The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Gululu-Gulu-"

The special combat uniform is a bit tight, and the nutrient solution flows into the lungs along the nasal cavity and trachea. They will transport oxygen directly to the alveoli and then enter the blood circulation. After a brief moment of suffocation, Mikael quickly became familiar with this feeling.

Everything in sight and the nutrient solution were dyed blue by the light in the observation center. But this did not affect the clarity of sight. Mikael just turned his head slightly. Old God Su on the left closed his eyes and rested comfortably. Although it was his first time on the battlefield, he did not seem particularly nervous.

On the right, Destobia was crossing her hands in front of her chest, mumbling something, and her eyelashes were trembling.

As a fusion warrior with spiritual perception, she easily noticed Mikael's gaze, so she turned her head and smiled, and then her eyes became firm.

Fear is naturally unavoidable. Even veterans who have experienced thousands of battles still cannot erase the fear in their hearts before going to the battlefield, because the origin of this emotion is human beings... no, it is the deepest consciousness of every animal. The instinct of living - the desire to survive.

And the determination that comes with it is because, for everyone, there is always something in this world that is more important than their life itself.

Mikael originally wanted to look for Aunt Blanca among the many observation centers, but she was too far away from a few people, and the observation centers were lined up, so Mikael was unable to find her in the end.

Of course, there are still many acquaintances among this batch of mentally perceptive fusion warriors - such as Evelyn, but like Aunt Blanca, Mikael's limited perspective cannot see her.

Finally, he and Destobia looked at each other, and both turned their heads. The moment before the laboratory door closed, they saw many figures coming to see them off.

Alicia, Kosmo, Mebius, Mei, Kevin...

"Click——"

The sound of the door closing still echoed in the laboratory, but was soon replaced by the sound of Spacey pacing.

He was holding an iron-gray wine bottle in his right hand, pulsing with his steps, and his empty left sleeve was flying in the air, just like what the ancients said was fluttering clothes.

He was also mumbling words. Mikael didn't mean to eavesdrop, but the Herrscher's hearing was so good that even though there was a certain distance and the barriers of glass and nutrient solution, Mikael still heard his words clearly. ——

"My dear, just watch carefully in the sky! This time, we will definitely win!"

Ten minutes have passed, half an hour has passed...

Without receiving any orders, a panic mixed with irritability began to spread in everyone's hearts.

They had already made preparations for various battles. Except for the fusion warriors who were ready to take the initiative to enter the Herrscher's dream, all members of the Fire Chaser Moth had taken the little blue pill and received the commandments of Aponia.

They began to covertly spread information about the Fire Moth on the Internet, but after all this time, the Herrschers still seemed to have not launched an attack on the base.

Has the Herrist not captured that information yet?

Or is it that the Herrscher is smarter than she thought and she easily identified this as a trap?

Even Mikael couldn't help but start thinking wildly.

However, over the years, he has long mastered the method of coming to terms with his chaotic thoughts.

What's more, he insisted that there was nothing wrong with this plan.

If the Herrscher didn't launch an attack because he hadn't captured the information they released. This is not a problem at all, just keep waiting. Time is on their side - the little blue pill's time limit has expired and can be remade, and Aponya can also unlock the commandments of some soldiers first, so that they can enter a state of combat readiness for several shifts so that they will not collapse from exhaustion.

Of course, the most important point is that after a few hours, the upgrade of Prometheus is completed, and they can rely on powerful artificial intelligence and big data algorithms to actively search for the Herrscher.

And what if there is another possibility, that the Herrscher realizes that this is a trap?

If she dares to come, she will invite you to the urn as originally planned. If she had been hesitant to come, wouldn't she be back to the previous situation?

After weighing it again in his mind, Mikael was completely relieved.

And when he started messing around, he discovered that the nutrient solution developed by Mebius was really comfortable - not only for breathing, this unnamed nutrient solution can directly help humans complete various metabolisms, that is to say, Mikael can now lie motionless in the nutrient solution for as long as he wants without even having to go to the toilet.

Suddenly, a female voice sounded in my mind. Without even thinking, I knew it was Destobia. She was still asking the same question as before:

"Captain Mikael, you are obviously not a fusion warrior with mental perception, so why did you participate in this battle? Even if you overcome the dream, you still don't have the ability to reversely locate the Herrscher. Isn't it too risky to do this? After all, you... …”

Mikael didn't want to answer this kind of question, but Destobia kept asking. He shook his head helplessly. With a slight thought in his mind, the words were transmitted back along the spiritual network established by Destobia. into her mind.

"Don't worry, this time, I'm just trying to verify something. Of course, in order to ensure nothing goes wrong, Mebius also planted bombs in my heart and brain in advance. If I am really brought down by the Eighth Herrscher Control, then... bang!"

Destobia felt as if she heard a real explosion, and her whole body trembled.

In fact, that's not what she wanted to know. What she wanted to know was nothing more than: What exactly did Mikael want to verify?

But it was obviously not appropriate to ask anymore at this moment.

The red signal light hanging on the wall of the laboratory suddenly turned on, and the light filled the entire laboratory like blood. Three urgent alarms belatedly sounded.

Needless to say, everyone understands what this means - the Herrscher is coming!

But after such a long wait, what filled everyone's hearts was no longer fear, but relief.

Spacy drank all the wine in the pot in one gulp, and the stone hanging in his heart finally fell to the ground.

As someone who participated in the formulation of the plan, Spacy certainly knew that even if the Herrscher did not come, he would not be able to escape the follow-up search of the Fire Chaser Moth.

But he is different from Mikael, and he is different from Mei. He is not so much a scientist as he is an Avenger.

There is no doubt that the Herrscher must die, but he hopes that the Herrscher will die in his own hands. This is complete revenge.

His left arm was amputated due to Honkai disease, and he did not have the talent to become a fusion warrior. He was unable to fight on the battlefield, and there was no chance for him to have direct revenge.

Fortunately, the form of Honkai this time was so special that he could participate in this battle to the maximum extent possible.

After all, this large-scale super-transformation surgery was completed by him and Mebius together. Among the fusion warriors participating in the battle, his student Su was also among them. He himself is also the on-site commander of the subsequent observation hub operation.

"Well done! Well done!! Well done!!!"

His face, which could be considered handsome no matter what, was already entangled with ferociousness, which was very terrifying.

He walked back to the observation center where Mikael was, and the two looked at each other for a while through the nutrient solution.

In fact, he didn't come to Mikael on purpose. The reason why he stood in that position was because Mikael was almost exactly in the middle of all the fusion warriors, and the observation hub where he was located was numbered 26.

That's right, more than 400 qualified people participated in the super-change surgery, but only more than 100 people were left on the operating table, and half of them did not survive the post-operative observation period, or were completely disabled at this stage. He fell into a state of overweight and extreme transformation and completely lost his mind.

"We have already made such sacrifices, so we must succeed."

This was Spacy's muttering to himself, but given the quality of the fusion warriors present, everyone should have heard this sentence. This can be regarded as some kind of pre-war declaration.

The moment he finished speaking, the red indicator light behind him turned off and the green indicator light came on, which meant that Mei had given the order to execute the plan.

"The observation center preparation state is activated."

Spacey pressed the button. In fact, he doesn't need to do this kind of thing himself. He can call Bo Long or other laboratory personnel.

However, for safety reasons, Mikael requested that only two people be left in the laboratory, one being Spacy himself, and the other being Mikael's last line of insurance.

"Everyone, in order to ensure that you can fall into dreams accurately, the observation center will amplify your brain waves. Correspondingly, your past memories may subconsciously pop up in your mind - you are all spiritual perception fusion warriors , control your spirit, the observation center will be officially activated in five minutes, you'd better make sure you fall into the dream in the most perfect state. "

"Don't worry, Dr. Spacey, this is not the first time that everyone has faced Honkai Impact. Before I said that, Aunt Blanca was still laughing at my mother-in-law. Now it seems that you are the same way! Could it be that this is a handsome man? common problem?”

Mikael's words were both teasing and trying to help everyone relax without leaving any trace.

Spacy took a sip of wine out of habit, only to find that the pot was already empty.

He smiled bitterly and replied: "Mikael, such self-proclaimed words will make people feel cute when they are said from Ellie's mouth, but why do they make people feel uncomfortable when they are said by you?"

Everyone laughed in unison, and so far, whether they were nervous, fearful, or relieved, they were all buried under this relaxed atmosphere.

Spacy raised his head and glanced at Mikael again, and couldn't help but said:

"I don't know what you want to verify, but since you are not a spiritually aware fusion warrior, you have to be more careful... Forget it, it seems that you did not make an impulsive decision, so there must be something wrong Your own reasons. Anyway, take care! ”

His words were naturally greeted with a response. Who doesn’t want to receive a few blessings before going to the battlefield?

Spacy raised his hand and glanced at his watch.

Time is such a contradictory and elusive thing. Five minutes sometimes feels very long. For example, when you have to hold in your stomach and wait for get out of class to end, five minutes is often longer than a lifetime. But at this moment, it seems like it happened in the blink of an eye.

"Okay! It's almost time. Let's emphasize the mission one last time. You are all warriors selected from a thousand by the Fire Moth. Next, you will enter the dream created by the Herrscher. Remember, it is a dream, even if it is no longer Beauty is just a dream! All you have to do is break away from the shackles of the dream, and then use the ability given to you by the super variable factor to track the Herrscher's location in reverse. Regardless of success, the observation hub will be restarted in ten minutes. Pull out the consciousness, do you understand? "

"clear!"

Looking at the young and excited faces, Spacy took a deep breath and pressed the button to officially activate the observation center.

At first, Mikal didn't feel anything unusual, as if nothing happened after Spacy pressed the button.

This made it difficult for him not to think about the scene of anesthesia during surgery. There are always people who think that their will can resist the anesthesia, but in fact... in fact...

Mikael's vision blurred at some point, and then two dark doors, one up and one down, slammed shut after a brief struggle.

His last thought before falling asleep was:

"Spaci, this old guy, chose to hide part of the truth from them after all."

No, in fact, to some extent, he was not hiding the truth.

"Whether it is successful or not, when the observation center is restarted in ten minutes, your consciousness will be pulled out."

The so-called "regardless of whether it is successful or not", if you think about it carefully, you will naturally understand that it refers to the action of "looking for the Herrscher" after breaking away from the Herrscher's dream.

In other words, if the Herrscher's dream is not broken within ten minutes, even if the observation center is forcibly restarted, it may not be able to wake the person up.

If the observation center cannot be awakened even when the observation center is forcibly restarted, it also means that even if other spiritually aware fusion warriors forcefully intervene, most of them will not be able to awaken them.

Of course, there is another situation, that is, someone happens to bump into the Herrscher in a dream, and then is directly wiped out of consciousness by her.

Yes, that's right.

No matter what happens.

That all means death.

…………

The bright sunshine seeped into the room through the cracks in the blinds, and it was another brand new and beautiful day.

"Well……"

Mikael opened his heavy eyelids, and the first thing he saw was something strange yet familiar at the same time...a computer?

He rubbed his eyes and took the opportunity to flick the eye droppings into the trash can nearby. With this action, the almost invisible and unfamiliar feeling of disobedience gradually dissipated.

Of course he didn't sleep on the bed, otherwise he wouldn't have seen the computer first when he woke up early in the morning. This is not a bedroom, but a study.

As he slowly straightened up, the quilt wrapped around his back gradually slipped off. Fortunately, the armchair was stuck and did not fall to the ground.

When he stretched his arms, he accidentally touched the mouse, and the computer screen lit up, showing a half-written Word document in front of him.

"Ha-yeah!"

The yellow bird outside the window also chirped twice, as if in response to him.

"Dong-dong-dong-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-dah!"

Alicia's unique knocking method came from behind, and a picture quickly emerged in Mikael's mind - she was lazily leaning on the door frame, with a quirky smile on her lips, letting four fingers The joints danced on the door, playing a series of brisk and unknown tunes.

Before Mikael could answer, she opened the door first and walked in.

"Did you have insomnia again last night?"

She walked up behind Mikael, reached out and held his head, and gently pressed his temples with her slightly cold middle finger.

"Sorry, I got up to write in the middle of the night. Didn't I wake you up?"

As soon as Mikael finished speaking, he realized that he had said another piece of nonsense - if he hadn't woken up Alicia, who had covered him with the quilt?

"You have moved out of the Golden Courtyard, but you still can't get rid of the habit of writing at night?"

Alicia's hands gently covered Mikael's eyes. She applied a little force, and Mikael soon felt that the back of his head fell into a warm and soft paradise.

"Ah, after all, I like to write at night, not only because it is quieter at night and it is easier to concentrate my thoughts, but also because inspiration is particularly abundant at this time. But I didn't expect that once I get used to it, it will not be so easy to fall asleep at night."

He got up at about two o'clock in the morning and continued writing until four or five o'clock. Now he has not arrived until seven o'clock.

Anyone who has stayed up late knows that after a sleepless night, you are very energetic in the morning. But if you suddenly surrender in the early morning and sleep for two or three hours, when you wake up, your mind will be groggy and your eyes will be extremely sore.

But Ally just pressed it like that, her fragrant palms exuded a trace of residual warmth, and Mikael suddenly felt that his eyes didn't seem so sore anymore.

"Oh! You can catch up on your sleep at noon! Now get up and wash yourself! The coffee is also ready for you!"

"Uh-huh!"

Mikael groaned twice, but his body remained motionless on the stool.

"Get up soon! I'm going to prepare breakfast. After you wash up, remember to wake Eve up too!"

Mikael stood up, stretched, and while moving slowly, he protested in a low voice:

"Why did you wake the child up so early? Let her sleep a little longer!"

"Going to bed early and getting up early will help your health! Develop good habits from an early age! You don't want her to be like you did when you were in the Golden Courtyard, not sleeping until the early morning and not getting up until the afternoon!"

Although Ellie was criticizing him, her tone of lecturing a child and her akimbo pouting look lacked the seriousness and intimidation that criticism should have...

Is it even a little bit cute?

Anyway, Mikael couldn't help but reached out and poked her cheek as he had done countless times when he was a child.

The skin she was poked slowly sunk, then bounced back quickly after Mikael's fingers left, and then gradually turned pink the same color as her hair.

Taking advantage of her shyness, Mikael whispered:

"I rely on writing to support my family... Come on! Even if you have to go to bed early and get up early, seven o'clock is too early for her, right? Just wait until eight o'clock to call her."

Alicia's lips moved for a long time before she uttered an inexplicable sentence:

"You always spoil her like this!"

Mikael's face was full of doubts. He frowned, stared, tilted his head, and asked:

"Alicia, ask yourself, who of us loves her more?"

Ai Li raised her eyebrows, her eyes widened slightly, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, and she held it in for a long time before saying:

"Just...it's just because I always spoil him, so you have to be stricter with him! Forget it, let's just go to eight o'clock. Go and wash up yourself!"

She pushed Mikael's back gently and pushed him out of the study. Mikael watched her leaning against the wall, cupping her hot cheeks, and then glared at him. He turned around and quickly closed the blinds, opened the window, and let out the stale air that had accumulated for half the night.

Mikael shook his head. His breathing was a little heavy, but it was not because of sleepiness.

He walked into the bathroom, picked up a handful of water and threw it on his face, feeling much more conscious.

It was precisely because of this sobriety that he felt so ridiculous.

"It turns out that this is all I long for...a wife and children on the hot bed, that's it?"

After washing up, I drank the coffee that Ai Li had made in one gulp, and then sat at the dining table, listening to Ai Li humming a tune while frying eggs.

Mikael once heard Kevin describe his dream. Of course, there is no need for a special person to describe it. Just think about it and you will know that what appears in this dream must be what a person desires most.

But Mikael stared at the plaid on the dining table and said nothing.

Is the thing shown in this dream really what he desires?

He couldn't explain it himself. After all, not many people really understand what they want? Only when that thing is placed in front of you, or even destroyed, can you realize how much you desire it.

But want to know whether what you see in front of you is what you want most? On the contrary, it is very simple.

At the very least, Mikael does not hate this kind of life, it can even be said that he yearns for it. But he didn't miss it at all.

what's the situation?

Is it because he knew it was a dream from the beginning, so he didn't have any reliance on its content?

Not really. The fragility of human nature determines that even if you know that the beauty in front of you is just a dream, you can't bear to destroy it.

There was only one possibility left, and Mikael's fist hidden under the table suddenly clenched.

Ellie quickly brought the breakfast, and Mikael looked at the food in front of him, but made no move.

He suddenly stood up, walked behind Ellie, hugged her, crossed his hands on her chest, rested his cheek on her head, and gently smelled the fragrance of her hair.

"Okay, okay Mikael! If you want to make out, you have to wait a while. It's time for breakfast now!"

But there was neither movement nor words from Mikael.

"Mi...uh! Ahem...you..."

Mikael's arms tightly wrapped around her neck, and no matter how much she struggled, she would not relax even a little bit.

He just watched the person he loved the most struggling, panting, and twitching in his arms, watching her fluttering her legs and kicking the dining table over, and watching her carefully prepared breakfast with a heart on her head. The patterned dinner plate was shattered on the floor...until there was no sound at all.

He narrowed his eyes - not her?

Alicia's still warm body suddenly turned into gray mist.

The mist passed through Mikael's body like a ribbon and merged into the bedroom behind him.

Mikael couldn't help but sneer:

"I see, if you directly transformed into her, it would be difficult for me not to see the flaw, so you chose to transform into a point that I would most easily overlook. But thank you for helping me and Ellie's child to be named, Eve— —No, the Eighth Herrscher.”

Mikael walked into the bedroom. The baby's body was long gone. What appeared in front of him was a pair of blood-red eyes hidden behind the gray mist.