The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

He followed Dr. Mebius onto the deck of the submarine in a daze. Feeling his increasingly trembling breathing, Chen Tianwu clenched his fists that were no longer flesh and blood.

"What? Are you nervous at this time?"

The submarine rose and fell with the waves, and from time to time, blue-black water covered Mebius's feet. She gently held one hand on the railing of the submarine, turned around, and showed a teasing smile.

Of course, Chen Tianwu, who lowered his head, couldn't see the smile, but the faint sarcasm in the words could not be missed. However, his heart was already filled with the girl named "Anna Shaniat". At this moment, unless the submarine flipped, there was nothing he could think about.

Taking a deep breath, I raised my head. My messy bangs were blown a little more sloppy by the sea breeze. However, the black spot on the horizon became clearer in my sight, and the sound of the submarine motor that was originally filling my ears was also mixed in. There was some noise, but he didn't realize it until now. It turned out to be the engine sound of the airship on the other side.

Time passed quietly in the breath, and the turbulence of the sea water became more and more obvious. When he looked up again, the black dots on the horizon had already revealed the outline of the combat airship. Then, in the blink of an eye, the airship completed its landing on the sea.

"Wow——"

The sea water surged and swayed up to his waist, but Chen Tianwu's lower body felt nothing. It’s been more than a year... I’m still not used to it.

Not long after the airship stopped, the roar of the engine sounded again, and the waves surged again, this time only reaching the knees.

Seeing the combat airship, which was more than ten times larger than the submarine, sliding towards him, Chen Tianwu heard it again...heard his own heartbeat.

Are you looking forward to the reunion many years later, or are you afraid of this reunion?

Of course, it's not like he has never inquired about Anna in more than a year. He can use his connections and resources to investigate whether the Honkai patients he funded are related to Destiny, Anti-Entropy, and China. Why can't he inquire about it? What’s the current situation of an A-level Valkyrie?

The number of A-class Valkyrie is certainly very small compared to the total population of the world, but if we look at the Valkyrie combat personnel, they account for half of the total three thousand Valkyrie establishment.

Of course, this is not important. In any case, within Tianming, except for a few scientific research doctors, the A-level Valkyrie is the most powerful person below the bishop and S-level Valkyrie. Even among the A-level Valkyrie, Anna belongs to the higher level. After all, she is the captain of the most elite Snow Lotus team in the Southeast Asia branch.

In many people's minds, the higher the level of an existence, the harder it is to collect information about her movements and information. This is correct in a sense. The information of Valkyries such as Anna will have a higher encryption level in the Tianming database. It is not easy to find these things. But from another perspective, as the trump card of the Southeast Asian branch, there must be many people staring at her. It is easier to know her movements than to find an unknown ordinary person.

He knew that Anna had recently participated in the search and rescue operation in the collapse of Oceania. It was the second time the two had passed each other since their separation in Manila. At that time, his task was to cooperate with the raven to attract the attention of Hollandelle. That time, he was not in the same worried mood as now - perhaps because he knew it from the beginning, even though he was involved in a task focusing on the same incident. , geographical conditions and mission objectives also determine that there is no chance for the two to meet.

And now...

"Don't be nervous. I can hear your heartbeat from here. Putting aside your private emotions, you are now a cadre of World Snake. Don't embarrass us."

Mebius straightened his tie without any hesitation and reminded with a slight smile.

"oh."

Chen Tianwu's response was as short and feeble as ever, but his voice changed from the weak and lackluster tone of the past and was loud enough.

"I'll get over it."

In contrast, the volume of the last half of the sentence returned to his normal level. It was more like he was talking to himself than a promise to Dr. Mebius.

He raised his stiff arms and placed his palms tightly against his hard chest. No matter whether it was his palms or chest, there was no feeling of "touching" anything. Only the structural vibration caused by the powerful beating of the heart followed the main structure of the body. Part of the special alloy is passed all the way into the eardrum.

"call--"

I took a deep breath and my heartbeat calmed down.

"It's not a big deal." - Chen told himself in his heart.

It's just seeing old friends again. This is something that everyone will inevitably experience, but the person we are going to meet next is a little special... It is special because of some ridiculous wishful thinking. In addition, he is a cadre of the World Snake. She is Destiny's A-level Valkyrie, but their fates have intersected in the past... that's all.

Moreover, he should not have too high expectations for what he expects. This is something he has gained from experience since he was a child.

There may really be a god in this world who is indifferent and full of bad taste. When he discovers that a person has too many expectations for something or someone, he can't help but destroy it all. Maybe This is a rare pleasure for Him.

On the contrary, things that do not have much expectation at all seem to always be accomplished, and people who are met without expectations can always be met...

Well, Chen actually understood that this was a result-oriented cognitive bias. There is no such god in this world. It's just that the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. On the contrary, if there is nothing to expect, it won't be uncomfortable if it is smashed. If you get a good result by luck, it will be an unexpected surprise. Just because of this.

He couldn't tell which of the two possibilities, true or false, was a better result for people to accept. The former seemed to involve an irresistible god, but there was such a will that was beyond everything and controlled the fate of everyone. In fact, it was more humane than pure materialism. Because since the gods can take away everything a person expects with their bad taste, there must be some kind of exchange for accepting everything a person offers.

It's not that you have to think about this kind of thing in your mind, but this seemingly meaningless and tedious thinking can help him get rid of the nervousness of "seeing Anna soon".

This can also be regarded as a feint to the east and attack in the west, and besiege Wei to save Zhao?

No matter what it is, at least one thing is that his heartbeat has indeed become stable and quiet again, and those random thoughts no longer pop up in his mind.

The battle airship stopped half a hundred meters away from the World Serpent submarine. Chen Tianwu thought that the other party would lower the boat and row over, but he didn't expect that two figures jumped out of the hatch of the battle airship, and walked directly on the ice on the sea, and arrived in front of Chen and Mobius in the blink of an eye.

"This fourth-generation Valkyrie God-killing armor looks good, Blue Knight Moon Soul, I remember it correctly, Rita Rossweise."

"You really embarrassed me, I have heard of your name for a long time, Dr. Mobius of the World Serpent-I am afraid that many of our Tianming's technologies are just children's toys in your eyes as the top scientist of the previous civilization?"

"That's not the case, at most it's... a toy for big children, right?"

Mobius deliberately paused, and seeing that Rita was about to respond again, she interrupted with a smile:

"Besides, didn't you use this thing to demonstrate in front of me first? If you just look at the surrounding environment, this is really a battlefield that is beneficial to this set of God-killing armor. Wearing this armor Your combat power at sea should have surpassed that of Yulandel. "

"Ahem, that's not the case. When dealing with the Second Herrscher, Lady Yulandel still had some hidden power that she hadn't used. If she had released that power, I could only hold out for a few minutes even if I faced her on this sea, right?"

"Oh? In other words, Yulandel, the strongest S-class Valkyrie of Destiny, actually took the initiative to let go when facing the Second Herrscher? Oh, if the Valkyries of Destiny who were injured because of this, and the people all over the world who were affected by the collapse not long ago knew about this, it would probably be very difficult for Destiny and Yulandel herself, right?"

Mebius raised a small recorder and shook it proudly.

Anna, who was following Rita, became nervous instantly. Although it was just a few words after meeting, unless you were a fool, it would be difficult not to hear the gunpowder in those words.

Although she didn't understand, it was clearly agreed in advance that this time it was a joint combat mission with the World Serpent, but it seemed that both sides had some opinions about each other... She was still in the Southeast Asian branch when the headquarters was in trouble, and she didn't know what happened there...

There were many thoughts flashing through her mind, but as a Valkyrie, her basic qualities made her immediately step forward half a step, with her left hand in front and her right hand holding the spear behind her, making a not-too-aggressive defensive action.

And almost at the same time, she saw the man opposite, who lowered his head and hid half of his body behind Mebius, move. He took out a carbine from behind at a speed that normal humans could not achieve, but like her, he did not make such an offensive action as aiming. Although his index finger was on the trigger and the safety was unlocked as expected, the muzzle of the gun was pointed obliquely at the sea.

For no reason, Anna felt a tacit understanding.

But at the same time, she also understood that the man in front of her was no slower than her in drawing his gun. Considering that she only needed to make a simple opening move while taking half a step, while the other party needed to complete a series of actions such as taking out the carbine hidden behind his back, opening the safety, and then overcoming the instinctive aiming action to point the muzzle at the sea in the same amount of time, it can even be said that the other party's speed and overall agility are much higher than hers.

Moreover, the other party is a man...

"Alas... Men nowadays are either as powerful as our Lord Otto, Lord Ma of Taixu, and the leader of Anti-Entropy, or they can only use their brains to be researchers or weapons operators." - The Valkyries once joked about this in private. It was not that they were playing some kind of terrifying boxing, but that the adaptability of men in this world to Honkai energy is indeed not as good as that of women. This is probably because the sequence group that produces adaptability to Honkai energy exists on the X chromosome. Without transforming his body or becoming a Herrscher, Ma Yanqing of Shenzhou is already the pinnacle of men in this world. This is something all the Valkyries know.

The man in front of her couldn't be a Herrscher, so which of the remaining two possibilities was it?

With such doubts, Anna's eyes left the other person's index finger on the trigger guard of the carbine, and then gradually moved upwards, across the man's chest, to his neck covered by layers of collar, and then...

Then his eyes fell back, back to the necklace hanging on the man's chest.

I haven’t seen the man’s face yet, but there’s no need…

Anna's mind has gone blank, that is, the current situation does not allow her to retreat, and her responsibility as a Valkyrie does not allow her to escape before the battle, but Rita, who is closest to her, has been keenly aware of the trembling in her legs.

Although she didn't understand what happened, Rita knew that once the conflict really escalated from words to physical actions, Anna might not be able to count on it. And she herself had no confidence in defeating Mebius.

The cold air in her hands quietly dissipated. Rita's right eye, which was covered by her bangs, stared, and her left eye was narrowed. Together with the raised corners of her mouth, she looked like an impeccable smile:

"Dr. Mebius is really joking. If we talk about 'holding back', doesn't your Lord, the First Herrscher of the former civilization, Mr. Mikael, do the same? He can make people awaken at will. The Second Herrscher has no power to fight back. If he was willing to use that kind of power from the beginning...haha...I'm not implying anything."

If you think Rita's words are provocative, you are totally wrong. The world is so magical sometimes. If an army wants to retreat, it needs to launch a counterattack against the enemy first. It's a very simple reason.

Just like if you want to stand up straight you must first bend down, if you want to bend down you must stand up straight first, if you want to gain weight you must first lose weight, if you want to lose weight you must first gain weight (cross out).

"Okay, Dr. Mebius, some of the unpleasant parts above are all due to Bishop Otto's orders and have nothing to do with me personally. Next, let's discuss the issue of cooperation, shall we?"

"Haha, it sounds so nice, but do you just want to test the purpose of the World Snake?"

Mebius didn't show any respect to Rita, but he also removed the flashing green lightning arc from his fingertips in front of Rita.

"Isn't Dr. Mebius curious about the purpose of destiny?"

Mebius tilted his head, "Do you still need to guess? Theresa is a traitor to your destiny. If you don't hunt her down, just wait for Christmas?"

Rita was silent for a full five seconds and said nothing more.

Although everyone knows this truth, everyone also knows that Kiana is not in Hyperion but in China, Mei is also in the hands of the World Serpent, and Theresa only has one former qualified person of the Fourth Herrscher, Wen. Ti, but the desire gem is on Kiana, and it doesn’t seem to matter where Wendy is.

As for Theresa being a traitor to destiny...what about being a traitor? Rita knew that Otto was not the kind of person who liked to do "meaningless" things. Instead of sending her, an S-class Valkyrie, to hunt down Hyperion, it would be better for her to go to Skydome City with Hollander to round up the second Second, that is safer.

Besides, with an S-class Valkyrie and a Snow Lotus team, she doesn't seem to have much chance of winning against the Hyperion led by former S-class Valkyrie Theresa, right?

So why did the Bishop ask her to cooperate with World Serpent again?

It seems to make sense, but Rita always feels that the bishop has hidden a lot of things from her...

It’s better not to think about this...

"Anyway, I wish World Snake and Tianming's second cooperation can be more pleasant than the last time."

Rita reached out to Mebius, but Mebius ignored her and turned to look at Chen Tianwu.

"Night Owl, go and inform the others that we will follow Tianming's airship to dive down, and they can go back."

"oh."

Chen Tianwu had no expression on his face, but he actually responded absently.

But then he reacted, and regardless of Rita being a few steps in front of him, he directly asked in a confused tone:

"Are you sure you want this, Dr. Mebius?"

"Huh? Destiny's Valkyrie combat airship does have a diving mode..."

"No, what I mean is that in an environment like the bottom of the sea, boarding Destiny's ship is equivalent to giving your life to the other party..."

"Why are you nervous!"

Mebius bit his finger and turned his attention to Rita who was smiling politely:

"It's more dangerous to go down with them in a submarine. You only need to press the fire button lightly, haha. But if we are together, if someone does some tricks, the airship will be destroyed and we will be destroyed. Anyway, I can't die, Rita. What about you? With your ability to freeze ice and cross the sea, you won’t freeze yourself into ice at the bottom of the sea, right?”

"I don't know, I've never tried it, but I think I won't be drowned by water thousands of meters deep."

Rita replied with a smile.

Chen Tianwu's eyes and Anna's met silently. No one spoke, even if it was just lip-talk, but they each understood the subtext in the other's eyes——

"Tianwu, what should we do?"

"Anna, what should we do?"