Daily Life of the Fallen Angel ⑥

The autumn sun had just risen when a certain young man lying in bed opened his eyes, following his usual routine.

He walked to the window, glanced at the sun that had just peeked over the horizon, and after standing for a moment, went to wash up.

Opening his room door, he prepared to head to the training grounds. Lilith had forbidden him from going out on missions lately... Who was the captain of the Fallen Angel Squad, anyway?

He had looked at Lilith with that kind of gaze back then. Lilith, with a smile, had said, "You mean... I can officially go on strike?"

Zhu Yufeng: "..."

You're right, I have been taking missions too frequently...

He truly hadn't expected to lead the squad to victory against Kevin... That was Kevin, a man of mythical status from the Previous Civilization. He remembered that before he transmigrated, Kevin's combat record in the Previous Civilization was undefeated, except against Finality... It was truly strange. The Previous Civilization had so many monsters, and Kevin, who was invincible just a few days ago, ultimately couldn't defeat the Honkai...

He couldn't figure it out, he really couldn't. But this was outside his knowledge reserves, so he shouldn't dwell on it. It was better to leave it to Rovoc and Admil to figure out.

Right, Rovoc's mental state recently... Well, at least during the combat training with Kevin a few days ago, Rovoc seemed to have mostly recovered...

His homeland, Mu Continent, the most technologically advanced and powerful on Earth, sank overnight. His teacher had also died long ago in the Fourth Great Honkai. For Rovoc, this was indeed a huge blow.

"Yo, Feng, you're up early again today. Are you still heading to the training grounds?" a warrior greeted him. The warrior's face seemed to have more radiance than those he had seen a few days prior; at least they weren't listless as if they had lost all hope.

"Yeah," Zhu Yufeng nodded. "Are you heading to the training grounds too?"

The warrior smiled and said, "Yes. Humanity hasn't reached despair yet. We, the Fire Moth, are humanity's last safeguard. Carrying these responsibilities, I can't slack off either."

"Keep up the good work," Zhu Yufeng said.

"Yes!"

Zhu Yufeng looked at the warrior's excited expression and felt a bit strange. He had just said a normal pleasantry; did he really need to react so strongly? Or perhaps...

"Although Kevin has never lost and is a hero in everyone's hearts... in the face of the darkness brought by the Honkai, the light Kevin can illuminate is still too little. No one knows if he might extinguish one day. Humanity cannot have only one hope. Before the Mu Continent sank, everyone believed in the Mu Continent and Kevin. Now that the Mu Continent has sunk, only Kevin cannot rekindle the hope of the remaining humans."

This was Lilith's explanation for the actions of Mei, who had publicized the Fallen Angel Squad's victory over Kevin.

Zhu Yufeng felt it wasn't necessary to be so exaggerated. Kevin had never lost except to Finality. Even so, during the Twelfth Herrscher incident, hadn't humanity collapsed just the same?

Arriving at the training grounds, he directly increased the training difficulty to the current highest level. Other levels were too weak for him now. He hadn't tried the highest level modified by Vill-V recently, and it might take some time.

After all, only a few people could handle the highest level of training.

Zhu Yufeng glanced at the training room usage records: Kevin, Elysia, Qianjie...

The usual suspects... Cough, cough, he didn't know where Kosma had gone. He hadn't heard any news from him. If other Fire Moth warriors couldn't find him, he would have to bring the Fallen Angel Squad to look for him.

Hmm? A message from Mobius?

Zhu Yufeng picked up his device and looked at the message Mobius had sent him, notifying him to finish his morning training early. She had already prepared the materials needed to implant the super-mutation genes of Brahma and Ravana into his body and told him to prepare for the next super-mutation surgery.

Brahma... That was another name for Brahma, one of the three great gods in mythology, and currently the last of the three Finality Level Honkai Beasts. Including Vishnu, whom he had already fused with, fusing with Brahma would then make him Maheshvara.

Maheshvara was a Finality Level Honkai Beast fused by Elysia. To date, only Elysia had successfully fused with it without any significant negative side effects. The Fire Moth still prohibited all super-mutation surgeries for Maheshvara, so Mobius had turned her attention to Brahma, whom he had hunted. If he could successfully fuse with Brahma, then the procedures for fusing with Maheshvara would have a legitimate reason to be approved.

Mobius was quite satisfied with the news of the Fallen Angel Squad defeating Kevin. She probably thought that by fusing with more Honkai Beasts, she might be able to solo Kevin...

Dreams are made of this.

Him soloing Kevin... In the previous training session, he had used all his might to activate the zero-rated power of Black Abyss White Flower just to draw even with Kevin using the zero-rated power of Jie Mie. This was even with Kevin being ambushed by Lilith, and while he was charging Black Abyss White Flower, others bought him time.

It was called training... but it turned into something close to a real battle. Fortunately, it was in a deserted area of the Pacific Ocean.

After finishing his training, Zhu Yufeng headed to Mobius's laboratory as instructed and casually lay down on the operating table.

By the time the surgery was completed, it was already close to evening.

After all, this time he was fusing a Judgment Level and a Finality Level Honkai Beast, so it was understandable that it would take longer. When he underwent surgery as a volunteer for the first batch of Fusion Warrior projects, it took even longer than this, and he was only fusing with an Emperor Level Honkai Beast.

Zhu Yufeng opened his eyes and sat up from the operating table. Mobius was still adjusting various testing instruments, and Klein was busy on the other side.

He clenched his fists, feeling the power within his body. Then he heard Mobius say, "Do you have any other discomforts? Such as a feverish body temperature exceeding normal, or do you feel like something is about to emerge from your body?"

"...No," Zhu Yufeng replied. "It's just that the previous side effects seem to have intensified. I might have to trouble you, Doctor, to develop new medication."

"The side effects are intensifying with each additional Honkai Beast fused... Heh, whatever, it's not a big problem." Mobius tossed him an invitation. "Lilith came to find you earlier and said today is your birthday. She asked me to give you this invitation after your surgery was done."

Birthday?

Oh, it was his birthday today. He had forgotten...

Zhu Yufeng opened the invitation. The gist of it was that Lilith and the others had prepared a birthday party for him, and the address was written below. He was to attend as the sole important guest who received an invitation, with gratitude, and it was repeatedly emphasized that he was not allowed to use Tondolo's sensory abilities.

Zhu Yufeng: "..."

So, shouldn't his birthday party be him inviting others? Why did it turn into Lilith inviting him?

Forget it. If it were up to him, he probably wouldn't even bother organizing it.

Following the address written on it, Zhu Yufeng arrived at a restaurant within the Fire Moth. There were no lights inside; it looked like Nahamah had paid to book the entire place. By the way, was this guy's money like Eden's, never-ending? He always spent money as soon as he had it, and he liked to pick the most expensive items, often saying, "I want it all."

He felt that someday when he ran out of money, he might blurt out: "Put it on the Fallen Angel Squad's tab."

Zhu Yufeng pushed open the door. Although there were no lights, he could still see clearly in the darkness. It was because he was a Fusion Warrior; there wasn't much difference with or without light.

The door behind him suddenly closed, and roller shutters or something similar were lowered on the other windows, so not even a sliver of light remained. Just as Zhu Yufeng was about to use Tondolo's power to perform a direct mental scan, he suddenly heard the sound of mechanisms operating. Then, a burst of light illuminated the area, followed by the sound of celebratory fireworks.

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"Happy birthday, Boss (Captain)!"

Zhu Yufeng reached out and caught a firework drifting down from the sky. She glanced to her sides, realizing that Mostima and Baal had been the ones using these things near her just moments ago…

"Happy birthday, Feng," Lilith said with a smile, standing in the middle of a group of people.

Zhu Yufeng looked at the decorations and arrangements around her, a rare smile gracing her lips. "Thank you for your hard work, everyone…"

"Serving the boss…"

Before Nahamah could finish speaking, Admil shoved his head into the mashed potatoes behind him. Admil chuckled and said, "Captain, don't mind him. This was Lilith's idea, and everyone agreed. Your satisfaction is our greatest praise."

Nahamah lifted his head from the mashed potatoes. "Admil, I've tolerated you for too long! I'm going to fight you!"

"It's your fault for always being so unreliable! Having you around really lowers the class of our Fallen Angel Squad!"

"Can't we just relax on the boss's birthday? Do we have to have a meeting and look at those old guys' deathly serious faces?"

"Well, at least pay attention to your own image, can you?"

"Do I even have such a thing?"

"So noisy." Astaroth frowned.

Xila also glanced at the two people who were brawling. After Astaroth spoke, and with Xila's glance, the two immediately stopped fighting, stood at attention, and straightened up.

You can mess with anyone, but don't anger Xila and Astaroth. Xila would really beat someone to death, and Astaroth herself is quite capable of fighting. Plus, if you anger Astaroth, you'll get beaten up by the captain too… If the captain starts fighting, Lilith will definitely join in. Beelzebub will also come over when he sees a fight, and Esmodius will absolutely get involved.

Don't ask. They've been beaten like this before.

Zhu Yufeng looked at Rovoc again and hesitated before saying, "Rovoc, you…"

Rovoc, with his usual poker face, showed a smile. "Don't worry about me, Captain. I… am much better. Rovoc of the Fallen Angels, ready to return to the battlefield and carry out missions at any time."

"Mm… I know it's been tough for you," Zhu Yufeng nodded.

"Alright, alright! Since the guest of honor has arrived, it's time for the gift-giving and cake-cutting ceremony~" Lilith said, clapping her hands.

Esmodius took out a slip of paper and said, "Well, besides us, Kevin and Mei also sent gifts. Sakura sent one too. Michael and Aponia asked me to help deliver their gifts to you. Oh, right, Astaroth, didn't Griseo say she had a gift for Feng earlier?"

"Mm…" Astaroth glanced at Zhu Yufeng and said hesitantly, "Griseo's gift… She had already finished drawing it, but then she felt it wasn't suitable and said she wanted to prepare something else… I watched her finish it. She's really putting a lot of effort into preparing it."

"You don't need to be so nervous," Zhu Yufeng smiled. "We all know Griseo is a good kid, and you're a good kid too, Astaroth. You're both good children, there's no need to lie."

"Speaking of which, I've seen the paintings Griseo gave to others a few times. Although they're really well-drawn, as gifts, maybe it's a bit…"

Astaroth glanced at Nahamah, who immediately surrendered. "Of course, what could be wrong with a child's drawing? They're just their innocent thoughts."

His survival instinct was at maximum.

After all, the top three combatants in the Fallen Angels were Zhu Yufeng, Lilith, and Xila. The fourth, on the surface, was Beelzebub. However, Astaroth's potential was even higher than Beelzebub's. Nahamah felt he couldn't afford to offend this little aunt and that admitting defeat promptly wasn't shameful.

He didn't want to be targeted by Astaroth and then suffer a month of nightmares where he couldn't distinguish reality from dreams.

After everyone had given their gifts, cut the cake, and listened to Nahamah babbling about how Kevin's bravery was insignificant and their boss was invincible, Zhu Yufeng really wanted to smash this comedian with a brick. Invincible boss? Do you think I'm Guan Erye?

"Um… Brother Yu Feng…" Astaroth tugged at Zhu Yufeng's sleeve and whispered, "Griseo really drew a picture for you…"

"Of course, I'm not doubting you," Zhu Yufeng said with a helpless smile, looking at Astaroth. "Really, I'm not."

"Mm… I just think Griseo might never show it again, so I wanted to tell you now…" Astaroth glanced at the others and then said hesitantly, "In her painting, there's a knight who hasn't seen the dawn. The sun has risen, but the knight isn't illuminated by the light and is gradually disappearing into the darkness…"

"Is that so… Griseo is indeed quite thoughtful," Zhu Yufeng said, but in his heart, he began to think, a knight who hasn't seen the dawn? Coincidentally, his Fallen Angel's Epitaph is the Fallen Angel of Dawn. From another perspective, he actually brought the dawn, right?

The dawn was unseen, only because the last darkness was taken away before the dawn.

"Not bad," Zhu Yufeng smiled faintly.

On the other side, Rovoc was chatting with Admil.

"I didn't expect you to not be as despairing as before," Admil said, looking at Rovoc. "What? Have you found hope to defeat Honkai?"

"No, I still don't see hope to defeat Honkai," Rovoc replied.

"Oh?" Admil seemed interested. "Then why aren't you despairing anymore?"

"Even if the beacon of salvation is about to extinguish, I am still willing to believe that dawn will eventually come," Rovoc shifted his gaze to Zhu Yufeng. "Even if the future of the world is dim and lightless, I have already found my dawn."

Admil was silent for a moment, then said, "How much hope do you think you have against Lilith?"

Considering we get along well during our usual research discussions, I might consider helping.

"None."

Admil: "……"

A remarkably clear self-awareness.

"Don't you want to struggle a bit more?" Befinger, who loved to stir up trouble, chimed in. "Let's get this party started! Don't chicken out, stand up!"

Rovoc glanced at Befinger and said, "Dawn, as long as it's within sight, is enough. Above the firmament, the only one who can reach the dawn where the sun rises is that bright moon."

Befinger: "……"

Never mind, it's not going to kick off. You're also a firm supporter of the Feng-Lilith Faction. How boring. Let's just keep watching Lilith pester the captain.