The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"I'm sorry, there's only one thing you need to do - leave this girl behind, then raise your hands and go back the same way."

The remote command mecha showed no confusion or hesitation about Ying's request, and it was not difficult to see Mei's attitude from it.

According to the woman's habit of always showing her attitude inadvertently, was this a hint that she should surrender immediately?

Ying didn't know, but she knew that Mei would definitely predict her choice.

"I refuse."

Ying held the scabbard with her left hand, pushed the blade out a little with her thumb, and pulled the knife out with her right hand.

The white sword light divided the space, but the only response to it was the sound of the air whizzing.

The tip of the knife pointed obliquely at the ground. Even at this point, Ying did not choose to act directly, but asked again:

"I need to talk to Mei."

The voice was flat and lacked ups and downs, but it was clear that there was no room for change.

"I repeat, CM-004, you have no other choice."

The operator behind the command mecha was not afraid. The dialogue between the two sides was not equal. If Sakura was blocked here, the hope of taking Ling away would be slimmer as time went on.

But for the warrior behind the command mecha, even if the mecha was broken by Sakura, he would not be affected. He might be dizzy for a few days because of the neural connection, but the problem was not serious. So he could be fearless in front of Sakura. Anyway, he was not the one who was anxious, and he was just strictly following orders.

"Okay. Since Mei is unwilling, I have no choice."

Sakura sheathed the knife, but her right hand did not release the handle of the knife. The left hand also held the scabbard tightly, and her body was slightly lowered.

"This action is..."

Bronya, who was standing behind her, widened her eyes. She would not be unfamiliar with this action after practicing with Mei many times. Is it impossible to talk about it? The relationship between Sakura and Dr. Mei does not seem to be as good as imagined? Or did she guess something wrong at the beginning...

Just thinking about this, a "sudden" sound rang in her ears, and the icy long sword drew an arc, leaving a trace almost like the moonlight in the space. The whole world in front of her seemed to be frozen for a few seconds at this moment.

No, it's not frozen. Bronya is sure, certain, and sure.

In the "several seconds", Bronya can clearly feel her heartbeat, the secretion of saliva under her tongue, and the stinging pain in her eyes from the sword light...

Time is not frozen, but the sword appeared too quickly, so that people's sense of time becomes dull.

It's like once a musical instrument is tuned wrong at the beginning, the tone will be messed up afterwards.

"Hiss-click-click"

Golden sparks appeared on the armor of the thirteen mechas at the same time, and then with a slanted black line in the space as the absolute reference, all the parts of the mechas above the black line slid down along the angle of the black line, and fell heavily to the ground, making a loud noise that made the entire base cabin tremble.

"Solved." Sakura habitually reached into the carrying gear on her waist. No matter who she killed, leaving a forget-me-not was both a sign of identity and a habit. However, her fingers did not touch anything. She then remembered that she was in a hurry to return to the base and basically brought nothing except a Cold Prison Ice Sky. However, since the other party was originally a mecha, there was no need to abide by this rule. "Let's go to the archives room quickly. The conflict has already occurred. My original identity in the Fire Chaser Moth is useless. We must find the location of Ling and your sister in the shortest time." Sakura turned her head, but Bronya couldn't tell whether she was talking to Bronya or just confirming the target in a soliloquy. All Bronya could do was nod and keep up with her pace. There was only less than a hundred meters to the archives room, and the two did not encounter any guards again. The door of the archives room was closed. Sakura originally had the corresponding authority, so she tried it, and the authority had been revoked as expected. "Heh, Mei's movements are so fast?"

Sakura smiled bitterly and swung a mediocre sword, and the door of the archive room collapsed. But at the same time, mechanical and orderly footsteps were heard in the darkness behind them.

"As expected of Mei..."

Sakura sighed, quickly scanned the entire archive room, and after confirming that there were no strange things ambushed here, she gently patted Bronya's shoulder.

"Bronya, I'll leave it to you to find the location of Ling and your sister. Can you do it?"

Bronya glanced at the large light that was dimly lit in the darkness. It was the lighting equipment on the mecha... As expected, getting involved in this matter would be a disaster...

But there was no other way.

She nodded vigorously.

"Well, let me deal with these annoying things."

Sakura held the long sword horizontally in front of her. The next moment, the figure blocking Bronya disappeared, and instead, a cold light lit up in the darkness deeper in the passage.

"Huh..." Bronya took a deep breath, patted her head, and quickly rushed to the terminal in the archive room. Since she had chosen to follow this woman named Sakura, there was no other way. It seemed that this organization called the Fire Moth and the Dr. Mei, who she could not determine whether it was the one she knew, did not intend to communicate properly. For now, she could only leave her life to Sakura.

And, she is really strong.

With her fingers dancing on the projected keyboard, Bronya typed out lines of code skillfully, easily gaining all the permissions of the terminal.

"Strange, most of the code can run. Is this really the previous era?"

She first searched for information related to Xi'er, but found nothing. It seemed that the world would not lie for her. Xi'er was not imprisoned here, and it was possible that she was not even in this world. Of course, the premise of the latter possibility is that this world, as she suspected, is the same place that she was pulled into before in the Oceania branch. It is a world bubble that records the history of 50,000 years ago.

She quickly turned her search target to Ling, and effortlessly found several recent records——

[Zhuhuo 3:24 on May 5, 2012:]

[Report: Suspect No. 1 has an obvious Honkai Impact reaction in his body. Should he be transferred to the 33rd floor underground? 】

[Reply: Approved. 】

[PS: The Honkai energy reaction that Alicia is chasing has been confirmed to be from Herrscher, but no traces of life activity have been found in the area. It is currently impossible to confirm how the Herrscher did this, but judging from the current situation, the No. 1 suspect is very likely to have become the Herrscher. Ordinary soldiers are not allowed to come into contact with Suspect No. 1, and the escort task will be completed by Kevin. After entering the thirty-third underground floor, Suspect No. 1 will also be under the personal supervision of Kevin, and the others are prohibited from approaching. 】

[Another report (advanced encryption):]

[Mei, suspect No. 1 is Ying’s sister after all. Should we inform her first before we do this? 】

[Reply (Advanced Encryption):]

[First of all, in this case please call me Dr. May, Colonel Kevin. Secondly, Alicia had informed Sakura before, and I promised her at that time to give her a chance to rescue Ling, but...Kevin, things are different now. Previously, there was only a small amount of Honkai energy reaction, which could not even reach the level of transforming people into dead soldiers. It doesn't explain too many problems. However, the magnitude of the Honkai energy reaction not long ago was close to the level of an emperor-level Honkaimon. Suzu had not undergone super-transformation surgery, and despite such a powerful Honkai energy reaction, she did not experience the symptoms of Honkai disease or the transformation into a dead soldier. , what the answer is, Kevin, you should know. 】

[Also reported (advanced encryption): OK, I will carry out your orders, Mei. 】

[Reply (advanced encryption): Kevin, you are responsible for the escort and custody of Ling. Do you understand what I mean? 】

[Another report (advanced encryption): Understand, before Ling becomes a Herrscher, I won’t let anyone hurt her, and I don’t believe anyone would do that. But if she turns into a Herrscher in front of me, I will kill her immediately. 】

[Reply (not sent): Kevin, do you believe those soldiers... Well, I don't have as much contact with them as you do, so I trust your judgment. 】

"..."

Bronya swallowed hard, her clenched fists trembling, and her thick bangs seemed to be stuck to her forehead with sweat.

"The Herrscher...Sakura's sister became the Herrscher?"

She patted her head hard again.

"No! Even if you become a Herrscher, it's not impossible to fight for humanity! Isn't that the case with Walter, the leader of the anti-entropy alliance? And Sister Mei, can't she also suppress the Herrscher's consciousness through other means... …It’s okay…it’s okay…”

Footsteps sounded behind her, and Bronya's expression returned to her dead-eye state again.

"What about Bronya, do you have any clues?"

Do you want to tell Sakura the truth?

Bronya hesitated for a moment and replied concisely:

"Found it, thirty-three floors underground."

Sakura's eyes lit up, and then she asked again:

"Where is your sister? Do you have any clues about her?"

Bronya opened her jaw, and for a moment no sound came out of her mouth.

She gradually realized a problem - the woman in front of her, who gave off a cold feeling no matter how she looked or fought, really cared about her.

He would waste time on her, Bronya, in a hurry to save his sister, and worry about whether she could find her sister.

Is this... the former comrade-in-arms of Mikael and Dr. Mei?

It feels completely different from him, her, and Velvet.

Her throat rolled, and Bronya's eyes flashed with imperceptible sadness, but this time it was no longer "acting" like before.

But in Sakura's eyes, this seemed to mean something silently.

"sorry."

She clenched her fists again and tried to comfort Bronya with more optimistic words.

"It's okay, Bronya, maybe your sister has been transferred to another place... Just looking at it this way, how many children have been captured by the Fire Chasing Moth?"

Sakura raised her palm, as if she wanted to rub Bronya's head, but in the end, she just took Bronya's hand.

"We have to speed up, follow me, Bronya, I will definitely take you out, and then we will go find your sister together, okay?"

The root of her nose suddenly became sore, and Bronya couldn't figure out her thoughts for a while. She only remembered that she nodded slightly, and then she was pulled by Sakura to run again.

It wasn't that she didn't understand the situation, it was just that Bronya felt an unprecedented emotion from the woman in front of her whom she had only known for less than twenty minutes.

It feels a bit like Cocolia's mother, but even when she and Cocolia had the best relationship, the other party did not express her concern so directly. If it weren't for the memory of the fever, Bronya would sometimes wonder if Cocolia just regarded her as a slightly special tool?

Oh, I remember that the feeling that Sakura gave her in these short ten minutes was more like Nata, more like a "sister". It's just that Bronya and Natasha are not sisters after all. They may have such a possibility, but before that, they have become comrades fighting side by side, and Natasha only regards her as a peer most of the time, rather than a child who needs more care and comfort.

"..."

She has always played the role of a sister in front of others, and this is the first time she has experienced this concern from a "sister".

This matter is like a dream from beginning to end, and Bronya is also very sober-this is probably a dream like the previous world bubble.

"Forget it. If we can take Seele back to the original world, let's ask Dr. Mei and Velvet about the whereabouts of 'Sakura'."

Bronya wanted to find her. No, Bronya must find her now. This was an emotional impulse similar to the desire to find Seele, even though it was only for a moment, and even though Bronya did not realize what this impulse meant.

The dark corridor seemed to have no end at all. It might also be that when Bronya realized that Seele was not in this world, she no longer had much expectation for what would happen next.

However, the same emotion sometimes has the opposite interpretation, for example, she simply did not want to see what would happen next.

She still ran with her head down, following Sakura's rhythm with every step, but she suddenly held Sakura's hand with force.

"Sakura, there is something I want to tell you."

"What?"

"I just saw..."

"Stop!"

Bronya's head hit Sakura's back directly. She quickly adjusted her position and stood almost side by side with Sakura, and she quickly realized what was happening.

It was a tall figure holding a flaming sword upside down, blocking the last intersection before they went to the elevator leading to the 33rd floor underground.

"Kevin, are you going to stop me too?"

Sakura put her hand on the hilt again, without any hesitation.

"Oh, that's right. As long as it's Dr. Mei's request, no matter if you think it's reasonable or not, you will do it."

They... are probably comrades-in-arms, right?

Looking at the long sword full of coldness in Sakura's hand and the flaming sword in the hand of the white-haired man not far away, these two weapons made Bronya feel that they were much more dangerous than the weapons of the Gods of Destiny. And the strength that Sakura showed before, killing twelve heavy Titan-like mechas in such an easy way... She had not seen the battle of the S-class Valkyrie with her own eyes, so it was difficult to make an analogy, but it was definitely stronger than all the A-class Valkyries she had seen.

The man in front of her dared to stop her alone, and he was definitely not weaker than her. Bronya didn't believe that a civilization could cultivate too many such warriors, and Sakura was originally a warrior of the Fire Moth, which means that they were indeed comrades-in-arms.

But... Bronya couldn't feel any trust between comrades from the two people who were confronting each other.

All she could feel was vigilance, suspicion... and the chill in the air that almost condensed into a solid body.

Wait!

"Kevin? This name is a bit...his?"

Bronya didn't care when she saw it in the file before, but now she realized that the man in front of her was the one they wanted to rescue when they came to Haiyuan City.

The so-called, the only warrior who had a chance to defeat Mikael.