APTnovel Chapter 149 is a seal, not the core.
Chapter 149 is a seal, not the core.
"You little brats, get back here! Fu Hua, how come even you—"
"Hello, hello, I can't hear you! Aunt Himeko, the signal is bad here, over!"
They thought it would take some effort, but the Hyperion's internal control wasn't actually that strict. With Fu Hua leading the way, the group easily took a pilot hostage and launched an attack. They were then lucky enough to find the passage left by the three men on Chi You.
After entering Chi You's body, Raiden Mei, who had just calmed down after a moment of impulsiveness, began to worry.
"Did we go a bit too far? Disobeying orders and acting without authorization, deceiving the instructor, knocking out a ground crew member and taking a C-class Valkyrie pilot hostage, hacking into the Hyperion system and seizing control of the carrier-based aircraft... Come to think of it, the mistakes we made could all be classified as desertion, and we were subsequently sent to a military court, right?"
As a disciplined and good student, Raiden Mei felt genuinely uneasy about this serious violation of discipline.
"Yeah, but there was no other way at the time. None of the five of us had ever learned to fly a plane in Hawaii."
Qiong shrugged helplessly. If they were to come, they would likely have to pay their respects to Prisoner. The only option was for Bronya to point the cannon at the back of that person's head and ask for her help.
However, if we have to say something, they were trying to stop Chi You, and since communication between Chi You and the outside world was difficult, it's somewhat understandable that they would sneak in to deliver messages or solve problems.
"It's okay, Mei! Just like Gray always says, rules are meant to be broken! Don't worry, as long as we defeat Chi You, we'll be the heroes who saved China! Auntie will definitely not only not punish us, but she'll praise us!"
Kiana tried to inspire Mei with her optimism, but it was no use.
"Kiana, if the headmaster holds me accountable, I will..."
Just then, lights suddenly flashed around them, followed by a deep humming sound.
"What's going on? Stay alert!"
The situation suddenly changed, and the atmosphere became tense. Everyone immediately huddled together to form a defensive formation.
"Qiong-kun, where's your lance?"
Seeing that Qiong was holding a baseball bat instead of a fire spear in front of them, Fu Hua was a little puzzled. After all, her battle plan was for Qiong to hold the spear in front while they provided support from the rear.
"Squad leader, this isn't usable!"
A flamethrower without a flame is like a car without fuel; it can't move without fuel, so you might as well use a baseball bat!
Suddenly, a phantom figure slowly appeared.
"Red Iris...heart..."
Seeing that the figure remained motionless, Kiana mustered her courage and took a step forward.
What is she saying?
The figure posed no threat; it was simply repeating a few words. Kiana moved closer to the illusory figure, trying to hear it more clearly.
"The heart of a red iris? What does that mean?"
“There are no physical fluctuations.”
Bronya maintained her usual calm and indifferent tone.
"Although I hate to admit it, this does not conform to any scientific laws, and for now we can only consider it a ghost."
"Stop it...it's up to you..."
As soon as he finished speaking, his figure twisted rapidly, leaving only a "stone" on the ground.
Fu Hua silently stepped forward, picked up the "stone," and a complex emotion flashed in her eyes, perhaps sadness mixed with a bit of confusion, but it was only for a moment, and she quickly buried this emotion deep in her heart.
What is that?
"It's Soul Steel."
Fu Hua, with her back to the four people, gently gripped the Soul Steel, seemingly lost in thought.
"Class monitor? Are you alright?"
After a long while, Fu Hua turned around and looked at Bronya solemnly.
“Bronya, I don’t think it’s appropriate for you to call her a ghost—she should be called a Heroic Spirit.”
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The enormous crystal emitted a soft glow, and inside it seemed as if a beating heart was inside.
"Another core member of Chi You?"
Theresa exclaimed in amazement.
It's a pity this thing is Chi You's core, otherwise, taking out the complete form rich in Honkai energy for research or giving it to Otto in exchange for funding would be a good idea.
"What a pity..."
Theresa closed her eyes. This was all money!
"Judas!"
But for the sake of China... well, she's already smashed one, so she'll keep smashing!
……
"The crystal has shattered; target destroyed!"
After the crystal was shattered, Welt stared at the data on the Honkai energy detector: the Honkai energy flow has slowed to a minimum, there's hope!
Theresa, is there any Soul Steel in this?
"There should be, right?"
After rummaging through a pile of crystal shards, Theresa found a palm-sized piece of Soul Steel and handed it to Welt.
"What exactly is written on this?"
Seeing Old Yang intently studying the words engraved on the Soul Steel, Theresa decided to give him another reminder.
"Hey, let's get this straight! I'm just giving it to you for research, I'm not giving you the Soul Steel! The one from St. Freya that we have is fine, right?"
"Theresa, aren't you a bit dark-skinned?"
Before Walter could speak, Siegfried spoke up for his friend.
"These two pieces of soul steel are so different in size, isn't it a bit unfair that you want the larger one?"
"I will give you... Soul Steel... The world... is about to be destroyed by the Honkai? But humanity will prevail..."
Ignoring Theresa's proposed profit-sharing, with the core destruction crisis resolved and research materials readily available, Walter Young entered archaeologist mode.
This further fueled Theresa's resentment towards Ziegfeld—how could he not speak up for her?
But thinking about it carefully, pleasing Walter is tantamount to pleasing Anti-Entropy. In other words, Siegfried still needs to maintain his relationship with Anti-Entropy. But why should he befriend Anti-Entropy? A reasonable deduction is that this bastard plans to stay in Anti-Entropy and never come back!
Could it be that he's planning to abandon Kiana? That makes sense. Based on my guess, that kid Qiong is also the offspring of his past romantic entanglements, and now that I've dug it up, he's too ashamed to face me and is planning to run away! That must be it!
Theresa snorted coldly. The Soul Steel was a small matter compared to her father! She couldn't accept Siegfried continuing to be a bastard father!
Besides, if Siegfried keeps wandering around outside, who knows if she'll hear that Kiana has a few more younger brothers and sisters...
Thinking about this, Theresa became even angrier and more determined.
"Forget it, let's go back first. Chi You's core has been destroyed, so he's doomed. We'll discuss this properly when we get back..."
"Theresa, can I ask you for a favor?"
Siegfried put on a fawning smile, while Theresa returned his gaze with an icy stare.
Her intuition told her that Siegfried didn't even dare to go up the Hyperion now, and that damned guy was trying to run away!
"I'm telling you, no way!"
"Cangxuan...in your heart...possessing wisdom beyond mortals...can you...lead humanity towards...a different future?"
"Walter, stop reading! We'll talk about it when we get back!"
Frustrated by her own guesses, Theresa abruptly interrupted Walter, completely unable to understand what he was saying about Soul Steel.
If Siegfried's request is what she wants, then Theresa might really consider sending him to Cecilia as a Judas!
roar---
The previously leveling Honkai energy reading suddenly increased, and the outside world was also greatly shaken—Chi You accelerated!
"How is this going?"
"I understand, I understand!"
After racking his brains for a long time, Old Yang slapped his forehead and put the two pieces of soul steel together. Now he could finally decipher the whole thing.
"Ahem—My name is Cang Xuan. My sister Dan Zhu and I used the power of Soul Steel to form a crystal seal, isolating most of Chi You's Honkai energy. However, these seals cannot completely stop Chi You... In the final moments of my life, I recorded these words within Soul Steel, hoping that future generations can use them to fight against Judgment-class Honkai Beasts..."
"So that's how it is! We didn't destroy the core, we destroyed the seal!"
After the explanation, Walter suddenly understood.
"A seal? Not the core?!"
Theresa's face turned even uglier.
"Why would the ancient Chinese use crystals as a seal, and why would the seal only be known to be sealed by breaking it? Couldn't they have just erected a stone tablet or something?"
Theresa was somewhat upset, after all, it was her suggestion to destroy the core.
"Professor Walter, is it too late to destroy what you call a secondary brain?"
"This...we don't know the exact location of Chi You's other brain..."
"It's too late, and even if it's destroyed, it will regenerate."
Fu Hua? Kiana? What are you both doing here?!
"Ask the class monitor!"
Kiana pushed Fu Hua in front of her as a shield, preparing to withstand Theresa and Siegfried's scolding.
Fu Hua wasn't annoyed. She quickly walked up to the three of them, clutching the Soul Steel tightly in her hand.
"Gentlemen, listen to me!"
All eyes were on Fu Hua.
"The only thing we can do now is to destroy Chi You's heart and the Black Ji Lin that is parasitizing it."
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Suddenly, a question dawned on me: If I was a veteran Star Core Hunter in the past, why don't I have any wanted posters or bounties? Surely I can't be less valuable than Silver Wolf...
Sigh, I got a gold character in 85 pulls. I thought it would be a great upgrade for the pursuit team in the Black Tower, but it turned out to be Clara's first life...
sad.