But when comparing Otto to Dr. Mei, Schicksal to Fire Moth, and the Schicksal Valkyrie to the Fusion Warrior, she understood that Otto's attempt to use Honkai to achieve his goal was simply playing with fire.
If she still had doubts about whether she should continue fulfilling her promise to Otto, she was now completely determined never to do anything for him again.
However, seeing Kiana in front of her, Fu Hua still felt a slight headache.
At that moment, though, she had no choice but to tell Kiana the truth.
For some reason, after the Second Honkai Impact, Otto became interested in the hidden power of the Kaslana family, so he secretly collected Kiana's DNA, with the intention of discovering the truth by cultivating experimental subjects. However, all these experiments failed, and none of the subjects developed consciousness. Later, he added the Second Herrscher's DNA to the experimental subjects, but the experiment failed again. Finally, Otto took the risk of transplanting the Second Herrscher's Core into the body of the experimental subject K423, and this time, the experiment succeeded. "Kiana, I regret to inform you that you are K423. You must not lose control of your emotions, or you will become a Herrscher who wants to destroy humanity, like Wendy in the previous video. As for me, the mission I received from Otto is to monitor you, and if you are in danger of losing control, immediately initiate the recovery operation."
As she spoke, Fu Hua let out a self-deprecating chuckle, "Yes, I thought my mission was precisely that. While such behavior is not honorable, I have done quite a few similar things over the years, and in my opinion, it is highly probable that you will become an enemy of humanity, a Herrscher, so monitoring you is also a way to protect humanity. But now it seems I was wrong. Compared to the Herrschers, Otto may now be a greater threat to humanity."
Hearing this, Kiana closed her eyes tightly and remained silent.
However, the way she gripped Mei's arm tightly with both hands revealed that she was not at peace with herself.
Mei, who was being held so tightly that it hurt, did not even flinch; her heart and eyes were filled with worry for Kiana.
"Grandpa actually did so many things behind my back!"
After hearing Fu Hua's words, Theresa's eyes filled with anger and pain.
Yes, she remembered.
During the Second Honkai Impact, Schicksal did not fight the Second Herrscher alone; there were also people from Anti-Entropy on the Siberian battlefield at that time.
Upon their retreat from the battlefield, it was Cecilia, Welt Yang, and Siegfried who together defeated the Second Herrscher.
At that precise moment, the Destiny faction could have easily begun clearing the battlefield and providing post-war aid.
However, Otto chose to launch the Honkai Fission Bomb against Siberia at that time.
Upon hearing this news, Theresa went and made a scene with Otto, but in the end, she was easily calmed down.
When she woke up again, she was in the Apocalypse family house, in her own bed.
While Otto was peeling an apple, he asked Amber to inform her of everything that had happened on the Siberian battlefield.
This time, in Amber's words, Anti-Entropy's existence was erased, and it so happened that Schicksal's forces fought the Second Herrscher independently, without any aid.
Furthermore, the Honkai Energy Fission Bombs that Otto ordered to be dropped were actually Cecilia's primary request to prevent the Second Herrscher's energy from spreading continuously outward.
As for why she forgot everything, it's because...
A pinkish-white Aether Plume slowly drifted before Theresa's eyes.
"Cough, cough..."
After using the power of the Feather Dust to help Theresa retrieve her altered memories, Fu Hua could resist no more and fell to her knees, coughing heavily.
"Fu Hua, what's wrong?"
Realizing that Fu Hua must have done something, Theresa rushed to help her up, but Fu Hua refused.
Fu Hua's voice trembled slightly, "Theresa, Otto altered your memories with the Mimic Feather Plume, and I only used it to repair them. After all, the power of the Mimic Feather Plume is limited; it can only cover the surface of your original memories with a layer of false memories, not completely erase or modify them. I'm sorry, but during the repair, I saw those memories. In Siberia, I used the Feather Plume at its maximum power, the Void Sword God, and then fell into a coma. The price of using the Feather Plume was the destruction of memories, so my understanding of that battle comes solely from the Destiny Database records, which are exactly the same as your altered memories. If I had known the truth earlier, I would have stopped Otto myself!"
"No, Fu Hua, this is not your fault."
This time, Theresa ignored Fu Hua's resistance and helped her up from the ground.
Only then did she notice that Fu Hua's face was extremely pale and that there was a trace of blood at the corner of her lips.
"Fu Hua, you..."
Theresa wanted to say more, but Fu Hua shook her head, "It's fine."
"No, we must leave the Q&A room immediately. I'll have the doctors at the academy start your treatment right away."
As she spoke, Theresa tried to pull the person out.
However, Fu Hua grabbed her arm and said, "No, we can't leave now."
Before entering the Q&A room, Fu Hua and Theresa were on the main campus of St. Freya Academy, while Himeko was leading three B-rank Valkyries to the Underworld, located at the bottom of the sea, to carry out a mission.
Therefore, if they exit on this side, both parties should return to their original positions.
As for St. Freya, to be honest, it is undoubtedly a very dangerous place for Theresa and Fu Hua at the moment.
After all, although St. Freya Academy was founded by Theresa, it ultimately belonged to Schicksal. Fu Hua believed that she was not the only one Otto had dispatched there.
It is no exaggeration to say that St. Freya Academy has been completely infiltrated by Otto.
Theresa clearly thought of this too.
Theresa turned around, unable to bear seeing Fu Hua's weak state, and began to give orders to Bronya.
"Bronya, suspend the analysis of the Hypervariable Factor Technology and the Lunar Throne blueprints."
However, Fu Hua showed a hint of appreciation in her eyes upon seeing Theresa like this.
Bronya paused upon hearing this, as if she had been deep in thought for a moment.
"The analysis progress of the Supervariable Factor Technology and the Lunar Throne blueprint is frozen. The current analysis progress is 0.0000001%. Prometheus is on standby."
Although Bronya was still pronouncing the words, everyone could perceive a subtle difference in the tone compared to her usual way of speaking.
Is this the feeling that Prometheus conveys?
"Director, what are your orders?"
The next sentence, however, was immediately recognized by everyone as coming from Bronya herself.
Theresa paused for a moment upon seeing this, then asked, "Bronya, could you tell everyone about Prometheus?"
Bronya nodded, then looked at Fu Hua, who was being supported by Theresa, "Just as Ban... no, just as Major Fu Hua said, Prometheus is an advanced artificial intelligence created from a previous civilization. Its creator was Dr. Mei, Fire Moth's chief scientist. All this information is stored in Prometheus's core code. Unfortunately, the database does not contain any technological knowledge related to the previous civilization, but it is more than enough to analyze the various rewards given in the Q&A space. For example, the analysis of the Supermutant Factor Technology and the Lunar Throne blueprints might take ten years or even longer with the current civilization's computers, but Prometheus can shorten that time to between one and three months. It's just that..."
"Just?"
Theresa looked at Bronya with some confusion.
Bronya lowered her head, aware that she could no longer conceal it, and continued, "However, executing Prometheus places a tremendous strain on my body. I can only use it at full capacity for one hour a day. Beyond that, there is a risk of damaging the biochip. But I am also working with Prometheus to design a new type of chip capable of supporting a greater load. If successful, the operating time could be extended considerably in the future. Furthermore, if we use the Supermutant Factor Technology to modify my body, it could greatly increase my load limit, or even allow me to operate at full capacity in any situation."
After hearing Bronya's words, Theresa's expression immediately turned serious, "Bronya, don't push yourself too hard. From now on, I will only allow you to run for forty minutes a day. As for the Supermutant Technology, don't even think about it until we have guaranteed its safety!"
Then Theresa seemed to remember something and asked, "How long have you been doing this?"
Bronya answered truthfully, "Less than ten minutes."
Theresa sighed in relief upon hearing Bronya's answer.
"Now, Bronya, use Prometheus to analyze all the information we obtained after entering the Q&A Space, and integrate it in chronological order. I only give you half an hour. Can you do it?"
"Received, Director."
Having said that, Bronya activated Prometheus again and began her analysis.
Compared to those cutting-edge scientific and technological advancements, the information provided by the Q&A space, although numerous and disorganized, can be processed by artificial intelligence in a relatively short amount of time.
In the end, Bronya only took ten minutes to organize the information according to the chronology.
"Reinstall Little Bunny, turn on the projector."
After Prometheus's analysis, Bronya recreated the Q&A space and presented the results she had compiled to everyone through a holographic projection.
The first part of the analysis results does not deal with the intelligence provided by the Q&A space, but rather the Q&A space itself.
"Due to a severe lack of intelligence, it is impossible to analyze the causes of the Q&A space. The limits of this space's capabilities are currently unknown."
"Known ability 1: It can pull people into the Q&A space regardless of spatial distance. It needs to be verified whether it can ignore time once it leaves the space. It is suspected that it can isolate all external detection."
"Known ability 2: It can easily subdue and snatch Honkai energy of the same strength as Judgment-class Honkai Beasts. The upper limit is unknown and must be verified."
"Known ability 3: The Q&A space can grant rewards and punishments out of thin air based on the answers, which is suspected to be aimed at aiding those who take the test."
"Known ability 4: After Himeko and Theresa said they would answer questions 4 and 5 respectively, the questions asked were related to the two of them, which suggests that it may possess intelligence, but its level is unknown. This must be verified."
"Known ability 5: The Q&A Space provides information involving secrets of the past and prophecies of the future. Time seems to be meaningless to it, and it is suspected to come from an observer from a higher dimension, or to be on par with the Honkai Will."
Although Prometheus only provided information about the known capabilities of the Q&A Space, the specific description contained a large number of speculative terms, mainly due to insufficient information.
Furthermore, in Known Ability 5, Prometheus's description of the Q&A space as possibly on par with the Honkai Will made Theresa abandon her desire to discover the origin of this mysterious Q&A space at that moment.
In addition, she believes that, since Prometheus has given several suggestions that need to be verified, she should take additional measures to confirm some of the characteristics of the Q&A space if she has the opportunity to re-enter it.
Therefore, the most urgent task is to integrate the intelligence information obtained from the Q&A space.
Upon learning that they were not only facing the threat of Honkai but also that of the Celestials and the crazy Otto, Theresa's heart filled with anxiety.
She knew she wasn't very clever, but thanks to Otto's guidance, she still retained some leadership qualities.
Therefore, at that moment, she had to act as the one overseeing the whole situation.
Also, it is better to prepare for what to do after leaving the Q&A room.
Theresa started to get a headache just thinking about the mess she would have to face after leaving the Q&A room.
Fortunately, there is still the artificial intelligence Prometheus, which can be used to integrate information and even offer advice. Otherwise, Theresa believes she might have made things worse, even with so much information.
This is not about her own gains or losses.
On a small scale, this is relevant to everyone present; on a larger scale, it is relevant to all of humanity.
Therefore, she cannot afford under any circumstances to let her naivety, impulsiveness, or ignorance waste this hard-won opportunity.
Organized chronologically, the confidential records a3-100001 and a3-1 to a3-20, related to Question 5, date from between 1972 and 1973. These mainly narrate how Otto conducted human experiments to create... and reveal his true intentions: up to that point, his actions had been focused more on protecting Honkai than on combating it. For five hundred years, Otto had been plotting to revive Kallen.
"Next comes the memory from 2005 in the Foreign Land Arc, which is the story between Himeko, Murata Ryusuke, Welt Yang, and the people of the heavens."
"Third on the list are the classified records a3-75 to a3-81 mentioned in Question 5, which involve Theresa, Otto, Siegfried, Kiana, and K423. The records were made in 2009, and the events occurred in..."
Prometheus paused here for a moment and looked at Theresa from Bronya's perspective.
Theresa: "It was in 2007."
"Siegfried left Schicksal with K423 in 2007, which is documented."
"The next event is the fourth; the exact time is unknown, but it is considered the most recent. It is recommended to closely monitor the situation of Valkyrie Wendy of the Oceania branch immediately after leaving the Q&A space. The Fourth Honkai Eruption is imminent, and this is the best time to verify the veracity of the information provided in the Q&A space."
After the Fourth Honkai Impact, the rooftop battle between Kiana and Mei took place. During the combat, Kiana was unwell but could still use some of the Void Herrscher's powers, while Mei easily mastered the Thunder Herrscher's powers. After defeating Kiana, Mei left, presumably joining the World Serpent, the organization Kevin mentioned in the first question. The exact chronology is unknown, but, based on the relatively slight changes in Kiana and Mei's appearance compared to the current one, it is estimated to have occurred no more than two years ago.
Following this, the Herrscher of Domination was destroyed by the Herrscher of Flamescion. The exact time, circumstances, and people involved are unknown, but, based on the order in which the Herrschers appeared in the previous civilization, it is highly likely that several Herrschers descended between this moment and the Fourth Honkai Impact. When Mei, the Thunder Herrscher, interrogated Kevin, she mentioned the disappearance of the Herrscher of Domination's core and that she had easily freed herself from the control of what appeared to be the Honkai Will. In response, Kevin took Mei to Paradise to meet Elysia, the Fusion Warrior of the old civilization, which suggests that some unknown connection might exist between the two.
The final point of the chronology is Welt Yang's galactic journey in 2029 with an unidentified person who is identical to Otto. They destroyed the vanguard of the Celestials and saved an Earth from a parallel world where Himeko is suspected to be located. The Valkyrie Shigure Kira, who appears at the end and brings Welt Yang and his "luggage" back to Earth, should be the partner chosen by Black Sugar of the Hughes clan. Since Shigure Kira disappeared during the Second Honkai Impact in 2000, this coincides with the statement made by the elder of the Hughes clan, Konpeito, in 2005: "Black Sugar has been missing for five years with no news."
This integration allows everyone to intuitively conclude that the amount of information provided by the five questions in the Q&A space is indeed enormous.
The period spans 57 years, from 1972 to 2029, which is more than half a century.
More than ten people are involved, and at least three of them have lived through two eras of civilization: the past and the present.
There are up to seven major events involved, three of which concern the past and four the future.
The above represents the general content of the intelligence information at different times, and each fragment of content is accompanied by various detailed interpretations and analyses.
After reviewing all the content, Theresa saw Prometheus's suggestions for future actions based on the collected information.
When Theresa realized that she needed Fu Hua's power to succeed in the operation, her pupils constricted sharply.
"Fu Hua is absolutely incapable of performing this task in her current state. Couldn't we try a different approach?"
Theresa looked at Bronya, or more precisely, at Prometheus, who was speaking to her at that moment.
However, Prometheus shook her head using Bronya's body and said, "Only the power of the Feather Dust can deceive Otto, who possesses the Void Treasure. Otherwise, within a week, the information about the Q&A Space and the rewards it offers will be on Otto's desk. And with St. Freya's current strength, it is completely incapable of facing Otto."
"Director, I'm fine. It's just a simple hypnosis using the power of the feathers. Given my current condition, I can still do it."
Fu Hua spoke to comfort her.
However, how could Theresa not understand what Fu Hua was thinking?
She has seen that look many times since she became a Valkyrie.
Even Cecilia saw him leave the Siberian plains the same way.
As a price, Theresa forever lost her comrade-in-arms and her beloved.
Now, having inherited Cecilia's last wish, she founded St. Freya Academy, training Valkyries who would not be sacrificed as pawns. How could she allow such a thing to happen again?
Furthermore, Fu Hua is not only her student but also a Fusion Warrior from a previous civilization and the Crimson Iris Immortal who has protected China for thousands of years.
Fu Hua has already sacrificed too much for humanity; are we going to make her bleed to the last drop now?