Chapter 310: No Lu Register Qualification Detected!

——From the first Spacequake thirty years ago……

——This World has finally gone mad into a state I can't understand……

For the Celestial Dynasty's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, this Shock was particularly profound, it could probably be counted as the most Intuitive Sensation from the depths of the Inner Heart.

After all, they had also only just received the news not long ago, not much faster than Other People, and were equally shocked enough to drop their jaws, even Suspecting whether this was a prank.

——Or perhaps……

——Would it be that they simply got the wrong data?

Fairly speaking, the latter is indeed more likely, whether viewed from the Rationality level or the Logic level, both are so.

It's just a pity that, after repeated verification, the news they got was that the data wasn't wrong, it really is exactly this situation.

Enough to let a person be Shocked for a whole year.

But this means things have become more troublesome——

After all, how to Respond externally is a major problem, not Responding is definitely impossible…… but if the Response is biased, it will inevitably invite misunderstanding and doubt.

Even judging from the current situation, the whole affair carries a Suspicious atmosphere.

Although certain traces point toward ancient China, as well as those elements intertwined with religion and Legend, this still cannot truly explain anything, still insufficient to become an irrefutable conclusion……

Any person of sound mind, after Calming Down, would probably involuntarily produce deep doubt toward this——

To tell the truth, even suspecting Extraterrestrial Civilization Interference, suspecting it's an Alien's handiwork, both seem more Reasonable than the current situation.

But who can truly confirm it?

When Clues surface, clearly pointing in a certain Direction, following this line of thought to investigate and gather evidence is undoubtedly the most normal thing.

So the Celestial Dynasty's side also feels a certain amount of pressure.

Quite a feeling of a person sitting at home, a pot falling from the sky.

………………

………………

Meanwhile——

Above the Scene, at a High Altitude of fifteen thousand meters.

「……To sum up, basically that's how it is……」

On the bridge of the Air Battleship "Fraxinus".

Commander Girl Kotori Itsuka spread her hands, using a voice completely different from her usual Cuteness Tone, speaking so Calmly.

「As for now, I estimate that expert teams from all over the World will soon arrive at the area below to conduct on-site investigation……」

「You Should Know, the higher-ups can't Refuse, especially at a time like this, they can withstand the pressure even less, they can only choose cooperation……」

「So, our time is not much, even every second counts……」

「……」

「……」

「W-wait——」

Shido Itsuka stood in Front of the Captain's seat, reached out to press his forehead, Expression extremely weary and powerless as he groaned.

「I feel a bit dizzy, always feel too many Mysterious things have happened, my Brain is already a mess……」

He wasn't trying to escape, but truly felt his Brain swelling a bit, the impact of too much information Quantity in a short time causing his CPU to be a bit unable to Handle it.

Although it hasn't reached the point of a direct crash, the Brain is more or less not enough.

This is very normal, after all, when it comes down to it, Shido Itsuka is just an Ordinary boy, Ordinary schooling, Ordinary passing days, Ordinary understanding of this World.

At least before today, or say half an hour ago, he was such an Ordinary person.

But now, he discovered the whole World has changed.

And not just the whole World changed, but even starting from the person most Familiar by his Side, Cute Younger Sister transforming into the Commander of a certain Black Technology Battleship.

Then, as if Switching Personality, with a demeanor, Tone, Expression completely different from usual, she stated the World's truth to this Older Brother of hers.

——From the origin of Spacequakes, to the Existence of Spirits……

——Then to the Competition and Confrontation between the two Organizations Ratatoskr and DEM Industries……

——Then, about that matter he Encountered before falling into Coma, the Anti-Spirit Team's Confrontation with the Spirit, the unidentified intruder passerby……

To tell the truth, it is indeed somewhat Difficult for Shido Itsuka.

「Then let's sort it out, though our time might not be much……」

Kotori Itsuka sighed, also not rushing to force Shido to make a decision.

After all this is no child's play, but a major matter of life and death, not something that works by just pressing Shido Itsuka's head to make him Agree.

To tell the truth, the current situation is very very Complex, Kotori Itsuka isn't too sure either whether the Original plan can still be used.

Or rather, after the higher-ups struggled for a while, they finally made up their Determination, insisting on continuing to Push forward the Original plan.

After all, the current situation is unclear, those few fellows with a strange Art Style are of unknown Sacred origin, but the Existence of Spirits is undeniable.

That is undoubtedly a massive violence surpassing Humanity——

But precisely because of this, the Existence of Spirits is like a double-edged Sword.

Can be a Threat not to be ignored, can also be an unparalleled assistance.

Therefore no matter how you put it, right now striving to obtain the Spirit's approval first, this move should be without Error.

Even if something unexpected happens later, perhaps we can also rely on the Spirit's Mors Strength, for the Earth that seems to have already fallen into a vortex…… increase the odds of winning by a fraction.

Mm, Reasonable, well-founded.

Even Kotori Itsuka, after serious Consideration, believes this line of thinking absolutely cannot be said to have any Error.

Therefore, at such a critical juncture, she didn't choose to let Shido Itsuka go home to recuperate, but directly brought him onto "Fraxinus", rushing to the Scene.

On the way, she didn't forget to give her good Older Brother an on-the-spot explanation of the unlocked parts of the World view, very thoughtfully expressing——

"You have unlocked a hidden mission."

"..."

"..."

A long silence ensued.

Shido Itsuka stood in place, rubbing his temples hard, feeling waves of dizziness wash over him, and his cerebral blood vessels felt swollen too, as if they might burst at any moment.

He roughly understood a little, which was why he had this feeling.

How to put it, it was like a newbie who had just logged into a game, still in the newbie village running the tutorial phase, only to discover a massive Demon King City blocking the village entrance...

Briefly recalling the scenes he had witnessed before falling unconscious.

The corner of Shido Itsuka's mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly.

Facing a target that, just by swinging a Giant Sword, could cleave the Sky, tear the earth, and whose melee attacks could release an unknown AOE capable of leveling clusters of high-rises...

——With my scrawny arms and legs, asking me to deal with that kind of monster of unknown true identity that appears irregularly in this World?

——What's the difference between this and being required to "go eliminate Tang Sanzang and his disciples"?

"Of course we're not requiring you to defeat them; our plan hasn't reached that absurd level. Frontal combat is the method AST would choose..."

Kotori Itsuka raised her chin slightly, making a look of looking down on her older brother.

"Speaking honestly, why would you think that? Do you have some unrealistic fantasy about your own evaluation, Shido? Or is it this pathetic, still clinging to some Setting from your chuunibyou phase?"

"W-wait... are you really Kotori? You wouldn't just be someone who looks similar but is actually a stranger, would you?"

Cold sweat instantly broke out on the young man's forehead, and at the same time he began to suspect the Commander girl before him.

His own Younger Sister is clearly very Cute, so why does the current one seem like a Darkened version, opening her mouth with such acrid mockery?

"Shido, although I'd love to help you book a nursing home, now is obviously not the time for that."

Kotori Itsuka narrowed her eyes, staring at her older brother——

"In any case, obtaining a Spirit's assistance doesn't require you to fight. In this regard you are a very special Existence, our most important Secret Weapon..."

"Right now, that Spirit might be down there..."

"Well? Have you made your decision?"

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A bottomless sky-pit...

The tragic terrain testified to how astonishing that one palm was...

However, it was not entirely devoid of Mors Vitality either; at the very bottom of a certain position of the Palm Imprint, the Deepest part of the pitch-black Crack formed by the Stratum splitting open.

It was as if a natural Cave.

Miss Ciri maintained Consciousness with Effort in a daze, and then another period of time passed where she was very dull and hazy to the Outside World Environment, before she truly woke up.

She let out a very fortunate breath, because she discovered she had actually not suffered any injuries.

Under that Strike that seemed to crush the Tian Yu, she had miraculously survived, and hadn't even broken any limbs or anything.

——Is this Coincidence? Or luck?

——Or perhaps... she received someone's Full Effort protection?

In the Darkness, she thought very seriously for two seconds, and believed the latter was more likely.

This situation was too unusual; Miss Ciri couldn't Persuade herself to attribute her completely unharmed state simply to fate's favor.

"Geralt?"

"Where are you?"

"Can you hear my voice?"

In the pitch-black darkness where she couldn't see her hand in front of her face, she cast a Spell on herself that granted dark vision, then Carefully Observed her Surroundings.

Concentrating to scrutinize, not willing to miss any Detail with her Gaze.

However, she did not see that familiar figure, only obviously abnormal Stratum cracks, displaying their fissures in a nearly eerie manner.

These fissures were like the earth's wounds, winding and twisting, spreading from beneath her feet, forming one huge steep and rugged Crack after another.

The air above didn't seem calm either; faintly, weak Wind sounds penetrated the silence of these Cracks.

They seemed to be whispering, yet also sighing, Diffusing along with Miss Ciri's shouts, bringing bursts of hollow echoes.

And from the distant Front, there also came an indescribable cracking sound, as if the Stratum's plates were still in some undetermined state, the Cracks continuously growing, expanding.

"..."

"..."

Miss Ciri stopped calling out, taking a deep breath.

Geralt's condition was unknown now, but her guess was his situation probably wasn't good either; perhaps he had also fallen into the Stratum's Cracks below.

So the most urgent task was to find him...

Miss Ciri had too many things she couldn't figure out; the Status Quo was perplexing, making her very much Suspect whether she had lost some Memory.

And this point, it seemed, could only be confirmed from Geralt.

"Who——?!"

Trekking with some difficulty in the darkness, not long after, Miss Ciri suddenly turned her head sharply toward a certain Direction, her eyes sharp.

"..."

"..."

Silence, soundless.

Quiet, as if nothing was there, merely just her illusion.

Miss Ciri frowned, hesitated for a while, as if confirming she had misheard, slowly maintaining a Vigilant posture as she retreated step by step, slowly letting her figure merge into the pitch-black darkness.

After a good while, a figure finally walked out.

Waterfall-like bangs covered the left half of a face of startling beauty, while the other side revealed a wine-red right eye.

But all of this was concealed by a pitch-black darkness in which one could not see one's hand before one's face.

She laughed silently, watching the direction in which that woman had left, then lowered her head to stare at the half-section of longsword she held in a reverse grip.

The longsword's style was ancient and unadorned, but it was already broken.

Even so, it seemed to still contain an unimaginably vast Spiritual Power within, causing her to be secretly alarmed.

And what was even more worthy of attention was that the moment she grasped the longsword and came into contact with it, she felt as though she had linked into an incomparably grand and vast order.

Wider than the earth, wider than the Sky, even wider than the Star beneath her feet!

She did not know whether she was experiencing an illusion, but her Consciousness resounded with a vast voice:

"... Detected... Artificial Controller Switching..."

"... Thought Key Pattern... Link... Six Paths Wheel has responded, querying Heavenly Register..."

"... Activation failed, no Conferred Rank qualification detected, current controller confirmed to possess no Divine Position..."

Hum!

With a soft chime, the Broken Sword erupted with powerful Spirit Light and Force Field, refusing her grasp.

(Chapter End)