EBE Chapter 202 Qiong: We're here to find someone
Chapter 202 Qiong: We're here to find someone
Chapter 202 Qiong: We're here to find someone.
The Sea of Quanta—calling this a ghost town is no exaggeration.
There was nothing here except for stones drifting across the sky and incomprehensible cones. If Old Yang hadn't reshaped the rules of the surroundings, Qiong wouldn't even be able to hear the sounds from afar.
Walking on the path paved by Welt's Law of Reason, Qiong couldn't help but marvel at how useful the Law of Reason was. Without Old Yang clearing the way, he would have been unable to move an inch.
"Qiong, can you see those bubbles in the distance?"
Following the direction Walter pointed, Qiong saw some faintly glowing bubbles slowly drifting in the distance.
"Uncle Yang, what's that?"
"The world bubble comes from the tree of imaginary numbers... Never mind, that's not important."
Qiong looked at Old Yang, whose face was solemn, and wondered if he was saddened by the impending demise of this world or something else.
However, these world bubbles are not necessarily doomed to complete destruction. Some worlds can discover that the world is about to be destroyed and then unleash unparalleled power to control it, anchoring the world bubble in a certain place with "nails" while constantly replenishing the world's boundaries to resist the invasion of monsters from the quantum sea. In that case, the world can barely survive.
According to unreliable rumors, a world floats within this Sea of Quanta, and within it lies a continent called Teyvat…
Ahem, I've gone off on a tangent.
"It may be too early to explain the tree and the sea to you now. What I want to say is that I cannot use power indefinitely, so I can only pave the way by relying on the rules inherent in these world bubbles themselves."
"Oh~"
Although I don't know how Walter did it, Qiong feels it's pretty amazing. Each world bubble retains some of the original world's rules and environment. Old Yang was able to use these to pave the way, which is truly impressive.
"As expected of Uncle Yang, he's really amazing!"
Speaking of which, Qiong was quite envious of Old Yang's power of reason and law, which he could use at will as long as it damaged his body. Unlike the black shadow that he had never used, which was driven by fear... He didn't want to harm others, didn't want to frighten himself, and didn't want to "owe debts," so he was too lazy to care about the thing inside his body.
Just as the two were about to approach and enter those worlds, the road beneath their feet suddenly began to shake violently.
"what happened?"
Realizing something was wrong, Qiong immediately wrapped her arms around Walter's waist.
"Damn it, we've been interfered with! It's very likely him! Qiong, prepare to evacuate!"
Walter quickly deployed a defensive barrier. Qiong also gripped her Flame Spear, vigilantly observing her surroundings.
A moment later, several swift, sharp shadows appeared in the void.
To be honest, it does resemble a Knight-class Honkai Beast.
"Just the Quantum Shadow? Not him?"
Walter breathed a sigh of relief; he had been a bit paranoid.
"Cough cough."
To cover up his embarrassment, Lao Yang patted Qiong.
"Remember, use the power of quantum or imaginary numbers to fight the monsters in the Sea of Quanta; ordinary attacks are useless against them!"
How will you know if you don't try?
Not wanting to take off his hat, Qiong shouted and thrust his flaming spear forward, instantly engulfing a quantum shadow in flames. Walter smiled without saying a word, watching Qiong make a futile attempt.
Stubborn Qiong ignored Lao Yang's advice to change his hat. He felt that his actions were quite successful. Under the burning of the protective fire that he had only recently been able to ignite himself, the quantum shadow was completely incinerated.
"Uncle Yang, you see, there's absolutely no need for this!"
With a grin, Qiong turned around and gave Walter a "V" sign.
"Take another look?"
With a smile, Walter made Qiong turn around. As soon as Qiong turned around, she saw the superposition state of the quantum shadow reappear in front of her.
"This……"
Qiong is having a hard time accepting this, mainly because his imaginary state requires both offensive and defensive capabilities. How is he supposed to deal with a large number of enemies? Bronya isn't a quantum-type either, so she can fight them all—oh right, Bronya's Heavy Bunny 19C was a gift from Seele, and it includes quantum attributes.
Frustrated, Sora could only put away her Flame Spear, put on her top hat, and shield Walter in front of her.
He wanted to dominate the battlefield here! Turns out he's just a mere accessory following behind Old Yang, the Imaginary Number Daddy?
He doesn't want to!
"Alright, alright, stop being upset. Watch me, Uncle Yang! Eden's Star—"
BOOM!
Just as Walter was about to finish off all the enemies with a single Eden Star, an ice wall rose up from behind, blocking the Quantum Shadow. The ice spikes that "grew" out afterward pierced through them all before dissipating.
"Holy crap, ice! Uncle Yang, this is ice! Didn't you say only quantum or imaginary numbers are useful?"
But at this moment, Welt had no mind to reply to Sora.
On the ice wall, a white-haired, blue-eyed man wearing a long black coat and black fingerless gloves jumped down, landing steadily in front of them with a pile of ice shards.
"Kevin..."
As a precaution, Walter pushed Eden's Star to its zero rated power threshold, but he was still not entirely at ease.
Shouldn't this man be sealed deep within the Sea of Quanta? He's only been here a short time! How did we run into each other?!
The man called Kevin had a stern expression, his arms crossed, his gaze as cold as a biting wind: his heart was cold. His hands were cold. His blood was cold. Only familiar words could elicit a change in his icy demeanor.
"Eden's Star?"
Kevin's right hand condensed into ice shards, and Welt knew very well that this guy had already regarded him as an apostle of the Honkai.
Seeing that someone had jumped down, Qiong was the first to shout loudly.
"Hey buddy! Thanks for the help!"
Qiong looked at Kevin Kaslana, but the man remained unmoved, simply pointing the gleaming ice shards at Welt.
Qiong: ...
He was ignored.
Are you deaf? Let's try again!
"Hey buddy, you're so handsome! You're the second most handsome man I've ever seen!"
"Qiong, remember what Uncle Yang said before, prepare—"
It's hard to say whether Kevin is selectively deaf or not. Suddenly hearing someone say that he is handsome, he, who originally only had Walter and the Star of Eden in his eyes, immediately looked at the gray-haired man whose voice was somewhat similar to his own and whom he hadn't noticed before—upon closer inspection, his appearance was also ten or even nine parts similar.
"Um... thank you."
He has been in this sea for 1500 years, and this is the first time he has spoken in 1500 years.
Well, at least the vocal organs haven't degenerated.
"indestructible!"
Perhaps because Kevin hadn't really stretched his muscles much in 1500, Qiong managed to raise her Flame Spear and protect Welt behind her before the strongest fusion warrior of the previous civilization could make his move.
Of course, it's also possible that Kevin simply doesn't want to move.
After a brief moment of surprise, Kevin's face stiffened again.
For some reason, I feel a bit like punching this kid's smug face—cough cough, handsome face.
"He is a Herrscher, and you are human. Why are you helping him?"
Kevin's cold voice rang in their ears.
"He is my Uncle Yang!"
Kevin took a step forward, and an aura of power emanating from him pressed down on Qiong. But Qiong, confident in his ability to rely on the Flame Spear, refused to back down and showed no fear.
"Qiong, get out of the way!"
However, in the eyes of the two bigwigs, this was simply a case of a newborn calf not being afraid of a tiger.
Perhaps hesitant about whether to eliminate both Qiong and Welt, Kevin didn't act immediately. Welt was also just ready to detonate Eden's Star at any moment—in order to prevent Kevin from taking action in case negotiations broke down (a high probability event), he had been preparing three of them in the past few days. It was certain that detonating Eden's Star would hold Kevin back for a while, and this time difference might allow him and Qiong to escape safely.
"We're here to find someone."
"Looking for...someone?"
To prevent the two big shots from fighting, Qiong could only stand in the middle and divert the conversation—it seems he made the right bet; Kevin wasn't some kind of demon, and as long as they spoke properly, they could still have a good conversation.
Kevin glanced at Qiong, his sincere gaze seemingly genuine.
"The Herrscher of Reason and a human are searching for someone in the Sea of Quanta? That's strange... Never mind."
Considering that Walter did seem to have some humanity, Kaiwen dropped the ice shard in his hand and temporarily abandoned his plan to kill the two on the spot.
Qiong breathed a sigh of relief; it seemed they wouldn't have to fight for the time being.
Kevin put away the ice shards and turned to look at the endless void.
"Speaking of which, you also helped me—no, you should say you did humanity a great favor by telling me where the exit from reality is? After helping you find the person you're looking for, take me out."
"Then there's no need."
Walter's calm voice startled Qiong.
"Ok?"
Kevin turned and met Walter's eyes—the latter did not put away the Star of Eden just because he had scattered the ice shards.
"I'm sorry, Kevin Kaslana, but I won't let you leave. To be frank, I cannot accept your so-called method of saving humanity!" With that, the Star of Eden in Walter's hand shone even brighter, and the surrounding space distorted.
"Uncle Yang, what are you doing!"
Why not use Kevin to rescue Seele first?
"Herrscher, you know my name, and you also know about the Stigmata Project?"
Kevin looked surprised.
"So what do you want? To stop me from saving humanity?"
"Well, I think we're all civilized people..."
"That's not salvation at all! I can't accept it!"
Walter believed that even if they didn't talk about it now, the three of them would inevitably discuss the Stigmata Project when they got together, and he would definitely lose his temper then. So it was better to be frank now.
But to Qiong, as Walter nodded solemnly, he felt as if the sky was falling.