Humans are in chaos, despicable outsiders.

If Chi You's movements allowed the outer armor on his limbs to detach, creating an opportunity for the large-caliber cannons on the airships to strike, then the mountain peaks on his back could only be a source of frustration for the four airships that were now gazing at the mountain from afar.

After all, the idea of ​​stirring up a big fire with a toothpick is something you can only laugh about in a notebook; you can't really do it in real life!

"Can't this thing just roll over and turn itself over?" On the Anti-Entropy warship, the captain, who had been hijacked by Ningdi, complained.

"Captain, do you think this is a pancake? You can flip it over, or are you going to toss it in the pan?!" a crew member on the bridge shouted.

"It's not impossible..." The captain shifted his body slightly, taking the opportunity to rub against Ningdi, who was clinging to him, and gave her an expression that said, "I'd rather die than die like this."

[This guy's hopeless] The Anti-Entropy member rolled his eyes at his captain.

"So we're just going to stand here and watch? Is this a pangolin or a turtle?" Another warship captain stared at the carapace as thick as Mount Chiyou, his face contorted with a look of utter disgust.

"Wait, you guys said to toss the food? I've got it!" Jiu Xiao seemed to have been enlightened by the nonsensical conversation between the various warships.

"Gentlemen, the four warships will split into two groups, proceed to both sides of Chi You, lower their altitude, and bombard its exposed flanks."

"His leg is broken, but his spine isn't. Hitting him until it hurts, letting him twist a few times to shake off some of that pile of garbage off his back, isn't that a good thing?"

"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Do it this way!" Jiu Xiao shouted the order over the channel.

"Pfft—you really are going to flip the wok?! I was just kidding!" The captain spat out the water he had just drunk.

"Just tell me, are you crazy or not?!"

"Of course I'd flip it! Flip the spoon of a Judgment-class Honkai Beast, we could brag about it for the rest of our lives!"

"Charge! Charge! Charge!" The crowd erupted in excitement upon hearing that they could actually flip the Judgment Spoon.

"Hey, Jiuxiao, you're a real genius!" Theresa exclaimed, slamming her hand on the bridge railing as she heard Jiuxiao's suggestion.

"Alright! Everyone, proceed with the plan I just explained! Attack from both directions!"

The order was given through the command channel, and the four warships began to move and descend, the silence of gunfire escalating once more.

Just as Jiuxiao had predicted, after being repeatedly bombarded in his relatively soft abdomen, Chi You began to struggle in place, swaying from side to side.

As it shook violently, the outer shell on its back began to fall off, and fragments kept falling from Chi You's body.

Effective! Seeing this, everyone's eyes lit up, and they began attacking the giant beast's flanks even more vigorously.

--

"Squad leader, are you alright?" Snow asked with concern, watching Fu Hua nimbly dodge through the rubble on the communicator.

"I'm fine. What happened outside, Snow?" Fu Hua dodged another piece of falling debris and asked the blonde Valkyrie aboard the warship.

"We're flipping the wok... oops, we're attacking Chi You's flanks to provoke a struggle—"

The natural armor that has accumulated on its back over thousands of years is extremely ineffective against direct artillery fire. By stimulating it to constantly flip over, the external armor is forced to fall off as much as possible.

Snow briefly explained the current situation to Fu Hua, and the gray-haired Valkyrie, while constantly dodging the falling rocks, expressed her understanding.

“I understand. I’m currently trying to find a way to get around to the center of the Nine Netherworld and meet up with Ji Zi and the others. Once the armor on Chi You’s back falls off, let me know, and I will guide you to attack its final core.”

"Understood. Good luck, Squad Leader Fu Hua."

Ignoring the Anti-Entropy group, who had forgotten their previous fear and were having a blast tossing the wok, Snow nodded to Fu Hua.

"So now we're just waiting for that Valkyrie to meet up with your friend?" Cocolia asked irritably from the side.

“No, we can still toss the food, Ms. Cocolia…” Snow’s lips curled into a playful smile as he looked at the Judgment-class Honkai Beast Chi You below, who was being tossed around by the main cannons of the four airships.

"you....!"

"I know who you are, Cocolia, the executor of anti-entropy... Bronya Zaychek is your adopted daughter, isn't she?" The blue eyes glanced indifferently at the woman beside him.

"What do you want to do—!" Cocolia, standing to the side, looked nervously at the Valkyrie in front of her.

"Don't be nervous, I just wanted to let you know that Bronya is doing well lately, but it seems she doesn't want to see you."

“She always remains silent whenever her mother is mentioned—” Snow sized up the woman in front of him.

"...You didn't mistreat her?"

Why are we abusing a 14-year-old girl who lost her family in the Second Honkai Impact?

The blonde Valkyrie retorted with a mocking laugh.

"But you, Ms. Cocolia, was the X-10 experiment fun?"

"What! How could you..." The tense and urgent question was interrupted by Snow's eerie smile.

I know everything—

"Lady Cocolia, we'll meet again soon... soon... soon—" The Valkyrie smiled, gave herself a curtsy befitting a noblewoman, and then returned to normal.

"you......."

"The sediment on the target's back has fallen to an acceptable level! The warship has risen again, preparing for artillery fire! Requesting beacon guidance." The intelligence officer below the bridge interrupted Cocolia's question.

"Fu Hua, we are ready." Ignoring Cocolia, Snow opened the communication channel and notified Fu Hua, who was inside Chi You's territory.

"Understood. I will provide guidance to you after I meet up with Himeko and the others."

"Now... let time give us the answer—" Snow, who knew exactly what would happen next in the Nine Netherworld, connected with Theresa's communication.

"Dean Theresa, please have the medical department prepare; it's almost over—"

Chapter Thirty-Four: We Don't Believe in Tears

The pungent smell of disinfectant filled the entire white corridor. The doors to the intensive care unit were tightly shut, and red emergency lights flashed.

"The concentration of Honkai energy in the patient's body remains stubbornly high!"

"Try injecting HD423 to suppress the Honkai energy in the patient's body! Quickly!" the attending physician shouted.

"Beep—!" The life monitoring device emitted a piercing alarm.

"Attempt failed. The concentration of Honkai energy in the patient's body has begun to rise rapidly."

"The patient is nearing a dangerous level! They're about to die—"

"Major Himeko...hang in there!" At this moment, the doctors in the emergency room could only helplessly watch Himeko Murata lying on the hospital bed, silently praying for a miracle.

The graying, ashen features of the assassin had crept onto half of the red-haired Valkyrie's body, spreading relentlessly.

.......

"Get out of my way—!" On the rooftop of the medical department, a spear made of golden tree branches and a giant sword with lava flowing on its surface slammed heavily onto the rooftop floor.

A blonde and purple-haired girl stood on the rooftop, issuing commands to something in an ethereal and sublime voice.

.......

The piercing alarm from the life monitoring device stopped.

"The Honkai energy concentration in the major's body has stopped rising! It is slowly returning to normal levels!"

"Vascular signs are beginning to return to normal! Signs of him becoming a suicide bomber are diminishing."

The ward fell silent, then erupted in cheers.

"Himeko is really popular with the people in this academy," Jiuxiao nodded, listening to the cheers from downstairs.

"She taught almost all the students in this college, regardless of which department they were ultimately assigned to—"

When she was an apprentice Valkyrie, the students of this academy all received her protection and care.

Snow dispersed the spear he had conjured and looked downstairs. A white-haired Valkyrie with pigtails was rushing out of the hospital and heading towards the dormitory.

"Is that Kiana?"

"Yes, it's her... If I'm not mistaken, she must have just had a nightmare... a nightmare from the past." The blonde Valkyrie watched Kiana walk away.

"The Second Herrscher's personality is gradually awakening... As her second personality becomes more active, Little Sirin's consciousness will gradually return," Jiu Xiao said, his tone seemingly tinged with excitement.

"But we can't rely on little Sirin's will to protect that girl; her soul fragments are too fragile—but there's no rush."

"What's wrong?" Jiuxiao looked at his companion with a puzzled expression.

"Our movements just now seemed to have startled the second Herrscher personality; Kiana was woken up halfway through a nightmare."

Snow shrugged indifferently. It wasn't a big deal; it might even make that Herrscher personality behave a bit more subdued.

"Around noon or in the evening, Kiana will probably tell Theresa about her desire to become stronger."

"She witnessed Himeko's actions to protect her in the depths of hell, and ultimately learned to grow up."

"And Theresa will agree to her request and subject her to hellish training," Jiuxiao said, recounting the white-furred ball's subsequent experiences.

"In this part, our focus is not on Kiana, but on anti-entropy."

"Will you go and contact Walter Young and Dr. Einstein, or should I go?" Snow looked at Jiuxiao.

"Wow! I'm going to steal his lines, pfft pfft pfft!" Jiu Xiao laughed excitedly, realizing something.

The two looked at each other and said in unison.

"In gravity ten thousand times stronger—even light would disappear!"

“Mr. Yang is probably going to choke on the spot…” Snow shook his head with a smile.

"So, I'll leave the negotiations with Anti-Entropy to you? I'll deal with Joyce's clones and, while I'm at it, see Cocolia again, hehe—"

"You were wreaking havoc on someone's ship just a few days ago; Cocolia's trauma probably hasn't even worn off yet."

"...Jiuxiao, do you know that there's a treatment called shock therapy?"

"I think you're planning to give her blonde Valkyrie PTSD, you wicked thing—" Jiuxiao sharply retorted to his companion.

"I'm a bad guy? Then what are you, the bad guy's girlfriend?"

"What nonsense are you spouting? Who's your girlfriend?!" The purple-haired girl was instantly struck in the heart of the matter.

"Then how about your wife? Anyway, Ningdi already calls you Jiuxiao's Mom."

...a silence fell over the scene.

"Waaaaaahhhhhh! Tonight I'm going to pin you down and kiss you! Kiss you hard!"

"When have you ever been on top of it—?" The blonde Valkyrie gave her a disdainful look.

"It always seems like you're on the bottom..."

The Nine Heavens Horn of Penglai Temple cannot rise again.