The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Today, it is an unprecedented honor to have so many people gathered here to listen to my few words. Therefore, I can't help but feel frightened. After all, I also know that what I have to say may be heard by many people, especially here. It’s something that many people don’t want to hear at this moment.”

The expensive speakers clearly spread the voice of the congressman on the podium to every corner within sight. The crowd of tens of thousands of people calmed down in an instant - it may be difficult for dozens of students in a class to complete such a rapid transition from being under the control of the disciplinary committee, but after expanding this number thousands of times, they have become the ones being controlled. Possibilities anchored by reality, for which all that can be said is that humans do at some point have the identity of being the primates of all things.

"Perhaps in the eyes of many of you, everything is progressing - the fathers have finally disclosed the existence of Honkai to everyone, and Destiny, Anti-Entropy, and Shenzhou have also put aside their prejudices and gradually promoted cooperation, and a large amount of military industry has been spawned for this. The demand for production has created countless jobs, causing the employment rate in North America to drop to its lowest point since 2008. And the most terrifying collapse cannot threaten our lives under the protection of our fathers. , most people must have begun to think about the future with an optimistic attitude, feeling that given the current situation, good times are definitely still to come... I think what I am talking about is not what a certain individual or a small group of people think. "

It was silent a moment ago, but when the congressman from Utah deliberately left enough holes in his long words, the calm crowd finally surged up, like a pot of water about to boil. Countless people Tiny water bubbles rushed from the bottom of the pot to the surface of the water, and various sounds buzzed in the air, but in the end it still did not reach the point of boiling.

The MPs standing in front of the podium couldn't help but smile when they saw this.

How could it boil over so easily?

Simple water vapor does have the power to bring about a huge change, but if the force that can lift the pot lid is not controlled and cannot drive the piston movement at the necessary time, then a complete set of supporting Steam engine parts and the more complex machinery driven by the steam engine would no longer function properly.

Therefore, the meaning of that smile is that everything is under control. Although it is a bit expensive, all the expenses will be reimbursed by Washington. He only needs to enjoy the results of this extravagant spending at this moment.

"But what I want to tell everyone is - wrong! Everyone thinks wrong!"

The sudden pitch of his voice made him want to clean out his earwax in a unique way for the people who were close to the speaker. People with a little experience can tell that he is pretending to be big-headed in order to draw out a certain argument. To be honest, this kind of behavior will make him somewhat embarrassed. People find it annoying.

But... hate is hate, and it is undeniable that even if they hate it, many people can't help but have a slight expectation of "wanting to know what he will say next" in their hearts.

"For the entire world, everything is indeed moving in a better direction. But for North America, for Utah, and especially for Salt Lake City, this is wrong! Everyone in Salt Lake City right now You may have doubts - Salt Lake City is protected by an anti-entropy base. It is certainly an exaggeration to say that it is the safest place in the world, but at least in the entire North America, except for Washington, there should be no place that is safer than Salt Lake City. right.

"I know that you must think so. Because Salt Lake City is where I grew up. Ever since I was a child, when introducing my hometown to others, I would always add a sentence at the end - Anti-entropy is here With the Salt Lake City base built, we are the safest place in North America. I think all of you folks must think so too.

"In fact, this was true until half a year ago. But since Anti-Entropy made a certain decision half a year ago, Salt Lake City has jumped from 'the safest place in North America' to possibly the 'most dangerous place in the world.' ——Perhaps some people still don’t know that the Second Herrscher, who once turned Siberia into a no-man’s land, killed tens of millions of people around the world, and caused a large number of collapse secondary disasters around the world in November last year, is now Right in the Salt Lake City base of Anti-Entropy!”

It was a message that could be called a big fire, but the corresponding pot of water did not boil.

People were just silent, silent, and the water that was about to boil seemed to be frozen in an instant and could not move.

The congressman from Utah raised his chin high. Only from this angle, the humans in the audience could not see his proud smile.

Everything is within his calculations. silence? freeze? What a joke.

If you want to stand up, you need to bend down first. If you want to jump, you must bend your knees first.

After a short period of silence, the platform immediately turned into a noisy vegetable market.

There were all kinds of sounds, but none of them could be heard clearly. However, the congressman from Utah does not need to hear everyone's voice clearly. As a mature politician, he only needs to predict and guide the general direction of the thoughts that this group of people can generate.

Counter-Entropy did not announce the situation of the Second Herrscher, which was indeed a wise move. No country would inform the general public of the location of its nuclear bomb storage. But from the perspective of the people, this is undoubtedly a deception, and it is a deception that will seriously threaten their own safety. It is an intolerable deception.

As the exposer of the scam, Mr. Congressman believes that he is not a bad person. As those who saw him off said, at the end of this speech, no one will lose anything - the anti-entropy will recall their responsibilities, the people will gain the necessary safety, and he himself will be punished for leaking important information. Asked to leave office, but his approval rating in Utah will undoubtedly skyrocket, and it is not impossible to come back with a new look after one or two terms, or even go further.

The only one injured was the Second Herrscher, but weren't the Second Herrsters their enemies?

"Some people may say that the leader of the anti-entropy alliance is not the First Herrscher? But in fact, the First Herrscher has been firmly on the side of mankind from the beginning, and the Second Herrscher has slaughtered countless of our compatriots. Apostle of Honkai! We can understand that some extraordinary measures may be needed to defeat Honkai, but I think this does not include allowing the Second Herrscher to operate in the Salt Lake City base as a normal person.

"What's more, since Tianming, Anti-Entropy and Shenzhou have shown us with countless achievements, they are fully capable of protecting our people from collapse with their current level of armed forces, and they have also received more financial budgets. , once again expanding the size of the armed forces, why bother to risk the lives of our people by asking for the help of an executioner whose hands are stained with human blood? "

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"Pfft!"

What no one expected was that the person who let out such contemptuous and weird laughter along with the congressman's speech was Su who was silent along the way.

Standing on the roof of a sixty-story building, with the wind constantly pulling her long hair, Su opened her eyes for the second time today.

"I thought this situation was familiar enough. I didn't expect that even the words were so...cliché."

He looked pointedly at the other man leaning on the concrete railing next to him, but quickly looked away.

"What's the meaning?"

Ji Zi stood behind him and asked softly.

"nothing."

Su read out these three words slowly, and then he couldn't hold back and let out another chuckle.

“It’s just that in our time, what you call pre-civilization, gatherings of this size also occurred, but it was the Eighth Herrscher, the Herrcher of Consciousness, who used his own power to forcibly guide human thoughts. In this sense, ordinary people do have the possibility of defeating the Herrscher - didn't this congressman do what the Herrscher could do only by relying on his power? And the words he said were just congressmen of our time? It’s just a slogan used to oppose the Fusion Warrior Plan and..."

Su's words silenced everyone, except for one person:

"This is not a question of ability. In fact, I don't know what situation the pre-civilization you mentioned is facing, but at least for now, this congressman himself does not have the ability to match the power of consciousness. If you say that The Herrscher of Knowledge lit a fire out of thin air, so what this councilor did was just blowing on the sparks that were about to ignite. "

The man smoothed back his black hair that was fluttering in the wind, put it behind his head with both hands, and tied it into a ball at the back of his head with a rubber band that he didn't know where.

"Do you also think that Kiana's existence itself is that Mars?"

Ji Zi's gaze turned dangerous for a moment.

"I didn't mean that. The same thing has different meanings in the eyes of different people. Kiana is indeed a Mars. Among us, there are also Principal Theresa, Leader Walter, and Dr. Einstein. In the eyes of Dr. Tesla, it is a fire that symbolizes hope, but in the eyes of ordinary people who do not know the inside story, it is indeed a disturbing flame that may cause a fire at any time and threaten their own safety.”

"For you to be an intern is simply humiliating."

Su Yi said pointedly.

"Both each other. Mr. Su must have been a doctor too. Temperament can always reflect many things."

Jizi's pupils shrank suddenly, and she didn't even hear clearly what Kruger said to Su after that. She just looked at Kruger's thin and haggard side face, and the appearance of another person suddenly emerged in her mind.

"Himeko!"

Different from the conversation outside, Bronya's voice directly affected her mind, pulling her out of her complicated thoughts.

"What should we do about the current situation...?"

The sentence was cut off in half after brewing, and Bronya left the decision-making power in the hands of Himeko, just like when she participated in the battle as the Valkyrie of the East Branch of Destiny.

However, Jizi's forehead was already covered with cold sweat.

There is no way, no way.

From the moment she stood on the top of this building, she had been deducing plans for possible conflicts in her mind. However, when the worst-case scenario appeared in front of her, she still could not come up with a feasible plan.

Any use of force is unwise and stupid, and it is impossible to solve the immediate problem. If something happens to the congressman who gave this speech, especially during the speech, the anti-entropy he blamed, and even Kiana herself will definitely become the biggest person responsible. The reason why Salt Lake City was chosen as the venue for the speech may be due to this consideration.

Looking back now, perhaps the only way is to let Su, the Forerunner with the power of mental perception, quietly control the speaker before the speech begins.

The enemy of the Valkyrie is Honkai, and not taking action against ordinary people is an insurmountable bottom line for most Valkyrie. After all, Ji Zi couldn't convince herself to take that step across the bottom line, and this led to the situation getting out of control at this moment.

After all, in this world, it is always extremely difficult to accomplish something, as if God deliberately uses such hardships to increase the value of success, but it is always very easy to do bad things.

However, now that we have reached this point, maybe there is still a way to save it?

Jizi's lower lip was bitten with blood by the tiger's teeth in an instant. She turned her head and looked at Su, her tone gradually changed from hesitation to firmness:

"Mr. Su, can you... change the memories of tens of thousands of people at once?"

Sue nodded, but then shook her head.

"I can do it, but..."

Su looked at the camera in front of the podium with drooping eyes, and spoke calmly and slowly:

"However, the speech just now should have been broadcast live on TV stations and the Internet."

"..."

Jizi opened her mouth with difficulty, and conveyed a slightly strange command through voice and mental communication at the same time:

"Attention everyone, from now on the task will be to maintain order on the scene and prevent any vicious incidents from happening!"

"What?"

"So that's it. Since any further intervention may become the target of public criticism, the only thing we can do is to try to prevent a worse situation - that is, we did nothing, but were suddenly or arranged by something vicious. Put your hat on."

Rita's voice sounded lightly, and just like the previous time, the only person she needed to explain to was Guinevere.

But at the moment when Guinevere patted her chest gently and let out a long sigh of relief, she suddenly saw something. Then she grabbed Jizi's wrist with one hand, pointed at the podium with the other and screamed:

"Hey!"

Of course, the correct message cannot be accurately conveyed by just three "eh" words. Let alone three such exclamation words, even stacking three hundred of them is undoubtedly useless in terms of expression.

But when Himeko looked in the direction of Guinevere's finger, she effortlessly understood what this reckless girl wanted to express - they seemed to be a step slower.

There was already a humanoid mecha that was supposed to maintain order. He roughly pushed aside the crowd and jumped onto the podium recklessly. Then, waving his iron fist, he directly grabbed the back collar of the reprimanding and screaming congressman and lifted him up.

Then, through the microphone on the podium, this strangely behaving mecha pointed at the panicked congressmen, and with the unique cold mechanical voice of artificial intelligence, it shouted words with a strong Tesla style:

"I, bah... you are a timid, selfish, idiot... you don't understand at all, what is Honkai, what is the Lawyer... what on earth are you, blind. Only discerning people will elect you as a member of parliament!”

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have spoken loudly!"

Although his words have become much more restrained than Dr. Tesla's, some words may have been harmoniously filtered by the mecha's own artificial intelligence system from the beginning. But even so, it was enough to make the few people observing secretly stunned.

"This...is this mecha loaded with Dr. Tesla's voice pack?"

Guinevere lightly made a cold joke that even she didn't find funny. Obviously, no one had the time to respond to her.

Ji Zi fell into hesitation again - is the unexpected situation in front of her considered a "malignant incident"? If left unchecked, she could even imagine that in less than an hour, a call from Washington would come to Dr. Tesla's office. Those congressmen would definitely use the situation to extort a batch of weapons and equipment from Anti-Entropy. Best results…

But when it comes to action, what is there to do?

The saddest thing in the world is that when you discover a problem, you also discover your own powerlessness.

However, it seems to be in response to Guinevere's joke - not the previous one, but the earlier prediction: "Fortunately, the weapons have been dismantled, otherwise it would be terrible if the mecha loses control or something." .

Yes, prophecy.

The behavior of the mecha carrying the congressman and scolding her was indeed outrageous, but it was funny enough. While it was surprising, it also made people relax their vigilance, giving them a sense of deja vu that "no matter how bad things get, this is the way it is."

However, all this soon fell apart.

There is one truth that is obvious but is always easily overlooked - when a mecha has a problem, can all the mechas present still be trusted?

Not even time was given to raise such questions. Thousands of mechas that were supposed to be deployed to maintain order suddenly began to push and push the humans who stretched their necks to watch the excitement. Dozens of the mechas closest to the front actually rushed towards the podium again - in addition to the Utah congressman who was picked up, there were also a bunch of organizers and three people from the Washington Senate on the podium. Where is the master!

Although the mecha was not loaded with weapons, it was clear from its raised fists that it was evil.

"Himeko!"

"Bronya is responsible for long-range sniping. Xi'er, Rita, Anna, and Chen, stop those mechas!"

Now that things have reached the point of no return, there is nothing to hesitate about.

Those mechas still retain the anti-entropy paint and emblems. If they don't do something, it will really be too late.

But, is this all right?