10. I'm Just an Ordinary Doctor; I Don't Have Powers Like Theirs / 11. An Extra Herrscher Core

Chapter Ten: I'm just an ordinary doctor, I don't have their powerful abilities.

On a small shuttle ship in the Sea of Quantum.

Himeko sat in the control room, her lips twitching slightly.

"Dr. Kal'tsit..."

"Hmm? What's wrong?"

The big white and green cat raised its head.

"Where did you get this...?"

Himeko looked at the somewhat familiar Schicksal logos around her and suddenly felt a sense of unreality.

Her life had been a normal recuperation day before, but today the situation suddenly changed drastically. Dr. Kal'tsit hurriedly took her onto a small shuttle that would exceed the limit if it could only hold about five people, and sailed directly into the Sea of Quantum.

As we all know, opening the door to the Sea of Quantum is not a difficult task.

Long ago, Schicksal and Anti-Entropy mastered the ability to enter the Sea of Quantum. Later, as long as there was enough energy, even a laboratory the size of Cocolia could easily conduct experiments related to the Sea of Quantum.

However, while it is easy to enter the Sea of Quantum, it is difficult to get out. For normal people, the biggest challenge is not surviving in the Sea of Quantum, but how to accurately locate themselves in the unpredictable quantum space and then find their way back to their Intrinsic World.

However, this was not a difficult task for Kal'tsit at all.

Putting aside the fact that Little Ther uses Otto's Soul Steel body, which comes with all sorts of strange functions, location is naturally not a problem. Moreover, if she really can't find her location, she can call for help.

As long as Highmore, who can already bathe in the Sea of Quantum, sends her a quantum-specialized version of Sea Creatures through the system, Highmore can become a remote navigator and easily locate Kal'tsit's position.

Himeko wasn't surprised that Kal'tsit could pinpoint the location accurately in the Sea of Quantum; what surprised her was where this small shuttle capable of navigating the Sea of Quantum came from.

"So you were wondering about the origin of this vehicle, but that's actually irrelevant."

Kal'tsit said nonchalantly, "When I first came to this world, out of curiosity about this land, I borrowed a ship from the nearest base at the time."

"You're shocked, aren't you? This isn't anything shocking. Curiosity is a natural instinct of every living being, and I simply put it into action."

"Later, when I was online, I saw that Kal'tsit probably stole it from a place called Oceania in your area."

Theresia's voice came from the cockpit door.

That's where Wendy is... But judging from Kal'tsit's appearance, she doesn't seem like she can beat Wendy. It looks like she stole it before Wendy Herrscher transformation?

Himeko thought to herself silently.

"Then I made some minor modifications to this shuttle and equipped it with our positioning system. Well, I have to say, the driving system in this world doesn't seem to be that difficult."

It's just an artificial biological positioning system for Highmore. Kal'tsit silently added the second half of the sentence for Theresia.

"Then why did we go to the Sea of Quantum?"

Himeko's doubts were not yet over. Although her body had recovered considerably, without weapons and equipment, given the dangers of the Sea of Quantum, she was not confident she could protect Kal'tsit and Theresia.

After all, judging from her daily life, Kal'tsit is just an ordinary doctor, and even if she has some combat ability, it probably isn't much. As for Little Ther, although he knows a lot, he doesn't seem to have practiced combat.

It's hard to imagine what this seemingly gentle girl would be like in a fight.

"This... is just a little bit of cleanup work."

Theresia's voice sounded somewhat helpless, "You might not believe it, but before we found Xia Ling, we actually used message bottles to search for her."

"???"

Himeko felt that the confusion on her face was probably even more exaggerated than when Kiana saw a calculus problem.

Kal'tsit then took over the conversation.

"Hmm... This thing is designed to work with the essence of Xia Ling's ability. In short, because of her ability, these drifting bottles will automatically move closer to Xia Ling's location."

"Then we can use the location information above to find her location."

"However, Xia Ling's connection with these drifting bottles is limited by the strength of her ability. For a long time before, she seemed to be in a weak state, which caused these drifting bottles to drift around aimlessly."

"This is why Theresia and I were constantly wandering around the Sea of Quantum and even encountered some very dangerous beings."

"It wasn't until Xia Ling arrived in the Intrinsic World that her abilities gradually recovered. It was then that the message bottles I released began to converge here, and Xia Ling picked one up."

"Wait... Dr. Kal'tsit, may I ask how many messages in bottles you released during this period?"

"There are probably a dozen or so. There are still three that haven't been recovered yet, and one of them seems to be damaged."

Kal'tsit explained, "The raw materials for this thing are quite... 'precious,' and they are generally unavailable. At least I can no longer make it."

"So I have to try my best to collect these drift bottles."

"I see..." Himeko finally realized, "Is this our purpose this time?"

"That's right. Just recently, I sensed that a message in a bottle had drifted to the vicinity of the Intrinsic World, so I decided to come and retrieve it."

"After all, Xia Ling seems to have some enemies in your world. Although this thing is encrypted to a certain extent, given its nature, it's not good for it to fall into the hands of others no matter what."

After explaining the situation, Kal'tsit resumed focusing on her research.

However, at that moment, a violent impact caused the ship to tilt sharply.

"Kal'tsit, there's a Quantum Lobster attacking the shuttle outside. Our cloaking seems to be ineffective against it."

Theresia's voice came from the cockpit next door.

Quantum Lobster... that's quite a vivid description, immediately letting Himeko know what kind of monster it was.

If it's Quantum Lobster, given her current physical condition, it shouldn't be too difficult...?

Thinking of this, Himeko breathed a slight sigh of relief and asked, "Do you need me to take care of this?"

Just then, Himeko was about to look for a suitable weapon, suddenly noticed that Kal'tsit had opened the hatch and come out of the ship.

"Dr. Kal'tsit? Come back quickly, it's dangerous outside! I'll handle that thing!"

Himeko called out anxiously, not wanting anything to happen to her savior here.

"The patient should get some rest..."

As Himeko's eyes widened, a rhombus-shaped crystal appeared beside Kal'tsit. At the same time, a terrifying shadow slowly rose from Kal'tsit's spine, expanded, and gradually merged with the crystal.

"I am indeed just a doctor, and I don't have their kind of power."

With the enormous monster appearing beside Kal'tsit, Himeko felt that this statement was utterly unconvincing.

Chapter Eleven: The Extra Herrscher Core

The black monster let out a low growl and pounced directly at the Quantum Lobster.

Kal'tsit drew a cross-shaped sword and stood guard beside mon3tr.

Watching the black monster quickly turn the Quantum Lobster into lobster sashimi, Himeko silently threw back the stick she had just found in the cabin.

As expected, appearances can be deceiving. Dr. Kal'tsit usually seems very easygoing, but her combat power is terrifying.

"Hmm? Miss Himeko, were you worried just now?"

Himeko 'Theresia voice came from beside Himeko.

"Ahem... It's understandable to have such thoughts... After all, Dr. Kal'tsit doesn't usually seem like someone who would fight."

Himeko scratched her head, her expression still showing some disbelief.

"After all, Kal'tsit is a doctor... It's normal for her to have some minor medical disputes, so it's reasonable for her to have some self-defense skills, right?"

"Wait... what if Theresia, you too...?"

Himeko suddenly turned her gaze to Theresia, wondering if a monster might suddenly emerge from some part of her body.

"Don't look at me like that, I really don't have much fighting power~"

Theresia wore her usual gentle smile.

"At most... maybe only a little bit?"

"I'm starting to have a little bit of doubt about you all..."

While the trio was still kayaking in the Sea of Quantum, the group on the other side, riding in the Hyperion, had already arrived at Abyssal City.

"Welcome, everyone from the Hyperion, and... Einstein Doctor."

In the Abyssal City, Cocolia appeared before the group with a group of mechs.

Due to Xia Ling's previous butterfly effects, the strength of the radical faction in the current Anti-Entropy has been greatly reduced. It can even be said that the Anti-Entropy is now almost non-existent.

After experiencing numerous setbacks in reality, Cocolia has become much more docile than in the original work.

"Cocolia, is it really necessary to bring so many mechs to greet us?"

"I'm sorry, Doctor, you may have misunderstood me."

Cocolia, as if she had expected this, explained, "This is not meant to intimidate you... but rather a necessary protective measure."

"It has been almost half a day since our last communication. In this half day, some minor changes have occurred in Abyssal City."

"Change?"

"Due to the unstable fluctuations in the Sea of Quantum, many Honkai Beasts have been attracted here."

"Of course, this is only part of it. The key point is that all sorts of quantum Honkai Beast have also begun to emerge in the Abyssal Eye."

"Although these Honkai Beasts are not a threat to us for the time being because we haven't opened the Abyssal Eye, their accumulated numbers have made me consider opening the Abyssal Eye to clear them out once."

"The Abyssal Eye?" Ain frowned. "Why? When I left, the Abyssal Eye was clearly very stable."

"I don't know the answer to that question, after all, I'm just a military officer, not a scientist."

Cocolia shrugged. "However... the technicians in Abyssal City speculate that this situation may be due to the appearance of a large-scale energy source near the Abyssal Eye."

Although she said she didn't know, Cocolia actually knew the reason for the Abyssal Eye's riot.

After all, it was she who threw in the Herrscher Core that triggered the riot.

Well, that's not quite right. To be precise, she watched as the Gray Serpent was thrown in.

Unfortunately, although Cocolia has no interest in seizing power now, she still needs to protect her child.

After this incident, her deal with World Serpent will end, and she didn't throw away the Herrscher Core; at most, it can be considered a case of inadequate oversight.

After all, Abyssal City only has regular mecha units. If World Serpent really deploys high-end combat power, there's nothing she can do, isn't there?

"Alright, Doctor, let's stop this small talk and go into the city first, then we can discuss things in more detail, shall we?"

Cocolia sat back in her mech.

"After all, this place might be surrounded by Honkai Beast again in a little while."

"Doctor, you wouldn't want the few mech units in Abyssal City to be damaged for this reason, would you?"

"She's right... In that case, let's go into the city."

Ain nodded, then suddenly noticed Bronya standing to the side, who seemed to have an unusual expression.

Ain thought it was just that she was seeing her mother whom she hadn't seen in a long time and had mixed feelings, but then she noticed that Bronya winked at her.

It seems... Bronya has something she wants to tell me.

Ain nodded slightly and continued to follow behind Cocolia's troops.

As one of the best-preserved ruins of Previous Civilization, Abyssal City itself possesses extremely high defensive capabilities.

However, this crisis can be described as both internal and external troubles, with the forces of Schicksal also stirring up trouble nearby, which is why Cocolia had no choice but to request support.

However... helping Cocolia is one thing, but on the other hand, Ain also needs to find a way to rescue Welt Yang, who is trapped in the Sea of Quantum.

After quickly handing over various defense matters to Cocolia, Ain took a break from the conference room and met Bronya outside.

"Bronya, what... what were you trying to say to me just now?"

"Doctor, you should know about Seele's situation, right?"

"Yes, I've seen the relevant files. If you mean you want to participate in this operation and enter the Sea of Quantum to find Seele, I have no objection."

"No, that's only one aspect." Bronya shook her head. "Bronya will certainly go looking for Seele, but that's not Bronya's main purpose today."