Chapter 506
On the way back to the base with Welt Joyce, Einstein learned the truth from him and was at a loss for words to describe his feelings.
Perhaps a simple "Holy crap!" would be easier to express.
"So, the FU that ordered you to come to this world intends to focus on developing the Abyss Civilization's branch base in this world?"
"Yes, the Abyss Civilization established a branch base in the Centaur Galaxy as early as six months ago."
"Just as Freya said, thankfully we've confirmed the location of the Abyss Civilization's branch base. Otherwise, if Freya were to carry out the Nomadic Planet Plan and accidentally stumble into the Abyss Civilization's territory again, I wouldn't be able to handle it."
The Abyss Civilization and the Moon Civilization are mutually restraining, which, from a certain perspective, benefits neither of them.
The upper echelons are all acquaintances, and they don't want to fight, but from their standpoint, they have no choice but to fight. Because of the difference in strength, they can't really start a fight. Under these circumstances, the standoff is not only a waste of time and slows down the development of both sides, but also affects their future cooperation in fighting against the People from the Sky Civilization.
Not long ago, Einstein was frequently summoned to meetings because of these matters. Although she had the authority of a consul, she preferred to be a quiet researcher.
591. It seems Freya intends to escape with the entire Moon Civilization.
The first batch of Honkai Beast sent by the Abyss Civilization were almost captured by Einstein.
FU immediately sent a condemnation to the Alliance, and the Alliance responded promptly, condemning the Abyss Civilization for being immoral and violating the initial agreement by secretly building a branch base in the Centaur Galaxy.
The Abyss Civilization stated that the base in the Centaur Galaxy was built six months ago and was not included in the initial terms of the agreement.
Theresa pointed out that the initial terms of the agreement stipulated that the Abyss Civilization would not send any Honkai Beast to the parallel world during this month. This did not mean that no Honkai Beast would be sent to Earth in the parallel world, but rather that all universes in the parallel world would be included. Even though the branch base in the Centaur Galaxy was built six months ago, the Abyss Civilization still had to abide by the agreement, and only personnel from the Moon Civilization could travel to the parallel world during this month.
Theresa was well aware of the loopholes in the agreement, but when Freya initially drafted the agreement, she did not expect FU to have set up a branch base in the Centaurus system. However, she still expanded the scope of the agreement to the entire parallel world.
Although Freya hadn't initially planned for this much, and FU hadn't intended to actually abide by the agreement, at this moment, the original agreement became Theresa's evidence to launch an attack. She even demanded that the Abyss Civilization fulfill the agreement again, giving the Moon Civilization a month to develop, while the Abyss Civilization had to stop sending personnel to the Centaur star system branch base in the parallel world.
Looking at Theresa, who was dressed as a magical girl and had a cute face, and who spoke the solution in a tone that FU knew very well, FU immediately felt that she was ready to graduate. Her shamelessness was half as good as his own.
Even if the Moon Civilization were given another month to develop, it would be impossible for it to catch up with the progress of the Profound Civilization. It should be noted that the two civilizations have different development speeds. Furthermore, the Abyss Civilization had already established a branch base in the Centaur Galaxy half a year ago. The Moon Civilization not only needs to unite with the Schicksal of another world, but it also cannot carry out destructive resource mining.
But when it comes to shamelessness, FU believes there aren't many people in the world who can surpass him.
Even after Welt Joyce revealed the truth to Einstein, FU was still able to smile and claim that he was unaware of the truth, stating that there was a civilization in the Centaur Galaxy in that parallel world. Since there was a civilization in the Centaur Galaxy, there would naturally be Honkai. Therefore, it was not a branch base of the Abyss Civilization, but rather the Honkai disaster faced by the Centaur Galactic Civilization.
He also stated that if the Moon Civilization suspects the existence of a branch base of Abyss Civilization in the Centaurus system, they can personally go to the Centaurus system to investigate. As long as there is conclusive evidence, he will agree to resume the initial agreement, since it would only mean that the Abyss Civilization would stop sending troops for a month.
Seeing FU's denial, Theresa's eyes widened, realizing that her level of understanding was truly low.
At least she won't lie through her teeth, and she certainly won't have that "go ahead and investigate" look on her face.
However, the main reason why FU was so confident was that the Alliance did not have a spaceship that could reach the Centaur system in a short time. Their technological backwardness meant that even though they knew there was a branch base of the Abyss Civilization in the Centaur system, they could not produce any concrete evidence.
Fortunately, Freya's goal was never to have an extra month for development.
Theresa is no longer the same as before. As a more competent politician, she also shamelessly responded, stating that both sides should suspend all actions first, and after investigating the situation in the Centaur system, if it is a slander by the Moon Civilization, the Moon Civilization is willing to submit to the Abyss Civilization.
Seeing Theresa readily grant her Moon Civilization, Freya was secretly observing, couldn't help but shed tears of relief.
She never expected that the seemingly naive and innocent Theresa would have 70% of her shamelessness.
Freya was like an old father who had witnessed Theresa's growth, silently wiping away the hot tears that flowed from her eyes, although a few were squeezed out when she yawned.
FU rolled his eyes at Theresa and cut off the communication. He knew that Theresa was no longer the naive girl who couldn't protect herself without Freya; she was now a qualified politician.
Even Otto, who was hiding to the side, was looking at his granddaughter, who had grown up, with extremely complicated feelings.
The two argued for more than eight hours, but in the end they came to nothing. Theresa repeatedly asked to suspend the meeting so she could discuss the matter with the other officials, especially with the Seven Archons, about whether the initial agreement should continue to be implemented.
It's important to know that the initial agreement included both sides working together to fight against the People from the Sky Civilization. Theresa clearly seemed to think that if you didn't agree to what I was doing, the Moon Civilization would simply back down.
No matter what conditions FU proposed, Theresa would first say that she needed to meet with the other governors before giving FU a definite answer. After FU changed his mind, Theresa would immediately state her own demands.
The ugly face of those politicians really gave FU a headache. In terms of time spent in contact with politicians, neither Freya nor FU had as much time as Theresa, who had always been in charge of this aspect.
With a skin seventy percent thicker than her own and social skills far surpassing hers, Freya, still hiding in her secret room, looked increasingly wistful.
Theresa's growth is a good thing, and it proves that she can stand on her own. Freya is more at ease entrusting her with the overall management of the Nomadic Planet Plan.
Ignoring the loss rate of the moon's total volume after the teleportation, Ryoma accelerated the construction of the mobile module, completing the modification, which was originally scheduled to be completed in ten days, in just one week.
In the past few days, FU has been harassing Theresa every day, trying to get some clues out of Theresa.
As the two confronted each other again, Freya, who was still in the secret room, frowned.
"... By the way, the longest Quantum Phantom can exist is fourteen days, right? If you use Quantum Phantom in battle, then the existence time will be reduced."
FU smiled on the communication screen.
"In other words, Freya should have returned to the Moon Civilization before yesterday. No, judging from her personality, she returned at least a week earlier."
Just as FU predicted, Freya did indeed return a week early, hiding in a secret room during that week and only letting Rita and Aurora know about her return.
"The last batch of Valkyrie of the Moon Civilization returned to this world about two weeks ago. Since you're still stalling for time, it means you've already locked onto the coordinates of that world?"
"So what if it is? The initial agreement did not prohibit us from locking world coordinates."
Theresa answered very frankly.
Because Aurora had locked onto the world coordinates, she could teleport the Quantized Valkyrie one by one there, even without the Abyss Civilization's teleportation device.
Theresa did not expect that the fact that the Moon Civilization no longer relied on teleportation devices would be exposed so quickly.
But after thinking about it carefully, she realized that it wasn't surprising that the matter had been leaked, since the Abyss Civilization had already established a branch base in the Centaur star system of that parallel world for more than half a year.
"Since both sides have teleportation abilities, this competition is fair, isn't it?"
"So, Freya really did return a while ago?"
FU asked again, and this question made Theresa subconsciously have an ominous premonition.
However, Theresa's hesitation gave FU the answer he wanted.
"I see. Given her personality, she should have returned a week earlier. That means that when I was discussing the initial agreement with you, she had probably already returned to this world, but she didn't interfere in the negotiations between you and me."
"So, in her eyes, the negotiations between you and me have lost much of their value, no, they've become worthless."
"—It seems Freya is planning to escape with the entire Moon Civilization."
With so many conditions in mind, and combined with the unease he had felt over the past few days, FU instantly guessed Freya's plan.
From a practical perspective, separating the Moon Civilization from the Abyss Civilization would be beneficial to the development of both civilizations.
The Moon Civilization has nothing to worry about regarding the limitations imposed by the Abyss Civilization, and the Abyss Civilization has nothing to worry about regarding the threat from Kevin.
While this is a good thing for the Abyss Civilization, it also means that the Abyss Civilization completely lost the opportunity to suppress the Moon Civilization.
The Abyss Civilization is never worried about Kevin's threat, even though Kevin could potentially lead to the destruction of Earth. However, the Abyss Civilization has already established branch bases in many parallel worlds, among which the parallel world jointly developed with the Moon Civilization is the most developed.
Six months is enough time for the Abyss Civilization's branch bases to establish resource storage facilities and countless Honkai Beast incubation pools on the planet's surface.
FU grinned; he didn't want to leave too much trouble for the future.
"That won't do. You've left behind a message like 'The universe is so big, I want to go out and explore.' How am I supposed to find you later?"
Especially since the Moon Civilization controls more than one parallel world, FU has no way of guaranteeing which parallel world Freya will go to.
What's worse is that while FU can act arbitrarily in its own world, it cannot excessively interfere with other worlds, especially since the content advocated by the Honkai Consciousness in different worlds may not be the same.
"... Let's have the Moon Civilization join us ahead of schedule."
FU clearly decided to ignore Kevin's threat and planned to fight the Moon Civilization to the death.
Of course, it is more likely that the Moon Civilization will be destroyed and the Abyss Civilization will be severely damaged. In that case, FU will need to spend a lot of time reviving the members of the Moon Civilization.
If the Moon Civilization were to escape, it would become a completely wandering civilization.
No, you can't do that.
Theresa's face turned pale instantly; she understood what FU was planning to do.
Theresa was somewhat pleased when she learned that the Moon Civilization was preparing to leave, after all, not everyone could accept a neighbor like the Abyss Civilization.
This kind of Honkai Civilization, where killing you turns you into one of their own, makes it impossible for anyone to feel at ease.
At this point, Freya decided not to hide it anymore. She sent a communication to Theresa's office and used her authority to bypass the censorship.
A smaller communication screen opened in mid-air to the side, and Freya's image appeared on the screen.
"FU, long time no see."
"Yes, it's been a long time, Freya."
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592. Indeed, Theresa is a true Valkyrie!
Although Freya didn't think she could keep it a secret for long, the fact that FU guessed the answer so quickly still hurt her pride.
"War?"
"Just kidding~"
FU shrugged shamelessly, saying that as long as Kevin was around, he would never go to war with the Moon Civilization.
In FU's eyes, even though Freya possesses cheat-like abilities, the only person who can truly threaten him is Kevin.
If the war starts, he'll get beaten up by Kevin.
Even if he wins and captures Kevin, he'll still get beaten up by Kevin.
Even if Kevin is killed, FU must resurrect Kevin in order to strengthen the Abyss Civilization, and Kevin will still beat him up after being resurrected.
Yes, regardless of whether he was right or wrong, whether he won or lost, Kevin could always find an excuse to beat him up.
FU felt that even if he hit his head on the wall, he would never do anything to give Kevin an excuse to beat him up.
No matter how tough you are, it won't work against Kevin; you can only use a more conciliatory approach.
But he just wouldn't listen to either soft or hard approaches.
"I'll take Kevin there."
"..."
Freya knew FU's weakness, and of course, FU knew her weakness as well.
"Then I'll send everyone else over."
"Tsk, you bastard, let's fight one-on-one if you dare!"
"I'd never fight a crazy girl like you one-on-one! I've never been a fighter!"
FU rolled his eyes. Whether it was the Previous Civilization or the current civilization, he hated the word "battle".
Eighty percent of the reason is because he was beaten up by Kevin too many times.
This made Kevin, FU, and SU nostalgic for their student days. All they could recall were the chaotic daily routines— Kevin chasing FU, running away from him, while SU would cheer Kevin on and encourage FU. The reason for this chase was always that FU deliberately made Kevin unhappy.
Freya shrugged. As long as Kevin was alive, FU would never be able to start a major war.
Freya simply doesn't have the ability to protect others. If a major war were to break out, most of the Valkyrie would die, and Freya couldn't accept that fact.
Freya was even more aware that FU would start a war, and even though he was really afraid of being beaten up by Kevin in different ways every day, he would still fight for the Abyss Civilization.
The reason why war has not broken out is simply because the cost of war would be too high.
Without sufficient benefits and with high costs, and given that war itself is a means of pursuing interests, FU would not allow the Abyss Civilization to go to war with the Moon Civilization.
As mentioned before, the best outcome for both the Abyss Civilization and the Moon Civilization is for them to develop separately.
When are you leaving?
After discovering that Freya had returned to the Alliance long ago, FU roughly deduced her next move.
To be precise, both the Abyss Civilization and the Moon Civilization planned to leave this world to develop.
However, FU is the Honkai Consciousness of this world. His consciousness cannot escape this world at all; the only thing he can leave is the Abyss Civilization.
"... probably in two more days."
"You're not going to tell me that you plan to use the tides to trick me after you leave, are you?"
FU rubbed his temples. Fortunately, most of the Abyss Civilization's buildings were underground, with only a few empty cities built on the ground to attract attention.
It wasn't that he guessed Freya would deliberately use the tides to destroy the buildings on the surface before leaving, but rather that FU had been on guard against this tactic ever since the Alliance occupied and developed the Moon Civilization.
He originally thought Freya would at most drop a few meteorites, but he didn't expect her to be even crazier, planning to use the tidal phenomenon. If she really did that, it would be no less than a world-ending flood.