Honkai: Strijder (Honkai Impact 3 Male MC)

Drip, drip, drip...

In the quiet laboratory corridor, two figures were slowly walking.

One was Otto, with his left hand behind his back, his right hand stroking his chin, walking and contemplating, while the other was the ever-present Miss Amber.

Otto was in the process of selecting a body for his upcoming mission. 

In the headquarters, he used a well-balanced body that consumed minimal energy, was sufficiently stable, and had decent overall qualities without any major weaknesses or notable advantages. 

In general, it was at the level of an Elite A-rank Valkyrie, far inferior to someone like Rita, who was nearly at the S-rank.

But when going outside, it was more convenient to have a slightly stronger body, which would also show respect to Sigurd. 

Otto walked past rows of incubation chambers, and in the end, he stopped in front of the chamber at the end of the corridor.

"Amber, what do you think of this one?" Otto pointed to the magnificent body in front of him and habitually asked for Amber's opinion, as she was always by his side when making such decisions.

Amber glanced at the body and replied, "It's a rare Kaslana and Schicksal bloodline fusion body with exceptional combat capabilities, more than capable of handling most unexpected situations. The only issue is that, due to the source of the bloodline, this is a female body."

"You don't understand; this is a surprise for Sigurd. He would never expect me to visit him like this. Besides, my appearance is not exactly common knowledge, but it's not a matter of secrecy either; someone will recognize me sooner or later. Changing my genders will maximize our concealment."

Otto rubbed his chin and the more he spoke, the more he realized what a brilliant idea it was.

Amber nodded without objection and asked, "So, should I prepare the transfer facilities? And should I accompany you on this mission or stay at headquarters?"

"Stay at headquarters. Someone needs to keep an eye on things here, and with you here, I'll be much more at ease."

Otto touched the glass canopy of the chamber as if it were a matter of course.

He didn't notice that when he used the word "at ease," there was a fleeting smile on Amber's usually emotionless face.

Then, she replied as usual, "Understood, Lord Otto."

...

In a hidden underground facility of a pharmaceutical company in Schicksal City.

The masked Grey Serpent, with ten fingers dancing across a sea of buttons, was capturing complex data that continuously flowed on the screen through her red cybernetic eye.

"Oh, who do we have here? Look, it's the ever-elusive and omnipresent Lord Grey Serpent paying me a visit. What brings you here, Grey Serpent?"

Before the person arrived, her voice could be heard, and it was a soft and alluring female voice.

Soon after, a tall woman wearing a black Jackal mask made her way gracefully to the scene. 

She walked in high heels, her white semi-uniform clinging to her voluptuous figure, impossible to hide.

Grey Serpent didn't look up and calmly asked, "Has there been any contact with the Sire recently?"

"Not at all. The Quantum Sea is vast and boundless. Unless the Sire intentionally emits his power, it's difficult for us, who are confined within these walls, to actively contact him. What are you investigating, Grey Serpent?"

"The new Executor of Anti-Entropy, Sigurd."

"What else is there to investigate about that guy? Haven't we already gathered more than enough information?"

Grey Serpent then turned his head and asked in a low, electronic voice, "Do you believe it?"

The woman named Jackal chuckled seductively.

"Hahaha, of course not. A genius from another era, yet his early life is so unremarkable, without a single shining moment? It's nonsense!"

"Concealing personal information is normal, but turning past data into this state is just a formality. It seems he is confident that even if his disguise is exposed, no one will be able to uncover his true self."

Grey Serpent leaned back in his chair, stopping his data collection and analysis.

Jackal walked up to Grey Serpent and leaned on the edge of the table, asking, "So, did you find anything interesting?"

Grey Serpent tapped his mask, and in his cybernetic eye, a data window was rapidly calculating and attempting to unlock a deeply hidden data link.

"This is..."

After about ten minutes, Grey Serpent whispered, suddenly raising his head.

"We've been located! Destroy the core database and evacuate immediately."

"Huh?"

Without much time to think, Jackal saw that Grey Serpent had already pulled out a pistol and shot through the computer equipment in front of them.

Jackal clicked her tongue but, recognizing her companion's abilities, she quickly took action.

...

A few minutes later, standing in a dim alley two kilometers away, Jackal and Grey Serpent watched the branch base engulfed in explosions and fire in silence.

"What did you find?" Jackal asked with a cold tone, still feeling the impact of losing a base.

Unlike the vast and rapidly expanding Schicksal and Anti-Entropy organizations, World Serpent's ethos was shrouded in mystery, emphasizing quality over quantity.

Losing a base was not something Jackal could easily ignore.

Grey Serpent, watching the Titan forces and several Valkyries retreat through his cybernetic eye, turned and left.

"Let's go, find another place; this is a major matter."

For Grey Serpent, who had lived for over 1,500 years, what she considered a "major matter" was at least on the scale of the birth of a Herrscher.

Jackal suppressed her dissatisfaction and unease and silently followed.

...

"Read it and then burn it. Find me at these coordinates."

In a deserted wilderness, Grey Serpent took out a paper notebook and, unusually, handwrote the information with a pen.

After handing the notebook to Jackal, Grey Serpent left behind this message.

Then, right before Jackal's eyes, Grey Serpent's body disintegrated and disappeared, leaving behind only empty clothing fragments scattered on the ground, blown away by the wind.

Jackal's pupils constricted.

"Why so cautious? What information could this be?"

Grey Serpent had always been cautious; that was his style.

However, being so cautious that he hand wrote information and then immediately destroyed a body was something Jackal had never seen before.

Jackal couldn't help but feel nervous about the information she now held.

"Sequence 1, Wandering Earth Plan. Create a World Bubble within the Quantum Sea, stabilize it with an Aether Anchor, and migrate the entire planet into the World Bubble to escape the control of the Imaginary Tree and the threat of Honkai."

"Proposed by Otto Apocalypse, Current Progress: Successful creation of the controlled humanoid Aether Anchor, Durandal, with proven results in stabilizing World Bubbles; construction of an artificial celestial realm using Otto's duplicates that can encompass the entire planet's outer space, achieving quantum migration of the entire planet."

"Next step: Seek the second God Key, 'Inverted Horizons,' and research the powers of the Herrscher of Void to attempt the construction or large-scale search for suitable World Bubbles."

Jackal's hand shook as she connected this information to the enigmatic Archbishop and some fragmentary information she had learned before. Why did this information look so authentic?

She continued reading.

"Sequence 2, Ascension through Machinery Plan. Promote the entertainment industry and popularize consciousness uploading devices. When the time is right, upload the consciousness of all humans into a virtual world. Significantly reduce energy consumption and, from the perspective of suppressing Entropy increase, greatly curb the concentration of Honkai energy. Transform the population into a mechanical army unafraid of sacrifice and capable of infinite evolution to defeat the Honkai and usher in the era of interstellar travel."

"Proposed by Sigurd, Current Executor: Self-evolving Hive system; Brain neuron connection device, pioneer of the Information Origin Theory."

"Sequence 3, Unification of Consciousness Ascension Plan. Attempt to understand the thoughts of all sentient beings, integrate a thought system capable of accommodating the majority of human spiritual consciousness, and use it to absorb the entire human consciousness into one. He is the entirety of humanity, civilization, one, and all. Humans will break free from the limitations of the physical body and exist in the form of a unified consciousness, reaching higher dimensions—Note: This is an alternative plan after the failure of the first two sequences. Proposed by Welt Yang, Executor Welt Yang."

"Sequence 4, Stigmata Plan. Proposed by Doctor Mei in the Previous Era, Current Executor: Kevin Kaslana, in cooperation with World Serpent. Sacrifices are too great, listed as Backup Plan 2, with room for negotiation and cooperation..."

Jackal closed the notebook, and her palm burst into flames, burning the notebook to ashes.

Damn it!

Grey Serpent had uncovered core information about Schicksal and Anti-Entropy.

No wonder both sides were acting so quickly.

As for the authenticity—everything in the real world seemed to correspond to these plans. Otto's situation, Sigurd's mechanical army, Welt's movements, all matched the requirements of these plans.

Furthermore, this was information dug up by Grey Serpent, and although Jackal didn't know the specific source, Grey Serpent's computer skills were reliable, and the information must have been confirmed by him.

In any case, Jackal was beginning to believe in the information.

Of course, Grey Serpent was inclined to believe in it as well.

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