Chapter 442
Actual population statistics for 2017 show that the global population continued to rise steadily. Countries that were attacked by Honkai Beast were driven out and Honkai Beast by the Valkyrie of the Alliance, leaving behind a mess. Countries sent troops to provide aid and then moved important resources from their territories back to their own countries.
For countries with enormous size, the lives of ordinary people are never important; as long as they don't all die, it's not a problem at all.
This is why the emergence of the new Honkai disease 3rd has been met with great jubilation by some major powers.
Despite knowing that the new Honkai disease has a 100% mortality rate, they still mine Honkai crystal and vigorously develop new Honkai Energy processes.
Many elderly people who were of no use and yet took up resources were driven into quarantine zones, silently accepting this slow death sentence.
Because the catastrophe of Honkai did not affect them, they were able to continue their struggle for power.
Freya loathed these people, but she also loathed her own actions. Every time she withdrew the Valkyrie who were there to defend her, she would then agree to re-establish new strategic agreements with various countries.
She cannot truly abandon all the innocent people.
If it weren't for this, Welt would have chosen to leave the league long ago.
That being said, if you put the Valkyrie and the others on a scale, Freya would naturally choose the Valkyrie.
It is precisely because the alliance currently maintains its advantage that she can continue to be indecisive. However, if she were in the position of these survivors from the Previous Civilization, she would naturally not be very friendly to the people of the next civilization era.
"To defeat the Honkai, you and Kevin really... stop at nothing."
Freya felt a deep sense of pity for these survivors of the Previous Civilization.
After digging their own grave, they took the opportunity to set a trap for the Honkai Consciousness, but unfortunately, they underestimated the Honkai Consciousness.
"No, Kevin and I believe you can solve the problem."
"So that's why you're so bold. You have confidence in me."
Freya's lips curled up slightly. Although she was happy to be trusted, she had a feeling that Fu Hua and Kevin would become even more unrestrained as a result.
"I'm sorry, to be honest, I should have made thorough preparations, but I didn't expect that the memory backup I left on Mount Tai Xu would backfire on me."
Fu Hua spoke, her expression darkened, not only because she was still exhausted and could only lean on Freya, but also because this mistake had destroyed the escape route Freya had left for human civilization.
"The method to conquer the world of consciousness should be known to the Honkai Consciousness."
"That's alright. I've already prepared a method to counter the 'method of conquering the world of consciousness.' In fact, I've even prepared a method to deal with the 'method of countering the method of conquering the world of consciousness.'"
Fu Hua was somewhat bewildered by Freya's explanation; she probably couldn't understand what the "nested doll theory of nitpickers" meant.
Simply put, Freya does have a confrontational side to her personality.
Even though she was only at risk of losing control, she felt she had to be on guard against herself and even devised a plan to kill herself.
In fact, to prevent her fatal weaknesses from being abused, she designates the individuals qualified to learn those techniques, and even if others learn those fatal weaknesses, they will be blocked by her anti-fatal weakness protection measures.
Those who are qualified to learn will also learn how to bypass their own protective measures against fatal weaknesses.
From a certain perspective, Freya was indeed a pioneer of the Previous Civilization, and she also had her own crazy side.
"..."
Fu Hua, bewildered by the nitpicking theory, didn't want to say anything.
She was, after all, the person Freya was looking for. However, while Freya had learned the Divine Essence of the Tai Xu Sword Qi, Fu Hua had not learned the techniques to kill Freya.
The changes at Mount Tai Xu gradually affected the surrounding area and soon attracted the attention of the Shenzhou government. Fortunately, after a period of rest, Freya had recovered most of her physical strength and Honkai Energy. She then used Herrscher of the Void ability to take the two of them back to Changkong City.
The two fought for a very short time, but time flowed differently between the Mount Tai Xu, which had become an alien realm, and the outside world. They fought for a dozen minutes, but several hours had passed in the outside world.
When the two returned to Changkong City, the officials had already confirmed Otto's fate.
In their twisted sense of humor, they even arranged for Otto to meet with the resurrected Kallen.
After the two met, everyone else left to give them time to be alone. After Kallen asked a few questions, she slapped Otto, and the meeting ended badly.
Freya, who had just returned, hadn't even caught her breath when Rita told her that Otto wanted to see her.
She had no choice but to entrust Fu Hua, whom she had brought back, to SU first, and then went to the accommodation that Rita had arranged for Otto.
Considering that Otto was already dead, Welt and the others naturally didn't want him wandering around Changkong City. Of course, Otto himself didn't object to such an arrangement.
In a prison ward far from the main activity areas of the Alliance population, Freya met Otto in a cell that had been converted into a residence.
Upon seeing Otto, Freya was both amused and exasperated, speaking to him who had a handprint on his face.
"My dear bishop, what a face you have..."
"That's normal. If it were the real Kallen, she would definitely slap me if she knew what I did."
Otto didn't care about the mark on his face, nor did he care that his residence was a converted prison cell. At least in terms of the comfort of his room, his granddaughter's 'personal' maid did not mistreat him.
"She can be considered my greatest masterpiece, even if she is just a failure."
"... I suddenly understand why you were beaten. Normally, she is someone whose personality, will, memories, body, and even soul are almost identical to the original Kallen, so her feelings for you should also be the same as the original."
Freya had read Otto's diary. Of course, if we start to deduce from now, we can find that it was deliberately left for her by Otto to deepen and solidify her impression of the 'deal'.
Freya did indeed learn about the story between Otto and Kallen from her diary.
Otto remained seated, showing no intention of entertaining his guest. Instead, he used the communicator he had obtained from Welt and Tesla to connect to the Alliance's database.
He could only obtain information about the 'Order Stone' from Tesla, as well as other new technologies such as the Yomotsu Hekitsuhime Antibody.
In exchange, he handed over the Void Archive to Tesla.
At this moment, Otto seemed not to hear her sigh and continued to search for information in the database.
"Why do you deny that she is a failure? I think, therefore I am. That Miss Kallen is also the real Kallen."
"..."
Otto raised his face and calmly glanced at Freya.
"I know what you want. As long as I can be with that failed woman, I will no longer be the dangerous person in your eyes. But I am not Siegfried. I will not be happy for the little remnant of her. I cannot live in this world without her."
This is Otto's true feeling, and the real answer that only Freya and Theresa can hear.
Freya understood that Otto didn't deny the Kallen, but rather he was afraid that if she acknowledged that Kallen, he would forget the real Kallen.
"Tsk..."
Thinking that the guy she originally regarded as the final boss was actually just a lovestruck jerk, Freya couldn't get angry even if she wanted to.
514. Only a title like 'Fool' would be suitable to describe his stubbornness.
Of course, many people in the league now know why Otto is such a jerk, but understanding and empathy are one thing, and whether or not to forgive him is another.
In Freya's words, it's like saying, "You better hurry up and show your health bar."
Although Freya herself had no grudge against Otto, Siegfried, Welt, and others did not mind fighting Otto directly.
Rather, Siegfried and Welt would prefer Otto to be their direct enemy.
If Otto were an enemy, Freya would naturally not stand on his side, but Otto was well aware of this, so he never severed ties with Theresa and Freya.
He was even very competent as the grandfather of both of them.
Despite his affluent living environment and excellent education, even though Otto initially coerced Freya into recognizing her thief as her father, Otto did treat her with more tenderness and care because of Freya surprises she gave him.
In exchange, Otto relaxed his oversight of Kiana and halted several research projects on Kiana and Aurora.
Although Freya's cooperation in the experiments played a part, Otto would never have stopped those studies if Otto hadn't genuinely cared about her.
Otto, who was used to deceiving others, did not manipulate lies as usual.
If we put things openly, Freya had no reason to resent Otto. Of course, her lack of resentment towards Otto wasn't because the debt of being born was less important than the debt of being raised. Besides, although there were many coincidences surrounding her birth, the main reason for it was still Otto.
Her aversion to Otto stemmed from lingering impressions from her past life. From the perspective of her newly born, nascent consciousness, her grandfather was a decent person and treated her well.
It was only because of her preconceived notions, coupled with her closer affinity to Kiana and Aurora who looked just like her, that she chose to side with Kiana and Aurora Otto was chosen over Kiana and Aurora.
But if it were someone else, Freya would be more inclined to favor Otto.
This is like when your relative commits a crime, very few people would think of upholding justice and turning against their own family, while most people would only think of protecting their own relatives.
However, it is precisely for these reasons that Freya hopes to change Otto, even though she knows the possibility is too slim.
Even a clone that is indistinguishable from the real Kallen cannot restrain Otto's dangerous nature.
Otto smiled slightly upon hearing Freya smack her lips.
"After all, you are someone I taught, so how could I not know what you are thinking? If I were just an ordinary person, or someone as simple-minded and easily satisfied as Siegfried, I might be able to accept living with that failed young lady."
"That's right. If I had muscles that were in my brain like Siegfried, or if I were like those second-rate researchers who are easily satisfied with a single research result, maybe I really could become the person you hope I am."
A picture of his family enjoying a happy time slowly appeared in Otto's mind.
Although it can't be described as a loving father and filial son, and given Freya's personality, there will definitely be her sharp tongue in the family, they should still have a happy life.
Whether it's playing games with Theresa on the big TV in the room after work every day, going shopping with the clone on weekends, making little figures at night, or occasionally worrying about the love problems of Kiana and her two sisters with Siegfried and Ryoma, everything is so ordinary that it makes people feel warm.
However, this beautiful scene was shattered in an instant by another scene.
—That's the scene where Kallen was killed by Honkai Beast while protecting others.
In an attempt to rescue Kallen, who was sentenced to death by the Order of Schicksal, he deliberately released the Honkai Beast imprisoned within the Order of Schicksal, hoping to take advantage of the chaos caused by the Honkai Beast to rescue Kallen. However, this ultimately resulted in Kallen's death.
"But I can't do it."
Otto looked at Freya and said firmly, as if negating all her actions.
"I, who killed Kallen, cannot embrace the happiness of a normal person."
"So that's how it is. You're not afraid of death at all, you're courting it. No, you want to die in front of the real Kallen!"
It was only at this moment that Freya realized that the man's infatuation had gone to extremes.
His feelings for Kallen, his guilt towards Kallen, and his obsession with Kallen drove him, like a walking corpse, to hurt others without any scruples.
Otto did have doubts about whether his approach was correct.
However, those who could criticize him have already been killed by him.
A world without Kallen is not the world he wants at all.
For him, there were only two paths before him: either the world would be destroyed, or he himself would be destroyed.
Freya left, abandoning her plan to use Kallen's clones to control Otto.
No amount of other people's words can change the mind of someone who has decided to die.
At night, Freya was looking at experimental data on the large sofa in her room when her legs unconsciously became entangled with Rita's legs, who was sitting next to her.
Noticing Freya's unconscious little movements, Rita knew that Freya was feeling even more worried.
When she's in a bad mood, Freya can't help but make some small movements. Of course, Rita thinks Freya is cute like this, and she can't help but want to 'eat' her.
"Hmm?"
Freya was contemplating whether to give Otto a good beating or simply close the door and let Siegfried out when she suddenly felt her legs being gently rubbed.
When she shifted her attention from the screen displaying the experimental data, she naturally noticed that Rita's legs and her own legs had become entangled at some point, and at the same time, Rita's white legs, exposed under her black lace nightgown, were rhythmically rubbing against her own legs.
The close contact between skin and skin caused the temperature of the legs to rise rapidly.
Freya's cheeks flushed slightly as she unconsciously aroused her desire with Rita's small gesture.
After all, she was in the turbulent period of adolescence, and had already tasted the forbidden fruit. Having tasted its sweetness, how could she remain unmoved by Rita's seduction? Moreover, her lover possessed a charm that could captivate both men and women.
Freya's gaze fell on Rita's face, and just seeing those misty eyes and the beauty mark that was the finishing touch, Freya felt as if she were drunk.
So from then on, the emperor stopped holding morning court... What a load of rubbish!
"Rita? What are you doing?"
Freya, who almost lost control, immediately complained in an annoyed tone.
Although Otto's attitude angered her, it did not affect the Alliance's next strategy. Freya and the others planned to relocate all members located in Changkong City to the new base on the moon in the next two or three months.
One can imagine that for some time to come, Theresa will be crying and complaining everywhere, and then grabbing people to help her with government affairs.
After all, the entire base of the alliance is being moved to the moon. Even if a frontline fortress remains in Changkong City, the alliance's development focus will be completely shifted to space.
In fact, in order to speed up the migration process, Freya and Aurora, who are capable of opening spatial portals, would definitely have to suspend their research projects.