After understanding each other's heart knot, Nuan Yang seemed to return to this world. Su Jue remained silent, and Qiana was still pushing his wheelchair.
The two walked along the garden path, choosing the same path. They passed through the shadows of the trees, crossed the gravel blocking the road, and finally reached the end and returned to the hospital.
Two days later, at another funeral for the victims, the girl pushed Su Jue, who was still unable to walk, to the public cemetery.
Rows of tombstones stood in the cemetery, and countless mourners said goodbye to their relatives and friends. Su Jue had been here once before. Last time, he came here under the control of Jian Yun, but this time, someone else accompanied him.
The night continues, but the sparks have begun to ignite.
Chapter 88 Eos Arrives at Transition
After making sure that Kiana had ignited her faith, Su Jue shifted his attention elsewhere.
After Rita's defeat, Otto decisively assigned her the task of investigating the details of the World Snake hidden in Sky City. He originally wanted to leave it alone for the time being, but two consecutive setbacks have forced him to pay attention to this organization.
Now the whereabouts of the Herrscher of the Void is unknown, and there is a high probability that it is related to the World Serpent. In addition, the series of Honkai events have also attracted Otto's attention, making him realize that the World Serpent is likely to be conducting some dangerous research.
In the evening, the huge transport ship had stopped under the thick clouds at some point. Below was a deserted suburb, which reminded Rita of some not-so-nice memories.
"Alvette, you lead the members of the Immortal Blade to investigate the clues of the recent collapse. I will go to connect with the people from Shencheng Medicine. If you find anything wrong, report to me immediately - especially if you find any members of the World Serpent." After assigning the task to her most trusted subordinate, Rita took a deep breath and jumped directly from a high altitude.
The Moon Soul Armor on her body quickly sprayed out a stream of cold particles, helping her to slow down her descent. She finally landed steadily, maintaining her elegance.
This time, I came just in time for the drug support that Shencheng Pharmaceutical applied for. The information showed that Shencheng Pharmaceutical has been committed to providing free treatment to ordinary people affected by disasters around the world. Therefore, as the main force against the collapse, Tianming naturally also provided a lot of support, and a batch of inhibitors and other drugs would be delivered every once in a while.
It's just that the recent drug shortage has been inexplicably getting bigger and bigger, but the Honkai infection doesn't seem to be getting any less severe. In the previous investigation, Rita had already discovered that the traces of damage to Shencheng Pharmaceutical were very strange, and she was tricked by the World Snake, so she had to guess the relationship between Shencheng Pharmaceutical and World Snake.
According to the original plan, the Eos will stop at the transport airport in Sky City and accompany her in. But now Rita just wants to catch these rats who are hiding their heads and showing their tails, so she deliberately chooses to act in secret.
Back to Shencheng Medical, the industrial area that was destroyed some time ago seems to have been repaired a lot now, and a large number of engineering robots are dealing with the places destroyed in the disaster. The bodies of the dead have been dealt with, but there are still many traces of collapse and some used syringes.
"What is this?" Rita frowned after seeing the style of the syringe. If she remembered correctly, this should be a standard syringe produced by Tianming. It was originally supposed to be used to treat the eroded, but how could it appear in the place where the collapse occurred?
In addition to these used syringes, she also saw a lot of experimental supplies. Although most of them had been cleaned up, she still saw a lot of instruments that should never be associated with pharmaceutical companies.
"What on earth are they researching?" With this question in mind, Rita began to try to sneak into Shencheng Pharmaceutical, but before she even started, people from Shencheng Pharmaceutical had already found her.
"Is this the attitude of the Valkyrie of Destiny? Are you going to break in without permission?" A large number of mechas quickly surrounded her. Rita did not act rashly. Now her identity is the handover personnel sent by Destiny. As long as she does not take action first, the people of Shencheng Medicine will never dare to touch her.
She turned around and saw a woman wearing a dog-head mask. She had brown skin and thick brown hair, and her race could be easily identified. She was standing at the entrance of Shencheng Medicine, leaning on a cane carved with a dog head, and her dark golden eyes looked directly at Rita.
"I am just saddened by the collapse of Shencheng Medical. Perhaps Tianming can provide some post-disaster reconstruction resources." Rita's face was normal. After returning from a warrior to a maid, her temperament has once again changed back to that gentle woman. "Excuse me, sir?"
The Jackal looked at Rita, whose expression changed in a second, and snorted. Originally, Raven was supposed to be in charge of the handover mission, but because Raven left his post without permission and clashed with the Valkyrie of Destiny in advance, the Jackal had to take over temporarily. You know, the Jackal is still injured and can only walk with a cane, but for the World Serpent's plan, he had to go on stage despite his illness.
"I am Cleo, the chief researcher of Shencheng Medicine, and I am in charge of the handover of this destiny."
"Cleo? If I remember correctly, the person who registered to be in charge of reception should be Ms. Xiola, the consultant in charge of Holy Medicine."
"Yes, but Xiora has to participate in the rescue work due to the recent Honkai disaster and is unable to get away for the time being. I will replace her this time. Miss Rita, please don't worry, I will take the responsibility of guiding her." The Jackal took off his dog-head mask and made a gesture to the guards around him. The robots that had originally surrounded Rita all dispersed.
Rita didn't say much. There was no evidence now. Even if she wanted to turn hostile, she had to wait until she found evidence. Therefore, she just considered it temporarily and decided to deal with it according to the jackal's arrangement.
The handover team members quickly began to transfer the supplies, while the Undying Blade team on standby on the Eos quietly sneaked into the city under the cover of night.
After a while, with the cooperation of the staff and robots, 3 bottles of Honkai Inhibitor were delivered to the industrial area of Shencheng Pharmaceutical. Rita's eyes flickered, and she soon set her sights on the underground buildings in the industrial area.
"I wonder if Miss Cleo would allow me to take a look around the industrial area? After all, Honkai inhibitors are not trivial matters, and Tianming needs to know their whereabouts accurately."
"Of course, but the industrial zone suffered a certain degree of damage in the previous disaster, and I was also seriously injured. It is really inconvenient for me to move. If you don't mind, I will guide the robot to accompany you on the tour." Jackal was leaning on her crutches. Her shattered calf bones had begun to heal after treatment, but the injuries were real, and even Rita couldn't say much.
Following the guide robot, Rita finally successfully entered the underground of the industrial zone, but there was nothing special to note. All the work areas were arranged perfectly, and a special lounge was specially set up. It was just that the collapse had just ended, and many people had not returned to work yet, so the entire basement seemed empty.
"Now that Honkai events have occurred all over the world, Shencheng Technology has established branches all over the world to provide medical assistance to those in need."
"In order to transport medicines nearby, similar industrial zones were built on the spot."
"Oh? Just to transport medicine?"
"Of course, if you don't believe me, you can visit at will."
Chapter 89: Underground Transition
Cleo said this because he was confident. The industrial zone was not just a building. The entire underground was basically hollowed out. Without the guidance of professionals, it was impossible to find the hidden laboratory. Unless Rita forced her way through the passages on each floor like the failed experiment that was accidentally created last time, she would not be able to reach the deep layer even if she wandered around for a day.
Watching Rita in the surveillance video begin to search aimlessly, the Jackal sneered and cast a mocking look at the raven beside him, "What do you think? I said that the Valkyries of Destiny are all arrogant guys. As long as you give them a little bait, they will fall into the trap obediently."
"Humph, I hope there won't be any accidents in your plan." Raven snorted and grabbed his bow and arrow in his hand, "That woman is not as simple as you think."
After saying that, she pushed the door open and walked out. This time, their goal was to keep all the Valkyries here. The bottles on their waists collided with each other. They were the gas-type HSN potion developed by the Jackal.
After leaving the surveillance range, Rita did not waste time looking for him. She was not stupid. She knew that the other party was well disguised but still kept looking. She directly chose to call people and dialed Yalvette's number.
"Deputy Captain, we have preliminarily analyzed the treatment data provided by Shencheng Pharmaceuticals. Apart from the excessive consumption of drugs, no obvious loopholes have been found."
"Alvette, that's not what I want to ask. Can you find the recent surveillance data around Shencheng Pharmaceutical? I suspect there are big problems with this company, but I can't find any evidence for now."
"Surveillance? In the previous collapse, all surveillance data seemed to be destroyed, and we can only get information through the survivors' oral statements. But we also found some very strange information. In the collapse two days ago, it was rumored that there seemed to be a flying person who wiped out all the Honkai beasts, but most people could not accurately describe her appearance. Instead, some children seemed to mention a magical girl or something."
"Magical girl?"
Rita's question seemed to cause some misunderstanding to Alvette, so she quickly explained: "Although I occasionally read those comics, the magical girl story was not made up by me, but by the children who survived."
"Also, when investigating the victims, I accidentally saw some glowing patterns left on the backs of some of the dead soldiers. Now that I think about it, why do they feel a bit like stigmata?"
"Stigmata? Do you know what you are talking about?" Today, the stigmata technology is completely in the hands of Destiny. It is precisely because of the existence of artificial stigmata that so many Valkyries can be trained. Now that they appear on the bodies of the dead soldiers, it is a big problem.
"I'm definitely not mistaken. Those lines really look like the stigmata. Although most of them are incomplete, the more I think about it, the more I feel that the two are extremely similar." Alvette said, and even sent the photos she took at that time to Rita's communicator.
This is the core technology of Destiny. Once the Stigmata technology is revealed, it means that there will be a large-scale leak within the entire Destiny. Of course, another possibility is that an unknown organization has also mastered the Stigmata technology, which will also have an impact on the current status of Destiny.
Originally, Rita was definitely inclined to the first guess, but after fighting with Raven two days ago, the status of World Serpent has risen sharply in her heart. It is not impossible for such a secretive organization to master the stigmata technology.
"If that's the case, then Shencheng Pharmaceutical is a big suspect. Alvette, immediately conduct a geographic penetration of Shencheng Industrial Zone for me, and at least simulate the building structure of the third underground floor. The others continue to investigate. According to your description, the so-called magical girl is very likely the Herrscher of the Void. Don't confront her when you meet her, and upload all the video data to the Eos."
After quickly analyzing the current situation, a few minutes later, a rough perspective map was transmitted to Rita's communicator. Looking at the complex underground structure on the screen, Rita sneered, "A cunning rabbit has three burrows, but I'm afraid you are a little too arrogant."
Following the markings on the map, Rita successfully entered the underground. After arriving underground, she truly saw the huge size of the building, with huge mechanical structures everywhere and densely packed reconnaissance robots constantly patrolling. In order not to alarm Cleo, Rita spent some time bypassing the patrols one by one, and finally found the experimental area half an hour later.
However, when she first stepped into the laboratory, she was shocked by the densely packed nutrient tanks. Each of the nutrient tanks contained the bodies of humans or dead soldiers. Through the transparent glass tanks, Rita could clearly see that there were fine lines interwoven on the backs of some dead soldiers, which eventually formed a glowing mark. This mark was the stigmata that Rita was familiar with.
However, there are more limbs that have been cut up wantonly. Some of them have had their key parts removed, and some have been implanted with mechanical structures. From a distance, this place looks like a bizarre human museum, showing visitors to what extent humans can be transformed.
She finally realized that she had reached the root of all secrets.
The heart rate and blood pressure on the vital signs monitor she carried with her were constantly rising. Even though Rita had experienced countless battles, she couldn't help but feel angry when she saw such an inhumane scene.
But now anger can't solve anything. After calming down a little, Rita immediately began to crack the laboratory program. Soon, she also obtained the information that Kiana had seen before. Those materials were originally stolen from this laboratory by Su Jue, and the information here was naturally more complete.
The most shocking thing, of course, is the plan to use the entire city’s population as experimental material.
"They must be crazy..."
However, just as she was about to collect all the information and upload it to Eos, the largest screen inside the laboratory suddenly lit up.
"To be honest, I feel the same way."
Gray hair, red eyes, when that iconic face appeared, Rita's hands began to tremble with anger.
"It's you." The person in the picture was naturally Raven, but the background behind her was not in the room, but on the deserted street.
In an instant, the culture tanks in the entire laboratory were quietly activated, and the dead soldiers and transformed humanoid weapons stored in them were all released. That was the ultimate weapon that the Jackal created through the awakening of the stigmata and mechanical transformation - the Death Weaver.
Although they looked like ordinary assassins, Rita felt a strong threat from them. "I'm surrounded. Undying Blade, prepare to rendezvous."
She immediately called the communicator, but there was no response from Alvette.
Chapter 90 HSN Gas
"Are you looking for them?" Raven's voice came from the screen, and as her perspective turned, the figures lying on the ground immediately came into Rita's sight. There was no doubt that these were her teammates.
"You!" Finally realizing that she had been completely tricked, Rita immediately began to fight back. However, the number of assassins was too large and their fighting power was strong, so it was not easy to escape.
"Since Miss Rita likes to investigate, then you should remember everything here in your heart. The price is the life of you and your teammates."
呲——
The cold frost spread out, and the dead men around were instantly frozen. Rita's sickle swept across, and the dead men turned into half corpses and fell down.
"If you think that the Destiny Valkyrie is only this capable, then you are underestimating me. I am looking forward to seeing if you can still speak like you do now when you fall into my hands."
"It's not up to you to decide whether you can or can't. Now let my colleague negotiate with you. She seems to have prepared a gift for you. I hope you can still be alive after I hunt down your teammates."
As the familiar dog-head mask appeared on the screen, a light green gas began to spread in the laboratory. Rita immediately determined that it was poison gas. Fortunately, she carried a gas mask with her.
"That thing is useless. After my preparation, the gas will enter your body the moment it touches your skin." As expected of a jackal, he couldn't wait to explain his invention as soon as he showed up. "I didn't expect that Raven was right. The mice of destiny are really good at digging holes."
Rita quickly put on a gas mask so that she would not trust the enemy easily, but she subconsciously tried to avoid the gas as much as possible and began to kill the soldiers with the greatest power. However, as time went on, the gas in the laboratory became more and more, and Rita quickly felt the loss of her strength.
The sickle in her hand seemed no longer sharp, the armor on her body was very heavy, and the power of the Valkyrie was disappearing.
After seeing the effect of the medicine take effect, the jackal couldn't help but laugh.
"Do you feel it? This is your destiny's masterpiece, the HSN-b46 serum. I transformed it into gas. If any part of your body comes into contact with it, it will invade and destroy the Houkai energy circulation in your body. In just half a minute, you will become an ordinary person with no resistance."
"How is it? Are you satisfied with this gift?"
Rita ignored her and tried her best to kill the assassins around her. However, with the disappearance of Honkai energy, the God-killing Armor not only failed to provide her with any benefits, but instead became a burden.
"Oh, your movements seem to be slowing down. This doesn't seem like the power of an S-class Valkyrie." After the crazy failure in the past two days, the Jackal finally had a chance to turn things around and immediately began to taunt. "Using the weapon of destiny to fight against the Valkyrie of destiny, it's really exciting."
"Hoo~Hoo~" Rita panted heavily. Now that her Honkai energy had been completely lost, she could only rely on her own pure physical strength to fight. "World Snake, sooner or later, I will make you pay the price."
"The price? You..."
However, suddenly, before the Jackal could finish his words, the signal was suddenly interrupted. Deep underground, Rita suddenly felt a slight tremor, as if a huge explosion had occurred on the ground.
……
Half an hour ago, in the Tianqiong City Municipal Hospital, Su Jue was sitting on the bed looking out the window, while Kiana was sitting beside the bed, handing him a peeled apple with holes in it.
At this time, Su Jue's body had recovered a lot. Except for his legs which were still unable to move, all other parts of his body could move normally.
The neon lights of Tianqiong City are flickering, like a sky full of stars.
"I will help you investigate the truth of the matter. Cheer up, Su Jue." Noticing Su Jue's gaze, Kiana immediately understood that he was thinking about the previous events. Although he had given up the idea of self-destruction under her persuasion, he still had a knot in his heart.
Shencheng Medicine, in the two days of peace, this name appeared in Kiana's vision this time. After reading the research materials, she knew very well that Shencheng Medicine did not provide free medical care at all, but cruel human experiments.
If it weren't for taking care of Su Jue, who was in an unstable condition, Kiana would have come to him with the Spear of the Sky long ago. But now that his condition has improved, it's time to put her own actions on the agenda.
At this moment, she saw a flash in the sky in the distance, and through the outline of the light she quickly realized that it was an aircraft carrier. Nowadays, the collapse of Sky City has occurred frequently, and there is no doubt that the only organization that can come here is the Destiny Organization.
It is not realistic to defeat Shencheng Technology by yourself, but it is different with the help of Destiny. Although Kiana is also hostile to Destiny, it is hard to deny their determination to fight against Honkai. Moreover, Shencheng Medical Research's Stigma Project and Destiny will inevitably have a conflict of interest. It is not impossible to use Destiny to fight Shencheng Technology.
The news about the Herrscher of the Void has been exposed, and it is very likely that the target of Destiny is herself. Kiana decides to take the initiative to show up and use violent means to expose the conspiracy of Kamijou Pharmaceutical.
"I... I'm going out for a while." Kiana grabbed Su Jue's hand and helped him to lean on the bed. Then she closed and locked the window to prevent him from jumping off the building due to depression.
"..." Why do I feel that the setting that my legs cannot move is a bit too much? This is like treating Su Jue as a puppet to be manipulated.
"By the way, do you want to go to the bathroom?"
"No, I'm not that weak yet."
"Then do you want to..." Before Kiana could finish her words, the apple that she had just handed to Su Jue was stuffed back into Kiana's mouth, blocking her mouth.
"You have things to deal with yourself, I can live a normal life." He pushed Kiana away with a dark face. Su Jue knew what she was going to do. At this time, his puppet had been staring at Shencheng Technology. If he delayed any longer, he would miss the show.
"Mmmm." Kiana made an incomprehensible sound while biting the apple in her mouth. After leaving the ward, she quickly put on her hood and rushed towards Shencheng Technology.
When she arrived, she soon saw the members of the Undying Blade Squad fighting with the Death Soldiers. However, the well-trained Valkyrie troops were not much different from ordinary people, and were even defeated by the large number of Death Soldiers. In other places, many Valkyries had already fallen.
Seeing those team members who could still hold on for a while, Kiana did not immediately join the battle, but first rescued the wounded. Although the time to investigate the technology of Shencheng was very tight, she did not want the experience of Grayshu to happen again. Moreover, by saving these team members, she could get the reason why they were so weak from their mouths and avoid falling into a trap.
Chapter 91 Alvette
Most of the members of the Undying Blade had fallen into a coma, and Kiana laid them flat against the wall to prevent secondary trauma. At this moment, the Valkyrie with short gray hair seemed to wake up because of Kiana's actions. After seeing her appearance clearly, she suddenly kept moving backwards as if she had seen a ghost.
Alvette: "Hersher of the Void!! Don't come over here..."
Looking at the terrified Valkyrie Kiana's heart remained calm. After going through so much, she no longer rejected the title of Herrscher of the Void as before. "Your injury is not serious. What happened here?"
However, Alvette, who had long heard of the reputation of the Herrscher of the Sky, remained very alert. She shook her head and said, "I won't tell you. You are, the enemy."
Seeing Yalvette's reaction, Kiana was a little helpless. It seemed that Su Jue was right. Being too peaceful would only make things more troublesome. These guys really wouldn't listen to good words. She pointed to the Undying Blade who was still fighting on the other side and said, "If you don't say it, your teammates will all die there."
It was only then that Alvette noticed the condition of her teammates. Although she was still afraid of the Herrscher of the Sky, she cared more about her companions. "They are too despicable. They used a special tear gas. Anyone who comes into contact with it will lose their power."
"Who are they?" Kiana reacted quickly. It seemed that the people from Tianming had already started investigating and seemed to have suffered a heavy blow.
