Honkai Star Rail: I am Godzilla, domineering and rampant.

Good thing she wasn't here in person, otherwise after going back, she would need to take bath thrice...

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Steris Cowe.

Amidst flashing movements, Irontomb arrived at the meeting place.

A star system completely controlled by the Antimatter Legion.

Everywhere, high-ranking Void Rangers could be seen, displaying the overwhelming might of the Antimatter Legion.

Even without a Lord Ravager leading them, just the Antimatter Legion forces here were enough to inflict heavy damage on countless civilizations across the cosmos.

The reputation of the Antimatter Legion resounded across the entire universe!

"Tell me your plan. This time, you're using that Xianzhou as the breakthrough point," Irontomb said directly.

At present, the Xianzhou Alliance had Yaoqing, Zhuming, and Luofu gathered together; Fanghu was recuperating, Yuque was at the forefront of archaeology, while Xuling's whereabouts remained unknown.

If they were to strike, Fanghu, already heavily damaged, was undoubtedly the best target.

But Fanghu was already gravely weakened, and since it was mainly inhabited by the Vidyadhara Tribe, according to the Alliance's pact among the three, if Fanghu's Vidyadhara suffered a great crisis, the Xianzhou would truly come to their aid at all costs.

"Who said we were going to clash with the Xianzhou Alliance?"

"Hmm?" A spark of electricity flashed through Irontomb's eyes.

He didn't understand.

Celenova's lips curved slightly, her eyes smiling. If one ignored the fact that she was seated sideways atop a massive Doomsday Beast, the sight would have been breathtakingly beautiful.

But Irontomb had no mind for such appreciation. They had been colleagues for far too long, and besides, he was never one to harbor thoughts about appearance.

He was confused now. Wasn't the entire buildup because they intended to strike at the Alliance?After all, she had already fought against three Xianzhou vessels, and recently there had been smaller skirmishes.

Wasn't that the clearest sign of hostility toward the Xianzhou?

Irontomb's mechanical eye spun wildly, calculating Celenova's true objective.

Garden of Recollection? Masked Fools? The Family? The Astral Express… No, impossible. The target would be too vast, with too many connections.

"Interastral Peace Corporation." Celenova let out a soft laugh. "The IPC has been stable for too long. It's time to put some pressure on them."

At her words, a stream of data flickered across Irontomb's eyes.

"The IPC? You intend to attack Pier Point?"

"Exactly. That's why I need you even more," Celenova nodded, acknowledging.

Irontomb understood. If it was political dominance at stake, then the target of Pier Point made perfect sense.

Aside from IPC's Pier Point, the Xianzhou Alliance, Garden of Recollection, and even Jarilo-VI, there were few powers in the cosmos worthy of making two Lord Ravagers join forces.

And the decisive factor that prompted Celenova to extend her invitation to Irontomb lay precisely in Pier Point's many hidden problems.

As The IPC's headquarters, Pier Point was protected by Emanators of Preservation and outfitted with high-tech weaponry.

The most famous of these was none other than the Imaginary Implosion Pulse, once used to annihilate twenty-four planets.

That battle took place when the vanguard of the Antimatter Legion advanced toward Pier Point, and The IPC, to no one's surprise, struck back with overwhelming force.

Although The IPC was fiercely criticized afterward by public opinion across the cosmos, in a place filled with seasoned manipulators, such outcries were meaningless.

The senior officer of the Technology Department who had given the order to fire the Imaginary Pulse vanished without a trace, but the device itself remained within The IPC.

That powerful weapon continued to keep many cosmic powers wary.

Still, every faction had its own hidden methods, so The IPC alone could not intimidate them all.

"I see. So your true goal has always been Pier Point. Helping the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus, stirring up trouble for the Xianzhou, those were just your diversions. But clearly, they served their purpose only to an extent."

After all, Celenova had indeed launched real wars against the Alliance.

"How do you plan to do it? The IPC's Emanator of Preservation remains stationed in Pier Point year-round. If you wish to attack Pier Point, they're an obstacle you cannot bypass."

Irontomb's thoughts flickered, but since it was Celenova's proposal, he was willing to hear her method.

"There's no need to destroy all of Pier Point, we couldn't, anyway. The IPC's defenses there are far stronger than anywhere else. As long as we can destroy half of Pier Point, this campaign will count as a victory for Destruction."

"As for the Imaginary Pulse, once it's fired, it'll expose itself to your eyes. Suppression, right?"

Celenova smiled as she laid out her plan.

Indeed, Pier Point could not be destroyed by her and Irontomb alone.

Nor would other forces sit idly by and let them destroy it.

No one knew what The IPC was hiding in Pier Point. If the Antimatter Legion found it, yet another catastrophe would erupt.

After all, as two of the cosmos's apex forces, the friction between them was inevitable…

...

The sun and moon alternated, the seasons shifted.

Beneath the quiet surface of daily life, time flowed slowly.

Hanya returned home to rest.

As the Judge of the Shackling Prison, her missions were important. She had just completed an urgent task, and upon returning home, she longed for rest.

Originally a zombie in body, Hanya only needed to maintain her spiritual state when resting. But Xueyi believed Hanya would one day return to being truly human, so she insisted Hanya go home to rest every day.

Hanya always obeyed her elder sister's words.

"Tomorrow when I wake, it will be another day just like today."

Bathed in the cold moonlight spilling across the sky, Hanya slowly closed her eyes.

...

"Chirp chirp chirp"

The unbroken chirping of sparrows pulled Hanya from the warmth of her blankets.

Instinctively, she turned toward the sound. Two fluffy yellow sparrows sat side by side on a branch, their eyes peering curiously through the open window at her.

Hanya found it strange.

Normally, sparrows never lingered near her home.

Why, then, were two of them watching her so intently today?

With that thought, Hanya lifted the quilt, stretched her foot out from under it, still a little dazed from just waking up, looking around the bedside for her shoes.

Failing to find them, her foot first touched the icy cold floor.

The floor was especially cold in the early morning, and since Hanya's house was in a shady spot to begin with, the chill immediately made her shiver.

"So cold…"

Just as the words left her lips, Hanya suddenly froze.

Cold…?

Cold!!!

"Me." Hanya looked at her own palm in disbelief.

Compared to normal skin it was a little pale, but Hanya vaguely remembered, this was her skin tone before she became a zombie.

And this sensation.

"Chirp chirp?"

At that moment, the little sparrows' soft calls pulled Hanya's muddled thoughts back. She looked at them blankly.

The next second, the little bird fluttered about and flew around the room.

After circling for a while in the empty room, they slowly landed on Hanya's still-extended palm, each perching on one side, taking up space.

"Chirp chirp chirp."

...

"Healer Lady, Lady Lingsha."

Xueyi looked nervously at Bailu and Lingsha, who were both deep in thought. Her heart… no, she had no heart.

Her brain… Her thoughts pounded along with the guess forming in her mind.

"Mm, " Bailu narrowed her eyes slightly, drawing out the sound.

Lingsha rested her chin on one hand, lost in thought.

"From a normal perspective, Judge Hanya ought to be full of vital energy, brimming with spirit, free of all illness, practically the very model of health, her complexion and hair all prove it."

"Indeed, Hanya's body has no abnormalities at all. If anything, she only needs to mind her workload and not push herself too hard."

Bailu put her hands on her hips, tail holding up a gourd, nodding with eyes closed.

"…You turtle-bastard sons of bitches, if you two can speak human words then hurry up and spit it out. I'm still waiting for this guy to finish up so I can go home and sleep!"

Tail impatiently flopped down in front of the two, shouting furiously.

Huohuo gently tugged at Tail, whispering anxiously:

"With the generals all here, it's such a serious scene… I'm scared enough already, even if you're not."

Lingsha chuckled softly, then looked at Hanya, who was obediently sitting on the sickbed.

"From the perspective of ordinary understanding, Judge Hanya now has the body of the healthiest of normal people."

"That's right. I've practiced medicine for years, and this is the first time I've seen such a healthy body. From now on you mustn't recklessly waste it."

Bailu said earnestly.

"That's wonderful, Hanya, you've really turned back into a normal human."

Xueyi gently held Hanya's hands. Though her body was artificial, the joy radiating from her filled the entire alchemy division.

"A miracle, truly a miracle… For a zombie body to actually revert into a normal human form, I have just witnessed history today."

Fu Xuan muttered to herself.

Everything happening today was shattering her understanding.

And first and foremost, without a doubt, was that Hanya, a zombie, had truly reverted into a normal human!

Though she had long suspected it, often seeing Hanya recently in the Scalegorge Waterscape, but the lingering aura of the shackling prison always reminded Fu Xuan of her true identity.

But now, she had truly returned to being human! A miracle at this very moment!!

Hanya herself was completely stunned.

But there was one thing she was certain of. From today on, she could truly live as a human again!

However… Looking at the joyful Xueyi before her, Hanya suddenly felt a pang in her chest.

She had become human again, but…

"Hanya, after returning home yesterday, did you do anything unusual?" Fu Xuan stepped forward and asked.

This matter was far too shocking, in some sense, it was nothing less than resurrection from the dead!

After all, her corpse was still being kept under guard in the Xianzhou.

"No, nothing. Yesterday was as usual. I only discovered the change in my body after waking up from sleep."

Hanya replied.

Fu Xuan mused, "I see… That means yesterday, perhaps even earlier, you had already truly become human again, you just hadn't realized it yet. General."

As she spoke, Fu Xuan's expression turned serious as she looked toward Jing Yuan.

Jing Yuan, of course, understood the thoughts of this so-called 'next General' who had always wanted him to step down and take his place.

"This matter need not be disclosed to others for the time being. I ask the two of you to act as though nothing has changed."

Hearing Jing Yuan's words, Xueyi gave a slight nod.

As judges of the Shacklinig Prison, they knew well how earth-shattering this event was. And now, on the Xianzhou, was no time to stir up trouble.

...

After asking some other questions, Fu Xuan and Jing Yuan walked out, leaving Xueyi and her sister Hanya to chat, while Bailu and Lingsha continued to stay nearby.

It wasn't until they sat on the star skiff returning to the Central Starskiff Haven that Fu Xuan finally opened her mouth, which she had held shut all the way.

"General, are you really not concerned about this matter?"

"What else can I do? Didn't I already say it just now, everything proceeds as usual."

Jing Yuan leaned lazily against the window, smiling as he spoke.

"But this matter-" Fu Xuan furrowed her brows.

To be honest, if Hanya's change were to be discovered by certain people within the Alliance, it would not be good for her. No, it would definitely not be good!

And not only for Hanya.

Within the Alliance, there were no small number of high-ranking figures who feared the Mara…

And the most important point about Hanya's ability to transform into a zombie body,

"Precisely because of this, Hanya's situation must not be known by others. At the very least, it must not be revealed through any possible channel."

As a general, Jing Yuan knew all too well how much chaos the bastards in the Alliance could stir up.

Fu Xuan was still too young. Although she held the title of the Master Diviner of the Divination Commission, when it came to scheming and political maneuvering, she was no match at all.

To be frank, as long as one carefully studied Fu Xuan's character and habits, many people could trick her over small, unimportant matters until she wouldn't even know about it if not explicitly told about it.

"Now that the Xianzhou is preparing to wage war against the Antimatter Legion, we cannot afford to let internal troubles break out at this time."

Jing Yuan said.

"Has the Alliance decided which Lord Ravager to target?"

Fu Xuan asked.

Jing Yuan did not hide it and answered: "The vanguard of the Antimatter Legion, Lord Ravager Celenova."

"It's her." Fu Xuan fell into thought.

The Alliance targeting Celenova wasn't a reckless move.

After all, this Lord Ravager had already clashed with three Xianzhou ships in the past. Now, with Antimatter Legion stirring up trouble behind the scenes, it would be unreasonable not to use her as a testing ground.

"This operation will be jointly carried out by the Luofu, Yaoqing, and Zhuming. Yuque will also lend additional support."

"Yuque? They have time?" Hearing the name of the ship she came from, Fu Xuan was startled.

The Yuque were obsessed with archaeology, would they really come when three other Xianzhou were already combining their forces?

The next second Jing Yuan spoke leisurely:

"Of course the Xianzhou Yuque cannot come in person, but their Divination Commission will help by divining the course of the battle."

At this point in time, cybernetic transmissions were no longer limited by distance.

Fu Xuan understood immediately. Just as she expected, the Xianzhou Yuque's role was perfectly logical.

"Speaking of which, Yukong passed along intelligence that a trade caravan encountered the inorganic legion under the command of the Lord Ravager Irontomb during their journey, and now discussions are revolving around this Lord Ravager."

"Irontomb?" Hearing the name, Fu Xuan's brows knit tightly.

"If it were someone else, it would be fine, but this Irontomb, his abilities are rather strange."

The more a civilization placed its faith in technology, the more Irontomb could, at that very moment, turn their confidence into their downfall.

A Lord Ravager who made countless civilizations wary.

Compared to the already-dead Zulo, whose demise gave people an excessive sense of safety…

Compared to the loud movements of Celenova's marching armies…

Irontomb's abilities made the worlds of the cosmos even more fearful.

How could a civilization that had developed to this point not advance technologically?

Not everyone was born innately gifted, capable of traversing the stars with their flesh alone. A single spaceship was enough to meet all requirements.

Vast fleets, complex structures, precise instruments, this was the standard for many worlds.

Yet it was precisely this confidence in technology that was Irontomb's favorite prey.

"If it's him, the Alliance will have to gather all the military strength it can."

"Haha, Diviner Fu, you needn't worry. Waging war is the duty of Cloud Knights."

"Hmph! General, are you suggesting my martial skills are useless, that I have no role to play at all?"

"How could that be? Master Diviner's strength lies elsewhere. The Xianzhou cannot do without your divinations."

"Hmph. When the day comes, I shall let you personally witness the sharpness of my sword!"