Chapter 426
This made Freya completely unsuitable for her original cute image, forcing her to switch to a gentle and strong Saintess image, and she consciously imitated her mother Cecilia's style at the time, which also resulted in Freya having many 'little sisters'.
Whether it's Freya's previous achievements in reducing minor Honkai events or her portrayal of a strong yet gentle older sister type of Saintess, she has gained a lot of popularity among the Valkyrie.
Because Freya couldn't possibly like men, she was indifferent to male members, and that cold attitude probably only aroused the preferences of certain types of people... Freya suddenly realized that she seemed to understand why Theresa was more popular than her.
It's not that there are too few people in this world with special XP preferences, it's just that compared to her cold and aloof 'boss', a cute and adorable 'boss' like Theresa obviously appeals to their XP more.
Freya was dealing with a mountain of documents that needed to be reviewed, as well as various disputes related to the Valkyrie.
Although Rita would definitely help her with this at this time, only then did Freya feel a little envious of Aurora's large number of assistants and adjutants. Looking around, Aurora had more than a dozen helpers who helped with government affairs.
"... Second sister, speaking of which, has there been any result regarding the matter you mentioned the day before yesterday?"
"What I said the day before yesterday? Which thing? Oh, you mean summarizing the enhancement paths for Valkyrie and Fusion Warrior? I did mention it the day before yesterday, but the real big thing was that Ryoma successfully launched our Space Fortress into geostationary orbit."
After years of hard work, Ryoma successfully launched the Alliance's Space Fortress into space and has begun building a base on the moon and exploring the ruins on the far side of the moon.
Of course, Freya personally brought back all the data from that ruin, including technical data related to Fusion Warrior.
That was indeed a momentous occasion. The moment the Alliance's Space Fortress was in geostationary orbit, it established a connection with the new satellite network created by Tesla, Einstein, and others, thus extending the quantum teleportation network to cover the entire globe. In other words, the Alliance could use quantum teleportation to send the Valkyrie to any corner of the world.
This might sound a bit exaggerated, but as long as an area is covered by the quantum teleportation network, the Alliance can instantly teleport a large number of Valkyrie there.
Freya continued speaking while reviewing the documents in front of her.
"That day was a major event in Ryoma's life. He had been in charge of this project for several years and finally managed to launch the Space Fortress into geostationary orbit, so I decided to postpone it for now."
At this point, Freya coughed, drawing everyone's attention.
Of course, one of the Seven Archons, Raiden Ryoma, was still in the Space Fortress at this time, and he was the only one of the Seven Archons who was not captured to work.
With Kevin, Laguna, Mei, and the others all focusing their attention on her, Freya spoke with utmost seriousness.
"The main purpose of organizing and summarizing the enhancement paths Valkyrie and Fusion Warrior is to prevent them from wasting their potential or going down the wrong path..."
Freya's gaze swept across the room, past the now much shorter mountain of documents, before she continued speaking.
"Although the Valkyrie's combat power has been increasing over the past few years, much like the power scaling in later stages of battle anime, their initial combat power of several thousand was already astonishing, but later on, it would easily skyrocket to one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand..."
Everyone tilted their heads, looking as if they hadn't understood what she was saying.
"Simply put, I've noticed that many Valkyrie and Fusion Warrior are pursuing different enhancement paths, which obviously wastes their potential... I'm not saying that they can't pursue different enhancement paths, but if they don't have high natural talent and choose to pursue different enhancement paths, like the dual cultivation of magic and martial arts in novels, they will end up being neither good at literature nor martial arts."
Kevin was very confused when Freya said that, and asked her a question.
"Wait a minute, Freya, you said that Valkyrie and Fusion Warrior take on different enhancement paths? Valkyrie and Fusion Warrior are completely different systems, how can they take on different enhancement paths?"
"It's very simple. Just by re-dividing our current system, we can find that our powers are mostly divided into three categories. One is the biological enhancement type, which strengthens the physical body to make it more adaptable to Honkai Energy or immune to Honkai Energy. Most Fusion Warrior belong to this category. Another is the ability enhancement Honkai Energy, which controls Honkai Energy. Most Valkyrie belong to this category. The last and most special type is the consciousness type, or mental type warrior. Although there are so-called mental type Fusion Warrior, those mental type Fusion Warrior all belong to the third category."
Kevin and SU were both confused when Freya categorized Valkyrie and Fusion Warrior in this way. After all, there was no such classification in the Previous Civilization era. Especially in the later period, most Fusion Warrior underwent the Chimera Project modification surgery, thereby gaining the power enhancement of multiple Honkai Beast. Their physical abilities and control over Honkai Energy far surpassed those of ordinary Herrscher.
"Yes, I know. Whether it's strengthening the physical body or enhancing the control over Honkai Energy, it will bring about enhancements in the body, control, and will. But overall, Valkyrie don't rely on physical strength to fight Honkai Energy. The main thing is that Valkyrie are suited to enhancing their control over Honkai Energy. Fusion Warrior, on the other hand, are more suited to enhancing their physical strength, rather than learning to control Honkai Energy to fight like Valkyrie."
Freya pointed at Kevin and continued.
"Take you for example. You are undoubtedly at the pinnacle of the Alliance's biological enhancement category. Whether it's the modifications brought about by the Chimera Project or the 'evolution' you achieved by devouring super overlords, it all represents that you have reached the ultimate in the biological enhancement path. Although you also possess a high level of Honkai Energy manipulation and a considerable amount of consciousness power, neither manipulation nor consciousness power can compare to your physical attributes that have exceeded their limits. Therefore, you are the best representative of the biological enhancement category among the three paths I have summarized."
"If that's the case, then Second Sister is the best representative of the consciousness system?"
Aurora stopped her work and asked, driven by the intense curiosity of the researchers.
Freya shook her head and answered with a smile.
"Under normal circumstances, I am indeed a consciousness-type, possessing consciousness power beyond the limit. However, after entering 'that mode,' my control over Honkai Energy reached its peak, which can be considered as dual cultivation of superpowers and consciousness. However, I still prioritize superpowers."
After hearing Freya's explanation, Kiana and Aurora understood their own positions.
"So, under normal circumstances and in 'that mode,' I am both a superpower type."
"Under normal circumstances, my 'Sky-Splitting Goddess Mode' is the same as my sister's, both being superpowered."
Whether it's manipulating time or manipulating space, these are powers she possesses, but without the Honkai Energy she drives, it's like an appliance without a battery.
The powers of the Herrscher and the various superpowers researched by the Valkyrie are all so-called electrical appliances, while Honkai Energy is the electricity that makes these electrical appliances move.
"Wait a minute, Kiana, I remember you were really good at fighting, weren't you?"
Theresa asked curiously, still somewhat confused about Freya's three categories: creature, superpower, and consciousness.
"I do often use the combat techniques taught by my Great Ancestor in battle, but under normal circumstances, my forte is the manipulation of Honkai Energy..."
As the daughter of Siegfried Kaslana and Cecilia Schariac, after numerous experiments and the subsequent awakening of the Power of Finality, Kiana's control over Honkai energy in her normal state is no less than that of any previous generation of Schariac Saintess. Not to mention that after entering her own Finality Mode, her control over Honkai Energy is directly upgraded to 'absolute domination'.
"I see. My normal situation is the same as SU's, which is the so-called consciousness type. Most Valkyrie are suitable for the ability type, but some Valkyrie are suitable for the biological type. I personally think that if you go for the biological type, you might as well become Fusion Warrior."
"Lewis..."
Laguna, who was also in Seven Archons, understood why Freya had specifically mentioned Lewis, and at this moment he was somewhat amused and exasperated.
If Valkyrie are truly only suited for the psychic path, then it would be better for them to become Fusion Warrior rather than continuing with biological enhancement as Valkyrie. In fact, becoming Fusion Warrior would be a better path for them to pursue this enhancement route.
Freya briefly explained the differences between the two, since the Fusion Warrior rely on the genes of the fused Honkai Beast, which makes them more suitable for the so-called biological enhancement route than Valkyrie who are adapted to Honkai Energy.
Freya doesn't completely deny dual cultivation or even triple cultivation; she just believes that those who lack talent should focus on one area of enhancement.
Instead of strengthening my body today, learning a superpower tomorrow, strengthening my body again the day after tomorrow, and learning a superpower the day after that, etc.
If it were someone like Bianca, an all-rounder, it wouldn't be a problem. But even Bianca, she can only be considered a superpowered being. However, her physical abilities are indeed comparable to those of Fusion Warrior.
Thinking about it carefully, Freya previously speculated that Bianca was likely Kiana from a parallel world, which means that she herself has traces of the Ice Pig gene and the Chimera Project modification. This also means that, from a certain perspective, she is cultivating both the Fusion Warrior and the Valkyrie enhancement paths.
Logically, Freya, Kiana, and Aurora could also do the same, but as they awakened to become the Trinity Herrscher of Finality, their breakthrough Honkai Energy control directly locked their enhancement direction down to only the psychic type.
Freya is in a slightly better position, since she is at the pinnacle of the consciousness system. Entering the Finality Mode is a dual cultivation of the consciousness system and the supernatural ability system.
Of course, having roughly understood what Freya was trying to say, everyone else in the conference room was also trying to figure out which of the three paths they belonged to. Tesla, for example, spent ages trying to figure it out, only to realize that he, a researcher, was completely out of his depth! It would be strange if he could even match up!
494. I'm determined to nerf the Valkyrie's privileges today.
Researchers like Tesla's main strength lies in the various products they invent, such as exoskeletons, giant robots, and so on.
Tesla even built itself a giant red robot that was three times faster.
The researchers' fighting style naturally doesn't match Freya's classification of the two main categories, 'biological' and 'psychic', as well as the special category of 'consciousness'.
Ultimately, whether one becomes Valkyrie or Fusion Warrior, their physical abilities, control over Honkai Energy, and mental strength will all increase.
The Honkai Energy is related to mental strength. The stronger the mental strength and control, the more Honkai Energy one can control. However, if one's physical condition is far from being able to accommodate that Honkai Energy, the body is easily destroyed by the corrosive nature of Honkai Energy.
For example, take Welt. Although Welt inherited the core of the Herrscher of Reason, giving him Herrscher- level Honkai Energy control and sufficient mental strength, his body rejects the core. In other words, his physical body is not strong enough to accommodate Herrscher- level Honkai Energy. Therefore, he not only cannot truly unleash the full power of the Herrscher of Reason, but also puts a huge burden on his body due to overuse of the Herrscher of Reason's power.
Simply put, Welt is Herrscher, but his body is not adapted to Honkai Energy. Even though his mental strength and control are at the Herrscher level, he cannot maintain a Herrscher- level combat performance for an extended period of time.
The Type-B Valkyrie from before the Alliance was also locked at her limit for this reason. She had the control power of a Stigmata Awakener, but she could not perform at her proper level. Even if her mental strength and control power were up to standard, her body could not adapt to too much Honkai Energy.
In fact, the Valkyrie's body and the Fusion Warrior's body are completely different evolutionary branches in terms of adapting to Honkai Energy.
The Valkyrie's body is designed to better utilize Honkai Energy, and it will continuously evolve into a form that is more adapted to Honkai Energy, with its final form being the Herrscher.
The Fusion Warrior are not designed to adapt to Honkai Energy, but simply to enhance their physical abilities. This is a comprehensive strengthening through a transformation at the level of life, and they may not be skilled at controlling Honkai Energy.
In other words, in its final form, it's not that one can't fight with Honkai Energy. As long as one has enough mental strength and control, even Fusion Warrior can use Honkai Energy to fight.
It can only be said that Valkyrie are better suited to using Honkai Energy in combat than Fusion Warrior, while Fusion Warrior are better suited to using Honkai Energy to enhance their physical attributes than Valkyrie.
In gaming terms, Valkyrie is almost always suited to a mage build, while Fusion Warrior is almost always suited to a warrior build.
In particular, Freya created the Key of Reason, an external Stigmata that can contain Honkai Energy, thereby transferring some of the burden of Honkai Energy on the Valkyrie's body to this artifact, allowing the Valkyrie to control more Honkai Energy.
As for the so-called consciousness system, or the so-called spiritual specialties.
Freya categorizes it as a consciousness-based system rather than a mental system primarily because of the phenomenon of consciousness distorting reality.
Whether it's biological or supernatural, they are essentially materialistic. Although Honkai Energy comes from Imaginary Space, if we consider Honkai Energy as a relatively special kind of energy, then using one's own mental power to mobilize Honkai Energy is naturally not surreal.
But the idea of consciousness distorting reality is a completely irrational form of idealism.
For example, Freya's battle with Jana in the Devil's Triangle Sea Area is still ongoing, and the Devil's Triangle Sea Area has not yet returned to normal.
It wasn't that the chaotic energy inside hadn't subsided; Freya had long been able to break the isolation of the space. However, she suddenly had a flash of inspiration and deliberately left the distorted reality within reality.
In fact, even the so-called 'consciousness system' cannot accurately describe this most special category.
Freya felt that the most accurate name should be 'Willpower System'.
Unfortunately, at present, only Freya herself, whose consciousness has reached the level of transcendence, is capable of distorting reality with her own will.
Although SU is also classified as a consciousness-type character, it actually leans more towards using Honkai Energy in combat, supplemented by its unique consciousness abilities.
On the contrary, Immortal Fu Hua, although Fusion Warrior, has a mental specialty, and her fighting style is based on a unique mental attack formed by Feather of Dust, or rather, she attacks the will of others with her own will.
It's not that consciousness-based systems don't need Honkai Energy, but there's a primary and secondary distinction between consciousness-based and ability-based systems.
For Freya, it was ultimately too difficult for an individual's will to reach the point of distorting reality.
Even though Immortal Fu Hua can defeat all enemies with her will, and almost no one can resist her unique will attack, her will attack ultimately failed to distort reality, which is why it cannot turn the fake into the real.
Freya handled government affairs while explaining things to the others.
Once they understood that there were actually only two main categories and one special classification, everyone in the conference hall, whether they had been brought in to do the work or were already there, understood Freya's concerns.
After all, if Valkyrie want to become stronger, they are better suited to increasing the amount of Honkai Energy they can control, while Fusion Warrior are better suited to further enhancing their physical attributes.
Recently, it has been observed within the alliance that Valkyrie have begun to enhance their physical abilities, while Fusion Warrior have started to learn from Valkyrie and use Honkai Energy attacks.
"Understood. Just warn the particularly rebellious ones inside. If they ruin themselves, they can't blame us for abandoning them."
Tesla rolled her eyes; in her opinion, Freya's worries were nothing important.
"The new modification surgery we're using now involves extracting the original Stigmata and replacing it with the Yomotsu Hekitsuhime Antibody developed by Jackal, right? That Yomotsu Hekitsuhime Antibody is designed to be more adaptable to Honkai Energy. Fusion Warrior are also using that antibody. In my opinion, the two seemingly divergent paths will eventually converge. What are you worried about?"
Huangquan No. 1 is the first new antibody developed by Jackal. It was developed based on her research on the different Honkai resistance of this world and parallel worlds, and by studying the resistance of Kiki and Aurora, who are co-existing beings in different time and space, to Honkai Energy, as well as the data obtained from studying the erosion attribute of the Divine Key. It is the latest antibody that has the ability to repair itself, just like the Soul Steel of the Previous Civilization.
In order to abolish the Stigmata system established by Mei and prevent Mei's Stigmata system from being used, Freya used Stigmata Terminal to extract Stigmata from the bodies of the new generation.
In fact, over the long years, the large number of Stigmata Mei initially left for the survivors were combined in various ways to create an even larger number of new Stigmata.
Now, Freya uses the Stigmata Terminal to recycle these Stigmata, which not only replenishes the database but also adds many templates to the Key of Reason. The Key of Reason has even been upgraded three or four times.
In Tesla's eyes, Freya was either overly concerned or worried that some Valkyrie would not be able to adapt to the fast pace and would be eliminated, so she wanted to fix the way Valkyrie and Fusion Warrior became stronger.
It can only be said that Freya is too biased towards the Valkyrie.
"Generally speaking, shouldn't we just use whichever one is better or stronger? If both are good, should we use both together? Why bother with biological, supernatural, and consciousness systems? I think classifying them by job title, such as vanguard, high speed, heavy armor, support, and medical, would be more appropriate."
Tesla thought Freya was too idle, which was why she had the leisure to plan for the Valkyrie's future.
Seeing Tesla's somewhat hostile attitude towards Freya, everyone else in the conference room looked at the two with great interest. After all, Freya had indeed been preferential to the Valkyrie in various policies, even to a degree that Theresa felt was excessive.
For example, a few days ago, a Valkyrie abused her power and went all out while defending a Honkai battlefield. Her powerful firepower not only affected the so-called friendly forces, but also the village closest to the battlefield.
According to the subsequent investigation and psychological counseling, it was determined that the Valkyrie did this intentionally because someone in the village had angered her, so she deliberately affected that village, causing seven deaths and twenty-one injuries.
Freya, however, punished this Valkyrie with a hundred-day confinement.
That's right, it was closed for more than three months.
Freya's favoritism also emboldened a small group of Valkyrie to become lawless.
"I know you value the Valkyrie, but without the title of Valkyrie, are they no longer the people you cherish? Whether they are called Fusion Warrior or Valkyrie, just change their name to Heroic Spirit Warrior, and you won't protect them anymore?"
As Freya said, Fusion Warrior have incorporated Honkai Beast DNA are better suited to further strengthen their bodies, and their bodies will evolve towards becoming stronger and having a higher level of life. On the other hand, Valkyrie are better suited to mobilizing Honkai Energy for combat, and their bodies will evolve towards being able to mobilize more Honkai Energy.
"Honestly, Freya, I think there's something wrong with you! If you're biased towards some people, we won't say anything, but you can't be so biased towards the Valkyrie group without any reason."
Tesla, who originally felt that he was not suitable to give Freya advice on this matter, ultimately spoke up on behalf of Theresa.
"...I understand, but I can't cut the Valkyrie's benefits or reduce their treatment. These things should have been handled by Theresa."
Tesla had already said all that, and Freya didn't play dead. Although Theresa had also mentioned reducing the Valkyrie's privileges last week, she chose to play dead, so Theresa pretended not to see it and temporarily postponed the matter.
As a result, the Valkyrie deliberately went all out, extending her attack to the nearest town.
"As you know, I can't and won't take action. That's why I stepped down from my position Acting Grand Bishop a long time ago. I'm only suitable to lead this organization in the early stages, but in the later stages, I will definitely become an incompetent leader."
Freya sighed softly. A small number of Valkyrie had indeed changed their minds, and this reality was somewhat heavy for her.
"Yes, the problem isn't just with you, it's also with Lady Theresa."
Both Theresa and Freya are actually somewhat soft-hearted. Theresa is self-evident, while Freya's strength is always directed at her enemies. Internally, she is the "sister of Kiana," "Saintess Lord," and "older sister" to many Valkyrie.
Seeing Tesla not only verbally attack Freya but also Theresa, those who were brought in to do the work and those who were originally working overtime couldn't help but get excited. Isn't this the perfect way to lighten their mood?
Theresa, who was called out, looked embarrassed. In fact, no matter how many times the internal system was reformed, as long as Freya favored the Valkyrie, such small problems would accumulate and eventually lead to irreparable consequences.
Freya was aware of this, but she remembered the names of all the Valkyrie and knew what had happened to Valkyrie.