Didn't you go to Teyvat to earn money to support me?

Rita turned around and smiled slightly at Bronya.

Even Bronya had to admit that although she was a bad woman, she was indeed an incredibly alluring one. Her hair was a noble gray-gold color, her bangs covered her captivating left eye, and she wore an English-style corset maid outfit adorned with roses. Her tight and alluring thighs were encased in delicate black stockings, and her smile was humble yet seductive.

Anyone who sees her can only describe her as a "human beauty," because there are many beauties in the world, and beautiful girls can be found. Bronya is confident that her looks will not be much worse than hers when she grows up... But she can't learn Rita's beauty; it's a talent that can arouse the desire to conquer in any woman.

However, Bronya knew very well that although she acted like a delicate maid, none of the male staff around her dared to even look at her, because her true identity was far more astonishing than her charm.

Rita Losweiser, one of only three S-class Valkyries in the Destiny Headquarters, a powerful figure renowned by all the extraordinary forces in the world, and a strategic individual soldier recognized by the United Nations as having the minimum nuclear deterrence capability.

“Schicksal has always believed in the existence of the Honkai God. It is because of this god that civilization on Earth has been baptized time and time again.” Rita said patiently. “Strictly speaking, the Honkai God that Schicksal believes in is not a specific god, but a rule, a manifestation of the laws of the world.”

"rule?"

“Whenever human civilization becomes powerful enough, the Honkai God will unleash its test, which is an endless series of Honkai calamities. The stronger the human civilization, the stronger the Honkai that descends. Fifty thousand years ago, in the previous human era, the ‘Fire Chaser’ civilization was destroyed by the Honkai God in this way,” Rita said. “And the current ‘Earth’ civilization is like a newborn baby compared to the ‘Fire Chaser’ civilization, so we are not yet going to experience the Honkai of the previous civilization.”

"But although the previous civilization was destroyed, it left behind many things, didn't it?" Bronya said calmly. "What have you discovered this time?"

“A Divine Key.” Rita said frankly, “A Divine Key created by humanity in a previous civilization era to fight against the Honkai God. Although I don’t know which one it is from the records, it is still a Divine Key.”

"Is it alright to tell Bronya this?"

“No problem. In fact, the Schariac family will find out sooner or later after this excavation of the pre-civilization's relics. It's normal for you to want the Divine Key, after all, the Holy Maiden is dying, and perhaps the Divine Key's high consumption of Honkai energy can prolong her life.” Rita smiled slightly, “However, the Schariac family is the Schariac family of destiny, and you have overstepped your bounds.”

Bronya remained silent.

Actually, she didn't understand anything about the Shaniat family. Yesterday, she followed the group of mercenaries to the underground to continue her translation work. As soon as she arrived at the tomb, she ran into Rita. She thought Rita didn't recognize her and Seele... but Rita grabbed them with a strange expression.

They also seemed to say some nonsensical things like, "They actually came right to our door," "Does the Shaniat family really think we kidnapped their daughter?" and "Does the Shaniat family have any daughters from Eastern Europe?"

Later, she learned that Rita knew her and Seele because Shen Liang seemed to have been looking for them outside and had shown Rita the photos. Otherwise, given Rita's high position in Schicksal, she really shouldn't have known about the identities of the two Siberian agents.

My brother tricked me!

However, Rita clearly misunderstood something. She seemed to think that the "Shaniat family" was behind the series of events, so she also used them as bargaining chips against the Shaniat family.

I have no idea what my brother lied to this guy about.

Bronya and Black Seele exchanged a glance and fell silent. Now they could only rely on Shen Liang. As special agents, treasure hunting and exploration were innate skills; no matter what Fate intended to take… they wouldn't give up their determination to steal it!

Rita no longer pays attention to the two young Valkyries.

She gazed at the snake bone statue. Workers had already begun to erect alloy supports around the statue, seemingly to restrain it. More people had set up firing positions around the tomb, and some were carrying boxes containing frozen Honkai energy fission bombs.

“How pathetic, how pathetic,” the researcher murmured, looking at the snake skeleton. “The British government probably thought our harvest was at most just a Divine Key. They had no idea of ​​the existence of this Judgment-class Honkai Beast. Sixteen hundred years ago, the people of Tallinn discovered this Honkai Beast, which had been silent since the pre-civilization era. At that time, it awakened, causing the Loyati earthquake. Subsequently, they sacrificed thousands of people to kill this Honkai Beast and seal it in the underground cemetery.”

"What a pity! A specimen of a pre-civilization Honkai Beast, a Judgment-class Honkai Beast! Wasted underground for over a thousand years! Look at this dense Honkai energy index. Even though it has been dead for so many years and has become a stone statue, it is still rewriting the world around it, just like it is alive!" The researchers exclaimed in admiration. "This is a beast that can destroy a civilization that is millions of times more powerful than ours. It's so beautiful!"

“Don’t talk nonsense. It could very well be alive, having lived from 50,000 years ago to 1,600 years ago.” Rita frowned her beautiful eyebrows. “Isn’t it precisely because His Holiness the Bishop was worried that it wasn’t quite dead that he had us bring so much equipment?”

“No, no, no, it’s beyond dead, Lady Rita,” the researcher chuckled. “We have more than just this one Honkai Beast specimen from the previous era; our research is quite in-depth. Although Honkai Beasts are silicon-based life forms, they still need to feed on civilization to survive—in layman’s terms, they kill and massacre cities. Fifty thousand years of slumber exhausted its power from the previous era, which is why it was defeated by a group of ancient Valkyries weaker than itself when it revived sixteen hundred years ago. After that defeat, it couldn’t possibly have had the power to sustain its life. Turning into a stone statue, this pure silicon state, is the sign of its complete death.”

Chapter 148 The Resurgence of the Judgment-Level Honkai Beast

Rita didn't quite trust the researchers' words. Although they were professionals, they weren't Valkyries; they could only rely on data and experience to understand things related to "Honkai".

Rita is a Valkyrie, an extraordinary being who is inherently connected to the Honkai, and she can always sense some dangerous aura.

That was intuition. The Valkyrie possessed an extraordinary sixth sense. From the moment she stepped into this tomb, she sensed something was amiss. Although she told herself that it was the Honkai energy fluctuations emanating from the Divine Key interfering with her will, intuition often doesn't lie...

But it doesn't matter.

As an S-class Valkyrie, Rita is fearless.

Even though the Judgment-class Honkai Beasts are powerful, even if they are not dead, could the weakened Honkai Beasts from the previous era really defeat her?

In fact, she came here to deal with emergencies, even if this Judgment-class Honkai Beast were to be resurrected—it would just be dying again.

“Speaking of which, the Divine Key should be inside this Honkai Beast’s body,” researcher Clyde said. “The area with the strongest Honkai energy reaction is the giant serpent’s seven-inch spot. Perhaps it is because it swallowed the Divine Key that the endless Honkai energy from the Divine Key allowed it to survive for 50,000 years. Ha, the ancients killed it but didn’t have the ability to dissect it, so they could only put it up as a stone statue, which benefited us.”

"The location of the Divine Key has been detected! Drilling is in progress and is expected to be completed within five minutes!" someone shouted from the liftable control platform at the foot of the snake bone statue.

“I’ll get the Divine Key in five minutes and then leave immediately.” Rita looked at the staff and the other Valkyries. “Once Pandora Schariac arrives, hand over his sister to him, and he’ll have no reason to harm you. The Schariac family wants the Divine Key, not your lives, so you’re still safe.”

The staff indicated they understood. The engineering team marked the seven-inch mark on the snake bone sculpture and then left. The robotic arms, which were already prepared in all directions, used impact drills to grind the marked location, sending stone chips flying. The deeper they drilled, the darker the color of the rock became, and the originally bluish-gray stone gradually turned into a deep black.

"Black...not completely petrified yet, the surface of the statue still has the structure of a corpse inside!" someone exclaimed with delight. "I touched snake scales, the hardness even surpasses that of marble, and each scale is bigger than my face!"

The researcher Clyde beside Rita was ashen-faced, not with fear but with excitement. This was a Judgment-class Honkai Beast from a previous civilization. According to records, a single Honkai Beast like this could easily destroy a city of a million people. Their power was so terrifying that it defied the laws of nature; they were true enemies of civilization.

"It's so beautiful! This is what a creature looks like when it's chosen by the Honkai God to evolve!" Clyde's voice trembled with excitement. "Extract the genes! Extract the genes now! This Honkai beast's corpse isn't completely petrified yet, so we can extract them! Do it immediately!"

"Waterjet ready!" the operator shouted.

The work of retrieving the Divine Key continued, but the other team, carrying a high-pressure water jet, immediately and precisely cut along the spine of the snake bone. They were taking a sample; it was unlikely that such a large snake bone could be transported back to Schicksal, as that would inevitably expose them. After sampling the genes, they would leave. Originally, if it weren't for Pandora Schariac's interference, they would have had to blow up the underground tomb again to prevent the Honkai Beast specimen from falling into the hands of other factions.

"The corpse still has flesh and blood?" Rita asked in disbelief. "Isn't it a silicon-based organism?"

“Silicon-based life forms are still life forms. Their life characteristics were modified to be silicon-based by the Honkai God, but they still retain the basic structure of carbon-based life forms. Their genes can even react with the genes of carbon-based life forms.” Clyde wiped his sweat and stared at the working group’s water knife with delight.

"This era also had Honkai Beasts, as you know, but most of them were very weak. Emperor-level ones were extremely rare, and Judgment-level ones only existed in the legends of previous civilizations. This time, with the development of the ruins, this sample might be even more important than the Divine Key. As for whether it is alive or not, there is no need to worry. Look at it in front of us, it looks like a frog waiting to be dissected."

Rita remained noncommittal.

She simply gazed at the enormous, silent serpent skeleton above the busy staff, silently thinking to herself, "What terrifying vitality. I'm so glad we didn't live in your era of rampage."

The water jet continued cutting and soon reached the middle of the spine. This snake was so big that, regardless of its length, its waist was nearly two meters thick, so much so that it took the high-pressure water jet more than a minute to cut to the center.

The operator responsible for marking the water jet cutting position was standing on the lifting platform, observing the cutting location, and carrying a freezer to collect samples. He was completely focused on the position of the water jet, not daring to blink even when splashed dust hit his glasses, and then he suddenly cried out in surprise.

"Blood!"

He clearly saw dark purple blood slowly flowing from the spot where the water jet had cut. At first, he thought it was a mixture of water and stone dust ash, but no mixture could be so viscous and finely purplish-black!

"Oh my god! It's bleeding!" the operator cried out frantically, immediately turning around and shouting, "There's still blood in its body!"

Rita didn't immediately grasp the meaning, because according to Clyde, silicon-based lifeforms also had flesh and blood, so it shouldn't be a big deal. But when she turned her head, she saw Clyde's expression change drastically—it wasn't one of elation, but of terror!

"Lady Rita!" Clyde screamed, "No creature could possibly still have blood after dying for over a thousand years, it would have dried up long ago! Its body is producing blood, it's still alive!"

Before Clyde could finish speaking, Rita had already rushed out!

A long scythe was gripped in her slender hand, encased in black gauze gloves. It was a weapon specially crafted for her by Destiny, named "Aphrodite." Her physical speed approached Mach 5, practically teleporting to the spine of the serpent statue. Honkai energy was infused into the scythe, and she slashed down without hesitation!

Aphrodite is a weapon forged from Soul Steel, a metallic-like material composed of nanomechanical clusters. When damaged, it rapidly self-repairs, making it one of the few materials capable of fully utilizing Honkai energy. Weapons made from this material are virtually indestructible; if Honkai energy can be infused into them, they can even cleave a building in two!

But the petrified statue actually withstood it!

The remaining half of the spine, which had already been cut in half, actually blocked Rita's scythe. The scythe was deeply embedded in the vertebrae, but the vertebrae, which should have been made of silica, were now moving. The two vertebrae clamped Rita's scythe, preventing her from advancing any further.

"That is..." Some people were so shocked they couldn't even speak.

The stone wall trembled!

The stone wall, almost fused with the snake bones, instantly shattered. The black armor on the giant snake's back, resembling helmet, tore through the tomb walls and gripped the tomb ceiling. The enormous snake body twisted, crushing the outer petrified layer, which looked like a snake's molted skin.

Before the work team members on the elevator could even dodge, they were slammed off the platform by the outstretched snake's body, then crushed by boulders, dying instantly. Its mere writhing and moving caused the entire underground tomb to shake violently!

"It withstood... Yes, this is a biological weapon that destroyed the last era, how could it not withstand the Valkyries of this era?" Clyde stared intently at the giant serpent. "Lady Rita! We must kill it here! No matter the cost! We misjudged, but thankfully we're here! We must kill it while it's just reviving! We're only a hundred meters away from the human world, separated by a layer of rock!"

Rita drew her scythe.

Her expression turned serious. Yes, thankfully they came. The resurgence of this Judgment-class Honkai Beast might have been caused by them, but even without their arrival, the serpent would still have revived. And if Schicksal had continued to believe it was just a specimen, then the entire nation of Aisha might have been devoured by the awakened beast!

The decision to have everyone in Tallinn evacuate was made with this in mind; it's not that Destiny didn't have a contingency plan for its resurgence.

As the "World Government" of the supernatural realm, Schicksal enjoys countless powers, but it also bears the responsibility of maintaining order within the supernatural realm!

"Cleanup team, prepare!" Rita shouted. "Launch!"

The pre-arranged firing positions were activated simultaneously. Soldiers, still in their peacekeeping uniforms, were firing heavy machine guns and shotguns with drum magazines at the giant snake at close range. The modified bullets, which could easily kill elephants or rhinos, were now raining down on the snake's body.

Chapter 149 I Killed the Whale with One Punch

But everyone knew that bullets posed no threat to this terrifying behemoth from a pre-civilization era. Its scales were harder than marble, and its sheer size made it far more armor-piercing than a T-14 tank. Therefore, their goal wasn't to kill it with bullets, but rather to inject it with a tranquilizer.

Each bullet's warhead is filled with a drug that triggers a Honkai energy fission reaction. This drug is essentially harmless to ordinary people, but it will directly cause genetic destruction in beings whose bodies contain Honkai energy. This is an indiscriminate poison, affecting both Honkai beasts and Valkyries.

Now, these bullets exploded on the giant serpent, the drugs inside the bullets turning into purple smoke that enveloped it. The Honkai energy fission reaction was clearly taking effect on it, but the giant serpent showed no reaction.

Although I never intended to kill it with this dose, but only to calm it down, it couldn't even stop it from struggling against the stone wall!

Its scales began to slowly contract, and muscles covered the exposed skeleton at a visible speed, first the fascia and then the obvious muscle texture.

It has awakened. It was originally a snake skeleton, but now its flesh has begun to proliferate. It is absorbing the Honkai energy around it. Although it has not fully awakened and has not even opened its eyes, its terrifying regeneration speed has stunned all the staff.

The steel frame originally used to restrain it was easily twisted and broken, the tomb walls collapsed, the operating platform crashed, and even the generator next to it was hit by its tail and exploded, sending out bright white sparks everywhere.

No one dared to imagine what such a creature would look like once it fully awakened and crawled onto the ground. It would be a shocking secret that the supernatural side could never conceal. Although most people in Tallinn had taken refuge, it wasn't entirely devoid of ordinary people. If even one person from any of these institutions—war correspondents, refugees who hadn't left, or embassies of various countries—exposed the video to the internet, all of Heaven's millennia of painstaking cultivation would be completely wasted.

Humans on the ground could not possibly defeat it. The small country of Aisha didn't even have many tanks, but in front of the giant snake that was over a hundred meters long, countless tanks would be easily crushed into scrap metal... It was even as tall as two Ultramen!

But Rita had anticipated this.

"Just as I thought, killing you all is indeed difficult." She stared at the giant snake, then her figure flashed to a platform on a mountain wall. Ignoring the staff who were killed in the blast because they were too close to the snake, she coldly commanded from a better vantage point, "Continue! Everyone, force it to unleash its potential and create opportunities for me!"

The cleanup team members gritted their teeth and agreed!

They were all ordinary humans, merely mortals who had witnessed the extraordinary side compared to the Valkyries, simply working for Destiny. But having stepped into the extraordinary side, they were well aware of their responsibilities.

Honkai is the enemy of civilization, and eliminating Honkai is humanity's inescapable responsibility. Valkyries are rare, while ordinary people are numerous; therefore, it is only natural to exchange the lives of ordinary people for the chance to become a Valkyrie. Their soldiers, for soldiers, are duty-bound to obey orders.

Having witnessed the extraordinary world, there is no going back. Only ordinary people can live peaceful and stable lives; those destined for greatness must nip all disasters in the bud.

After the heavy machine guns came the grenades!