The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Da da da--"

Hearing the footsteps of Fire Chasing Moth's unique iron-soled boots, the wounded soldier happily raised his eyelids with all his strength, but when he saw the face of the visitor, he fell into deep despair.

"I will never become a dead soldier!"

"Wait a moment!"

Mikael reached out to hold him back, but the wounded soldier had raised his self-defense pistol, but instead of pointing it at him, he stuffed it into his mouth.

At the last moment, he seemed to realize some kind of truth belatedly, with a trace of regret in his eyes, but it was already too late, the trigger had been pulled.

"boom!"

There was a small bullet hole in the wall and a pool of blood that couldn't be wiped off.

Mikael's fingertips trembled slightly. He probably understood and understood the identity of the Seventh Herrscher...

The space inside the base is small and closed, and screams and explosions continue to echo among the thick armor plates.

The further we walked, the more intense the gunshots and explosions became, mixed with the dull echoes of the running Honkai beasts - the Seventh Herrscher seemed to be more humane, and it was rare to find such a fire-chasing moth. For a good opponent, he did not completely destroy it with a simple blow, but released the Honkai beasts. He barely made a move and just moved forward with the Honkai beasts.

Mikael understood that he was getting closer to the battle zone, but his steps were getting slower and slower.

Without the core... Without the core of the First Herrscher, even if he rushes to the battlefield, what's the use?

Why should he stop the Seventh Herrscher?

Just rely on Vishnu?

No, Vishnu may still be able to deal with the Seventh Herrscher alone, but the Seventh Herrscher who has obtained the core of the First Herrscher is a dual-core Herrscher unprecedented in previous civilizations. No, it is not that simple... In other words, if that's just it - the current Seventh Herrscher is actually a "true dual-core Herrscher + false six-core Herrscher". After all, in addition to the core of the Sixth Herrscher, the other four Herrschers Mikael has long been familiar with the structure of the core, and this related memory has also been retained in his core in the form of "muscle memory".

The ground was covered with corpses and blood. Every step he took was either stiff limbs or sticky blood.

Mikael suddenly stopped. A weak current was transmitted from the iron nails on the soles of his boots to his feet, making him feel a faint numbness.

This was not blood, but black mud mixed with blood, something Mikael was all too familiar with.

"Me...Mebius?"

Mikael walked about twenty steps further and saw Mebius.

There was a big hole on the top. She seemed to have smashed the armor plate from the upper level. She seemed to have tried to get up and fight again. There were long blood marks on the armor wall she was leaning on, and some green hair was stuck to it. above.

Mikael's pupils shrank, and then shook uncontrollably.

He took two steps forward and stretched out his index finger, as if he wanted to detect Mebius's breath, but before he could lean down, he quickly took a few steps back until his back was pressed against the icy elevator door. , giving off a hollow echo.

Then, his body slowly slid down and slumped to the ground.

He held the palms of his hands flat, and tears suddenly fell on his palms one by one, two, three, and those who didn't know thought he was grabbing a handful of water from somewhere.

"sorry Sorry……"

He didn't dare... didn't dare to detect Mebius's breath...

Just like when I was a student, even though I knew I failed the exam, I was still afraid of the moment when the results were finally announced.

Because as long as the result of something has not yet fully emerged, there is still the possibility of turning it to the good side, even if you know how small this possibility is.

But Mikael would rather Mebius live with such a small possibility.

Of course, he also knows that death is not the end for Mebius, but it is still death after all, and the pain and despair that should be there will not be reduced by half because of the effect of the Shersha factor...

This only adds to his guilt.

"If...if I hadn't given up on the Herrscher core...if I..."

If so, wouldn't this happen?

Mikael didn't know, but if he had made another choice, he wouldn't regret it as much as he does now.

regret……

"Don't let yourself regret it!"

Himihu warned him thus.

But how is it possible not to regret it? It's simply impossible, right?

Human beings... will only feel regret after the choices they make make them feel the pain. But how can one predict the outcome before making a decision?

If I could have predicted such a result, I wouldn't regret it so much.

The sound of gunfire gradually faded away and became silent, but the sound of whimpering gradually began to sound.

"Ahem...what a shame!"

"Ugh! Mebius!"

Mikael raised his head in surprise. It seemed that his cry had awakened the comatose Mebius. The first moment she opened her eyes, she saw Mikael hugging his knees, curled up at the entrance of the elevator and crying.

Although the face was exactly the same, she didn't need to tell the difference at all. She knew that this was not the Seventh Herrscher she had just encountered, but Mikael, her Mikael.

"What a crybaby!"

Hearing that she still had the energy to joke, Mikael also wiped away his tears and forced a smile.

Mebius struggled on the ground twice, but couldn't stand up. Mikael quickly got up to help her, but unexpectedly, she suddenly leaned forward with force, stood up on her tiptoes, and pressed Mikael hard on the cold ground. On the elevator door.

She pressed the elevator button with her right hand, and the metal door suddenly opened, but there was still a layer of barbed wire inside.

Mikael's body sank suddenly, and during the jolt, his eyes couldn't help but stare at Mebius' hand that was clasping the barbed wire fence.

The hand was covered in blood, so much so that Mikael's body trembled again.

"Mebius...right..."

"That's enough! How many more times do you have to say sorry! If you really feel sorry for us and yourself, then go after him... and kill the Seventh Herrscher!"

After a brief silence, Mikael spoke softly.

"Can't do it...I can't do it."

"……snort!"

Mebius gritted his teeth and listened to Mikael ramble: "Since the first collapse, I have been bringing disaster to people around me... I have deceived myself over and over again, I deceive myself that there will eventually be a tomorrow that symbolizes victory and hope, so I can step on the corpses of those I killed and live with peace of mind until now... Vostok is gone, Changkong City is gone... Se Leah's mother is dead, Famas is dead, Anna is dead, Xi'er is dead, and Kevin's life or death is uncertain... Which one of them doesn't have more value and reason to live than me? Why do you live until now? It's me...why aren't they the ones who are still alive!

"I can't do anything... I can't save anyone, I can't change anyone's fate... I know that Xi'er will become the Herrscher, but I still can't save her... Yes, from the Quantum Sea Fluctuations are unpredictable, and they are also coincidences within coincidences, but... But I still can't deceive myself. I'm not a good brother. I left her in the bubble of the world for a whole year and a half. I thought I was as good as possible. I took time out to spend time with her. I thought I cared about her, but in the end I even forgot to bring her medicine...

"I'm not even a good man... I clearly made an agreement with Alicia, but I...

"Really, the Herrschers who chase fire and the Herrschers who fight for mankind are all lies... I am just a selfish ordinary person. I can do nothing except constantly bring people around me. I can do nothing except hurt and kill people!

"So, instead of constantly hurting others, I might as well do nothing well..."

After all, if he had never been a variable

Mebius waited quietly for Mikael to finish everything, watching his tears continue to slide down his cheeks, her eyes gradually became firm.

"Have you said enough?"

"..."

"Do you think I will be like Aponya and blame everything on the so-called fate to comfort you? Or are you telling me this because you hope that I can sympathize with you?"

"..."

"I won't sympathize with you. If you are so fragile and so afraid of getting hurt, then do nothing and wait to die here!"

Mikael's sobbing suddenly stopped, and he raised his head in a daze. This was the first time that Mebius got truly angry at him.

When their eyes met, Mikael's eyes gradually became confused and desperate, while Mebius's eyes softened for a moment.

"Mikael, you are very fragile, I have always known this. But even if you don't believe in my way of looking at people, you should believe in Alicia's way of looking at people, and believe in everyone's way of looking at people... At the worst, you You should also believe in Aponia. Aponia and Alicia, these two annoying women are absolutely right in their judgment of people...

"So, Mikael, do you really understand what vulnerability means? Mikael, you are a kind person. You will feel guilty for everyone you accidentally hurt, and you care about everyone around you. , every thing, that’s why you are so fragile, so unable to bear the loss... so easy to regret... It’s not that you are too fragile, it’s that your kindness has brought too much pressure to yourself——

"You always think that you can't lose, you don't want to lose, and you always hope that everything will turn out perfectly. Oh, you and I laughed at the Kosmo kid's insistence on having the best of both worlds before, but isn't that the same for you? But How can everything in this world be perfect? ​​That’s why you are in so much pain... And I don’t care about people who are not fragile or even cruel to you, like me. ”

Mikael felt his heart being squeezed tightly, and every word Mebius said hit his heart hard... She may not fully understand him, but she actually also...

But precisely because of this, precisely because each of them loved him so much, he felt even more embarrassed and collapsed even more:

"But...but what's the use of being kind in this era! If I could be as cruel as you, and as indifferent to those sacrifices as you are, then all the tragedies in the past might not have happened!"

"There is no such thing as this! If you are such a cruel person, are you still Mikael? Besides, the possibilities you said 'won't happen' are just your imagination! Mikael, then They are all decisions you have made, and they are all the footprints you have left in the world. Do you think your past is meaningless, shouldn't you think about it instead of constantly regretting it here? Think about what you can and should do now to make up for your past mistakes and atone for your past sins - if there are really mistakes and sins."

"Mebius..."

"I am here."

"Don't...don't treat me like this! After all, aren't you one of the victims? Why do you treat me with such a gentle attitude? Why...why! After all, you are not me, and you are not me. How can you really understand everything about me, how can you really feel my sadness and despair... The so-called people can understand each other is just a ridiculous lie. The so-called current behavior can undo past mistakes. , it’s nothing more than human wishful thinking!”

Mikael's body struggled and kept hitting the barbed wire behind him with his back, but in the end, his body still collapsed.

Those who don’t understand... those who don’t understand... Whether it’s Mebius or Alicia, everything they witness is just looking at the future possibilities and the mistakes of the past with the eyes of the world...

Therefore, how can it be possible to understand Mikael's despair.

The world is already hopelessly heading towards destruction.

Everyone dies.

Those who are lucky enough to survive are worse off than dead.

And this is the ending that is full of depression and despair.

This is the ending that Mikael tried to challenge again and again, but with his struggle he headed into a darker abyss...

The established destiny cannot be changed, but the power of the Herrscher has exceeded the original history time and time again.

If you don't understand this... if you can't see the ending of this world... who are you to deny or affirm him! What qualifications do you have to truly understand him...

"People cannot be resurrected, so how can they redeem past mistakes and sins? Mebius, aren't what you said just wishful thinking? Aren't what you said pointing fingers at me from the perspective of a third party... ...You are not me, why do you..."

"Snapped!"

A crisp sound echoed continuously in the blocked passage. Half of Mikael's face was swollen and he looked at Mebius in disbelief.

"So what if I'm not you, so what if I can't fully understand you! Are you living for me? Are you living for Alicia? Aren't you living for yourself? Why? To say such childish things? You always thought I was cold-blooded, but don’t I feel sad about Seele’s death? Don’t I regret it? Even if you still don’t think [Mebius will feel sad] Regret], then wouldn’t Alicia do it?

"Okay, even if you say the above, you won't listen!"

Mebius grabbed Mikael's collar. The petite and seriously injured girl actually lifted Mikael slightly in the explosion.

"Look around you, look at these corpses and blood, smell the smell of gunpowder and blood in the air! Since you can come here, you must have seen the tragedy outside! Mikael, are you going to do this? Are you giving up like this! Give up everything you have ever protected!"

Her hands gradually loosened, but even she couldn't tell whether it was the result of her anger gradually fading away, or whether her body could no longer squeeze out any strength.

She held Mikael's cheek with her cold and trembling hands and shook it gently:

"Mikael, wake up! If you don't do anything now, our story will end here. Everything will end. Not only the past you care about will end, but also the things you are looking forward to. The future is coming to an end... If this is the case, I will not forgive you, Alicia will not forgive you, Hana will not forgive you, Sakura will not forgive you, and that kitten will not forgive you. You, Qianjie will never forgive you, and neither Aponya, Velvet, Mei, nor her followers will forgive you."

Her speaking speed became faster and faster, her emotions became more and more excited, and her words began to become disorganized. The hand holding Mikael's cheek began to squeeze hard and began to tremble until her fingers were inserted into Mikael. In your flesh and blood, she babbled and shouted inarticulately:

"And regret... Since you have always felt that the decision you made has led to regretful results, do you think your current decision of not caring about anything is the right one? Mikael, what are you doing now? This is definitely not the right decision! You will definitely regret this in the future... You will regret it even more and hate yourself even more... Mikael, go ahead, Mikael! Ask yourself why you are fighting. Why did you come here and why did you stay here?”

It wasn't until he heard the last sentence that Mikael suddenly raised his head. His eyes widened, but his pupils wished they could shrink to the smallest size.

Is it a coincidence?

Or did she guess something?

Before he could even think about all this, Mebius staggered back half a step and no longer restrained Mikael.

And Mikael did not escape.

"Go, Mikael, go find the answers to those questions, go end the Seventh Collapse, and then remember to come back. Me, Alicia, and the whole bunch of people you brought here , all waiting for you.”

Mikael opened his jaw and only made meaningless trills intermittently.

But Mebius felt that this was enough, Mebius knew that this was enough.

Because she understands Mikael, she may not understand Mikael’s past or Mikael’s future, but she understands Mikael’s present.

"We agreed to come back."

Mikael bit his lips tightly and uttered a syllable similar to "um".

That didn't mean he agreed, because the sound came from a sudden blow to his lips.

Mebius's face bumped into him so roughly, and her bloody teeth bit his lower lip until blood came out, and finally she let go slumped.

She lowered her head on Mikael's chest and whispered:

"I must come back."

"Um--"

This time, it was indeed Mikael's affirmative response, but it ended abruptly because Mebius pressed the elevator's start button at that moment, and the barbed wire was instantly removed. Mikael was unable to dodge and staggered directly. After falling into the elevator, he tried to step forward, but he could only see Mebius gradually falling to the ground through the crack of the closed door.

Riding in the descending elevator, the index finger and ring finger of his right hand gently touched the wound on his lower lip, and then moved away slightly.

His fingertips were covered in blood, but he couldn't tell which one was his and which one was Mebius's.

"Brother Mikael, everyone is waiting for you!"

It was as if he heard Paduo's words last night in his ears.

Then there is Hua talking to himself as he rushes to the battlefield:

"I have what I can do...I have what I can do..."

As the height continued to decrease, the temperature in the elevator gradually became hotter, so Mikael naturally thought of Himihu and what she said before:

"No, what matters is not whether you can do it or not, but that you have the possibility to do it all."

"Mikael, I have always felt guilty that I have nothing to teach you. I can only tell you this - don't let yourself regret it!"

The wound on her lip was still painful with breathing, and there was even the smell of Mebius and the blood of Mebius on it. She said——

"Ask yourself - why are you fighting? Why are you here, and why are you staying here?"

She said - "We have agreed to come back."

She said - "I must come back."

Mikael closed his eyes, and countless familiar faces flashed through his mind. If it were them - what would Celia's mother want him to do now? What would Famas want him to do now? What about Aldemir? What about Ymer? What about Kosmo? Where's Padu? Where is Sakura? Where are May and Kevin? Where is Hua?

Where's Xi'er? If she was still alive, would she wish she could just do nothing?

And...what about her?

The picture in my mind finally stayed at the moment when I first met Alicia.

Not in the orphanage in Vostok.

But across the computer screen, on the sofa in the Golden Courtyard, she sat relaxed and comfortable on the sofa, crossing her legs and looking at him with a smile.

He still felt confused, he still felt regretful, he still hated himself... He still didn't believe that he could defeat the Seventh Herrscher with Vishnu alone, but he finally found a solution among the uncertainties. Something certain -

If she continues to sit still and wait for death, Alicia will not even have the chance to leave that memory in future generations.

She will leave no trace in this world.

She will drift away with this era and this history, and no one will remember her.

Including...Mikael himself, who is farther away from this world than time itself.

"How...how can I bear this happening!"

That's why he has to fight, and he has to fight with all his strength... No matter what, he must at least give her and them an ending that is no worse than the original history!

At least that's what he thinks now!

At least he can be sure that if he doesn't fight again, he will regret it!

Although he had no possibility of victory, before he died, he at least did what he should do and what he could do!

"Wow——"

The elevator doors opened.

The smell of blood spread across the floor.

But that's not the smell of human blood.

Mikael looked at the three corpses in front of him, his eyes gradually changing from shock to determination.

It is inappropriate to say that they are corpses. They are clearly three pieces of decomposed meat displayed in the laboratory. One of them is not even a piece of meat, but a strange-shaped tissue that was re-cultured with cells left behind from a small amount of corpse tissue. things.

"Mebius... so calculating."

…………

"The Herrscher, the Honkai Beast Herd, and a large number of dead soldiers have entered the D7 passage. In other words, there is almost only a wall between them and the war room."

Prometheus was perhaps the only calm person present.

Mei's fingers silently touched a red button on the table, but her eyes looked at the display screen beside:

"Not okay yet? Velvet!"

"Okay! Isn't this to avoid missing Honkaimon as much as possible? The second divine key, the first rated power, liberation!"

As her voice fell, on another screen, the image of the D7 channel suddenly changed - reinforced armor was lowered on all sides, and a locomotive opened a crack at the end of the channel and rushed out. Then, the image from the camera appeared in a golden streak. Disappeared in the light.

Did you make it?

Everyone stared at the screen that suddenly went out, even though they knew that they could not see any information on the screen.

Suddenly, four neat rays of light flashed around the largest screen in front, and then the entire wall suddenly collapsed, revealing the figure of the Herrscher floating in the air.

He was surrounded by a pale golden imaginary barrier, and behind him were the corpses of Honkai beasts and dead warriors.

Velvet succeeded. She successfully eliminated the Honkai beast herd that entered the D7 passage.

But she also failed. The Herrscher with the power of Herrscher's Space would naturally not be afraid of the Key of the Second God.

But May didn't give up - "Now!"

"boom!"

Before she could say anything, Hua, who was higher up, had already pulled the trigger. Then, the railing holding the huge electromagnetic gun shattered instantly. Hua himself was also carried by the huge recoil and hit the armored wall behind him. .

But the bullet had already been shot, and at the moment it was about to touch the imaginary number barrier, the imaginary number barrier in front of it was slightly torn open - the second divine key used its remaining power to neutralize the imaginary number barrier!

The Herrscher's pupils shrank. He could also use electromagnetic fields to deflect bullets, he could also use wind to blow away bullets, and he could also use ice walls to stop bullets... But his brain suddenly felt a stabbing pain, so that he Failed to make any reaction - Aponia!

"Snapped!"

His brain exploded into blood, but under the power of the Herrscher of Reason, it was repaired within a second.

He chuckled twice and spoke according to the memory in the core of the First Herrscher.

"Mei, are you exhausted?"

He didn't even look at the other people in the situation room, just thinking about Mei Piao.

Hua quickly turned the bolt and fired another bullet, but in a hurry, the bullet only penetrated the armor plate above his head due to the huge recoil.

Mei's cheeks were dripping with cold sweat. Looking at the Herrscher who was getting closer, her hand pressed the button with a little force - "Manpower will eventually be exhausted." She suddenly remembered these words.

All her proactive means have been exhausted, and the only variable has not appeared yet, even if she thinks about it...

There was only one last method left. If the situation had not reached this point, she would not have pressed the button: the self-destruct button.

As long as it is pressed, the left and right nuclear energy and Honkai energy facilities in the entire base will instantly self-destruct, producing a yield equivalent to fifty million tons of TNT explosives, which is ten times the largest nuclear weapon ever created by mankind!

If this button is pressed, the entire Eurasian continental plate may break apart, but only in this way can we perish together with the Herrscher.

"I'm sorry, Kevin..."

But at this moment, she caught a glimpse of the smile on the corner of Herrscher's mouth.

An incredible thought flashed through her - Herrscher did it on purpose, just to force herself to press the self-destruct button and destroy herself.

And with the power of space, will he really be injured?

Why should he bother with this?

Is it because you like this kind of dramatic show?

Mei felt humiliated, but——

"No, the Herrscher is not so boring and humane. Considering that he has not killed Kevin, Ellie, and Mebius, is it the subconscious of Mikael's body that prevents him from killing us?"

Thinking of this, the strength of Mei's fingers suddenly stopped.

Unexpectedly, the Herrscher smiled. The face was exactly the same as Mikael, no, the face that belonged to Mikael smiled.

"Oh, I originally wanted to watch a self-destruction drama - Mei, you are smarter than I thought, but you didn't expect that I really only occupied this body to satisfy my own evil tastes. Such a long time has long been enough to digest this body’s subconscious, and he can’t resist me anymore!”

As he spoke, he raised his hand.

"What!"

Mei wanted to press the self-destruct button at this time, but it was already too late. She could only watch the hot stream of flames occupy her entire sight.

"boom!"