Fang Zheng did not care what would happen to Sidonia next. He had only given Hoshijiro Shizuka that battle record because he found it amusing.
Still, the search and data copying from Sidonia had brought everyone quite a bit of intelligence. At the very least, they now understood something about the Honkai Beasts of this world.
"So, the Honkai Beasts in this world can imitate machinery or humans by devouring them..."
Tesla frowned as she looked over the information before her.
"The Honkai Beasts in our world do not seem to possess that trait."
"But the fact that Honkai Beasts grow stronger alongside civilization remains unchanged."
Einstein shook her head.
"Fortunately, this world's civilization is not particularly advanced, and there are no exceptionally powerful individuals like Herrschers. Perhaps that is precisely why the destructive power of these Honkai Beasts, known as Gauna, has been limited."
"That's right."
Cang Xuan offered her own opinion as well.
"Clearly, these Honkai Beasts imitate their targets by devouring them, but they seem to lack the ability to evolve. In other words, however advanced this world's human civilization becomes, these Honkai Beasts can only reach that same level. They cannot continue improving themselves... They apparently do not possess the ability to evolve independently."
"It would be nice if we could catch one and study it."
Fang Zheng yawned.
"But we have not encountered a single one."
Ever since the Azure Fleet had parted ways with Sidonia, so much time had passed without even a ghost in sight, let alone a Honkai Beast.
"But perhaps not. After all, they devoured all of humanity on Earth. If they imitated that, then even if they could not evolve on their own, there should still have been some kind of mutation..."
"According to the records, humanity's civilization level was