The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Kevin, when you listen to this recording, I will probably be gone. But please, please live well. Haha, I also left something for you. As hope for crossing the end in the future , be sure to listen carefully to what you say next!”

Sitting on the edge of the crater, holding on to the lunar soil that had not yet completely cooled down and still exuding hot temperatures, and looking at the ruins of New Atla in the distance, Kevin somehow heard Mei's "" again in his mind. Last words".

That's right, just as he thought when he got the last words, he had enough time to listen to them over and over again.

So far, the terminal has been damaged beyond repair due to too many loops, but every sentence and word of Mei is engraved in Kevin's heart, and there is no possibility of mistakes or omissions.

So much so that now, whenever he comes to the moon, Mei's words will echo in his mind unconsciously:

"I made arrangements for many things before going to the moon, including the Stigma Project, which you are in charge of, the Hengsha Project, which is in charge of Su, as well as the Ark Project and the Fire Project. The specific contents of these plans are stored in the headquarters terminal. There’s no need for me to say everything, but after this battle, the people in charge of each plan may need to make fine adjustments.”

"Yes, Mei, I did everything you said. Fifty thousand years ago, Su and I were the only two Yingjie who came back alive from the moon, and we happened to be executing the Hengsha Project and the so-called worst Stigma Project. "

As for the Ark Project...

The rocket that Blanca and Gratius were on set off 4,500 years ago, but disappeared without a trace as soon as it left the orbit of the earth and the moon.

This in itself was a plan of little significance, and Kevin did not force it.

And in the end, the Tinder Project... Kevin seemed to have thought of something, shook his head slightly, temporarily erased the hesitation from his mind, and continued to think about what Mei left.

"However, it's not a big problem. Kevin, I believe that if it were you, you would be able to lead them to regain what we lost today.

"What's more, it's not like I didn't leave a backup plan in advance. The so-called 'Fire Thief Plan', Kevin, that's a big gift I prepared for you... You can also find it in the headquarters' files later. That was what Pado had gained with her sacrifice, a 10% chance of defeating Honkai.

"Finally, the question about Mikael, whether it is the past, present, or future, will be a trouble for you. I understand this. Kevin, but I don't think you need to get too entangled in this issue.

"What exactly does he want to do? What to do? This is not something you can figure out just by thinking. We can only grasp the results he caused, and then move step by step towards the future we have predetermined. However, this is also It’s just my personal advice to you. It’s up to you to decide what you want to do, Kevin, you are free.”

Yes...free, but Kevin would rather not have such freedom.

"snort……"

He stood up, and the lunar soil that he could see in front of him was still pitch black, which was the trace of the sky fire sweeping through it, and even a residual temperature of several hundred degrees remained.

For ordinary humans, both energy radiation and high temperature here are extremely deadly. But for Kevin... nothing more.

He turned his head and looked at his side. The Skyfire Great Sword had long been repaired as before. One or two flames jumped up from time to time on the sword. Compared to before, it seemed to be particularly restrained now, but the energy radiation and temperature it emitted had long exceeded multiple times that of the surrounding environment.

Even for those mass-produced fusion warriors, such a skyfire sword is extremely dangerous, and you may even be injured if you get close... but Kevin is happy with it.

The reason is also very simple.

Kevin lowered his head and glanced at his wrist. A green frosty cold air flashed from the edge of the wrist guard - he didn't know whether it was because the shelf life of Mebius's surgery had expired, or whether it was left behind from the battle 50,000 years ago. In short, although he could still control the cold inside his body, his body temperature had actually returned to the original minus 30 degrees.

Fortunately, he no longer has to worry about not being able to hug Mei.

Fortunately, this sky-fire sword that accompanied him all the way could still give him a little warmth at this moment.

He closed his eyes and silently grasped the hilt of the sword.

In countless days and nights, in Kevin's memory, everything about that battle, instead of being washed away bit by bit by the long river of time and becoming blurred, the outline became clearer and clearer. Kevin only had to close his eyes. , without even thinking about it deliberately, every detail of the last time he used the Heavenly Fire Holy Seal would reappear in his mind.

As if to prove this, his chest rose and fell seventeen times in an odd rhythm. This set of movements has no special meaning, but the breathing he experienced before playing the Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment, each rhythm, and each rise and fall of the chest are exactly the same as in the memory.

Completely consistent, because he has never forgotten and can never forget.

That was the closest he came to being a god, but he failed to cross it in the end.

However, speaking of Mikael...

Kevin opened his eyes and turned around. Behind him, the basin where they fought with Mikael was the same as it was 50,000 years ago, with the only difference——

In the center of the basin, there is a cross-shaped groove more than 20 kilometers long. Only such a large size can accommodate the extremely reduced stone statue.

Yes, compared to the size of the moon when it was viewed as a chicken egg 50,000 years ago, the size of this stone statue today has indeed been extremely "shrunk".

His wrists were nailed by huge stone nails, and his head seemed to be pillowed up, or as if the other person was looking down at him on a flat cross.

"Mikael..."

The stone statue is covered with large and small cracks, especially on the chest. They are no longer cracks, but more like wounds left by spears. The fractures of these cracks emit a blue-purple shimmer, which is extremely strange. This is what Mikael looked like when Kevin set foot on the moon again five thousand years ago.

After they entered the hibernation cabin, there was no doubt that they finally reincarnated in the time of the earth, but why did Mikael become the stone statue he is now? Is he dead? Who killed it? Who can kill him?

The "wound" on the chest of the stone statue looks like a big hole at first glance, but upon closer inspection, it seems like two holes connected together. This is also consistent with the pair of pistols beside Mikael that were never used until the end. The forked spear corresponds.

All this seems to be telling Kevin that Mikael, the end that once came, may be dead.

The cause of death is unknown, but it seems more like a suicide.

But Kevin cannot accept this result under any circumstances - he has not thought about it until now. If there is a chance to face Mikael again, what attitude should he adopt? Or, if he sees Mikael next time, Is it at the end of the Stigmata Project?

But no matter what, Kevin knew what he wanted least - he didn't want to lose the possibility of seeing Mikael again.

Whether as a former comrade, or as a... betrayer.

Because he must meet Mikael again, and then, whether with words or fists, he must make Mikael explain everything clearly.

"Kevin, you may need to go back to Earth now."

Su's communication suddenly rang in his ears, and Kevin frowned without any trace:

"What happened? The twenty-four hours haven't been up yet, right?"

Kevin turned around again and looked at the "command headquarters" that was already in ruins, as if he was looking into someone's eyes.

"Something happened that was...unexpected but also reasonable. You may need to come back early to deal with it."

"Didn't you advise me to interfere as little as possible in human affairs?"

Kevin raised his eyebrows. If it weren't for Su's dissuasion, he would have started executing the Stigmata plan a thousand years ago.

The two of them almost came to blows at each other during that time. If Mei in Paradise hadn't intervened in time, maybe...

But no matter what, a rift has arisen between the two. This rift has nothing to do with their friendship. Naturally, this rift will not be made up by their friendship, because it is caused by the essential difference in their attitudes towards methods. of.

Just like what was said before - if the Stigmata plan is handed over to Su's hands, it will by default give up the possibility of this plan being executed.

In other words, as long as they still want to overcome Honkai, the conflict between the two is inevitable.

However, human civilization is currently not even qualified to call itself "infancy." Now that Kevin has calmed down, he feels that he was indeed a little too hasty a thousand years ago.

But no matter what, what about another five hundred years? According to the speed of development of human civilization today, in about five hundred years, the intensity of civilization will reach the threshold for the emergence of the Herrscher. By that time, the Stigma Plan will have to be implemented even if it is not implemented.

Although Su kept saying "give more time to the current human race", it seemed that he was just objecting to his early implementation of the Stigma Project. But once it got to that point, based on Kevin's understanding of Su, he would probably continue to oppose the Stigma Project.

Kevin knew this very well.

Kevin was prepared for this.

Perhaps... he had to take action against his best friend, the only comrade who had accompanied him to this era.

But at least not now.

So, this is strange.

Su's philosophy has always been to give humans time to develop themselves and reduce the impact of these "pioneers" on human civilization. Now he actually asked him to return to Earth early to deal with mankind's own problems?

"Su, what happened? A Honkai beast above the emperor level appeared?"

"That's not true."

Su quickly denied it, but this only made Kevin even more confused - if it's not Honkai, then it's humanity's own business.

"Destiny... is the product of the intersection between you and his descendants and modern civilized humans. In order to offset the negative impact of the Black Death, they are preparing... for the Eastern Expedition."

"Eastern Expedition? So what? Don't you want them to develop on their own?"

"Of course it's not impossible if they know some sense of propriety, but the goal of their eastern expedition is... China."

"China?"

Kevin pursed his lips, roughly knowing what Su's worries were.

Kevin simply ignored the so-called "know some sense of propriety". Su might have wanted to express something with this, but Kevin had no intention of guessing riddles with him.

The point is... China.

Mei, who is a scientific researcher, also made her plans quite "experimental" when arranging them.

Among the four plans, the Hengsha Plan and the Ark Plan are actually of little significance. At least that's what Kevin thinks. One is to observe the other worlds on the Tree of Imaginary Numbers and try to find the correct path to fight against the collapse. The other is to carry all the evidence that humans have and find a new home in the universe, but What does this have to do with the earth?

Therefore, what Kevin is most concerned about is nothing more than the so-called "worst" Stigma Plan and the "best" Tinder Plan.

One is the most rational plan, and the other is the most emotional plan.

It is not difficult to see that May deliberately retained contrast between the two plans.

Correspondingly, the execution areas of these two plans are also deliberately distinguished in Mei's setting——

Although the Stigmata have long been dispersed into the genetic sequence of all humans, the Stigmata Project should be mainly implemented in the general area of ​​the former European branch.

Correspondingly, the Tinder Plan will focus on execution in eastern Asia.

But the problem is that when there are only Su and Kevin, and Su has been bound by the Hengsha Project and cannot escape, the Fire Plan does not even have the most basic executors.

However, it's not like Su couldn't take on the role at the same time, because Kevin looked through the relevant information of the Tinder Project, and it was basically a plan... without any introduction or plan.

Behind the four words "Tinder Plan", there was a blank, so much so that Kevin initially even thought that there was an error in the system when Mei uploaded the information, so that all the information about the Tinder Plan was lost?

However, it is impossible. Just like the Stigma Project in his hand, it has gone through countless revisions. After each version of the plan is completed, a system backup must be uploaded, but... the Tinder Project... really has nothing.

But these are not the reasons why the Tinder Plan has not been implemented so far.

There is actually only one reason - 4,500 years ago, when Kevin and Su went to eastern Shenzhou to analyze the possibility of executing the Fire Plan, they discovered that before they arrived, there was a person with the pseudonym "Red Yuan" here. Spread the spark of civilization.

It's not like they haven't tried to contact each other, but they went to Taixu Mountain where "Red Kite" is located several times without success, and even the last time they were almost trapped in the illusion formation around Taixu Mountain.

That was an illusory formation that almost overturned Su, a fusion warrior with mental perception. From this, there was almost no doubt about the identity of "Red Yuan", and he must be one of the Ying Jie.

Considering that "Red Kite" appears as a woman, Aponia and Destobia, who are spiritual perception types, and Hua, who holds the key to the eighth god, are all suspects. And, considering Mikael's power, he is naturally also under suspicion.

Although to a certain extent, Kevin and Su witnessed the other Ying Jie's fall, but the final authority is time, and Mikael's thoughts are unpredictable, and it is even unclear where to stand, so ...It’s hard to say.

"So, Su, you want to join the war between Tianming and the Ming Empire of China?"

"Kevin, I think this time may be the best opportunity for us to contact the 'Red Kite'. It is undeniable that the Ming Empire in the east is very powerful. If it fights normally, there is no chance of winning in Tianming's current state. But as far as I know You know, Tianming took the opportunity to treat the Black Death and developed a lot of Honkai energy weapons, but the Red Kite in China will not spread these things."

"So, once Tianming uses Honkai energy weapons on the battlefield, China's army will be unable to support it and will ask Chi Yuan for help?"

"Perhaps Chi Yuan is already paying attention to this war. If everything is just a conflict between humans, she will not intervene. But if it involves Honkai...she can't just sit idly by. If she really If it’s one of Ying Jie, I believe she will make such a choice.”

Su's words made Kevin silent again for a while. Based on his understanding of Su, he knew that he had missed one more reason——

He, Su, is a doctor after all, and he once had the dream of hanging a pot to save the world. Faced with the war that is about to break out, and the large-scale bloodshed and injuries that are about to occur, how can he remain indifferent?

only……

"Su, give me two more hours, okay?"

"Kevin, you..."

Kevin rarely begged others, especially to Sue, but at this moment he had to do it.

He wanted to stay here all day. This was a habit he had developed over tens of thousands of years, just because of her words——

"Kevin, last but not least, let me tell you a secret! For Mingyan who controls the power of time and space, every blow he makes will peel off countless world bubbles in the intrinsic world. From a probability perspective, among them It is inevitable that I exist in a certain world bubble.

"If... I mean if, I really... Haha, you will hear this recording, which explains everything, doesn't it?

"In short, if all this really happens, you can go to the moon on this day every year in the future. The one I love in the world will remember this, and she will stand at the door of the headquarters on this day every year. In this way, we They are also... looking at each other, right?

"In this way...we are not completely separated, right?"

Kevin took a deep breath and turned his gaze to the ruins of the command post. There was a broken bridge facing him in the ruins. That was the only place where people could stand.

Kevin looked at the empty broken bridge, just like it had been for tens of thousands of days and nights before.