seele: You're Really Leaving?

Looking at Seele and the other children, Zhu Yufeng paused for a moment before opening the communication device. "This is Feng, the captain of the Second Squad. We have now discovered a large number of survivors in the orphanage in the central area of Honkai. The exact number is unknown, and there are many children here. Awaiting instructions."

This is a necessary procedure; he can choose to rescue people, but he needs to report first before doing so.

After a moment of silence, the other end of the communicator said, "Command center received your message. The 8th and 12th squads are on their way to the orphanage. As for the children... make sure they are safe first, and also take care of yourselves."

The current Fire Moth aren't entirely heartless yet; after all, they haven't reached a point of utter despair. No one would believe that a child could become Herrscher. At this moment, even the most indifferent person would still believe that a child is humanity's hope.

Zhu Yufeng, Elysia, and Lilith exchanged glances. Elysia was the first to rush to the ruins of the orphanage to help rescue people, while Zhu Yufeng went to Seele to find out what was going on. Lilith looked at their reactions, shrugged, and said with a self-deprecating tone, "There's really nothing we can do..."

Command Center for the Fire Moth.

"So far, no team has found any trace of Herrscher or Honkai Beast of Emperor-class or higher." Someone said with a solemn expression. "But this is simply unreasonable. The Honkai Energy and range of this Great Honkai have reached or even exceeded the first and Second Eruption. Even without Herrscher, just like the previous underwater Great Honkai, where are the Emperor-class or Judgment-class Honkai Beast?"

"Without a doubt, Honkai is also evolving," Mei said. "Just as the first Herrscher was born before the first Great Honkai, according to Lilith's description, the first Herrscher possessed a certain degree of intelligence. Based on this, the Herrscher born this time is very likely to be a Herrscher with complete intelligence."

"Does this mean there's a possibility that we can communicate with the Honkai?" someone asked. "Since the Herrscher possess intellect, then communication is possible... All along, we've been unilaterally researching and fighting the Honkai, without any effective means to understand Honkai or communicate with the Herrscher. If the Herrscher possess intellect..."

Mei opened her mouth, wanting to agree with this view, but a strange feeling in her heart was stopping her, telling her that Herrscher cannot be communicated with...

"The premise of communication is that both parties have a bridge to communicate." When Mei was pondering why she had this feeling, someone said, "If the Honkai itself is the enemy of humanity, can the Herrscher, as the Herrscher of the Honkai, really have room to communicate with us?"

"Regarding this... among those present, only Dr. Mei and Dr. Mobius have conducted the most in-depth research on Honkai, right? What are your opinions?"

Mobius glanced at the person who had passed the buck to him. Herrscher could indeed be communicated with, but the three Herrscher he knew of who could were unaware of what Honkai was or what it required of them. Elysia had never heard any voices and had always acted arbitrarily according to her own will. Zhu Yufeng was simply a Herrscher didn't care about anything other than Honkai. And then there was Lilith ... You couldn't completely trust what that woman said, so the information you got from her wasn't very reliable.

Or rather... the biggest difference between these three Herrscher and other Herrscher is that no Herrscher Core has been discovered.

Logically speaking, the Herrscher Core is an energy body formed by the Great Honkai energy generated by a large-scale Honkai eruption. It is the key to the birth of Herrscher. The reason why small-scale Honkai cannot give birth to Herrscher is that the Honkai Energy it generates is insufficient to give birth to such a core.

In theory, the process of Herrscher's Herrscher Core is that at the moment of the Honkai eruption, the Honkai Energy actively seeks out a human body and gathers within the human body to generate the Herrscher Core. This generation process also takes some time. Once the Herrscher Core is fully generated, the true Herrscher is born.

At the same time, the Herrscher Core is also the bridge connecting Herrscher and Imaginary Numbers, and the valve for them to obtain power.

However, this viewpoint was actually overturned in the previous life. For example, the birth of the Tenth Herrscher, the Thousandth Herrscher, had virtually no connection to the Great Honkai. Similarly, when the Eleventh Herrscher Herrscher, Michael, was born, there were no signs that the Honkai was about to erupt. After her birth, the Honkai Energy concentration within the Divine Blessing Barrier was practically negligible. And when the Eleventh Herrscher was born... it was unclear whether those people were killed by the Honkai or by the Divine Blessing Barrier ...

The situation at the time was that the concentration of Honkai Energy in that city suddenly dropped drastically and it completely lost contact, which attracted the attention of the Fire Moth. It was only later that they discovered the existence of the Divine Blessing Barrier. In other words, the Eleventh Great Honkai should be described as an anti-Honkai, since the Eleventh Herrscher is also a Herrscher.

And the Twelfth Herrscher, Bell, was already detected as Herrscher entity before the twelfth Great Honkai erupted, which only occurred after her death.

It can only be said that a large amount of Honkai Energy is an important condition for the formation of Herrscher Core, but it may not be necessary.

It is certain that a large amount of Honkai Energy inevitably give rise to the Herrscher, but the birth of Herrscher does not necessarily require this condition. Zhu Yufeng's decision to absorb the Honkai Energy before the birth of the Finality was based on this theory. He forcibly condensed the Honkai Energy into his own body in order to give rise to the Herrscher Core.

Since his rebirth, Mobius has conducted numerous experiments on Zhu Yufeng. Apart from verifying that his powers are indeed related to the concept of time, he has never found any trace of the Herrscher Core that should have existed.

However, judging from the current situation, it seems that communication with the Sixth Herrscher, SEELE, is not impossible. If possible... Mobius really hopes to study her, because SEELE is at least a Herrscher that conforms to normal understanding. The other three Herrscher, including Elysia, are simply not normal!

No, Lilith's thinking might be that of a normal Herrscher, but it's just that Zhu Yufeng is there to influence it.

Whether Herrscher are enemies of humanity or can be friends, Mobius didn't want to spend too much time thinking about it, because... Elysia is Elysia, Yu Feng is Yu Feng.

Thinking about this, Mobius spoke calmly, "Let's stick to what Mei initially envisioned and focus on observing the survivors who came out of the central area. Based on our current understanding of the Herrscher Core generation principle, the Sixth Herrscher is very likely hiding among them. If she is Herrscher, her way of thinking may not be completely the same as that of humans. She may be learning from humans, just as we are exploring the Honkai. She may also be observing humans."

"That's the only way, isn't it..."

The same thought flashed through everyone's mind: to eliminate all the survivors in order to force the Sixth Herrscher to appear, but without exception, they all rejected it.

What makes us human is the basic principle of being human.

At least for now, they haven't completely lost their moral compass in their fight against the Honkai.

In fact, everyone knows that Honkai and civilization go hand in hand. As civilization progresses, Honkai also evolves. If a bridge can be built to communicate with Honkai, then there is hope that this seemingly endless war can be put to rest.

The perspective is from the orphanage.

After Zhu Yufeng and Seele rescued an elderly man trapped under the rubble, the other teams rushed to the orphanage to provide support.

"It's unbelievable... that there would be such a number of survivors in the very center of the Honkai..." the captain of the Eighth Squad exclaimed in surprise after seeing the number of survivors.

"What kind of building is this orphanage made of..." The captain of the twelfth squad and his team lifted a collapsed section of wall and rescued a child from underneath. After examining the wall, they said, "It can withstand the Corrosion of Honkai Energy... No, that's hard to believe..."

"Captain, this child..." her teammate said hesitantly, "Besides being seriously injured, the symptoms of Honkai Energy Corrosion are also... very obvious."

Upon hearing this, the captain of the twelfth squad sighed softly. She looked around at the other rescued children, all of whom showed some visible signs of Honkai Energy Corrosion.

"Those survivors who haven't been affected by Corrosion Honkai Energy are the ones we really need to pay attention to," she said.

Zhu Yufeng helped the rescued old man to the side and looked at Seele: "Don't you need to rest? A considerable amount of time has passed since this the Present broke out. From what I've observed, you haven't had much rest during this time, have you?"

Seele glanced at Zhu Yufeng and said, "I don't need your concern. Is your job just to nag?"

Zhu Yufeng looked at the other children and said, "When you first arrived, the children seemed quite energetic, but the Present they're all starting to feel sleepy. This is because the support they can rely on has arrived, and their tense and excited nerves have relaxed... In the midst of a disaster, it's hard to fall asleep peacefully, isn't it?"

"Instead of wasting time talking nonsense here..."

"We've almost finished rescuing everyone. Let's chat a bit more to ease your nerves." Zhu Yufeng was still unsure of Seele's state. Although Seele seemed to recognize him at first, she now seemed to the Present if she didn't recognize him and even looked down on him...

Let's proceed according to the usual procedures after rescuing survivors.

"I'm perfectly fine, you might as well go talk to someone else," Seele said irritably.

"You do look quite energetic, and you seem like a strong child." Zhu Yufeng looked SEELE up and down carefully. "I'll go talk to someone else. If you have any problems, you can come back to me or someone else. We will do our best to help."

After saying that, he left. He was going to ask the other children for information about Seele, but Seele didn't want to talk to him, so why was he still standing there?

He has always been open to good advice.

seele. "?"

You really left? You left without even a moment's hesitation? What do you mean by "you did look quite energetic"? This... it's the same as before, after solemnly telling yourself a bunch of things, you just turned and left without looking back...

Lilith and Elysia both glanced in this direction before looking away.

Very well, this guy is as straightforward as ever.

Calling him straightforward wouldn't be entirely accurate, because Zhu Yufeng simply doesn't like to dwell on things too much. If Seele isn't willing to take the initiative, he'll choose to gather information from other angles. This is perfectly reasonable for Zhu Yufeng, but for a girl...

To give an example, it's like this: a girl wants to talk to him more, but is too shy to say it directly. So, this guy decisively ends the conversation and tries to find out what the girl wants and likes from other sources...

Judging from Seele's reaction, it can be basically confirmed that she has retained some memories, or at least some subconscious sensory memories like Rovoc and the others.

Seeing that someone had really just left, so decisively and cleanly, Seele's eye twitched, and she looked away with a hint of resentment.

She looked at Lilith and Elysia. She remembered that pink-haired girl very well. It was this girl who disliked her every time she saw her... And this silver-haired girl, could she have any self-respect?

SEELE didn't retain much of her memory of being killed by a human Heroes. The first time she woke up after that was when someone complained that she wasn't cute enough, and she still gets angry when she thinks about the Present!

After that, she fell into a deep sleep again, until she vaguely heard the voice of a certain straight man who could make someone have a heart attack from anger.

"Black Abyss White Flower... are you sure you want to transfer it to me?"

"Well... how should I put it? The Present Kevin has Heavenfire, Elysia thought the Black Abyss White Flower wasn't cute enough and returned it. We thought about it for a long time, and perhaps you, who once had a connection with the Sixth Herrscher, are a suitable candidate."

Her memories after that were fragmented... but no matter what, she still watched that stubborn guy move forward toward the end. During that time, she even had a conflict with a nun-like guy who joined halfway through. What did this guy need so many Divine Key for?!

Although things weren't quite the same as her initial memories, and he the Present before her earlier... well... at least she waited for him, but...

Seele glanced at Elysia and Lilith. She didn't remember much, but she was certain that the girl that guy had mentioned liking was one of these two.

"Tsk."

She then turned her disgruntled gaze to Zhu Yufeng, who was the Present chatting with the old man with a blank expression while helping him with emergency treatment. Afterwards, he went to check on the other children's conditions, showing no intention of looking at her at all, as if she didn't exist.

seele. "..."

The other soldiers were used to it anyway. Zhu Yufeng would chat with others with a blank expression every day, and he would do the same when he went on missions... This was also part of the information gathering process. As the King of the Fire Moth, he knew how to chat, but he would not talk to others much unless the mission required it.