Humans are in chaos, despicable outsiders.

The female voice, which was by no means unpleasant, sounded to the entire crew of the Onomia at that moment no different from the whispers of the devil.

"Lord—is this a trial You have given us?" In the command channel of Zone 3, a guard with a face blackened by thick smoke looked at his companion, trembling and sobbing softly.

"Lady Cocolia, please give the order! That Valkyrie is less than three zones away from the bridge!"

"Damn it! How could the Far East Branch have someone like this! That appearance? Durandal, the S-rank Valkyrie from Schicksal Headquarters?!"

When His days come, there will be cruelty, wrath, and fierce anger; He will make the land desolate and destroy sinners from it.

"Two compartments away from the bridge!!!" A cry that sounded more like a wail than a report rang out from the intelligence officer's position.

"No, that S-rank Valkyrie wouldn't be this extreme! Who is this person? Why is there no record of her in Anti-Entropy's intelligence?! Did she just pop out of the void?! Stop her, at any cost!"

Cocolia roared hysterically, slamming her fist into the captain's control panel. Blood flowed from it, staining the touchscreen.

The stars in the sky do not shine; when the sun rises, darkness falls, and the moon no longer shines.

...Silence, a deathly silence enveloped all the crew of the Onomia—those blocking the way to the bridge, those heading towards the bridge to provide support, and those trapped in the bridge awaiting their judgment.

[I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their sins; I will put an end to the arrogance of the proud and subdue the pride of the violent.] The melodious song continues to be sung.

"Compartment 2 Lost..." The shadow of death enveloped everyone on the warship... People began to sob softly, and even the strongest of them trembled uncontrollably.

"I will make people fewer than fine gold, fewer than the pure gold of Ophir—" The death knell continued relentlessly.

After a brief exchange of fire, the number one compartment outside the door fell silent... At that moment, those on the bridge discovered something utterly shocking... In just a few minutes—their time to face death had arrived.

[On the day of His fierce anger, the heavens will tremble and the earth will shake and depart from its place.] The melodious chanting no longer needs to be transmitted through communication channels; it can be clearly heard through the gate.

Finally, the heavy door was easily torn open; it was ripped to pieces as easily as a sheet of paper.

The blonde girl stood on the bridge of the Onomia, her arrogant, deep blue eyes sweeping over the ordinary people before her.

......

"Submission or death—"

Chapter Thirty-Two: Operation in Progress

Silence fell on the bridge of the Honoria, then a sharp gunshot shattered the silence.

"boom--!"

The bullet struck the almost tangible black aura, and the once-unstoppable metal bullet instantly turned to dust.

"What!...No...I didn't, I didn't, no...no...no...I didn't mean to shoot!—"

The strategist, who was pointing his gun at the Valkyrie, stared incredulously at the still-smoking muzzle of his gun; fear overwhelmed him, silencing all his thoughts.

He tried to turn and run, but the bridge had already collapsed, and he had nowhere to escape; he wanted to shout for help, but there were no soldiers left to fight him, like a caged beast; he wanted to kneel and beg for mercy, but the smoking gun barrels were still taking away his last hope.

Black ice crept up his body, originating from its owner's wicked intentions. The blackness slowly and steadily eroded his body from top to bottom, stripping him of his reason and devouring his fear.

"Help me—" He looked at his colleagues beside him, like a drowning person pleading for help from the shore.

No one dared to look him in the eye; they all turned their heads away as if they had seen a plague god.

Black ice crept up the last sliver of his exposed skin, shrouding his vacant, lifeless eyes and taking away his last chance of survival.

The ice sculpture crumbled into dust, and the human figure that once stood there vanished without a trace.

"You're wasting my patience..." Looking at the silent crowd on the bridge, who seemed to have their throats choked, the blonde Valkyrie spoke again.

"Silence is the highest form of contempt... So—this is your final, silent resistance?"

Black ice crystals began to spread along the bridge floor, and a tangible fear eroded the hearts of those present.

"This is my final act of mercy towards you—"

"Insignificant ants... to live or to die—!" Blackness crept up to everyone's ankles, shattering their last shred of pathetic illusion.

She really will kill us; no one will come to our rescue.

The spreading black ice destroyed their last shred of hope and shattered their remaining courage.

“We…surrender…” Cocolia looked at the girl before her, who was half a head shorter than her, yet had instilled boundless fear in the entire warship in just a few minutes. She wisely chose to pay homage to the French tradition of World War II—surrender.

"Cowardly...but a wise choice, Commander of Anti-Entropy."

"If I'm a little braver, are you going to kill everyone on our ship?!" Cocolia's inner voice roared.

--

Boarding maneuvers, originating from one of the oldest and most enduring tactics in the history of naval warfare, have been the dominant combat tactic for the vast majority of the past two thousand years.

The ships of both sides chased and closed in on each other. When their gunwales touched, the attacking warriors would leap onto the decks of the opposing ship and engage in a brutal and bloody hand-to-hand combat to eliminate the enemy's manpower.

The sinking of enemy ships is often merely a byproduct of battle; in most cases, capturing enemy ships is the true objective.

This ancient and barbaric tactic had originally become a relic of history books and novels due to the rapid development of firearms technology.

The bombardment between heavy artillery and high-precision guided weapons is the mainstream, destiny, and naval warfare as perceived by most members of Anti-Entropy in this era.

Of course, this only applies to the majority—Theresa looked at Snow and Jiuxiao, who were sitting in the captain's seat of the Anti-Entropy warship on the screen, and at Ningdi, who had a dagger pressed against the neck of an Anti-Entropy captain, her lips twitching.

"The three of you? Each of you, one ship, crushed all the resistance forces on an Anti-Entropy warship?"

On the bridge of the Hyperion, the members of the Far East Branch stared at the three people on the screen as if they had seen a ghost, a feeling of reverence sprouting within them.

【Awesome!】Their thoughts ultimately boiled down to just two words.

"To be precise, Jiuxiao and I crashed into their lower deck, while Ningdi stormed into their bridge and took their captain hostage... Ningdi, remember to try a different method next time!"

"What if we damage some of their control systems, causing the warship to crash into the sea at a 90-degree angle? That would be such a waste," Snow nodded with a hint of regret, though it was unclear what he was worried about.

"Hey, by the way, Theresa, let me tell you, that journey was really dangerous! Those guys actually sent Titan mechs and suicide bombers to blow me up—" Jiu Xiao added fuel to the fire.

"Luckily, I reacted quickly and dodged it in a flash. I was so fast—I'm telling you, Anti-Entropy, you guys have no sportsmanship..."

Snow and Jiuxiao suddenly turned into comedians, telling a stand-up comedy routine over the communication channel, while the Anti-Entropy members beside them twitched their eyes, angry but not daring to say anything. Some even wore expressions like old people on the subway looking at their phones.

[fnndp, you two were just playing Dynasty Warriors on our ship!!!]

Are these two comedians the same person who just went on a killing spree on the ship, using Titans and security forces like lambs to the slaughter?

"Ahem, you two, be serious! Chi You is still down there. I'm going to contact Ji Zi and the others right now!" Theresa coughed at the two of them to remind them to be serious.

.....

Short-range communication was established as they approached Chi You's airspace. The person contacted was not Himeko Murata as Theresa had anticipated, but Fu Hua.

"Fu Hua? It's you? Where's Himeko?" Theresa's anxiety intensified as she looked at the silver-haired Valkyrie before her.

"Calm down, Headmaster. Professor Himeko and I were separated due to an accident, and her communicator seems to be damaged..."

"—However, Mei and Kiana should be with Himeko-sensei. With their strength, dealing with the Honkai creations inside Chi You shouldn't be a problem."

"Fu Hua, what happened before? Why did the Judgment-class Honkai Beast Chi You from the ancient records suddenly appear?" Theresa asked anxiously.

"To be precise, Chi You didn't appear suddenly, Dean. The Nine Netherworlds we're searching for is actually the space within Chi You's body..."

"Later records contain errors. It wasn't destroyed by the Yellow Emperor at the time, but rather sealed here. Meanwhile, the Anti-Entropy forces somehow infiltrated the area, attempting to seize the Yellow Emperor's sword—the Xuanyuan Sword—as recorded in the records."

"During the battle with the Anti-Entropy forces, the seal set up by the Yellow Emperor was accidentally broken, and Chi You's core was reawakened and began to function."

Fu Hua calmly reported the current situation, and his steady tone eased Theresa's anxiety somewhat.

"You've discovered Chi You's core, haven't you, Squad Leader Fu Hua?" Snow's voice broke into the communication.

“Yes, Snow? What are you doing on Anti-Entropy’s warship?” Fu Hua nodded, then suddenly noticed the large Anti-Entropy logo behind the blonde girl on the screen.

"Oh, that? I boarded their ship and hijacked it. The Hyperion's firepower alone couldn't stop Chi You's advance. This Judgment-class Honkai Beast is heading towards Canghai City in Shenzhou."

"I remember you're from China, squad leader, right? We're saving your homeland!"

If our previous conjecture is correct, Chi You should have multiple sub-cores and one main core.

"We need you, squad leader, to guide us. Our warships will precisely bombard those cores to halt Chi You's actions, and then completely destroy its core."

"There are five detectable high-concentration Honkai energy reactions on the warship, located near its heart and limbs. We can provide you with general directional guidance, but the exact location of the core can only be marked by you, squad leader."

"Do you understand, Fu Hua? The safety of all the citizens of Canghai City and the safety of Himeko and the others are now in your hands," Theresa said seriously, looking at the gray-haired Valkyrie in front of the screen.

"Your Excellency Dean, I will certainly not fail in my mission!" Fu Hua nodded earnestly and began to take action.

--

"All ships, main weapons loading and standby status!"

The weapons crews on the four warships sprang into action, and the members of Destiny and Anti-Entropy, now fully engaged, temporarily set aside their previous unpleasantness and fear.

"The guide is approaching Core 1! Core location marked!"

"Fire! Concentrate your firepower!"

"Core No. 1 has been confirmed to have lost its active response!"

Chapter Thirty-Three: Flipping the Ladle

In the sky, the cannons of four warships roared, and heavy shells, accelerated by electromagnetic force, tore through Chi You's outer gray shell at Mach 30. The delayed-fire fuses embedded themselves in its flesh before exploding with a deafening roar.

The colossal beast roared and struggled as it trudged toward Canghai City. From the warship high above, the city's coastline was already clearly visible in the distance.

"Core No. 2 is silent! It has been confirmed that Chi You's right forelimb has lost its mobility!"

"Core No. 3 is silent! It has been confirmed that Chi You's left hind limb has lost its mobility!"

"Core No. 4 has been destroyed! It has been confirmed that the Judgment-class Honkai Beast Chi You is now completely incapacitated."

This was only 15 minutes after Chi You landed in Canghai City.

"call--"

Everyone on the warship breathed a sigh of relief as they watched Chi You struggle and howl in vain on the sea surface, then stared at the location of the last core, puzzled.

"We can't contact Kiana and Himeko. According to Fu Hua, they were separated by the mechanism and should have gone to the core area."

"We don't have a way to get the final core... After all, even the strongest firepower can't break through that mountain in a short time, and we don't have enough ammunition to keep using it like this," the weapons control officers from Destiny and Anti-Entropy muttered in the channel.

Unlike the four joints attacked earlier, the back of Chi You was covered in a thick layer of asphalt and stagnant water that had accumulated over thousands of years while the giant beast slept on the seabed. Over time, this formed its natural armor.

Furthermore, due to the long-term absorption of Honkai energy, these natural armors are showing a tendency to evolve into the gray carapace of Honkai beasts.

The accumulation on its back is particularly striking. As a key area for the accumulation of debris and biomass, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe this Judgment-class Honkai Beast as carrying a mountain on its back.