Chapter 321

"As it stands, the advantage is mine."

Bai Ge reached this conclusion after staring intently for a moment.

As long as Kevin hasn't returned to the World Serpent, they simply can't stir up any real trouble; Gray Serpent, Hu Lang, and Raven—no matter how much those three jump around, that's all there is to them.

Their intelligence isn't high enough, and their combat power isn't high enough.

Currently, they are only strong enough in terms of concealment to remain unfound; otherwise, Bai Ge would even consider uprooting the World Serpent ahead of time.

If that were to happen, even if Kevin could return from the Sea of Quanta in the future, he wouldn't have a single subordinate left, and he probably wouldn't be able to pull off the Stigma Project either.

Secondly, Anti-Entropy has an extra blue line connecting to St. Freya Academy, indicating the current alliance between the two sides.

Finally, there is Schicksal, ruled by Otto... incidentally, when Bai Ge used his authority to construct a photo of Otto, he deliberately turned that guy's hair green, purely out of personal sentiment.

"This dog Otto only has Durandal and Li Sushang now; these two cards can be considered top-tier combat power in the current version. Hmm, the advantage is indeed heavily on our side."

Bai Ge crossed his arms and confirmed it once more.

In terms of organizations, Schicksal is a behemoth that St. Freya could never hope to compete with; after all, no matter the scale, the latter is just a school.

But the former is a long-standing anti-Honkai organization with its own bases all over the world, and its influence is vast.

Whether it's the quantity and quality of Valkyries, equipment, or mecha technology, its military strength in all aspects is far ahead.

However...

Bai Ge: "These things are utterly useless."

At the Herrscher level, these trinkets don't come in handy at all.

After all, what truly matters in this world is still individual combat power; for instance, someone as strong as Kevin—no matter how large your faction is, he alone is enough to confront the entire world.

And although St. Freya is just an academy, this is the Herrscher Academy, the Far East Demon Cave!

If nothing else, it has plenty of potential Herrscher-level combat power!

Currently, the Herrscher-level combat power at St. Freya Academy includes Bai Ge, Mei, and Fu Hua.

And the S-rank combat power includes Theresa, Rita, and Ji Lin.

Recently, Himeko is also close to advancing to this level, and even Bronya has one foot in the S-rank.

"Emmm, I feel like the three major organizations could kick the World Serpent out and let our St. Freya join instead. With this combat power, the current version is absolutely top-notch!"

Bai Ge nodded with satisfaction.

Schicksal is decaying, Anti-Entropy has submitted, and the World Serpent is incompetent; the strongest in this world is indeed their St. Freya Academy!

However, Bai Ge wasn't naive enough to think he was invincible and could go head-to-head with that guy Otto. After all, he is that fool who has survived for over five hundred years with the obsession of resurrecting a saint; he wouldn't believe it if Otto didn't have a few trump cards that could shock the world.

Moreover, Bai Ge had a premonition.

Otto is going to make a move soon!

Although he is strong enough right now and has no fear, for the sake of insurance, Bai Mouren feels it is necessary to have an epic-level strengthening session to increase the number of his trump cards.

However, at the current stage of the present civilization, the only means to increase his strength in the short term are the remaining unrecovered Gem of Desire and the Gem of Freedom.

The former is in Wendy's body, and the latter is in Kiana's body.

Bai Ge: "But besides that, it's not like there are no other means... I haven't traveled through time and space for a long time; let's see what kind of dungeon I can draw this time."

He opened the system's time-travel option.

Bai Mouren put his hands together and prayed that he would draw a 'leek' dungeon this time that wasn't too troublesome but could still increase his strength.

"Hmm, wash my hands before drawing, then play 'Good Luck Comes'. Don't go off-track! Uh, although I don't know what I could go off-track to, anyway, I'm willing to use Immortal Fu Hua remaining flat for another 50,000 years as the price, just asking for a one-shot success!!"

Fu Hua: (???)

Bai Ge took a deep breath with a nervous expression.

After finishing a series of metaphysical operations, he pressed the system's draw button hard.

Then, the system light screen began to spin rapidly like a turntable. Bai Ge closed his eyes tightly, and the next second, a golden flash almost blinded him through his eyelids.

"Th-this is?!!"

The moment he opened his eyes.

Bai Ge's pupils dilated to the limit, and he raised his hand to press on his heart. He felt that his lifespan might have been shortened by decades, and also... Fu Hua would probably really have to remain flat for another 50,000 years.

He saw the three big characters 'Previous Civilization' appear before his eyes, and the next second, a giant, thick book appeared out of thin air in front of Bai Ge, its thickness at least a hundred times that of 'Second Eruption'!

And most importantly.

The color of this book is pink!

"If you're going to tell me this has nothing to do with Elysia, I won't believe you even if you beat me to death!"

Bai Ge rubbed his hands in excitement, not expecting that he had really drawn the biggest prize in the card pool in one shot.

However, just as he was about to open this book and travel through time and space to the Previous Civilization dungeon.

"Warning! Warning! Warning! Warning! The host's current strength is too low, and the success rate is too low! Therefore, please challenge the previous dungeon in the future!"

"... Damn it!"

Bai Ge grabbed the pillow on the bed and threw it over.

He felt as if he had already seen the cute pink fairy miss—uh, no, it was the Previous Civilization that could allow him to ascend in one step—beckoning to him, but now you're saying I can't play.

"System, what do you mean!!"

(Literal meaning. The difficulty of this dungeon for the host is extremely high. Your success rate for achieving a perfect ending is 0.000001%. Please calm down!)

"I don't care! I want to play, I just want to play! Let me in to play! The Previous Civilization is the period with the most 'knives' in Honkai Impact 3rd; the opportunity to change it is right in front of me. How do you expect me to calm down!"

Bai Ge pounced and hugged the storybook that was taller than him, completely unable to calm down.

(This system understands the host's mood, but please look here before considering it.)

"Hmm? Look at what?"

(This is the clearance standard based on the perfect ending you have always pursued. It won't be too late to decide after you finish reading.)

"???"

The next second, a long string of perfect clearance requirements appeared on the system interface, and Bai Ge calmed down the moment he saw them.

Bai Ge: "Sorry, excuse me."

Perfect clearance standard: Difficulty SSS for all thirteen Flame-Chasers to survive; Difficulty S for all personnel related to the Flame-Chasers to survive; Difficulty SSS to defeat all Herrschers except the Herrscher of Human; Difficulty SSS for the survival rate of the Previous Civilization population to exceed 90%.

Difficulty S for the Herrscher of Human, Elysia, to survive. / Difficulty SSS to ensure the Herrschers of the present civilization maintain their humanity while the Herrscher of Human, Elysia, survives.

Difficulty SSS to ensure the present civilization exists while the Previous Civilization exists...

Comprehensive evaluation: Ultimate hellish, sadistic difficulty.

If one wants to achieve a perfect ending in the 'Previous Civilization' dungeon, the difficulty is more than ten million times that of 'Second Eruption'; even though Bai Ge is currently a three-core Herrscher, he can't play it at all.

System: (If you lower the standard and don't pursue a perfect ending, then of course it won't be so difficult.)

For example, giving up on saving Elysia, and letting the survival rate of the Previous Civilization population drop from over 90% to about 10%—these could all significantly lower Bai Ge's clearance difficulty, but...

Bai Ge: "Get lost! Am I the kind of person without ambition? If I'm going to save them, I'll save every single one of them! I said it! It's just that my strength is temporarily insufficient, wait! Just wait until I develop for a few dozen more chapters; I don't believe I can't break through then! It's just a pity that my wonderful plan seems to have to be postponed again..."

System: (Wonderful plan?)

Bai Ge: "Have a romance with the pink fairy miss, discuss the art of music with Eden, study the true meaning of life with Dr. Mobius, build a Gundam with Dr. Vill-V, accompany little Griseo to paint, and pet cats, etc..."

System: (... As expected of you.)

Bai Ge looked at the Previous Civilization dungeon in front of him again and could only show a helpless bitter smile. Although his luck was off the charts this time and he drew a big prize, his level was insufficient, so going there would be a waste.

Now he has two choices.

Keep this draw result until he has enough strength to challenge the Previous Civilization dungeon.

Give up this draw result and draw a new dungeon to challenge.

Bai Ge didn't even hesitate and chose the former directly.

"I can choose not to play, but I can't not have it! It was so hard to get such off-the-charts luck to draw it; if I let it go, I don't know when I'll draw this dungeon again."

And he hadn't forgotten his sacrifice just now.

In Bai Ge's eyes, those few decades of lifespan didn't matter; anyway, a Herrscher's lifespan is almost infinite, but he had sacrificed the growth potential of Immortal Chi Yuan for the next 50,000 years!!

How could he easily discard the results obtained at such a painful price?

Bai Ge waved his hand regretfully and let the system retreat.

"Forget it, let's proceed according to the original plan for now."

Looking at his bed, he had a premonition that he probably wouldn't be able to sleep tonight, so he decided to find something to do.

"Let's go see that girl; I hope she's willing to give me the Gem of Desire this time, so that it's good for you, me, and everyone."

Bai Ge raised his hand, and Project Bunny 19c appeared.

Seeing Bai Ge suddenly summoning her, Project Bunny 19c was also a bit confused.

She was still helping Bronya with the game's daily tasks a second ago, and the next second, she found Bai Ge in front of her.

Project Bunny immediately saluted and spoke.