"I... still have to accept the order to be transferred. I'm afraid I'll have to stay on the front line for a long time."
Hen hesitated for a while, but finally shook his head with a wry smile.
"I'm afraid it will be difficult to see Grayshu in the future... But I've also met Aponiya, so I feel relieved to let her take care of Grayshu. Also... I may have to trouble you to go see Grayshu more often when you are free."
"Dad...are you leaving?"
Grayshut, who was sitting in Hen's arms, raised her head, blinked her lavender eyes, and asked softly.
"...Well, Dad has to go save the world, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to see you again~"
"Well...come on, Dad~"
"Oh!"
"Oh~!"
Looking at the father and daughter who raised their hands and cheered at the same time, Xi Wang was silent for a while.
"…Is this an order from the Fire Moth?"
Xiwang turned his head to look at Mei and asked in a still calm tone.
"Yes."
Although she was helpless, Mei still nodded.
"This is the best result we can achieve."
"……call."
Taking a deep breath, Xiwang adjusted his breathing.
Sometimes I really hate those high-ups of the Fire Moth. Every time they give orders that would make people annoyed and angry, they never say it themselves, or even send their own people. They just tell the orders to Mei and ask Mei to convey them... This increases Mei's pressure and also makes it difficult for those who know the orders to get angry.
Really, it's very annoying.
"……I see."
Xiwang responded in a calm tone.
"Little white mouse, we are the only ones here, so if you want to curse, just do it. Don't hold it in, or it will be bad for your health~"
Mebius kindly reminded him, tapping his lips with his fingertips.
"No need for that. Alicia said swearing is not good... and I don't really want to swear."
"Tsk, you just keep talking about Alicia... But it's up to you, just remember to report back later, little guinea~"
Mebius curled his lips, and after saying this, he no longer cared about Xi Wang. He just walked to Grayshu's side and played with her... She had to cherish this time, after all, she would not have much chance to see Grayshu in the future.
"…Dr. Mei."
Xiwang's gaze paused on Grayshu for a moment, and then looked at Mei who was standing aside and had not left.
"Everything is to fight against Houkai...right?"
"……Yes."
Mei looked at Xiwang, nodded firmly, and slightly corrected Xiwang's words.
"Everything is done to defeat the Honkai."
Chapter 36: Everything is getting better...right?
[You accepted the mission assigned by Fire Moth and sent Grayshu to the "Deepest Place", which is a super prison built by Velvet to detain some criminals and failed experiments of Fire Moth. Many of them were sent there by you.]
[And this trip is not just you and Grayshu, there is also Alicia, she also has a mission to go to the "Deepest Place"]
[According to Alicia, she went there to “recruit someone”, and you know that person—the one who fought with you in “Twilight Street” before.]
[Although I don’t know how Alicia convinced the Fire Moth to accept that “alien”, you don’t care. You just cherish the time you spend with Alicia and Grayshu.]
[I don’t know if it’s because Grayshu received your “abnormal blood”, but she’s closer to you than before and especially likes to draw on your body.]
[According to Gracie, you have "familiar colors" and "favorite colors" on you, but they are all hidden and covered by other things, so she has to repaint them.]
[Although you don’t quite understand what Gray Xiu said, you just let her do what she wants. After all, you don’t mind her getting close to you.]
[When you reach the "Deepest Place", you and Alicia meet Aponia, who is in charge of guarding and restraining the prisoners. The nun you brought back has become a special and powerful fusion warrior, but she seems to have refused to directly participate in the battle for some special reason, and can only do some auxiliary work or help with certain things.]
[Of course, the more important thing is that the Fire Moth is afraid of her ability, the ability called "Discipline"]
[Your meeting went smoothly. Aponia did not show any special emotions towards you, and did not seem to care about the fact that you knocked her out and brought her back to the Fire Moth.]
[However, during this process, you noticed that Aponya often looked at you, and occasionally a puzzled look appeared on her face, as if there was something strange about you.]
[You didn't care much about it, just played with Grayshut and waited for Alicia and Aponia to negotiate.]
[After a while, they seemed to have reached an agreement and stood up and walked deeper into the cave. Before leaving, they both turned back to look at you and Grayshu.]
[Aponia looked at Grayshu, with pity and worry in her eyes... Although she had agreed to take care of this cute and pitiful child, she was still worried about the little girl continuing to stay in such a dark and desperate place.]
[And Alicia looked at you with a smile, asking you to take good care of Grayshu, they will be back soon - she is not worried about Grayshu's safety because you are here]
[This is indeed the case. When Aponia and Alicia gradually disappear into the depths, and when all things belonging to the "deepest place" climb out from the shadows, the azure water will reappear.]
[That is the familiar blue, the familiar stinging pain. They are too familiar with it. Too many people have been arrested and trapped here because of you. After being trapped for a long time, their hatred for you is hard to describe, but... they still can't get close to you.]
[Even if there is no "rain" scene at this moment, even so, you are not someone they can contend with. Moreover, you only need to show a little bit of strength, and the fear in their hearts will force them to retreat.]
[You don't care about them, but just play with Grayshu and draw on the ground with her. You will draw a similar but slightly different "painting" next to Grayshu's painting. Compared with Grayshu's, your "painting" is more real and less fantasy, giving people more of a real scene reflected by a blurry mirror, although according to the picture, whales that can swim in the clouds should not exist in reality.]
[You didn't know you were so talented in painting. Add to that your previous talent in music. Hmm... maybe you are unexpectedly suited to be an artist like Eden?]
[Of course, in order to prevent Gresh's "painting" from causing any negative impact on the prisoners here, after finishing the painting, you will use water to wash off the "painting" on the ground, and tell Gresh that it is best to only paint on special canvases and drawing paper in the future, and not on places like floors and walls... As for clothes and sheets, they are not allowed.]
[Although Gray Xiu didn't quite understand, she still agreed to you.]
[Perhaps because she was a little tired from painting, Gray Xiu fell asleep in your arms, feeling safe and peaceful]
[After a while, Alicia and Aponia came back with a man who also looked familiar to you, the guy in the mask.]
[According to what Alicia said before, his name should be Qianjie]
[Qianjie rushed forward the moment he saw you, clamoring to fight you again, shouting "That battle is not over yet! Come and fight!" and other words you didn't understand.]
[However, you didn't intend to waste time talking to him, and directly raised your hand to throw a blue water ball at his head, blocking his loudly shouting mouth, so as not to disturb Grayshu who was still asleep. However, this action undoubtedly stimulated Qianjie again, and he approached you at a faster speed, but was thrown back by the tentacles you built with "water"]
[Although Qianjie finally stopped making a fuss after being dissuaded by Aponia and stopped by Alicia, this action still woke up Grayshu.]
[Perhaps because of Grayshu, Qianjie seemed very quiet afterwards, but the dangerous aura emanating from him made Grayshu's body tremble slightly, and he unconsciously grabbed your clothes.]
[Qianjie looked a little disgusted when he saw this, but he quietly moved away a little to avoid irritating Grayshu.]
[Is he unexpectedly a good person? —You can't help but think so]
[But there is no need to think too much now, it is time to say goodbye]
[Before leaving, you chattered about various things with Gresh, and also had a simple conversation with Aponia, hoping that she could take good care of Gresh. Alicia said that you were like Gresh's biological brother, too nagging.]
[You don't think there's anything wrong with this. Since Grayshu's father can't come to see her off, you should naturally send her off with Hen's concern.]
[Aponia and Alicia obviously understand your thoughts, so they are just waiting patiently.]
[However, halfway through, you felt Aponya's gaze on you again, with a confused and bewildered look, but you didn't care, since you were not familiar with her anyway.]
[During the final farewell, Gray asked you if you would come back to visit her, and your answer was naturally - yes]
[Grayxiu seemed a little happy after receiving the promise, and said that she would draw a picture for you and give it to you when you meet next time, and you naturally agreed happily.]
[Before parting, Aponia still looked at you with strange and puzzled eyes, and opened her mouth several times, as if she wanted to say something to you, but was a little hesitant.]
[But in the end, Aponia still spoke]
[“Please always believe in yourself” - these are the words she gave you, which are confusing]
[But Alicia seemed to realize something. After her eyes stayed on you for a while, she returned to her original smile.]
[She is somewhat happy]
[You and Alicia left the "Deepest Place", taking Qianjie with him, who is likely to become a new member of the Poison Pupa]
[After joining the Fire Moths, Qianjie has also been dishonest. He comes to you whenever he wants, wanting to continue the unfinished battle with you from last time. He even disturbed your relationship with Ying several times. Even when you were dragged by Alicia and Eden to try on clothes, you could hear Qianjie shouting to challenge you.]
[Damn it, how come after Mobius's harassment ended, there came another more troublesome one? 】
[You have no interest in fighting him. He is your companion and comrade now. If the "mission" is not specifically specified, you don't want to and are too lazy to swing your blade at your companion. There is no point.]
[Some outrageous rumors have started to spread in Fire Moth... For example, "The scumbag Xi Wang stole someone else's girlfriend, and now he is being harassed by someone else", "The poor masked ex-boyfriend", and "The unspeakable late-night stories between Qianjie and Xi Wang", etc.]
[Especially the last one. You didn't really understand it, but you were shocked... By the way, the last rumor was spread by Danzhu. After you found out, you took away several figurines that Danzhu had made based on you and Ying. Danzhu was so anxious that he cried and made a fuss in the laboratory for several days, and he couldn't do any research.]
[But in the end you still returned the figurine to Danzhu... Mainly because she was too noisy, and Mebius was going to cause trouble for you]
[And Qianjie will start to attack the people around you after he finds it is useless to go after you directly]
[Ling naturally disdains it. Bullying children is meaningless to him, so he first goes to Sakura.]
[Then the fight ended in a draw with Sakura... although in reality, both of them were holding back.]
[To Ying, Qianjie is a companion and a comrade-in-arms. Although he is a little weird and irritable, there are so many weird people in the Fire Moth, so he is not a big deal. So there is no need to fight with all your strength. Qianjie just wants to force you to fight. He doesn't care about other people and just treats it as entertainment.]
[Since it was useless to look for Sakura, Qianjie naturally set his sights on Alicia again.]
[Then he didn't even touch the corner of Alicia's clothes, and he was so angry that he smashed and cursed in the battle room, and then he was confined for three days.]
[However, it didn’t take long for Qianjie to stop looking for you, because he had a new “hobby”—a man named Yimoer tried to assassinate Qianjie several times. Although he failed every time, Yimoer never gave up. He was imprisoned for assassinating Qianjie several times, but continued to assassinate Qianjie after being released from prison. This made Qianjie very interested in him.]
[In the end, Qianjie even injured the adjutant who drove his team away several times, just to make Imor his adjutant...Finally, after Alicia's negotiation, the Fire Moth agreed to Qianjie's "request"]
「You are also happy about this. It is always good to have one less person causing trouble. However, there is still one... no, two people you need to deal with. One is Mobius, and the other is Su.」
[Su is quite simple. He just wants to treat your psychological problems. Although you don’t think you have any problems, Su thinks you do, so he always wants to solve your problems... and because of the arrangement of the Fire Moth, you have to go to him regularly. Although it is troublesome, you just need to deal with it and shirk it.]
[And Mobius... Tsk, let's not talk about him.]
[Although you are controlled by her, as long as you don't admit it, then you are not controlled by her! ]
[In short, it’s winning! ()]
[Alisa and Sakura saw the whole process, but they didn't step forward to stop it. Instead, they watched it happily. It's really infuriating... Never mind, as long as they are happy.]
[However, Mebius is still very reliable when it comes to serious matters. She is concentrating on studying your problems, such as the reduction of the lines on your body.]
[After research, Mebius found that your body's self-healing ability has been significantly improved. Although the improvement in your physical fitness is not obvious, it is still there. In addition, your ability to control "water" has become stronger.]
[Although it is surprising, Mobius still concluded that you are not in a "complete" state now. The "marks" flowing on your body are shackles that bind you. You need to continue to break them in order to release your power and release the full potential of "Gabriel" and your "traits" combined.]
[As for how to break through the shackles on you... Mobius has no idea yet, but it should come from external stimulation. After all, the abnormality in your body was because you were targeted by the "Eighth Herrscher"]
[Mebius is very excited about this. Apparently your presence is a great "motivation" for her.]
[Mebius submitted his research on you to the Fire Moth. This should make the Fire Moth feel more at ease about you. At least for the time being, there is no need to worry about you suddenly turning into some kind of "Honkai creature"]
[Mei was very interested in this research and had some inspiration, so he started discussing the research with Mebius]
[Soon after, a proposal for a "mass production fusion warrior plan" was placed on the Fire Moth's conference table]
[This is a plan to simplify and improve the "Fusion Warrior Surgery" to increase the success rate and survival rate of the surgery at the cost of reducing the combat capability of the Fusion Warrior. The ideal situation is to compress the entire process into a "reagent", obtain the Honkai Beast gene by injection, and then activate the "super mutation factor" through external stimulation to become a Fusion Warrior.]
[Although in theory, those who become fusion warriors in this way will be weaker than existing fusion warriors in terms of strength, they have a high success rate and will not cause immediate death even if they fail. It can be said that this plan fits the name of "mass production of fusion warriors" very well.]
[This proposal, which is beneficial to the entire human civilization, was naturally passed, but the technical accumulation in this process still needs time. The improvement and simplification of "Fusion Warrior Surgery" and "Super Mutation Factor" also needs time to study, and the funds that can be obtained are also limited.]
[After all, in order to fight against the collapse, the Fire Moths have successively promoted many plans. Now they pay more attention to another plan and focus their resources on it, which is the "armed puppet technology" developed by Dr. "Einstein"]
[The armed puppet is made of "Soul Steel" as a whole, so it has a strong resistance and adaptability to Honkai energy. With sufficient energy supply and combat AI, it can automatically complete the battle against Honkai beasts.]
[The whole process only requires the consumption of resources without sacrificing soldiers. This is undoubtedly a technology that is worthy of attention for the current Fire Moth.]
[Well...then the Fire Moth was slapped in the face again, or rather, the Fire Moth still underestimated the "omnipotence" of Honkai energy.]
[The armed puppets that use Honkai energy as energy have awakened their self-awareness after a long battle, and then began to protest everywhere, refusing to become consumables of the war, causing a headache for the top leaders of the Fire Moth]
[Although the armed puppets were finally freed under the mediation of Dr. Einstein, the Fire Moth also sealed up the technology - what they needed was a weapon that could resist the Honkai, not a group of little guys who would resist fighting.]
[However, fortunately, the Fire Moth now has another plan that is progressing well. The "Eye of the Abyss" built on Mu Continent has successfully connected to the "Quantum Sea", and the exploration progress is gratifying. The technology of "building a micro-world bubble" is also progressing smoothly, and the core technology "Ether Anchor Point" is gradually maturing.]
[The top management of Fire Moth heaved a sigh of relief... At least there is a plan with a good profit ratio that is progressing normally. And as long as the "Ether Anchor Point" technology is perfected and "micro world bubbles" can be built in batches, the Honkai energy can be transferred into these "world bubbles" in batches to achieve the goal of eliminating Honkai. At least it can give them... No, it can give humans a way out.]
[But these have nothing to do with you]
[What really bothers you is another thing]
