Chapter 407
Freya's laboratory is only accessible to her, Jackal, and Rita. Even her sisters and Tesla need to submit an application at the door and wait thirty seconds before they can enter. As for others, it is impossible for them to get in.
The requirement to wait thirty seconds before entering the laboratory was Freya's way of concealing secrets that were not suitable for her sisters to know, and that she had to keep from Tesla and others.
Freya chose Jackal as her assistant perhaps because Jackal was shameless enough, and also because she could choose to kill him if she felt Jackal knew too much. Given Jackal's circle of friends, even if she were silenced, no one would come forward to protect her.
Yes, especially the World Serpent executives who have just joined the alliance.
They all wished the Jackal would die on the spot. If Freya really killed the Jackal to silence him, they might throw a party that very night to celebrate.
"Honestly, with cats, dogs, birds, and other animals, it really looks like a zoo."
Although Freya was exclaiming in amazement, in reality, all the animals in the entire laboratory were artificial Honkai Beast.
Apart from Freya finding the first Humanoid Honkai Beast in Nagoya City, all the other animal-type Honkai Beast were artificial Honkai Beast created by Jackal.
Unlike most animals that gradually transform into various Honkai Beast with distinct characteristics such as Knight-class, Tank-type, and Assault-type after being infected with Honkai, this one enhances the animal's various abilities while preserving its original nature.
Although the cats and dogs in the laboratory are all Honkai Beast, they are indeed different from ordinary Honkai Beast. They not only lack the destructive impulses unique to Honkai Beast, but they can also quickly understand the commands given by humans through training.
"Lord Freya, what are we going to continue researching this time... Why did we hand over the Key of Reason to Tesla's First Research Institute when we could have done it ourselves?"
"Scientific research is something that can never be fully explored. Putting that aside, choosing the First Research Institute was very simple, and I'm happy about it."
Freya rolled her eyes at the Jackal. Although the other party was of terrible character and treated ordinary people like dirt like a mad scientist, because he did not feel any guilt when conducting human experiments, she was indeed a researcher.
Whether it's pure or not is another matter, but Jackal does want to spend time studying the Key of Reason.
At this moment, I truly feel sorry for Freya.
"I understand what you're thinking. In the end, the only person you can rely on right now is me."
Aside from the curiosity typical of researchers, Jackal also knew that the remnants of the World Serpent were about to fully integrate into the Alliance family.
But this situation left the Jackal, who had betrayed the jackal, feeling extremely awkward.
The Jackal looked exactly like a drowning person clutching at a straw, only able to survive with dignity thanks to Freya's protection.
Even with Freya right beside him, the thought of Kevin being in the League made Jackal tremble with fear again.
Therefore, just as Freya analyzed, the Jackal can only cling tightly to Freya's leg now.
If Freya didn't have a powerful backer, she probably would have been killed by an enraged Kevin.
Kevin hates betrayal the most. Similar problems have been constantly occurring within the Previous Civilization, Fire Moth. For example, there was the situation with the Twelfth Herrscher. Mei had clearly given orders for the soldiers in the organization to behave, but those soldiers immediately disobeyed Mei's orders and shot the Twelfth Herrscher, which caused the Twelfth Herrscher to officially awaken and become hostile towards the humans of the Previous Civilization.
Yes, in the eyes of the Twelfth Herrscher who had not yet awakened, those soldiers who suddenly broke in and opened fire on her with automatic rifles were a group of villains whom she hated vehemently.
She died, and then the soldiers laughed and celebrated that they had eliminated a great enemy.
But in the end, the Twelfth Herrscher awakened and directly controlled the world's nuclear weapons, destroying the last vestige of Previous Civilization's strength.
In Kevin's view, that was a shameful betrayal.
But the Jackal's problem is even more serious.
Fortunately, Jackal was also very self-aware. When Freya was still in the parallel world, she consciously stayed indoors. When Freya returned to the Alliance, she also consciously stayed in the laboratory, even eating and drinking with the Honkai in the laboratory.
However, these artificial Honkai Beast eat specific food, while the Jackal eat food from a restaurant, only it's delivered to the laboratory door.
"Lord Freya..."
The Jackal looked touched, but she had no idea that Freya hadn't come to comfort her.
After Freya inquired about the condition of the artificial Honkai Beast in the laboratory, she went on to test the experimental data of the latest version of the Honkai Antibody.
The latest version of the Honkai Antibody, also known as the fourth version of the Honkai Antibody, not only increases the Honkai Antibody of the Valkyrie, but also means that the upper limit of their Honkai Energy has been raised again.
As for the third version, which should have been released earlier, Freya did not publish the research results of the third version because there was no significant difference from the second version.
Fortunately, the results of this so-called fourth edition are very encouraging, and the benefits to the Valkyrie are countless.
468. She sincerely longed for her next life to be able to fight alongside the one she loved most.
Valkyrie are fundamental to the Alliance's continued dominance, so Freya chose to abandon martial arts and focus on research, constantly searching for ways to create powerful Valkyrie.
Compared to the Valkyrie of the Schicksal era, Type-B Valkyrie of the Alliance era possesses the strength to crush A-rank Valkyrie.
Not to mention the current Valkyrie squad in the Alliance, whose combat strength is measured by fighting against an Emperor-class Honkai Beast.
In other words, Valkyrie squad can only be considered a qualified Valkyrie squad if it can fight against an Emperor-class Honkai Beast.
As for the Emperor-class Honkai Beast used for the assessment, considering that the number of Emperor-class Honkai Beast is relatively small, Freya had already contributed her private training room, and only her training room could handle the simulated battles with Emperor-class Honkai Beast.
Among them, the most detailed data on the Emperor-class Honkai Beast Pvanty (Ice Pig) is almost a must-choose challenge target for every Valkyrie squad after its formation. There are even guides on how to Emperor-class Honkai Beast Pvanty in the Valkyrie online community.
After Freya reviewed the experimental data of the fourth version of the Honkai Energy antibody, she gave the Biological Enhancement Technology she had obtained from Kevin and SU to Jackal.
"Take it and study it first."
Seeing the silver metal ball Freya threw at her, the Jackal was stunned for a moment. She took out her reader to read the contents of the Soul Steel Computer and found that the data in the Soul Steel Computer Freya had given her was all related to Biological Enhancement Technology, which made her overjoyed.
She and Freya had been researching Biological Enhancement Technology for a year or two, but they couldn't find a suitable enhancement scheme. Even the so-called fourth version of the Honkai Energy antibody was an enhancement direction they figured out on their own.
Freya and the Jackal originally wanted to increase the upper limit of Honkai Energy that the human body could contain, but the corrosive properties of Honkai Energy do not only occur in the physical body. In fact, Honkai Energy also erodes the mind.
It makes violent people even more violent, even kind people become vicious, and people who wouldn't even harm an ant become aggressive madmen.
Historically, many originally great leaders have become aggressive under the influence of Honkai, thus triggering so-called world wars.
Freya had already read through the contents and naturally knew that her original enhancement plan with the Jackal was somewhat unsuccessful, or rather, incomplete, lacking a mental enhancement plan.
After all, if you only strengthen your physical body, even if the upper limit of Honkai Energy that your body can tolerate is increased, your mental strength will not be enough to continue to resist the erosion of Honkai Energy. Once the dosage of Honkai Energy exceeds the standard, you will easily become aggressive under the influence of Honkai, and you may even hurt yourself or others.
Fortunately, the Soul Steel Computer contains data on mental enhancement, which can make up for some of Freya and Jackal's shortcomings so far.
It also details the 'Divine Sound' experiment led by Mei, and the condition of Hua, the experimental subject.
Hua is the Immortal Fu Hua in modern times.
"Lord Freya, this plan seems to be expressing..."
"... You figured it out? I must say, you truly are a top-notch researcher. Kevin probably didn't see it in that document, but I think SU is probably unwilling to say more, since it seems to tarnish Dr. Mei's image."
Freya sat in her seat with her legs crossed, talking as she leisurely teased some Honkai creatures.
The Humanoid Honkai Beast she kept as a pet squatted at her feet, rubbing its smooth head, which was just like that of Rush-class Honkai Beast, against the soles of her feet, much like a large dog kept by some people.
Freya continued.
"Dr. Mei's plans are mostly based on adapting to the Honkai and using the power of the Honkai to fight against Honkai. This also affects us in the current civilization. However, if we want to fight against the Honkai, this is indeed the only way."
"Modern civilizations have also developed many powerful modern weapons, but those modern weapons Honkai Energy. The more powerful the Honkai Beast, the more the Honkai Energy it emits is like a storm, which can easily destroy those modern weapons."
Freya did not mean to belittle modern weaponry; it was the culmination of the wisdom of modern civilization, though Previous Civilization had initially followed the same path.
It was precisely because of the repeated setbacks in subsequent battles that Mei, who supported using the power of Honkai to fight against Honkai, gradually rose to power.
Mei's idea is also easy to understand.
Since you can't defeat the other party, just become the other party.
From initially sacrificing countless lives to eliminate powerful Honkai Beast, to using the power of Honkai to launch a counterattack, and then to creating Fusion Warrior by fusing the DNA of Honkai Beast...
Just like Hua, who underwent the 'Divine Sound' experiment, her body changed in a direction that was more adapted to Honkai Energy after the experiment, which was also a kind of transformation at the level of life.
Just like some of Kevin's current Honkai Beast characteristics, such as the pair of black dragon horns on his head, the black horns stand out against his white hair.
The change in appearance is not the key point. The change in Kevin is that his body is more adapted to Honkai Energy. In terms of biological structure, he is more of Honkai Beast than a human.
Freya continued speaking while thinking about these things.
"The Valkyrie of the Schicksal era were not powerful, so on the Honkai battlefield, in addition to burning their own lives, they also had to rely on the military power of various countries."
At this point, Freya's lips naturally curled into a hint of disdain.
"In fact, the reason why the Valkyrie during the Schicksal era were so weak was simply to avoid provoking the governments of various countries and to prevent them from perceiving the Schicksal as some kind of ambitious organization."
For Otto, nothing was more important than reviving Kallen.
Even knowing that if the Valkyrie is this weak, more lives will have to be sacrificed in the Honkai battlefield, he doesn't want to waste his time arguing with governments around the world.
Therefore, while Valkyrie can fight Honkai Beast, they are not powerful enough to ignore modern weapons. A-rank Valkyrie' exclusive Floating Battleship need to apply to the local government before flying within the territory or supporting battles.
"However, after the Herrscher began to descend, Otto found that the Valkyrie's current strength was no longer sufficient to deal with more difficulties. He had to spend more time fighting the Honkai. This is why Schicksal vigorously developed Honkai Energy weapons and Valkyrie Armor after the Second Eruption."
Hearing Freya say this, Jackal seemed to understand why the Schicksal could cooperate with Shencheng Medicine so easily back then.
However, Otto also foresaw that the Valkyrie he had carefully nurtured could only perish together with the Herrscher, so he wanted to seize the power of the Herrscher...
No, it should be said that he believed that was the truth.
Freya's speculation was actually slightly flawed. She did not know that Otto had once attached his consciousness to the Second Herrscher and confronted the being that the Second Herrscher spoke of as a symbol of 'god'.
That being said, her speculation was not too far off from the truth.
Otto didn't care about the Valkyrie's lives, but he did acknowledge the combat power of the S-rank Valkyrie. He just didn't expect that he would lose his most important S-class combat power in the Second Eruption War. The number of Valkyrie who sacrificed themselves in the Second Eruption also made the Schicksal keep a low profile for a while.
Freya scratched the chin of the Humanoid Honkai Beast, then flicked the little forehead of the cat-shaped Honkai Beast perched on her shoulder, and then said with a very calm smile.
"Just like the current development of the Alliance, the same experience occurred in the Previous Civilization. In modern times, firearms are becoming less and less effective against Honkai Beast, and the number of casualties of the Fire Moth organization in each fight against Honkai Beast is gradually increasing."
Kevin was one of the few warriors in the Fire Moth organization with combat talent, but with the arrival of the Fifth Herrscher and the Sixth Herrscher... even he felt the strain.
When Mei proposed the Fusion Warrior Project, Kevin not only wanted to support Mei, but also had a desire to become stronger, because only by becoming stronger could he better protect Mei.
After the arrival of the Seventh Herrscher, the entire Australia was turned into an inferno within a week.
At this point, the regular soldiers of the Fire Moth were no longer even qualified to participate in the battle.
Missiles and atomic bombs were useless against the Seventh Herrscher. The regular soldiers of the Fire Moth organization could only use their own lives to keep the Seventh Herrscher in Australia.
Of course, this is the version that Fire Moth explains to the public. Combined with the information revealed by Fu Hua, Captain Himeko, who had become the Seventh Herrscher at the time, was struggling with her Herrscher Persona. It was because of this that the Seventh Herrscher did not leave Australia.
Kevin then successfully integrated the DNA of the Emperor-class Honkai Beast Pvanty to become Fusion Warrior, and killed the Seventh Herrscher in the battle.
Jackal's attention was drawn to the contents of the spherical quantum computer, but she did hear Freya explain the history of the Previous Civilization's struggle against the Honkai.
Actually, Freya was getting a little thirsty and even a bit bored after talking about this.
"Forget it, to put it simply, Mei discovered that Honkai is a cyclical phenomenon of the universe, or rather, she discovered that Honkai is a kind of natural phenomenon."
"Lord Freya, is there anything strange about this?"
Jackal asked, somewhat puzzled, since this information wasn't exactly classified intelligence to the core members of the three major organizations.
"Yes, we all know that. We don't find it strange because we learned about this from the records of the Previous Civilization. So, we knew from the beginning that Honkai was a natural phenomenon, but the Previous Civilization didn't have the conditions for it..."
The three organizations have different backgrounds, but tracing their origins reveals that they are all related to the pioneers of Previous Civilization.
Both World Serpent and Schicksal were founded by Kevin and SU. The ancestors of the Kaslana Family, one of the three major families in Schicksal, were the children of Kevin and Mei.
The origins of the Anti-Entropy organization are simpler. Apart from Welt Yang, who serves as its Alliance Leader, all the remaining members are researchers belonging to the Schicksal.
It is precisely because of this connection with the Previous Civilization that the core of the three organizations knows that the Honkai is just a natural phenomenon, a natural disaster that will bring about the destruction of civilization.
After learning the truth, Mei understood that the Honkai was impossible to defeat. The only way for people to defeat enemies like the Deadman and other Honkai Beast was to utilize Honkai Energy it generated.
If Mei wants to solve this problem permanently, then joining the other party is the best solution.
"... If Dr. Mei were given more time, she would surely find a way to ensure the survival of all the humans from the Previous Civilization, even if those who survived could hardly be called human anymore."
"Judging from the Previous Civilization era, she did intend for human civilization to survive, but she also left another option..."
Freya couldn't help but sigh, "From a certain perspective, if the current civilization had a Mei, there wouldn't be any problems."
"Another option?"
"Jackal asked, even though she already knew what Freya meant by the other option, but it was her duty as a servant to flatter her master and cooperate with her inquiries."
The Jackal, who placed himself in a very lowly position, asked with a fawning expression, which naturally made Freya roll her eyes.
However, she still felt quite pleased to be praised like this.
"Simply put, let human civilization become Honkai Civilization, and let civilization adapt to Honkai. So those who can understand the core of Mei's Biological Enhancement Technology can easily understand Mei's choice... and it has indeed damaged her image."
"Lord Freya, are you saying that she clearly had the opportunity to turn the Previous Civilization into Honkai Civilization, but she gave up on doing so?"
Freya nodded slightly. Both of them were researchers in the field of biology, so they naturally understood the data kernel inside the spherical quantum computer.
"Speaking of which, Lord Freya, why did she ultimately give up on doing it?"
"Because to her, the lives of two people were not as important as those in the Previous Civilization..."
Freya sighed. Although the Jackal understood Mei's choice, he failed to grasp Mei's motivation for making that choice.
"At the same time, she also left hope for the future."