Kiana and the Captain's Bizarre Adventure

Chapter 244 Prison Sakura: Kids, I won the revival match too!

Let us turn our attention back to the deepest depths, and after sending Mebius to the afterlife, Aponia once again focuses her gaze on Velvi.

At this moment, the green smoke covering Aponia's entire body had spread out, and even her figure had become transparent and shimmering, as if she were about to disappear in the next second.

That's more accurate to say it's true.

Because she had used her power multiple times, the power of the Herrscher of Corruption had penetrated her entire body. In particular, she had used all her strength to send Mebius away, leaving her body riddled with holes from the corruption.

"I didn't expect that you would say you would betray me, but in reality you still chose to protect me."

Aponia said this upon seeing the monster corpses on the ground around her, to which Velvet merely scoffed.

"Don't think so highly of me, okay? The only reason I didn't choose to backstab you is because physical contact with you now would only deepen my corrosive state. Unfortunately, I have no intention of dying with you."

"Really? That's great. If you accelerate the erosion process because of this, I'll be in trouble."

"Can you stop acting like you can solve all my problems and then try to show me your concern?" Velvi said in a deep voice. "You're still the same as before, always putting yourself on a pedestal, offering pity to others, and then condescendingly offering your self-righteous help. I find your hypocrisy disgusting!"

"I'm sorry... After all, having this ability, I always think about what I can do for others."

How come I never realized you were so kind before?

"It's not kindness, but a redemption that belongs only to me."

"Atonement. Ha, that sounds nice. Forget it, let's not talk about that. Since you want to talk to me, you must have something to tell me, right?"

"Yes, I hope you can accept this."

As she spoke, Aponia took out a ball of light.

"This contains the last piece of my data that has not been corrupted. As long as you use it, you can purify the corruption on your body. After all, among us, you are the only one who is special enough to coexist with corruption for a long time without being harmed."

How do you know I still have the strength to resist?

"I can feel that there is something inside you that is constantly buying time for you."

"...How did you know that?"

Vilvi never expected that Aponia's perception could be so sharp.

As Aponia said, at this time, Virvi's main personality was constantly creating various split personalities to divide the eroded parts.

In this way, the main personality gradually degrades as it is repeatedly split into other personalities, and its scale is no longer at the level of extreme evil.

If we use a spider's body as an analogy, the dominant personality is initially the spider's torso, while the other personalities are its limbs. Extreme evil is the largest of these limbs, and after this series of splits into new personalities, the dominant personality no longer occupies the position of the torso but rather becomes a limb, just like the other personalities.

The torso is also missing, and it is believed that it will not be long before Velvi's existence completely disappears.

The extremely evil personality repeatedly asked the main personality why it did this, and the main personality replied that it was not a qualified main personality, and was both weak and inferior compared to the extremely evil personality. If only one personality could survive to the end, the main personality hoped that the extremely evil personality would survive to the end.

This is both her atonement for extreme evil and a decision made based on the current situation.

Aponia saw this, which is why she separated her uncorrupted portion so that Velvet could use this data to replace the corrupted part of her.

Velvi stared at the data in her hand, lost in thought. She did need the data to ensure her survival, and the main personality's method was only a temporary fix.

Before a way to completely eradicate the corruption of the extreme evil personality can be found, the only thing that can be done is to delay it. Originally, the extreme evil planned to wait for Mebius to return or for a virus sample on her body to make corresponding antibodies, and incidentally, to further reduce the status of the main personality.

However, the data from Aponia can solve the immediate problem. Although she is still not immune to the power of the Herrscher of Corruption, it is enough to heal her current body.

"I understand, I will accept it."

"Do you need my help?" Aponia asked. "Although we can't make direct contact, I can replace data remotely with my abilities."

"No need, I can handle this myself."

"I understand. Let me do my part one last time before you finish replacing the data."

Vervi naturally understood what Aponia meant. She turned her head and pretended to be indifferent, but her trembling tone still betrayed her feelings at the moment. In the end, the emotions from the other personalities still affected her.

"Whatever, I'm starting now."

The data replacement has begun, and due to the fluctuations caused by the data replacement, the Honkai Beasts created by the Herrscher of Erosion have begun to appear around the area.

However, these were all trivial matters for Aponia, even though she had been almost completely corrupted and her power was now almost gone.

After Vilvi finished the data replacement surgery, Aponia's figure was so transparent that it was almost invisible.

Seeing that Velvi had fully recovered, Aponia smiled with relief before shattering.

Vilvi stared silently at the spot where Aponia had disappeared.

"Hey, are you still there?"

"I'm here."

The weak voice of the main personality echoed in Vervie's mind.

"We never expected that we would only be able to solve our health problems with Aponia's help in the end. Now we have to owe her a huge favor."

"Anyway, that charlatan must have already encountered this situation. Instead of being sad here, she should think about how to deal with the Herrscher of Corruption."

"To be honest, it's very difficult. Its existence is the end for us data beings. To defeat it in the data space, obtaining higher authority than it is the bare minimum. Only in this way can we use Paradise itself to destroy it. Otherwise, we can only resort to using the 'armor 666' strategy against Kevin."

"I know all that you're saying. If I could do it, I would have done it already. Why would I need you to remind me? Do we really just have to pray that Möbius's plan will succeed?"

The extremely wicked personality visibly became agitated, and placing all hope in others was an insult to her abilities for such an arrogant person.

"Speaking of which, what about Kiana and the others?"

"Have you forgotten?" the dominant personality said. "Not long ago you sent them with Eden away from the Deepest Abyss. They should have completed their mission and gone to find Sue and the others by now."

“That’s true. We can’t think of a solution for the time being anyway. Perhaps we can use what we have to make a weapon to deal with the Herrscher of Corruption.”

As she spoke, the extremely evil personality looked at the data that had been sealed in her hand. This data was the data that she had just replaced with the data of Aponia, which contained the power of the Herrscher of Corruption.

Driven by the desire to obtain a rare material, Velvi collected the data, and the container she used to seal the data was a makeshift one.

Although it can temporarily isolate the corrosive force, it will still be corroded over time.

Therefore, if you want to study the power of erosion, you must complete the research within a specified time, or create a more robust container and then study it slowly.

Unfortunately, time is of the essence, and Velvet doesn't have enough materials to create a better container. It's better to start the research on the spot. As long as the research is conducted through the container for a short period of time, there will be no danger. In other words, this is a dangerous research race against time, but for Velvet, especially for her extremely evil personality, it is an exciting challenge.

She unexpectedly enjoyed the feeling of racing against time. Of course, during the research process, Wilvi didn't just prepare one container; the existing materials on the ground could support her in making several more containers of the same level.

In theory, if she was careful enough, she could spend plenty of time safely studying this corrosive power, and in fact, she did just that.

However, as the research deepened, Velvi gradually discovered the astonishing truth hidden within this power: this incident was merely a performance, a performance designed to change the future.

However, this truth is still in the deduction stage, and I no longer have enough time to verify the correctness of this deduction.

There is only one way to verify the correctness of this inference as quickly as possible: to personally be corrupted and go to that place to confirm with Kevin Memory.

Because with the power of Kevin's Memory, no one in Paradise could eliminate him silently, not even through a sneak attack.

Because Kevin Memory's strength is the upper limit of Paradise's simulation data, in other words, even if the opponent is stronger, they will only be at the same level as Kevin Memory in Paradise.

A battle of equal strength could not possibly end so quickly, especially without any commotion.

The only explanation for this situation is that Kevin's memory was voluntarily corrupted. So, should I do it?

As Vilvi looked at the data in the container, cold sweat dripped down her forehead. How long had it been since she had felt tense?

Velvi licked her dry lips, remembering the last time she was this nervous was when she was cornered by the Fire Moth and about to be captured.

She hasn't been this nervous since then, except, of course, before she found out how much funding she had received.

Calm down, Velvet! Remember, once you choose the wrong option, there will be no more chances!

Then the dominant personality's voice rang out again.

“Go ahead and do it. You are the most confident and talented personality among us. If even you hesitate, then no other personality will carry it out without hesitation.”

The dominant personality's words instantly dispelled the extreme personality's hesitation.

Yes! She should have been the most confident and flamboyant of all the Velvies, and also the most talented. If even she found it difficult and hesitant, then what other Velvies could do it?

There was absolutely nothing to hesitate about in this matter!

"Oh!"

Velvi smashed the container containing the data of the corrosive power and grabbed it in her hand.

This time, she would let this corrosive power consume her, and at this moment, a hint of madness appeared on her lips.

Meanwhile, within a still space, a being is slowly awakening.

She opened her heavy eyelids and looked around, but unfortunately, it was pitch black and there was nothing there.

No, that's not right either.

There was still a ball of light in front of her, illuminating her face, and she could feel a familiar presence within it.

"Is that you, Su?"

“It’s me, Sakura,” Su replied. “Thanks to the Second Divine Key, I was able to locate you at the critical moment and provide you with emergency assistance.”

Sakura's Memory Entity moved her body and found that the corrosive power within her had long since disappeared.

"Su, how did you do that?"

"It's not a complicated principle; it's just that my data was exchanged with the eroded parts of your body."

"Su, you didn't need to go to this lengths for me."

"Sakura, you need to understand that as a doctor, I would never stand by and watch a patient die. I just happened to use this method."

"but…"

“I think you can probably guess what’s going on outside right now,” Su interrupted Sakura Memory.

“I could probably guess that.” Sakura Memory nodded. “I’m sorry I couldn’t take it down. I had a chance to kill it, but for some reason I thought of Rin at the moment of attack, which made me hesitate, leading to the current situation.”

“No one will blame you. The reason I used this method to save you was because I wanted to verify something, and more than my current situation, we need combat personnel like you to provide support, rather than me as a support personnel.”

“…I understand.” Sakura Memory stood up and said.

She carefully collected the Third Divine Key scattered around her and her sword, putting them back on her waist. The next moment, the still space began to slowly shatter.

Su could sense that as space shattered, this frozen time was gradually returning to normal, and the erosion within his body was also slowly progressing.

On her deathbed, Su entrusted the information she currently possessed to Sakura's Memory, hoping that she could use it to help Kiana and the others.

After receiving Su's information, Sakura Memory opened her eyes.

Now she fully understood what she needed to do, and she looked ahead at the now empty space and expressed her gratitude.

"Su, I will never forget your kindness. Now, I will pave the way to the future for our successors!"

Sakura's Memory then headed toward the coordinates given by Su, praying in her heart that she would make it there this time and that the tragedy of Rin would never happen again!