Finding tombstones underwater was indeed a very strange occurrence, but it also indicated that Alvitir and her team had located the right place.
After taking on the task of investigating the Stigmata ruins, Luo Lin specifically collected many ancient legends from Shenzhou...
What? You're saying that the "involved party" who has experienced everything is right there, so why bother collecting legends?
First of all, it's been mentioned many times that Fu Hua burned her brain with Fenghuang Down, resulting in a large amount of memory loss and unreliable memories.
Luo Lin intended to seek help from the legends passed down through generations, using them to assist and cross-reference the information provided by Senti, and comprehensively analyze to confirm the accuracy of the information.
Secondly, after the matter is concluded, Luo Lin still needs to write a mission report for her superiors. In terms of intelligence sources, she can't directly write to people saying, "I found someone who has lived since ancient times and has witnessed everything," can she?
Anyway, this report will have to pass through Theresa's hands. The school principal who doesn't know about this will probably laugh hysterically, then send her to the hospital for recuperation.
Of course, the report will definitely reach Otto's hands. He should be able to "smile knowingly" upon seeing such words and then send her to the hospital for "recuperation."
The difference between these two "recuperations" is quite significant, and the Valkyrie strives not to "enjoy" the latter option.
So, Luo Lin will continue to search for answers in those stories passed down through the land of Shenzhou.
Although ancient, many legends have evolved into different versions... But in almost all the stories, Chiyou is described as a huge beast.
When Chiyou appears, it causes drastic environmental changes, usually manifested as darkness, no light from the sun or moon, flying sand and rocks, howling winds...
More importantly, it has the ability to devour the sky and earth, and enhance its own abilities.
This is quite powerful because Chiyou is really gnawing on the earth and turning it into a part of its own body.
This also explains why the detector of Schicksal can find tombstones on the seabed, most likely because Chiyou is "munching, munching, munching" on the land of Shenzhou, casually taking a bite and swallowing some unknown graves along the way...
According to the "Chiyou Chronicles" in Honkai Impact 3rd, this Judgment-level Honkai beast has at least swallowed an ancient city...
Although we all know that ancient cities are incomparable to modern cities, before this, Fu Hua, Fuxi, and Nuwa executed the "Project Ember" on the land of Shenzhou!
Under the influence of the advanced technology provided by the "Project Ember," the cities of ancient Shenzhou are much larger than normal!
At that time, Kiana and her team almost got lost in Chiyou's belly...
Chiyou is really huge!
Luo Lin even wondered, if Chiyou were allowed to lower its head and devour the earth, would it be possible for it to infinitely expand and finally swallow the entire planet...
Turning into a planetary-level Honkai beast?
From this perspective, Chiyou is truly worthy of the title of "Judgment-level" Honkai beast.
It's just that in the game plot, Chiyou's death was somewhat trivial. Siegfried fired a few shots, then Kiana and her team went in and poked the Black Xuanyuan, and there was no further development, completely a became a somewhat lackluster plot.
Chiyou's remains was later recovered by the World Serpent and taken away to serve as a "boxed lunch" for Kevin, who floated up from the Sea of Quanta...
Luo Lin didn't think that after disturbing Chiyou, things would be as simple as in the game.
After all, there are two big shots, Tree and Sea, watching from above, and the probability of something going wrong during the operation can be said to be one thousand percent!
So, Luo Lin had to be prepared, prepared for all kinds of things...
Captain Whitley noticed that the black-haired Valkyrie was staring at the "stone slab" on the photo for a long time, seeming to have discovered something.
Luo Lin stood upright, her face serious, matching her clean and tidy old-fashioned Intelligence Department uniform while emitting a solemn sense of authority from the black-haired girl, permeating the surrounding air.
Alvitir felt like she was back on the day she faced a real Honkai beast for the first time, trembling and almost wanting to leave.
But at the same time, another subtle emotion rose in her heart, making her heartbeat accelerate, her nerves excited, and her mind clearer.
Whitley noticed Alvitir's dilemma and took the initiative to break the atmosphere, asking the black-haired Valkyrie, "Lady Luo Lin? It seems like you're familiar with these things?"
"Well, these things are tombstones from Shenzhou..."
"Tombstones!?"
The several Valkyries looked at the photos with strange expressions.
The tombstones lying on the seabed were illuminated by the lights of unmanned submersibles. Outside the beam, there were many such "stone slabs," making the atmosphere in the photos particularly eerie.
Luo Lin rubbed her chin, showing a subtle smile, "Captain Whitley, it seems like your team has indeed found the location of Chiyou... Well done."
"It's just luck. The coordinates given by the Intelligence Department this time were unusually accurate..."
Captain Whitley explained to Luo Lin the "miraculous journey" of their exploration team. They found themselves almost directly above Chiyou and confirmed the problem with just a simple scan.
Luo Lin's mouth twitched. The ability of the Herrscher of Sentience to "poke casually" was really powerful...
The Valkyrie continued to ask, "Is there any detection task tonight? I want to go down to the sea directly to see the situation."
"There are currently no tasks at night. We have deployed detection buoys, collected data, and scanned for possible entrances to Chiyou."
Alvitir swiped her personal terminal and continued, "We haven't found any clues yet. Fortunately, this process may take a day, unfortunately... there's no definite time."
Captain Whitley spread her hands, "If you plan to go this afternoon, you'll probably only be able to explore these strange relics on the seabed. More things probably won't be found... After all, this is a very large area, and it's not realistic to rely solely on manpower for search."
"Okay, I'm a bit in a hurry." Luo Lin scratched her head, "Then I'll rest here for a while and see how things go tomorrow... Good luck to you!"
The black-haired Valkyrie left in a hurry.
"...Phew, she put a lot of pressure on me."
Alvitir tugged at her collar, sweating on her forehead as if she had just come out of a furnace.
Captain Whitley glanced at Alvitir and asked, "Under pressure, then why do you have this expression?"
"Huh?"
Whitley turned on the front camera of her personal terminal, letting Alvitir see what expression she had on her face.
Its actually...an excited smile? Am I... am I enjoying this dangerous, stressful feeling?
Whitley sighed, "Alvitir, face your thoughts properly. It seems like your inner desire for an extraordinary life... You're destined to do great things."
Alvitir fell into silence.
Whitley rubbed the head of the gray-haired, red-eyed girl, "I'll reserve a qualification for you to test at headquarters. For now, let's get back to work. Those scientists are still waiting for you."
"...Okay."