Watching Kiana, whose usual thick skin rivaled the seven-layered ring of the Sky Roarer, get utterly broken by Shu's simple words, Bronya didn't know whether to laugh or sigh.
After living with Shu for five or six months, Bronya had almost forgotten that he was someone who could curse like a sailor when he was completely broken down.
And someone who could curse so fluently was, of course, a master of sarcasm.
Don't laugh. You wouldn't have lasted past the third sentence either.
"Oh, and you, Bronya." Seeing that Kiana had regressed into a white-haired furball, Shu's sharp gaze suddenly turned to Bronya.
Bronya instantly sat up straight, her classic emotionless face staring straight ahead, as perfect as a child listening attentively in class in the eyes of a Shenzhou parent.
"Letting me use my abilities while being suppressed by more than three cores of authority... you're hopelessly bad," Shu's tone suddenly shifted, becoming incredibly disdainful. "Look at Herrscher of Flamescion Kiana fighting a single-core Herrscher, then look at you. Tsk..."
Bronya's poker face instantly cracked. She looked at Shu in disbelief, unable to comprehend why he, the loser, could so righteously call her bad.
But Bronya had no excuse to refute.
Because Shu was right. In the original story he had shown them, Kiana had obtained the authorities of Sentience, Reason, Flamescion, and Void, becoming a pseudo-four-core Herrscher of Flamescion. Fighting the single-core Herrscher of Domination was like cutting vegetables, a complete steamroll.
That was the normal record of a pseudo-four-core against a single-core, an unreasonable crush.
And their situation? Three complete cores of Binding, Memory, and Evolution, plus half a core of Desire, the thousand-part authority of Theory, two Taixu Sword Gods from Fu Hua and Li Sushang, and even the bug-level ability of the White Cell.
Their configuration was even more luxurious than Herrscher of Flamescion Kiana's. And Shu was just a single-core enemy who hadn't brought his [Dream] authority, could only use [Hope], and couldn't even go all out.
Even the power of [Dream] was on their side during the battle. And the result?
A near-mutual destruction ending. The key point was that they hadn't even succeeded in mutual destruction, and had let Shu create a [Singularity] that could have killed them all.
And they had achieved this not through skill, but through scripting...
Wasn't this equivalent to a fully prepared Herrscher of Flamescion Kiana, with the authority of four cores, going to elbow the single-core Herrscher of Domination, only to not only lose the elbow fight, but also let the Herrscher of Domination create a Honkai energy fission bomb in return?
That was truly hopelessly bad...
No, refuse to self-deprecate.
Bronya's dejected face instantly became resolute. She glared back at Shu.
As if you're some normal Herrscher. Look at how insidious your own [Hope] is! Just being able to freely use your own abilities under more than four times the suppression is already something those Herrschers can't do, right?
Bronya felt that if she asked Seele to ask the Book of Time, the Herrscher consciousness in it would definitely say that it couldn't do it.
The Book of Time, which had also been ravaged by Shu, expressed that it indeed couldn't do it. Using a single-core authority while being suppressed by four times the mass was not something a normal Herrscher could do.
He was a monster. He should be contained and observed by you Fire Moths, not running around shouting about friendship, bonds, protection, Kiana, and whatnot, and messing with them, the Herrschers who were just minding their own business.
Bronya hadn't even lasted to the second sentence. A single "hopelessly bad" had already made the little Uralian silver wolf's face turn bright red.
And Shu immediately turned his gaze to the last person.
"Bianka, do you think your last move was cool? Very decisive?" The thought of the [Hope] that had run rampant in his body under the guise of an ally made Shu's breathing heavy.
"I don't," but facing Shu's question, Bianka denied his sarcasm with clear eyes.
The two people next to her looked at her with shocked expressions. Kiana had even dropped her three-dimensional defense mode.
Even Kiana knew that in a situation where she had clearly made a big mistake, she should just shut up and let the other person have their say, instead of trying to argue about minor details.
The fact that Shu was only picking on these small things meant that he didn't really want to make a big deal out of it, but he had to say something, so he was picking on these small things to "give them a piece of his mind."
If they continued to be defiant and provoke him while he was angry... what if he really picked up that big problem and started to press the issue?
But contrary to the worries of the other two, Shu fell silent after hearing Bianka's straightforward answer.
Would Bianka think her last move was cool?
Definitely not. He believed that no one who had fought him had had such an emotion... except for Kiana, who had just unlocked her power. She had really gotten arrogant.
But if Bianka had really done it to show off, then Shu wouldn't have been so upset. At least she would have had a selfish motive...
But Bianka wouldn't, absolutely not.
Everyone had come with the intention of "helping me realize my own problems," so... the injuries these people had suffered were because of him.
This was the core problem that Shu was trying to cover up with such a simple reprimand.
Because from the very beginning, the biggest problem was Shu himself. Everyone had ended up like this because they were trying to help him.
Shu stopped speaking, because he didn't know what to say.
The three of them also stopped speaking, because they didn't dare to say anything. Even Bianka had realized her mistake after answering.
In this silence, Mei broke the deadlock.
"We've landed," Mei said, leaving the helm and addressing the four of them.
The ship hadn't even shuddered, but when the three of them turned to look outside the cabin, Noah's Ark had indeed landed.
The next moment, the three of them turned their heads back in unison, turning the tables and staring straight at Shu's face.
Shu met the three pairs of eyes for a second, then looked away.
The three of them were as if they had been granted amnesty. Kiana was the first to jump up from her chair, shouting exaggeratedly, "Mei! I'm hungry!" and fled.
Bronya also jumped down from her chair and ran out, dragging the chair with her just as she had when she came in.
Bianka followed suit, quickly giving Shu a Fire Moth-specific military salute before running out without stopping.
For a moment, only Shu and Mei were left in the cabin.
Looking at the three of them fleeing in disarray, Mei smiled helplessly, then turned to look at Shu.
"Alright, don't be angry anymore," Mei's gentle voice made Shu's expression soften a little. "Everyone knows they were wrong. They'll definitely apologize later. It's just that no one has ever seen you angry before, so they're a little worried that you'll get even angrier."
"At least for now... we have a good ending, don't we?"