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"Really? Then let's go, Miss Fu Hua, let me think about it~~~ How about we go to the bar?"

28. Monsters from the Quantum Sea

Golden Court Eden Bar.

Although it was late at night and it was already business hours for the bar, when Xia Chuanhu walked in, the bar was quite deserted. There was not a single customer to be seen, only a bartender standing behind the bar.

Seeing the bartender, Xia Chuanhu couldn't help but laugh and said, "I never thought that Ms. Raven, a cadre of the World Serpent and a world-renowned mercenary, would temporarily serve as a bartender?"

"...It is an honor to serve you, Mr. Xiachuan, and Lady Fuhua."

Behind the bar, the raven seemed to have a smile on his face, but he had already cursed the jackal seventeen or eighteen times in his heart.

She was drinking her wine leisurely when Jackal suddenly called her and said that Xia Chuanhu would be here soon and asked her to clear the place and make preparations... Such a big deal should have been told half an hour in advance!

After a flurry of activity and a semi-forced clearing, Raven quickly changed into a bartender's outfit. Because time was urgent, she didn't even bother putting on any light makeup and came out with her bare face.

"Then give me a bottle of water of life first. Where's Ms. Fu Hua?"

Sitting on the sofa near the bar, Xia Chuanhu naturally ordered an order. Fu Hua sat next to him after being silent for a while: "Give me a cocktail, Raven."

One is to drink 96% water of life directly, and the other is to have a cocktail casually.

Raven also runs a small bar, and he thinks he has seen a lot of strange guests, but the request of these two people... Raven really doesn't know what expression to make. After all, something like "casual" is really difficult to deal with.

"...Please wait for a moment, Master Fu Hua. This is Mr. Xia Chuan's water of life."

After taking a whole bottle of water of life from the cabinet at the back and giving it to Xia Chuan Hu, Raven started to mix Fu Hua's cocktail.

As for Golden Princess... Raven didn't ask at all.

Seeing all of Raven's actions, Xia Chuanhu laid Huang Jinji flat on the coffee table in front of the sofa and said, "It seems that Miss Raven is very aware of self-protection. Let's get back to the point, Miss Fu Hua. On the way here, I contacted Rita, who is responsible for coming to find you this time. She will come to find you after we finish talking, and ask you to explain why she has been missing for the past few years."

"And before that...I hope you can answer a few questions for me."

Fu Hua: "...I guess I don't have the right to refuse, right?"

"Of course." Xia Chuanhu smiled, "I don't really like to hit women, but if I have to, I will definitely do it. But my questions are all simple ones, and the situation shouldn't escalate to the point where we need to confront each other."

"...What do you want to know?"

"What have you been doing these past few years? What is the origin of Golden Princess's identity? And...what is the purpose of the World Serpent?"

Fu Hua was silent for a moment after hearing this: "...I can say that I have been living in the world snake for the past few years."

"A few years ago, when I was still in Shenzhou, I was suddenly found by Ying. Ying told me that the World Snake needed my strength and took me back to the World Snake's base. There I met many of my former companions and also recovered the memories that I had lost for various reasons. Since then, I have been living in the World Snake's base."

"As for Tianming...it is indeed my fault. If necessary, I will respond to Tianming and explain the matter to Otto."

"As for Eden——Golden Princess——"

Looking at Huang Jinji who was lying unconscious on the coffee table, Fu Hua shook her head: "I don't know the details very well, I only know that she is a clone of one of my comrades, and she was created for the purpose of becoming a weapon, and more -"

"You know it, but you can't say it, or you don't want to say it, right?"

Xia Chuanhu interrupted Fu Hua: "It doesn't matter, this little bit is enough, I can see the rest myself. By the way, just by listening to what she said just now, I can almost deduce what her condition is."

[Please don't worry about me, I'm just a weapon. Even if I'm completely destroyed here, the next me will be born.]

Xia Chuanhu remembered clearly what Huang Jinji said.

(He didn’t take his life seriously at all. He was indoctrinated with the idea that “he was a weapon” before his self-awareness was fully formed. He completely regarded himself as a mass product…)

He has seen this kind of situation too many times.

Whether it was a similar situation or an exactly the same situation, he had seen too many of them.

He is a non-interventionist and is not prepared to interfere too much with human choices. After all, with his extraordinary power, he can easily change the natural development of the world. But he is also a person who wants to help others as much as possible. Things like this happening in front of him...

(Meili, Meili, is this a simple question you gave me?)

Xia Chuanhu tapped Huang Jinji's forehead a few times with one finger.

"By the way, Miss Fu Hua, what's the last question?"

"......The ultimate goal of the World Serpent is naturally to fight against Honkai."

"I know that, but this is not the purpose at this stage, right?" Xia Chuanhu touched Huang Jinji, "Creating such a replica of Ying Jie, and performing a lot of acquired surgical transformations on her, and bringing her on such a luxury cruise ship, I don't believe there is no small plan behind this."

It really can’t be hidden.

Fu Hua sighed helplessly: "I don't know the detailed plan either. This has been in place since the Fire Moth era. Only the people who made the plan know the full picture of the plan. Sakura and I, the executors, usually only know part of the plan."

"But right now... Huang Jinji has two tasks. One is to appear on the stage tomorrow, and the other is to conduct a practical test today."

"Actual combat test? In this sea?"

Xia Chuanhu raised his eyebrows: "Does he want her to deal with the Honkai beast? But where can the Honkai beast come from here?"

"...Maybe it's you?" Fu Hua said uncertainly.

This made Xia Chuanhu laugh on the spot: "That's equivalent to sending her to her death. Meili would never do such a waste of resources. She never does things that will result in a 100% loss. At most, she would do things that will result in a 99.9% loss."

"Yes."

Sakura's voice came from somewhere.

"The subject of the actual combat test is not Xia Chuan. In fact, the actual combat test has already begun, and the test subject will fully manifest in about five minutes."

"Oh?"

Hearing Ying say this, Xia Chuanhu couldn't help but become interested: "Can you tell me what the test subject is?"

"can."

"The test subject is Tonatiuh, a monster captured by the World Serpent from the Quantum Sea."

29. This should be dealt with

——Tonatiuh.

The name spoken by Sakura made Xiachuan Hu interested.

"Named after the sun god in Aztec mythology? The World Serpent has really good naming taste."

"But since it's a monster from the Quantum Sea, it's probably only a Judgment-level Honkai Beast at best, right?"

No matter what, it is impossible for the Quantum Sea to give birth to a true god-level existence. At least in his memory, although the magnitude of the Quantum Sea is the same as the Imaginary Number Tree represented by Honkai, there has never been an existence with a single combat power that can be compared with the Herrscher.

Of course, there are quite a few people who can fight with the Herrscher with one or two moves.

Compared to this kind of thing——

"Then again, the test subject turned out to be a monster from the Quantum Sea. Could it be that the World Serpent couldn't even prepare a test subject?"

"Who knows? We were just following instructions and carrying out our mission." Ying responded, "According to what I know, after giving Huang Jinji a simulation test, Wei Wei and that woman canceled all subsequent simulation tests and instead prepared for this mission."

Just one test result changed all future plans?

To do something like this means that something happened during the test that forced Velvet and even Mary to make such a decision, right?

Xia Chuanhu glanced at Huang Jinji on the coffee table again: "What should we do in this situation? Do you need me to wake her up?"

"If it's possible—"

Boom——————!

Before Ying finished her words, a loud noise suddenly sounded, and then the whole cruise ship shook violently!

Fu Hua and others hurriedly tried to hold on to the things around them, but in less than a moment, the shaking suddenly disappeared, replaced by an unprecedented sense of stability.

Subconsciously, Fu Hua and Ying looked at Xia Chuan Hu at the same time, and just as they thought, a faint light was emanating from Xia Chuan Hu's body, as if it was that faint light that stabilized the boat.

"......Thanks."

"It's just a piece of cake, but the noise is really loud. The passengers will be scared, right?"

"Someone has already taken care of it."

As if to prove what Sakura said was true, a notice soon came out on the radios everywhere on the ship, the content of which was basically saying that the vibration just now was not a big problem and there was no need to panic.

Listening to this broadcast, Xia Chuanhu raised his eyebrows: "A technique that interferes with the mind? No, the technique itself is made into a fixed magic unit? Meili's work?"

"We had anticipated the possibility of an impact on the ship, so it was natural for us to prepare to this extent. But this vibration..."

Sakura frowned and looked at the floor.

Although according to the schedule, Golden Princess' actual combat test will begin at this time, judging from the vibration, the scale of this actual combat test is probably not small.

"There are five creatures from the Quantum Sea under the sea right now."

Natsukawa Tora's voice interrupted Sakura's thoughts.

"Three of them are only as strong as lower-level Honkai beasts, not as strong as Honkai emperors, while the other two are as strong as emperor-level Honkai beasts. This can be said to be a very luxurious lineup. Are you planning to scrap this ship in some kind of actual combat test?"

Two Imperials?

Fu Hua couldn't help but look at Ying: "Ying, this level of strength is too... No, no matter from which angle you consider it, a combat test of this scale shouldn't be conducted under such circumstances, right?"

indeed.

The Golden Courtyard is now an island floating in the ocean. Although it is not completely isolated from the outside world, it will take a long time to get support from the outside world if something happens. And in terms of the strength of the ship itself, even an attack from a breakthrough-level Honkai beast can tear it apart.

Under such circumstances, it is indeed unreasonable to rashly conduct high-intensity actual combat tests.

"Um~~~~"

Suddenly, Huang Jinji, who was lying on the table, let out a small groan and slowly opened her eyes.

"Eden?"

"I......"

Huang Jin Ji supported her forehead and slowly stood up. She glanced around with her lifeless eyes, and then looked down: "...Has the actual combat test started? Sakura, Hua, I'm sorry, I just woke up now. I'll go and do the test now."

"...Come with me, I'll take you there."

Sakura said this with her back to Huang Jinji and left the bar first.

Looking at Huang Jinji who left with them, Fu Hua was silent for a while, then stood up and chased in the direction the two left.

Suddenly, Xiachuan Hu and Raven were the only ones left in the bar.

Looking at Fu Hua and the other two leaving, Xia Chuanhu silently raised the water of life in his hand and took a big sip.

(That Golden Princess...Isn't she going to survive?)

Although he looked normal on the outside, it was because she had seen too many similar cases before that Xia Chuanhu could make such an assertion. With her self-awareness, even if nothing went wrong in this actual combat test, something would definitely go wrong in the future. Even if he was a clone made based on Yingjie, as long as he had the idea that he was a mass-produced product or that he could be replaced, he would soon face the end.

[Because you can be replaced, there is no need to cherish your life]

[Because I am just a mass product, I don’t need to work so hard to survive]

[Because I am just a clone]

......

Even without using mind reading, Xiachuan Hu could see thoughts like these on Huang Jinji's face.

Her eyes were indeed beautiful, and her appearance was exactly the same as Eden in his memory. She could be said to have a star-level face, but Xia Chuanhu could not see even a trace of life in her expression.

"...Tsk, this is really unbearable to watch."

After drinking the water of life in his hand in one gulp, Xia Chuanhu curled his lips.

"Meli, you really never disappoint me when it comes to making me angry."

"By the way~~~ I have also figured out what you are planning to do. Just like two years ago, you have taken me through so much trouble this time, but..."

"——Okay."

Standing up from the sofa, Xia Chuanhu stretched his arms and legs.

(Speaking of which... I haven't been to the Quantum Sea since that incident seven years ago.)

(It’s time to deal with Vita’s matter.)