Chapter 124: Gem of Serenity
"You two, this way please."
Accompanied by the waitress's beautiful welcome, Kirataka saw two beautiful girls in cheongsam walking into the restaurant together.
—After going back in time, he returned to the time when the buffet had just begun.
The chaos he caused no longer exists, but the gains from that timeline are already in his hands.
Kirataka stood up and walked out the door without staying there any longer.
After passing the two girls, he arrived at the outer floor of the Queen's Hotel.
After obtaining the necessary information, there was no need for him to stay in the restaurant any longer. It was time to do something else.
Kirataka still remembers the time when Fu Hua sneaked into the high-level area to look for Dr. Maki. Without the commotion he caused, the Immortal Phoenix would probably have encountered Watt normally and had the first conflict.
Taking advantage of the time when Fu Hua and Watt were fighting, he went to check on the situation of the Serenity Gem.
At the same time, a phoenix-shaped hair ornament appeared in his hand.
And with the appearance of the hair accessories, a few feathers naturally floated around him.
The Eighth Divine Key, the Key of Sentience, Fenghuang Down.
Even among the twelve Divine Keys, it is quite special.
In terms of appearance, compared with other Divine Keys, Fenghuang Down is really too small.
Being small has its advantages. At least when Kirataka used [Projection Magic] to create a fake of it, he did not need to go through a lot of attempts like Cosmic Juggernaut did before, but succeeded in one try.
As the Divine Key that controls consciousness and spirit, this weapon does not actually have a completely fixed physical form. Instead, it is more like a pure spiritual creation.
The Divine Key has never changed its owner since it was created and has always been in Fu Hua's hands.
Of course, this is not because there is any innate connection between Fenghuang Down and her, but because Fu Hua has to rely on its ability to split memories to maintain her mental state for a long time.
—As an early fusion warrior, while she gained extremely powerful strength, she also had to accept the corresponding side effect, that is, [hyperthymesia] which makes her unable to forget anything.
It is a good thing for ordinary people, but for fusion warriors with long lifespans, it is not something to be happy about.
If it weren't for Fenghuang Down, she would have been blown up by her own memories long ago.
As the only one of the twelve Divine Keys that focuses on the spirit, its spiritual realm is indeed extremely powerful.
Things like creating illusions, modifying memories, and even splitting one's own consciousness and implanting it into another person's soul are all possible.
It possesses almost all the abilities needed in the spiritual and consciousness fields and can be described as a panacea.
Furthermore, although psychic abilities are of little use when dealing with Honkai beasts, they are quite useful when fighting against humans.
—Just like in the previous timeline, Fu Hua easily used Fenghuang Down to hypnotize Watt, who, despite being quite strong, had no ability to counterattack against mental methods.
While playing with and getting familiar with Fenghuang Down, Kirataka turned left and right according to the location provided by Watt and came to a small path.
This was a rather remote place, where few people would pass by. But at this moment, the path was filled with guards holding weapons, as if they were guarding something closely.
Their attire was no different from the anti-entropy soldiers in the Queen Hotel, so he was in the right place.
Kirataka thought about it while mobilizing Fenghuang Down's power.
'It's just right, I can use these guys to try out the Divine Key I just got.'
The next moment, countless red feathers floated out from his side and covered the narrow path.
Surrounded by Fenghuang Down, Kirataka passed by these guards openly.
The armed soldiers stood at their posts seriously but ignored Kirataka, who swaggered past them.
He reached the entrance to the underground easily and effortlessly.
Although it was night, Kirataka could still vaguely see a heavy door at the end of the passage.
According to the information provided by Watt, the Serenity Gem was placed behind that door.
Of course, Cocolia would not be stupid enough to rely solely on manpower to guard the Serenity Gem. In this narrow passage, he could sense that it was filled with a wide variety of monitoring and surveillance equipment.
If an outsider enters, Watt, who is in the Queen Hotel, will probably be able to sense it immediately and rush over to support.
However, he is probably having a hot affair with Fu Hua right now.
Kirataka tilted his ear and listened and could already hear the sound of an explosion coming from the direction of the Queen's Hotel.
The timing was right; he no longer hesitated and began to move forward underground.
The monitoring equipment along the way lost its function as he moved forward and was forcibly shut down by him.
He came to the door of the safe room, stretched out his hand, pressed on the metal door, and exclaimed with a strange look on his face:
"...It's actually made of Soulium. That old fox Cocolia really spent a lot of money."
'I'm afraid that not only this door but even the room inside the safe at the door is made of Soulium.'
'Come to think of it, in order to conceal the Honkai energy fluctuations of the Serenity Gem before the artificial Honkai successfully erupts so that they will not be discovered by Schicksal's detection methods, the only effective Honkai energy-blocking metal, Soulium, can be used to build the house.'
Kirataka shook his head, stretched out his hand, pressed a few buttons on the input panel, and entered the passcode. Soon, the Soulium door slowly opened, revealing everything inside to him.
Unlike the heavily guarded outside, the inside of this safe room is completely empty, with no one inside.
This is of course true. After all, the amount of Honkai energy in this room is extremely excessive. If an ordinary person comes in, they will probably be infected by the Honkai energy in a matter of seconds and turn into a dead soldier.
At least a Valkyrie of A-rank or above can barely survive in such a high-concentration Honkai energy environment.
As an organization that relies purely on mechas to fight Honkai, Anti-Entropy does not have many people within its organization who have strong Honkai resistance, so it is normal that it can only arrange personnel to guard the outside.
Kirataka entered the depths of the room. The Serenity Gem was placed in the middle, floating in the air, and was quite conspicuous.
He stood in front of the device and carefully observed the Herrscher core.
This is a gem as blue as the sea. For some reason, it reminds Kirataka of Seele's eyes.
'Hmm... now that I think about it, they are indeed the same color.'
Around the device where the Serenity Gem was stored, deep purple Honkai energy crystals had spontaneously condensed due to the excessive concentration of Honkai energy, silently demonstrating how high the Honkai energy content in this room was.
—In addition to storing the Serenity Gem, the main function of the device in this safe room is to continuously inject Honkai energy into the Serenity Gem, constantly increasing its Honkai energy concentration.
Kirataka glanced at the Honkai energy concentration detector near the device. Now the Honkai energy concentration of this core has reached 2000HW.
You know, the concentration of Honkai energy that can produce a large-scale Honkai that gives birth to the Herrscher only needs to be above 1000HW, and now the concentration of Honkai energy in this Herrscher core has reached twice this minimum standard.
Moreover, this is not its limit... Its Honkai energy concentration index is still rising. When the core can no longer withstand excessive Honkai energy and explodes to produce a chain reaction, I am afraid that Aomi City will face a super-large Honkai disaster of more than 3000HW.
'I'm afraid the result will be much more terrifying than the one in Nagazora.'
As a witness to the last disaster, he certainly would not let such a thing happen.
Kirataka's eyes fell on the beautiful blue gem, and he said to himself:
"…Okay, now what should we do with this thing?"
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