Chapter 338

Compared to the others, Welt had eaten with Muryōtō Ryūsuke 'Himeko cooking and had also discussed things with her, so he knew more and was not as surprised as the others.

"Human beings have never been the only civilization."

Welt repeated the words that Muryōtō Ryūsuke then.

Of course, Freya's revelations were quite astonishing. If this had happened in the Middle Ages, her revelations would have been considered madness, and she might even have been regarded as a witch by the local church.

Perhaps because he had previously come into contact with extraterrestrial life, Welt has actually been preparing a way to fight against aliens for the past few years.

However, as of now, he hasn't found any effective solutions.

However, it's not entirely hopeless.

If the alliance formed by Schicksal and Anti-Entropy wants to fight against extraterrestrial life, then... making this alliance stronger is the simplest and most practical way.

At this emergency meeting convened by Freya, all four governors were present. Of their five adjutants, only four were actually present because Rita was still on a mission in the World Bubble. Then there were the Shenzhou diplomats and special advisors, as well as Shigure Kira, the person involved in this matter.

How to deal with this alien life form, or how to establish contact with it, were not the core topics of this emergency meeting.

Rather, it concerns the possibility that there might be an enemy in this universe even more powerful than the Herrscher of Finality. Of course, regardless of whether such an enemy exists or not, Freya must imagine its existence and use it to develop the alliance... We cannot set our goals too low.

However, if this matter were to be spread carelessly, it could easily cause panic among a group of people. In the end, Freya made a firm decision, ordering those who knew the truth to keep it a secret, while simultaneously intensifying the Valkyrie's training.

The Valkyrie had no idea that the intensity of their training would suddenly increase five or six times; they only felt a chill run down their spines, giving them a sense of foreboding.

"Alright, the most difficult issue has been resolved."

Freya sighed as she continued.

"I plan to invest more funds in training Valkyrie specialize in combat."

Her suggestion naturally drew praise from a group of people.

Increasing the training intensity for Valkyrie naturally requires improving their treatment and upgrading the corresponding training facilities.

With a powerful enemy as the hypothetical target, Freya suddenly felt that the Alliance's current training methods were too lenient. In the end, it was not time for them to relax yet. Even if the powerful Type-B Valkyrie could crush the Emperor-class Honkai Beast, what if there were even more powerful enemies in the universe?

It's important to understand that once a civilization ventures into the universe, it will need to make contact with other Star Civilization.

These contacts can be friendly or malicious.

Since there are 'hunters' who hunt the Honkai, it's never too much to prepare as many preventative measures as possible.

"I agree, however... there are some conflicts within the alliance that need to be resolved."

Ryoma quickly replied.

After all, the alliance formed by the merger of Schicksal and Anti-Entropy still has strong internal factional conflicts.

This is also the origin of the so-called "Schicksal" and "Anti-Entropy." However, wherever there are people, there will never be a lack of contradictions and conflicts.

Just like in Valkyrie, there are now more and more factions such as the Aristocratic Faction and the Commoner Faction.

It even created a so-called "outsider faction".

The foreign faction consists of Valkyrie trained by the alliance with the help of various countries providing personnel and funding.

Although the large amount of resources provided by the rulers of various countries in exchange for training qualifications, and the resources needed by the alliance in exchange for the resources to cultivate the Valkyrie, did indeed give this group of foreign Valkyrie Elite Rank strength.

But they are far inferior to those Valkyrie who are favored by Freya and possess extraordinary talents.

Needless to say, the Valkyrie favored by Freya receive a large amount of resources, thus gaining Elite Rank strength. No... it should be said that, apart from insufficient achievements, most of them have already reached the minimum standard of the Sealed Rank.

The exceptionally talented Valkyrie are like protagonists embarking on a life of extraordinary success, achieving several times the growth of others with the same resources.

"The contradictions are difficult to resolve... The main issue is prestige. Theresa's approach is one of benevolence, which is not suitable for her to use a forceful approach to coerce others. This has led to those people wanting to seize power."

Welt was also considered an internal inspector, or rather, he was planning to step down from the combat ranks.

Although his combat power is not low, the gap between him and those young and dedicated Valkyrie is getting smaller and smaller. Perhaps one day, he will be surpassed by all the Valkyrie in the combat sequence.

Not long ago, he was defeated by Aurora he held back a little.

Of course, Aurora is a special case, so it cannot be used as a reference.

However Aurora is not invincible either; her win rate in the combat group has never been high.

After the chaotic 13th cohort of trainees, although the quality of trainees declined somewhat, several outstanding Valkyrie did emerge in each cohort.

Welt's abilities are well-suited to being an inspector, and after giving up his role as a warrior, he felt his talents were unleashed.

"Are those people from the Senate again?" Theresa asked, frowning.

"No, that's not it. Those old people are very cunning. Why would they choose this time to show themselves? They are quite obedient in following the rules to make money, and then invest the money they earn in the research and development of life-extending technology."

Welt sighed. He had also thought this was an opportunity to deal with the Senate, but unfortunately, the old fogies in the Senate were not falling for it.

384. The punishment was carried out, but the hatred and tragedy could not be eliminated.

If possible, Freya would also like to expel the Senate.

However, as the alliance has developed to this point, even though Freya has always been very tough, she has also shown her merciful side.

Her strength lay only in her methods, not in her tyrannical attitude.

In the period immediately following her acceptance of her Schicksal, in order to prevent the Schicksal from weakening too quickly and thus attracting the World Serpent Organization or other countries to take advantage of her misfortune, Freya, while being tough, also left room for those who resisted her.

Of course, the Senate was quite pragmatic.

Knowing that she couldn't fight Freya's domineering nature, she chose to be obedient.

This is precisely why Freya lost the opportunity to use them as a scapegoat, or rather, the most opportune time to sacrifice the Senate was when she had just taken over the Mandate of Schicksal.

However, when their power was waning, the elders of the Senate did not go too far.

Although it can still take over the Senate with a tough stance, it will also leave an impression of being cold-hearted and ruthless.

It should be noted that the Senate's repeated concessions led Freya to forgive them in order to demonstrate her magnanimity and tolerance. At that time, Freya could no longer use the Senate's previous misdeeds to criticize them.

The current Senate is now obediently following the rules set by Freya.

He never did anything to exploit loopholes or find loopholes.

The Senate is like goldfish droppings; it's unnecessary, but we can't get rid of it.

However, this does not mean that the Senate has reformed.

They simply make money and invest within reasonable rules, and they also support many weak and undervalued Valkyrie.

Even though Freya treats all Valkyrie equally, prejudice still arises within the Alliance due to issues such as talent, race, and region.

Not to mention that Freya herself also has a tendency to favor certain Valkyrie.

Of course, being weak is only relative.

The new generation of Valkyrie are all stronger than the Valkyrie of the past.

The reason why there are now distinctions like Alliance Valkyrie and Schicksal Valkyrie is precisely because the so-called Alliance Valkyrie possess combat power surpassing that of Schicksal Valkyrie, and are also beginning to develop towards specialization and professionalization.

The alliance is becoming stronger, so the Senate and some stubborn enforcers are becoming a hindrance.

But they just couldn't find an excuse to deal with them.

Any burdens that could have been dealt with have already been dealt with long ago.

While there are reasons to cut them down, Welt does need to consider the consequences of doing so.

Unfortunately, if the alliance wants to weed out the bad and retain the good, it cannot avoid these 'impurities'.

Not only the die-hards of Schicksal and the Senate, but also the diverse members within Anti-Entropy that need to be eliminated.

If we were to discuss this issue, we could go on for three days and three nights without ever ending.

"Theresa, did the people in the Senate cause you any trouble?"

Freya asked with some curiosity.

After all, the fact that Theresa mentioned the Senate at this time clearly indicates that the Senate had left a deep impression on her during this period.

It's like stepping in poop; even if it's nothing serious, it still makes you feel disgusted for a while.

"No, that's not it... I just wanted to recommend outstanding juniors for positions such as secretary or clerk."

"They certainly dare to dream big." Freya raised an eyebrow upon hearing Theresa's reply.

The secretary and scribe (HX) of the Alliance's Grand Bishop of Schicksal is far more powerful than the Senate, whose power has been diminished several times.

Even the Senate's existence was merely a symbol of Schicksal mandate, which originated from religion.

Given Freya's aversion to the Senate, the Senate's current situation is far worse than when Otto was in power. However, as long as they follow Freya's rules, Freya won't deliberately cause trouble.

After being tricked by Freya several times, the elders of the Senate clearly decided to stop resisting Freya's power and seemed to accept their fate passively.

Welt also harbored considerable resentment towards the Senate, and seeing that he had failed to find any fault with them this time, he had no choice but to give up for the time being. He said, "Then let's deal with the diehards first."

"Stubborn ones, yeah... In the early days of Anti-Entropy, in order to fight against Schicksal, they were indeed somewhat indiscriminate in their pursuit of power." Tesla rubbed his temples.

The Anti-Entropy faction was once divided into Conservatives and radicals.

Many members of the radical faction harbored deep hatred for Otto and Schicksal.

Of course, there are also members with radical styles.

These members became die-hards after the merger of Schicksal and Anti-Entropy. When Schicksal and Anti-Entropy were creating a state within a state in the Far East, many of the die-hards who remained in their original bases refused to respond to the call of the Anti-Entropy Leader.

After all, given the internal system of Anti-Entropy, even the most stubborn individuals cannot be interfered with by the Anti- Anti-Entropy Anti-Entropy Leader as long as they do not betray the organization or cause significant casualties.

Some of the special weapons that have now flowed into certain countries are being secretly supplied by these die-hards.

Of course, this is them exchanging their knowledge for research funding, so it doesn't count as leaking Anti-Entropy's confidential information or betraying the Anti-Entropy organization... After all, Ryoma had previously sold some weapons produced by MEI Corporation.

It's relatively rare for animations like those created by Tesla and Einstein to become hugely popular, resulting in massive sales of related merchandise.

The implementers are mostly researchers, and research requires huge amounts of funding. Even though the alliance allocates funds to them, the carefully calculated research funds are simply not enough for them.

Therefore, they dare to challenge the league's bottom line, or rather, for them, there is no bottom line at all.

Tesla was having a headache; she had given the stubborn elements in the organization many opportunities.

Of course, radical members are only reaping what they sowed if they are purged, but many die-hards have deep-seated hatred for Schicksal and Otto.

Family members either died from Otto's experiments or were affected by them.

Some unscrupulous researchers tried to shift the blame to Otto, but those crazy researchers did indeed belong to the Schicksal, Otto tacitly approved of their actions.

After all, how could those cruel experiments have been carried out in the Schicksal without Otto's tacit approval?

This hatred cannot be resolved.

This also makes the process of merging Schicksal and Anti-Entropy difficult.

Tesla simply doesn't want to deal with these people, since they are the victims.

If they become perpetrators, they should naturally bear the corresponding responsibility. However, if they simply continue to resist working closely with Schicksal without committing any major mistakes, Tesla is unwilling to take action against them.

"Isn't there any other way? Those enforcers are currently... staying in North America and not leaving, keeping to themselves and not interfering with the Alliance."

Tesla said.

"That's not what Welt meant..."

Although his expression lacked variation, Einstein's passion for Anti-Entropy was undeniable.

"Those die-hards refused to cooperate and refused to exchange technology... This caused them to lag behind the headquarters in everything. At the same time, their research results were far inferior to those of the headquarters' research departments. They could not accept this psychologically and believed that it was because the headquarters had allocated resources to them, thus creating a vicious cycle."

Einstein stated the truth.

The more they fail to produce results that surpass those of the headquarters' research department, the more their mentality explodes when they refuse cooperation and technical exchange, and the more desperate they become in order to defeat the headquarters' research department.

"The most important thing is the waste of human resources. In recent years, the base of Anti-Entropy has been moved to Changkong City. Although a lot of bases and research data have been left in North America, most of them are dispensable. In the years since the merger of Schicksal and Anti-Entropy, we were able to accommodate their feelings at the beginning and let them stay as far away as possible. But now that we need to increase the speed of development, it is a waste to continue to allocate funds to research that has no development value."

Einstein put it very bluntly.

Simply put, you have no results, you're arrogant, and you don't want to cooperate, so what's the point of being here?

Of course, the reason for this is that they are unwilling to cooperate with Schicksal, and most of them have been tricked by Schicksal, resulting in broken families and deaths.

"Many of them are not bad people, and they have also made research achievements..."

Tesla wanted to defend those people, and in fact, even Conservatives have some die-hards.

Those die-hards, though born out of obedience to Tesla's orders, inevitably exhibited a negative attitude and were perfunctory in everything they did.