November 24, 1955, Thursday, 1 am. The first quarter moon shone weakly above—— standing beyond the glare of the streetlights, one wouldn't even be able to see the fingers of their outstretched hand. Holding a modified WS No.88 wireless transceiver in one hand, and a searchlight in the other —

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WS No.88 wireless transceiver is a VHF-FM transceiver (commonly known as "walkie-talkie"), used by the British military since the 1950s. It is mainly used for short-distance (within 2 miles) infantry communication.

 After saying goodbye to the driver lent by the North American Branch, Dr. Einstein and her friends are standing on the streets of Boston late at night. This is the 139th Tremont Street, the entrance to Boston park and the starting point of the "Freedom Trail". This century-old memorial line was repaired four years ago. The new, bright red tiles look like coagulated blood, linking the turbulent era with the present. This is the starting point of the "Freedom Trail". Ada, did you find anything? A weak Honkai energy response was detected. The ciphertext matches the previously obtained key. This is an audio recording of the previous era humans. The signal length of 348 units, have all been received. The WS No.88 walkie-talkie made a series of noisy electronic sounds. Adas core in such a simple device in can only maintain the operation and can not even generate her own image stably. Please translate it then No problem, Dr. Einstein. ..... If people from a future civilization find this recording, I want you to learn the truth. The Honkai of this planet are born from civilization. As human civilization develops, so to does the power of the Honkai. Every time the Honkai gave birth to a Herrscher, humanity only defeated it by paying a huge price. The Herrscher of Reason, the Herrscher of The Void, the Herrscher of Lightning, the Herrscher of Wind... Creation and Destruction, Domination and Binding... After more than 10 devastating incidents causing damage comparable to that of World Wars. Almost 70% of the cities around the world have been destroyed as a result. But... everything that happened in the past pales in comparison to what I will talk about. ...Do you know of the history he was talking about, Ada? No I don't, Mr Welt. There is no relevant information in my database. ... And speaking from when I first became self-aware, I had not experienced that era either. You may not know this, Welt... but when Ada was discovered, it had still not been "activated" yet. In other words...it was only after we excavated it that she was "born". Oh... ...Anyway, let's go forward. The other party should have intentionally left short records at each scenic spot. The second attraction on the Freedom Trail is the "Massachusetts State House". Go through the park and walk to Lighthouse Street. ...Speaking of which, why is it called the "Lighthouse Street"? It's because there was originally a lighthouse here of course. Not only is this street called the "Beacon Street", this area is also called the "Beacon Hill". You would have to know that since from about four hundred years ago, Boston has been one of the most important ports in North America. The loss of landmarks due to urban development also plays a part in that. Long before the massive Irish immigration of the city, Beacon Hill had been dug out for recovering land.

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Irish people began to migrate to the northeastern United States on a large scale, after the Great Irish Famine broke out in 1845. This famine, caused by the failure of potato harvests and the inaction of the British government, caused the population of the island of Ireland to drop by half. Since most of the Irish immigrants left or died in the disaster are poor people whose native language is Gaelic, the local language in Ireland has gradually changed to English, which has permanently changed the language and cultural ecology of the island.

 A weak Honkai energy response is detected. The ciphertext matches the previously obtained key. It is an audio recording of previous era civilization humanity. The signal length is 194 units, and all have been received Ah, let's not talk about useless topics Let's listen to the recorded content. A certain girl was held prisoner on the 33rd floor of a military base. Although she emitted a strong Houkai energy signal, she didn't posses any special ability. Needless to say, she also kept her consciousness as a human. Her real intention, which was brought up by a polygraph was just—— 「I want to go home.」 .....「For fear, I repeat it, is at the bottom of all intolerance.」 I can already guess what happened to her.

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"I repeat, fear is the cause of all intolerance" - this is a famous line written by Hendrik Willem van Loon in his book "Tolerance." Although he was born in the Netherlands, people in intellectual circles generally believe that he was an American writer.

 但是H.A.What could it be H.A.'s goal? For all we know, she could have manufactured all this information. ...Next one is at Park Street Church. Turn right at the next corner. Ho. So you can't come up with anything? ...I won't get ahead of myself. If we get to the end of the 「Freedom Trail」 we should be able to listen to the full recording. Right. I'm surprised you can remain this calm. I'll take that as a compliment. Not passing judgement lightly is one of my strengths as a researcher. One day, an assassin broke into her jail cell and mercilessly killed her. No one could have predicted that, at the moment of her death, her power as the 12th Herrscher would manifest. 「Herrscher of Corruption」. It was a virus, the source of an infection who had its own ego. It didn't only affect living things but machinery as well. Hmm. So a unique virus like that exists. I suppose it's not theoretically impossible, considering we know of 「cheating」 weapons like 「Abyss Flower」—— Next is Granary Burying Ground. It should be around the corner. Yeah... Well, whatever. Let's go... It first infected the assassin, and through its biochip it gained access to various electronic systems. Including the military base's system. All the missiles on the base, fueled by her anger, were fired at the few remaining cities. Needless to say, those cities were destroyed. People and machines, both were equally instantly vaporized due to the high temperature of the explosions. The base was closed off from the outside by the Herrscher. With every minute that went by the Herrscher gained more control. With every minute that went by more of my companions were infected. They were isolated by a gate that wouldn't open, and in their despair, became living corpses. Quite literally living corpses. We lost control for 1 hour, 8 minutes and 20 seconds. They were the longest 1 hour, 8 minutes and 20 seconds in human history. But we were fortunate to have enough time to think of a countermeasure. We destroyed the biochips inside our bodies and destroyed most of our electronic devices... Then a certain Professor managed to set up a trap to seal this terrifying Herrscher inside a 「box」. The price we paid was... the decline of humanity. From a knowledge perspective, you could say it wasn't a painful loss. Thankfully there were many scholars among the survivors. They never gave up and continued fighting. From a technical perspective, we had many bases and shelters left intact due to the lack of people, so it was possible to reuse them. If luck is on our side, we'll be able to regain our military strength and come back stronger. But from a civilization perspective... human civilization is done for. Factories that existed for over 100 years, pieces of art that have been passed down through generations for more than 1000 years, urban societies housing over 100 million people... ...They're all gone. We lost, plain and simple. Which is why we plan to abandon this base and spread out. North America, South America, islands far away from any continent. Under the leadership of a certain Professor, we are amassing what little power we have left. Several 「fleets」 were formed and using our few remaining supplies, we are going to leave this base and head to another shelter. The Professor kept telling us 「Our home isn't a particular geographical location」. 「Home can be anywhere—— Because our people and comrades will be there」. 「My home is wherever my comrades are」. ...Perhaps what she said was true. Because that 「devastated island」 became a 「promised land」 for us. Today is the day we depart. We had a total of 15.626 casualties at the base—— All of their names were read aloud before we left. There were some I knew. There were some I only learned of at the time of their burial. I want to record their story here as best as I can. For that will be the only thing left behind of them. Uh...I know everything else... But why do we need stop in front of this manhole cover? This is not a manhole cover. Take a good look at the words above. March 5th, 1770... The Boston Massacre... Ah.

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The Boston Massacre was a clash between British soldiers and the people of Boston, resulting in the death of five people.

On March 5, 1770, a British officer (John Goldfinch) bought a wig and returned to camp. The clerk of the wig shop (Edward Garrick) misunderstood and though that the officer did not pay, so he shouted and misbehaved with the officer. The officer had actually setteled the acount and ignored the insults. However a private in his entourage (Hugh White) started an quarrel with the clerk, and finally beat him. The hurt clerk was bleeding and started weeping, and the angry onlookers immediately surrounded the officer and his men. Another British army officer (Thomas Preston) led several soldiers to rescue them, but they were thrown stones and beaten by the people. The British army fired at the crowd in a hurry, killing 5 civilians and causing other six people to be injured.

Although the responsibility for this matter was not entirely on the British army, it greatly intensified the previous tensions existing between the military and civilians in the British North American colonies, and eventually became one of the most significant events leading to the outbreak of the American Revolution.

 Ok. This is the tenth location on the "Freedom Trail" - the Boston Massacre site. No.289 Bacab Sullivan No.290 Huunab Sullivan No.291 Kamassozzi Sullivan No.292 Izamna Sullivan No.293 Shichiku Sullivan The Sullivan siblings were warriors. Huunab, Kamassozzi and Izamna were infected in battle. Bacab was also there. He was killed by his own brothers. Their little sister, Shichiku, survived until the end of the battle... but 3 days later she ran out of medicine and, unfortunately, died from her wounds. Those five siblings didn't know me... All I did was to bury their bodies. There were countless scratches on Shichiku's body... It seems she lost her mind before she died. No.3426 Hastur Colt Hastur was a capable orator. He often visited military bases around the country. When I found him, his corpse was lying on the ground, his arms were bent, staring at a swaying lamp with empty eyes. Going by the scene, he probably didn't stop preaching after being attacked by the Herrscher. On the contrary, he must have turned it up to eleven. As if his own speech had the power to corrupt as well, he and his audience gave in to the euphoria and died from exhaustion. I've heard Hastur's speeches before. Thankfully I wasn't a fan of him. No.5390 Ambrokino Moreau Ambrokino was shot dead. He wasn't attacked by the Herrscher. The man who shot him didn't lose his reason either. On the contrary, he was completely sane. His fingerprints on the murder weapon had been carefully wiped off. This was a planned homicide. The assassin took advantage of the chaos to commit his crime. Ambrokino was a perverse, stingy old man. I've exchanged greetings with him a few times, but honestly he was an antipathetic person. He had no family left and lost his hometown so he was relocated temporarily to the base. I wonder what kind of person wanted to kill him. No.8421 Wendigo Karie. No.8422 Rowena Lauroyl. No.8594 Yorkshire Martinez. No.8595 Cook Lee. Wendigo was a pastor. He was in a prayer room that wasn't directly attacked by the Herrscher... but he ended up dying first. According to our intel, many believers were infected by the Herrscher, fell into confusion and surrounded Wendigo. Instead of running away he stood where he was and started praying for them. The believers teared him apart, and consumed his flesh. I've heard of him before. He was a very religious person. I can't even imagine what he prayed to his 「God」 moments before his death. No.8422 to No.8592 were all civilians. After they were done eating Wendigo, they began to kill each other. Rowena was a blonde woman. Yorkshire was a very old man. Cook ran a business. Before the 「Herrscher of Corruption」 appeared, they were all equal... No.12687 Edwards Mannerheim No.12688 Shelly Mannerheim Edwards was a noble. He was the last man of the Mannerheim family, and Shelly was his wife. Shelly came to our base to marry Edwards. Edwards was wearing a white tuxedo and Shelly a wedding dress before the battle began. Shelly had to cut up the skirt of her dress, and together they took up arms. Their cause of death was blood loss and infection from their wounds. Shelly was hugging Edwards' body when she died. I decided to keep them in that position when it was time to bury them. Unfortunately, we weren't able to make the typical tombstone of the Mannerheim family for them. No.14936 Patrecia Singer I knew Patrecia personally. She was one of the few military doctors stationed at the base. During that endless hour, she was willing to put herself in danger and stood on the frontlines treating everyone's wounds. As soon as we regained control of the base... I saw her body with my own eyes. She collapsed in front of the Control Center. The blood coming from her body was mixing with the red bricked floor... but we had to keep moving forward. Bunker Hill Monument... So, this is the end of the "Freedom Trail"? Is it finally over... Those were heavy stories... From the perspective of the red brick road, it seems like that... But from the list of 16 scenic spots, we still have the "USS Constitution" missing. Huh, that's the wooden warship that has been kept in service by the US Navy since more than a hundred years ago? Ok. Since the recording here at the monument is still telling the story of the victims... So in conclusion H.A. is likely to left the record near the USS Constitution, or Lexington? That's right. This is it. The last stop is the ship USS Constitution. Here H.A. left her personal thoughts. I am H.A.... I am sure you have heard my voice before. I used to be a 「Valkyrie」 of the organization known as 「Schicksal」. When I found this peculiar material in Yellowstone that survived 50.000 years, I could not control my curiosity. I listened to all the recordings using the equipment I found here... You are blessed. I left you only 6 out of those heartbreaking stories. I swear to you, listening to hundreds of those stories of death is not a good idea. Since I was unfamiliar with the old language, I asked a certain scholar to secretly translate them for me. But... out of nowhere, he was accused of false charges and imprisoned by Schicksal. This happened in 1829. His name is 「Niels Henrik Abel」. If possible, please investigate the truth of that incident. Soon afterwards I was falsely accused as well. In my case, the Valkyrie who came to arrest me decided to look the other way, so I did not meet the same end as him. I kept to myself the most important pieces of information from my Soulium Sphere, and handed over the rest to Schicksal. ...Perhaps I stopped trusting them long before that. They continued to take the same approach towards the enemy. Any enemy must be 「thoroughly exterminated」. That determination to eliminate any opposition made me question if it was not being used as an excuse to cover up their own dirty deeds. The Soulium Sphere I could not keep with me was destroyed by the Overseer, and the scholars who tried to study it where dealt with by depriving them of food and warm. Neither 「Schicksal」 nor its Overseer can exterminate the Houkai in the real sense of the word. Even if they could catch up or even surpass the technological level of the previous civilization... ...Specially when taking into account the 「Herrscher」 and their mysterious abilities,、if they do not change their methods the future of humanity will remain bleak. Entrusting the fate of the world to an organization such as Schicksal is a complete mistake. I have left behind a weapon in Lexington that can pose a threat to that Overseer. Use it wisely... but keep in mind that 「no action is the best threat」. Because if you take action and your plan does not work, nobody will be afraid of you anymore. Mophead, what do you think about this? This is one-side of the story... I presume. However, it can indeed be very plausible. Hmm...Are you going to wait until you find what she called the "weapon" before you decide what to do next? Is there a better way? It is impossible to make a sound judgment without evidence. ......knew you'd say that. Thank me, I suggested that you bring all the important stuff in the dormitory with you. … Isn’t that only due to Schrödingers specially arranged special plane that we had the opportunity to do so in the first place? Humph, I know you just don't want to praise me. If Schrödinger put so much importance on the matter, then why didn't she come by herself? It's said that Edison's experiment has reached a critical stage, and it is impossible for her to get out from there. She also specifically suggested that we go to New York after this and see this "epoch-making energy installation". Gee. What an "epoch-making" thing. How did that stingy woman come with something like that? Um... even if you don't like her, you don't have to say it like that... Eh, What do you know. When adults speak, children should'nt interrupt. Sigh... Massachusetts H6D626... Ah, this is it. Please ask Schrodinger to prepare the car. What? This is…… Isn't that a Rolls Royce? Do you seriously believe that, Schrodinger, and that stingy woman would give us such a good car? Hm—— Dear Miss Tesla... It's dead at night now, should we take an "unprecedented" drive? The "Rolls Royce" with the license plate H6D626 ran for more than ten miles on Massachusetts Avenue (with the yelling of excitement from Miss Tesla), and finally stopped with a sudden brake. What the group of people now face at this moment is a small triangular park by the side of the road—— ——Different from its inconspicuous area, this is a great landmark that deeply imprinted its own existence into human history. Lexington - This is the place where the first shot of the American Revolutionary War was fired on April 19, 1775.

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The Battle of Lexington and Concord (Battles of Lexington and Concord) was an armed conflict between the British Army and the North American militia, which took place on April 19, 1775. Although the U.S. Senate passed a resolution in 1908 to designate the Battle of Point Pleasant as the first battle of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), the American society still generally regarded the battle of Lexington and Concord as the first battle. It is seen as the starting point for the war of independence

 Ada. 42.45 degrees north latitude, 71.23 degrees west longitude - it is determined that the target area has been entered, and the search mode is now turned on. The target source is detected. So fast? Ignoring Welts questions, Ada went through a series of processes on her own. The account login is successful, and the password is the same as before. The target source has been requested to land, and decoherence has been used to remove the super-dimensional camouflage. The super-dimensional camouflage has been lifted. The soft landing was successful. The objective should be right in front of you, please accept it. It stood out greatly—— It was as bright as the Moon. After deactivating the 「Hyperdimensional Camouflage」, a golden sphere of light appeared in the air, and slowly descended in front of Welt. Ada! what is that?! Model 1625 floating storage room. With super-dimensional camouflage, it can be suspended in the sky above a fixed location and could be hidden for a very long time. Open it, Ada Understood, Dr. Einstein. The golden sphere opened slowly. It was about the size of a single person, and opened outwards as if it were a lotus flower. The transparent case inside was gradually exposed. This is... In a transparent case, a blue sphere of about 10 centimeters in diameter floated quietly. ⴳⴽⵓ ⵐ ⵋⵓ (Baru Za Su)! Eh!? Ada, what does that mean? It is a Divine Key, Professor Tesla. Identification code of target object: 「9th Divine Key - The Star of Eden!