Elysia didn't have to wait long before she saw Kiana.
"Elysia, that gem is on the basement level," Kiana said as she passed Elysia, continuing to run towards the basement level.
Elysia silently withdrew her outstretched hand, sighed, and then followed Kiana.
When they reached the basement where the gem was stored, there were no guards left, which meant they had already transported the Honkai Energy crystals inside.
Seeing Maji about to enter the password, Elysia reached out and grabbed Maji's wrist.
"Little girl, what's wrong? Haven't your missions been completed once you get the gem?" Maji turned her head to look at Elysia.
"Opening it without protection like this will cause Honkai Energy to leak out," Elysia shook her head and said.
"Honkai Energy leaking out..." Maji froze for a moment, "Are you saying Cocolia plans to conduct another experiment like the one in Nagazora City?"
Maji slowly lowered her hand and said with a bitter smile, "I actually forgot that Cocolia, that vixen, is as crazy as Otto."
"So, Maji, could you please stand back a bit?" Elysia stood in front of the panel at the door and entered the password on the panel.
When there was only one digit left in the password, seeing that Maji still hadn't moved, Elysia reminded him again.
"I've been injected with Honkai Energy antibodies, so there's no problem," Maji sighed.
Hearing him say that, Elysia directly entered the last digit of the password.
After the room door opened.
They immediately saw a blue gem floating in an instrument in the center of the room.
Furthermore, around the instrument were many purple Honkai Energy crystals, which were emitting terrifying Honkai Energy.
Elysia walked straight in without thinking.
"Such a terrifying concentration of Honkai Energy," Maji looked at his slowly graying hand.
"Little girl, you can't get the gem without any protection! Didn't Otto give you protective suits!" Maji grabbed Elysia.
"Doctor, just as you said, Bishop Otto is a fox just like Cocolia; how could he prepare protective suits for us?"
"But don't worry, someone sent us a container for the gem," Elysia took out the box Siegfried had given her from her pocket.
Fu Hua had already given this box to Elysia in advance, so it was in Elysia's hand.
"How can just a container for the gem be enough! Even if your Valkyrie bodies have been modified, the current concentration of Honkai Energy around the gem is not something you can approach!" Maji pointed at the Honkai Energy detector in the room and said.
"You don't need to worry about that, Doctor," Elysia walked directly into the laboratory and towards the gem.
"I can't let you go in alone," Maji said with his head down, then also walked into the laboratory.
"If you can get the gem, then take it; I'll try my best to deal with these Honkai Energy crystals here now," Maji walked towards the operating console nearby.
Elysia did not stop Maji's actions; after all, in the eyes of some people, Maji was also someone who did not value other people's lives.
Elysia already knew the effects of the surrounding instruments; there was no so-called device to reduce Honkai Energy concentration at all.
When she walked in front of the gem, Elysia reached out to take it, but Kiana reached out first and grabbed the gem.
Elysia quickly turned her head and looked at Kiana.
"I didn't expect that I would retrieve my things in this way," Kiana's eyes were now golden, and her entire demeanor had become completely different from before.
"Oh, it seems another Little Kitten has come out, but the gem is very dangerous ♬ ~" While Kiana was still marveling at the gem in her hand, Elysia took the gem back from Kiana's hand.
Then she put it into the box.
"My other half!" Kiana immediately turned to look at Elysia.
"Mhm, Kiana should rest a bit better ♬ ~" Saying that, Elysia was already behind Kiana, and then she used a hand chop on Kiana's neck.
Maji also turned to look at them, "Have you gotten the gem?" Then he saw Elysia attacking Kiana.
"Are you also one of Cocolia's people!" Maji shouted at Elysia.
"Oh, that's unfair; I'm a Valkyrie of Schicksal," Elysia helped Kiana up and then carried her on her back.
"Then why do you..."
"It's just for her safety, after all, this child wanted to take the gem directly," Elysia carried Kiana on her back and walked to the laboratory door.
"Maji, let's go; we can leave."
"If we leave, what about these Honkai Energy crystals here?" Maji leaned against the experimental bench and shook his head at Elysia.
"And, I'm already beyond saving, aren't I?" Maji took out a USB drive from his pocket and threw it towards Elysia.
Seeing Elysia catch it, he said, "This USB drive contains the research results of my entire life; I hope it can help more Valkyries."
"Doctor, if you do this, it will stain my mission record."
"Haha, a scumbag like me isn't worth saving, is he?" Maji said very freely.
"Hua, it's up to you," Elysia said to Fu Hua, who had rushed down, and then carried Kiana towards the rooftop.
Ghost had already sent them a message, telling them to wait on the rooftop for the rendezvous.
While going upstairs, Elysia said to Kiana, who was resting on her shoulder, "Little Kitten, don't pretend to be asleep ♬ ~"
"Tsk, I was discovered," Kiana opened her eyes, still with golden pupils.
"After all, Little Kitten can't even pretend to faint ♬ ~" Elysia chuckled softly.
"Carrying me like this, aren't you afraid I'll attack you directly?" Kiana looked at Elysia's neck and gnashed her teeth.
"But Little Kitten didn't attack, did she ♬ ~"
Kiana was silent for a while, then said, "Give me the gem."
"That won't do; this thing is very dangerous."
"That's my stuff! You humans clearly..." Kiana said, and the strength in her arm increased.
"Little Kitten, you're also human now," Elysia reminded her thoughtfully.
"You're the human! I'm the Herrscher of the Void!"
"Alright, don't force that past onto your present self. Right now, aren't you just Kiana?"
"No! Kiana is Kiana, and I am me! I am not the same person as that naive idiot!"
"Then tell me, whose body are you using now?"
Someone was silenced by Elysia's words.
Elysia then continued, "You have Kiana's memories, right?"
"Hmph, so what?" Kiana turned her head away.
"So, if you have time, you can talk to Kiana. I think she'll understand you very well."
"I don't want to talk to that idiot," Kiana bit her lower lip.
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