Zhu Yufeng: Depression? What's That?

"In this Honkai, the Herrscher appeared earlier than the First Great Honkai. According to the results of the on-site survey and Lilith's account of the Fifth Herrscher's killing, although the Herrscher has appeared, it has not yet fully mastered its powers," Mei said to the group of scientists, holding a report. "However, this also exposes a problem: is the Herrscher gradually developing in a more troublesome direction? According to Lilith, the Fifth Herrscher seems to possess a certain degree of intelligence, which means..."

Among the researchers present, Mei is quite young, but no one can underestimate her knowledge.

Each researcher frowned, pondering the significance of the anomaly in the Fifth Herrscher.

Before the Fifth Herrscher, the outbreak of the Great Honkai was basically synchronized with the birth of the Herrscher. However, the Fifth Herrscher descended into the mortal realm before the Honkai. Even if Shang is fully awakened this time, what about next time? Will the Sixth Herrscher awaken and gain power before the Sixth Great Honkai?

Among the group of serious expressions, Mobius's expression was relatively calm.

Anyway, she had already experienced everything that would happen afterward. In fact, the occurrence of the Great Honkai was already largely related to the birth of the Laws. The Eighth Law had no physical form, the Ninth Law survived until after the Honkai, and the Tenth Law was basically a high-ranking member of the Fire Moth or other organizations, or someone in a key position, such as Qianjie's deputy or Klein. The birth of the Eleventh Law was completely unrelated to the Honkai. Before her appearance, there was no abnormal increase or decrease in Honkai Energy, and at the moment of her birth, the Divine Blessing Barrier was released and expanded to a radius of a hundred miles...

The twelfth law was discovered long ago.

Relying on the occurrence of Honkai to deduce the birth of laws and assign numbers to them is no longer very meaningful.

As for the intelligence of the Lu Yi, not to mention that the three strongest members of the Fire Moth are all Lu Yi, the Sixth and seventh Lu Yi after the Fifth Herrscher have given Kevin two psychological blows.

The Sixth law's display of human thinking made Kevin hesitate, and then she destroyed a city in front of Kevin. Although the seventh law was instantly killed by Kevin, her smile before death dealt another blow to Kevin, causing her to suffer from severe depression.

The only thing she was somewhat bothered about was Lilith's identity. She really wanted to put Lilith on the operating table and study her thoroughly, because she also wanted to know whether Lilith was originally the same kind of being as Elysia, or whether she had simply pacified Elysia's powers after that battle...

She had absolutely no intention of seeking revenge against Lilith for making her suffer so many times in the past, not even a little bit, really.

However, Zhu Yufeng and the others are still busy dealing with the Honkai Beast brought by the first Great Honkai, and they won't be back for a while, which is a real shame...

"Dr. Mobius, you seem to be thinking about something?" May's voice interrupted Mobius's thoughts.

Mobius looked up and noticed that Mei and the other researchers were looking at her, but she still spoke casually, "Regarding the topic we are discussing now, when the existence of the Lawgiver was born in the Honkai, we should have considered the arrival of this day. The Honkai is progressing, and the Lawgiver is just a sign of its progress. There is no rule that says the Lawgiver cannot progress further."

The meeting room immediately fell silent.

After a long silence, someone whispered, "If the Honkai continues to advance, when will our war against Honkai end?"

Just like the question of what Honkai itself is, no one can answer it.

The first Great Honkai on the front lines.

"The Emperor-class Honkai Beast that appeared during this Honkai has been confirmed to have been killed, and its Honkai core is being retrieved," Zhu Yufeng reported to the other end of the communicator.

After Zhu Yufeng finished reporting the situation, he noticed that Kevin was standing to the side staring blankly at Parvati's corpse, so he turned around and teased, "Seeing this guy who caused you a lot of trouble afterward, do you have any thoughts about him?"

Kevin looked away, not answering Zhu Yufeng's question directly, but instead said, "You seem to be getting more and more skilled at using your power."

Zhu Yufeng glanced at Kevin, then looked at Pardo and Hua, who were trying to retrieve the Honkai Core from Parvati's corpse, and said, "Actually, I think it's because of the appearance of the Fifth Herrscher that my... powers have been liberated."

Kevin paused, recalling a conjecture about Zhu Yufeng's lawyer identity that Mobius had made when he brought everyone to her lab.

The juvenile form at the Finality.

Even though Kevin had been so resolute in his answer that Zhu Yufeng would never become their enemy, at this moment, he still hesitated. He still believed that Zhu Yufeng wouldn't stand against them, but the definition of "enemy" sometimes doesn't depend on them...

"Do you think it's possible that I'm the one you're about to Finality?" Zhu Yufeng suddenly said. "After all, with each appearance of the Law Spirit, my control over my so-called powers has gradually increased. Isn't that similar to the Finality?"

"You will never be our enemy!" Kevin said instinctively.

"But, there's always a chance of something going wrong, isn't there?" Zhu Yufeng looked at Kevin, "If this time, defeating the Honkai requires defeating me, what will you do?"

"This kind of sentiment..." Kevin frowned, "You still have humanity now. Back then, you were with us too..."

"Of course I'm not your enemy," Zhu Yufeng said. "But can humanity accept it? Accept the existence of a non-human being with the power to reset the mortal realm?"

Those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts.

This isn't just a casual remark. Elysia struggled with this her whole life, and in the end, only a tiny fraction of people knew her true identity as a licentiate. For most people, could they really accept it? Even if this licentiate didn't harm anyone, even if this licentiate was willing to sacrifice her life to protect humanity, could they really accept it?

The fate of the twelfth pentatonic scale bell already speaks volumes about the problem.

Even if the Aponia Discipline were also at play, telling the soldiers not to give up hope of fighting the Honkai, the premise for them to attack Rin was that Rin was Ritsuki and not human, right?

Back then, they didn't even consider themselves human anymore, did they? Or rather, they didn't consider any of the Fusion Warrior human? Anyway, they didn't hesitate to fire their guns.

This era is not lacking in kind people, but it is also not lacking in mediocre and treacherous individuals.

Kevin silent.

Zhu Yufeng withdrew his gaze. He had also mentioned his own identity to Mobius, but Mobius only said that she would continue her research and told him not to concern himself with the matter. However, although Mobius's expression was handled quite well when she said this, Zhu Yufeng could still tell that Mobius might have had this suspicion even earlier.

That makes sense. After all, she's a professional scientist. If a mere fighter like myself could come up with this idea, how could a scientist of her caliber not have thought of it?

He asked Kevin this question on a whim. If the secrecy was kept well, as long as humans didn't know his Herrscher identity, he could still survive. But judging from Kevin... he clearly hadn't quite grasped the situation...

Moreover, being the Finality is one thing, but if you are not the Finality and still have to fight the Finality, that's another story.

It's not entirely wrong to tease Kevin occasionally like this...

Hmm... isn't Kevin thinking a little too much?

"There's always a way out, and besides, we have plenty of time." Zhu Yufeng patted Kevin's shoulder. "If I really do go for the Finality then, that would be even better. We could save the War of Finality from happening again, which should be a happy possibility. As for my identity then, I can just have Mobius and the others make up some excuse to get by."

After saying that, Zhu Yufeng saw that Elysia seemed to have something to say, so he walked over to her.

Kevin remained where he was. Zhu Yufeng's words did indeed remind him of something. He recalled his duel with the Sixth Herrscher, when the Sixth Herrscher's last words were. "Human Heroes, tell me, can you truly accept a Herrscher?"

At that moment, the Sixth Herrscher looked at himself with such innocent and sincere eyes, but... in that instant of hesitation, the Sixth Herrscher launched a counterattack. By the time he was about to pull the trigger, it was already too late, and the life of a city vanished.

Kevin felt deceived and felt quite guilty. After that, he vowed in his heart never to believe any Herrscher's words again, and never to sympathize with any Herrscher again. However, the Sixth Herrscher's last words still lingered in his heart. Until the Seventh Herrscher, this time the Seventh Herrscher didn't say anything, just looked at him, just like when he saw him at the ball.

At that time, was the person standing in front of him the Seventh Herrscher or his comrade Himiko?

Did he... kill his own comrade-in-arms with his own hands?

If the Sixth Herrscher made him waver on his path to Honkai the Honkai, the Seventh Herrscher destroyed his psychological defenses on the basis of the Sixth Herrscher's attack. For a long time afterward, he was very resistant to fighting the Honkai and unwilling to communicate with others.

Zhu Yufeng also encountered the same problem. The Eleventh Herrscher, Michael, and Zhu Yufeng had a good relationship. According to Elysia, who rushed to Zhu Yufeng's side immediately after the battle, Michael gave Zhu Yufeng a hug at the end. In other words, Michael, like the Seventh Herrscher, showed his humanity in the end.

Therefore, Kevin was also worried that Zhu Yufeng would fall into the same dilemma as him, because Zhu Yufeng's situation was even worse than his own at the time. The Fallen Angel were almost wiped out, Michael ultimately chose to give her a hug...

Afterwards, Kevin tested Zhu Yufeng, thinking that if Zhu Yufeng also encountered the same problem, he, as someone who had been through it, should be able to offer some guidance. However, he found that although Zhu Yufeng had become even more indifferent, he was not as hopelessly trapped in his own feelings as he had been before...

He had asked Zhu Yufeng this question indirectly, but Zhu Yufeng replied, "I don't have time to be depressed. I'd rather spend that time cleaning up more Honkai Beast. Besides... we've already made such a sacrifice to fight the Honkai, carrying their wishes. I don't have the right to be depressed."

Kevin: "..."

He wasn't depressed, but he was truly obsessed.

Kevin snapped out of his reverie and looked at Zhu Yufeng with a complex expression. He meant that this time, facing the Sixth Herrscher, he would show no mercy, but... did the Sixth Herrscher think the same way Feng had before? Humans don't trust Herrscher, Herrscher don't trust humans either...

On Zhu Yufeng's side.

"What did you and Kevin say this time? It seems like you made Kevin's brain shut down again with just a few words," Elysia teased.

"Hmm... I just remembered the question you asked Kevin before, so I asked him a similar one." Zhu Yufeng shrugged. "I asked him, if I were the Finality, and in the end I had to fight against all of humanity for my sake, what would he do?"

"Your question... is indeed difficult..." Elysia said with a strange expression. She couldn't choose even if she were in Lilith's shoes... but if it were Lilith, she would definitely stand firmly on Zhu Yufeng's side without hesitation...

As the Present Lilith, although her body has almost fully recovered, she is not allowed to enter the battlefield against Parvati yet, so the campaign against Parvati has not yet begun.

While Hen did this from an outsider's perspective out of consideration for Lilith's health, the most direct result was that he was tricked by Lilith into being surrounded by a bunch of Honkai Beast. Although it wouldn't be a big problem for Hen's skills, he would definitely be exhausted.

Speaking of which, isn't it a bit odd that Feng asked Kevin this question? Shouldn't he be asking himself this kind of question first?

"Speaking of the question you asked Kevin before, it also reminded me of some things that happened before the Sixth Herrscher awakened." Zhu Yufeng seemed not to notice the change in Elysia's expression. "Speaking of the Sixth Herrscher, SEELE, I think I was the only other person of the opposite sex who paid a little attention to her back then, besides you... although she later slapped me for being a bad guy."

He had heard that the former Sixth Herrscher of the Dark Ages resembled the current Seele, so he wanted to go and take a look...

It does resemble Seele quite a bit, but why is there such a big difference in personality between Seele? At the time, he felt that Seele was like a cat that had gone berserk, and when he tried to pat her, he got slapped.

When Elysia looked at Zhu Yufeng, who was related to the Sixth Herrscher, her first thought was that someone had confessed to her.