This is a trial.

...

"As expected of the boss, he did things we never dared to imagine with such ease!" Kiana exclaimed.

Lomo spent a few unpleasant minutes under the death stares of Alicia and Theresa.

During this time, he felt that he could be killed at any moment, with Judas on his head and seven arrows in his back. It was determined that he would commit suicide. Only by reminiscing about the comments on the Internet could he feel happy for a short while.

Before the two could take any concrete action against Luo Mo, they were interrupted by a sudden, brief communication message—an urgent call from Destiny.

The first person Karen received the message from was Theresa. In any case, as the person in charge of this place, Karen's first priority was to notify Theresa.

“Theresa, something’s happened in Sky City—it’s only a little over an hour away,” Karen’s anxious voice came through, her tone filled with urgency.

All the Valkyries present had their communication devices beeping, and the messages were all very similar.

The group exchanged glances, their expressions turning serious.

"Sigh, Kevin still went ahead with his plan after watching the video," Velvi said lazily, sitting on the sofa.

She draped her hat over her hand, twirled it around a few times, glanced at the crowd with a meaningful look, and said, "So, aren't you going to do anything?"

"But..." Theresa was clearly flustered and flustered, "Why did this happen?"

"Why?...Indeed, that's what I want to know too." Alicia was also puzzled. Why would someone take such a risk knowing the entire plan had been exposed?

"Why?" Mebius pondered the word carefully, glancing at Kevin beside him. Seeing Kevin's indifferent expression, he suddenly understood.

"Forget about that for now, let's stop them as soon as possible."

Theresa forced herself to calm down and hurriedly said, "Alright, Durandal, Rita, Fu Hua, and Kiana, you guys hurry up and board the plane to Sky City."

"Himeko, hurry up and start the Hyperion. I'll go with you. Hurry."

After saying that, he quickly led everyone away.

"Second sister, you should go too. Look, eldest sister and I are going." Kiana's voice could still be heard in the wind. Without thinking twice, she dragged Sirin along and ran.

"Okay, okay, I'll go, so stop pulling me!" Celine's impatient voice echoed.

Don't let Kiana's usual lack of intelligence fool you; in moments like these, her mind works incredibly fast. In the game, the Second Herrscher resolved the disaster in Sky City, and now Sirin is the one to do so. What if she doesn't go, leading to our team's defeat?

As for the matter of heroes, she is still clear-headed. With so many powerful people around, why would she be satisfied if the entire city were destroyed?

In the blink of an eye, only Luo Mo, Yuexia, Cecilia, and Yingjie remained.

"Oh? A little white mouse, aren't you going to go take a look?" Möbius asked with great interest.

"Me? I'm not a front-line combatant. Besides, everything I can tell you about this is already in the plot. Getting information from you is undoubtedly a more effective method than going there."

Luo Mo said that he was also worried, but he was not as reckless as Theresa and Kiana. He was very clear about his own position.

"I'm afraid you'll be disappointed, but we are unaware of this matter. Besides, this is a matter of modern civilization."

Mebius said that it was arranged from the beginning, and the fight against the Honkai was only due to Yingjie's voluntary help, not to mention that this time they were facing Kevin, a former comrade-in-arms.

Most importantly, Kevin had no intention of hiding some of the clues and thoughts from the real world.

She paused, softening her tone and leaving room for maneuver, "We can only help at most, especially in Kevin's case."

"Then why is Kevin still carrying out this plan?" Luo Mo asked.

In his view, once the World Serpent has pointed out what it needs to do, no one will repeat the same steps.

"On the bright side, maybe... just like in the game, Kevin isn't even paying attention to this?" Mebius said with a gentle smile, though she herself didn't believe her own words.

"Do you think I'd believe that?" Luo Mo rolled his eyes. He wouldn't believe such nonsense.

"So, you're just going to watch?" Cecilia was getting agitated, clenching her fists and releasing them. She had just witnessed her daughter's ordeal in the game, and now she wanted the same thing to happen in real life.

If it weren't for the fact that her body was in a critical period of recovery, she would have charged forward with her spear.

Without thinking, she looked at the pink-haired girl who was most familiar among the crowd, her eyes filled with expectation, "Alicia, do you have any ideas?"

“Ugh—” Alicia touched her cheek in distress, poked Kevin’s back with her other hand, and asked, “I’m happy that you trust me so much, but… Kevin, do you have any ideas? You should know yourself best.”

“If he wants to, you’ll only find out after the disaster,” Kevin said, glancing at his companions before falling silent again.

"That's right, that's right. If there were no obstacles on the road to becoming heroes, wouldn't we become the sinners of history?"

Vilvi laughed loudly, somewhat arrogantly. She pulled out a card, slowly turning it over as if revealing the answer to a mystery.

"Kevin, he chose to bet on both sides. He didn't care whether he succeeded or not, but he gave himself a chance."

"So, he's gambling with the people of an entire city?" Cecilia looked at her in disbelief, terrified by the fact that the other woman trusted her more than she trusted her own daughter.

“No, he’s betting the whole world on it,” Velvi said meaningfully.

She was quite certain that if Kiana and the others failed to achieve the results he desired this time and were unable to live up to their heroic status in the game, he would also accelerate the real Stigmata Project and would not give them the opportunity to sabotage it prematurely as he had done so before.

"So, you just let this happen?" Luo Mo frowned and asked.

"Little mouse, you don't want tragedy to happen, and neither does anyone else. But if the protagonist in the game saves the world, but is powerless to do anything in the final moments in reality, it will only bring despair to everyone."

Clearly, Möbius also strongly agreed with Kevin's approach; after 50,000 years, it seems the little follower has made some progress.

At least, I won't place all my hopes on one person anymore.

"So, you all consider Kiana the savior in the game?" Cecilia was hardly accepting it and glanced at everyone.

Alicia pursed her lips. She wanted to go, but Velvi, Mebius, Aponia, and Kevin were all watching her, waiting for her decision.

“I…I,” Alicia hesitated.

“Ellie, this is their battle right now. If we interfere too much, the result will be the same.”

Velvi advised, saying that she had never recommended Alicia go out in the first place, as Alicia's personality would only lead her to blame herself again and again, something she had known from the beginning.

But the truth is, they had no better way to defeat the end, so there was no need to start over. It was better to leave everything to those who came after them.

...

Many of Schicksal's Valkyries boarded their warships and prepared to depart, and Anti-Entropy reacted swiftly.

Just before it began, Bronya and Seele were sent out so that they could also participate in this operation.

However, Yang's injuries meant he could no longer use the Herrscher Core, and the number of Anti-Entropy mechs in Sky City was also very worrying, with most being civilian-use.

While it's not impossible to make changes, there's no need to embarrass ourselves in the current situation.

Therefore, the main force this time is the Valkyrie of Destiny.

At full speed, it took an hour to travel from the Far East to Sky City.

"Just in case, Himeko, you stay on the warship and the warship should not enter the city."

Theresa said that she still remembered parts of the plot. Not only could she no longer provide Honkai Source, but dismantling the battleship would immediately bankrupt her own academy.

"It's alright," Theresa said, glancing at the many Valkyries around her. "All three S-rank Valkyries are here; there won't be any problems!" she encouraged herself.

Once inside the city, the many Valkyries were barely noticeable in the face of the massive crowd.

Moreover, Kiana was certain that if she hadn't used the technology provided by Schicksal to change her appearance, her place would be even more congested right now.

That's one of the downsides of being a 'big star'.

Kiana looked at the large crowds, and even more tourists who had come specifically to see the place, and she was somewhat bewildered.

"Hey, wait a minute, this city is so big, how are we going to find it?"

"Time is of the essence, so we have to split up," Fu Hua said after a moment's thought. "The Divine City Medicine in the game is also worth exploring."

Theresa nodded. "That's right. Kiana, you guys form a team. As for Shencheng Medicine, leave it to Fu Hua. She's the Crimson Kite Immortal."

"Wait, we still can't be careless about the enemy's base. I'll go with Senior Fu Hua."

Durandal gripped her lance, her aura sharp and warrior-like.

The group agreed to the proposal and scattered to quickly search for their target.

Apart from Rita, none of the others were alone.

In the Divine City Pharmaceutical Industrial Zone of Sky Dome City, Fu Hua and Durandal cautiously explored the area, but they found nothing—not even a few pieces of equipment remained, let alone any data; it was completely barren.

Soon they reached the depths.

But then a figure was seen waiting there quietly.

Kevin looked at the two people who had arrived; they were the two he had been looking for, which saved him a lot of trouble.

"Hua, you're here. Perfect timing. Let's catch up."

Fu Hua frowned, not expecting to run into Kevin here.

She couldn't help but ask, "Kevin, even so, are you still going to carry out the Stigmata Project? Right here in this city?"

"Since plans have been made for the future of the game, it proves its necessity."

Kevin said calmly, "I have no intention of fighting you, Hua. Just wait quietly for a moment."

Durandal watched the two talking, thought for a moment, and decided that the threat of the Honkai Source was more important.

She wanted to take this opportunity to back off and return, with Fu Hua holding off the other party without any problem.

But then an ice spike rose from the ground, blocking their path. Fu Hua and Durandal exchanged a glance, then both looked at Kevin.

"I'm sorry, this successor cannot leave either; this is their trial."

"So, does that mean we're going to have a war?" Durandal asked.

"If you're willing, that's fine too." Kevin produced a greatsword of ice in his hand, looking at the two with a slightly cold gaze.

...

This time, in a back alley in the city, Rita encountered her old rival.

"Strange, so much about the game has already been revealed. Aren't you afraid that the secrets of the World Serpent will be exposed?"

Rita was now truly curious, staring at the gray snake before her.

She killed her opponent in the game, even though it was just a body. But now that she thinks about it, meeting someone in the game was a really strange feeling.

"As the PV says, the snake doesn't care about the world," the gray snake said, his voice now resembling that of a philosopher, each word brimming with profound meaning.

"His focus is on how to guide things toward a better future."

With a gleam in his eyes and a black umbrella he held up like an unchanging sculpture, he stood in front of Rita, blocking her path.

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