After hearing Bai Mo's words, the other party fell silent for a long time. After a while, the somewhat irritable female voice rang out again. This time, however, it was clearly less aggressive, her voice much calmer and even tinged with a hint of teasing.
"Oh, isn't this Mo Guang? It's truly amazing that you'd actually contact us. What, have you come to your senses and decided to…"
"Wait a minute! Why does your voice sound so weak just now?"
Bai Mo shook her head: "I'm fine, but a Honkai outbreak has occurred here in Changkong City. The Third Herrscher has already appeared."
"You don't need to tell us that! Of course, we know. Don't treat us Anti-Entropy like wildlings from the mountains…"
"Hold on! You contacted us, and you actually know, so…"
"That's right, I'm in Changkong City," Bai Mo answered directly.
… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … …
"You're actually in Changkong City! Hey! Ji Wo Tou (Nest Head)! What are you doing! Don't snatch it! I'm telling you…"
"Hello Mo Guang, it's me, Einstein."
The other side switched to a much calmer voice, a familiar one, of course.
"You're in Changkong City? How are things on your end?"
Bai Mo took a deep breath, mustering some energy to reply: "Not very well, Changkong City is currently…"
"I was asking about you."
Einstein interrupted Bai Mo's words, which made Bai Mo stunned for a few seconds, momentarily forgetting to answer.
"Mo Guang, are you… alright?"
"Don't worry, I'm fine." The voice from the other side pulled her back from her brief daze.
"… … … … Mo Guang, based on what we know about you, your current tone doesn't sound like you're fine."
"Have you already encountered the Herrscher?"
Bai Mo thought for a moment, and decided she had, so she nodded.
"Mm."
"Where are you? The Titan squad will try to get there before Schicksal. I'll send someone to meet you."
Bai Mo gave a wry smile.
"Dr. Einstein, as you know, we have a cooperative relationship, so I won't be meeting with you."
The other side fell silent again, but this time, the silence didn't last long before Bai Mo broke it.
"If the Herrscher stops now, many people should be able to survive, right?"
"That's right, but you…"
Einstein hadn't finished speaking when she heard the other side say:
"Let your people clear out the Honkai Beasts in the city. The Herrscher, leave her to me."
"Are you crazy!" Tesla seemed to have snatched the communicator.
"That's a Herrscher! You're going to challenge a Herrscher alone?! This isn't a hero game! Don't mess around!"
"Dr. Tesla, please calm down a little." Einstein stopped the about-to-explode Tesla.
"Mo Guang, I don't recommend you do this, and just as you said, if you really face the Herrscher alone and win, then what will you do afterwards?"
This was a very serious question, but Bai Mo shook her head without hesitation.
"Dr. Einstein, I will not hand her over to you. This Honkai outbreak is man-made, and you should be clearer about that than I am. Therefore, I think you should focus more on the internal affairs of Anti-Entropy."
"As for the Herrscher, I will hide her. As for whether Anti-Entropy or Schicksal can find her, that's up to you."
With that, Bai Mo hung up the communication.
Turning around, looking at the still unconscious Kiana, Bai Mo shook her head: "It seems I need to bring your Mei back sooner."
Getting up, she came to the window, locking onto the place with the highest Honkai Energy concentration. In fact, she didn't even need to lock on; the sky was already somewhat dark, and the lightning illuminated that area as bright as day, truly too conspicuous.
"Hey, are you really going? Although it's just my half, are you really okay in your current state?"
Sirin materialized a phantom figure beside her, and after speaking, she looked at herself: "In my current state, can anyone other than you see me?"
Bai Mo glanced at her.
"You haven't appeared outside at all. This isn't a so-called state; it's just an illusion in my eyes, making you and I feel like you're outside."
"That's good."
Sirin sat in the void on the three short guns behind her, crossing her legs, a smile on her face: "I don't want to be treated like some ghost."
As she spoke, she looked at herself: "However, it's indeed much more comfortable here with you than with that dullard."
On the other side, inside the Anti-Entropy Base.
"I'm so mad!"
A red-haired girl slammed her fist on the table in front of her, gritting her teeth.
"This guy really is something! Always like this! We should have been companions long ago!"
Beside her, Einstein, with her blue Ji Wo Tou (Nest Head), also smiled and shook her head: "This isn't the first time, but the fact that she contacted us at least proves that her trust in us is even higher than in the entirety of Anti-Entropy."
"Furthermore, Dr. Tesla, she's someone you think highly of. Shouldn't you also try to be more patient?"
"Hmph! I take back what I said before! If she wants to go find death, then I won't bother with her!" The girl crossed her arms, stubborn.
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The disaster in Changkong City was even more tragic than described in the game. Everywhere there were crying crowds and Honkai Beasts slaughtering.
The bodies of the Honkai Beasts were not small like in the game at all; instead, each one was almost as tall as a building.
And in the place where the Honkai Energy concentration was highest, there were no traces of any living beings. Violent lightning raged outwards from a central point, destroying everything around it.
With lightning wings flashing behind her, the Herrscher of Thunder overlooked the land, looking at her masterpiece, and couldn't help but smile: "This level is quite good, but it's a bit tiresome…"
"Hmm!?"
The Herrscher of Thunder, whose eyes were full of playfulness, suddenly looked a bit serious. Directly in front of her, at the end of the thick smoke and lightning, she felt something approaching, and it was very dangerous.
That feeling was like being targeted by some monster, or having a sword pressed against her throat, instantly making her playful mood disappear.
As the thick smoke slightly dispersed, a figure appeared within it.
It was a figure with a masked face and a tattered black cloak draped over her body.
"Oh? Interesting."
Raising her hand, lightning flowed at her fingertips, and with the burst of Honkai Energy, a massive lightning laser covered the figure.
This strike had a power of three thousand HW, enough to flatten several buildings with one shot.
"Not dead? Truly, a troublesome fellow has arrived."
When the after-effects of the attack dispersed, the figure was still standing in place. With two fingers joined, three swords rotated in front of her, actually blocking the attack.
"Tsk, she's just my half, look how capable she thinks she is."
Sirin beside her let out a disdainful cold snort, while glancing at Bai Mo, commanding her impolitely.
"Go, don't be polite with me, just throw Sword God in her face."
Regarding this somewhat talkative Queen of Honkai, Bai Mo's thought was: no thoughts, ignore her.
She raised her two fingers high.
"Tai Xu Sword Qi."
A blue light sword shot up into the sky, and with a gentle swipe of her finger, the sword light covered everything in front of her, severing a distant building and slashing towards the Herrscher of Thunder.
"Foolish." Raising her hand, with the bursting lightning, the Herrscher of Thunder looked at Bai Mo mockingly, and flicked her finger.
The sword light was instantly torn apart by the lightning, having no effect on the Herrscher of Thunder whatsoever.
"What a joke? You plan to use this to deal with my half?"
Sirin spoke coldly, clearly dissatisfied with Bai Mo.
"It's not over yet, don't rush."
Bai Mo replied softly, her eyes slightly narrowed.
A series of sword cries broke the thoughts of the two Herrschers. Regardless of Sirin's dissatisfaction or the Herrscher of Thunder's mockery, their expressions froze at this moment.
With the faint but sharp sword cries, the scattered light swords around them, which had been dispersed, gradually grew larger and took on a tangible form.
"Tai Xu Sword Qi, Sword Intent Manifestation."
Originally, these light swords seemed like energy bodies, but at this moment, they all materialized, thousands of flying swords surrounding the Herrscher of Thunder.
"Go."
With a gentle push of her two fingers forward, thousands of flying swords pointed at the Herrscher of Thunder.
"Hmph! It's a grand scene, but, is that all?"
The Herrscher of Thunder, who had reacted, had two purple lightning orbs appear beside her. She brought them together in front of her chest, and powerful lightning spread outwards from the center.
All the flying swords shattered. The Herrscher of Thunder had a smile on her lips, and with a gesture of her hand, a long blade shimmering with lightning appeared in her hand.
"You think these things can contend with me?"
Within the dense lightning fog, the Herrscher of Thunder instantly caught Bai Mo's figure.
Along with the explosion of lightning and the clang of metal, the lightning blade blocked Bai Mo's long sword.
"So, is this all?"
Looking at Bai Mo, who was so close, the Herrscher of Thunder, while confronting her, also extended her other hand and gently stroked her side face.
"You can try to work harder."
"I was thinking the same thing, but little girl, I still need to remind you, having so many electric sparks on you isn't good for your eyes." Bai Mo's voice rang out behind the Herrscher of Thunder.
"What?!"
When the Herrscher of Thunder turned her head in astonishment, she felt a tightening in her throat, her neck being firmly gripped by a hand.
Blue light surrounded her body, suppressing the Herrscher's Abilities, making her unable to do anything even if she wanted to resist at this moment.
"You! You tricked me!"
"Hoo~ How should I put it, the Herrscher's Abilities are truly terrifying, but you are too confident and too arrogant."
"I believe that if the person inside you, whom you consider a coward, were to use this power, at least she wouldn't be tricked by such a simple method."
The two were now in close proximity, the Herrscher of Thunder's lightning wings behind her becoming faint under the blue light in Bai Mo's hand, eventually even threatening to disappear.
"It's over, Herrscher of Thunder."
But just as Bai Mo was about to sever her connection with the herrscher core, a pain shot through her heart, her breathing became difficult with the pain, and the power in her body instantly vanished.
"Not good…"
"Get lost!"
The lightning wings that were about to dissipate suddenly surged, knocking Bai Mo's hand away, and then smashing a lightning-infused punch into Bai Mo's lower abdomen.
A purple meteor streaked across the sky and crashed into a building.
"Cough, cough! As expected, it was still a bit too much."
Struggling to get up from the ruins, Bai Mo looked at her trembling hands. The black Herrscher of the Void core within her was not yet stable, and continuing to fight now would be suicidal.
"Hey! Are you kidding me? You weren't so gentle when you hit me."
Sirin looked at Bai Mo coldly, but then quickly realized something and continued to speak in a mocking voice.
"Are you already almost done for? Even like this, you still don't plan to hurt her? Then you really are too great, so great it makes me want to vomit."
"Can you be quiet for a while?" Bai Mo finally replied to her, but Sirin clearly wasn't going to listen to her.
Of course, Bai Mo was no longer in the mood to deal with Sirin, and she leaped out of the building.
Behind her, the lightning blade sliced through the building, and the Herrscher of Thunder's voice rang out in the sky.
"You will pay the price for everything you just did!"
Sirin remained in place, watching Bai Mo being chased and slashed by the Herrscher of Thunder. She sat in the void on the short guns behind her, propping her cheek with one hand, watching everything with a smile.
"Hmm, this scene, it seems quite good."
But soon, she discovered that the Honkai Energy around her could actually be absorbed by herself, and her ethereal body was actually solidifying.
"This is…"
"So that's how it is, I can still absorb Honkai Energy, and I can reshape my body? This kind of thing…"
A look of surprise and a hint of madness appeared on her face. She looked up at the battle in the sky, fixing her gaze on Bai Mo.
Perhaps even she herself hadn't realized this…