Rebellious Councilors, Letting Them Explode Like Fireworks, Airi's Encounter

Chang Yuan immediately answered when he saw that Velvie was calling him.

"What's up, Teacher Da V? Is something wrong?"

"I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?"

"Teacher Da V, why are you doing this too?"

Hearing that Velvie was still in the mood to joke with him, he knew that the bad news probably wasn't too serious.

So, he playfully chided her in their usual tone.

"Alright, alright, I'll get straight to it. The good news is that after discussions and improvements between Mebius and me, the success rate of the Fusion Warrior surgery is now as high as 20%.

And this is based on ordinary people. It's estimated that for battle-hardened warriors who have also been injected with the Honkai-resistant Serum, the probability could increase several times over.

This means that the Fusion Warrior surgery is now in its most perfect state.

However, the bad news is that those council members seem to be up to no good. They appear to be spreading rumors everywhere that two doctors in Flame-Chasing Moth are conducting human experiments, and they seem to want to use the masses to eliminate us."

Velvie delivered both the good and bad news in one go.

"Up to no good? Then we'll just blow up a few of them, and they'll behave. As for human experiments? Isn't that a fact? You can report the names of those participants, let those guys see. They are all volunteers.

They are sacrifices made for the continuation of civilization, for the safety of the world, and to protect the world. They are heroes."

"Fine, then I'll just blow up a few. But by the way, when are you coming back for the surgery? After all, with the Honkai growing, your combat power seems to need improvement."

Hearing Velvie's words, Chang Yuan fell into a brief period of contemplation.

He then looked at Airi.

"Airy, the Fusion Warrior surgery is infinitely close to perfection. Do you want to come back with me for it?"

"Sure! We'll definitely become stronger then. We won't have to fear any future Herrschers."

Airi readily agreed with a smile.

Seeing this, Chang Yuan continued to speak to Velvie, "Tomorrow. Velvie, please find the most suitable Honkai Beast DNA for us."

"No problem, leave it to me."

Afterward, the two chatted about everyday matters like friends before hanging up.

"Phew, Airy, we're going back for surgery tomorrow. How do you feel?"

"I don't feel anything. Since you're asking me to go back for surgery with you, it must mean Velvie's success rate is high enough that you're no longer worried about safety, so I'm not afraid."

Just as Chang Yuan understood her, Airi also understood him.

He would never ask her to do anything that wasn't guaranteed to be safe, unless she was the one who brought it up first.

Otherwise, Chang Yuan would hide things from her as much as possible.

"How should I put it? I'm a little scared, after all, it's not a 100% success rate."

Compared to the original work's 1/X, or even lower probability, reaching over 40% now was already monstrous.

This was also thanks to Velvie now pursuing biology, rather than only showcasing her talent in mechanics as in the original work.

After all, a versatile genius like Velvie should be allowed to learn more things, not just specialize in one area.

"I just don't know if it will cause a butterfly effect."

He recalled the Herrscher of Binding from the original work. Many speculated it was a Herrscher created by a high-dimensional civilization specifically to eliminate Fusion Warriors.

Only after eliminating a certain number of Fusion Warriors could this Herrscher be eliminated.

If that were indeed the case, then the current probability of 1 in 5 becoming a Fusion Warrior that he had created might become even more tragic in the future.

And the Herrscher of Binding might become even more powerful than in the original work, and even other Herrschers might be strengthened.

After all, the Cocoon of Finality was not an inanimate object; it had its own will.

"Hmph, I'm here. Girls who smile a lot have good luck, and you won't have bad luck with me around. Let's see who succeeds when the time comes."

Seeing Chang Yuan's nervousness, Airi playfully winked and boasted with a smile.

With Airi easing the atmosphere, Chang Yuan's tense mood eased considerably.

Forget it, he'd deal with it when the time came. He wasn't good at strategizing. He had already shared most of the information he knew with the few people who were best at it.

If they couldn't solve the problem then, it would only be like in the original work, with Herrschers dying amidst seas of blood and mountains of corpses.

Time passed little by little until both of them fell asleep.

Airi, however, suddenly opened her eyes as if summoned by something.

She looked at Chang Yuan, who was still sound asleep beside her, and didn't wake him.

Quietly, she pushed aside her blanket and got up.

To avoid disturbing Chang Yuan, Airi leaped directly out of the window.

She then followed a guiding sensation to a dense forest.

And within this dense forest, Airi finally reached the place that had drawn her.

There, Airi saw a giant, pink and white manta ray.

The ray, upon seeing Airi arrive, acted as if it had been waiting for a long time.

Immediately, it shed a small piece of its hardened armor and then disappeared into an unknown space before her eyes.

However, Airi found it rather inexplicable.

It had attracted her just to give her a small piece of armor?

"That aura… was it a Honkai Beast? But why didn't it attack me, nor did it go to destroy the city?"

Airi was very perplexed by this.

In the past, Honkai Beasts, let alone those without intelligence, even Judgment-class Honkai Beasts with intelligence, only focused on destroying civilization.

And the Honkai Beast she had just seen gave her a feeling no less than that of a Herrscher's companion Honkai Beast.

It was precisely because of this that Airi appeared so confused.

But she didn't dwell on it any further; as long as it didn't go around destroying civilization, that was fine.

Picking up the piece of armor from the ground, Airi pocketed it.

Then she continued running back to sleep, and Chang Yuan didn't wake up the entire time.

This inexplicably made Airi relax a bit.

The older she got, the more she realized how mysterious her past self was becoming, and the events she experienced tonight were also very mysterious.

But she dared not tell Chang Yuan about these mysteries.

The next day, after checking out of the hotel suite, Chang Yuan and Airi took the Flame-Chasing Moth's private jet back to headquarters.

Upon returning to headquarters, Chang Yuan immediately sought out Velvie.