Chapter 30: Cockroach

"According to satellite data, what do you think is the probability of anyone surviving inside a renegade Schicksal plane that crashed one week ago?"

"No doubt, it's zero percent. Unless there are MANTIS like me inside of it. But as far as I know, Schicksal doesn't have that kind of technology, right?"

It took some time, but they arrived in Siberia. However, Siberia is quite vast, and this time they were closer to the Ural Mountains area.

Moreover, it leaned more towards the Arctic Circle, so the environment nearby was extremely cold. It simply didn't seem like a place where humans could survive.

"No, but individuals with both Schariac and Kaslana family bloodlines may be much more resilient than we imagine. They could sustain severe head injuries and multiple fractures from falling from high altitude and still survive."

"Where did you get this intelligence from?"

"Don't underestimate my ability to gather intelligence. This area was the site of a plane crash, and although it has been mostly cleaned up nearby, there are always traces left behind. I checked the 'records' left behind at the scene. Take a look."

With that, Bronie projected a large area in front of her.

There were huge aircraft wreckage, burning trees, and amidst the aircraft wreckage, a little girl barely clinging to life was projected.

The flames had scorched the girl's pure white hair, and large fragments were embedded in her head.

"Just like this, she's still alive!?"

Cioara felt a bit incredulous.

"Kiana Kaslana. A girl with this name is destined to be extraordinary. After all, the Kaslan is the bloodline left by their legendary ancestor Kevin."

"But even with the Lord's genes, it's still impossible..."

"Hmm, that's what makes it miraculous! And do you know what's even more miraculous?"

"What?"

"Siegfried has yet to be caught!"

Cioara leaned back, her face full of disbelief.

"The Archbishop of Schicksal, is he dead?"

"No, why would you think that? Kiana's treatment was personally completed by the Archbishop of Schicksal himself, how could he be dead? I'm just thinking, if such a remarkable genius were to fall into our hands, what could we develop her into? It's a pity we're still one step too late."

Bronie felt a little regretful, but although Otto was a bit of a jerk, he was very good at educating children.

There was Theresa and Bianka.

Both were kind, brave, and upright individuals.

And in terms of resources, Schicksal was undoubtedly the best.

Although World Serpent had the legacy of the previous era, Bronie's resources were limited, and she couldn't possibly bring Bianka into the Elysian Realm every day, right?

Putting aside the embarrassment of making Kevin's base as a tourist atrraction, the act of getting signets and Elsyian Realm continuously reading one's cognitive behavior was extremely taxing on the body itself.

So after careful consideration, Bronie just felt a little regretful that she couldn't see the birth of Bianka Ataegina ahead of time.

"So your target is that child?"

"No, that was just a bonus. Haven't you felt something wrong with the wind around us? Use your Honkai senses to feel it carefully."

"I'm a MANTIS, not a dog, but what the hell is Honkai senses..."

Cioara followed Bronie's advice and closed her eyes to carefully feel the Honkai energy around her.

"This smell, it's a bit unusual."

"As I suspected."

"Are you just guessing again?"

"I don't have the genes of a Honkai beast mixed in my body, so generally I use a detector to feel it. But I've had little contact with that stuff, and Honkai beasts I usually encounter data bodies in the Elysian Realm, so this is the first time I've encountered it in real combat."

"Over there."

Cioara pointed in a direction where a pile of road rollers had left a road after being rolled. At the end of that road, there seemed to be a strong Honkai energy reaction.

Then Bronie projected a motorcycle and coolly mounted it.

"Come on, get on. You definitely can't stand seeing a mobile Honkai source wandering around in such a place, right?"

"Is this also your ability!?"

"It's very convenient, isn't it?"

Bronie was a bit boastful, but Cioara didn't immediately get on the bike. Instead, she asked, "Have you got your driver's license?"

"You! Do I look like the kind of person who follows the rules? I've been racing in the Sea of Quanta for so long, and I never crashed! You can trust my driving skills, I definitely won't crash!"

"Or should I drive?"

"No! No one can drive my beloved motorcycle. Do you know how fast this bike can go?"

"How fast?"

"I'll tell you, it's not a problem at all to scare you with the truth, even 500 isn't an issue! Alright, enough talk, get in the car quickly!"

"I must be crazy to think you're actually reliable, but..."

Cioara indeed felt that, compared to the risks in the car, letting the Honkai Source escape was even more intolerable.

What else was there to say? She could only get in the bike.

Then Cioara hugged Bronie's waist tightly, and Bronie only felt her head being surrounded by something soft. Excited, Bronie immediately stepped on the throttle!

The tires and the ground experienced intense friction, kicking up large clouds of dust.

The intense sense of acceleration hit them, and only then did Cioara realize that what Bronie said was not false.

"Tsk, why do I feel like you're just like those guys!"

Cioara tightly held onto Bronie's waist, complaining in her ear.

"What?"

Bronie was puzzled.

"Like those guys who ride motorcycles to impress girls, accelerating just to make the girl on the back seat dependent on them or something. That trick doesn't work on me."

"Hahaha... How could that be? Am I that kind of person?"

Bronie's speed slowed down a bit, and she even activated the shield system, reducing the pressure of the wind around them.

"I see, the shield system? So mature shield system applications are installed in the motorcycle. No wonder you're so confident in your car's speed and never worry about the wind."

Could this still be considered a motorcycle?

It could even be said to be a combat aircraft.

The fact that Honkai beasts were wandering nearby also proved that Honkai had definitely gathered to a certain extent in the surroundings, leading to the birth of the Honkai beasts.

But why did Honkai still occur when Siegfried took Otto' Core? Could it be that they simply left the Schicksal in their pockets?

No, a normal human body, even an Awakened with Stigmata, would be suicidal to carry a Honkai Power sourcr in their pocket.

Combined with Bronie's attitude, the mystery seemed to become even bigger.

Mystery people were like this, just like being in the Elysian Realm, they would never reveal the answer until the very end, which made Cioara quite helpless and frustrated.

Last time, she invited Bronie to Siberia.

This time, Bronie invited her to Siberia, which meant there must be something important to accomplish.

"It's a Chariot Level Honkai beast, such beasts are not common. It's like cockroaches; when you see one in a bar, it means there must be a nest of cockroaches in the entire kitchen. You should have told me in advance what could cause so many Honkai beasts to be born. After all, my hometown only has a few skirmisher-type Honkai beasts at most."

"Then let the pest control operation begin! Little Bunny drone, launch!"

A large number of drones were projected, firing randomly at the Chariot-level Honkai beast hidden in the forest.

Maintaining distance for long-range bombardment was the safest approach.

Energy blasts, electric beams, and even electromagnetic-accelerated bullets were used.

To avoid guessing whether the enemy Honkai beast might have any strange special shields, Bronie's attacks were always diverse.

Of course, this barrage was also some practice against Kevin.

After all, if Elysia really wanted to leave the Elysian Realm, Kevin might transform into a roadblock, turning into his Succubus form to block her path.

So Bronie preferred long-range bombardment.

"Aren't you afraid of attracting the attention of Schicksal with all this noise?"

Cioara was quite helpless. On this snowy field, a bombardment of this scale would surely cause the snow on the trees within a hundred miles to fall.

The Valkyries of Schicksal were not to be trifled with; they would surely detect the traces of battle and immediately come after them.

Cioara didn't want any conflict with the Valkyries of the Schicksal.

A handsome drift slowed the motorcycle's speed, leaving a long trail on the snow-covered ground.

Steam rose, faintly covering the huge Chariot-type Honkai beast's remains.

"Relax, I've used a silencer."

"What kind of silencer! The noise was so loud just now!"

"Relax, relax. Look at the drones in the sky."

The drones patrolled in the sky, each time they passed through the air, it was like a ripple on the water's surface.

But how was that possible in the air?

"When I was a hacker, I often faced areas that could only be infiltrated with special methods, so silent based technology was very important. Actually, this was originally developed to solve the noise problems caused by the crowded interior space of Arc City and the factories producing throughout the night. However, this noise reduction capability is too powerful, isn't it?"

"How many magical technologies do you have?"

Cioara relaxed a lot now.

A Chariot-level Honkai beast would require a huge cost for a normal tactical team to defeat.

Even Valkyries, such beings, would require at least a B-rank team of three to deal with.

But Bronie easily dealt with it, wielding countless magical technologies.

"The Silent Bunny is just a trivial tool, but if you really count it, I probably have all the technology inside Arc City in my brain. In short, I can ensure the basic technology needed to maintain the internal ecosystem for space travel."

"Alright, I know you're very powerful, but if you input your memories into the Elysian Realm, it will probably feel even worse."

Bronie shrugged helplessly at Cioara's words.

"I don't know yet. I never thought about creating my own memory replica. Although it's another option to survive, I probably won't do it until the last moment. One handsome and charming Haxxor Bunny is enough!"

As they chatted, Bronie and Cioara got off the motorcycle.

They arrived in front of the Chariot-level Honkai beast.

"Wow, this is my first time observing a Honkai beast at such close range. It's hard to imagine that a creature like this exists in this world."

"But isn't it just a Honkai beast? Haven't you seen more powerful ones in the Sea of Quanta?"

"But this is a Honkai beast!"

Okay, forgive yourself for not keeping up with the trends of the times.

How did these Honkai beasts become such rare creatures?

"You better stay away from the Honkai beast, or else the radiation from the Honkai might give you Honkai disease, and it'll be troublesome to treat."

"Oh, I almost forgot."

For Bronie, Honkai was both familiar and unfamiliar.

Familiar because Bronie knew most of the settings of Honkai energy.

Strange because she only knew those settings and never had any close contact.

But now, it seemed that the Honkai energy emitted from the corpse of the dead Honkai beast was constantly scattering some kind of radiant energy, like thermal radiation, which could be harmful if they stayed here too long.

Who knows, they might not grow taller in the future.

"Okay, let me take a look. You really hit hard; you effortlessly broke through the tough armor of the Chariot-level Honkai beast and left almost no wreckage behind. But if the corpse of the Chariot-level Honkai beast isn't handled properly, it could still spawn new Honkai beasts."

Cioara's claws suddenly extended from the remains of the Honkai beast, extracting a purple crystalline structure. Then, using the crystal, she created an Archangel-type Honkai beast out of thin air!

"Let's go. We need to meet the mastermind behind this Honkai beast and safeguard the nearby villages from the Honkai invasion."