Chapter 157: Chapter 157: The Frozen Throne
Originally, Bronie suspected that the so-called Mysterious Figure No. 1 might be Elysia, who was also one of the planners of this vacation plan.
After all, many of the mechanisms here bore Elysia's style, indicating it was more than just the work of The Elation.
But, well, Bronie felt quite happy inside.
Elysia, hehehe, her own Elysia~
After the task was completed, the broadcast sounded: "All personnel have reached 2000 points, and a new adventure stage is about to be opened. Please obtain further hints from Guide Su."
Elysia's voice echoed in Bronie's ears.
Although it was a broadcast, Bronie always felt that Elysia might be broadcasting around her. It was even possible that she was still monitoring everyone.
"Two thousand points can open the next area. Elysia, why don't you have a challenge?"
Whether it was Hua, Pardo, Su, or herself, they all had challenges. Although Bronie's challenge was more of the type of finding trouble for herself, it was quite rewarding to seek out Elysia this time.
So what about Elysia? Elysia also appeared slightly stunned, with her hands behind her back, looking somewhat troubled.
"Why don't I have a challenge? I also really want to know. By the way, Bronie, do you think I'm being rejected?"
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
"Huh? Why?" Elysia curiously approached.
"Because... because Elysia is so likable, how could there be any behavior of rejecting Elysia?"
"Aww... Bronie, you have such a sweet mouth!"
"Keep praising, but why did you suddenly come so close? Don't you feel hot? There's quite a bit of fat on both of us, don't you mind..."
"Of course not! Bronie is so cute and charming~ But it's really puzzling that I don't have a challenge." Elysia seemed very concerned about this matter, but it wasn't something Bronie could solve.
"If you want to feel involved, how about I create a challenge for you? Like finding something in the next open area, the Icebound Grotto, like discovering new ingredients or something."
"Hmm... that sounds interesting, but shouldn't we find other partners first?"
Was Elysia more concerned about the Flamechasers's issue?
No, on this island, what else could threaten the Flamechasers?
Bronie didn't dare to think about it. If there were really any Honkai Beasts or Zombies that could threaten the Flamechasers, the concentration of Honkai Energy on this island could directly kill the children in the orphanage on the spot.
It should be noted that Bronie's resistance to Honkai Energy wasn't actually very high, and there were also Rosalia and Lilia.
If their resistance to Honkai Energy was high, they might have died on the spot because of Honkai Energy, and in the end, they had to accept the metamorph surgery and then transform into that demonic appearance, right?
Although Bronie didn't have much objection to having long horns and a long tail, just thinking about Delta's situation, Bronie wanted to cut off the possibility of them encountering such a fate from the source.
At least for now, there were still many ways to deal with the erosion of Honkai Energy, and in the future, Bronie might even cooperate with Welt to produce a miniature Selene, completely isolating the possibility of Honkai Energy erosion from a physical perspective.
"Yo! Ellie, and Bronie, where did you two go? Why did you suddenly leave just now?"
Pardo expressed confusion about the two of them leaving the team.
And what about Hua?
Hua was puzzled as to why Bronie's hair was a bit messy.
When it came to fighting, Bronie was always elegant, and the huge crab didn't cause Bronie any trouble at all. It was like the way of the Herrscher, more flexible than the Herrscher himself.
This way of fighting was a bit difficult for Hua to learn, and it would be quite troublesome to deal with if it came to it.
But for Bronie, why did she suddenly become like this after she left for a short while?
"Could it be that you encountered some powerful enemies? Is there some hidden crisis lurking around here that we don't know about?"
"No, why do you ask like that?" Bronie quickly denied Hua's speculation.
If the children heard this, they might imagine many terrible things, and then there would be a situation where they scared themselves.
"Just feels like your hair is a bit messy, is it because the wind by the sea is too strong?"
Bronie quickly tidied her hair and then denied, "No, it should... maybe the sea breeze is too strong, didn't notice the pressure difference after the sea water evaporated, and the air humidity has risen sharply, it's inevitable."
"Oh, I see. Please pay attention to your appearance, Bronie. I believe in Flamechasers's character, but your unkempt appearance in front of boys is not very appropriate."
"Unkempt? It's just that my hair is a bit messy... it's not like my swimsuit got washed away by the sea or anything. Even if it did, I could just use my projection ability to create another swimsuit..."
Bronie blamed Hua for speaking strangely, but still projected a hairdryer in her hand and tidied up her hair a bit.
As for why it was a bit messy?
Bronie guessed it was probably when hugging, Elysia's hands were a bit restless.
After all, it was Elysia's characteristic, an important character attribute, if Elysia was curious about it, Bronie was ready to get used to such things.
Fortunately, as the 'Herrscher of The Sea of Quanta', nothing else was a mess because of it, which was quite lucky indeed.
Next, under Su's guidance, Bronie's group also found the way into the depths of the island. Bronya followed closely behind, but as a child with a Project Bunny, her combat power began to show.
Hua took over the responsibility of taking care of the other children, and Bronie handed her a wilderness cooking guide and projected various tents and utensils. After that, setting up camp might keep them busy for a while.
Maybe when they came back, they might not have even finished setting up the camp yet.
As for the issue of the Honkai Beasts, Bronie guessed Su could handle everything.
The so-called Icebound Grotto was actually a cave emitting a chilling cold.
Inside, it was pitch black, there was no light at all, and if one were to enter wearing a swimsuit like this, it would feel very easy to catch a cold.
"It's a bit unscientific. Why is this cave so cold? Did someone install air conditioning inside?" Bronya tightened the coat sent by Bronie, but even so, the cold air still seeped into the gaps in her clothes, licking every inch of her skin.
Fortunately, Bronya was quite resistant to the cold, having trained since childhood.
"I don't know! What do you think, Su. Could it be Kevin is inside?"
Su hesitated at the entrance of the cave, hearing Elysia call him like that, he also paused.
"Maybe as you guessed, but my guide mission ends here. Next, I'll take good care of the children."
Something is quite not right.
If Su is evasive, then...
"Su, did you do something mischievous with Kevin again?"
Su suddenly felt guilty.
"H-How could it be? I was just reminiscing about my coconut tree. That only beauty was replaced by the cold parasol, causing immeasurable damage to my soul."
"Goodbye then~"
Elysia didn't stop Su.
Elysia watched him breathe a sigh of relief. She becaming more certain that Su must have done something wrong to resist entering this cave like this.
The cold cave indeed gave people a feeling that Kevin might be inside.
But is it really safe to stay in here?
"No time to lose, let's go, find companions as soon as possible, and leave this island as soon as possible. There are too many strange things on this island. I always have a feeling of unease, as if we are pawns on a chessboard."
Hua walked at the forefront, and Bronie directly projected a drone, following behind Hua with its lights on.
But after walking through a short dark path, some kind of fluorescent substance was applied to the tunnel walls, bringing a hint of brightness to the entire passage.
"This a long passage, we can't see the end at a glance, and there are traces of being excavated on the walls. What's worse, no treasures! When can we reach the end?"
Ten minutes later, Pardo, impatient like a cat, had lost her patience. She swung her tail against the tunnel walls.
"Cough, if according to the drone's prediction, if we continue forward, we will return to the original place."
"Huh? Why do you say that, Bronie?"
Elysia turned her head back to look at Bronie, who was at the end. And Hua also sensed something.
"Could it be that this passage actually has a slight curvature, and this kind of curvature is not easy for us to perceive, so the entire passage is actually circular. If we don't discover this early, we will soon lose our way."
"Don't doubt it, activate the strong light mode."
Saying that, the drone's light was turned to the brightest, and the curvature of the tunnel became clear.
"Humph, dungeons of the Elysian Realm, dungeons of Bloodborne, I've made these, but making a maze like this... you all need to be careful, especially about traps!"
As she spoke, Bronie took out a pickaxe and handed it to Bronya.
"Destruction of the maze? Wouldn't that be too cheeky?"
"In a game constructed within the framework of real rules, you have to consider the issue of hard decryption. Even if I don't do it, other MANTIS Soldiers can do it. So Vill-V couldn't have overlooked this, so destroying the walls is the right answer."
"I see, Bronie's thinking is more flexible, able to think of more things, very admirable. Then everyone should step back a bit, I'm going to..."
Hua was also straightforward, clenched her fist and punched the wall in front of her.
Instantly the whole tunnel shook violently, and the echoes resounded through the tunnel, behind the wall was a hexagonal room.
"A honeycomb-style room maze? This design is indeed very good, each room can accommodate many novel things, but if each room is set with different things, it cannot guarantee that players can experience them all, so it should be more like a labyrinth."
"So who designed this game?"
Bronya was puzzled. If such a game were built on the framework of reality, to be honest, this honeycomb maze was really bad.
Every compartment was a bit strange, like construction tools randomly thrown here.
But in wilderness survival, it was indeed a very good and important tool.
"It's hard to say. I think it should be Vill-V."
"Teacher Vill-V... can really do such things..."
Bronya couldn't refute. Although she was considered the most reclusive among the three-person group who never went out in the Elysian Realm, but in terms of mischief, she was also very good.
During the time of special training in the Elysian Realm, Vill-V took great interest in Bronie's production of Project Bunny.
So under Vill-V's various temptations, she accidentally fought with Kevin to verify the feasibility of the latest arsenal to deal with Kevin.
The result was naturally that Project Bunny was beaten to a pulp, Bronya also had a bit of psychological shadow, and then gave Kevin a very difficult label to deal with.
Later, she never tried to challenge Kevin again.
There was no way, who made Kevin go the route of brute force, with a huge and unidentified AOE upon meeting, and melee with critical hits and area attacks.
At a glance, no matter what Bronya's basic attributes said, she couldn't match Kevin. In the end, Bronya could only communicate with the gentle Kalpas.
Said to be the third strongest person in the Elysian Realm, but Bronya felt that this third strongest man in the Elysian Realm probably had ten of them.
"Then next, in order to avoid wasting too much time and to avoid some unreliable surprises made by Vill-V, I will project robots to explore the way."
"Wow! Such a cute little spider~"
The small exploration robot, modeled after a terror robot, was immediately caught by Elysia as soon as it landed.
"Eek! Ellie, it's a spider, a spider!"
Pardo was very scared.
"It's a mechanical spider, isn't it cute?"
"Haxxor robots will choose the next direction based on the ambient temperature. Perhaps we can judge the next path based on the temperature of the tunnel. At the end of the road, it's very likely to be the strongest combat power we can encounter."
"Ellie, it's really an unsightly robot!"
Well, seeing a spider makes one's hair stand on end and all, Bronie could understand Pardo's thoughts, but watching Pardo's hair bristle, Bronie enjoyed it.
"Bronie, naughty~ But Pardo, this is scary for enemies, but for teammates, this is a very reliable robot! As for the specific role..."
"Based on its small size, it can deal devastating blows to huge mechanical enemies in the form of 'four ounces flicking a thousand catties'.
Dealing with the traps that may exist in this maze, using this thing is the best choice!"
As she spoke, the robot had explored more than half of the maze, and because Bronie had joined in the guidance for the low-temperature area search, a clearer path was projected, leading straight to a huge room.
Obviously, that room was the destination of everyone. Compared to the relative position of the beach, the direction of that room could be said to be very close to the other side of the island.
Passing through one room after another.
Seeing the broken mechanical parts, the faint smell of gunpowder, and the terrifying arrows lying on the ground, Pardo felt that if she had walked all the way, she might have died without a trace.
Pardo felt a little lucky. She looked at the Haxxor Robot, it also began to look at it more handsome.
Of course, the closer to the target, the colder the air, Bronie handed Bronya another piece of clothing, and the group continued to move forward.
Until they reached the destination indicated by the robot.
In that huge space, there was a towering Frozen Throne.
A white-haired man with an expressionless face sat on it, holding a water gun, wearing sunglasses, and wearing something cool from head to toe.
When the drone's light shone on it, Elysia recognized who the other party was.
"It's indeed Kevin, right? You're the Kevin outside, the Kevin Su said was locked in the Sea of Quanta, right?"
"Su... where is he?"