Deliberately Suppressing Honkai Victory! Otto Nurtures the World as His Chessboard, Manipulating All Humanity's Hope!

The Dragon Prince asked softly, "Will he feed the entire world into it?"

The Dragon God did not answer at once. Otto's lonely silhouette on the Light Screen was reflected in those abyss-like eyes. After a long while, he said, "He will feed the entire world to that name. Then he will discover that name no longer needs this world."

The image finally froze on Otto standing in the center of an underground laboratory, surrounded by rows of cultivation chambers glowing faintly. Countless similarly shaped bodies could vaguely be seen within, like endless copies of the same face. He looked up, his voice so soft it was as though he were reporting to someone nonexistent in the darkness. "It's all right. If I fail, I'll try again. I'll keep going until you return."

The Light Screen went dark.

Yet the air in the Douluo God Realm seemed to have been stripped of all warmth. Even A'Dai, who usually spoke the least, slowly raised his head. A light that did not belong to him churned in his clouded eyes. "Can't all that firewood he burned... warm him even a little?"

No one could answer.

Because they all understood that someone left with nothing but obsession was the coldest flame in the world.

A'Dai's question sank into the deep lake like a stone. It raised no echo, yet made the lakebed colder. When the Light Screen lit up again, the underground laboratory was gone, replaced by a dim archive room. Otto sat in a high-backed chair, several translucent data screens floating before him, densely packed with technical proposals submitted by the Schicksal Research Department. His fingers moved slowly over them, pausing now and then, tapping lightly at times.

"Bishop, the thirteenth proposal has been verified. In theory, it can increase Honkai Energy