Humans are in chaos, despicable outsiders.

After the discussion ended, Kiana, sporting a Stan's hat, looked at Night Owl, who was still engrossed in online chatting. After being dragged to Sky City to work overtime, Night Owl had completely let loose after seeing his new boss openly mingling with the Valkyries of Schicksal and the Herrscher of the Collapse. He had started openly chatting with his sweetheart in Schicksal.

"Oh, that's right. Her name is Anna, a Valkyrie of the Shaniat family; she's currently the captain of the Snow Lotus Squad stationed on Coral Island by Schicksal... She saved my life during a previous Honkai disaster... In a sense, she's my savior..."

Night Owl scratched his head a little embarrassedly... After all, turning his savior into his girlfriend... that's probably unique among couples...

"I see... Hmm, I definitely want to meet her sometime. She must be an incredibly brave Valkyrie..."

Kiana looked at Imotek as if she had thought of something, and the latter nodded in tacit agreement.

—If you want to save them, then save them; a knight should follow his own heart and will.

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Chapter 233 The Path to Civilization's Ascension

After sending the remaining people away, Kiana and Imotek were alone in the living room, seemingly plotting something else.

"Are you really not going to tell that guy? I remember he and his girlfriend are named Chen Tianwu and Anna Shaniat, right...?"

"Telling him now won't do any good; it will only make him worry and panic, throwing him off balance..."

"It would be better if you just launched a surprise attack on the spot... I think Fu Hua has already taught you that move."

Imotek, sprawled on the sofa, looked at Kiana, who seemed somewhat bewildered.

"Huh? Which trick...? The class monitor taught me so much... even a lot of cooking techniques—Imotek, do you want to try it?"

Kiana looked at her companion with some eagerness, intending to enter the kitchen...

"Before you enter the kitchen, let me make a local 119 fire emergency number in China... and, I hope that a certain Kiana comrade—has some idea of ​​the culinary talent of the Kaslana family."

Imotek decisively rejected Kiana's invitation to die, leaving the latter with no choice but to give up in disappointment...

"Cough cough cough... And all you remember are cooking skills, right? — You unlucky kid, have you even learned the Void Sword God technique?!"

Imotek glared at Kiana, who was grinning, as he steered the conversation back to normal.

"The Great Void Sword God... you've almost mastered it—wait, Imotek, you mean..."

Kiana seemed to have guessed something, looking at the white-haired girl lounging lazily on the sofa, waiting for her definitive reply...

“That’s right, Anna Schariac’s will was corrupted by the Honkai, and she lost the struggle for control of her body—”

"Then why don't we just take advantage of the Honkai Will ourselves... Control the intensity, and sever both the Honkai consciousness and the Herrscher personality—and add another Herrscher companion to your family."

"Hmm, if you think you can do it, you can try taking down two Herrschers at once—even you, Fu Hua, couldn't do that back in the day..."

Imotek seemed to have thought of something, and smacked his lips as he looked at Kiana in front of him... seemingly looking forward to Kiana's double kill with one sword.

"I won't do fancy tricks like 'two in a row'... One shot per person, playing it safe is the best approach."

Kiana, whose personality is still rather calm, thought about it and although she was somewhat tempted, she ultimately rejected Imotek's proposal.

"It's up to you... Anyway, you're in charge of taking care of these two heterosexuals—"

"And what happened afterward? These two Herrschers... one from Schicksal, the other from World Serpent..."

"That's no need for you to worry about that... Walter Joyce's been sitting in his office doing Anti-Entropy for ages, he's practically numb from sitting there all day. Just give him a couple of junior Herrschers to mentor him..."

"Isn't it good to let him take the opportunity to slack off?"

"Speaking of which, you... you haven't met with Mei even once, have you?"

"They just wanted me to provoke her or something..."

Imotek gave a strange look.

"Aren't you going to go and get close to her for a while? In a little while, you won't even have the chance to!"

"No... Mei is too weak right now... and we have a whole host of troublesome things to deal with later, where only strength can determine our fate..."

"Until Mei becomes strong enough... my frequent contact with her will only drag her into unnecessary trouble with Mari..."

Kiana shook her head solemnly, refusing Imotek's enticements...

“We two aren’t like you and Jiuxiao… who can treat Destiny’s Entropy Reversal, World Serpent, and Honkai like a football… so that even if we do something openly and honestly, no one will think much of it.”

"Hmm...that makes sense. Should we leave her a letter?"

"This is also a good opportunity to give her a jolt... to make her realize the situation as soon as possible..."

"That makes sense... but I can't write this kind of thing either..."

Kiana, who didn't have much knowledge, revealed a knowing look in her eyes.

"Who asked you to write anything fancy? Just write some corny, honest stuff, that's all. You're not going to pick up girls—"

"You've already got Raiden Mei all under your nose."

"Cough cough cough, why are you speaking such blunt truths—!"

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"By the way, what are you going to do with the jackal...?"

With Imotek's guidance, Kiana, having finished writing the letter at the table, suddenly thought of something and looked at her companion in front of her.

"When you ruin her plans and beat her so badly she can't take care of herself and starts questioning the meaning of life—"

“I will come out and tell her about our new plan—people are always fickle, and once they find a new love, they will quickly forget their old one...and...she is not entirely without merit.”

Imotek held up a disposable syringe, and in the sunlight streaming through the window, the unusual dark golden liquid inside appeared crystal clear.

"There's no need to go through any cruel evolutionary plans based on survival of the fittest... Social Democrats are going to be shot."

"Is it the suffering of flesh and blood, the sublimation of genes, or even transcendence and sainthood...?"

"Ah, we can broaden our horizons a bit, and get a little more insane—"

—For example, stepping into the highest heavens and transforming into a natural disaster...

.......

A crazy and unbelievable plan is about to begin, driven by an unseen force...

Until the existence called "humanity" truly accepts this gift.

Of course, the last few words were spoken very softly, almost as if they were being uttered silently in Imotek's mind, and the White Knight did not hear them.

"Hey, hey, hey, what's that gurgling sound...?"

Kiana waved her hand in front of Imotek, who was lost in thought, trying to bring her back to consciousness...

"Ah...it's nothing—"

"I was just thinking about something..."

"What is it?"

The knight princess wore a curious expression, waiting for Imotek's answer.

"It's after you're captured and taken to the North African branch... that the World Serpent will emerge and attack there..."

"Should I go over when Ancestor Kevin and that scoundrel Dad are negotiating...?"

"And if I went over there, which side should I stand on...?"

"Otto probably wouldn't recognize you now... and that ancestor probably wouldn't make things difficult for you?"

"We can't exactly send you to negotiate with Otto on behalf of World Serpent... That would be too perverse..."

Kiana shrugged indifferently, indicating that you shouldn't overthink it—we, the Kaslana family, are all as innocent as you, where would we get any bad intentions?

"I hope so..."

The white-haired angel girl seemed to have forgotten who had placed her in the position of the World Serpent's Little Lord...

Chapter 234 At All Costs, to Continue

"My lord, the Sacred Mark Project has entered its final stage..."

In the dimly lit hall, the jackal bowed to the white-haired girl on the throne, reporting on the progress of the plan.

“Dr. Cleo….”

"grown ups?"

The jackal, whose name Imotek had called him by, lowered its head even further.

"You said this potion... it can increase the body's resistance to Honkai energy... right?"

The girl on the throne toyed with a small vial of vaccine in her hand. The transparent, colorless liquid swirled inside the vial, containing some kind of infinite mystery.

“That’s right, sir. The activation of the Stigmata requires a large amount of Honkai energy to accelerate its growth. Ordinary people’s bodies do not have enough natural Honkai energy resistance, so they can only enhance it through this serum as an external force.”

"Even so... the chance of awakening a Holy Mark is only going from one in ten million to one in a million..."

Jackal fell silent for the first time in a long while when the success rate was mentioned...

"In other words... in this city of millions, the last few lucky ones... are few and far between—"

.....

Is it worth it?

After a long silence, the figure on the throne let out a sigh. The jackal dared not look up at the majestic god seated on the throne, silently trying to guess the expression on the figure's face.

"grown ups....."

The woman seemed to have finally mustered her courage, and she looked up at the figure on the throne... In the dimly lit room, only a sliver of sunlight streamed down from the ceiling, illuminating Imotek's face, making it impossible to discern her expression—

"Um?"

"As long as humanity exists in the end, it's all worth it."

The jackal voiced his thoughts, which were humanity's most primal and savage desires—

We must continue at all costs.

"...Alive? Ha, indeed—"

Imotek looked up at the jackal in front of her. At this moment, she was not wearing a mask, and the expression on her face revealed sincerity.