Kiana kicked out.
I don’t know how to face her after everything. None of us expected things to get… dicey. I would rather fight Golden Core monsters than face this kind of trouble.
Fortunately, my sense of control is strong enough. At least, doing that needs the consent of both parties. Kiana doesn’t seem to be ready for it, either.
I began to distract myself away from this matter. I stepped out of the orphanage and began to daze off.
In actuality, my mind focused on the events of the past month.
Nothing eventful happened. The World Serpent laid low, and so did Schicksal. It gave Anti-Entropy the breathing ti they needed when Welt Yang re-centralized most of the authority to himself. Now, his status as the Sovereign is the highest.
The mont he revealed his identity and showed his overwhelming strength, dozens of secret laboratories and illegal sub-organizations were taken out. It is all thanks to the stronger Salt Lake troops. The first grade spirit vein did wonders to improve their physical performance—their reaction tis, to be more specific. That was the most important component in piloting a Titan.
With both the intelligence (from Kiana’s scouting) and power, Anti-Entropy went from a loose sand castle to a sowhat acceptable stone fortress. It is far incomparable to Schicksal in influence, with only the North Arican continent siding with them. Still, it is better than nothing.
Then ca the findings with Einstein’s study in “Honkai’s Proportionality Law”. The study is done in ten separate batches, with a month or so of interval. Each ti, the number of troops affected by the first grade spirit vein increased.
For more than two thousand troops, the Honkai Differential Index (i.e., rate of honkai’s increase) beca as high as 5%. Simply put, all honkai eruptions and honkai energy emissions beca 5% stronger than the previous one.
Such a scary increase imdiately caused Einstein to halt the experints.
The H.D.I. for one thousand, eight hundred, five hundred, and one hundred troops are at 2%, 1.3%, 1%, and 0.1%, respectively.
In the end, the entire project was limited to one hundred elite troops. A 0.1% increase on a monthly basis is deed acceptable.
That was until I asked Einstein to take into account the ninety or so orphans I taught immortal cultivation. The results are shocking: a 2% monthly increase. This amounts to a 20% increase in ten months. It is the price to pay after getting the Dao of Enlightennt.
The original schedule of 2017 might be brought forward up to 2016, or worse, 2015.
The saving grace is the kids’ progress being slow enough, lest that increase would have beco more exaggerated. That 2% might reach 3% within the next year, nonetheless.
Given the current resources, the ones with middle grade spirit roots can finish the Qi Refining Realm in two years. They can easily break through the Foundation Establishnt Realm with little preparations.
These are seventeen individuals capable of contending against a Herrscher—S Rank Valkyries, per se. Coupled with the possible improvents of us high grade spirit roots during those two years, the future looks promising.
Of course, I won’t let them fight without any preparations. I will ask them whether or not they are willing, too. From now, however, choosing whom to awaken as an immortal cultivator becos stricter. I need to choose a few with middle or high grade spirit roots, so as to avoid the Honkai Proportionality Law.
One hundred people seems to be a milestone, or so Einstein says. The most optimal set-up is to have one hundred and fifty cultivators at most—with middle grade spirit roots as the minimum standard.
This brings down the last change: cultivation resources.
Ever since my [Two Phase Art] broke through the [Small Accomplishnt] mastery, I can now convert all “non-living objects” into their immortal cultivation equivalent. That refers to everything except organic and sentient lifeforms—humans and animals.
Plants containing honkai energy can beco spiritual plants. Similarly, minerals, ores, and weapons mixed with honkai energy can beco spiritual materials and artifacts.
Due to the Honkai Proportionality Law, the plan changed to dumping most resources to those with high talents. Only that could ensure the greatest effect with the least amount of drawback.
Currently, spiritual plants up to the second grade are found. Not a single one could be converted into third grade. The other spiritual materials—ores and tals in particular—are in sharp contrast to that situation.
There are a lot of third grade spiritual ores and tals converted over the past month. Welt Yang did not sleep much and kept on creating artifacts one after another. A lot of unused and rather obsolete honkai weapons are turned into spiritual artifacts.
The [Two Phase Art] led to a sharp increase of equipnt within the cultivators. Talismans and pills of second grade beca the standard setup, both made by and Welt Yang.
Third grade spiritual artifacts are readily available to each high grade spirit root—clothes, ornants, and main weapons.
All in all, a huge spike in our power occurred during the past month. Though the improvent decreases as we adapt to this surge of cultivation resources, it remains as a large increase.
Foundation Establishnt materials are not a problem within the short-term. There are a lot of plants on Earth exposed to honkai energy for a long ti. Sustainability cos after we defeat the Honkai.
The sudden surge of wealth feels good to see personally…
Hm..?
“Seele.”
“Ah?”
Before I knew it, Seele was standing not far from in a daze. It took her three seconds to rush to my side. Her eyes looked a bit dazed.
The best I saw from her current emotions is confusion... and a tinge of disappointnt.
“I heard it from Doctor Tesla.”
“Ah?!”
She seed to have thought of sothing and jolted.
“I can’t hide it from you…”
“I won’t scold you, no worries.”
“..!”
She looked at in surprise. Seele kept avoiding my gaze up until now.
“Practical combat training is good. We will have a huge fight in two years at the latest.”
“A huge fight..?”
I nodded.
“It’s a fight that will determine humanity’s fate.”
“..?”
She looked at confusedly.
“We will need more helping hands at that ti. It will definitely be a hectic day… or week.”
“Um. Um. I will help.”
Seele looked satisfied after giving her so head pats. We talked for a while before she left. Her mind is preoccupied with sothing.
If it’s about that, I can only face it head-on. Whatever happens next is up to fate.
Just then, I sensed sothing from afar.
I left a ntal imprint on Chi You’s corpse. I did not touch it and allowed the World Serpent to steal its corpse. All of that was to have a chance to confirm the location of the World Serpent HQ—or to be more exact, the Elysian Realm.
A lot of important things have to be settled there. The Authority of Origin manifesting as Elysia is the most important one. It takes Bronya’s Truth and i’s Origin for Kiana to beco the Herrscher of Finality, thereby defeating Kevin and accepting the Cocoon’s embrace.
Without the two, things beco more risky. I will have to fill in the gaps.
Anyways, the ntal imprint was broken. I did not catch so much of a glimpse before it was forcibly erased.
I wonder…
Who was it?
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A/N: Bonus chapter. There'll be one more later.
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