Honkai, why do you only play high-end games?

"Also, to prevent unauthorized actions, neither you nor we, no matter who, are allowed to station military forces here. All decisions will be made after the leader returns."

Chapter 223: I didn’t do that. Don’t talk nonsense!

The request to "evacuate" made Cocolia extremely angry, but she was interrupted before she could say anything.

"Ms. Cocolia, I hope you understand one fact: I have no intention of negotiating with you now. This is just a simple notification."

Einstein ignored Cocolia's anger and continued to speak without giving in.

"Your repeated, unauthorized actions have not only caused immeasurable losses to Anti-Entropy and the entire world, but have also pushed Anti-Entropy to the brink of division and civil war. Therefore, at this moment, we have basically lost the basic trust that could be used for 'negotiation'. It's better to be frank."

"Hmph, tell me what you want to say?"

Cocolia, who was being manipulated by the "technician" whom she had always looked down upon, found herself about to lose everything and retorted with some resignation.

"Separation? Civil war? Oh, Doctor, you're really making such a big accusation! If that's really the case, then there's really nothing to talk about!"

"Ha! Cocolia, you're saying we're putting a accusation on you? How dare you say that?"

Tesla, the biggest victim, cursed without hesitation.

"Who was it [Wenmingyu] who started it first, and why has she escalated her actions time and again? She knows it herself!"

"Humph!"

Cocolia, feeling guilty and weak, snorted coldly with pretentiousness and stopped talking.

"To be frank, Ms. Cocolia, what you've done, in my opinion, is fraught with uncontrollable danger."

Compared to Tesla's expression of emotion, Einstein seemed much calmer. He stretched out a finger to smooth his hair and said calmly,

"Therefore, if Ms. Kokolia refuses to accept this condition, then I will have no choice but to order the destruction of the device that opens the quantum realm."

After a pause, she also reminded,

"Do not doubt my resolve, ma'am."

She and Tesla could destroy the Fourth God Key without hesitation, let alone such an underwater ruin.

"Do you know what you're saying? You still dare to call yourself a scientist? This is a crime!"

But this price was something Cocolia was unwilling to see at all; hearing Einstein's words in a voice without any emotion, she couldn't help but feel angry.

"I admit that it has great research value. Therefore, as I said before, Ms. Kokolia deserves credit for excavating this ruin."

Einstein said,

"However, compared to the unknown value of this research, I believe you are also well aware of the terrible disasters it has caused. Therefore, if consensus cannot be reached and the risks outweigh the benefits, I don't think I need to explain what choice to make."

"..."

Cocolia's face turned ugly.

There is no doubt that the initiative is now in the hands of the other party. If they really fall out, it is very likely that they will not even be able to suffer losses on both sides. Einstein can easily issue a self-destruct command on the spot, and then evacuate safely with his people using the quantum transmission system before the ruins collapse.

Even if they were soft-hearted and took their people with them to leave this damn place, if they did so, they would completely lose the underwater ruins and be completely defeated...

How hateful! Kokolia thought bitterly, pursing her lips tightly and remaining silent.

With her silence, the winner was clear.

"Wow, Chicken Coop Head, when did you become so powerful?"

On the other side, Tesla clapped his hands in admiration and excitedly grabbed Einstein's collar. He was simply amazed by her beauty.

"Look at that guy's face. He's not so arrogant anymore!"

"I just learned it from Lin Wei."

Einstein shook his head and said,

"I was messed around with by that guy once, and was so embarrassed. I should have learned a lesson..."

It has to be said that even if Lin Wei saw her counterattack, she would look at her with admiration.

Who says researchers can’t be cunning?

They haven't been pushed to that point!

"..."

Tesla was speechless when he thought of his embarrassment at that time; then he remembered how he had rudely cut off his communication before, and then he thought of the current unknown situation in Southeast Asia, and his heart couldn't help but feel gloomy again.

"Chicken Coop Head, we can't delay here any longer."

She said with some melancholy,

"The trouble we've caused this time is truly enormous. We don't know how many terrible things have happened outside. We..."

"Ok, I know."

Einstein used his eyes to signal her to calm down, then turned his head to look the other way and said in a flat and sarcastic tone,

"Ms. Cocolia, silence won't help you solve anything."

"...Hmph, okay, I agree! But I have one condition."

Just as Einstein said, Cocolia now had no other choice; but she still didn't want to just give up and immediately put forward her own conditions.

"This matter ends here. All misunderstandings are written off. After we leave here, no one is allowed to use this matter to settle accounts. You understand the truth, Doctor—after we leave this ruin, you won't be able to threaten me. I'll warn you: don't go too far. Otherwise, it will be of no benefit to you, me, or the organization."

Her threat was very obvious: the situation between the two factions was still tense, and even the troops under Cocolia were more powerful; if they left the ruins and lost the restraint of this threat, and then a falling out occurred, it would be hard to say who would be the winner.

But in the final analysis, no one wants to see this result, including Cocolia.

Not to mention that she didn't want to be known as a traitor; just talking about the battle at the underwater ruins, her main force was almost completely wiped out. Her top priority was to curl up, lick her wounds, and recover her strength, rather than making more enemies - even if this mess was her own fault...

Tesla was furious to see this guy was so arrogant even though he was almost at the end of his rope. He wanted to refute him immediately, but Einstein stopped him with his hand and said,

"Okay, I agree."

Not to mention the reality of the external world collapsing; just the tragic consequence of "internal strife caused by anti-entropy and severe damage to vitality" is something she has wanted to avoid until now.

Since then, an agreement has been reached between the two parties.

Then, after a bright blue light appeared, all the mecha troops here left together.

On the sea, the two fleets that were originally mixed together began to separate from each other rapidly, becoming two factions that were wary of each other, and then distanced themselves from each other, one to the left and the other to the right, and went their separate ways.

Because of its originally extremely loose institutional model, Anti-Entropy has always had an undercurrent of factional disputes. This contradiction has accumulated and fermented for many years and rapidly intensified after the ME Society incident.

And now, this contradiction has finally been completely ignited and erupted in this most intuitive way, and the entire Anti-Entropy has officially split into two clearly defined factions...

No matter how angry they were with Cocolia and the others before, when this moment came and they saw them being torn in half before their eyes, they couldn't help but feel heartbroken again.

"Chicken coop hair..."

Tesla, who always has a hot temper, now looks a little fragile and sad. He is as sad as he was angry before.

"How did things turn out like this?"

She couldn't figure out this problem.

"Now that it has happened, there's no point in feeling sad or regretful. Our top priority remains to ensure the smooth progress of the 'Moonlight Throne Project', and..."

Einstein paused, raised his voice slightly, changed the person he was talking to, and gave an order to the intelligent assistant who had returned to his side.

"Ein, search the information database: compile and report to me the damage suffered by Southeast Asia during the Cixi collapse, as well as the current status of the battle with Mandate of Heaven."

She must find out as soon as possible the extent of the disaster caused by anti-entropy so that she can make the best possible remedial arrangements.

"Drip drip..."

The small light on the smart assistant's "head" began to flash rapidly, and it began to access the anti-entropy database to retrieve the information the owner needed.

Five or six minutes later, Einstein's communicator received all the relevant information that Anti-Entropy could currently collect; the two anxious doctors quickly clicked to check.

"On May 2015, 5, a severe Houkai disaster suddenly struck the Philippines. Named the 'Manila Houkai' by the Mandate Organization after the location of its main battleground, it was the largest and most devastating Houkai disaster ever seen in Southeast Asia. Preliminary statistics indicate over a million people were directly killed; the number of people affected by the Houkai and others is still being counted. The situation is not optimistic..."

The Philippines? Manila? Millions of people?

The two doctors looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes.

As the "instigators" of the entire incident, they are very aware of how big a disaster they have caused. The number and scale of the Honkai beast tide are even dozens of times more than that of the Second Honkai Period. It is definitely enough to completely submerge the entire Southeast Asia, and the death toll is likely to reach hundreds of millions!

While the scale of the damage was still massive and devastating, it was only comparable to the third collapse of Changkong City; it was the equivalent of a house that was supposed to be completely overturned, but in the end, only a small window was "mercifully" opened...

What happened?

Soon, satellite images from Anti-Entropy were also transmitted to the communicator screen. They looked at the high-definition photo on the screen overlooking the earth, and were speechless at the huge hole that tore a large area of ​​dark clouds covering the earth.

Everything seems to have an answer at this moment...

"Yang? Why is he there?"

Einstein frowned slightly and muttered to himself.

"That bastard Joachim, is he going to die?"

Tesla was even more anxious, he stood up and ran out.

"No, I have to find him!"

"return!"

Einstein quickly shouted to stop him.

"There's no concrete information at all. How are you going to find it like this?"

"But we can't just watch him die there!"

Tesla was furious. Under the continuous blows, she felt that her sanity was on the verge of collapse. She said in a tearful voice,

"With his tattered body, he recklessly used his Herrscher power like that. It's hard to say if he's still alive! Besides, even if he's lucky enough to survive, the place is full of people from the Destiny. What if he falls into Otto's hands? Chicken Coop Head, aren't you afraid?"

"..."

Einstein remained silent.

This scene was exactly the same as the one in New York decades ago, and it also evoked her saddest memory. She also lost her most important partner on that day.

So, how could she not be worried and afraid?

But now things have become like this. Now that Walter Yang is likely to have fallen, and Tesla's emotions have collapsed, he must calm down and act as the bad guy to stop her possible irrational behavior.

Otherwise, everything will be lost...

"Drip drip..."

While they were arguing, the communicator suddenly rang.

Einstein's eyes lit up when he saw the familiar frequency band. Before he could raise his hand, he saw Tesla pounce on the communicator like a hungry tiger, smashing the connect button with the momentum that seemed to be ready to smash the instrument. Then, he instantly turned into a lion roaring, turning all his fear and worry into a barrage of curses.

"You bastard! You went off to play the hero again, and now you're thinking of sending us a message?"

"Doctor, I..."

Walter finally got through to the doctor and was overjoyed to ask them what had happened recently, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was shut up by a barrage of scolding.

Walter was full of grievances. He hid in St. Freya Academy and used the advanced medical facilities there to heal himself, which were no less advanced than those at the headquarters of Scheme. At the same time, he secretly monitored and observed the situation of K-423. Wasn't this something he had discussed with the two doctors?

Why was he suddenly taught a lesson?

"Tell me quickly, where are you now? How are you? Are you okay? Hang in there, we'll come get you right away!"

"Uh, I'm in Canghai City now. I'm feeling fine...uh..."

Walter didn't understand at first, and after a moment's confusion, he suddenly understood and hurriedly explained,

“That person in Manila is not me!”

I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense!

God have mercy on me. Even Otto could mistakenly think that what happened in Manila was his own doing. It is only normal that the two doctors who have been with him for many years would have such a misunderstanding, isn't it?

But, that’s really not me!

Walter felt that he was particularly unfairly scolded.

Chapter 224: Dream

Walter was able to reconnect with the two doctors at this time thanks to Theresa's assistance.

After the battle, on the way back to campus in the battleship, Theresa suddenly had an idea. Without saying anything, she turned the rudder and ordered the Hyperion to head straight for Canghai City, saying that everyone had fought hard and giving everyone a day off.