The X-10 experiment was arranged in the area where Eastern Europe meets Asia.
Due to some complex historical reasons, the governments of the countries in this area have little power, or rather, the financial groups behind the governments are the real power.
The one conducting the X-10 experiment is a pharmaceutical capital registered in the Cayman Islands.
Shencheng Pharmaceuticals.
Before Honkai was known to humanity, the various drugs sold by Shencheng Pharmaceuticals occupied more than 31% of the global pharmaceutical circulation market. However, the board of directors exposed to the public was a group of Catholics.
"It has been investigated clearly."
Sakura handed a piece of information she had researched to No. 666: "The reason the board of Shencheng Pharmaceuticals conducted the X-10 experiment is that Fire Moth's financial operations encountered problems and needed to introduce external capital."
"And that group of Catholic board members believes that Honkai is the power bestowed by the deity they believe in, and they are very dissatisfied with Fire Moth for killing the Herrscher."
"On the surface, the purpose of this experiment is to allow people to master subatomic-level substances, thereby mastering the power of Honkai. But in reality..."
"They are creating Herrschers."
The ultimate goal of the X-10 experiment is to create artificial Herrschers.
To be precise, it is to filter the containers for Herrschers.
Those who died after being Honkaicorrupted are the sinners abandoned by the gods. And those who can withstand the corruption after being Honkaicorrupted are the ones favored by the gods.
After Sakura investigated all this, she instinctively felt a wave of fear.
That group of people did not regard humans as normal beings at all.
But rather as tools.
No. 666 relayed what Sakura had investigated to Kiana.
Kiana said seriously, "OK, Kiana is getting close to the target."
She concealed her earpiece and then asked Sirin beside her, "Sirin, how much of your Herrscher ability can you use?"
"Pretty much all of it."
She had come fifty thousand years ago, yet she was still the Herrscher of the Void.
However, Sirin did not rely on her Herrscher abilities for combat experience; most of the time, she fought based on instinct.
After all, even if she wanted to learn, there was no place for her to learn.
Sirin's abilities were still concealed; no one knew that Fire Moth had infiltrated a Herrscher... no, to be precise, a second one.
"Alright, then you listen to my command later."
Kiana from Fire Moth also began to learn to think for herself.
Approaching the target at Shencheng Pharmaceuticals, Kiana and Sirin began to maneuver around.
"I'll go gather some information and see if I can sneak in here."
"No need, I've already gathered the information."
Just as Kiana finished speaking, a cold voice appeared, startling her and Sirin.
They saw a girl with long pink hair standing not far away, looking at Kiana and Sirin, saying lightly, "You are the Sirin and Kiana mentioned by Chen Ran, right?"
Kiana quickly exclaimed, "Yes, I am Sirin."
Sirin quietly said, "I am Kiana."
"Hmm, Chen Ran said there would be two helpers, so that's fine." Sakura said softly, "I've already found a way to sneak in; there are three targets next."
"The first goal is to find the leader of the X-10 experiment at Shencheng Pharmaceuticals and gather evidence of their collusion with Fire Moth."
Kiana retorted, "Aren't those two goals?"
Sakura ignored her and continued, "The second goal is to locate the victims of the X-10 experiment and rescue them."
"The third goal is to dismantle Shencheng Pharmaceuticals."
Sirin, looking a bit confused, nodded, "What can I do to help?"
"Kiana, you will follow my orders. When I tell you to attack, you attack, understood?" Kiana tried to signal to Sirin.
Sirin nodded, "Oh, okay."
…
…
The area at the border of West Asia and Eastern Europe was far from peaceful.
War, famine, religious conflict, and the plundering of Energy had inflicted harm on everyone. Some struggled desperately, while others had already met their faith's true deity.
In a land ravaged by disease and disaster, the popularity of a pharmaceutical company was easy to imagine.
Even if their medicines were not cheap.
Shencheng Pharmaceuticals did not have a good reputation.
Although their affordable medicines had passed drug tests and double-blind studies, their doctors were widely recognized as liars who would deceive both God and the devil for the sake of selling drugs.
Yet, it was precisely because of this that they had a presence worldwide.
This land was filled with gold; wealthy people came seeking medical help with their dollars, while the poor had their own forms of exploitation.
Their children, or their organs, or their meager homes and land deeds.
In this land, the value of a poor person's life was not high.
It was merely a struggle for survival.
When Kiana saw the facade of Shencheng Pharmaceuticals, she couldn't help but be astonished.
"This hospital is too magnificent; it feels like two different worlds."
The war-torn, barren land was left with ancient buildings, yet the hospital of Shencheng Pharmaceuticals was brand new.
Its exterior walls were made of a special alloy manufactured with advanced technology, capable of directly defending against most firearms. The roads nearby were well-maintained, and even the basic supply transport vehicles were among the rare luxury cars in the world.
Moreover, the entire building stood thirty-three stories tall, making it quite unique in this area.
But Shencheng Pharmaceuticals was not worried that this uniqueness would be destroyed, as they also had a mercenary team.
As Kiana stealthily infiltrated the interior, she was shocked to discover an outdoor swimming pool, a large supermarket, and recreational areas for leisure activities.
It was strikingly similar to the rest area of Fire Moth.
"Follow me."
Sakura had somehow moved ahead and whispered to Kiana, "The alarm system has been violently dismantled, and external signals have been completely blocked. Don't worry, any actions here won't be transmitted outside. But the people here will soon notice something is off; we don't have much time."
She paused and said, "I'll investigate the leader here; you all go rescue others."
"Okay."
After Kiana agreed, Sakura vanished.
She turned her head and whispered, "Cousin, did you hear that? We're here to save people."
In front of Sakura, Kiana couldn't call Sirin by her real name.
But calling her own name felt strange, so she decided to use "cousin" instead.
"Mm-hmm." Sirin nodded, "I understand."
"Let's go down."
Entering the interior of Shencheng Pharmaceuticals was a complex medical area.
There were no staff on duty at night, but there were plenty of robots. The application of machinery in this era was not as widespread as in Anti-Entropy, yet even so, the number of robots left Kiana astounded.
"I wonder if these robots have any other sensing devices. Cousin, we might have to go in forcefully."
"Oh, okay."
Sirin's little cheeks puffed up, looking very serious: "I'm ready for battle."
"Mm."
With a gunshot from Kiana, countless robots surged towards her.
The barrels on the robots aimed at her, and a dense rain of bullets poured down.
"Cousin!"
"Okay."
Sirin appeared in front of Kiana, her cheeks slightly puffed: "Another me, lend me your strength."
The girl's eyes shimmered with a golden hue, and an invisible barrier enveloped the two of them.
The rapidly flying bullets struck the barrier, completely blocked.
"Alright, now it's Kiana's time."
The white-haired girl slightly bent her knees and then suddenly exploded into action.
Since undergoing the super transformation surgery by Mobius, Kiana's super transformation factors had begun to activate. She currently showed no side effects from the surgery, and the power granted to her by Honkai had already surpassed that of many.
She leaped high into the air, then swept her gun towards the countless robots.
Many robots fell after being hit in critical parts, but she was not yet satisfied. Using her agility, she landed swiftly and began to move rapidly.
With each movement, she fired a shot.
Before long, all the robots had been hit in their critical chips and could no longer operate.
"Okay, small problem, all sorted."
Kiana took a slight breath and said, "Let's go find people."
Before they set off, number 666 had already informed them of the internal layout through hacking.
Soon, they infiltrated the underground.
Compared to the ground level, the underground not only had robots but also experimental personnel.
When they saw someone intruding, they began to shout and brandished their guns to drive Kiana away.
However, Kiana would not give them the chance.
Before they could fire, Kiana had Sirin cast a shield around her.
The virtual barrier was truly useful.
The bullets from the conventional weapons made by ordinary people floated in the barrier. Before they could be astonished, Kiana fired three shots at the ceiling: "If you don't want to die, drop your weapons and crouch with your heads down."
At that moment, an alarm suddenly rang out from the underground laboratory.
[Warning, warning.]
[Detected a sharp increase in the experimental subject's Honkai Energy reaction, exceeding controllable limits.]
A researcher shouted, "Immediately halt the experiment! This is our rare experimental subject; we must…"
"Bang!"
Kiana interrupted him rudely with her gun: "You all put down your weapons! Where are the people you've captured? Also, what is the final result of this alarm?"
"Experiment out of control; it will become an uncontrollable Honkai life form."
"Damn it!"
Kiana understood what this meant.
It meant yet another innocent life was being corrupted by Honkai.
However, the researcher was unafraid of the gun in Kiana's hand and said, "I don't care what you want to do, but this is the closest we've ever been to success. No matter what, we must complete our experiment."
"Trust me, little girl, we are saving humanity, saving this world!"
They shouted, "Quick, find the experimental subject and continue observing."
Kiana was slightly taken aback.
Then she heard another female voice hesitantly say, "0.2s, the experimental subject's surrounding space is beginning to distort."
"0.6s, the manipulated metal sphere exploded." Another voice began to tremble.
"The distortion has stopped, the surroundings have returned to normal, and the duration of disappearance was 0.8s."
"The experimental subject is unharmed."
A huge cheer erupted from the research institute.
However, an unexpected turn of events occurred at that moment.
The experimental subject vanished.
The time from surprise to reversal was one second.
"From the detection data, the material structure of the experimental subject is collapsing. It may sound like a fantasy, but the experimental subject is being quantized."
A voice began to tremble: "Moreover, before being completely quantized, she has mastered ultra-high energy levels of Honkai Energy, comparable to a Herrscher."
"Report, the outer wall of the experimental subject has been damaged, the Honkai Energy level of the target body is still rising, and besides Honkai, we detected another force."
With a sudden loud bang, the entire underground level erupted in a violent explosion.
A girl, about 14 years old, floated in the air, sneering, her eyes opening with pupils turning blood-red.
A scythe, seemingly formed from coagulated blood, began to materialize in her hand.
The disaster known as Honkai suddenly erupted from this point.
"Experiment successful…"
That was the last voice of the researcher.
They had used human power to create a deity.
However, before they could begin binding this deity, the Major Honkai Eruption brutally took everything away.
The Sixth Herrscher was born!
And the undamaged Honkai Energy concentration detector showed that her Honkai Energy level had reached a terrifying 8100hw.
And it was still rising.
"Tsk."
She made a mocking sound, looking at the two people who had yet to fall.
Kiana and Sirin.
"Kindred?"
"I am not your kind!" Sirin's cheeks puffed up, disregarding Kiana's command, as the invisible virtual hand began to control the Herrscher of Death.
However, the tentacles from the virtual realm were caught by another set of invisible tentacles.
Before Sirin could react, more tentacles were about to seize her.
"Watch out!"
Kiana suddenly pushed Sirin away, her gun not pausing as bullets poured out like they were free.
What she held was Fire Moth's universal weapon, loaded with special ammunition designed for Honkai creatures.
However, at that moment, these bullets had no effect whatsoever.
It was as if the blood-coagulated tentacles had caught all the bullets and, under Kiana's astonished gaze, crushed them into powder.
"No way."
The girl had never imagined that her rescue mission would encounter a Herrscher.
She quickly opened her communicator, suddenly remembering something.
The signal had been blocked by Sakura.
"Why did a mission turn out like this?"
The girl complained frantically.
A tentacle attacked her once again.
At that moment, Sirin used her hand of virtuality to grab the tentacle.
The power of virtuality clashed with the power of quantum, and Sirin's little face turned red, but she refused to give in.
"Tch."
The Herrscher of Death made an incomprehensible sound, but it was clear she was increasing her strength again.
Then, a hint of astonishment flashed in her eyes.
The body of the Herrscher of Death completely vanished.
Kiana and Sirin exchanged glances; Sirin was somewhat exhausted, nearly collapsing to the ground.
"Is it over?"
"I don't know."
Kiana shook her head and said, "I've never seen this situation before either."
Just then, Sakura hurried over.
"High concentrations of Honkai are spreading rapidly, and everyone at Shencheng Pharmaceuticals is dead. But I managed to obtain some data; tell me, what happened?"
Kiana quickly relayed everything that had happened to Sakura.
Sakura's pupils flickered with a hint of astonishment.
"We really arrived a step too late."
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[Warning: The current simulation has reached the host's mental awareness capacity limit. Continuing the simulation will lead to consciousness confusion.]
[The system has temporarily ended the simulation scene. Congratulations to the host for receiving the corresponding rewards: Soul Crystals *100, Phase Transfer Mirrors *100.]
[Soul Crystals: A yellow crystal engraved with dazzling orange patterns, which can significantly enhance the power of weapons or Stigmata.]
[Phase Transfer Mirrors: Mirrors made using phase transfer technology that can block all real bullet weapons.]
[According to calculations, the best time for the next simulation is one day later.]
When Chen Ran returned from the future to the present again, it was half a month after he had packed Bia's message for Otto.
During this half month, he had attempted to calculate the laws of the universe at Saint Freya, but soon gave up, completely leaving such matters to Otto.
The computers at Saint Freya simply could not handle such intense calculations, and he did not have Ai-chan's access rights, so he was forced to stop there.
However, during this half month, he also spent a relatively pleasant time with Wendy.
The cinema and amusement park were their go-to places every rest day, and they would also play games together during their free time.
Well, not limited to video games; they played all kinds of games.
The students at Saint Freya did not need him to worry about their grades; aside from occasionally slipping in some personal work into his teaching content, there was nothing else to manage.
One could say that this was life.
Chen Ran even thought that this kind of life would never change.
Until the day before he returned to this era, when Otto arrived at Saint Freya.
It was clear that he was coming for him.
But at that moment, the system said that his consciousness capacity had reached its limit.
He had previously simulated himself to last longer.
However, Chen Ran actually felt a sense of realization; the so-called consciousness capacity limit was related to how much information he had absorbed during the simulation.
The more information he absorbed, the easier it was to reach the consciousness capacity limit.
If it weren't for the information Bia provided, he could have simulated for a longer time, but aside from his relationship with Wendy continuing to heat up, it would have had no other significance.
"This time the rewards are actually Phase Transfer Mirrors and Soul Crystals; these are good items."
Chen Ran was surprised by the system's generosity.
If Ether Fuel and Spatial Lenses were essential materials for researching virtual space, then Soul Crystals were the opportunity for Chen Ran to continue studying Stigmata.
Don't be fooled by how this item is just used as dog food in the game; if the imprint of a soul truly appeared, believe it or not, Otto would spend a billion to acquire it.
Of course, this item cannot be upgraded like in the game; Chen Ran speculated that the so-called Soul Crystals were actually another expression of Honkai.
Just like how isomers exist in chemistry, the relationship between Honkai and the soul is the same substance, composed of different molecular formulas.
As for the Phase Transfer Mirrors, it seemed they could be handed over to Vill-V for research; she would definitely be very interested.
After receiving the rewards, he began to synchronize the memories of 666.
Then, Chen Ran's expression turned serious.
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