In Wendy's sight, Chen Ran had no strength to stand up, forced to lie on the ground.
His wrist artery had been cut, and the wound could not heal.
If this continued, dying from excessive blood loss was only a matter of time.
"Chen Ran, Chen Ran, are you alright?"
She crawled towards him with difficulty.
Chen Ran slowly opened his eyes, grinned, and said, "It's fine, I'm tough, I won't die."
"Your experiment isn't over yet. I promised I'd help you stand up."
"Phew... it's so cold in this winter."
The sky had already turned a pale white at the horizon. In another two hours, night would leave the Far East.
But at this moment, Wendy felt as if she were about to be enveloped by darkness forever.
Chapter 32: The Desired Storm
By the time Himeko arrived, Chen Ran was already on the ground.
She was a step too late.
Anger burned in her chest, and without hesitation, she slashed at Raven. As a former member of Schicksal's vanguard, Himeko's combat skills and abilities were beyond question.
However, the more she fought, the more alarmed she became. The combat skills and strength of the person before her far surpassed her own.
This was definitely not someone from Anti-Entropy.
As someone from Schicksal, Himeko had some understanding of Anti-Entropy.
Due to their ideology, Anti-Entropy did not advocate for using Valkyries in combat, opting for mechs instead. Although Anti-Entropy now also had complete Valkyrie training methods, they did not train any Valkyries.
This meant that between Schicksal and Anti-Entropy, there was a third force.
However, this was not the time for Himeko to ponder.
Relying on her combat instincts, she predicted Raven's evasion points several times.
Raven did indeed land in the spots Himeko predicted, but facing Himeko's attacks, her fierce counterattacks made Himeko feel overwhelmed.
Himeko's combat skills were excellent, but her body was not.
She only had artificial Stigmata implanted when she was nearly twenty, and the early artificial Stigmata were not perfect, causing strong rejection from her body.
Over the years, her body had been constantly corroded by the artificial Stigmata. Furthermore, she had recently gone to Changkong City and, in order to retrieve the Herrscher of Thunder, had directly worn a prototype fourth-generation battlesuit.
After returning from Changkong City, Theresa had directly told her that she would need to lie in bed for at least a month. However, because of Wendy, Himeko had forcefully gotten out of bed and gone to the Oceanic Branch.
Under normal circumstances, she should not have been participating in these battles.
The sounds of weapons clashing repeatedly cut through the night sky. Upon realizing her opponent was difficult to deal with, Himeko temporarily changed her strategy.
She decided to wait until Theresa had dealt with the enemies on her side before they could join forces to deal with this person.
For now, she could only try to stall for time.
With this thought in mind, Himeko's attacks naturally became more conservative.
Raven, on the other hand, also sensed Himeko's intentions. She let out a cold laugh, "You think stalling for time will work? How laughable."
She didn't want to kill, but she didn't mind threatening lives.
"I don't care, but that person lying on the ground will die if they don't get treatment."
Himeko ignored the enemy's threatening words.
To her, these were all distractions outside of combat.
She wielded the Greatsword of Sunfire like a majestic female knight.
What Raven said was indeed true, but the only solution now was to wait for reinforcements, not to wait for the enemy's mercy.
She would not choose between Chen Ran and Wendy.
However, just as Himeko was responding dully, Wendy suddenly spoke, "Teacher Himeko, you take Chen Ran and go."
"No."
Himeko said, "That person is after you. I can't just abandon you."
"I'll be fine."
Wendy felt the coldness of the night wind, but her eyes revealed a gentle smile. "After all, those people want a living Wendy, don't they?"
"That's right."
Raven raised an eyebrow and said, "A dead you naturally has no value for me to act upon. Of course, a living you is most important."
"Living one or living two, it's actually a very easy choice, isn't it?"
Himeko's eyes narrowed.
With her extensive experience, how could she not know that Raven was applying psychological pressure on her?
This was a very clever psychological tactic: although Raven was the one taking action, the choice had shifted to Himeko.
If Chen Ran were to die unfortunately, Raven would become the primary responsible party instead of her. Similarly, if Wendy were taken away because of this, she would also become the primary responsible party.
What should be done?
If time continued to be dragged out, Chen Ran wouldn't be able to hold on.
But if Wendy were handed over to Raven, what kind of fate would await Wendy?
Himeko hesitated for half a minute.
"You win."
She ultimately chose a temporary solution; saving Chen Ran was the priority.
Raven's voice was indifferent: "The correct choice."
She slowly approached Wendy, and Himeko hesitated but didn't make a move.
The opponent was obviously strong, and now she was close to Wendy and Chen Ran, making Himeko hesitant to act.
Raven looked closely at Wendy and found that the latter was also looking at her with hateful eyes.
This was a normal emotion; after all, no one liked being kidnapped.
"You have a good boyfriend. In all the commissions I've handled, people with such a sense of responsibility are rare."
After speaking, she lifted Wendy with one hand without regard for Wendy's opinion: "Let's go, it's very cold tonight too."
Wendy subconsciously looked at Chen Ran, who was on the ground.
A hint of reluctance flickered in her eyes.
"No... don't..."
At this moment, Chen Ran, lying on the ground, mumbled incoherently.
However, his words could not sway any will.
The night wind was very cold.
Raven took Wendy away from St. Freya, where a prepared aircraft was waiting.
She did not treat Wendy like a prisoner or captive; Raven was often quite gentle.
The girl was settled into her seat on the aircraft and secured with a seatbelt.
After doing all this, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Although there were some unexpected troubles, the process went smoothly. I know this is unfair to you, but there's nothing that can be done. This is just a temporary measure."
Raven paused, looked at the expressionless Wendy, and said, "Eat something. I've prepared some liquid food and canned goods. Don't worry, I won't do anything to you."
However, Wendy suddenly spoke: "We're quite far away now, aren't we?"
"What?"
"I mean, we should be far enough from the Far East Branch, far enough from human cities, right?"
Wendy's question left Raven a bit puzzled.
She said calmly, "If you're hoping for someone to rescue you, that's almost impossible. We're currently flying over the ocean, and there's almost no possibility of being intercepted."
"After all, Schicksal doesn't have any spies planted in our organization."
After saying this, she felt a sense of smugness.
Schicksal was the world's largest organization fighting the Honkai, yet now they were being toyed with by Serpent.
That feeling was actually quite good.
But then, Wendy suddenly smiled.
"That's good."
"This way, I won't have to worry about implicating anyone, and I won't have to be afraid of him seeing this ugly side of me."
Raven suddenly had a bad premonition.
A storm named desire erupted at this moment!
Flame-Chaser, First Research Institute.
No. 666 was handing a scalpel to Mobius.
After realizing that Honkai compatibility was also linked to thought, Mobius began preparing to conduct an experiment on genetic information transcription.
Simply put, it was transcribing memories of fighting the Honkai into genes.
Thought was a derivative of information carriers.
And genes were essential information carriers for living organisms.
This was an extremely meticulous, ingenious, and even extremely complex experiment, but for Mobius, it was highly likely to be the key to opening the door to human evolution.
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I, The Herrscher of Domination, Can Do Anything
Chapter 33: First Simulated Scenario Cleared?
When Chen Ran woke up again, he was in the infirmary at the Far East Branch.
His nostrils were filled with the strong smell of disinfectant. A moment of sluggishness flashed through his mind before he belatedly realized his situation.
Wendy had been taken away by Raven.
And he had been urgently sent to the infirmary by Himeko.
"So you're alive."
There was no joy in his eyes at having survived.
If he had died then, time could have at least rewound an hour, allowing him to make arrangements at his leisure. But now...
His head felt heavy and muddled, and he couldn't help but close his eyes again.
So tired...
The Anti-Entropy attack had been repelled. Fortunately, although some people were injured, not a single person died.
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