The [Hyperion] battleship... this vessel, named after a Titan from Greek mythology, the son of Gaia and Uranus, father of Helios (the sun god), and also the father of the moon goddess and the Muses, is the 'Schicksal' Far East Branch's combat battleship, used for various urgent Honkai phenomena...
Employing the latest technology developed by the 'Schicksal' organization, the [Hyperion] has a total length of 278.5 meters and a deck length of 182 meters. Using a Honkai energy furnace and a nuclear fusion reactor to run its Leonov anti-gravity engine, it can even fly at supersonic speeds...
The [Hyperion] is also equipped with twelve railguns, six on the left and six on the right... The models are divided into 431mm railguns and 270mm railguns. Propelled by electromagnetic force, or Lorentz force, the railguns have an acceleration of 0.03 seconds, with launch velocities of 2000 m/s and 600 m/s respectively. To penetrate the gray shells of Honkai Beasts, the railguns use delayed-explosion warheads that can explode instantly after penetrating the shell, causing massive damage to the relatively fragile muscle tissue beneath...
However... simultaneously using the Hyperion's weapons and maintaining flight consumes a massive amount of energy. Therefore, to sustain the energy supply, 'Schicksal' has to use a Honkai energy furnace. Compared to nuclear energy... Honkai energy is more practical in terms of power.
Similarly... to supply the Honkai energy furnace, the Schicksal organization has specifically built a resource vault for storing Honkai energy crystals... an underground room constructed entirely of lead bricks and obsidian... This room is hermetically sealed, without even the smallest gap...
After all, with a pile of Honkai energy crystals inside, any accident would be extremely dangerous... No one knows what a pile of Honkai energy crystals could bring...
"This is it..." Theresa said softly to Li Xuan, who was looking around. Before them was a completely black room. The seemingly unremarkable room had a... smart recognition-enabled alloy door...
"Wait a moment..." Theresa said as a reminder, pressing her right index finger on the fingerprint scanner on the door, then leaning her head down to glance inside the door twice.
"Beep!... Identity confirmed... Account logged in..." an unknown machine with a flashing red light said in a somewhat cold, synthetic electronic voice. "Welcome... 'Head of the Apocalypse Family', 'Principal of St. Freya High School'—Lady Theresa Apocalypse."
"....Come in." Theresa glanced at Li Xuan, who was staring blankly at the door, and pulled him inside with a slight smile.
Unlike the darkness outside the room, the ceiling inside was lit up as if it were midsummer, clearly illuminating everything in the room. Of course, what attracted Li Xuan's attention the most was the pile of Honkai energy crystals packed in boxes in the center of the room.
"These are the Honkai energy crystals..." Theresa said with a sigh of relief, pointing to the Honkai energy crystals that were piled high in large boxes. In fact, these were all reserved for the [Hyperion], but it was possible to skim off some crystals...
After all, the [Hyperion] didn't use its Honkai energy furnace very often. Since the Honkai outbreak in Nagazora City, things had been relatively calm recently... Nuclear power was barely enough to maintain the 'Hyperion's' energy...
In any case... the 'Hyperion's' main cannon, which was needed to combat special incidents, was already charged. Even if a sudden event occurred, there was nothing to fear. A strike from the battleship's main cannon, comparable to a nuclear bomb explosion, could only be confronted head-on by a Herrscher-class being... Ordinary or even high-level Honkai creatures would only meet their end against such an attack.
"...So many..." Li Xuan was somewhat entranced, walking around the large boxes piled with Honkai energy crystals, looking and touching... Even he had to marvel at how wealthy and powerful the Schicksal organization was... So many crystals, enough for him to do several ten-pull wishes.
"Wait... what's this..." Li Xuan suddenly noticed a pattern on one of the larger boxes. Unlike the other silver-white boxes... this large box was a special purple, and on its side was...
"Isn't this... Homu?!" Li Xuan said with some surprise. On the side of the large purple box was a drawing of a yellow Homu's head, which looked a bit like a rabbit...
The level of entertainment in this Honkai world was clearly a tier below that of Li Xuan's world... A story like "Adventures of Homu," about the appearance of a doll, had actually become a hit all over the country... which made Li Xuan feel as if he had discovered something...
"...This one, this one contains 6480 Honkai energy crystals... so, so it's marked more specially... um, it's to make it easier to sort..." Theresa explained in a flurry. "This is definitely not something I wanted to do..."
"Mhm, mhm... I get it." Brushing aside the white-haired nun who was clearly the culprit, Li Xuan prepared to get his hands on the Honkai energy crystals before him.
"Ahem... Student Li Xuan, I'll give you two minutes. Try to take as many as ten thousand Honkai energy crystals as you can..." Theresa said apologetically. Every time she entered the Honkai energy crystal vault, her movements were recorded by the terminal computer. If she stayed too long, the anomaly would be detected and she would be investigated...
"I remember you have an ability to store things, right?" Theresa said seriously, but her voice lacked confidence... After all, she didn't really understand Li Xuan's specific situation...
"..." Li Xuan was slightly stunned, then... he smiled and looked at Theresa, saying softly, "Two minutes?"
"Mhm... if that's not enough, I'll bring you here again next time," Theresa said chivalrously, patting her flat chest.
"Ahem... no need." Li Xuan shook his head, saying with a hint of pride, "There's no need for a next time... I think... once is enough." Li Xuan looked directly at Theresa and said, word by word, "Two minutes is enough... or rather, a bit too much."
"....." Theresa had an expression that said, 'I'm not well-read, don't try to fool me'.
"..." Li Xuan said no more. He silently extended his right hand and walked around the pile of boxes filled with Honkai energy crystals once before stopping.
"Alright..." Li Xuan took a deep breath and said to the bewildered Theresa. He didn't just take a whole box, but rather took a portion from each box, so the signs of theft wouldn't be as obvious.
"So fast?!..." Theresa looked as if she had seen a ghost. From the beginning until now, it had been a minute and a half at most! She glanced at the crystal boxes on the floor. The Honkai energy crystals, which were originally piled to the brim, had all had a portion removed, leaving the boxes just barely full.
"...Mhm, let's go then." Theresa glanced at the expressionless Li Xuan and said with a look of understanding. "Ten thousand crystals should be enough, right?"
"Mhm, it's enough..." Li Xuan said with a slight smile as he followed Theresa out of the prison-like room. In fact, it was more than enough... it even exceeded the amount by quite a bit...
"Li Xuan..." Theresa suddenly stopped and turned around, saying to Li Xuan as if sighing, "As 'The Chosen One'... I hope you can work hard... for the final..." Theresa abruptly stopped her somewhat incoherent words and fell silent for a moment before looking up at the puzzled Li Xuan.
"Anyway... just work hard and get a top-three ranking in the Abyss!" Theresa said coolly. "Otherwise, your scholarship for next month will be halved..."
"...Huh?!" Li Xuan was dumbfounded as he watched Theresa walk away. Coming to his senses, he quickly chased after her, saying anxiously, "I get it, Principal Theresa... please don't dock my scholarship..."
The wailing poor man didn't notice the trace of worry for the future that flashed in the white-haired nun's eyes...
(End of Chapter)