Chapter 353
Freya quickly figured out the reason: because Jackal had started a full-scale war too early, many mercenary organizations related to the World Serpent Organization were destroyed prematurely. Gray Serpent's poor command put the World Serpent Organization in a dilemma. In the end, under the pursuit of the Schicksal and various countries, the members of the World Serpent were trapped in an underground shelter in the Sahara Desert, Raven also lacked training because she left the mercenary organization too early.
"Of course, if you ask me, I would say that Sister Shiola looks better now."
Although the Raven, which wiggled its rear as it fled, seemed to be fine, Freya keenly sensed that its body had long been corrupted by Honkai Energy and had been modified by excessive use of drugs, putting it in a very dangerous state.
Of course, the World Serpent Organization possesses the technology to transform flesh into machinery. If Raven's body completely collapses, it might be replaced with a mechanical body.
Many of the World Serpent Judges who fight against the Type-B Valkyrie are of the type whose bodies have been modified into machines. Because their bodies are modified into machines and they do not have the sense of pain, these Judges have a very unrestrained fighting style.
Anyway, if it breaks, you can just replace the equipment or the body.
It's quite like a certain S-class hero who uses the most expensive funding but takes the most brutal beatings.
Freya was very fortunate to have developed a new antibody and to have partnered with the World Serpent Organization, which changed the fate of many people.
As Freya watched the fleeing Raven suddenly head in her direction, a mischievous grin spread across her face.
Her ability affects the entire city, so it goes without saying that Raven has already been affected.
Due to the interference of the Herrscher of Consciousness's abilities, the fleeing Raven was completely unaware that she had run in the wrong direction.
Raven, who had immediately retreated from Sky City after firing the shot, is now heading straight towards the city center. Her masterful parkour moves, showcasing her powerful coordination and alluring figure, create a truly unique visual experience.
It makes you wonder whether it's better to stare at her butt or her chest...
To be honest, Raven's tight-fitting combat suit overemphasizes her chest and buttocks, especially the fabric on her chest, which is even a different color, making it look particularly erotic.
Cuteness and beauty pale in comparison to this kind of sexiness.
"Unfortunately, you're not the only one I'm after... I guess I'll have to ask this world's Sister Shiola to get some sleep first..."
Goodnight.
Freya opened her mouth and spoke silently.
Then, the Raven that had run below her stumbled and fell to the ground.
Freya easily pulled Raven's consciousness into the dream she created. She directly blocked Raven's memories after being taken away by the Gray Serpent. To be precise, Freya's dream directly eliminated the Second Eruption.
Without this dream, the Second Eruption would never have happened, and naturally there would have been no catastrophe after the Second Eruption ended. Raven would still be a little girl, living with her brother and parents.
Freya not only blocked her true memories, but also created a sweet dream for her, in which the Raven of this world succumbed to almost no resistance.
This is what makes the Herrscher of Consciousness so terrifying.
You have no idea whether the life you take for granted now is a dream woven by the Herrscher of Consciousness, because any elements that are completely incompatible with this world have been directly eliminated by her.
In fact, Freya originally wanted to create such a dream for Otto in the original world.
Simply remove Kallen Kaslana's death, let Otto and Kallen marry as originally planned, and then spend the rest of their lives in this sweet dream...
Unfortunately, Freya never found Otto's true form, and she respected Kiana's right to revenge.
If she finds Bishop Otto first, Freya will definitely hide him away secretly after creating this sweet dream for Otto.
"Speaking of which, I might as well try this dream with the bastard bishop of this world."
Freya carefully considered the practicality of this method, after all, she couldn't guarantee that Otto would truly become immersed in the sweet dream she created for Otto. Freya sensed the Raven she had pulled into the dream; it clearly hadn't noticed anything amiss and was currently happily catching grasshoppers with its brother.
"Hmm, if another battle breaks out later, it might affect Sister Shiola's body. Let's leave Sister Shiola's body with Kiki for now."
Freya snapped her fingers, and the Raven, whose consciousness was trapped in a dream, stood up and then staggered toward the coordinates that Freya had previously indicated to Kiki.
Then, while creating the Herrscher's Spear, she hid them in the city. Since Sky City was about to become a ghost town, Freya didn't mind having a War of Finality with Kevin of this world in this place.
400. It's time for the world to feel pain.
"... That's so slow. Are they making some kind of preparation? Like the Staff of the Underworld or something?"
Freya, who had created a transparent foothold in the shape of a sofa, was sitting on that transparent sofa, muttering to herself.
She speculated about the World Serpent Organization's actions, and had to admit that making a truce with the World Serpent Organization in the original world was a wise choice.
If the Alliance and World Serpent were to engage in a full-scale war, depleting each other's manpower, in the end, there would be no victor between the two factions; the only one to ultimately prevail would be the Honkai.
After making compromises for various reasons, the Alliance and the World Serpent are outwardly hostile and often have minor frictions, but they exchange technology and trade technological achievements in private. Cocolia and Siegfried are the leaders between the two major forces.
The World Serpent Organization possesses almost complete Previous Civilization technology. However, to put Previous Civilization technology into practical use, it needs to cooperate with the Alliance. After all, the Alliance has gathered almost all of the world's top researchers, and nearly 90% of the world's top researchers are also in this Alliance, many of whom are researchers who are themselves affiliated with the World Serpent Organization.
It can only be said that the consequences of Gray Serpent's mistake were too severe, directly causing almost all the researchers who were originally associated with World Serpent to break away. Afterwards, they were either secretly taken in by various countries or joined the Anti-Entropy organization. After Schicksal and Anti-Entropy merged to form an alliance, these researchers all joined this alliance.
Freya also learned about the scientific research and technology within the World Serpent Organization from various sources.
The Staff of the Underworld was one of the products researched by Dr. Mei of the Previous Civilization. It has to be said that Dr. Mei was the biggest bug in the Previous Civilization, without exception.
Even in his past life, he was merely crazy enough; in terms of scientific research and technology, he was absolutely no match for Dr. Mei.
"However, even if I take out the Staff of the Underworld, it won't do me any good."
In order to purchase large quantities of the new antibodies, the World Serpent Organization even offered the Staff of the Underworld as a bargaining chip.
After all, the new antibody developed by Freya and the Jackal not only means that ordinary people can be immune to the Honkai Energy to a certain extent, but also enhance the resistance of people who already have Honkai Antibody.
Stronger Honkai resistance means that it can contain more Honkai Energy and is more resistant to Honkai Energy erosion, thus ensuring the success rate of activating Stigmata.
In fact, the World Serpent Organization is constantly increasing the awakening rate of Stigmata in a safer, less side-effect-free, and painless way.
Of course, Freya's main source of information about the World Serpent Organization came from her own world, Kiana, in her original world.
After all, she was the acting leader of the World Serpent, in charge of all matters within the organization when the leader was absent. At the same time, she was also the leader of the World Serpent's external organization, the 'Ice-bound Serpent'.
In other words, her status is second only to the leader of the World Serpent, Kevin Kaslana.
With this level of power, Kiana can easily obtain all the information inside World Serpent. Of course, she herself is unwilling to reveal those overly important pieces of information, and even her second sister's attempts to act cute won't allow it, after all... World Serpent has been betrayed too badly by her second sister.
That being said, Kiana wouldn't stop Freya from asking for some technical information, since Freya would also provide some technical information in return.
Freya leisurely waited in the air for Kevin's arrival, for Otto's little tricks, and for Bianca to evacuate the residents. In the process of waiting, she also gave Kiki new instructions.
After all, she was a newly recognized adopted sister in this world, so Freya would naturally take extra care of her.
"Wow... I didn't expect you to be the first one to arrive, Gray Serpent."
Not long after, Freya sensed someone intruding into the range of her Herrscher of Consciousness ability.
She then immediately confirmed the intruder's identity and couldn't help but feel regret.
What she disliked most about Gray Serpent was that Gray Serpent often acted in clones, which was exactly the same as Otto; however, unlike Otto consciousness transferred between different bodies and whose true body was hidden in a very secret place; Gray Serpent's true body was suspected to be a collective consciousness, possessing a large number of identical individuals, whose consciousness was all concentrated in a consciousness network (HX) sharing the same memory.
Therefore, even if the Herrscher of Consciousness manipulates this consciousness, it is impossible to directly interfere with the Gray Serpent's consciousness network unless Freya finds the Gray Serpent's true form and thus directly disrupts the entire consciousness network.
If we compare the Herrscher of Consciousness's abilities to a computer virus, then the Gray Serpent's consciousness network is equivalent to an internet. The Gray Serpent's main body controls all consciousness. In order to unify all consciousness, there exists a highest-level unifying consciousness among all these consciousnesses, similar to the last individual with the number 20001.
The difference is that although the Gray Serpent's clones share memories and senses, the one who truly has the authority is this highest-level unified consciousness. Therefore, even if the Gray Serpent's clones are brainwashed and manipulated, the virus cannot access this consciousness network, and the unified consciousness will sever the connection between the clones and the main body immediately.
"These creatures are like cockroaches; eliminating one means there are thirty left, and... they're black and hard, so it's best to exterminate them as soon as possible."
Freya directly manipulated several Dawn Glory filled with the power of two Herrscher, which then descended towards the Gray Serpent.
After all, she had almost completely blocked Sky City's intelligence channels, and since only the people in the city could see the sky full of spears, Freya was certain that Gray Serpent had no idea what was happening in the city.
Or rather, apart from the information about the 'Herrscher of Another World' that Freya deliberately revealed, neither Schicksal nor World Serpent could obtain any truly useful information.
In Freya's eyes, the Gray Serpent was like a moth that had wandered into a spider's web.
The Gray Serpent that had entered Sky City trembled violently, feeling as if it had been targeted by some terrifying beast.
Because of the loss of contact with Jackal and Raven, he had no choice but to enter Sky City.
Gray Serpent originally wanted to blend in with ordinary people, but his attire was so conspicuous. It wasn't like he was filming Assassin's Creed; everyone's eyes weren't blind.
Now, most of the residents of Sky City are with the Valkyrie of the Schicksal. If they see a suspicious person like him, dressed so conspicuously and deliberately moving into the city, they will definitely stop him for questioning. Since Gray Serpent cannot enter the city through the normal passage, he has no choice but to enter Sky City through the underground passage.
However, when faced with a strange feeling that suddenly arose from the bottom of his heart, Gray Serpent immediately had the idea of abandoning Raven and Jackal.
"This feels... bad, the intelligence can't be transmitted."
Something very sudden happened. The Gray Serpent, which intended to return the way it came, suddenly lost control of its body, and at the same time, its consciousness was disconnected from the consciousness network.
"Reading... Ah, it really has been destroyed after all? What an annoying thing..."
The Gray Serpent reacted too quickly, or perhaps his clones themselves had considered all sorts of situations.
Freya successfully manipulated the Gray Serpent's clone, but this clone no longer had the ability to read memories.
"Given Gray Serpent's personality, he must have planted many clones outside Sky City. Of course, since this clone hasn't sent out any information, Gray Serpent will definitely be more cautious. Sure enough, is he still using the appearance of the Herrscher of Finality to lure Kevin?"
At this moment, several Dawn Glory filled with the power of the Herrscher pierced through the body of the Gray Serpent clone, and destroyed the communication devices carried by the Gray Serpent.
The World Serpent's communication equipment could naturally transmit images from the scene. Although Freya could use her abilities to block it or modify the content to transmit incorrect information, she ultimately chose a method that would solve the problem once and for all.
At this time, World Serpent's executives and members were gradually gathering outside Sky City.
Of course, apart from a few researchers who remained in the underground base of the Shencheng Medicine, World Serpent members in Sky City were thrown out as bait by the Jackal and are now attacking the residents and Valkyries of Sky City like Valkyrie.
"Speaking of which, members of the World Serpent should be based on faith, but... what kind of faith would drive them to such madness?"
Freya was filled with curiosity about the development of the World Serpent Organization in this world.
The World Serpent Organization was originally very unfortunate. Before its leader Kevin returned, a series of unexpected events occurred. Whether it was the Jackal's instigation of a full-scale war, her subsequent betrayal, Gray Serpent's wrong decisions, or finally Freya's suppression, all of these caused the credibility of this ancient organization to decline.
Regardless of what this ancient organization originally promised, it was relentlessly pursued by various countries and Schicksal, and later suppressed by the alliance, and all its promises became empty words.
"Perhaps it's also related to the Stigmata Project. I remember the World Serpent Organization has 700,000 members. If these 700,000 people believe in the World Serpent for some purpose, or if they have no choice but to obey the World Serpent... then there seems to be only one reason that can be thought of."
Freya frowned and analyzed.
"Judging from the mortality rate of the Stigmata Activation Plan, if the original Stigmata Project is launched without new antibodies, then almost 99% of the world's population will die. Perhaps the original members of the World Serpent Organization thought they were the chosen ones, or simply put, they had tickets similar to Noah's Ark."
In the original world, there were rumors on the internet about apocalypse-like events. In addition to such rumors, some countries secretly built a spaceship called 'Noah's Ark,' which would take people away from Earth once the apocalypse came.
Of course, those who could obtain tickets were undoubtedly people of high status, such as the wealthy and socialites.
Freya felt that the World Serpent Organization might be involved in a pyramid scheme-like cult, which would explain why, even in the 21st century, there were still fanatical believers within the World Serpent Organization who were not afraid to sacrifice themselves.
If, in the original future planned by World Serpent, only members of World Serpent and those who awakened the Stigmata survived, then in this future, the only organization that could rule over the remaining humans would be World Serpent.
Thinking about it this way, the reason why the World Serpent Organization was able to continue for the 1,500 years that Kevin was sealed away might not be entirely due to such selfish desires.
At least, the idea of waving a big flag and having the president of a Swiss bank or some political bigwig fight against the Honkai sounds like a fantasy.
"Perhaps Kevin does possess that kind of charisma, but he won't be around for another 1,500 years. I don't believe there will still be any truly loyal members left in the World Serpent. If you're talking about immortality, eternal life, or becoming the future ruler, I might be willing to believe it..."
Freya strongly suspected that Gray Serpent had indeed made all sorts of ridiculous promises when he was running his pyramid scheme.
Of course, if Kevin really returns, these people will definitely become targets that Gray Serpent needs to eliminate. However, Freya's conjecture is not without reason.
After all, the World Serpent members were too stubborn back then, and it was precisely because of this that the Battle of the Abyss came about later.
After the Alliance and World Serpent clashed in the Battle of the Abyss, World Serpent purged many members who had ulterior motives. The current World Serpent organization is simply an organization fighting against the Honkai, and in order to cultivate a righteous image, it actively participates in cleaning up the Honkai battlefield and providing assistance in defense.
"As for the World Serpent of this world, well, since I'm not involved in this world, they probably haven't undergone a major overhaul yet... Never mind, no matter the reason, the World Serpent organization in this world will still hinder my plans, so I'll just find an opportunity to eliminate them all."
The original World Alliance and the World Serpent Organization had reached a delicate balance. If a large-scale war were to break out again in that state, it would be of no benefit to either organization. Most importantly, Freya was unwilling to see the Valkyrie any more sacrifices.
Three years ago, Battle of the Abyss, many Valkyrie that Freya knew had already sacrificed their lives.
Even if some of them had only greeted Freya once, or were just neighbors at the same table when Freya was having dinner, to Freya they were all 'family' who had accompanied her as she grew up.
"... Too slow, I can't wait any longer."
Freya got up from her transparent sofa and said with a smile.
She waited for more than half an hour. The transport ships sent by Schicksal had made several round trips, transporting a large number of residents and captured World Serpent members out of the city, but none of the World Serpent cadres and members outside the city entered the city again.
It can only be said that the loss of contact between Jackal and Raven, coupled with the fact that the World Serpent members in Sky City failed to send out any information, and even the Gray Serpent clone that had just entered Sky City was immediately destroyed, completely frightened the World Serpent executives and members outside the city with her 'Otherworld Herrscher'.
Especially the extremely cautious Gray Serpent, he would never set foot in the city again until he had obtained new information.
Freya's top priority was to use the city to lure Kevin, followed by giving Otto a hard time, and only then did she comment on Bianca's growth.
But now, she hasn't achieved any of her goals.
Of course, half an hour isn't much, but Freya is an impatient person, and she didn't have the patience to wait any longer. After all, under her cover, Kiki had already left Sky City with Raven and Jackal.
That's right... Her ability can cover the entire Sky City, but that's not Freya's limit.
Under the cover of her Herrscher of Consciousness abilities, Kiki had already driven away to the center of the neighboring city.
Although Freya really wanted to reprimand Kiki for driving without a license, which is an illegal act that endangers public safety, Freya could remotely control her using the Herrscher of Thunder's abilities, so she wasn't afraid that Kiki would suddenly turn into a road hazard.
"Bianca and the others have been mostly evacuated. Now the residents of Sky City are concentrated on the outskirts. As long as the firepower is controlled, they won't be affected... So, it's time to let this world feel the pain, cough cough, I mean—a true barrage of gunfire!"