Until the end of that civilization, humanity never figured out which planet in the universe the alien creature came from, or how it arrived on Earth.
Therefore, he decided to win over the strangers that Bai Chen had specifically sought out. For Bai Chen, who could see into the future, these people might play a very important role in the future, or they might be the future Herrschers, or even the key figures who would kill a Herrscher in the future.
"Haha, the Archbishop must be joking. This island is so precious, and I haven't made any contribution to Destiny. How could I dare to accept such a huge reward so rashly?" Raven chuckled, like an honest man feeling embarrassed, and reached out to rub his short hair. "As a mercenary, although I don't have much money, I've always earned my own living. I wouldn't dare touch anything that doesn't belong to me!"
Raven dared not bring her children before Otto. The World Serpent had, of course, also stolen some of the data left behind in the Babylonian Laboratory, and after perusing those data in the World Serpent's database, Raven decided to stay away from Schicksal for the rest of her life—although things didn't get much better after she joined the World Serpent.
They're all ancient foxes, what kind of ghost story are they putting on?
"As expected of the most famous mercenary, he truly believes in not accepting rewards without merit."
Otto only tried it briefly and did not insist. Seeing that Karen had already eaten six plates of pastries and the little girl Gretchen had eaten several baskets of buns, he gestured for her to continue.
"Let's eat, let's eat. After we finish eating, we'll go to Bai Chen's hotel together and see what his plans are for today."
Chapter Sixty-Five: Swimming in the Sea?
Although he had a pleasant conversation with Cecilia, Bai Chen quickly took Kiana and left, returning to the Red Rose and Night Hotel.
As a unique love hotel, it offers some popular services. These services usually take place at night, when the special staff leave the private rooms.
The women, dressed in revealing and fashionable outfits, were playfully bickering in the hall. Several of them caught Bai Chen's eye and, showing off their waists and long legs, surrounded him in high heels, while casting provocative glances at Kiana, who was dressed in her pajamas.
"I just don't understand why you chose to stay in a place like this? Do you have some special business to do at night when we're not around..."
Kiana didn't want to pay attention to the women's provocations, but she was still seething with anger. Bai Chen and Cecilia had just gossiped about a bunch of strange things, and even Kiana couldn't understand where he got all that information about her embarrassing past.
The receptionist supervisor noticed Bai Chen's return at that moment. The elegantly dressed receptionist, with an awkward yet polite smile on her face, jogged over to Bai Chen.
She waved her hand, shooing away all the women around her, then stood on tiptoe and whispered in Bai Chen's ear, "My esteemed guest, you may not know, but in principle, Tianqiong City does not allow harm to students... Of course, if you have such a need, please at least do not target unwilling children, and please do not imprison them and make them scream."
Seemingly to prevent Bai Chen from misunderstanding, the receptionist even pinched her fingers together and made a money gesture: "There will always be someone willing to spend a little money, sir. It's not shameful for a customer to spend a little! Why force a sale?"
Bai Chen frowned. The woman's face was full of reproach, with a hint of anger she dared not show. As for what she was talking about, there was no need to guess who the culprit was.
He led Kiana and quickly took the hotel elevator. As soon as they reached their floor and the elevator doors opened, the pitiful and tragic voice of a young girl echoed throughout the hallway.
"Help! Someone is illegally imprisoning me! Someone is kidnapping me! Someone needs to save me!"
That voice undoubtedly belonged to Rosalia, the elder of the twins from the orphanage. Last night, to prevent Rosalia's mouth from being gagged for too long and dislocating her shoulder, Bai Chen removed the towel from her mouth before going to sleep.
After the blanket was taken out, Rosalia quickly fell asleep. This morning, when she woke up, although the windows and doors outside the private room were sealed shut by Bai Chen's spatial lock, and the three people inside couldn't find a way to open them, they could move freely inside the room and immediately discovered that Kiana and Bai Chen were not there.
Actually, the refrigerator in the private room not only has instant noodles, but also some fast food dried fruits and jerky, as well as bread, biscuits and other things. If you just want to have it for breakfast, it should be fine.
However, Rosalia didn't see it that way. After discovering that only the three of them were left and the door couldn't be opened, Rosalia immediately started imagining plots from novels such as locked-room murders, illegal imprisonment, and animal husbandry.
Then, she, who already harbored resentment towards Bai Chen, completely lost it.
Kiana followed behind Bai Chen, helplessly covering her face with her hands. Even without seeing Bai Chen's expression, one could tell from his clenched fists that he was in a very bad mood.
"Kiana, perfect timing. I know you haven't warmed up properly from the exercise just now. Now, I'll trouble you to give that brat in the room a good beating." Bai Chen reached out and unlocked the spatial lock on the door in front of him, replacing the room inside with an imaginary space to prevent the upcoming lesson from damaging the original private room.
"Actually, Rosalia isn't really suited for studying. Even if you force her, it won't work. If you really want what's best for her, you should think about other ways to bring out her strengths." Kiana couldn't help but speak up for Rosalia.
Forced by Bai Chen to teach Arlene and Fischl, the two were alright. Although their academic foundation couldn't compare to Kiana's high school education, they were at least quick to learn. But Rosalia was like a block of wood that hadn't opened her eyes. She couldn't even squeeze in a single word, let alone learn anything.
It's even more painful than doing a test yourself.
"Then tell me, besides eating, sleeping, and playing, what special advantages does Rosalia have?" Bai Chen gave Kiana a look that encouraged her to speak freely.
Kiana was so frustrated by this question that she couldn't find a single redeeming quality in Rosalia.
"I haven't known her for very long yet, but I'm sure I'll find her shining qualities in the future!"
After saying that, Kiana immediately teleported away from the doorway and entered the imaginary space that Bai Chen had created for the Arlene sisters and Fischl.
Through the space, Bai Chen heard the screams of the Arlene sisters and Fischl's highly distinctive speech. They seemed to have identified Kiana, who had intruded, as an enemy entering the Dark Night Sanctuary, and immediately engaged Kiana in battle.
Kiana is practically bullying the Arlene sisters and Fischl right now. She has the power inherited from the Emperor-class Honkai Beast, but without any other bloodlines or Divine Keys, the twins might be able to put up a fight against ordinary Valkyries. But what time is it now? Divine Keys are practically worthless, Herrschers are everywhere. Without one or two bloodlines to support them, who would dare to fight against the people gathered in Sky City?
As for Fischl, her Eye of God was indeed enhanced many times over after being strengthened by the Honkai World, but that was all. The amount of lightning she created was worlds apart from Mei, who was the Herrscher of Thunder. Moreover, it was just pure lightning without the support of other powers. If Kiana couldn't even easily deal with Fischl, how could she possibly challenge Mei?
Bai Chen leaned against the door, listening to the shouts and screams of the girls being educated by Kiana inside, as well as Fischl's supplementary information about the Dark Night Pure Land and the Thunder of Judgment.
There were also Oz's words of praise, so Kiana probably didn't really hurt them, but just followed Bai Chen's instructions to teach them a lesson.
Kiana's lesson wasn't over yet when the elevator stopped again at the door of the private room on this floor. Otto, Kallen, Raven, and Gretchen appeared together at the elevator entrance.
"Bai Chen, you said you had something important to discuss with me, and I happened to run into Miss Siola, who was having breakfast with me, so I invited them to come over."
As Otto spoke, he put his hand on Kallen's shoulder. Kallen held Gretsch's hand, while Raven angrily threw her dagger.
"Perfect timing. The matter I need to discuss with you this time is related to Gretchen. Having her here will save us a lot of explanation and guesswork."
Bai Chen didn't care. Whatever Otto did was none of his business. As long as Otto could use the power of destiny and his own wisdom to help him complete his main mission, defeat the Honkai, and devour the Honkai will, all the other details were irrelevant.
Opening the door and entering the room in the real world, Bai Chen placed a black soap box on the coffee table. That was the entrance to the imaginary space where Kiana and the Arlene sisters were located.
"You should know that Gretchen was a hero of the previous era, and one of the last of all the Fusion Warriors to survive. When the previous era faced the final Herrscher of the End, Gretchen became the actual executor of the Ark Project, taking refuge in space in a cryogenic chamber."
Bai Chen served everyone a glass of cola and began to explain his plan.
"But the Ark Project failed halfway because the Ark did not return. The return system that was set up in the Ark did not function as it should have. The system was designed by the most skilled mechanics and the most powerful scientists at the time. Given the right conditions, they could even handcraft nuclear bombs. So theoretically, the recovery system should not have been taken offline so easily."
"Of course, none of that matters. We can discuss the cause of the system failure later. The most important thing now is to find its other backup key, the signal receiving device connected to the Ark."
“Although Gretchen doesn’t remember anything about the End and left on the Ark before the final battle, it’s impossible for humanity to wait until the war to start gathering intelligence. I believe there must be important data about the End, as well as plans for the End and other useful experimental data on the Ark.”
"I must find Gretsch and the ark that Gretsch was on; there must be something I need inside."
Bai Chen stared into Otto's eyes. Destiny had been developing in this world for over a thousand years. Destiny's technology had all relied on archaeological excavations. Most of the oldest ruins in the world should have been explored by Destiny. If there was any organization in this world most likely to possess a signal device related to Project Ark, it would undoubtedly be Destiny.
As for Kevin—if Kevin could, he would have already found a way to bring Greta back.
“Unfortunately, if possible, I would like to provide what you need immediately, but Destiny simply hasn’t found anything similar,” Otto said, shrugging.
"That sophisticated device must be sealed deep within the Destiny Armory, and all the data on everything in the Destiny Armory is stored in my mind. I can be 100% certain that it does not exist in any corner of the ground that humans have set foot on."
After Otto finished speaking, he pointed downwards.
"Considering that the danger they once faced came from the Honkai, as enemies of the Imaginary Tree, the best place to properly hide something on the Imaginary Tree is below."
"Interested in taking a swim in the Sea of Quanta?"
Chapter Sixty-Six: Lolis Fight, Comparing Who Has the Biggest Breasts
Bai Chen had already considered the possibility that Otto had raised.
If the Herrscher of the End truly possesses the ability to cleanse an entire civilization, then before it's certain whether the remaining civilization preservation facilities can function properly, the best course of action for the previous era's civilization would be to sink important items into the Sea of Quanta.
Thus, once the next human civilization finds a way to enter the Sea of Quanta, it can successfully retrieve the gifts left behind by the previous civilization. Even more remarkably, the Sea of Quanta has no concept of decay or expiration date; items placed there will not weather or be eroded over time.
“But we still need a way to precisely locate what we need in the Sea of Quanta, and the Lord Serpent who sank into the Sea of Quanta is also a big problem.” Bai Chen turned his gaze to the raven.
Kevin Kaslana, the world's strongest known fusion warrior, is currently trapped in the Sea of Quanta for some reason and is unable to escape.
Raven is a high-ranking member of World Serpent, so she should know something about Kevin.
"What is the Sea of Quanta? Is there really a place in this world called the Sea of Quanta?" Raven adopted an attitude of complete ignorance, pretending to be dumb as if he had never heard of the Sea of Quanta before.
As the saying goes, you have to love what you do. As a mercenary, Raven naturally has her own code of conduct. Not revealing the information of the previous employer to the next employer is the most basic professional ethic.
Bai Chen didn't intend to expose her. In any case, the information Raven possessed was useless now, and if they encountered Kevin in the Sea of Quanta, Otto would naturally go and negotiate with him.
“I can find a way. As for finding what we want in the Sea of Quanta, Schicksal's technology is quite confident in this.” Otto accepted the task. Judging from his relaxed expression, Schicksal must have accumulated a lot of unknown and amazing technology.
"After all, the Void Archives was the largest and most complete library of the last era. Such a gift left for the next era would definitely be marked in the simplest and easiest way to find it. Moreover, we still have Gretsch now. In a couple of days, as long as we have her cooperate with us in the equipment adjustment experiment, we should be able to solve this problem."
"If she can come back, Gretchen will follow orders."
The blue-haired girl nodded; she also hoped to return from space as soon as possible. She had no memory of what had happened since she fell into a deep sleep; the only thing she was certain of was that she hadn't died. But in this situation, without the help of others, she feared she would never find her way home.
And so the matter was settled. Otto would resolve the issue of locking onto the target in the Sea of Quanta as soon as possible. Once the matter in Sky City was resolved, Bai Chen would likely take Kiana and swim in the Sea of Quanta with Otto.
However, if Kiana enters the Sea of Quanta, who knows what changes it will bring to the future? Bai Chen thinks that perhaps giving up Kiana and taking Bronya with her instead is a better choice.
Anyway, Bronya has an inexplicable relationship with the Sea of Quanta, and Seele, who has been by her side, is actually still in the Sea of Quanta, looking out expectantly for her sister to pull her out.
Bai Chen hoped that Bronya could obtain the Herrscher of Reason Core as soon as possible. Even after obtaining the Herrscher Core, Bronya could only barely participate in every battle, at most avoiding defeat. Now, without the Herrscher Core, she has already fallen far behind her two companions.
One of Bai Chen's most promising Herrschers is the Herrscher of Reason, because if his guess is correct, the Herrscher of Reason can find a way to create self-replicating micro-nanobots. The biggest problem with this is that there are no sophisticated lithography machines to manufacture atomic-level chips, and no universal energy to support the continuous division and proliferation of nanomachines.
The Herrscher powers and Honkai perfectly solve these two problems.
Imagine the Herrscher of Reason hiding deep within the nanite sea, devouring the earth and transforming the entire city into a rebellious force sweeping across the sky, constantly consuming and reappearing, never retreating even if the entire surface is wiped out.
Why bother with that motorcycle? Bronya doesn't have a driver's license!
The negotiations on this side had just ended when the box containing the imaginary space started to make a new move.
Bai Chen's system popped up a notification that the mission progress was increasing. It seemed that Kiana had defeated the twins and Fischl, and had successfully made Rosalia realize her mistake.
Just as Bai Chen was about to release them from the imaginary space and had already reached out towards the box, a sudden shadow interrupted his actions.
It was a shadow that had migrated from the quantum state. Its appearance was just like any ordinary shadow, inconspicuous, yet it had drawn Bai Chen's box containing the imaginary space into the shadow and made it flee outwards.
This was none other than Seele Voller, and the most powerful of all the Black Mage members. It seemed she was still brooding over what happened last night and had decided to confront Bai Chen.
Bai Chen wasn't surprised or angry when he saw his imaginary space being swept away. In fact, given his reaction, he could have stopped her in time, but he was curious about Seele's quantum form and just didn't have an excuse. He couldn't just suddenly grab her and use her as a guinea pig.
Unfortunately, Black *** was the most volatile one. Although he was powerful and strong, he failed to properly assess the situation.
"How can you tolerate a little mouse that can openly steal things right under your nose?" Otto was also waiting to see Seele make a fool of herself, and he didn't even move his seat.
"Since it's a little mouse, the task of catching it should definitely be given to a ferocious beast, not a pathetic Herrscher like me who can't even kill a chicken." Bai Chen waved his hand in front of Raven's eyes. "So, my mercenary lady, the boss has been robbed, aren't you going to get back to work?"
Raven sighed. This mission had brought in a lot of money, but there were still no clear mission instructions. Now that they had finally encountered a thief, catching the stolen goods and the thief together was something she was definitely not going to allow.
She got up, intending to jump out of the window to chase after Seele who had escaped, but found Gretchen sitting quietly beside her, picking up a paintbrush and drawing a few strokes in the air.
A seven-colored butterfly appeared in the air, carrying Gretchen and the raven, and flew rapidly in the direction Seele had left.
Chapter Sixty-Seven: It's Not Shameful to Lose a Beating
What are you doing?! Why are you stealing from someone else?!
Within a shadow moving swiftly down the street, another soul within the body is loudly questioning.
White Seele paced anxiously back and forth in her consciousness space. If she weren't so gentle by nature, she would have grabbed Black Seele by the collar, pinned her against the wall, and rubbed her hard.
She disagreed with the plan from the very beginning. Seele sneaked out without Bronya or Theresa knowing, because Black Seele wanted to give them a "huge surprise".
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