Honkai: Man(Sludge) From Future

Otto felt that Noldrei was a truly wicked man.

He had actually made the Overseer himself come all the way to Siberia to work. The destination was this very place...

Babylon Lab. Accompanying him were two other World Serpent cadres.

Raven and Gray Serpent.

The three of them stood together upon the ruins of Babylon Lab.

There was nothing much to say. If it weren't for the fact that the Honkai was suppressed, they wouldn't even have been able to stand here and talk.

"Let's hear it. What exactly is our purpose here?"

Raven, Natasha Cioara, an unlucky girl caught up in the Babylon experiment. Schicksal, Russia, researchers from all over the world, and even some Valkyries who did the dirty work were involved.

But Raven's unlucky parents were not among them. They didn't even know what the Babylon experiment was. They were just squeezed for taxes every day, not even knowing what the taxes they paid were used for. Maybe they had become the sports cars and yachts of the oligarchs.

Unlike the inherently inhuman Gray Serpent, Raven had no goodwill whatsoever for this place.

Gray Serpent looked at the ruins before him. Originally, a very modern tower stood here, symbolizing the ambition of Schicksal when they built it. It was called Babylon, a reference to the "Tower of Babel" of old.

And the Tower of Babel and the Tower of Babylon have often been confused in mythology.

This was due to the architectural style of the ziggurats at the time, which have historically been depicted as "white."

This was also the origin of the White Tower network.

"Compared to my tangible religious organization, the Director's spiritual high tower, cloaked in a modern guise, is far more terrifying. It's clearly not a religion, yet it does the exact same things as a religion. It truly makes one feel inadequate."

Gray Serpent looked at the ruins of Babylon. He found it amusing that Noldrei was using this metaphor to mock the fact that the Gray Serpent network was essentially a spiritual high tower.

But Gray Serpent knew in his heart that Noldrei had no intention of mocking him. That guy was simply looking for a good vessel to carry a Herrscher.

Unlike Otto, who resorted to high-pressure education at the drop of a hat, Otto's methods were too bloody, too obvious. Anyone could guess that the mastermind was definitely Otto, who deliberately exposed himself to attract hatred.

But Noldrei was different. He placed people in society and condensed social tragedy onto the existence of a certain life.

From the traditional perspective of right and wrong, it was difficult to resent Noldrei. The pain would only extend to the entire human collective.

"I didn't come here to listen to you talk about religious stories. This place... is not a good place. What do you say? Grand Overseer of Schicksal?"

"Oh? What? What did you say?" Otto's face showed a hint of nostalgia. It was unclear whether he was reminiscing about Cecilia or the battlefield of the Second Herrscher.

He sighed, "When the Second Herrscher was born here, I was still thinking about whether to abandon all of Siberia and Asia. I didn't expect Cecilia to sacrifice herself so resolutely at that time, which finally gave us the chance to get our hands on the remains of the Second Herrscher."

'You're a real bastard!'

Raven felt a wave of nausea rise from the bottom of her heart. She had learned later on how many innocent girls had been cruelly sacrificed in the Babylon experiment.

It was like sacrificing to an evil god, letting these girls with Honkai energy resistance be sacrificed one by one, allowing the pain to accumulate enough for the Honkai to resonate, thus completing the descent of the Herrscher.

Just thinking about it was disgusting.

"Don't underestimate Director Noldrei. Although he says he's young, his methods are not young at all. He's much more experienced than you people from World Serpent. If it weren't for the foundation you've built up over time, how could you possibly play against him?"

Otto wasn't mocking them, just giving them a simple piece of advice.

"The Serpent Lord's work is already prepared. The White Tower android network, modeled after the Gray Serpent, has basically entered the next stage. The collection of human emotional needs has also completed its basic work, but there are still many loopholes. Many poor people are not qualified to order androids to satisfy their emotional needs."

Gray Serpent briefly explained the situation of the White Tower network. In this state, they didn't know if the Herrscher would take the initiative to possess a White Tower android.

"I fully recognize Mobius's research capabilities, but that woman always has a sense of unwillingness to submit to the people of the future. Even the Herrscher of Sentience, far away in Jerusalem, has inherited this simple idea of hers."

"Although Elysia is keeping an eye on her, it's hard to say how long that control will last. We'd better not expect Mobius to come up with any effective plans. The Academy City has gone through an initial period of centralization and has now reached a stage of development and decentralization. The plans Noldrei laid out at the beginning are basically more than half complete. The only thing to worry about is..."

"How other countries will view the Academy City's actions. The two bombs in Palestine and Israel, along with Kevin's cleansing of the Middle Eastern forces, have made all the countries in the world hesitate. Some have even taken the initiative to stop participating in the construction of the new world. Russia happens to be one of those countries."

Otto had long wanted to break up the current Russia. His main territory was in Europe, and Russia had always been an obstacle to his eastward expansion of Schicksal's influence.

Not only did North America dislike Russia, but even China was wary of it. It was just that the conflict had not yet become so intense as to bring Russia to China's doorstep.

After the failure of internationalism, this country had no part of it that other countries found pleasing.

And now, even getting close to the Academy City wouldn't get them any support. The Academy City didn't even bother to inform them that several heavyweight figures were coming to Babylon Lab.

"Give up participating in the construction of the new world? Are they crazy? Even a morally conservative country like China is constantly getting involved in the Academy City, even taking the initiative to participate under the guise of Southeast Asia."

Natasha had no goodwill for this place. She even thought it was a miracle that Russia hadn't disintegrated again yet.

"Let's go to Babylon Lab first. Although the towers on the surface are almost completely destroyed, the underground structure is still intact. There, we can find what we need."

These three clearly had their own ulterior motives.

But the unlucky Miss Raven didn't know that she was the only one who had come in person. The other two were either a Soulium body or a network avatar, one more cunning and cautious than the other.