Because of the destruction and sinking of Mu Continent, the salvage of related data and resources has never stopped, and the search and rescue of Xi Wang and Hen has never stopped. Although the probability of the two fusion warriors surviving is very low under the circumstances at the time, but... what if? Right?
But not long ago, after the Fire Moth had basically recovered the data and confirmed that the remaining parts had sunk to the bottom of the sea and were difficult to salvage, the Fire Moth gave up continuing this work. After all, there are still too many Honkai beasts in the ocean.
Although the Fire Moths were heartbroken by the loss of two fusion warriors at once, they could no longer continue their search and rescue work. They had to focus on how to make up for the significant reduction in industrial capacity caused by the sinking of Mu Continent. Some of the original plans to fight the collapse also needed to be reconsidered, and some plans might even have to be abandoned... The existing industrial capacity and resources could no longer support the Fire Moths to advance multiple large-scale plans at the same time.
As for Hen and Xiwang, who had no news for a long time, they were naturally labeled as "missing", a status that was almost equivalent to "death", and the search and rescue work was also stopped.
When Sakura heard the news, she became a little dazed. Although she returned to her normal self the next day, anyone could see the fatigue in her eyes.
But even so, Ying still believes that Xiwang is still alive, and Grayxiu's attitude happens to be the same as hers.
"I hope my brother will come back."
Grayshut blinked her lavender pupils, and the calmness and firmness in her tone were surprising, as if she was stating a fact... She had clearly accepted the fact that Hen would not come back, and that her father was most likely dead, but when faced with Xiwang, who also had no news, Grayshut insisted that he was still alive.
As if this was something that was taken for granted.
"I hope my brother is always there."
As she said this, she raised the paintbrush in her hand and slid it lightly in the air twice, and the conspicuous blue paint appeared on the paintbrush.
She lowered her head slightly, placed the paintbrush on the palette, and mixed together all the remaining colors on it. In the middle, Grayxiu added a few more colors. What finally appeared was a dark, bluish-green "mixed color", which gave people a "not good-looking" feeling.
At this moment, Grayshu stopped, then... raised the palette that was stained with various colors, and slapped it onto the painting in front of her.
"Graysh?!"
"........."
Without responding to Kosmo's surprise, Gresh placed the palette against the painting and moved it bit by bit with her hands, smearing the dirty colors all over the painting.
Finally, when Grace took down the palette, the painting was filled with mixed colors, and the originally peaceful and peaceful beautiful picture was almost invisible. Only the light pink flowers and the stars that Grace emphasized on depicting could escape the interference of the mixed colors and could be vaguely recognized.
"I'm done..."
Looking at the mess she had made, Grayshure seemed unaware and just muttered to herself.
Or... is this really the final step to complete the painting?
Chapter 43 [Skadi]
[In the ocean, you and the killer whale Honkai beast that was very friendly to you started an extremely brutal "hunting" journey... Well, it was extremely brutal to other Honkai beasts]
[One of you started to eat Honkai beasts without any scruples in order to leave the ocean, and the other one is a "big eater" in itself. When the two of you joined forces, almost no Honkai beasts could resist. Most of the Honkai beasts could only flee in all directions when they encountered the two of you... This caused the Honkai beasts in the sea to begin to decrease rapidly.]
[Although this reduction may not be worth mentioning compared to the entire ocean, if it is limited to a certain area of the sea... well, it would be very terrifying]
[Soon, there will be no Honkai beasts left in the sea area where you are. Even if there are any that survive, they will quickly leave and flee to other places.]
[After you discovered this, you tried to leave the ocean again, but it still failed.]
[You were not discouraged, but went to another sea area with it and continued to harm other Honkai beasts]
[You can feel that both you and it are becoming stronger little by little, especially you. The "Gabriel" gene in your body begins to become active, and becomes more active day by day, as if it will turn around and devour you in the next moment]
[But none of this happened. You still maintain your human form and your consciousness. This is enough.]
[You still get along harmoniously with it, and its friendly attitude towards you has hardly changed. It looks a bit silly and a bit stupid, but it's kind of cute. If it were a human, maybe you would become friends... No, you are already "friends" now, but your identities are a bit strange.]
[You still don’t know where its inexplicable kindness towards you comes from, but you don’t care about it so much now]
[In this way, you "one man and one beast" continued to "hunt" Honkai beasts while gradually expanding the scope of "hunting", and slowly became stronger. Your daily life hardly changed. You would "hunt and eat" from the early morning, and would rest in the deep sea at midnight before continuing the next day.]
[Except for the occasional attempt to escape from the ocean, you hardly do anything else, and your days are unusually stable]
[Until something went wrong with you]
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Gollum—
The bubbles slowly floated up, and in the dim sea, Xiwang opened his eyes. Faint light fell from above, and it was obviously morning... The biological clock developed in recent times was unexpectedly accurate.
There were some strange emotions coming from the surroundings, like tenderness and care, as if the surrounding sea water was alive.
In addition, Xiwang has been dreaming frequently recently. He dreamed that he turned into a marine creature and spent his whole life in the sea... There were all kinds of things, sometimes fish, sometimes shrimp, and even seals, corals and the like. Just now, Xiwang dreamed that he turned into a killer whale, which was very strange.
These dreams were fragmented and mixed together, sometimes they could be connected, and occasionally there were some strange things mixed in, which gave Xiwang a headache.
In addition, Xiwang's memory is always very good. He can remember most of it even from his dreams. As a result, he has not slept well recently. Memories of "marine life" are always mixed in his mind. Every time he wakes up, Xiwang has to spend some time sorting out his memories to prevent his consciousness from being overwhelmed by those miscellaneous "dreams". In the middle of the process, he also has to check the "Gabriel" gene in his body to prevent himself from being backlashed.
Sometimes Xiwang even wondered if these dreams were caused by the overactive "Gabriel" gene.
But this is not a completely bad thing. Although most of these dreams are fragmented, after reorganizing them, Xiwang still came up with an interesting piece of information - those "dreams" are the past experiences of a certain marine creature. If you are lucky, you can also sort out the "life" of a certain marine creature, from birth to death, or becoming a Honkai beast, or even the experience after becoming a Honkai beast.
Xi Wang originally planned to find an opportunity to look for those marine creatures that became Honkai beasts according to the information he got in the "dream", but he gave up in the end... There are still enough prey around now, so there is no need to look for them deliberately.
However, last night's dream still made him a little distressed... The killer whale in the dream was infected with Honkai in the end, and then ate all of its own kind... The feeling of killing each other, even blood relatives, made Xiwang feel very uncomfortable.
Although there were some emotions left in previous "dreams", they were all very slight, but last night's dream... to be honest, the emotions were too vivid.
Fortunately, Xi Wang survived. Although the "Gabriel" gene in his body was still active, there was no sign of backlash.
Today is another day of living well, it’s great.
Xiwang nodded with satisfaction.
It will be soon, we will be able to go back soon, Xiwang firmly believed.
Then, accompanied by a slight chirping sound, a joyful feeling came from the side, and Xiwang knew that it had woken up too.
"嘤——"
[Morning, Two-legged beast, wake up, cute, hunting, today]
"……Um?"
I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but Xiwang felt like it was talking... Although what he heard was still the whistle-like sound, he could understand its meaning.
[Strange, two-legged beast, problem?]
It exuded a feeling of doubt, but Xiwang heard a more specific meaning from its chirping.
"Are you talking?"
Xiwang asked a question.
[Talking? I don't understand, meaning, biped, confused? ]
"Could you understand me?"
【Two-legged beast?】
"...Let me touch you?"
[Touch! Two-legged beast! Good! Cute, like! Close]
It barked happily twice, rolled in front of you, then wiggled its tail fin and came close to Xiwang, revealing its smooth back for him to touch.
"........."
Xi Wang reached out and touched its back to calm it down, while thinking.
...Oh no, it’s too bad. I can understand what Honkai beasts say. Could I really have become a Honkai creature?
But I am still conscious now, and my body hasn't undergone any abnormal changes...
Xi Wang's expression became a little strange, but since he didn't show any obvious abnormalities, he just ignored it for now.
"So, you can understand me, and you used to be able to talk, right?"
[Two-legged beast, understand? Words, don’t you understand? ]
Faced with its response, Xiwang sorted it out again before he understood what it meant.
"I really didn't know you could talk before... I guessed what you meant by your emotions and actions..."
[Two-legged beasts, didn’t you understand before? ]
"Yeah, but now I understand..."
[Understand! Two-legged beasts, ocean, acceptance! Closeness!]
It barked twice happily and waved its tail fin twice happily.
Hmm...it should mean "you are accepted by the ocean and are closer to the ocean", right?
【Twolegs! Morning, prey, lots! Hunt! Eat!】
It urged, obviously worried about missing its "prey" this morning.
[Two-legged beasts, hurry, eat, become stronger! Return to land! Hunt! ]
It seemed to understand why Xiwang accompanied it "hunting", so it flapped its tail fin and swam quickly towards the shallow ocean.
"This guy seems to be smarter than I thought, and he can even understand the meaning of the various words I say..."
Xi Wang muttered to himself, then shook his head, put aside his doubts for the time being, and quickly caught up with it, heading to the shallow area with it.
Today's breakfast is a kind of alien jellyfish called Honkai Beast. Unlike the previous transparent jellyfish, this kind of jellyfish is standard white in color. Although it does not have that extreme concealment, its ability to control water is much stronger than that of the transparent jellyfish. Its tentacles are also very sharp and contain certain paralyzing toxins. Coupled with their large numbers, they can be a bit troublesome.
However, these were no big deal for Xiwang and it, and they just started killing as usual.
After all the surrounding Honkai beasts were either killed by you or escaped, you manipulated the sea water as usual to gather the remains of the Honkai beasts together, and then began to enjoy today's breakfast.
[Eat, become stronger! Two-legged beasts, return to land! ]
After quickly finishing its own portion, it happily waved its tail fin, causing waves and urging Xiwang to hurry up.
[Hunting! Next! Twolegs, together!]
Xi Wang understood, and after quickly eating the remaining remains of the Honkai beast, he manipulated the sea water to create a fast-flowing "ocean current" in the shallow area of the ocean.
This is a skill that Xi Wang advanced to by following the "river" method after becoming stronger by "feeding" on Honkai beasts. It can move at a faster speed, and its speed in sea water will be even faster. More importantly, it can also enter the "ocean current" to move.
This is also the biggest reliance of Xiwang and it in "hunting" everywhere, and the reason why you can continuously expand the hunting range.
Then it was the usual "hunting".
Today's lunch is a Honkai beast that looks like an eel. This creature has a very long body and can emit electricity. In addition, it has the ability to control water, so it took you a lot of effort... but in the end, you still ate it.
In the evening, relying on your keen sense of water, you found a group of transparent jellyfish Honkai beasts. Naturally, you "hunted" them and then ate them for dinner.
Hmm... the transparent jellyfish Honkai Beast has a soft texture, really like pudding. Compared to the alien jellyfish in the morning, Xiwang thinks the transparent jellyfish is more delicious and has a better taste, which reminds him of the feeling of "sweetness".
...Oh no, why am I still judging it?
Xi Wang realized that something was wrong with his brain and quickly shook his head to throw away those messy thoughts.
To be honest, I haven’t taken “sugar” for a long time and I didn’t have any withdrawal symptoms... It seems like I don’t need to take it after I go back.
...But the poisonous pupa probably won't allow it.
Xiwang's eyelids drooped slightly.
I'll find a chance to kill them all later... They're always so annoying...
And think about it carefully, in the [Ninth Herrscher Crusade], Hen's mission was originally very abnormal... Did the Fire Moth leaders have already prepared to sacrifice Hen? Why? Hen was obviously the most loyal soldier in the Fire Moth, and he was also a fusion warrior, so he shouldn't have been abandoned?
Are they worried about Grayshu's ability? But Grayshu has already entered the Deep Place and is also protected by Aponia. The Fire Moths should be unable to do anything to them. They can't touch Aponia at all.
Then why...
Due to the lack of information, Xiwang still couldn't figure out why the situation turned out like this... But in the end, Xiwang stopped thinking about it.
Forget it, it was my own fault after all... If I had been faster, Kevin wouldn't have hesitated, and Herrscher wouldn't have taken the opportunity to escape. If the attack had been stronger, Herrscher wouldn't have survived, and what happened later wouldn't have happened...
Xi Wang stuffed the remains of the Honkai beast into his mouth while thinking, and a depressed mood unconsciously emanated from him.
And... now that I think about it, it's quite funny that I can actually get along well with a Honkai beast... If I tell others about it, I'm afraid people will laugh at me, or even be extremely horrified? After all, someone like me who can "understand the language of Honkai beasts" will probably be judged to have been corrupted by Honkai.
Well...but Mebius would probably be excited.
Grayshu... had originally promised her that she would go to see her...
And Sakura... Ling... Alicia... I made them worried...
Xi Wang's mood became increasingly depressed.
[Two-legged beast, sad? ]
Having finished its portion, it swam to Xiwang, touched him gently, then swam back, raised its head, and showed him its snow-white belly.
[Two-legged beasts, don't be afraid, let's go together! ]
