Anti-Entropy General Base
Inside the Anti-Entropy General Base, Einstein and Tesla were constantly busy.
Although the two were very worried about Siegfried and Welt who went to The Deep, for them, there was simply too much remaining work on hand right now.
After the incident of Cocolia selling out the coordinates of the Anti-Entropy HQ was published, Cocolia's faction within Anti-Entropy completely fell apart.
Coupled with Sovereign Welt himself appearing in the Anti-Entropy HQ, the originally incredibly glorious Anti-Entropy Radical Faction completely became history after Welt's return.
However, the Radical Faction becoming history didn't mean the Conservative Faction could rest easy from then on.
After Cocolia was arrested, the Conservative Faction, having taken over all the Radical Faction's assets, now had a huge pile of troublesome things to do.
Receiving data, checking records of transactions between Cocolia and people from other organizations in the past, plugging backdoors in the quantum teleportation system based on the data...
Just these things were enough to keep the two incredibly busy.
As for interrogating Cocolia and that intruder, the two could only leave it to Raiden Ryoma.
However, given Raiden Ryoma's style of action and personality, the two didn't have much hope that Raiden Ryoma could interrogate anything out of them.
On the other hand, Yuno stated that she had studied her Herrscher poison during this period and discovered a new method of using poison.
According to Yuno, her Herrscher poison could make the enemy fall into hallucinations after entering their body.
Inducing the enemy to speak out content Anti-Entropy was interested in within hallucinations was also a method.
It was just that Yuno's Herrscher poison was too domineering for ordinary people.
Once she used such extreme means on ordinary people, tens of minutes after the Herrscher poison entered those people's bodies, their nerves might be completely destroyed by the poison, making them complete cripples.
Toward the intruder who invaded their base and prepared to kill the two of them, and Cocolia who sold out Anti-Entropy preparing to assassinate the two of them and caused the deaths of millions of innocent civilians, Einstein and Tesla had absolutely no goodwill.
They naturally weren't saintly enough to harbor thoughts like 'the enemy's life is also a life, this method is unacceptable', but for the two of them, it wasn't necessary to go to this step yet.
Using this method, the intelligence Yuno and Ryoma could learn within tens of minutes would definitely be incomplete.
If intelligence lacked some important fragments, sometimes the destructive power of true intelligence might be even greater than fake intelligence.
After all, 'truth' could sometimes be transformed into lies, and being deceived by such lies...
As Otto's former subordinates, Einstein and Tesla had suffered deeply in this regard.
They didn't know if they had been pitied when they were in Schicksal, but after they rebelled against Schicksal, Anti-Entropy's reputation had been ruined by Otto using this method several times.
Precisely for these reasons, the two asked Yuno to wait and see for now, and not use such extreme means to deal with Cocolia and that intruder.
Then something big happened.
Since certain cyborgs could see the battle situation on-site through hacking the Titan's surveillance system, Einstein and Tesla, the rightful owners, naturally couldn't miss what happened on the scene.
Invincible... okay, the not-so-invincible Welt fell again.
And the enemy appearing on the battlefield was that man Einstein had seen when analyzing Soulium.
The warrior who fought the Herrscher of Finality fifty thousand years ago, [Kevin].
Although the other party didn't kill Welt and later extended an olive branch to Siegfried, Durandal, Theresa, and others, seeing this situation, how could the two feel at ease?
That man showed a friendly attitude at this time because, due to Siegfried, everyone hadn't shown excessive hostility toward him yet.
But what about after that?
Soon, the two got the answer.
Facing Aaron who suddenly appeared at The Deep and chose to reject Kevin, Kevin unsurprisingly chose to attack.
And in the subsequent battle, Kevin even liberated the [Might of An-Utu] mode of the Judgment of Shamash and used the strongest move [Judgment of Shamash] to attack the enemy before him.
For Einstein and Tesla who understood the [Might of An-Utu] version of [Judgment of Shamash], Kevin's action was equivalent to choosing to destroy the enemy's existence from the root.
After all, Kevin's strength was far greater than Siegfried's. Siegfried's strike connecting the second core back then was earth-shattering; Kevin slashing out this sword at Aaron now obviously meant he didn't intend to let the other party live.
After this strike, all Titan mechs were incinerated by the aftershock of the Judgment of Shamash.
And at the same time, Siegfried also returned to the Anti-Entropy HQ with the heavily injured Welt.
"You two, I think you saw the situation."
Facing the two with grim expressions, Siegfried spoke helplessly.
"Later, Kevin... probably started fighting with Brother Aaron, right?"
"Yes, before our surveillance system was destroyed, Kevin liberated Might of An-Utu mode and used Judgment of Shamash on Aaron."
After stating this indifferently, Einstein looked at Siegfried whose expression had become incredibly ugly.
"As someone who has used this move, do you think—Aaron could possibly be alive after this move?"
"...Brother Aaron once immediately grew a second arm after actively cutting off his arm to help me reattach mine. In terms of recovery ability, I have enough confidence in his recovery ability."
"In terms of combat power, he is definitely far superior to me; that goes without saying. The problem now is... whether his defense can allow him to survive after taking this blow."
"After all, the prerequisite for recovering physical injuries is... he is still alive."
"Mm, putting it that way, at least the situation is better than we imagined. But..."
Inferring the subsequent battle situation slightly, Einstein said helplessly.
"I just feel something is wrong. These things happening simultaneously really makes me feel it's too coincidental."
"This is no coincidence!"
The more hot-tempered Tesla looked at the still unconscious Welt and said incredibly angrily.
"Our Anti-Entropy intelligence being leaked this time definitely has something to do with that group who invaded us last time!"
"And I dare say, they will definitely come to our Anti-Entropy HQ again fearlessly in the near future."
"Yes, after we were forced to divert a portion of our forces to The Deep this time, the direct beneficiary is absolutely that organization that failed to raid us back then."
"We started fighting Schicksal, and Anti-Entropy's overall strength was weakened. The probability of them succeeding in raiding us next time is greater—at least on the surface, the situation is like this."
"But the problem is, is this their true purpose?"
"Luring Schicksal members to attack The Deep. And the high-end combat power available on our side is actually transparent."
"Leaving aside the missing Yang, our only apparent powerful warrior is Mr. Siegfried. Otto dispatched two Divine Key users, and they are Theresa and Durandal who are closely related to Siegfried... no, now isn't the time to think about this."
Watching Einstein become increasingly anxious, Siegfried couldn't help but start getting nervous too.
"Dr. Einstein, what exactly did you discover?"
"In this setup, Schicksal was just a utilized pawn—of course, Otto knew this too. He just judged that being a pawn could also yield profit, so he didn't mind being a pawn once."
"And the player on the chessboard this time is actually only that organization invading us. And combining previous calculations, Schicksal's Divine Key users are actually public to the outside world."
"Abyss Flower, Judah's Oath, plus your Judgment of Shamash. If users of three Divine Keys fight each other, the final result caused at The Deep will be..."
"—Spatial shattering!"
Siegfried, following Einstein's words, suddenly understood why Einstein was so panicked.
The reason for the spatial shattering this time was ultimately that his silly daughter and Welt got heated, so the energy intensity used by both sides was too high, leading to cracks in the space inside The Deep.
Of course, when fighting in other regions, even if Divine Key users fought each other, it wouldn't lead to the appearance of this result.
The reason for the spatial shattering this time was obviously because the location was in this strange place, The Deep.
But this wasn't the point.
The point was that Divine Key users fighting was one of the calculable results.
And Divine Key users fighting leading to spatial shattering at The Deep might also be one of the calculable results.
Then calculating it this way, the situation was very bad.
That group of intruders releasing intelligence wasn't to weaken Anti-Entropy's combat power at all.
Or rather, it could at least be confirmed that this wasn't their main purpose.
Their main purpose was the struggle between Divine Key users, thereby leading to that result—spatial shattering.
And after the space shattered, the warrior Kevin had the opportunity to detach from the spatial rift.
Then didn't this mean...
"Warrior Kevin is related to that organization?!"
Tesla, deducing this conclusion, immediately exchanged glances with Einstein and began typing frantically on the keyboard in front of her.
"Siegfried, you notify Yuno and Ryoma. We'll notify other members in the base to transfer immediately."
"After we two finish the data transfer work, we will also retreat."
"Ah, I understand."
Without needing them to say more, Siegfried, knowing that Warrior Kevin might be related to that organization, immediately began contacting Yuno and Raiden Ryoma via communicator.
Siegfried couldn't say he had witnessed Warrior Kevin's strength.
But purely from the oppression the other party gave him, Siegfried felt that ten of him tied together probably couldn't beat the opponent.
And now, Siegfried, having lost the Judgment of Shamash, facing Kevin who had the Judgment of Shamash, obviously would only lose more miserably than before due to the widening gap between the two sides.
Since that group invaded Anti-Entropy, it meant that in their eyes, Anti-Entropy had value worth invading.
If Warrior Kevin fought his way in as an intruder...
*Wow, dare not think further.*
*Head hurts so much.*
*Don't know how Brother Aaron is doing now.*
*Although with his recovery ability... sigh, the power of Judgment of Shamash is so great, how could he be fine.*
*Damn it, if not for him personally not wanting us to stay on the battlefield, how could I be anxious here.*
The moment the communication connected, Siegfried heard Yuno's voice.
Only after hearing this voice, Siegfried's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
"Mr. Siegfried... run..."
"There is... a very strong... enemy!"
On the other end of the communicator, Yuno's voice came through intermittently.
And in the next second, a voice he had heard a few minutes ago came from Siegfried's communicator.
No, not just in the communicator; the entire broadcast of Anti-Entropy was reverse-controlled by the opponent at this moment.
"Warning to everyone in Anti-Entropy, it is best not to move blindly right now."
"I know the Anti-Entropy higher-ups have a quantum teleportation system, but the other staff in this base right now don't seem to have the authority for the quantum teleportation system, right?"
"Of course, our Liege didn't expect to keep you all—no one is a fool; it's impossible to completely hand the trump cards in hand to the opponent."
"After all, everyone is a comrade fighting the Honkai. Our World Serpent has always been full of respect for such comrades. So, coming this time, I don't want to hurt the comrades here either."
In this moment, Gray Serpent stated his demands through the broadcast.
"Dr. Einstein and Dr. Tesla, please come with us to our side for a while."
"Both of you are geniuses of the current age. Our World Serpent needs your genius minds to assist us in completing a great plan."
"...I see, Project Stigma?"
At this moment, seeing a figure suddenly manifest in her room, Einstein raised her hands very cooperatively.
"We surrender."
"Those who understand the times are outstanding; the Doctor is indeed a person of great talent."
Looking at the actively surrendering Einstein and the incredibly unwilling Tesla, Gray Serpent clapped his hands gently and said very calmly.
"Our World Serpent always keeps its word. Sovereign Welt's injuries—"
"No need for you to worry about them."
Tesla, looking at the cyborg before her, wished she could connect her Iron Fist armament and smash the opponent's head on the spot.
"Let's go. Only I hope you can keep your promise."
"After all, the others in our organization are innocent."