Humans are in chaos, despicable outsiders.

Theresa and the others emerged from the elevator behind the bridge, while Mei and Kiana, who followed them onto the bridge, curiously surveyed the surroundings of the warship.

"It feels much smaller than Himeko's Hyperion, but it's so sci-fi."

Kiana looked around the interior of the warship and muttered to herself.

The interior of the Nibelungen is made of dark gray metal plates with flowing golden energy patterns, giving the illusion that it is not an air warship but a futuristic spaceship.

"You called me 'teacher' so sweetly when you were working, but now you're calling me 'auntie,' huh?!"

Upon hearing Kiana's mutterings, Himeko Murata's forehead veins bulged, and she stretched out her ruthless iron hand, grabbing the white-haired knight's ear and then beginning to twist it—

"I was wrong, I was wrong, Himeko-neechan!"

Kiana, whose ear had been grabbed, immediately began to beg for mercy.

"Hmph, who said you're my sister..."

Himeko, pleased that Kiana had called her "sister" a few times, released the girl's ear, letting her off the hook.

"Alright, stop fooling around, let's discuss the battle plan."

Theresa looked helplessly at the people behind her.

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"A plan? A plan is no plan at all, Dean Theresa."

The first to respond was not the Valkyries behind Theresa, but Jiuxiao, who had finished assigning tasks to the ship's crew and turned around. She twisted her joints, looking ready to go out and fight at any moment.

"There are too many unstable factors: Bronya herself, Cocolia's goals, and Wendy, who could rush over at any moment."

"If we really have to talk about a plan, my suggestion is to just sail the warships right up to the ME Corporation headquarters, ride on Cocolia's face and dump our garbage on her. Ninti is already scouting the entire ME Corporation building's structure, and we'll receive the structural blueprints for the whole building soon."

"Just jump down and smash everything you see to pieces."

"Don't try to infiltrate or engage in stealth. Life doesn't give you that much time to hide. If you hate her, just kill her! Killing all the witnesses is the perfect assassination. What's the point of stealth? You'll still get discovered. If you are, just kill her. If you can't kill her, call for help. At worst, you'll just get yelled at. You can't even beat an Anti-Entropy Executor, and you dare call yourselves Valkyries?"

While Theresa and the others were still in a daze, Jiuxiao suddenly made a shocking statement.

After listening to Jiu Xiao's outrageous remarks, Theresa and the others fell into a long period of deep thought.

After a long silence, the white-haired dwarf nun looked at Jiuxiao before her and asked a question—

"Jiuxiao... does your Ningdi know about what you're saying?"

"Huh? Dean, have you forgotten the first time you fought with Ningdi?"

Jiuxiao gave Theresa a strange look.

"Uh...."

"You want Ningdi to kill everyone in the ME Corporation building?... Well, Ningdi doesn't mind, and I probably don't care either. If you want to save trouble, I'll just go and inform Ningdi."

"If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten. Actually, this way it's even more convenient."

Jiuxiao opened the communication panel, preparing to contact a blonde little girl who was currently infiltrating.

"Stop, Jiuxiao, stop."

Theresa saw the purple-haired girl in front of her open the communication panel and panicked, reaching out to pull Jiuxiao over.

"Cough cough cough, killing everyone would be too much. Let's go with the plan you mentioned before, Jiuxiao... Let Ningdi investigate the internal structure of the building, and then we'll smash our way through. Besides Titan, Cocolia only has Bronya as a force to fight against."

"She'll definitely send Bronya to stop us then. I'll use Judah to tie Bronya up and take her back. As for the Gem of Desire, we'll give up if we can't find it. Bronya is more important than a broken stone."

Theresa quickly finalized the plan.

"Then it's settled... After all, we're already here, I'd feel bad if we didn't smash something..."

Jiuxiao nodded seriously, which made Himeko and Theresa's mouths twitch wildly.

"I have this feeling that St. Freya Academy's education is a complete failure..."

Theresa muttered to herself and glanced at Jiuxiao.

"The nature of people with a destiny is to always like to compromise and moderate. For example, if you say that infiltration is too troublesome, why not just go all out and fight, everyone will definitely not allow it. But if you advocate blowing up this building and wiping out everyone inside, they will compromise and be willing to go all out and fight head-on."

Jiuxiao nodded seriously.

"How are you supposed to use Lu Xun's words?!"

"Vice Captain Jiuxiao! Dean Theresa!"

Simone Riley's voice interrupted the group that had started to act silly.

"The latest news is that a monitoring station on a maritime platform in the Indian Ocean has spotted Wendy flying at high speed. According to calculations, she will arrive in New Changkong City in a few minutes. If I'm not mistaken, this Herrscher is heading towards the Gem of ME Corporation."

"Blanching—!"

The responses from those notified by the intelligence officer were remarkably consistent.

"How much longer until we reach Xinchangkong City?"

Jiuxiao looked at the head of the air traffic control department.

“We need at least ten more minutes, and we definitely can’t catch up with Miss Wendy’s speed.”

"Forget about the engine's lifespan... Remove stealth and jamming, and put all of the warship's energy into the propulsion engines to operate at overload. We must reduce the time to within 5 minutes."

“One more thing—Simon, contact Ninti and have her take advantage of the situation before we arrive to ensure Bronya’s safety is the highest priority.”

After saying this, Jiu Xiao turned and left the bridge with Theresa and the others.

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Inside the Me Company building in New Changkong City, the blonde Valkyrie activated the stealth device on her new Valkyrie armor. Stepping onto the ventilation ducts above the empty corridor, the sound of her heels hitting the metal pipes was absorbed by the armor's multi-purpose stealth device, making no noise whatsoever.

The girl was now following a small group of Titans, with Bronya also in the group. They seemed to be escorting something—Ninti thought to herself, and quietly moved up above the group.

The Titans of this small team entered an even larger workshop, where a massive mech was parked. It appeared to be unassembled, with a large number of exposed wires and screws on the lower half of the mech, suggesting that the workshop staff had not yet had time to install the external armor structure on it.

“That’s… the Gem of Desire?” Ninti tilted her head and looked at the mechanical arm in the workshop, which was currently taking a piece of emerald green gem from a Titan and placing it into the energy core of this huge mech.

The more sophisticated the plan and the tools used, the more likely flaws will appear in the smallest details... and these flaws often become the most fatal factors.

This is why the manufacture of equipment undergoes rigorous testing and verification; plans, except for the ultimate goal, are never definitively set on a single objective, often incorporating elements of contingency and adaptability.

Snow's past teachings echoed in Ninti's mind at this moment...

"They probably didn't have time to do factory testing... the mech's outer armor wasn't even fully installed..."

Ningdi tilted her head and came up with a wicked idea—

After the Titans and Bronya left, she activated the armor's anti-gravity function and retrieved several wrenches, screwdrivers, and scissors from a nearby toolbox...

The girl began to wreak havoc on the exposed screws and circuits, loosening the screws, reversing the connected circuits, and randomly replacing the number tubes marked on the circuits.

...

Ningdi, who made a cameo appearance as an unlicensed assembler and electrician, jumped off the mecha after doing a "good deed," leaving behind only a shaky Father Mecha.

Chapter 127 The Final Basis

Inside the ME Corporation building, Cocolia picked up a small glass of vodka, tilted her head back, and gulped down the liquor. Then she let out a deep breath, temporarily putting aside all the misfortunes and unpleasantness she had encountered. She looked at the office monitor, at the location of the Heavenly Father Mech—her eyes filled with beautiful dreams and expectations for the future.

However, good times are always fleeting, and she thought of the unpleasant experiences on the ship again, but this time she could calmly analyze them.

"Our fleet only has four people capable of direct attack... no, are those guys even human...?"

Cocolia shook her head decisively.

"Two of them were unidentified, and one was extremely fast and seemed to be only the size of a doll... They had no intention of communicating with us and spent the whole time destroying the fleet's weapons, but they did not directly endanger our lives."

"Another one has a terrible personality and is hostile towards us..."

“That’s not hostility, Miss Cocolia.”

A cold voice rang out at the office door, and a masked man appeared in front of Cocolia.

"Grey Snake? What are you doing here?!" Cocolia reached for the pistol at her waist warily.

"I've reviewed your combat logs. That Herrscher, whose identity and abilities are still unknown, harbors no hostility towards you whatsoever—"

"She's just toying with you—if the former, the armed doll-like humanoid life form, had a clear purpose of destroying your fleet's armed forces, then the latter, the Herrscher, is just toying with you."

"Judging from the power she has displayed... we cannot even determine whether she is a Herrscher—based on verifiable records from previous civilizations and the patterns of Herrschers appearing in this era, Herrschers of different powers appear in a certain order—"

"And the one you are facing... let's call her a Herrscher for now. The authority she possesses is more like a combination of the Herrscher of Knowledge and the Herrscher of Corruption in the records of the previous civilization. And another Valkyrie named Houraiji Kusho has shown a kind of ability that is contaminated with cognitive pollution but has never been recorded."

"They appear in a completely different order from the records, and the abilities they exhibit are also composite... they may even overlap with existing Herrschers."

"Moreover, the deity she mentioned... is clearly a personified being—"

"That Herrscher's disgust and disdain for you are clearly inherited from the revered god she speaks of..."

"However, research on the World Serpent and previous civilizations has proven one thing... the Honkai consciousness is just a filtering mechanism. It may be able to communicate, but it is impossible for it to have such personalized emotional consciousness."

Gray Serpent paused, looked at Cocolia, and waited for her to finish processing the information.

"You mean I'm fighting against a fully personified god who lives behind the scenes?"

Cocolia came to this conclusion with some surprise.

"Moreover, we have no idea what stance this god has."

The gray snake added.

“We know nothing about His own purpose or His attitude toward civilization. The only thing we know is that He doesn’t seem to like you, but for some unknown reason, the apostles He commands will not actually kill you.”

"Based on this premise, we can make a bold guess... From the initial attack on your fleet to the Fourth Herrscher's relentless pursuit of your fleet, and then its sudden abandonment, all of this stemmed from His will."

"And this Fourth Herrscher is currently traveling all over the world without causing any serious damage or personal injury. She is probably not obeying the Honkai consciousness, but rather this unknown god."

"However, this is also good news—at least this apostle has not shown any hostility towards all of humanity and civilization."

"As for you... Ms. Cocolia, as a collaborator, you are indeed a good trading partner, which is why I'm here to give you a heads-up—"

"Think about your past... Think carefully about what you did in the past that would cause a god to send several apostles to reprimand you... Then restrain yourself, at least for now He has no intention of killing you directly."

“We can contend with or even destroy the Lawgivers; but in this world, mortals have absolutely no chance of killing a god—that is an insurmountable class.”

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