In the dimly lit room, the walls emitted a faint blue light that barely illuminated the space... Rows of cylindrical objects were neatly arranged throughout the entire room...
The cylindrical containers were filled with a clear liquid. It was a liquid developed by 'Schicksal'... similar to formalin used for preserving biological specimens... However, this liquid was not used to preserve liquids, but to preserve items...
All sorts of strangely shaped and uniquely designed items floated in the cylindrical containers. These items, which all resembled modern weapons, were immersed in the special liquid, their Honkai energy isolated, making them dim and lusterless. They floated as if they had fallen into a deep sleep... waiting for their fated person to awaken them once more...
"Nagamitsu... you made many of the weapons here, didn't you?" Theresa said casually as she looked at the various weapons inside the cylindrical containers.
"Yes... I'm usually idle anyway..." The director, still in the hazmat suit, stood next to Theresa and nodded. In a voice only they could hear, they whispered, "Only when I'm making these weapons can I still feel like myself..."
"Hmm?" Theresa didn't quite hear what the other person said...
"It's nothing..." The director waved their hand, indicating it was nothing... They turned around and slowly walked towards the empty wall...
"Principal Theresa..." Li Xuan, who was following behind the world's cutest Principal Theresa, tugged on the corner of her clothes and asked cautiously, "Principal Theresa, were the two weapons from the ice cave also stored here?..."
Li Xuan was quite interested in those weapons that could be combined, and which had special effects after combining... allowing them to resurrect and control deceased creatures. Besides, that was the only weapon he had seen so far that directly ignored his shield and managed to harm him.
"They're not here..." Theresa wanted to pat Li Xuan, who looked so cautious, to give him some elderly comfort. She felt that this child might have some psychological trauma from those weapons... after all, he was injured because of them.
"..." However, Theresa stood on her tiptoes... and found that she was still half a head shorter than her junior, Li Xuan... This was very frustrating, so Theresa gave up with a complicated heart....
"Those two weapons are of the [Holy Relic] category..." Theresa said with a sigh. "So they are kept in the more secure underground storage room in the central cathedral area of St. Freya High School..."
"What a pity..." Li Xuan was extremely regretful... that he couldn't learn more about the weapon that could 'break his defense'. However, he had a feeling that he would encounter it again in the future....
"Principal Theresa... the prototype version has entered the finalization stage... It will only take a few more days to complete." The director's voice, still indistinguishable as male or female, came from behind Theresa...
Li Xuan followed the direction of the voice and looked at the director who claimed to be helping Yae Sakura forge a new weapon and was also the creator of 'Spirit Blade-Sakurafubuki'. At this moment, the person seemed to be pressing something on the wall...
The wall in front of the director suddenly opened without a sound... A small window magically appeared on the wall. A door, similar to a safe, opened automatically, revealing what was hidden inside...
"The items you pre-ordered... Three sets of Valkyrie armor customized according to the measurements, height, weight, and Honkai energy adaptability you gave me..." The director turned their head, the black face shield reflecting a faint blue light... Although they specialized in making weapons, they would occasionally dabble in making Valkyrie armor...
"Oh, oh~ They're finally ready..." Theresa breathed a sigh of relief. Then she could be a little more at ease for the next mission... Valkyrie armor was no less important to a Valkyrie than a good weapon; in fact, it was even more important...
Weapons are what give Valkyries the ability to fight enemies and increase their attack power, while Valkyrie armor serves as an energy source and protection, and can even reduce the corrosion of Honkai energy... It increases the Valkyrie's own survivability and endurance, so it is more important for Valkyries who often explore areas with high concentrations of Honkai energy.
So this time, in order to prevent Kiana and the others from encountering any more difficult situations, it was very necessary to upgrade their equipment and equip them with real Valkyrie gear...
Who knows what Jiuyou is like, what kind of monsters exist there....
"Valkyrie armor?...." Li Xuan poked his head out and looked curiously at the things in the safe on the wall... and then his worldview of the word 'armor' shattered...
"This is clearly just a bodysuit..." Li Xuan couldn't help but mutter. The first thing that came into view was a white bodysuit... the so-called Valkyrie armor. The costume was based on white, black, and orange... From the bulging chest, it was not difficult to see that this was clothing for girls...
"It's not..." Theresa replied, "This is Valkyrie armor made of special materials. Although it looks thin... it has a dedicated Honkai energy storage device... It can automatically recover Honkai energy during battle and replenish the ammunition of Honkai energy weapons..."
"It can even trigger the newly developed system... [Time Fracture]."
"[Time Fracture]?" Li Xuan was baffled and impressed... The name sounded a bit awesome...
"...Oh right, Li Xuan, you haven't learned about that yet... This is knowledge for next year's curriculum..." Theresa clapped her hands in realization. Although [Time Fracture] was not a secret, it was knowledge that only upperclassmen could learn...
"I'll just say a few simple words..." Theresa said, being unusually considerate of Li Xuan. "This system comes from the 'Sirin Project' in the year 2000... At that time, the goal was to study the spatial abilities of the Second Herrscher, but that group of academic geniuses went off on a tangent and started researching time and the speed of light..."
"You know the relationship between time and the speed of light, right?" Theresa asked very carefully.
"Of course I do, Principal Theresa..." Li Xuan was speechless... He was a pretty good student, after all. He definitely knew this basic knowledge, since he learned it in middle school... He wasn't a white-haired furball, how could he not remember.
"The closer the speed is to the speed of light, the slower time becomes... it can even cause time to stop, or go backwards..." Li Xuan said with considerable confidence.
"Yes..." Theresa was slightly relieved. If only Kiana's brain could be as smart and normal as Li Xuan's... She paused for a moment and then continued, "But in reality, it's basically impossible to accelerate an object to the speed of light..."
"At least human 'science' hasn't been able to do it so far... However, through 'Schicksal's' research on the remains of the Second Herrscher, it was discovered that the Second Herrscher could increase the particle damping coefficient of the space around her..."
"As for what damping is..." Theresa's expression became conflicted. She spread her hands in a very straightforward manner and said, "I don't really understand it either... I only know that the physical meaning of damping is the attenuation of force, or the energy dissipation of an object in motion. In layman's terms, it's to stop an object from continuing to move." She was essentially just a Valkyrie and had no plans to become a scientist for the time being... so she hadn't researched it...
"Ahem... In short, it's possible to use Honkai energy to change the surrounding particles... making the time around the Valkyrie's body slow down... and the Valkyrie correspondingly gains superhuman speed..."
"..." Li Xuan looked defeated. He didn't understand the principle at all...
"..." Li Xuan looked at the director with a complicated expression. To be able to skillfully create this bodysuit-like Valkyrie armor... if the other person was a man, that would be truly incredible in many ways.
"Nagamitsu... is the weapon I commissioned you to design and make ready yet..." Theresa shifted her attention from the bewildered Li Xuan to the director and said softly.
"Yes... I and a few other friends have completed it..." A bald man suddenly emerged from behind the director. He handed Theresa a half-open black safe...
Then Theresa saw clearly the pair of weapons inside... weapons filled with a strong aura of life, with an appearance of leaf green, leaf yellow, and black...
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At this moment, on the distant continent of the Divine Land... in the Guangzhou region.
A man dressed as a doctor was looking intently at a photo his daughter had sent home...
"They look so alike..." he murmured.
The photo was one that the class president had sneakily taken of someone using a golden longsword... The golden sword in the photo was exceptionally eye-catching...
(End of Chapter)