No One Sits Upon the Throne

"In the first phase, the pilots will operate the Mass-produced Moonlight Throne to harass the outside world."

"Dr. Ryusuke, as the commander-in-chief of the Mass-produced Moonlight Throne force, the Moonlight Throne you ride has the ability to Overlimit Bombardment."

"This ability can only be used for a few seconds, so the timing is up to you."

"Ah, I understand."

"As for the combat troops, you are responsible for clearing out any Honkai Beast that may appear near the Cocoon of Finality."

"This battle is ultimately Beheading Operation. The key is whether those of us who fused with powerful Honkai Beast genes can achieve any results."

At this moment, Lin Yu revealed his plan, which was not exactly simple; it was practically the same as not having planned anything at all.

But at this point, there was no doubt about Lin Yu's decision.

He has led humanity to this point—questioning Lin Yu at this time would only make him a traitor Honkai Faction and get him taken down.

Even Su, who had been observing Lin Yu the whole time, had no idea what Lin Yu was planning to do.

After all, even though Su had never faced the Finality directly, he knew very well that even Kevin's combined attack with the Moonlight Throne's Overlimit Strike could only bring the Finality to a standstill for twelve hours, which was absolutely despair-inducing.

While the humans in the illusion have avoided many tragedies, their combat strength...

Okay, it's much better than the era when Su lived.

However, this fighting force seems to be just a little bit short of being able to defeat the Finality...

But what's even stranger is that I didn't find anything wrong with what Mr. Lin Yu said.

He was genuinely acting with confidence—and I, like everyone else in the illusion, actually believed those words.

If someone had led us forward like this before...

Back then, we probably wouldn't have had the slightest doubt about him.

I never dreamed that the reward for recommendation votes would only amount to so little. I was still hesitating, but now I'm just going to set an unlimited limit. It's a good way to motivate myself.

A monthly pass grants ten characters, while a recommendation grants one character.

I'll keep offering the bounty until I'm scared. Please, make me scared.

The calculation is based on the total for this month, so the losses from yesterday to today are also included.

If this story gets into the top ten in monthly votes, I'll add an extra 20,000 words—I mean it.

I think my recent update credibility is pretty good, so this month I might as well just start competing for the monthly ticket rankings. We'll only know if I can beat them after we start.

Kill kill kill kill kill kill kill

Chapter 172. The Throne is Empty

The Battle of Finality has begun.

Although the warriors who participated in this battle knew before the battle began that the enemy would be the strongest Herrscher.

But when that enormous creature, exuding a terrifying sense of oppression, appeared before them, everyone was almost unable to hold back their breath.

Even though they were still some distance from the Herrscher of Finality form, the terrifying intensity of Honkai Energy detected by the energy detectors was enough to drive everyone to despair...

—If Lin Yu hadn't been standing at the forefront of the battle...

Even knowing that the enemy before them possessed terrifyingly high energy levels, everyone could feel an incredibly strong sense of confidence emanating from that figure simply by looking at him.

We can win.

As long as that man leads us forward, we will definitely win!

"Alright, dragging things out won't change anything."

"Dr. Ryusuke, let's begin."

Inside the Moonlight Throne Unit 01, Ryusuke, having received Lin Yu's orders, immediately led the Mass-produced Moonlight Throne forces to attack the Herrscher of Finality.

Unfortunately, the Moonlight Throne forces did not have any effect, but rather a negligible one.

Three minutes into the battle, Ryusuke's Moonlight Throne Unit 01 only caused 2% energy loss to the Herrscher of Finality.

The remaining mass-produced Moonlight Throne troops only caused the Herrscher of Finality to lose 4% of their energy during this period.

A total of six percent of energy is lost, which doesn't seem like a small amount.

However, according to everyone's estimates, the Herrscher of Finality, having depleted this energy, will need approximately 144 minutes to fully recover.

If you only see these figures, everyone's confidence will definitely soar.

However, when Dr. Bianca, who was a data analyst at headquarters, saw the data, she did not show the slightest bit of joy on her face.

The three-minute all-out energy bombardment had already consumed 50% of the Moonlight Throne forces' energy.

This is all that humanity has left. Even if the logistics forces can replenish the energy in time, the energy cannons of the Moonlight Throne will need time to cool down and cannot maintain firepower suppression for a long time.

Of course, if all the pilots of the Moonlight Throne activate the self-destruct program and switch the Moonlight Throne to Overlimit Mode, the output power can be increased significantly.

Although the Moonlight Throne will self-destruct within one minute in this mode, during that minute, the Moonlight Throne forces, operating at 200% power overload, will have their output efficiency increased to 1400%.

Of course, this huge improvement does not mean that mathematical formulas are completely useless.

In fact, according to Dr. Bianca's calculations, if the normal mode of the Moonlight Throne Unit 01 is used to attack, then Unit-01's attack can only consume 2% of the total energy [just enough to break through the defense], just as it is now.

However, if you use over-limit shooting, then after breaking through the opponent's defense, all the damage you deal will be true damage.

In this scenario, a 2% energy loss would become 28%, or 1400%.

In other words, as long as the Moonlight Throne troops are put into their Overlimit Mode, they can directly exchange for 90% of the Herrscher of Finality's energy using this exchange method.

Furthermore, the Moonlight Throne, having initiated its self-destruct program, no longer requires a driver to operate it.

In this situation, the pilots of the Moonlight Throne unit could easily use the spatial teleportation ability of the Second Divine Key to retreat directly back to the organization.

But did things really go that smoothly?

However, the situation is urgent, and neither Lin Yu, the commander on the scene, nor Dr. Bianca, the data analyst at headquarters, has any intention of delaying any longer.

Three seconds later, all members of the Moonlight Throne force received the order to initiate the self-destruct sequence.

Two seconds later, dozens of terrifying beams of light shot out from all directions toward the still incredibly nonchalant Herrscher of Finality.

The expressions on the faces of the two Herrschers of the Herrscher of Finality had been looking down on the fighting force like gods, finally changed completely under this attack.

The once arrogant "God" was now clutching his head and wailing in pain as a result of the attack.

Although the cries of pain were very unpleasant for the combat troops, the fact that the enemy was in pain meant that the attack had been effective!

Something's not right!

At this moment, Dr. Bianca, who was watching the data changes at headquarters, spoke to the combat troops.

"The situation has changed! With the Herrscher of Finality's energy reduced by 6%, this attack only consumed about 50% of the opponent's energy!"

"What?"

Rita, who was preparing to Heavenly Fire: Unleashed to kill her opponent, abruptly stopped herself from releasing the Divine Key.

"The protection mechanism... it's a change I didn't expect."

Looking at the Herrscher of Finality whose eyes had become noticeably more ruthless, Lin Yu took a step forward and addressed the people behind him.

"I'll go and deal with it alone first. If it shows any weakness—don't worry about me, cut me down too."

At that moment, everyone wanted to ignore the other party's orders and just follow.

However, considering that Lin Yu had never failed in his battles against fighting Herrschers, everyone suppressed their unease and impulses and stopped what they were doing.

Because Lin Yu had never failed before, they dared not do anything to disrupt his plans.

Lin Yu took action and issued the order, which means he was truly confident before going in.

At this point, instead of rushing forward impulsively, which might hinder Lin Yu and cause the battle plan to fail, they might as well stay put.

"Good, that's it—don't move, I'll let you know if I need help."

After confirming that no one had followed, Lin Yu activated the two Herrscher Core implanted in his body, causing the Herrscher of Reason Core and the Origin Herrscher Core to spin wildly within him.

The appearance of this "defense mechanism" by the Herrscher of Finality is not entirely unexpected.

For the people of the Previous Era, if the Herrscher of Finality was an enemy that could be defeated with the ordinary Moonlight Throne, then Kevin and the other "Beginners" would not have been so desperate.

Therefore, Lin Yu made a conjecture before taking action.

At the time of their final battle, did the researchers at headquarters suspect that the Herrscher of Finality had other mechanisms, which is why they didn't frantically invest in technology from the very beginning of this era to prepare for the mass production of the Moonlight Throne Project?

Whether it was an illusion that filled in the gaps in Lin Yu's mind, or whether Su subconsciously believed that such a thing really existed, Lin Yu didn't know.

But that doesn't stop him from wanting to do something right now.

Looking at the clearly enraged Herrscher of Finality in front of him, Lin Yu just wanted to smash this huge piece of trash to pieces.

Even if he was in an illusion and had spent several years with the people around him, how could Lin Yu possibly completely regard them as an 'illusion'?

The time spent with others may be fake.

However, the emotions Lin Yu felt from them were absolutely genuine.

Because of the birth of Honkai, they gathered within the Fire Moth and were forced to become selfless fighters.

They may have happy memories within the organization, but—no one will thank the Honkai for them.

Suffering is suffering; suffering does not bring success.

Because of the Honkai, humanity is forced to confront these calamities that it should not have had to face in the first place.

Because of the operation of the Cocoon of Finality, countless humans are forced to live in fear every day.

Now, the opportunity to defeat the enemy is right in front of us, and there is no need to think about anything else.

"Sigh, head-on combat isn't my style, so now..."

Lin Yu, who was floating in mid-air, snapped his fingers lightly at the Herrscher of Finality in front of him.

"You'd better die under the pinnacle of human civilization!"

At this moment, countless Imaginary Gate unfolded behind Lin Yu.

Inside the Imaginary Gate, the [Moonlight Throne Cannon], which Lin Yu had sculpted using two cores, slowly extended out of the gate and aimed its cannon barrel at the Herrscher of Finality before him.

At the same time, Lin Yu was also 'swallowed' by a Moonlight Throne.

Upon entering the Moonlight Throne, Lin Yu looked at the Herrscher of Finality before him, a look of shock on his face followed by a cruel smile.

"Oh, you're really scared."

"Unfortunately, it's too late now."

"Ignite [Ignition]..."

"Fire!"

After uttering this word, the Moonlight Throne cannons behind Lin Yu all fired out terrifying light beams again, just like before.

Dr. Bianca, who was analyzing data at the base, did not approve of Lin Yu's move.

After the Herrscher of Finality was 'enraged', the strength of her energy shield became noticeably stronger.

If the Moonlight Throne could still cause some energy consumption under the previous circumstances, then now, the energy consumption that the Moonlight Throne can cause is negligible.

This should have been an unsolvable situation.

However, when the first beam of light struck the energy shield covering the Herrscher of the Herrscher of Finality's body, everyone's expression changed drastically.

Although the Moonlight Throne forces just now consumed half of the Herrscher of Finality's energy through their Overlimit Shot, the Herrscher of Finality only showed a pained expression at most.

Its energy shield had only had its energy depleted and some of its defenses broken; at least from an appearance standpoint, the shield was still 'intact'.

But now, after Lin Yu's Moonlight Throne launched its first attack, the Herrscher of the Herrscher of Finality was actually pierced through?!

Wait, what's going on here?

After witnessing this miraculous attack, Dr. Bianca immediately began frantically calculating the energy intensity of the strike.