Elysia Is Unconscious

She admits she's a bit curious, but she never touches things without permission!

"It's just a meal! A simple meal!"

"... Okay, I'm definitely fine with having a meal."

Seeing Elysia's expression, Mobius knew that there was no point in continuing to hesitate, so he simply agreed.

Just the two of us?

"It's definitely just the two of us... maybe with Liu Bai at most."

"Okay, no problem, wait for me to get off work."

Mobius shifted to a more comfortable position, then took out his pillow and started to sleep.

So you do this kind of thing during work hours...

Knock knock knock!

"Doctor!" After a brief knock, Su suddenly burst in.

"Su? What's wrong?"

Mobius, who was just about to go to sleep, suddenly woke up and looked at Sue and Sue's back.

Su was followed by a member of the Moth Chasers to Fire, who was carrying an unconscious woman on his back.

"And she is..."

"My team's clerk," Su said in a deep voice, "Several hours ago, she suddenly fell into an unresponsive coma."

"... Unable to wake up?"

This word made Mobius pause for a moment.

"Truly beyond waking up?"

"Yes, so far, all the known methods of awakening her... I've even tried some extreme ones, but they've all been completely ineffective. If it weren't for the fact that she still has vital signs, I would have thought she was dead."

"... Just this one case?"

As a professional scholar, Mobius did not continue to inquire about the symptoms, but instead asked about another matter that seemed somewhat unrelated.

Sure enough, when asked this question, Sue's face darkened, and Mobius's heart sank when he saw his student's expression.

"... Thirty-two cases. After preliminary screening, 32 similar patients have appeared in the city where I am stationed, who have also fallen into an unawakened slumber."

As doctors, Sue and Mobius both understood what it meant when a strange disease appeared in the population without warning.

Honkai.

At this point, 99% of any sudden, strange illnesses in the world are related to the Honkai.

"... You dare to lead people Moth Chasers to Fire?" Mobius's eyes were somewhat cold.

"According to the investigation results, the symptoms themselves are not contagious. Currently, it is known that, including her, a total of 33 cases have viewed the same information on social media before the onset of the disease... The strange disease is very likely to be spread through the internet."

All 33 cases had viewed the same information... Yes, if that's really the case, then we can basically rule out coincidence.

"Give the person to me. You go and give the website to your teacher and see if he can solve it."

Mobius didn't say much about the patient and accepted her directly. After all, she was never afraid of the Honkai disease when she was still an ordinary person, which was incurable at the time. What was there to be afraid of now with this strange disease?

As for matters related to the internet, Mobius didn't even bother to contact Vil-V, choosing instead to let Liu Bai handle them.

This situation absolutely cannot be taken lightly, so it would be best to let Liu Bai, who may be a being from a higher dimension, handle it.

But... is this time's Herrscher related to the internet?

The Herrscher are becoming more and more targeted.

"A strange illness?"

After hearing Su's words, Liu Bai was stunned for a moment.

He was naturally aware of the Sleeping Sickness; it was caused by the Eighth Herrscher spreading contaminated keywords online to launch a kind of mental attack on ordinary people.

Although it's not instant death, it's not far off. It's no longer related to the Herrscher. The victim can be said to have become a vegetable—and a vegetable whose life will rapidly decline.

While this may not be entirely accurate, to put it more vividly, the victim's spirit has been "killed."

But the problem is...

The Eighth Herrscher shouldn't be showing up at this time!

No, I was already mentally prepared to accept the butterfly effect, so this is nothing.

Liu Bai quickly adjusted his mindset.

"Let's go, Sue, give me the website, I'll take care of it."

In reality, it cannot be completely eradicated.

Since those Herrscher of Sentience have already realized the convenience of the internet, it's a foregone conclusion that they will carry out further deployments.

Even if I could follow the clues to find other contaminated places, but... how can I guard against thieves for a thousand days if I'm a thief for a thousand days?

The only way is to find the location of the Herrscher of Sentience in reverse, but that also depends on some luck.

However, things have come to this point, and there is no turning back. Either wait for the Herrscher of Sentience to find the location of the Moth Chasers to Fire in a long tug-of-war, or find the Herrscher of Sentience's location before that and kill her before getting into a mental battle.

In reality, the Herrscher of Sentience is rather weak in combat— the Shibao appears very strong entirely because Fu Hua, the Gundam pilot, is strong, and it has nothing to do with the Herrscher of Shibao being the Gundam pilot.

After playing around with the Shibao for a long time, I still couldn't figure out my own skills, Fu Hua only logged in once and discovered that she had gained all sorts of new skills...

Liu Bai acted immediately, while Su, seeing this, left to find others.

Soon, following Sue's notification and Mobius's broadcast, the Moth Chasers to Fire once again entered battle mode.

They began collecting cases of patients who had also fallen into narcolepsy from all over the world.

Those who were prepared quickly sprang into action, and the intelligence that came back made Mei's expression even more somber.

This is really... a very serious and bad situation.

"Tens of thousands?" Mobius looked at Mei's expression and guessed a rough number.

"Initially, there were tens of thousands, and the number is still increasing. Teachers are constantly eliminating newly emerging polluting websites, but new polluting websites keep popping up and infecting others."

"Ban the internet? In an emergency, everyone can understand, right?" Vil-V asked thoughtfully.

"Go ahead and try to paralyze society if you want."

Mei glanced at Vil-V. This operation could indeed suppress the infection to some extent, but it was also equivalent to blinding herself. Moreover, it would expose the location of the Moth Chasers to Fire headquarters to the Herrscher's sight.

Wait... exposed?

In other words, it's possible to induce to some extent?

A somewhat risky idea popped into Mei's mind, but the risk was so great that she didn't dare to say it out loud, and instead looked at Mobius.

"The treatment failed, she showed no mental response, and her body was constantly weakening. If left unattended, she would hardly last a week."

Mobius also delivered bad news.

The only good news right now is that Liu Bai can counter the opponent to some extent.

As everyone fell silent, a message suddenly came from Kosma at the front-line base.

"A new Emperor-Class Honkai Beast has been detected. It resembles a peacock and its ability is to convert Honkai Energy into neurotoxins to attack the brain. Kosma has already engaged in a preliminary battle with it, but has not been able to defeat it." Mei read out the intelligence sent by Kosma.

"Based on the current situation, this peacock-shaped Honkai Beast is very likely the Companion Honkai Beast of the Eighth Herrscher."

"Continue the pursuit."

Kevin tapped the table, drawing everyone's attention.

"I think it is necessary to continue hunting down this Emperor-class Companion Honkai Beast the Eighth Herrscher in order to force the Eighth Herrscher to reveal its true nature."

"... At present, the Eighth Herrscher is more intelligent than the previous Herrscher."

Mei said softly, but nodded again when she saw Kevin's cold expression.

"However, Kevin, what you said is correct. Even if we take a step back, we cannot let these Honkai Beast continue to cause destruction. This task of exterminating them is entrusted to you, Kevin."

"Yes!"

Kevin agreed without hesitation.

All flashy and fancy, huh? Lao Tzu 'll teach you a lesson today!

Upon receiving the order, Kevin left his seat without a word, carrying his new weapon.

"I've found the location of the Eighth Herrscher."

Liu Bai suddenly appeared beside Mei at this moment, his face showing an unusual look of exhaustion.

"The Herrscher's abilities should be related to their spirit, while their hacking skills are only average. Their technology mainly comes from the original body."

This Herrscher of Sentience was a hacker before being chosen by the Honkai, which is why she was able to perfectly combine the Herrscher of Sentience's abilities with the internet.

"I've sent you the location. Send people to surround and annihilate them, but be careful not to get caught up in psychological warfare."

Liu Bai's words invigorated everyone present.

Even Mei's lips curled up slightly.

"As long as we have the initiative, many things will become much easier to solve."

Whether or not we get dragged into a psychological war is no longer important. As long as we have the initiative, there are plenty of ways to take down a Herrscher isn't strong enough in reality.

"I suggest we hunt that Companion Honkai Beast first to gain mental abilities," Liu Bai advised, emphasizing the need for a more cautious approach.

But Mei shook her head.

"There's no time. I'll arrange the other things. How about you and Elysia take care of the main battlefield?"

It's unusual for Mei to have Aili and Liu Bai work together.

After all, Liu Bai is usually a troubleshooter, and Elysia's combat strength is not within the scope of troubleshooting, so the number of times the two team up on the battlefield is very few.

But... if that's really the case, then Liu Bai won't worry.

Elysia might be unable to deal with Herrscher of Herrscher of Sentience is professionally trained, purely on a mental level, but with Liu Bai's assistance...

Mei may have made this decision solely from a combat power perspective, but she inadvertently chose the best combination— Elysia was probably one of only two people present who had some spiritual attainments.

—The other one is Liu Bai.

"There's no time to lose, let's get started immediately. After all, the Herrscher of Sentience is obviously more agile than the other Herrscher, so it's impossible that they wouldn't notice that most of the infection sources they set up have become ineffective. They're very likely to become alert."

"However, the fighting may spread to the city, which is something we need to be aware of."

"Vil-V reminded me."

The opponent was clearly different from other Herrscher would flip the table as soon as they appeared; this opponent was lurking in the city.

"It's better for the city to be affected than for the whole world, and I'll be careful." Mei nodded in response to Vil-V's reminder, indicating she understood.

Didn't you see she sent out Elysia? If you really want to plow the land, what's the fastest way?

Nuclear bombing!

However, at present, the harm caused by the Eighth Herrscher has not reached the point where a nuclear bomb is necessary to clean up the mess. Cleaning up the mess now would do more harm than good.

It hasn't come to the point where we have to fight to the death... and Mei is also worried that the Herrscher of Sentience might have abilities like mental parasitism.

With a ghost like Liu Bai who can ignore mental pollution, plus Elysia, currently the strongest and unfathomable Herrscher of the Moth Chasers to Fire.

There's absolutely no reason why this combination can't solve the problem. If it can't, then hunting Companion Honkai Beast to create a mental Fusion Warrior would be useful.

Go wash up and go to bed.

"I will deploy support troops; the main battlefield will be left to you two."

Chapter 420 Elysia is in a coma

"Is this what psychological warfare is?"

Elysia was ultimately drawn into the mental battle by the Eighth Herrscher.

However, compared to the original plan where Elysia was pulled into the mental battle and then amplified by Liu Bai, the current situation has encountered two minor errors.

For example...