Chapter 15: Ribbit, Is There Any Honkai Energy Left?!
—Previous Era, Siberia
"Even though I knew war wasn't far away, I didn't expect it to be this soon."
Getting out of the military armored vehicle, the pink-haired girl, whose cheeks were red from the cold, stepped onto the thick layer of snow, wearing thin clothes.
She raised her hands and blew on them for warmth, muttering to herself, "A Herrscher's body isn't very resistant to the cold."
"Who knows? Herrschers are monsters after all, who knows what they are like."
Next to the girl was a man wearing a special uniform with the Fire Moth logo. He said, "It's not like you're freezing that badly, right? Our clothes are made with the organization's special environment-adaptive technology."
"Monsters, huh."
Hearing this view of Herrschers, Jiang Qiao sighed. The Herrschers of this era were indeed just monsters who only knew how to kill. Except for the owner of this body.
What a pity. She had been complaining about a possible Honkai outbreak in the morning, and by noon, she had gotten the notice that she was being sent to the battlefield.
She had to give credit to the Fire Moth organization's action speed. They had managed to cross the ocean and land in just under three hours.
The Second Honkai Eruption had broken out in the Siberian snowfields of the Great Bear, which was no different from how it was in later times. But Jiang Qiao wasn't surprised. According to Kevin, with Prometheus's backup, the patterns of the next era would be very similar to this one. Plus, the Honkai system itself was a big fan of fate and reincarnation, so the fact that the locations were similar wasn't surprising.
If nothing went wrong, he might even get to see the Previous Era version of the purple pufferfish.
"A young girl's body is very delicate, it's not the same as a boy's."
Jiang Qiao casually replied to the man. After a day of adapting, she had become more comfortable playing the role of Elysia.
"Haha, you won't survive long on this battlefield if that's the case."
Zhi laughed heartily, not paying attention to the difference between men and women. He just spoke with a bit of warning, before jokingly adding:
"Besides, your performance in the organization is much better than mine."
Zhi, a soldier of Fire Moth, had joined earlier than Elysia. According to the information Jiang Qiao got from Elysia, this man seemed to be a survivor of the First Honkai Eruption.
Because he had experience, even though he wasn't as strong, he became the leader of Jiang Qiao's team.
Since they were both men, he was close to Ato, and with Elysia... was there even anyone in this organization that had a bad relationship with Elysia?
Recalling the fact that even the military dogs would wag their tails at her, Jiang Qiao had once wondered about this.
"How far are we from our target?"
Zhi was indeed very experienced and was very official. After laughing, he seriously asked another member of the team for information.
The latter held an instrument and replied:
"About five kilometers."
The Second Honkai Eruption had broken out in the Siberian snowfields. According to satellite surveys and Honkai energy readings, the biggest Honkai source was in a village in the Siberian snowfields.
That was clearly where the Herrscher was.
"Why don't we just drive straight to the scene?"
Jiang Qiao looked at the snow that was swallowing her legs and felt helpless.
She was a southerner; she had never seen such a scene.
The saying "unable to move an inch" was perfect for this moment.
"If we continued driving, we would enter a high-density area of Honkai beasts. It's hard to deal with them in a vehicle. Be grateful. If the higher-ups hadn't cleared a path for us with artillery, we would have had to fight our way here step by step from the outside of the snowfields."
Zhi was also helpless.
Unlike Schicksal in later times, who had branches stationed all over the world, Fire Moth, at least in its early days, didn't have that much influence. They were completely unfamiliar with the Siberian snowfields.
"No need to worry. There are thirty other teams pushing forward from different directions with us. The pressure won't be too great."
"Let's distribute the weapons."
Zhi dragged several crates off the armored vehicle, which looked high-tech and valuable.
And when the password was entered, the contents were indeed just as expected.
High-frequency oscillation weapons, Honkai weapons developed by Fire Moth.
"I remember you using a bow and arrow, right, Elysia?"
He picked up a high-tech looking bow and arrow and handed it to Jiang Qiao.
It was a custom-made electromagnetic catapult bow specially designed by the weapon development department, based on Elysia's requests, with a pink coating as requested.
The latter froze.
"I don't even know how to use a bow and arrow!"
Underneath the pink-haired girl's exterior, Jiang Qiao started to sweat bullets.
She wasn't Elysia, so how could she know how to use a bow and arrow, a weapon that required a lot of skill?
"Ahaha, can you give me a gun instead?"
Jiang Qiao forced a smile and had no choice but to grab a gun.
She couldn't care about saving face at a time like this!
If she didn't know how to use weapons on the battlefield, then she would probably be sent to heaven immediately.
Besides, what if these people found out that she couldn't use a bow and arrow? That would be a disaster!
"Hmm? No problem."
Zhi didn't seem to notice anything strange, and shrugged, "Choose what you want."
"I've told you, bows and arrows are just too outdated. Even with high technology, they're not very useful. It's better to choose some reliable weapons on the battlefield."
He was quite happy that Jiang Qiao was seeking out other weapons. After all, weapons were a warrior's second life.
Jiang Qiao hesitated for a while in front of the weapon rack, and finally chose an electromagnetic hand cannon and a high-power thermal melting blade.
When it came to weapon deployment, Fire Moth was quite well prepared.
However, she still felt a bit of a headache when she thought about using these weapons against the Herrscher of the Void.
Jiang Qiao still clearly remembered the scene of the pufferfish fighting Himeko.
A battle-hardened Valkyrie, with the Blank Key and using a Honkai-powered core was having such a difficult time.
Jiang Qiao glanced at her small arms and legs, and couldn't figure out how Elysia had defeated that pufferfish.
Jiang Qiao: Online now, about to fight a Herrscher, feeling very nervous, please someone give me some advice.
Elysia, who saw Jiang Qiao's group message, felt helpless. She could already imagine what it would be like for Jiang Qiao to use her own body, which was so skilled in using Honkai energy.
After all, she could feel that there was no Honkai energy in this body, which meant that Jiang Qiao couldn't use Honkai energy at all.
But there wasn't anything she could do. It had only been a day since they had swapped bodies. One had to save Nagazora City, and the other had to go to the battlefield to fight a Herrscher. They didn't have much time to adjust at all!
She could only give a reminder.
Elysia: Um, you have to use Honkai energy properly.
Seeing this message, Jiang Qiao's mind instantly blanked.
Oh yeah, she had Honkai energy!