People are collapsing, but Kevin

Chapter 36: Saint Freya's on-site enrollment plan?

Theresa took a lot of effort to explain that she was really not Qigfei, nor was she rejuvenated. She had maintained the appearance of a twelve-year-old for decades.

As for why she looks almost exactly like Qi Gefei when she was a child, she doesn't know. Sometimes things just happen by coincidence, and there's nothing you can do about it...

Obviously, this didn't convince Kevin easily.

"But why is there such a coincidence?"

"Then you might as well ask your mother why she even keeps photos of herself when she was a child."

Theresa replied to him unhappily, feeling frustrated by the endless useless questions and answers. No matter what, it was hard to believe that the Kaslana family would produce such a guy with amazing eloquence, who was completely different from Qigfei.

Moreover, they clearly kept all those photos, but not her own? If there were, she wouldn't have to waste so much time and effort.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. Theresa snorted, her cheeks puffed up, and she muttered softly:

"Really? Xiao Fei didn't even save our photo. What a bad guy!"

"Group photo?" Kevin caught the word sharply, "So, you two had a good relationship in the past."

"Yes, otherwise why do you think your mother invited me to be your godmother? She loved to stick to me when she was a child. Anyway, I don't believe she never mentioned me to you!"

This was quite true. Kevin had a vague impression that Qigfei had mentioned a very good friend. It was not difficult to see from Theresa's various answers that she was quite familiar with her mother.

But Kevin didn't expect that the other party was such a little girl. He thought she was at least an old aunt.

"Okay, Aunt? That's what you call her, right?" He sorted out his thoughts and looked at the little nun in front of him, "What are you doing in this damn place? And why did you tie Mei up just now?"

After saying that, Kevin exchanged glances with Mei behind him. He saw that her face was slightly red and her soft lips were slightly pursed. She seemed a little conflicted, even uneasy.

Although he was quite dissatisfied with being attacked for no apparent reason, there was a problem: the other party was Kevin's...godmother, which in Eastern culture should be a role like a stepmother.

Isn't that...

Thinking of this, Mei quickly straightened her body, blinked, and her wandering pupils calmed down. The corners of her mouth slightly raised, and she put on a respectful smile.

She was as cute and well-behaved as a little girl meeting her parents. Theresa originally wanted to say, "That girl is a Herrscher, we are here to annihilate her," but seeing this reaction, she found it hard to say it.

If it weren't for the pair of horns on the other party's forehead that were obviously not normal, she would even have suspected that the information was wrong. Which Herrscher would have such a good temper and be so polite?

Based on Theresa's own experience with the Second Herrscher during the Second Honkai Impact, this is almost impossible.

Unless, that girl was somehow maintaining her own identity.

If this is true, then she might be the kind of "herrscher with a human heart" that her grandfather has always mentioned. She never thought that it could actually be realized.

She raised her eyebrows, thought for a moment, and focused her eyes on Kevin. Looking at this nephew who had become the center of attention of those girls, she couldn't help but sigh:

“…You are really amazing, Kevin.”

It would be fine if he could subdue a Herrscher like a girlfriend, but he was also so close to the other pink-haired girl. His strong social affinity was on a different level compared to his father.

Well, just like she didn't understand why Qigfei liked that powder keg, Theresa didn't quite understand what was going on with Kevin's strange development direction.

"Okay, let's get back to the point. I'm here to suppress the third Honkai. Considering that the Great Honkai Beast no longer exists, as for the Herrscher..."

As she spoke, she glanced at a certain Herrscher of Thunder who looked dignified. Seeing that he still did not show any hostility, she felt relieved and continued:

"It seems that there is no threat anymore. Considering that she should be your friend, it shouldn't be a big problem. I will have Himeko bring the battleship in later. After rescuing the survivors, we can go back to St. Freya Academy!"

"Huh? St. Freya's Academy, what is that place?"

The original school had just been blown up, and suddenly another place to go to school was mentioned. Kevin was a little confused and didn't quite understand what his aunt was doing.

"Hehe, just wait and see."

Theresa crossed her arms, proudly puffed out her chest, tilted her childish face upwards, smiled mysteriously twice, and then walked forward and pulled Kevin's wrist with some concern.

"I haven't seen you for so many years. You must have suffered a lot outside, but it's okay now. Now that you've come to our Tianming Far East Branch, I promise that you will live a better life than before!"

She patted her chest and assured him, showing some maturity as a parent. Compared with her childish appearance, it gave people a funny feeling for some reason, but that was not what Kevin cared about.

Destiny?

What a coincidence! Isn’t that the organization I want to join?

"Alas!"

Kevin cheered, held Theresa's hand tightly, and shook it excitedly:

"Okay, I'm thinking about joining the Fate of the Sky, please let me enroll! I also want to fight the Honkai, aunt, okay?! You will definitely agree, right?"

He suddenly felt that the image of this loli aunt he had picked up for no apparent reason suddenly became tall and majestic. As a godmother, she seemed more reliable than his real mother.

"Well... Actually, that..."

This was the first time Theresa had seen someone so enthusiastic about fighting the Honkai. She wanted to ask where Qigfei had gone, but she didn't know where to start.

But the most crucial issue is that St. Freya Academy is a "female" Martial God Academy, a place full of girls. Isn't it a bit weird to recruit your eldest nephew here?

However, what she said just now was actually almost like sending an admission invitation letter to those girls. Including a boy as well, should be... no problem, right?

Although it may sound a bit unethical to say this, the best source of Valkyries are actually the girls who survived the collapse.

After the Second Honkai Impact, the heavy casualties among the Valkyrie troops led to an urgent need to train a new generation of Valkyries, and the elite school St. Freya Academy was born at the right time.

Theresa really doesn't like the previous practice of treating Valkyries as consumables. For this reason, the new generation of Valkyries must have more self-respect and self-love in their thoughts, and their combat effectiveness must be stronger than that of the previous Valkyries.

In order to achieve this goal, we have to start from the source. A large part of Saint Freya's first batch of students were orphans from the Second Collapse.

First of all, the experience of separation from their families and displacement ensures their firm determination and will to fight against the collapse, and they are absolutely qualified in terms of ideology.

Secondly, being able to survive in a high-intensity collapse environment without being corroded into a dead body, the adaptability to collapse is absolutely excellent, which ensures the quality of the hardware.

With high-quality students and excellent teaching staff of the previous generation of Valkyrie veterans, Saint Freya has indeed successfully trained a group of outstanding Valkyries. These girls basically constitute the backbone of today's Destiny combat forces.

The conflict between humans and Honkai is a cruel struggle of life and death, and it is definitely not a female extra | group/

It’s like a child playing house. If the Valkyries as warriors want to cherish life and embrace the beauty of the world, the prerequisite is that they must be strong enough to ensure their survival.

Coupled with the new Valkyrie armor, the casualty rate of the Valkyrie troops has been reduced to a very low level. Except for some unavoidable situations, it is basically within an acceptable range.

In addition, St. Freya Academy has a very important advantage. It operates only to train a new generation of Valkyries without considering economic benefits. There is no so-called tuition fee, and even room and board are fully included. This is almost irresistible for those children who are eager to fight against the collapse.

This sounds outrageous, and it is actually even more outrageous. After all, the principal's surname is Apokalis. With the support of her grandfather, Archbishop Otto Apokalis, she basically doesn't have to worry about money.

With this relationship, plus the support of some external forces, it can be said that Saint Freya is worthy of only one word, rich and powerful! Although it is formally only a local branch, its actual budget is larger than that of a continental branch.

Since Shenzhou, the largest country in Asia, and Tianming are in a cooperative relationship, Tianming has not established a so-called Asian branch, so various problems in Asia are basically solved by the Far East Branch.

After all, with so much of the budget consumed, Theresa would feel sorry for her grandfather's support if she didn't do something.

ps: Theresa is very rich because her grandfather is the Archbishop of Heaven's Will ^O^

Chapter 37 Theresa's Concerns

Theresa took inventory of the things she found in Changkong City.

First up is my nephew, Kevin Kaslana, whom I haven’t seen for a long time.

It is most likely the blue-eyed pink-haired girl of my girlfriend, Yuno Arai.

The third Herrscher who is suspected to be Girlfriend No. 2, Mei Raiden.

Also, a talking...tank?

After being recovered on the Hyperion, Bronya has not come out of the Heavy Armor Bunny, as if she was deliberately hiding from something.

If you didn't know there was someone inside, it would look like a tank with a soft voice.

In the end, it was Yuno who coaxed Bronya to put the Heavy Armored Bunny back into the quantum state, which made Theresa realize that it was actually the voice of the driver, coming from a girl who looked not much older than her.

"Principal, I just sent someone to give that child named Bronya a comprehensive checkup."

In the Hyperion bridge, Jizi walked in with a stack of reports and reported to Theresa, causing the latter to involuntarily take a half step back, frowning slightly and casting a contemptuous look.

"Well, Brigadier General Himeko, I think... you need to find another hobby."

Obviously, this suspected lolita behavior aroused Theresa's vigilance. She didn't even check the Herrscher, but specifically checked the youngest one. This was problematic no matter how you looked at it.

But you must never underestimate the hunger of older single women.

"Hey, what are you thinking about?!" Ji Zi waved her hands, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "What I mean is, according to our intelligence analysis, that kid used to be a mercenary, and now works for Anti-Entropy. He is a person worthy of attention."

Seeing Theresa's expression gradually becoming serious and nodding to indicate that she would stop making trouble, Jizi glanced at the report in her hand again, stretched out her hand and gently pinched her chin, and added:

"In addition, her brain function has been damaged, and there is a chip in her brain to make up for the defect. If I understand correctly, that thing can receive some kind of remote control signal. The specific effect is still unclear, but it is too dangerous."

"Well, it's worth noting. Why does Kevin always meet strange girls?"

Hearing this, Theresa narrowed her eyes. As the principal, she was certainly not willing to bring such an unstable factor into her own school.

A girlfriend is not a big deal, and a controllable Herrscher is still acceptable, but if you add a guy who is suspected to be a spy for the hostile organization, it will be difficult to deal with.

However, considering that the other party is traveling with her eldest nephew, it is not convenient to directly refuse him. As a godmother, she still has to take Kevin's feelings into consideration.

"Let her enroll in Saint Freya for now. As for her accommodation, it will be in the compartment of the F2 hangar. Keep a close eye on her. I don't know what Cocolia is planning."

The F2 hangar is not a good place in Saint Freya.

Since the last reconstruction of the airport, it is no longer used for warship berthing, but a large number of compartments have been vacated. Now its main function is basically to serve as a confinement room. It can be said to be one of the places that Valkyrie students fear the most.

It is a safe place to house suspicious elements. It is relatively isolated and easy to supervise. We can decide whether to let Bronya go to the teaching area for classes based on the situation.

"I understand. I will make arrangements. I will also ask the two doctors to investigate. They should have a better understanding of this."

Ji Zi also expressed her full understanding of this. It is very necessary to be vigilant against a member of a hostile organization, even if he is just a child.

According to information, this mercenary code-named "Ural Silver Wolf" has participated in many assassination attempts against senior military officers. He used his age advantage to make the targets relax their vigilance and then strangled them to death with stockings.

Although he is only 14 years old, he can already operate various weapons skillfully. Coming from the poor mountains and bad waters of Siberia, all the beasts have sharp fangs and claws, and even children are no exception.

Theresa could clearly smell the bloody smell on the girl. She looked so well-behaved now, like a wolf cub that had restrained its wildness and was merely disguising itself.

"By the way, Himeko, how is the search and rescue operation going?"

"Unfortunately, apart from the four people you brought back, we have not found any other survivors so far."

After she finished speaking, Ji Zi looked a little lonely. As a person born in the Far East, she had been familiar with Changkong City, an international port city, since she was a child. It was hard for her to imagine that it had become like this.

Fourteen years after the second collapse, the third collapse also came. The changes that have taken place in the world are so great that it is somewhat sad.

This will foreseeably cause extremely serious damage to the economy of the Far East region. The loss of an important port cannot be recovered within a few years.

Saint Freya is a money-eating behemoth that only takes in money and never gives out. A huge amount of funds are needed just to support its operation. In addition to the resources allocated by the Mandate Headquarters, some other support is also needed to ensure its development.

For example, through certain operations, additional budget was obtained from the Far East Congressmen.

But unfortunately, now that this has happened, as the commander-in-chief of the Far East branch, not only do I have to argue with those politicians, but the development plan of the academy may have to be slowed down.

Thinking of this, Ji Zi sighed helplessly, feeling a little headache, reached out to take off her sunglasses, moved her gaze outside the bridge, and looked at the empty city below.

"I asked Ai to do a deep scan. This Houkai outbreak caused serious land subsidence. Due to the low-lying terrain, it is expected that seawater will flood into the city within 12 hours, and our rescue work will have to be terminated at that time."

It's not just a matter of having nowhere to stand. The seawater polluted by Honkai energy will breed more toxic substances and become a breeding ground for Honkai beasts, further increasing the already extremely high danger.

By then, it is unlikely that there will be any survivors in the entire Changkong City.

Unfortunately, even now, the atmosphere in the city contains extremely high concentrations of Honkai energy particles, and equipment such as life detectors have completely failed. The Valkyries can only rely on their naked eyes to search, which is very inefficient.

"Well, it's not your fault. Anyway, the girls have tried their best. There are always some things that are helpless... Also, I found this in a building."

Theresa patted her thigh comfortingly and pressed her finger towards the projection screen in front of her, which showed a pink-purple crystal in some kind of container, emitting an ominous light.

"Honkai Crystal!" Ji Zi's eyes widened in surprise, "How can there be such a thing in Changkong City?"

"Yeah, I don't quite understand it either, but it emits very intense Houkai energy radiation, and the value has reached the critical point that can cause Houkai. If this is the case..."

"So, the third Honkai Impact may not have occurred because of the birth of the Herrscher, but rather the Honkai Impact occurred first, which then induced the birth of the Herrscher?"

As a former doctoral student at California Institute of Technology, Ji Zi, who has an extremely keen scientific research mind, made such a guess almost immediately.

In fact, she herself found it hard to believe this conjecture, which was completely opposite to the theory proposed in the Honkai energy papers she had read, and almost overturned previous research results.

"Probably."

Theresa raised her eyebrows, agreeing with the other party's idea. The current anti-entropy always creates some things that make people feel dizzy, and everything points to a woman.

Cocolia, a warlord who rose after the Second Collapse, is now the leader of the Anti-Entropy reformists. Oh, or rather, there are no so-called old members in the current Anti-Entropy, and it is completely her world.

"And I heard from Kevin that they were attacked by some kind of tactical mecha before, like the anti-entropy thunder mecha. Do you think that this was also done by Cocolia?"

"But how did she do it? Why did a newly rising Russian warlord master that level of technology and even become powerful enough to turn the tables in Anti-Entropy?"

"Ah, I'm not sure. Maybe there are other forces behind her. We have to be careful."