Honkai, why do you only throw me into high-level battles?

"Voiceprint verification passed..."

"Iris verification passed..."

"Authorization confirmed..."

"A-rank Valkyrie Fu Hua of the Far East Branch has passed verification. Welcome aboard this vessel..."

"I am your intelligent personal assistant..."

"Deactivate personal assistant."

Fu Hua coldly issued the command, then skillfully opened the operating system, rapidly running her fingers across the various display screens, checking if each system was normal, and beginning preparations for departure.

She could perform this whole process with her eyes closed. It wasn't because the operations were so numerous and she was so familiar with them, but because, if it weren't for the burden of having Lin Wei with her, she rarely personally piloted this kind of small shuttle.

It was simply because the operation of this thing was a necessary skill for Valkyries. A mandatory course for C-rank Valkyries, and something that everyone above that rank knew how to do.

Even if Fu Hua hadn't learned it before, with her photographic memory, she could look at the textbook once, and then watch the operation process of her classmates during simulated training, and she would have it down.

The rest was left to muscle memory.

Lin Wei stood beside her, clicking his tongue in wonder at the voice prompt he had just heard.

"So she really is an A-rank Valkyrie. The gold content of a high-level Schicksal Valkyrie is terrifying..."

Otto must have erased all of Fu Hua's past file information directly. All of the information about her in the entire Schicksal database would only be about a "clean" "A-rank Valkyrie Fu Hua."

Should he say that he was seamless, or just cold and ruthless for using a tool until it broke?

Lin Wei stroked his chin, letting his thoughts wander, feeling a trace of pity for Fu Hua.

Even though he was using her as a tool himself.

Fu Hua, who had been almost one with the Fenghuang Down for so many years, easily read what Lin Wei was muttering in his heart. She felt annoyed. She wasn't used to this kind of judgmental assessment with pity.

With an icy face—although she was usually like this—she pushed Lin Wei into the passenger seat, and told him to sit down properly. Then, she pulled a Honkai isolation suit from the side and threw it over to him. Lin Wei barely caught it.

Then, another isolation suit was thrown over and hit him in the face.

This was what Lin Wei had requested earlier. He had no confidence in his negative Honkai resistance at all. He was afraid that wearing only one layer of the isolation suit wasn't safe, so to be safe, he had requested an extra layer.

Even with that, Lin Wei still didn't feel safe enough.

Fu Hua instructed Lin Wei to put on the isolation suit carefully, and checked to make sure it wouldn't leak. Then, the corner of her lips twitched as she watched Lin Wei laboriously put on the second layer.

Although she had long known that this bold guy was actually a cowardly, scaredy-cat, to see this image of a crazy gambler, who had risked his life yesterday, being so cautious and careful, this extreme contrast made Fu Hua feel like her eyes were open to a new world.

What kind of person was this? She had never seen anyone like this after all these years…

Oh no, she had actually seen one.

She had actually thought of Otto…

Fu Hua couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth, feeling that she had bad luck.

He didn't count, he was a different kind.

Then, she raised her eyes and looked at Lin Wei, who was wrapped up tightly, and the corner of her mouth twitched again.

This was even more unlucky.

After putting on the second isolation suit, Lin Wei stood up and moved around for a bit. He walked back and forth, bent over, raised his arms, and kicked his legs. His flexibility was fine and his breathing was still smooth. This made Lin Wei very surprised.

He had originally prepared to wear a spacesuit.

After all, he was just a kid from the countryside, who had never seen high technology before, and had made the Valkyrie laugh.

Fu Hua also handed him an injection. It was a sturdy-looking cylinder with the injection port hidden inside. He could complete the injection by placing the injection port snugly against the skin and keeping it still.

Fu Hua explained in detail to Lin Wei how to complete the injection operation, and told him to carefully put it away. Then, she sternly warned Lin Wei,

"This is the HD423 Honkai energy inhibitor used by Schicksal's Valkyries. With your weak body, you can't handle it at all. Using it is no different than suicide for you."

Fu Hua frowned slightly, feeling that Lin Wei was just doing something unnecessary.

"I don't care where you learned about its existence. I'm only bringing it to you because I promised to. I'm telling you about its danger beforehand. If you have to use it, then I can only wish you good luck in advance."

That's right, that was also what Lin Wei had requested.

He knew that with his ordinary human physique, he probably wouldn't be able to withstand this powerful medicine, but if the two layers of isolation suits were unable to completely block the Honkai erosion, he wouldn't mind using it to make one last desperate gamble to try to buy himself more time before danger came.

Maybe it was unnecessary, but it was better to be prepared.

This was Lin Wei's last preparation.

Seeing Lin Wei nod seriously to indicate that he understood, Fu Hua didn't say anything more. She told him to fasten his seat belt, walked back to the pilot's seat, sent a signal to the ground, and then pushed down on the control stick after receiving a reply. Like an arrow released from a bow, the shuttle shot into the sky.

The intense feeling of being pushed against his seat suddenly came, making Lin Wei feel short of breath and his heart beat faster.

It wasn't just the G-force. Lin Wei knew it very well. It was the nervousness and fear before the test.

He quietly felt this fear. His soul and body were in harmony, and he entered a state similar to meditation.

The fear of death was the proof that he was truly alive.

He even felt a sense of enjoyment.

This trip was a personal journey to hell. He would either be like a moth drawn to a flame, or reborn from the ashes.

Whether he succeeded or failed, it wouldn't be in vain.

And then there was Fu Hua. She could have gone to look for the Herrscher of Corruption on her own to get over her past, but she hadn't.

No matter what, thank you, Fu Hua.

For giving him this opportunity to be like a moth drawn to a flame.

Lin Wei closed his eyes and enjoyed this last moment of peace.

Fu Hua was carefully piloting the aircraft. Her expression was indifferent, as if she hadn't sensed anything.

...

"Overseer, Fu Hua has left St. Freya Academy and has gone off course from her mission target. Do we need to question her?"

A slender woman with white hair and yellow goggles on her head stood humbly at the bottom of the steps, softly asking the fair-haired man who was sitting up high.

"Oh?" Otto first exclaimed in surprise, then chuckled, soothing Amber and telling her not to be alarmed. His tone was gentle.

"I had previously given Fu Hua a personal commission, but because it was just a small matter, I didn't inform you beforehand. It was my fault, and I should apologize to you, Amber."

"Bishop, you're too kind." Amber was so shocked by these words that she blanked for a few seconds before she continued to ask: "In that case, who will temporarily take over the surveillance work of K423?"

"It seems that Fu Hua has indeed found something interesting, otherwise, she wouldn't have left in such a hurry."

Otto didn't immediately answer Amber's question. He just smiled and talked to himself.

Otto was a little regretful that it wasn't Rita who was carrying out this mission. She would have reported every detail to him, instead of acting independently like Fu Hua.

But who asked Fu Hua and himself to be in a partnership? She didn't need to report her work to him in the first place. She only needed to seriously complete the tasks he had assigned to her.

And she always completed them impeccably, didn't she?

"There's no need to worry about K423. She won't fall out of control. The experiments haven't started yet, that's just a peaceful and serene Valkyrie school, isn't it? Little Theresa will take good care of them for me."

Or rather, they had never been out of his control. A smile of complete control appeared on Otto's lips.

Cocolia, you did a good job.

Let me praise you properly.

"What I'm more eager to know is, what kind of surprise will Fu Hua bring me?"

...

Nagazora City, Chiba Academy.

A shuttle flew over from the horizon, rapidly slowing down over the Chiba Academy, and slowly landed on the relatively open field.

As soon as the shuttle stopped, Fu Hua took the lead in clearing the landing area.

"Inch Punch: Mountain Collapse!"

"Inch Punch: Thunderclap!"

"Inch Punch: Heaven Opener!"

Don't misunderstand. It wasn't like Fu Hua went berserk and shouted out all of her attacks when she fought.

In fact, Fu Hua's movements were very elegant, concise, and sharp. It was obvious that she was an expert. She also wouldn't shout loudly like that.

Lin Wei was very regretful about this, so he added the names of each move in his heart for every punch Fu Hua threw, whether they were right or not. It was better to show some flair first.

After the sound and visual effects were completed, Lin Wei was very satisfied.

That was what professionalism was!

To be honest, Lin Wei was in awe of Fu Hua's fighting stance, where one punch would defeat an enemy.

Knowing was one thing, seeing it in a game was another, and seeing it in real life was something else entirely!

He knocked on the wall behind him. "Honey, come out and see the immortal!"

Oh, he didn't have a wife. Nevermind then.

Lin Wei felt that his habit of acting extra when he was nervous couldn't be cured.

It was something he was born with, inherited from his parents. The doctor said it couldn't be cured.

"Bang!" Fu Hua, who had just sent a small mosquito-like Honkai beast flying with another punch, rolled her eyes.

I regret it. Is it too late to back out now?

What kind of person was this?

The Third Honkai Eruption had passed for more than a month, and the peak of Honkai energy had receded significantly. The high-threat Honkai beasts and the large groups of corrupted zombies that had been born during the first wave of the eruption had already been mostly cleared out by Schicksal's suppression units.

The Honkai beasts that were subsequently born in the Honkai energy were not large and their energy levels were even lower. There were also some scattered, overlooked zombies.

As the repeated clearing continued and the Honkai energy further receded, this place would eventually become a deserted ghost town. It was only possible that life would be restored someday when the Honkai energy completely dissipated.

If humanity could indeed hold out until that day.

Fu Hua's heart was heavy. She really didn't have much confidence.

While Fu Hua was sighing about the bleak fate of humanity, she suddenly heard a strange noise from behind her. When she turned around, she was no longer calm.

She saw Lin Wei look around for a moment, and then with great effort, dragged out a bare steel bar, which still had some bits of concrete on it, from some collapsed ruins of a building. He carefully walked up to a Honkai beast that had lost its life and banged on it. "Clang clang," while clicking his tongue.

"My, my, it's really hard!"

Silicone-based life was indeed extraordinary.

He ran up to a few dead zombies and tapped them as well, and once again, gave his praises,

"Amazing! So hard, and yet so agile. How do they do it?"

So Honkai could do anything?

Fu Hua looked at this scene, her expression was complex and her mood was even more complex.

How should she say it? Fu Hua had a rather rigid personality and didn't have the genes for complaining. She just felt that the style of this scene wasn't what it was supposed to be.

Also, why did he look like a country bumpkin seeing everything for the first time?

They were in the middle of a fight, be serious!

Actually, Lin Wei, who was tapping and banging on things, felt the same way as her.

They had said that Honkai was a terrifying cataclysm for civilization?

They had said that it was humanity's nightmare?

But what were those round, cute-looking Honkai beasts in front of him?

What was with all those zombies with their front and back curves and their slender figures, lying motionlessly to the side?

And they were even wearing high heels!

High heels!!

You guys are here to destroy the world. Can you be serious!!!

Lin Wei roared loudly in his heart. This sense of dissonance was too strong!

The fact that these kinds of apostles were sent out meant that this Honkai wasn't serious at all.

Elysia had chosen to sacrifice herself because of these kinds of things?

Wait a minute… Elysia?

Lin "A Blind Man" Wei felt like he had discovered something significant——

Cute Honkai beasts…

Sexy zombies…

Lin Wei looked up to the sky, speechless. He felt like he could directly close the case.

In addition to giving future Herrschers humanity, he had also adjusted the appearance of the Honkai beasts and zombies to make them cuter and prettier.

With one glance, he could tell that this was something Elysia would do…

Lin Wei curled his lips. There were too many things to complain about.

He would bet that the unedited Honkai monsters from fifty thousand years ago definitely didn't have this style.

He clapped his hands, stood up, and Holmes Lin, who had already seen through everything, walked towards his most important assistant, Fu Watson.

"This is the center of the Third Honkai Eruption. I don't know what kind of dangers are still lurking here. I think you should at least stay alert."

Fu Hua kindly reminded him.

Lin Wei expressed his thanks, and didn't explain his actions. He didn't plan to reveal his speculation.

Although it might actually be the truth, it wouldn't benefit Fu Hua at this moment.

And she might not believe it anyway.

"Let's go." Seeing that Lin Wei's attitude wasn't perfunctory, Fu Hua nodded, and led him toward the teaching building.

Landing directly at Chiba Academy wasn't just because Lin Wei had chosen the landing site—Lin Wei was the boss on this trip, so he had the right to choose.

There was also another reason. The shuttle had detected a life sign in that direction, making the beeping sound continuously.

More than a month had passed since the Honkai Eruption. It was impossible for any ordinary life to have survived, especially in the place where a Herrscher was born!

Fu Hua had already judged that the life sign was abnormal. Even if the parallel Honkai energy detectors didn't display anything unusual, she trusted herself more than the machines.

"I remember that you specifically asked me to find out which classroom Kiana was in." Fu Hua didn't ask Lin Wei how he knew about Kiana. He could even call out K423, so it wasn't surprising that he knew this.

"You already knew?"

After all, the direction that the detector pointed towards was a perfect match for the question that Lin Wei had asked, which at the time sounded strange.

"Yeah. The Herrscher of Thunder's transformation wasn't complete. The ritual was interrupted halfway, so the extra Honkai energy had to go somewhere." Lin Wei didn't hide anything. It was meaningless to lie in front of Fu Hua.

Then, he hesitated slightly and added, "Besides, the Herrscher of Thunder's accompanying Honkai beast never appeared."

This was Lin Wei's ultimate speculation—

Since Yae Sakura might not be the so-called pseudo-Herrscher, then was the lonely girl sleeping in the abandoned classroom still a pseudo-Herrscher?

Why hadn't the concept of a "pseudo-Herrscher" been brought up again after this?

In the game, you could naturally say that the setting was retconned.

But what about in the real world? How would the loophole in this part be made up for?

Linking this to Yuna's unique body that was symbiotic with plants…

Lin Wei felt chills and was drenched in sweat. He felt that he had been too hasty.

When Fu Hua heard about the "accompanying Honkai beast," she felt her heart tighten. If it was true, it was not something she could easily deal with right now. She looked at Lin Wei, and didn't think that this was a trap targeted at her, because she clearly saw the hesitation and confusion in Lin Wei's heart, as if it were tangible.

"I only know that she is most likely still sleeping right now." Lin Wei's voice was dry and he had fallen into severe self-doubt.

"I was too naive. I originally thought that she was just an incomplete existence somewhere between a zombie and a Herrscher, so I thought that since she was still sleeping now, you could easily defeat her, and then take her back to St. Freya Academy for treatment. After all, you even accepted the real Herrscher, so saving one more wouldn't be a problem..."

Lin Wei desperately condemned his own naivety.

His original plan was simple. Since he was going to steal Yae Sakura in advance, then in order to prevent Theresa from being poisoned to death because of it, he would just get rid of Yuna while she was still asleep. St. Freya Academy might even get a Herrscher-level fighter in return, wouldn't that be killing two birds with one stone?

Then, he realized that there was a huge loophole in his naive idea…

What would he do if Yuna wasn't a pseudo-Herrscher, but a Honkai beast?

A Herrscher could awaken humanity, but what about a Honkai beast? If Fu Hua really did as he had said, and brought her back to St. Freya Academy for treatment, how many innocent people would die when this emperor-class, or higher, Honkai beast awakened?

Or maybe, she had already awakened and was just pretending to sleep?

Was the Lunar Guardian armor complete? Could Fu Hua defeat this possible enemy with her current strength?

What if something unexpected happened? How could he fix it?

You don't even have the qualifications to take responsibility for the consequences!

Because of his own desires, greed, blindness, shortsightedness, and naivety, he would push innocent people into danger, and have others pay the price for him?

Lin Wei, how selfish you are!

At this moment, he wanted to give up. He turned his head to Fu Hua stiffly and said, as if he was begging, "Let's go back. It's very dangerous up ahead. She has toxins on her, and there may be other things."

Let's retreat. Let's make preparations and come back later with strong support!

By that time, whether he wanted to save her, or eliminate her, everything would be foolproof.

He wasn't qualified to take this risk with her alone.

Lin Wei had never had such a clear understanding of his insignificance, and how his ability didn't match his position.

He was clearly as insignificant as an ant, but he wanted to stir up the sea, and treat others as chess pieces that could be manipulated at will.

What a grand gesture!

Lin Wei, do you have the capacity to take responsibility for all of this?

At this moment, Lin Wei finally completely eliminated the arrogance that was hidden deep within his heart, the arrogance of a transmigrator.

The game was over.

Lin Wei sighed, after figuring everything out, he actually felt relaxed.

After his mentality calmed down, Lin Wei's mind returned to being calm.

"Let's go back. Since the Honkai energy detector shows no abnormalities, it means that she is at least really still sleeping. We still have time. We can go back and come again with reinforcements."

Lin Wei smiled easily, turned around, and walked away without any hesitation.

Fu Hua didn't deny it. She could clearly see that the erosion patterns on Lin Wei's body had already covered half of his body. Even two layers of isolation suits couldn't protect his body, which was incredibly weak in the face of Honkai energy.

Although he still had a ways to go before becoming a zombie, he wouldn't be able to last until the next time they came.

Even up to this moment, Fu Hua was still observing Lin Wei. She felt that this man was very complex and worth observing carefully.

He was clearly weak, but he knew a lot of secrets;

He dared to risk his life on a gamble, yet he was also extremely afraid of death;

He was as deeply scheming as a conspirator, yet he was also as emotional as a child;

He was as decisive as a lunatic, yet he was also as carefree as an idiot;

Now, Fu Hua added another thing—

He was both a cunning strategist, yet he was also honest and frank.

He was such a strange person.

Were these qualities meant to appear in the same person? Fu Hua couldn't decide. So, she wanted to continue to observe him.

As for Otto, she would deal with him later.

"I met Kiana this morning before I left. They told me that they did indeed encounter a fox-eared girl, who disappeared after being defeated by the three of them."

Fu Hua said loudly, her voice very calm.

Her subtext was very clear: "Your target is not my opponent. Are you sure you want to give up?"

Lin Wei paused in his steps. Of course, he had understood what Fu Hua meant.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Lin Wei turned around and walked toward the school gate.

"Since Yae Sakura would be defeated by Kiana and the others, it means that her condition is really bad, and the Herrscher of Corruption is also at its weakest."

Lin Wei said all of the information he could think of, without any reservations.

"She hasn't left Nagazora City for so long. It means that she can't survive on her own without an environment filled with Honkai energy. If that's the case, then the higher the Honkai energy, the more likely it is that we will find her. For example, near this Chiba Academy."

In the original timeline, Theresa fell unconscious as soon as she rushed out of the teaching building, and was then taken in by Yae Sakura. This could explain a lot of things.

"As long as we find her, we can defeat her."

After he finished speaking, Lin Wei turned to look at Fu Hua, who hadn't moved. He made a sincere request. He had decided to try one more time.

This time, it wasn't about fighting against fate, or proving himself.

He really did want to try to integrate himself into this vibrant world.

"So please help me, Fu Hua."

At this moment, it was no longer about any deal.

Fu Hua smiled freely, and stepped to follow after him.