Otto the Bastard, Look at This Big, Round Blame! / Get Ready for the Meteor Shower! ...

"So you mean Sirin had already agreed to negotiate, but then suddenly a spaceship opened fire on Sirin?"

On Earth, Ling Xi's injuries had fully healed. She was sitting in the living room of Anti-Entropy's temporary base in Shenzhou, listening to the explanation from the blue-haired girl opposite her.

"Yes."

This young woman is none other than Dr. Einstein, one of the three giants of Anti-Entropy, or simply Ein.

Ein nodded calmly, unfolding the holographic video, and said, "Here are the footage and audio recordings from that time. You can check them yourself if you don't believe me."

Ling Xi didn't check, because he was fairly familiar with Ein's character. Except when she was framing Tesla, she almost never lied about anything else, and...

I am quite familiar with the situation in the original work.

"Then what's going on with your spaceship?"

Ling Xi pressed on, "That was indeed your Anti-Entropy spaceship, right? Why was it there and why did it fire at Sirin?"

"I do not deny that we laid ambushes in the area beforehand, and that the spaceship was indeed sent by us, but we never issued an attack order at the time."

Ein continued to explain, "If the spaceship had been intact, we might have been able to investigate the whole story, but that spaceship has been... well, your Sirin blew it to pieces, along with the black box. Although the technical department is trying its best to reconstruct the truth, it seems quite difficult at the moment."

Ling Xi "..."

Needless to say, there's only one truth: Otto, you scoundrel!

Although he had no evidence, it was like in his own world, where he would blame everything on the US – nine out of ten bad things were definitely done by this guy. But in the Honkai world...

The same logic applies to blaming Otto for any bad things that happen; it's pretty much the same thing.

Besides, even if he doesn't have evidence here, in the comics, Otto the scoundrel really wants Sirin to fully awaken, and if Sirin and Anti-Entropy successfully negotiate, it obviously doesn't fit his plan.

So this was probably... no, it was definitely Otto who did it.

"Dudu..."

At that moment, the automatic door in the living room opened, and Tesla with red hair walked in, sighed, and said, "Ugh, what a hassle. Not only did the plan fail, but we also have to pay so much in compensation."

Tesla seemed somewhat speechless. Although Old Yang and Sirin's battle avoided the city center, this was still the capital of Shenzhou, so it still caused considerable losses. And these losses... naturally all fell on Anti-Entropy's head. It was too difficult.

"Dr. Tesla, how is the Alliance Leader?"

Ein then inquired about Old Yang's situation.

"To be honest, it's not very good."

Tesla shook his head. "To deal with the Herrscher, he overexerted his body again, and also..."

As he spoke, Tesla glanced at Ling Xi with some hesitation and said, "Anyway, he's still lying in the medical pod. It'll probably take him at least ten days to eight months to recover. But..."

As Tesla looked at Ling Xi, a hint of curiosity appeared in his eyes. "How did you recover so quickly? Your injuries clearly looked more severe than the Alliance Leader's, but only a few hours have passed and you're fully recovered?"

Although Old Yang looked terrible, he mostly had superficial injuries from Ling Xi's beating. It hurt a lot, but it wasn't fatal. As for Ling Xi...

This guy's chest was pierced by the Subspace Spear, but only a few hours later, he's jumping around like a madman?

"What's the big deal? I'm still young. Isn't it normal for young people to be healthy?"

Ling Xi simply smiled and offered no further explanation.

"What the heck? I'm still young, how come I don't have your kind of recovery ability?"

Tesla pursed his lips, clearly not believing Ling Xi's nonsense. At the same time, feeling a bit thirsty, he picked up the teacup on the table and drank it down in large gulps.

"Puff..."

Ling Xi burst out laughing and said, "Yes, Dr. Tesla, born in 1856, is still less than 150 years old. He is indeed very young."

"Cough cough... Huh? You... Hmph!"

Tesla was almost too powerful and really wanted to take Ling Xi down with him. Can we talk without bringing up age? Also, how did you find out about this?

Ein remained silent, merely observing Ling Xi with growing curiosity about Ling Xi.

Because among all the information I could find, there was no information about Ling Xi. The earliest record of Ling Xi was only about ten days ago, when researchers from the Babylon Laboratory brought Ling Xi back. Apart from that...

Ling Xi seemed to appear out of thin air!

However, judging from the current conversation, he is very knowledgeable about Anti-Entropy, Schicksal, and himself.

"Ling Xi, what are your plans regarding Sirin's matter?"

Of course, Ein didn't directly inquire about Ling Xi's affairs, as that might offend her. Moreover, she was more concerned about the Second Herrscher, since the Second Herrscher had clearly awakened completely!

However, Anti-Entropy 'Anti-Entropy strongest fighter, its leader Welt Yang, is practically useless. Even if he were to unleash his full power again, he would be no match for Sirin. Therefore...

Ling Xi's attitude is very important.

"I don't have any plans."

Ling Xi pursed her lips and said irritably, "I was living here peacefully with Sirin, and it wouldn't have been impossible for things to continue like this. But you all had to come and disturb our normal lives, and now..."

Ling Xi snorted unhappily, "Because your alliance leader is too good at talking, Sirin now misunderstands that I've been deceiving her all along. What do you think I can do now? Defeat Sirin?"

Thinking about this, Ling Xi became increasingly angry as she spoke. Some people, if they can't speak properly, they should just shut up, especially that certain person who does sit-ups. First, she was an expert at breaking off conversations, and then with just two short sentences, she managed to turn Sirin against her, causing Sirin to suspect that she had ulterior motives for approaching her, and ultimately...

Sirin almost killed herself with the Subspace Spear; this is too much for her...

Honestly, I really wanted to shove Old Yang's head right into the toilet and teach him a lesson in the art of conversation...

However, considering his current half-dead state, Ling Xi temporarily held back, but... I'll remember this grudge!

Finally, there's the matter of Sirin. If things follow the original storyline, she'll return as the Six-Core Pufferfish, and then...

Ugh... This is tricky.

"Forehead..."

Ein "..."

Tesla "..."

Faced with Ling Xi's complaints and questions, the two could only remain silent, after all, Ling Xi was telling the truth...

As for the talent of their Anti-Entropy Leader, who could turn Sirin and Ling Xi against each other with just two sentences, Ein felt that it might be worth developing further, and perhaps it could be used on Schicksal someday.

Chapter 612: Prepare for a Meteor Shower!

However, even though Ein knew that Old Yang was bad at negotiating, she could only let him go. After all, before actually meeting Sirin, everything about Sirin was just speculation. So... what if Ein went to negotiate with Sirin and Sirin killed her instantly with a single move Subspace Spear?

So, as I said before, negotiation is only a means to avoid the use of force, but force is the bottom line for ensuring security!

So, in the end, it was Old Yang who had to go and negotiate with Sirin, and then...

This led to a conflict between the two "hidden dragons and phoenix chicks" of the negotiation world, ultimately resulting in the current outcome.

At this moment, Ein also felt a little regretful, because if she had known earlier that Ling Xi had such a strong influence on Sirin, she could have directly come to Ling Xi to negotiate, which would have been much better than having Old Yang go to negotiate with Sirin.

As for the spaceship that suddenly attacked Sirin, Ein already had a suspect, but... Ein didn't quite understand why the other party would do such a thing.

"I'm sorry, Ling Xi. Although we are responsible for the current situation, we can only continue to think of countermeasures now that things have come to this."

Ein also silently watched Ling Xi. Through a brief conversation with Ling Xi, Ein roughly determined Ling Xi's attitude. First of all, Ling Xi should be on the side of humans, but he has a good relationship with Sirin, and Sirin just happens to be Herrscher.

Now that the Second Herrscher has fully awakened, it will only become more powerful, an existence that Yang cannot contend with. Therefore, Ein is well aware that Ling Xi's power is indispensable if they want to fight against the next Second Herrscher.

"This is your business."

Even though Ein's attitude was sincere, Ling Xi was still a little unhappy. Although this matter cannot be entirely blamed on Anti-Entropy, it is at least half the fault, and the other half is naturally the scoundrel Otto!

As for Sirin...

What is now certain is that Sirin initially agreed to the negotiations, and then she was attacked. Under these circumstances, if Sirin still wanted to trust Old Yang, then she would be completely out of her mind.

After all, she knew very well what Sirin had gone through in the past few months, so... don't blame Sirin for not wanting to trust humans.

It was because humans had deceived her too many times. Even when facing Sirin, she was cautious, because her heart was already very fragile.

Even because of Old Yang's "master of conversation" actions, Sirin began to doubt herself. All her efforts over the past week had vanished in an instant. No wonder some people said that Anti-Entropy was professional at messing things up. This is... truly professional!

"Phew, Ling Xi..."

Ein remained calm and began, "We have investigated Sirin's matter and fully understand her current behavior, but... if you hope to save Sirin, then we should find a way to handle what happens next."

Ein said seriously, "First of all, what we need to do now is to find Sirin, and then the two of us can talk to Sirin together. This is the best way to solve the problem."

Having reached this point, Ein still decided that negotiation was the best option, even though Old Yang's conversation had caused Sirin and Ling Xi to fall out...

That was just a misunderstanding. If Sirin really cares about Ling Xi, then the misunderstanding shouldn't be difficult to clear up. Moreover, if I personally go with Ling Xi to negotiate with Sirin this time, then Sirin might accept it!

Of course, Ein had also considered the possibility of Sirin becoming a Herrscher. If Sirin was already under the control of the Herrscher's consciousness, then... they would have to carry out another plan.

"But Sirin is on the moon right now!"

Just as Ein was waiting for Ling Xi's answer, Tesla spoke up first, stroking his chin as he said, "Although we have the capability to land on the moon, it will take a lot of time, and besides, if the Herrscher were to overturn the verdict on the moon..."

"Moon..."

Ling Xi then remembered something and immediately said, "Ein, Tesla, I don't care whether you believe me or not, but... before dawn, you'd better evacuate as many people around the world as possible to air-raid shelters or basements."

"Huh? Why?"

Tesla asked doubtfully, "Could it be that a large-scale Honkai is about to occur? And... even if the Second Herrscher returns, is there any need to start evacuating now?"

"Whoosh..."

Ling Xi simply sighed silently, then walked to the window, looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and said with a helpless smile, "Because... if nothing unexpected happens, Sirin..."

"Soon we'll be bombarded with meteorites from the moon, and you should know very well what the consequences of such things falling on Earth are, shouldn't you?"

Ein "!!?"

Tesla "!!!"

As Ling Xi spoke, the two of them gasped. It was winter, so the air they inhaled was indeed cold, and they seemed to feel the surrounding temperature drop as well...

Ein had absolutely no doubt about the truthfulness of Ling Xi's words. After all... she was the Second Herrscher, the Apostle of Honkai, the vanguard of the destruction of human civilization. With her abilities, throwing a meteorite at Earth would be a piece of cake, and...

After she launched her attack on Ling Xi, Earth would probably no longer be a concern for her.

"I understand, but this matter cannot be made public; it will only cause greater panic and losses."

Ein thought for a moment and said, "We will keep a close eye on meteorites coming from the direction of the moon, and at the necessary time, we will use the excuse of city exercises to allow some cities within our Anti-Entropy territory to take refuge. But the rest... all we can do is prepare relief supplies as soon as possible."

Although the news was shocking, Ein made a calm decision: making it public was impossible, because there are more than seven billion people in the world now, and if a large-scale turmoil were to occur, it might cause even greater damage than the meteorite.

After saying that, Ein said to Ling Xi, "Ling Xi, we have prepared a room for you. Can you stay here and rest for now?"

Having witnessed Ling Xi's battle with Old Yang, and considering Ling Xi's terrifying regenerative abilities, Ein had absolutely no intention of restricting Ling Xi's actions. This would only create a powerful enemy for Anti-Entropy. However, Ein still hoped that Ling Xi could stay with Anti-Entropy, at least...

In this way, Anti-Entropy can gain more initiative than Schicksal. If Ling Xi and Sirin can stay with Anti-Entropy in the end, that would be the best outcome.

Although Ein also knew that the latter was unlikely.

"Yes, that's fine."

Ling Xi did not refuse the suggestion. After all, Sirin had already left, so it didn't really matter where she was. Moreover, if she stayed in Anti-Entropy, she could get news about Sirin as soon as possible.

Although... the story has already progressed to this point, it may be very difficult to stop the Second Honkai War!

As the meteorite falls, Sirin will stand firmly on the opposite side of humanity, although... Honkai and civilization are inherently and eternally opposed.

Chapter 613: The Queen and Cecilia!

"Whoosh..."

Meanwhile, Sirin had already returned to Earth riding the Bebedragon, but she didn't go straight home because...

She was still struggling with whether or not to go back, or rather... she wanted to go back, but she was also a little afraid to go back.

"Your Majesty, shall we begin our destruction in this city?"

At that moment, Sirin was sitting on the top of a tall building, while Bella stood beside her and asked curiously.

"Never mind."

Sirin shook her head and said, "I've said it before, it's pointless to crush a bunch of ants. Only eliminating humanity's high-end combat power is useful. There's no need to alert them."

At this moment, Sirin didn't want to reveal her identity. She was afraid that Ling Xi would come looking for her directly, and besides... this was the city where her family lived!

"Okay, I understand!"