Bronya walked out from behind Bella, holding a spherical object the size of a fist, full of technology and machinery, and came before everyone.
"What is this thing?"
Kiana curiously reached out and poked the unknown spherical object in Bronya's hand.
"This is a detector Bronya just made by extracting the residual Honkai energy from the ice crystals that sealed Benares. It can detect specific Honkai energy fluctuations. With this, we can find Benares by detecting its Honkai energy reaction."
Bronya expressionlessly slapped away Kiana's outstretched hand.
"No wonder you weren't around just now; you were doing this."
"But is this really useful?"
Kiana was a bit confused.
Could such a small thing, not even as big as her fist, really help them find the Honkai Beast?
"Of course."
Bronya was expressionless, but her voice was very proud.
"In this world, whether it's a Valkyrie or a Honkai Beast, as long as they use Honkai energy, they will have their own unique Honkai energy fluctuations."
"And this detector utilizes this principle, using the latest Schicksal technology, directly connected to global satellites."
"As long as someone's Honkai energy is input into it, it can analyze the fluctuations of this Honkai energy, then transmit the analyzed information to the satellite, track this fluctuation, and then the satellite transmits the image to this detector."
"I don't understand a lot of it, but it sounds really powerful."
Kiana reached out and scratched her head, then clenched her small hand into a fist.
"In that case, let's start the detection quickly. No matter how powerful that Benares is, I'll blow it up!"
Everyone else also nodded.
If this detector was truly as Bronya said, then finding it would be much easier.
"Okay, then Bronya will activate it. This detector can project and display Benares' current location."
Bronya reached out and pressed the button on the detector in her hand.
The detector emitted a soft light, and its surface rippled, slowly unfolding.
The upper part of the sphere disintegrated into small cubes, floating above the remaining sphere and slowly rotating.
A virtual screen was projected above the sphere.
"Huh, Bella, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell? You look like you're in a lot of discomfort."
"Were you scared when we were fighting the Honkai Beast just now? Do you need to go to your room to rest first?"
Kiana noticed Bella fidgeting on the side and asked with some concern.
"No, no need, I'm fine."
Bella forced a smile onto her face.
I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm going to die!
Bella is in big trouble!
Bella had not expected Bronya, who had disappeared after boarding the Hyperion,
to cause such a big stir as soon as she reappeared.
Hearing Bronya say that this instrument locates by detecting Honkai energy fluctuations,
Bella didn't know if her Aura Concealment could hide her Honkai energy fluctuations.
After all, Bella wasn't sure what the definition of 'aura' in this skill was.
If it couldn't hide her Honkai energy reaction...
"There's an image."
Kiana's voice came from the side.
Bella's heart tightened.
She looked up at the image displayed by the detector.
An image appeared on the virtual screen projected by the detector.
But the screen was blank.
Seeing this, Bella secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed that Honkai energy fluctuations were also within the range of Aura Concealment.
"Eh, why is there no image? Is it broken?"
Kiana reached out again, wanting to poke the detector.
"That shouldn't be the case."
Bronya still expressionlessly slapped her hand away, but there was also confusion in her voice.
This instrument was connected to satellites.
As long as that Honkai Beast was still on this planet, it should theoretically be able to detect its location.
Unless… but how could that be?
"Bronya, how is it? Do you have any conclusions?"
Theresa asked from the side.
Hearing Theresa's question, Bronya snapped back to reality.
"Bronya can only draw two conclusions from this situation."
"First, this Honkai Beast has dissipated for some unknown reason, which is why it cannot be detected."
"The second is…"
Bronya slowly spoke, looking around at everyone.
"This Honkai Beast has gained the ability to hide its own Honkai energy fluctuations, which is why Bronya's detector cannot detect it."
"However, the data provided by headquarters states that this Honkai Beast appeared with the Herrscher of the Void during the Second Honkai Eruption, and at that time, it did not possess such an ability. Furthermore, no Honkai Beasts that have appeared until now have had such an ability, so Bronya still leans towards the first conclusion."
"Is that so?"
After hearing Bronya's words, Theresa frowned and began to ponder.
This Honkai Beast had suddenly awakened and was already in a severely injured state.
And after searching for so long without finding any trace of it, it wasn't impossible for it to have died directly due to severe injuries.
Moreover, higher-tier Honkai Beasts like Emperor-class and Judgment-class Honkai Beasts, compared to lower-tier ones like Temple-class, are entirely composed of Honkai energy.
After death, they do not leave a corpse but dissipate into Honkai energy.
From this perspective, Bronya's conclusion was very reasonable.
But to be safe, they should continue searching for a few more days.
Theresa nodded, just about to discuss the search plan for the next few days with Himeko beside her.
"Bella!"
Kiana's anxious exclamation interrupted Theresa.
Theresa hurriedly looked in Bella's direction.
Bella was clutching her chest, her usually rosy face now deathly pale.
Bella didn't know why, but when she heard Bronya mention the Second Honkai Eruption,
that strange feeling in her heart reappeared.
"How strange, what's wrong with me?"
Bella clutched her chest, her brows slightly furrowed.
Back in the snowfield, when Paimon mentioned the Second Honkai Eruption, she had experienced this feeling before.
But she had dismissed it as her imagination then, and now the feeling had returned.
And the feeling was getting stronger, as if something suppressed was about to break through its seal and be released.
And this feeling reached its peak when Bella heard Bronya say "Herrscher of the Void".
"Boom"
Bella felt her mind suddenly explode.
A buzzing tinnitus appeared in Bella's ears.
In a trance, Bella seemed to see a white room.
In the room, a little girl who resembled her was crying in the corner, seemingly muttering something.
Bella tried hard to open her eyes, wanting to see the little girl's lip movements clearly.
Finally…
Following the little girl's lip movements, Bella murmured aloud,
"Her Majesty… will be sad…"
Then, Bella's consciousness plunged into darkness.