During dinner, Elysia mentioned again that she needed to look up some information on the Second Eruption, but this time, she said it might take a bit longer.
At night, Elysia lay on her bed. This time, she didn't use Bronya's helmet but directly projected her consciousness into the place she had visited.
Since she had already been there once, it didn't matter whether she had that connection device or not, though there was no need for it from the start anyway.
Returning once more to the place she had left.
After Elysia walked out the door, she saw a somewhat anxious Tesla.
"Dr. Tesla, has something happened?" Elysia looked with some confusion at Tesla, who was constantly swearing.
"That XX Second Herrscher, she XXX, actually threw meteorites directly at Earth, XXXXX"
Although Dr. Tesla had a very explosive temper, Elysia still managed to catch some keywords.
Subsequently, Elysia quickly walked into the control center within the laboratory.
"You're back." Dr. Einstein glanced at Elysia before continuing to watch the red dots on the projection in front of her.
"Einstein over there! Is Anti-Entropy actually ready yet?" Siegfried said somewhat impatiently.
"Mr. Siegfried, Anti-Entropy has already launched several missiles for interception, but we still need to evacuate the residents near the meteorite impact sites."
Einstein tapped the screen in front of her, appearing to be commanding something.
"On Schicksal's side, Otto has already sent people to handle the evacuation." Siegfried clenched his fists.
"Damn it, if it weren't for that guy, the Second Herrscher should be locked up here right now!" Siegfried really wanted to punch the control console; he raised his hand, but after a moment, he lowered it again.
"None of us expected that there would be someone hidden even deeper behind us," Welt said, looking at the projection.
"So, what exactly happened while I was resting?" Elysia looked at the group, who all had different expressions.
Siegfried and Welt ignored Elysia; the two of them kept their eyes fixed on the projection.
Einstein let out a sigh. "That dragon-shaped Honkai Beast took the Second Herrscher to the far side of the Moon."
"There are Previous Era ruins on the far side of the Moon. The Second Herrscher recovered her strength after resting there."
Einstein briefly explained the situation.
"Right now, we are trying to find a way to intercept the meteorites the Second Herrscher is throwing down from space."
On the large screen in front of them, two red dots collided.
Everyone was anxiously waiting for the result.
Over a communication channel: "Report, Target 1 has shattered; interception was not fully successful."
"Calculate immediately how many casualties the fragmented meteorites will cause," Welt said into the communicator at once.
"Yes, Sovereign."
After a while: "Reporting to the Sovereign, the situation is not ideal. Even after splitting, some fragments of the meteorite will still fall to the ground."
"Can we continue to intercept?"
"No. Unless we use launch sites deployed locally, our missiles cannot intercept them before the fragments hit the ground."
"The remaining fragments can be left to Schicksal, everyone from Anti-Entropy." Otto's image appeared in the center of the screen.
"Otto..." Welt stared at the Archbishop of Schicksal.
"Long time no see, Dr. Einstein. I didn't expect our next meeting would actually be a collaboration." Otto didn't look at Welt, looking directly at Einstein, who was still operating the screen in her hand.
"Long time no see, Archbishop Otto." Einstein looked up at Otto for a moment, then continued her operations.
"It seems Dr. Einstein dislikes me quite a bit."
Just then, the door to the command center was pushed open, and Tesla stared fiercely at Otto on the screen.
"You XXX, you XXX, if it weren't for you, how could we XXXX"
In short, due to the censoring, we have yet to learn exactly what Tesla said; we only know she cursed very foully.
"Dr. Tesla, although I know you are very angry right now, we are still on the same side, aren't we?" Otto still maintained that same calm demeanor.
"Humph! If it weren't for the fact that the Second Herrscher matter is of great importance, I would never collaborate with a despicable person like you!" Tesla said with her arms crossed.
"Now that the Second Herrscher has recovered her power, we can't afford an internal war, can we?" Otto narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Enough, Otto. This time we are working together to fight the Second Herrscher. Do you have any clues about the person who rescued her?" Welt said, looking at Otto on the screen.
However, his tightly clenched fists also showed that Welt's heart was far from peaceful.
"As expected of the Sovereign of Anti-Entropy. But for now, I don't have any good methods either. Perhaps we could try blowing up the Moon." Otto suggested.
"By the way, there's also this Miss Elysia. Theresa has been praising you to me for a long time, but where did you come from, appearing right at the moment the Second Herrscher was born?"
"Where I come from is no concern of Archbishop Otto." Elysia turned her head away. This Otto in front of her was even more wicked than the Otto in reality.
"Still, this body structure... it really looks familiar."
"Otto! Now is not the time to investigate Miss Elysia's origins. As long as she is helping us fight the Second Herrscher, that's enough!" Welt interrupted what Otto was about to say next.
At this moment, Welt could barely contain his anger.
"Oh my, Sovereign of Anti-Entropy. If it were that person, he would still be able to discuss things with me calmly at this time, rather than being angry like you."
"Otto, what exactly are you trying to say?" Welt had also calmed down by now.
"Nothing, just came to see what the successor of an old friend is like." Otto said this with narrowed eyes, and then his image disappeared from the screen.
The command center fell into silence.
The meteorite interceptions were not all successful.
Although the meteorites were shattered, the larger ones caused even more casualties after breaking apart.
Looking at the casualty estimation report on the screen...
"Miss Elysia, do you... have a way to fight the Second Herrscher?" After an unknown period of silence, Einstein put away the device in her hand and looked at Elysia to ask.
To this question, Elysia only shook her head.
Even in reality, Elysia hadn't found many records of the Second Eruption; they all said Schicksal dealt the final blow to the Second Herrscher.
Even in the records at Schicksal's headquarters, Elysia hadn't found any more detailed accounts.
These records had been artificially erased... and the only one capable of doing such a thing was the Archbishop of Schicksal, Otto.
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