The system handed me over to the state.

"They're here! The target is about to reach the designated position. Everyone, get ready."

In the darkness, the mercenaries inside the facility were setting a trap for Bronya. Confirming that Bronya was walking step by step into their trap, the mercenary leading the trap revealed a cruel smile.

At times like this, they don't care who you are. Even if you're a five-year-old child, they'll still kill you. After all, the boss said no one is allowed to live.

The moment Bronya stood at the gate, reached out, and pushed it open, smoke suddenly rose from beneath her feet, as if signaling a fire. Instantly, all the mercenaries hidden in the shadows opened fire.

Rifle and machine gun fire was unleashed on Bronya; the mercenaries were confident that rifle fire and intense barrage alone would be enough to kill the girl.

But just seconds after the firing began, a terrifying thing happened. Suddenly, a mercenary was hit by a bullet, and his painful screams instantly attracted the attention of everyone around him.

"What happened? Why was Number 7 shot?"

"I don't know, I... ah!"

As the cries of pain came through the communication, Number 8, who was close to Number 7, also lost contact. Then, one by one, the team members lost contact. Number 1 gritted his teeth, gave up the encirclement and killed the enemy, and pulled the pin on a grenade. Just as he was about to throw it, a bullet suddenly pierced through his palm from an odd angle.

The intense pain made him instinctively loosen his grip, and the grenade with the fuse pulled fell to the ground. The mercenary's eyes widened in shock, and he lunged to the side.

"F**K!"

Boom!

After the grenade explosion ended, the room fell silent. A few seconds later, the crisp sound of high heels echoed in the room. Bronya emerged unharmed from the dissipating smoke, surveyed her surroundings, and her emotionless eyes swept across the room before finally arriving at the spot where the grenade had exploded.

He stood before the mercenary captain, who was still clinging to life.

His blue eyes swept over her, and the mercenary captain slowly raised his head. His blurry vision met Bronya's gaze, and he felt fear... He didn't want to die...

Bronya didn't make a move. She raised her hand, and a blue light instantly absorbed all the guns, grenades, spare magazines, and other items in the room into her hand. After annihilating them with her construct energy, she moved on to the next room. Since this guy was going to die anyway, there was no need for her to take action.

After entering the passage, Bronya pressed the earpiece in her left ear and said, "Commander, I am heading towards the core area. I can confirm that there are no more nuclear bombs in the research center. I can no longer sense their presence. They have most likely been moved."

"Damn it! I knew they were after that thing! Bronya, you have to try to retrieve that nuclear bomb, or at least try to determine their destination. If it detonates in another country, we'll be in big trouble."

If the nuclear bomb lost by China were detonated on the land of another country by an unknown military organization, China would certainly bear some responsibility, even if it was not the one that detonated it. Moreover, at this time, the United States and other European countries would definitely take the opportunity to continue to harass China.

"Understood, sir. I will do my best."

Bronya quickened her pace. She could sense a distorted spatial node below the core area. This node should be the spatial device used by the other side for relocation. The nuclear bomb was most likely transferred through this place. There were no signs of life activity below, and there was no indication of hostages. Perhaps the relevant people in the research center had also been transferred.

A few minutes later, Bronya arrived at the core area below. Looking at the deserted core area, Bronya gritted her teeth. Damn it... she was too late. She had indeed been too conservative. She directly punched through the floor below and rushed down at a much faster speed than before.

With no other option, Bronya could only approach the remaining spatial node. The spatial node was invisible to the naked eye, but in the Herrscher of Reason's vision, this pale blue, crack-like node was clearly visible.

Blue structural energy enveloped Bronya's hands, and then she grabbed the edge of the crack and tried to pull it open.

It was very difficult to force open a spatial rift with physical strength, and she failed. With no other option, Bronya could only use a more brutal method: to directly blast open a rift with constructive energy!

Since I am not the Herrscher of the Void, I cannot control the imaginary space or the normal space at will. I can only use this crude method for such things.

In the following minutes, small-scale explosions of sculpted energy continued to erupt in this underground space. Fortunately, Bronya was lucky. After several attempts, the spatial rift in front of her suddenly burst open! A visible spatial rift formed in the core area.

Bronya used her constructive energy to seal off the vicinity of the spatial rift, and after creating two Titan Guardians, she activated her constructive shield and entered the spatial rift in front of her.

Ugh...it's so narrow, oh no! My chest is getting stuck!

Bronya was incredibly embarrassed. The spatial rift had opened, but... it was too narrow! Her own chest was stuck! How could this happen?!

With half her body inside the spatial rift, Bronya thought of those notebooks where half of the body was stuck in the wall... and instantly blushed with embarrassment. Then she quickly had the Titan behind her push her forcefully into the spatial rift.

Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the research center, the heavily armed rabbit silently read the data inside its quantum data core, silently encrypted it, and stored it deep within its core.

Chapter 51: Underground Base

Protected by the constructed shield, Bronya successfully traversed the spatial rift and landed smoothly on the ground. Fortunately, the exit of the rift was not as narrow as the entrance, so she wouldn't get stuck.

After landing, Bronya didn't move at all, but quietly surveyed her surroundings. She was in a dark warehouse. With her right hand on her temple, her light blue analytical goggles quickly formed. After scanning the area, Bronya had a basic understanding of the warehouse's environment. Most importantly, she found the half-finished nuclear bomb that the research center had lost.

According to the research center's data records, the semi-finished nuclear bomb was intended to be dismantled and sent back to the domestic processing agency, but it was unexpectedly intercepted at this time. Bronya couldn't help but suspect that there might be some kind of spy involved.

How did a mercenary organization manage to get information about and intercept a nuclear bomb that was being transported back for dismantling, a shipment that is usually handled in a classified manner?

Furthermore, with this kind of trans-dimensional assault method, Bronya also has to be wary of one thing: the existence of contractors. And it's possible that the other party appeared before her and has experienced more missions than she has.

"Calling command... Can you hear me?"

Bronya tried to contact the command center through the communication headset. If the command center could locate her position, she would know which country the organization belonged to. In this way, the Chinese authorities could also quickly find out the true nature of the other party based on the information they had investigated.

Unfortunately, there was no sound in Bronya's headphones; it was eerily quiet.

It seems we can't contact command anymore, so let's continue exploring.

Bronya went straight to a control terminal in the room, and in the instant she stood up, she had already hacked into the four cameras in the room. In just a few minutes, she finished hacking into the control terminal and gained control of a small part of the facilities inside the base.

It's more impressive than Bronya had anticipated. This base is enormous, an underground space base with an internal surface area of ​​about 20 square kilometers. Such a massive underground base is not something that an ordinary mercenary organization could create.

Bronya then used the materials at her disposal to create a temporary space probe. This probe could detect spatial distortions in the surrounding area. She planned to first locate the device used by the enemy's chronospace assault, so that it would not be so easy for the people in the base to escape.

Soon, the spatial distortion phenomena inside the base were located, and there were actually three of them! Moreover, each of them was a large spatial distortion area, so it seems that this device is not only very large, but also quite numerous.

Bronya then continued deeper into the underground research base. The optical cloaking shield was not enough in this base, so Bronya added an infrared shield before she could move around the base.

During the exploration, Bronya discovered three large weapons depots. Inside the depots were not only the complete set of US military equipment used in the two attacks on China, but also China's own military equipment! They even had China's main battle tanks currently in service, and in considerable numbers.

This left Bronya deeply puzzled. If it was possible to obtain American tanks and weapons because someone in the military was secretly selling arms for profit, that would be understandable. But why were Chinese weapons here?

But that wasn't the end of it. As Bronya walked through the corridor, she discovered a vast space filled with flying vehicles. In addition to basic U.S. Air Force fighter jets, there was a heavy gunship, a heavy transport plane, and even a bomber.

Bronya was shocked. Who exactly was this organization in the underground space? So much weaponry couldn't have been obtained through secret purchase or theft. It was probably produced in a hidden military factory right here!

Bronya felt that simply disabling the Chrono Assault Device was not enough; she needed to find the nearest data terminal, hack it, and see what was hidden inside the base!

So Bronya explored and hacked into nearby devices. Along the way, she saw two things that shocked her: an Apollo fighter jet and... a Viking fighter jet.

Yes, the latest Apollo fighter jets from the United States, as well as the Viking fighters she brought back to China, were all here. However, having already learned a great deal about the Viking fighters, she determined that they were made of ordinary alloys and would probably fall apart within minutes of takeoff. It seems that the production formula for the next-generation steel and the related machine tools she had just acquired had not yet been leaked.

This made Bronya even more vigilant. If they could obtain these things, how deep had the other side infiltrated? Neither the United States nor China knew of the existence of such infiltrators...

This further solidified Bronya's determination to destroy the base.

As Bronya continued her journey, she saw more military equipment she had never seen before: peacekeeping bombers, Paladin tank destroyers, and... Iron Man's armor, but still no state-of-the-art Ark power source, only palladium batteries.

Damn it! What is the origin of this base? She originally thought there might be a contractor within this organization, but now Bronya was starting to panic. Was there really only one? If there really was only one contractor, how many missions had he completed to acquire all this weaponry?

How powerful will the opponent become? These are all unknowns.

Just then, Bronya stopped in her tracks because she saw the signpost in front of her.

Quantum Sea Laboratory

"...The Sea of ​​Quanta..."

Bronya's first thought was... Seele, this contractor, could she have also been to the Honkai world?

Originally, she planned to continue the infiltration mission. After all, once she had control of all the facilities in the base, her Herrscher of Reason ability would allow her to instantly turn the entire base into a part of her own power. Then, she could have Little Rabbit teleport over and immediately control everything in the base.

However... for some reason, Bronya still chose to head in the direction indicated by the road sign: the [Sea of ​​Quantum Laboratory].

Along the way, Bronya saw many more labs that shocked her: a hyperspace lab, an Iron Curtain lab, a mind lab! Good heavens! Did you collect all the secondary superweapon technologies from the three main factions in the game?

This made Bronya even more convinced of the existence of contractors. Soon, Bronya arrived at the entrance of the Quantum Sea Laboratory, took a deep breath, hacked into the control terminal next to her, and after confirming that no one was nearby, she entered.

Chapter 52: Seele and the Infinity Stones

The environment inside the Quantum Sea Laboratory was much simpler, or rather... much more ordinary, than Bronya had imagined. There were no strangely shaped quantum shadows, nor mechanical creations filled with quantum properties; just ordinary mechanical equipment and devices.

There was nothing around that she could study. Although she didn't know what it was for, Bronya's intuition as the Herrscher of Reason told her that this wasn't the most valuable thing, and she didn't need to waste time on it.

So she continued deeper into the area, and soon she was stopped by a large door. The top of the door had four large characters: "Sea of ​​Quantum". To Bronya's surprise, her senses and abilities were unable to detect what was behind the door. Out of curiosity, she hacked into the control terminal next to her and opened the door.

Instantly, familiar Honkai energy surged towards Bronya. Her Herrscher of Reason instincts compelled her to absorb the Honkai energy here. Bronya quickly entered the room and immediately closed the door to prevent further leakage of Honkai energy. Bronya's gaze gradually locked onto the jar in the very center of the room.

It was a biohazard tank, and the person inside...

Bronya rushed to the bio-tank, staring at the familiar figure inside. No... this couldn't be...

“Seele…no, how did you get here…”

Bronya couldn't believe it, but the girl's face inside the bio-tank, that familiar blue-purple short hair, and most notably, the stigma mark on her chest, all unmistakably indicated that the girl before her was Seele.

At this moment, Bronya's long-forgotten memories suddenly surged, and the memories of spending time with Seele in the orphanage resurfaced in her mind, bringing tears to Bronya's eyes.

Bronya forced herself to calm down, wiped away the tears on her cheeks, and began to analyze the situation calmly. First of all, there was no doubt that Seele was inside the bio-tank. In addition, the Honkai energy in this closed room was very likely Honkai energy transmitted through the Quantum Sea channel, or it might have been Honkai energy that belonged to Seele herself.

But... where is the passage to the Sea of ​​Quanta?

The Seele in front of us may not be the Seele of this world. This world has no Honkai energy, no Stigmata, and no Honkai will. Furthermore, it is uncertain whether Seele even exists in this world.

Bronya rubbed her temples. No matter what, she had made up her mind: she had to save Seele. However...

Looking around, Bronya suppressed her urge to rescue Seele immediately. The base was so vast, and with all the technology and equipment she had seen along the way, the existence of the Contractors was basically confirmed. If she rescued Seele now, it would be difficult to protect her in the upcoming battle against the Contractors.

They might not even be able to defeat their opponent.

Bronya reached out and placed her hand on the surface of the bio-tank, a gentle smile on her face. "Seele... wait for me, I will definitely save you."

After lingering there briefly, Bronya quickly left after setting up a barrier of energy around the bio-tank for protection.

What Bronya couldn't see was Seele slowly opening her eyes inside the bio-tank... the crimson light in her eyes.

Blo....Nia..., older sister....

..........

After leaving the Quantum Sea Laboratory, Bronya completely abandoned the idea of ​​continuing her slow exploration. Instead, she hacked into a control terminal and began to quickly search for nearby data terminals through reverse engineering. As luck would have it, the locations of several data terminals were all exposed to Bronya's perception.

Bronya teleported directly to the data terminal, but just as she was about to make her move, she froze. She found herself in a place resembling a command center. Looking at the red dots marked on the massive holographic map in front of her, and the countdown timer for each dot, Bronya realized that this was not a good plan.

So he acted decisively.

Heavy Bunny was instantly teleported back to Bronya's side, and the surging construct energy ignored everyone present, instantly invading the data terminal in front of them.

Like a virus, it rapidly multiplied and invaded the entire base's control system. The Reloaded Rabbit transformed into a quantum data stream and entered the data terminal, beginning to dominate this massive invasion.

At the same time, a red alarm sounded, but Bronya's lips curled into a faint smile; it was too late.

"Hands up! Take your hands off..."

The fully armed guards who rushed in hadn't even finished their lines when they were instantly punched away by a Titan mech that appeared out of nowhere.