The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Alicia, everyone is afraid of death, are you afraid?"

After walking out of the temporary confinement room, Mebius's questions were still echoing in Ellie's ears.

"Everyone is afraid of death, are you afraid?"

Alicia has never thought about this question, and naturally cannot give any answer.

In other words, in the past, fear of death, or "fear", has always been a taboo negative emotion. She has never really felt it. Is she afraid?

But Mebius woke her up, at least at this point.

If she considers herself to be a human being, she will definitely have the negative emotion of "fear of death", because what triggers this emotion is the most instinctive desire of human beings - survival.

Because we are human beings and because we must survive, we fear death.

Of course, it is not humans who are afraid of death. Almost all animals have this emotion. Perhaps, looking at the earth from a higher-dimensional perspective, humans, their ancestors, primitive people, and the cats and dogs that can be seen everywhere on the earth There is no difference, they are just shells driven into existence by the desire to "survive".

Because of this, if a person has never been afraid of death, then not only can she not be considered a human being, I am afraid that she cannot even be defined as "animal".

From this point of view, there is a question mark as to whether she is a Herrscher. After all, even in the early Herrschers such as the Second, Third, and Fourth who were defined as having no human emotions, they still faced death. Showed obvious fear.

And if neither humans nor Herrschers can be used to describe a creature, what is she?

Grass?

"No...no, if you think about it carefully, I should be afraid of death sometimes!"

While there was no one in the aisle, Ai Li gently held her head and recalled every bit of the past.

"No! How could this happen!"

She had indeed never been afraid of death.

certainly! Of course she had her moments of fear, but none of those fears seemed to be directed at herself.

Her fear always stems from losing Mikael, always from not being able to protect the world...

But why has she never been afraid of herself?

So, can she really still confidently call herself "human"?

I'm afraid that's not possible anymore, right?

But if she didn't become human in the end, then what was she pursuing for so many years? What is the meaning of everything she has experienced over the years?

Is it for Mikael? No, before she embarked on the journey, or at the beginning of the journey, she already had him, and now... she even lost part of him.

Is it to protect humans? Yes, she does love humans deeply, both their fragility and their strength, but if she herself fails to become a human in the end, then from what perspective does she "love" people?

It turns out that her love for humans is not an equal "human love", but a superior "god's love"?

"Ah……"

But it is a pity that she is not a god. If she really has the power of a god, why should she let the world suffer such suffering?

"Ellie..."

A hand gently placed on her shoulder, lifting her out of the tangle she couldn't extricate herself from.

"rice……"

A pink feather fluttered in front of her eyes, but when she looked down, there was no trace of the feather.

When he turned around, there was no figure of Mikael behind him.

He was on the moon, alone, watching the farce on earth.

Ellie understood that he was calling her. After all, it was almost time.

If humans still can't find any effective way to defeat the Twelfth Herrscher, then there is only...

"Ellie!"

"Huh? Uncle Hen? You're back!"

"Hmm...ah. After all, the preparations on the moon are almost complete, mainly the star gate transmission device. However, if the earth cannot pass, there is no need to worry about the moon."

"Is he okay on the moon?"

"Okay, okay...but he keeps looking at the earth alone, neither eating nor sleeping. I'm a little worried."

"It's okay, he's been on a diet to lose weight recently."

"ah?"

"I was kidding!"

However, Hen did not laugh. He bit his lip, sighed softly, and said:

"Ellie, something new happened again."

…………

"Regarding the corruption issues within the Fire Chaser, including the corruption of Michael Lichtenstein, the mayor of the Third New Paradise City, and his family, I said a few months ago that the Fire Chaser just took over the coalition government. The government affairs department has reported this to the headquarters several times, but the headquarters has ignored it on the grounds that "the collapse has not yet ended and we have no time to take care of such issues."

"Within the Fire Chasing Moth, there is such a well-known paper, written by Dr. Mei, the actual controller of the Fire Chasing Moth. The paper discusses the issues related to the Herrscher in detail, and it even makes a bold prediction: There are thirteen lawyers in total.

"But we all know that the appearance of the Herrscher is not a natural and regular phenomenon. It is not like the four seasons of the year. After spring is over, summer will definitely come. Since it is not a regular phenomenon, what about our Dr. Mei? Who predicted that there are thirteen Herrschers?

"There are only two possibilities - either the so-called thirteen is just a false number given by Mei, or there are infinite Herrschers! Or maybe there are not thirteen Herrschers at all, and the Herrscher previously numbered L11 , is already the last Herrscher! But in order to continue to enslave the people, they chose to conceal the fact. As long as the collapse never ends, she and they can always be at ease!

"Either the so-called Herrscher and the so-called Honkai were the trouble caused by the Fire-Chasing Moth from the beginning! As early as six years ago, someone exposed the Fire-Chasing Moth's conspiracy on the Internet, but soon These records were all deleted. At that time, no one knew what Honkai was, so they didn’t pay attention to it.

"But I personally think this is very possible! Let's take a look. The original Herrscher Mikael was born in the first year of Honkai. After that, for six full years, no Honkai disaster occurred in the world.

"But since he next appeared from the record, when he officially joined the Fire Chaser, it wasn't even two months before the second collapse occurred, and a few months later the third collapse occurred. After that, collapse occurred in a cycle of about one to two years. Until this year, four collapses occurred within half a year.

"Instead of believing that Dr. Mei can really calculate random probability events, it is better to believe that the predecessor of the Fire Chaser actually took away the First Herrscher in the first year of the Honkai Impact. The first Honkai Impact was indeed an accidental event. But they copied the Herrscher within a few years, and the ten Herrschers who appeared later were actually just copies of the first Herrscher! And the so-called Fusion Warriors were low-end versions of the Herrscher!

"Some people may say that Mei only joined the Fire Chaser Moth after the third Collapse, but let's not forget Mebius! She is the veteran of the Fire Chaser Moth and has been dedicated to biological research! Mei is also a member of the Fire Chaser Moth. She joined the Fire Chaser Moth on her recommendation! Moreover, yesterday she turned ordinary people into death warriors and killed them in front of two billion people!

"They research Honkai, they produce Herrschers! What on earth do they want to do? I think that's not important anymore! If this is indeed the case, then why should we all humans bear the consequences of the trouble they cause!

"No matter which of the above possibilities it is, this kind of behavior is really unacceptable to me and my colleagues. I and my colleagues are not willing to join in with such an organization!

"To sum up, I, Royger, and all the city officials of the American Division, will resign from the position of city mayor of the First New Paradise City from now on, and permanently withdraw from the Fire Moth.

"But it's not enough! Now, due to the power of the Fire Chasing Moth, we can't make any promises, but please people who are willing to help us and help themselves bravely come to the east of Third New Paradise City 40 In the third village 1km away, we got help from friends within Fire Chasing Moth, and gathered a large amount of food and weapons here. Let us use our own hands to give ourselves a bright future!

"Remember! Today, we are gathered here. We are not fighting for slavery! We are fighting for freedom! We are not machines, not cattle and horses, we are human beings! Human beings who have never surrendered to anything!!!"

"boom!"

"What a mess!"

Qianjie gasped and smashed the table in front of him with a slap. Fortunately, Aponya used his mind power to pull the fragments in time, so that they did not hurt other people.

"Qianjie, being angry here won't change anything."

"I just want to be angry, what's wrong!"

"well……"

"Also, why don't you let Sakura just go and kill these guys! Huh? Kill them all! Wouldn't the problem be solved!"

"Killing will not solve the problem, it will only intensify it..."

"Speak humanly! Aponia!!"

"...Then I can only let you be quiet for a while..."

When Aili followed Hen to the situation room, she saw such a scene.

The personnel of the Intelligence Department, General Staff Department and others sat in their seats with embarrassed expressions, not daring to look back at all.

In the command position that originally belonged to Mei, Qianjie was afraid that breaking the table was not enough, so he grabbed Mei's chair again, but this time, he fainted and fell to the ground before he could cause any damage.

"Sorry for making you laugh."

Aponya whispered, bending down and grabbing one of Qianjie's ankles.

"I'll take him back to calm down first."

…

Aponya dragged Qianjie away. Ellie stared at her back for a while, walked to Eden silently, and asked softly:

"My good Eden, where are May and Kevin? Why aren't they here?"

Eden shook his head, "In the cubicle."

Ellie and Eden stood there waiting for a while. Himiko opened the door to the last compartment of the war room and waved to Ellie, but she did not go in. Instead, she passed by Ellie in a hurry. left.

"Sakura and the rest of the fusion warriors are on standby. Just maintain surveillance for the time being, but they must not conflict with the crowd and wait for the rapid response team to arrive."

As soon as she entered the compartment, Ellie's consciousness was pulled into the mental communication network constructed by Su, and she also heard Mei's orders to Ying.

"What the hell happened, May?"

Although in terms of personal preference, Ellie prefers to tell everything she wants to say, but in this special period, she still tries to avoid such behavior that may leak secrets, and the mental communication network is also convenient enough.

"A group of city officials from the American branch announced their rebellion against Fire Moth and established a resistance army."

Are there such shameless people in this world? !

"Why are they so confident? I remember that Sakura collected a lot of their illegal records, right?"

If Mei could have predicted the current situation a few years ago, it would have been impossible.

But as the saying goes, nip in the bud, Sakura collected almost all the illegal records of the bureaucrats inherited from the coalition government. Even if they were not used before, they could be used in the future for liquidation after the collapse.

"Those things do exist, but how to distribute them?"

The power of the Twelfth Herrscher is too destructive to human civilization.

Although there is almost no ability to fight head-on, mastering the world of data is equivalent to mastering the right to speak in the entire world.

It is easy to manipulate public opinion by saying what you want and not what others say.

"So, these people are ordered by the Twelfth Herrscher?"

"There is no doubt that the riots in Third New Paradise City at that time showed traces of man-made manipulation."

"What did the Twelfth Herrscher give them? To make them side with Honkai? Do they want their lives?"

It's not that Ai Li doesn't understand, but... who can accept it? In the past Honkai, no matter how difficult or desperate the time was, no one betrayed humanity and threw themselves on the side of Honkai. Even Lezren, who wanted to become a Herrscher with the help of consciousness transfer experiments, cannot be said to be driven by Honkai.

"Why would they do this? How dare they do this? As city officials, they should know very well what Honkai is...the destruction of the world. What good will this do to them?"

The mental communication channel was silent, and no one spoke for a long time.

Obviously, everyone actually has the answer in mind.

It was Su who finally spoke:

"There's no point in pursuing this, Alicia. But if you must ask, it's actually very simple.

"First of all, they know what Honkai is all about. Whether they believe it or not is another matter. There is no doubt that there is always a shortage of stupid people in this world, no matter what status they are in.

"Besides, based on the crimes they committed, once Honkai is defeated, Mei's skills will definitely not show mercy. So for them, it is a dead end no matter what... Rather than sit back and wait for death, it is better to give it a try. Moreover, it does not rule out that the Herrscher promised something unrealistic and gave them false hope.”

…………

"Lord Herrscher, everything was done as you ordered. As you expected, the Fire Chasing Moth was unable to fight back under our repeated attacks."

In the dark basement, Royger knelt on one knee in front of a small display screen.

"Beep beep beep... beep beep beep beep beep..."

There was a strange noise from the display screen, and then, a vague voice that could not even distinguish between male and female spoke in a robot's unique and solemn accent:

"Well done, human, you fulfilled our contract."

"Then... Lord Herrscher, what you promised me..."

"Don't worry, I will do what I say."

"Snapped!"

All the lights in the basement were on. Although he had seen some outlines with the light of the screen before, when he really saw the iron chair like an electric torture rack, as well as some scattered data cables and operating tables around it, his expression was no longer difficult. Hide your excitement.

Of course he knew what that meant, and this was what he wanted to get at all costs - consciousness transfer surgery.

He is already too old. Even if his body is still strong and healthy, at this age, he will probably not be able to hold on for a few years before he will plummet like a collapsed river embankment.

Besides, he no longer believed that there was a possibility of defeating Honkai in this world. Instead of being buried with all mankind, it would be better to survive as a new life. This was the price offered to him by the Twelfth Herrscher.

Using consciousness transfer surgery, coupled with the power of the Twelfth Herrscher, he was transformed into the same existence as the Twelfth Herrscher, so that he could survive forever in the world of data.

But similarly, according to the task assigned to him by the Twelfth Herrscher, he must help him destroy all mankind, because——

"If I am defeated, the final Herrscher, the Herrscher of the End, will come. At that time, everything in the world will be destroyed, even if you have become a digital life like me. It will only be destroyed when I exist. Human beings, you have the possibility to survive forever.”

"What are you still hesitating about? Sit on it quickly."

"oh oh!"

His gray beard trembled with excitement, and he sat on the electric chair without thinking.

…………

"Master Royger, you are finally out!"

"Well?"

"You scared us to death! You actually reported our hiding place. If that woman named Sakura had taken us one step ahead..."

Ushikawa's short and fat body rushed forward and hugged Royger's leg.

Royger frowned, "What's there to be afraid of? My friend has set up complete surveillance here. If Mei dares to send someone to assassinate us, everything that happens here will be known to all mankind immediately. May wouldn’t have thought of that” – and only you stupid humans would.

"Having said that, what if she takes the risk? It's really scary!"

"snort!"

Ushikawa stopped his exaggerated performance and raised his head subtly. I wonder if it was an illusion, but Mr. Royger seemed... a different person?

"There are a lot of people outside."

Royger said after listening to the roaring mountains and tsunami outside.

"Yes! They are all people who came in droves after listening to your words. There are only a few people who have grabbed the car now, and there will be many more people coming on foot. Even the military and police can't stop them, and some even see that the situation is not good. Join them."

"Hmph! I know."