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"It seems that Miss Silver Wolf has gained your trust. If I remember correctly, she is Cocolia's adopted daughter. This mother never told her child the secret, but you casually revealed it. You should know that the threat of snakes lies in what they do in the shadows, just like why mercenaries have special code names."
Only a few people know her name. Where did Bai Zhi get this information? Raven, Natasha Ciora leaned forward, her arms supporting her on the bar, her eyes narrowed: "Give me a reason to convince me, my future colleague, Mr. White Dove."
"Hmph." With her hands in her pockets, Bai Zhi grinned and said proudly, word by word, "Because I am a superhuman."
Raven nearly tripped, Bronya paused, poured out the cooking wine from the cocktail shaker, and began to mix the cocktail again.
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Honkai Impact 3rd Serpent Soloist: Chapter 56 I Came, I Saw, I Know
"Are you kidding me?" The bartender laughed in exasperation.
You tell jokes in serious and formal situations.
Is it that she couldn't handle the Seven Thunders of Purification, or that she couldn't force the collapse?
“A joke? No, it’s the truth.” Waving his index finger, the white-haired boy said meaningfully, “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again. Nata, in your opinion, what is the difference between the known past and the unknown future?” He answered himself, “In my eyes, they are no different.”
"Initially, people perceived Honkai as a disease, an ordinary disaster. It was only after each major Honkai that the survivors learned the true meaning of the cancer of civilization: it grows stronger with the development of civilization, and the maximum power of the Honkai Apostle Herrscher is equal to the extreme value of the development of civilization."
The question arises: Honkai can be emptiness, destruction, or even an abyss, but why is it ultimately Honkai?
If heroes did not cross the cycle of reincarnation to travel to the next era, what would the original world call the Honkai?
The answer is simple: collapse.
"Nata, is that what you call her?" Raven rolled her eyes. "I don't care why Honkai is called Honkai. I charge by time. If you want to keep wasting time, I won't lose out. In fact, I'd be happy to see it happen, as long as you can withstand the snakes' hunt afterwards."
"It doesn't matter, it's not my money anyway." The man, who openly lived off a young girl, felt no remorse for taking advantage of her.
With a snap, the cocktail shaker was crushed by the girl's hand. Bronya, expressionless, lowered her head and took out another cocktail shaker from the bar cabinet to continue mixing the cocktails.
"...Okay, you're right, not every Grey Snake is interested in philosophical topics."
The piercing gaze sent chills down Bai Zhi's spine. Considering Bronya's abilities and status, and knowing he would need this pawn in the future, losing her due to his twisted sense of humor would be a losing proposition. So, he changed the subject and began his persuasive rhetoric:
"I can see the past of the previous civilization and the future of the current civilization. In my eyes, the world is like a role-playing game, with many special famous scenes and plots on full display, including your past, present and future with your adoptive father Gray Serpent, including the heroes of the previous civilization who sacrificed themselves due to the collapse, and the heroes of the current civilization who will save the world in the future with the motto 'The vast night, I will accompany you'."
Before Raven could refute her, Bai Zhi selectively and simply listed the plot of the previous civilization.
The establishment of the Moths of Fire, the Vostok 51 Incident, Kevin's baseball journey, Velvet's monkey experiments, the Fusion Warriors, Himiko's transformation into a Herrscher, the Calamity of Bonds, the Corruption Tragedy, and humanity's crushing defeat in the final battle.
"The past was colorful, with scientists pursuing the infinite, world-saving heroes who surpassed all mankind, Herrschers who longed to become the origin of mankind, furious aliens falling from the stars, nuns who peered into the world's veins, so many talents, such a wonderful start, yet mankind repeatedly made the same mistakes, fighting among themselves, distrusting each other, discriminating against each other, and in the end, guarding the ruins of the city, all they could do was leave the seeds of hope for the next era."
"You, the World Serpents, are essentially seeds left over from a previous civilization to the present. Compared to the overtly dominant Destiny, in terms of strength, foundation, and heritage, the World Serpents are undoubtedly my best choice. Since I have a way to hitch a ride, why should I go to the long way around? After all, I don't want to gamble on whether the next 'me' will still be 'me.'"
The Bai Zhi Space was key to his rise. Without it, the potential of Destiny Bai Zhi would at most be slightly stronger than Rita's. It wasn't Kaslana. Even the Shaniat hybrids possessed the physique of Durandal, who survived being blown in the head from a thousand meters in the air and falling into a snow mountain.
Raven pushed her arm away, her smile vanished, her little mouth slightly open, and she straightened up, leaning back slightly.
Bronya panicked. This was a secret she could hear. Would she be killed to silence her afterward?
While secretly eavesdropping, the gray snake searches the database and adds new records.
"What lies at the ends of the earth? Only those who have truly reached it know." In an ordinary basement bar amidst the ruins of Changkong City, Bai Zhi revealed the secret of Earth's civilization: "The collapse cycles every 50,000 years. At the beginning, the same genetic factors are sown, and a controlled experiment is conducted on the same planet using an exhaustive method."
Unknowable and imperceptible threads tightly bind the fates of all people; they guide life, which is born amidst cries; they gently lead the soul, which departs in silence.
"Within the confines of the fences, we gain civilization; only when we stand still can we see the future." The divine radiance transformed into three pairs of luminous wings, with a halo of thorns above its head: "I came, I saw, I know. The past cannot be changed, the future is elusive. Only by grasping the present can we find the best, and for this, we need the power to sweep away all obstacles." Bai Zhi reached out her hand, her skin glowing with white light, captivating the eye and impossible to resist.
After a moment of silence, Raven still didn't extend his hand. Before, he was disdainful, but now he dared not: "You're acting like a charlatan right now. If you have something to say, just say it. Put away your wings and halo. I'm in charge of combat and frontline individual soldiers. You should ask Gray Serpent for recruitment."
This guy is troublesome; let Gray Snake handle him. She won't serve him.
"That's why I came to you, Gray Serpent's adopted daughter. You must have its monitoring and tracking device on you. Don't try to refute it. Besides becoming a true human being, killing the Honkai is not only the will of Kaslana's bloodline, but also her persistence in living from the previous civilization to the present. Fifty thousand years! Other heroes stayed in hibernation chambers and slept, but it alone survived."
Bai Zhi dispersed the strange phenomenon formed by light manipulation. In the basement without sunlight or moonlight, displaying the angelic form did not increase combat power at all; it was just a waste.
Believers, women, and children are the most dangerous beings to provoke when traveling. Gray Serpent is a fanatical believer who firmly believes that his lord Kevin is the pioneer of humanity's future and will lead humanity to a new future. In terms of strength and status, Bai Zhi is not strong enough to directly resist the World Serpent's probing. Taking a roundabout approach and using Raven to get in touch with him is the best strategy.
Gray Serpent is a firm believer in business ethics and will always carry out a transaction to the end, even if it is mandatory. As a member of the World Serpents who observes the development of human civilization, Gray Serpent is very arrogant and believes that everything in the world is under the control of the serpents. It is ruthless and willing to sacrifice and use anything to achieve its goals.
Bai Zhi is not worried about being used. Compared to being used, she is worried about having no value to be used. Only when the gray snake judges that his value in living is greater than his value in dying can the artificial man truly possess his own freedom, even if this freedom is just from one cage to another larger cage.
Honkai Impact 3rd Serpent Solo Fan: Chapter 57 Gray Serpent
There are no permanent friends, only permanent interests.
Making grand promises is the foundation for cooperation between the two parties. With shared interests and leverage, they will be able to refrain from stabbing each other in the back before their paths diverge, continuing to tolerate and help each other while quietly accumulating the trump card for rebellion.
The foundation of cooperation is value. Bai Zhi's exposure of his knowledge of past intelligence proves that he has value in cooperation. So, the next question is...
"Intelligence indicates that Paimon Kaslana Shaniat appeared a year ago and has never left the Schicksal headquarters. Your life and training are handled by the Undying Blade Squad. Captain Durandal trains you daily, while the vice-captain takes care of your daily affairs."
With the ability to develop and manipulate light particles, in just one year, your strength has gone from being unremarkable at the beginning to the level of an A-rank Valkyrie that has been exposed. I believe you still have something to hide, but the level of World Serpent's espionage is still lacking. Bishop Otto's five hundred years of management have made Destiny like an iron tower.
Currently, we do not have your genetic data, or rather, your data is only in the hands of the highest authority, Bishop Otto of Destiny.
Combining intelligence and speculation, World Serpent's guess about you is that the Archbishop of Destiny, Otto, created an artificial human by fusing the bloodline genes of the Stanja 6-8-4 Shrimp and Kaslana.
When the topic turned to artificial humans, the visitor's voice became slightly trembling.
Behind the bar, a crack appeared in the wine cellar, revealing a hidden door that exposed the cramped space inside. A figure emerged from it, more like it had been buried in this small space all along, waiting for a moment of restoration, such as this very moment, rather than having come with the raven to temporarily hide there.
"Your identity as an artificial human makes it hard not to suspect that some hidden agenda has been planted within you. However, your knowledge of the past is unexpected, making it worthwhile for me to awaken this body to speak with you. My only question is..."
His body was implanted with many prosthetic devices, his limbs and eyes were all bionic prosthetics, he wore a white mask that only revealed his right eye, the mask had a black pattern of two intersecting daggers, and he wore a black hoodie with the character "武" (wu, meaning martial arts) on the right hem.
Grey Serpent, the intelligence chief of World Serpent and one of its original executives, is an artificial human who single-handedly supports nearly 70% of World Serpent's operations.
What can you bring to the snake?
Past identity? Strength and ability? Whether one has money or not, to the fanatical Grey Serpent, these are merely decorations on the table of chips.
Joining the World Serpent is a trivial matter, easily accomplished with a single sentence.
However, Bai Zhi's condition was to become a cadre of the World Serpent. Compared to ordinary members and believers, cadres held a much larger position and more power within the World Serpent.
Think carefully about who the executives of the World Snake are.
Cellular network intelligent life form – Gray Snake.
The crystallization of the Stigmata of Shaniat—the Feathered Rabbit.
A scientist so insane that he experimented on himself—the jackal.
Raven, a top-tier mercenary and adopted daughter of Gray Serpent, was transformed by Black Abyss Hundred Flowers.
The prowess of these individuals needs no further explanation. The later addition, Night Owl Chen Tianwu, possesses extraordinary willpower and endurance. Especially after 74% of his organs were modified into machines, he is able to adapt to ultra-low temperature areas that are inaccessible to ordinary people. He excels in information reconnaissance and is a master of covert operations.
This includes, but is not limited to, the former executives of World Snake, each of whom was a prominent figure in their respective fields.
What Bai Zhi needs to do is gain the approval of Hui She; in other words, he needs to paint a picture that Hui She believes is 'short-lived but still worth a try'.
Of course, there is another important difference: World Serpent executives have an extra privilege compared to ordinary World Serpent members.
Tickets to the paradise of the afterlife.
Bai Zhi had a plan that required her personal involvement, but that's a story for another time.
At present, the priority is to successfully register as a world-class snake.
What questions does the gray snake have? What can it bring to the world of snakes?
For others, the answer may require weighing the pros and cons and careful discernment.
However, the biggest advantage for captains who travel to the game and know the plot of Honkai Impact 3rd is intelligence.
"Intelligence? Should I call you reckless or overconfident? The shadow hidden in the world, the secret known to the snake." The gray snake raised the black umbrella at its waist. Its pledge of allegiance to the world snake's intelligence chief was intelligence. It had brought shame upon itself. It had misjudged the person.
"No, I am not so arrogant as to attempt to fight against a behemoth that occupies the entire dark side of the world on my own. That is not confidence, but arrogance."
Bai Zhi gave a negative answer, using his own weakness to fight against the enemy's strength. He was indeed being driven crazy by Otto's human experiments, but his mind was still clear.
Bai Zhi summarized the future plot into a framework, extracting several segments of the future that interested Gray Snake.
"Kaslana's ancestor, Adam's father, Kevin, will return from the quantum channel that was accidentally opened after the power went berserk in Abyss City."
"not enough."
"Wendy, the S-class Valkyrie seed from the New Zealand Oceania branch, is the most suitable host for the Fourth Herrscher."
Not enough. | (The rest of the text appears to be gibberish and unrelated.)
"A hundred years ago, Chi You, a colossal beast comparable to a continent, was sealed in the southern sea of Shenzhou by the immortal Chi Yuan, along with his friends Dan Zhu, Cang Xuan, and Ji Lin. The seal is about to be broken."
"not enough."
The gray snake repeatedly refused the other party's requests, hoping to get more from Bai Zhi and greedily digesting and absorbing her secrets.
“No, that’s enough this time, Mr. Gray Serpent.” He had no intention of making any further concessions. Intelligence and benefits are interdependent. Once you run out of cards, you can only hope that your empty city bluff can deceive others. After all, when your enemy/friend suspects that you have a weapon of mass destruction, you’d better actually have it.
Moreover, the information provided by Bai Zhi was quite generous.
The city of Abyss, a crucial gateway between the intrinsic world and the sea of quantum mechanics;
Breaking through the sea of quantum energy, the best treasure of quantum energy, the Herrscher Core;
Kevin's return is a great tonic to make up for the deficiencies of the past millennium.
A perfect closed loop.
"The authenticity of intelligence can only be assured when seen with one's own eyes. The world is never enough in the face of collapse, but that's for ordinary people. Gray Serpent, you've waited for fifty thousand years. How about it? The remaining time is just a blink of an eye for you."
With a smile and no further words, Bai Zhi's attitude was clear: this was her bottom line.
After several minutes of silence, the gray serpent finally spoke: "Before the Lord returns from the Sea of Quanta, obtaining the Heavenly Fire Judgment is the test task for you to become a cadre. Until you achieve it, you are temporarily considered a formal employee of the World Serpent."
It agreed.
Kevin's intelligence is worth the Gray Serpent risking the authority of one of their officers.
Gray Snake input Bai Zhi's information into the World Snake's personnel system, adding the suffix "cadre pending," which caused a huge uproar among the World Snakes. Some people wanted to use nepotism to climb to a high position, some planned to use force to overthrow Bai Zhi in order to gain the favor of their superiors, and some were thinking about how to persuade Bai Zhi to climb into the laboratory herself.
Despite the arduous and bumpy process and the fleeting opportunities, he never forgot his instructions and successfully seized a glimmer of hope.
From then on, Bai Zhi finally took her first step toward 'freedom'.
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Honkai Impact 3rd Serpent Solo Fan: Chapter 58 - The Pledge of Allegiance
"who are you?"
[“Paimon, the artificial human of destiny”.]
The boy with ice-blue eyes answered with a straight face, while the gray snake's red-glowing pupils flickered, and the topic was changed.
"The information about the snake is recorded in the data network, a historical record of data I have collected bit by bit over the years. You, who are only one year old, should not, and have no opportunity to, obtain similar information. Now, tell me your source of information."
Gray Snake spoke calmly, without any atmosphere, as if a friend had asked out of curiosity.
Bai Zhi knew that calmly asking questions was the key. If she continued to tease and joke, not only would all her previous efforts to join the World Serpent be in vain, but she would also never have a peaceful day and would be constantly facing attacks from the snakes in the shadows.
After all, it's terrifying when an individual possesses far more intelligence than a unified force.
"The third of the Thirteen Heroes of the Flame Chaser, Sister Aponia, a hero bearing the inscription of 'Commandments'."
"..." The gray snake remained silent, waiting for further words.
“Remember what I mentioned before? I’m a superpowered person.” The boy leaned against the door, his hands casually placed at his sides. The unique aroma of a cocktail filled his nose. With a gentle sniff, his body, which was constantly tormented by the Honkai Crystal (Originium Crystal), seemed to feel much lighter. “She can see the threads of fate, the tangled threads that pull life, bind the future, and mark every moment with exceptional clarity.”
After accepting the Ramos Golden Fizz cocktail from Bronya, Bai Zhi handed it to Raven amidst the glare and fury of the Spanish duck.
One-year-old babies should not drink cocktails.
"Why do riddle tellers both love and hate them? Because every word they say and every principle they expound requires careful consideration, understanding, and conjecture. Even when a conclusion is reached, uncertainty always leaves room for change."
Aponia is special; she possesses the ability to see through everyone and is an exceptionally gifted prophet.
However, fate always moves faster than her. The budding of innocent feelings, the pain of separation and death, the madness of heinous crimes, and disaster always lag behind her. Yet fate always reverses in unpredictable moments.
In her attempt to achieve a happy ending, she tried to avert tragedy but ended up becoming the source of it all. One mistake after another, the nun made the same error over and over again.
She devoted her life to trying to shake the threads of fate that were as light as a feather, but the more she tried to entangle them, the tighter they became, and the more she tried to pull them apart, the more tangled they became. Under the pile of bones from countless defeats, she finally realized that fate could not be changed or replaced.
And she, too, could hardly illuminate anyone's path.