The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

The number of pedestrians on the street has gradually become less and less. Meiyi holds a brown paper bag in his hand, which contains crispy pork sprinkled with chili powder. Every two steps, he inserts a toothpick into his mouth and throws it into his mouth. But before, he kept saying, "Food is indispensable." But Mikael, who was trying to taste it, had empty hands and walked parallel to her left side without saying a word.

"call……"

Walking past the street lights, I looked up while the light and shadow faded. The sky that was dark gray not long ago was now crimson with neon lights.

But the moon is still the semicircular moon with one side missing, and the star is only the one diagonally decorated at the foot of the moon.

"Huh?"

Upon closer observation, the light and shadow of the stars and moon seem to be swaying slightly, and there are colorful colors flowing out under the refraction of the light. Even with dynamic vision far beyond that of ordinary people, it took some time for Mei to discover this problem.

It was like...there were thin layers of blisters covering the entire sky.

"That's China's unique protective shield against Honkai Impact - the Sky Vault Protective Shield."

Although his eyes were staring straight ahead, Mikael seemed to know what Mei was thinking and inserted the right words at the right time.

Of course, there was no need for Mei to ask, he explained on his own - he always talked to himself like this, always.

"Unlike the kind of Honkai energy shield where you can see honeycomb-shaped hexagonal blocks when hit, the Sky Dome shield is one-piece. Well, I don't know why it was named 'Sky Dome'. Is the sky like Qionglu, or is it because the first city it was installed in was Tianqiong City?”

"Is this design... any different from the Honkai Impact shield?"

The numbness brought by the spicy taste and the satisfaction brought by the fat and protein melted on the tip of the tongue. Meiyi temporarily let go of the heavy things in her heart, but she didn't care about Mikael's rhetorical question. Instead, Mikael answered her. The question comes neatly:

"no difference."

"ah?"

"You're kidding!"

Mikael turned his face, narrowed his eyes and stuck out his tongue.

Meiyi covered her eyes. The moment just now almost made her eyes pop out.

Now she just wants to ask what the hell is Mikael so crazy about, and why he always makes such strange movements that can make people hit the ground when they need to be serious...

Forget it, I’ll ask Mebius if I have a chance in the future.

"As a protective shield, the most basic ability is of course defense. The biggest feature of the sky shield is that the defense is adjustable. The Honkai energy shield commonly used by Tianming can only be adjusted within a very small range by increasing the power. In addition, it can be consumed passively until it breaks, or it can be actively closed. What we see at this time is that it uses 0.1% power. The state of consumption is just like... cling film, isn't it? Compared with the size, human beings are like small molecules. In this state, they can freely pass through the protective shield without opening the gap like the latter. ”

"What's the point of this? Saving energy?"

After all, Mei is a qualified Valkyrie. Because it was the first time she saw such a thing, she wanted to understand its principles, pros and cons.

"This is indeed one of the reasons. Tianqiong City's protection system can be roughly divided into three layers. The first layer is the outermost electrified wire mesh. These things are built according to the surrounding mountains and include the entire city and suburbs. Followed by the mecha patrol, after the patrol is the sky protective shield, and after the protective shield are various turrets and firepower points. Once there is a problem with the first line of defense, the protective shield will be charged according to the situation. The more critical the situation, the higher the power consumption of the protective shield, and the stronger it is. When the power consumption reaches 100%, basically only Herrscher-level destructive power can open the gap - this has been personally verified by the head of Shenzhou. It only takes one minute to go from 0.1% to 100%. However, there are still some shortcomings.”

"..."

"First of all, of course it's expensive! You have to pay for what you want. The initial research and development cost of the sky shield is probably enough to keep the shield in Tianming Floating Port open for about fifty years. The subsequent maintenance costs are lower than the latter Much more, but the overhaul every five to ten years is also very expensive. From a long-term perspective, the total cost of a hundred years of operation does not seem to be less than the latter, so Shenzhou does not plan to continue to promote it. The sky is protected."

"Uh... But, the research and development cost is fixed, isn't it? If this kind of protective shield is popularized, this part of the cost can be shared, so that the total cost of running for a hundred years will not be much lower than using the original Honkai energy A protective cover?”

"That's true, but it's also a lot of money to dismantle the original protective shield and build a new defense system. It's very difficult for human beings to be able to predict what they need to do the next day. No matter how sober a wise man is, But predicting the future in the next few years or ten years, a hundred years is still too far away for human beings, and it is unrealistic. After all, after I die, what will happen to the flood? "

Meiyi stroked the hair hanging down from her temples behind her ears. She seemed to have suddenly discovered a secret that belonged to Mikael. There was a hint of teasing in her voice:

"You seem to care about China very much? Or do you care about someone in China?"

Mikael nodded generously, which was completely beyond Mei Yi's expectation.

"I have forgotten, you still don't know. Back in St. Freya, your squad leader Fu Hua was the legendary Red Kite Immortal in China. Of course, he was also my former comrade, just like Mebius. ”

"oh."

Mei controlled her facial muscles and tried to suppress those overly exaggerated facial expressions that symbolized surprise. If she was surprised, she could just show it, but she didn't want to do that. The reason was both absurd and simple - Mikael would definitely get pleasure from her surprised expression.

It's such a simple and unreasonable reason.

However, there is really no need to be surprised. From the perspective of hindsight, the fact that squad leader Fu Hua is the Red Kite Immortal made sense from the beginning.

Is it really a secret that the Conquest Stone is implanted in her body, and that Kiana has the core of the Second Herrscher in her body? This is true for most people in this world, but for Destiny, Shenzhou, and Anti-Entropy, is this really a secret?

The answer is obviously no.

Cocolia, who is against entropy, is trying to control her, and Otto, who is destined, is trying to control Kiana. Even if Shenzhou adheres to its consistent position and does not want to take the initiative to do anything, it must at least remain vigilant against their two time bombs.

In a daze, Mei seemed to be back in the classroom at Qianyu Academy. While letting the teacher's verbose words go in and out of her ears, she wrote down her own observations and speculations in the textbook.

She already had this ability, or talent, but it was just obscured by the environment in the past period of time.

"The cost is only one aspect. From my perspective, the protective shield actually has another biggest drawback."

Mei Yi suddenly felt that it would be better not to answer the conversation and let him lose interest in talking. She has gradually come back to her senses. What does this protective shield have to do with her? She only cares about Kiana now...

But she also felt that although Mikael always talked a lot when he was crazy, what if there were important clues in it?

She had no choice but to torture her ears and brain and continue listening.

"Because there is too much emphasis on the overall protective capability, both the energy gained and the energy consumed by the sky shield are distributed to the whole. In other words, it is either not broken or completely broken, and there is no way to open a gap to let the people inside The situation of entry and exit.”

"Huh? Didn't you say that humans can come and go freely?"

"That's limited to 0.1% power operation. In this case, trucks within three meters can enter and exit freely, and no Honkai Beast or any living or dead creature above three meters can pass. As the power increases, At 1%, humans can no longer enter or exit the protective shield. At 100%, not to mention living things, even light can only penetrate at a very special angle - oh, I forgot to mention, this is precisely because of the third law. "You haven't realized it yet, but electromagnetic waves are the sum of visible light and invisible light, so your power can completely turn your body into electromagnetic waves and move at the speed of light."

"What's the use of telling me this? I'm no longer the Third Herrscher."

Mei turned her head away unnaturally, so she didn't notice the flash of smile on Mikael's face.

"That's all. Even if the Third Herrscher can do it, let me think about it, the Second Herrscher can also do it through the power of space. As for the other Herrschers, they still have to face the protective shield honestly. . But no matter what, people can't get out. Of course, when the outside is attacked by the Honkai Impact, the people inside don't need to get out. Isn't that just a matter of death? Based on this concept, everyone doesn't think there is any problem. However, What if the collapse breaks out inside and outside the city at the same time?”

"The dome protective shield has become a prison for tens of millions of people in this city... No, this is a change of concept. Even if there is no sky protective shield, when the internal and external collapse occurs, the people inside will also There is no way to escape outside.”

"Oh? Is that really true?"

Mikael smiled noncommittally.

Light is a kind of radiation, and Honkai energy is also a kind of radiation. Light can only escape from the shackles of the sky shield from a specific angle. The sky shield must also be able to retain Honkai energy radiation to the maximum extent.

Right?

Suddenly, Mikael, who was carefully controlling his pace to keep his shoulders always in line with hers, stopped. Meiyi took two more steps forward under the guidance of inertia, then turned around in confusion, staring at Mikael's almost closed eyes, and almost blurted out the words "What's wrong with you again?"

It is not easy for her to swallow the words that have reached her throat, but it is a different matter if a third party appears who should not hear this.

"hahahahahahahaha!"

The laughter quickly approached, and before Mei Yi could react, a boy who was only as tall as her shoulders jumped past her, holding a balloon in one hand and two skewers of meat in the other.

"Hey! Xiaoxuan, you can't go there!"

This voice...should be his mother, right? But the distance was a bit far away, and it looked like she couldn't catch up... Although she didn't understand what "can't pass" meant, her parents always seemed to be like this...

A black shadow flashed in the peripheral vision, and when he reacted, Mikael had already returned to the place holding the boy's collar. The boy's laughter stopped. He looked at himself, then looked back at Mikael, a look on his face. Confused.

After another seven or eight seconds, the boy's mother caught up, panting heavily, grabbing the boy's wrist and snatching her child back from Mikael's arms. She first thanked Mikael, and then forcefully He dragged the child back the way he came.

Yayi watched her back, but before taking two steps, the woman suddenly turned around again, leaving a confused and distant look in her eyes.

"?"

The look in her eyes made Meiyi a little confused, but then she heard the mother nagging her child:

"It's other people's family, and it's their business to go to that kind of place! Do you want to eat shit when they eat it?"

"?"

Although I don’t understand the inevitable connection between moving forward and eating shit, but...

Her thoughts stopped abruptly here, and the noise in her ears seemed to be getting farther and farther away. Meiyi suddenly woke up and turned to look to her side. There were no familiar vendors on the street. There was only empty darkness, and even the light of the street lamps was gone. Flashing by, looking further ahead, there are no street lights, let alone pedestrians.

But what about turning around? The figures of mother and son have blended into the crowd. The street lights on both sides of the road are like torches held by pacesetters, crowding in an endless stream of people. The night is already deep, and the semicircle moon hangs right in the middle of the narrow night sky bounded by two buildings, while people as far as the eye can see are still having meaningless carnivals, as if they don't need to sleep tonight.

She turned her head to look straight ahead, and then looked back behind her. Under the strong contrast between light and darkness, it seemed as if where she was standing was an invisible dividing line, dividing the two worlds.

"Um?"

Next to her, Mikael let out a light moan. When she turned to look at Mikael, she happened to see a scrawled-looking owl landing on his arm.

"Oh. Are you sure that's the location?"

"The location is..."

"Shh-"

Mikael's index finger lightly touched his lips, but it was not his own lips, but Mei's.

"I know you are in a hurry, but don't be in a hurry yet. Before that, Raiden Meiyi, do you want to hear me talk more?"

"In no mood."

"Ah, I knew you wanted to."

"..."

The "I don't want to" that I was about to repeat a second time was not spoken in the end. What else could Mei Yi do? Judging from Mikael's appearance, she had to listen to the next words or not. This man was completely immersed in his own world.

wrong……

Has this guy ever come out of his own world?

"Thunder and Lightning Meiyi, the world was destroyed once... Oh, I forgot, this is not a secret within Tianming. Me, Mebius, and Hua are just remnants of the previous era. Still Do you remember the 'illusion' that you, Bronya and Xi'er entered when you were in the Oceania branch? What you saw there was what happened during the seventh collapse of the previous civilization."

"As expected, you..."

Mei nodded slightly. This was also not unexpected. Bronya had guessed this possibility before, but then it was Xier who was unconscious, Wendy's problem, and Kiana's disappearance. Then it turned out that she was familiar with it. The world that had lasted three years suddenly collapsed, so that I only think about it now.

But she soon discovered another problem:

"The world is destroyed... Yes, the reason why a former civilization is a pre-civilization is that it is destroyed. But... you guys, Mikael..."

"You want to say that with my power, the power of the legendary Red Kite Immortal, and the power of Mebius, none of them can prevent the destruction of the world, right?"

Mei Yi is silent, but silence sometimes means recognition.

"I didn't understand it before. We won every battle, but in the end, even if we cut off the thread of fate, we still couldn't win our future. But Minerva's owl always takes off at dusk, Now I understand - in this tug-of-war between humans and Honkai, power is just a ladder for humans to reach the end, but it is not what really determines victory or defeat, because Honkai can never defeat humans. The only one who can defeat humanity is humanity itself.”

"Quaah——"

The owl let out a short shriek and flapped its wings into the dark night before her.

Yayi tilted her chin and hesitated to speak.

"Stop holding it back. If you have anything to ask, just say it."

"I did not understand……"

"Oh, I told you, the owl of Minerva takes off at dusk. You are still in the morning, so naturally you won't understand what I am talking about. However, it won't be long before you understand. This is what I am saying. Something to show you.”