As a symbiotic being, I raise children amidst the chaos.

Siegfried's eyes widened, his eyeballs seemingly about to pop out of their sockets, his face a complex mix of astonishment and surprise.

He just stared blankly at the incredibly familiar figure in front of him, his brain seemingly short-circuited, unable to react at all.

"You... are you a human or a ghost... if you're a ghost, don't come looking for me!" After a long while, Siegfried finally came to his senses, his lips trembling slightly as he said, "If you're a human, that's great... I thought... you were already dead..."

Upon hearing Siegfried's words, Walter Young's previously calm eyes instantly dimmed, and he sighed softly before speaking slowly.

"Indeed, even I thought so at the time... I thought I was going to die on the moon and never come back..."

However, before he could finish speaking, he raised his head, looked at Siegfried, and continued, "But as you can see, I am still standing here perfectly fine."

At this point, Walter Young's thoughts involuntarily drifted back to the battle on the moon. The scene was still vivid in his mind, every detail deeply etched there.

Indeed, as he had said before, the battle was so brutal that even he himself believed he was doomed. However, fate often plays tricks on people, and just when he was prepared to die, a miracle suddenly occurred.

When Walter Young opened his heavy eyelids again, he found everything around him unfamiliar. He was in a ruin, surrounded by an aura of antiquity and decay.

What's even more surprising is that despite the intense battle, he had no injuries whatsoever, and didn't even feel a trace of pain.

The Herrscher core remained within him, and upon sensing it, the power it contained was even greater than the previous one. If it weren't for his tattered clothes, Welt Yang would almost have thought that everything happening before his eyes was just a dream.

Just as the latter stood up from the ground, suddenly, a purple circular portal opened in front of him without warning!

"Again..." This sudden turn of events startled Walter Yang. At first, he mistakenly thought that Sirin and Chenyuan had returned. He immediately became alert and prepared to fight back.

However, as time ticked by, no one appeared from inside the portal. Gradually, Walter Yang's tense nerves relaxed slightly.

But in that moment of relaxation, a note that had been hidden in his clothes slipped out quietly.

Upon seeing this, Walter Young quickly bent down to pick up the note. Then, he frowned slightly and, after a moment's thought, took a step and slowly stepped into the portal in front of him.

"Let's not talk about that anymore, Siegfried. What do you think of the coffee in your hand...?" Walter Young said, shaking his head thoughtfully, before walking over to Einstein's side.

Ignoring Siegfried's gaze, he picked up the coffee pot on the table and skillfully poured himself a cup of fragrant coffee.

Siegfried was deep in thought about the previous topic when Walter Young asked him this question. He paused for a moment, then took a sip of his coffee, frowned, and said...

"The taste? Hmm... how should I put it, I wasn't paying much attention, I was too busy thinking about other things, I just felt that the cup seemed a little cold... wait!"

Suddenly, as if realizing something, Siegfried stopped speaking abruptly, a look of astonishment on his face, his eyes fixed on the hand holding the coffee cup.

"How could the cups be cold?" Siegfried muttered incredulously. Just moments before, he had watched Einstein personally brew these cups of coffee with boiling water!

Moreover, at this moment, the coffees in their hands were still steaming hot, but the cup in his hand was as cold as if it had just been taken out of an ice cellar.

"It seems I was right." Einstein, standing to the side, seemed to have anticipated this outcome.

She nodded slightly in agreement, then slowly and deliberately placed the still-warm coffee on the table.

At the same time, a small black device appeared out of nowhere as if by magic.

"When the power of the Honkai Beast within you erupts, it's like a wild beast, frantically eroding your nervous system."

"For a considerable period of time to come, your body temperature will remain at a low level, and at the same time, you will gradually lose your sense of touch with the outside world."

"According to the precious records from the previous civilization discovered by Anti-Entropy, someone once tried to inject the DNA of Honkai Beasts directly into the human body in order to create so-called Fusion Warriors."

“Those brave pioneers gave the marks left by these Honkai Beasts a name—'Hypermutation Factor'.”

At this point, Einstein extended a finger and gently hooked it, and in an instant, a blue test tube, only a few centimeters in size, appeared out of thin air in her fair palm.

"This is what I meant by 'super-mutant factor'! However, obtaining this thing was not easy. We only managed to get a few units after receiving assistance from a very mysterious force."

"Currently, even I only have a mere three bottles," Einstein said, frowning slightly with a hint of regret.

"Although I had conducted related experiments before, the results were very disappointing. This was true for the activators used to activate the 'hypervariant' activity."

"Even with this 'hypervariant factor' itself, I am unable to successfully replicate it or conduct in-depth research on it."

"A mysterious force..." Upon hearing Einstein's words, a rare look of contemplation appeared on Siegfried's face. He frowned slightly, then a bitter smile appeared on his lips.

"What am I even thinking? Things have come to this point, and now I only have a chance to defeat the Second Herrscher by relying on this thing, don't I?"

After saying this to himself, Siegfried slowly raised his head, looked at Einstein, and extended his right hand to her. "Thank you, Doctor. Please give me that reagent..."

However, at that moment, a figure suddenly stood up. Walter Young, with a solemn expression, walked step by step to Einstein and took the reagent known as the 'hypervariant' from her hand.

“Siegfried, don’t rush into a decision. Now it’s time for you to make a choice again,” Walter Young said solemnly, gripping the reagent in his hand.

"According to Dr. Einstein's research and speculation, if humans were to fuse with the DNA of Honkai Beasts, the consequences would be extremely serious."

"The DNA of the Honkai Beasts is likely to cause irreparable damage to the nervous and circulatory systems of the Fusion Warriors."

After a pause, Walter Yang continued, "Not only that, but if this fused ability is overused, it may even cause one's originally normal nervous system to gradually assimilate towards the DNA of a Honkai Beast."

"The final result is—to completely transform into a true Honkai Beast that has lost its mind and only knows how to kill!"

At this point, Walter Young couldn't help but sigh deeply, a trace of worry appearing on his face. Then, he slowly raised his hand and handed the "Hypermutation Factor" to Siegfried, who was standing in front of him.

"That's all the explanation I can give you about this thing, Siegfried. As for whether or not to use this powerful and mysterious force, I hope you can calm down and think it over carefully before making a decision..."

“After all, the impact it brings may far exceed our imagination,” Walter Young said earnestly to Zigfi.

However, Siegfried seemed completely unconcerned by Walter Young's words. He swiftly reached out his right hand and snatched the "Super Mutant Factor" from Walter Young's grasp.

He casually scratched the back of his head with his left hand, a nonchalant smile on his face. "Is there even a need to consider it? I never hesitate when it comes to things like this!"

Siegfried responded with a loud laugh, as if the so-called "super-mutant factor" was nothing more than a trivial trinket to him.

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"Where...is this...?" On the other side, in the frigid Siberian region, Cecilia, lying on the bed, slowly opened her beautiful eyes as if waking from a deep sleep.

As her vision gradually cleared, she saw several small heads staring intently at her with worried expressions.

"Lady Cecilia is awake!!!" Upon seeing Cecilia open her eyes, one of the Valkyries screamed excitedly, followed by the others.

"Quickly inform Lady Cheng Lixue!!!" Before the words were even finished, the Valkyries seemed to have received the most urgent order, and hurriedly turned around and ran towards the door.

"Wait a minute..." Cecilia called out to them as she saw the situation. But before she could finish speaking, the Valkyries had already disappeared, leaving only a series of hurried footsteps echoing in the air.

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