The story of the black silk female knight

"Hmm?~~"

It was clearly intentional. Every time Valensa drew a flying sword, Friedeja would call out in a very charming voice, almost reigniting the fire in Valensa's heart that had been extinguished.

Snapped!

So Valencia didn't hold back and slapped the witch on the butt:

"Can't you be serious at a time like this? And how did you lose so badly, Sister Friggia? Aren't you supposed to be able to seize control of the flying sword? How could you lose like this?"

"Woo~~"

Friggia first feigned weakness and looked at Valensa with a pitiful expression, but seeing that Valensa remained unmoved, she gave a wry smile:

"I was careless... I haven't fought anyone in a long time. She broke my spell with a flying sword that has anti-magic properties, and I lost... In the future, I won't try to fight like this anymore. I'll just be your technical advisor."

"Shouldn't you be getting more exercise and recovering by fighting more? You're really lazy."

Valensa, speechless with exasperation, pulled the last flying sword from Friedeja's body, helped her up, and together they looked towards the entrance of the building that had been guarded by two powerful undead:

"This should be right here?"

"……Um."

After closing her eyes and sensing for a moment, Friggia nodded with certainty:

"This is the central control area of ​​that abandoned project, and also the location of the server storing the Qingyi character data... Let's go, it's time to end all of this."

Chapter 58 The Mystery of the Underworld Ghosts, Solved!

"Wait a minute."

Valensa stopped again just as she was about to open the doors to the central building of the ruins.

She suddenly realized that although the ground in this area was free of ice and snow due to the high temperature, so there was no need to worry about the attack from Qingyi for the time being, the situation inside the buildings might be different.

Valensa is already very familiar with the style of the research buildings of the Ancient Eve civilization; they should be similar to the underground ruins of the Wasteland.

In such buildings, there are not only those metal-walled passageways with very smooth surfaces, but also various functional display screens everywhere... These places can all become the resting places for Qingyi.

Have to guard against it.

Thinking of this, Valensa reached into the storage space of the artifact cloak and took out something she had prepared in advance but had never used.

It was a specially made electric water gun with both single-shot and burst-fire modes.

A single shot can fire water bullets at a minimum interval of about 0.5 seconds, and each water bullet can cover an area of ​​about 1 meter after it explodes upon impact.

The continuous firing mode can continuously shoot out high-pressure water jets with a range of approximately 50 meters.

Valensa didn't customize this water gun just for playing in the water. This electric water gun isn't purely a technological product either; its water tank is a storage device with a capacity of about 10 cubic meters, filled with ink that can completely cover all colors.

After taking out the water gun and testing it twice to confirm that it worked properly, Valensa placed more than twenty ink bombs in the most easily accessible place in the storage space before reaching out to push open the building's door.

boom!

The moment the door opened, a wave of heat rushed out, instantly making Valensa experience the feeling of being drenched in sweat again, a feeling she hadn't had in a long time. Her black stockings were soaked with sweat in just a few seconds.

This isn't just a temperature comparable to a sauna; it's like a volcano, the kind of temperature that would instantly kill an ordinary person.

Why is it so hot?

Valensa stared in disbelief and quickly composed herself, while Frieda casually fanned herself with her hand and looked thoughtfully inside the building.

"I think... I roughly know what that ultra-low temperature zone on the outside is all about."

After saying that, Friggia completely ignored the high temperature inside the building and walked in with a leisurely gait, as if she were going to a restaurant.

Valensa thought about it and still felt too uncomfortable being all wet, so she stopped trying to tough it out by enduring the high temperature and activated her divine shield before entering the building.

The building's interior style was indeed very similar to the underground ruins. Valensa easily found an interior overview map and headed towards the control center on the map.

Of course, Qingyi wouldn't allow outsiders to approach her data server at will. The two high-level undead outside the building, both of whom were Moon Radiance level experts in life, were powerful guards she had hired.

Inside the building, on the smooth walls that clearly reflect objects and on various display screens, the officers in blue had long been lying in ambush, ready to fire a shot at anyone who approached.

Even though Valensa had prepared an electric water gun filled with ink beforehand, and would shoot an ink bullet to cover the screen as soon as she saw it, it was often still not as fast as the ambushing Blue Cops firing their guns.

Fortunately, Valensa wasn't alone; she had Frieda with her.

Although Friggia cannot attack the various reflections of the blue-clad figure, she will not be completely killed by the blue-clad figure's power... or rather, she will be resurrected immediately if she dies, making her a perfect meat shield.

Valensa showed no shame whatsoever, cautiously hiding behind Friggia throughout, advancing step by step toward the control center.

Qingyi was increasingly unable to maintain her composure and became increasingly agitated, but it was no use.

Her powers are so great that even a great witch like Friggia would die if shot in a vital spot.

Even if you kill Friggia, it won't matter. With Valensa supporting her from behind, the dead Friggia can be resurrected at full health without even falling to the ground.

With the smooth walls splattered by the exploding ink bombs and all the displays hit by Valensa's electric water gun, Qingyi lost all means of interfering with reality through the two-dimensional world.

We've finally arrived at the control center of this abandoned research facility.

There's absolutely no need for puzzle-solving or translation; for Friggia, entering any ancient Eve civilization ruin is like coming home.

First, Valensa used an electric water gun to clean the control center, making sure there was nowhere to reflect anything. Then, Friggia found a server whose casing was already red-hot, took out a data cable about the thickness of a woman's arm, and plugged it into her chest... the place that had been sealed to the floor by the holy sword for thousands of years.

"Wait for me a moment, it should be ready soon."

After speaking, Friggia sat down and, as if meditating, exchanged data with the server through her own consciousness.

Valensa dared not be careless, keeping a tight grip on the electric water gun and remaining on high alert. Nana also stood guard on the other side of Friggia, her fists clenched.

About half an hour later, Friggia stood up and stretched.

"Phew, all done."

After unplugging the data cable from her chest and putting it back into the server, Friggia walked to the nearest monitor and waved her hand to wipe the ink off it.

Valensa was startled. Although she was confident in Friggia's abilities, she still cautiously hid behind Friggia. Only after confirming that the woman in blue on the screen would not fire again did she cautiously peek out to look curiously.

The Qingyi actress looks exactly the same as before, but her expression has changed a lot. She is clearly more emotional and more like an intelligent being.

"How are you feeling, Qingyi? Do you still recognize me?"

Friggia reached out and touched the spot on the screen where the woman in blue looked, and asked with a smile.

"Um……"

The woman in green naturally rubbed her face against that spot, her expression complex as she said:

"Long time no see... I never expected to see you again, Your Majesty Eve."

"I am no longer Her Majesty Eve..."

Friggia gave a self-deprecating laugh and waved her hand:

"Alright, let's not talk about that now. Your mind must be a mess right now. Let's organize all the data and memories first, and then we can talk later. We have a lot of questions to ask you."

“…I understand. So be it, Your Majesty Eve.”

Qingyi nodded obediently and then disappeared from the screen.

Meanwhile, the data server next to it, whose casing was already glowing red, became even noisier and hotter.

Valensa then tugged at Lafrigea's skirt and asked:

"Why does she call you Her Majesty Eve, Sister Friedeja?"

"Because I was originally a false god created by the Eve civilization with the goal of omniscience and omnipotence, my god's name is naturally based on the civilization."

Friggia shrugged:

“But I am a witch now, so I can no longer be addressed as Your Majesty by a divine name… After Qingyi finishes sorting out her memories, I will make her call me Sister Friggia.”

"Actually, I don't think it matters... Eve is a pretty nice name too."

Valensa smiled, then asked again, full of curiosity:

"Sister Friggia, what exactly did you do to Qingyi just now? Did you completely resurrect her and turn her back into the Qingyi she used to be?"

“Complete resurrection… Hmm, that’s actually quite a complex philosophical question.”

Friggia hesitated for a moment before saying:

"You should know that the blue-robed ghost we encountered before was essentially the body or a backup of the blue-robed figure, only without the blue-robed figure's soul."

What I just did was copy all of Qingyi's past experiences and memories into her database.

Now she has both Qingyi's body and memories, and her personality matches the original game character design exactly as before. So, it should be that Qingyi has been resurrected.

From a philosophical perspective, is this woman in blue the same as the woman in blue I know? That's hard for me to answer... because I don't understand it either.

"Ah this..."

Valensa wanted to say that it must be different because the souls are different.

But she quickly thought, could the soul of a special being like Qingyi, who is based on a game character and born from faith, be the same as that of a normal life?

If a game character's body can be reborn through server save data after death, why can't the soul be reborn? Friggia's memories of Qingyi can be seen as a kind of data save of Qingyi's soul.

So this question is really hard to answer, and Valensa seemed to be thinking about it.

In the silence, the figure in green appeared again on the cleaned screen, this time her expression was noticeably calmer.

“Eve’s Crown…”

"Just call me Friggia. I'm no longer called Eve or Your Majesty. The specific reasons were explained clearly in the data I transmitted to you before, weren't they?"

Friggia smiled and waved her hand, interrupting Qingyi.

The woman in green paused for a moment, then sighed before nodding.

“Okay, Sister Friggia.”

After saying that, she turned her gaze to Valensa, smiled kindly, and extended her hand:

"Since you also call her Sister Friggia, then I'll just call you Valensa. You can just call me Qingyi... It's nice to meet you. Sister Friggia's friend is my friend."

Valensa always felt a little strange shaking hands with the characters on screen. If she were seen doing this in her past life, she would definitely be criticized as a shut-in.

But who can resist making friends with anime girls?

So Valensa extended her hand without the slightest hesitation:

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Qingyi."

After establishing a friendly stance, the next step was naturally to have a proper chat, allowing Qingyi to thoroughly explain the origins of the Netherworld Calamity.

However, the inside of this research facility is really not a good place to chat, because it is too hot; the temperature next to the server is several hundred degrees Celsius.

So Valensa and Friggia first left the research facility building, sealed the door again to insulate against the high temperature, and then took out a tablet computer. They had Qingyi use her powers to project herself onto the tablet's screen, and then strolled and chatted in the ruins.

The origins of the underworld calamities are indeed the result of a series of coincidences.

When the ancient Eve civilization attempted its plan to turn its entire race into undead, it already realized that the product of their plan was extremely dangerous and could cause incalculable and tragic consequences if used as a weapon by ambitious individuals.

To avoid this consequence, the ancient Eve civilization placed the experimental facility in the most remote Arctic region of Eve when carrying out this project, and completely cut off the facility's network from the outside world to ensure that the experimental products would not leak out.

The method is fine, but the researchers in this project are not machines either; they also need entertainment to relax during their breaks.

What should you do if you want to play popular online games when you can't connect to the internet?

Of course, they would set up their own server... This was quite easy for researchers with access to top-tier research resources, and the administrators didn't care, thinking that as long as the researchers didn't get addicted to games and it affected their work, it would be fine.

Thus, a private game server featuring the character Qingyi as the protagonist was set up in the research facility in the Arctic of Eve Star.

It was precisely because this game server was completely isolated from the network that it was not affected by the shattering of Qingyi's divine soul when the catastrophe struck—at that time, all the relevant data in all servers on the entire Eve Star were damaged along with the shattering of Qingyi's divine soul, and only the data in this private server was preserved.

Then, the catastrophe came completely, and everything returned to coldness and darkness.

However, this abandoned research facility has only completely lost its power and stopped operating; it has not suffered any serious damage. With proper repairs and recharging, it can be restarted, just like the equipment in the underground ruins.

However, the North Pole of Eve is indeed remote. After the Sun Goddess revived the universe, no one has been able to reach it for thousands of years, and the abandoned research center and Qingyi have remained dormant.

More than 1400 years ago, a powerful man and a woman led thousands of soldiers across the sea from the eastern continent to land on the ice plains, and then traveled north to this ruin in the core area of ​​the ice plains.

The ice plains were also very cold back then, but not nearly as cold as they are now. At least that extremely cold region where even the air could only remain in a liquid state did not exist. The lowest temperature was only around -90 degrees Celsius, and the elite army led and protected by the Moon Gods could cross it.

The two powerful individuals, a man and a woman, were naturally the two high-level undead who had been defeated by Valensa earlier.

Of course, they weren't undead at first.

Qingyi wasn't entirely sure why they had come to the depths of the ice field. All she knew was that the two of them harbored deep resentment and were determined to take revenge on humanity and the entire world.

Upon discovering the ruins, the man and woman were overjoyed, believing that the wealth of the ancient civilization within could help them exact their revenge.

They were right... The product of the Ancient Eve civilization's plan to turn the entire race into undead really does have the power and potential to destroy civilizations.