The Moon Base serves three purposes:
Cutting-Edge Weapons Development Center
Interstellar Migration Experiment Base
Reserve Force for War and a Backup Plan for Civilization
But these are just the stated reasons. In reality, none of these three reasons are the core value that Sigurd is concerned with.
What he truly wants to explore is the power of finality and, beyond that, the so-called God of Honkai.
Without understanding the capabilities of the ultimate enemy, blindly accumulating technology and power would be inefficient, and could lead down a path that yields no results.
"Master Sigurd, it's here. To the naked eye, and even to devices that measure Honkai energy intensity, this land doesn't show any abnormalities. However, whether it's Honkai beasts or the energy from a Herrscher core, they all become unusually active here... Sorry, I can only describe it as 'active.' In fact, we cannot understand its true nature."
This was the place where the God of Honkai descended in the past, and where Kiana had lured out Sirin a few days ago.
Chen Tianwu, scratching his head through his black armor, spoke with a look of helplessness.
The black armor was the culmination of Sigurd's technological prowess, a creation that almost matched the capabilities of the Hive System.
Though its capabilities were powerful, the cost was high, making it impossible to mass-produce.
Therefore, Sigurd only equipped qualified authorities and warriors with it as a trump card and a means of survival.
Chen Tianwu had earned the right to wear the black armor when he received the Deputy Executive Officer badge.
Behind him, Sigurd, in a white trench coat, Fu Hua, dressed in a white cheongsam with decorations, and the three members in black armor, all walked in silent procession.
Chen Tianwu watched as they passed by him, his gaze lingering on Kiana and Sin Mal, his two superiors… Oh, wait. As a Deputy Executive Officer, even if an inspector came from headquarters, Chen Tianwu should technically have a higher rank.
He glanced again at Sigurd's back — better to keep calling them superiors.
As a Deputy Executive Officer, he might be a significant figure on a global scale, but that title meant nothing in front of Sigurd.
Keeping a low profile, staying obedient, and minimizing his presence was the key to avoiding overwork and death.
In short, Chen Tianwu felt that today, Kiana and Sin Mal's postures were exceptionally straight, seemingly more serious than they had been in the past few days.
"Well… none of this has anything to do with me."
Chen Tianwu shrugged and quietly followed at the back, sticking to the edge, and began walking with them.
Sigurd stopped abruptly at a certain spot, seemingly sensing something.
"Is this the place?"
Fu Hua furrowed her brow and asked with a cool, solemn expression.
Sigurd nodded and knelt on one knee, rubbing the dust on the ground with one hand.
"The strongest feeling is right here. That mysterious presence should have descended here and met Sirin — at least from the perspective of relative spatial coordinates, this is the spot."
"What should we do?" Fu Hua asked.
"All things are manifestations of information, and change is the flow of information — thoughts are also a form of information. Fu Hua, Kiana, Gouzi... Chen Tianwu, I need all of you to recall everything related to this place and that being, including all your memories and feelings."
Sigurd stood up and said calmly.
Chen Tianwu raised his hand. "Um, did you just casually call me 'Gouzi'?"
"Do your best to recall everything related, even if Fu Hua has lost her memory. As long as you're thinking, information will converge. And I need that to guide my observation."
"Um, about the 'Gouzi' thing… Understood, I'll try to recall all the explorations and attempts from this period," Chen Tianwu said earnestly, ignoring the nickname in Sigurd's emotionless gaze.
Again, being submissive was his way of avoiding overwork and death.
Sin Mal and Bronya quietly stepped aside to keep watch, while the three individuals Sigurd had named stood behind him and began to think and recall as instructed.
Sigurd raised his hand, rubbing a dark purple ring on his right index finger — this was the "Key of Thunder" in its portable mode.
His clear, cold blue eyes gradually glowed with a purple light, with a few arcs of electricity occasionally flickering in his eyes.
With a detached intellect, enhanced by the higher-dimensional perspective granted by the "Key of Thunder," the principles of "Information-Origin Theory" flashed through his mind...
Sigurd's expression grew increasingly cold and emotionless, as if transforming from a human perspective to some indescribable, peculiar height.
As his vision and consciousness adjusted to a specific domain, what Sigurd saw changed.
Dust, particles, people around him, the surrounding space — everything lost its appearance, revealing a connected, flowing form that pointed directly to its essence.
Within the vast sea of information around them, there were segments representing the thoughts of the three individuals that converged into lines, connecting to the distant, lofty depths of the sea of information.
Maintaining pure rationality, following his initial and currently sole thought, Sigurd parted the chaotic sea and moved upwards, vaguely glimpsing something vast and indescribable...
Crackle... crackle...
"Kiana! Contact Sigurd, there's an emergency!"
In Kiana's ear, a quantum communication signal from the mother planet came through, pulling her out of her effort to delve into Sirin's memories.
In the next second, the purple glow and electric arcs faded from Sigurd's eyes, and his highly detached and emotionless demeanor vanished.
He frowned slightly.
"Kiana, focus a bit more. Let's try again."
"Wait, Sig, the Far East has fallen!"
"Hm?"
"A great Honkai outbreak! An unprecedented Honkai disaster has occurred. Schicksal and Anti-Entropy are joining forces to fight it, and Mei is requesting our assistance!"
Sigurd hesitated for a moment.
Then, Kiana summoned a worker bee drone and brought up a virtual projection.
On the holographic blue globe, the polar region was entirely red, and the ominous red area was still expanding outward.
"Uncle Welt has already taken down three pseudo-Herrscher, and Durandal has killed a few as well, but the intensity of the Honkai energy is still increasing. It's speculated that multiple true Herrschers may be about to be born. Additionally, Wendy is severely injured and missing, her life or death unknown. Rozaliya and Liliya were participating in activities there, with Seele accompanying them, and now, we have no idea about their situation either."
"Return to base. Chen Tianwu, continue to guard the moon. The rest of you, board the ship and prepare for impact and heavy pressure."
"Yes!" the group responded in unison.
What led Sigurd to make a decisive decision, aside from the news Kiana reported, was another crucial point—the "Gem of Desire" hanging at his waist was rapidly losing energy.
In a blink, it had gone from constantly emitting powerful Honkai energy to becoming just a crystal with only a limited amount of Honkai energy remaining.
The Herrscher of Wind might truly have been born.
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