The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Your Majesty, this is the document to be processed today. Please take a look at it."

"Eh--"

With a tired sigh, Mei watched helplessly as Jackal placed the half-meter-high paper document on the table to her right. At the same time, the three-dimensional screen in front of her also flashed rapidly, and countless The file was transferred to the terminal - whether it was processed with a pen or an electronic device, she chose.

But obviously, Mei Yi doesn't have this spare time.

Has Mikael done this before? She asked Jackal and Gray Snake, and the answer she got was that whether it was Mebius or Mikael, they were asked to sort out the important matters, and the rest could be submitted with how to deal with them.

She didn't know if that was the case. Maybe the World Snake people saw that her new lord was easy to bully and wanted to gain more power... But that didn't matter, she didn't care about it. So, things were settled so naturally.

"The rest of us have attached suggestions according to the old rules, but there are two matters that are of great importance and need to be handled personally by the Lord."

Jackal walked directly opposite Meiyi's desk and controlled the first content on the three-dimensional screen from behind.

"First... to be honest, this is not difficult to deal with. It just involves the Bishop of Heaven, and the Lord must respond personally."

Jackal shrugged, and when Mei clicked on the link in the appendix and saw the email signed [Otto Apocalypse], the corners of her mouth twitched.

She couldn't help but slumped backwards, slumping on the back of the chair helplessly and speechlessly.

"How many times has this happened? It's been almost half a year, and I have to ask about it once a month. This is really..."

Faced with Mei Yi's question, Jackal just continued to shrug - anyway, the Lord's dissatisfaction was directed at Otto. With her temperament, she would rather hope that the two of them would fight face to face, although she felt that this kind of thing was totally inappropriate. Impossible, because Otto is just a waste [who can only hide behind the Valkyrie].

The content of the email is not complicated, it is quite simple. It can even be said to be the heart of Otto Apocalis, which is known to everyone on the road - it is just a [pleasure] to her, the World Snake Lord General who can enter and exit the paradise of the past. Now sleeping in the paradise, Kallen Kaslana, the Valkyrie who once had the strongest destiny, awakens and brings back the destiny.

"This is nothing more than a business for the Archbishop of Destiny. He only needs to write an email, and it is entirely possible that Amber is the ghostwriter. Of course he knows that we cannot agree, but this will not cause him any loss. Hasn’t he always been such a disgusting and shameless man?”

Mei Yi ignored Jackal's sharp comments and directly replied with one word in the email - [Thinking is beautiful].

Kallen naturally returned to reality and her destiny, but the time could not be now.

At least, neither Otto's cousin Eleanor, nor Dr. May, nor Theresa, nor even Kallen Kaslana herself who heard about his deeds in the promised land thought that this should be done.

After all, for this bishop who has lived for five hundred years and has a lot of misdeeds, even if he opens his arms and declares to the world that he has changed his ways and wants to join the ranks of saving the world, everyone still lacks the most basic trust in him, so Kallen became a [hostage] invisibly.

Naturally, it is not accurate to say this, because Karen herself did this voluntarily. In her words:

"Sinners always have to bear shackles to gain new life. I don't know how to face him now, so...let me become the shackles that bind him before everything ends."

"Where's the next one?"

After Mei finished replying, she quickly forked Otto's email, fearing that it would explode if she looked at it again.

"Next...that is indeed an issue that needs attention."

Mei Yi raised her eyebrows in surprise.

Although Jackal still wore that mask, her tone did become serious, which was quite rare in Mei's mind. After all, the woman in front of her, even though Mei had always felt that her abilities were no more than this, she was like Otto and liked to show herself to be at ease at all times.

It must be a very difficult matter for her to use a serious tone when describing it.

Mei clicked on the second-ranked document and browsed it as quickly as possible. After scanning the last word, she read it again.

Then, her face darkened unsurprisingly.

"People who believe in Honkai Impact? Do they regard the stigmata as a symbol of God's favor, and regard the holders of the stigmata as holy sons and saints with noble souls? There is also this sentence in the doctrine - [When the flood of the last days comes again Come, only those with noble souls can enter the ark in the dream and seek eternity]...Why is it so abstract?”

"What did you think of?"

"There is no doubt that this is that man's style, right?"

"Ha, yes, we feel the same way. Apart from the former Lord, only Otto is the only one who can make up such a bunch of things without blushing or heartbeat."

Jackal spread his hands, while Mei had the expression of an old man using his cell phone on the subway.

Both of them were silent for a while, and then Jackal continued to introduce the situation:

"We just happened to take away one of the opponent's strongholds. I took it upon myself to ask Tianming, Anti-Entropy and Shenzhou. During this time, not only us, but they also happened to encounter similar situations, that is, He said that this sect—a cult to be precise—should be a global organization. At present, a total of five strongholds have been taken down, and more than 70 believers have been arrested, including 13 holders of the stigmata. The reason why the ratio is so high is because when the stronghold is discovered, these stigma holders without exception choose to stay and give other believers time to retreat... Tsk, I really feel like I am a saint or a saint. But it also shows that this doctrine is extremely attractive to stigma holders.”

"When was the earliest contact?"

Mei Yi lowered her head and asked while turning her pen.

"17 days ago. But I don't think it's interesting to explore this - when you see a cockroach in your home, it usually means you already have a nest in your home. Obviously, a global sect takes a long time To develop, the construction and maintenance of strongholds also require a lot of funds and manpower. This is obviously not something that can be accomplished in a short time. Those real believers are tough enough to face interrogations. We have received almost no effective information. However, Judging from the current situation, the development of this sect should be quite rapid - most of those arrested, even the [Holy Sons and Saints], have not been in contact with this sect for a long time. It is obvious that they are in the process of brutal expansion. stage."

"Barbaric expansion...at this time..."

"Those new believers mainly joined the religion within the past six months."

Seeing that Mei was deep in thought, Jackal gave some tips.

And Mei Yi lived up to expectations and quickly understood her subtext - "You mean..."

"Yes, most of them have lost relatives in the [Tower of Babel] incident, or have experienced that incident as [witnesses] - this is of course nonsense, based on the Tower of Babel incident Everyone in the entire Old Continent is qualified to claim to have experienced the height and the shocking feeling of the earth shaking.”

"No...are they crazy? Although out of consideration of not damaging the morale of the people, Destiny, Anti-Entropy, Shenzhou and we concealed part of the truth about the Tower of Babel incident during publicity, it was just a change from the original story of the Tower of Babel incident. The disaster caused by the Ten Herrschers is attributed to the Eleventh Herrscher. They... they should obviously know that Honkai is the culprit that caused all this..."

"You're right, but isn't that what humans are like - violence brings harm, which in turn brings fear and rejection, but if this fear reaches the extreme, the rejection may turn into companions. What's more, The teachings of this sect also give these people a way out, don't they? As long as their souls are pure and they become stigma holders, they can enter the [Dream Ark] before the divine punishment of collapse comes, and thus gain eternity. It’s beautiful, but most people don’t actually know that stigma is a genetic engineering, and 99% of stigma holders carry it from birth.”

Meiyi put her elbows on the table, put her fists against her lips, and thought about it for a moment, then suddenly raised her head and shouted softly:

"wrong!"

"What?"

"The core of their teachings is not the collapse, but the stigmata."

"Oh, that's true, but so what?"

"Seriously...Jackal, don't you think the things they said are...very...suspicious?"

"Hmm."

Jackal chuckled twice, as if Mei Yi had just realized that this incident made her a little proud. But Meiyi didn't care about this, and continued to say solemnly:

"Stigmata... Stigmata...could that passage be describing the Stigma Project in an abstract way?"

Mei Yi suddenly raised her head and stared at Jackal with narrowed eyes.

"Hmm? What do you think you're looking at me for?"

"Shouldn't this plan be one of the four plans left over from the previous civilization that World Snake is responsible for implementing? And I remember that this plan is mainly responsible for Mebius, and you are the assistant she is looking for to complete this plan."

"So what do you think I should know?"

Jackal waved his hand and said:

"Sori, I really don't know anything. You should also know Dr. Mebius's work style. She is the kind of person who does all the important parts personally, and then puts a lot of tedious work into it 24 hours a day. She is the type who leaves endless chores to her assistant. At the beginning, I even took the time to submit two revision plans for the Stigma Project to her, but she didn’t even read them. It was probably from that time on that I started to focus on the Stigma Project. She and the former Lord already have an idea of ​​how the Trace Plan will be implemented in the end. As for the current situation, the former Lord, or I should call him the [Herrscher of the End]. Existence has decided to leave the World Snake behind and carry out this plan alone. "

"That guy... kept saying that this world is meaningless and that it should be destroyed, but after going around for a long time, he actually decided to implement the Stigmata Plan?"

Mei Yi's eyes were a little complicated. Of course she understood what the Stigma Plan meant. Even if that plan... no matter how the form was changed, it could not change the extremely cruel nature. But in the end, even the worst plan was to save the world. The worst plan of all.

But Jackal quickly poured cold water on him:

"Don't be so optimistic. You should know the former Lord better than I do. No one can figure out what he is thinking. Maybe he is too complicated, or maybe he is too simple, but you I have to admit that he can always do things that are beyond everyone's expectations. I'm afraid even the bastard Otto has to give in to this. After all, what that guy can do only needs to go in the most unlimited and disgusting direction. Just speculate.”

Mei Yi pursed her lips and ignored the jackal's words.

At the beginning, she would definitely be tempted to reply, "How much do you hate Otto?" But after hearing this kind of thing a lot, she got used to it. Even if Jackal didn't say "Otto" at the end of every sentence he said, she would feel uncomfortable all over.

"In short, if you want to know what these teachings are about, you have to ask Mebius face to face, right?"

"That's natural, but... you are the only one who is so indifferent when it comes to facing Dr. Mebius, right?"

The corners of Mei Yi's mouth couldn't help but turn up a little, but they quickly flattened them down, as if it was an illusion.

"That's it. I will still return to the Paradise tonight, and then I will ask Mebius for details."

"Don't have high hopes. Although you are special in Dr. Mebius's heart, there is no way you can defeat the former Lord."

Jackal couldn't wait to pour another bucket of cold water, but Mei Yi fell into some kind of thought and stopped talking.

…………

Walking in the dark and damp tunnel, Mei Yi felt a little dazed.

The scene when Mikael brought him here for the first time is still vivid in his mind, but before he knew it, a year had passed.

One year occupies one-twentieth of Mei Yi's life.

This is not a long time, considering that the Herrscher has an infinite lifespan, this ratio will become smaller and smaller, until it is a drop in the ocean.

However, it seems that I have unknowingly regarded the Paradise of the Past as a place with special significance.

What should I say...

It's not like St. Freya, a [home] where Mei can let go of all her burdens and relax - here, she needs to fight continuously to become stronger and gain more memories. The heroes are against her. His attitude was not entirely friendly, at least Qianjie always seemed very impatient, and if Kosmo hadn't been translating by Destobia, Mei would have thought that his tight-lipped, silent-glaring gesture was I'm going to fight her.

But in the promised land, she does find rest. It’s hard to describe the specifics, but in short, after every tiring exploration, I sit down on the sofa in the lobby of the Golden Courtyard and listen to Eden’s records, and I feel a kind of indulging warmth.

The song seemed to bring her back to that glorious era, and she had indeed completely witnessed the glory and fall of that era.

She is a witness to everything in the past and everything in the past. She is not the only one, because every senior World Snake cadre is qualified to enter the Paradise to experience, but the purpose of those people coming here is to become stronger, and she...

Her original purpose was to become stronger, and even to find a way to defeat Mikael from her past memories. But now, she just wants to solve the final mystery in her heart. Now that she has become a witness, she must record everything with her own eyes. Even if the ending of the story is a tragedy, she will never close her eyes. .

Because in the quiet time, she seemed to...have regarded the Yingjies as family.

Even Qianjie, who has the most grumpy temper, knows every bit of him, and knows what is buried under his grumpy appearance...

Isn't it family? If you regard Mikael as your adoptive father and Mebius as your mother, you will be the youngest member of the family from the beginning.

That's right, the Golden Courtyard is also her home, but it's just a home that's only buried in the past. It was impossible to relax here, and it was difficult to get a chance to rest, but... she gradually didn't want to leave here.

Pushing open the cold and heavy stone door, accompanied by the inky blackness and dots of light, in the familiar dizziness, Mei opened her eyes and her body was already standing in front of the huge star door in the middle of the courtyard.

Having said that... when she saw this star gate that only rotated slowly as if the sky was collapsing and the ground was cracking, Mei still felt a dull pain in the upper part of her stomach.

In the six months since the Tower of Babel incident, she has been dealing with complicated affairs as the Lord of the World Serpent during the day. Once she is done with it, she will immediately come to the Paradise to continue exploring. In order to save time, she has been working from From the night I met Mikael on the ruins of the Tower of Babel, I never slept again, and I stopped eating even if I could.

Speaking of which, she just sent a message to Kiana, telling her not to just focus on training, but to eat on time and sleep on time, learn from her sister, and maintain a good routine. Even the Herrscher needs rest to ensure combat effectiveness. …

Uh... now she has used herself as an example to prove that the Herrscher can actually not rest.

At the beginning, she would feel in a trance because she had not slept for a long time. The hormone secretion of her flesh and blood body could not be adjusted for a while. The thick dark circles under her eyes made her almost turn into a panda... But after her body got used to it, these side effects disappeared. No longer exists.

Moreover, it is only half a year, which is nothing compared to a certain person.

When she was thinking about this and looking around the seemingly empty hall, she saw the corresponding figure on the sofa in the lounge area.

"ha?"

The light dimmed the silver-gray shoulder-length hair like a lazy dusk, and then, Mikael waved to Mei Yi:

"Long time no see, come and sit for a while?"