NFBE Chapter 30 Hua
Chapter 30 Hua
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Previously, the world's firepower weapons were not very effective against Honkai Beasts. After May came to power, she chose to completely upgrade the combat equipment and, with Velvey as the core, fully transformed the system into Honkai energy weapons.
However, as everyone knows, Virvy always adds strange twists to the original structure, which is why Sirory said it was "unfamiliar".
For example, with this portable sniper cannon, you could have simply increased its power, reduced its recoil, and strengthened its barrel structure. Instead, Vilvie insisted on adding features like a "transforming hammer," "built-in electronic instruction manual," "one-click self-destruct," and a "portable water bottle."
While it's not entirely useless—for example, you can just swing the hammer and engage in melee combat when you're out of ammo, or you can self-destruct before dying—it's still usable even without those features, which is why Velvet is criticized.
Yun Fuyu could understand a little bit of Wilvi's thoughts—she felt that with her genius, how could she fully utilize her talents by simply replacing firepower weapons with Honkai energy weapons? Of course, she needed to add more "practical functions"!
Moreover, although these functions are rarely used, they do seem to have some use, making it hard to argue against.
But Mei probably has something to say too—the budget is so limited, why do you insist on spending more to satisfy your hobbies? Isn't that just plain crazy? Just do what you're given, why do you have to be so clever and add unnecessary details?
Thinking about this, he couldn't help but laugh.
However, these are things that the big shots need to consider. Yun Fuyu can only imagine them. The focus is still on the novice assessment in front of him.
After Sirory finished speaking, this time it really served as a starting point. Everyone took turns talking about what they were good at and what they weren't good at. Some people even included their simulated training achievements. However, the highest scorer only managed to kill a tank-class Honkai Beast using a Honkai energy weapon.
Those who fight using their own strength, like Yun Fuyu, can at most deal with some rush-class Honkai Beasts (commonly known as mosquitoes), and not even those that are slightly stronger.
This is normal. In the pre-civilization world, human genes were natural and unedited, making the chances of producing geniuses extremely low. In the current civilization, because Mei edited the genes of human women but died before she could edit the genes of men, a large number of saintesses and Valkyries appeared in later generations, while the vast majority of men became cannon fodder.
However, anyone born with an adaptability (control ability) to Honkai energy of 100HW or more can generally grow stronger. In the estimations of Mei, Mebius, and Hen, Yun Fuyu's strength might have a chance to stand shoulder to shoulder with Kevin—the pink fairy disappeared after killing the Second Herrscher, and Kevin is now the top combatant of the Fire Moth.
This demonstrates their high expectations for Yun Fuyu, and also shows how much potential Yun Fuyu currently possesses.
Those who are not as adaptable to Honkai energy cannot be said to have low potential; it's just that the current world is treacherous, with Honkai and Herrschers lurking overhead, leaving them no time to grow.
Having gained a general understanding of everyone's strengths and areas of expertise, Yun Fuyu didn't have any particular thoughts. He simply decided to put the matter aside for the time being and wait until he joined up with the other group of new recruits.
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In the southern border of the Mu Continent, a fiery red transport ship descended from the sky. The deck opened, and a cold-faced girl led more than ten young warriors ashore.
The girl leading the group, while described as having a cold expression, was actually more accurately described as expressionless, which made her appear somewhat aloof. Judging from her appearance, she was likely from China, with sky-blue eyes but unusual gray hair, which undoubtedly added to her cold demeanor.
Needless to say, this is Hua, the future warrior in the name of "Floating Life", the future Crimson Iris Immortal, Fu Hua.
But those are all too far off; let's look at the present.
Hua was a member of the Fifth Squad, having joined the Moth of Flames after the Third Great Collapse. The Herrscher of Thunder's arrival turned the Far East-Azure Sea region into hell, and Hua was attending school in Azure Sea City at the time. When the disaster struck, her best friend and father died. The still-naive Hua became almost completely withdrawn from that moment on.
Fortunately, Himeko, the captain of the fifth squad, saved Hua at that time and has always valued her. So now, Himeko is Hua's hidden spiritual pillar.
After landing with the new recruits, she looked around and realized that the recruits of the third squad had not yet arrived. So she turned to look at her own recruits, wanting to say a few words of advice, but couldn't utter a single word. She decided to just stay silent and wait quietly.
So when Yun Fuyu landed with the new recruits, what they saw was a gray-haired girl standing with a sword in hand. Although the girl was slender, she seemed unshakable even by wind and rain or the collapse of the heavens and earth.
What a coincidence, it's Hua?
Yun Fuyu suppressed his excitement (this kid gets all excited when he sees someone he knows), stepped forward and nodded in greeting: "Hello, I'm the new recruit team leader for this assessment. You must be the senior member of the fifth squad, right?"
Hua saw the boy with facial paralysis walk up to him. He was thinking to himself that this person seemed difficult to get along with, but the other person greeted him with a smile, and even his tone seemed to be full of joy.
She coughed twice, feigning ignorance: "Ahem, I dare not accept the title of senior; I have merely wasted a few years as a moth chasing a flame."
After saying that, Hua wondered if she had lost her mind, actually using the tone she used when speaking to her junior brothers and sisters at the martial arts school. (Hua's father ran a martial arts school for a living, and Hua had always aimed to inherit it. However, the Collapse destroyed everything.)
Yun Fuyu was also stunned for a moment, speechless. He could only smile at her and continue, "No matter what, you have more experience than us. I am the team leader of the new recruits in the third squad. Since there are no seniors with us, I hope you can give us more guidance."
Hua Su nodded solemnly: "We will do our utmost to help within our capabilities!"
After saying that, she felt incredibly embarrassed. Why did she seem to speak without thinking today?
Yun Fuyu also felt that Hua had a naturally serious demeanor. Even though she was trying to curry favor, Hua would say "I will do my best to help." Although it was nice, it always made Yun Fuyu think of one word—ascetic.
Hua is too serious when she does things, to the point of being almost ascetic. For example, the gloomy girl in the back row of school, the rigid superior at work, the aloof and superior Crimson Iris Immortal of Shenzhou…
Suppressing her wandering thoughts, Yun Fuyu turned around and gathered her team members, then consulted Hua.
For example, what are the details of the Honkai Beasts' strength? What are the characteristics of the mission locations? What are the recruits' strategies in the Fifth Squad? Does Hua have any plans or suggestions for the operation? ...
Yun Fuyu was just a novice, and on his first official battlefield experience, he somewhat mechanically followed the summaries in the "mission reports" of various experts (namely Kevin and Hen).
However, Hua didn't find this behavior annoying; in fact, she was quite interested in sharing information and providing insights with him, and helping with overall planning.