After clearing Type Moon, start fighting for a better world

“…Tsk!”

Siegfried curled his lips and then sighed deeply: "In the end, I didn't beat you once today... No, I didn't even meet you once."

"Of course. If I were to be touched by you so easily, where would I put my face?"

In one afternoon, the two of them exchanged 39 moves.

Siegfried's record was 0 wins and 39 losses, and if the record of the previous few days was also counted, it would be 0 wins and 77 losses. And in these 77 losses, Siegfried did not encounter Xiachuanhu even once.

"From the video, you weren't running very fast, so how come we couldn't touch you?"

"You even recorded the video and went back to review it at night?"

"That's for sure!"

Siegfried stood up as he spoke: "Watching videos is also a way to become stronger. The experience of our predecessors will become the cornerstone of our progress - but what's going on with yours? It's obviously not fast, but I can't keep up at all."

"Well... it should be that our [world] is different." Xia Chuanhu considered his words, "Although I did suppress my own power, my dynamic vision and reflex nerves cannot be suppressed, so it turned out that the [world] we see when we fight is different."

"What you consider to be [high speed], in my opinion, is just [ultra-slow speed] - have you ever tried to fight in a world with a speed of less than 0.1 seconds?"

A world under 0.1 seconds?

Siegfried was stunned: "What do you mean?"

"It means literally, if you want to express it more intuitively..."

Under Siegfried's gaze, Xia Chuanhu took a boxer's stance and swung his right fist a few times.

“Swish, swish, swish, swish——!”

A dense array of fist shadows flashed across the front like a flash of light!

But after just a moment, Xia Chuanhu stopped his action: "That's about it - I just threw 0.1 jabs in seconds, and I could throw more if I was more serious. By the way, I used magic."

"If you want to do this, you must first speed up your thinking to a certain extent. If your thinking is not ahead of your actions, your body and thoughts will be inconsistent. If you can think at super-high speed, you can think of a large number of combat methods at high speed during the battle, so as to make a better and faster decision on what to do next."

“That’s what they call ‘being one step ahead’.”

The difference in realm.

Siegfried considered himself a seasoned warrior who had been through countless battles, large and small, but he didn't think he could reach the level that Xia Chuanhu described.

"Xiachuan, how did you train to this level?"

"Hmm? What are you talking about? If you don't do this, saving the world is just wishful thinking, okay?" Xia Chuanhu squatted down, "Be it [enemy] or [crisis], overall, these things are always getting stronger. The more powerful enemies you defeat, the stronger enemies you will definitely encounter later."

"And in order to defeat stronger enemies, I have to make myself stronger. In order to protect this world that I love, and the people that I love living in this world, I must increase my strength as much as possible. Well, that's what I said, but I realized that I had come to this point after I came to my senses."

"After all, I have overcome countless despairs."

Overcoming despair.

Siegfried clenched his fists slightly: "Xiachuan... do you think I can do what you do?"

"How should I know? It's useless to ask you. But if you want to come to my side by training with me and suffering a little, then I advise you to just forget about it. The so-called "despair" is not something that can be overcome by risking your life."

"From my personal perspective, the worst second collapse you experienced was about the same level of trouble as having a sales flyer handed to you while you were taking a walk."

This is not meant to be disparaging, it is simply a statement of fact.

A ruler who controls space freely.

It sounds like that, but if it's just about [manipulating space], then Xia Chuanhu has countless ways to kill her. He himself is even an expert in playing with space, and if he's interested, he might even give her a temporary lesson.

"What you said is really——"

"I can't pretend I didn't hear you!"

Just as Siegfried was about to speak with a bitter expression, a scolding voice from a girl who sounded still childish suddenly came from the door of the training room.

Upon hearing this voice, Siegfried's face froze.

But when Xia Chuanhu looked over, he saw a figure...

"...A child? No, is it... [Theresa Apokalis]?"

Standing at the door of the training room was a girl with naturally white hair like Siegfried, Kiana, and Bianca. She looked to be only in her early teens, not much older than Kiana and Bianca. But the moment he saw her, a large number of memories related to her suddenly burst out in Xiachuanhu's mind.

Theresa Apokalis.

The only S-rank Valkyrie in Destiny, and the strongest Valkyrie in Destiny opposite to Siegfried. An artificial life form created by Otto using the genes of Kaslana's family and the genes of Honkai Beast. In terms of relationship, she is the "aunt" of Kiana and Bianca, and a good friend of Siegfried and Cecilia.

Although she looks like a little girl, her actual age is about the same as Siegfried.

(I didn’t expect to meet her here. I remember Siegfried said she was out on a mission?)

"Hey... Hey~~~ Little Theresa, it's been a long time. Has it been two months?"

Standing up from the floor of the training room, Siegfried greeted his old friend, "Did you just get back to headquarters today?"

"Well, I just completed the mission that my grandfather assigned to me, and I wanted to come back to see Kiana, but there was no one at your house. After asking around, I found out that you came here for training. You were beaten so badly by such a boastful person?"

Theresa said the last sentence to Xiachuanhu.

Her cute face showed an expression that didn't match her appearance.

"I'm not exaggerating, I'm just stating an objective fact. Perhaps in the eyes of you, a person who experienced the second collapse, I'm just making sarcastic remarks and belittling your sacrifices and efforts back then, but I don't like to make things sound too nice."

"Of course, I actually respect any hero who sacrifices his life to protect the world, whether he is a human or a Herrscher. After all, we are comrades."

"......Humph!"

After a pause, Theresa snorted cutely.

"So, who is he? Siegfried, I remember that before I left, there shouldn't be anyone like him in the destiny, right?"

6. Theresa: I have two nieces!

With Siegfried's introduction, Theresa also learned some things about Xiachuan Tiger.

While introducing themselves, the three of them also stopped by to pick up Kiana and Bianca, who were about to get out of school.

Then--

"younger sister?!"

Sitting with her beloved niece in the living room of the Xiachuan family, Theresa couldn't help but exclaimed with her eyes wide open when she saw Bianca, who looked exactly like Kiana.

"Kiana, when did you get a sister? You're not a twin!"

It was Theresa who named Kiana when she was born. She was sure that Cecilia did not give birth to twins!

But Bianca does look exactly like Kiana, and Kiana does look exactly like her.

"But a sister is a sister!"

Kiana hugged Bianca.

"A younger sister is still a younger sister! Right?"

"Well, um... hello, auntie, I'm Bianca Kaslana, your sister's younger sister."

Bianca greeted Theresa politely.

(Even the voice is similar to Kiana~~~)

Theresa was a little confused for a moment, and looked at Siegfried with a look of help in her eyes - you should explain to me what is going on! - those big eyes seemed to be saying this.

"Let me explain."

Walking out of the kitchen with a tray of drinks, Xia Chuanhu came to the sofa and said, "Come here, two little princesses, it's freshly chilled."

"Thank you brother!"

"You're welcome. This cup is for Ms. Theresa. I heard from Siegfried that you particularly like to eat things that make you cry, so this cup is bitter melon juice. I rarely make bitter things, so I don't know if it suits your taste."

"Eh? Ah...thank you."

Looking at the bitter melon juice that Xia Chuanhu handed to her, Theresa was a little surprised.

This was the first time they met, right? And in the short time since they met, Xia Chuanhu had never left her sight, and he was able to prepare bitter melon juice just like that... He probably didn't have time to buy bitter melon, right?

It’s not like you always have bitter melon at home, right?

If that were the case, Theresa would feel that Xiachuanhu was more pleasing to her now.

"Suck~~~~"

After taking a sip of the bitter melon juice, Theresa's eyes lit up at the icy taste: "Delicious! This icy taste is really good, different from the iced bitter melon juice I made myself!"

"As long as you like it." Xiachuanhu smiled, "Let's talk about Bianca... Actually, she is one of the clones created by Otto using Kiana's genes and the genes of the Second Herrscher. Of course, she should be the only clone now."

"Clones...really?"

Without showing too much surprise, Theresa's expression trembled for a while and then fixed on "As expected".

Clones.

This was not the first time Otto had done this experiment. Theresa had this idea when she saw that Kiana and Bianca looked almost exactly the same.

After all, she herself is a clone.

Theresa is one of the clones created by Otto using the genes of Kallen Kaslana, the strongest Valkyrie and Saint five hundred years ago, and the emperor-level Honkai Beast Vishnu. Her situation is extremely similar to Bianca's.

In other words, Theresa and Bianca are products of the same technology.

"Grandpa...is still doing this kind of thing in secret."

After taking a sip of bitter melon juice, Theresa's face looked a little unhappy.

Xiachuanhu held Bianca on his lap and said, "I brought Bianca out more than a month ago. At that time, I had just reached the age of 50. Due to my own mistakes and carelessness, I caused a lot of trouble. In order to fulfill the last wish of a deceased person, I found Otto's secret research institute and protected Bianca, the only [Successful Individual]."

"Her original name was K-423, the 423rd experimental subject of the Otto cloning project. I later gave her the name Bianca. Now, in public terms, she is another daughter of Siegfried and Cecilia, a legitimate child of the Kaslana family."

"That's right. Because of this, I was scolded by the elders at home." Siegfried also smiled bitterly, "It took me a lot of effort to fool them, but with the identity certificate obtained by the bishop, those old guys had no choice but to accept Bianca's existence - with Xia Chuan as a guardian, there will be no problem in the future."

"As for the sisterhood... that was something Kiana did herself."

"Ok!"

Kiana smiled and nodded, then moved closer to Theresa: "Aunt, you will have a niece from now on, are you happy?"

Happy?

Theresa put down the cup, smiled and pinched Kiana's round face: "You little brat, of course I'm happy about your period! But you recognized a sister without saying a word, which really scared me!"

"And...Bianca."

Turning her head, Theresa looked at Bianca: "From today on! You are my good niece Theresa! From now on in Tianming, I will protect you! If grandpa wants to do something to you, I will hit him on the head with Judas! Oh, yes, I brought back a lot of local specialties when I went out on this mission... Unfortunately, Amber took them all back to my house. I will definitely bring them to you tomorrow! They are all delicious and fun!"

"Thank you, thank you, Auntie..."

Perhaps she was shocked by Theresa's enthusiasm, Bianca snuggled into Xiachuanhu's arms. She did become more cheerful, but she was still a little wary of Theresa, a stranger.

Xia Chuanhu smoothed her hair and said, "Don't be afraid, be brave, she is not a bad person, Bianca."

"Brother... Yeah."

"Is that enough?" Siegfried came over with a can of beer. "So Theresa, what are you doing here? How long do you plan to stay?"

"Why? You don't want me to come back?"

Theresa glanced at Siegfried and said, "Of course I have to come back to see my niece after completing the mission. As for how long I will stay...it should be only three or four days. Before I came to see you, I submitted the mission report to Grandpa, and Grandpa said that the mission is not over yet, and we have to continue the attack after a few days of rest."

"Our S-rank Valkyrie is really hard-working~~~Although I'm almost there too." Siegfried shrugged, "However, the mission you're responsible for is still not completely resolved. I remember the mission you were responsible for before was... the series of disappearances in Siberia, right?"

7. Let’s go! Destination: Siberia!

Continuous disappearance of people in Siberia.

This is the task that Theresa has been responsible for for the past two months.

Since the second collapse, Siberia has been in chaos, and even now, five years later, it has not returned to normal. This is not about the ecological environment, but the social environment.

The Second Collapse itself ended, but due to the impact it brought, European countries split one after another, causing society to fall into unprecedented turmoil. Countless children were displaced, and homeless people could be seen all over Europe.

In five years, with the help of destiny, local European society has basically stabilized, and countries have gradually emerged from the turbulent period and began a long period of recuperation.