Until the evening of the same day, we were still unable to do anything about Sylvia's condition.
Before knowing the reason why she denied herself, even the Master of Mysticism, Alaya, could only temporarily slow down the dissipation of her body. The root cause was Sylvia, but the latter showed no signs of waking up.
"Ah Jun … Are we just going to watch her disappear bit by bit?"
My elder sister wore a sorrowful expression as she looked at the mass of light through the transparent observation corridor outside the research lab. Alaya had turned himself into an energy form and overlapped with Sylvia's, using this method to delay the latter's death. However, through the recording of the instrument, Sylvia's body was still continuously releasing energy.
Beside Sylvia, a petite girl was sitting there motionlessly, as though she was a statue watching over her. That was Visca. Even though she knew that the person in front of her was no longer the 'Big Sister Belavilla' of the past, the petite girl still poured a lot of her emotions into her.
"I don't like to think about things in a pessimistic direction." I shook my head. "But the current situation isn't optimistic …"
"If it's the last moment, I can use Time Freeze to stop her," Shallow Shallow said hesitantly. "That way, we can at least buy some time."
"But the energy vacuum that she releases at random times might cause you to suffer a backlash." I resolutely shook my head and rejected Qian Qian's attempt to take the risk. Although I wasn't sure if Sylvia's [Time Stop] ability would trigger an explosive effect, I didn't dare to let Qian Qian take the risk.
However, as I watched Sylvia gradually disintegrate into light spots that scattered in the air, my expression became increasingly gloomy.
Even though we had only known each other for a short period of time, even though Belavilla was our mortal enemy in the past, Sylvia was now treated as a friend by all of us. This innocent girl who was a little silly had even won Pandora's favor. Thus, as we watched her slowly walk towards death, our moods became exceptionally heavy.
Bastard! What exactly is going on? Can't you have a clearer clue?!
Feeling frustrated, I smashed my fist on the windowsill of the observation corridor, causing ripples on the protective barrier.
At this moment, Pandora's mental connection suddenly reached me.
"Big brother, I found the missing ships!"
Pandora's voice brought me back to reality. I remembered another terrible thing. We still had a few gravity shielding spaceships lost in the atmosphere!
It seemed that Pandora was not only there to intercept the meteorites that might have entered the atmosphere, but also to search for the missing battleships.
"What happened to the ships?"
"They all sank in the nearby waters, but the warships themselves are undamaged. The soldiers on the ships have also regained contact with us. Some soldiers reported that the warships suddenly lost power and crashed."
"Suddenly losing energy?"
Something flashed through my mind and I immediately asked.
Pandora shared a report with me. "This is the record of what happened at the time. All of the battleships' main energy sources suddenly disappeared for some unknown reason. Even psionic energy was no exception. After the battleships used the last bit of energy in their engines to safely land on the surface of the sea, all of the battleships, including the mothership, sank to the bottom of the sea … Brother?"
"Uh, it's fine. Since those warships aren't damaged, let them return to their original positions as soon as possible. You be careful too. Report to me immediately if anything unexpected happens."
I ended the call with an uncertain expression on my face.
The sudden disappearance of energy — this wasn't the first time this had happened.
I seriously read the information that Pandora sent me … fine, I seriously read the beginning. As for why I didn't read the description at the end … you know, I won't explain.
The time when the energy vacuum occurred was exactly when Sylvia was unconscious. The time when the communication in the wrecked battleships was restored was also exactly the same time when Alaya used his own energy to suppress Sylvia. I didn't believe that all of this was a coincidence.
I told my older sister the information that I obtained. Compared to us, she was far more cautious and analytical.
"Sylvia's unconscious state caused her power to go berserk. Or should I say, is it because her power went berserk that caused her to faint?"
My older sister's expression became serious after hearing my explanation of the situation.
"Or perhaps an even worse situation: Sylvia is about to transform into an Abyss. Alaya guessed this, right? If the psionic and spiritual powers that represent the Shiring Apostles in Sylvia's body were to completely dissipate, the parts of her body that were modified by the Abyss would suddenly erupt. By then, she might even turn into an Abyss passageway! "
"No wonder all of this was outside of Lin Xue's prophecy." As I said that, I recalled the scene where Lin Xue complained that the future she saw was filled with many blank scenes.
Shallow Shallow, who had been listening quietly from the side, suddenly broke the silence. "Even so, I don't believe that all of this is Sylvia's will."
"Of course." I stroked Shallow Shallow's hair gently. "Belavilla is already dead. Sylvia is our friend. Furthermore, even if she is a Fallen Apostle, to risk her own complete dissipation just to destroy a few of our spaceships is just too brainless. I now suspect that all of this is a conspiracy."
"Conspiracy. That's right. It is a conspiracy." My older sister knocked on the windowsill and the corners of her lips curled up. "Ah Jun, the Bubbles found something interesting in the 'Library' network in the campus city …"
Aresta? That old fox was up to something?
It didn't seem completely unimaginable, but I still felt that it was rather out of place.
Let's not talk about how he had done something to the Shiring Apostles. After all, other than her unique body structure, Sylvia basically had no ability to protect herself. What I was curious about was, did that old fox really think that he could use such a small trick to pose a threat to the entire spaceship fleet?
Furthermore, there was another point that was even more suspicious. Our arrival was absolutely sudden. It was impossible for Aresta to have the same prophecy ability as Lin Xue. Even if Xuan had transmigrated over ten times, could he have come up with a conspiracy against us in such a short period of time? He couldn't understand the existence of a super life form like the 'Shiring Apostles'. Furthermore, he had tried to take Sylvia back many times. If the latter was really a weapon that the old fox had designed to go against us, he should be more than willing to let us keep Sylvia.
Furthermore, using an 'incomplete apostle' to create a special weapon that could go against the Empire fleet, I didn't think that the people of Earth could do this.
However, despite all these doubts, all the arrows pointed to one point: Aresta and Sylvia's coma and the fall of our spaceship were inescapable.
"Contact Aresta for me."
I took a deep breath and ordered Vega, who was on standby not far away.
"Also, send a special force to control the entire school city's upper echelons. Let the spaceship above Tokyo descend into the attacking range and begin attempting to invade and control the school city's' library '. However, all of this must be done in a concealed state, understand?"
Vega immediately returned a standard military salute, "Long live the Great Empire!! Sir!! "
It was still the image of the man hanging upside down. Aresta appeared on the holographic projection without any novelty. This time, I was too lazy to reverse the image.
"May I know what orders you have for me? boss？”
Aresta still had that strange voice that was neither male nor female, and from his tone … it seemed that he didn't feel guilty at all.
"You really don't know why I'm looking for you?"
Although I felt strange, I still kept a straight face and asked with a gloomy expression.
Aresta's voice still sounded unhurried, "You don't seem to be in a good mood. Could it be that you are dissatisfied with my work?"
This fellow, is he playing dumb? Or does he really not know?
At this moment, I seemed to understand the benefits of facial paralysis. It was just like chatting on QQ, the other party would never be able to see any traces of lies from your expression.
"You have completed your work well. The situation along the coast of Japan is rather stable. The few cities that were destroyed by the tsunami have indeed completed the evacuation … However, you know that I'm not talking about these."
Towards my hint again, Aresta still made a doubtful expression, "I'm not sure if it is due to the difference in culture, but I can't seem to understand what you are talking about."
I was confused. The fellow in front of me, did he really not know anything? Or was he still pretending? If it was the latter, it didn't seem like it.
"Regarding Silvia — —" I paused and tapped my fingers on the table, "I want to know how many secrets you are hiding. Don't try to fool me with your orphan theory."
This time, Aresta was silent. After nearly ten seconds, he slowly said, "I thought that the power of foreigners was enough to see through everything. I didn't expect that even with the development of technology, there are still things that are impossible to achieve … That's right, Silvia is indeed not an orphan adopted by some school city. In fact, her appearance in this city was as abrupt as yours. Even I couldn't find any clues about her past. Then, could she be your lost compatriot?"
"You can say that — — Don't change the topic, continue."
"Alright, as you wish. The arrival of that girl piqued my curiosity, so I conducted some research on her. Don't worry, she didn't suffer any harm in the process because her existence is too special … I have to admit, that girl was once a very important part of my plan. Her special ability and the astonishing power contained in her body are all very precious to me. That is why I have always wanted to get her back from your hands. But other than that, I can swear that my plan has not even begun."
My expression was gloomy as I stared into his eyes, trying to find any signs that he was lying. Unfortunately, this guy with facial paralysis remained calm.
Also, the things he confessed sounded very honest. In fact, I never thought that an earthling would have the thought of conspiring after facing an overwhelming space fleet, even if that person was an old fox like Aresta.
Seeing the uncertain expression on my face, Aresta finally asked curiously, "May I ask what happened to make such a powerful foreigner so agitated?"
I lowered my eyes and glanced at the image in front of me with the corner of my eye. I didn't answer, but directly cut off the connection.
"Vega, did you find anything?"
I asked through the mental connection.
"Reporting, Sir! Aresta and his affiliated information channels have not found any abnormal data. He hasn't taken any unnecessary actions. "
"Let the mainframes continue to monitor him. Perhaps he just hasn't taken any action yet …"
Before I could finish, another mental connection suddenly interrupted me. It was Shallow Shallow's voice. "Ah Jun, Ah Jun! Sylvia is starting to lose control! "
I rushed to Research Lab No. 3 at lightning speed. What I saw was a gigantic white ball of light that filled up one-third of the entire lab. Alaya's aura was mixed within it, but it was gradually being expelled. The various barrier systems that were used to prevent Sylvia's energy from dissipating were frantically emitting alarms, indicating that the energy suppression field was reaching its limit.
"What's going on? Why did she suddenly lose control? "
Shallow Shallow grabbed my hand anxiously and said quickly, "Everything was fine at first, but a strange electromagnetic wave suddenly invaded this place from the outside. The lab didn't set up any filters for low-level energy like electromagnetic waves, so I didn't expect Sylvia to lose control right after. Now, all the energy in her body is collapsing, and she can't even maintain her own body!"
"Alaya! Can you hear me? How are you doing? "
Sensing the fluctuating energy and Alaya's aura within the gigantic ball of light, I started to worry about my angel sister's condition.
"Brother Monarch … I'm fine …" Since he had been converted into pure energy, Alaya's voice sounded inorganic and trembling. "But I'm about to lose control of Sylvia. Just now, I discovered some terrible hints in the depths of her subconscious. The moment she completely loses control … the consequences will be severe!"
"Hints?" I exclaimed in surprise. "What kind of hints?"
"It's an attack directed at us. Brother Monarch, the moment Sylvia completely disappears, all the Schilling Battleships in the sky above Earth will be instantly enveloped by an energy vacuum. When that happens, all the protective shields outside the atmosphere will disappear!"
Alaya's words were sent through the public channel. Not only did I gasp, even Shallow Shallow and my sister couldn't help but exclaim in shock.
"Causing all the Schilling Battleships in the Earth-Moon system to fall?" Shallow Shallow said in disbelief. "Is that possible? Such a powerful attack? "
"Of course it's possible, Sir!" Vega walked in unknowingly. "Based on our analysis of Sylvia's energy sample, she was once at least a General-class or even an Emperor-class Shiring Apostles. The transformation of the Abyss energy has made her even more powerful. Although she has lost the ability to control this power, her body still retains this power. If she were to sacrifice her life force to release it, the self-destruction of an Emperor-class Fallen Apostle would definitely have the ability to cover the entire planet or even more. Furthermore, her ability is so unique …"
I noticed that Vega had already switched to his battle mode. Plasma was faintly appearing under the sturdy shell of his lower body. His armor was storing electricity, a sign that he had entered a high state of alert.
"Vega, what's going on? Didn't I ask you to meet Aresta? "
Sister Scorpion saluted. "Reporting, Sir! The current situation is very suspicious. Aresta obviously isn't the mastermind. There isn't enough time for us to slowly investigate. To avoid unnecessary losses, I hope that the few of you will immediately evacuate this planet. The armored scorpion team will be responsible for guarding this planet and continue investigating after the energy vacuum stops … "
"Investigate my ass!" I couldn't help but want to knock on the head of this stubborn Steel Scorpion. Alright, I couldn't reach it. "By then, Sylvia would be dead and all of humanity would be dead! Investigate your ass! "
"I'm very sorry, Sir, but this is the best choice!"
Vega said with his head held high.
I knew that the Scorpion in front of me was really thinking for our sake. Sylvia's self-destruction was already inevitable. By then, other than the special Schilling units, 99% of the Empire's warships would fall due to the loss of psionic energy. Not to mention the asteroids that would swarm in due to the disappearance of the protective shield, even those huge spaceships would be enough to smash the earth's crust into space dust.
The Empire's fleet would suffer heavy losses and humanity would perish in an instant. That included so many of my friends whom I had devoted my heart to, Teresa, Mikoto, and even Steele and God's Fissure who I rarely interacted with … Even if I could save all of them, how would they feel when their home was destroyed due to my incompetence?
"We can't retreat!" I stared at Vega sternly. "The Empire has never retreated before!"
This was what Pandora had said to me when she was nestled in my arms and told me about the Thousand and One Battles.
However, it was obvious that this sentence, which sounded rather silly to me back then, had moved Sister Scorpion greatly. She gave a military salute and said loudly, "As you command! Sir! Long live the Great Empire! Long live victory!! "
After Vega sent the hot blood that he had carried half a mile away, I almost got excited as well. However, in the end, I calmly turned my head around and asked Alaya, "Alaya, how much longer can you hold on? Is there any other feasible solution? "
The angel sister sounded a little tired, but she was still energetic. "Brother Monarch, if nothing goes wrong, I can still hold on for around 30 minutes. As for the solution … Although I have one, it is very dangerous to execute."
"What solution?" I was delighted. As long as it could solve the current crisis, a little bit of danger was nothing.
"Awaken Sylvia!" Alaya said resolutely. "Let her soul come back to life and let her reconstruct her sense of self. This might be able to stop the process of her collapse."
"Then, what about the danger?" As a layman in magic, I naturally didn't think much about Alaya's solution. The only thing I was concerned about was what exactly Alaya meant by 'very dangerous'.
"Sylvia might not be the only one who awakens …" Alaya hesitated for a moment, but he still said it. "Belavilla's soul fragment has yet to disappear …"
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