"Ah! But the mission seems pretty simple, it was successfully completed!"
Kiana saw that Wendy was already planning to go with them, and according to her memory, Wendy wouldn't explode until several years later.
How to put it? This wave?
This wave won't explode, absolutely won't explode, how could it explode! She's a professional transmigrator!
"Dr. Maki, this isn't what we agreed upon when I left~! What we need isn't a partially activated Gem of Desire, but a fully activated one."
Just as Kiana began to set up a flag, trying to jinx the plot and end this volume directly, Cocoilia's voice suddenly rang out.
It was the laboratory's communication device, completely unknown where it was hidden.
"What? Are you regretting it now? Who was it that was disappointed with Schicksal and wanted revenge?"
It sounded like Cocoilia had been here before, but now no one knew where she had gone.
"The civilians have already been evacuated. Only Schicksal personnel remain here. If you don't seize this opportunity, you're truly letting your granddaughter down."
[Cocoilia! It's you again! Kiana, I'm trying to hack the communication. You find a way to physically stop her!]
Theresa didn't even need to think to know that Cocoilia certainly wasn't planning anything good.
She had to stop Cocoilia from speaking further.
"Shut up! Cocoilia! What are you trying to do now?!"
Kiana was furious that she couldn't get off work on time. It seemed today wouldn't end so easily.
At the same time, she pulled out her pistol and continuously shot at what looked like sound output devices in the laboratory.
"What am I trying to do? I performed Wendy's surgery. Strictly speaking, I saved her~"
Cocoilia seemed very interested in Kiana and didn't ignore her.
As for the gem surgery, with Mei as the previous experiment, the implantation of the Gem of Desire was also very successful.
"On the contrary, it was this old man who wanted to destroy this facility and use the power of the Gem of Desire, because he wanted revenge."
Even the sound of gunshots couldn't suppress Cocoilia's annoying voice.
"I still had things to do, so I left the choice to him. But… he's ultimately a coward; he doesn't even have the thought of revenge."
Cocoilia's tone sounded very disappointed, yet also as if she had expected it all along.
"Old man, you…"
Wendy looked at Dr. Maki in disbelief. She had thought this old man had saved her.
"I'm sorry… but I've already given up. After all… I don't want to see any more Valkyries sacrifice themselves…"
Dr. Maki said sadly.
"Hmph hmph hmph~! Don't want to see any more Valkyries sacrifice themselves? What a joke. Everyone knows that many Valkyries who participated in experiments died under your command."
Cocoilia was constantly provoking Wendy, seemingly anticipating something.
"Such an executioner talks about atonement, tsk tsk tsk, do you believe it? Maybe your situation, Wendy, has a part of his power~"
Although she thought it was impossible, since Maki hadn't done many experiments after his granddaughter died, it didn't stop her from using it to provoke Wendy now.
After all, the currently confused Wendy couldn't distinguish between truth and falsehood at all.
How pitiful, from beginning to end, she was just a deceived person.
"…"
Wendy's expression fell silent, just as Kiana had seen her when she first entered the laboratory, full of confusion.
Perhaps… Herrschers chosen by Honkai are all very confused.
And Herrschers who fight for humanity are all very resolute.
"I didn't! And… precisely because I've seen so much, I don't want to…"
Dr. Maki wanted to defend himself, but Wendy stopped him. Her emotions were already very unstable.
"Shut up!"
"Don't listen to her! Wendy! Let's get out of here now!"
"Ah, I almost forgot, Kiana, how's my daughter doing over there with you~"
Cocoilia placed her last chip.
"Cocoilia! Clearly…"
"All of you, shut up! You liars! Everyone is lying to me!"
These words were like the last straw, completely crushing Wendy's spirit.
All along, she had been deceived into becoming such an existence, deceived into starting the experiment…
Let her use this power obtained through deceit… to destroy everything!
As she roared, the almost completely sealed laboratory instantly stirred up a fierce wind. Wendy's pupils also seemed to light up, filled with the color of wind.
"Hmph hmph hmph, that's right. Now… Dr. Maki, you can die."
With the Honkai interference, Cocoilia's communication completely disappeared, but it was too late.
"It's too late! Kiana! Mei! The Herrscher's energy level is constantly rising! Get out of there quickly to avoid the initial impact!"
Theresa directly told them to quickly evacuate over the public channel.
"Kiana... we need to get out of here!"
Just as Kiana was about to say something, Mei decisively grabbed Kiana's hand and ran, immediately using electric current to strengthen her body and activating her armor's enhancement system.
She directly cut through any obstacles in her way, and piercing alarms constantly blared due to the damaged buildings.
Even though there was no one left, the honkai energy reactor continued to supply energy.
As soon as they ran out of the laboratory, they heard a harsh, grating sound of metal scraping, and everything in the laboratory began to float and collide.
Those wind slashes, or rather, directly severed these buildings.
If there hadn't been other Honkai Energy to help, it might have stopped there, but unfortunately, there was a Honkai Reactor below, an essential energy source for the laboratory.
Boom!
A complete explosion tore apart the entire building; if Kiana and her companions hadn't run fast, they would have been flying in the sky.
"Hahahahaha! This is the power! As long as this power exists! I can destroy this world!"
Wendy absorbed the Honkai Energy from the explosion and flew into the air; at this moment, she had completely become a Herrscher.
Unlike Mei, whom Kiana first encountered, when Mei woke up, she had nothing, nowhere to vent.
As time passed, only loneliness and confusion remained.
But Wendy, the Wendy who had been deceived by everyone, now only harbored hatred for this world; she had enough places to vent her anger.
The worst part was that they happened to be right here.
"Another Herrscher, huh..."
Mei saw Wendy flying in the sky and laughing maniacally, thinking of Kiana's abilities.
...
Kiana herself was a kind person and would definitely not be able to abandon this damned Wendy, even if she really didn't want to, but Mei knew.
Now was not the time for her to selfishly hold Kiana back; that would only decrease her favorability. What she needed to do was...
Support Kiana.
"That's right, another Herrscher... but the silver lining is that her Honkai Energy level isn't very high; it might be due to insufficient Honkai concentration."
Theresa saw Wendy like this; they... could have stopped her.