Honkai, they all became my stigmata

"Bronya, Bronya Zajcek."

Chen Yu replied casually.

They both like to float in the air, and their hairstyles are quite similar. One is a mecha lover, and the other is a real "machine girl".

"The file information of the individual named [Bronya Zajcek] was not found in the database."

Prometheus responded very quickly and returned the result.

The corner of Chen Yu's mouth twitched slightly, and replied:

"Because she wasn't born yet."

That's about 5 years too early.

"?"

Prometheus showed a puzzled expression.

"... Forget it, it's my fault for trying to lighten the atmosphere by making a joke with the artificial intelligence. Let's get straight to the point, Prometheus, what do you—or Dr. May, think of Aponia's rebellion ?”

To be honest, if the high-level executives of Chasing Moth really want to deal with Aponia, it is not impossible to use physical means to bypass her mental ability.

Well, for example, firing heavy weapons at the town to directly destroy it in a physical sense or hypnotic gas for group hypnosis... is obviously an absolutely feasible solution.

Flaming Moth did not do so, apparently at the behest of May, who is now the leader.

"Apolonia is very special. In any case, in this era when resources and manpower are already stretched, her power is still necessary."

A few words of confidential plans flashed in the girl's mind, but those were confidential matters that could not be revealed to Chen Yu beneath her.

"The so-called special refers to the special ability she possesses?"

"Yes, she is an extremely rare individual... Although the super-transformation surgery also endowed Kevin with very powerful power, there are traces to follow after all. But in Aponia, this law has not been reflected."

Pavanti gave Kevin the ability to control ice and snow. Although the intensity is far beyond imagination, this is a predictable ability.However, the Houkai Beast [Mitraro] that Aponia fused has never demonstrated the power of [Future Foretelling] and [Discipline].

"Furthermore, Dr. Mei doesn't think that she has acted rebelliously, nor does she think that she will really threaten human beings. It's just that the sudden disappearance of the deepest place must be explained to others."

Therefore, on the official level, Alponia's betrayal was still announced, but in private, she was sent to investigate first.

"Before setting off, Dr. May said something I couldn't understand."

Prometheus "recalls" the words that Dr. Mei told her before departure, outside the mission.

That woman, always full of wisdom and rationality, was wearing a white lab coat, leaning against the window shrouded in moonlight, telling her this.

"NO.17, people who have the ability to foresee the future are undoubtedly very lucky, because they can know things that ordinary people don't know, and do things that ordinary people can't. But at the same time, they are also unlucky, because they Always know the ending earlier than others, whether it is myself... or everything in this world."

If it is an era of peace and light, such a person can undoubtedly lead mankind to a better future.

But for this wasteland whose ending is almost doomed, they will also fall into the abyss first.

"Aponia, she...is, without a doubt, a [Slave of Fate]."

Chapter 48

I hate you

"Slave of fate?"

Chen Yu was slightly taken aback.

"I just paraphrased Dr. May's words."

Prometheus shook his head slightly.

"I don't understand the meaning of it, I'm just an artificial intelligence after all-so, can you understand?"

"...Maybe, but it's really hard to explain to you."

She was born from the code, and it is still difficult for her to understand human emotions and beliefs, confusion and confusion.

For her, it is only natural to calculate the success rate of events from an absolutely rational and scientific perspective.

Time passed quickly, with Che Che's feet, 10 minutes later, the church was already in sight.

The church looked dark and dilapidated in the night, and there seemed to be a faint light in it, so that everything would not be completely swallowed by darkness.

Prometheus floated down from Chen Yu's body, and then the chariot-level Honkai beast shrunk slightly, so that it could pass through the not-so-big church door.

After the two stepped through the door, the nun who was kneeling on the ground and praying could be seen head-on.

The butterfly-like wings are dormant on the ground with her posture, and the illusory hands that are condensed like pure spirit are also united and praying.

She is a devout listener in the dark.Half in shadow, half in light.

"Aponia, please stop what you're doing in private immediately, and return to Flaming Moth with me."

Prometheus floated in front of Aponia in a fearless gesture.

——She thinks that she will not be affected by the precepts, and this characteristic is also the reason why she was sent here by Dr. Mei.

The 410 roadblockers who were the most troublesome to her had already been dealt with by Chen Yu. If she only dealt with Aponia, a fusion fighter with spiritual perception, it was not impossible based on the data she possessed.

"I'll do that... NO.17."

The nun raised her head slightly, looked at the cautious gray-haired girl in front of her bright red eyes, and responded softly.

In this way, she is soothing the non-existent mind of Prometheus.

"Please respond to Dr. May in this way - Aponia, did not betray the flame moth."

"Then, I at least need to understand the reason for your behavior, the reason for taking away a team of Flaming Moths and all the criminals in the deepest place, and the reason for Alicia."

"I'll explain it to you, NO.17, but, before that..."

The nun calmly turned to the giant beast behind the gray-haired girl.

Although the appearance has changed, the essence can be seen through at a glance. For her who has a strange talent, it is even easier.

"Long time no see, traveler from another world."

Aponia said hello in a low voice.

She still knelt on the ground, maintaining her unchanging prayer posture.

Chen Yu's gaze bypassed the kneeling nun praying, and landed on the holy crystal coffin behind her.

Alicia is there.

Although it is close at hand, this short distance seems to be separated by thousands of rivers and mountains, which makes people sigh.

This is a barrier on the spiritual level, which is caused by Alponia's ability.

——The form she is showing now is exactly the form that Chen Yu saw in the image of the precepts before, which is the [artificial collapse] of Alponia.

Although she herself didn't show the slightest malice at present, she still brought a considerable degree of invisible oppression, and Chen Yu once recalled the feeling she had when facing that sister Su in the sea of ​​quantum.

She has been opening and maintaining this form...?

Chen Yu pondered, and returned to Aponia to say hello.

"...I'm glad you can remember me."

When he was in Seele's last reincarnation, he hadn't actually looked for Aponia, but perhaps because of her spiritual aptitude that was different from ordinary people, she had become aware of the reality of the dream of endless reincarnation.

"That girl named Xi'er, is she... all right?"

the nun asked softly.

"Well, she's doing fine."

"Is it...that's good..."

"What's wrong?"

"You... reversed the fate of a Herrscher, no, and above all, everyone in that city."

Aponia admired it sincerely.

And in this admiration, there is also an emotion called jealousy.

Innocent people in a city were saved, and a girl who should have been punished as a crime got a new life.

Why...you can do it?And I... can't do anything?

Obviously I have something I want to protect...

"I... also made many attempts, but in the end, I got nothing."

Aponia lowered her eyes and said with a slight sigh.

Her earnest protection turned into a prison, and her utmost care turned into poison.

She couldn't save anyone, she couldn't change anything.

"Everything I guarded is burned in my hands."

Whether it's children in an orphanage, soldiers chasing fire moths, or ordinary people...

Under the bones of countless defeats, she finally realized that her destiny cannot be changed and cannot be replaced.

——It was supposed to be like this.

If it was indeed such a purely desperate situation, she would not have nearly collapsed to this point.

Because the him in front of him once did what he couldn't do, telling himself that everything can actually be changed.

She had witnessed with her own eyes that the silk thread, which was as light as flying catkins that she could not shake even with all her life's strength, had indeed changed in his hands.

"...you hate me?"

Chen Yu heard the emotions hidden in Aponiya's words.

He was rather puzzled - with the short interview between himself and this nun, it shouldn't make her have such emotions towards him.

"Hate...? Maybe."

Aponia murmured.

"If I had never seen the light, I could have endured the darkness."

If nothing could be changed, if everything could only lead to a sad end irretrievably, then she wouldn't be as pitiful and helpless as she is now.

And it was Chen Yu's actions to change the fate of others that made her completely aware of her own incompetence and her own powerlessness.

Because of this, sorrow and self-pity turned into envy and yearning, which in turn gave birth to hatred and jealousy.

Those eyes, which were bright red due to the artificial collapse, were staring at each other with strange eyes.

"There is one last thing I still need to do before I return to Flamemoth."

"..."

"【Please……"

Although the words are gentle and polite, this is not a question, but a statement.

"Accept my [Commandment]."

Chapter 49

surprise

Following Aponia's words, Chen Yu's mind was flooded with unstoppable spiritual power.

Even though he relied on the body of this chariot-level Honkai beast to minimize the influence of the commandments, it was still difficult to resist the commandments directed at him.

But... this is more or less predictable. Facing the precepts is something that has been considered.

Drawn by the precepts, he unconsciously took steps towards the kneeling nun in front of him.

Afterwards, the faint lights in the church seemed to be extinguished, and endless darkness fell from the sky, bringing Chen Yu's consciousness into a brand new world.

"The level of hormones in the body is changing, and the fluctuations in thinking are returning to normal..."

Prometheus on the side watched all this quietly, instinctively observing the changes in Chen Yu's body.

Of course, the more obvious external manifestation is that the body of this huge chariot-level Honkai beast is constantly shrinking, from a beast to a human appearance again.