While Sirin and Lynelle were still searching for a suitable spot to summon their accompanying Honkai Beast, the ruined Babylon Tower welcomed two visitors from Schicksal.
"To think this place has been reduced to such a state…"
"Oh? Has Theresa been here before?"
"Not at all, I was just lost in thought for a moment."
Theresa shook her head. "If it was out of revenge, killing all the researchers here, I could perhaps understand that. But the test subjects who were imprisoned here… they've all vanished without a trace. After seeing the records from Amber, I was planning to take them all in at St. Freya Academy."
"So our little Theresa was worried about that…"
Patricia let out a soft chuckle and shook her head. "Here, take a look at this."
"This is…"
Theresa took the documents Patricia offered, a puzzled look on her face. "Huh?! These test subjects… they aren't dead?"
"That's right. Before you arrived, I received numerous reports about 'unidentified children appearing suddenly.' I suspected they might be connected to the recent Babylon Tower incident."
Patricia explained while calibrating her equipment. "After some investigation, I found that most of these children had previously participated in the Babylon Lab volunteer program. The rest were simply listed as missing persons locally. In short, it's almost certain these children are the surviving test subjects from the Babylon Lab."
"So, if a Herrscher truly has manifested this time, it seems there might still be room for dialogue with them. At the very least, she spared those who once suffered alongside her."
"I see… Did these children reveal anything about that Herrsch—"
Mid-sentence, Theresa cut herself off with a self-deprecating click of her tongue. "Tch, what am I saying… It was Schicksal that conducted those inhumane experiments on them. In this situation, how could we expect them to reveal the Herrscher's identity to us?"
"Indeed. Besides, we have a better option."
Patricia winked and led Theresa closer to the ruins.
"Perhaps because she's never encountered anything like it before, the Herrscher completely missed Babylon Lab's underground server array when she destroyed this place… When I approached earlier, I detected signals still emanating from it."
"So, we just need to use this…"
"Is that… Soulium?"
Theresa looked surprised at the full test tube of liquid metal in Patricia's hand. "So much of it… It seems Grandpa has really spared no expense to investigate the Babylon Tower incident this time."
"Actually, this isn't pure Soulium. It's mixed with several special compounds. Strictly speaking, it's more of a personal tool of mine."
Patricia found a wide crevice and poured the liquid metal into it. Strangely, even after tilting the tube completely, the metal clung to it like slime, slowly oozing downward.
A few minutes later, Patricia sighed and retrieved the liquid metal.
"What's wrong? Was the server array damaged when the tower collapsed?"
Theresa's voice held a note of tension.
"No, not that. The designers built in ample redundancy; the servers should be perfectly intact."
Patricia shook her head. "It's just… with the limited amount of metal I brought, we're falling just short of the maximum detection range at this depth."
"So… Theresa, it's time for you to shine."
Patricia gestured with her fist.
"For the children, let's use 'Dig Deep' on Babylon Tower."
"Hey! The Oath of Judah isn't meant for that!"
Theresa protested. "And why are you casually walking over to the side? Get over here and lend a hand!"
"Ahem, as you can see, the weapons I brought this time are two heavy machine guns."
Patricia spread her hands. "Besides, I need to continue calibrating the equipment. Don't forget, I'm also managing the drone detection network around us."
"So, my dear Theresa, if you would be so kind~"
"Urgh…"
Theresa's face was full of reluctance. "Fine, fine… Oath of Judah, activate Drill Mode!"
"Wait, your Judah actually has a weird mode like that?!"
Watching as the Judah instantly fired a volley of golden spears that converged into a large drill at the front of the cross, with Theresa following it as they gradually disappeared into the ruins, Patricia let out a sigh of relief.
Then, a strand of liquid metal extended from the test tube, swiftly connecting to Patricia's private terminal. Streams of data began flowing through the liquid metal, rapidly uploading to a special channel belonging to Anti-Entropy.
That's right. This Patricia, though an A-rank Valkyrie of Schicksal and even a member of the Snowwolf Squad, was actually… a mole for Anti-Entropy.
Just moments ago, she had already successfully connected to Babylon Tower's server array and copied all its data.
The story about the insufficient detection range was purely a ruse to buy time to transmit the data to Welt.
Yes, the very moment the Honkai energy concentration in Siberia began to fluctuate, Welt had quietly arrived with two scientists from Anti-Entropy and a large shipment of weapons and equipment.
"Summary: The newly awakened Second Herrscher shows potential for communication, but her alignment with humanity remains uncertain. During her transformation, a girl named 'Lynelle' appears to have played a key role."
"Regarding this 'Lynelle,' her status in the Babylon Tower database is listed as deceased. Sirin's transformation into a Herrscher seems to have occurred shortly after Lynelle's death. The reason for specifically mentioning this is that Lynelle's death record appears over a dozen times in the database, with varying causes of death, virtually ruling out the possibility of identical names or data errors."
"The specific details require the Sovereign's own discernment."
After transmitting her summary along with the data through the special Anti-Entropy channel, Patricia breathed a sigh of relief and looked toward the ruins ahead.
"Wait, Theresa? How did you drill so far down? We passed the detection range ages ago!"
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