The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

The screams became hoarse and deeper, until they came to an end completely.

Without Mebius' reminder, Klein automatically adjusted the parameters of the instrument. The dazzling red light dissipated, the blue light symbolizing life lit up, and the nutrient solution quickly poured into the instrument, turning on the life-support mode.

"Tsk! Don't you have any feelings when you observe your own kind being captured by humans for inhumane research at such a close distance?"

Mebius tilted his head, his words were half sarcastic and half teasing.

"Why do you feel that way?"

Mikael frowned, as if he really couldn't figure out Mebius's brain.

"Furthermore, based on your definition, Mebius, compared to the Eighth Herrscher and me, you and I are more of the same kind. Or maybe the Eighth Herrscher and I are the same kind."

"Hey! You don't know how to joke at all."

Mebius curled his lips in boredom.

The old Mikael would not be so cold, he would probably frown, secretly cursing her cruelty.

So she couldn't help but ask again:

"This is already the seventh time, Mikael, do you really not feel... the feeling of sadness when a rabbit dies and a fox dies?"

Michael glanced at her in surprise and said without hesitation:

"Of course there is the so-called sorrow of a rabbit dying and a fox dying, but what I think is more likely is - if I had not retained my self-awareness at that time, I would be like the Eighth Herrscher now, being tortured by you in various ways."

"In your impression, this is how I eat people without spitting out their bones?"

Mikael quickly shook his head in denial:

"how could be?"

Mebius's face paled slightly, and before he could say anything else, he heard Mikael add:

"Snakes don't seem to spit out bones for anything they eat, and it's not just people."

Mebius's cheeks trembled, and he wanted to refute, but in the end, this kind of thing was just a meaningless spat.

Although she was angry, she didn't want to waste her time.

What's more, I've been told this so many times that I've become somewhat numb. If someone ridiculed her like this, she wouldn't even pay attention to it.

But who said the person who said this was Mikael? He clearly understands himself, but he always makes such an unpleasant appearance...

No, as long as this guy stood in front of her, she would feel quite unhappy.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore."

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore."

The two of them synchronized their consciousness for a rare moment, and then looked at each other in surprise from the corner of their eyes.

Klein on the side was operating back and forth in front of the instrument. It seemed that she did not turn around, let alone pay attention to the abnormalities behind her. However, if you observe carefully, you will find that her movements are much slower, as if she is absent-minded.

"snort!"

"snort!"

The two of them looked at me, and I looked at you, then suddenly turned their heads away in unison again and snorted coldly.

The atmosphere became even more awkward.

After a while, Mikael broke the silence:

"How are the various plans progressing?"

Mebius took a deep breath for nearly ten seconds, whether to calm down or organize his words.

"There is basically no problem with the research on overweight and super-transformation. However, fusion warriors who want to master this power will need a second surgery."

"Second surgery? Is it to release the restrictions?"

"no……"

Mebius originally wanted to hand over the corresponding research files directly to Mikael, but these things were all packed up by Klein. She didn't know where to look for it herself, and in front of Mikael's However, she was too embarrassed to call Klein for help...

So she could only bite the bullet, ignore Mikael's extended hand, and conduct qualitative analysis based on the experimental conclusions in her memory.

"You have known about overweight and hypertransformation better than me a long time ago. You have also been in that state. You should know that the so-called restrictions are just shackles given to you by the fusion warrior. They are fragile and do not require surgical help to remove them. ”

Mikael angrily withdrew his hand that was about to take the file, and the state of collapse flashed through his mind... Since the initial restrictions did not need to be artificially lifted, the purpose of the surgery was obvious.

"Is it for the purpose of recovering the overweight and super-transformation? To allow the fusion warriors to maintain their basic sanity after collapse, and then to give them the ability to reverse the overweight and super-transformation and return to the human body?"

"Of course, not everyone is like you and can give up their body and reshape it. Not to mention, if such technology had been available at that time, you would not have to reshape your body and reshape the original body. The body is decomposed and killed, so much effort... Huh!"

Mebius Barabara said something, then turned around and saw Mikael's absent-minded look. She snorted coldly, leaned in the direction of Mikael, then raised her high heels and stepped on Mikael. On the instep.

"hiss--"

Mikael pursed his lips and his face turned red, but also because of Klein's presence, he couldn't say much. He even tried his best to suppress the gasps...

Although judging from the distance between Klein and them, this is just a cover-up...

He didn't mean to be absent-minded. To put it bluntly, the research on excessive weight and super-change was mediocre in Mebius's current project.

The remaining projects include "Research on the Living Body of the Eighth Herrscher", "Advanced Completion of the Consciousness Transfer Experiment", "Holy..."

Looking at it this way, man-made collapse has a sense of "just that".

What's more, it has already reached the eighth collapse, and two-thirds of the entire process has been completed. It is now in the late stage.

If at the very beginning, humans had always lacked the decisive power to fight the Herrscher head-on, then at the earliest during the third Honkai Impact when Mikael first emerged, and at the latest at the fifth Honkai Impact, Kevin super-transformed, and then After Anti-Entropy returned to the Fire Chasing Moth, and with more and more God Keys, mankind already had the power to fight the Herrscher head-on.

Take the seventh Honkai Impact as an example. If Herrscher hadn't taken advantage of the situation and fused Mikael's core and power, under the siege of Qianjie, Kevin and Alicia, defeat would have been only a matter of time.

Therefore, from Mikael's own point of view, what the Fire Chaser Moth lacks most at this stage is no longer combat power.

If the world line continues to contain oppression, among the next four Herrschers, only the Ninth and Eleventh Herrschers will need to fight head-on. If you want to deal with these two Herrschers without caring about casualties, , and does not lack some combat power provided by the heavy super transformation.

And the tenth and twelfth problems are not problems that can be solved by pure combat power.

What's more, we have to face the end in the end.

No matter how strong their fighting power is, even if they reach the level of Ying Jie in the final battle of the original timeline, when they face the end, they still face an unreachable mountain.

In Mikael's view, the so-called final battle was not so much that everyone walked to the moon with the hope of transcending eras, but rather that it was with deep confusion, despair, and finally the determination to die generously. .

Human beings at that time were like students who already knew that they were bound to fail, but still insisted on walking into the examination room and writing the last answer sheet.

What are they for? Mikael couldn't explain clearly. Just like when he used to play games, when our team was at a huge disadvantage and his teammates initiated surrender, he would always press the reject button.

Let’s not talk about whether this kind of stubbornness of not hitting the wall and never looking back is appropriate. When it comes to the current problems of mankind, in fact, what everyone needs is not pure combat power.

Facts have proved that no matter how powerful the force is, it cannot cross the end. What mankind really needs is - plans, plans, methods...

Human beings have always been like this. They do not have a natural advantage in strength among the various animals born in nature. The reason why they can be passed down to this day and become the primates of all things has always relied on the energy stored in their brains. Wisdom is the ability to come up with solutions when faced with difficulties that other animals cannot come up with and...

Far beyond the toughness of other creatures.

"The Fifth Science Department will complete the merger with your Second Science Department within the next week. From then on, Fire Chaser will no longer conduct research related to Honkai Disease drugs and focus on the remaining few Among the projects, the Stigmata Project is the top priority.”

"It's really rare. I originally thought you wouldn't like this plan. After all, judging from the third version of the plan I have submitted to Mei, it is difficult for people to think that it is a plan that a normal person would come up with..."

"Moreover, even if this plan can lead us to final victory, that will be a matter for the next era."

Mikael added silently.

"If there are still some of us who can survive at that time and stand among the people of the New Era, how will it feel?"

Mebius was silent for a long time, and then gave an answer that was obvious but completely nonsense:

"Suppose the last Neanderthal wakes up and finds himself in a civilization established by Homo sapiens 50,000 years later. Homo sapiens will not notice anything unusual about him, but will only think that he is too strong and looks too ugly. Something weird.

"But for himself, his ethnic group has long been destroyed, he has been abandoned by the past, his words cannot be understood by modern homo sapiens, and he cannot integrate into modern society. So he became a person, mixed in The past and the present, and no longer the future.”

Mikael silently raised his head at a 45-degree angle and looked at the ceiling where there was nothing.

He knew that Mebius understood.

So far, there are only four, no, maybe five people in this world. Only five people can clearly know what the end means.

Apart from the two people present, there were only Mei, Alicia and Aponya.

Only they can understand the despair, so that while Kevin and the others are still immersed in the joy of defeating another Honkai Impact, while others are getting ready for the next battle with great enthusiasm, they have already begun to think about their last resort. And as a last resort.

"Doctor, I need to submit this paper experimental data to Dr. Spacey."

"...Well, go ahead."

Mebius looked intently, as if he didn't see the empty folder in Klein's hand.

When only the two of them were left in the laboratory... No, there was an Eighth Herrscher in the laboratory compartment inside, but there were many layers of shackles and commandments placed on her mind, and her body was also covered with all kinds of Shackles, after the experiment came to an end, basically fell into a semi-coma state... so she could be treated as if she didn't exist.

Mebius moved his body towards Mikael again until their arms touched.

Mikael did not try to distance himself, nor did he take any active actions.

Avoiding can't solve the problem, it will only create problems, but he doesn't know how to deal with this kind of problem.

He hesitated after all.

In just such a moment of hesitation, Mebius had already leaned his entire body weight on him.

Mikael took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, suddenly feeling hot from his neck to his cheeks.

This time he really wanted to escape. No, it wasn't to escape, but to distance himself from normal interactions.

But Mebius seemed to have known that he would do this for a long time, and she did not make any drastic move. She just said in a low and pleading tone:

"Don't move, just let me lean on you for a while, okay?"

Mikael turned his head, only to see her head tilted, resting gently on his shoulder - Mebius was ten centimeters taller than Ellie, and ten centimeters shorter than Mikael. He tilted his head, Just use Mikael's shoulder as a pillow.

Her face remained facing downward, and her green hair was spread out, blocking her side view so that Mikael could not clearly see her expression.

"..."

Mikael was speechless for a moment. Of course, he wasn't going to say anything more.

Although this was also the first time that Mikael saw her dejected and powerless, he was not surprised at all.

As a human being, negative emotions such as fear and despair may be well hidden, but they will never disappear.

Not to mention the kind of... the era you live in is irreversibly heading toward death, and you try your best to save it, but in the end you find that you are still powerless and in deep despair.

I finally found a glimmer of bright hope, but my hope was pinned on the victory in the future... This is even more ironic - the future? What does victory in the next era have to do with this era?

It is the greatest irony in itself that we can start to consider the possibility of winning in the next era before this world is in despair.

Even though Mebius usually shows that arrogant look that no one cares about, and occasionally gets hysterical at most, what she shows is always what she wants others to see. look like.

As for her vulnerable side, it will only be revealed when she is alone or in front of close people.

But as soon as he thought of this, even Mikael's originally determined thoughts became slightly disordered.

Probably due to the influence of Shersha factor, Mebius' body temperature is not fixed and is roughly equivalent to the surrounding environment. In this season, her body temperature is lower than Kevin's now.

Of course, Mikael has already experienced this.

It's just that he chose to be irresponsible at that time. If that kind of thing hadn't happened, he would probably be able to hold her arms generously now and give her the greatest support as a comrade.

But now, he can still do this... but the nature is completely different.

With this thought in mind, he wrapped his arms around Mebius's back and gradually raised them, trying to wrap his arms around her shoulders.

But at this moment, Mebius stood up straight again. Although their arms were still touching each other, they no longer relied on weight.

"..."

"If any of us survive to the next era, it will definitely be lonely."

Mebius rarely spoke in this tone, and Mikael didn't know how to respond. What's more, he knew that Mebius wouldn't be innocent, and she must have something to say.

So he just waited quietly for the next step.

But this time he seemed to have guessed wrong. After Mebius said that sigh, the two fell into silence for nearly ten minutes. During this period, except for each other's rising and falling breathing, there was no other sound in the entire laboratory.

Just when Mikael came to his senses and wanted to say something to break the silence, Mebius finally spoke again——

"Mikael, no matter who lived until that time, no matter whether anyone lived until that time, someone should know our story, right? If people later really defeat Honkai, they must know who did it. Their victory was the first step, right? It would be too cruel if our current civilization would only be left with a bunch of speechless cultural relics and ruins by their time."

"Mebius, why are you so pessimistic today."

Mikael couldn't help but ask.

"Oh? Do you have another way to save the world? If there is, don't hide it, tell it quickly. If not, don't blame me for being too pessimistic - you all think that I am like a madman and this madness The Stigmata plan is a perfect match, but if there were other options, do you think I would launch such a plan?”

According to her question, Mikael should have answered - "Yes." or "No."

But his answer was: "I don't think so."

Mebius' breathing suddenly slowed down, followed by a series of sneers.

"Okay, I guess you are impatient, so let me tell you directly - I have another plan. It can't save the world, even the world of the next era, but... it may allow some of us to survive until the next era. Those people in an era...at least, they won't be so lonely."

Mikael pursed his lips tightly, he already knew what Mebius was going to say.

Sure enough, she quickly took out a document from her desk this time and stuffed it into Mikael's hand. On the pale cover was a line of big words - "Promised Land Project"

"I plan to use the research results of the Eighth Herrscher, coupled with the assistance of spiritually aware fusion warriors, to build a world purely built by consciousness. We will leave our memories there. If we die in this era, The memory left behind is also an extension of our lives..."

"Furthermore, if you die at the end of this era - although Shesha has given you an almost unlimited number of resurrections, this ability obviously has an upper limit, or you can directly ignore such resurrection attacks.

"Once this happens, in the future, you can also use consciousness transfer surgery to transfer your memory... Although that surgery is not stable and has many problems, you will have enough before humans in the new era grow up. Time perfects it, and once you do it, it’s another form of resurrection.”

Mebius shook his head, very surprised - who would have thought that she just started and Mikael told her plan in full.

Although this plan was simple and crude, and it was not unimaginable to be able to guess the consequences through the causes and consequences, it was strange for her that Mikael could understand everything in such a short period of time...

She even had a strange idea. She wanted to ask if Mikael had already known what the future would look like from Apponia's mouth?

She tapped her arm twice with her index finger and suddenly said:

"Actually, there is one thing you don't have...Mikael, I am not doing this just for what you said...to resurrect myself or resurrect others."

"Um?"

"Mikael, if any of us will live to the next era, I think you must be among them, and I hope that there will be you... By that time, I hope... I hope..."

Mikael sighed, closed his eyes, and gently hugged Grandma Mebius into his arms.

It was as simple as hugging.

"I hope you won't be so lonely. I hope that when you can't go down that road, you can look back and see our figures, and then set foot on the road firmly again."

"I hope that even if one day you really don't want to do anything, you just want to have the last place to live when the world is still destroyed. There are people here who don't support but understand your giving up, and finally face the end with you. end……"

…………

"Click——"

The door of the laboratory slid open, and when Mikael walked out, he looked to both sides without wanting to be a thief.

Looking at it, I really saw Alicia leaning against the corner.

She ran up to Mikael in a few steps and asked teasing questions:

"What? Is Grandma Mebius's laboratory so tempting? You didn't even come to the victory dance. I'm really sad!"

Mikael pinched Alicia's nose. Although there will be a day when she lets go of her hand, she will inevitably smell the scent of Mebius that remains on Mikael's body. But who would choose to hide it for a while? Frankly!

"Victory dance? But fusion warriors will not participate in gatherings of ordinary warriors. The anti-entropy organization is small, and Velvet will be dragged to perform for ordinary warriors. She really has no interest in participating..."

Mikael expertly used the excuse he had already thought of.

"Ah! Mikael! Did you forget something?"

"Huh? Is there any? Wait a minute!"

Mikael slapped his head - in order to fight against the Eighth Herrscher, Anti-Entropy suddenly had nearly fifty more fusion warriors!

The first victory dance these new anti-entropy fusion warriors faced, he, the captain, was absent...

"Okay! It's not a big problem. I explained to them that you still have work to deal with - you are dealing with work, right, Mikael!"

She chuckled twice, moved Mikael's hand away, wrinkled her nose and sniffed at his right shoulder.

Mikael twitched the corners of his mouth and said nothing.

"It's a pity that you didn't see Eden's performance... Oh no, Kosmo's performance was actually even more surprising. His harmonica skills have improved much compared to his singing back then!"

"Kosmo came on stage to play the harmonica? Is it because of Destobia's birthday?"

Speaking of this, Ai Li suddenly took out a hardcover book and waved it in front of him.

"Now, Destobia's gift to you."

Mikael held the book in his hand and put it behind his back.

"But having said that, Mikael... Now that the Eighth Collapse is over, can the leave I applied for before be approved?"