"How could someone with such low adaptability have such impressive achievements?"
"Isn't it obvious? He must've fooled his teammates and taken all the credit for himself. Otherwise, how do you think a rookie who'd only been around for so long became captain?"
"Then what about Kevin from Squad One...?"
"Please, Kevin's Honkai Energy Adaptability is extremely high. He's different from him."
Different.
"Hmph, always acting so cold and aloof. Does he really think he's that amazing?"
"Stop talking. Maybe his Honkai Energy Adaptability is so low that Honkai Energy will erode him to death in a few years."
"Haha, true. Even people with adaptability like ours can only work logistics. He's always on the battlefield, so he'll definitely die sooner."
"I wouldn't be stupid enough to throw my life away for a bit of merit."
"That's true as well..."
"Shhk."
"What's wrong... Aahhh! You, you, you, don't come—"
"Shhk."
Hun stood atop the building and kicked the corpse down. It smashed into a pile of flesh on the ground, indistinguishable from the corpses of the dead and Honkai Beasts.
Trash belonged with trash.
Hun smiled and turned to leave.
Unease
"Neural Connection initiated. Time limit: one minute."
"Whew..."
A familiar sensation traveled from the end of the connection into his mind. Lin closed his eyes and sensed the outside world through the Mech Girl's information system.
Searching for the direction of stars on a foggy night was an apt description.
The newly added sensory devices designed to synchronize the Titan with its pilot were like extensions of perception. From the Titan's thirty-six device positions, they spread over the surroundings like ethereal mist, gradually enveloping everything and transmitting all active information into his mind like water flowing through pipes.
The minute passed quickly. When Lin opened his eyes again, Prometheus had