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There was no need to empathize with the absorbed human souls - they already possessed certain biological characteristics, and this was the first time they had encountered a threat that could kill them and cause them extreme pain.
"Your attacks seem to be effective! Keep going. If they're not enough, I have spare bullets!"
Esta, who had seen Ms. Black Tower's various experiments on star core stimulation, also saw the star core being defeated for the first time.
"No, no, how could we let you in! You shouldn't be able to come in!!"
The hysterical screams of the Star Cores seemed to be accusing the Star God of only caring about selling but not burying them, but soon, things that made them even more desperate happened one after another -
The power given to each other dissipated, as if they had no use value anymore. However, the power of destruction always accompanied them, hoping that the star core could struggle a little longer.
"What the hell are you? You're not even human!!"
"? What is it saying?"
After being reminded by Xinghe, Asuna and Hua Lin both showed strange expressions.
Of course, the action of pulling the trigger was more decisive.
Faintly, Xinghe saw a huge shadow rising behind the two girls.
The constraints of the halo above their heads are collapsing, and because of the influence of the rift, they are being "upgraded" - the laws within the rift are not controlled by their teacher, nor are they interfered with by each other.
The two girls who seemed the weakest were returning to their true nature.
It saw the absolute "luck" that the dew would inevitably fall into the bowl, as if it were a lucky entity, and a hunting-like will - but she was not the blesser of the Centaur chariot, she had three shadows in the underworld, each of which tortured and saw through sin with its golden eyes.
Erinyes...
Fortuna!!
"Mysterious!! You plotted against me!!"
Inexplicably, the name of a completely unrelated star god was called out. The body of the star core continued to shrink under the suppression of Asuna and Karin, and finally turned into its original appearance -
A sphere emitting golden arcs of light.
"Ah... is that a sealed star core?"
Esta blinked and put down the Titan's machine gun: "Its energy is temporarily exhausted. It seems that it can't always obtain imaginary energy and the blessing of the star god."
As Xier pointed the sickle over, the Star Core was wilted by the firepower of two students while charging.
There was a kind of beauty in the sight of heavy cavalry charging a machine gun position, which made Xier, who specialized in close combat and thought she was of no use, somewhat depressed.
She slipped past from the flank, carefully checking whether the silent culprit who rolled in front of the smoke screen could still move.
And he plucked it with his sickle:
"...It seems there is no threat anymore. Your firepower is too strong. Why didn't you cover them earlier?"
"...Hey, but when we attacked those world-breaking creatures before, we didn't have such a good killing effect, right?"
The "mystery" of the other world retracted its fangs - in a place where the students were not paying attention, the two shadows seen by Xinghe quietly disappeared.
323. The only thing that is hard in the body is the mouth
There are many animals in this world that will adjust their protective coloration according to changes in external temperature - in order to adapt to the cruel nature and the different rules of different worlds, even the top predators among species in all realms, such as traversers, have to act like good boys to prevent themselves from being harmed by the sudden change in the "water temperature" caused by rejection.
From the very beginning, Kivotos was not a beautiful Garden of Eden, or rather, it was a "prison" in itself, imprisoning the essence of everyone in it, not just empty.
Even though it is the Garden of Eden, the things it contains are beyond the reach of the mortal world. When conditions permit and the "temperature" rises, the students' true colors are quietly revealed for a moment.
Hua Lin vaguely realized something. She fired three more shots at the star core to ensure that it could not suddenly attack and hurt people for the time being. She did not pretend to be weak. She looked at the senior who was a little slow to realize it, and her eyes were fixed on the halo above her head for a long time.
"Senior... Is this what the teacher said..."
"Well, it should be the same as you guessed."
“Is there a risk of being deported?”
"It's very possible. But, we haven't suffered too much damage yet."
The students' intriguing troubles attracted the attention of Eula, whose breathing was still difficult to calm down - she had always thought that these two "little sisters" needed her to lead them and their combat power was not higher than hers, but from the scream of the star core just now, she seemed to have glimpsed their true level.
"...Um, could you please not tell the teacher that we subdued the Star Core?"
Locked in by Eula's strange gaze, Hua Lin pursed her lips.
"Hmm? Why? This is a great achievement, right? You can apply to Sora for a lot of rewards, and extra credits."
Esta manipulated the Titan to lower its body.
"There may be some problems with our aura, but in order to stay with the teacher... we hope to be automatically sent back when the time is up and the energy is exhausted, rather than the teacher forcing us to go back because he is afraid that something bad will happen to us."
"Yes, yes, we want to spend more time with the teacher!"
Asuna also quickly added: "Please rest assured, it won't cause any trouble to anyone... at most it will just scare everyone."
"Come to think of it, Star Core just called out 'mysterious'... Well, never mind. It's true that everyone has their own secrets."
Asta's Titan pinched the waist, making the Iron Man look a little bit innocent: "Compared with you, my identity as a young lady is a bit cheap..."
"So Sora asked the Black Tower to take care of you because he was afraid you would start a massacre? Tsk."
"No, I'm just worried that we might get hurt. Senior Eula, you probably haven't seen teachers worrying about us when they are teaching. Of course, we don't hate them."
"...a little...envious." Banya sighed. She also wanted Kong to spend more time with her using the same attitude he treated his students, but obviously from the perspective of a "social person", she was much more mature than her students and had passed that stage.
"Hey, this thing is broken, why hasn't the public frequency been restored yet?"
"It's probably because we're still inside the Rift. The relationship between the star core and the Rift is more like symbiosis. Even if it's sealed, the impact of the Rift will last for a long time... The most urgent thing is to find Kong. Ms. Black Tower, who's outside, will definitely be able to handle it. Even if she doesn't care about the life and death of Bay City, she will never let the main force of the fleet enter the Lagrange point."
"…Then how do we pack this thing and take it away?"
Xier kicked Xinghe twice again.
The sealed star core was emitting a dull light on the ground, and the outside world was indifferent to its life or death, as if stepping on an ant was not enough for the girls to look at it twice, which made it fall into silence.
"I brought a containment capsule, but to be on the safe side, it would be better to leave someone at the opening of the rift to watch it?"
"Will there be a risk of brainwashing if I keep him alone?"
"It has now collapsed into this state and cannot be damaged any more."
"Let me do it... I have experience fighting it before, so it won't be so easy for me to be taken advantage of this time. You guys spread out and look for people, and remember to send more... numbers..."
After finally calming down her breathing, Eula realized that something was wrong with her. She sat down on the ground, looking a little weak. But when everyone looked at her with concern, she still said stubbornly, "Why? Do you want to leave someone to look after me? Someone's life or death is uncertain right now. I'm just a little tired... that's all."
After saying this, her body went limp and she half lay in the snow, unable to see things clearly.
"Senior Lawrence?"
“…Ichinose, don’t worry about me. I’m just exhausted… This thing has messed up my brain… You have more important tasks… Leave me alone… for a while.”
Wow, are you still being stubborn even in this situation?
Eula is the most stubborn woman Esta has ever met in her life - the group of idiots in her family who refused to admit their mistakes were unwilling to accept their failures and mistakes, but she had more or less disregarded her own life and death, and prioritized finding Sora over her own survival.
Damn it, this kind of martyr-like love and dedication - can I do it?
Both the rich woman and the duck asked themselves this question at this time, and then had to "give up" temporarily.
"…The eldest lady of the company, I will take care of both the storage compartment and her."
Xier raised her sickle and said, "You guys go hunting."
"Xie'er?"
"Don't look at me like that. It's annoying, Bronya. Any one of these people is more capable than me. I can only be a jailer. Don't be so fussy."
"Understood. Don't refuse, Senior Bronya. The sooner we leave, the better."
Hua Lin follows rational judgment.
"Should we spread out and search?"
"Just spread out a bit, no more than a hundred kilometers. I've prepared an impedance terminal and a small snowmobile to make it easier to find people. Here, if you find signs of life on the snow, press green. If you encounter an enemy, press red. I'll go to support you immediately."
The back of the Titan unfolded, and four extremely small anti-gravity bicycles and mobile phones emerged from the brackets - the price tags on them had not been removed yet, and the students were dizzy when they saw the price tags in the tens, hundreds, and millions.
"I hope the temperature doesn't rise so quickly... This is a bit bad."
After everyone dispersed, the rich girl also set off, asking her omnic companion to help search for the figure while she stared at the dashboard.
When the core of the star withdrew its power, the surface temperature rose back to -60C, and now it is gradually rising to -40C.
Minus 30 degrees is a node, which is close to the low temperature under normal combat conditions. The ice explosion caused by the star core is definitely colder than the vacuum of the universe, otherwise it cannot freeze the legion, and this rapid freezing will put the antimatter core in a state of suspended animation. After reaching a reasonable combat temperature, they will definitely be activated, even inside the rift.
This is what Star Core calls "revenge".
"Ms. Black Tower, please, you must find a way to keep the surface temperature low!"
The rich young woman had never been so pleased with the snow in front of her.
……
"Zheng!!"
Cocolia shattered the chest armor of the Void Soldier with one shot. This tough thing made her feel as if she had personally experienced the hardships of fighting against the remnants of the Legion in the era of Alyssa. Now that she thought about it, those Rift Creatures were naturally formed after the decline of Bay City. They failed to imitate the essence of the Void Soldier's art of warfare. Otherwise, the Iron Guard would have been destroyed at the speed of light under the full-scale erosion.
This made her temporarily put aside her attempts at air defense and focus on reuniting with her daughter. If the British were to face the crisis of global thawing, the military force she controlled would not be able to stop it at all.
The only good news was that the rapidly depleted physical energy seemed to continuously flow out from deep within her body. It might be that the parasitism of the star core changed her body structure, or it might be that some of the blessing of the star god still remained. She became stronger than before she was manipulated.
As a result, the three of them were able to quickly break through the Xuzu's tomb and the ancient battlefield. In addition to participating in the battle, Cocolia also acted as a "means of transportation" for the three of them. She used Kong's windbreaker as a rope, and used the iron plate picked up from the ancient battlefield as a sled, and she and he pulled Haiya and Paimon all the way, taking turns every half an hour.
After a few rounds, the speed was actually a little faster than driving. If they hadn't encountered the first wave of thawed troops, they would have completed 30% of the journey by now.
"Let's take a break here for a while."
"You can't run anymore?"
"No, it's the CD for Primaris that has arrived. We can continue at the same speed after midnight."
He looked up at the ceiling where he couldn't see the real starry sky directly.
"Paimon, share your little treasury with Haiya and Cocolia."
"I didn't expect that my little stash of savings would come in handy at a time like this."
Paimon took out a lot of snacks from behind her starry cloak, feeling a little painful and proud.
They were all high-sugar foods, which showed that she often took things from Estelle's office.
"Today is a special giveaway, right?"