You Can't Go

"Has one... already appeared?"

Han Jiang's eyelid twitched. The sudden appearance of a Herrscher was nothing unusual, but this was far too soon.

"Mr. Han Jiang, the word I used was 'perhaps.' Please pay attention," Rita reminded him.

"Perhaps means uncertainty. It includes both the possibility that one has appeared and the possibility that one has not, so..."

Han Jiang waved his right hand, his left pressing against his forehead. "No need to explain. I know what 'perhaps' means."

"Oh?" Rita smiled seductively. "I thought you didn't."

Durandal, standing to the side, said, "Because we aren't certain, I asked you to come inspect this base."

"It is exactly like the Babylon Laboratory from over a decade ago, but whether there is truly a Herrscher behind it... we cannot say for sure."

Everyone had witnessed the strength of Herrschers. They were indeed powerful, but their power had limits.

On humanity's side, there were no fewer than five people capable of taking on a Herrscher alone.

But every appearance of a Herrscher meant the deaths of countless people. That was an outcome nobody wanted to see, including Kevin.

After all, the Stigmata Project relied on the size of the human population. If humanity was dead, what the hell would be the point?

According to records left behind by the Previous Era, thirteen Herrschers had emerged in total. The fourteenth was the Herrscher of the End, possessing unimaginable power.

Now that Herrschers were popping up one after another, the descent of the End was not far away. That was what everyone was truly worried about.

Han Jiang sorted through his thoughts and asked Durandal, "Schicksal should have the ability to observe Imaginary Space. Can you find a pattern in the appearance of Herrschers?"

Herrschers were born from large-scale Honkai outbreaks, but not every