How Could Anyone Not Even Spare a Divine Key?

"This..." Zhu Yufeng's eye twitched, "Couldn't it just be a coincidence..."

"That's quite a coincidence. She didn't become the Sixth Herrscher during the days you were investigating, and she broke out not long after you left. If there are too many coincidences, it's hard not to wonder if there's something else going on, isn't it?" Lilith said, squinting. "Especially when the situation involves you, it's hard not to think things through."

Zhu Yufeng: "..."

There's no way to refute it...

"I also reviewed the records of the Fire Moth's actions against the Sixth Herrscher. After the Sixth Herrscher awakened, although she caused deaths within a certain area, she didn't immediately begin a large-scale massacre. Instead, she wandered around the city." Lilith looked at Kevin. "The Fire Moth reacted immediately. After investigation and analysis, they identified the Sixth Herrscher's true identity and abilities and began their campaign against Sixth Herrscher."

"Because the Sixth Herrscher was lurking in the city, her Herrscher signal disappeared quickly after it erupted. So, the Fire Moth decided to track down the Sixth Herrscher alerting her as much as possible." Kevin recalled the situation at that time. "After the Sixth Herrscher appeared in that city, all the personnel responsible for the observation mission were required to reconfirm the status of their respective observation targets. And here, you didn't find SEELE. The date and location of her disappearance also corresponded to the time and location of the Sixth Herrscher's appearance... Combining all the information, we were able to determine that the human identity of the Sixth Herrscher was SEELE."

"After confirming the Sixth Herrscher's human identity, the Fire Moth began a secret search of the city. Finally, after sacrificing more than a dozen warriors, Kevin found the Sixth Herrscher and killed her on a high tower in the city center," Lilith continued, continuing Kevin's words. "Because the Sixth Herrscher showed a human side at the end, Kevin hesitated, and the Sixth Herrscher took the opportunity to turn the city into a ghost town."

During the campaign against the Sixth Herrscher, aside from counterattacking the warriors of the Fire Moth and finally Kevin, she didn't use her powers much. This was different from all the Herrscher who had appeared before. Therefore, the higher-ups believed that the Sixth Herrscher had the potential to communicate. However, the Sixth Herrscher's final counterattack directly shattered the higher-ups' idea that the Herrscher could possibly communicate with humans.

"What did she say at the end?" Zhu Yufeng asked Kevin.

After the punitive expedition ended, Zhu Yufeng also read the report submitted by Kevin, which only stated that in the end, the Sixth Herrscher used the mask of humanity as a disguise and launched a final counterattack when he tried to communicate.

"Human Heroes, tell me, can you really accept a Herrscher?" Kevin repeated the words of the Sixth Herrscher, looking at Zhu Yufeng with a strange expression. "I used to think it was just her disguise, but now that Lilith has said this, I also think that she might be asking you if it's possible for you to accept her."

Zhu Yufeng: "... Is it possible that it was just... a coincidence..."

He almost believed it.

"I also have a guess about this, and you had the same guess as me back then," Lilith said. "Even after you had already confirmed your identity as the Sixth Herrscher, you still went to the residence where Seele was staying once. Is it possible that... she was actually nearby at that time?"

Zhu Yufeng paused for a moment, then said, "After locking down the Sixth Herrscher's tracks and movement route, it was proven that the Sixth Herrscher did indeed pass through her abode when she was in hiding as a human..."

Even now, he still feels lucky to be alive, thinking he just happened to miss the Sixth Herrscher. Now that Lilith brings it up again, he thinks it's possible that Seele really was nearby at the time.

"All your current speculations are logically sound," Zhu Yufeng said. "However, the only unreasonable thing is that before Elysia sacrificed herself to return to the Honkai, the Sixth Herrscher should not have shown any human characteristics. And as I have said, during the time I spent with SEELE, her behavior was no different from that of a human."

"That's why I said it's all speculation," Lilith shrugged. "Unless we do it all over again now, I can't guess what the truth of the matter is. If you had said something like 'Rotten orange is rotten orange' or 'Once an Ogre, always an Ogre' when you were investigating the Sixth Herrscher's whereabouts and contacting others, and if it matches my speculation, the Sixth Herrscher might not even have waited for Kevin to hesitate; she might have just erupted and destroyed the city. Unfortunately, when you were communicating with others, you said 'SEELE is SEELE, Sixth Herrscher is the Sixth Herrscher.' Do you think... this can explain why the Sixth Herrscher asked Kevin that question in the end?"

"What is Ouxer?" Kevin and Elysia both looked at Zhu Yufeng. What kind of strange term was this? But considering the previous "rotten orange is rotten orange", it probably wasn't anything nice.

"Anyway, I didn't say that." Zhu Yufeng denied it at first, then seemed thoughtful.

At that time... it must have happened when he was conducting a follow-up investigation at the temporary residence in Seele. He didn't remember the name of the soldier he was talking to, but he did have some recollection of that conversation.

"... Feng, if you find the Sixth Herrscher and stand in front of her, do you think she'll be like before, verbally abusing you but secretly doing the opposite?"

"Focus on your own happiness. Also, Seele is Seele, Sixth Herrscher is the Sixth Herrscher."

"You can't say that. During your week of observation, didn't you notice anything unusual about her?"

"I remember submitting my observation reports every day, and no one noticed anything unusual."

"That's more like it. Maybe this time the Herrscher will be able to communicate with us normally. Then, we might even be able to fight alongside the Herrscher and fight against the Honkai together."

He first mentally complained that Elysia had fought alongside them until now, was Herrscher, and then continued his investigation in that cramped apartment.

Although the apartment where Seele lives is small, it is clean and tidy overall... but it's also possible that Seele doesn't have much to put there...

That's all he remembered; he couldn't recall anything else. As for the warrior who had spoken to him, he ultimately died in the Sixth Herrscher's counterattack.

"Let's leave this topic here; there's no point in continuing the discussion." Zhu Yufeng decided to end the conversation. "All your speculations are based on the premise that the Sixth Herrscher retains humanity. However... in this era, before Elysia returns to the Honkai and cuts the threads of fate, the other Herrscher... are nothing more than puppets of the Honkai..."

"You really think so? Are you sure you're not just saying this because you're unwilling to continue thinking and are ready to give up?" Lilith looked at Zhu Yufeng with a mocking expression. "Michael... do you also think that after she became the Restraining Herrscher, she was Honkai puppet? Was the hug she gave you at the end fake?"

Zhu Yufeng remained silent.

Kevin and Elysia both looked at Zhu Yufeng, but neither of them spoke. This was because the tragedy involving Michael and the Tragedy of Binding was something Zhu Yufeng was quite unwilling to mention. Kevin respected Zhu Yufeng's feelings, while Elysia, like Zhu Yufeng, didn't really want to bring it up either.

Only Lilith, as the person in charge, has the ability to speak up.

"I believe that her will ultimately triumphed over the will to Honkai." Zhu Yufeng remained silent for a while before saying, "The last thing I saw was Michael himself."

"Then why can't Seele be possible?" Lilith countered.

After a long pause, Zhu Yufeng finally said, "If that's the case, then I'm also willing to try this time to save her."

However... what he was thinking about was the relationship between the Herrscher of Ice and the Herrscher of Rock in the current civilization. It was hard to say about the Herrscher of Rock, since that thing died not long after it was born, and its core went to the Herrscher of Ice. As for the Herrscher of Ice, her memories as a human disappeared over time, and in the end, only the instincts of Herrscher remained. After Mei defeated these two Herrscher and fused to summon the Herrscher of Rimestar, the consciousness of the two fusion materials did indeed temporarily appear.

Therefore, he is more inclined to believe that Seele was stimulated and transformed into the Herrscher of Death, but her human consciousness did not immediately dissipate, but was gradually eroded by the "Honkai"...

The same applies to Michael.

But it doesn't make much sense to discuss these now. All mysteries still have to wait for the final answers to seele.

As for why he found it easy to use Black Abyss White Flower and Divine Grace Judgment... Lilith's speculation is not entirely unfounded. When using Divine Grace Judgment, he did feel like he was fighting alongside an old friend. As for Black Abyss White Flower, he was only a little unaccustomed to it at the beginning, and occasionally there would be a backlash that would disappear quickly...

According to Lilith's thinking, it was already outrageous enough that he had provoked so many girls, but now he's even going after the Divine Key? What's going on?

Calm down, calm down, don't overthink it, it's all just Lilith's speculation...

"Hey, you guys are here. I was worried you might have a hard time defeating that Emperor-class Honkai Beast that summons ice and snow." Hen, whose head was now bandaged, walked over and looked at everyone. "Looks like you're not only okay, but in pretty good shape?"

Zhu Yufeng glanced at Hen, then subtly glanced at Lilith... Earlier, when Parvati, he had overheard Hen being surrounded by Honkai Beast on the communication channel. However, Hen himself said he could handle it and told them to focus on their own tasks. This was definitely related to Lilith, who was transferred to fight the Honkai Beast tide and not allowed to participate in the attack on Parvati.

Lilith shrugged and said, "Senior Hen, you're injured, why don't you go and rest for a bit?"

"It's just a minor injury, nothing serious. I just bumped into something, no need to make a fuss." Hen shrugged and said, still unaware that he was being surrounded by a bunch of Honkai Beast because Lilith had tricked him. "When the team that retreated first told me that this Emperor-class Honkai Beast's ability was to summon ice and snow, I was a little worried for you guys. But... as expected, as the best warriors of the Fire Moth, taking down Emperor-class Honkai Beast is really no problem for you."

"Hen, did you come here because you have something to say?" Zhu Yufeng asked.

Hen looked at Kevin, paused for a moment, and then said, "Kevin, my squad is now yours."

Kevin was taken aback. If he remembered correctly, Hen had indeed recommended him to the council to take over as the team leader of Hen's squad because he was going to the moon to support the construction of a lunar base. After the lunar base was completed and they returned to Earth, when he was about to hand over the team leader position to Hen, Hen said something about "the younger generation surpassing the older generation." Hen's achievements had far surpassed his own as a senior, so he stayed in Kevin's team as a member.

However... later he felt that it was because Xu Weihen himself was happy to be free and too lazy to continue being the captain and meddling in so many affairs...

Around the same time last time, Hen also received orders and gradually began to transfer the management of the team to himself. For example, when the Fifth Herrscher awakened (although he was quickly torn apart), he was the one who led the team to investigate.

"I really don't know what the people upstairs are thinking," Hen complained, somewhat speechlessly. "They should have told me about this at least a month in advance..."

"Is it because Ugar happened to be away from the center of the Earth-Moon orbit during this period, but moved to another place?" Zhu Yufeng asked. As for why, of course, it was because he had spoken up... Mobius had come to him before, saying that if Ugar continued to linger in the Earth-Moon orbit, it would affect the construction of the lunar base by the Fire Moth.

So Zhu Yufeng tried to contact Ugar and asked it to go to the South Pole or the North Pole for a while...

Speaking of Yu Ugar, Zhu Yufeng is actually communicating with Ugar telepathically, but he can only contact Ugar unilaterally... Most of the time, Ugar is in a dormant state after its transformation, hovering in the Earth-Moon orbit. Occasionally, it wakes up and circles the Moon a few times, or hangs outside the Earth's atmosphere for a while. Watching the Fire Moth, it became very nervous and sent out several reconnaissance planes to follow it.

Yu told himself that he would avoid fighting with Ugar if possible, Fire Moth didn't want to provoke Ugar either, at least not before figuring out a way to deal with Ugar. So the two left each other alone. After a few times, Ugar even found it quite amusing, taking the reconnaissance plane around. The reconnaissance plane didn't dare not follow, for fear that Ugar would cause trouble...

"Yeah, that Judgment-class Honkai Beast is a real headache. How on earth did it manage to reverse spacetime..." Hen said, somewhat troubled. "Right now, the Fire Moth is still keeping a close watch on Ugar. It seems to be hovering over Antarctica, but I don't know how long it will stay... It really makes me wonder if it's a companion Honkai Beast of some Herrscher, and if that Herrscher is also in a dormant state like the Fifth Herrscher this time... No, if that's the case, then this one is practically the Sixth Herrscher ... Never mind, that's not something I should be thinking about..."

Kevin and Elysia looked at Zhu Yufeng.

There is indeed a Herrscher with space-time abilities here, and Ugar is indeed someone's companion Honkai Beast.

Zhu Yufeng kept his eyes down and his mind at ease. At least, apart from that one time when she first appeared, Ugar has been very obedient and hasn't caused any trouble...