Super Strike

Each unit will take turns resting, and efforts will be made to ensure that each unit can rest for half a week to a week within one or two months.

This was mainly to relax the soldiers. With most of the world lost and Honkai occurring one after another, some soldiers' hometowns had become wastelands, while others faced the constant pressure that their hometowns could turn into wastelands overnight and that they would die on the battlefield.

The pressure on everyone in this situation is visibly heavy, and the Eighth Herrscher, as a rare "great victory," is especially important when the battle situation is becoming increasingly unfavorable.

Effective propaganda and generous holidays can greatly boost morale.

Although the leave period is only half a week to a week and is strictly rotated, it is already quite generous in this situation where there are no rest days all year round and some troops even have to go to the battlefield without interruption.

However, the appearance of the Ninth Herrscher undoubtedly dealt a heavy blow to everyone.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, it will be difficult for the Mu Continent to survive. The Ninth Herrscher's goal from the beginning has been Mu Continent, and she controls gravity, a force known for its destructive power.

First there Herrscher of Flame, now there's the Ninth Herrscher, both proficient in destruction. The Herrscher of Flame is alright, as Australia itself doesn't have many resources, but the Mu Continent...

Mobius sensed the deep malice emanating from the Honkai.

Moreover, Mobius could hardly imagine how much the morale of everyone would be affected afterward.

"The losses are too great... I'm starting to believe Prometheus's calculations now. Do you think that while we're adapting to the Honkai, the Honkai is also adapting to us?"

"Who knows?" Mei pushed up her glasses. "After this, we might be going into a life-or-death situation. Mobius, bring out all your forbidden plans. Forget about morality—you're only qualified to discuss those things if you're alive."

Mei said this last sentence to the girl Mobius before turning and leaving.

"Tsk. Don't make it sound like I'm doing some dangerous research all day."

Mobius showed a displeased expression, but then his expression became conflicted.

"But if we really have to talk about it... the Fusion Warrior themselves..."

Mobius gave Mei one last look as she left.

To be honest, the Fusion Warrior themselves haven't actually reached their limit.

Those ordinary Fusion Warrior are one thing, but these elites are already incredibly close to the original owner in terms of ability, and some are even better than the original owner.

I'll say it again, this is very unscientific.

What size are Honkai Beast? What size are humans?

What is the energy density of Honkai Beast? What is the energy density of humans?

Even the Honkai Beast have a Honkai Energy, but Honkai Energy the humans?

Can transplanting a few genes really make Honkai Beast stronger than the original? Are you sure this is scientifically accurate?

The God Key haven't yet created one that can completely replicate the Herrscher Authority!

Of course, this is just a complaint at first glance, but if you delve deeper into the reasons behind it, Mobius actually has a very unconventional guess.

Could these elite Fusion Warrior already be called "humanoid Honkai Beast"?

Although the Fusion Warrior themselves deviate from humanity, at most, humans and Honkai are only about half and half. And these Fusion Warriors, whose abilities are almost as close as the original owner's... to put it bluntly, how much of them are human?

Of course, this only refers to the genetic level; at the level of consciousness, we are all clearly human.

But then again, if we follow this line of thought, is it possible to make these Fusion Warriors "completely Honkai Beast"?

Was it the Honkai Beast that got wiped out?

They're not bad, they're just brainless.

If Honkai Beast like Aponia's Midoro, her own Shesha, Sakura's Yaksha, and Su's Mayuri had any brains and could organize themselves, this combination could destroy civilization without even needing Herrscher.

With foresight, tanks, assassins, and poison masters, they really have no way to deal with civilization unless they confront it head-on.

Okay, to be honest, the Herrscher aren't exactly brainless, otherwise they would have been completely ruined by the time of the First Herrscher in the Previous Era...

Therefore, controllable transformation into "complete Honkai Beast" is probably the future path for Fusion Warrior. These outstanding Fusion Warrior may be more suitable to become Honkai Beast than the original users of their abilities.

This sounds like a lame joke, but it's the truth.

For example, if it were to transform into Honkai Beast, would Aponia's currently severely limited precognitive abilities become an observation of the world's fate?

Furthermore, are the Honkai Beast compatible with each other?

As the pioneer of the Fusion Warrior path, Mobius saw further than others.

Even so, this is all the information Mobius can draw at present.

(However, besides this path, you can also win by sheer numbers... But, well, fusing with the evil beasts is just too difficult. The idea of becoming Fusion Warrior simply by getting a shot and then having a good sleep is probably impossible... This path is also shrouded in mystery.)

If the dosage is too small, it won't be effective; if the dosage is too large, what's the difference between direct injection and euthanasia?

(Small-dose injection, then forced fusion under high pressure? No, it's not that simple to do. The genes of a small number of Honkai Beast are almost impossible to manifest without external assistance, let alone combine to the level of Fusion Warrior... External assistance, tsk!)

Mobius frowned in annoyance.

"Doctor? Are you alright?"

"It's nothing!" Mobius's voice rose through gritted teeth. "If that girl wants to exploit my potential, she can do it. Why use such misleading language, and what's with all this talk about not talking about morality? She knows perfectly well that I've always been the first test subject in my project!"

If he could be the guinea pig, Mobius would definitely be the first to do so.

"Alright, alright, Dr. Mei was just saying it casually," Blanca quickly reassured her somewhat agitated doctor.

"Tell me? Fine, I'll tell you. That's all I am now anyway. But, Blanca, do you believe she'll go after that woman, Aponia?"

Compared to Mobius, Aponia truly embodies Schrödinger's morality.

Mobius knew he was being immoral when he did something immoral, but Aponia... that guy would do things against universal morality with compassion.

Mobius and Mei were not very familiar with Aponia, but Aponia's true nature was not difficult for them, being wise men, to guess—of course, there was also the reason why Aponia never hid it.

"Miss Aponia ...aren't you alright?" Blanca's impression of Aponia was that she used words to inspire everyone in the psychological counseling room.

"That's because of Liu Bai! If that guy's abilities go berserk, even Su, who is also a mental type, will be overwhelmed! Only Vil-V can put up a fight! In terms of consciousness, soft tactics are more effective than hard ones, understand?"

Mobius looked annoyed.

"Forget it, I'm not talking to you anymore. I think your brain has been completely Gretel since you gave birth. Bring Hen in, I'll operate on him."

Two days later

The Mu Continent sank.

On the return flight, the Judgement of Shamash was leaned against the seat next to its owner, who now had a gloomy expression.

"A continent..."

"We're late, Kevin," Sakura said, gently wiping him as she comforted him.

"We've done our best, Kevin," Sue Kevin from the side. "We've held him back for two days, buying time for countless people to evacuate. No one could have done better."

"That's right. In the past two days, we have saved a large number of scholars and residents, and rescued countless blueprints."

Elysia, who had stacked the Abyss White Flower and the bow and arrow together beside her, also spoke up.

"... It's all thanks to the teacher." After a brief silence, Kevin spoke up, "Teacher, are you alright?"

"As the one who devised the tactics, do you think I'll be in any trouble?" Liu Bai looked down at the sea.

After realizing that the black hole created by the Ninth Herrscher was unstoppable, he decisively changed tactics with the combat power around him that was fast enough to defeat the Ninth Herrscher.

Since killing the Ninth Herrscher would trigger the black hole to go berserk anyway, it's better to stall.

The Ninth Herrscher is to "force without killing" the Ninth Herrscher, using overwhelming combat power to keep her occupied without revealing her ability to kill, thus giving the Ninth Herrscher the illusion that "if this stalemate continues, I can turn the tables and kill her," thus buying time for rescue.

However, this plan also carries risks. Executing this plan means giving up the initiative. If the Ninth Herrscher discovers a flaw, Kevin and his group will be in danger and could be tricked and killed at any time.

After all, a black hole powerful enough to destroy a continent was something no one present dared to claim they could handle.

Fortunately, the tactics were very successful.

Although it only delayed the process by two days, for Previous Era that was well-prepared for various disasters, they could evacuate as long as they had the time.

With the support of the Moth Chasers to Fire, Mu Continent transported over 100 million people away in just two days.

That's right, over 100 million.

Although it sounds outrageous, it is actually quite reasonable.

During the more than 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, the total number of people traveling is close to 2.1 billion, averaging 50 million people per day.

The integration of the Previous Era is now extremely strong, and the Mu Continent is the most prosperous place in terms of civilization.

Under these conditions, only a few hundred million people were rescued, which is actually too few.

If it weren't for the Honkai Beast on land, sea, and air, and the aftermath of the battle, all residents could have evacuated in the past two days, perhaps nearly a billion people could have been evacuated.

In other words, apart from the equipment, the rescue team is capable of evacuating more than half of the population of the Mu Continent, unlike the other half of Asia, which has more than a billion people but only tens of thousands of refugees left in the end.

Unfortunately, the Honkai Beast and the aftershocks of the main battlefield ultimately interfered with the rescue efforts. Some people were trapped in their homes, some trains were intercepted on their way to the docks, and some transport ships and airships were destroyed by the Honkai Beast. As a result, only a little over 100 million people were rescued in the end.

Is it considered a success?

Although he appeared confident in front of his students, Liu Bai was actually somewhat confused.

He made such a huge gamble in order to preserve the vitality of the Mu Continent as much as possible. Strictly speaking, seven or eight hundred million would be excellent, three or five hundred million would be barely passing, but now it's a little over one hundred million...

However, Liu Bai was mature enough after all, and soon let out a long sigh of relief.

At least what I made has been improved by the original timeline.

"Cheer up, Kevin. Or should we go see the people you rescued?"

"I... I think I'll pass."

Kevin's breath hitched.

He actually knew that he had done enough.

To put it bluntly, although an entire continent sank, the number of people rescued was the highest since the Honkai 3rd.

What should have been a "blow to civilization" turned into yet another victory thanks to Liu Bai's high-stakes gamble.

Yes, it was a victory. Although the Mu Continent sank and more than 100 million people urgently needed resettlement, it was indeed a victory, and a great victory second only to the Eighth Herrscher.

This news would be exhilarating for anyone, but... Mu Continent is gone.

The light of civilization's technology has been extinguished... the most prosperous place in the entire civilization in terms of technology and industry.

Even though Kevin's strategic vision was mediocre, and he only knew how to follow his senior sister and teacher, he still knew how great the loss of the Mu Continent was to civilization.

Compared to the Mu Continent, Australia is like the appendix and the heart.

The Mu Continent was like a heart, constantly supplying nutrients to all parts of the world, but now it's gone...

"... It will get better," Kevin muttered softly at the end.

My senior and teacher will always find a way.

They are the backbone, while I am merely the limbs responsible for carrying out the orders.

"That's right, things will get better." Su patted his brother on the back. "Kevin, change your mood. Don't keep putting pressure on yourself. I have a proposal. Do you want to hear it?"

"... I'm not going to go out and have a good time with you."

"Do I look that much like a playboy?" Su's lips twitched. "You're clearly the more playboy, aren't you?"

"Shut up, you blind man."

"So you're planning to cause trouble, aren't you?" Su opened his eyes, a glint of light in them.

"Uh... just kidding, just kidding." After joking around with Su, Kevin felt much better. "So what did you want to say?"

"The usual celebration banquet—which has always been handled by Sister Elysia —how about Sister Elysia take a break this time and let Kevin take charge?"

"Hmm... that sounds interesting! Okay!" Elysia didn't think much of it. "Everyone's probably tired of seeing me. Letting Kevin say it might be a refreshing change!"

Chapter 430 Super Strike

Mobius Laboratory

"Eden, do you know what Kevin's been up to lately?"

"It should be a celebration party. This time, Aili said she would have Kevin in charge... Hmm, I'm somewhat looking forward to it. After all, it's getting a bit tiresome to see Aili hosting all the time."

Eden, lying on the operating table, calmly replied.

"But could you please stop chatting with me like this on the operating table? It feels a little strange."

"What do you know? This is called distracting the patient." Mobius immediately inserted the needle. "How is it? Doesn't it hurt much?"