I was transported to a broken world, yet my dreams are connected to Star Iron?

　“Alright, let me see what Lingmo is doing right now… I remember she was thinking of tearing down the Tower of Babel? Hmm, erasing one’s tracks is important, and that little girl named Xilin certainly has that ability.”

　"However, the power levels in her world are really interesting. Becoming a so-called Herrscher can instantly grant a little girl with no power the ability to freely travel between imaginary spaces... Wait, what are they doing?"

　Black Tower frowned. At this moment, on the screen, Sirin and Lingmo had carried out the final step of the plan, which was to demolish the Tower of Babylon.

　However, the Black Tower saw... that Sirin left immediately after turning the entire Tower of Babel into ruins?

　"Huh? No, wait a minute?"

　Black Tower slapped her forehead. At this moment, she wished she could jump into the screen and play for her: "This girl named Sirin, how come she only demolishes the tower literally? Why doesn't she go find the server in this lab? What's the point of just demolishing this tower!"

　"The servers in these top-secret labs are usually not connected to the internet, and the mainframes are most likely buried deep underground in the Tower of Babel... Why don't you two take a look down there and see if there's anything else?!"

　"..."

　Unfortunately, no matter how anxious Black Tower was, she couldn't contact the two people in the other world at this moment. Moreover, after the initial confusion, she had roughly come to her senses.

　Ultimately, it was her oversight that caused this. She only reminded Lingmo to remember to remove the traces, but forgot a very important prerequisite, which was...

　Both of these people are illiterate (sad).

　Needless to say, Xilin's education level is basically that of someone who dropped out of primary school. Although Lingmo seems to have received a normal education, Black Tower is certain that she has never been the leader of these research projects, so it is normal that she couldn't think of this.

　The main reason is that this is common knowledge for Black Tower. At the time, she was so focused on studying Lingmo that she didn't think of these details for a moment.

　"Tsk, it seems they'll be under surveillance very soon..."

　Black Tower looked at the screen with a headache: "Now we can only pray that the so-called Destiny organization reacts slowly, at least until I return to the space station and find Lingmo. That way, I'll still have a chance to provide Lingmo with some rare items or equipment..."

　……

　"The Tower of Babel was destroyed, all members of the experimental team were killed, and the investigation report from the nearest Siberian branch suggests a possible Herrscher awakening?"

　On the other side, Otto also fell into deep thought as he listened to Amber's report.

　"The Second Herrscher has awakened at a time like this... Oh well, it won't make any difference."

　"Notify all branches around the world to raise the Honkai response level. Also, instruct the local branches and all surrounding Destiny branches to evacuate Siberia and the surrounding areas. Let them come up with their own reasons, whether it's a gas explosion or something else. Anyway, there aren't many people in that area to begin with. At least make sure they evacuate most of the residents in that area before the war starts."

　"Then inform Theresa to immediately take a private jet to the Tower of Babel to investigate the situation. Also, I remember that Patrick, the A-rank Valkyrie of the Snow Wolf Squad's intelligence department, is nearby, right?"

　"Yes."

　Amber nodded: "Should we send her to assist Lady Theresa? In terms of ability, there's no problem, but I remember, she seems to be..."

　"It's alright, let her go. Anti-Entropy has probably already received the news. After all, the gradually increasing Honkai energy concentration in the area can't lie."

　Otto shook his head: "In this dangerous and uncertain situation, the sooner someone steps in, the more likely they are to become 'expendable materials' for testing the strength of the Herrschers... Anyway, Theresa will be fine with Judah, as for this Anti-Entropy spy, we'll see if she's lucky enough to survive."

　"Oh, by the way, one more thing."

　Otto paused, as if remembering something, and instructed Amber, "Keep the details of this matter under wraps for now, especially within Schicksal. If anyone asks, say that a second Honkai has occurred and headquarters is investigating."

　"I need to observe the situation in Siberia for a while longer."

　“But, Your Excellency, if we suppress the news, we can’t allocate too many resources for the investigation.”

　Amber wrote down the order, then asked with some doubt, "Or do I need to go there myself..."

　"No need, you can also stand by at headquarters."

　A mysterious smile crept onto Otto's lips.

　"Also, don't assign me too much work lately."

　Chapter 20 Lingmo: I don't want you to ride me! What? I can't ride you either!

　"Ah!"

　"Lingmo, are you feeling unwell again?"

　Xilin, who had been paying close attention to Lingmo's physical condition, was startled.

　"No, that's not it... It feels like someone is talking about me."

　Lingmo touched her nose and said, "Forget it, let's focus on the immediate problem first... Even if we destroy the Tower of Babel, it's only a matter of time before Destiny and Anti-Entropy find us. Moreover, considering our 'atrocity' of killing more than three hundred researchers, neither side may necessarily have a good attitude towards us."

　"So before that, we need to find some ways to increase our strength. In addition, we should try to go to some remote places to prevent a large-scale increase in the concentration of Honkai energy near the settlements..."

　"Hmm, that sounds complicated... You can decide these things, Suzumo. I'll just follow you."

　As Xilin listened to Lingmo's string of unfamiliar terms, her eyes began to dart around.

　It can only be said that although she is not a member of the Kaslana family, Sirin's behavior of automatically shutting down her brain as long as her teammates are around does have a bit of a Kaslana feel to it.

　“However, Suzuma, after absorbing the energy of the entire Honkai reactor, I did sense something different…”

　"Oh? Please elaborate."

　"Qiyi, as the Honkai energy fills up, I seem to be able to faintly hear the voice of God again..."

　Celine covered her head in confusion: "But, perhaps because of the improvement in my abilities, I discovered some things that I hadn't figured out before."

　"Lingmo, didn't you say before that those emotions and impulses that want to destroy the world might be the work of a god, oh, you mean the Honkai Will you mentioned? But now I'm finding out that it doesn't seem to be the case..."

　"Those seductive voices sound more like the core of a Herrscher, or perhaps they're a side effect of the Honkai energy I absorbed. The voice of God, on the other hand, doesn't seem to have asked me to do this..."

　"...?"

　Lingmo remained silent for a moment.

　According to the original work, in the early Honkai settings, the Honkai Will was indeed doing its best to incite the Herrschers to destroy the world. Of course, considering the later setting of Prometheus in the final part, and the fact that this is a real world with no possibility of retconning, Suzuma is more willing to believe that these early seductive voices may have been a back-and-forth between Prometheus and the Honkai Will to check each other.

　Ultimately, in retrospect, although the Honkai Will was constantly instigating Sirin to destroy the world, her act of retrieving the four cores directly from the moon did indeed provide humanity with a significant boost, greatly reducing the potential losses humanity might suffer when facing the Herrschers in the early stages.

　But now it seems... could it be that the regular herrscher has gained the upper hand ahead of time? But if she remembers correctly, theoretically, the regular herrscher's ability can only guarantee the order in which the herrschers appear, and it's not that versatile, is it?

　"So, what did the Will of Honkai say to you?"

　"do not know."

　Sirin shook her head: "It seems that as long as Suzuma is around, the voice of the Honkai Will becomes very muffled, like a bad signal..."

　"So, the 'purification' effect around me not only helps you isolate yourself from the negative effects of the Herrscher core, but also disrupts the communication signal between you and the Honkai Will? Hmm, it seems this is a passive buff that doesn't distinguish between friend and foe..."

　"It's okay, Suzuma's here anyway, so if she can't hear us, she can't hear us~"

　Compared to her extreme worship of the Honkai God in the original work, Sirin now shows no awareness of being an "apostle of God": "Secondly, besides that, Suzumo Suzumo, I also found something very interesting in the Herrscher core that might be able to solve your physical problems!"

　"Interesting? What is it...?"

　Lingmo was a little confused.

　"As a Herrscher, besides being able to summon ordinary Honkai Beasts, I seem to be able to create a companion Honkai Beast and endow it with extremely powerful abilities!"

　Sirin's voice was unusually excited: "According to the information recorded in the Herrscher Core, the strongest type is a dragon-shaped Honkai Beast that blots out the sky! Suzumo Suzumo, how about you become my companion Honkai Beast? It can solve your physical problems and also give you powerful combat abilities..."

　"Um...no, no."

　Although Sirin's suggestion was very tempting, after thinking about it carefully for a moment, Suzumo resolutely shook her head.

　"Eh? Why…"

　Sirin's face was full of confusion: "Is it because the companion Honkai Beast looks like my mount? Don't worry, I won't treat Suzumo as a mount or servant or anything. If Suzumo doesn't like it, I won't ride yours... Or you can ride me instead, I can fly too, you know?"

　"What are you thinking? What do you mean, 'you ride me and I ride you'..."

　Lingmo ruffled Xilin's hair roughly: "I didn't care about that kind of thing."

　"Then why... even if we can be resurrected, isn't Suzuma's body still very fragile right now? Didn't you say we might still be hunted down later, if we become companion Honkai Beasts..."

　"Alright, Sirin, well... just think of it as me not really wanting to become a Honkai Beast. Anyway, you can leave the opportunity to create a companion Honkai Beast to someone else. As for me... I might be able to obtain some other powers in a short time."

　Of course, despite saying that, Suzuma wasn't actually that resistant to the identity of a Honkai Beast.

　The reasons why she was unwilling to become Sirin's companion Honkai Beast were twofold: firstly, she did not want to displace Bella's original position; and secondly, during the Second Honkai Impact, if we ignore some of Otto's strange actions, the margin for error for the Schicksal side was practically limitless.

　If she obtains the power of Bebe Dragon here, what difference would it make from the original work? Although Bebe Dragon is not weak, it is not strong in the early stages due to the version inflation in Honkai Impact 3, and can only be considered a large super soldier in the late stages. Rather than that, it is better to hope that she can draw some powerful artifacts and characters, so that at least she can be considered an extra combat force.

　Furthermore, there's another point... Actually, although Sirin fused a Herrscher core with Benares in the original work, she wasn't entirely sure whether a Honkai Beast could become a complete Ascended Herrscher.

　After all, if possible, she would like to try fusing a Herrscher core in the future. Although her Honkai energy is not very adaptable, with her resurrection ability, she could force a fusion like Old Yang and do sit-ups every day, which would not be a problem.

　Of course, most importantly, wouldn't it be great to have a white silk dragon maid? Not only Sirin, but Bella also loves her!

　Chapter 21 Theresa: My teammate is a good person!

　While Sirin and Suzuma were still searching for a suitable location to summon their companion Honkai Beasts, on the other side, the Tower of Babylon, which had been reduced to ruins, also welcomed two visitors from Schicksal.

　"I never imagined this place would become like this..."

　"What, has Theresa been here before?"

　"No, I'm just feeling a bit sentimental."

　Theresa shook her head: "If it was out of revenge that all the researchers here were killed, I could understand. But all the experimental subjects who were originally imprisoned here have also disappeared... After seeing the information from Amber, I was planning to bring them all to St. Freya Academy."

　"So that's what our little Theresa was worried about..."

　Patrick shook his head with a slight chuckle: "Look at this."

　"This is……"

　Theresa took the data Patrick handed her with some confusion: "Huh?! Those test subjects didn't die?"

　“Yes, before you arrived, I received many reports about ‘unidentified children who suddenly appeared.’ At that time, I suspected that these people might be related to the Tower of Babel incident that had just broken out.”

　While adjusting the equipment, Patrick explained, "After some investigation, I found that, as expected, most of these suddenly appearing children had previously participated in the Babylon Laboratory volunteer program, while others were simply missing persons registered locally. In short, it can be basically confirmed that these children are the experimental subjects still alive in the Babylon Laboratory."

　"In other words, if this really is a Herrscher appearing in the world, then this Herrscher should still have room for communication. At the very least, she spared these companions who once suffered with her."

　"I see. Did these children reveal anything about that law...?"

　Halfway through her sentence, Theresa suddenly stopped talking with a self-deprecating tone: "Tsk, what am I talking about... Schicksal was the one who conducted human experiments on them, so how could they possibly reveal the identity of that Herrscher to us under such circumstances?"

　"Yes, and we also have better options."

　Patrick blinked and led Theresa to the ruins.

　"Perhaps because they had never come into contact with these things before, the Herrscher did not discover the mainframe buried deep underground in the Babylon Laboratory when destroying this place... When I approached this place just now, I found that I could still receive some signals from the mainframe."

　"So, all we need is this..."

　"This is... Soul Steel?"

　Looking at the full test tube of liquid metal in Patrick's hand, Theresa said in surprise, "So much... It seems that Grandpa really went all out to investigate the Tower of Babylon this time."

　"Actually, this isn't pure soul steel. It contains a lot of special substances. Moreover, strictly speaking, this is my own personal tool."

　Patrick found a wide gap and poured the liquid metal down into it. Strangely, even though Patrick had completely poured the test tube out, the metal acted like slime, sticking to the test tube on one side while continuously seeping downwards on the other.

　A few minutes later, Patrick sighed and retrieved the liquid metal.

　"What happened? Was the mainframe damaged due to the collapse of the Tower of Babel?"

　Theresa's voice sounded slightly nervous.

　"No, the designers included ample redundancy during construction, so the main unit should still be intact."

　Patrick shook his head: "However, due to the limited amount of metal I brought this time, this depth is just a little short of the limit of detection distance."

　"So... Theresa, it's time for you to come in handy."

　Patrick made a fist gesture.

　"Let's dig the ground for the sake of the children."

　"That's not how you use Judah!"

　Theresa protested, "And why did you voluntarily walk to the side? Come over here and lend a hand!"

　"Ahem, as you can see, the weapons I brought this time are two heavy machine guns."

　Patrick shrugged. "Besides, I still need to keep tweaking the equipment. Don't forget, I'm also in control of the drone surveillance network around us."

　"So, my dear Theresa, thank you for your help~"

　"Gu..."

　Theresa looked reluctant: "Okay, okay... Judah, start burrowing mode!"

　"Your Judas doesn't actually have this strange pattern!"

　Patrick breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Judas unleash a barrage of golden spears that coalesced into a giant drill at the front of the cross, and Theresa follow him as they disappeared into the ruins.