Chapter 429
As a result, the Alliance did not seal off the site like the Schicksal did back then, and did not mine all the Honkai crystal immediately.
This led to a small-scale Honkai event in Eastern Europe, and the resulting Honkai crystal were secretly mined by that country.
However, none of the countries actually possess the technology to utilize Honkai Energy like Schicksal, Anti-Entropy, and World Serpent.
If Honkai Energy is to the Alliance as essential as coal and oil are to nations, then for nations whose main industries are based on coal and oil, Honkai Energy can only be considered as a new energy option. In reality, nations are also developing new energy sources different from Honkai Energy.
After all, the strong corrosiveness of Honkai Energy can cause people Honkai Energy Honkai Sickness. Unlike Schicksal, Anti-Entropy, and World Serpent, which use Honkai Energy to fight Honkai, the research on Honkai Energy by various countries is still at a superficial level.
After all, the Five Great Council Nations currently use nuclear power, but their research on nuclear energy is progressing slowly. However, due to a lack of top-notch researchers, their research on Honkai Energy is even slower.
"Then what..."
"Yes, it should be said that this new type of Honkai crystal, or rather, the new Honkai disease caused by the current Honkai Energy, will cause tiny Honkai crystal to appear inside the infected person."
Rita answered slowly, while briefly summarizing the contents of the patient reports obtained by the members of the Dark Rose Squad.
According to the patient report, the internal organs of patients now infected with the new Honkai disease are blurred, and abnormal shadows are visible. An abnormal reaction of Honkai Energy combining with the body was detected in the body. Although the results of various tests show that the patient is infected with Honkai Sickness, the Honkai Energy contained in the patient's body is equivalent to that of D-rank Valkyrie from the Schicksal era.
"Um?"
"Some members who used Quantum Battle Body infiltrated that country's research institute through quantumization and discovered that they had developed a way to use Honkai crystal to cast 'spells' similar to those we are now researching."
Freya's main reason for wanting to categorize Valkyrie and Fusion Warrior was that Valkyrie could use Honkai Energy for direct attacks, or convert Honkai Energy into energy attacks of different attributes, such as fire, wind, lightning, and water. Because these attacks were very similar to spells in novels and games, Valkyrie named these phenomena that interfered with reality as spells.
Freya, however, felt that calling it 'superpower' would be just as appropriate.
The Key of Reason simplifies the process of Valkyrie converting Honkai Energy and reduces the degree of contact between Valkyrie and Honkai Energy, thus reducing the burden on Valkyrie in driving Honkai Energy.
However, Rita now tells her that a small country in Eastern Europe that is secretly mining Honkai crystal has already successfully used Honkai crystal to create spell-like attacks.
Although the spells were weak and the Honkai Energy within the infected was equivalent to that of D-rank Valkyrie from the Schicksal era, this was still not good news.
"If even small countries in Eastern Europe can do this, then what about the five major powers? What about the other developed countries?"
If the difficulty of utilizing Honkai Energy is reduced, Freya doesn't believe that the ruling classes behind those countries will ignore the new Honkai disease.
The new Honkai disease allows infected individuals to use Honkai crystal to perform actions similar to those of Valkyrie. However, the important thing is not the magical attacks themselves, but the fact that they use Honkai crystal.
Without a doubt, countries that could have tolerated the Alliance's monopoly on the benefits of Honkai Energy would inevitably choose to court disaster under the drive of enormous profits.
However, Freya wore a mocking smile.
"Unfortunately, I'm no longer planning to play with you guys."
"Lord Freya?"
"It's nothing, it's just that the migration plan we were going to push forward with is about to be accelerated."
"You mean the plan to relocate the Alliance to the moon?"
Rita naturally knew what Freya was referring to at that moment, and her eyes widened in surprise.
498. Hopefully those guys... won't do anything stupid.
The only lesson humanity learns from history is that humanity learns nothing from history.
The same mistakes made decades ago, the same mistakes made hundreds of years ago, are still being made today.
Of course, Freya didn't see it as a big problem.
"Rita, what are your thoughts on the new Honkai disease?"
"It allows ordinary people to easily unleash power similar to that of the Valkyrie, while also weakening and reducing some of the Valkyrie's divinity."
Rita calmly replied that the social problems the new Honkai disease would cause were not as difficult as imagined.
Those infected with the new Honkai disease can interfere with reality through Honkai crystal, and can control fire, storms and thunder like Valkyrie.
This is akin to distributing large numbers of fully loaded handguns to the masses. In reality, trying to morally restrain them from abusing their power is impossible. While most people would initially panic upon receiving such a weapon, they would subsequently use it to protect themselves, and some would even fight for what they perceive as their most legitimate rights.
People who think, "Why should I pay back the money I cheated with my own skills?" naturally assume that since they are citizens, they should enjoy the treatment due to citizens, and it is perfectly reasonable for them to take some of the assets they believe belong to them from the country.
Of course, even so, it's not the worst-case scenario.
If people with antisocial personality disorder were to acquire such power, they would cause enormous harm to society.
Some people with violent tempers will even attack someone just because they glanced at them.
Freya didn't know if the new Honkai disease had any other side effects, but new Honkai disease fact that it allowed ordinary people to use such power was enough to cause social unrest. She had a feeling that things would not be peaceful around the world.
This new Honkai disease is undoubtedly a new attack on Honkai.
However, Freya did not intend to play such a game with them. If the new Honkai disease was found to be terrifyingly contagious, countries would probably use it as an opportunity to pin the blame on the Alliance, and even mark all Valkyrie as infected.
This is not a doubt or speculation, but a situation that is bound to happen.
Just as Freya once labeled the World Serpent Organization as a terrorist organization, from the perspective of international law, the Schicksal's attack on Shencheng Medicine is illegal. However, Shencheng Medicine does indeed have a big secret and is related to the World Serpent Organization.
Shencheng Medicine' act of releasing Honkai Beast in the city in order to fight against Schicksal can indeed be regarded as a terrorist attack.
In reality, it can also be seen as the Shencheng Medicine's drug research laboratory being overrun, and due to the mishandling by the Schicksal Force, the Honkai Beast used by Shencheng Medicine for research were freed from their confinement.
In other words, if the mudslinging is justified, even the Schicksal cannot be said to be without responsibility.
Given the situation at the time, kicking the World Serpent Organization while it was down was the best solution, and only in this way could countries share the spoils from the Schicksal.
In fact, the only crimes committed by Shencheng Medicine were illegally researching Honkai Beast and releasing Honkai Beast into the city, which did not violate international law as it was actually cooperating with the World Serpent Organization.
After all, there is no evidence to suggest that the World Serpent Organization is a terrorist organization. Even though the World Serpent Organization has been lying low, it has created many aliases, the most famous of which are security companies and mercenary organizations.
Not to mention Shencheng Medicine' collusion with the World Serpent Organization, governments around the world have cooperated with the World Serpent Organization on numerous occasions.
When Shencheng Medicine was exposed for its connection with the World Serpent Organization, those in the ruling class quickly understood the situation.
Since the Schicksal is the main force against the World Serpent Organization, the rulers of various countries naturally do not mind playing the roles of hyenas and vultures, even though their true nature is actually that of jackals, tigers, and lions.
In Freya's view, given an excuse, countries will definitely choose to tear apart the alliance.
Freya had no interest in playing the 'Honkai Ark' game with them. She planned to lead the Alliance to the moon before the rulers of various countries marked the Valkyrie as infected.
Ryoma has already raised the Space Fortress to a geostationary orbit on the planet, and the Space Elevator beneath the Space Fortress will transport a large amount of resources, enabling them to build a forward base on the Space Fortress.
In fact, after learning about this, Freya planned to join forces with Kiana and Aurora to first build a safe zone on the moon.
If Welt had the time, the construction speed could be twice as fast.
Freya originally did not intend to speed up the relocation process. Ultimately, she still hoped that people would develop their own technology and build a base on the moon using their own strength.
However, after learning about the new Honkai disease, Freya had no choice but to resort to cheating.
"The personnel transfer is not a problem. The Valkyrie who have recently been in auxiliary defense positions should be called back first and have them use the Quantum Battle Body System."
Upon hearing Freya's arrangement, Rita still looked somewhat tired, quickly nodded in agreement.
"Rita, give the Valkyrie some orders so they can ignore the outside criticism as much as possible. Also, have the Propaganda Department prepare."
Regardless of whether the rulers of various countries intend to wage a propaganda war or have other plans, once the entire alliance leaves Changkong City, their schemes will all fall through.
After all, the Alliance has already developed a warp drive for spaceships. It has to be said that having Aurora, which possesses spatial and temporal properties, research this has indeed yielded results very quickly.
Even though the warp drive they have developed so far is quite inferior, it is still enough to allow them to travel to the moon, or even Mars.
"Yes, Lord Freya."
"Hopefully those guys... don't do anything stupid."
However, the human instinct for infighting could not be suppressed in the end. After the patients infected with the new Honkai disease died, they became new sources of infection. The new Honkai disease was no longer a miracle in people's minds. An antagonism arose between normal humans and infected people, and all those identified as infected were isolated immediately.
However, the enormous profits gained from infected individuals have made it impossible for the nation, this money-devouring behemoth, to stop its rampage.
Infected individuals with the new Honkai disease can easily manipulate the energy within Honkai crystal, and a large number of products derived from Honkai crystal have begun to generate profits.
For those rulers, even a single unit of profit is enough to drive them to take risks; double the profit will make them dare to trample on all human laws; and once the profit exceeds three times, they will dare to commit any crime.
However, the benefits brought by the various technological products derived from the energy of Honkai crystal are far more than three or five times.
For them, in the upcoming carnival, only those infected with the new Honkai disease will have their lives rapidly consumed due to prolonged contact with the Honkai crystal. But no matter how many of these infected die, it will not touch the hearts of those rulers.
After all, in the hearts of those rulers, they never regarded those people as human beings, or rather, they never regarded the common people as the same kind of beings as themselves. They were just livestock that could be manipulated at will under various policies.
How many of those policies that favor the people are truly considerate of the underprivileged? Or are they like livestock, where high-quality breeding helps cows and sheep produce better milk, wool, and meat?
Freya didn't say much to Rita. Although those rulers were well hidden, as a consciousness-type ability user, she could glean their thoughts from subtle clues. If it weren't for that, she wouldn't have been disappointed in them.
Of course, not all countries are beyond redemption, but even the most powerful country would probably be unable to maintain its stance when faced with the influence of all other countries besides itself.
In order not to put Immortal Fu Hua, who was serving as an important diplomat, in a difficult position, Freya had no choice but to instruct Rita to recall Immortal Fu Hua.
A few days later, Freya heard that Tesla had been secretly covered with a sack. Of course, the other party did not use violence, but simply expressed their dissatisfaction by covering him with a sack.
When Tesla was previously forced to work, he brought up the issue of reducing Valkyrie privileges and took the initiative to take on the task.
Most Valkyrie are aware that some of their privileges are far beyond what is allowed. However, the fact that the privileges they were entitled to have been taken away still makes some Valkyrie unhappy, even though they can understand it.
That being said, they couldn't possibly use violence against Tesla. However, putting a sack over his head would be a good act of revenge. It's said that this act of revenge originated from the St. Freya Academy and is specifically used against certain particularly rebellious individuals.
Fortunately, most Valkyrie are reasonable and know what problems will arise from having too many privileges. Therefore, under the persuasion of their older sisters, the younger generation of Valkyrie quickly accepted this reality.
Even though some Valkyrie still strongly resist the reduction of their due rights, in reality, Valkyrie in the League still receive preferential treatment in many areas.
For example, when abilities are roughly the same, some positions will prioritize Valkyrie.
Although Freya tacitly approved of the reduction of some Valkyrie privileges, Tesla did not directly tamper with the Valkyrie welfare system. Instead, he removed the privilege that Valkyrie could injure ordinary people in battle but only be confined.
The privileges that Tesla cut were Freya's blatant favoritism, almost to the point of saying, "Even if the Valkyrie wreak havoc in the outside world, she won't punish them."
In fact, even without such inside information, Freya would have chosen to protect the Valkyrie who was previously singled out by Tesla after she made such a mistake. Afterwards, she would simply have had her activities restricted and be re-educated.
Kevin and SU didn't expect Tesla to actually make a move, and this time Freya really didn't say anything.
They even thought Freya would contact Tesla privately and make some secret deal with her to prevent Tesla from stripping away several of the Valkyrie's main privileges all at once.
Tesla is a researcher, and Freya happens to have the Fantasy Crystal Gold that Tesla craves, also known as the 'Order Stone'. Kevin and SU naturally assume that Freya will trade one gram of the 'Order Stone' she has with Tesla.
Tesla, in order to save research time, would relinquish the position of the Seven Archons to Aurora, and naturally could not resist the temptation of the 'Order Stone'.
Freya's silence was also a reason why Tesla was able to successfully push for the reduction of privileges.
Under the current Seven Archons management model, Tesla, who holds a high position, does have the authority to push for decisions on behalf of the Seven Archons, but decisions related to the Valkyrie are mostly handled by Theresa and Freya.
Of course, normally, all matters concerning the Valkyrie are handled by Theresa, the Head of Administration and Grand Bishop. Freya, the Saintess, is just a mascot and a so-called propaganda poster girl, but all the Valkyrie are willing to accept Freya's orders.
It is for this reason that Freya is unable to reduce the Valkyrie's privileges.
Even though Theresa believed that those privileges would corrupt many Valkyrie, Tesla and others believed that those privileges would create conflict, Freya believed in her Valkyrie from the bottom of her heart.
The actions of the Valkyrie previously singled out by Tesla were, in the eyes of Tesla and Theresa, a sign that the Valkyrie group was gradually becoming corrupt and decadent due to privilege.
However, Freya, who knew the Valkyrie's background and experiences, did not think that the other party's revenge was too excessive. The attack she deliberately released towards the town only resulted in seven deaths and twenty-one injuries.
Compared to the pain she endured, this outcome hardly qualifies as revenge; perhaps it was truly just an accidental injury on her part.
Of course, although she claimed to have done it intentionally during the interrogation, it cannot be ruled out that she was somewhat self-destructive at the time. After all, those who were truly her enemies had already died when she was striving to become Valkyrie because of the Honkai Beast that broke into the town. The townspeople she harmed could only be considered foolish people who followed the crowd.
If she could, Freya wouldn't even want to cancel the extravagant perks of the Valkyrie, let alone the privileges that Tesla cut.
However, given the current state of the alliance, it's impossible for her to act arbitrarily, since Freya herself knows she's not a suitable manager.
She could be the protector of the Valkyrie, but she was not suitable to be the Alliance Leader of the alliance or the Head of Administration.
Freya went to the First Research Institute to visit Tesla, who was covered in a sack and claimed that he almost developed nyctophobia and therefore took three days off.
That's right, she found Tesla conducting research at the First Research Institute.
Some Valkyrie put her in a sack but did not use violence against her. Although the process was somewhat dangerous, it did not frighten Tesla at all. Tesla himself put aside his work on reducing privileges and went back to his research institute to do research.
If it weren't for the need for her and Einstein to be stationed at the First Research Institute and the New Research Institute respectively, she would have already gone to the New Research Institute to study the 'Order Stone'.
499. Modern technology has enabled lilies to thrive.
Freya arrived at the First Research Institute, underwent a strict gate check, and then headed toward Tesla's research lab.
The Valkyrie, researchers, and research assistants in the research department on the way were not reserved because of Saintess sudden visit, and did not even take the initiative to greet her.
Whether you say they lack social skills or that they're all brain researchers, Freya is quite satisfied with the research atmosphere at the First Research Institute; it's much better than scheming and plotting.
After passing the pre-laboratory tests, Freya entered the laboratory and greeted Tesla, who was wholeheartedly engaged in his research.
"Sister Tesla, you really are here."
"It's you..."