Mei: Who Wrote This?

"Hey, as long as you wear this special magic hat, your abilities won't get out of control until little Astaroth grows up." Vill-V placed a rather peculiar magic hat on Astaroth's head, and the moment it was put on, the birdsong and fragrance of flowers in the ward vanished instantly.

Astaroth looked at the clean walls around the ward. Her "friends" had disappeared, and she couldn't help but feel a little lost. However, she also knew that if she couldn't control her power, it would only cause trouble for her Brother Yu Feng. Before this strange older sister created this magic hat, people kept coming to the ward to ask her to do examinations. When Brother Yu Feng was talking to some people he disliked, his eyes were always cold.

Zhu Yufeng glanced at Astaroth, then looked at the others around him. "Now that you've all seen the effect of the special shielding device that Vill-V made, there's no need for Astaroth to go into the Deepest Place."

"Hmm... I've also looked into the workings of Vill-V's shielding device. Without external damage, it can perfectly suppress Astaroth's special abilities," May said, adjusting her glasses. "However, until Astaroth can fully control her abilities, she still needs to be subject to a certain degree of control."

"Dr. Mei is right, we must take every danger seriously..."

Before the council representative could finish speaking, May interrupted, saying, "I think Astaroth should not leave Feng's sight when he is not on a mission. If Feng is on a mission, then Aponia should take care of him during that time. Is that alright?"

Mei's suggestion was a compromise, and it was also reasonable.

From May's perspective, she actually favors Zhu Yufeng. When Zhu Yufeng is away on missions at Fire Moth, Astaroth needs a reliable person to take care of her to prevent her from being taken advantage of by other people with ill intentions. Although Mobius and Vill-V are stationed at Fire Moth, May and Mobius have some ideological differences, and another part of Fire Moth does not trust Mobius.

As for Vill-V, May's assessment of her ability to raise children is beyond question; anyone who has seen Vill-V's magic knows it.

After much thought, the most suitable person to take care of the child and suppress the objections of others is Aponia, who voluntarily stayed in the Deepest Place after completing the Fusion Warrior surgery.

Zhu Yufeng remained silent for a while after hearing this. Compared to his previous life, this was a completely different story for Astaroth. With him in the Fire Moth, he could take Astaroth to many places, no longer having to Astaroth take her out like in his previous life. The Deepest Place, with Aponia's protection and Esmodius and Beelzebub present, there was no one who could bully Astaroth.

Rationally speaking, May's suggestion was very reasonable, but... he really didn't want Astaroth to go to that the Deepest Place again.

Forget it, let's find some time later and have Nahamah pay for it Vill-V design it so that we can build a special room for Astaroth in the Deepest Place.

Having made up her mind, Zhu Yufeng said, "I... have no objections."

"But..." The council representative wanted to say something, but in the end he wisely shut his mouth. He knew that this was a temporary solution to resolve the current conflict between the council and the Fusion Warrior, and it was also Zhu Yufeng's biggest concession. Zhu Yufeng would definitely give instructions to the Fusion Warrior later. Moreover, Mei was, in a sense, his superior, and he could not refute his superior's decision.

He gave Astaroth and Zhu Yufeng a long look, then said, "I believe the other councilors will understand as well."

After saying that, he took his leave.

Zhu Yufeng watched the parliamentary representative leave with his arms crossed, and then said, "His thinking is very pure compared to other members of parliament."

"Not everyone is blind to the current situation in the fight against the Honkai." Mei withdrew her gaze from Fang Bi, who had just left the council representative, and said, "He is only acting based on the considerations of an ordinary human being. The power of the Fusion Warrior is too great. The controversy surrounding Astaroth is just an outbreak of conflict. Unless the council completely overwhelms the Fusion Warrior and gains absolute command of them, or the Fusion Warrior completely replace the council, however... cracks will still appear."

The Fusion Warrior Project has achieved remarkable results, but the Fusion Warrior are still human at heart. They also have emotions and desires. At the same time, due to the possible side effects, it is difficult to confirm whether the strange personalities of some Fusion Warrior are affected by the side effects of the surgery.

Esmodius and Beelzebub are still listed as the most dangerous Fusion Warrior. They cannot leave the Deepest Place except under special circumstances. Even after leaving the Deepest Place, they are subject to multiple restrictions, and Zhu Yufeng is the only one who can lead the team.

Aponia, due to her "Discipline" and certain words and actions, was also forbidden from leaving the Deepest Place at will, even though she had entered voluntarily in the first place.

Beifengge's ability "Word Power" is similar to Aponia's "Discipline" but he didn't go to the Deepest Place because he had past experience, possessed a certain degree of credibility, and hadn't caused any trouble.

The difference between verbal manipulation and Discipline is that Discipline are similar to psychological suggestion, while verbal manipulation is the direct control of a target's behavior through words. One has a potential long-term effect, while the other has a short-term direct effect.

To give an example, Aponia's Discipline can remain in the target's mind forever. Just like when she forbids Qianjie from harming the innocent, Qianjie really can't do anything about it. While Beifengge's Word of Power can also have a similar effect, it cannot last long. If you're not careful, Qianjie might break free and get beaten up.

People are always more afraid of the uncontrollable unknown hidden in the dark than of the dangers that are out in the open.

This was true for Astaroth, and it was also true for Aponia.

Beifengge's Word of Power is less effective on Fusion Warrior than on ordinary people, and he cannot control multiple people at the same time. If he wanted to cause trouble, the other Fusion Warrior could join forces to suppress him. However, the suggestive abilities of Aponia are so subtle that it is difficult to even detect whether one has been affected or not, which is what makes them so terrifying.

Moreover, Beifengge didn't put many skill points into Word Power. His main ability is mental spread, which is used to explore by spreading a mental network. Word Power is just a byproduct of his ability.

To put it simply, Beifengge's true abilities can be described as follows: he weaves mental threads into a network to perceive a wide range of things, and he can also suspend mental threads around humans to control their actions.

This is the essence of the power of words.

The Fusion Warrior's dangerous special abilities are one aspect, but their personalities are another.

Here, we must mention Beelzebub. Esmodius only goes mad on the battlefield and is usually very quiet, but Beelzebub is practically insane all the time. For him, all he wants is to enjoy the thrill of battle. Unlike Elysium, who seeks a peaceful place, Qianjie 'Beelzebub essence is simply to taunt...

Then, Baal, that arrogant brat. His battle record is indeed excellent, but his overly arrogant personality leaves many warriors feeling helpless. Moreover, because he's young, he doesn't think things through and is prone to impulsive actions when things get heated. There have been instances where he directly confronted and argued with councilors.

Afterwards, Zhu Yufeng would drag him along and force him to write a self-criticism, and then after he finished writing it, he would do it again next time.

Apart from a few Fusion Warrior including Zhu Yufeng, Baal was not convinced by anyone.

Besides these particularly famous ones, there's Vill-V, whose split personality became even more pronounced after surgery; Mobius, who was already abnormal before surgery; and then there's Nahamah, who famously said, "I'm rich, so I can do whatever I want"...

Sometimes Mei wonders why there are so many oddballs among those who undergo the Fusion Warrior surgery.

Well, at least our Kevin is pretty normal...

Although most of the Fusion Warrior are quite normal, and every one of them is genuinely on the front lines facing the Honkai, for the high-ranking officials who have long held positions of power and are rife with infighting, even a small number of troublemakers are intolerable, let alone those who can overturn the table and leave them with no way to resist.

Zhu Yufeng and Kevin have a good reputation among the warriors of the Fire Moth, which can indeed suppress the negative impact of other troublemakers. However, as far as the higher-ups are concerned, Zhu Yufeng is on Mobius's side, Kevin only listens to Mebius, and all the Fusion Warrior are under their control. They can't interfere at all.

Therefore, the council representative was thinking from the perspective of the higher-ups, trying to gain a power advantage over the Fusion Warrior through Astaroth, thereby suppressing the undercurrent of conflict.

"By the way, why didn't Kevin come with you today? Did he take on a mission?" Zhu Yufeng asked casually. Generally speaking, Kevin would stay with Mei unless he had a mission.

When Zhu Yufeng mentioned Kevin, Mei's expression turned strange for a moment, but she quickly regained her composure and said, "He does have a mission today. I wanted to collect some of his combat data and samples, so I sent him to deal with the recently appeared Emperor-class Honkai Beast."

"Oh." Zhu Yufeng nodded and didn't ask any more questions. He turned around and went to chat with Vill-V.

Mei had other things to do, and once she finished dealing with things here, she wouldn't linger any longer. Mobius had just found the Herrscher Core of the Eighth Herrscher, but the way he found it was rather comical, as if someone thought they had gone through too much trouble to find the core and just left it there.

The discovery was indeed made in the Imaginary Space, but the algorithm found was the same one Mobius had initially sought...

Mobius: There's a kind of beauty in the Stigmata Project that I revised fifteen versions of, but Mebius said he wanted to rewrite the first version.

Mobius, who is going crazy over this, is still analyzing whether the recovered core is really the Herrscher Core of the Eighth Herrscher. Mebius also has to go over and confirm it with her.

She had also studied Mobius's algorithm, so why couldn't she find it after searching repeatedly before, but found it in such a ridiculous way this time?

An anonymous Herrscher stated that she couldn't come up with any new algorithms either. Even if she could, there was no guarantee that Mobius and Mebius would be able to figure it out in a short time. Besides, wouldn't it be more interesting for them to find the Herrscher Core using the first algorithm? It would also save them a lot of trouble.

After leaving Astaroth's hospital room, Mei glanced back inside, then pressed her temples in exasperation. She and Kevin had already confirmed their relationship and taken it a step further; why would she care about such things...

That article, written by whoever it was, was so misleading that even she felt there was something going on between Kevin and Feng after reading it...

Moreover, I heard that there was some gossip among the female researchers and female warriors of the Fire Moth, and I don't know how many people have seen it. She was able to see that article because that guy, Zhu, accidentally sent the wrong file to her. When she asked Zhu later, Zhu said she didn't know either.

And she begged her not to tell Kevin and Feng, because Zhu was afraid that the two stoic men would team up and drag her, an innocent bystander, into the mess.

However, what Mei didn't know was that Zhu herself had written quite a few articles of this kind, but she mainly wrote about Su Feng...

"In my memory, someone who could write such an article must know everything about Kevin and Feng, meaning they're probably someone close to them..." Mei thought to herself, "But who could it be?"

After much thought... Mei could only think of one Kosma.

After all, Kosma had indeed followed along all the way, and Mei could also see that although Disaster supported Pardo, Kosma seemed to have been led by Disaster to support Pardo, and his own stance was not clear.

Moreover, she had also heard Kevin say that Kosma had a habit of writing things but resolutely refusing to let anyone see them...

However, judging from the language and descriptive methods used in the article, the author should have received higher education, Kosma does not seem to meet this requirement...

Considering its circulation among women, could it also have been written by a woman, like Mostima? But Mostima's educational background isn't exactly impressive either...

In fact, if you just show the article to Zhu Yufeng, he'll know who wrote it. Or rather, people like Lilith and Michael, who know a lot about this troublemaker, would know it at a glance...

After Mei left, Vill-V first glanced at Astaroth. Vill-V knew Astaroth quite well; the title of "Evil" in the Fallen Angel's side stories wasn't just for show, so she knew that even if Astaroth overheard what she was about to say, it wouldn't matter.

She looked at Zhu Yufeng and asked in a serious tone, "Yu Feng, have you... considered letting the Ninth Herrscher incident proceed to some extent?"

Zhu Yufeng remained silent; he had indeed thought about it.

Now, the Mu Continent's control over the Fire Moth is gradually turning into a hindrance... Of course, the main reason is that the Mu Continent and the Fire Moth do not share information completely. As the strongest and most developed country in the former Wen'ai, the Mu Continent has too much of a restraining effect on the Fire Moth.

There are so many things I can't do.

"Or, to put it another way, we must at least strip Mu Continent of its voice," Vill-V said. "We've done similar things before, haven't we?"

Zhu Yufeng looked up. He knew that the person he was talking to now was Evil. Just as he had discussed with Evil about destroying the remaining three human settlements in order to avoid unnecessary conflicts and preserve the spark after the War of Finality, it was Evil who would say such a thing.

Although the final task was done by the Tenth Herrscher, he did have a detailed plan.

At that time, humanity had been utterly defeated, All Things Dormant could not accommodate all the remaining humans; some would inevitably be abandoned.