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Because it happened so suddenly, Walter had no time to resist before he was completely frozen by the polar ice.

Rather, under the influence of Sirin's previous "precepts," Walter couldn't muster any thoughts of resistance or rebellion.

"Bella, you didn't kill him, did you?"

“You don’t like killing other people indiscriminately, so I didn’t harm him, I just let him stay on the moon for a year and a half.”

Bella offered a gentle explanation, allaying Celine's concerns.

Upon hearing this, Xilin's worries vanished instantly, and she returned to her innocent and adorable self.

"Now we can go back to Mom, right? Celine wants to go to the amusement park with everyone!"

"Cirin, you can't play yet."

Suddenly, Qiu Bi's voice rang in Xilin's mind, causing her joyful movements to freeze instantly.

Then, as if realizing something, she hurriedly shoved Qiu Bi, who had just left the imaginary space.

"Dad, you need to go back to the Imaginary Space right now—you're not a magical girl, you'll die if you stay on the moon!"

As she spoke, Xilin seemed afraid of losing Qiu Bi, and large tears instantly welled up in her eyes, scattering into beautiful yet tragic tear flowers in mid-air.

Qiu Bi chuckled, then reached out to wipe away Xilin's tears.

“Cirin, if you pay close attention, you should be able to notice the changes in me.”

"Eh?"

Celine belatedly noticed Qiu Bi's change and then asked in confusion, "Dad, aren't men not allowed to become magical girls? How did you become a magical girl?"

Sirin's "The Law of Cycles" resides within the Herrscher core, causing the magical girl's aura to resemble that of a Herrscher, yet there are also extremely significant differences.

The most obvious difference is that magical girls are not considered Herrschers, nor are they detected as Herrschers.

"Sirin, this is not a magical girl, but a Herrscher."

Qiu Bi gently wiped away Sirin's tears, while explaining the difference between a magical girl and a Herrscher to her.

After listening to Qiu Bi's explanation, Xilin nodded as if she understood, and then put the matter out of her mind.

"Dad, since we can't play right now, what should we do next? Celine doesn't want to stay here!"

"Next... we should return to the Tower of Babel, where the final battle is about to take place, or perhaps the final act of the Honkai War."

Qiu Bi gently stroked Sirin's head, then instructed Sirin to use the power of the Herrscher of Reason to create a vehicle to return to Earth, as well as as many as 10,000 Honkai Beasts.

However, the vehicle that Sirin created was a bit strange; it was neither a sky battleship nor a super-large transport plane, but a magic wand full of girlish and fairytale style.

As for the Alahat used by Walter on the moon landing...

Chubi left it on the moon so that Walter could return to Earth after being thawed from his icy state.

……

January 25, 1999, 3:47 PM.

The snowfields of Siberia, the Tower of Babylon.

The Snow Wolf Squad's A-rank Valkyries, "Shub Nicholas" and "Salome Jokanan," are stationed at the Babylon Laboratory to prevent Honkai Beasts from attacking the Tower of Babylon again.

"so boring……"

"If you're bored, go exercise, you idiot."

"Salome, do you want to fight?!"

Shub stormed toward Salome, her eyebrows furrowed, looking as if she were about to explode with rage.

Salome did not respond to this, but simply took a dried squid out of her pocket and precisely stuffed it into Shub's mouth.

"I'll forgive you this time because of the dried squid."

Shub gave a soft hum, then broke off a tentacle from the dried squid and put it in her mouth to slowly tear and bite.

"The environment here is really harsh; the dried squid is frozen solid."

"If you don't like it, then give it back to me."

Salome glanced at Shub sideways, while reaching out to snatch the dried squid.

Seeing this, Shub quickly took a step or two back to avoid Salome's attempt to snatch her.

"Salome, don't be so stingy," Shub teased lightly. "Stingy people's breasts will become very small!"

"You stupid dog, you really deserve a beating!"

Salome broke through her defenses instantly, drew her weapon, and charged towards Shub.

"Hey, hey, hey! Salome, I was just joking. You don't have any breasts at all. No matter how stingy you are, your breasts won't get smaller!"

"You should just die, you stupid dog!"

"Hahaha... Salome's getting desperate!"

Shub's unrestrained laughter echoed throughout the Babylonian laboratory, mixed with Salome's furious curses, adding a touch of merriment to the quiet and solemn atmosphere of the laboratory.

Chapter Twenty-Six: An Act of No Escape

"alarm!"

"alarm!"

"alarm!"

……

The Babylonian laboratory was suddenly filled with urgent alarms, and the lights turned from bright to dark purple, all indicating that the situation was extremely critical.

"W-what's going on? Salome, what's happening..."

Before Shub could finish speaking, Salome gently tapped her on the head.

"Idiot, isn't it obvious? It's either a Honkai Beast attack or the Second Herrscher's attack."

"Heh... So the Second Herrscher has finally returned? I was just getting bored, so I had the stationed troops..."

"Let's find out what's going on first. With our strength, we are absolutely no match for the Second Herrscher; we can only escort the researchers from the Babylon Laboratory to safety."

As she spoke, Salome ran non-stop toward the operations command center of the Tower of Babylon.

Shub, with a dried squid in her mouth, followed closely behind Salome.

Before long, the two arrived at the operations command center and learned about the current situation.

A gigantic magic wand descended from the sky, carrying over ten thousand Honkai Beasts, hovering menacingly above the Tower of Babel.

In addition, there are six huge energy sources on the magic wand, which are suspected to be the Second Herrscher and her five familiars.

"Wait! I can understand Honkai Beasts, Herrschers, and Herrscher Familias, but what's with the magic wand?!"

"Idiot, now is not the time to worry about this. We must retreat immediately, or we will soon be surrounded by Honkai Beasts."

"I know!"

Shub scratched her head in frustration, then followed Salome to the garage of the Tower of Babylon.

It would take some time for the researchers to travel in the snowmobile, and Salome and Shub had to be prepared to fight their way out.

Even though both women are A-rank Valkyries, they weren't confident they could lead the researchers from the Babylon Laboratory out of the encirclement of tens of thousands of Honkai Beasts.

“Listen up—most of the vehicles are unarmed, so you and I will need to stay on top of the vehicles and clear out the Honkai Beasts near them.”

"I'm good at this! Leave it to me!"

"Stupid dog, our objective is 'retreat.' Prioritize protecting the vehicles and avoid prolonged engagements."

Salome emphasized the word "retreat" because she said, "If we are surrounded by Honkai Beasts, not only will the researchers from the Babylon Laboratory perish, but even the two of us will die here."

"Tch. I got it."

Shub pursed her lips, then shouldered her weapon and patiently waited for the researchers to board the snowmobile.

Salome's weapon is a set of twelve magnetic blades, which are carried by three magnetic pointers. It is controlled by a superconducting magnetic field. When she fights, she is like an elegant and noble dancer, performing one killing dance after another.

Shub's weapon is called "Crimson Whisper," which consists of a dark red spear and a Honkai cannon. The spear is used for close combat, while the Honkai cannon uses Honkai energy to generate an electromagnetic field to accelerate projectiles for long-range shooting or to penetrate the exoskeleton of Honkai beasts.

Unlike the loud noise of a firearm, the Blood Whisper makes a very soft sound when it fires, hence the word "whisper" in its name.

……

Above the Tower of Babel.

Qiu Bi sat on the edge of the magic wand, holding Xilin in his arms, while Bella, Aurora, Agatha, and Galina stood behind them, indifferently overlooking the Siberian snowfield.

"Bella, let's execute the plan."

"As ordered!"

Bella bowed slightly, then spread her lightning-woven wings and flew off from the magic wand, heading straight for the Tower of Babel.

In addition, the Honkai Beasts on the magic wand swarmed out, following Bella's footsteps and rushing towards the Tower of Babel.

Without exception, all of these Honkai Beasts had been implanted with the two previous commandments by Sirin.

The first commandment—Do not kill human beings!

The second commandment—we must attack with all our might!

Under the influence of these two precepts, these Honkai Beasts will attack humans with all their might, but will not kill any humans.

It's fair to say that these Honkai Beasts are destined to be "cannon fodder" that attract human firepower and attention.

Bella flapped her lightning wings and flew slowly towards the Tower of Babylon, while the Honkai Beasts were already scattered throughout the Siberian snowfields, either attacking humans or wandering around.

The Honkai Beasts near the Tower of Babel had a clear objective and were closing in on the tower.

Bella watched all this indifferently, a purple void appearing in her ear, used to relay Sirin and Qiu Bi's orders.

“Bella, a caravan has left the Tower of Babel. Go and bring back the Valkyrie in the blue dress.”

No sooner had Qiu Bi finished speaking than Xilin's voice followed.

"Bella, you can attack at will, but you can't kill the other person indiscriminately."

As long as the other person doesn't die immediately, Sirin can bring them back to life.