Shaken

The warriors of the Fire Moth Division urgently assembled, preparing to confront Yuga, who was about to arrive at the Division base. Meanwhile, the higher-ups were doing their utmost to investigate the possibility of a leak of information about the Fire Moth. The Fire Moth Division was an organization that did not exist in the public eye, and remained completely unknown until the end of the Eighth Herrscher Incident. However, Yu Yuga's target was very clearly the Division base, which made it difficult not to suspect the possibility of a leak.

To prevent the higher-ups from wasting time on meaningless matters, Vill-V deliberately provoked the Herrscher Core of the Third Herrscher, causing it to emit a strong Honkai Energy reaction and electromagnetic waves, leading the higher-ups to mistakenly believe that Yuga was targeting the Herrscher Core of the Third Herrscher.

Therefore, the battle plan was quickly formulated: a small team would take the Herrscher Core away from the base to lure Yuga away as much as possible, because once Yuga arrived at the Fire Moth base, it would inevitably cause large-scale destruction and might Fire Moth's information to the outside world.

After that squad distracts Yuga, the Fire Moth will prepare the Honkai Energy Suppression Device as quickly as possible, thereby suppressing Yuga and finally killing him.

Then Zhu Yufeng naturally accepted the task.

"Yu Feng, are you... really sure that's your Companion Honkai Beast?" Before setting off, Mobius asked somewhat uncertainly. Although she had deduced a reasonable explanation, it was only "reasonable."

"I couldn't be more certain." Zhu Yufeng took the Herrscher Core of the Third Herrscher and boarded the fighter jet.

This is all about the Time Dragon, no, Yuga is coming for him, if he doesn't go, who will?

Just to be on the safe side, Elysia decided to board the plane with him, since the fighter jet still had two seats, and she could handle any unexpected situations that might arise.

They set off ten minutes before Yuga arrived at the 2nd branch.

Everyone in the command room stared at the red dot representing Yuga. Soon, someone shouted, "It changed direction! It's heading straight for the Herrscher Core of the Third Herrscher!"

The higher-ups breathed a sigh of relief and instructed the others to proceed according to the initial plan.

On the other side, watching the red dot rapidly approaching on the radar, Zhu Yufeng suddenly felt something connecting with him in his mind. Just as he was about to turn around to look, a shadow loomed over his head.

He looked up and met Yuga's gaze...

Wow, that's so cool!

Three metal dragon tails extended from behind Yuga, binding the fighter jet and causing it to shake violently.

"It wants to take me away!" Zhu Yufeng said to Elysia beside him. "To be precise, it seems like it wants to pack us up and take us away."

After all, protecting their master is almost the only function of every Companion Honkai Beast, right?

Through her communication with Yuga, Zhu Yufeng learned that this guy had been hurt by humans and considered them enemies. He needed to take her away from humans. As for Elysia... because she was also Herrscher, Yuga had no intention of harming her. Otherwise, if it were someone else, Yuga would have torn up the fighter jet and taken Zhu Yufeng away.

"Feng, try to keep the locator working properly. The support from the headquarters will be here soon!" Hen said into the communicator.

Zhu Yufeng was still communicating with Yuga, trying to explain to it that humans were not the enemy, at least not for now.

Elysia looked up at Yuga, her brows furrowing slightly. Hmm... not very cute, not as cute as her ray.

Neither of the two people in the fighter jet were nervous. After confirming that Yuga would listen to Zhu Yufeng, there was nothing to be nervous about, even though the others in the second division were almost frantic with worry.

The support sent by Fire Moth was almost in place, but actually Yuga slowed down. Hmm... maybe we should change the name to Time Dragon? If Zhu Yufeng hadn't made Time Dragon act Fire Moth, Time Dragon would have directly taken the fighter jet into space.

Although it seems like I'd die even if I went to space now...

As planned, the support aircraft, the Fire Moth, fired a Honkai Energy suppression device at the Time Dragon. To the Honkai Beast, this device was similar to a tranquilizer dart.

The Time Dragon released its restraints on the fighter jet where Zhu Yufeng was. Since its master hadn't said it couldn't fight back, it immediately activated Time Reversal after releasing the restraints, causing the launched Honkai Energy Suppression Device to be pushed back in.

The warriors of the Fire Moth were dumbfounded.

Elysia reached out and grasped Zhu Yufeng's hand. Because the communication channel was down, she couldn't speak directly to Zhu Yufeng; she could only hope that Zhu Yufeng would understand her meaning.

Zhu Yufeng understood. Elysia didn't want any casualties to result. After all, strictly speaking, the Time Dragon was one of their own. It was best to avoid the situation of one's own people killing another.

Fortunately, a soldier reacted quickly enough and launched a second attack immediately after the first one failed. This was only because the Time Dragon was only pretending to charge up after receiving the order; otherwise, even if he reacted quickly, the Time Dragon could have easily wiped out all the support by turning around and firing an Annihilation Time Spiral.

The Time Dragon, once hit, immediately ascended and rushed into outer space. The Fire Moth's fighter jets, lacking the capability to fight in outer space, had no choice but to abandon the mission.

For warriors who do not know the truth, this is a disheartening conclusion.

Following this, the Fire Moth, which has recorded the specific Honkai Energy reaction of the Time Dragon, will continue to monitor the Time Dragon to ensure that it can react in time if the Time Dragon reappears.

Quickly, the funerals for the warriors who sacrificed their lives in the Time Dragon incident were also held.

Since it was something that happened to one of their own Honkai Beast, Zhu Yufeng felt that even though he didn't have much of a conscience, he should at least show up and do something.

"Yuga is Brother Yu Feng's Companion Honkai Beast, so isn't Mr. Vincent's sacrifice meaningless?" Pardo whispered from behind Zhu Yufeng.

"No, that's not true." Zhu Yufeng replied softly, "Vincent's sacrifice was not meaningless. If it weren't for his intervention, Yuga would Great Honkai range to ensure that he absorbed enough Honkai Energy. At that time, the casualties would have been much more than just that."

Although Vincent and the others' attacks made the Time Dragon hostile to humans, it also led the Time Dragon to seek him out as quickly as possible after acquiring a certain amount of Honkai Energy, instead of continuing to absorb Honkai Energy as a box.

In this respect, the sacrifice of Vincent and others was not a meaningless sacrifice; at least they saved the lives of most of the people.

As the representative of the warriors, Hen presented Vincent with a bouquet of flowers, then returned to the ranks and explained to Zhu Yufeng, "His fiancée, Aisha, also died during the Second Eruption, which caused him to be depressed for a long time. Perhaps this is the best ending for him."

But Zhu Yufeng found this statement ironic, ironic at himself, since the root of the problem was ultimately his own fault.

He wouldn't feel regret or sadness for most people's deaths, because he never cared, but Vincent's death... would still bother him to some extent.

The best ending? Was this really the best ending for him?

"I'm going to train now," he said before leaving his seat.

In a villa in Puglia, on the Italian Peninsula.

The silver-haired girl played a piano piece with her eyes closed. The atmosphere of the piece was sometimes light and lively, and sometimes elegant and melodious. There was no somber part in the overall melody, as if it were telling a fairy tale.

The young girl behind him stood silently to one side, listening intently. He dared not interrupt her performance, for fear of disturbing her and disrupting the harmonious melody.

When the piece ended, Shao dared to speak, "Ah, my dear Lilith, what a beautiful, dreamlike piece of music! Forgive me, this ignorant fool, for I have never heard of this piece before. Can you tell me its name?"

Lilith opened her eyes, her amethyst-like pupils devoid of any emotion, but her facial expression was remarkably gentle.

She replied, "Ah, my dear Adams, the name of this piece is 'To the Flawless One,' and I suppose... I should say that I composed it."

"To the Flawless One? Ah, what a beautiful name! I think even Eden couldn't have written such a beautiful piece of music, could he?" Adams said from the bottom of his heart. "This Flawless One's is probably only worthy of you."

"No, dear Adams, I... am not worthy to be called the Flawless One." Lilith did not turn to look at Adams.

Adams didn't take it seriously, but since his fiancée had said so herself, there was no point in him insisting. He decided to change the subject. "It seems that Eden is coming to perform here in a few days. Shall we go and see it together?"

"Eden?" Lilith murmured the name softly, then chuckled gently. "Great, perfect. I was just wondering if she could offer some advice on this piece."