Firefly, I want to be a Sanyo Hermit

B.3 About Shoggoth

"'Shoggoths' and [People in the Sky]?" Kiana showed a serious expression when she heard the concepts Otto proposed to her. "No, I have never heard of these two concepts."

As someone who traveled from the 'future', Kiana had indeed never heard of 'Shoggoths' and [People in Heaven].

"Really? Well...but this is understandable." Otto pondered for a moment and nodded in understanding.

The volume of "imaginary numbers" itself is difficult to estimate, and the example Otto often cites is the "tree of imaginary numbers".

Combining the shape of a tree with 'imaginary numbers' and using it as a metaphor is a relatively simple method, but whether it is appropriate...it's actually hard to say.

But the tree itself has a trunk, branches, twigs, leaves, veins...

In terms of the volume of 'imaginary numbers', each leaf is a complete world.

As a visitor from a 'parallel world', it is normal that the incident of "The Man from Heaven" did not happen in Kiana's world.

"So, Ms. Kiana, in your opinion...how should we deal with the [Man from Heaven]?" Otto shrugged.

To be honest, the appearance of [Man from Heaven] is a very troublesome matter. It is not that it cannot be solved, but it is troublesome.

In terms of the power of Destiny, today's Destiny is indeed superior to the normal Herrscher.

Although it is not as good as Kiana, even if a complete Herrscher is born, Destiny has the ability to annihilate it in a short period of time.

But according to the description of the previous civilization and some information provided by Kiana.

The relationship between human civilization and collapse is not the so-called "the stronger the civilization, the stronger the collapse" relationship.

But it is a fact that 'the stronger the civilization, the stronger the collapse'.

Simply put, collapse does not grow with the growth of civilization, it has an "upper limit".

The collapse is "unlocked" as the civilization becomes stronger. The stronger the civilization, the collapse will be unlocked.

Therefore, before humans overcome the Collapse, vigorously developing civilization is an undesirable behavior. Even if the combat power of humans is already so strong, the power of the Herrscher itself is an unreasonable thing, just like it is difficult for Kiana to defeat the [Herscher of Consciousness] in the field of consciousness.

So from the results, when facing the [People from Heaven], the Earth cannot use "secular" power to fight against them for the time being, but must fight in a "vanguard" manner like fighting against Honkai.

Yes...From the perspective of the size of civilization, [Destiny] and [Anti-Entropy] are just 'vanguards'.

"Sigh... leave it to me." Kiana sighed. "Just like what the 'Shoggoths' said, if the [People in the Sky] really use some kind of 'asteroid scout' method to detect... then we can use the distance between the Earth and the Moon as the radius and destroy all the asteroids in the way."

"Then let's do as you say, Miss Kiana." Otto nodded slightly.

With the level of destiny, defeating asteroids is not a very difficult task.

But the more troublesome part is that while defeating the asteroid, it must be completely destroyed in one fell swoop without leaving any possibility for it to send back a signal.

From this perspective, it is easy to solve with Kiana's power. She can just rely on [Naraka: Infinite Corridor] to contain the asteroid, and then use [Power of Fire] to directly ignite the entire [Naraka: Infinite Corridor].

This is a very safe way.

"What a hassle..." Kiana sighed. "But then again, what kind of existence is the 'Shoggoth Clan'?"

"Aliens." Otto spread his hands. "To put it simply, the Shoggoths are the remnants of a planet that once fought against the Honkai."

"They failed, and the result was that they transformed their existence into a spiritual body, and relied on a device similar to the [Key of God] to move, hiding under the civilization of the Earth to absorb the energy of 'imaginary numbers'."

Otto gave an example.

Although Otto's definition of "Honkai Impact" has changed slightly due to Kiana's arrival, this does not prevent him from giving examples.

"Just like playing a game, there are several stages for players."

"New account, opening up new land, trials, and advancement."

"Among them, we regard the ancient times as the period of the 'new number' and leave it aside for now."

"Then there is the period from the Middle Ages to before the birth of the First Herrscher. We call it the 'pioneering' period, which is not important either."

"And what we are in now is the 'Trial' stage. Honkai will test players with various disasters and Herrschers as trials. Players who can pass will advance to the next stage, and those who fail will be 'deleted'."

"'Deleting an account' simply means that 'imaginary numbers' will no longer provide 'nutrients' to this leaf, and the leaf will gradually shrink and eventually fall into 'quantum', becoming a 'world bubble'."

"And the current behavior of the Shoggoths is like hiding under our civilization through cheating...hiss...scamming the minimum living allowance."

"...It's a really simple and easy to understand explanation." Kiana nodded in understanding.

"However, the 'Shoggoth Clan' is not bad and seems to know a lot. I plan to have more in-depth negotiations with them." Otto crossed his hands and rested his chin on the back of his hands.

"Negotiation? Oh... To put it simply, if they don't tell us what they know, you will just wipe out the 'Shoggoth Clan', right?" Kiana looked at Otto's expression, and after thinking for a moment, she knew what Otto was going to do.

"If they can only simply provide some information about the [People in Heaven], then it means that they are 'useless', quietly absorbing our nutrients without making any contribution. Humans usually call this behavior 'pests'." Otto said as a matter of course.

"Pests..." Kiana pondered the word, perhaps because Otto had not described the 'Shoggoths' in any good way from the very beginning, and even used the description of 'pests' in the end, so Kiana instinctively did not think that the 'Shoggoths' were a good thing.

So she didn't comment on Otto's decision, but she was still disgusted by the act of "genocide", so she didn't want to continue this topic with Otto.

When Kiana left, Otto casually picked up the communicator on the table.

"I think the power of the Shoggoth alone is not enough to escape from Miss Kiana's pursuit, right?"

B.4 Pre-departure instructions

As a race that can only survive by lingering, even with the [Dimension Key·Candy House] as a trump card, they are no match for the current Destiny. Therefore, under the threat of Otto, the 'Shoggoths' have to cooperate further with humans.

Of course, Otto is not the kind of person who would blindly exploit his 'cooperators'. Since the 'Shoggoths' have chosen to cooperate with humans and make public all the information they know, Otto is naturally willing to help them as long as it does not involve his bottom line.

As for Otto's bottom line... in any case, the 'Shoggoths' probably can't touch it.

"Good afternoon, Lady Kiana." Passing by a flower shop, Kiana heard a familiar voice.

She looked in the direction where the voice came from and saw a woman in a maid outfit.

Tie your long hair into a simple braid to look more capable.

But both her voice and appearance give people a very gentle feeling.

Ragnar Lodbrok looks very slender, but before she retired, she was the captain of one of the most famous Valkyrie squads in Destiny, the Valkyrie Stormtroopers.

"Well, hello to you too, Miss Ragnar." Kiana nodded to Ragnar.

Kiana was not familiar with Ragna before, but after hearing that she was the captain of the Valkyrie Charge, Kiana became a little more interested in her.

Because this woman was once the captain of her teacher, and...

Although she was reluctant to believe it, she had to admit that the Valkyrie Stormtroopers were annihilated at her hands.

However, such a thing will naturally never happen again in this world, and with the strength of the [Valkyrie Commando], as long as they don't encounter the Herrscher, they are capable of conquering even a powerful [Emperor-level] disaster.

"Do you need a bouquet of flowers?" Ragnar asked with a chuckle, noticing Kiana's nostalgic look.

"No need." Kiana shook her head. "I heard that Rita is going to carry out the mission with Qibao?"

Rita often helps in Ragnar's flower shop, and...Rita's insistence on being a maid seems to be influenced by Ragnar.

This woman, Ragnar, really influenced a lot of people.

"I don't understand that." Ragnar tilted his head and said, "I'm just a maid in a flower shop."

The welfare of retired Valkyries is quite good. Even if they just eat and drink every day and do nothing, Tianming will be responsible for providing for the retired Valkyries in their old age.

Retired Valkyries who have no pressure in life usually choose to stay in the [Destiny Headquarters] and find something to do for themselves.

Of course... these are just some Valkyries.

There are also some Valkyries who are unwilling to retire even when they reach retirement age.

Rather than retiring, they would rather die on the battlefield of Honkai... because most of these Valkyries are girls who lost everything in Honkai.

If Valkyries are "soldiers" in theory, then these Valkyries are not "soldiers" at all but "evil spirits" seeking revenge against Honkai.

However, there are not many Valkyries of this kind, because the current Destiny is indeed very powerful, powerful enough to protect more people.

And with the establishment of 'Saint Freya Academy', destiny is more willing to send these poor girls there.

This is a very normal thing... because Valkyries are indeed soldiers, and those Valkyries with deep mental trauma are usually unwilling to listen to orders. If these Valkyries are activated, the battle situation will often turn in a bad direction.

Therefore, destiny is indeed willing to send such a Valkyrie to the 'Saint Freya Academy'.

The purpose of 'Saint Freya Academy' is to 'allow Valkyries to have a normal life'. In such an atmosphere, these traumatized Valkyries have a greater chance of recovery and build deeper ties with their classmates.

Although many people don’t believe it and even find it ridiculous.

But...Otto is indeed the person in the world who believes most in the 'power of emotions'.

Rather than letting those Valkyries become troublemakers on the battlefield and more easily kill other Valkyries, allowing them to regain their spiritual sustenance can make them stronger.

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"Qibao, tomorrow is the time for you to leave." Looking at the girl in front of her who had grown to her chin, Kiana smiled and reached out to rub her face.

"Hmm~" Qibao puffed up her cheeks hard, trying to push Kiana's hand away in this way.

"So cute, so cute~" Kiana rubbed her twice and then let go to prevent her from getting mad.

After all, Rita is watching them.

Qibao is confident and optimistic, but also quite arrogant.

To some extent, she is quite similar to Xilin...but the difference is that Qibao is confident, while Xilin is arrogant.

"Rita, Qibao will have to rely on you to take care of her in the next few days." After letting Qibao go, Kiana looked at Rita and said.

"Lady Kiana, you are too kind." Rita nodded with a smile. Although she was much younger than the Rita that Kiana knew, the Rita in front of her still had a distinctly immature feeling, and her charm was not as obvious as that of the future Rita.

But...beauty is beauty. Even Kiana, who has seen countless beauties, has to admit that Rita's appearance is one of the best she has ever seen.

"Should I take care of her?!" Qibao widened his eyes.

"..." Kiana blinked at Qibao and then fell silent.

It seems that my previous evaluation of Qibao's confidence and optimism may have been biased.

"Auntie, don't be silent!" Qibao shouted.

"Ahem..." Kiana coughed twice. "I heard from Otto that your mission this time is to explore the 'Quantum Sea', although I am not very familiar with the 'Quantum Sea'."

This is a lie!

"However, considering that 'quantum' and 'imaginary number' repel each other, the weapons you bring may be difficult to charge by then." Kiana said to Qibao and Rita.

"Is there such a thing? Bishop Otto is really not serious about his work." Qi Bao curled his lips and put the blame on Otto without hesitation.

Hmm... this behavior habit might be influenced by Kiana. After all, Kiana often says things like "It's all Otto's fault."

"Anyway, to prevent this from happening." Kiana stretched out her hand, and then the [Abyss Hole] was opened, and a pair of red-red alien pistols fell out. "I'll lend you my gun."

B.5 Firepower Coverage

"I'll lend you my guns." Kiana caught the fallen double guns and threw them to Qibao casually.

"!!!" Qibao's eyes lit up instantly.

She has wanted this pair of guns for a long time!

But the 'beautiful aunt' who usually doted on her refused to let her use it no matter what.

Unexpectedly, this time, Kiana would actually take the initiative to give her the gun.

"It's not a gift for you. Return it to me when you come back." Kiana shrugged. "It doesn't matter if you don't return it. When the power is completely used up, it will disappear directly."

After all, this is a weapon constructed with Kiana's power, and its durability has an upper limit.

In Kiana's hands, it can be replenished with power without disappearing, but if it leaves Kiana, it will eventually use up all its power as the number of times it is used increases. At that time, even if there is a replenishment of Honkai energy, it will disappear.

"By the way...these are considered 'magazines'." Kiana took out a small box from her pocket and was about to hand it to Qibao when she was silent for a moment. "Forget it, I'll give it to Rita."

Although Bianca is very reliable in Kiana's eyes, but Qibao...

After all, Kiana watched her grow up. How could Kiana not know her personality?

Although she is definitely more reliable than I was at the same age, but...Rita is still more reliable.