Chapter 361

Of course, no matter how ruthless she is, she only makes unreasonable deals when exporting new antibodies to the World Serpent. However, when the Alliance provides new antibodies to areas in need of assistance, as well as orphanages and welfare institutions that originally belonged to the Schicksal, she does so almost free of charge. You should know that if countries want to get a batch of new antibodies from Freya, they need to accept Freya's requirements for customized equipment, or have Freya purchase a batch of the latest equipment.

Even though the cost of the new antibody is very low, Freya provides it to various countries at a reasonable price, but the new antibody is still in short supply, which has led to extremely high trading prices for the new antibody in some regions.

The robbery gang's business was to sell the new antibodies to these regions in order to reap huge profits.

Freya was certain that the new antibody would cause a sensation in this parallel world, but what followed would be endless warfare.

Just like Freya's gradually cooling gentleness, she had experienced too many such things in her original world.

To put it in a way that breaks the fourth dimension, let's say a novel with her as the protagonist has reached four hundred chapters, but about three hundred of those chapters are about internal strife among humans. Today they fight this human organization, tomorrow there's a small rift within the organization, and the day after tomorrow various countries are also acting like they can't stand not courting death and are going crazy with their own destruction... Freya felt that her experience was absolutely terrible.

You see, there are so many settings in this world that are suitable for writing, whether it's the St. Freya Academy founded by her Theresa, or the fact that only girls have the ability to fight against the Honkai. This novel with her as the protagonist should have taken the school yuri romance route.

St. Freya Academy should also be renamed Holy Lily Freya Academy. Of course, the senior and junior settings should be added to the students. In short, the setting should be as yuri-like as possible, because that's how people read novels. Who knew that it would go astray and become narrower and narrower?

Of course, if St. Freya Academy were to actually change its name to Holy Lily Freya Academy, her Theresa would definitely cry.

She's left with nothing but an empty title as headmistress; if they were to even change the school's name, she'd be truly pitiful.

Freya regrets that the Valkyrie and St. Freya Academy settings cannot be fully utilized, and all that is left is internal strife and crazy self-destruction (details omitted).

Over the next few days, Freya continued to exchange technology with Einstein, Tesla, and the Jackal, but she refused to provide samples of the new antibody.

Although this world lacks the clone serum of K422-1, making the creation of new antibodies exponentially more difficult, Freya and Jackal had already developed a corresponding alternative in the original world. As for the upgraded Type-2 New Honkai Antibody, this world lacks the crucial manufacturing equipment and a large quantity of serum, making it impossible to produce in the short term.

Although Freya can materialize using the Herrscher of Herrscher of Reason's abilities, the Herrscher of Reason's abilities are not without limits. The replicas created with these abilities are inherently flawed. For example, Divine Key with these abilities only has 80% of the power of the original. Similarly, a new antibody would only have 80% of the effectiveness of the original. This could lead to some distortion in the efficacy of the materialized new antibody, and the new antibody created using these abilities might just create some new monster.

If the difference in efficacy is within 95%, there may not be a problem, but if the difference in efficacy is more than 80%, it can be considered as two different antibodies.

Ultimately, regardless of Freya's reasons for coming to this world, her current goal is to implement methods in this world that are unsuitable for use in her original world, and from these methods, to discover a way to defeat the Honkai and allow humanity to continue...

Although Freya has caused widespread panic, the number of victims under her control is steadily increasing.

It's just unclear why Schicksal and the World Serpent are turning a blind eye to her actions.

Freya never let her guard down against Otto and Kevin. Just like in the original world, even after the Alliance and the World Serpent made peace, she still did not relax her vigilance against the World Serpent. Otto even took advantage of the previous assassination attempt to completely disappear into the shadows.

If that bastard bishop were still alive, everyone's attention would naturally be drawn to him.

But this time, he successfully used the assassination attempt to disappear into the shadows, completely escaping everyone's attention. No matter how vigilant Freya and Kevin were, they couldn't possibly keep an eye on someone hiding in the shadows every moment.

The more troublesome Otto and Kevin Otto in the original world, the more wary Freya became of Kevin.

Although she cannot produce new antibodies in this world, Freya possesses a great deal of technological knowledge. For example, although Freya herself has not researched Honkai Energy weapons, as one of the Alliance's governing officials, she naturally has the authority to access any technology.

Freya's secretly created Artificial Herrscher squad and Deadman squad both require special weaponry, so she naturally needs to understand the Alliance's weapon development technology.

Even though the Alliance's weapons couldn't keep up with the Valkyrie in Freya's world, they were considered cutting-edge technology by the Anti-Entropy organization in that world.

For example, the Time-Space Rupture System developed by the Schicksal using the remains of the Second Herrscher was already considered low-end black technology in Freya's original world.

Features such as the 'Indestructible Shield', 'Invisible Body', and 'Imaginary Number Exile' are also advanced technological capabilities of the new Valkyrie Armor.

However, the armor currently used by the Type-B Valkyrie is merely a copy of the God-Slaying Armor created by the Bastard Bishop. Even with the use of other new black technologies, there is still no real technological breakthrough.

Therefore, the armor used by the Type-B Valkyrie can only be called the 3.5 generation, while the Valkyrie who was granted a title by Freya was customized based on the Fourth Generation Armor made by the Bastard Bishop.

Surpassing that bastard bishop on a technical level is indeed more difficult than imagined.

However, as the alliance has developed, it has indeed come up with many new cutting-edge technologies.

Just like the so-called unbreakable shield, it is inspired by the Time-Space Rupture System, directing all attacks against itself to the fracture points in time.

In other words, the enemy's attack will be torn apart by the spacetime of the previous second and the spacetime of the next second at the same time. For example, Deadman be cut in two when attacking an unbreakable shield.

Although the Unbreakable Shield is a defensive feature carried on Valkyrie Armor, its method of tearing apart targets with time difference is enough to rip a massive Honkai Beast in half. Many Type-B Valkyrie like to use the Unbreakable Shield as an offensive weapon.

Although Freya did not produce a new antibody, the technology she shared did indeed compensate for some of the weaknesses of the Anti-Entropy organization.

The Anti-Entropy organization in this world still suffers from the problem of low Honkai Energy utilization.

Obviously, it cannot be compared with the Anti-Entropy organization in Freya's world. Although the Anti-Entropy organization and the Schicksal in that world merged, and from a certain perspective, it was as if it was incorporated into the Schicksal, after obtaining the resources and technology of the Schicksal organization, the level of the Anti-Entropy system's researchers improved significantly, and the previously poor Honkai Energy utilization rate also improved dramatically, finally reaching the same level as the Schicksal and the World Serpent organization.

Einstein and Tesla gained access to a wealth of technological knowledge from parallel worlds every day, and before they knew it, they had spent a week on this small southern island.

Fortunately, other members have been arranged in Changkong City to take over the containment, which has resolved one of Raven's concerns.

Meanwhile, in the room Freya had arranged for Tesla and Einstein, Tesla, Einstein, and Welt were gathered together.

Tesla spoke first, saying, "Freya is out today, which is a rare opportunity... Let me share my feelings first. I think Freya has no ill intentions and is probably like the alien life forms we have encountered before, a friendly being."

Einstein responded rationally, "Tesla, don't jump to conclusions. She is friendly to us simply because we look like her 'acquaintances.' Even if she has a good relationship with us in parallel universes, it doesn't mean that she can always get along with us."

At this point, Einstein paused for a moment, then continued.

"She has stated her purpose in coming to this world several times: to implement various methods to combat the Honkai and find the most suitable method in her original world... She is an outsider, even more so than any alien life form we have ever encountered. Do not be too biased towards her because of her appearance."

Einstein knew that Tesla was prone to acting on emotion. While excessive emotion is a burden for researchers, it was a constant source of inspiration for Tesla.

Of course, this is also Tesla's style.

However, judging Freya's stance by emotional decisions is not appropriate, as it can lead to preconceived notions and biases based on physical appearance.

Einstein looked at Welt, wanting to know his answer.

Welt glanced helplessly at Tesla was winking at him, seemingly hoping that his words would lean more towards Freya.

"Tesla, you don't need to do that. I think it's pointless to judge whether someone is friendly or malicious," Welt said after thinking for a moment.

"Welt?"

Tesla has a strange feeling of betrayal.

Imagining myself in a parallel world, I'd probably be pampered by my husband every day. Perhaps Welt would be different in different worlds, but the Welt in this world would definitely be the most resilient of all the parallel worlds.

He was neither considerate nor responsive to her kindness.

"???"

Welt was somewhat puzzled as to why Tesla had glared at him so fiercely. After some rational thought, he replied, "Regardless of how you view her, she has indeed brought panic to the world. Her unknown abilities continue to infect new victims. Now, countries have erected blockades between cities, prohibiting movement between them... In fact, to prevent the harm from spreading further, many victims have already been killed by soldiers on the blockade lines."

Although Welt had been staying on the southern island for the past few days, he had never neglected to keep an eye on the outside world. Now, more and more people were falling into Freya's dream world every day, and these victims had no way of distinguishing them. Therefore, many of the people killed by the soldiers on the blockade line were simply innocent.

Welt spoke of the harm Freya had brought to the world.

In particular, this action was carried out by Freya under her own consciousness, and was not some uncontrollable instinct.

In Welt's eyes, Freya, who was very friendly to them, was a dangerous person who was no less dangerous than Otto Apocalypse.

Of course, Freya had mentioned the name Kiana Apocalypse and also told Welt and the others that she was Otto's second adopted granddaughter.

"... Tesla, although she has no ill intentions towards us, she is not kind to anyone else in this world. She is indeed Herrscher from another world."

Welt's expression was extremely serious. Freya's harm to this world had reached a point where it could not be ignored, especially since she had already imprisoned ten million people in the dream world she created.

When Freya spoke of this, she showed no other emotion; it was as if she were simply stating a sentence calmly. The living, breathing life in her mouth seemed to have become an empty number.

Of course, Freya really didn't care about the lives of those ten million people.

She could destroy this dream world at any time, causing ten million people to suffer brain death. For her, the only things that matter are the two or three hundred thousand lives under her protection and the two or three million members of the alliance.

Welt's analysis was correct, but this answer did not satisfy Tesla.

In fact, from any perspective, Freya is merely an invader from another world; to everyone in this world... she is an enemy.

Tesla, however, held the opposite opinion. Since Freya could treat Kiana gently and show mercy to Raven and Jackal, she might be the type who says one thing but does another.

White hair, rich girl, tsundere traits are old tropes in the world of anime and manga.

Tesla felt his guess was close to the truth, especially since the other party's purpose in coming to this world was to save it, that is, to find a way to defeat the Honkai.

Even if it's a mock exam, it doesn't mean you have to fail it. If Freya ultimately saves the world, even if her methods seem evil, it doesn't mean her methods will cause more deaths and injuries. Perhaps, her methods can actually reduce the number of deaths and injuries.

"Tesla, think about it calmly. What kind of arrogant girl could easily decide the life and death of tens of millions of people and describe them as if she were just stating numbers?"

411. With your abilities, you can't do it...

Although Freya was indeed very friendly to them, from the perspective of the victims, this Herrscher from another world was undoubtedly the most dangerous one yet.

Welt once spoke with the Second Herrscher, who was essentially a naive child who harbored hatred for the world, and whose actions were a form of displaced anger.

Driven by Honkai Consciousness and hatred, the childlike nature of the Second Herrscher was formed.

However, this otherworldly Herrscher is not like that. With her conscious will, she expanded the victim group to ten million people. Even this number predicted by experts may not be accurate, and the actual number of victims should be much higher.

Welt felt he couldn't let his guard down because of her friendliness.

She should be released right now from the dream world that imprisons the consciousness of tens of millions of people.

"Welt, with your strength, you can't do it..."

Since Welt consistently analyzed things from a rational perspective, Tesla felt that as a great analyst, he could also refute her rational analysis.

"You're right, Einstein is right too, but you've both overlooked one problem: we have absolutely no ability to fight back against her... It's like how ants can fight against an elephant. Although a lot of ants can kill an elephant, we can't gather that many... She's a mental-type Herrscher, and numbers are meaningless in front of her."

Tesla replied.

Since Welt presented her with the data, Tesla countered with even more detailed data.

"Actually, I asked Freya how many people were imprisoned in her dream world, and she replied—237.8 million... people."

"!!!"

"!!!"

When faced with the figures Tesla revealed, Welt and Einstein did not disbelieve them; rather, they were terrified by them.

"This... this is impossible!!"

"This number completely exceeded the predictions of our organization and the analysts from Schicksal and World Serpent!"

Einstein and Welt seemed unwilling to believe this fact; if it weren't Tesla who said it, they would have thought it was a joke.

The actual number of victims is 200 million, which is 20 times the number predicted by professional analysts from the three major organizations based on the rate of increase.

"If it's just people whose consciousness is trapped in the dream world, there are actually only 12 million. This number is consistent with the predictions of the analysts from the three major organizations. Freya named her attack 'Mind Plague,' and the biggest characteristics of Mind Plague are its infectivity and latency. Those infected with Mind Plague will be marked by Freya's ability, and she can pull the consciousness of the marked person into the dream world at any time."

At this point, Tesla actually wanted to say that although no one in the three organizations had their consciousness pulled into the dream world, many members have already been marked.

"The Mind Plague was never Freya's primary attack method, but rather a transit point for her other attacks. Freya's initial attack method involved providing contaminated keywords on the internet. Anyone who saw these keywords would fall into a deep sleep, which was the origin of the first five million victims. However, since then, the three major organizations and various countries have shut down the internet, but the number of victims continues to increase."

"And that's how Freya marks targets with Mind Plague, and then infects all life within the range based on the mental network established by the infected..."

Welt suddenly interrupted Tesla.

"This is impossible! We responded immediately, shutting down the internet and implementing road closures between cities in various countries. We cannot allow the Mind Plague to spread..."

"Welt, those initial five million people were all sources of the Mind Plague. And those infected by the Mind Plague will also become sources of the spread of the Mind Plague. Once the mental network is spread, your response will be too late. Moreover, the contaminated keywords are built on the mental network. As long as you think of the contaminated keywords within the coverage area of the mental network, you will be marked by the Mind Plague."

Tesla felt that Freya was being too kind to them.

It's important to know that Freya currently holds not just ten million hostages, but actually the lives of two hundred million people in her hands.

Of course, unlike the victims whose consciousness was pulled into the dream world, these two hundred million people were ultimately only marked by Freya's ability. If Freya wanted to directly manipulate and influence the actions of these two hundred million people, Freya would still need to put in some effort.

However, as Tesla said, if Freya really wanted to take action, Tesla, Einstein, and Welt, who had already been marked by their abilities, would now be Freya's puppets.

It is important to know that the consciousness of everyone on this southern island has been imprisoned in the dream world by Freya, and they have all become members of the mental network. This mental network covering the southern island causes all outsiders within it to feel the Mind Plague immediately.

Freya only set two keywords: 'victim' and 'Herrscher'. These two keywords alone were enough to wipe out anyone with ulterior motives.

"..."

"Were Einstein and I also marked by the ability?"

"Yes, to be precise, the three of us were marked the first time we met."

Tesla said rather nonchalantly, seemingly unconcerned that Freya would use her abilities to pull their consciousness into the dream world.

"Welt, if you're going to say that Freya's marking us with her abilities wasn't well-intentioned, then who allowed you to keep repeating contaminated keywords in the area covered by the mind network? Freya removed you from the markings at first, but you and Einstein were marked again..."

Tesla shrugged and said something that dampened the spirits of Einstein and Welt.

"... How could Freya not be curious about you being marked repeatedly like this? As researchers, curiosity is our driving force. Even if she doesn't read your memories, she has plenty of ways to find out what you're thinking."

"Speechless," Einstein sighed.

Welt seemed unable to offer any other more rational analysis, after all, Tesla had directly presented him with a very harsh reality.

That is, now the lives of him, Tesla, and Einstein are all in Freya's hands.

"You brought this on yourselves. From my observation... Freya is probably the kind of arrogant young lady who has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. However, she must have suffered quite a few setbacks. I feel that the reason she is so ruthless to ordinary people is perhaps because she wants to pour all her affection into others."

"Don't assume that being ruthless necessarily means being heartless. In fact, she's ruthless to others, but very affectionate to those she approves of. Didn't you see how, after she captured the Raven and the Jackal, she made them pose in strange fighting positions every day, or used them as sleeping pillows, or treated them like servants..."