Having once faced divinity itself, he knew well, only that god who tested civilizations could be the source of this.
But why suddenly raise the difficulty of the trial? And even… descend in person?
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"Earthquake! Earthquake!"
"Monster, look, there's a monster!"
"Beep beep beep!!"
Chaos, disorder.
A perfect interpretation of the current state of the coastal cities.
To this world, Honkai is nothing but crushing oppression.
There's Schicksal, Anti-Entropy, the World Serpent lurking in the dark, as well as all sorts of small organizations fighting against the Honkai, while ordinary people may live their whole lives not even knowing what the Honkai is.
Those less fortunate may vanish silently in a Honkai Eruption, or suffer a painful disintegration.
If it's a woman, she could even be transformed into a Herrscher, but for certain reasons, when faced with the Honkai, men in the present civilization, aside from a few exceptions, almost all have only one path: disintegration.
Schicksal accounts for most of the reason behind this.
Suddenly facing terrifying giant beasts that only appear in movies, or even far worse, even the bravest people feel their legs fail them at that moment. Many tremble and collapse to the ground, crawling with desperate effort.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Chiyou moved casually, and the tremors it caused triggered roaring sounds. Skyscrapers collapsed, bridges broke, countless people were buried under the ruins with wails, unknown to the world.
...
"This!"
Kiana's face turned pale, then suddenly flushed red, her gaze fixed on the colossal figure slowly approaching the city center.
"Kiana, don't let your anger cloud your mind." Fu Hua gave a sharp reminder.
Hearing Fu Hua's words, Kiana gritted her silver teeth, eyes filled with flames of fury: "I know, but! Is there really no way for us to stop it?!"
Kiana had always had her own way of adjusting her emotions.
In the days of wandering, staying optimistic was extremely important.
Tightly pursing her lips, Mei spoke softly: "Kiana, with just our individual strength we cannot fight against such a Judgement-Class Honkai beast. The damage it causes with just a few steps is worse than bombs. Individual power has little effect against such a Honkai beast; only long-range weapons can work, with great destructive force."
"If stupid Kiana really wants to bomb Chiyou with missiles, Bronya can let Heavy Bunny assist." Bronya said calmly.
Seeing Bronya still remain so calm even at this time, Kiana… had nowhere to vent her rage.
She wasn't an idiot. Bronya said that for a reason. No matter how furious she was, she couldn't unleash it on Bronya.
Mei sorrowfully gazed at the ruined city, silently wondering: Is there really no way?
"Don't drag me to death with you! Do you even know what that thing is? Even if I were in my complete form, I wouldn't dare face it. With your pitiful ability you still want to help?"
'Even you in your complete form aren't its match?!' Mei was stunned.
She hadn't expected such an answer. The one speaking with her was the Herrscher of Thunder.
Back then in Nagazora, after being forced back by Godzilla's gaze, she had been hiding inside Mei, only daring to reveal herself one dark windy night once she was sure the terrifying beast was gone.
Of course, she claimed to Mei that she wasn't in her prime yet, once she fully grew, a mere Godzilla could be crushed with one hand!
Naturally, Mei didn't believe such words.
Theresa and Himeko had even considered sealing the Herrscher of Thunder's consciousness, at least to prevent her from corrupting Mei.
But sealing a Herrscher's consciousness was no easy task.
They couldn't just make Mei give up her body and let the Herrscher be beaten up, right?
In the end, Theresa carried Judah, her stance unyielding, and drew the line with the Herrscher of Thunder.
Normally St. Freya wouldn't restrict her much, merely keeping her under surveillance, granting her all reasonable requests.
But if she ever dared to act out of line… Theresa pressed Judah against Mei, the aura of the Divine Key overwhelming.
Seeing the Divine Key in Theresa's hand, the Herrscher of Thunder nodded obediently from the heart.
Over this period, though Mei hadn't fully trusted the Herrscher of Thunder, she had at least grasped her pride.
And for someone like her to actually admit inferiority to Chiyou. Aren't Herrschers supposed to be above Honkai beasts?
Sensing Mei's thoughts, the Herrscher of Thunder curled her lips and said bluntly: "That thing isn't just a Honkai beast."
If it were an ordinary Honkai beast, even though the Herrscher of Thunder was artificially created, it wouldn't be threatening. Even against an Emperor-class Honkai beast, she could land a decisive blow.
But Chiyou was different. It belonged to a type of Honkai beast born from technology that didn't belong to its era. Its power was overwhelmingly strong, already far exceeding a Judgment-class Honkai Beast.
And the "Judgment-class" didn't mean that it was only Judgment-class, but that Judgment-class was currently the highest category of classification!
Tens of thousands of years ago, when it was sealed, it wasn't even at its peak.
After ten thousand years, its seal was undone, with possible support from the Will of Honkai?
How could such a Chiyou possibly be controlled by a prematurely-born Herrscher of Thunder? The Herrscher of Thunder didn't know Chiyou's target, but in its current state, no one could withstand its rampage.
Sharing this information from the Herrscher of Thunder, the group exchanged glances.
"A Honkai beast that even a Herrscher cannot control, and it even comes in this variety." Himeko chuckled, easing the tense mood.
"The key now is: what is Chiyou's target? Mei, does the Herrscher of Thunder know?" Fu Hua adjusted her glasses, analyzing calmly.
After being asked, Mei shook her head.
Kiana, "Tch, and this is supposed to be a Herrscher, not even knowing basic things."
After a moment of silence, Mei's expression suddenly changed: "Ignorant humans, even fools who fail exams dare to speak to me!"
After the outburst, Mei returned to Kiana's sorrowful look: "Sorry, Kiana, I couldn't stop her."
"N-no, it's fine Mei, how could I be angry with you?"
'Even so, the black flames behind you are about to burst out, you know.' Bronya's expressionless face carried hidden meanings.
At the beginning, the Herrscher of Thunder would preach her theories daily inside Mei's mind, leaving Mei mentally exhausted.
Theresa carried Judah and made Mei switch into Herrscher of Thunder mode, forcing the Herrscher of Thunder to read through all the texts which recorded Humanity's history, even the incomplete text's and copy them ten times from memory.
Of course, the Herrscher of Thunder did not succeed.
However, after a proper education, the Herrscher of Thunder had already learned the lesson that "disaster comes from careless words."
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Anti-Entropy Headquarters.
"Have you gotten in touch with the leader!?"
"It's connected!"
The moment the communication connected, Tesla rushed to the front, words firing like bullets.
"Do you even know what time it is right now, where the hell have you been?! Do you have any idea how dangerous the outside world is right now!"
"If we still hadn't gotten in touch with you this time, I would have suspected you'd already died in some godforsaken corner!"
"¥ *… %¥% *… %%!"
The words mixed with static were truly harsh to the ears.
After Tesla vented for a while, Einstein decisively cut in, grabbing Tesla by the scruff of her coat and pulling her back. Stepping forward, looking at Welt's calm face, she spoke.
"You already know, don't you?"
Welt nodded gravely: "Mm, the place is already heavily guarded by Schicksal, and Anti-Entropy's mech forces can't get in."
That wasn't really the problem, Welt's power was enough to quickly summon a batch of mechs.
But a simple mech force could not stop that giant.
And because of certain people, a considerable portion of Anti-Entropy's mechs couldn't even be deployed.
Even so, although Cocolia's main force had suffered heavy losses, she still had reserves.
Moreover, Anti-Entropy was essentially an alliance; without Welt suppressing them, the internal factions would start fighting each other.
Einstein and Tesla only controlled a small portion of it.
"I estimate that soon Schicksal will launch fission bombs. If you're on site, get as far away as you can right now."
Einstein's usually lazy air vanished, her eyes flashing with menace as she warned Welt.
They all knew very well what Welt was capable of doing.
Back then he was almost killed, if not for the Herrscher of Reason's authority, Welt would already be ashes in an urn. No, not even an urn, just a cenotaph.
"The problem now is, will the fission bombs have any effect on it?" Tesla finally became serious.
"I think we'll have the answer to that question very soon," Einstein narrowed her eyes slightly, looking at the blinking red dots on the monitor.
Each red dot represented a fission bomb!
And now, countless fission bombs, moving too fast to count, were hurtling toward Chiyou as it drew ever closer to the continent!
...
The sky flickered with a dangerous light.
Under the watch of several factions, the fission bombs howled toward Chiyou's heart.
"Boom!!"
The aftermath of more than a dozen fission bombs gathering turned the sky pale, the colossal sounds making eardrums ache in pain.
That was the treatment given to Valkyries. Ordinary people, upon hearing it, instantly lost all sound, semi-permanently deaf.
But at this point, no one cared about ordinary people going deaf.
With so many fission bombs striking a vital point, the attack was enough to shock anyone.
If it had been a Herrscher taking a direct hit from that volley, deletion wouldn't be a problem.
"Impressive power. Honkai energy… that's what it's called, right?"
Herta jotted it down in her little notebook.
Honestly, she didn't know much about Honkai energy, but Imaginary energy, she was very familiar with that.
And from Honkai energy, she felt something familiar too, though the sample was too small to pin down right now.
As for catching a Honkai beast herself to research, well, that wasn't on her project list.
From the earlier conversation and the arrival of the fission bombs, she had preliminarily determined this organization called Schicksal's position in this world.
Instead of exhausting herself capturing some unknown specimen, it was better to extract information from that golden-haired one.
A world-spanning protective organization. It couldn't be too shabby, right?
But that wasn't the key right now. Watching the rising fireworks, Herta's expression shifted slightly.
Though arrogant, she wasn't the type to look down on everything blindly. You couldn't judge a world's highest technology just by broad strokes.
The details constantly revealed roughly where this civilization stood.
Undeniably, in Herta's eyes, this civilization's technological development wasn't very strong.
But in some aspects, it had nearly reached the current limits of what they could achieve.
'Nearly,' because technology often came with dramatic surprises, even Herta occasionally stumbled on amusing research due to small accidents.
As expected, no matter the world, the pinnacle of technology was always weapons. Easily understood.
"It should… be dead, right?" Miss Messenger asked, hands entwined, a little uncertain.
Facing this question, Rita couldn't be sure either.
Such a large-scale Honkai beast was a first for her too.
But, with over a dozen fission bombs hitting its vital point, if that thing could still hold on, that would be truly absurd.
"Rooaar-!"
"You've got to be kidding!"
...
"Holy ¥ … % … what the hell is this thing! Over a dozen fission bombs and it's still full of energy!" Tesla swore profusely.
She just couldn't help it. If Chiyou had dodged the fission bomb strikes using some special method, she could have accepted that.
As long as the mechanism was cracked, there would still be a chance.
But this was completely relying on it's own powerful physique to resist, this was totally outside her range of handling!
As one of the world's top scientists, she knew all too well what this kind of power meant.
If gods truly existed in this world, she swore she'd put on her gloves and go argue with them face-to-face. Could such a thing really exist?!
Witnessing it all, Einstein's mind also trembled violently, but she knew the most important thing right now was to remain clear-headed.
Honkai was something that had gradually strengthened alongside the progress of civilization, and could even press forward to the point of overwhelming their resistance.
Wait! Could it be that someone invented a piece of technology that shouldn't even exist in this era?!
At that thought, Einstein's face changed.
If it were something else, maybe not, but technology? That was absolutely possible!
How many technologies were created by accident?!
"Calm down, the situation isn't beyond control yet."
Although he didn't know what the two of them were thinking, Welt understood he had to ease the tension at this moment. Moreover, he had noticed something off.
"Chiyou's condition isn't right. That feeling, it's like when I connect to a Herrscher core." Welt frowned.
Hearing this, Tesla and Einstein immediately stopped their wild speculation.
"Honkai doesn't just strengthen without cause, there must be some deeper factor behind it." Tesla yanked at her twin-tails in frustration, whipping them around until,
Clatter.
A Godzilla figurine fell to the ground.
Tesla had bought it using a bit of organizational funds after Godzilla first appeared.
In that instant, the three of them exchanged glances.
A single conjecture surfaced in their hearts.
…
In Otto's observation, even after being hit by more than ten fission bombs, Chiyou was still full of vigor, even more spirited than before.
Without a doubt, this was the result of some hidden hand.
And the purpose of doing this was…
"Roaaaar-!!" The deafening cries rose and echoed across the land.
At that instant when the roar shook the kies, the will behind it had become clear as day.
A pitch-black silhouette blotted out the sun. From the outside came a chilling sensation, but those within felt a searing heat. Sweat never appeared, because the moment it did, it was instantly vaporized.
Dryness.
With a casual flick of its tail, vertical pupils gazed coldly at the moving "continent" before it.
Though enormous in size, it carried a crushing oppression.
Yes, that was the feeling of Godzilla.
A smaller Godzilla.
Sensing Godzilla's arrival, Chiyou's forward march halted.
Then surged forth an overwhelming tide of Honkai energy that no one could ignore!
"Such dense Honkai energy!" Rita's face darkened.
Although Honkai harmed men the most, it was absolutely deadly to women as well!
Even Valkyries born with natural stigmata could not withstand large-scale Honkai outbreaks; they were easily eroded.
Now, the Honkai gathered around Chiyou had already grown so immense that even she, an S-rank Valkyrie, could no longer endure it.
People would truly die here!
Thinking this, she instinctively glanced at the other two present…
Still as calm as ever.
"So much energy… looks like someone really is interfering."
"Not surprising. According to what they've said, this is a mechanism for filtering civilizations. Since it's a mechanism, that means either someone is controlling it from behind, or it automatically purges threats."
"Eh?! It considers Godzilla a threat?!"
"With such a giant standing there, what do you think?"
"Uh… that's true."
Rita steadied her mind, organizing her words.
They seemed to know Godzilla very well. Could it be that Godzilla was from the same world as them?
For now, such guesses couldn't be confirmed. More pressing matters stood before them!
"Roooaaar-!"
The massive tide of Honkai energy was absorbed completely by Chiyou, perfectly compensating for the flaw of being sealed away before it could reach its peak tens of thousands of years ago.
Its body was even continuing to grow! Carrying the will of Honkai itself, Chiyou charged straight at Godzilla!
Rumble-!
Its colossal body gave every step the force of mountains collapsing, the earth trembling, roads splitting, the terrain warped by its massive movement!
Waves surged high, blotting out the sun! For ordinary people, this was nothing short of catastrophe.
With a casual swing of its tail, Godzilla strode forward, exhaling hot breath, white vapor rising as the searing heat escaped from his maw.
"Yaaah-!"
"Roooaaar-!"
From afar, this wasn't merely two giant beasts colliding. It was as if some arrogant mortal dared to defy the power of nature itself!
But-!
Godzilla spread his arms wide, muscles swelling. The surging waves crashed against his indomitable body, without effect.
With brute force of its own, Chiyou lunged in, pressing down violently!
Boom!!
Under the gaze of everyone, the "continent" came to a halt.
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T/N : Before anyone says that Godzilla was strong enough to easily swat away an emanator, remember, his real body is still sleeping outside, this is just him coming to the Hi3 world's past through a dream.
We are not sure hoe much strength he can show due to him entering through a dream.