Young People These Days

"Strictly speaking, my desired area of expertise is mechanical engineering. As for the existence of Honkai creatures like Herrscher, you, Dr. Mobius, who has been famous for a long time and has already achieved remarkable results in research, are more qualified." Vill-V said with a smile, looking at Mobius had a black line on his face.

"Vill-V ..." Mobius clenched his fists, gritting his teeth and suppressing the urge to smash the documents in his hand into Vill-V's face.

Just now, she was told by Vill-V the contents of Lilith's conversation with the others, as well as the information that Lilith had killed the Fifth Herrscher alone.

Whether it's Lilith's speculation that she is also Origin Herrscher, or why the Fifth Herrscher appeared ahead of schedule, these are all questions worth considering...

"The issue of Origin isn't urgent for now," Mobius said, calming himself down. "Afterwards, the Hell will support the construction of the lunar base. This time, we might be able to obtain some other information from the moon... The premature appearance of the Fifth Herrscher isn't unprecedented; the Ninth Herrscher was the same..."

According to their speculation, the civilization's ability to destroy the Finality can be countered by the effects of the Divine Key. Therefore, Vill-V transformed the Fifth Divine Key, the Withering of All Things, into the All Things Dormant, assisting the last humans in entering a state of hibernation until the next era.

However... what lay before them was that this arrangement seemed to have completely altered the entire world. Everything they had experienced before, everything left behind for the next era, had left no trace.

The reason they were able to conclude that the Finality's control was not complete is because they found remnants of the previous civilization on the moon and other parts of Earth. If the Finality's control were a complete spacetime control, none of this should have been left behind.

If what is found on the moon this time is the same as the last time...

Then there are even more things to consider.

"Oh well, it's just a little more work... I already knew most of the experimental results beforehand," Mobius thought to himself.

The Finality and the Origin...

On Zhu Yufeng's side.

"So, you thought that after discovering the Herrscher's abnormality and raising questions, the Herrscher stopped hiding and prepared to kill you to silence you?" Hen asked, sitting in front of Lilith. Zhu Yufeng was also pulled over by Hen to give a statement, and of course, Elysia was also there.

"Yes, but perhaps because she is still in her infancy or not fully awakened, her control over her powers is weaker than that of the Herrscher I've seen in my records before," Lilith said. "At the time, as far as I could see, her powers were related to the concept of ice. Also, during the battle, she seemed to be gradually learning to use her powers skillfully. I would say that luck played a big part in the way she was able to kill her this time."

Hen glanced at Zhu Yufeng, who was silently taking notes, and then at Elysia, who seemed to be focusing her attention on the notes Zhu Yufeng was writing. He then said, "There's no need to belittle yourself. We've all witnessed your training results within the Fire Moth. Luck is certainly important, but when opportunity knocks, strength is the deciding factor in whether you can seize it. If it were someone else, they might have already turned into an ice sculpture."

Lilith's explanation was reasonable. First, the Herrscher was not fully awakened and was not proficient in the use of her powers. Second, she did not defeat the Herrscher easily. Instead, she fought the Herrscher for a while and then seized the Herrscher's weakness to kill her. At the same time, she was also affected by hypothermia caused by the ultra-low temperature environment.

And the fact that he could single-handedly defeat Herrscher...

He glanced at Elysia without leaving a trace. Zhu Yufeng did have records of killing the third and Fourth Herrscher, but the former was the result of a joint operation, and the latter was because Qianjie Jie drew fire in front of him. So if we really talk about someone who has the ability and record to kill Herrscher alone, besides the Present Lilith, it is Elysia.

In Qianjie's mind, Qianjie was also a warrior with the ability to kill Herrscher in one fell swoop. However, he was too reckless and thoughtless, and his body seemed to be different from that of a normal person, with an unimaginable ability to recover.

The investigation into Qianjie's body and identity was initially handled by Mobius, and then transferred to Admil, the deputy director of the Third Research Institute.

Hen couldn't help but glance at Zhu Yufeng again. Based on the Present appraisal results of the Herrscher Core that Lilith obtained, Lilith had undoubtedly completed the solo kill of the Fifth Herrscher, even if it was just a Herrscher had not yet fully awakened. But... he still had to say that none of the girls around this guy were simple. Even the seemingly most ordinary Pardo was far superior to Zhu Yufeng and his group of prodigies, and even more so than the other warriors in the Fire Moth.

"These young people the Present..." Hen sighed helplessly in his heart, "Sometimes they really put us seniors in a difficult position..."

"Alright, we've roughly figured out the situation. You should also take care of yourself and avoid developing any chronic illnesses." Hen stood up and said, then prepared to walk out.

Zhu Yufeng put away his notebook and prepared to leave with Hen. At this moment, Lilith suddenly spoke up, "Could you please make me a separate dinner tonight, Feng? I prefer your cooking."

Zhu Yufeng didn't think too much about it, "Okay."

Hen Gang's hand, which had just lifted the tent flap, froze. Was this kid really clueless or just pretending?

However... Lilith is the Present injured, so it's reasonable for her to make a request, or at least it's not excessive... Sigh, Elysia, you have to keep going!

Elysia squinted at Lilith, Lilith shrugged innocently.

After Zhu Yufeng came out of the tent, Kevin, who was waiting outside, saw him heading towards the kitchen and asked, "Are you going to cook yourself?"

"After all, Lilith has spoken up, and since I don't have much of a role to play anyway, I might as well do what I can." Zhu Yufeng looked at Kevin, "Don't you have any plans the Present?"

Kevin glanced in the direction of the tent and then said, "Does she... have awakened powers?"

"Let's leave the rest of the situation to professionals like Mobius and Vill-V. There's no point in us overthinking it," Zhu Yufeng said. "Kosma and the others already set off?"

Kevin nodded.

On Kosma's side.

"So this time the Herrscher's power is related to ice..." Disaster broke off a branch that had been frozen into an ice block from a nearby bush. "The Third Herrscher was lightning, the Fourth Herrscher was wind, the Present the Fifth Herrscher is ice... Could the Sixth Herrscher be fire?"

Kosma simply stared at the scene after the battle and the Moth Fire Moth personnel checking everything around, lost in thought.

(Judging from the situation on the ground, the area where Lilith and the Fifth Herrscher were fighting wasn't very large, meaning Lilith wasn't using guerrilla tactics... That makes sense, in such a low-temperature environment, the only option is to find an opportunity to finish the fight quickly... Mobius said that Lilith, like the Present, is Herrscher has awakened to a high level, and Herrscher have a much stronger ability to withstand extreme environments than humans, even if they are high-level Herrscher... If it were me... even Lilith suffered from hypothermia due to frostbite, I would have been defeated much earlier than her...)

"Amo, Amo?" Disaster waved her hand in front of Kosma. "Are you even listening to me?"

Kosma snapped out of his daze and looked at Disaster, saying, "Disaster, don't forget why we came here. We're here to collect on-site data and to compare it with Lilith's later account for confirmation."

"I know, I just have some thoughts about the Herrscher that will appear later," Disaster said, pursing her lips. "Besides, you weren't listening anyway..."

"The Third Herrscher's power is actually electromagnetic, but it manifests as lightning. The Fourth Herrscher, based on the current investigation, has the power of an ideal fluid, but it manifests as wind," Kosma said. "And the Fifth Herrscher should also manifest as freezing."

How could he not listen to Disaster? It's just that he had already seen what Disaster was talking about, so he was thinking about something else... Besides, the Sixth Herrscher Authority is not related to fire, but to "death," while the Seventh Herrscher is the Fire Herrscher.

As for the true power of the Fifth Herrscher, it is "entropy reduction," which reduces the speed of molecular motion, achieving a "freezing" effect on a macroscopic level. In contrast, the power of the Fire Herrscher is to accelerate the speed of molecular motion, destroying the matter that comes into contact with her power. Therefore, the Divine Key created by the Herrscher Core is called the Key of Destruction.

"Wow, Kosma, you know quite a lot." A warrior who was collecting samples stood up and looked over. "No wonder you always get full marks on the theory exams."

"I only have a slight understanding," Kosma said.

"You already know a little about this? Should we just dig a hole and bury ourselves?" the warrior said speechlessly. For the warriors of the Fire Moth, theoretical exams are just as important. After all, you can't fight Honkai without thinking. You can't just go in and fight without knowing anything, right? So the Fire Moth regularly conducts theoretical exams for all its warriors.

Speaking of this, we have to mention Kevin, who practically uses Mei as an external thinking organ. His theoretical exam scores related to Honkai are okay, but the rest are... well...

Give Kevin a book on advanced mathematics or something similar, and he'll glance at it and then fall asleep.

There are exceptions, such as Qianjie, who belongs to the category that does not need to take the test, because he can't understand what is written on the test paper anyway, and he doesn't have the patience to sit down and write the test paper properly...

Kosma shifted his gaze to the branch in Disaster's hand.

(After all, I already knew this knowledge back in my previous life... Now that I've been reborn, I actually spend more of my time reading books on relationships... Although Feng may indeed be more reliable than Kevin in matters of the heart, Feng sometimes needs a lot of time to resolve his own issues, and I can't always bother him or Elysia for advice...)

Thinking about this, Kosma recalled the night before he left Australia.

When Disaster heard Kosma's answer that he had actually been listening to her the whole time, she also remembered that night when she couldn't help but blush whenever she thought about it.

At that moment, both of them were watching Eden's performance on stage. It must be admitted that Eden's music was indeed very good at creating an atmosphere that was captivating.

"I wish I could have days like this every day..." Disaster said softly.

Kosma knew what would happen next, but... he looked down at Disaster's hand, and just as he reached out his own hand, he immediately withdrew it. He said, "... If you wish, we can apply for leave for every vacation, and even within the Fire Moth."

"That's not what I meant..." Disaster said. "I meant, if every day could be like this from now on, with the Honkai far removed from our lives, we wouldn't need to fight for it anymore... Amo, tell me, when will our battle against the Honkai finally end?"

Kosma looked at Disaster, wondering when the battle against the Honkai would end...

Will there really be an end? Can they... really defeat the Finality this time?

Kosma had been thinking about this question in his previous life, and he continued to ponder it after the battle with the Finality and after his rebirth.

He looked at Disaster, and at that moment, the music of Eden seemed to give him immense courage. At the same time, the hormones of youth prompted him to reach out and take Disaster's hand, saying, "Perhaps this battle will end soon, or perhaps it will last a long time, thousands or even tens of thousands of times, from one civilization to the next... But I think it doesn't matter. What matters is that you are still by my side."

Disaster: "!"

Kosma just stared at Disaster, thinking about Disaster's departure during the Eighth Herrscher Incident, and about the harmonica tune he would never have the chance to play for Disaster in his previous life.

"Ah... Amo, you..." Disaster's face turned bright red, and after a long while, she whispered, "I... I reluctantly agree with what you said, you idiot Amo..."

The surrounding music entered a new phase, and the atmosphere became even more dreamlike...

At this moment, the boy and the girl had only each other in their eyes, and they moved closer to each other without even realizing it...

This might explain why the two didn't notice the silver-haired girl who happened to be passing by and took a picture of the scene with her phone.

The timeline returns to the present.

Both of them blushed at the same time, subconsciously looking at each other. After realizing that the other person's expression was similar to their own, they realized that they were thinking the same thing, and their faces turned even redder.

"... I'll go over there and investigate."

"Hmm... well, I'll go take a look over there. I'll be going now. See you later when we meet, Amo!"

"Okay, see you when we meet again."

The warrior who had spoken to Kosma glanced at Kosma, then at Disaster, and finally at himself, who could only investigate alone...

How could he get a piece of food just for striking up a conversation?

Can't these young people be a little nicer to their older, less experienced predecessors?