"After all, when you're out and about, your identity is all based on what you claim..." Ryn smiled awkwardly.
Through a Honkai energy modification experiment, I gained abilities far beyond Superman, so I became Superman.
The more Ryn thought about this reason now, the more careless it seemed, but hadn't Seele believed it back then...
"It's because they are also Valkyries... They all underwent the Valkyrie modification surgery, having the cells of the Second Herrscher, Sirin, implanted in their bodies."
"Hmm..." Himeko nodded, giving Ryn an extra glance. Not many people knew the truth about the Valkyrie surgery being the implantation of Sirin's cells... Does that mean Ryn was a high-ranking executive in Schicksal before the Great Honkai Eruption? Then how come she had never heard of this person, Ryn...
"Ryn is right. Like me, they are all weapons 'manufactured' to fight the Honkai. The meaning of their existence is to eliminate the Honkai.
But after the Great Honkai Eruption, we who lost our purpose have become like homeless dogs. Our lives should have ended the moment this world was destroyed by the Honkai...
Yet we survived, carrying the curse of being a Valkyrie, but we are already useless ashes. This is also why I didn't let you join the Gray Moth squad or choose you as the leader."
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Some time later, a huge, circular, abandoned parking lot came into view. Its diameter was likely thousands of meters, but for a factory of this scale, there should be no shortage of parts.
Kukulkan placed the Hyperion not far from the abandoned parking lot, then took off again with Ryn, Bronya, and Seele.
After putting some distance between them and the Hyperion, Ryn released his aura, coordinating with Kukulkan's roar, to attract all the Honkai Creatures from the abandoned parking lot.
Sensing that all the gathered Honkai Creatures were swarming towards Ryn and the others, Himeko led Penglaiji Ryn and the remaining people out of the Hyperion and headed to the abandoned parking lot to search for the parts on the list.
Six hours later, it was a different scene from Himeko's large group, who were digging through trash for parts on one hand and running to deliver them to Yiselian on the Hyperion on the other.
Kukulkan let out a burp and collapsed on the ground, simultaneously spreading its massive wings to shield Bronya and Seele beneath it.
Let those Honkai Creatures attack; it didn't care. It was full and didn't want to move anymore, at most breathing a few puffs of fire for Ryn from time to time.
Occasionally, when it saw a Honkai Creature get tired of fighting and try to flee, it would let out a couple of roars to taunt it, keeping the monster's aggro locked on.
As a strange aroma wafted over, Seele pointed at the barbecued zhiyin in Ryn's hand.
"Braised Honkai zhiyin... Ryn, are you sure this thing is edible?"
"It doesn't have much flavor, not very tasty, but it's good for replenishing energy."
Ryn held up the freshly skewered roasted zhiyin, and Kukulkan opened its mouth and breathed a puff of fire at it. A perfect charcoal-grilled zhiyin was ready.
"By the way, if you're not sure if you can eat Honkai Beasts, you better not try. If your teeth aren't strong enough... one bite might chip your own teeth first."
(In the game, the Captain tried eating a Honkai Beast and chipped his tooth...)
Another three hours later, Yiselian managed to start the power furnace. It wasn't completely fixed, but at least it was operational...
Just as everyone gathered together, celebrating joyfully, an unlucky fellow arrived.
A twenty-meter-long Kukulkan dived down from the sky towards the Hyperion.
There was no mistaking it. Everyone present recognized this creature. It was the same dragon-type Neonate, Kukulkan, that was in the thunderclouds when Raiden Mei unleashed her thunderstorm.
The smaller Kukulkan suddenly stopped mid-flight because it noticed that below, there seemed to be a Kukulkan dozens of times larger than itself...
But this one looked a bit familiar...
Raiden Mei's Kukulkan stopped its dive and circled above Ryn and the others. Suddenly, it let out an angry roar at Ryn's Kukulkan.
"Roar—" (Cousin! I treated you well! Why did you betray Her Majesty, the Queen!)
Kukulkan looked at Ryn with pleading eyes, lowered its head and rubbed against him, whining softly. It seemed to be telling Ryn not to believe that stupid dragon up there, that it didn't know that guy.
"Roar—!" (Fine, fine, fine! I'll kill you, you traitor, on behalf of Her Majesty, the Queen!!)
The cousin Kukulkan roared and dived down, crashing towards the Feathered Serpent God, Kukulkan, moving so fast it left only a blurry white afterimage.
"Boss, don't move, let me handle it!"
Bang—
However fast the cousin Kukulkan's dive was, that's how fast it was sent flying backward by a slap from the Feathered Serpent God, Kukulkan.
The Feathered Serpent God retracted the hand it had just used to slap its cousin. I call you cousin because I, the little dragon, don't want to be ostentatious and prefer to develop discreetly. Your body isn't even as big as my palm, and you want to fight me to the death...
"Hehehe, Boss... how did I do~" The Feathered Serpent God, Kukulkan, eagerly lowered its head again, lying down beside Ryn.
"You little smartass..."
Ryn retracted the Star Sword in his hand. He had originally planned to just slaughter that Kukulkan.
But seeing the Feathered Serpent God rush to slap it away, he knew that after all these years, the Feathered Serpent God still had a tiny bit of affection for its unrelated cousin.
The crisis came, and the crisis was resolved... The arrival of Raiden Mei's Kukulkan seemed like a minor interlude, not causing the slightest ripple.
Oh... well, maybe a small one.
These survivors felt that the Feathered Serpent God was very strong for sending Mei's Retinue flying with a single slap, and that it might even be able to defeat Raiden Mei. So they started clamoring to go back and fight Raiden Mei.
Ryn picked his ear, treating their words like farts. You're not the ones going back to fight, so why are you all so excited...
With the defeat of Mei's Retinue, Kukulkan, the Honkai Creatures within a hundred-mile radius also seemed to have received some command and all retreated from the sight of Ryn and the others.
Penglaiji Ryn: "What's going on? Are the Honkai Creatures retreating? Or... are they choosing to avoid us!"
Ryn: "I don't know, but first, we can rule out that they're scared of us. The only one who can command them is Mei, so it can only be that Mei is preparing to let us go."
After speaking, Ryn looked at Kukulkan.
Kukulkan blinked its eyes, not understanding why Ryn was looking at it.
"Roar..." (Boss, my loyalty to you is witnessed by heaven and earth!)
"Who asked you that? I'm telling you to fly up and check the situation..."
Ryn pointed to the sky, telling Kukulkan to fly up and see if the Honkai Creatures had received orders to gather somewhere, or if they were truly just staying away from them.