Lilith: The Child's Father~
Hen looked at the little girl in front of him, squatted down and reached out to comfort her, but the next second she attacked him. A piece of iron appeared out of thin air and flew straight towards him. Hen immediately turned his head and the sharp piece of iron cut his cheek, but the rapid self-healing property of the Fusion Warrior allowed Hen's injury to recover immediately.
"This ability to create objects out of thin air... First Law?" Hen immediately jumped up, putting distance between himself and the little girl, while observing the surroundings out of the corner of his eye. Around him were researchers who had become Honkai zombie but had already been killed. Sharp, broken objects were stuck in their bodies, or they looked as if they had been crushed to death by stones.
"Is this the Ninth Law?" Hen stared warily at the little girl, his mind racing. "No, the Law's reaction on her isn't strong. Besides, this ability is extremely similar to the First Law of Law. It's impossible for a Law to have similar powers..."
Etc!
Hen's gaze shifted once more to the shattered embryo, and the various intact embryo embryos displayed around it. If he remembered correctly, before the Fire Moth broke with the Mu Continent, a Law Core was nominally entrusted to the Mu Continent for safekeeping and research. Lionel had never explained the subsequent fate of that Law Core to him, only that some researchers were still studying it.
He had talked to Blanca in his spare time, but Blanca said that Dr. Einstein did not know which department was using the Law Core for research. However, since she could still access the research data of the Law Core at that time, she assumed that Lionel had handed the Law Core over to another department.
After all, Lionel is the highest-ranking person in charge of the Mu Continent's fight against the Honkai Organization. How could there be research that even Lionel was unaware of?
That core of law is the core of the first law of law!
"Could the experiment have been successful?" Hen frowned in thought. Although the little girl in front of him had hostility in her eyes, she did seem to be different from the other lawyers he had encountered. Rather than a lawyer, if we disregard the abilities she displayed, she was more like a human.
"Lionel, what's going on here?!" Hen dodged the girl's attack again and demanded angrily at Lionel through the communicator, "Who is that little girl in front of me right now?!"
He was certain he was capable of subduing the little girl, but he couldn't guarantee he wouldn't harm her. Moreover, he needed to understand the specifics of the situation before taking any further action.
"What little girl? That research institute..."
Lionel's questioning voice came through the communicator, but was quickly interrupted by the Lionel connecting to the communication channel, "That's a container containing the First Law's Law Core, an experimental result of the simulated Law Project. Bring her back, make sure she's brought back intact! If the situation doesn't allow it, then retrieve the Law Core!"
"What!?" Hen was stunned. A plan similar to the Lawyer's Mandate? The core of the First Lawyer's Mandate is inside such a small child?!
He quickly understood the situation; this plan was likely orchestrated directly by the King, and even Lionel was unaware of it...
Lionel, on the other end of the communication line, was silent for a moment, but then quickly said, "As per His Majesty's instructions, retrieve the experimental results of this project, as well as the corresponding experimental data... Also, be careful, the location where Annal lost contact is very close to here!"
"Ming..." Hen said solemnly, feeling a pang of sympathy for Lionel's plight. Anyone could doubt Lionel's loyalty to the Mu Continent, but only the King could not. Lionel had been working tirelessly to maintain the relationship between the Mu Continent and the Fire Moth, as well as the stability of human Ming, all to fulfill the King's entrustment to him when he was recalled to Ming.
However, the fact that this has happened now basically proves that the King probably didn't fully trust Lionel a long time ago. Moreover, the core of the Law is nominally owned by the Fire Moth. Once this plan is exposed, it will further intensify the conflict between the increasingly powerful Fire Moth and the Mu Continent, and Lionel's painstaking efforts to maintain a united human effort against the Honkai will all come to naught.
Perhaps knowing that Lionel would object, the king deliberately bypassed Lionel altogether...
Lionel's position of absolute power has already offended too many people, violated too many interests, and subjected him to unimaginable pressure. This is the Mu Continent, and Lionel's opponent is the Mu Continent's court. He has been gritting his teeth and persevering because the king would support him, but now...
I wonder what that young man thinks.
Regardless, Lionel maintained stability and continued to direct the strategic deployment against Mullstein.
Suddenly, Hen sensed someone behind him. After dodging the little girl's attack, Hen jumped to a position where he could cover both sides. The person in front of him was Annal.
Hen gripped his weapon tightly. The moment Annal appeared, the little girl seemed to sense something and stopped attacking Hen. Instead, she took a few steps back, her gaze filled with unease and wariness shifting between Hen and Annal.
Annal glanced at Hen, her face displaying an expression that was hard to decipher—a mixture of laughter and tears—and said to Hen in a self-deprecating tone, "Leon... he obviously saw through it all along, didn't he?"
"I believe he's not that heartless..." Hen gripped Wu Xuan's hand tightly, his nerves taut to the extreme. "Your suspicion has never been cleared from the beginning. Annal, are you now an enemy of humanity, or a soldier of the Mu Continent!"
"Does this matter?" Annal shifted her gaze to the little girl. "You know nothing about this plan, not even Leon... He's always been fighting for the Mu Continent, never once looking at me, and what has he gotten in return? Ha... Even now, Leon is still the same..."
The next second, Hen Kuan fired the gun, but before the bullet could even touch Annal, it was crushed and pulverized by a powerful gravitational force. At the same time, the gravity of the entire underground research institute suddenly began to increase.
"It has been confirmed that the Ninth Law's power is to control gravity!" Hen immediately reported what he had seen to Guo Yi, while Yang used his special abilities as Fusion Warrior to fight against the supergravity environment created by Annal.
To some extent, Hen's ability should be considered a counter to Ninth Law's ability. This is why Hen decided to stay behind with several other Fusion Warrior in front of the Simulated Black Hole formed by Ninth Law's self-destruction in the previous battle. However, because Hen's Honkai Energy level was not as high as Ninth Law's, he was already struggling to fight Ninth Law. It was obviously impossible to neutralize the Simulated Black Hole released by Law's self-destruction. Therefore, in the end, he could only sacrifice himself to forcibly neutralize Ninth Law's Simulated Black Hole and delay its spread and destruction of the Mu Continent.
"I've been thinking about where the core of the Law of Reason is, but I never imagined it would be so close yet so far," Annal said calmly. "If this test subject hadn't just unleashed the power of the Law of Reason, I wouldn't have been able to find this place. After all, I could destroy this laboratory at any time."
What is the core of the Ninth Vinaya (the Vinaya of Essential Principles)?
Hen gritted his teeth and resisted the supergravity environment created by Annal, while moving his body toward the little girl. The supergravity environment was constantly increasing, and debris began to fall from the laboratory's ceiling.
He knew that what he should do most right now was to kill the little girl and extract the core of the Law of Reason, but as a father of a daughter, looking at this little girl easily reminded him of Griseo, which made him almost instinctively want to protect the little girl.
He stood beside the little girl, not only to fight against Annal's supergravity, but also to use his own abilities to help the little girl resist the supergravity environment.
The little girl quieted down, gazing silently at Annal, her black pupils gradually turning silver.
On the other side.
"Ugh..." Zhu Yufeng pressed his head, his pupils gradually turning silver. He looked up in Mullstein's direction, and that strange feeling returned, as if he was pleading for help again...
This is absolutely unbelievable... Could it really be his child or something? Even if it is, isn't this telepathy a bit too far-fetched? Is this scientific? Is this Honkai?
Well, maybe... Honkai can indeed be omnipotent in some strange and unusual places.
"The child is calling for help." Lilith quickly accepted the fact that she had a child. "So, baby's father, what are you going to do?"
Elysia: "..."
Her fists hardened! What on earth is going on here? She's being treated like an outsider! And! Why is it Lilith and Maple's child?! And why did you accept it so quickly, Lilith, saying "the father of the child" so easily?!
Zhu Yufeng was also baffled by Lilith's "child's father," but he only hesitated for a moment before making a decision. He was already on his way to Mullstein, and besides...
Since they had already decided to ignore Mu Continent, it didn't matter whether it sank or not, so it didn't matter if it was exposed at this point.
The next second, in Elysia and Lilith's sight, Zhu Yufeng accelerated towards Mullstein at an extremely high speed, leaving only a blur in his wake.
Advance in a straight line, demolishing everything in sight.
Fortunately, the place where they landed wasn't too far from Mullstein...
"With his self-accelerated time and his own physical speed, it's really a bit of a cheat," Lilith shrugged helplessly. "Honestly, he didn't even say 'Honey, I'll be right back.' What an insensitive man."
Elysia glanced at Lilith, too exhausted to investigate further. All she wanted to know was what was going on, so she said, "Let's hurry and catch up."
Meanwhile, inside a research institute in the Mu Continent.
"Alright!" Mostima's hands flew across the keyboard. "I knew I could hack into their internal network using Mu Continent's facilities. Let me see what this absolute experiment over there at Mullstein is all about! Abaddon, keep watch and buy me some time... and also make sure to protect me."
Who told her to be the only one among the Fire Moth warriors who wasn't Fusion Warrior, or even a formal warrior?
Mostima overheard Zhu Yufeng and Elysia's conversation, and she was also curious about the plan implemented in Mullstein she had been trying to uncover more details about, despite her previous efforts.
What kind of crap did Mu Continent actually create?
"I'm telling you, this is definitely in the bag," Nahamah said to Abaddon, leaning against the door. "Although it's a bit of a shame that the child wasn't born naturally, we have the telepathy now, so the boss and Lilith are definitely a sure thing."
"No matter what, that child absolutely cannot be given to you to raise," Abaddon said, glancing at Nahamah.
Xila stood on the perimeter of the research institute, her eyes coldly surveying her surroundings. Nearby were scattered parts of Armed Doll and human limbs lying haphazardly.
The Fire Moth had a clear plan for infiltrating the Mu Continent. Since the Mu Continent was going to sink sooner or later anyway, it would be a pity if the research data inside were also lost. Therefore, Mostima's entire journey was prepared to infiltrate the Mu Continent's network. As for Zhu Yufeng and his team who were heading to Mullstein prevent the situation from escalating further, they were divided into several small teams and infiltrated the Mu Continent from different locations.
So after Kevin received the news from Zhu Yufeng, he also fell into a long silence.
Much later, Pardo spoke up, "While we were still wondering who would get there first, Sister Elysia or Lilith already had a child without doing anything."
Sakura's expression remained unchanged, but her hand gripping the hilt of the sword was trembling, and she increased her pace, gradually showing a tendency to travel in a straight line, like tearing down houses.
Kevin took a long time to speak before saying, "In any case, we should still do our best to ensure the child's safety."
Kosma and Disaster, who had infiltrated the Hen family's mansion on the Mu Continent and found that Blanca and Griseo were both absent, exchanged a glance. Disaster sighed helplessly and said, "What on earth is going on on the Mu Continent...?"
After a moment of silence Kosma said, "Regarding the situation over there, we can only trust that Kevin and the others have handled it. We should now look for Griseo and Blanca's location."
"So why did we come looking for Little Griseo and Senior Blanca..." Disaster muttered, somewhat speechless. "Are we really going to kidnap them back to the Fire Moth? Although it does seem like a good opportunity right now..."
Kosma remained silent. He couldn't very well say it was to ensure Griseo's safety, could he? No one was sure if the Ninth Herrscher would resort to desperate measures again, and besides, it seemed that Feng and the others preferred that Mu Continent continue to sink...