Chapter 1106 You Only Live Once

Ryugu Island and Poseidon Island are quite large. On the surface, it is a small island. In fact, the human army of the New United Nations used nuclear weapons on the Japanese mainland, causing 80% of the Japanese mainland to become a dead place. The surviving Japanese hid in the only remaining land - Hokkaido and Okinawa.

In order to survive and to allow humans to exist forever, he embarked on the [Arcadian Project] alone, with the goal of preserving all human information from the physical to the cultural in a single location. He built a "dedicated defense fortress" on the sea, moved more than 2,000 residents, and erased its existence from both the human and Festum camps.

[Alvis] is the name of a fortress ship that can move on the sea or the seabed. It is an organization that aims to implement the [Arcadian Project]. When sailing, it uses an electromagnetic propulsion system driven by a heavy hydrogen nuclear reactor. Almost all of the ship is automated, but operation and maintenance still require manpower.

【Alvis】 built three ships in total, namely Ryugu Island, Poseidon Island and Penglai Island, which respectively preserved the Seto Inland Sea star core divided into three parts. However, regardless of the original historical trajectory or the current situation with great changes, Penglai Island has been completely destroyed.

Under the guidance of Minamijo Orihime, Yang Hui came all the way to the top of the lighthouse on the island and looked out at the distant sea with Minamijo Orihime.

"Just say it, Minamijo Orihime." Yang Hui knew that Minamijo Orihime must know which places on the island Yang Hui wanted to visit the most, but she took him to the top of the lighthouse where there was no one else in the first place, and she must have something to say.

"I can't give you a blessing." Minamijo Orihime said.

"Blessing?"

"Yes, the star core gives the children a blessing."

This matter started with the first 【Sky Operation】 carried out in the North Pole. At the end of the operation, the North Pole star core continued to rise towards the universe, attempting to completely cover the earth together with Festum in outer space. It was eventually shot down and shattered into a large number of star core fragments scattered all over the world.

Then, at that time, the New United Nations had not been destroyed yet, so people were sent everywhere to recover the scattered star core fragments. After that, Emily brought multiple star core fragments to Ryugu Island for communication, and Ryugu Island also obtained multiple new star cores, which also brought great progress to Ryugu Island. The existing Excalibur Valrhona and the newly created third improved Excalibur Valrhona SS began to have new changes, and obtained the Eternal Conductive Circuit similar to the Savior Valrhona, and the Super Dimensional Power (SDP) with the same power as Festum.

The effect of SDP is that when they change to other machines, they will take the original SDP with them and it will be weakened. Only the original machine can exert the maximum efficiency. Even if the driver does not drive the Valrhona, he can activate the SDP, and new assimilation phenomena different from the past will gradually appear over time.

Orihime Minamijo said that it was the star core that protected the drivers from dying due to the assimilation phenomenon in the past, but the price was that their bodies would gradually mutate.

This is the blessing mentioned by Orihime Minamijo, and it is also a powerful power.

Minashiro Orihime is the star core of Ryugu Island. Except for Hino Miu, the children of Ryugu Island are not born normally, but artificially bred, because all the adults on the island are former Japanese. After the star core of the Seto Inland Sea descended, all the former Japanese were unable to reproduce because of the toxins emitted by the star core.

And these artificially bred children have the Festum factor in their genetic factors since birth, and its effect enables them to drive the Excalibur Valrhona. Due to its influence, some people will show signs of genius syndrome. On the other hand, the implantation of the Festum factor is accompanied by great danger, and the assimilation of the Festum may occur.

At the same time, Valrhona itself is also a special machine equipped with star core fragments. Both the pilot and the machine can be considered half a Festum, so the star core can bless them.

And Yang Hui is an outsider, without the Festum factor, and the machine does not have star core fragments.

"Giving blessings is actually dividing your power to others, right? This will shorten the time you can be active outside, right?" Although Minamijo Orihime is the human form clone of the Ryugu Island Star Core, this form has its limits. If it reaches the limit, Minamijo Orihime will have to return to the artificial breeding cabin and merge with the Star Core again to breed the next clone.

Minamijo Orihime is already the second human form clone. The first human form clone is called Minamijo Otohime. Because she taught the Star Core what the "cycle of life and death" is, the Star Core used the new knowledge on Minamijo Otohime, causing Minamijo Otohime to die quickly and return to the Star Core.

Because of the arrival of the alien Festum, the crisis of mankind and the crisis of Ryugu Island, Minamijo Orihime was born.

But... Minamijo Orihime is not Minamijo Otohime. They are completely different existences, so... If Minamijo Orihime disappears, she will really disappear, and the human form clone born again will not be Minamijo Orihime.

"...Yes."

"So cherish it. Since you have come to this world, whether it is good or not, it is worth experiencing it. After all, life... is only once, isn't it?"

"...This power is very strong, you need it."

"There are many powerful powers, not just this one. You should know about the battles in the universe, right?"

"Yes."

"Isn't the Moonlight Cannon strong? Isn't the reaction bomb strong? We also have MDE bombs, Genesis, super-heavy quantum reaction cannons, and even [Dimension Devourer]... If powerful strength requires a price, it's okay for me to bear it, but it's still a bit uncomfortable for others to bear it." Yang Hui shrugged and said.

"...You are different from others."

"This should be something you have learned a long time ago, Minamijo Orihime, or...Star Core, Minamijo Otohime and Minamijo Orihime, are they the same?"

"..."

"So, think more about yourself, not from the perspective of the Star Core, but from the perspective of Minamijo Orihime." As he said, Yang Hui stretched out his hand and rubbed Minamijo Orihime's head. The Star Core didn't know how many years it had existed, but Minamijo Orihime in front of him was indeed just a child of a few years old.

Minajo Orihime felt all this expressionlessly. This was very new to her and the Star Core. They had never experienced this before. Every time she was born, most people around her were afraid of her and rejected her because she was not a real human, but a clone of the Star Core.

Starting from Minajo Otohime, her only friends were Tategami Sakura and Nishio Rina on the island. Like Yang Hui, they never treated Minajo Otohime and Minajo Orihime as Star Cores, but as good friends.

And now... Yang Hui is a warm and gentle big brother.

Minajo Otohime and Minajo Orihime, in principle, have a biological brother, but that brother has never treated her as a sister, and was even very wary and alert to her at one point.

"If that's all you want to say, let's go down. We can't stay here and blow the wind all the time, right?" Yang Hui teased.

"...Someone wants to see you."

"Huh? Who!?"

Yang Hui was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt an abnormal mental wave coming from behind. He subconsciously protected Minagi Orihime behind him and pointed his gun at the position where he had just stood.

A figure flashed, and a woman with short black hair in a white coat stood in front of Yang Hui, with her hands in her pockets and expressionless.

"I have no ill intentions."

"She is not an enemy."

The woman who appeared and Minagi Orihime said at the same time.

"...Should I call you Makabe Akane or Mionil?" Yang Hui recognized who the visitor was and asked after putting away his gun.

"The person named Makabe Akane no longer exists. I am Mionil."

Makabe Akane, the wife of Makabe Fumihiko, took the initiative to assimilate with Festum in order to seek peaceful coexistence between humans and Festum. She is also a pioneer in this world on the road of mutual understanding.

The woman in front of him, wearing Makabe Akane's skin, is Festum, and the first Festum who took the initiative to contact and understand humans, Mionil.

"Why didn't I see you before?" Kasugai Kouhiro is already a Festum. Mjolnir and Kasugai Kouhiro are from the same faction. Logically, Mjolnir should be the representative of the Festum, which is close to humans, but she didn't show up before.

"I had some things to do and didn't have time to come back."

"So, what do you want to see me about?" Yang Hui asked.

"Individual Kasugai Kouhiro and individual Lai Zhucao have passed all your information to us. We are here to seek a union."

"You?"

"Yes, the actions of Kasugai Kouhiro, Lai Zhucao and I are all personal judgments and cannot represent the entire tribe. The tribe's willingness to contact humans does not mean trust in humans."

Yang Hui accepted Mjolnir's explanation. Mjolnir, Kasugai Kouhiro and Lai Zhucao, as well as all the Festum who helped Ryugu Island, cannot represent the entire tribe. These are all judgments and decisions made by them after communication.

As for other Festum close to humans... it can only be said that this is a mess left by the new United Nations.

Originally, the pro-human faction and the Festum that exterminated the human faction were mortal enemies. The arrival of the foreign Festum tribe annexed and assimilated the Festum that exterminated the human faction, and the situation of the pro-human faction Festum became even more difficult.

Now, after receiving the information sent back by Kasugai Kouyo and Lai Zhucao, the entire tribe judged that Yang Hui and the Promise Corps were trustworthy, so Mjolnir came and sought an alliance with Yang Hui.

"Okay." Yang Hui had no reason to object to this. The situation they were in was originally very bad, so they naturally had to unite all the forces that could be united to fight the crisis together.

"I will stay in Ryugu Island for the time being. As a medium of communication, the tribe will go to the Srinagar area first and wait for your arrival." Mjolnir said.

"No problem, I will inform our people not to attack you, but due to the special nature of both sides, I request... before our fleet obtains the means to resist assimilation, both sides should not come into contact and maintain a certain safe distance." Yang Hui put forward his own requirements. Not all Festum can transform into human form, and not all Festum can control their assimilation ability.

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