Humans are in chaos, despicable outsiders.

"Troublemaker... Cocolia?"

Yang immediately realized what was happening.

"That's right, it's her, come here quickly."

The blonde girl used the Kaslana family's superhuman strength to drag Yang into the portal.

"Speaking of which, are there any other implementers of the anti-entropy conservatives?"

Snow and Yang walked through the portal in the corridor of Anti-Entropy's North American headquarters.

"One of them you probably already recognize, it's Simone Riley, the one you picked up in Singapore—"

"Wow, she's actually an Executor? I thought she was at most a high-ranking agent."

"The other one was a very, very young shut-in, Dr. Iselin Leviathan, who was only 16 years old... Einstein recruited her because of her exceptional academic abilities."

“Iserlyn Leviathan…?”

“That’s right, a young girl with green hair. I’ll arrange for her to pick up Cocolia and take her directly to the North American headquarters…” Yang nodded.

“You’d better come along, Mr. Walter Young. That Ms. Cocolia is beyond the capabilities of a young doctor. No matter how good that scientist is... he’s still no match for a former soldier. If Cocolia senses something’s wrong, Dr. Iserly might be in danger.”

"Dr. Einstein and I can wait until you get back to talk, but that troublemaker has been jumping around for long enough—"

“It was my oversight. Dr. Einstein’s lab is at the end of the corridor on the third floor. You should be able to find it easily. I’m going to go with Dr. Iserly to arrest Cocolia.”

"Have a safe journey, Mr. Yang."

The blonde girl waved to Yang as he walked away and then stepped into the elevator.

"There are more and more strange guys these days... That green-haired doctor, he must be from that world of Nine Heavens, right? What Frankenstein universe...?"

"Never mind, at least this Joyce isn't that deranged Welt from Honkai Impact 2..."

Chapter 134 Filial Piety to Death

The elevator arrived quickly, and with a ding-dong, the girl reached her destination floor. She walked along the quiet, deserted corridor to the end—

The girl gently placed the pass given to her by Yang at the verification point on the door, and the laboratory door opened softly with a notification sound indicating that the verification was complete.

The blue-haired woman was lying on the sofa in the laboratory, her eyes closed as if she were lost in a dream. The sound of the door opening made her brows furrow slightly involuntarily. She held a book labeled "The Theory of Relativity" in her hand, with a pen tucked inside, as if she had just made many corrections.

"Didn't I tell you—don't bother me before noon?"

Dr. Einstein was eventually awakened by the sound of the girl's footsteps entering the laboratory. Her calm tone contained a hint of dissatisfaction. She squinted her eyes, trying to fall back asleep.

...

"...All perfection has gone through imperfection, and all imperfection will lead to perfection... Dr. Lisel Albert Einstein—he is waiting for you."

He was waiting for someone to wake him up—

"Walter Joyce... is waiting for you to awaken him from his long-dormant dream."

The girl's words were like long-awaited rain, moistening a parched spot in Einstein's heart and allowing green branches to sprout again from the desolate earth.

"Joyce! Where is he?!"

Dr. Einstein sat bolt upright on the sofa, looking at the blonde girl who could be considered an uninvited guest.

"Wait, Miss Snow... why are you here?"

“I saw Walter Yang in the Sea of ​​Quanta, and Kevin Kaslana, the Lord of the World Serpent, had already accepted my conditions before that—they finally reached an agreement—”

The girl didn't explain how she got there, but instead went straight to the point and began telling the anti-entropy executor in front of her the story related to him.

"At my request, Su, one of the Fusion Warriors from the previous era who had shown kindness to the Apocalypse family, helped Yang truly infiltrate the will of the 300,000 Berliners at the core of the Herrscher."

"They found Joyce—"

"but...."

The wicked Snow deliberately kept the doctor in suspense, watching the momentary panic on the doctor's face.

"but?"

Einstein's voice was steady, but the subtle tremor in his words told Snow that the doctor in front of him was not at peace.

"But...they couldn't awaken Joyce in the core. The man lay quietly alone on the sofa in the living room of the dormitory of Laboratory 42 of the Imperial Research Institute in his memory, with a copy of 'Relativity' on his chest, waiting for a beloved to call him back to the present world."

"After examining Joyce's mental state, the forerunners told us that he had left himself a mental cue, a message that could only be brought back by a specific person calling upon him."

"Of course I'm not, and neither is Yang... and among the remnants from the same era as him, only Tesla and you are left."

"So you think he's waiting for me...?"

"Otherwise what? His name comes from you—you are the one who truly left a significant mark on his otherwise blank life."

"I see... I understand."

"Sometimes, overly rational thinking can cause people to miss a lot... Dr. Einstein, although for scientists, rationality is the best emotion—"

"If you had called his name softly in the previous experiment, perhaps you would have received a response?"

The blonde girl gave a gentle smile.

"...And what about Yang?"

"He went to arrest Cocolia, he'll be back in a bit... We can wait quietly for a while."

...Time began to slowly pass by.

Einstein had never felt time stretch so long, and then the voice of a certain girl rang out once more—

“Every moment of waiting is endless torment, and every moment of torment is the most genuine emotion. And this most genuine emotion will transform into words with magical power, awakening him—and from then on, the moon in the high sky will no longer be incomplete.”

"Doctor, have you decided what the first thing you want to say to him?"

"I've thought it through... but I suggest you don't talk like that..."

"Oh? I'd like to hear more details—"

Snow gave him an interested look.

“Every time you do this, we think of a certain blond-haired, blue-eyed guy. Yes, it’s your annoying old man, Otto.”

"If you use that glib, slick tone in front of Joyce... do you know what PTSD is?"

"Ah, post-traumatic stress disorder, I know, many Valkyries experience this after retirement."

Snow nodded, indicating that he was familiar with this.

"Good to know. We also have something to offer—and it's aimed at your Apocalypse family. If you don't want Joyce to instinctively punch you when he just wakes up, you'd better keep your temper in check."

"Your old man's Soul Steel body was so badly damaged that Joyce punched his left cheek and twisted it."

"Ah~ Otto's steel face crunched under my fist!"

Overcome with filial piety, Snow made a joke that Dr. Einstein, who was in front of him, could not yet understand.

"Thank you, I'm touched by your filial piety."

The doctor wiped away the cold sweat that had broken out on his forehead without any expression.

"I have even more filial piety stories to tell, would you like to hear them?"

On a whim, Snow rubbed his hands together, indicating that he had something even more filial to do.

"Forget it, I suggest you talk to Tesla; she likes to hear about this."

Einstein rolled his eyes.

"That archbishop has a precious daughter like you, which is truly his deserved reward for all the 'good deeds' he has done."

"Oh, by the way, Doctor, you said my dad got punched in the left cheek by the first leader of the alliance, Joyce?"

"That's right, what's wrong?"

Einstein looked at the young lady of destiny in front of him with some strangeness.

"Nothing, just thought of something funny—you know, when my old man reawakens Sirin, and the War of Destiny is about to come to an end."

"How about we have Mr. Walter Joyce run up to old man Otto and punch him in the right cheek again?"

"When you hit someone, don't you at least try to maintain symmetry...? And to let Joyce run onto Otto's face—during the second Honkai, that bishop had already confirmed Joyce's death...you've already given that bishop quite a fright."

"Isn't it pretty good?"

"Besides, wouldn't your father have any concerns about a dead person coming back to life?"

“In the past, he probably would have, but now... he has found his own path.”

"Ah, although I'm destined to snatch it away~"

Chapter 135 Let me tell you, the Alliance Leader is super handsome.jpg

The long wait finally came to an end. As the spherical floating robot next to Einstein flew to her side and beeped a few times, Einstein waved to Snow, who was standing nearby.

"The Alliance Leader is back with Cocolia, they'll be at the helipad soon, do you want to go see them?"

"Ugh... what's so interesting about troublemakers and troublemakers?"

Despite his grumbling, Snow, seeing Einstein's somewhat anxious expression, obediently stood up.

"Ah—I'll have to trouble you to lead the way, Doctor!"

"Come with me."

After seeing the girl get up, Einstein immediately turned and walked towards the door.

"I'm really anxious..."

The blonde girl shook her head helplessly and quickly followed.

--

"Hey—isn't this Cocolia the Enforcer? Haven't seen you for a few days, what's wrong with you?"

Snow stood at the entrance of Anti-Entropy's large helipad and greeted Cocolia, who was being escorted by two Anti-Entropy soldiers accompanied by Walter Yang.

Cocolia, on the other hand, looked as if she had seen a ghost.

"How did you get here—???"