Collapse, I am actually in the villain camp

"Indeed... the facts prove that you did not deceive us. I was too subjective before. I shouldn't have doubted you because of Otto. I apologize to you for this." Tesla took a deep breath and spoke directly to Li Wen.

She didn't feel awkward or unconvinced. After all, she had always been a straightforward and hot-tempered person.

It was indeed my fault in this matter. Since I was wrong, I naturally need to apologize to the other party.

Li Wen accepted the other party's apology with a smile and nodded gently, saying, "Since you are willing to believe what I say, then it would be great."

"So... Mr. Li Wen... has Kiana's body been cured?" After hesitating about the address, Theresa asked with a little anticipation.

Li Wen had said before that as long as Kiana's body was cured, he would naturally send Kiana back.

Now that the other party has sent Kiana back, doesn’t that mean Kiana’s body has recovered?

"Little Theresa, there's no need to be so distant. According to seniority, I'm your second grandfather." Li Wen said with a smile at first, then saw her face become extremely stiff, then shook his head to deny her question, "Not yet. I just happened to see you this time, so I asked Kiana to meet with you so that you can feel completely at ease. As for the treatment..."

Li Wen hesitated for a moment before continuing, "We have only just reached the first stage."

"Oh, I see..." Theresa was a little disappointed. It seemed that Kiana would still have to leave with Li Wen.

However, it is good news to confirm that Kiana has not been abused in "Destiny".

Suddenly, Li Wen's communicator rang.

After seeing that it was a call from Alvette, Li Wen answered it without hesitation.

As soon as the communication was connected, Alvette's anxious voice came from inside, "Mr. Minister, the people from the "World Serpent" suddenly came over!"

Chapter 23: Miss Mei, you don’t want Kiana to be unable to recover, right?

"Don't panic," Li Wen said soothingly before asking, "Did the World Snake people tell us why they came here?"

"World Serpent"?

Hearing Li Wen's words, Theresa and others couldn't help but hold their breath, for fear of disturbing Li Wen's conversation.

"They said," Alvette glanced at Mei and Raven who were confronting the Valkyries, and then continued, "They are here to find the Herrscher of Ice."

Li Wen's tone remained unchanged. "I understand. Let them wait for me there. I'll be back soon."

"Yes." Alvette answered quickly, and at the same time informed the Valkyrie in front of her of this information, asking them to tell the people of the "World Serpent".

"Okay." Mei and Raven had no objection to this and immediately agreed, waiting for Li Wen on the spot.

……

"What happened?" Kiana quickly asked Li Wen.

"It's just some communication issues with our allies." Li Wen smiled lazily. "I'll just take care of it."

"Do you need me to go with you?" Kiana asked again.

"No need." Li Wen waved his hand. "You should stay here with your old friends. Once the rescue work here is completed, you and I will continue to return to Tianming."

After hearing what Li Wen said, Kiana no longer insisted.

So, Li Wen took the elevator again and left Hyperion, and began to rush towards the "Destiny" position.

……

"Is the Herrscher of Ice really in Li Wen's hands?" Mei couldn't help but confirm with Raven.

Although she knew that Li Wen had been to the Herrscher of Ice, she could not tell this information to Raven due to Li Wen's previous request. So she couldn't figure out why Raven was so sure that the Herrscher of Ice was in his hands when he didn't know Li Wen had been there.

Seeing Mei's puzzled look, Raven began to explain: "Gray Snake just sent a message that the S-class Valkyrie of "Destiny", Rita Rossweisse, once drove a small assault ship into the outskirts of the city.

"Afterwards, the small assault ship returned directly to Destiny. Now that the Herrscher of Ice has been found nowhere to be found, it's hard not to suspect that the man subdued the Herrscher of Ice and then had it transported back to Destiny headquarters."

"But why would he do this? 'Destiny' doesn't seem to value the Herrscher Core very much, right?" Mei frowned, puzzled.

She still couldn't figure out what Li Wen's series of actions were for.

"Who knows? Maybe he just doesn't want us to get the Herrscher." Raven shook his head. "How does that sentence go..."

"We will try our best to give the enemy whatever they don't need; and we will not keep anything they desire. Is that what you want to say, Miss Raven?" Li Wen said slowly.

"minister!"

When the Valkyries saw Li Wen, they immediately bowed respectfully.

Li Wen looked at the Valkyries in front of him and said gently, "You guys go ahead and do your work. I'll take care of this."

"Yes!"

The Valkyries responded and left immediately.

In the spacious venue, only Li Wen, Mei and Raven were left.

Li Wen picked up the previous topic again and said, "However, the above solution should only be applied to the "enemy" type. The "World Snake" is currently an ally of "Destiny". How could "Destiny" do such a thing?

"Or does the World Serpent still regard Destiny as its enemy?"

Raven took a deep breath and said slowly, "The World Serpent has no such intentions. However, we hope that Destiny will not have any of these either."

"Of course there's no such thing as 'heaven's will.'" Feeling that his words were a little imprecise, Li Wen added, "At least, not yet."

Raven pursed his pale lips. "If that's the case, then the World Serpent hopes you can hand over the Herrscher of Ice."

"Herrser of Ice?" Li Wen was stunned. "Hasn't the Herrser of Ice been handed over to you for handling? I heard from Alvette that the Herrser's reaction had disappeared. Wasn't it you who solved it? Could it be that that World Serpent cadre named Night Owl really took the Herrser of Ice away?"

Raven looked at Li Wen pretending to be stupid, suppressed his anger, and whispered, "Mr. Li Wen, you are just treating all of us as fools. Our intelligence shows that Rita Rossweisse had previously entered the city.

"Mr. Li Wen, didn't she go in to help you transport the Ice Herrscher you defeated?"

"This is a huge misunderstanding. How could I possibly capture the Herrscher of Ice?" Li Wen waved his hands. "Rita was on a confidential mission for Destiny, so I cannot reveal the details. But I swear on the name of the Apokalis family that I, Li Wen Apokalis, have never laid a hand on the Herrscher of Ice, nor have I ever captured him."

After listening to Li Wen's words, Raven was suddenly confused.

After all, the other party swore in the name of the family, so it is basically unlikely that he was deceiving her.

So, where did the Herrscher of Ice go?

Could it be that Night Owl really awakened Anna Shaniat's consciousness, and the two of them left?

But that's not right. If Anna Shaniyate really recovered, there would be no need for him to run away. He could just take Anna Shaniyate back to the World Serpent Lord and nothing would happen.

A Herrscher could definitely become a new leader of the World Snake, just like Mei Raiden.

As he was thinking, Raven suddenly felt dizzy and his body swayed slightly.

Mei, who was standing by, quickly supported her body.

Raven closed his eyes and gently placed his palm against his forehead.

Her body had not yet fully recovered, but she had already followed Mei to search for the traces of the Ice Herrscher. Now she was constantly using her brain, which made her body feel unusually tired.

On the other side, Mei was also very confused. She was sure that Li Wen was definitely going after the Ice Herrscher.

Otherwise, the other party would not have trapped her in the ice for so long.

However, Li Wen now swore on his family name that he had never attacked the Herrscher of Ice, nor had he captured him...

and many more!

Mei suddenly discovered a loophole in the other party's language. What if the other party really didn't do it, but Night Owl and Ice Herrscher did it voluntarily?

As she thought this, she raised her head and met Li Wen's smiling eyes.

Li Wen's lips moved slightly, but no sound came out.

Looking at Li Wen's mouth shape, Mei was silent for a while. The other party's words were - the Herrscher of Ice is the key to treating Kiana.

Chapter 24 Otto: We're in some trouble

Mei Raiden is a principled person. Since she promised to help the "World Snake" capture the Herrscher of Ice, she must do what she says.

Not even Levin Apokalis could stop her from believing.

But when the so-called mission is placed on both ends of the scale with Kiana Kaslana, it seems insignificant.

There was no need to think about it. No matter what it was, in her heart, it was nothing more important than Kiana Kaslana.

Therefore, after seeing Li Wen's lip movements, she remained silent and did not choose to speak to remind her current colleague.

Because of the dizziness, Raven naturally did not notice Li Wen's little movement.

"What's wrong, Miss Raven? You don't seem to be in good condition. Do you want to go to the battleship to rest for a while?" Li Wen asked with concern.

"Don't bother me anymore." Raven shook his head vigorously to clear his mind. "We still have to continue searching for the Herrscher of Ice, so I won't bother you any further."

"How about this, I'll ask the Valkyries who are still searching and rescuing the trapped people to help you keep an eye on the man called Night Owl. Once we have any news, we will give you the information as soon as possible. As long as he hasn't left Coral Island, he should not be able to escape our surveillance." Li Wen said thoughtfully.

After speaking to Raven, he pulled out his communicator and said, "Alvette, pass the portrait of World Serpent officer Night Owl to all Valkyrie teams. Have them keep an eye out for it. If they find anything, immediately report it to World Serpent."

"Okay. I'll send it right away."

Alvette's reply came immediately through the communicator.

Hearing Li Wen say this, Raven expressed his gratitude to Li Wen, and then left with Mei, who had an expressionless face.

Looking at their backs, Li Wen's lips curled up slightly. "Language is truly an art, and so is 'interest'."

……

Night Owl and Anna Shaniat had already arrived at the "Destiny" headquarters under Rita's escort.

The World Serpent's personnel and the Valkyries on the front lines naturally could not find any trace of each other on the coral island.

With the departure of the Herrscher, the Honkai naturally stopped erupting.

Although the rich Honkai energy contained in it still poses a great threat to ordinary people, for the Valkyries, their rescue work is indeed much easier.

In this way, they stayed on the Coral Island for another two days. Under the leadership of Yulandel, all the Honkai beasts on the entire Coral Island were eliminated, and the rescue operation was successfully completed.

The work of rescuing refugees is handled by several branches stationed nearby. As a special anti-Honkai armed team, the "Immortal Blade" naturally will not waste time dealing with such trivial matters.

Therefore, after the Coral Island incident was resolved, "Immortal Blade" embarked on the return journey under the leadership of Li Wen.

Although Kiana was reluctant to leave everyone, she understood that the only way to benefit everyone was to continue following Li Wen and completely recover her condition.

Although Theresa, Bronya and others were reluctant, they all supported Kiana's decision and hoped that Kiana could recover and return soon.

The warship set out on its return journey. Except for Yulandel who looked energetic, every other Valkyrie had an unconcealable look of fatigue on her face.

Looking at Yulandel's appearance, Li Wen was also quite surprised. After all, after fighting for such a long time, even if the opponent's strength was far weaker than his own, it was not an easy thing to maintain such a high spirit.

But Yulandel held on, and Li Wen also heard that before Yulandel became the strongest Valkyrie, she seemed to have an extraordinary record of sweeping through the Honkai beasts in various places for a month without rest.

Li Wen could only sigh that she was indeed the strongest Valkyrie of the contemporary era of "Steelman", and she was indeed unique.

As for Kiana, she has become accustomed to some logistical work. Basically, the logistical work of "Immortal Blade" is handled by her and Alvette.

Because they often spent time together, the relationship between the two girls gradually became familiar.

Alvette was no longer afraid of the former Herrscher of the Sky, but instead treated him as her friend sincerely.

Li Wen was quite pleased about this.

After all, Kiana can make good friends here, which is very good for her to relieve her mental stress.

……

There were no setbacks on the road, and everyone returned to "Tianming" very smoothly.

After the battleship landed at the airport, the Valkyries of "Immortal Blade" returned directly to their dormitories to rest and enjoy this rare free time.

Kiana also returned to her residence since there was nothing to do.

Li Wen turned in another direction. According to the reply Otto gave him on the way, the Herrscher of Ice had been placed in the corresponding research institute.

It is not an open research institute for Honkai like Helheim, but a new research institute set up solely for the Herrscher consciousness.

For this purpose, Otto specially selected a group of elite scientific researchers to be responsible for tackling this aspect.

Following Otto's guidance, Li Wen passed numerous tests and soon entered the research institute.

The not-so-spacious room was filled with various instruments. Several researchers in white coats were standing in front of the instruments, biting the tips of their pens and staring at the data in the instruments without blinking.

Among these people, two people caught Li Wen's attention. One of them was naturally his brother Otto, and the other was a female researcher with long, smooth burgundy hair.

She was wearing a pair of monocles, and her pupils, which were the same color as her hair, were flashing with a strange look at the moment, as she was discussing something with Otto.

"What happened?" Li Wen approached the two and asked Otto.