Chapter 36: Artificial Eruption of New York
'If I remember correctly, this scene should be the scene where the Anti-Entropy Elders first obtained the Ninth Divine Key, the Star of Eden.'
Sure enough, as the artificial intelligence unlocked the system in an orderly manner, something gradually appeared in the sky and fell from the sky.
"42.45 degrees north latitude, 71.23 degrees west longitude - the target has been determined to have entered the target area, and the search mode is being activated.
"The account login was successful and the password is the same as before.
"Requested target source to land and use decoherence to remove hyperdimensional camouflage.
"Hyperdimensional camouflage removed, soft landing successful.
"The target should be right in front of you, please check it out."
As the artificial intelligence finished speaking, a yellow-white ball of light that could not be ignored appeared out of thin air and slowly landed in front of everyone.
Dr. Tesla looked at this strange thing and asked the artificial intelligence:
"What's this?"
"The 1625 floating storage room has a super-dimensional camouflage function and can stably float above the target location and remain undetected for a long time."
Compared to the surprised Dr. Tesla, Dr. Einstein seemed calmer. She ordered the artificial intelligence:
"Open it."
"Understood, Dr. Einstein."
Under the control of artificial intelligence, the yellow-white ball of light slowly unfolded its shell at a speed similar to falling leaves.
The giant thing, about one person's height, opened up like a blooming lotus, revealing a transparent storage cabinet hidden inside.
Inside the transparent locker, a blue sphere with a diameter of about ten centimeters was quietly suspended.
The main color is dark blue, with symmetrical concave patterns on the left and right, and the light blue patterns constantly emit a mysterious and soft light.
"The target object identification code is [Divine Key No. 9 Star of Eden]."
The artificial intelligence steadily reports its findings.
Divine Key?
Although they have been working under the banner of Schicksal for quite some time, they have never really come into contact with the mysterious weapon called the Divine Key and have only occasionally seen relevant information in the archives. It can be said that this is a term that only exists in legends.
It is said that only S-class Valkyries are equipped with this powerful pre-civilization weapon—
Everyone was about to step forward to take a closer look at the weapon called the Star of Eden.
However, at this moment, a strong pulse came from afar, and the strong shock wave instantly knocked down everyone except Kirataka.
This impact contained electromagnetic pulses and Honkai pulses of considerable power.
Only Kirataka, whose physical fitness is beyond ordinary people, can withstand this level of impact. When he turned around, he saw Welt and the two doctors lying on the ground, temporarily unconscious.
And through the various information that had just been filled into his brain, Kirataka knew very well what the explosion coming from afar was causing.
It turns out that while Welt and his team were searching for the whereabouts of the Star of Eden, Edison, and Schrödinger from the North American branch were also conducting a related great experiment.
——Based on the knowledge left over from previous civilizations and their ingenuity, a groundbreaking piece of equipment is about to be developed, an energy conversion device that can convert Honkai energy into ordinary energy - [Moonlight Throne].
If this invention had been fully completed during this period, the subsequent Honkai disasters would no longer be so frightening, and there would not be so many tragedies.
However, Otto secretly tampered with the data of the experiment, which not only led to the failure of the research and development of the Moonlight Throne, the goal of the experiment itself, but also caused a huge explosion in the research laboratory of the North American branch, resulting in the spillage of a huge amount of Honkai energy.
——As a result, this is the outbreak of [Artificial Eruption].
When it comes to creating artificial Honkai eruptions, both Cocolia and Jackal are much later than Otto.
The reason why the man did this was quite simple - he had been paying close attention to the actions of the North American branch, and he did not intend to let them gradually embark on a path of defying Schicksal.
Therefore, he planned to wipe out all those involved in this incident and strangle it in the cradle.
Neither the group of scientists nor Welt, the suspected herrscher, intends to let them go.
To this end, it would not hesitate to cause a major Honkai in the populous city of New York that would have far-reaching consequences.
While Kirataka was thinking, he moved the unconscious people to the car and waited for them to wake up.
............
A moment later, on inside of the car.
Welt woke up from a nightmare and sat up unsteadily.
At this moment, he didn't know what was going on, but from the solemn expressions of Dr. Tesla and Dr. Einstein, he could tell that something quite bad seemed to have happened.
He asked tentatively:
"Are we knocked out by the energy released by the Divine Key?"
Einstein said calmly:
"It's not... Kirataka, please explain it to Welt."
Her eyes were fixed on the Star of Eden in front of her. She was now concentrating on studying this Divine Key in order to mobilize its power.
Kirataka thought about it and said briefly:
"Well... to make a long story short, judging from the location coordinates, a large explosion occurred in Schrödinger and Edison's experimental workshop, accompanied by the leakage of Honkai energy. In the worst case, the same disaster as that in Berlin three years ago may occur in New York."
If he were an ordinary person, he would have probably driven away from New York by now to avoid the disaster that had already broken out, just like in many doomsday-themed movies and TV dramas.
However, they were now driving in the exact opposite direction, heading towards downtown New York at full speed.
Everyone's opinion was surprisingly unanimous - they had to find a way to prevent this disaster.
This was not arrogant confidence. After all, they had just obtained the Ninth Divine Key. With its power... perhaps they could do something.
Kirataka also followed them, riding in the car, moving forward at a rapid speed.
His eyes fell on the window, where snowflakes were flying and the scenery was changing.
For "characters" like Welt, they don't worry about issues outside the story, they just think about how to solve the crisis.
But as an outsider, Kirataka had to consider one thing, which was why Otto wanted to reproduce the story on the eve of the establishment of Anti-Entropy to him.
The history of Welt Joyce was deliberately replayed in front of him, instead of replaying the history of Kallen's execution as in the original timeline...
Does he want to test him...?
He already had some guesses about this in his mind.
If one does not want to attract Otto's attention, the best option is probably to wait and see, and let everything in this scene flow as it did in history, like a bystander:
Edison used a device to restrain the Honkai energy and pushed it into the sea to avoid affecting the city. She blamed herself for the disaster in New York due to her research until it was reduced to ashes.
Schrödinger lost her body, became quantized, and drifted into the quantum sea, where she began to wander.
The strongest Valkyrie of the time, Reanna, rushed to the sky without hesitation and destroyed the Honkai fission bomb launched by Otto, causing the Black Abyss White Flower to sink into the Atlantic Ocean.
Welt Joyce held up a barrier to protect the city, but died from overdrawing his strength, ending his one-month life.
The young Joachim Young lost his father and all his friends, abandoned his own identity, and inherited the name of Welt in his young body;
Otto was not able to successfully wipe out the person he wanted to wipe out, and even had the opposite effect—
The remaining members of the North American branch rebelled against Schicksal and formed an organization called Anti-Entropy.
This is the original story, everything that happened in history.
Kirataka knew very well that this was just a historical image, a past that could not be changed.
He is not a fool like Kiana, and he will not think of making any changes...
"..."
Walking along the road, looking at the city that was gradually being invaded by the Honkai, Kirataka sighed, and lightning flashed on his body.
As the number of Honkai beasts gradually increased, the road became unsmooth, and Dr. Tesla, who was driving, was forced to stop.
Kirataka opened the car door and said to the people around him:
"Don't move around here. I'm going to clean up those Honkai beasts."
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