Indeed, although Aberdo appears to be a completely human being, he is actually an android created by an alchemist named Rhinedoth, and his very existence is the ultimate secret of alchemy.
"Creating a life with a soul from inorganic soil and stone, and reconstructing a similar life from the residue and structure of life, are worlds apart, like the difference between 0 and 1, an insurmountable chasm." For the first time, Bai Chen's analytical abilities failed so completely. He could clearly see the artificial traces on Abedo, but he couldn't discern the technology behind it at all. It was a technology tree completely different from the Honkai world, a strange discipline that seemed to come from another world.
According to the records in the book "Chronicles of the Past", the current alchemy system is largely inherited from Kanria, and the technology of the Kanria civilization seems to come from the relics of the previous era of the Honkai world. However, this civilization, which made its fortune through archaeology, has taken a completely different path.
If a civilization develops normally on its own, it is absolutely impossible for two completely unrelated scientific disciplines to emerge within that civilization. Just as humans, once they learned to walk on two legs, would no longer crawl on all fours, it is impossible for a race to have a sporting competition where half of the athletes run on two legs and the other half run on all fours.
This is a commonality among civilizations, unless they all originate from the outside world.
“Connecting this continent to our world is essential. Even if the laws of nature descend upon me now, we will resolve those so-called laws and then dismantle them into materials for constructing a space gate.”
Upon discovering that Aberdo still wanted to dissuade him, Bai Chen gave him an answer that he absolutely could not refuse.
Aberdo knew some secrets hidden in the world of Teyvat. Not only could the hidden dangers within Dragonspine Mountains be triggered by spatial fluctuations, but if the barrier outside the world of Teyvat were truly opened, it might even attract the wrath of the heavens and trigger the next war between the demons.
He didn't want to see this happen, but after releasing his senses to touch the auras of Bai Chen and the other two, the Great Alchemist ultimately couldn't stick to his opinion.
The extreme cold of the eternal day, the dazzling emptiness, and the unpredictable gloom are complex and terrifying; no matter how you look at it, it's not a good person.
"Was the energy fluctuation in the Liyue direction your doing? Where is Geo Archon Morax now?"
"He's sleeping soundly in our base. Also, if Abedo would like to discuss alchemy with us, you're welcome to visit our base." Bai Chen frankly informed Abedo of this information, while also extending a recruitment invitation.
"I know you're searching for the mystery of your birth, and coincidentally, we're also exploring all the ancient ruins on this continent. If you're willing to join us, we can share all our knowledge with you, whatever you want to know." Bai Chen was never stingy in sharing his research findings and offered his price.
Whether as an alchemical experimenter or experimental material, Abedo is top-notch, and Bai Chen likes top-notch things the most.
Even if it weren't for this chance encounter today, he would have personally gone to Mondstadt to invite Abedo to Valhalla after some time. In any case, Abedo, who is eager for knowledge, would certainly not miss the opportunity to explore the secret of his birth, and he believed that the invitation would be very successful.
As expected, after hearing Bai Chen's promise, Abedo pinched his chin and thought about it seriously for a while. Although he eventually shook his head, it was clear that he was indeed somewhat tempted.
“You will cause a lot of trouble, and I have to keep an eye on Klee, so I can’t get involved in these troubles for the time being. But if you are really as powerful as you say, then I will not refuse to cooperate with you.”
Abedo patted Klee's head beside him. Klee was the daughter entrusted to him by his master's friend. He had always regarded Klee as his own sister, and he would never take her into danger under any circumstances.
The people in front of him are a bunch of nasty guests, but Heaven is not a benevolent force either, so he will only help whoever wins.
The usually lively and adorable little girl was now nervously clutching the hem of Abedo's clothes, looking at Kevin with evasive eyes, not daring to speak, and even somewhat afraid.
As a long-lived elf who also possesses the Fire Eye, young Klee is extremely sensitive to nature and fire elements, and is therefore terrified of Kevin's Judgment of Heavenly Fire. She has never seen such a ferocious fire elemental, unlike the little bomb-wielding Dodo that she always considered her friend; this is a monstrous dragon that wants to devour everything.
Abel noticed Klee's fear, and without lingering, he unfurled a pair of exquisite wind wings and swiftly flew with his sister down to the foot of Dragonspine Mountain.
"As long as the reward is sufficient, you can come to me for commissions in the future." As the figure disappeared into the wind and snow, the alchemist's last words of communication faded away in Bai Chen's ears.
Although both are travelers from another world, Bai Chen and his companions are treated completely differently from Ying. If this were Ying, Abedo would definitely help her as a friend, but Bai Chen would need to offer real benefits and abilities in exchange. Which side will ultimately have the advantage is a matter of opinion.
Abedo's appearance was merely an interlude. Besides meeting a potential future collaborator, Bai Chen became even more certain of one fact regarding the development of the Teyvat continent: the Firemoth pre-era civilization was definitely not the only one to intervene and meddle. At least another civilization, with a completely different technological direction from the pre-era civilization but equally powerful, entered the Teyvat continent and left its mark.
Under Otto's guidance, Bai Chen re-examined the Frost Nail and the parts of those remnant heavy machines. Otto's experimental analysis was very thorough, and even the Herrscher of Reason had nothing to add. He only refined the data measurement and made no new discoveries.
"We flew to the top of the Frost Nail and found that, seemingly due to the effects of its fall, there was an unhealed rift in the space there. And the direction was just right, perfect for us to open a fixed passage to the Honkai World."
Arriving at the previously selected weak point in the space, Otto took out a space mapping instrument and showed it to Bai Chen, asking Bai Chen to manually set up a permanent space gate there.
The materials they brought to the Teyvat continent alone would certainly not be enough, but the person standing here now is the Herrscher of Reason, who possesses the power of the Herrscher of the Void, and can be said to be the most skilled person in the entire Honkai world at creating spatial channels.
The spatial technical challenges had already been resolved before the arrival of the route. Now, the biggest problem with the reverse path is to break through the barrier on the outer layer of the Teyvat world.
When they arrived, the barrier outside the world caused quite a bit of trouble. Now, it will probably take just as much effort to get from inside the world to outside.
However, just as Bai Chen was prepared to violently break through, and even had Kevin keep monitoring the surroundings so that if any divine retribution were to occur, he could immediately unleash heavenly fire to strike it back, nothing happened.
Despite the obvious obstacles that came with his arrival, he encountered no difficulties in leaving now, as if the barrier outside the world did not exist at all. Bai Chen's power extended effortlessly from the Teyvat world through space into the Quantum Sea outside.
"Only out, not in? What kind of mechanism is this..." Bai Chen couldn't help but mutter in confusion. He had never thought that the barrier protecting the Teyvat world was one-way. He couldn't figure out the deeper meaning behind it for a while.
However, now is not the time to think about that. This issue can only be studied later. The most important thing now is to open the solidified space gate leading to the Honkai world and connect the Teyvat world with the Honkai world.
Meanwhile, in the real world, separated from the entire Sea of Quanta, underground at the headquarters of Destiny.
This is Archbishop Otto's private research room, which contains not only his personal Soul Steel body, but also some important research materials he has collected.
For example, a 50,000-year-old physical body, the famous Shenzhou Flat Immortal, Fu Hua's body.
This body had actually taken a bullet from the Bishop, so much so that Fu Hua's consciousness was still attached to Kiana. But this body did not die; on the contrary, under the Bishop's deliberate nurturing, it became even stronger than before.
But at some point, when no one was paying attention, a completely new, independent consciousness, which had never belonged to anyone before, quietly emerged within the well-preserved body of the fusion warrior.
Although it was just a newly born soul, it accessed the memories stored in the brain of this body. It was the culmination of fifty thousand years of memories, so many of which contained so much emotion that the newborn soul forgot its original identity in the face of this massive surge of memories, only knowing that its name was Fu Hua, and that it was a powerful fusion warrior.
As one of the Thirteen Heroes of the Flame Chaser, she, Fu Hua, will surely defeat the Honkai and drive out all the Herrschers.
The first step to defeating the Honkai is to give Otto, the untrustworthy and treacherous Archbishop of Destiny, a good beating.
The once peaceful headquarters of Destiny was awakened by a series of urgent alarms. The door to the bishop's private research room was broken open, and a girl wearing a loose Taoist robe, with long hair and bloodshot eyes, smashed through the floor of the headquarters with punch after punch from bottom to top.
The girl's face was filled with unrestrained laughter, and the surging power shattered everything in sight before her, as if she were celebrating her return.
"Hahaha, hahaha! Otto! Why aren't you coming out to die?! If you don't come out soon, your hometown will be gone!"
Fu Hua, the Herrscher of Consciousness, stood on the roof of the Schicksal headquarters building with her hands on her hips, laughing wildly, while Bai Chen was still searching for the way back to the Honkai world.
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Void Fu Hua and Consciousness Fu Hua
Fu Hua was a special one among the fusion warriors of the last century.
Because of the unique nature of the fused Honkai Beast, her appearance was fixed at the moment she became a fusion warrior, her body is immortal, and she is eternally youthful.
Similarly, because she is not from this era, but the Crimson Iris Immortal who has lived through millions of years, theoretically speaking, Fu Hua, who does not belong to this era, would never become the Herrscher of this era.
But there are always exceptions to everything. Just because Fu Hua cannot become a Herrscher doesn't mean that a Herrscher cannot become Fu Hua.
Although Fu Hua's original will still resides safely within Kiana's body, this does not prevent the Herrscher of Consciousness from being born within Fu Hua's soulless body.
As a result of possessing Fu Hua's body, the Herrscher of Knowledge was born with a start far superior to other Herrschers, inheriting not only all of Fu Hua's knowledge but also the power she had accumulated over tens of thousands of years.
However, in contrast, she also mistook herself for Fu Hua, failed to discover her identity as a Herrscher, and continued to identify herself as Fu Hua.
It's just a completely different, brand new Fu Hua.
The internal defenses of Destiny are no match for Fu Hua in her complete form. Moreover, the Fu Hua who currently controls this body is stronger than at any point in history. Possessing the power of a Herrscher, the Honkai energy within her is inexhaustible, and she can even use the Taixu Divine Sword without limit.
As expected, the Herrscher of Knowledge passed through layer after layer of Schicksal's protection, even circling Schicksal's headquarters several times.
Her goal was to find Otto, because in her memory, it was Otto who killed her. It was resentment and hatred that gave birth to this Fu Hua who was completely different from before. So, after waking up, the first person she wanted to take revenge on was naturally Otto.
But she didn't know that Otto was already in another world, and had temporarily lost contact with the Honkai world. Even if she destroyed all the Schicksal bases in the world, she wouldn't be able to force Bishop Otto out, let alone just destroy the Schicksal headquarters.
"Otto, Otto, little Otto, where are you? If you don't come out, I'll just have to find another place and keep tearing your house down!"
A large floor slab was removed from the Destiny headquarters building and then embedded into the foundation below. The Herrscher of Knowledge muttered to himself as his gaze swept over one camera after another.
The newly born Herrscher of Knowledge possessed only immense knowledge and power, yet her mentality was like that of a child. She held only one unwavering belief: that a cunning old fox like Otto was constantly monitoring her, and that if she made a big enough scene, she could force him to clean up the mess.
However, although Otto is not in Schicksal, Schicksal is not in a state of being uncontrolled.
Seven minutes after the birth of the Herrscher of Knowledge, a spacecraft carrying two Valkyries arrived above the Schicksal headquarters.
One of them was Rita, who was forced to participate in the turmoil in Sky City and was sent to Siberia to gather intelligence after the situation calmed down by Otto. The other was the guardian that Otto had recently recalled from the small world.
Durandal is the strongest Valkyrie currently existing in Destiny.
This is a student personally acknowledged by Otto, with the same holy blood flowing through his veins as Cecilia. He can also use the Black Abyss White Flower unconditionally, and his body also contains an extra gift from a certain world.
In fact, even if we include the current Herrschers, Durandal is probably one of the strongest people in the entire Honkai world.
Otto's arrangement for Durandal to guard the house was supposed to be a foolproof move, and he even specifically instructed her to carry the Black Abyss White Flower with her at all times. Unexpectedly, a new Herrscher appeared so quickly, and happened to be inside Schicksal's headquarters.
There's not much to say. The Lawbringer of Knowledge also noticed the powerful aura appearing in the sky and headed towards the flying machine in mid-air without hesitation.
Almost instantly, hundreds and thousands of weapons appeared in the air. Every kind of cold weapon that could be found in human history appeared around the Herrscher of Consciousness and smashed towards Durandal above with a power that could shatter space.
Although she is the Herrscher of Consciousness, whose power is to control the consciousness space of all living beings, she inherited all of Fu Hua's legacy. Her physical attack power is no weaker than her own power, and is even stronger due to the combat intuition that was originally left in this body.
A dazzling white light bloomed, and the Black Abyss White Flower transformed into a giant shield in Durandal's hand, blocking all attacks in mid-air and slamming down fiercely towards the Herrscher of Consciousness below.
Durandal didn't come here to subdue the Herrscher—because she knew Fu Hua and didn't realize for a moment that the person opposite her was a Herrscher—her purpose was simply to hold back this person who was wantonly destroying the Schicksal headquarters, reduce Schicksal's losses, and preferably lure her away elsewhere to prevent further casualties and loss of resources.
"If you want to fight, I'm ready. Follow me if you're not afraid of death." The strongest Valkyrie looked puzzled, wondering why Fu Hua had become so erratic. But that didn't stop her from continuing her actions. She defiantly brandished her lance a few times, then turned and flew off into the distance.
However, the Herrscher of Knowledge did not immediately follow. She stood still and released the Herrscher powers she was gradually adapting to. This wave instantly spread across the globe, filtering the entire earth and giving her a powerful aura that she felt she could fight against.
Although it can only search and cannot cause any harm, its searching ability is exceptionally powerful. Even Kevin cannot shield himself from the Herrscher of Knowledge's senses, but that's only if he's still in this world.
Ironically, before leaving the Honkai world, Otto took all the Feather of the Crossing he could find, in case he needed them after arriving in the Teyvat continent. But this just happened to coincide with the birth of the Herrscher of Consciousness, leaving the newly born Herrscher suddenly without any goals.
There were no Divine Keys to search for or collect, no familiar old friends, no enemies to seek revenge against, and not even a single powerful figure to fight against—the entire world was empty, devoid of even a second Herrscher, making one feel utterly lonely.
The only one he could take a liking to was this woman of destiny in front of him. At least she possessed the Key of God, making her the only worthy opponent he could fight.
So the Herrscher of Knowledge, who was originally going to travel around, tease various Herrschers, collect feather fragments, and finally receive a big gift package of her mother's consciousness, took out a huge heavy sword from her waist and pounced on Durandal in front of her without any mercy.
"Since we can't find your archbishop, it's just right to have you repay your archbishop's debts!"
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On the Longji Snow Mountain, a complex mechanical building gradually appeared at the summit.
Although the portal is not open all the time, each activation requires a considerable energy supply. It is impossible for the Herrscher to open the portal every time, so a corresponding energy supply device needs to be set up.
No matter what it is, once you consider the power supply, the size becomes enormous. Even the most ordinary household refrigerator, without the connection of the national power grid, would require more space than many people's rented single apartments if equipped with a large automatic diesel generator that operates at full power 24 hours a day.
And it also requires manual refueling.
Therefore, even Bai Chen spent three or four hours to complete the entire construction process.
"The other end of the portal is the headquarters of Schicksal. If the coordinates provided by Otto are correct, we should be in his private laboratory as soon as we get there."
After three or four more adjustments, Bai Chen stabilized the spatial properties and smoothed out the ripples around him, ensuring that the spatial teleportation would not pose any danger.
However, this is only half complete. The remaining half of the receiving device will only be fully completed once we return to the Honkai world. Currently, there is no stable receiving infrastructure on the other side, and only Bai Chen and Kiana, who possess spatial powers, can currently pass through.
This should have been a very smooth and stable space travel. Otto certainly wouldn't provide Bai Chen with false coordinates; the underground of the Destiny headquarters was one of the safest places he could think of.
However, when Bai Chen crossed the spatial device he had created and followed the spatial fluctuations back in the direction he had come from, he found that the landing point he was about to reach was not an empty laboratory training ground, but a ruin filled with stuffing.
Fortunately, it was Bai Chen who traveled through time this time, which prevented the tragic accident of spatial overlap from happening and turning him into a paste that was integrated with the ruins of the Destiny Headquarters.
"Is this place destiny? It feels like it's been bombarded by hundreds of artillery shells."
Bai Chen blasted away all the ruins of the buildings around him and passed through the entire building to the outside world. Looking at the once magnificent Tianming headquarters, now just a towering ruin engulfed in flames, he couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.
He certainly remembered the general direction of the Honkai world's future and quickly guessed that everything he was seeing was the work of a certain Herrscher. He just hadn't expected that this Herrscher was born even earlier than he thought; before he could even extract Fu Hua's consciousness from Kiana's mind, the Herrscher of Consciousness had already been born.
However, the timing was somewhat unfortunate. Their plans in Teyvat had just begun and were in full swing, a stage that required the most development and time. Yet, a new Herrscher had emerged at their headquarters. No matter what, they couldn't just leave her there unattended.
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