I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

"Okay, I got it. By the way, why did you throw that Honkai energy crystal at her head?"

Hearing Bronya's words, Lorraine stuck out her little tongue and chuckled, saying:

"Of course, it's just a little revenge on my mom's parallel world Herrscher personality~"

Hearing Lorraine's words, Bronya broke out in a cold sweat, but everything was ready now, and all that was left was the opening ceremony.

Chapter 343 [Investigation]

Around 9 a.m.

"Well……"

Yuhaka rubbed his eyes and climbed out of Ji Lin and Xi Lin's arms. After getting out of bed, Yuhaka stretched and yawned. He looked at Ji Lin and Xi Lin on the bed and woke them up.

Ji Lin and Xi Lin were stunned for a moment, then opened their eyes to see Yuhaka with an "OwO" expression. After Xi Lin and Ji Lin got up, Yuhaka helped the still-dazed Xi Lin comb her messy hair and asked her:

"Master Youyou, has the blizzard outside stopped?"

Upon hearing Ji Lin's words, Yuhaka also showed a puzzled expression, because the room where Yuhaka and the others were located had no windows, so they didn't know if the blizzard outside had stopped.

So Yuhaka and the others went outside the Babylon Laboratory to check the weather. Soon they saw that it was still snowing heavily outside, but it was much lighter than the last time they had seen a blizzard. The sky had also brightened, and the visibility was much better.

"Hmm... Master Youyou, is it a good time to go out and look for that target who was teleported here from the void, given the weather now?"

Upon hearing Ji Lin's words, Yuhaka glanced at the surrounding weather and nodded in agreement. Sirin had no objections either, since the Honkai energy reactor in the Babylon Laboratory was now out of Honkai energy, so it was better for her to stay with Yuhaka and the others and absorb the Honkai energy that Yuhaka occasionally emitted.

Soon, after Yuhaka and the others made some preparations, they wandered around the snowfields surrounding Siberia.

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Around 11 a.m. on February 2, 2000, a helicopter was flying towards Siberia. Theresa, on board, was looking at information about the Babylon Laboratory. The report showed that hundreds of researchers at the Babylon Laboratory had disappeared overnight, leaving only bloodstains.

Upon seeing the entire intelligence report, Theresa shuddered and revealed a frightened expression, saying:

"The wasteland... late at night... and mysterious disappearances... could that Babylonian laboratory be haunted...?"

However, when Theresa thought of Cecilia and Kiana at Schicksal headquarters, she shook her head and cheered up, saying:

"No! I can't be afraid! I have to pull myself together. For Cecilia and the others, I must fight with all my might!"

Soon, as the helicopter landed, Theresa, feeling the Siberian blizzard, looked at the Babylonian laboratory not far away and said:

"We've finally arrived..."

Theresa looked at the towering Babylonian laboratory not far away, and at that moment she heard a familiar voice.

"Welcome, Theresa. Lord Otto has ordered me to assist you."

Upon seeing the familiar face, Theresa looked at the person in front of her with a surprised expression and said:

"Ah! You are... Patrick! Long time no see!"

A tall woman with slightly darker skin appeared before Theresa and greeted her.

This woman's name is Patrick Highsmith, commonly known as "Genius," an A-rank Valkyrie belonging to the Destiny Intelligence Department, and a former member of the Snow Wolf Squad.

In the elevator of the Babylonian laboratory, Theresa patted her chest with a relieved expression and said:

"Phew~ That's great, Patrick. I feel relieved with you here. Although this incident is a bit... suspicious, with an expert like you here, I believe the truth will come out soon, right?"

Hearing Theresa's words, Patrick gave a slightly embarrassed smile and said:

"Thank you for your trust, Theresa, but so far we haven't made much progress..."

Hearing Patrick's answer, Theresa nodded to indicate that she understood. After all, this incident was too bizarre. If the truth had been found out so quickly, her grandfather would not have sent her here.

Theresa then asked Patrick about the progress of their investigation, and Patrick then said to Theresa:

"Unfortunately, the surveillance cameras in the research area were always operational, but none of them captured images of the prisoners."

Hearing Patrick's words, Theresa nodded to indicate that she understood. She had already read the report when she arrived by helicopter, and the Destiny Headquarters had not found any trace of the culprit.

As the elevator arrived at the central control center of the Babylon Laboratory, Patrick brought Theresa there. Several researchers and investigators were operating computers, searching for something.

Patrick led Theresa to a control panel and showed her the surveillance footage they had gathered so far, saying:

"Judging from the surveillance video, the researchers were killed by something unseen, and their bodies were hidden by the perpetrators using some unknown means. The only thing found was blood on the ground."

Patrick then pointed to the unidentified white noise in the surveillance footage and said to Theresa:

"The only slightly odd thing is those white noise spots in the image..."

Theresa looked at the white specks on the monitor screen that looked somewhat like human figures, which made her a little scared. She said:

"Those white specks look a bit like people... wait, could they be ghosts or something?!"

Upon hearing Theresa's words, Patrick gave her a wry smile and said:

"Well, Theresa, there are no ghosts in this world."

As he spoke, Patrick used the keyboard to bring up a monitor for the Honkai energy values ​​of the Honkai energy reactor in the Babylon Laboratory, showing it to Theresa and saying:

“Mysterious phenomena in this world are all caused by collapse, and this time is no exception.”

Patrick pointed to the Honkai energy display data on the screen and said:

"Look, the values ​​displayed by the Honkai Energy Reactor during these time periods show a significant and substantial decrease, especially a few hours ago when there was no Honkai Energy left in the Honkai Energy Reactor."

Patrick looked at the Honkai energy values ​​on the screen and said:

"I think the Honkai reactor must have some clues about this incident, but unfortunately, the monitoring data at the Honkai reactor is encrypted, and even I don't have the permissions to decipher it. It seems I need to investigate it myself."

Chapter 344 [The Tragedy of the Guzilla]

Just as Patrick was taking a frightened Theresa to inspect the Honkai reactor.

Yuhaka and her group were searching for the supposed targets that had been teleported by the void, but unfortunately, they couldn't find them.

"call out--"

As an arrow flew by, a reindeer with Honkai Beast characteristics was pinned to a tree. In the distance, Yuhaka put down his hunting bow, put it away, and then looked at his prey with an "OwO" expression on his face and wiggled his short legs.

Yuhaka and her companions, dressed in simple armor made from materials from White Rabbit Beasts and Ice Fang Dragons, wandered across the snow. Sirin, watching Yuhaka's wagging little tail, turned to Ji Lin beside her and asked:

"Senior Sister Ji Lin, isn't there a lot of food in Teacher Youyou's dimensional cave? Why does she still need to hunt other prey?"

Upon hearing Xilin's question, Ji Lin paused for a moment before replying:

"Hmm? It seems like that..."

Ji Lin looked at Yuhaka, who was inspecting his prey, and said:

"But I think Master Youyou probably wants to try the taste of that deer, right?"

Hearing Ji Lin's words, Xi Lin looked at Ji Lin with a puzzled expression. She hadn't expected that the reason Yuhaka didn't use his own food for lunch was actually to try the taste of a new animal...

Thinking about it that way, Sirin felt it really suited Yuhaka's image, and Sirin also wanted to try the reindeer flavor...

Soon, Yuhaka brought back the reindeer he had hunted and threw it on the ground. However, there was no joy on Yuhaka's face. Instead, he looked at Jilin and Xilin with a (?一ι_一｀) expression and said:

"You can't eat this."

Upon hearing Yuhaka's words, Sirin and Ji Lin were also taken aback for a moment, then looked at the reindeer on the ground in surprise and said:

"Huh?! Can't we eat this deer?"

Yuhaka nodded and pointed to the things on the reindeer carcass on the ground that had turned into Honkai beast shells, saying:

"It has this thing, but it's inedible and doesn't taste good; it's like a stone."

Hearing Yuhaka's words, Ji Lin and Xilin exchanged glances, then Ji Lin clapped his hands and said:

"Oh right! I remember now! You can't eat the flesh of monsters!"

Xilin, standing to the side, looked at Ji Lin with a completely bewildered expression. What demonic beast? She didn't understand at all.

Then Ji Lin looked at Youhaka and said:

"Master Youyou, we can't eat this creature right now, so what are we having for lunch today?"

Upon hearing Ji Lin's question, Xi Lin, who was standing to the side, nodded in agreement, indicating what kind of food they would like to eat, as she herself was quite interested in what dishes they would have for the day.

Yuhaka crossed his arms and thought for a moment with a serious expression. His big tail behind him swayed, and then, as if he had thought of something, he stood up and told Ji Lin and Xi Lin.

Upon hearing Yuhaka's words, Ji Lin's eyes lit up, and he nodded, saying:

"Great! Let's eat that! There are three of us here, and it's the perfect food for this kind of weather!"

Hearing Ji Lin and Youhaka's words, Xilin looked at them with a puzzled expression and said:

"By the way, is that thing you guys were talking about delicious?"

In response to Xilin's question, Ji Lin nodded and said with a smile:

"Of course! Celine will definitely love that dish!"

Then Ji Lin turned to look at Yuhaka and said:

"Master Youyou, hurry up and bring out the tent from the dimensional cave! The faster we set it up, the sooner we can eat!"

Upon hearing Ji Lin's words, Yuhaka also took out a large tent (borrowed) used by the Hunter's Guild from the dimensional cave, and then the three of them began to set up the tent in the blizzard.

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"Achoo! Ugh~ It's so cold >_<!"

A girl with bright red twin tails (?) wearing a coat is walking through a Siberian blizzard.

"Hmm... what just happened? Why was I on a plane one second and suddenly I was somewhere in Siberia the next?!"

This red-haired girl (?) is none other than Frederica Nikola Tesla, a veteran figure in the Anti-Entropy faction, an enemy of Schicksal.

Tesla, looking at his broken communicator and Titan control device, said with a headache:

"Damn it, how did these two mechanical devices break? It couldn't have been because I broke them when I fell from mid-air, could it?!"

Tesla sighed helplessly, trembling as she hugged herself. To be honest, she hadn't expected things to turn out this way. Just a few minutes ago, she had been checking the Titan in the cabin.

But who knew that in the blink of an eye, Tesla found himself suspended in mid-air over the Siberian snowfields? Luckily, he wasn't in too high a position, otherwise, dying from a fall would have been too ridiculous!

"But... I should be glad I wore a thick coat on the plane, otherwise I would have turned into an ice pop in just a few minutes..."

Tesla looked at the white snow and dry forest around him and felt that his brain was not working properly. Now that he had no locator or communication device, Chicken Head and the others would probably spend a lot of time looking for him.

Tesla looked up at the blizzard and remarked:

"In this kind of weather, with their hair all messy and disheveled, they'd have a hard time finding themselves, wouldn't they?"