Honkai Simulator: Not for Kidnapping Herrschers!

Chapter 17: Research on the Third Herrscher Core Approved

[Host has exited the simulated scenario. Congratulations to the host for obtaining rewards.]

[As this was a voluntary exit by the host, the knowledge of Valkyrie Gun-Fu that should have been obtained has been downgraded to Valkyrie Combat Techniques.]

[Based on the System's calculation of your consciousness-bearing capacity, the next optimal simulation time will be in 12 hours.]

The System's cold voice echoed in his mind. Chen Ran subconsciously surveyed his surroundings.

He was also synchronizing with No. 666's memories.

During the few days Chen Ran was simulating, No. 666 had not been idle.

Because it had been granted biological knowledge by the System, No. 666 quickly and excellently completed Blanca's tasks.

After that, Blanca assigned several more small tasks, all of which No. 666 resolved. Its reserve of biological knowledge was actually not much inferior to Mobius'.

What was lacking was research into the Honkai.

What surprised Chen Ran even more was that No. 666 did not actively try to get close to MEI, unlike how it had latched onto Kevin. Instead, apart from necessary work interactions, it had not said anything to MEI.

Could it be that it also had risk awareness management?

This artificial intelligence was truly ingenious.

However, he didn't dwell on these things.

He was in the First Research Institute, which should be a condition for initiating the Divine Right Plan.

The Flame-Chaser now possessed three Herrscher Cores. Welt probably was still busy with his escape, and hadn't been commissioned to design Divine Keys yet.

This meant that if he proposed the Divine Right Plan now and managed to persuade Mobius, there was actually a chance to initiate it.

And with Mobius's capabilities, the Divine Right Plan might not necessarily fail.

It's just...

Chen Ran suddenly realized a problem: given Mobius's desperate desire for the evolution of life, it was impossible she hadn't considered integrating humans into Herrscher Cores.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be the so-called Fusion Warrior project.

After all, whether it was integrating humans into Herrscher Cores or integrating them into Honkai Beast genes, the fundamental methods and principles were the same.

This actually meant that Mobius had likely considered using this method to grasp the authority of a Herrscher, but due to biological calculations, or even human experiments that had already been conducted, she had determined it to be impossible.

Therefore, the Flame-Chaser had adopted a fallback strategy, using weapons as a medium to create the Cores into Divine Keys.

So, did this imply that the previous civilization's judgment was that the Divine Right Plan was bound to fail?

Raiden Mei's success was due to the natural Stigmata on her body, and Stigmata technology was created by the previous civilization.

He decided to seek her out for consultation.

At the very least, he needed a clear answer.

With his mind made up, Chen Ran went to find Blanca.

"Doctor, Chen Ran has some questions he wishes to discuss with you."

Blanca did not obstruct Chen Ran's desire to ask Mobius questions.

She looked at the people in the institute like they were her juniors. The Flame-Chaser might not need kindness, but Blanca was undoubtedly a kind person.

Mobius frowned slightly.

"If you have questions, you can send an email, Blanca. I recall telling you that."

Blanca tactfully replied, "Doctor, your email checking frequency is a bit low. Even high-level orders are first CC'd to me."

Mobius disliked reading emails.

Or rather, she disliked anything that she found troublesome.

However, since Blanca had brought someone over, she would reluctantly entertain him.

She sat slanted on her office chair, arms crossed, her figure proud and alluring.

"Go ahead, what is it?"

It was clear she didn't place much importance on this discussion with Chen Ran. With her biological knowledge reserves, dealing with one person was more than enough.

Chen Ran sat up straight and said, "Doctor, I'd like to ask if the First Research Institute has ever conducted experiments involving the fusion of human bodies with Herrscher Cores. If so, did they all fail?"

Mobius's eyes narrowed slightly.

Blanca, standing beside her, changed her expression: "Where did you hear about this?"

"It's not hearsay, it's a guess."

Chen Ran paused and continued, "During my time in the First Research Institute, I've also heard some of your reputation. You are very interested in evolved life, and Herrschers in human form are undoubtedly the highest-evolved life forms discovered so far."

"Given your personality, it's impossible you haven't conducted related experiments. The most basic would be extracting Herrscher genes and integrating them into human clone embryos to grow together. The fastest method would be to fuse a Herrscher Core with a human."

Chen Ran, as if unintentionally, described Kiana's creation process.

It's fine, Kiana wouldn't exist in this era anyway.

His words made Blanca subconsciously relax, but Mobius's brow furrowed even deeper.

She finally began to size up the youth before her.

Black hair, East Asian, from Shenzhou, a refugee, a few years younger than Blanca, but with a somewhat handsome appearance... these were all judgments she made with her own eyes.

From a normal person's perspective, age is the standard for judging a person's knowledge base.

But this rule applies to mortals, not to the realm of geniuses.

She began to take him seriously: "What do you want to explain?"

"I want relevant data and information."

He said, "I want to conduct an experimental attempt for a relevant plan."

Mobius's eyes narrowed slightly.

She didn't ask Chen Ran's motives, just as she herself didn't like being asked about hers.

"That experiment was a disgrace to me, so I destroyed all the data. If you want to conduct an experiment, I grant you special permission to research the Third Herrscher Core."

Chen Ran's guess was correct; Mobius had indeed conducted experiments involving the integration of Herrscher Cores.

The experiment design wasn't difficult; it could even be said to be very simple. And its profit rate was very high; if successful, one could obtain a controlled Herrscher.

However, this experiment had repeatedly failed.

Although Mobius provided no data support, Blanca explained the reasons for the experiment's failures to Chen Ran.

"In that plan, the Doctor first used criminals without Honkai Energy compatibility, who undoubtedly died. Then, they chose volunteers who were willing to be test subjects and warriors with high Honkai Energy compatibility, but warriors with high Honkai Energy compatibility exhibited physical rejection reactions to the Herrscher Core."

"Moreover, the Honkai Energy concentration of the Herrscher Core was too high, and the experiment still failed."

"After that, the Doctor continued to select subjects, but even with exhaustive methods, no experiment succeeded, and even the measured data was meaningless," Blanca said. "Even if someone managed to fuse with a Herrscher Core, they didn't wield the expected authority and died within two minutes."

"Although the higher-ups didn't criticize the experiments, many people had already expressed their opposition. This is also why many people left the First Research Institute."

It was clear that Blanca wanted to dissuade Chen Ran from continuing.

How could Chen Ran stop?

Chapter 18: Chen Ran's Repayment to MEI

The Divine Right Plan could ultimately succeed.

This wasn't self-comforting confidence, but reality.

But considering the difference between the previous civilization and the current civilization's eras, he quickly guessed the key to success: emotion.

Just as the core of the Sirin Plan was to overcome the Herrscher's manipulation of consciousness through emotional bonds, the core of the Divine Right Plan also relied on emotional amplification to overcome the Herrscher's consciousness.

In the story, Wendy actually achieved it.

If not for Bronya's betrayal caused by Cocolia, Wendy would have been the next Raiden Mei.

In other words, the Divine Right Plan, with Wendy at its core, ultimately succeeded after two years. But Chen Ran wanted to accelerate this process.

He didn't want to sacrifice all of New Zealand, even if it was just a simulation.

To create a Herrscher, besides the Herrscher Core, a high concentration of Honkai source is indispensable. Especially Honkai Energy that doesn't require sacrificing a city is a technical challenge.

This was the problem Chen Ran had to solve.

As for the integration and compatibility of the Herrscher Core and the subject, that was something he didn't need to worry about.

The Herrschers of this era were not wielded by Elysia's authority; what he needed to do was differentiate between their Herrscher Cores and the Herrscher Cores in the simulation.

Only by comparing the differences could he formulate a complete experiment.

After being granted permission to observe the Third Herrscher Core, Chen Ran, with a reminder from Blanca, claimed a protective suit that isolated Honkai Energy.

However, he claimed two suits.

"Senior Blanca, I'd like to choose an assistant, may I?"

Chen Ran was not a genius.

This was evident from his college entrance exam score, which barely got him into a key university.

Geniuses are those who can easily touch upon realms incomprehensible to mortals.

So, when God created humans, he was indeed unfair; some people might truly be God's illegitimate children.

But the knowledge given by the System allowed Chen Ran to pretend to be a big shot for a while.

He wouldn't complete this experiment alone; it wasn't the most efficient way. Finality would arrive in a few years, and wasting time on this wasn't worth it.

Therefore, he sought outside help.

What Flame-Chaser lacked the least were geniuses, and in his understanding, the most brilliant genius was right beside him.

"MEI, I've received permission to observe and research the Third Herrscher Core. I think you'd be very interested in this."

He said with a grin, "The advice you gave me last time helped me a lot, and this can be considered my repayment."

MEI's eyes slightly narrowed.

"Alright, I like this kind of repayment."

Contrary to common perception, MEI actually had the option not to join the Flame-Chaser.

Her father was a top physicist on the Mu Continent, and after being rescued by the Flame-Chaser, she could have gone to the Mu Continent to pursue higher academic research.

But the reason she stayed was her desire to open the door to this thing called the Honkai domain.

And now that Chen Ran could actually obtain permission to observe a Herrscher Core, it gave MEI absolutely no reason to refuse.

Although she could also guess that Chen Ran's generosity must have had some ulterior motive.

Within the Flame-Chaser, there weren't a lack of researchers curious about Herrscher Cores; in fact, there were many.

If Chen Ran were to auction off the permission to observe a Herrscher Core internally, it could fetch a high price of up to one million US dollars.

If it were more, why not just bribe Mobius? Mobius wasn't exactly someone who disliked money.

However, MEI had her own suspicions about this as well.

If he went to someone else, it would be difficult to say who would hold the initiative.

In order to delve deeper into the door called 'Honkai,' what was wrong with temporarily following Chen Ran's orders for a while?

As expected, Chen Ran spoke, "I need your assistance with the calculations for an experiment."

"What?"

"The calculation for an experimental observation of a Herrscher Core integrating into a human body."

He didn't hide anything, and slowly explained the so-called Divine Right Plan.

"To deal with increasingly powerful Herrschers with current combat capabilities is undoubtedly very strenuous. Therefore, humanity needs its own stronger combat life forms. This could be machines or Herrschers."