Fortunately, this life-and-death duel between Welt Joyce and Schrödinger did not go on to its full extent.
Reanna, who arrived back in time, interrupted the fight between the two and used the sixth Divine Key of the Black Abyss and White Flower to block Schrödinger's Honkai energy, completely condensing it on her right hand, thus maintaining her sanity.
On the other side, Kirataka was with Welt and three others.
"Wait... this is a lot of information!"
Dr. Tesla said with a rather exaggerated expression:
"Are you saying that the gloomy girl whose half body has turned into an Honkai beast came here on purpose to awaken your abilities?
"You specifically demolished someone else's clinic? And you also smashed it into pieces?"
Her expression was obviously filled with dissatisfaction.
"It's like this..." Welt said somewhat helplessly.
The thinking of these scientists is indeed different from that of ordinary people, and he only realized this at the end of the confrontation.
"So? Welt, what exactly are your powers?" Tesla continued to ask.
"...ah?"
Welt seemed unable to keep up with such a rapid change of subject.
"Why, since you are still one of us, shouldn't we start the discussion directly from constructive issues?" Tesla said as a matter of course.
Being able to quickly adapt to changes in the world is a necessary condition for being an inventor.
Einstein also added:
"Yes, from the perspective of combat power, apart from Reanna, you and Kirataka are also important forces to stop this Honkai disaster."
Kirataka's ability has been demonstrated very clearly before, the power of controlling electromagnetic fields.
Therefore, the only thing that needs to be figured out is Welt's power.
"Uh... that... I'm actually not very clear about it..." Welt said somewhat awkwardly.
How do we explain the ability to instantly understand the purpose of an object simply by touching it?
"I read in a certain document that the abilities of the First Herrscher are [Understanding] and [Reproduction]," Kirataka interjected at the right time.
As long as you fully understand the composition of something, you can use Honkai energy to reproduce it out of thin air.
This is the basic ability of the Herrscher of Reason. From Welt to Old Yang and then to Bronya in the future, they all possess this ability.
Moreover, once a process has been successfully reproduced once, the cost and energy required to reproduce it later will be greatly reduced. This is the so-called "muscle memory."
However, as a native Herrscher of Reason, Welt possesses far greater "talent" than his two successors.
——He does not need to spend time and energy to truly understand the structure of a thing. Just by touching it with his own hands, he can automatically complete the step of [understanding] in an instant.
This is also the reason why he easily mastered the use of the Star of Eden just by touching it.
Tesla and Einstein also quickly understood the nature of Welt's abilities.
The red-haired girl looked at Welt with shining eyes, as if she was looking at some kind of little white mouse:
"Creating things out of nothing and understanding everything, isn't this the best helper for scientific research!"
If she didn't have to deal with the Honkai crisis right now, she would even want to pull Welt back to the laboratory to work immediately.
"hiss--" Welt took a deep breath, quietly took a step back, and hid behind Kirataka.
Even after becoming Herrscher, these two scientist girls still had a lot more momentum than him.
"Wait a minute, that's—"
At this moment, Kirataka pointed to the sky and signaled everyone to look up.
An extremely dazzling purple sphere was flying high in the sky, gradually flying towards the coast.
"…It's Honkai energy!"
It emitted an extremely ominous light. Ordinary people might not recognize what it was and just thought it was a purple meteor, but the battle-hardened Reanna recognized it at a glance. It was a very high concentration of Honkai energy.
At the same time, a communication was connected to their location through artificial intelligence.
"Whoever hears this message, please do your best to inform the ships and coastal residents in New York Bay that a small tsunami may occur. To be safe, please stay away from the beach."
In Nagazora, there was actually no large-scale eruption like the one in Berlin.
This can be seen from the small number of Honkai beasts that Kirataka and Reanna dealt with.
——Because, before everything became irreversible, Edison, the person responsible for all this, used special power to restrain all Honkai energy, transformed them into Honkai energy cluster balls, and pushed them into the sky.
In this way, she avoided a situation where her mistakes would cause innocent people to suffer.
She felt guilty about this, but what she didn't know was that the fundamental reason for the failure of the experiment was Otto's tampering, not her miscalculation.
"Edison?" Tesla recognized the source of the voice, which was Nancy Thomas Alva Edison, the head of the North American branch.
She is both the sponsor and the de facto leader of the North American branch of Schicksal.
"Tesla? I'm glad you're getting my communication."
The voice on the other end of the communication was also slightly stunned, and then continued:
"...No matter what, I will do my best to prevent any innocent people from suffering losses due to our experimental accidents."
"Varied--"
Tesla was slightly stunned, and then quickly understood what the other party might be doing.
She thought calmly for a few seconds and immediately responded:
"Understood. We are leaving for Manhattan Beach now. It is estimated to take half an hour. Tell us the coordinates. Once the people are evacuated, we will come to support you immediately!"
"Half an hour... I don't think the power in my body can last that long."
There was a wry laugh from the other end of the line.
"In short, the only thing I can do now is to try my best to move towards the open sea to reduce the size of the tsunami that will occur later."
"…Pushing towards the open sea? What are you talking about?"
Tesla originally thought that Edison was transporting Honkai energy through some device, but now it sounds like that is not the case.
"I am currently relying on electromagnetic confinement to barely control a Honkai energy cluster ball with an explosive equivalent of more than 20,000 tons of TNT - with my bare hands. Only by detonating it away from the crowd can we ensure the safety of the people to the greatest extent."
"…"
The people who had already gotten on the bus had no time to think about where Edison got the power to touch Honkai energy with her bare hands. What they were thinking about now was how to support Edison so that she would not die.
But unfortunately, they couldn't think of any strategy at the moment.
Even the Chief Valkyrie of Schicksal, Reanna, could not handle that amount of Honkai energy alone.
Is it possible... that they can only watch Edison sacrifice herself like this?
At this moment, Kirataka, who had remained silent, suddenly said:
"Senior Edison, please tell me your coordinates so I can support you."
Tesla's eyes lit up as well, and recalling his previous battle performance, she hurriedly said:
"...Yes! Kirataka also has the ability to control electromagnetism, so he can help Edison!"
For Kirataka, this matter can be considered to be in line with his professional duties.
However, if he wants to reach the sky, he still needs a helper.
He looked at the Chief Valkyrie of Schicksal and whispered:
"Senior Reanna, I need your help. Please take me closer to that 'shooting star.'"
Of course, the car's speed could not catch up, but the war machine next to it had the ability to catch up with the meteor in the sky before it exploded.
Reanna nodded without hesitation.
As a being whose entire body is made of Soulium, she naturally possesses the ability to fly at high speeds.
Without much hesitation, Tesla cooperated and opened the sunroof of the car, allowing Reanna to fly into the sky with Kirataka.
............
"…You've tried very hard, Miss Edison."
Under the purple meteors, a blue-haired girl was struggling to support the huge Honkai energy ball above her head with both hands.
Her hands were already covered with traces of Honkai energy corrosion, and her face was covered in sweat.
A banknote with Franklin's portrait printed on it flew beside her. The portrait on the banknote seemed to have its own life and was communicating with her.
"Ha... a coward who can only talk behind the money."
The blue-haired girl weakly retorted.
"The special abilities you gained through the interferometer are the result of your life overdrawing on various future possibilities. You shouldn't complain about it. You've done your best."
"…"
She no longer had the energy to argue with the life in the banknotes.
She had indeed reached her limit, and her consciousness was gradually fading away.
However, before she was about to lose consciousness completely, she seemed to vaguely see someone flying towards her.
Kirataka was seen standing on a skateboard, approaching Edison at a very fast speed.
——Reanna, whose whole body is made of Soulium, can easily change her body tissue into various shapes. At this moment, she turned into a skateboard and flew into the sky with Kirataka.
By absorbing the Soulium through electromagnetic attraction, Kirataka can keep his body steady even when he is at a high altitude in strong winds.
He saw the blue-haired girl falling from a high altitude and reached out to catch her.
Kirataka hugged the unconscious Edison, and at the same time used his ability to take over the electromagnetic force field that she used to restrain the Honkai energy, and control the Honkai energy that was about to explode.
His ability to control electromagnetics was obviously much higher than that of Edison, who had never fought before.
So, where to send it next?
If it explodes in the sea, it will inevitably cause a large tsunami that will reach the coast.
So, after all, it is still...
Kirataka hooked his fingers slightly, and the huge ball of Honkai energy under his control began to slowly fly into the sky.
As long as it is detonated in a high enough area, it will not have any impact on the ground or sea.
He planned to detonate this ball of Honkai energy remotely. As for the means of detonating it... that was naturally quite simple.
"Senior Reanna, can you give me something the size of a coin?"
He said towards the skateboard under his feet.
Although she didn't know the intention, the Valkyrie still did it.
A coin made of soul steel fell into Kirataka's hands.
Kirataka raised his head and aimed the soul steel coin in his hand at the rising Honkai energy cluster ball.
As all the strength in his body gathered at his fingertips, he shot out the soul steel coin.
"...Railgun!"
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