"Kiana." Fu Hua's voice sounded in her mind. After being silent for so long, Kiana almost forgot her existence.
"Class monitor?" This title came out of her mouth, but Kiana immediately changed her words, "Fu Hua, what are you doing here again?"
Fu Hua saw the girl's unnatural switch and she was somewhat happy because it showed that Kiana still regarded her as a partner in her heart.
Fu Hua was about to say something as she had done before, but she suddenly remembered what the mysterious man had said before, so she put it back in her heart and finally said dryly, "Thank you for your hard work during this period."
"..." Kiana was stunned when she heard this. She clearly felt that Fu Hua was different from before. You know, before, Fu Hua had focused on the Honkai erosion on Kiana, and was more worried about the disaster that would happen if Kiana lost control, but rarely focused on the girl herself.
The sudden change made Kiana feel a little overwhelmed. She could only ask in a tough tone, "What do you want from me? Let me tell you in advance, I will not listen to you and abandon Rita."
"I always feel that you have a deep misunderstanding of me. I... No, this is not important." Fu Hua recalled the previous conversation in the mind space again and swallowed the extra words. "Now your will has significantly improved its resistance to Honkai erosion, but your body still cannot keep up with the output of Honkai energy in battle."
"so?"
"I have a technique here that can help you better resolve the erosion of Honkai. I don't know if it's suitable for you, but it should be very effective for you now."
"Kung Fu...Squad leader, I suddenly feel that you are a bit like the vendor selling pirated books under the overpass." Kiana was a little powerless to complain. During the time she wandered in Shenzhou, she naturally saw many people who claimed to be disciples of the six major martial arts sects. Unfortunately, most of them were just incompetent swindlers.
"I am different from them. This is a technique that I have cultivated on my own. I have been perfecting it over tens of thousands of years. Now, it can buffer the Honkai energy to a large extent."
"Tens of thousands of years?"
"..." Fu Hua suddenly remembered that Kiana didn't know her identity yet. It seemed that the previous conversation with the other [Kiana] gave her an illusion.
"In short, it's up to you to decide whether to learn or not. I won't force you to practice, nor will I interfere with any of your decisions. If you want to learn, come to me again. Now what you need is to find a safe place to rest." After Fu Hua finished speaking, she took the initiative to withdraw her consciousness into the mind space so as not to disturb Kiana.
"..." Fu Hua's words made Kiana fall into deep thought, but now is not the time to stay. The people from Shencheng Pharmaceutical must still be chasing them everywhere, so they should find a place to hide first.
She looked in the direction of the hospital, wondering if Su Jue had sensed the previous movement. But she couldn't go back now, so she could only take Rita to an abandoned garage to stay temporarily.
……
On the other side, Raven was standing in the ruins of the God City Building with a dark face. You have to know that she was the person in charge of the Stigmata Project. Now that the Stigmata Project has not been implemented yet, more than half of the base has been lost. This is billions of assets, and there are also arrangements made by the World Serpent for several years. If it is destroyed in her hands, the consequences will be disastrous.
Even if she is not held responsible for any additional responsibilities, the money she is asked to pay would be enough to make her lose more than 10 villas or islands.
"Or I should just run away and put the blame on the jackal. It was this guy who chose to go against fate anyway, and he's probably dead now." She had already started planning her escape plan in her mind, but she soon discovered sadly that the possibility of escaping was slim compared to the huge World Snake with her small body.
"It's all the fault of the Jackal and that woman Tianming. I just went out to hunt down those scattered Valkyries. Who could have thought that my home would be bombed?" She kept muttering, but the communicator in her hand suddenly rang. It was the Jackal.
"help me……"
"You're not dead yet? Looks like I have to silence you."
"Ok?"
Hearing the jackal's doubtful voice, Raven quickly fooled him. Murdering a cadre was a serious crime, so it was nothing to think about. But since the jackal was not dead, should she share half of the blame?
Chapter 95: Red Kite Immortal
After successfully rescuing the Jackal from underground, the two quickly began to integrate the last forces of the World Serpent in Sky City. Although the majority of the force had been wiped out, after all, they had been operating for so long, and the remaining forces were enough to carry out the next plan.
"Jackal, the Valkyrie of Destiny escaped in your hands after all. You know what I mean." Xiora threw a crutch to the Jackal. At this time, the Jackal's body was covered with wounds from the fragments. Even more unfortunate was that her calf, which had just healed, was broken again.
Hearing what Raven said, Jackal's face was not very good either, but she did not say much. After all, he was rescued by someone else, so she should share the responsibility. "The World Serpent is not so unable to bear even this little loss. The important thing is whether the Stigma Project can continue to be implemented."
"Now the entire industrial zone is almost destroyed, and all the potions I prepared have been destroyed. If we can't find a replacement prop to continue the plan, neither of us will be in trouble."
Standing on the outskirts of the industrial zone, looking at the huge wreckage of the Eos transport ship in the blazing flames, the burning breath slapped on his face, but a smile appeared on the corners of Raven's mouth.
"It seems that the guy from Destiny never dreamed that after destroying so many of our materials, he would eventually leave behind what I wanted." Raven's gaze passed through the sea of fire and fell on the mostly destroyed wreckage, where the Honkai energy engine emitting a light blue light was faintly visible.
The remaining working robots quickly brought fire-fighting tools to put out the flames. Raven immediately checked the engine. This thing was a power source developed by Tianming specifically to provide aviation propulsion for transport ships. It itself was a powerful Honkai converter.
"As long as it is modified, it can become a super-powerful Honkai energy amplification device. Although its stability is not as convenient as potions, it is enough to allow the Stigmata Project to proceed normally."
At this point, the crash of such a large transport ship has already attracted the attention of local officials. If the World Serpent wants to continue hiding, it will have to spend a lot of energy. However, Jackal and Gray Snake have already begun to think about breaking the jar. The chaos in Tianqiong City is getting worse and worse. If the authorities want to implement unified management, they have to implement centralized resettlement. Millions of people are huddled in the narrow city center. As long as this engine is successfully activated, the people of the entire city will become test subjects of the Stigma Project.
"Victory ultimately belongs to the snake." The two looked at each other and saw smiles in each other's eyes.
……
In the abandoned garage, after temporarily putting Rita down, Kiana fell into a coma due to her own fatigue, but her condition was slightly better, she was just in a deep sleep.
And during this sleep, she found that her consciousness was still clear, but the space of consciousness was dark and she could not see anything clearly.
"Kiana, you're here?" Fu Hua's voice suddenly sounded in the dark space of consciousness. Kiana was startled, and then she found that a light red feather was floating in front of her without her knowing when, and the voice came from it.
"Monitor?"
"Hold this feather. This is the Eighth God's Key Feather Duchen that hosts my consciousness. It will bring you to my side."
Kiana did not listen to Fu Hua immediately. She was no longer the girl who trusted others unconditionally, so she chose to separate part of her consciousness to try to sense the feather.
Slowly she dispersed her attention until a certain moment when she had some meaningless fragments of consciousness, and then she drove them to test them. This was a skill she had learned after experiencing that despair.
——She is no longer the silly paramecium, but a warrior who has learned to be independent and cautious. Although she is still a little immature now, she has grown up after all.
And this is what Su Jue has always hoped for.
She didn't touch the feather until she was sure there was nothing wrong with it. Then her dark consciousness became bright, and when she came to her senses again, she was already in a lush forest.
"here it is?"
"The mind-image space constructed by Yu Duchen and your consciousness." In the small house on the courtyard wall, Fu Hua pushed open the wooden door covered with oil paper and walked out. At this time, she was wearing a green robe, with long gray hair tied behind her head. She had an extraordinary temperament, and truly had the charm of the Red Kite Immortal who had been circulated in Shenzhou for a long time.
Looking at Fu Hua dressed like this, Kiana was very shocked. You know, Fu Hua has always had short hair. Now this fairy-like appearance combined with the surrounding environment made her feel like she was in a dream of a fairy world.
"What a strange dream."
As if seeing through Kiana's confusion, Fu Hua explained, "You are right to regard it as a dream, because this space is constructed from the intersection of our memories."
"Really, class monitor? Why are you dressed like this? You look so handsome. But since it's the junction of memories, it should be half mine."
"This is because I have too many memories, which led to the current scene."
"Too many? Fu Hua, aren't you the same age as us?"
"According to the agreement, there are some things I should have told you." Fu Hua was silent for a few seconds, and continued to explain: "My current appearance is the same as it was in the past few thousand years. I am a fusion warrior from the last era, which should be... 50,000 years ago."
"!" The sudden information completely stunned Kiana. When she came to her senses, Fu Hua had already walked to the middle of the Bagua formation.
"Don't lie to me, squad leader. I won't believe it."
Unfortunately, after revealing this information, Fu Hua did not plan to explain too much. She waved at Kiana and said, "I'll leave more secrets about me to you to explore. What you need now is to improve your own combat effectiveness. What you have learned in the past is not enough to support the next battle."
"But..." Kiana was still a little hesitant. Neither the sudden mention of the martial arts nor the fact that Fu Hua had lived for 5 years was news that she could digest at once.
"If you have something you want to protect, power is essential. Saint Freya can only provide you with limited help. If you want to further master the abilities of the Herrscher of the Void, you must at least learn how to understand Honkai." Fu Hua stood in the courtyard and began to move in a peculiar posture. Her gestures were neither hurried nor slow, but in Kiana's eyes, they carried a unique charm.
Although it was a gentle movement, Kiana could vaguely feel the strong wind, thunder, and swifts flying through the air.
"How amazing."
"Kiana, come on, let's have a fight. Although you have gradually improved your control over your power, you still have a long way to go in preventing the Honkai from causing damage to your body."
As they talked, the two quickly started fighting. After just a few rounds, Kiana was clearly at a disadvantage. But this aroused Kiana's fighting spirit instead. She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, her eyes full of determination.
Only strength can protect the people she cherishes, and she will not let tragedy happen again.
Chapter 96: Shaking Each Other
"Relax your muscles and activate your blood circulation!"
"Activate the meridians!"
"Hiss... Squad leader, I seriously suspect that you are taking this opportunity to take revenge!" Kiana's entire body was red at this time, with bursts of heat emanating from her body surface. Some of the bruises from the previous battle also gradually dissipated under Fu Hua's "beating".
Due to the huge time gap between the mind space and the outside world, under the effect of the dream, Kiana has been training here for nearly a week. During this period, she almost never stopped exerting pressure on her body, often training for a whole day. Under this kind of intense training, if you are not careful, you will be injured.
So there was Fu Hua's massage technique, but the massage process was really torturous, even more uncomfortable than fighting. But the effect was really good. After a few days, Kiana clearly felt that her body's adaptation to Honkai energy had significantly improved.
Unfortunately, the time was too short and her mastery of the Taixu sword energy was not very high. Even so, Kiana's combat power had already surpassed the A-level Valkyrie and became a true S-level.
Just as Kiana was preparing for the next training session, the space suddenly began to tremble violently. Fu Hua looked at the gradually crumbling mountains in the distance and nodded to Kiana.
"It seems that you will wake up soon. You are very talented. You can achieve such a level after only a short period of training. You must practice diligently in the future to strengthen your control over your body. I think Kongzhi..." Fu Hua almost stopped herself when she was about to say something unnecessary. The feeling she had from spending the past few days with Kiana was completely different from before. Although she spent most of the time training, she felt that their relationship had become much closer.
Even when she was in Saint Freya, Fu Hua always kept a certain distance from her classmates due to her status and Otto's mission. She didn't think there was anything wrong with this, until she had a conflict with Kiana before, she began to think about what was wrong with her. However, Fu Hua's straightforward character since the last era would never think of this.
On the contrary, after reaching a deal with the mysterious man, she spoke in the way the other party asked, and her relationship with Kiana was restored a lot. Although Fu Hua didn't understand the principle, she didn't reject this feeling. The other party listed some key words that she couldn't mention, so Fu Hua was able to stop the car in time.
The mind space completely collapsed, and Kiana slowly woke up, and when she woke up again, she was still in the garage. She didn't rest for too long, although it was already late at night, but at least she didn't sleep until dawn.
"Hiss." As soon as she woke up, she felt some soreness in her body. Although the training in the mind space was only conscious, under the influence of Yu Duchen, the body in reality would subconsciously adjust its state and achieve the effect of automatic training. However, this effect was still limited, and conscious training could not replace physical training.
Rita, who was lying on the other side, had not yet woken up, so Kiana could only get up temporarily. She opened the channel in the spiritual space, and Fu Hua appeared in front of her.
Fu Hua, who had just appeared, had not yet figured out the situation, especially with the appearance of Rita. Kiana could only briefly mention what had happened recently, but naturally skipped everything about Su Jue.
"The Stigmata Project..." After hearing Kiana mention this word, some remaining information in Fu Hua's mind began to emerge. Although she had burned a lot of memories in the past tens of thousands of years, the important ones were still preserved.
"Squad leader, do you know?"
"Well, this is one of the few salvation plans left by the previous civilization. If I remember correctly, the person in charge of it should be Kevin Kaslana."
"Kaslana?"
"Yes, the ancestor of the Kaslana family is also the strongest fusion warrior in the world. You must be careful of him. If he sees you, he will definitely kill you." Fu Hua sighed, but did not say anything more. Some things could not be explained. She just briefly told Kiana about the origin of the World Snake and returned to Yu Duchen.
Some answers need to be found by Kiana herself, which is also one of the agreements.
Faced with Fu Hua's silence, Qiana did not ask any further questions. She had changed a lot in the past few months. Since Fu Hua didn't say anything, she had to find out for herself.
And because she had spent a whole week in the mind space, even though she knew that only a few hours had passed in reality, Kiana was still a little worried about Su Jue's condition. Now that Rita was out of danger, it was time for her to go back.
Just after she left, Rita, who was still sleeping, suddenly opened her eyes and looked in the direction where Kiana left. Rita frowned and thought.
"Who is she talking to?" Rita heard her whispered conversation when Kiana wasn't paying attention, and discovered through her squinted eyes that she was talking to an invisible figure.
And the direction she left seemed to be the hospital?
He immediately took out his communicator and prepared to contact Tianming, but found that the signal of the communication channel had been completely cut off by the World Serpent. It was very likely that the band and frequency information was obtained from the wreckage of Eos.
She did not panic. Within 24 hours after the team lost contact, Destiny would send out troops to conduct a direct investigation. Even though the World Serpents had completely occupied Sky City now, they would only be wiped out when the army arrived.
After putting down the communicator, she took out a mobile phone with a cat pattern from her underwear. This was a backup phone for her and Orchiddale to contact each other privately. Originally, Bianca didn't need it at all. The communicator distributed by Destiny was enough for her. However, Rita specially printed a picture of Bianca's cat [Stan] on the phone, which convinced her.
"Mission message. Reporting target: Orchiddale. Reporting person: Rita"
After briefly describing the mission process, Rita put away her phone.
Orlandel rarely uses her personal cell phone and checks it very infrequently, but at Rita's request, she still keeps the habit of checking it once a day. And because Rita sent some "inexplicable" messages in the past, Bianca doesn't pay much attention to the messages on her cell phone, so Rita deliberately wrote the word "mission" in the title.
"Let the Herrscher of the Sky draw the fire first. When Lord Yulandel arrives, neither the Herrscher nor the World Serpent can escape the clutches of Fate."
……
Just as the situation in Sky City was turbulent, Anti-Entropy had established a temporary base in the Far East, and the lights in the training ground were still bright.
Sweat had soaked through the girl's clothes, and the weapon in her hand was already extremely heavy, but she continued to swing it desperately. Only after she had swung the knife a thousand times did she drag her tired body to a rest chair nearby and sit down.
The screen saver on her phone was lit up at this moment. Just half a minute ago, she received a new message on her phone.
Chapter 97 Visit
Although a lot of things happened that night, normal life still needs to go on for ordinary people. When Kiana returned to the hospital, the sky was already turning pale.
Avoiding the numerous surveillance cameras, Kiana pushed open the door of the ward.
The young man on the bed was lying quietly, having already fallen into a deep sleep. Kiana breathed a sigh of relief, and the worry in her heart fell to the ground. She tiptoed to the bedside, fearing that she would wake Su Jue up.
After a whole night of fighting and several days of training in the mind space, she was exhausted both physically and mentally. She found a small stool for accompanying the bed and sat down. She saw a small lunch box on the bedside table. There was a small note on the lunch box with beautiful handwriting. It was written by Su Jue.
"I saved half of the dinner the nurse brought for you."
There were no words of concern, but Kiana felt relieved from the bottom of her heart. She opened the lunch box and found only some ordinary nutritious meals. For her who had consumed a lot of physical energy, it was better than nothing, but she still finished the cold dinner and then put the tableware away neatly.
Back to the bed, Kiana looked at the boy's profile, and a different feeling rose in her heart. She lowered her body and gradually approached the boy's cheek. She could even feel Su Jue's breath.
"Good night."
In the end, she just rubbed the boy's cheek with her hand, then sat back on her little stool and fell asleep by the window.
She didn't notice that after she fell asleep, Su Jue, who was sleeping on the hospital bed, quietly opened his eyes, and finally fell asleep again with a silent sigh.
……
When Kiana woke up again, it was almost noon. The hot sun had made the whole room warm. The sound of footsteps and conversations outside the ward came into the ward. Kiana rubbed her eyes and stretched, and happened to meet the eyes of Su Jue who was leaning against the bed with a book.
Her face suddenly turned red, and Kiana quickly pulled down her clothes to cover her exposed belly. She subconsciously wiped the corner of her mouth with her sleeve, but fortunately she did not drool this time.
