"What is this thing?!!"
The moment she saw Trallok, Cocolia couldn't help but scream in a loss of composure.
Even Anti-Entropy had never discovered such a Honkai Beast within the Deep Sea City.
Just by feeling its deterrent force, one could tell that this was definitely another Judgement-level Honkai Beast!
Before it, Anti-Entropy's mecha units seemed incredibly tiny.
The mecha unit of several thousand people endured the pressure; almost everyone's face was pale, and their hearts were racing.
What humans fear most is the unknown.
Against such a Honkai Beast that could dominate a thousand meters beneath the deep sea, they had no confidence at all in being able to kill it.
However, most of the nuclear submarines they had just been on were under Trallok's body; if they wanted to leave, there were only two ways.
One was to wait, flee far away, and wait for it to leave on its own.
The second was to fight; they had to kill this Honkai Beast to have a chance of reclaiming the nuclear submarines.
Compared to the latter, waiting was more appealing.
But Cocolia knew that Theresa and the others were unwilling to wait for even a second.
They still had to rush back to St. Freya Academy to handle more urgent tasks.
At this critical moment, Cocolia looked at Bronya and made up her mind.
They were definitely going to face this Honkai Beast, and there was a high chance they would die here.
But Bronya couldn't die!
Thinking of this, Cocolia took advantage of the chaos and grabbed Bronya's sleeve: "Bronya, let's go quickly, it's dangerous here."
The small submarine she was on could still seat two people.
She, Bronya, Rozaliya, and Liliya could barely squeeze in if they huddled together.
But the only response Cocolia received was a cold gaze.
Bronya remained resolutely still, as if she hadn't heard her words.
Cocolia knew Bronya hated her, but she hadn't expected it to reach this level.
She looked back at Rozaliya and Liliya and whispered in their ears: "Go persuade Bronya, we're leaving here immediately."
Hearing this, Rozaliya scratched the horns on her head awkwardly and said: "Mama Cocolia, there are so many people here, shouldn't we all go back together?"
Liliya didn't speak, but merely agreed with Rozaliya's point with her eyes.
They couldn't abandon these people and run back secretly; if they did that, what would be the difference between them and deserters?
"We can't deal with this Honkai Beast. This is a Judgement-level Honkai Beast. If we delay any longer, we'll all die here!"
Cocolia grew anxious, her tone emphasizing the point.
"But... but, Sister Bronya won't leave that sister behind and go by herself. Mama Cocolia, that's impossible."
Rozaliya pointed at Yunduo, making no attempt to hide her meaning.
This was the truth.
Something Cocolia didn't know.
How could someone as sentimental as Bronya abandon her loved one and flee alone?
Even if the two of them persuaded her, even if they tied her up in the submarine, Bronya would probably do her best to break free!
"You two—why won't you listen to me anymore?!!"
Cocolia was anxious. Looking at Trallok's massive body and feeling its strong sense of deterrence, she couldn't help but swallow.
This giant beast temporarily stayed at the Sea of Quantas Eye.
It seemed to be struggling to break free from its restraints, so only half of its body could come out.
In all her time at Anti-Entropy, no one had ever pushed her to this state. Seeing that force wouldn't work, Cocolia lowered her voice, bent over, and pretended to be sincere: "Bronya, I know you harbor hatred toward me, but I'm doing this all for your own good."
"Come back, back to the Siberian Orphanage. We're all waiting for you. Let's go back to how it was before. When it's Christmas, you'll make cream soup to share with the children in the Orphanage. In winter, you'll build snowmen and have snowball fights together..."
Cocolia placed her hand on Bronya's shoulder and persuaded her from the bottom of her heart:
"After saying so much, Bronya, you know that I love you—"
But suddenly, there was a "smack"!
Cocolia's hand was slapped away by Bronya and fell down.
She suddenly realized that, at some point, her favorite child had raised her head, her eyes filled with indifference.
Completely different from the gentle and obedient Bronya of the past, who almost never resisted.
She had changed.
She had become a stranger.
Like a cold wind withering everything, a bone-chilling cold pierced Cocolia's heart.
"Although Bronya is standing here, it doesn't mean Bronya will forgive you."
Bronya took half a step back and shook her head expressionlessly.
"Bronya..." Cocolia's hand hung in mid-air, frozen uncontrollably.
"You manipulated the chip in Bronya's brain and forced Bronya to do things that hurt Bronya's friends."
"These things, Bronya will never forget."
She spoke in a low voice, every scene that had happened before vividly appearing in her mind.
Hearing this, Cocolia hurriedly explained: "Mama was just anxious. Mama just didn't want to let the opportunity slip away..."
"You know, as long as the research on the Herrscher goes smoothly and we enter the Sea of Quanta—"
Before she could finish, Bronya's forceful denial rang out: "Bronya doesn't know!"
"Bronya doesn't know why, after doing such things, you can still say those words with a clear conscience, as if nothing ever happened."
"Liar..."
These two words stabbed deeply into Cocolia's heart.
Stabbing until her heart twitched and her face turned as pale as paper.
After doing so much, she only received the title of a liar.
Seeing her pitiful appearance, Bronya did not soften her heart but slowly walked toward Trallok.
"Bronya has already grown up. She is no longer the little girl who hid in a corner and was sad."
"Bronya doesn't want to do this either, but we must return to St. Freya Academy quickly. Teacher Jizi is still waiting for us."
"For the person who hurt Bronya's friends, Bronya will never forgive her!"
"Seele, Yunduo, Mei... they have all been hurt by Bronya. Bronya hates this weak self."
"This matter, it's time to end it."
Seeing her walk step by step toward the abyss, no matter how sad Cocolia was, she couldn't just sit by and watch.
She followed and hurriedly tried to grab Bronya's hand.
She couldn't go any further!
Any further and she would be in the Honkai Beast's attack range.
But just as she grabbed Bronya's palm, it was accidentally pulled away.
"Bronya, come back quickly!!!"
"Goodbye, Mama Cocolia."
Bronya looked back.
In a daze, Cocolia saw a crystal blue butterfly land on the tip of her hair.
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