Kiana and the Captain's Bizarre Adventure

Chapter 225 Raiden Mei: Women will only slow down my research.

Meanwhile, inside the base, everyone was quickly moving through the corridors.

Inside the room where the Stigmata Terminal was located, Raiden Mei was making final preparations. She glanced at the footage from the monitor and then issued an order.

"Activate the defense mechanism of Alaya consciousness; we cannot let them in for the time being."

"I understand."

Alaya consciousness nodded, and seeing this, Mei went to the bottom of the Stigmata Terminal.

Gazing at the rare humanoid Raiden Mei at the center of the device, he fell silent. As a carrier of consciousness, the Stigmata would integrate all of Raiden Mei's memories from all civilization eras into the Stigmata.

If we were to pinpoint the common thread among all these memories, it would likely be that regardless of the civilization or era, Raiden Mei would ultimately fall in love with Kiana.

Even Mei from the previous civilization era was no exception, after all, Kevin was the result of Alaya consciousness rewriting Kiana's genes.

Those memories were churning in Raiden Mei's mind, causing her to feel momentarily disoriented.

As for the reasons, they all point to not wanting to hurt Kiana's feelings.

Ironically, even though the Kiana of this civilization era is not the real Kiana, I still fell in love with her.

Kiana Kaslana, what exactly are you?

To this day, Raiden Mei still doesn't understand what kind of being Kiana she met back then was, since it's impossible for humans to have 100% resistance to Honkai energy.

Kiana, however, did it. She recalled that the reason she let her join the Super Electric Club was because she wanted to observe her amazing physique up close.

Even after she used her as the core material for the Stigmata Terminal, she still didn't understand why, or why she couldn't stop crying during the modification process.

Even today, Raiden Mei can still feel the trembling hands and the sensation of blood on her skin.

Warm, humid, and sticky.

Even more amazingly, the Honkai energy in the air disappeared instantly upon contact with the bright red blood. At that very moment, Raiden Mei realized once again that she had found another set of materials she needed.

A document of vital importance to the God of War.

However, one person's blood alone is not enough, so Raiden Mei took advantage of Kiana's cells being still active before she was completely dead to extract the cells she needed and sealed them away for future cloning.

"Well!"

A violent wave of nausea interrupted Raiden Mei's recollection. She covered her mouth and crouched down in pain.

After the nausea subsided, Raiden Mei stood up with a wry smile. She hadn't expected that the memories of other civilizations would cause her to feel guilty.

However, Raiden Mei didn't dislike this feeling, since it meant that her human emotions, which had been abandoned due to the fusion of consciousness, were returning.

Perhaps once she completes the final steps, her feelings will completely return, and even Raiden Mei herself doesn't know what she will do then.

Of course, this situation would only occur if Raiden Mei started the final fusion step without making any preparations, and I was just trying to find a way to eliminate this influence on me.

Perhaps Raiden Mei doesn't dislike the return of emotions, but for Raiden Mei, who has always been rational, she is better off without emotions.

After all, I still have a lot of experiments to complete, which will inevitably involve some operations that are considered inhumane by the world. If I let my emotions hold me back, it will be troublesome.

To this end, Raiden Mei prepared this stabilizer. By using this stabilizer before the surgery, her consciousness can be anchored, allowing her to complete the subsequent consciousness fusion process without any side effects.

But is this really a good idea?

Suddenly, a voice rang in Raiden Mei's mind.

The sharp needle was stuck, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't push it any further.

Is this really good?

Raiden Mei realized that this was her own consciousness rebelling against this civilization!

If I don't say it, isn't that just like being a Herrscher?

It's unexpected that they were able to break free from the influence of the Holy Mark to some extent. You should know that even Mei from the previous civilization era couldn't do that.

The fact that Mei from the previous civilization had the stigma removal surgery performed was entirely the result of his own suggestion, and that he had engraved some knowledge and plans into Mei's mind before the stigma was completely removed.

Moreover, the removal of the stigmata does not mean that May has completely escaped her control. In fact, the so-called removal surgery is just a way to make the stigmata inactive by deactivating the stigmata factors.

In essence, the stigmata were not removed; they were merely hidden.

Even after Mei's consciousness completely died, her memories were still transcribed and preserved by the Stigmata.

Through Mei's memories, Raiden Mei also learned about the ending of the previous civilization era.

Just as she had predicted, the previous civilization era ultimately could not escape the fate of being judged at the end.

However, to Raiden Mei's surprise, the plan she had engraved in Mei's mind had deviated to some extent under Mei's scheme.

In particular, Kiana's Stigmata were also modified, and since Kevin did not die, the Alaya Consciousness did not reclaim all of the Stigmata.

This also led Alaya Consciousness to have to find another way to reproduce Kiana's Stigmata in this civilization era. The so-called Sariat Stigmata is just a mutated Stigmata that Alaya Consciousness accidentally caused some of the power of the End to escape when it was repairing the civilization.

Kiana's original Stigmata possessed the power of the end, and it wasn't until Kaslana and Schariac combined that Kiana's Stigmata became complete.

Alaya consciousness also took advantage of the situation and returned the stigmata that Bianca had recovered to its rightful owner on the day Bianca was born, and awakened some of the stigmata for her.

Kiana's Stigmata were divided into three parts, and the part that was easiest for Alaya consciousness to awaken was the one she returned.

Therefore, Bianca received enhanced physical functions on the day she was born, and this enhancement will bring her more enhancements as she grows.

This also enabled Bianca to later achieve the feat of bungee jumping from 10,000 meters without a parachute, being hit on the head by debris from a spacecraft, and ultimately surviving the landing.

Not to mention that Bianca's strength at that time was already beyond that of ordinary people, and Alto has more to say about this.

In short, because Mei changed her plans, Raiden Mei had to activate her backup plan.

That is to awaken the Holy Mark ahead of time, quickly complete the consciousness fusion, and personally take action to put the plan back on track.

However, Raiden Ryoma from this civilization era ruined her plans. Just like her father, he was obsessed with research every day, which meant that Raiden Mei rarely had time to spend with him during her childhood.

But he could tell at a glance that she wasn't his daughter, so the Thunder Dragon Horse made his move.

No one knows where he got the technology from, but he was able to seal the stigmata. Helpless, Raiden Mei had no choice but to fall into a deep sleep again.

What she didn't expect was that her holy mark would actually give birth to another consciousness under the effect of the seal, but as a newly born consciousness, it was unaware of what kind of existence it was.

When Raiden Mei regained consciousness, it was already the time of the Third Honkai Impact, but because of her seal, she could only watch everything happen from the sidelines.

Then she saw that the newly formed Stigmata consciousness actually believed itself to be a Herrscher consciousness, and not only that, it was also won over by Kiana Kaslana.

Although he didn't say it, the image of Kiana Kaslana had long been filled in his mind.

Until she sacrificed herself for this civilization, and the Stigmata transcribed her, Raiden Mei also gained her feelings for Kiana Kaslana.

Not wanting to harm Kiana Kaslana in any way—that was the last feeling that Stigmata consciousness left her.

This forced Raiden Mei to make more preparations. After putting down the stabilizer in her hand, Raiden Mei took a deep breath.

He then turned and picked up a helmet from the table; the helmet was a portable psycho-suggestion device.

Originally, Raiden Mei used it to brainwash her subordinates. After all, even she herself felt that her experiments were somewhat inhumane, and in order to prevent the researchers from defecting or spreading rumors, Raiden Mei invented this helmet.

The goal was to silence those researchers and get them to fully support his research.

Raiden Mei glanced helplessly at the helmet, then put it on without hesitation and activated it. She never expected that she would need to use this thing one day.

As the helmet was activated, the connected computer began running the code that Raiden Mei had set up in advance.

As she felt her feelings for Kiana Kaslana slowly fading from her mind, Raiden Mei gripped the armrests of her chair tightly.

She resisted the urge to take off her helmet, knowing it was just a final, desperate attempt to salvage the relationship. She just needed to get through this period.

Raiden Mei had never felt time could pass so slowly; it was as if time had stood still. Raiden Mei felt that she had been activating the helmet for a long time, but the progress bar projected on her retina seemed to be stuck and did not move at all.

Finally, Raiden Mei, drenched in sweat, took off her helmet and gasped for breath, but the result was gratifying.

She has now completely lost her feelings for Kiana Kaslana, and not only that, but the feelings that Raiden Mei has for Kiana have also been affected.

Even without using the stabilizer, she can ensure that she won't be affected by these emotions in the future. However, to ensure that nothing unexpected happens, Raiden Mei still chooses to use the stabilizer.

However, before Raiden Mei could make a move, the laboratory door was violently opened.

Raiden Mei looked up and saw that everyone had arrived in front of her. Realizing that it was impossible for her to inject the stabilizer, Raiden Mei put down the syringe in her hand.

"I didn't expect you to make such a breakthrough so quickly. It seems that the defense system I designed back then was indeed not well thought out."

“Blame it on you for giving ‘Kiana’ the same permissions as you!” Kiana Kaslana said. “Otherwise, we wouldn’t have gotten here so easily.”

“I see. This explains why the Alaya consciousness didn’t stop you from coming in. To be honest, even I don’t know why I did it back then. Now it seems that it has indeed caused trouble for the future, Alaya consciousness.”

As she spoke, Raiden Mei summoned her Alaya consciousness.

"Doctor, you wanted to see me?"

"That's right, start the final procedure."

"Do you really want to do this?"

"Do I have a choice now? And Bronya is controlling the God-Slaying Armor to assist Alaya consciousness in stopping them."

After saying that, Raiden Mei opened the hatch of the Stigmata Terminal and went inside. Before leaving, Raiden Mei took the stabilizer with her.

"I'm sorry everyone, we're about to become enemies," Alaya-vijnana apologized.

"What is this so-called final solution?" Durandal asked. "And what about Bronya?"

"You shouldn't have had the authority to ask this question, but I'll answer it anyway out of personal preference."

Alaya-vijnana answered while putting on the God-Slaying Armor.

"The so-called final solution is to completely strip everyone of their privileges, including Dr. Mei's own, to execute the final instructions given by the Doctor. It is a solution intended to ultimately defeat the enemy and destroy the Stigmata Terminal. Bronya is an intelligent AI developed by the Doctor to assist her in controlling the Godslayer Armor. Of course, I can also use the Godslayer Armor with her help. So everyone be careful, this is your only chance to stop the Doctor."

After saying that, the Godslayer Armor went into full power, completely disregarding whether the Stigmata Terminal behind him would be affected.

The violent explosion instantly engulfed the entire room, and the next second a protective shield rose in front of the Stigmata Terminal to absorb the shockwave from the explosion.

The crowd scattered the moment the Alaya consciousness fired its cannon, and the Alaya consciousness's barrage did not achieve sufficient results.

Then, two greatswords of heavenly fire broke through the thick smoke and arrived in front of Alaya consciousness; it was Kevin and the captain who made their move.

They launched a surprise attack while the smoke obscured the vision of the Alaya consciousness, but they still underestimated the reaction speed of the two as artificial intelligences.

In less than 0.1 seconds, Bronya completed her attack prediction and then released an energy shield along the trajectory of the two attackers.

The precise interception gave Alaya consciousness space to launch an attack. Alaya consciousness drew a katana from behind and slashed horizontally at Kevin and the captain.

When the two tried to use their weapons to block, they found that they couldn't move the Heavenly Fire Judgment. Only then did they realize that the energy shield that had been blocking their attacks had changed shape, fixing the two Heavenly Fire Judgments in mid-air.

Not only that, even the two people holding weapons were affected, and could only watch helplessly as the attack of the Alaya consciousness drew closer and closer to them.

"when!"

Finally, Fu Hua quickly arrived in front of the two and punched them, deflecting Alaya's attack off course. Only then were the two able to break free from Bronya's control by changing the form of the Judgment of Heavenly Fire.

"Why did Bronya let them get away?"

"There's nothing I can do about it. After all, I essentially transferred energy to them through their weapons. Once they changed the shape of their weapons, my shield suddenly lost its direct contact point and naturally lost its control effect."

An inorganic voice rang out from the Godslayer Armor; it was indeed the voice that everyone knew.

The captain thought to himself, "I never imagined that the final Zero Era would bring together the three starter ships in such a strange way."

However, none of that matters. What matters is how they can break through the combined defense of Alaya-vijnana and Bronya to stop Raiden Mei's plan.

Quickly think of anything else you might have forgotten.

The captain stood there anxiously recalling everything, but unfortunately, the Alaya consciousness would not give him that chance.

She raised her weapon and charged at the captain, then swung her knife.

To everyone's astonishment, time seemed to stand still, and they could only watch helplessly as the attack from the Alaya consciousness drew ever closer to the captain.

Is that the end?

The captain stared intently at the approaching katana, and the Heavenly Judgment he was gripping in his hand slipped slightly.

The captain then fell into a deep sleep.