Chapter 163
She continued to live a comfortable life, and her personal lifestyle was quite daring. Since the room had central heating, she naturally chose this relaxed posture.
"Kiana..."
Upon seeing Freya's arrival, the Jackal quickly flipped over the sofa in front of the TV and landed flat on his face on the ground.
She didn't mind her body being seen, since there were more women than women in Schicksal anyway, and besides, only Freya could enter her vault-level door.
The only external passageway in this room is a supply passage with a diameter of fifty centimeters.
Jackal's three meals a day were delivered directly through the supply channel, and the potato chips and cola were obtained by her through her knowledge.
Freya could never have too many senior researchers.
The Jackal's brain is more valuable than her body.
Of course, if Freya had a group of male soldiers under her command, she might have considered transforming this place into some kind of special location.
This lewd body should also be put to use.
However, the Jackal, who has recently gained weight, is quite comfortable with his current life and feels no guilt whatsoever for being a traitor to the World Serpent.
Anyone who didn't know better would think she was an undercover agent sent by Freya to infiltrate the World Serpent.
Freya really didn't know how to comment.
"... I'm here to ask about the Mikoyan Design Bureau."
Although the Jackal's body was pleasing to the eye, Freya's attention was not on it. She narrowed her eyes. If her strategy were to be compared to playing Go, it would be like placing stones randomly, seemingly without any purpose, and then gradually connecting several stones into lines, the lines intertwining to form a net. When the enemy was deeply trapped in the net, they would not even notice it.
At this moment, Freya's attention was focused on the manufacturing company under World Serpent.
Most of the Soviet Union's advanced military equipment came from the Mikoyan Design Bureau, a manufacturing company that was also associated with Cocolia. Following Jackal's 'report,' the company was branded as the World Serpent.
Yes, this is a manufacturing company related to World Serpent.
Freya sent Schicksal's top brass to confront the World Serpent's senior executives, including Mikoyan's chairman. However, the other party's position was too high and he was very secretive. Jackal only knew that Mikoyan was related to the World Serpent, but he didn't know how much of a connection there was.
After all, weapons development and biological development are different fields.
Jackal is more skilled in the field of biology. Her unique technology for modifying Honkai Beast, and artificial Honkai Beast, actually fall under the category of biology.
The database of Schicksal contains information on Fusion Warrior from Previous Civilization. However, the creation of Fusion Warrior is extremely difficult. Fusing with the genes of Honkai Beast can easily cause mutations in the body, and even cause parts of the body to become Honkai Beast.
Unfortunately, there wasn't much information about Fusion Warrior in the database, so Freya temporarily shelved the plan to create Fusion Warrior and focused her attention on weapon development.
There aren't many companies in this world capable of manufacturing weapons to fight Honkai Beast.
Among them, Schicksal has several research institutions specializing in weapons development, and recently several research institutes have been forced to transform.
The main weapons used by the Valkyrie of Schicksal were mostly manufactured by the Research Institute 1504 and the Research Institute 7308.
Anti-Entropy has an all-powerful ME Company, which, in addition to the Black Iron series and Star Ring Vortex, also has the top-secret Project-MEI, from which high-tech weapons such as Magnetic Storm Slash, Electromagnetic Cannon, and Rai-Cut are produced.
ME Company has now partnered with Schicksal, primarily in the area of aerospace materials, but they also engage in private exchanges on weapons development.
But Freya still felt it wasn't enough. Since she had already dealt such a heavy blow to the World Serpent, she didn't mind offending it even more, so she naturally turned her attention to the Mikoyan Design Bureau.
The most important weapons designed by Mikoyan seem to be heavy firepower, which played a significant role in large-scale Honkai wars.
181. Unworthy of being given a high-ranking position, but still usable.
In this Honkai world, Honkai Energy possesses an extremely irrational corrosiveness.
Even the Honkai Energy weapons created by Schicksal cannot operate Honkai Energy for an extended period of time; the core conversion device lasts for a maximum of two years, which is shorter than the lifespan of a mobile phone.
The metal with the best adaptability to Honkai Energy is a block of metal composed of self-repairing nanorobots developed by the Previous Civilization, also known as "Soul Steel".
The Divine Key are all made of Soul Steel, which shows that Soul Steel is resistant to Honkai Energy.
Because of this characteristic, Soul Steel was used by Previous Civilization as a carrier for data storage.
The metal block composed of nanorobots can isolate Honkai Energy, and when the metal block is corroded by Honkai Energy, the nanorobots can automatically repair themselves.
Even if the future world is filled with Honkai Energy, Soul Steel, which has extremely high Honkai Energy resistance, will become the fruit of wisdom that transmits civilization.
Unfortunately, the production of Soul Steel is limited, and the current civilization does not have the technology to manufacture Soul Steel, nor has it produced any metal of the same grade as Soul Steel.
In terms of metal resistance to Honkai Energy, Anti-Entropy currently leads Schicksal.
This has resulted in a situation where, in terms of scientific and technological research alone, Schicksal may not necessarily lose to Anti-Entropy, but in reality, Anti-Entropy's scientific and technological achievements are number one in the world.
Tesla's carburized titanium-uranium alloy, commonly known as "Týr Alloy," can be used as a lower-grade alternative to Soul Steel and has extremely high resistance to Honkai Energy.
Although Anti-Entropy's Titan Mech all used this metal, preventing the mech forces from being unilaterally crushed in the fight against Honkai Beast, the mech forces had a major disadvantage in the Honkai War: the mech forces ultimately used Honkai Energy as their energy source, but did not have actual Honkai Energy manipulation.
Even if the Honkai Beast units use mass-produced alloys that can shield Honkai Energy, they are still just moving Honkai Energy. Honkai Beast with some Honkai Energy manipulation will accelerate the rate at which Honkai Energy corrodes the Týr Alloy when fighting against the mech units.
This leads to metal fatigue, reaction delays, and remote control interruptions in mech units during combat.
Of course, it's also because melee combat with Honkai Beast is prone to failure, so Anti-Entropy's mech units are gradually developing towards long-range firepower output.
The Titan Mech of the past focused more on the flexibility of the mechs, but the current Titan Mech, as soon as the target enters the firing range, open the anchoring device to connect with the ground, then activate the missile launchers, unleashing a barrage of missiles, a saturation bombardment...
This is the result of a recent Anti-Entropy test.
By now, they have completely abandoned the idea of using Titan Mech to engage in close combat with Honkai Beast.
Combining Honkai Energy with metal is not a simple matter. Making Honkai Energy provide additional power without corroding the metal is even more technically difficult.
However, the Mikoyan Design Bureau's manufacturing technology in heavy firepower is clearly superior to that of Anti-Entropy's ME Company.
Mikoyan embedded Honkai Energy Crystal fragments into weapons such as Frost Rain, Hellfire III, and Heat Cutter, thereby greatly enhancing the performance of these weapons, demonstrating that this special technology was already quite mature.
Freya's Type-B Stigmata are very similar to this technology, so she is very envious of Mikoyan's technology, or rather, she is envious of World Serpent's technology.
She also specifically ordered a Honkai Energy heavy weapon called "Markov Type-A" from Schicksal Mikoyan. Honkai Energy Crystal fragments were embedded inside the standard Soviet weapon. This technical approach is different from Schicksal's concept of converting Honkai Energy, and also different from Anti-Entropy's approach of using high-tech electromagnetic fields to bind Honkai Energy.
Schicksal's conversion of Honkai Energy has its limits, which is why Schicksal rarely manufactures heavy weapons. The only heavy weapons it possesses are cross-shaped autonomous machine guns, which rely on the ammunition capacity of automatic machine guns to create powerful firepower.
Therefore, she desperately wanted to get her hands on Mikoyan's heavy weapons!
Especially after accepting the Far East government's conditions to clear a city occupied by Honkai Beast.
In fact, Freya, who could create Honkai Energy Crystal by hand, was very envious of Mikoyan's technology, but she couldn't reveal her intentions too obviously.
Her casual way of placing pieces might be influenced by her past life, but this kind of layout is the best way to prevent the enemy from guessing her purpose.
Freya clenched her fist gently; wanting them all was no empty promise.
Shencheng Medicine has already been acquired by Schicksal; next up is Mikoyan Design Bureau.
However, this manufacturing company is different from Shencheng Medicine. It was a military equipment manufacturing company designated by the former Soviet Union, and now it has closer ties with various countries.
Therefore, even if the Mikoyan leaders, whose identities as World Serpent have been exposed, are not afraid of being brought to justice by Schicksal.
As for the World Serpent terrorist theory promoted by Schicksal... it's nothing, they've done similar things before, such as slandering the Grand Bishop of Schicksal as a perverted lolicon and Schicksal as a cult.
The Schicksal, which originated from a religion, cannot escape the stains of its past, such as the persecution of innocent women by witches, indulgences, and the Schicksal Expedition.
Of course, Otto was used to it, after all, it was Schicksal's fault in the past.
In front of Freya, the still naked Jackal began to reveal the information she knew.
However, she is a researcher specializing in the field of biology, so she doesn't know much information. This is why she prefers to use her intellect to get better treatment; her intellect is more valuable than half-baked information.
Freya was able to complete the Type-B Stigmata independently, naturally inspired by the details of the Stigmata Project provided by the Jackal.
The World Serpent's Stigmata Activation Plan aims to create an activator to activate and recombine latent Stigmata fragments in human genes, enabling them to be fully expressed.
The process is extremely difficult, and those who cannot endure it will die or even become zombies, but those who survive will have the power to survive the Honkai.
The densely populated Sky City was originally a suitable experimental site for this Stigmata Project.
Freya was speechless at the Stigmata Project submitted by Jackal. It was like a Great Honkai. Those who couldn't withstand it would either become Deadman or corpses, while the survivors would gain Honkai Energy antibodies and obtain some power from the Stigmata.
The children in Cocolia Orphanage are all like this; they all possess, to varying degrees, the ability to manipulate Honkai Energy.
Freya smeared the World Serpent, and calling them terrorists wouldn't be wrong.
If the Stigmata Project, which the World Serpent wants to oversee, were implemented worldwide, it would likely wipe out more than 90% of humanity.
If the Honkai Consciousness knew about this, it would probably applaud World Serpent.
"So, you don't know much about Mikoyan?"
"Yes, Kiana."
The Jackal, kneeling on the ground, puffed out its large chest and answered.
"Tsk... Doesn't the Mikoyan Design Bureau have any weaknesses?"
Freya was very unhappy. She asked the higher-ups of Schicksal to confront the high-ranking officials and executives of World Serpent who had exposed their identities, including the director of Mikoyan. However, the higher-ups of Schicksal were too incompetent and had not yet managed to bring down the director of Mikoyan.
"As for weaknesses, Mikoyan's legal representative seems to be Cocolia, if the director dies..."
"Well done, Jackal! I'll cover your potato chips and cola for the next year!"
"Thank you so much Kiana!!"
The Jackal bowed deeply to Freya once again.
It must be said that Jackal is indeed very clever; apart from not being suitable as a commander, she has no shortcomings.
They are all capable individuals, whether in terms of physique, appearance, or intellect.
Moreover, her lack of backbone and somewhat incompetent nature make her difficult to promote, but she can still be used.
Freya left the room immediately, Jackal breathed a sigh of relief after she left.
She lived another day.
The Jackal hadn't dared to breathe loudly.
After the other person entered the room, she felt as if she had been targeted by an evil dragon.
At this moment, he couldn't help but excitedly throw punches around the room for no apparent reason.
Freya, who had just left, returned to her room and took out her communicator to contact Cocolia.
At this time, Cocolia Orphanage had expanded tenfold. After all, many mercenary organizations related to World Serpent had been banned by Schicksal, and the children that these mercenary organizations had abducted after the Second Eruption War were now being taken in by Cocolia Orphanage.
Cocolia was overjoyed to suddenly have so many children. Although her identity as a multi-faceted spy had been exposed, World Serpent had no intention of assassinating her, and she could obviously continue being a mother.
In fact, her legitimate identity as a multi-faceted spy makes her an important channel for the three organizations to exchange intelligence. Even though she has hidden in the Sahara Desert, it doesn't mean that World Serpent doesn't want to connect with the outside world. And the only intelligence channel that is not suppressed by Schicksal is naturally Cocolia.
Gray Serpent has learned of Schicksal's recent actions from Cocolia on several occasions.
Of course, Freya allowed it.
After the communication screen opened, Cocolia appeared on the screen, holding a little girl with light gray curly hair.
She seemed to be showing affection for the little girl, but the little girl's expression was somewhat indifferent.
Since she turned on the communicator unilaterally, Cocolia had no right to refuse, Cocolia naturally did not notice that her infatuation had been exposed to Freya.
"Bronya, sleep with Mommy tonight."
"..."
The little girl, only 8 years old, nodded gently, saying very little.
She noticed a virtual image suddenly appearing in the air beside her, and a cute young girl appearing in the image.
"Mom... communication."
"???"
Cocolia was confused, but when she turned her head, she naturally saw the smile on the face of the young girl in the picture.
"Kikikikikikiana-sama!!!"
"Why did Qi ask so many times? Is this child one of the children we brought back before?"
"Yes, yes, Kiana, this child is Bronya Zaychek, the child of my former superior. I never imagined that she would be trained as an assassin by the military, which is connected to the World Serpent."
Several mercenary organizations connected to World Serpent were dismantled by Schicksal, and the high-ranking military officials discovered through the investigation were also discarded by their superiors. Subsequently, Schicksal rescued more than 180 children, including a little girl named Bronya Zaychek.
Cocolia patted the little girl's head and introduced her to Freya.
182. How come you're so skilled at this?
There are many little girls like Bronya Zaychek who have been taken away by World Serpent and by various countries.
The survivors of the Second Eruption War survived the erosion of Honkai Energy and developed Honkai Antibody to varying degrees.