Chapter 496: Business Spat Between World Snake and Destiny

In a daze, Chen Tianwu followed Dr. Mobius onto the submarine deck, feeling his increasingly trembling breathing, and clenched his fists that had long lost their flesh and blood.

"What? Are you nervous at this time?"

The submarine rose and fell with the waves, and from time to time, blue-black sea water flooded over Mobius's feet. She gently held the railing of the submarine with one hand, turned her head, and showed a teasing smile.

Chen Tianwu, who lowered his head, of course could not see this smile, but he could not help but hear the faint sarcasm in the words. However, his heart was already filled with the girl named "Anna Shaniat". At this moment, unless the submarine flipped over, he had nothing to care about.

He took a deep breath and raised his head. His messy bangs were blown more messily by the sea breeze. However, the black spot on the horizon became clearer in his sight. The sound of the submarine engine that originally filled his ears was mixed with some noise. He didn't react until now. It turned out that it was the engine sound of the airship on the other side.

Time passed quietly in his breath, and the surging amplitude of the sea water became more and more obvious. When he raised his head again, the black spot on the horizon had already shown the outline of the combat airship, and then in just a blink of an eye, the airship completed the landing on the sea.

"Hua——"

The sea water surged and swayed to the waist, but Chen Tianwu's lower body had no feeling. It's been more than a year... I'm still a little uncomfortable.

Not long after the airship stopped, the roar of the engine sounded again, and the waves surged again, this time only above the knees.

Seeing the battle airship, which was ten times larger than the submarine, sliding towards him, Chen Tianwu heard again... heard his own heartbeat.

Was he looking forward to the reunion after many years, or was he afraid of this reunion?

Of course, he had not never inquired about Anna's news in the past year or so. He could use his connections and resources to check whether the patients with Honkai disease he sponsored had any relationship with Tianming, Nientropy, and Shenzhou. Couldn't he also inquire about the current situation of an A-level Valkyrie?

The number of A-level Valkyries is of course very small compared to the total population of the world, but if we look at the Valkyrie combat personnel establishment, they account for half of the full 3,000 Valkyries.

Of course, this is not important. In any case, in Tianming, except for a small number of scientific research doctors, A-level Valkyries are the most powerful people below bishops and S-level Valkyries. And Anna is also a higher-level one even among A-level Valkyries. After all, she is the captain of the most elite Snow Lotus Squad in the Southeast Asian branch.

In many people's impressions, the higher the level of existence, the harder it is to collect information about her movements and data. This is correct in a sense. For example, the information of a Valkyrie like Anna will have a high encryption level in the Destiny database, and it is not easy to find these things. But from another perspective, as the trump card of the Southeast Asian branch, there are many people watching her. It is easier to know her movements than to find an ordinary person who is in danger.

He knew that Anna had participated in the search and rescue operation of Oceania Collapse not long ago. That was the second time they had passed each other since they parted in Manila. At that time, his task was to cooperate with Raven to attract the attention of Yulandel. He didn't have the same feeling of worrying about gains and losses as now-perhaps because he knew from the beginning that although he was participating in the mission for the same incident, the geographical conditions and mission objectives also determined that the two would never have the opportunity to meet.

And now...

"Don't be nervous, I can hear your heartbeat from here. Put aside your private feelings, you are now a cadre of the World Serpent, don't embarrass us."

Mebius took the trouble to adjust his tie and reminded with a smile.

"Oh."

Chen Tianwu's response was as short and weak as ever, but his voice was loud and clear, unlike the previous weakness and lack of spirit.

"I will overcome it."

In contrast, the volume of the half sentence added later returned to his normal level. Compared with the assurance to Dr. Mebius, it was more like his own talk.

Raising his stiff arm and pressing his palm tightly against his hard chest, he did not feel anything "touched" in his palm or chest. Only the structural vibration caused by the strong beating of his heart was transmitted to the eardrum along with the special alloy that made up the main part of his body.

"Hu——"

Took a deep breath, and the heartbeat also calmed down.

"It's not a big deal." - Chen told himself so in his heart.

It's just a reunion with an old friend, which is something that everyone will inevitably experience, but the person he is going to meet next is a little special... because of some ridiculous wishful thinking, so it's special. In addition, he is a cadre of the World Serpent, and she is the A-level Valkyrie of destiny. It's just that the fate of the two has intersected in the past... That's all.

Besides, you can't have too much expectation for what you expect. This is the experience he has learned from his childhood.

There may really be a cold and evil god in this world. When He finds that a person is full of too much expectation for something or someone, he can't help but destroy it all. Maybe this is a rare pleasure for Him.

On the contrary, those things that don't have much expectation at all seem to always be done, and those people who don't expect to meet can always be met...

Well, Chen actually understood that this was a result-oriented cognitive bias. There is no such god in this world. It's just that the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. On the contrary, if there is nothing to expect, it won't be uncomfortable if it is smashed. If you get a good result by luck, it will be an unexpected surprise. Just because of this.

He couldn't tell which of the two possibilities, one true and one false, was a better result for people to accept. The former seemed to involve an irresistible god, but there was such a will that was beyond everything and controlled the fate of everyone. In fact, it was more humane than simple materialism. Because since the gods can take away everything a person expects with their bad taste, there must be some kind of exchange for accepting everything a person offers.

It's not that you have to think about this kind of thing in your mind, but this seemingly meaningless and tedious thinking can help him get rid of the tension of "seeing Anna soon".

This can also be regarded as a feint to the east and attack the west, and besiege Wei to save Zhao?

Whatever it was, at least one thing was that his heartbeat had indeed become steady and quiet again, and those random thoughts no longer popped up in his mind.

The battle airship stopped half a hundred meters away from the World Snake submarine. Chen Tianwu thought that the other party would lower the boat and row over, but he didn't expect that two figures would jump out of the hatch of the battle airship, walk directly on the sea ice, and arrive in front of Chen and Mobius in the blink of an eye.

"This fourth-generation Valkyrie God-killing armor looks good, Blue Knight Moon Soul, I remember correctly, Rita Rossweise."

"You really embarrassed me, I have heard of your name for a long time, Dr. Mobius of the World Serpent - I am afraid that many of our Destiny's technologies are just children's toys in the eyes of you, the top scientist of the previous civilization?"

"That's not the case, at most it is... a toy for big children, right?"

Mobius deliberately paused, and seeing that Rita was about to respond again, she interrupted her with a smile:

"Besides, didn't you use this thing to demonstrate in front of me first? If you just look at the surrounding environment, this is really a battlefield that is beneficial to this set of God-killing armor. Wearing this armor Your combat power at sea should have surpassed that of Yulandel. "

"Ahem, that's not the case. When dealing with the Second Herrscher, Lady Yulandel still had some hidden power that she hadn't used. If she had released that power, I could only hold out for a few minutes even if I faced her on this sea, right?"

"Oh? In other words, Yulandel, the strongest S-class Valkyrie of Destiny, actually took the initiative to let go when facing the Second Herrscher? Oh, if the Valkyries of Destiny who were injured because of this, and the people all over the world who were affected by the collapse not long ago knew about this, it would probably be very difficult for Destiny and Yulandel herself, right?"

Mebius raised a small recorder and shook it proudly.

Anna, who was following Rita, became nervous instantly. Although it was just a few words after meeting, unless you were a fool, it would be difficult not to hear the gunpowder in those words.

Although she didn't understand, it was clearly agreed in advance that this time it was a joint combat mission with the World Serpent, but it seemed that both sides had some opinions about each other... She was still in the Southeast Asian branch when the headquarters was in trouble, and she didn't know what happened there...

There were many thoughts flashing through her mind, but as a Valkyrie, her basic qualities made her immediately step forward half a step, with her left hand in front and her right hand holding the spear behind her, making a not-too-aggressive defensive action.

And almost at the same time, she saw the man opposite, who lowered his head and hid half of his body behind Mebius, move. He took out a carbine from behind at a speed that normal humans could not achieve, but like her, he did not make such an offensive action as aiming. Although his index finger was on the trigger and the safety was unlocked as expected, the muzzle was pointed obliquely at the sea.

For no reason, Anna felt a tacit understanding.

But at the same time, she also understood that the man in front of her was no slower than her in drawing his gun. Considering that she only needed to make a simple opening move while taking half a step, while the other party needed to complete a series of actions such as taking out the carbine hidden behind his back, opening the safety, and then overcoming the instinctive aiming action to point the muzzle at the sea in the same amount of time, it can even be said that the other party's speed and overall agility are much higher than hers.

Moreover, the other party is a man...

"Alas... Men nowadays are either as powerful as our Lord Otto, Lord Ma of Taixu, and the leader of Anti-Entropy, or they can only use their brains to be researchers or weapons operators." - The Valkyries once joked about this in private. It was not that they were playing some kind of terrifying boxing, but that the adaptability of men in this world to Honkai energy is indeed not as good as that of women. This is probably because the sequence group that produces adaptability to Honkai energy exists on the X chromosome. Without transforming his body or becoming a Herrscher, Ma Yanqing of Shenzhou is already the pinnacle of men in this world. This is something all the Valkyries know.

The man in front of her couldn't be a Herrscher, so which of the remaining two possibilities was it?

With such doubts, Anna's eyes left the other person's index finger on the trigger guard of the carbine, and then gradually moved upwards, across the man's chest, to his neck covered by layers of collar, and then...

Then his eyes fell back, back to the necklace hanging on the man's chest.

I haven’t seen the man’s face yet, but there’s no need…

Anna's mind has gone blank, that is, the current situation does not allow her to retreat, and her responsibility as a Valkyrie does not allow her to escape before the battle, but Rita, who is closest to her, has been keenly aware of the trembling in her legs.

Although she didn't understand what was going on, Rita knew that once the conflict really escalated from verbal to physical, Anna might not be able to count on it. And she herself had no confidence in defeating Mebius.

The cold air in her hands quietly dissipated. Rita's right eye, which was covered by her bangs, stared, and her left eye was narrowed. Together with the raised corners of her mouth, she looked like an impeccable smile:

"Dr. Mebius is really joking. If we talk about 'holding back', doesn't your Lord, the First Herrscher of the former civilization, Mr. Mikael, do the same? He can make people awaken at will. The Second Herrscher has no power to fight back. If he was willing to use that kind of power from the beginning...haha...I'm not implying anything."

If you think Rita's words are provocative, you are wrong. The world is so magical sometimes. If an army wants to retreat, it needs to launch a counterattack against the enemy first. It's a very simple reason.

Just like if you want to stand up straight you must first bend down, if you want to bend down you must stand up straight first, if you want to gain weight you must first lose weight, if you want to lose weight you must first gain weight (cross out).

"Okay, Dr. Mebius, some of the unpleasant parts above are all due to Bishop Otto's orders and have nothing to do with me personally. Next, let's discuss the issue of cooperation, shall we?"

"Haha, it sounds so nice, but do you just want to test the purpose of the World Snake?"

Mebius didn't show any respect to Rita, but he also removed the flashing green lightning arc from his fingertips in front of Rita.

"Isn't Dr. Mebius curious about the purpose of destiny?"

Mebius tilted his head, "Do you still need to guess? Theresa is a traitor to your destiny. If you don't hunt her down, just wait for Christmas?"

Rita was silent for a full five seconds and said nothing more.

Although everyone knows this, everyone also knows that Kiana is not in Hyperion but in China, Mei is also in the hands of the World Serpent, and Theresa only has one former qualified person of the Fourth Herrscher, Wen. Ti, but the desire gem is on Kiana, and it doesn’t seem to matter where Wendy is.

As for Theresa being a traitor to destiny...what about being a traitor? Rita knew that Otto was not the kind of person who liked to do "meaningless" things. Instead of sending her, an S-class Valkyrie, to hunt down Hyperion, it would be better for her to go to Skydome City with Hollander to round up the second Second, that is safer.

Besides, with an S-class Valkyrie and a Snow Lotus team, she doesn't seem to have much chance of winning against the Hyperion led by former S-class Valkyrie Theresa, right?

So why did the Bishop ask her to cooperate with World Serpent again?

It seems to make sense, but Rita always feels that the bishop has hidden a lot of things from her...

It’s better not to think about this…

"Anyway, I wish World Snake and Tianming's second cooperation can be more pleasant than the last time."

Rita reached out to Mebius, but Mebius ignored her and turned to look at Chen Tianwu.

"Night Owl, go and inform the others that we will follow Tianming's airship to dive down, and they can go back."

"oh."

Chen Tianwu had no expression on his face, but he actually responded absently.

But then he reacted, and regardless of Rita being a few steps in front of him, he directly asked in a confused tone:

"Are you sure you want this, Dr. Mebius?"

"Huh? Destiny's Valkyrie combat airship does have a diving mode..."

"No, what I mean is that in an environment like the bottom of the sea, boarding Destiny's ship is equivalent to giving your life to the other party..."

"Why are you nervous!"

Mebius bit his finger and turned his attention to Rita who was smiling politely:

"It's more dangerous to go down with them in a submarine. Just press the fire button lightly, haha. But if we are together, if someone does some tricks, the airship will be destroyed and both of us will be destroyed. Anyway, I can't die, Rita. What about you? With your ability to freeze ice and cross the sea, you won’t freeze yourself into ice at the bottom of the sea, right?”

"I don't know, I've never tried it, but I think I won't be drowned by water thousands of meters deep."

Rita replied with a smile.

Chen Tianwu's eyes and Anna's met silently. No one spoke, even if it was just lip-talk, they each understood the subtext in the other's eyes——

"Tianwu, what should we do?"

"Anna, what should we do?"