The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Kiana, do you feel... uh... are you feeling better? Dr. Tesla... uh... what does the physical examination report say?"

"Of course...hey...no problem! Don't worry, Ya...hey...he's in good health! It's just, uh, Teslabo...hey...he was in a hurry to check my body as soon as he came up...hey... Hey...it's already nine o'clock and I feel so hungry.

"Ah! I'm sorry... Hehe... I made curry rice, I just thought you would lose your appetite... Just wait a minute, I'll heat it up for you now!"

"Hehe! As long as the food is cooked by Mei Yi, I will never lose my appetite no matter what time! Hey... Mei Yi... just give me a bowl. I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep at night if I eat too much!"

"Okay, okay... eh -"

The girls' conversation came to an end, and for a moment there was only the endless blind sound of electricity in the earphones.

The electromagnetic field in Changkong City is in an extremely active state, so much so that signal transmission even across a few rooms becomes unsmooth. Specifically, it's this torturous electric sound in the headphones.

The woman tapped the plastic shell of the earphones with her longer fingernails, and the crisp "tap-tap-tap" made her ears feel more comfortable. However, if she really wanted to feel more comfortable, it might be better to take off her headphones, but she didn't choose to do so.

They were Kiana Kaslana who was found in the ruins of Gangnan District, the former Changkong City, three minutes and fifty-seven seconds before 17:00 East Ninth District time.

Kaslana…

The specific location was on the third floor of an abandoned house. Of course, given that the places above the third floor of the house were missing and the places below the third floor were submerged, she seemed to have no other choice.

However, as the water level surged, the girl's consciousness was blurred when she was found. Half of her body was soaked in water full of Honkai energy radiation. It was conservatively estimated that she had been soaked for more than an hour, which made her physical condition worse.

To describe it in a more intuitive way, the erosion lines of Honkai energy on her wrists have crawled down her arms to her shoulders, and some of them have even reached her neck.

The results of the physical examination were certainly not ideal, but Kiana didn't seem to have any intention of letting Mei Yi know about it. She put on a long-sleeved coat and specifically asked Tesla for a red scarf to wear.

"Haha, you and the two of them are really on the same page when it comes to forcing yourself."

There had been no sound from the bugging device for a long time. The woman took off her earphones in a daze, stood up from her seat, and stretched exaggeratedly.

"Ha-yeah!"

tapping? Disgraceful perhaps. No, no, it should be said that eavesdropping is certainly not a glorious act. And it wasn't just eavesdropping. Wasn't the scene in Kiana's room live broadcast on the big screen in front of the woman?

It's eavesdropping + surveillance! However, the surveillance camera is not hidden, but is openly lit.

Eh? Why do you do this...

Mainly, for women, everything in this world is too boring, and observing these two girls is a rare pleasure. Who knows that between the two of them, one is the Herrscher who inherited the surname Kaslana, and the other looks so similar to his comrade.

Okay, the above is all a joke, please don't believe the opening words of a woman who is determined to deceive everyone at the same time.

The real reason is that in view of the power that Kiana now possesses, and considering that she is now in the stage of Honkai energy erosion, it is necessary to monitor her.

This is nothing, at least Velvet thinks it is nothing. After all, they have experienced this kind of thing before - after becoming a fusion warrior and undergoing a second operation on overweight and super-transformation, the Fire Chaser Moth will all be aware of it. They perform similar operations. As for the length of monitoring, it depends on the situation. She remembers that she experienced one month of close observation and three months of continuous observation.

It's just that the method is not as simple and crude as eavesdropping.

Of course, there is no need for them to be eavesdropped. The eavesdropping was targeted at Raiden Mei. The identity of this girl is very subtle, and even Dr. Tesla thinks so - Mei had the best relationship with Mikael in the past, and this time she "escaped from Mikael". "Come back.

Whether you want to trust or not is one thing, but trust cannot solve all problems.

After thinking about it, Velvet sat back down.

"But... the curry rice made by Mei Yi is really unexpectedly delicious. The fact that a girl with such a face can make such delicious curry rice is beyond imagination. All the magic tricks that magician guy has ever performed.”

She seemed to be remembering some unbearable past events, and couldn't help but take a huge courtesy from the table in front of her and cover her face.

"Oh wow wow wow—owe!"

Under the warm wrap of the seat, her sleepiness became more prevalent, and she couldn't help but yawned again.

This period of time can be regarded as running around for days. Even though she is no longer a normal person, even if she can have multiple personalities taking turns on duty, she rarely feels tired. Who makes the magician always go crazy? At such a critical moment, in order to prevent unexpected situations from happening, the conductor must also maintain a state that can take over the body at any time. He really does not have a good rest.

"Um?"

Mei didn't know why it took so long to warm up and eat. There was still only Kiana on the screen, but she was smiling and looking at Velvet through the screen.

"Tsk!"

In terms of sheer stupidity, this girl was extremely outstanding even among the Kaslanas she had ever seen.

Suddenly, the red light on the table suddenly turned on and then turned off quickly, as if it was a reminder.

Three seconds later, the red light continued to sound rhythmically:

【－·－·,－－－,－－,·,····,·,·－·,·]

"Huh? Let me go there..."

Putting the hat gently on her head, Velvet walked to the door in two or two steps, pushed the door open a gap, and heard two footsteps not far away but not close.

The body slipped out from the gap in the door, and moved forward along the passage of the cabin, stopping at the third turning. There was no need to go any further. The scent of curry was wafting in the air. On the passage where he turned, Leiden Meiyi was holding a large plate. Curry rice stood in front of Tesla.

"Dr. Tesla, please stop lying to me. Kiana's health will definitely not be as good as you said, right!"

"Oh... Mei, you have to believe in scientific testing. There is really nothing wrong with her!"

"But you didn't show me the test report?"

"Well……"

"And I know Kiana, it is indeed cold outside, but the air-conditioning temperature in the Helios cabin is enough for just wearing a single coat. The Valkyrie armor itself also has a temperature adjustment function, why bother putting on a coat and wearing a coat? Where's the scarf? Forget it if it's someone else. In the past, even if there was no heating or air conditioning, Kiana would get so hot that she would start to take off her clothes after eating a bowl of instant noodles. How could she..."

"Well……"

"So, she is dressed like this, either because she really feels cold, or to cover up some traces - no matter what it is, it means that her current physical condition is not optimistic, right?"

"Cough cough cough!"

Tesla coughed violently. In Mei's opinion, this might be the embarrassment after the lie was exposed, but Velvet knew that Tesla was aware of her arrival and hoped that she could stand up and solve the current problem.

But Velvet didn't intend to do that.

"It's really interesting."

When she was looking through her resume before, she felt that Raiden Mei's personality was too different from that of her friend. She was just a weak and unassertive little girl - which was of course one of the reasons why she adopted the eavesdropping method.

But the fact is that after experiencing life and death, finally obtaining safety guarantees, and the people they care about most are close to their eyes, most people will more or less lose part of their ability to think rationally and observe. And Raiden Meiyi is obviously not one of them.

Keen observation ability is secondary. After discovering a problem, instead of directly attacking the person involved, he came to Dr. Tesla to understand the situation.

During the questioning process, the words and tone were inevitably a little irritable, but they were far from hysterical. It's enough to see this girl's calmness.

Sure enough, how could someone with that face and that name be an ordinary girl? Even though I knew that this unreasonable idea came from the overly dazzling performance of my comrade in the past, or in other words, he loved the house and the bird, but Velvet had no intention of correcting her.

Correspondingly, the thought of "pity" even flashed through her mind——

It's a pity...this girl is no longer the Herrscher.

With her qualifications, it might be a good choice to try to "evolve" and then completely master the power of the Herrscher of Thunder. It's a pity, it's such a pity, that core is already in Kiana's body.

It is unwise to pile too much combat power on one person. Kiana will not be able to master other powers besides the power of the sky in the short term. Even if it is the man who can reproduce all other powers, except for his own reason, Apart from powers, the only one who is most proficient in using them is the Sky Power, which has been used for the longest time - didn't Fire Chaser Moth once make a joke about "Mikael, the Herrscher of Sky"?

Not to mention, the huge Honkai energy in this core has now become a burden on Kiana's body.

"Dr. Tesla, someone told me that silence cannot solve the problem. Since you don't say anything, I can only rely on the current situation to guess - Kiana...is Honkai erosion serious?"

"Cough cough cough cough!"

There was another violent cough. After waiting for two or three seconds without receiving reinforcements, Dr. Tesla, who had always been strong, could only reluctantly admit what Mei said:

"This... Indeed, you guessed it right. But! Don't be discouraged, right! Our anti-entropy technology is very advanced, and now we have the support of two former civilization doctors, like Kiana. The situation is just so-so!”

"Yeah……"

Mei Yi sighed softly. If it weren't for what Mikael said, she might have simply believed Tesla's excuse.

But precisely because she could tell which of Mikael's words were lies and which were not, she was able to find so many flaws in Tesla's refusal in an instant.

Anti-entropy technology is indeed very advanced. In terms of mechanical science alone, Tianming is not as good as it is. However, biotechnology and medical treatment are obviously not the areas where anti-entropy has advantages. Of course, the most important thing is that Dr. Tesla's words are a little too subjective. When this kind of emotional rather than rational narrative appears on scientists, either their feelings have really reached a point where they have to be poured out, or they are not sincere.

"Dr. Tesla..."

She was going to continue asking, but then she thought again that the question that puzzled her, considering Dr. Tesla's expertise...may not get the answer she wanted.

I heard from Dr. Tesla before that there was a doctor from a previous civilization on this ship, maybe it would be better to ask her?

After wasting so long, the plate in her hand was a little cold, and even the surface of the curry was covered with a thin layer of oil film.

Meiyi thought that she should let Kiana finish her meal first, and then find a chance to ask...

"Boom--"

The thoughts were interrupted by the sudden roar, but the abnormality captured by the hearing was not all. Soon - perhaps only one or two seconds later, the medium-sized transport ship parked on the high ground also shook and vibrated.

"What's going on? Is there an earthquake?"

By the time Meiyi reacted, the plate full of curry rice had already smashed to pieces on the ground.

But the panic had not really awakened yet, and the vibration disappeared again.

"What's going on?"

Mei and Tesla looked at each other. It was obvious that they couldn't get an answer from each other.

"Mei, take another bowl of curry rice to Kiana. Dr. Tesla, check if Helios is damaged. As for the vibration just now... I'll go out and take a look."

The third voice suddenly sounded. Mei turned her head suddenly and saw a woman standing behind her with a style that was uh... exaggerated? Uh... strange? Anyway, this woman's style was not mainstream.

From her tone, could it be...

"Ahhh! You two-color pompadour! So you're here! I hinted at you so many times just now, but you didn't come out!"

The rational impression of the scientist collapsed in Mei's mind.

"Don't say that, it's only twice."

Vilvi smiled lightly, her eyes stayed on Mei for a moment, and without waiting for their reactions, she left on her own.

"Bang——"

The moment the hatch opened, the night wind rushed in with rain, directly soaking the entire corridor. The red light on the top of the hatch lit up, accompanied by a low alarm, which meant that the hatch could not be closed normally in this state.

Vivi held her hat with her hand and walked out in the wind and rain.

The source of the vibration was much easier to find than she thought. She understood it almost the moment she wiped the rain off her face - there was really no way. Even on a rainy night with extremely poor visibility, the huge, struggling body not far away was too conspicuous.

"Is it a Honkai beast? Oh... I've seen this thing in the information. It's called Benares. The companion Honkai beast of the Second Herrscher... Did it follow after sensing the Second Herrscher's aura on Kiana... So troublesome, the estimated distance is about one or two kilometers? It seems to be okay. If you catch a cold, just give your body to the magician temporarily."

[Hey! I heard it! I heard it all! ]

Ignoring the warnings and complaints of another personality in her mind, the conductor Vivi strode into the wind and rain.

There was no moonlight, no street lights, no light at all. The night deprived the world of all colors, leaving only the simplest outline.

Keep moving forward, keep moving forward, sometimes suddenly stop, but forget where you are, only the heavy rain is falling down, the whole person seems to be lost in the eternal blue sea.

The only thing that can point out the direction is Benares's groan.

But when she walked to Benares, she saw a familiar figure as expected.

The man held an umbrella in one hand and pressed the other hand on Benares' body. The palm of his hand emitted a soft green light, and the corresponding wound was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

But Benares didn't seem to appreciate it. From time to time, he grinned at the man, but it stopped there. Maybe he hated it, but he didn't dare.

"Mikael?"

Hearing the voice, the man glanced behind him.

It was not difficult to see the outline of the person coming, and the dress was also quite recognizable.

But he said nothing until the wound in front of him healed completely.

"Why? Shouldn't you run away immediately when you see me?"

Vilvi spread her hands exaggeratedly.

"Does it make sense? If you are here because you like Kiana, what difference does it make whether I run away or not?"

"I think it still makes sense."

Vilvi laughed.

"It seems that neither of us intends to do it. If you don't object, I will go back to sleep first."

Staring closely at Mikael's back, Vilvi's footsteps have begun to slowly retreat.

Fortunately, the conductor is in control of the body at this time. If it were a magician, it would probably be difficult to control the instinct to perform a scary magic for Mikael - such as directly conjuring a Mobius?

"Okay." Mikael replied in this way. Mikael just replied in this way, but suddenly he threw his hand. Vilvi saw a black shadow coming towards her. She instinctively caught it, but it was the umbrella that Mikael was holding.

When she looked back at Benares, the man was no longer there. The umbrella in her hand became the only proof that he had ever been there.

"Huh... so scary!"

It would be a lie to say that she wasn't scared. Although there were a lot of things that she hadn't figured out, the memory of dying once was still extremely painful and clear.

When she thought of those things, she became listless and confused for the first time, and before she knew it, she had walked back to Helios.

He used his arms to grab the hatch and closed it manually. He shook off the rainwater on his umbrella, and thinking that it was something Mikael had made casually, he found an empty cabin and threw it in.

Velvet quickly regained her composure, but when she thought about the task of monitoring Kiana, she couldn't help but have a headache.

But the headache was useless. Rather, the long time had made her numb, so she couldn't help but speed up her pace.

But suddenly, the steps stopped.

She heard the sound of dishes being washed, and the faint sobbing of a girl——

"Idiot... bell pepper curry, how can it be spicy..." (End of Chapter)