The system handed me over to the state.

The impact of losing a hand and a leg is not so easy to ignore.

"Wait for me here. Don't worry, nothing will happen."

After calming Seele down, Bronya turned and entered the fake rock wall in front of her. Durandal turned back and asked, "How strong is she? I mean... her combat ability!"

Seele thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "I don't know."

"do not know?"

"Well, Bronya has never fully shown her strength. Either she fights alone, or Usagi fights alone. It's rare to see the two of them fighting together in a coordinated manner, and I've never seen them fight at their peak."

"Furthermore, Bronya said that she still has many wonderful ideas that she hasn't realized yet. She said that if they could be realized, the Herrschers would be nothing more than... ants."

Chapter 136: I'm Here to Negotiate Terms

After entering the virtual rock wall, Bronya stared at the dark, deep hall in front of her, and the three passages in the depths. Was she being forced to choose one?

Bronya was feeling a little bored. Luckily, there was a control panel on the side, even though it was turned off...

A faint blue beam of light immediately entered the shut-down control interface in front of her. Bronya forcibly activated the control platform in front of her. After the control platform was activated, Bronya began her intrusion. However, unfortunately, the other party seemed to be on guard against her abilities. The data in the control platform had been completely cleared, and there was not even a trace of the remaining functions.

Bronya touched her lips lightly, finally giving up on thinking, and constructed three round, silver-white spherical creations. Then, the three spherical creations entered the three passages in front of them respectively, exploring forward and occasionally emitting blue rays to scan the surrounding passage environment.

This is a scanning robot developed by Bronya herself, inspired by the Prometheus from the Alien film series. However, due to the complicated internal structure of the flying robot, she chose to move it on the ground.

However, the result was beyond Bronya's expectations. Each of the three passages had a door, and there were no traps or mechanisms along the way, which put Bronya in a difficult position.

But when she tried to return, she found that the rock wall she had entered through had completely solidified, and she could not get out.

After being able to inform the two people outside of their situation via communicator, Bronya chose the middle passage and began to move forward.

Having reached the door smoothly, Bronya hesitated for a moment before reaching out and grasping the doorknob. She turned the doorknob, and the door opened easily. However, the next second, a tremendous force suddenly came from the other side of the door. The next second, Bronya returned the force with even greater strength, and with a bang, the door was slammed shut by Bronya.

Sure enough, the normal way of opening the door was not quite right.

So Bronya raised Icarus in her hand and aimed it at the door in front of her. Icarus began to transform and expand rapidly, eventually becoming a giant silver-white cannon with a support frame.

"Try this!"

White light condensed at the muzzle, and a powerful energy fluctuation rapidly gathered there. At the peak of this energy, Bronya pulled the trigger.

The next second, a thick white beam of light pierced through the gate and attacked the space behind it. The terrifying white beam lasted for nearly 30 seconds before slowly stopping. Bronya put away the energy cannon she had set up. Hmm... the prism cannon in its set-up form was indeed not as good as Bunny's casual attack at full power when it was charging up.

However, this power is sufficient, roughly equivalent to... three times the power of a single-soldier prism cannon.

After all, prism energy weapons have always been particularly effective against buildings, but less so against people, and even less effective against vehicles.

Only the prism cannon mentioned above has the power to instantly destroy heavy vehicles, but that's all generated by burning energy!

Bronya returned to the main gate, lifted her foot, stepped lightly on it, and then exerted a little force, causing the broken gate to fall to the ground.

However, behind her was a vast space. Bronya stepped forward, looked up, and saw that it was a circular hall.

"Ah... this kind of place is simply the best place to ambush. The second and third floors are all full of people, pointing their weapons at us. It's that simple."

Bronya had just finished her remark when the dark hall suddenly lit up. Just as she had said, a large number of people poured out from the upper floors, each holding a gun and pointing it at Bronya. A large number of people also poured out from the first floor.

Bronya took a look around and saw that all the people holding guns above and melee weapons below were women, and Bronya could sense the faint Honkai energy within their bodies.

Are they all Valkyries?

Bronya raised her hand, and a blue light constructed a prism behind her. The next second, a powerful magnetic force instantly covered the entire hall. The weapons in the hands of all the girls were pulled away and then sucked into the prism, crashing into it.

Within five seconds of emerging, everyone had lost their weapons. Bronya, looking at the massive array of weapons held together by magnetism behind her, sighed slightly and said, "Can we talk this over? I don't want to resort to violence. This... makes it impossible for me to remain elegant."

Bronya didn't want to fight for a long time, especially with so many people... Even if it was just pure melee without weapons, she didn't think it would be very interesting.

"Maintain elegance? Do you mechanical constructs even need to maintain elegance?"

A voice rang out from high above, and the next second, crimson flames descended from the sky, heading straight for Bronya. Bronya easily jumped back to dodge the attack, thinking to herself, "Flames, Kiana?"

However, when the master of the flames appeared, Bronya was stunned. The crimson armor, the imposing chest, the mature charm, and the long crimson hair.

"Himeko... teacher?"

"Oh? You know me? It seems that even though I'm dead, you constructs haven't forgotten me."

Bronya frowned. Why was Himeko here? Wasn't Himeko supposed to have died in her battle against Herrscher of the Void?

"Himeko-sensei! I want to join too!"

A familiar voice descended from the sky, and a white figure landed lightly beside Himeko. It was Kiana, and Kiana who had awakened as the Herrscher of Fire. Bronya began to feel that things were getting complicated.

Bronya then decisively put away Icarus, canceled the magnetic force of the prism behind her, and a large number of weapons scattered on the ground with a whoosh.

"I surrender, can we stop fighting?"

Bronya's actions stunned the two people in front of her, and her next words only added to their confusion.

"Let me introduce myself. I am Bronya Zaychek, captain of the Shenzhou-1 Special Task Force Dimensional Division. I'm here to negotiate, not to fight."

“I have two more companions outside, and you should know them well. Most importantly... you should already know that, right?”

Himeko and Kiana exchanged a glance. Just then, a person walked out from the side. Upon seeing the light blue wavy hair, Bronya knew that she could avoid this battle.

"Hello, Ms. Bronya, it's a pleasure to meet you at this time, but I hope you are someone who fights for humanity."

Einstein said expressionlessly, then moved closer to Bronya and used his instrument to scan her entire body.

"I'm sorry, I still need to confirm whether you are human. Please understand."

"That's alright, so now, can we have a proper talk?"

Chapter 137: Alliance

"Durandal...you're still alive."

Upon seeing Durandal, everyone present showed expressions of surprise. Durandal nodded in response, "That's right, I'm still alive. Bronya saved me, as well as all the Valkyries who were captured and controlled. It's just that I recovered faster, which is why I was able to come along this time."

Bronya, standing to the side, wore an innocent expression, as if to say, "See? I told you I wasn't lying."

Dr. Einstein looked thoughtful. "Being controlled... Can you describe to me what kind of controlled state you are in?"

Durandal looked at Bronya. To be honest, she didn't know, but Bronya, who had rescued her, should know.

Bronya then explained the events surrounding Durandal and the others to those present, detailing the causes and consequences. Since the principles and reasons were already clear, it was easy to explain.

"Neural connection device... I see. Those modified Valkyries we saw were just pure mechanical constructs. No wonder they didn't fight us. Were they afraid of being exposed if they couldn't win?"

"Because we're afraid that once we discover they're mechanical constructs, we'll rush in to rescue them. After all, everyone's strength is very powerful. If we can find a way to ignore the outside environment, rushing in to rescue them would be the simplest thing."

Himeko was somewhat unhappy. If she had known that the Valkyries were still alive, she would definitely have asked Dr. Einstein to plan a surprise attack to rescue them.

"It sounds like you launched a raid on their headquarters?"

Dr. Einstein's mentor noticed something else: Bronya knew so much detail and was able to rescue Durandal and the others. Did this mean they had launched a surprise attack on the enemy's base?

“That’s right. Before we came here, we launched a raid on their headquarters, rescued these Valkyries, killed the culprits of this apocalypse, and destroyed most of their mechanical factory.”

"In the coming period, the mechanical constructs will be in a state of exhaustion. As long as we can overcome the constraints brought by the external environment, we will be able to easily defeat all the enemies. And next, the only things that the humans of this world will have to face are the adverse effects of the environment and the constantly emerging Honkai Beasts."

A hint of surprise finally appeared on Einstein's unchanging face. "You...you actually did that? Do you possess such great power?"

Bronya laughed. "Dr. Einstein, it's not just Seele who's with me; there's also an assault team. I'm not alone. Behind me stands a nation, a powerful nation that has grown up in an environment where Honkai has never existed."

"No... collapse?"

This statement shocked not only Einstein, but also Himeko and Kiana. Kiana stared at Bronya, "No Honkai... is that possible? But aren't you a Herrscher? If there's no Honkai, how did you, a Herrscher, come into being?"

Bronya smiled. "I was born with the help of higher dimensions to become a Herrscher. Thanks to them, as a Herrscher, I don't have to worry about any possibility of Honkai spreading. Of course, you original Herrschers who go there don't need to worry about the possibility of Honkai spreading either, as long as you can control your power."

Himeko and Kiana exchanged a glance. A world without Honkai—what a wonderful world that would be! Kiana was somewhat tempted, but she knew very well that her mission was not yet complete, and she could not leave this place yet.

"Dr. Einstein, were you looking for me?"

At that moment, a slightly cold voice rang out from the side. After the mechanical door opened, Mei, in her Herrscher of Thunder form, appeared in the room. Upon seeing Bronya and Seele, Mei couldn't help but show surprise, "Bronya... and... Seele?"

"Wait, Bronya, when did you...?"

"When did you grow up so much?"

Bronya smiled and asked in return. Mei hesitated for a moment, then nodded. Einstein then explained, and Mei exclaimed in surprise, "Then if that's the case, you're the third person to come here from a parallel world."

Bronya was stunned. A third one? From a parallel world? Does that mean there are two other people who also came from a parallel world?

"What...does this mean?"

Bronya asked in confusion. Einstein pondered for a moment and slowly said, "As you can see, Miss Himeko comes from another parallel world. In that parallel world, she was preparing to have a final battle with the Herrscher of the Void when she was transported to this world by strange spatial fluctuations."

"The other one is a girl named Brownie. She has a face that looks exactly like Bronya, but her personality is completely different. Unfortunately, she left after completing her so-called mission."

Bronya blinked. Brownie? Isn't that the alternate dimension counterpart from the game's side story? It's a pity I didn't get to meet Brownie. But if that's the case, then when I was hacking into the tower's control system... was that third party Brownie?

"Brownie? I hope I'll have the chance to see her again sometime. Anyway, Doctor, are you in charge of the survivor base on Mount Taixu?"

Einstein nodded. "Currently, the survivors of Mount Taixu are being managed by Bishop Theresa. Before his death, Otto passed on his position as bishop to Lady Theresa, but his whereabouts are unknown afterward. At present, with the help of Miss Fu Hua, we have established a base in the mountain.

"With the help of Kiana and Mei at the base, we have temporarily gained a foothold here."

As I guessed, the next step is to make contact.

"Then... could I meet Theresa? I'm here representing the Shenzhou faction from another parallel world. We hope to establish an alliance with the last survivors of Mount Taixu. In return, we will provide a safe area and various supplies to ensure your normal life."

"Of course, if you don't like us, we'll leave this world right now and never come back."

Bronya was actually quite worried. After all, the main purpose of Shenzhou coming to this world was to obtain more resources outside of this universe. Of course, helping Shenzhou in this world was also necessary, but if they didn't want them to come, then they would really be in a difficult situation.

Therefore, Bronya still hopes that Theresa and the others can accept their arrival, and it would be even better if they could sign an alliance agreement.

Chapter 138: It will grow up, yes! It will grow up!

"What's wrong? Aren't you going to meet up with your old friends?"

Seele shook her head. "Look at them... have they noticed me? I'm standing right next to you. Durandal is even more attractive to them than I am. If it were her, it might be a little better, but for me, they mostly just don't approve."

Seele looked at Himeko and the others talking with Durandal in the distance, feeling very disappointed. Bronya reached out and patted Seele's head, saying, "It's okay, you still have me and her. After we go back and heal her Honkai erosion problem, you won't have this much time to relax in the future."