The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

[July 11, 2017]

[11:53 (GMT) 12:53 (Kingdom HQ) 4:53 (PT)]

[The Tower of Babel appeared at 11:47 (GMT)]

[Currently available information A: A tower of towers appeared in the Canaan region. Although it is not located in the Shinar land marked in Genesis Chapter 11, Section 2, it perfectly meets the characteristics of "reaching the sky" and the Judeans of Canaan did participate in the construction of the Tower of Babel as slaves after the defeat, so it was named the Tower of Babel (Note: To distinguish it from the former Tower of Babylon, the name "Babel" is temporarily adopted). ]

[Currently available information B: The Tower of Babel grew most rapidly in the first half minute after its appearance, and its height stopped changing one minute after its appearance. The current highest point is 78,596.12 meters above sea level, close to the thermosphere. Considering the laws of physics, as the height of the Tower of Babel increases, the ground coverage of the Tower of Babel is also expanding. When it first appeared, it just included the old city of Judea, the Mount of Olives, and Mount Zion. At present, the diameter of the bottom layer has expanded to nearly 200 kilometers. Amman, Caesarea, and the suburbs of Rahat have begun to be swallowed by the tower. Judea has been completely swallowed up, and Tel Aviv-Jaffa and Palmachim have basically been swallowed up. 】

【Currently available information C: One minute after the Tower of Babel appeared, due to the fixed height, the range of the bottom of the tower no longer expanded. A large number of collapsed beasts, dead soldiers, and new monsters named "Imaginary God's Skeleton" began to pour out of the tower. At present, 678 collapsed beasts of 10 meters and 83 collapsed beasts of 20 meters and above have been found. There are 20 collapsed beasts of 100 meters. Prepare to establish a preliminary defense line in the Sinai Peninsula in the south and the Beirut-Damascus line in the north. Due to the terrain, the eastern defense line plans to abandon the Mesopotamian Plain and the peninsula and establish a defense line on the Elam Plateau. The final defense line blueprint, the northern line will retreat to the Anatolian Plateau and the Armenian Plateau at most, the eastern line of the Zhagros Mountains is the final defense line, and the southern line will be considered abandoned after the Sinai Peninsula and the Red Sea defense line are completely lost. In other words, in view of the deterioration of the situation, it is planned to abandon a large area including Syria, Canaan, Babylon, the Peninsula, and Egypt. 】

【Currently available intelligence D: 11:52 (Greenwich Mean Time), the Honkai Beasts, the Death Soldiers, and the Virtual God Remains that appeared from the Tower of Babel began to move westward along the surface of the White Sea, and the first Fourth Mecha Wing has all set out to meet them. Attached is the Bishop's Order No. 357 of the Mandate of Heaven: "After receiving this order, the navies of the countries under the Mandate of Heaven should assemble as quickly as possible and make every effort to form three lines of defense: Cyprus-Red Sea, Rhode Island-Cyrenaica, Italy-Sicily-Malta-Tunisia. Please refer to Plan B for the specific formation and command structure. Once the third line of defense is breached, the Honkai beasts will reach directly below the floating port of the Mandate of Heaven headquarters, so the naval fleets of various countries must assemble as quickly as possible. Repeat, assemble as quickly as possible!"

[Currently available information E: Former Mandate of Heaven B-class Valkyrie, the second Herrscher, Kiana Kaslana has been confirmed to have disappeared at the Anti-Entropy Sacramento Base at 11:07 (Greenwich Mean Time). At the same time, a total of 998 Thousand-man Herrscher cores stored in the Anti-Entropy Sacramento Base, the L037 warehouse of the first floating port of the Mandate of Heaven headquarters, the No. 076 warehouse for the storage of Honkai-related items in Shenzhou, and the A warehouse on the B33rd floor of the World Serpent headquarters all disappeared. Monitoring cannot prove how the core disappeared, and the possibility that Babel Tower is a counterattack by the Thousand Herrschers cannot be ruled out. 】

【Currently available information F: The current Houkai energy reaction at the center of Babel Tower is about 5600HW, and the Herrscher has been confirmed to appear. The Houkai order is unknown, the Herrscher order is unknown, and the Herrscher power is unknown. Since the Houkai energy reaction has exceeded the reaction of ordinary Herrschers, it is suspected that there are multiple Herrschers (not the Thousand Herrscher type), but it cannot be ruled out that it is a single Herrscher, or that some of the Houkai energy reactions come from the second Herrscher. 】

【Currently available information G: Due to excessive Houkai energy deposition, the space and light in the area around Babel Tower are distorted. The images obtained by satellite and aerial photography are extremely low in clarity, but it can be roughly distinguished that the architectural form of Babel Tower is highly similar to that of the Domination Theater. The doors and windows are all sealed, and the internal situation cannot be observed. In addition: The Houkai energy density in the area around 10KM of the Babel Tower is extremely high, and 35 pilots have died because they are too close to the Babel Tower. In view of this, the possibility of ordinary people surviving in the area swallowed by Babel Tower should be ruled out. 】

"How is it? This is all the information we know so far. I have not concealed anything this time. If you don't believe me, you can also use your own means to investigate. But considering that the technical strength of Anti-Entropy is not fundamentally different from that of Destiny, I think it's better not to waste your time."

Otto crossed his index fingers and placed them on the table in front of his chest. His upper body remained straight on the chair, his back was not leaning against the back of the chair at all, and there was no familiar red wine glass at hand.

Such a serious attitude made everyone who was quite familiar with him feel something was wrong. If it weren't for the exaggerated welcome ceremony at the beginning that was quite in line with Otto's style, and if Otto had not left Orchiddale's sight for a long time afterwards, many people would probably think that he had been [replaced].

The air conditioner in the conference room was a little low, probably because of this. In short, after seeing the information displayed on the screen in front of them, the bodies of several people shivered uncontrollably.

"We will not question the accuracy of the intelligence, but... Bishop Otto, why don't any of the measures you take involve evacuation of civilians?"

After a while, Theresa broke the silence.

"Dear little Theresa, the situation has deteriorated to the point where we can no longer take care of this, so we can only leave the evacuation of civilians to the local government. Not to mention that the last piece of information has ruled out the possibility of those civilians still surviving... …”

Otto spread his hands, but when Theresa's face turned a little ugly, he suddenly added:

"However, since Ms. Teresa strongly requested...then Amber, please issue another bishop's decree, ordering the governments around Judea to organize people to evacuate based on the principle of giving priority to areas far away from the collapse site. Tell them, I don’t care about the speed of evacuation, I just ask that the order of evacuation be maintained.”

Theresa opened her mouth but did not refute this time.

After all, she was also the commander who had commanded the Second Herrscher encirclement and suppression campaign. Of course she understood that what Otto had made was the best decision, even if the evacuation policy sounded so ruthless.

But as the second half of the order said, the key point of evacuation is not simply the pursuit of speed, but the most important thing is order. Only when the order of evacuation is guaranteed can there be room for discussion of speed. If the evacuation starts from the area closest to the collapse site, it will often only result in a large number of main roads being blocked by vehicles fleeing in panic. Civilians in the inner circle will be unable to continue to evacuate, and civilians in the outer circle will be blocked in place by civilians who escaped from the inner circle. , and finally everyone became a dead soldier together.

Therefore, starting to evacuate from the outermost circle is undoubtedly a plan that can survive more people. As for the civilians in the inner circle, do they need rescue? Probably...it's not needed anymore.

There was another long silence in the conference room. Even Dr. Tesla, who couldn't stop talking, just poured water on himself one after another, as if he was blocking his mouth in this way.

Although the intelligence given by Otto seems to be eloquent and has countless photos and materials, it is far from enough for organizing a battle against the Herrscher, and the core intelligence is equivalent to none.

Is it the new Herrscher who is causing this chaos? Or the remnants of the Tenth Herrscher? Or is it both?

Is Kiana's disappearance related to the Tower of Babel? What's the situation with the second Herrscher in Kiana's body? Will he take this opportunity to seize Kiana's body like he did in the past, and then join forces with other Herrschers to destroy the world?

Everything is unknown, and these key information have not revealed any clues so far. Even if people are eager to formulate a combat plan, it can only be said that it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice.

Of course, the total time from the beginning of the collapse to the collection of the information was only six minutes. Counting the previous conversations, it was less than ten minutes until the Tower of Babel appeared.

During the second collapse, it wasn't until a few days after the Herrscher was born that Destiny responded by sending out a team led by Theresa, and it wasn't until the day after the Herrscher's complete outbreak that it sent out a support team led by Siegfried.

During the third collapse, it took more than two hours for the Far East branch closest to Changkong City to respond effectively.

In contrast, everyone seems a little anxious nowadays?

Whether you are anxious or not depends on the urgency of the situation.

When Siren first became a Herrscher, she was completely unable to control her power. She only carefully retaliated against the staff of the Tower of Babel in a way that would make any Herrscher feel ashamed. Until too many people disappeared, arousing the alert of Destiny.

Mei Yi quickly regained her human consciousness after her first awakening. The scope of the collapse was limited to Changkong City, and the outward spread was not large, which gave Tianming more time to react.

But what now? In just five minutes, the Canaan region from Judea to the White Sea coast has been completely occupied. Even if the spread of Honkai will gradually slow down, in half an hour, the front of Honkai will definitely reach the north. Crossing the entire Syria and entering Anatolia, we will cross the Sinai Peninsula in the south and the vast plains in the east. If the defense line of the Zagros Mountains is also breached, we can only count on China to stop it...

Judging from the current situation, it may not take even half a day for Honkai to destroy the entire Central Asia and Near East.

After arriving there, Honkaimon will cross the narrow Dardanelles Strait and Bosporus Strait to attack Europe, wreak havoc on defenseless North Africa, and then sweep north from the Pillars of Hercules throughout Iberia. Peninsula - It's just like what the pagans did before destiny united Europe from the 7th to the 14th century.

However, there is no need to worry too much about the eastern front, which currently seems to be the most dangerous. Even if the entire Central Asia is destroyed, China will still have time to deploy a complete defense line along the Tianshan-Congling-Tufan Plateau line. If even China's defense line cannot support it, , by that time, the Tianming headquarters had already fallen, and everyone didn’t need to care about what happened next.

"hateful!"

Dr. Tesla knocked hard on the wall with his robotic arm, and an apple-sized dent appeared in the poor armored wall in an instant.

Amber heard the sound and looked over. She instinctively wanted to remind this highly qualified doctor to pay for the repair cost of the wall, but was interrupted by Otto's suddenly raised palm.

And the next moment, the door of the small conference room was suddenly opened, and the corners of the white coat flew with the eager footsteps of the visitor, and the white reflection on the pair of round lenses made it impossible for everyone to see clearly. The true look of a woman.

"Dr. Mei? How did you..."

"The situation was urgent, so I directly used the Second God Key to bring Kevin, Su, Siegfried, Velvet, Bronya and Seele. In addition, Anti-Entropy, First, Second, The third flying wing has all taken off and is expected to arrive at Tianming North Africa's Tunisia Air Force Base in 36 minutes. Please cooperate with us to receive the first and second mecha wings about two minutes after the arrival of the three flying wings. They also arrived at the Tunisian air base ten minutes later. These five wings need to be replenished with fuel in Tunisia, and then immediately go to Egypt to build a North African defense line."

Mei threw her glasses on the table and kept talking, but there was no emotion in her purple eyes.

"The northern defense line should not be deployed along the mountains with the idea of ​​​​against humans. The Herrscher's duty is to eliminate humans. Only by annihilating more humans, transforming more dead soldiers, and spawning more Honkai Beasts can we quickly sweep the entire world. , so it will never give priority to attacking the Anatolian Plateau and the mountainous areas of Armenia. Instead, it will quickly go to the Aegean coast along the White Sea and along the densely populated city-states on the coast of Asia Minor, and then cross the sea to attack densely populated Greece, and then It's Italy... In the same way, the defense of Eastern China should not be based on Tianshan and Congling. China's mecha and knight troops should cross the Tufan Plateau and enter Kashmir, and join forces with Shendu to build a defense line in Punjab and Sindh. . But even so, we must consider the possibility that Honkaimon will cross the land and land directly on the South Asian subcontinent from the ocean."

She took out a huge world map from her pocket and opened it directly on the table in the conference room. The map was intricately marked with various colors of chalk, and there were many key locations with different colored tacks inserted. The tacks fell off to the ground during the process of opening the map, making a crisp sound, but Mei took out another handful from her pocket and quickly filled in the positions according to memory.

She pushed the map in front of everyone, as if she was the master of destiny, and said quickly without emotion, only speaking of efficiency:

"Please inform Tianming's subordinate troops and Shenzhou to build a defense line according to the markings on this map. I have calculated the speed of the spread of Honkai Impact. Areas that are too late to set up defenses will be abandoned immediately."

Otto leaned forward and looked at the intricate lines and text marks on the map. Without much hesitation, he turned directly to the white-haired girl standing aside and ordered:

"Amber, copy this map immediately, and then send the information above to the people in charge of each defense line, and ask them to strictly follow this plan. The part involving China can be sent directly through the personal contact email of me and Miss Su Shang, that email The password is 1496.”

Amber stood up and looked at the map quietly, and then started to operate the terminal in front of him without any doubts throughout the process.

Even if she knew that the plan on that map was far more cruel than what the Lord Bishop had previously formulated, it was almost equivalent to giving up all the humans in the Old World outside of Western Europe and China, and even the three people who had come all the way from the New World and were about to join the North African defense line. The air wing and the two mecha wings are just consumables in this plan - consumables necessary to delay time.

Even if a small number of civilians manage to escape in time, this plan will destroy at least one billion human beings. This is what Theresa can judge at the first sight.

But she didn't say anything in the end.

Because Mei, who suddenly broke into the conference room forcefully, put in front of everyone the only feasible defense plan, or in other words, it was the plan that could buy the most time.

Judging from the current situation, before the force of the collapse crosses the Tufan Plateau, crosses the Danube River to the Bohemian Plains, sweeps the entire North Africa into the Iberian Peninsula, and breaks through the maritime blockade chain centered on Malta to attack the Tianming Headquarters , this plan can buy up to about 25 hours.

There is only one way to reduce civilian casualties - to get rid of the Tower of Babel and the Herrscher himself hidden in the Tower of Babel as quickly as possible.

This is something everyone present understands.

but.

It is now seventeen minutes after the Tower of Babel appeared.

Until now, mankind still doesn’t know who its enemy is?

Is it the Tenth Herrscher? Or is a new power born?

"There is no doubt that he is the Tenth Herrscher."

Just when everyone was trying to deduce the power of the Herrscher from the pitiful evidence, Mei directly gave the conclusion that everyone had speculated on.

"Why? Shouldn't we... have eliminated them? And the power of the Tenth Herrscher is manifested in having a large number of individuals and the power to dominate weaker Herrschers, but the Herrscher in the Tower of Babel showed The power that came out... is already far more powerful than Sirin..."

Mei did not answer Theresa's words immediately. She searched around the conference room, found a chair and pulled it over to sit down. Then she grabbed the tea in front of Theresa and drank it all in one gulp. After sighing, he began to explain:

"What we lack is just decisive clues, but whether it is the core of the Thousand Herrschers that cannot be analyzed and disappeared mysteriously, the number that does not match the number [one thousand], the architectural style and tone of the Tower of Babel and the Domination Theater are similar , all confirm from the side that this incident is most likely related to the Tenth Herrscher, and it is most likely the work of the two missing individuals.

"The reason why we cannot make a decisive conclusion for this speculation, apart from the lack of conclusive evidence, is simply that the Tenth Herrscher cannot have such a powerful power, but... why do we need accurate evidence? Admittedly, this is a In a war, every decision needs to be made carefully, but sometimes even a wrong order is far better than no order at all. Instead of sitting here and thinking hard, it is better to make bold assumptions and boldly verify some things... I just say. ”

Mei's attitude was extremely strong. She suddenly raised her head, and her cold eyes suddenly swept across the entire audience.

"Humanity in this era has achieved brilliant results in the face of Honkai Impact. But because of this, you are too naive after all - Herrscher Siren, who caused the most casualties in the past, only caused the direct death of 12 million people. You Consider this the upper limit of the Herrscher's power. Because of this, you regard it as abnormal for a Herrscher to kill hundreds of millions or even billions of people in a short period of time. But for us, this is what the Herrscher is. You know, our world had a much larger population than yours when it was exposed to collapse, and even had an extra continent, but in the end, we only had the last 30,000 people left. people.

"We only need to accept the destructive power of Honkai without questioning it. Moreover, the power of the Tenth Herrscher is not without trace. The power of the Herrscher of Reason is still in its hands, and perhaps it comes from Kiana's A small amount of energy was obtained in the core, but the most important thing was that Velvet used the Key of the Second God to observe familiar space fluctuations in the space near the Tower of Babel. That space is now between the original world and another space. In a superposition state, or to put it another way, the Herrscher thrust the entire world where the Dominion Theater is located into the space of the eigenworld. The reason why the architectural style of the Tower of Babel is so similar to that of the Dominion Theater is probably because of the theater. The result of the restructuring of those buildings.

"And that theater... In fact, except for the Herrscher of the Sky, the power of the other Herrschers should not be enough to construct a world bubble outside the intrinsic world. Therefore, the world bubble that houses the Dominion Theater is undoubtedly The product of that person, the creation of God. If such a world bubble is roughly inserted into the original world, the large amount of Honkai energy that was created when the world bubble was created will spread out as quickly as a nuclear bomb explodes. I use this idea. The energy output curve provided by the established model is almost consistent with that of the Tower of Babel, which can also be used as evidence.”

"In other words, worst case scenario, do we have to face Mikael again?"

"That's right."

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Despair spread in the dead silence. No one present would give up easily, but that didn't mean they wouldn't despair.

It is human nature to feel fear and despair when facing an enemy that is impossible to defeat or does not know how to defeat. Not to mention, the current situation is that even if a victory is achieved, can it be called a victory?

Even Otto couldn't help but fall into thinking, even if it was just for two seconds.

And Mei was back on her feet.

"I need a fighter jet. Velvet will take me to take a closer look at the Tower of Babel to verify some conjectures. I hope that the following people will stay at the headquarters on standby during this period. Those who are not called by me should try their best to Assigned to the defensive line of need.”

Mei had already become the owner of this conference room. She took out the marker she had prepared from her pocket and wrote down a long list on the smooth wall of the conference room.

And at the end of the list, she wrote down the name "Thunder and Lightning Meiyi" heavily, and then turned to look at the jackal who had been huddled in the corner without saying a word:

"Please World Snake bring your Lord back immediately. As quickly as possible, I hope that the fighter jet I am riding in can meet her in the sky above the Tower of Babel. There is a conjecture that must be verified with the help of her power."

After saying that, she turned to leave.

But at this time, Otto stood up:

"Wait a moment, Dr. May. If you are going to investigate the situation at the Tower of Babel, please be sure to take me with you."

"Um?"

"grandfather!"

"Theresa, everything about destiny... will be left to you for the time being. Dr. Mei hopes to be able to observe the Tower of Babel infinitely close to zero distance. If this is the case, there is one thing that only I can do."

"!"

Hollander stood up instantly and stood between Otto and the door of the conference room.

"Master Bishop, I cannot allow you to use that power, after all, it is that person..."

"Bianca, my dear student, don't you understand? What matters is not who this power comes from, but who will use it for what purpose. This is true for me, and for The same goes for you..."