit that he was the one who caused the plot change; he claimed that he had simply sent Raiden Mei to Changkong City a few days earlier than planned.

But thinking about it carefully, Raiden Mei spent half a day and still hadn't awakened her Herrscher before leaving. The remaining Honkai in Changkong City still had nowhere to go, so naturally, another Herrscher would be created.

As a result, in just a few days, the Pseudo-Herrscher Yuno achieved the growth that would normally take two months.

Looking at the green vines that were about to entwine around him, Chen Luo smiled contemptuously and then vanished instantly.

At the same time, the heavily injured Durandal also disappeared. After all, there was no need to have a final duel with the dead.

Although I, Chen Luo, may not be able to defeat you in a head-on fight, if I, Chen Luo, want to run, no one can beat me!

Nobody's here!

Inside the War Domain, Chen Luo looked at Durandal, who was still in the same position after being teleported to the War Domain, and subconsciously took out his phone to take a picture of her, and then uploaded it to his WeChat Moments.

Hmm, okay, no internet...

It's not that Chen Luo is too despicable, it's just that it's so rare to see Durandal looking so defeated.

However, Chen Luo still couldn't figure out why Durandal lost to her opponent.

How can you possibly lose?

You're supposed to be the strongest S-rank Valkyrie in Schicksal, how can you be so weak?