Aoi complained and shook her hands. Just as she was about to check the status of the [Hundred Faces Cluster], a wave of hissing sounds came.

“squeak——“

Aoi subconsciously took two steps back. At the same time, she saw the body of the [Hundred Faces Cluster] suddenly disintegrate. All the faces embedded in its ugly head broke away and ran towards Aoi at a very fast speed, dragging their baby-like bodies.

The bodies of those separated creatures continued to expand as they ran, and soon they became monsters as big as the [Alpha Wolf]. There were more than ten such monsters!

“Oh my…Oh my God, what is this doing?”

Aoi took two steps back with difficulty, and then quickly realized the reason for the change – her blood fell to the ground.

“It’s over, it’s over. I was careless. Ahhhh, it looks like I can’t keep this outfit anymore…”

Aoi drove the high temperature in her body, intending to release her power to the extreme and then destroy these monsters with baby faces in front of her in one fell swoop.

She accelerated her reaction to the extreme, ready to charge forward.

Just then, something seemed to stop.

Then, the red light disappeared in an instant.

“Swish, swish, swish, swish—”

In a blink of an eye, all the Black Tide followers in front of her were instantly torn into pieces, and long red lines instantly crisscrossed and bloomed in the space, as if someone had slashed hundreds of times in an instant.

Before Aoi could come to her senses, someone patted her on the shoulder and whispered as they passed by her:

“Walk.”

Aoi turned her head and what came into her sight was a small pure white figure, a figure that she was very familiar with.

“Pure white…?”

Aoi stood there blankly. Perlis didn’t seem to have any intention of waiting for her and just walked towards Yuan Town on her own.

A faint red light lit up, and Aoi lowered her head and found that the wounds on her hands were being repaired by a series of red lines.

She looked at the monsters not far away that were chopped into pieces, then looked at Perlis who was gradually moving away, and swallowed.

……

1) Supreme Praise (Part 6)

Because of the alarm, almost all the residents of the distant town were awakened, and the night became lively.

Every household sent out its own scouts, some were men, some were children in pajamas. They opened a crack at the door and vigilantly looked out to see what was happening outside.

“Everyone be quiet! The danger has been resolved! You can go home and sleep now!”

A small drone flew through the air, and Lian’s lazy voice sounded from it, soothing the residents’ emotions.

Since the mayor of Yuanzhen, Zu Ligui, was abolished, Qi Lang’s army took over the place. They originally thought that Yuanzhen would be an extremely difficult place to manage, after all, these residents have spent so much time under the rule of “Only I Will”, and the pollution of their thoughts is difficult to eradicate.

However, the actual situation was beyond their expectations – the residents of the remote towns did not care about changing the leadership. When they learned that the Qilang army would return all the farmland and land monopolized by Zuligui and others, they immediately showed a very unified support.

This saves a lot of trouble.

According to the original development direction, Yuanzhen would gradually begin to expand to the surrounding areas after liberation. After the death of the [Lord of the Black Tide], the threat of the Black Tide ecology should have disappeared, and the earth should have returned to its original appearance.

But the threat came again, and even intensified. The newly born black tide herds once again gave rise to a large number of variants, and launched wave after wave of attacks on human settlements. Although the intensity of a single attack was not as fierce as before, the endless attacks made it difficult for Yuanzhen to resupply supplies. The armaments of Qilang’s army were constantly being consumed, and sooner or later they would run out of ammunition and food.

The Qilang military is constantly thinking about ways to break the impasse, but it now seems that unless the war on the East Great Wall improves and reinforcements are sent to Yuan Town, otherwise, this opportunity to break the impasse will probably never come.

“…”

“So, you came to me just to drink?”

In a small bar on the corner of a distant town, Aoi was looking bored at the white-haired girl beside her – Perlis was holding a glass of wheat beer. She stared blankly at the orange-yellow liquid with a dazed look in her eyes.

“The wheat beer here in Yuanzhen tastes really good. That guy named Zuligui has a lot of beer stored in his basement. When we were clearing the accounts, we distributed the beer directly to the residents of Yuanzhen. Each family received several barrels, but they still couldn’t finish it. So now the alcohol is basically free.”

As Aoi spoke, she shook the beer glass in front of her and looked at the bubbling beer through the glass.

“When are you willing to talk? I’ve been asking you all the way, but you don’t say anything. If I remember correctly, you can’t drink much, right? What’s going on now? Talk to your sister, maybe she can… oh, so cruel.”

Before Aoi could finish speaking, Perlis raised her glass and gulped it down. She closed her eyes and drank the entire glass of beer in one breath.

“Ha.” Perlis put the glass on the bar, and unstable circles of light flashed in her bloodshot eyes. Aoi could see that she was struggling.

In fact, Kui could guess something – when the [Inverted Sword] was destroyed, Carly was on it. The Qilang army failed to contact anyone on the satellite before it crashed, including Carly.

This means that Carly might really be in danger, and Perlis probably knows this.

So you use alcohol to numb yourself? But you are really not good at drinking…

Aoi looked at Perlis beside her with heartache. She recalled that during the Dila War, Perlis had also sneaked out in the middle of the night and drank in a bar on the corner of Baishui Town.

That time, there was also no news from Carly, but at least that time Carly was just missing, but this time she might never come back.

Kui’s heart was burning with pain. During her time in Yuanzhen, she immersed herself in border defense and tried her best not to think about what was happening above the sky.

But when she saw Perlis’s distraught look, the hammer of reality hit her, and Aoi’s glass-like psychological defenses shattered to the ground.

“…”

Aoi silently raised her glass, drank it all, then picked up Perlis’s glass and pushed both empty glasses to the boss.

In fact, it was Lian who was playing the role of the boss at this moment – she was looking at the two people across the bar with a complicated expression, and she understood which two idiots were in a bad mood at the same time.

But she could do nothing. When the [Inverted Sword] was destroyed, she, who always claimed to be a genius, could not even analyze the cause, let alone get any early warning. She could only watch the satellite disintegrate and separate in the atmosphere.

Lian filled two glasses with beer and pushed them to Aoi and Perlis. At the same time, she took out a glass, wiped it casually, and filled it with beer.

The three of them gathered around the bar, silently tasting the wheat beer produced in a distant town. The aroma of malt and bitterness were intertwined, and the dim light of the candles gradually became blurred in the three people’s sight.

It seemed like a very long time had passed. When Aoi was a little dizzy from drinking, Perlis’s voice came:

“Hafrgard Spire, how is it now?”

Aoi suddenly sobered up a lot. She looked up and found that Perlis was still staring at the transparent wine glass on the bar, with the halo in her bloodshot eyes flickering from time to time.

In the end, it was Perlis who broke the silence.

“Qi Lang’s army observed that area immediately, but… found nothing…”

“Has it been razed to the ground?” Perlis murmured.

“No, it’s impossible to optically image it. I don’t know what happened over there, and no one can be sent over for the time being.”

“That’s worse…” Perlis muttered.

She wondered, if Carly was here, would she be able to find a way to try to investigate the area? Or maybe Carly could directly find out the details that Perlis had not noticed at all, and then infer the truth?

“I thought that after defeating the Lord of the Dark Tide, I could go to the spire and get the secret that Laplace wanted, and even force him to stop the war, but now…”

“It’s not your fault, Junshiro,” Aoi whispered.

Perlis did not answer. She picked up the wine glass and poured the alcohol down her throat again. The hazy numbness attacked her brain wave after wave. She forced her blood to resist the drunkenness, but the world in front of her still became blurry uncontrollably.

“Are you okay?” Perlis asked Aoi in a low voice, then looked at Lian, “You guys.”

“We are doing fine. The people of Yuanzhen used to reject me, but not anymore. Maybe it’s because I helped to stop several rounds of attacks? Who knows,” Aoi laughed dumbly. “Lian complained that the scientific research environment here is not so good. Once she cleans out the old laboratory, it should be much better.”

“We… are fine…” Lian looked at Perlis worriedly.

1) Supreme Praise (Part 7)

Hearing the two sisters say this, Perlis smiled faintly.

Yes, how could Aoi and Lian be bad? They returned to their hometown and solved the mystery of their life experiences, and things will get better and better.

If the black tide recedes, they will become residents of Yuanzhen. The entire East Continent is waiting for their arrival. They can travel all over the continent and embrace their hometown.

But it was different for Polys. After listening to what Isa said, she seemed to have only that one choice left.

She would burn out and then disappear, as if Perlis Halfgard had never existed.

If she could really kill [Immotharos], at least people like Aoi and Rei would be able to live happier lives, right?

They have been through so much and deserve a happy ending.

Unlike Pearlis, the person who is most important to her is no longer with us. Oh, or rather, all the people who are most important to her are no longer with us.

“…”

Under the dim light, Perlis rubbed her eyes gently and murmured:

“Aoi, I need your help.”

“Just tell me, I will definitely, definitely, definitely help you to the end.” Aoi took a deep breath and said.

“You are so nice.” Perlis’s voice was soft.

“Don’t be so soft… I’m worried about you.” Aoi looked at Perlis’s somewhat empty eyes with heartache, “Although I don’t know what happened, but… do you really have a solution? If not, you can discuss it with us…”

“I have a way. I already have a way.” said Perlis.

Her method has never changed. She just rushes towards the enemy and burns herself without any care.

But this time, she needs Aoi to help her light a fire – Ikan Geller told Perlis that the friend with the heart of the [Black Tide Knight] can help her find the [Temple of the Old Blessing], and Perlis needs that temple to know the truth of everything.

Before she burned it, she at least wanted to know how this story started.

“…”

Looking at the pitiful look of Perlis, Aoi sighed softly and thought in her heart.

She noticed that Pearlis kept avoiding talking about Carly, perhaps because she didn’t want to talk about it, or perhaps because she had become numb and forgotten.

At this moment, a pure white shadow fell towards her. Aoi quickly reached out her hand and caught Perlis’s falling body.

She eventually became drunk and fell into a deep sleep with red cheeks and eyes closed.

Aoi rested her thigh on Perlis’s head with a complicated expression, while tidying up the loose hair on her forehead.

“She is exactly like Carly, each of them is like a shooting star, not letting go of their enemies even if it means death, and not caring about their own safety at all…”

Aoi looked at her sister behind the bar. Rei was drunk and looked like she would collapse on the bar at any moment.

But Aoi didn’t want to fall asleep yet. She wanted to talk as much as possible so that she could feel better.

“If I remember correctly, Carly has a similar self-destruct system. What’s it called? Anyway, it should be torturing the Federation people now, right?”

“It’s [Ice Storm]…” Lian said in a low voice.

As soon as the words fell, the previously shaky homegirl suddenly raised her head and opened her mouth.

“Ah…Ah…Ice Storm…! Yes…Ice Storm…!”

“What’s wrong?” Aoi looked at her sister strangely.

“That thing will destroy all of Wiesel’s power facilities! And then it will continue to spread, but there is no such news from the Federation! This means…”

Lian was talking when she suddenly became quiet again, her voice suddenly lowered a few pitches:

“Why am I being silly… Laplace would have prepared measures… It was impossible to suppress a high-level virus in the past, but Laplace had so much time to prepare…”

“This information… is worth telling Grissom and the others!” Aoi said, “Could this be a window to break the impasse?”

“I don’t know either,” Lian lay on the table, “I don’t think it’s likely… but… maybe…”

Lian fell silent as she was talking, and she suddenly fell asleep on the table, leaving Aoi alone in the dim light of the bar.

Watching her two sisters fall asleep, the mask on Aoi’s face suddenly collapsed. Sadness and pain appeared on her cheeks, and her hands kept shaking.

“I will help you,” she whispered to Perlis, who was resting her head on her legs. “They will all pay the price, they will all pay the price!”

……

Capital of Wiesel – Academi Federation

In the “Cybersecurity Center” in the basement of the college building, staff members were moving around busily, their expressions becoming increasingly serious as they talked.

Ashley hadn’t had a good night’s sleep for three days. She was sitting in front of the monitor screen, working with the staff to search for threat nodes.

A series of detection lights are placed in the center of the security center. The lights will light up one by one every ten seconds or so. The ice-blue light flashes by, as if a ghost is wandering in the network.

[Ice Storm] just attacked the federal network for the 184235137th time.

This super virus suddenly appeared at some point and began to attack the federal power system and network in a crazy manner. Wezel City was in a state of blackout for a full three hours. During these three hours, any device connected to the network would have its circuit destroyed instantly and be disabled in the burst of blue light.

[College Building] also immediately took countermeasures within these three hours. A certain protocol that Ashley had no idea about was activated, and all attacks from [Ice Storm] were instantly gathered in the basement of [College Building], which is inside the “Cyber ​​Security Center”.

Ashley was woken up from her sleep to perform the mission. As an operator of Sigma Team, she did not need to participate in this kind of mission. However, as Crown Day was confirmed dead not long ago, the leaderless Sigma Team was temporarily taken over by the military. As a senior hacker, Ashley naturally got the job soon.