Chapter 263: "Beginning of the apocalypse"

Schicksal headquarters, over the Mediterranean sea.

Herrscher of Sentience descended on Asia, but not all of Schicksal's valkyries were deployed there.

A few days ago, all the S-rank valkyries were recalled to Schicksal, and they were all currently still waiting for orders from Saintess Thea.

The island barrier is activated, and the Honkai reactor continues to work at maximum for 24 hours without stopping as if the enemy were to attack.

This made all the valkyries in Schicksal nervous.

What are they fighting against?

Nagamitsu, director of the St. 1504, is currently re-testing the virtual helmet they got from the Heliopolis company.

All the noise and anxiety outside had no effect on them at all.

According to the current technological developments of mankind, it is possible for humans to create a second world in cyberspace.

But that would be very expensive.

The memorial arena, a device that can simulate near real-world battles, requires almost hundreds of trillions of funds to build, let alone maintenance costs that require hundreds of millions every year.

It's so expensive, there are only two of these devices, namely in St. Freya and the Schicksal headquarters itself.

Nagamitsu had already tried using a virtual helmet to enter the virtual world that the Heliopolis company created, and the result was that the effect was exactly the same as the memorial arena.

It all looks very real.

"This is strange, according to spy information all these devices are mass-produced devices from factories. Their Silicon Neurons are also the cheapest on the market, how can these devices still work!?"

"Is this all because of the software itself, not the hardware? No, that's even more impossible. Without adequate hardware, even the most sophisticated software won't be able to run."

While Nagamitsu was still stressed about not finding a turning point in her research, her assistant, Varel, reported something important.

"Director, there is a special situation! The session conducting the 28th virtual helmet test trial cannot wake up!"

"Have you unplugged the power cord?"

"Its done! But they all still can't wake up!"

Nagamitsu stood up, and she realized that this was truly a very serious situation.

"In that case---"

Suddenly, the laboratory lights flickered bright red.

Loud sirens echoed everywhere, and the Schicksal defense system activated, making all the doors and passageways locked by armored doors.

The intruder has entered the Schicksal headquarters.

Thea who was in the monitoring room opened her sleepy eyes, and she immediately disappeared from there.

Cards from all three sides have now been turned over simultaneously.

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Fifth layer, Fu Hua consciousness.

Harsh interrogations, and excessive force made the Herrscher of Sentience sulk.

Fu Hua didn't care what this herrscher thought and Fu Hua wanted to use the Fenghuang Down feather to chase the Herrscher of Sentience out from within her consciousness. But after trying, it didn't work.

After trying it once again, the three of them found that they couldn't get out of Fu Hua's consciousness either.

It was as if they were trapped in here.

Herrscher of Sentience snorted:

"You guys want me to leave here and catch me again? Just like the Herrscher of Sentience in the previous era?"

"Don't even think about that!"

"I know that even I can't trust you guys anymore, so I won't leave! If you want to kill me, then we'll all die together!"

As the party who suffers a numerical disadvantage, the newborn Herrscher of Sentience still lacks trust in the people around her.

Cecilia and Kiana might be able to be talked to, but they both adhere to a veto system which makes the Herrscher of Sentience hesitate.

Fu Hua clearly hated her.

So, instead of throwing away the chance of survival on probability, holding the three of them hostage was the way of survival that the herrscher of Sentience chose.

"Fu Hua, I think you need to apologize. She hasn't done anything bad, shouldn't we give her a chance?"

"Cecilia, please don't soften your heart when facing Honkai."

"What do you mean by that? Herrscher also has a human heart. Look Kiana, isn't she Herrscher too?"

Triggered by the words spoken by Cecilia, Fu Hua was momentarily stunned.

"Having a human heart..."

Fu Hua couldn't help but recall a woman who gave her life for the future of humanity. Even though it was a bit blurry because it was a very old memory, that feeling was still very deep in her heart.

"Okay, then I'll compromise a little."

Fu Hua learned to give up.

So under the gazes of Kiana and Cecilia, Fu Hua took a step forward, and she slowly approached the Herrscher of Sentience who was currently under the tree.

"What do you want? Don't think about bullying young people! Thirty years in hedong, thirty years in hexi, don't even think about bullying the poor people!"

The Herrscher of Sentience took a stance, and she was ready to fight.

Fu Hua made a somewhat tangled expression. She did want to apologize, but she was the type of person who couldn't express her face.

So after thinking about it carefully, Fu Hua chose to be honest.

"I apologize."

"What?"

"Earlier I interrogated you too hard. My mixed past memories made my judgment biased towards you. Cecilia was right, the current Herrschers are not at all like they used to be, they now have the hearts of humans."

"So can you forgive me, and give me another chance to get to know you?"

The sun here is fake, but for some reason the Herrscher of Sentience can feel dazzled when she sees it.

Fu Hua was completely serious.

As a Herrscher of Sentience who is sensitive to feelings, the Herrscher of Sentience can feel her sincerity.

So, she slowly took the hand that was stretched out in front of her.

However, the Herrscher of Sentience, who was also currently monitoring the outside world, suddenly stunned.

She smiled broadly, and she slapped Fu Hua's hand away fiercely.

"It's too late to apologize BABA!"

Without giving them a chance to react, Herrscher of Sentience was swallowed by darkness, and she instantly returned to the real world.

On the island where they lived, the Imaginary barrier that covered the entire island now had a big hole.

The Herrscher of Sentience knew that this was the only chance her fellow Herrschers had given her.

So without further ado, the Herrscher of Sentience stepped on the sword of her creation, and she immediately flew away from this island!

She knew that two hundred meters away from her the destroyer had a communications channel.

As long as she could enter the virtual world, then she would become immortal!

The Herrscher of Sentience smiled so broadly!

"I am free!"

"Wait, where is this?"

Sudden happiness, turned into sudden surprise. Herrscher of Sentience, who had previously entered the virtual world channel, had suddenly moved to another place.

She felt like she had been played.

This world is all green with Imaginary data streams being converted into material data that can enter the real world.

The Herrscher of Sentience could feel that all of humanity's thoughts were connected here in one channel.

"Welcome, the messenger of God."

"Welcome to my world."

Gray Serpent greets Herrscher of Sentience, in his stigma project.