The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Um……"

I opened my eyes in a daze, and the dim light and the sound of wind outside the window were intertwined. After combing for a long time, I finally found my eyes and ears.

"Why did you wake up so early?"

Mikael complained twice, held the quilt between his legs and turned over. He was about to continue sleeping, but suddenly there was a cramping pain in his abdomen.

"snort……"

He let out a muffled groan, then silently took the quilt out from between his legs with his hands, covered it again, and took care of it especially around his waist and abdomen.

"Gululu——"

The cramping pain in his abdomen subsided slightly, and Mikael let out a sigh of relief.

"It's okay, as long as I fall asleep again."

He squeezed his eyes shut, but he was just deceiving himself.

Within ten seconds, the cramping pain in the abdomen struck again. Although this pain was not worth mentioning compared to the injuries suffered in the battle, it lasted for a long time and persisted in attacking Mikael's nerves again and again. It completely prevented him from falling asleep again, and also forced him to face reality - he might have diarrhea.

"cut!"

A black crack suddenly opened between the beds, and Mikael fell due to gravity and sat down on the toilet toilet.

I don't know how long it took, but the sound of flushing finally came from the toilet.

Mikael limped to the mirror. Just as he was about to reach out and touch his face in the mirror, the scenery in the mirror changed rapidly. He seemed to see the "self" he faced yesterday again.

“Bang tom—bang tom—bang tom—”

The heartbeats gradually overlapped, and countless images began to flash through his eyes...

Suddenly, he leaned down and covered his mouth. He struggled for a long time. Feeling that his body was feeling better, he hesitantly let go of his hand.

The next moment, a faint fishy smell wafted from the toilet, and with a spasm in his stomach, Mikael experienced a hearty vomiting.

After a long time, he wiped the residue from the corners of his mouth, turned on the faucet and washed away all the residue in the sink.

"Gulu gulu gulu - bah! Looks like I need to eat more breakfast to make up for it."

After rinsing his mouth, Mikael muttered to himself, and then walked out of the toilet.

The sudden light made him a little uncomfortable, and he couldn't help but cover his eyes with the back of his hand.

"It's been so long..."

He opened the curtains, opened the windows, and let the air pressure take away the smell that had been dull in the room all night, causing the fabrics in the room to fly. Mikael stood in front of the window and looked at the underground city that he had just reconstructed yesterday.

Although judging from the standards in memory, they are exactly the same.

But Mikael always felt that something was missing.

It was a mysterious and mysterious feeling. There was indeed something missing in this world, something that had appeared and been destroyed, something that had not completely disappeared and was still being nurtured with difficulty.

The hair slightly blocked his vision, and Mikael was shocked to realize that the broken hair on his forehead had grown into bangs, and in the sound of the wind, he finally felt the missing thing - life.

When I opened my eyes today, what filled my ears was no longer the chirping of yellow birds, but the cold and noisy morning breeze.

Somewhat unaccustomed to it.

Although he can restore the entire city, and even with the help of Baihua Baihua and Xi'er, he can bring a glimmer of vitality to this land, but that is just the beginning, and the distance between the beginning and where he is is a bit far away.

Under the blowing of the morning breeze, green ripples rippled on the brown land in the distance, which were the swaying of buds. At the bottom of the artificial lake that cannot be touched by the human eye, some changes occurred in the pure water molecules that humans themselves could not understand. Many elements were blended together to form the original appearance of life - a single cell.

Now, in the gear map in Mikael's eyes, the original cells have begun to divide.

Under the fertile soil, earthworms, ants and all kinds of unnamed bugs started their activities again. I don’t know if it grew up overnight, or if these bystanders of human civilization never left.

Yes, vitality has never left. From this starting point, it will eventually return to its original appearance. But this does not mean that the last end point does not exist, because reincarnation does not stop moving forward. Even in the same reincarnation, there are things that cannot be recovered if lost.

Mikael raised his head and glanced at the "moon" that was still reluctant to leave after the "sunrise".

I hope the only ones I can't find are those two yellow birds.

It's almost time to calculate, and the morning wake-up time should be over.

Mikael closed the window and immediately turned around to leave - he was not idle. After two consecutive collapses, there were many things that needed to be dealt with by him.

But just as he took steps toward the door, his ears moved slightly and he heard the sound of the door closing on his right.

"..."

Then there were footsteps.

"..."

Mikael stretched out his hand to open the space rift and came directly to the base through phase shuttle.

"Well?"

Before he landed, he heard a sound of surprise.

Hua held a pile of documents and tilted his head to look at Mikael who unexpectedly appeared in the office.

"I didn't expect you would save time on walking now."

Her expression was very much like that of a mother after catching her child slacking off. Michael poked her forehead gently, feeling that Hua Dailing and Pado had awakened some strange attributes after spending too much time together.

He waved his hand, and the half-person-high documents that Hua held were neatly moved to the desk. He silently sat down at the desk and touched the top one in order.

"Hey! Wait a minute, I haven't sorted it yet."

Hua quickly held his hand.

Mikael's old face turned red. He could easily guess that he came too early and Hua had not had time to complete his work.

So he could only sit awkwardly and awkwardly on the chair, with his legs together and his hands on his knees, watching Hua sort out each document.

"Well...this, this, and this are all daily supply documents that only need to be stamped. I'll give them to you first."

Mikael took the three documents, stamped them mechanically, and put them on the other side of the desk.

Seeing this, Hua temporarily stopped sorting, took the three documents, stuffed them into a white folder, and put a label on them.

"...Really, what age has it been, why do we still need to work on paper!"

Mikael complained casually.

Hua's movements paused for a moment, "There is no way. The progress of science and technology will not be immediately reflected in every corner of life. The ancients of China completely abandoned bamboo slips after hundreds of years of usable paper being invented. The reason for this It’s complicated, but for confidential documents, since strong dissemination cannot make up for the lack of storage, we can only use more methods to preserve them - the database and the archives will not be burned down at the same time, right?”

She stretched out her index finger and pushed it to the bridge of her nose, only to find that there were no glasses there.

The corner of Mikael's mouth twitched, "If Mei can see you imitating her, she should be able to smile for a long time."

He took the opportunity to probe the girl's forehead again. After all, although she had been following him for a long time...oh no, she was an old antique.

But in the final analysis, she is just a girl who is not yet a minor. Although she does not cause trouble, she is still a little naughty.

Hua continued to work, categorizing the remaining documents while taking out the ones that needed urgent processing and handing them to Mikael. For a while, the only sound in the office was the turning of pages and the sound of stamps being stamped.

"Snapped!"

Mikael stamped a bright red seal and waved his hand. Naturally, his hands are not sore, but his heart is tired. It is really tiring to do this kind of almost useless action that needs to be repeated over and over again... Back then, he was able to tolerate it by constantly exercising his muscle memory in order to exercise his core, but he fainted after just one glance. sleepy files…

Besides, at that time, he was at the age corresponding to a high school student, which was the so-called "peak intelligence". However, after reaching adulthood and entering the age corresponding to a college student, both his learning ability and endurance declined rapidly, and the deterioration was serious.

He yawned and stretched out his hand, trying to take the document from Hua out of habit, but his hand came up empty.

"Um?"

He raised his head in confusion, only to see Hua raise her head and purse her lips. He turned to look at the wall clock behind him, and found that it was almost twelve o'clock noon before he knew it.

Fire Chasing Moth does not have a fixed meal time. The restaurant will be filled six times a day. Each unit will eat at the corresponding time according to the needs of combat readiness, while personnel who are not temporarily on task will decide the time by themselves.

Mikael looked back at the documents on the table that only had items. He had probably processed more than 80% of them in one morning. He was very satisfied with the stamping speed, so he stood up and asked Hua to go do the work.

"that……"

Hua suddenly plucked up the courage to call him out again.

"What's wrong?"

"How about you take a rest here and I'll help you bring lunch back?"

"Ah-oh..."

Seeing the worry on Hua's face, Mikael seemed to understand something, and he sat back in his seat silently. From this point of view, it would be considered an accident for him to directly use phase teleportation to arrive at the base office.

Seeing his expression, Hua mistakenly thought that he would be depressed, and quickly explained to him: "Not everyone has that idea, it's just a very small part. Naturally, more people still agree... But after all, you The sight of eating that big snake was too shocking. "

After hearing this, Mikael deliberately stretched out his scarlet tongue and licked his upper lip, then bit his lip to expose the tiger teeth on one side, touched his belly, and stared at Xiang Hua.

Hua's mouth opened sideways and she shook her head. It was obvious that at least she had stepped out of that period of shadow, or maybe it was just her belief in Mikael.

However, although it failed to achieve the purpose of joking, Mikael's actions still made Hua feel some changes - he really didn't seem to have this because of other people... it could be a misunderstanding or a different view.

No, maybe he just did it out of pure belief, as if Hua believed that his expression just now was just a joke.

Hua raised his eyebrows, clearly feeling that after this incident, Mikael seemed to be a different person.

After Hua left, Mikael opened the drawer under the table, picked up a comic and read it with gusto.

Speaking of which, this comic was serialized a long time ago. Mikael remembered that during his travels, the newspapers he picked up from the street and used as bedding were serialized, and it was unfinished a few years ago. It's over.

"..."

As he looked at it, he suddenly felt a little inconsistent, as if there was something wrong with everything today.

But he didn't think much about it. He just thought he was tired of reading this book, threw it into the drawer, and took out a worn history book to read through it.

He reached deep into the drawer again and dug out. Fortunately, it was almost at the bottom of the base and was not damaged. The melon seeds hidden before were still there.

"Click——"

After cracking one, Mikael held it on his two index fingers, then carefully opened it with two thumbs, and took out the flesh inside - yes, the reason why he never eats melon seeds in front of others is that it is not polite. The truth is...he doesn't know how to eat melon seeds.

"Crack-"

Hearing the sound of the doorknob turning, Mikael quickly put away the melon seeds and pretended to read carefully. When Hua held a dinner plate in one hand and closed the door with his back, he seemed to realize it. Lift your head.

"Well, thank you! But how did you open the door just now?"

"that's not important."

Hua looked at Mikael's blinking glasses with an expressionless face, but in the end he didn't hold back and smiled.

"Today we have beet soup and borscht, but I remembered that your favorite cream of mushroom soup was the cream of mushroom soup last time, so I made this for you."

Mikael looked at two identical dinner plates, including yellow whole-wheat bread, off-white creamy mushroom soup, and a hazy colorful Olivier salad wrapped in mayonnaise, and was slightly stunned.

"Hua, although I grew up in Siberia, I was only ten years old..."

"Ah... I'm sorry, I just saw that when we were in the Golden Courtyard, Vivi seemed to cook more of this kind of food."

"Is it possible that she also had such a misunderstanding?"

Mikael did not say these words. He was slightly moved in his heart. It was not that Hua brought him a certain degree of hometown food, but the explanation she said before...

If she remembers Mikael's eating habits in the Golden Courtyard, she should also remember that Mikael has no obvious preference for these three soups. As for Hua herself, if Mikael remembers correctly, she actually doesn't like cream of mushroom soup.

"Thank you, Hua."

"Um?"

Hua raised his head in confusion and soon realized that some of his thoughts could be easily seen through. He quickly lowered his head and worked silently to cover it up——

The color of the beet soup is purple or dark red, while the color of the borscht soup is slightly brighter, but there are large pieces of beef brisket in it...

Red, meat, and Hua considerately avoid these combinations in Mikael's food.

Mikael even suspected that the reason why she did not choose black bread was because she was worried that the color, which was slightly closer to the scales of a large snake, would make him feel uncomfortable.

The two people suddenly picked up a piece of bread at the same time, dipped it in the soup until it softened, and then took a bite.

Although "eat without speaking" is a rule passed down from generation to generation in China, it was rare to be alone with Mikael. After thinking for a long time, Hua finally couldn't help but say:

"Mikael, actually the Herrscher...doesn't have to eat, right?"

"Huh? Yes, in theory, Honkai energy is enough for Herrscher to survive. Why do you ask this suddenly?"

"Uh... I just see that sometimes you are fine without eating for a few days, but most of the time you eat like a normal person."

"Haha." Mikael chuckled twice and explained: "At this stage of civilization development, the meaning of eating is no longer limited to the primitive need of [energy intake]. To a certain extent, eating also Food can be a kind of enjoyment, and food can also be an art, right?”

"But you don't like that kind of art-like food, right? Uh-"

Mikael poked her forehead for the third time and replied: "It's not that I don't like it completely. It's just that the enjoyment of eating is slightly different for me than for other people."

Hua did not interrupt and listened quietly to Mikael's story.

“For other people, the enjoyment of eating is nothing more than the sense of smell, taste, sight, and a rare break from work, or simply the pleasure brought by spending money. For me, the pleasure of eating is The act itself is a pleasure because it reminds me that I am still human.”

Hua remained silent.

After a pause, Mikael suddenly stared at her: "Hua, you..."

"Ah! I'm okay, but sometimes I'm not too hungry even if I don't eat for a long time. So I'm a little curious about what you Herrschers are like."

But Mikael was thinking about more than that - if everyone had seen him become overweight and super-transformed, would he also feel alienated from the fusion warriors?

He shook his head. Just talk to Mei and Mebius about this kind of thing later. There is no need to talk to Hua.

The two of them didn't speak anymore. They emptied the plates like a whirlwind. Mikael stacked the two plates together and threw them towards the crack in space. Thanks to the Herrscher of the Sky, your voice and face are still there, your smile is always there, and you always make it convenient for me. .

The two people started the next work.

"At two o'clock, I need to go to Laboratory No. 1. Before that, I should be able to finish these things, right?"

Hua gave an affirmative answer, but the speed in their hands was inevitably a bit faster.

Within half an hour, Hua had the last document left in his hand.

Mikael stamped the end of the document and stretched out his hand without raising his head, but Hua hesitated for a long time before gently placing the document in Mikael's hand.

"Um?"

Mikael raised his eyebrows in confusion, and was about to put a big seal on it like other documents, but his curiosity was aroused by Hua's hesitation.

So, he did not turn to the last page directly, but looked at the title of the document - "Plan on the Shenyin Experiment (Final Version)"

"……snort……"

Then scrolling down, as expected, the first one among the experimenters was Hua.

Hua lowered her head and looked at him nervously. Based on her understanding of Mikael, he would probably reject the application.

She had expected that Mikael would skip it as carelessly as he did other documents, but her own unconscious hesitation reminded Mikael in turn.

In other words, the subconscious mind that caused her hesitation was the embodiment of a certain emotion that she had been suppressing.

Mikael rubbed his chin, and after about ten seconds of silence, he suddenly turned the document to the last page, stamped it, and handed it back to Hua.

He smiled: "Okay, now all the work is done."

Hua smiled. She held the document in her arms excitedly, and the feeling of powerlessness in every battle flashed through her mind——

When it collapsed for the third time, she could only tremble in the shelter with Carol.

When she collapsed for the fourth time, she was still a loser.

During the fifth collapse, she was watching the live broadcast in the Golden Courtyard.

Before the sixth collapse, she finally obtained the fusion factor she had longed for in a sense, but she still could only watch the live broadcast.

During the seventh Honken, she finally had a chance to fight, but her fighting ability was not even as good as Mebius, who was a scientific researcher, or Velvi, who held the God Key. All she did the whole time was to face Herrscher. A shot was fired that had no effect.

But now there is finally an opportunity in front of him. Although he doesn't know what the so-called divine voice is for and whether it can be used, and Mebius's operating table is notorious, Hua doesn't care about this.

Because she hopes she can do something in the future battles.

She thought, do him some favors, that's all.

Therefore, the most gratifying thing is that he not only understood this decision, but also did not refuse it, but offered his support.

Perhaps for some little girls, they prefer that the person they face rejects or dismisses them, in order to show a "care" attitude.

But Hua saw clearly that in the final analysis it was just a lack of confidence in whether the other party would "care about me".

And from this perspective, support means far more than rejection - it means that the other party believes in you and supports your choice unconditionally.

This is obviously more heart-warming than simply "caring".

"Thanks."

she said softly.

Mikael shook his head and laughed, "Okay, if there's no problem, I'll go to Laboratory No. 1. Although it's a little early, Mebius and May won't mind, right?"

Ignoring Mikael's gag, Hua suddenly became serious.

"Speaking of which, I do have a question."

"Um?"

"Mikael, how did you handle these files before? Logically speaking, Alicia should have been the one to perform the work I did today, but I see that you are completely unfamiliar with these tasks..."

"Uh...ah..." Mikael scratched his head awkwardly and smiled.

He suddenly thought of the source of the "sense of disobedience" before.

After all, there is a big difference between two people sitting at a table, looking at each other in the sun's rays, and communicating with each other with various expressions for a whole day, compared with such days of working in such a hurry. Big, big...

Hua didn't get the answer to the question, so she continued to ask: "Then who arranged this job transfer? At this time, you shouldn't give up the opportunity to be alone with Alicia?"

"Ah? Of course I arranged that myself."

"Why...what? What happened between you two?"

"Well...you little brat doesn't understand..."

Having said that, Mikael flicked his forehead with his index and middle fingers and explained:

"To put it bluntly, I have a lot to say to her, but I just need time to sort it out and prepare."

I hope so.