Inside Cocolia's laboratory at the bottom of the Sea of Okhotsk, there was dead silence. Researchers lay scattered across the floor, all knocked down by Misteln's hypnosis.
Shun tightly gripped the Quantum Sea experiment data he had collected from here. His gaze kept moving back and forth over the pages, but his brows furrowed tighter and tighter. These obscure theories and complex data far exceeded his understanding.
He let out a light sigh, thinking to himself that he probably really had no talent in this area. Still, when he considered that Cocolia might have developed some unprecedented new technology here, Shun decided to take the data away anyway. Perhaps the World Serpent or St. Freya Academy could extract some value from it.
"How were the 'good and evil value' detection results for those researchers?" Shun was neither a cruel, bloodthirsty person nor a soft-hearted saint. In his heart he had his own scale for measuring good and evil, which he jokingly called the "good and evil value." In his view, once evil thoughts exceeded a certain limit, they were unforgivable. Coincidentally, after testing, most of the people in this laboratory actually had higher evil values than Otto.
After screening, the survival rate of the laboratory personnel was pitifully low — almost one in ten. Those whose hands were stained with blood and who treated human lives like grass had all had their brains shattered by Misteln's powerful spiritual force and received the punishment they deserved.
"Hmm, quite unfortunate. Most of the people staying in this laboratory are ones the public generally recognizes as evil." Misteln used spiritual force to probe the researchers' memories and obtained this result.
"Indeed." Shun looked at the tragedy inside the laboratory and nodded. How many good people could there be who could calmly conduct human experiments under Cocolia?
"Then let's go to the next location?" Shun continued.
After all, the blitz against Cocolia had only just begun. They couldn't waste too much time in one place.
At the same time, on the other side.
"Seele, we're here…" Bronya gazed at the rows of neat flat houses buried under heavy white snow. A strong, complex emotion — as if separated by a lifetime — surged in her heart. She had never thought she would still have the chance to bring Seele back to tread this once-familiar land.
"Hmm, Bronya sister, let's go in. I also miss Rozaliya, Liliya, and the others." Seele stared at this long-unseen homeland. Nostalgia spread through her heart like a tide.
The orphanage still looked exactly as it had when they left, with no defensive measures. Bronya and Seele silently infiltrated inside. Only after carefully confirming there were no potential dangers or ambushes did they deliberately reveal themselves. It was as if they had stirred up a huge storm in the previously calm orphanage.
After all, Bronya had been the big sister here. Not much time had passed since she left, and the children's reverence for her hadn't diminished at all. Moreover, Seele had returned with her.
When Bronya gathered all the remaining children in the courtyard, she noticed several familiar figures were missing. "Liza, where are Rozaliya, Liliya, and Sin Mal?"
The girl called Liza hesitated for a moment before softly answering, "After Bronya sister disappeared, Rozaliya, Liliya, and Sin Mal all went to help Cocolia mom."
"Is that so? That's good…" Upon hearing this, Bronya secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She had been worried that Cocolia might still have evil intentions and would once again use the orphanage children for human experiments. Now that the three of them had followed Cocolia, they would probably run into Shun and little aunt. With those two's abilities, dealing with those three shouldn't be a problem.
"Brenya returned today because there's something important to announce." Seeing the remaining children all gathered, Bronya stopped beating around the bush and said directly: "Cocolia mom… because the funding chain broke, has already decided… to sell us off."
As soon as these words came out, it was like a heavy bomb exploding in the children's hearts. Children this age were mostly still innocent. Usually they might be easily fooled by parents' jokes like "picked out of the trash can" or "free gift with phone top-up." Moreover, these words came from Bronya, whom they respected the most.
In an instant, crying broke out everywhere in the courtyard. The children's eyes were filled with terror and helplessness, as if they had suddenly been thrown into a dark, cold world. Their future was covered by a thick layer of gloom from this sudden news.
Bronya plugged her ears with her fingers, her face ugly. It had been a long time since she'd heard this kind of hellish noise. Experiencing it again, its power was still as strong as before. But the goal had been achieved.
First, telling them Cocolia was going to sell them off. Perfect timing that Sin Mal, the only one in the orphanage who opposed her, wasn't here. The children wouldn't question what she said.
Then telling them a kind person had bought the orphanage from Cocolia and was willing to take good care of them. Anyway, Cocolia had no way to stand up and object. By now she had probably already been found by Shun and little aunt.
"fbi open the door!" Shun kicked open the wooden door he brought with him and walked into Abyssal City. There was no choice — he had searched every location Bronya marked and still hadn't found Cocolia.
Since Bronya didn't know about the existence of Abyssal City, after thinking it over Shun could only come here to see if he could catch Cocolia.
Fortunately, Shun was very lucky. The moment he entered, countless artillery shells came out to welcome him.
Feeling firepower completely different from the other bases, Shun couldn't help but smile. It seemed he had come to the right place.
Countless powerful missiles flew toward Shun at extreme speed. But the moment they approached him, they all fell into a ripple and disappeared.
Shun transformed into a mysterious killer wearing a tiger skin mask, holding a long blade, ghost-like as he shuttled through every corner of Cocolia's base. His figure moved like lightning. Everywhere he passed, Titan mechs were torn apart under the fierce slashes of his long blade. Wreckage scattered across the ground. The sound of metal colliding never stopped.
"I don't know where this jumping clown came from — disappear for me!" A sudden gravity pressed down, making Shun's fluid movements stiffen. Immediately after, a huge rock carrying immense force roared toward him. In an instant, smoke and dust rolled, filling the entire space. The ground trembled.
When the dust cleared, it revealed Shun below, completely unharmed. He looked up at the sky and saw another brainwashed Joyce clone of Cocolia flying in the air. The previous attack was probably launched by him.
A chain was thrown by Shun into the sky. No matter how the Walt in the sky used gravity to squeeze, it couldn't stop it. In the blink of an eye the chain accurately wrapped around him. Shun yanked hard. Accompanied by a scream, Walt fell like a kite with its string cut, slamming heavily into the ground and creating a deep pit. Dust flew everywhere.
Watching Shun slowly walk toward him while holding the long blade, Walt fell into extreme fear. He was the Anti-Entropy Sovereign. He was the First Herrscher. How could he die here!
"Don't come over!" In his extreme terror, Walt couldn't help shouting.
"It's already night. Disappear quietly." Without mercy, Shun swung the long blade down. Blood splattered everywhere. The existence of this inferior product was an insult to Joyce, that hero.
Shun's posture was agile. In the instant he sheathed the blade he shook it with the momentum. The blood on the blade splattered out, flickering with a strange light under the illumination. Walt's body went soft and powerless. He collapsed heavily onto the cold, hard ground. Blood quickly spread beneath him, forming a glaring pool of blood.
"Hmm, next… it's time to go find Cocolia, right?"