A Change in Gaming Strategy

Fortunately, the individual strength of the Herrscher of Corruption is not strong. With the Corruption ability restricted, there is no need to worry about the Herrscher of Corruption personally taking action and tearing open the front-line isolation zone with her personal force.

It looks like it's very easy to handle?

No, no, no, the real problems are just beginning.

The real problem is that we can't kill the Herrscher of Corruption.

Putting aside the fact that some parts of the base are designed to withstand nuclear bombs, the nature of the corrosive material alone means that the enemy will never be wiped out by any "nuclear bombing." Moreover, if overly precise guided strikes are used against corrosive materials, the enemy may very well suffer the consequences.

If there's no way to deal with the Herrscher of Corruption, then when the Second Herrscher appears, as long as the combat power is sufficient, having the Herrscher of Corruption assist the enemy can directly destroy the human side.

Even if we tear your battle lines apart, having Elysia won't help. Killing the Second Herrscher is meaningless. Once the corruption spreads, it will be a huge loss for the human side.

"... The Herrscher of Corruption has not yet Companion Honkai Beast." Mobius rested his head on his hand.

Without powerful Companion Honkai Beast, these Flame-Chasers are pretty useless—unless they just randomly pick a lower-level Honkai Beast for surgery.

He was, after all, a "heroic figure," not someone to be ruined.

All roads are blocked, and it seems that the only options left are a slow death or a spectacular one.

Fortunately, it was just a game, so no one looked tense. Instead, they all had expressions that said, "As expected of Liu Bai."

"So let's sacrifice Elysia, there's no point in keeping her around anyway."

Mobius looked at Elysia with a teasing expression.

Liu Bai guessed correctly; the human side did indeed have a decision called "sacrifice Elysia," but the things they could do were somewhat different from what Liu Bai had imagined.

This decision not only allows Herrscher to potentially become human Herrscher, but its effect is actually a form of "cheating within the rules."

"Eh? Doctor, how heartless!" Elysia stood with her hands on her hips, looking accusatory. "I'm going to join the Honkai! I'm going on a date with Liu Bai!"

"Look, this man is going to rebel! He's going to make a sacrifice!"

Mobius continued to fan the flames; she just wanted to see this amusement.

"Alright, now that Elysia has been sacrificed, the Second Herrscher will be even more difficult to deal with. If the teacher were a normal Second Herrscher, he would choose the Herrscher of the Void, throw Sirin out, or have Mr. Joyce come, and the game would be over immediately."

Mei was too lazy to get involved in this lovey-dovey game between the two best friends.

Sirin is one of the few Herrscher with experience dealing with nuclear weapons—no wonder, she's been beaten up by all sorts of weird things back in the day, especially a Silver Bullet that almost killed her—it has to be said, being able to give such a bizarre name to a high-yield nuclear weapon is definitely Tesla's taste.

As for Joyce, needless to say, Herrscher of Reason at her peak.

Elysia is an early-game deterrent; Elysia combat power can easily overwhelm the previous Herrscher. This is why Liu Bai didn't directly use his veteran Herrscher to wipe out the human side in one fell swoop.

Throwing these out in the early stages is like feeding Elysia. It's no exaggeration to say that she can kill one or two of them. Although everyone is Herrscher, there are different levels. As the Herrscher of Origin, Elysia's combat strength has always been in the top tier.

There were only a few times when I led a group fight, and sometimes it wasn't that we couldn't win, but that we had to eliminate the enemy as quickly as possible and not let them escape. The only special case was the time with the Herrscher of Earth, when in order to achieve the strategic objective, a group of people had to hold back and gang up on the enemy.

In terms of combat power alone, as long as it's not a Herrscher or Herrscher is out of her element or killed by Finality, Elysia can actually take down any Herrscher who dares to fight her head-on and doesn't run away... Of course, the damage caused by Herrscher is another matter.

In the early stages of the previous civilization, Alicia didn't dare to go too far, mainly because she had to pretend to be human, fearing that her identity would be exposed and she would break ties with everyone. But things are different now than in the previous civilization, and you don't need to pretend when playing a game...

Now that we're using Elysia as a bargaining chip, let's just wait to be completely wiped out next time...

"Initiate nuclear pacification."

Mei looked at the purple area on the map that represented the gradually expanding Honkai and gave the order.

Several more weeks passed in the game, and finally, the Honkai -occupied zone, which had stopped expanding, occupied one-fifth of Asia.

"... A nightmare start."

Mei's lips twitched as she opened the game report.

"The stability has dropped too much." Mobius glanced at the human side's data. "You shouldn't have overturned the Moth Chasers to Fire."

"I'm already lucky I didn't get a bloodbath."

Mei didn't care at all—at the beginning of the game, the first thing Mei did after entering the Moth Chasers to Fire was to overthrow the entire upper echelon of the Moth Chasers to Fire, and then use Mobius's reputation to persuade the United Nations to reorganize the Moth Chasers to Fire and increase its influence.

It has to be said that Mei now understands how Mobius was able to withstand the nuclear missile launch during the First Honkai Eruption.

On the one hand, there was indeed satellite imagery to corroborate the story back then, and all that was missing was a scapegoat. On the other hand, as a top expert, Mobius's reputation was truly useful—especially as a scapegoat, as he didn't seem like one at all.

Now, Mei is somewhat annoyed with Mobius —how many resources did you waste back then!

Mei had never truly enjoyed such treatment. Her rise to power was largely due to her genuine political maneuvering in overthrowing the old leadership. After the Moth Chasers to Fire completely seized power, she no longer needed to rely on prestige to rally support; she could simply issue orders directly when needed.

However, Mobius was too lazy to retort; she was in a great mood lately—did she really think everyone had Mebius's political acumen?

"Then it triggered a UN event, ordering us to quickly resolve the Honkai... I can handle them."

Mei curled her lip. If she had the Thirteen Flame-Chasers under her control at this time, she would have dared to carry out a major purge.

Of the Thirteen Flame-Chasers, half possess combat power comparable to or even surpassing that of Herrscher, and the others, apart from Pardo, are no pushovers either.

Adding them together, they are at least equivalent to seven or eight Herrscher, which means they have the fighting power to destroy a country or even a continent. At this point in time, it would not be difficult for them to shatter the existing order and rebuild the world.

However, it's just an assumption...

Without that strength, the United Nations is not something we can afford to mess with at this stage.

"Seriously, is this data really accurate? Didn't you say you were going to use nuclear weapons to wipe out the enemy? How come I see her expansion rate hasn't stopped?"

Eden, who knew little about military affairs and politics, raised an eyebrow and asked.

The others, on the other hand, looked helpless.

"Because the speed of the invasion by the Herrscher of Corruption is faster than the speed at which these countries can withdraw and isolate themselves..." Himiko explained with a look of disgust, "Then, constantly bombarding the ground with nuclear weapons inevitably leads to some people in society who believe in the idea that you can see the diversity of human species, which increases the level of instability. With the level of instability increasing, in order to consider the domestic voices, the actions inevitably have to be slowed down, damn it!"

Hen nodded in agreement.

They are all veterans who have been on the front lines since the UN era, and they know the nature of certain things better than anyone else.

Kevin and others participated in the war during the Third Honkai Impact 3rd. At that time, the Honkai was getting stronger and stronger, and society had been severely Honkai. The Moth Chasers to Fire had begun to vaguely take the lead, so they were less repressed in their actions and did not understand some things very well.

"I have to say, this numerical setting is really realistic... If it weren't for the fact that the crisis level and the level of destruction are also increasing with the expansion, those guys might have already started to run rampant."

"That's the reason." Mei nodded. "Such behavior also leads to some orders not being carried out effectively—for example, there are still several military bases in the occupied areas that have not self-destructed."

"...'Monsters don't use high technology,' 'Our passwords are foolproof,' 'We left traps in the base,' right?"

Su's lips twitched, her face full of helplessness.

"It's just a game, does it have to be this realistic?"

"Otherwise, if I let you deliver orders at lightning speed, and as long as you ensure supplies to everyone, you'll work diligently without slacking off, and any order can instantly change the course of the nation—then why would I have you guys playing this game?"

Mei rolled her eyes.

It was because of these military bases that a lot of nuclear missiles were intercepted... and to be honest, the total number of nuclear missiles that occurred during this period was far from the ideal number.

The only good thing is that those people didn't impulsively add any advanced guidance systems.

Unless it's advanced enough, the Herrscher of Corruption can't use these things to their advantage... but I don't think those people would think of that.

Mei remained calm; it wasn't a big deal, and it was expected.

"The occupied areas still retain about 70% of their original state, and the population... is roughly the same,"

Mei's tone suddenly sounded a little strange.

"Hmm, the Herrscher of Corruption didn't cultivate Honkai through killing... Is it Alisa?"

Mei really didn't expect Liu Bai to throw Alisa out directly. To be honest, with Alisa's severe PTSD, Mei really didn't think she could do anything well.

This was truly unexpected.

She genuinely didn't know whether Liu Bai was serious or not.

Can Alisa do what a Herrscher of Corruption should do?

Chapter 590 A Changed Game Strategy

"Miss Alisa, this..."

Even Prometheus was somewhat puzzled by Alisa's behavior at this moment.

Because at this moment, Alisa wasn't doing anything related to going on a killing spree; instead... she was restoring production?

Honkai 3rd doesn't even have an internal affairs mechanism, okay...

"You are Herrscher."

"Ah... I am Herrscher."

Alisa nodded weakly.

"Shouldn't you do what Herrscher should do?"

"Um... like Miss Kiana?" Alisa thought for a moment, "But things like serving someone in bed..."

No, no, no, what Herrscher is supposed to do is not climb into Father's bed!

If you put it that way, what do you expect Joyce and Mr. Chen Tianwu to think?

"Not this, but..."

A hint of hesitation finally appeared on Prometheus's expressionless face.

"How about showing some of the demeanor you had when you first reached the Schicksal?"

Think about what your original purpose was in coming to Schicksal!

It's all about killing! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!

That's what Herrscher should be like! Besides, it's just a game, so you can do whatever you want without any consequences!

No sooner had Prometheus finished speaking than he saw Alisa shaking her head frantically.

I don't want to do that kind of thing. Isn't it better for us to be friends?

Alisa has reflected on her actions and realized that the reason she was beaten was because she used to always think about causing trouble.

She's always trying to cause trouble, and sooner or later she'll be taken down by someone who's even better at causing trouble. If she had just come clean from the start and they had become friends, would she have had to be tormented by the Herrscher of Domination?

Are you trying to cause trouble?

Impossible!

I, Alisa, am someone who's going to survive to the very end!

I absolutely do not want to get killed!

She would do anything to survive!

"... It's just a game." Prometheus's advice was mainly because if Alisa played it this way, it wouldn't be a game of humans versus the Honkai, but rather humans versus humans.

Prometheus conjured a human model and then simulated a shooting.

"Look, there's even blood harmony here... No, Miss Alisa, please don't look at me with those 'how could you be so cruel' eyes."

Alisa, whose gaze had been pointed out, instantly became timid.

"... Fine, just do it your way."

Prometheus was somewhat helpless, but it didn't matter. Even if the game rules changed, the amount of computation remained the same for them.

"Well, since that's the case, how about we let everyone eat, drink, and live a comfortable life?"

"... Not very good?" Prometheus felt he had said too much as the referee.

But this kind of behavior seems... quite commendable?

Prometheus then copied the human side's internal affairs panel and displayed the various internal affairs data of the territories currently occupied by Alisa on it. "Please see..."

Prometheus requested a pause and then began to explain some scientific concepts to Alisa.

Half an hour later, Alisa, after listening to the explanation, looked like she only vaguely understood.

"So, in other words, everyone needs to work to produce food and have money to buy it, right? And then there's some kind of currency... um..."

There's a lot of information, but Alisa is very intelligent.

"Anyway, I want to get this 'society' working, right? I... I'll give it a try?"

"Can."

Prometheus nodded, restarted the game, and left the domestic affairs panel behind.

"Then I will exercise my Herrscher Authority." Alisa raised her hand. "I will program a work virus that will cause everyone to lose consciousness during work hours and be controlled by the virus to complete their work. That way, people won't have to worry about work, right?"

"...?"