Chapter 428
The First Apostle created order and civilization, but with the loss of control over human civilization and the arrival of cosmic Heat Death, the First World was on the verge of destruction. In the end, the First Apostle chose to destroy all civilizations and became the Last Angel— the Herrscher of Finality.
And now the First Sequence Herrscher has also become the Herrscher of Reason.
However, judging from the abilities of the Herrscher of Reason of Herrscher of Reason, their abilities are more like those of the Order Side than the Honkai Side.
However, order and Honkai are completely opposite concepts, so there is no difference between the apostle of Honkai and the apostles of order.
This is a survival competition between the Imaginary Tree and the Sea of Quantum. The Imaginary Tree takes nourishment from the Sea of Quantum, while the Sea of Quantum assimilates and erodes the Imaginary Tree. The Imaginary Tree evolves its world for survival.
Human civilization is not impossible; it's just that the human civilization we are developing now is flawed.
Or rather, almost every human civilization in every world has been wrong. Various forms of exploitative development have not only caused the life force of planets to deplete rapidly, but have also accelerated the arrival of the Heat Death of the universe.
This is also why almost all human civilizations have been targeted.
While other Star Civilization may also experience Honkai, the difficulties they face are definitely not as great as those faced by human civilization.
Both the Herrscher of the Sequence and the so-called Honkai Consciousness seem to be targeting humanity with malice.
Of course, Freya didn't tell anyone about this, since she secretly used the 'Order Stone' to convert her Finality Mode into the so-called Origin Mode without anyone's consent.
Although Freya did succeed in the experiment and obtained very important information, considering the risks involved, Freya might have killed herself. Tesla, upon learning this, would likely be furious and challenge Welt to a mixed doubles brawl.
Freya, to avoid being beaten, naturally wouldn't reveal this. In addition, the one gram of 'Order Stone' she consumed was the amount she concealed, so Tesla, Einstein, and the others naturally didn't know that she had secretly conducted such a high-risk experiment.
Although the 'Order Stone' was created out of thin air, 'Order' itself exists within the rules of the Imaginary Tree. It can convert all Honkai Energy into Order Energy and all Honkai creature into Order Energy. Such an unreasonable substance is of great research value.
Both Tesla and Einstein experimented slowly, starting with 0.001 grams. Now that Freya's monthly production has increased by 10%, let alone continuing to pamper the Valkyrie, well, maybe we shouldn't continue to pamper the Valkyrie. We've already spoiled quite Valkyrie to the point of being lawless.
Regardless, this news certainly thrilled Tesla, Einstein, and other researchers. In fact, there wasn't a single researcher in the Alliance qualified to access data related to the 'Order Stone' who wasn't interested in it. The research lab that Tesla and Einstein built specifically for the 'Order Stone' immediately received a large number of applications.
To be honest, the huge pile of documents in front of Tesla and Einstein was something they brought upon themselves, since researching the 'Order Stone' required a sufficient number of people.
The most outstanding researchers in the current civilization are almost all in the alliance. There are many people who can meet Tesla and Einstein's requirements, and many of them are even older than Tesla and Einstein. If they lay down on the ground, even Tesla and Einstein would have to admit defeat.
As top-tier researchers, it's impossible for Jackal not to covet the 'Order Stone'; their boundless curiosity is the driving force behind their continuous pursuit of truth.
The most regrettable thing about Mei from the Previous Civilization is that after she joined the Fire Moth, her motivation as a researcher became more utilitarian, rather than the pure curiosity she once had.
Of course, even so, Mei still completely outclassed all the researchers of the previous Previous Civilization, and incidentally crushed all the researchers of the current civilization. Even though Freya created many new things, the Alliance still relied on the knowledge and technology left behind by Mei in all aspects.
After a busy afternoon, the mountain of documents piled up in front of everyone had only been partially cleared. For example, regarding the organizational operations that Theresa was in charge of, she had just finished processing one hundred documents when her adjutant brought in one hundred and ten new documents.
Theresa immediately wanted to overturn the table piled with documents; with the Kaslana family's superhuman strength, she could definitely flip that table out of sight.
Even if she overturned the table, she still needed to deal with the documents. For example, Tesla decided to cut the Valkyrie's benefits. After obtaining Freya's consent, she naturally had to proceed quickly. In addition, she also planned to promote the decision to combine the Valkyrie and Fusion Warrior and rename them Heroic Spirit Warrior.
Freya figured that since her little sister's adoptive mother was courting death, she might end up being sacked by a small group of Valkyrie.
They were busy until after 10 p. m. before Freya and some others who had been forced to work were finally able to leave. As for those who were supposed to work anyway, they had to bring blankets and spend the night in the conference hall.
Although these people who were forced to work will have to come back tomorrow, can they be any worse off than Theresa spends several days in the conference hall dealing with various documents?
After Freya returned to her residence, she first reviewed today's experiment report. The report showed that some of the data fluctuations were within her expectations. Although Freya and Jackal usually only had the two of them in their lab, when they were both busy, they would naturally select a group of suitable people to act as assistants. All they needed to do was keep an eye on the lab; if any unexpected events occurred, the AI monitoring the lab would immediately issue an alarm.
The task was almost as difficult as a guard mission, but the reward was very generous. Plus, the person who issued the task was Freya, so almost no Valkyrie would refuse.
That being said, Freya has never chosen Valkyrie from the research department. In general, she would only choose Valkyrie from the combat department to guard the laboratory in her place with the Jackal.
It wasn't that Freya distrusted the Valkyrie in the research department, thinking they might steal her research results; rather, it was simply because her research with the Jackal involved many taboos, and if those taboo studies were leaked, it would inevitably cause huge trouble.
While Valkyrie of the combat type are not necessarily illiterate, having Valkyrie guard the laboratory can indeed prevent many problems.
Freya had just finished reading today's experiment report when Rita, who was handling her intelligence agency duties, returned.
Freya smiled at Rita, whose face showed signs of fatigue. Since Rita was so tired, she naturally didn't let her lover wash her up. Instead, she first pressed Rita down on the softest sofa in the room, then mischievously moved her hand joints and gave Rita a Freya- original massage.
"Lord Freya?"
Rita wanted to stop her, but seeing Freya's malicious intent and being too tired to resist, she let Freya do as she pleased.
Although Freya has never learned to take care of herself over the years, and can't even wash her own hair properly without Rita's help, she has secretly learned some skills to please Rita.
"Ah----!!"
However, the brain says, "I've learned it," but the hand says, "No, you've failed."
For Rita, who enjoys the original massage, her lover's strength truly lives up to the name Kaslana; within just thirty seconds, she was already experiencing a tingling, numb sensation.
Well, thankfully the bones in my shoulder weren't broken.
"I'm already using very little strength, okay? I cultivate both supernatural abilities and consciousness, not biology."
"Lord Freya, even if you say you cultivate both supernatural abilities and consciousness, it doesn't mean your physical strength is weak. Your so-called consciousness cultivation has reached the level of exceeding limits. In reality, under normal circumstances, both your supernatural abilities and consciousness are beyond limits. If you've reached the level of exceeding limits under normal circumstances, how bad do you think your physical fitness is?"
Whether it's an improvement in the biological system or an improvement in the supernatural system, it will strengthen the other side.
Moreover, Freya is in her normal state, having already completed her Herrscher Transformation, and is basically no different from Herrscher. She only suppresses her Herrscher fluctuations in normal times; otherwise, she would be a humanoid walking source of Honkai Energy radiation.
People who reach this level can suppress their own Honkai Energy. Of course, someone like Welt, who is only half-baked, has to figure out how to suppress his own Honkai Energy through trial and error.
However, for Freya and others who are fully adapted to Herrscher Transformation, even if they cannot absorb as much Honkai Energy as possible, they are not worried about being exposed to too much Honkai Energy. On the contrary, they are not compatible with the Herrscher Core, and their physical bodies have not evolved into Herrscher bodies adapted to Honkai Energy. Welt is essentially using a human body to withstand Herrscher- level Honkai Energy.
Generally speaking, people who do this either kill themselves or transcend humanity.
However, Welt did not surpass humanity; he successfully brought about his own demise. But before the coffin lid could be closed, he immediately lifted it up.
In some ways, he is more troublesome than those true Herrscher, but those true Herrscher are also the kind of people who are hard to shake off; even if they are defeated, their consciousness may not necessarily dissipate.
Freya rolled her eyes and then reduced her strength again.
"I feel like you've been a bit lax lately."
"Of course, I'm not a frontline combatant. I'm the head of the Covert Mobile Force. And... once the Quantum Battle Body is widely deployed, the Covert Mobile Force and I won't need to go to the front lines anymore. We can just operate those Stands. Speaking of which... Lord Freya, there's something I want to report to you."
Rita suddenly pressed down on Freya's hands, which were on her shoulders, and continued speaking with a serious expression.
"Recently, the production of Honkai crystal has increased abnormally in various places. Moreover, many Honkai Sickness patients have become increasingly difficult to treat recently. The effectiveness of the treatment and preventive drugs produced by Shencheng Medicine is declining. In addition, a country in Eastern Europe has been illegally mining Honkai crystal and has successfully released some phenomena that change the original properties of substances through the Honkai crystal."
"What happened?"
Freya frowned; she suddenly had a bad feeling.
"It seems that the current Honkai crystal has a function similar to the external Stigmata Key of Reason, which means that even ordinary people can use the Honkai crystal to release 'spells' similar to those developed by the Valkyrie."
497. Lord Freya, the problem is Honkai Sickness.
As the captain of the Covert Mobile Force and the Dark Rose Squad, and her own adjutant, Rita is responsible for intelligence gathering for the Alliance. Both her own intelligence agencies and those within the Alliance have outstanding (HX) intelligence gathering personnel.
Especially with the Quantum Battle Body system, which is gradually being put into practical use recently, the Covert Mobile Force and the Dark Rose Squad, as the first intelligence gathering personnel to use it, have brought the characteristics of the Quantum Battle Body to the extreme.
The Quantum Battle Body is a product of quantum technology, one of the three major technological systems currently under the Alliance.
Simply put, it's similar to using quantum technology to pull out one's own projection from the Sea of Quantum.
For the Sea of Quantum where everything exists, whether it is you a second ago or a second later, you exist in the Sea of Quantum.
While researching the Sea of Quantum, SU and Planck, inspired by Freya, successfully pulled out a projection from the Sea of Quantum and conducted an experiment to control the projection in place of themselves in battle.
The Covert Mobile Force and the Dark Rose Squad then conducted tests, and members of the Covert Mobile Force and the Dark Rose Squad successfully controlled this "stand-in" to carry out intelligence gathering work using the "remote equipment" in the laboratory.
When surrounded by security personnel at the destination, he directly controlled the 'Stand' to enter quantum mode, successfully escaped from the most heavily guarded facility, and then self-destructed the 'Stand' to eliminate all traces.
From a certain perspective, Freya doesn't actually object to Valkyrie and Fusion Warrior being renamed Heroic Spirit Warrior.
After all, once the Valkyrie and Fusion Warrior all use this kind of 'stand-in,' also known as the Quantum Battle Body, they can use remote devices in the base without encountering any danger. They can even invade any place through quantumization, which is indeed no different from Freya's knowledge of certain Heroic Spirits' settings.
After renaming the base to Valhalla, there might be no difference at all.
"... What happened?"
Freya couldn't help but ask.
She was naturally aware of the advantages of the Quantum Battle Body system, but that did not mean it was without flaws.
Currently, the projection pulled out from the Sea of Quantum can only last for half an hour, and it carries only 70% of the Honkai Energy of the original body, so it cannot unleash its full power.
Fortunately, Freya, Ryoma, Tesla, and others established a new satellite network that can use quantum teleportation to send these Quantum Battle Body to any corner of the world.
Of course, quantum teleportation technology is currently mainly used to teleport Valkyrie and Fusion Warrior.
That being said, for intelligence gatherers, if the goal is not to steal but to conduct on-site investigations, the intelligence gathered by the Quantum Battle Body controlled by 'remote devices' will naturally be accurate.
Upon hearing Rita mention the anomaly of the Honkai crystal, Freya felt a sense of foreboding and even withdrew her hands from the soft, large object, adopting a serious expression.
"Recently, during routine patrols, members of the Covert Mobile Force and the Dark Rose Squad discovered an increasing number of Honkai Sickness patients closer to Eastern Europe. Further investigation revealed that the increase was not due to a rise in Honkai patients, but rather a gradual decline in the effectiveness of the treatment and preventative medications available at the local Shencheng Medicine..."
"Has the patient developed drug resistance? No, if it's a member of the Covert Mobile Force or the Dark Rose Squad, Celluli, who possesses the Blood Power, should have been sent out by you."
With quantum teleportation technology, the Alliance can send any Valkyrie to any corner of the world. Of course, due to the limitations of the receiving port, it's not possible to directly drop them into their destination, but sending them to the nearest teleportation point is not difficult.
The alliance has built receiving ports in facilities around the world, including Shencheng Medicine, healthcare facilities, and welfare organizations.
This is actually to conceal the fact that quantum teleportation technology does have the function of teleporting Valkyrie to any place, but such a function is not suitable to be revealed, and after such teleportation, there is no way to bring Valkyrie back.
Of course, if the Quantum Battle Body enters the practical stage, then there is no need to consider the issue of recycling; at worst, the Quantum Battle Body can simply self-destruct.
In response to her question, Rita gently shook her head. After she withdrew her careless hand, Rita suddenly leaned her tired body backward and rested against her.
Freya lowered her head to see Rita's expression, but her view was blocked by two large objects.
Although she has become the person she likes best, she doesn't seem to be happy at all.
"The members of the Covert Mobile Force and the Dark Rose Squad responsible for routine patrols are all excellent. Before I even sent Celluli, they had already obtained patient reports from the local Shencheng Medicine."
"So, it's not a problem of drug resistance?"
"Yes, Lord Freya, the problem is Honkai Sickness."
Rita looked somewhat bitter, but she didn't want Freya to see her expression.
There are patients with Honkai Sickness every year. Honkai Sickness is similar to the flu, but the difference is the terrifying mortality rate and the uncertain contagiousness.
In the past, there were the Schicksal, the Anti-Entropy Organization, and various preventive and therapeutic drugs provided by Shencheng Medicine.
However, preventative medications are not 100% effective at preventing Honkai Sickness. They are only effective in environments with low Honkai Energy levels. Honkai Sickness, the therapeutic medications produced by Schicksal, Anti-Entropy, and Shencheng Medicine do not completely cure Honkai Sickness. They can only suppress early-stage Honkai Sickness symptoms. Patients need to continuously take these medications to maintain the Honkai Sickness.
Selling drugs has always been a highly profitable industry, especially drugs for treating Honkai Sickness, which has an extremely high mortality rate. Although the Anti-Entropy -Anti-Entropy organization provides very cheap treatment drugs, its size is simply insufficient to meet the market demand.
The main reason why Shencheng Medicine was able to quickly establish branches around the world after the Second Eruption was because it had sided with the Schicksal and received raw materials supplied by the Schicksal, allowing it to produce a large quantity of therapeutic drugs.
After all, at that time, no one knew that Shencheng Medicine was one of the means by which the World Serpent Organization raised funds to advance the Stigmata Activation Plan.
Because the drugs for treating Honkai Sickness are extremely expensive, many forces have made a fortune from them, or local governments and medical institutions have colluded to sell them at hundreds Honkai Sickness thousands of times the price, causing many families to be ruined and people to die.
As Freya's adjutant, Rita had come into contact with many of these inside stories and naturally didn't have a good impression of some capitalists. However, the Alliance did not have the right to sanction officials from other countries.
Rita did not lie to Freya; the problem this time was indeed Honkai Sickness.
However, the Dark Rose Squad consisted of either Artificial Herrscher with weakened powers or special Deadman who underwent various modifications. They provided Rita with evidence of collusion between certain high-ranking officials and the local government.
That's right. Although the problem this time wasn't with preventative or treatment drugs, there were several incidents a year ago where high-ranking officials and local governments used counterfeit drugs instead of genuine ones. They then reimbursed the counterfeit drugs as routine losses due to improper storage, while the genuine drugs that were replaced were sold at high prices in other regions. Moreover, this incident also involved a Valkyrie.
To be honest, those high-level officials and local governments were very secretive in their actions, and it would be absolutely impossible to find out without a thorough investigation.
However, several members of the Dark Rose Squad possessed the power of Artificial Herrscher that allowed them to uncover the truth. After they launched their investigation, the transactions that the local Shencheng Medicine had been concealing could no longer be hidden.
Rita was initially worried that this matter involved a Valkyrie, which might upset Freya. Fortunately, the problem this time was just Honkai Sickness.
Of course, it can only be said that when the intelligence sent by the on-site personnel mentioned that a Valkyrie was involved in the case, even Freya's concern for Rita, the Valkyrie, did indeed cause her to panic.
In fact, the new problems arising from Honkai Sickness are far more serious than the problems with the treatment drugs.
However, for Rita, even if the former problem were ten times more serious, it wouldn't cause Freya any pain.
Rita prepared to warn the Valkyrie involved in the case and then conceal the truth about the previous treatment drug before speaking to Freya.
"After receiving the patient's report, the Covert Mobile Force and members of the Dark Rose Squad expanded their investigation and discovered that a country in Eastern Europe was secretly mining Honkai crystal..."
Just hearing Rita mention that a certain country was secretly mining Honkai crystal, Freya knew that the essence of the matter was that humanity had once again acted recklessly.
Honkai crystal are not minerals that grow from the earth, but rather high-concentration energy aggregates that appear on Honkai land. Most of them are blackish-purple translucent crystals, which do indeed look very similar to black crystals and amethysts.
However, the only forces capable of utilizing Honkai crystal, besides the Five Great Council Nations of the current world, are the Alliance, the strongest anti- Honkai force composed of Schicksal, Anti-Entropy, and World Serpent.
Compared to countries with slow progress, the Alliance has the highest Honkai Energy utilization rate in the world, and this high Honkai Energy utilization technology has always been coveted by various countries.
Most of the Honkai Energy Reactor used within the Alliance used Honkai crystal, which are high-concentration energy aggregates, as fuel, until Freya learned to manually create Honkai crystal seven or eight years ago.
That's right. In fact, the Type-B Stigmata used by Type-B Valkyrie is a special Honkai crystal handcrafted by Freya.
Unlike the purest Honkai crystal, which are aggregates of energy, these special Honkai crystal contain unique corridors that guide the flow of Honkai Energy, thereby triggering the power of the Stigmata within the Valkyrie.
If she can hand-craft special Honkai crystal, then directly creating Honkai crystal that aggregate high-concentration energy is an even easier task for her.