Chapter 468
Although SU found these new Humanoid Honkai Beast crudely made, their full power lay in their exquisitely crafted faces.
The Valkyrie and Fusion Warrior are unwilling to fight these Humanoid Honkai Beasts, and the defenses they have built are gradually collapsing.
"If Kevin were here..."
It was only then that SU realized what a mistake it was to let Kevin leave the league.
Of course, SU also knew that Kevin was not without weaknesses; his weaknesses were also very obvious. If the enemy this time was FU, he felt that Kevin should have been stopped by Mei.
Yes, this isn't the first time FU has used this 'formidable foe' to stall Kevin.
In his distant memory, Kevin, who had just transferred to the school, fell in love with Mei. At that time, FU and Kevin just happened to dislike each other. FU often deliberately provoked Kevin to tease him. Once, he deliberately angered Kevin by going to where Mei was reading. After Kevin's attention was drawn away by Mei, he took the opportunity to splash a bucket of water on him, making him look ridiculous in front of Mei.
That being said, the incredibly handsome Kevin was doused with cold water; his wet hair clung to his forehead, and his melancholic prince-like appearance was exactly what bookworm Mei wanted.
Even though FU claimed that he did it on purpose to bring the two together, he was still beaten up by an enraged Kevin.
In SU's opinion, FU was just deliberately picking a fight because he was annoyed by the handsome guy, and he got beaten up because he brought it on himself.
But he truly understood Kevin's weaknesses better than anyone else, and he also knew Kevin's strengths better than anyone else.
Because of Mei's death, Kevin's heart is forever frozen, but if Mei reappears in front of him, the ice that has frozen his heart is destined to melt.
Even if it was just an illusion, Kevin longed to see Mei again, but he would never admit it.
The Artificial Herrscher team contacted by SU did not respond. Even if the new Humanoid Honkai Beast is weak, it does not mean that all the enemies they encounter are weak.
Among the large Humanoid Honkai Beast are many powerful individuals whose strength is no less than that of the Alliance's Valkyrie and Fusion Warrior. Coupled with the 'mental attacks' brought by the new Humanoid Honkai Beast, the battle situation is deteriorating at a visible speed.
Just when SU was at his wit's end, a 33-story building in Changkong City suddenly cracked open, splitting into two as the name suggests, and then shifting to both sides.
"???"
SU suddenly had many questions.
"What's going on? Wait, Changkong City has this?"
A massive, dark-colored robot, about forty meters tall, rapidly rose from below. Not only were the Valkyrie and Fusion Warrior of the Alliance puzzled, but even the Honkai Beast fighting them were bewildered.
Isn't it pointless for a machine to fight against a superpowered being?
Of course, this is not some kind of confusing human behavior.
"Tesla, what have you done?"
SU hurriedly contacted a certain 'greatest inventor of this era' to find out what she was up to. Most importantly, he had no idea that the Alliance still had the financial resources to manufacture such a huge Titan Mech.
Yes, the standard Titan Mech only comes in two models: five meters and ten meters.
The current 40-meter Titan Mech is clearly oversized, and SU even saw the 'Father' armor that was required to be removed a few years ago.
"This is the ultimate weapon I created for the final battle— Welt Unit 1!"
"No, it looks like the Father no matter how you look at it. Wait, you didn't use all the parts that the Father took apart in this machine, did you? I remember Freya asked you to develop a spaceship, didn't she?"
"Of course, this is a dual-use type for both land and space."
Tesla said with great pride, then added with regret.
"It's a pity there's no driver now, it feels soulless, but thankfully it's equipped with intelligent AI."
"Wait a minute, the materials for the spaceship you developed won't also be..."
"How can you say that the inventor's work is misappropriated? I only borrowed a part of it first. Look at the size of Welt Unit 1, it is twice the size of the Father, the thickness of its armor is seven times that of the Father, its resistance to Honkai Energy has increased to seventeen times, and it also has the Honkai particle Hyper Railgun that the Father does not have."
Just as Tesla finished speaking, the massive weapon of war, which was far away from the building, opened the armor in its chest area.
A thick, large electromagnetic beam swept directly across the battlefield where Honkai Beast were densely packed, instantly evaporating millions of Honkai Beast. This freed up the Valkyrie and Fusion Warrior who were previously struggling to deal with the Honkai Beast.
That being said, the Valkyrie and Fusion Warrior still confronted the familiar new Humanoid Honkai Beast.
But the massive final battle, without any hesitation, stormed into the battlefield with overwhelming force, throwing punches at those 'weak' Humanoid Honkai Beast.
The enormous iron fist sent several Humanoid Honkai Beast flying off the battlefield.
"Unfortunately, the weapons on Welt Unit 1 are too few. Currently, only the Honkai Particle Hyper Railgun is installed. However, Freya also concealed the number of Order Stone, violating the distribution plan we agreed on. I only borrowed 'a little' of the materials to build Welt Unit 1."
"... You researchers."
SU is really at a loss for words, after all, this is a common problem among researchers.
"Well done! This thing is definitely much better than Valkyrie and Fusion Warrior!"
The introduction of massive decisive weapons eased the already dire situation of the battle.
However, a single massive weapon is not enough to change the current dire situation of the war; in other words, there is a lack of a powerful figure capable of delivering the decisive blow.
Even though he wasn't good at commanding battles, Tesla could tell that the current situation was extremely bad.
At that moment, she could only think of a few people she could rely on the most.
"If Welt, Freya, and Kevin were here, they could definitely change the course of the battle immediately."
"Mom, this battle is so difficult precisely because they are not here."
Just as Tesla frowning, she noticed that Einstein, who was silently facing the screen, suddenly stopped moving. Not only her, but SU on the other side of the communication screen also maintained that expression of wanting to praise but also having some helplessness.
It was as if time in this world had been paused.
Of course, this pause lasted only a short time, and by the time the surrounding scenery began to flow again, communication between Tesla and SU was disrupted.
She and Einstein were confined to this laboratory, unable to contact the outside world.
"Who are you?"
Tesla instinctively turned his head in the direction of the sound, only to see a familiar face.
"Aurora? What are you doing here? No, you're awake?"
"I'm sorry, Mom, not yet. Right now, I should be trapped in a higher-dimensional spacetime created by the Honkai Consciousness. It doesn't want me to wake up. As long as I can wake up, I can contact Freya through the mental link. Freya, who is trapped in a parallel world, can locate the original world through the mental link. With my ability to assist in the teleportation, Freya can be teleported back to the original world immediately."
"Only Kiana and I can provide Freya with coordinates, but if Kiana connects to the mental link at this time, she will be forcibly awakened as the Herrscher of Finality. So the best way to trap Freya is to trap me as well. As long as Freya can come back, she can get Mr. Kevin to join the battle."
The woman standing before Tesla was none other than her adopted daughter, Aurora Schariac Tesla Young, but the Aurora in this laboratory was somewhat different from her adopted daughter.
First of all, the familiar appearance has become more mature, and the chest seems to have developed again. The silver tight-fitting battle suit that accentuates the figure is also a style that Tesla has never seen before. The three pairs of wings of light that spread out behind him are just like the symmetrical mirror images of the hour, minute and second hands of a clock.
"Who are you?"
"Mom, I don't have much time left. We've lost this battle. Right now, we should think about how to end this. I'll go wake myself up first, but I can't be seen by too many people. If I get bounced back to the original time, I don't know how many tens of thousands of times I'll have to try to find the right time again, and you'll all forget about this immediately."
Aurora put on a pitiful expression. As her adoptive mother, Tesla knew very well that the other party was not lying, and that she was indeed his adopted daughter, even though the other party looked several years older.
"Are you Aurora from the future?"
"Well, Tesla's mom, we don't have time to catch up. Let's hurry up. Hopefully, you can evacuate the others from the emergency center as soon as possible."
Aurora finished speaking, communication was restored. SU on the other end of the communication screen seemed to have no questions. Tesla subconsciously glanced at the time and realized that only one second had passed between the time stop and the time flow in the laboratory and the restoration of communication.
She didn't let the future Aurora on the communication screen, and she also gave Einstein a look, signaling that she should take over controlling the giant decisive weapon.
"SU, I will try to wake Freya up. You try to buy some time."
"I understand... By the way, what happened just now? Your complexion was different a few seconds ago."
"Oh, it's probably stuck. As you know, the device I created to counteract interference waves took me just over ten minutes to make. I'll leave the command of the operation to you, and I'll take care of waking Freya."
Tesla didn't say much. She hurriedly ended the call and immediately contacted Jackal, asking her to arrange for the evacuation of the emergency center personnel. Then she turned to look at Aurora.
"You just distorted the flow of time?"
"Um."
Aurora from the future made no secret of her abilities; she did indeed distort the flow of time—it was her power.
"We can teleport there right now."
After saying that, Aurora teleported Tesla into the Alliance's emergency center, where they appeared in Freya's room.
"What Aurora can do, I, Aurora, can do as well."
As Aurora from the future spoke, she entered the mental link. Although she was immediately intercepted by the Honkai Consciousness, she successfully sent her coordinates to her sister before the Honkai Consciousness pulled her consciousness into a higher dimension.
After entering the higher-dimensional space created by the Honkai Consciousness, she immediately retreated, leaving a bewildered Aurora and the Honkai Consciousness staring at each other in disbelief.
Even the Honkai Consciousness didn't expect that the future Aurora would intervene in this battle.
"I think I just saw a larger version of myself."
Aurora asked the Honkai Consciousness, but at the moment, the Honkai Consciousness was not in the mood to answer her question.
548. The Kaslana Family tradition is that 'things are said in bed'.
Even without Aurora's reminder, the Honkai Consciousness naturally knew who had just been pulled into the higher dimension.
This is really unfair.
This is like two sides playing a card game, and one side suddenly uses a non-existent effect on the cards, such as breaking the moon and causing a tidal reaction. Even the Honkai Consciousness is surprised by the other side's intervention in this way.
Normally, different versions of oneself cannot meet, otherwise it would cause a time paradox. Aurora, trapped in this space, does not remember this memory. The Honkai Consciousness did not expect that this situation would form a closed loop.
Aurora from the future cannot be known by too many people, nor can she meet herself. However, she took advantage of Aurora's state of being trapped in a higher dimension to successfully intervene in this battle that should have been won by the Honkai.
Meanwhile, the future Aurora, returning from the higher dimension, immediately sent the coordinates to the location previously determined through the mental link.
"Aurora, are you alright?"
"I'm fine, Mom, don't worry too much; I was fine in the past too, she should be at a stalemate with Mr. Honkai Consciousness now."
Aurora says this in the future, she actually knows that her past self was simply trapped. Because of her appearance, the Honkai Consciousness is now unsure whether to immediately expel Aurora from the higher dimension and banish her from this point in time, or to continue trapping Aurora to prevent her from providing Freya with coordinates after leaving the higher dimension.
Of course, whatever decisions the Honkai Consciousness makes, her sister is never a hesitant person.
In the next second, Aurora sensed Freya's attempt to establish a stable inter-world space teleportation channel with her. She responded immediately, and soon an inter-world space teleportation portal opened directly in the ward.
Freya returned carrying a familiar-looking short man. She glanced at the future Aurora, put down the 'local specialty' she was carrying, and then went straight to crawl into the body on the hospital bed.
Freya opened her eyes quickly upon the return of her consciousness. She looked at the future Aurora and immediately asked a question.
"I have many questions to ask, but before that, answer me first: do we still have a chance to turn this battle around?"
"No."
In the future Aurora gave a decisive answer, based on the results of future research. At this point in time, the Honkai Consciousness had too great an advantage, and even if the Alliance did not launch the lunar campaign, human civilization would still be utterly defeated.
On the contrary, the situation on the moon was relatively good, successfully leaving a way out for this defeat.
"I understand. By the way, will waking up Aurora now have any effect on you?"
"If I wake her up now, I'll probably be excluded from this timeline."
Future Aurora immediately replied that even if she were excluded from this point in time, her past self would still be able to fulfill her mission, but Future Aurora did not want to give up the opportunity to participate in this battle, since in her original point in time, she had slept until almost the very end of this battle.
"I understand, Jackal. Prepare a new ward for Aurora and make sure she doesn't wake up for a while. Give her three times the dosage of a normal Valkyrie's sedative. Don't underestimate her body after it has been transformed into its Finality."
Upon hearing Freya's order, Future Aurora looked embarrassed and suddenly understood why she had been surrounded by warm gazes when she woke up.
Am I digging my own grave?
In the future Aurora looked at her sister with a resentful expression.
"As for the big Aurora, she will assist me with my spatial teleportation ability just as she did before."
Although Freya and Aurora are clones with mixed Second Herrscher DNA, Aurora, with an additional Herrscher Core within her, is clearly more talented than Freya in terms of spatial abilities.
"Sister Freya, are you using me as an anchor point?"
"Yes, that way I can teleport back more quickly, and the teleportation channel will be more stable. There's no time to explain, I'm going to find Kevin first. That guy is too negligent. After this is over, I'm going to give him a good scolding."
Freya clearly uses the future Aurora as a tool.
Of course, what Aurora can do, Aurora will be able to do in the future as well. Freya did not ask Aurora to do anything beyond her capabilities.
After Freya finished speaking, she left the spot, leaving the others looking at each other in the ward.
The scene was quite awkward, but fortunately Tesla was understanding. Knowing that her daughter was shy, she did not stay in the ward any longer. As she left the ward, she contacted SU, who was directing the operation, and explained the general situation that had just occurred.
However, Tesla concealed the fact that Aurora in the future, since SU was currently in the base's combat command center, and the story of Aurora was not suitable for widespread publicity.
Tesla quickly returned to the laboratory. At this time, Einstein, who was operating Tesla's giant decisive weapon, encountered some difficulties. After all, Tesla did not 'borrow' much material. Just creating a giant robot that was forty meters tall while concealing the truth was not easy.
However, it is a common problem among researchers to include personal agendas in their research experiments.
Or perhaps every creator has this flaw, but Tesla will not let his own interests affect important plans.
The materials used to build that massive final weapon were mainly discarded scraps, which is why Welt Unit 1 looks so old. The airship that was required to be converted into a spaceship had a lot of armor that needed to be phased out, and the Father, who was required to remove it to save materials, also had a lot of unusable parts.