The Birth of World Serpent

"Arc Moon" base.

"Modesti? Xila?! How are you still alive?!" The man looked at the two people standing in front of him in disbelief.

Just a few minutes ago, he received an alert that his organization had been hacked, and the Present, two intruders were standing in front of him. In just a few minutes, the "Arc Moon" defense personnel and measures were completely overwhelmed.

"Isn't this all thanks to you, my dear Chief?" Modesti shrugged. "You know, even a rabbit will bite when cornered. What won't a person try to survive? Luckily, I gambled correctly. Well, I have no interest in hearing your pointless pleas or threats. Goodbye, Chief 'Arc Moon'."

Modesti raised her gun and aimed at the man, but in that instant, the man moved. His eyes turned bloodshot, and he approached Modesti at an extremely high speed. The next second, Xila moved even faster, using her left hand to pierce through the man's chest, digging out and crushing his heart.

"Hmm..." Modesti took a half step back, looking down at the fallen man, noticing the bulging muscles on his body. She then searched his body and found a vial, saying, "It seems I was careless. He kept the best enhancement potion for himself to save his life. It's a pity, Dr. Mobius's research is far more comprehensive than that of those guys who can only hide in the gutter."

As she spoke, she put away the potion. "Take this to Dr. Mobius later as well. From today onwards, 'Arc Moon' will no longer exist, and in its place will be 'World Serpent'."

Xila glanced at Modesti but said nothing.

Modesti didn't mind; Xila is. Besides, Xila no longer holds command over herself; Xila only recognizes those who have command authority to give orders.

"Starting today, we're going to have a lot more to do," Modesti murmured to herself.

Mobius's instructions were simple: integrate the remnants of "Arc Moon" and establish "World Serpent," directly under her control. Before the serpent reveals its fangs, it will remain dormant. Therefore, World Serpent does not need to be as active as "Arc Moon" or other organizations before it; it must be more secretive than them.

So this is really difficult!

This was originally a reorganized assassin organization, so why the sudden talk of going into hiding? How will the organization's staff be paid? What are the future plans for the organization? Mobius dumped everything on Modesti, completely ignoring it himself.

Although Mobius told her to hold on for a few months, and that someone would come to help her afterward, how she would get through those few months was also a problem...

"However, it seems quite interesting... I'll just stick with it for now."

Mobius demanded that World Serpent be more than just an assassination organization; it should be something that exists in the shadow of the Fire Moth, a dark side of the organization. Mobius gave Modesty a list of researchers she knew who aligned with her ideals, were rejected by the mainstream, but possessed great talent. Modesti was responsible for bringing them into Modesti World Serpent and ensuring their loyalty.

To put it bluntly, ordinary people don't dare to study it, the Fire Moth n't dare to study it, and even the World Serpent don't dare to study it. Ultimately, they all have only one goal: to defeat the Honkai.

After spending a few days with Admil at the Third Research Institute, Modesti learned a bit about the true nature of the world. She was very interested in this, but she wasn't indifferent to saving the world; she was just intrigued by the new world as she perceived it.

Because she wanted survival and power, and the World Serpent could provide that, she worked for the World Serpent.

Modesti could only be considered a high-ranking officer of the World Serpent, since she wasn't particularly skilled at researching this type of thing. Therefore, the other officer... was a certain person who volunteered to be Admil. Admil strongly agreed with Mobius's research direction and the World Serpent's philosophy, so he was very willing to provide all the help he could.

"Yeah, those guys could be recruited by the Third Research Institute and become security guards or something, right?" Modesti thought.

Anyway, the current director of the Third Research Institute has not yet been appointed, and the deputy directors, Admil, also wield considerable influence. Both the "Arc Moon" and the Third Research Institute will become breeding grounds for World Serpent.

"This is basically rebuilding an organization from scratch..." Modesti sighed. "There's a saying in Shenzhou, 'Everything is difficult at the beginning'? Just grit your teeth and get through this period."

Xila watched silently as Modesti muttered to herself and then arranged various matters, remaining completely silent throughout.

On the other side.

Zhu Yufeng stood in front of the transport plane, watching Elysia come down and pounce on him. He wanted to say that Elysia was not Pardo, and he almost couldn't catch her, but he wasn't that tactless. After all, he was better than Kevin, right?

"Long time no see, Maple~ Did you miss me?" Elysia asked.

"Okay." Zhu Yufeng smiled.

Pardo stared at Elysia with narrowed eyes, then looked down at herself. Could eating more solve this? Sister Elysia, Mobius, and Vill-V all seemed quite big, as did Sister Nia and Eden ... Hmm, the Present I think about it, only Lilith was about my age. The only ones younger than me... were Hua and Mostima, perhaps?

"Hi~ Phyllis, long time no see. How have you been?" Elysia greeted Pardo again. After all, Pado had come to pick her up, which was a kind gesture, wasn't it?

Pardo thought about it for a moment. These past few days, she had spent significantly more time with Brother Yu Feng than usual. During that time, Sister Daisy had even dragged Amo along to take her and Brother Yu Feng out for dinner, a movie, and games. In Sister Daisy's words, it was a double date. Thinking about it that way...

"Yes, it was very fruitful," Pardo said, stroking her chin and nodding.

Elysia nodded, then looked at Zhu Yufeng with a meaningful smile, "It seems you've been doing well lately, Feng~ But from now on, I'll take care of things, okay?"

Zhu Yufeng: "... Okay."

Does he have the right to refuse? Perhaps.

Would he refuse? No.

Behind Elysia, Vill-V's eye twitched, then she sighed. Only Elysia could be so willful. She still had a lot to do, such as confirming the establishment of the World Serpent with Mobius later, and analyzing some of the collected samples...

However, everyone has their own way of getting along with Yu Feng. It's just that Elysia is relatively more enthusiastic, so most of the time she doesn't mind that much. The only thing she might have an Evil with is getting along with Yu Feng and the Magician.

It's just two-eighths of the opinions of the Vill-V family, right? The minority should submit to the majority!

I wonder what kind of chaos will ensue inside the Fire Moth Lilith arrives.

"We Brother Yu Feng before, Sister Elysia ...you're going to go to the Far East with Brother Yu Feng, go to the amusement park, and then watch fireworks, right?" Pardo asked. "When are you planning to leave?"

"Tomorrow," Zhu Yufeng said.

"Actually, I really want to leave right now," Elysia said.

"You haven't submitted the mission completion report to the higher-ups or completed the handover procedures yet, and you can't let me write this report," Zhu Yufeng said expressionlessly. "You just got back and need to rest. Tomorrow is the fastest you can do it."

"Fine..." Elysia sighed in disappointment.

"Then I wish you all a great time!" Pardo said with a smile.

I remember when Zhu Yufeng mentioned this before, Disaster asked her why she didn't mind. If Pardo wanted to go, Disaster could try to bring Kosma along. At Far East, they could all go to the Far East together. Pardo refused.

Pardo had long since come to terms with this kind of situation. For her, there was plenty of time in the future, so why rush things? Lilith had done this kind of thing before, and Lilith hadn't won yet. Besides, Sister Elysia had already made an appointment with Brother Yu Feng, so why did she have to interfere?

"Little Pardo, love doesn't have a first-come, first-served rule, you know?"

"But, Sister Elysia is also our friend. Whether it's Sister Elysia or Brother Yu Feng... none of us want to lose anyone. It's actually not bad if we can all be happy together every day."

Whether it was Sister Elysia or Brother Yu Feng ... in the end, one chose to liberate himself and return to the Honkai, just to leave behind the seed for a new world to sprout; the other chose to die without looking back, just to allow humanity to usher in the next dawn. If this time, nothing changes, then their choices will remain unchanged.

She is the last of the Fire Moth, Flame-Chasers. There are many things she has never known, never experienced, and never felt. But this time, she wants to spend more time, to understand them better, and to get closer to them. She has decided to embark on this journey of chasing fire with Brother Yu Feng, and she will definitely stay with him until the end.

Besides, taking things as they come is part of life. I chose not to interfere with Sister Elysia and Brother Yu Feng being alone together, so if I'm alone with Brother Yu Feng in the future, Sister Elysia won't interfere either. Isn't that better for everyone?

Disaster so moved when she heard this that she almost burst into tears. What a treasure that little Pardo was! She almost knocked Zhu Yufeng unconscious, tied him up, and sent him to Pardo's room. As for why she didn't do it... even if she and Amo joined forces, they still couldn't beat Zhu Yufeng!

How can that damned Sea King senior be so strong!

As for what Kevin has been doing all this time... Su sent Mei a message again, asking her to keep a closer eye on Kevin. Mei naturally misunderstood something and kept Kevin in the lab to help her with experiments for the past few days. Zhu Yufeng saw Kevin once, and Kevin was practically drooling. Kevin was happy to have more time with Mei, but Mei's experiments were far beyond Kevin's knowledge, and Kevin's CPU was about to burn out.

Zhu Yufeng observed that Kevin was in the following state:

Kevin is not responding.

Upon seeing him, Kevin spat out his soul and then withdrew it. He raised his hand to greet him and then ran away, only to be dragged away by Mei to do the next experiment.

"Guo Xin, only Mei can cure Kevin," Zhu Yufeng thought at the time.

A few days later, in the Far East.

Elysia and Zhu Yufeng looked up at the fireworks blooming in the night sky. She said, "Yes, before Honkai directly affected the lives of people around the world, fireworks... were much more exciting than they were back then..."

Zhu Yufeng remained silent.

Although the aftermath of the Honkai Third Herrscher's awakening affected most of the Far East, the real destruction of the Far East was caused by the repeated stimulation of the remaining Honkai by the subsequent Great Honkai, which gradually led to the desolation of the Far East.

Elysia said that it must have been during the "Final Banquet" that time. She made all the fireworks herself. Moreover, there were only a few people watching the fireworks back then. No matter how beautiful the fireworks were, without anyone to appreciate them, the grander they were, the lonelier they felt.

Elysia took Zhu Yufeng's hand and whispered, "I've been waiting for this moment so long. It'll be just the two of us, just like the first time you and I watched fireworks together. Back then... I just wanted to comfort you, but now that I think about it, didn't that make you miss home even more? You were so homesick that you didn't even know if you could ever go back to your hometown."

"I was indeed inspired by you, Elysia," Zhu Yufeng said softly. "At the time, I wasn't thinking about these things. Rather, it was that you went to all this trouble to make me come to see the fireworks, just to remind me of the beautiful times I had and to encourage me to keep moving forward... That moment was the starting point for everything that followed."

"Is that so..." Elysia lowered her eyes and leaned closer to Zhu Yufeng. "But, the path you took after that, the shackles you carried, the suffering you endured, I still don't fully understand. If it weren't for this incident, we... wouldn't even have the chance to be together like this..."

"The past is just a record of our journey, a footprint we leave behind. We can look back on it occasionally, but there's no need to be too attached to it. We are human, not gods. We can't do everything perfectly. We just did our best according to our hearts, and that's enough," Zhu Yufeng said with a smile.

"Maple..."

"Um?"

"If that day comes and I leave the same way I did before, what will you do, Kaede?"

Elysia looked into Zhu Yufeng's eyes, waiting for his answer.

Zhu Yufeng looked into Elysia's eyes and gave his answer without hesitation:

"My choice will not change, but you, Elysia, if..."

"If what?"

"Never mind, it's nothing."

"Feng, it's really not a good habit of yours to stop talking halfway through! I'll get angry!"

Elysia pouted and said with some dissatisfaction.

Zhu Yufeng didn't continue speaking; he simply gazed at the fireworks illuminating the dreamlike sky and fell into deep thought.