Abnormal Moon

A dozen seconds later, Sylvia puffed out her cheeks and became third place, giving Roy and Yanest a resentful look.

"Skilled swordsmen are really in demand..."

Roy chuckled dryly, while Yanest was deeply embarrassed.

The competition rules for this event are indeed too biased towards swordsmen.

Sylvia's physical fitness and close combat skills are not bad, and she is definitely top-level among the Six Flowers. However, compared to Roy and Anest, who are almost at the top, she is somewhat lacking.

"Time's up! Congratulations to the eight contestants who have passed and successfully entered the second stage! Although it's a pity, please leave the venue quickly. We have prepared a friendly reward for you to collect backstage! Without further ado, let's begin the second stage!"

Suddenly there were only eight left.

Roy looked around at the remaining people. Zhao Hufeng and Irene were among them. Although he didn't recognize the others, he guessed they were all top-ranked students from their respective academies.

"There are only ten of the Huang-style long-range guided weapons against thirty-one people. The rule is that you have to destroy one of them to pass. It is foreseeable that it will become easier as you go on. In the end, it will be 23 people against two long-range weapons. In the end, only eight people still advance. The power of this weapon is truly terrifying!"

Roy silently calculated that if an ordinary Star Pulse Generation were equipped with a long-range weapon, they would probably immediately possess the strength of a ranked, or even a high-ranking, individual!

However, controlling these floating cannons effectively is probably not easy.

But this also proves that the world's technology progresses in a spiral, rather than being as flawed as the older it is, the stronger it becomes.

"Her Highness the Princess has appeared!"

While he was lost in thought, Yennefer suddenly laughed jokingly.

Roy turned his head and looked up at the second floor of the giant dome, following his gaze.

A black-haired girl walked out of the viewing room and walked towards the stage with a happy smile. The figure was Fan Xinglu—could the second stage be related to her?

At the same time, another figure walked out of the room.

She was a woman of about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, with deep features and quite beautiful. Her simple clothes, like a piece of cloth wrapped around her body, accentuated her firm and shapely figure.

But what's most striking about her is actually the ridiculously large necklace she wears around her neck.

That was no ordinary necklace; it had a very mechanical feel, with a huge, jet-black gem set in the center, as if symbolizing a one-eyed monster.

Roy stared at the necklace and inexplicably had the illusion of being stared at by a monster, as if the monster would jump out of the necklace at any moment and bite his head off.

The woman and Fan Xinglu walked out of the same room, their faces blank and indifferent, like machines, and headed towards the exit of the giant egg.

Who is that woman?

Roy narrowed his eyes as he walked out of a room with Fan Xinglu. Could it be that he knew Fan Xinglu? Or was he some old monster from her era?

Just as Roy was wondering what was going on, an excited, trembling voice rang out from the side.

"Usla...!"

Sylvia, her face beaming with delight, jumped off the stage without a second thought and chased after the woman amidst the uproar.

Usla?

Roy's heart skipped a beat. He had heard Sylvia mention this name before. It seemed to be the teacher who taught her to sing and taught her the way of survival of the Star Pulse Generation.

Is he really a teacher?

But that woman didn't look like a kind person...

Roy had a sudden thought.

Below the stage, in the audience seats, Ms. Okita stood up and chased after Sylvia in the direction she had gone.

"Kids, I'll be your opponent in the second phase!"

At this moment, Fan Xinglu landed lightly in the center of the stage. Looking at the seven people on the stage, a wild and mad smile, like a tiger hunting, appeared on her face.

"Any means, any time, whoever can touch me first is the champion!"

This is really true.

This is a move very much in the style of Fan Xinglu.

Roy sighed inwardly, resigned to his fate, and prepared to join the others in attacking Fan Xinglu.

But at some point.

He was about to start walking when his expression suddenly changed.

Without hesitation, he jumped off the stage, completely ignoring Fan Xinglu's face, which was as black as the bottom of a pot, and rushed towards the passage where Sylvia and Miss Okita had left.

There was no one else in the corridor.

The woman with a huge black necklace around her neck stood in a hazy black mist, looking at the two girls on the other side with a mocking expression.

Miss Okita lay stiffly on the ground, her eyes closed, not even breathing, just like a dead person.

Sylvia knelt beside her, her face showing panic that she couldn't hide, along with a great deal of confusion and blankness.

Roy cursed under his breath and rushed forward, slashing at the woman with the black necklace.

"Tch, one after another."

The woman showed an impatient expression, and a burst of black mist suddenly swelled up, engulfing the entire corridor.

When the black fog dissipated, the woman had vanished without a trace.

Roy did not give chase, but turned around and stood in front of Sylvia and Ms. Okita.

"Are you okay?"

"..."

Sylvia seemed to only slowly come to her senses at this moment.

She glanced at Ms. Okita's body lying on the ground, then silently stood up, her gaze falling on Roy.

Her eyes were devoid of any warmth; instead, her face was frighteningly dark.

Just a few minutes after they separated, her attitude reversed in a way that frightened Roy.

"……What’s wrong with you?"

"Nothing happened to me."

Sylvia gave Roy a smile.

A smile devoid of any warmth.

"I just didn't know it before. Actually, if I think about it carefully, there were a lot of strange things, but I subconsciously ignored them..."

She pointed to Ms. Okita's body lying on the ground and laughed like a madman who wanted to kill.

"Is this your puppet?"

Chapter 279 Sylvia's Insight

Sylvia was born in a small town in the European countryside.

The town has about a few hundred people who basically live a self-sufficient life, working at sunrise and resting at sunset. The large corporation doesn't care about such a worthless town, allowing the people living here to enjoy a peace different from the outside world.

Sylvia is the only Generation Starpulse in town. Although the townspeople have no prejudice against her and do not beat or scold her, the precocious Sylvia has long seen through the difficulties of Generation Starpulse surviving in this world. She is always secretly uneasy and panicked in places where no one can see her, wondering how she should survive in this world in the future.

At this time, a woman named Usla Venster arrived as a traveler. Her peaceful and free singing voice attracted Sylvia. The incredible singing voice stole her entire heart and mind, not only soothing her inner fears, but also making her fall irrevocably in love with singing.

Usla stayed in the town, taught Sylvia to sing, taught her how to use her witch powers and the survival methods of the Star Pulse Generation, and also passed on her combat skills to her.

Two months later, Usla set off again to begin her journey.

Before parting, Sylvia made a promise with her that they would meet again in the future.

This was actually just an agreement made unilaterally by Sylvia. For Usla, it was just an interesting interlude in her life, but for Sylvia, it became the driving force that made her tirelessly obsessed with training herself: mental strength, physical strength, vocal strength, ability strength, and so on. She constantly sought breakthroughs within herself, hoping to one day step into this dangerous world.

Once she grew up and gained the power to protect herself, Sylvia left her hometown and embarked on a journey to find Usla.

Using her omnipotent abilities, she detected that Usla was located in Rikka, specifically in Rikka's redevelopment zone. So she came to Rikka on her own initiative. However, she spent several years searching the entire redevelopment zone but couldn't find Usla. Even after searching all six academies, she couldn't find a trace of Usla.

Since we can't find Usla, let Usla come to me.

With this in mind, Sylvia stepped into the world of idols and became an instant sensation. In just a few years, her popularity soared, and she quickly became a world-class singer.

However, Usla still did not appear.

Even if he dislikes her, seeing his former protégé become a world-class singer, he would at least show up to meet her.

Could it be that Usla has forgotten about me?

Or did something happen to her?

Sylvia didn't know.

"That must be Usla!"

With this belief and expectation in mind, Sylvia disregarded the reactions of the stage and the audience, and rushed off the stage without hesitation to chase after the woman.

She had no idea that Usla would appear in such a place. She had so much to say to her, so many emotions to pour out, and so much joy to share.

"Usla, wait a minute!"

In the deserted corridor, Sylvia caught up with the woman in front of her.

The woman in front of her turned around, and her gaze was so cold that Sylvia trembled slightly.