The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Chairman Kiel, I thought today's meeting would continue to be held in Luluye, but I didn't expect there would be such a surprise... This base... From the overall style to the internal partition structure, it's familiar to me." Mei pushed the glasses on her nose and looked at the people coming and going around with a scrutinizing look. They didn't forget to secretly look at Mei while they were busy. After all, in the eyes of those in the know, Mei was also a character with many halos--Some people think she is a hero. She is powerless, and just relying on the identity of an ordinary human woman, she can control a group of inhuman fusion warriors... and even a Herrscher. Under her leadership, the Fire Moth has a remarkable record against Honkai, but it is also undeniable that under her leadership, this organization, which was originally an organization adapted from the Honkai Department under the United Government, has already had the meaning of taking over the host. Therefore, some people think that she is just a puppet. After all, compared with the Herrscher, she doesn't seem to have enough weight to fight against it. So the entire Fire Moth is controlled by the First Herrscher rather than by her. Although humans still don't know why the First Ruler would... fight for humans. However, the species' unique exclusivity makes it difficult for them to look at the Fire Moth through this filter without a hint of hostility.

But perhaps everyone has chosen to ignore that Mei was a genius who published a paper on relativity at the age of sixteen. It was also because of that paper that she was invited to participate in the academic conference held in Luluye and officially joined the Fire Moth half a year later.

So far, only six years have passed.

Mei, she is actually just a 22-year-old girl.

"Hehe, in fact, most of this base was built in the past month. Originally, this was a weapons test site. How about it, it's very similar to the headquarters base of the Fire Moth, right?"

Keel ignored Mei's hint. He did not answer the question of "why did you come here" immediately, but instead showed off to Mei the scale of this base, the manpower, material resources, technological level and time used.

His thoughts were fully revealed when he said the last sentence - although the Fire Moth is the absolute main force against the collapse, it is ultimately just a combat department, with some scientific research departments at most. Whether from the perspective of channels or legal principles, it does not have the ability to mobilize a large amount of resources.

The United Government is different. They are a complete ruling organization. Especially under the conditions of full centralization in the end times, they can quickly mobilize resources from all over the world and build a base of the same size as the Fire Moth headquarters in less than a month.

This is not only a demonstration, but also a threat. It means that if [SEELE] wants, it can completely rebuild an organization of the size of the Fire Moth.

It's like the emperor of Shenzhou once built an East Factory to check and balance the former in addition to the Jinyiwei, and even built a West Factory to check and balance the former two.

"The speed is good, but I think it is still not as convenient as the power of the First Herrscher. At that time, he reconstructed the headquarters base and the entire underground city in an instant."

Mei naturally understood the threat, and she responded appropriately, but unfortunately, she didn't want to reply with words - if it wasn't for the other party's face, she wanted to turn her head and chuckle with her hands covering her mouth.

Mei didn't have specific data, so she couldn't calculate the limit of the United Government's resource mobilization in this era when the population has dropped by nearly half, but she firmly believed in one thing - no matter what era it is, the most precious thing is people themselves.

With the current size of the United Government, if all the resources of the headquarters and all branches are transferred horizontally, it is enough to dismantle it into the size of more than ten Fire Chasing Moth headquarters bases, but what's the use of that?

The name Fire Chasing Moth does not correspond to the underground city, nor is it the pyramid-like base made of emerald crystal material. From the name, it can be seen that it describes a group of "moths".

It is Mikael, Alicia, Mobius, Kevin, who are extraordinary people, and it is also Mei, Erwin, Cang Xuan, Danzhu, and the former FAMAS, who are ordinary people.

But in the final analysis, the so-called "ordinary" and "unordinary" are just a distinction in ability.

Their essence is the same, they are all fire-chasing moths.

The coalition government can copy the base, but can they copy these fire-chasing moths with the so-called "resources"?

Obviously it is impossible.

But through Kiel's words, she can also determine the reason for this sudden trip.

Although it is still unclear why [SEELE] suddenly changed its attitude and even took the initiative to propose to merge the coalition government with the fire-chasing moths, it is obvious that their willingness to merge does not mean that they are willing to give up leadership.

Coincidentally, Mei is also unwilling to give up.

If both sides are willing to give up, then it is time to show their chips.

Kiel narrowed his eyes and glanced at the calm Mei. She could maintain such composure in someone else's home court. Should we say that she is really good, or that she has more bargaining chips?

Obviously, it is both.

In fact, [SEELE] understands, at least Kiel understands - the coalition government has no possibility of controlling the Fire Moth.

However, they have a series of resources and legal advantages. If he is willing to break up, he can cut off all the funds of Fire Chaser Moth now.

But that is undoubtedly ridiculous and overestimating behavior.

In a normally functioning world, if you control resources, funds, legal principles, etc., you can control almost everything. But in this end of the world, when there are already humans who can master the power of laws that transcend basic physics, who has the strongest control? With great power, one has the highest right to speak and lead.

This was also after the failure of [SEELE]'s conspiracy, and the relationship between the two parties was very tense for a time. However, the coalition government would at most disgust the Fire Moth on various matters and would never break their skin.

Because after Anti-Entropy was merged into Fire Chaser Moth and more and more fusion warriors were produced, the balance of force between the two sides has become unbalanced.

Although the former Fire Chaser Moth was theoretically the main force against Honkai Impact, its equipment level was basically the same as that of the Coalition Government. Even for the Fire Chaser series of aerial battleships, the Coalition Government had blueprint backup and production capabilities.

But things are different now. [SEELE] studied for two or three years and conceived countless strategies, but in the end they never put them into action, just because of one reason - in the face of the overwhelming power of the Herrscher and Fusion Warriors, they All plans are in vain.

It was precisely because he understood this that he dragged the previous meeting process from a length that could be solved in a few sentences to three and a half days.

This is all to show Mei another piece of power that belongs to mankind, a piece of power that is in the hands of the coalition government and is enough to fight the Honkai.

Only by fully demonstrating our strength can we get our due share in the subsequent power distribution regarding mergers and integrations.

I just hope... Tarot doesn't disappoint.

"Okay, let's get down to business, Dr. Mei. The reason why I disrupted the meeting agenda and invited you to this base is because...

"Just early this morning, an experiment conducted at this base achieved a technical breakthrough. After all, even Dr. Mebius called you a versatile person, so we also hope that you can give some pointers to our technical staff - no Wrong, what is going to be carried out next is the first real-life experiment of a humanoid general-purpose combat weapon independently developed by the coalition government!"

"Humanoid? Combat weapon?"

Various ideas flashed through Mei's mind. Things were developing in a direction she had not expected. She couldn't help but regret. If she had relied on Hen and others' ability to forcefully control the meeting process from the beginning, would it have been wrong? Wouldn't it be so troublesome?

The traces behind him brought all the developments of the situation into view. He cleared his throat seemingly inadvertently, but in fact he was secretly asking Mei - do you need to act now?

Although he, his wife, and Evan Jielin are not as capable as Aponya, but with the spiritual perception ability that Mikael nicknamed the "Civil War Fantasy God", they are enough to make a breakthrough in a short time. Internally control the thoughts of everyone in this base.

But Mei didn't react or express anything.

Hen cleared his throat again in disbelief, which was a bit too obvious. Even Kil turned around and gave him a teasing smile.

But Mei remained unmoved.

"No! Could it be that Mei is controlled by the other party's spiritually aware fusion warrior!"

Because he couldn't let his imagination run wild, before they set off, Mikael secretly told him many things, including the fact that Velvet had found the organization of three fusion warriors in the internal files of the armed forces department of the coalition government.

Although the rest of the information is blank, there is no record of the abilities, names or even genders of the three fusion warriors. However, just as a sniper's primary target is always the opponent's sniper, a fusion warrior will naturally target fusion warriors who are not his own. Pay extra attention.

What if the other party also has spiritual perception?

He secretly activated his ability, but fortunately, Mei did not feel any excess Honkai energy, and there were no traces of harassment from the mentally perceptive fusion warriors.

Just as he was controlling the Honkai energy that had overflowed from his body, Mei suddenly chuckled:

"Okay, let's also take a look. How do the so-called humanoid general-purpose combat weapons compare to fusion warriors?"

"Of course it is not as good as the fusion warriors who can fight Herrscher head-on, but it should be much easier to use against ordinary high-level Honkai Beasts than the Fire Chaser series battleships."

Kiel showed a rare smile and couldn't speak too fullly, leaving room for possible failure. But even though he had experienced strong winds and waves, he couldn't help but suppress his excitement at this time.

Hen assured with the sixth sense of a spiritually aware fusion warrior - that smile... was very wrong, even distorted...

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"Huh...huh...huh..."

Mike stood leaning against the iron railing, taking deep breaths to calm his mind.

The impact on him in just a few hours was too great, and because no one had told him the cause and effect of the whole thing until now, his thinking was confused and confused, and he could only instinctively follow the orders. act.

He looked down at his hands, which looked so familiar, but when he blinked his glasses, what appeared in his eyes turned into cold and huge mechanical arms.

Although he has long known about the existence of supernatural phenomena like Honkai, not to mention the disaster that he has always viewed from a third party's perspective, let's talk about the tests he completed previously...

That thing...how should I put it...

He couldn't even tell whether what he just saw was supernatural or science fiction?

In short...my heart is in a mess.

Fortunately...fortunately...Minister Tarot is known for keeping his word. Although this word is not a compliment in a certain sense, at least this is not a bad thing for Mike.

Just as he was thinking this, familiar footsteps came from the side.

There was no guard accompanying Tarot, and he walked to Mike alone.

"It's all done."

He took out a stack of photos from the pocket of his military uniform, including photos of the three comrades he was implicated in and his parents.

In just three days, his comrade-in-arms was reduced to a state of skin and bones. Not only was his body thin, but his hair was also disheveled on his forehead. The bright and bright eyes that originally belonged to the pilot were also completely gone. .

Especially his old partner Allen Iverson, who always lowers his head in the photo and doesn't want people to see his face clearly.

"Your comrades were taken away from the Kuli Camp. As compensation, if they are willing to continue serving in the Armed Forces, they will directly receive the rank of major. If they want to retire, they will directly enjoy the treatment of lieutenant colonel. Your family, and them If you want, all your family members will be taken to Luluye’s [Noah’s Ark] to survive. If you don’t believe it, I can ask my men to take the video and send it over now.”

Mike didn't answer, he just took the pile of photos blankly and touched each person in each photo with his fingers.

"Oh, by the way, there's this guy, I almost forgot to show it to you."

Tarot waved to the subordinate on the side, and after a while, the subordinate brought a newly printed color photo.

Mike still took it blankly. The background of the photo was somewhat familiar to him. It was the prison where he had spent two days before. Who was that person... that figure that could still be called a human being, with bloody flesh and blood?

"Throw that Lieutenant Colonel Lewis to where you were just now." He recalled what Tarot had said in his mind, and he quickly opened his eyes to observe——

The limbs were twisted and nailed to the wall, and the specific figure could not be seen; the hair and the scalp were all pulled out, and only a pink patch could be seen on the head. If you look closely, there are some gray areas, which must be the skull; both ears are missing. The eyes were cut off, and a long iron nail was driven into the ear hole; the eyeballs were taken out, and the eyelids were also cut off. It is difficult not to see the pair of holes...Looking down, the nose and lips were also cut off. The teeth oozing with blood behind the black nostrils are particularly scary.

Well, whether it is from the body shape or facial features, the original appearance cannot be clearly seen, which will only make people...

"vomit!"

He ate two energy bars to satisfy his hunger on the helicopter ride to the laboratory, but vomited them all out during the previous experiment.

The experiment ended just now, and I finally ate some beef again, and now I vomited it all again.

"This is Lieutenant Colonel Lewis."

Mike could guess it without Tarot reminding him.

But he didn't feel that Tarot deliberately made Lieutenant Colonel Lewis, who framed him, do this just to help him vent his anger and avenge him, so that he would willingly cooperate with the next experiment...

This obviously also carries a warning: there is no difference between Mike and Lewis in Tarot's eyes. What he can do with Lewis, there is no reason why he can't do it with Mike.

There's no reason why it couldn't be done with his parents.

From Mike's perspective, he really couldn't understand it.

It's not that he doesn't want to retaliate against Lieutenant Colonel Lewis, but such a method of revenge will not make him feel happy, it will only be very... uncomfortable...

The reason is that this kind of behavior breaks through the lower limit of so-called civilization...

In his inherent understanding, it is impossible for human beings who have experienced the "human nature" of modern civilization to perform such animalistic actions that break through the lower limits of morality.

But it wasn't that he couldn't accept it. After all, he had seen it once before in court.

Perhaps his statement was wrong. In fact, it is not a matter of acceptance or not, but it is no longer a matter of fuss.

However, another thing made him feel even more incredible - whether he saw his comrades or his parents, his emotional fluctuations were extremely limited...

"Do you feel that your emotions are a little indifferent? There is neither the pleasure of revenge nor the joy of friends and relatives being saved?"

Tarot seemed to have predicted all this and asked calmly.

"Uh... uh... um."

When a person's mind is betrayed, the most instinctive reaction is to lie to refute.

But Mike felt that there was no need to lie at this point, not to mention that his lying skills had never been good.

"snort……"

Tarot blew out a stream of cold air from his nose and explained calmly:

"This is a side effect of the experiment. When your mind is connected to Ajax, your brain will temporarily become Ajax's brain. When you look at your body now, do you occasionally mistake it for Ajax? Kes? This is a memory misalignment caused by a cognitive error. Just take a good rest for a few days after the experiment and it will be fine. Don’t think too much about it.”

"..."

Mike didn't think it was anything at first, but after hearing the last sentence "Don't think too much"...

It’s hard not to overthink this.

Moreover, Tarot's words are vague and many descriptions are confusing.

For example, what does it mean that his brain will temporarily become Ajax's brain?

Wait a moment!

"Experiment!" Mike pursed his lips tightly and stared at Tarot who was one step away. "Isn't the experiment completed? I just successfully started it, didn't I?"

Tarot curled his lips, turned around, rested his elbows on the iron railing, looked at the dark back of the giant mecha Ajax and said:

"What you just conducted is the first step - the synchronization test, which tests whether you have the ability to control this body. The next experiment is an advanced test while ensuring the synchronization rate, including walking, running, and... There are basic speed, wrist strength and other tests... you can just treat it as a physical examination, okay? "

"No."

Mike kept things clean as a soldier should.

I thought I could get off work at that time, but my boss suddenly asked me to work overtime. Of course, Mike was not happy.

But this is not a question of whether he is happy or not, it is a question of whether he likes the look of Lieutenant Colonel Lewis.

"Actually, it's okay for you to refuse. After all, we can only find you as a driver for the time being. You have enough capital to bargain."

Mike frowned. He didn't really like Tarot's speaking style of tapping and hinting at nothing.

Didn't he just want to tell himself, "Although you are the only driver now, this is only temporary. Sooner or later we will find a more suitable one. You'd better restrain yourself now and be obedient."

If Mike had previously refused to continue the experiment, he said this, and Mike felt that he could still accept it, but he obviously agreed very simply, but he was still hit, and he felt a little uncomfortable.

His tone also became a little aggressive, and he asked directly:

"When does the advanced experiment start?"

"It will take at least another two hours."

Tarot twirled his beard and explained:

"It is not so much an advanced experiment as it is a performance. You will be notified when the time is up. What you have to do after that is to do your best to show the power of Ajax to your audience. "

Mike also turned over, imitating Tarot's example, leaning on the railing with both elbows, staring at Ajax's huge back.

Although he didn't speak, he was inferring the "truth" in the back of his mind.

In fact, some things are easy to guess, such as the audience that Tarot just mentioned.

Although he didn't say it explicitly, the relevant information had actually been revealed a long time ago.

He previously said that the experiment was related to the fire-chasing moth, but judging from the current staff at the site, it seems that there is no obvious moth sign.

Then, it is obvious who the so-called "audience" is.

Mike had no control over the grievances between the Fire Chasing Moth and the coalition government, and he had no ability to do so. He just stared at the behemoth a hundred meters high in front of him in trance, feeling his slightly rapid heartbeat.

There are at least two hours left, and the closer things come to the end, the slower time seems to pass. Neither Mike nor Tarot can pass the time in such a common way as playing with mobile phones, but if they don’t pass it by, time will flow with The silence that came almost drove people crazy.

"Actually, I lied to you before."

The sudden calmness made Mike almost think that he was hallucinating, but as Tarot's next sentence sounded, he quickly understood that this was a fact.

"It's not a lie. I said I don't like people like you... Haha, in fact, it's just because you are incompatible with us."

Mike didn't know how to answer the question. He suddenly thought of his previous question. Looking at Tarot again, he seemed to be in a good mood, so he boldly asked:

"Minister Taro, could you please tell me what Ajax is? What do you mean by my brain becoming its brain? I think that as a driver, I still need to have a certain right to know. It also allows me to synchronize better.”

"This..."

Tarot held his head high and pondered for a moment.

"Actually, you're asking this, and you feel it more or less - although Ajax looks similar to a mecha, it's much more than that."

Well, it was actually mentioned in the Promised Land copy that previous civilizations had put forward a variety of ideas before deciding on the fusion warriors, including the plan for giant humanoid combat weapons.

So, reader dads, I didn’t lie~