The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Lost contact?"

Mikael's first reaction was - how is it possible?

Mel and Kevin had clearly sent a communication early this morning to report that they were safe...

Of course, this incredible thing is not just emotionally unbelievable, but also the conclusion of rational analysis -

There are only two groups that may be unfavorable to Mei, one is the local city hall in Rhine, and the other is the Tenth Herrscher.

If it is the former, first of all, Mikael does not think that group of people will be so impulsive. Even if there are individuals of the Tenth Herrscher mixed in to fan the flames and make them take hostile actions, Qianjie and Kevin are not vegetarians.

Not to mention the guard team transferred from the headquarters and the joint guard team sent by the European branch.

In comparison, the latter is more likely. Mikael even raised similar concerns before Mei insisted on going to Rhine.

He even suspected that Mei regarded this trip to Rhine as a repertoire that should have been on P-21, but this was obviously not right. Last night, Mikael saw Weiwei doing the final operation test of the blank key.

Not to mention, in order to prevent the Tenth Herrscher from attacking when it shouldn't, Mei and Mikael had been deducing for a long time, and finally chose Qianjie as the secret guard.

That's right, the reason why Sakura was not asked to perform this mission was not entirely to give her a holiday, but also because Sakura could always lurk and disguise well, and it was difficult for Qianjie not to make a mistake, so it could give the Tenth Herrscher a feeling that there was no chance to take advantage of, and then erase their plans to attack.

But Mikael soon wanted to slap himself twice - starting from the Fifth Herrscher, the emotions of the Herrscher himself became more and more rich, and his behavior would no longer follow the standard absolute rationality principle. Isn't it normal to make two stupid mistakes occasionally?

"I understand, give me the coordinates, I will go to support immediately. Other fusion warriors should gather at the Second God Key and wait for orders."

-This is an arrangement that has been planned in advance.

But before Mikael could utter the word "I", Himiko pulled his sleeve, so he quickly braked, took a deep breath, calmed himself down as quickly as possible, and then asked calmly: "Lost contact? What's the specific situation?" It is undeniable that he has been a little anxious and impatient during this period, which is not good, especially for a Litchi Herrscher. "It's not only Dr. Mei who lost contact. To be precise, it was not Dr. Mei who lost contact at the beginning." Prometheus's first answer almost made Mikael fall. But unfortunately, the mobile terminal only transmitted Prometheus's voice, and Mikael's expression could not be seen at all. Otherwise, she would probably have to separate a part of her consciousness to start thinking-what did I say wrong, why did Mikael show this expression. "At 15:22, the headquarters time, the European branch was cut off from Dr. Mei. To be precise, the communication was still intact, but the person behind the communication did not respond no matter how he called."

"So Mei took Kevin and Qianjie to scout on her own, and asked you to notify me immediately if she lost contact?"

"Yes."

Mikael touched his chin. He could not imagine any other possibility except the Herrscher who would attack the Fire Moth branch and resolve the battle in an instant.

"Didn't detect any abnormalities in Honkai energy?"

But that's the problem.

If the Tenth Herrscher caused the above situation, then they must have invested a large number of individuals. Although the Honkai energy reaction of each individual is very weak, when they are gathered together, plus a little use of their abilities, the Honkai energy reaction level will definitely exceed the red line of 1000HW.

"The instrument did not detect a Herrscher-level Honkai reaction, otherwise the alarm would have sounded long ago. I checked the instrument's operating records, and the European branch did have a Honkai reaction of nearly 900HW in the ten minutes before it lost contact.

"But considering that Dr. Mei was talking to someone in the branch at the time, and there was no sound of fighting, Dr. Mei and I initially judged that there was probably a leak in a Honkai reactor in the European branch, so that the entire branch was quietly transformed into dead soldiers. "

Mikael bit his lip and thought. This was an extremely correct inference at the time. To make an entire branch of nearly 100,000 people die in an instant without any warning behavior, Mikael only thought of two possibilities.

The first is Mei's previous inference-excessive Honkai energy radiation. But excessive Honkai energy radiation can certainly explain the problems of the European branch, but it cannot explain the instant loss of contact between Kevin, Qianjie and Dr. Mei.

That may be the second possibility: the other party has extraordinary mental abilities and can control the thoughts of 100,000 ordinary people in an instant.

And the one who can do this is the entire There are only three people in the world so far - Aponia, Mikael, and the Eighth Herrscher who was sealed in the deepest place by Aponia.

Let's not talk about the first two. The body of the Herrscher of Consciousness has perished after the core was taken out, and her consciousness and core are preserved separately. The core has even been made into a key of God, and the consciousness is suppressed by Aponia, so there is no possibility of causing trouble.

And the Tenth Herrscher, with only a small amount of power of consciousness, how can he trap Kevin?

This is something that even the genuine Eighth Herrscher can't do, and it is even more impossible for the Tenth Herrscher to do it with only a small amount of power.

Well... it's not impossible. After all, in the original history, before Kevin became a fusion warrior, he killed the Sixth Herrscher with an automatic rifle, and Yimer, who only mastered a small part of the Sixth Herrscher's power, But he was killed dozens of times without dying.

But assuming the attacker is the Tenth Herrscher, the problem returns to the original contradiction——

Why is there no Honkai Impact reaction?

Mikael leaned lightly on the railing of the stands and stared at his toes.

What power can, in an instant, not to mention defeat, at least restrain Kevin and Qianjie to a great extent...

"Wait a moment!"

His sudden low voice startled Himihu. He gripped Prometheus's mobile terminal tightly and asked word by word, almost through gritted teeth:

"Prometheus, have you checked that there are no other abnormal energy reactions in the Western Europe branch at the corresponding time?"

"?"

Prometheus seemed to be down for a short while, and he began to inspect the database outside the Fire Chaser Moth headquarters——

After all, the Fire Chaser Moth is an organization established to fight against Honkai energy. High-radiation energy like Honkai energy itself is easier to monitor, but conventional energy is more difficult to monitor and there is no need for it.

However, the coalition government originally had two sets of conventional energy monitoring equipment, one in Mu Continent and one in Greenwich. The former has become a world bubble along with Mu Continent, and the latter is very close to Western Europe. Now Prometheus It should be to check the records of Greenwich.

But while he was searching, he also reminded Mikael:

"I don't think this kind of search is necessary. Conventional energy, no matter what form it takes, must have extremely high visibility, so it cannot be done quietly... Well, it's actually really There are abnormal energy fluctuations.”

"Gulu..."

Mikael's throat rolled:

"Converting it, what is the Honkai energy of the same magnitude?"

"One... about 12,500 watts... Wait a minute, I received the latest satellite picture. A huge golden light curtain appeared where the Western Europe branch was originally. Its diameter is expanding... Its diameter has exceeded fifty kilometers... …Mikael?”

As if feeling the silence of the man holding her, Prometheus shouted one more time.

"Okay No. 17, we...are already here."

"Well?"

Mikael finally turned on the projection function of the mobile terminal, and then Prometheus saw that they were standing on the only undulating hill in an endless plain, and above the originally dark horizon, a translucent The golden light completely replaced the gray sky.

Mikael was a little cautious, so the end point of the phase shuttle was a bit far away from the Western European branch. Even so, the distance between him and the light curtain was less than five kilometers.

Moreover, the light curtain in the bowl is expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"This...what is this?"

Since cleaning up the data of the emotional module, this is the first time Prometheus has seriously expressed doubts.

She was unable to analyze the light curtain in front of her from the current scientific perspective, and if the initiator of all this was Honkai, then why didn't there be a high-value Honkai energy reaction?

However, there is something worthy of attention that she has just told Mikael——

The energy conversion results show that the regular energy fluctuations emitted by this light curtain are completely consistent with the current Honkai energy intensity that a Herrscher should exert at its full strength.

"It seems to be correct..."

Mikael laughed twice.

"Before, I always thought to myself that the Honkai Impact is coming faster and faster now. Maybe one day two Honkai Impacts will happen at the same time, and I won't be surprised... Hey, isn't this coming?"

Mikael only felt that he was somewhat crow-mouthed.

But if he knew that Mei had had this thought more than once, then this might be called God's will.

"Collapse?"

Prometheus didn't know how Mikael determined that this energy came from Honkai, but she was present at the exchange between Dr. Mei and Mikael. Although she had not witnessed the fateful script with her own eyes, she was not unaware of it. its existence.

In other words, since Mikael has determined that this is a collapse, it is probably not wrong.

"Should we immediately issue an alarm for the eleventh collapse?"

The mobile terminal is just a carrier for No. 17. She can quickly switch back to the main terminal at the Fire Chasing Moth headquarters in the form of electromagnetic waves, issue a collapse alarm, and then switch back again. The whole process does not even take a second.

But she did not act on her own. As an artificial intelligence, she kept in mind that her duty was to assist, not make decisions for humans.

At the moment when Dr. Mei's situation is unclear, among the judgments of Prometheus, the one who can best make decisions on behalf of human individuals is undoubtedly Mikael.

Although, technically speaking, Mikael is not human.

"Um."

Mikael responded softly at first, and No. 17 tacitly agreed not to do it right away, because according to the model analysis she established of Mikael's habits, there was more than a 90% chance that he would do it after a meal. More specific instructions will be given later.

"In this way, after the alarm is issued, except for Sakura, Velvet, Hen and Blanca who will stay at the Fire Chaser headquarters and Hua on standby, the rest of the fusion warriors in the normal organization will be led by Ellie in two batches and pass through the Second God Use the key to quickly teleport to a safe location closer to here, and then rush to meet up - tell Weiwei that we must not use our current coordinate point as the teleportation coordinate."

"clear."

The projection of Prometheus was stuck for one frame. If you didn't look carefully, you would think that nothing happened, but she had already conveyed the eleventh collapse alarm and Mikael's order just now.

Then, she quietly waited for Mikael's next order.

"More than two thousand new fusion warriors who have not yet entered the establishment were immediately taken on transport planes. The headquarters also planned their own routes and delivered them to a safe location nearby, and then quickly came to rendezvous."

"Um...um...is there anything else?"

This time, Prometheus seems to be taking more time.

This anomaly did not escape Mikael's observation. He used the power of thunder to simulate the movement of electromagnetic waves. It happened that No. 17 also looked over with wide eyes, and then a semi-artificial intelligence and an artificial intelligence said in unison:

"I see!"

"Excessive conventional energy distorts the transmission of electromagnetic waves, so losing contact may not mean death. It may just be that the electromagnetic waves cannot be transmitted. But judging from the fact that you were not interfered for the first time, the intensity of the interference... In short, 伱Continue to send our location to Dr. Mei’s communication, hoping this will guide them out.”

"Is Dr. Mei really okay?"

Prometheus No. 17 spoke words of concern in an indifferent tone unique to artificial intelligence.

"certainly……"

Mikael narrowed his eyes, and then muttered in a very low voice as if he was hiding his ears and stealing the bell:

"So, this is also the positive thing about fatalism that Aponya once said - nothing will happen to Mei, Kevin, and Qianjie. This is destined."

But whether this fate has changed beyond recognition, whether it has already escaped the scope of restraint, Mikael does not know.

However, people will always use more positive possibilities to numb themselves, convincing themselves that there must be better results waiting for them in the future.

"Are there any other orders?"

"The last one..."

Seeing the light curtain coming towards him like a tide, Mikael retreated five kilometers from his heart, and then gave the last order:

"No. 17, you should have the design drawings of the Moonlight Throne in your database, right?"

"not at all."

The projection of No. 17 shook his head like a human.

"All information, documents, and files are backed up in No. 0, but you have permission to read them. If necessary, I can pull out the drawings now."

Before even getting a response from Mikael, Prometheus No. 17 had already projected the blueprint of the Moonlight Throne engine.

Mikael glanced quickly, turned his head away, and continued to stare at the light screen in front of him and said:

"Well, there's no need to be so urgent. Does Velvet have the authority to read this document?"

"Not yet, because Dr. Mei thinks that the design of the Moonlight Throne is not perfect yet. If it is handed over to Velvet now..."

"Then now she has this authority."

"ha?"

"Send that drawing to Velvet immediately. How long will it take for all the fusion warriors to be in place?"

No. 17 tilted his head and calculated silently for a second, then immediately gave the answer:

"It's expected to take about two hours and thirteen minutes."

"Then tell Velvet that I need her to draw me a cannon that can convert massive Honkai energy into conventional energy beams and launch it out in two hours based on this energy conversion engine."

Prometheus immediately complied, but this did not mean that she did not have doubts in her heart:

"According to the four laws of thermodynamics, the flow of energy in a medium must be accompanied by losses. If you want to use the Moonlight Throne to convert your own Honkai Energy into an energy beam, and then emit it in an attempt to break this light curtain, why not How about attacking directly with Honkai energy?"

"...This question is actually very simple. If you want to know, I can demonstrate it to you."

Mikael spread his hands, and a spear of sub-space struck his ear and shot out, but it broke into light particles the moment it touched the light curtain.

"Did the Archon Spear disappear directly? Or did it decompose?"

The voice of No. 17's machine repeated his doubts, while Mikael held his chin and narrowed his eyes——

The matter was more complicated than the Spear of Sky being decomposed by the light screen. Correspondingly, Mikael felt that part of the power of Sky that he had simulated was missing.

Although it is an extremely small and tiny loss, and Mikael's power is reproduced by the power of the First Herrscher, it is a pity that this loss is still irreversible.

The reason is also very simple, because essentially, the part of his missing power is not his reappeared empty power, but his own rational power.

"Is this really so? The so-called constraint is actually just a human definition of it, but its real principle is not constraint, but 'recycling'?"

Mikael thought quietly.

"Kiana's power was irreversibly damaged after touching the restraint barrier. Although Mei later restored her power, how was that done?

"But in short, according to Jiwotou, this lack of power is irreversible, which means that the true face of the so-called restraint power is to recycle the touched Honkai energy into imaginary numbers.

"Precisely because it is recycled rather than restricted, that part of the power will not be awarded again with an imaginary number, and naturally it is irreversible."

Therefore, if they did not face the Eleventh Herrscher directly, it might be safer, because the Tenth Herrscher would also be unable to exert his power in this light curtain...

Moreover, according to Herrscher Mikael's intuition, if he rashly enters this light curtain, it is likely to cause not only the dissipation of power, but even his entire individual...

They will all be annihilated.

After all, compared to the fusion warriors who are half human and half Honkai beast, Herrscher itself belongs to Honkai.

Of course, of course, all of the above are just conjectures.

This is just a guess about the question "Restraint" itself and about the questioner's thoughts.

And Mikael has long been accustomed to answering questions without understanding the question or the intention of the person who asked the question.

What's more, he holds answer sheets with multiple correct ways to solve problems.

But the problem is...

Is it really necessary to solve the problem immediately?