Are We Fighting the Same Honkai?
"Hey, Amo, Amo, did you get the news? Lionel has really been transferred!" Disaster ran up to Kosma and said. Although she usually didn't get along with Lionel the most, feeling that Lionel was sometimes too nosy, she couldn't help but worry Lionel the person who would replace Lionel would be even worse than Lionel.
No matter how much Disaster disliked Lionel, she knew that Lionel had played an important role in stabilizing the Fire Moth and communicating with the Mu Continent. If the newcomers were worse than Lionel, the precedent of the Seventh Herrscher Incident was still fresh in her mind.
Therefore, Disaster couldn't help but feel some worry.
"The official transfer order has been issued. This is a decision made by the Mu Continent, and there's nothing we can do about it," Kosma said helplessly. In his opinion, Lionel was much better than the high-ranking officials of his previous life. Lionel had resolved all the internal disputes within the Fire Moth before. Now that Lionel is gone, it's one thing whether the new high-ranking officials can be as good as Lionel, and it's another thing whether they can control the other high-ranking officials.
Kosma was more worried than Disaster, because she had only met one person in two lifetimes —Lionel— who, apart from having some personality issues, had never let her down in any other aspect...
(Moreover, Lionel's departure was rather hasty... There had never been any similar rumors before, and he simply didn't return when he went back to the Mu Continent to report on his duties, making it seem like it was a spur-of-the-moment decision by the Mu Continent... As a result, the voices within the Fire Moth, which had only just managed to achieve a semblance of unity, are about to split again. If this happens, Maple and Mobius might...)
Kosma frowned. He knew that Mobius had secretly set up a secret organization but hadn't recruited him. He was well aware of the reason. There were many things he wouldn't agree to, and since they didn't want to work together, it was better to let him know less and avoid trouble.
In such a possible situation, both Mobius and Zhu Yufeng would definitely choose to take direct action to eliminate the threat. In fact, this is the only solution that Kosma can think of right now. In their previous lives, they had had enough of the power struggles among the higher-ups. Even during the time when almost all the higher-ups were wiped out in the Tenth Herrscher Incident, when Mebius took over the Fire Moth, in addition to leading the Fire Moth, Mebius still had to deal with the infighting among the remaining members...
In the Twelfth Herrscher Incident, although the soldiers who took action were soldiers crushed by despair, they were actually instructed by higher-ups who were worried about the Herrscher. With the implication that they had "received permission" and their mental state already on the verge of collapse, they chose to take action.
Whether Mei was involved is unknown to Kosma, but it is known that Kevin did appear on Sakura's way to the prison where Rin was, blocking her way. Even though Zhu Yufeng arrived in time, he was attacked by soldiers using Honkai Energy chaff that should have been destroyed, and was seriously injured in the process.
Although evidence later proved that May was indeed unaware of these matters, as Mobius said, the Fourteen Schicksal were fragmented from the very beginning, and even Kosma still harbored doubts about these things.
The Tenth Herrscher destroyed the trust between people, so how could the Fusion Warrior be any different? Before becoming Fusion Warrior, they were first and foremost human beings. And the Tragedy of Binding only further catalyzed the conflict.
So Elysia had to sacrifice herself, and only when facing the Finality did everyone truly unite as one...
Kosma could only sigh inwardly at the things that might happen in the future and those that had already happened in the past. There was very little he could do, and right now, he didn't know what else to do but wait.
"Does this mean I caught the last train?" Disaster said again. "My Fusion Warrior surgery is on the 12th. There have been rumors that the Mu Continent wants to suspend the Fusion Warrior Project, which happened recently when there was a lot of trouble caused by Astaroth's abilities."
"Yes..." Kosma lowered his eyes, feeling a vague unease, perhaps because of Lionel's sudden transfer...
From Kosma's perspective, the current situation of humanity fighting the Honkai is much better than in the previous life, but even in this "excellent situation," it seems that some unexpected problems are starting to arise again... Hopefully, he's just overthinking things...
Mobius's laboratory.
"Are you going back to the Mu Continent too?" Mobius asked, glancing at Hen as he held a cup of coffee in his hand.
"His Majesty the King means that he wants me to go back and assist Lord Lionel." Hen shrugged helplessly. "Anyway, Feng and Kevin can handle the Fire Moth Fusion Warrior, and Lord Lionel is short of people. After thinking it over, he thought of me, an old Fire Moth from the Mu Continent."
Hen was transferred back to the Mu Continent, and Blanca and Griseo, as family members, naturally had to leave with him.
"That's just nice talk... Anyway, when you first joined the Fire Moth, weren't you there as an inspector from the Mu Continent?" Mobius scoffed. "There are some things you don't need to hide. We all know, don't we? The Mu Continent is preparing to conduct its own independent research and fight against the Honkai, isn't it?"
It's even possible that they're preparing to create their own Fusion Warrior force for the Mu Continent.
"Sigh... I can't hide anything from you, Dr. Mobius." Hen smiled helplessly. "However, with Lord Lionel and me here, we will try our best to maintain a balance between the two sides. I suppose His Majesty the King thinks so too, which is why he appointed me as Lord Lionel's assistant."
"Hmph... What's meant to happen will happen sooner or later." Mobius took a sip of coffee. He remembered that although the situation and reasons were different in his previous life, Mu Continent was still determined to deal with the Ninth Herrscher alone. However, this time the breakup seemed to have come a little too quickly.
Yes, a complete break.
From the very beginning, Mobius knew that the existence of the World Serpent could not be hidden from the Mu Continent, so when this day came, Mobius was not surprised.
When assigning Xila to assassinate the senator, Mobius was already prepared to break with the Mu Continent. In order to reduce the losses caused by the emergence of the Rebel Army, it was necessary to nip the Rebel Army in the bud in advance. However, in the eyes of the Mu Continent, this would undoubtedly be seen as a provocation by the World Serpent.
After all, no one could have imagined that such a group of reborn people would appear.
They can be confident that the path they take will not deviate from the direction of saving humanity's future, but for those who are unaware of this, it is not good news.
They may have unified the Fire Moth ahead of time because they knew other paths were blocked, but from the outside, this was seen as denying other paths and stifling other possibilities.
Therefore, a break with the Mu Continent was almost inevitable.
Mostima has already compiled information on the Ninth Herrscher, Annal, and the Serpent's World has been closely monitoring Annal's movements. Basically, as long as Annal awakens, the Fire Moth is confident enough to kill the Ninth Herrscher in time. However...
The Mu Continent will definitely not agree, and as for the final outcome...
We can only wait and see.
In any case, the World Serpent has gradually established a complete industrial system in Europe and Australia. Although it is far from comparable to that of the Mu Continent, it at least ensures that if something goes wrong on the Mu Continent, humanity will not suffer a severe blow in the industrial sector, thus preventing subsequent plans from being restricted everywhere.
Mobius wasn't very concerned about the Mu Continent's future. In her eyes, Mu Continent was like someone with one foot in the grave. Her only concern was the safety of Griseo and Blanca. As for Hen? Let him do whatever he wants.
Zhu Yufeng had made preparations in advance during the previous incident, but Griseo was still injured, while Blanca sacrificed herself to save the experimental data and transmit it back to the Fire Moth.
The most outrageous claim is that Griseo's injury was caused by Honkai Energy overflowing when Astaroth protected her, while Blanca's sacrifice was due to her tricking Astaroth into leaving Astaroth's protective range in order to salvage experimental data...
Mobius now somewhat understands the sense of powerlessness Zhu Yufeng felt after learning the details. Just like the current rift between the Mu Continent and the Fire Moth, without unifying the voices of the Fire Moth, it is impossible to effectively combat the Honkai. Attempting to unify the voices will only lead to suspicion and a rift from the Mu Continent.
There was simply no choice.
If I could only choose one of the two, then I would have to abandon Mu Continent.
Anyway, in the post-Qing Dynasty described by Zhu Yufeng, there was no Mu Continent, yet they still defeated the Honkai and achieved final victory. Mobius has always wanted to know how the post-Qing Dynasty defeated the Honkai. Zhu Yufeng really doesn't know either, only that they probably won with the help of a group of traitorous Herrscher.
"However, if we're only talking about Herrscher with humanity, our conditions aren't any worse than those greenhorns from the post-apocalyptic world," Mobius thought to himself. Besides, their technological strength was also a notch above that of the post-apocalyptic world, so there was no reason for them to lose... Well, it seems like they really did lose miserably in their past life.
The Flame-Chasers were actually very concerned about the situation of the post-Honkai, so they all asked Zhu Yufeng more questions about the details of the post-Honkai. Even though it was a bit embarrassing to say this, it was not unreasonable to copy the post-Honkai's homework in order to defeat the Honkai. Moreover, as long as they defeated the Honkai, there would be no need for the post-Honkai anymore, so it wouldn't count as copying, right?
The conclusion was that it was impossible to copy it completely, not even a little bit!
Later, a guy named Otto Apocalypse led Schicksal to unify the voices against the Honkai. Although Anti-Entropy later emerged, in general, Anti-Entropy and Schicksal will not have a major split in their fight against the Honkai, provided that we do not consider the various effects brought about by Otto's attempt to revive Kallen.
What Mobius found even more incomprehensible was that Zhu Yufeng said the greatest loss the Post-Ming Dynasty suffered in the Honkai was that the Herrscher destroyed the entire Siberia, and then that was it.
The Herrscher Lightning only destroyed Changkong City, and the Herrscher Wind was a pathetic mess, knocked unconscious by a Titan. The Herrscher of Ice and the Herrscher Geo had decent results, having destroyed an island...
The Herrscher of Reason was a traitor from the very beginning, and the Herrscher of Flame was also a traitor. The Herrscher of Knowledge thought she was Hua, so she wanted to Honkai the Honkai... What about the Herrscher of Death? [Check Herrscher of Death status. jpg]
Even the Herrscher of the Void was directly defeated by Otto through some kind of bug exploit!
The Thousandth Herrscher was working diligently, but apart from being foul-mouthed and worthy of a beating, he hadn't accomplished anything.
In the end, after the Honkai was Honkai, not a single continent sank, nor was any continent destroyed...
Comparing this to our own situation, the Herrscher Lightning nearly destroyed the entire Far East, the Herrscher of Wind destroyed the entire South America, the Herrscher of Ice was torn apart by Qianjie, so the scope of the disaster was not large, the Herrscher of Death destroyed a city, the Herrscher of Flame destroyed the entire Australia, and the Herrscher of Geo sank the Mu Continent...
Wow, are we fighting the same Honkai?
Furthermore, the interval between the appearance of the First Herrscher and the Third Herrscher is actually more than ten centimeters? The interval between the birth of the First Herrscher and the First Herrscher is even more than ten centimeters...
Zhu Yufeng was saying that it was because Otto deliberately suppressed the speed of human technological progress... This was another assignment they couldn't copy. Otto only had Schicksal doing research to combat the Honkai, and Schicksal had no one above him; Schicksal was the biggest one. On their side... the Fire Moth was just a subordinate organization of the United Nations, and above them was the Mu Continent... Moreover, even if they could suppress the speed of technological progress now, it would be too late, not to mention that the United Nations Mu Continent would put pressure on them to force technological progress.
Of course, Lilith later added some details that Zhu Yufeng had missed, such as how the previous Ming Dynasty did indeed provide a lot of help to the present Ming Dynasty, like how all of Anti-Entropy's technology came from archaeology... the ancient history of the previous Ming Dynasty, and so did Schicksal.
Mobius knew all this without being told, since she was involved in the Prometheus Project later on. The purpose was to ensure that the types of Herrscher appearing in the later Ming Dynasty were the same as those in the earlier Ming Dynasty, so that the later Ming Dynasty wouldn't be caught off guard by the Herrscher's abilities. They even prepared a backup plan for the later Ming Dynasty at the end.
However, this has little to do with them now.
Mobius pressed his temples, dismissing these random thoughts, and waved to Hen, saying, "Alright, alright, if you're going to leave, then leave quickly. Be careful not to die and drag Griseo down with you."
"Uh..." Hen was somewhat speechless. He was used to Mobius's extreme double standards; basically, he could have his way, but Blanca and Griseo couldn't...
Of course, as a husband and wife, he would never allow them to leave the house.
As for where they are now... I came here in order to hand over the duties to Mobius, while they said goodbye to Zhu Yufeng and the others.