Honkai, starting from being approached by Qiyana

"Of course I know this." Ji Zi's expression softened a little.In Ji Zi's eyes, although Li Shubai's grades are considered excellent, he was selected as one of the candidates for this mission only because of his background rather than his strength. Therefore, regarding Li Shubai's words and Asked, Ji Zi didn't care much, but Fu Hua's warning made her take it seriously: "So?"

"According to the voyage data recorder of the icebreaker." Li Shubai said suddenly. "It took about an hour and a half from when they arrived at the scheduled sea area to when all the staff suddenly terminated the operation. In the report, I saw that the polar icebreaker was equipped with the most advanced deep submersible in China at this stage. Dive deep into the deep sea below 7000 meters within an hour."

Ji Zi and Fu Hua looked at each other, then nodded: "...Continue."

"Look at the sea area where they carry out their mission." Li Shubai walked to the side of the coffee table, bent slightly, and pointed to the place where the shipwreck occurred, "This is the border of the South China Sea, and also the dividing line between the Zhongsha Islands and the Philippine Islands. That place is the Manila Trench , the deepest depth of the seabed is above 5000 meters, that is to say, after reaching the mission area, the submersible successfully reached the seabed after an hour and a half of deep diving, and at that moment—"

"—boom!" Li Shubai made an exaggerated gesture, "Something lurking at the bottom of the trench, including the submersible and the icebreaker, was destroyed in an instant."

"..." Ji Zi fell into silence slightly, feeling a little cold behind her back.

She herself is also a seasoned fighter, after Li Shubai reminded her, she soon discovered something was wrong.

From the loss of contact of the deep submersible to the death of the icebreaker, the time between these two events was less than ten seconds, because before the death of the icebreaker, it did not lose contact with the superior department of the scientific expedition team. .

But the captain of that ship still failed to upload the data detected by the deep submersible to his superiors in time, but at the last moment decisively chose to protect the only recorder that can leave navigation instruction data, hoping to Use these clues to play a warning role as much as possible to possible disasters.

In other words, the moment the submersible lost contact, the captain had already noticed his own death through vision or hearing...

"The unidentified existence that crossed the depth of 5000 meters in an instant and destroyed the deep submersible and the icebreaker at the same time..." Li Shubai smiled, "...I don't know what you plan to do, Major Jizi, but I'm sorry I don’t have any interest in the battle of odds, this level of vicious collapse, in the absence of Principal Teresa... I’m sorry.”

"Just relying on two A-level Valkyries, she is purely going to find and die."

Quiet, terribly quiet.

Both Leiden Mei and Qiyana were stunned by Li Shubai's outspokenness, Bronya was expressionless, and Fu Hua gently adjusted his glasses without saying a word.

Ji Zi carefully looked at Li Shubai's cold expression. Contrary to what Qiyana and Leiden Mei had expected, she was not angry. Instead, she smiled softly and said something that seemed to be incompatible with the current situation. The half-connected matter: "It seems that you have read almost all of Saint Freya's current textbooks."

"Not to mention." Li Shubai shook his head, "At least, I have to know what kind of teammate I am fighting with, and I must also clearly understand how far I can go... In terms of physical strength alone, A-level The Valkyrie is dozens of times stronger than the most advanced deep submersible in China. Even if it is only equipped with the most basic diving equipment, for an A-level Valkyrie like you, diving 5000 meters in the deep sea is not enough. Nothing too difficult."

"But even so, your physical strength can't possibly compare to the natural barrier built by seawater at a depth of 5000 meters." Li Shubai said, "Since that thing can penetrate seawater at a depth of more than 5000 meters from the bottom of the sea in an instant, , and destroy the icebreaker, it is not a problem at all to kill the A-rank Valkyrie with the same method."

"Not to mention—" Li Shubai turned his gaze, and glanced at Fu Hua faintly, "—the South Sea of ​​China is not an auspicious place."

"It seems that you have already noticed it a little bit." Fu Hua looked directly at Li Shubai's gaze towards him, and said lightly.

Li Shubai nodded: "After all, he is a fellow from China, so it's normal to know about that."

"I said..." Ji Zi was dissatisfied, "...you two Chinese people, can you stop playing charades here, and can't you just tell me what you have discovered?"

Fu Hua was silent for a while, then turned his calm gaze to Ji Zi, and said flatly: "Major Ji Zi, you should have heard of the myth of Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor."

"Of course." Ji Zi nodded, "5000 years ago, the female warrior who wielded the famous sword Xuanyuan. Although it is a legend that has not been confirmed for its authenticity, she is also suspected to be the first to awaken the natural stigmata in the existing records of Destiny. Humanity."

"Honkai is present in the myths of all civilizations. Human beings in ancient times tried their best to describe this kind of natural disaster that even today's science can't explain clearly. Therefore, most of the descriptions of things directly related to Houkai in mythology are mostly It’s unclear.” Li Shubai said lightly, “But we might as well assume that since the super soldier who is well-known enough to be named in mythology is a human being who has awakened the stigmata, then who is her enemy?”

"The enemy who has awakened the victory of the stigmata will face..." Ji Zi's expression changed slightly, "...Honkai!"

"According to the legend, the cause of Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor's death was an incurable disease caused by overwork of the body..." Li Shubai sneered. Soldiers, did they die because of disease?"

Fu Hua sighed, not knowing what he thought of: "In fact, in these years, the historians of destiny have speculated that the cause of Xuanyuan Huangdi's death was because he encountered an enemy that was difficult to fight, and he couldn't do it even after trying his best. After killing the opponent completely, she chose to use herself as a sacrifice to completely seal the enemy she couldn't fight against."

"I know that these things have been mentioned in St. Freya's textbook "Detailed History of the Three Family Genealogy of Destiny" and "Origin and Development of Stigmata." Li Shubai said lightly, "Now, Xuanyuan The reason why the stories of the Yellow Emperor and Chi You are still difficult to obtain complete and detailed textual research is precisely because there are no traces of them left on the land of China."

Ji Zi frowned: "So, do you think that the battle between Chi You and Xuanyuan Huangdi was not on land, but in the deep sea? The reason why the icebreaker died was because Chi You, who was sealed in the deep sea, recovered?"

"It's just an irresponsible inference. After all, it's normal to draw conclusions that don't fit the reality without evidence and field investigations." Li Shubai said, "After all, apart from the deep sea Besides, in this world, there are many places where people can hide, such as..."

Imaginary space.

When the four words imaginary number space came to mind, Li Shubai's expression suddenly changed as if he suddenly remembered something very bad.

He picked up the document on the coffee table again, frowned, and scanned the general content again, his face became more and more ugly.

Wait... Although the captain did not have time to upload the data detected by the deep submersible to its superior department, logically speaking, the mission and operation data of the deep submersible will also be uploaded to the icebreaker's database.

But what makes Li Shubai feel very wrong is that, judging from the data provided by the voyage recorder in this paper report, if the captain still has time to make a decision, the deep submersible has lost contact for a full one and a half years before losing contact. During the hour-long dive, he didn't even notice the slightest crisis or abnormality.

This cutting-edge deep submersible is undoubtedly equipped with top-level sonar and radar systems. If the radar based on electromagnetic waves cannot give correct feedback to the deep divers under the interference of the Houkai energy... The sonar system of the principle has never triggered an alarm, which is really strange.

But... what if the enemy doesn't exist in this world at all, but exists in the imaginary space?

Although today's Li Shubai knows little about imaginary number spaces, and St. Freya's textbooks are not advanced enough to explain imaginary number spaces clearly, but Li Shubai can at least gain an in-depth understanding of some characteristics of imaginary number spaces through external observations .

"After the icebreaker was killed, did the Chinese military who got the news search the sea area where the icebreaker was killed?" Li Shubai raised his head and looked at Jizi with a serious expression.

Ji Zi nodded: "Although after inferring that this is an unexplained Honkai incident, the people who were placed in the upper echelons of Shenzhou by destiny have issued orders to block the news and stop the investigation by the general army as quickly as possible, but Well, before this information reached the Man of Destiny, the Chinese military had conducted a large-scale search of the South China Sea and the waters where the Manila Trench is located, but found nothing."

Although he already had psychological expectations, Li Shubai couldn't help grinning wryly after hearing Ji Zi's affirmative answer.

"What's the matter Shubai, with such a mournful expression?" Qiyana couldn't help asking, looking at Li Shubai's bitter face.

Li Shubai threw the document back on the coffee table, did not answer Qiyana's words, but stared seriously at Jizi's pupils again.

"When are you leaving, and what are you going to do with this mission?" He asked calmly.

Ji Zi was taken aback, his face full of astonishment: "Didn't you say that you have no interest in fighting with no chance of winning? Why did you change your mind so quickly?"

Ji Zi is neither a fool nor an executioner, and even the title of death squad has to be prefixed with a big "前". Since through Li Shubai's analysis, it has been inferred that the enemy is an existence that is difficult for them to fight and deal with today, then Naturally, she couldn't let her students rush to the front line of the battlefield to sacrifice meaninglessly.

Therefore, from the bottom of my heart, Ji Zi has basically been persuaded by Li Shubai.

But the student who had persuaded him suddenly changed his mind without warning, which made Ji Zi speechless and at the same time feeling a little baffled.

Are you making fun of my old lady?

"Of course it's because there's no time." Li Shubai spread his hands, covering his forehead helplessly.

Chapter 57 Chi You and the Mystery of the Stigmata 4K

[In the turbulent confluence of past and future

In the gap between eternity and instant

I saw a miraculously lonely "I" parading around. ]

2014. 1, 7

Shenzhou time, twelve noon.

"Boss! Another basket of horseshoe cake!" The pleasant voice filled with joy and vitality echoed in the hall of Guangzhou Restaurant.

Li Shubai didn't even look at Qiyana, who had been adding vegetables, and looked down at his tablet, his fingers twitching lightly on it.

"What are you doing without eating?" Ji Zi, holding a goblet in his hand, leaned over his head and looked at the personal terminal in Li Shubai's hand, "This is...?"

"Honkai response and road map in the surrounding area." Li Shubai said lightly, "It has been about three days since the icebreaker crashed. If it is assumed that Chi You has awakened, then we can only pass During these three days, Tianming can monitor the Honkai in the South China Sea to roughly calculate the trajectory of that big guy."

"Did you find anything?" It was related to the possible revival of the Judgment-level Honkai Beast. Jizi stopped drinking. She put the goblet aside and asked seriously.

"It's just because I didn't find anything that gave me a headache..." Li Shubai rubbed his forehead, "From a normal point of view, the purpose of Honkai is to destroy human civilization, so if Chi You, who has recovered in the South China Sea, wants to To cause a disaster, its first choice must be Guangzhou, which is located on the coast of the South China Sea. However, during this period of time, the collapse in the South China Sea has shown the characteristics of low energy level and quite frequent frequency."

"So... the current situation is that we have no way to deduce its behavior through the monitoring of the Honkai Energy?" Jizi frowned, then turned her head, and pushed back Qiyana who wanted to call the boss again. Sitting in the chair, the tone was cold: "Eat, eat, eat, how do you know how to eat! Did I bring a bucket of rice to carry out the mission?!"

Qiyana shrank her head when Ji Zi scolded her, lowered her head, and said with two fingers a little bit of aggrieved: "Well, but the food here is really delicious! It's not easy to come here' Qiyana Among the 11 restaurants that Na most wants to go to, the restaurant ranked No. [-]'isn't it too uneconomical not to have a good meal?"

"Let her eat." Li Shubai didn't look up, and before Qiyana's face showed joy, he added a knife lightly: "I didn't expect her to help me figure out something together, let her have something to eat There’s no better deal than this if you can just sit there in peace.”

"Hello!" Qiyana was in a hurry, but she stopped when she saw Li Shubai's expressionless face, sat down in the chair angrily, snorted, and said in a low voice: "Hmph, I won't talk to you This nerd has average knowledge."

Li Shubai was too lazy to listen to Qiyana's unreasonable accusation, he raised his head and looked at Ji Zi: "Speaking of which, how are Fu Hua's preparations going?"

The recovery of the trial-level Honkai Beast Chi You is the second biggest challenge St. Freya Academy has faced since its establishment.In fact, before Ji Zi came to find Qiyana and the others, the logistics personnel of the Far East branch had already contacted the Tianming stationed in Shenzhou team, and took the lead in occupying a position in the South China Sea.The top students of Saint Freya Academy were also divided into two groups: the Jizi group led by Jizi, with Li Shubai and Qiyana as members; and the Fuhua group led by Fu Hua, with Raiden Mei and Bronya Hua teams each perform different tasks.

——It is worth mentioning that although St. Freya College's academic grades are divided into three grades, all students are not differentiated by grade when taking the exam.That's why Kiana, Raiden Mei, and Bronya were only first-year students of St. Freya Academy, but they were still selected by Himeko at a glance.

Because, when Urandale and Rita were unable to support for the time being, Teresa went to Changkong City because of another threat, and there was probably no way to return to St. Freya Academy in a while.In terms of strength, among all the students of St. Freya, the four with the strongest personal strength are indeed the trio of Kiyana who have become B-level Valkyries. The A-rank Valkyrie Fu Hua that no one can beat.

"Fu Hua's team has entered the South China Sea, and is currently conducting a sea search." Ji Zi took out his personal terminal, stretched out his fingers and operated it a few times, "But... it seems that it didn't get much effect."

"Tsk, whether it's our side or Fu Hua's side, the progress on both sides is slow." Li Shubai sighed, closed his personal terminal, and rubbed his brain that was a little swollen and achy due to rapid thinking.

Suddenly, he raised his head and glanced at Ji Zi: "By the way, although our main task in coming to Guangdong this time is to take the recovering Judgment-level Honkai beast as far as possible before it fully wakes up." Eliminate this huge threat first, but Teacher Jizi, there is one thing that I think you will be more interested in."

"Oh?" Ji Zi uttered a somewhat unexpected syllable.

These two hours of getting along gave her a basic understanding of Li Shubai's character. He is a student who likes to use data and facts to prove his point of view, and is also a student who is very good at making the most of the resources and knowledge he has.Therefore, Ji Zi didn't think that Li Shubai was aiming at nothing. She raised her eyebrows and asked with some interest, "Tell me? What would interest me."

As for Ji Zi's question, Li Shubai only used two words, which instantly froze her expression: "Stigmata."

Li Shubai stared at Jizi whose expression was frozen, with a calm expression: "Out of personal habit, when I entered St. Freya, I checked the announcement information of St. Freya Academy in the internal system of Destiny. Unfortunately, Teacher Jizi, your personal information is not an extinct document, so..."

In the middle of speaking, Li Shubai secretly glanced at the cheerful Qiyana who was eating pastries, and stopped talking.

"..." Ji Zi fixedly looked at Li Shubai's serious eyes, and pursed his lips.

"I'm really convinced." She lowered her head and took a deep breath, suppressing the irritability and unhappiness that suddenly surfaced in her chest, and put on a cynical smile again: "Boys who are too chasing after the root will not be affected." Girls love it."

"Occupational disease, I'm sorry." Li Shubai said lightly, "And I don't think this is a shortcoming that needs to be corrected. If it offends your personal privacy, please forgive me."

Ever since he corrected his negative and pessimistic attitude, Li Shubai can clearly realize that the game setting and the actual situation he encountered are completely different things.Therefore, except for some too important events, Li Shubai discarded most of the knowledge gained from the game without any hesitation, and chose to use his own eyes and practical actions to understand the specific situation of the world step by step. .

"You also said that the occupational information was not disclosed by St. Freya, so of course it's not private." Ji Zi shook her hands, expressing that she didn't care, "Besides, you did provoke me." interest of."

Li Shubai nodded: "Simply put, if this operation goes well, we may get information about the natural stigmata."

"..."

"..."

"Wow! This King Shrimp Dumpling is so delicious!!"

"..."

"... gone?" The silence lasted for 5 minutes, and then Ji Zi, who realized that Li Shubai had finished speaking, asked blankly.

"We have only been here for less than an hour." Li Shubai spread his hands innocently: "It would be too embarrassing for me to know other detailed information right away."

"..." Ji Zi was dumbfounded, holding his forehead weakly.

At the same moment, at the other end of the South China Sea.

Philippine Islands, southwest of Luzon Island, Manila Bay.

Rita Rossweisse stood on the coastline, looking at the calm sea from a distance.

This is one of the famous open scenic spots in the Philippines. The Bataan Peninsula and the mountains of the Central Cordillera form a natural barrier, making this large port an excellent anchorage for ships. It is famous as a transportation hub linking the coasts of other countries in the Philippines. World.

But now there are no tourists on the entire coastline, and there is not a single ship in the port not far away. Apart from Rita standing here, there is no trace of a living person.

——Of course, that was when the other body made of soul steel was ignored.

"According to your instructions, the Philippine government has temporarily closed the passage permits for ships from other countries to reach the port of Manila, and all the ships of the country staying here have also been temporarily dispatched to other countries." The young Otto looked very helpless, "If the destiny does not promise to give them assistance, I am afraid that the leaders of the Philippines will lead the people of the whole country to fight with me."

Rita glanced at Otto indifferently: "If it wasn't for your mistake that caused Destiny to be unable to contact Lord Ulandal and Rita in this world, we wouldn't have needed to do such unnecessary things from the very beginning. "