What Has Happened Will Happen Again

The periphery of a research institute in the Mu Continent.

"Hey, Mostima, aren't you supposed to be that top hacker? You've been exposed so quickly?" Nahamah stared at the constantly arriving Armed Doll troops and complained speechlessly, "Or did you fail to intercept the Armed Doll's external information transmission earlier?"

"Why don't you say that when you were cleaning up all the experimental personnel here, you accidentally left some survivors who passed on information?" Mostima replied listlessly into the communicator. "It was bound to be discovered sooner or later. Did you really think the firewall of the Mu Continent was made of paper? Rather, I was surprised that they only discovered me after I had already downloaded half of the Pseudo-Herrscher experiment data."

"How long will it take to download all the existing experimental data from the Mu Continent?" Abaddon asked directly.

"Hey, that's a bit much," Mostima complained. "This is Mu Continent, after all. Not to mention whether my storage device can download all the experimental data, I also have to guard against them intercepting my data while I'm downloading."

"Then let's pick the most important experimental data to retrieve." Abaddon was the temporary commander of this squad. He was one of the more reliable people Zhu Yufeng could find among the Fallen Angel. Admil and Rovoc were busy in Europe with their God-Slaying Plan and couldn't come. Nahamah, that idiot, was out of the question, Beifengge was away on another mission. After thinking it over, they could only let Abaddon take the lead here temporarily.

"Yes, yes, you're the boss this time. I'll listen to you. How much time can you buy? I'll try my best to download all those machine files."

Abaddon glanced at the swarm of Armed Doll outside the research institute, and the next second, he unleashed his own artificial Artificial Collapse: "How much time you need, we will buy it for you."

Mostima: "..."

So, even Abaddon, who's supposed to be a normal person, is a lunatic? And in Feng's Fusion Warrior team, besides Elysia and himself, there aren't any truly normal people in the conventional sense, right? This constant Artificial Collapse... to be honest, I'm kind of tempted to try it myself...

Forget it. She's not ready to go to the battlefield yet, nor is she mentally prepared to undergo the Fusion Warrior surgery. Although within her circle of acquaintances, Fusion Warrior surgery is a piece of cake for everyone, and they succeed every time, she's not without witnessing the departure of losers.

"Some people... are perhaps born to be saviors, while others are destined to only look up at their backs." Mostima shifted his gaze to the screen where data was being downloaded. "For a nobody like me, all I can do is take odd jobs."

Before, I was a lone wanderer in this bizarre world, with no one caring about me and no one caring about others, so I didn't care about death and pursued momentary pleasure. But it was this same me who slowly... became entangled with the world I used to despise.

No, what attracted her was never this world, because this world has never changed.

The source of all changes...

"Is it Lilith, or Gianna? Or... is it you, Maple?" Mostima murmured.

Because of these ties, we strive to live on, just so that we can see the people we want to see every day, and return to the home that accepts us, saying "I'm back." But once we die, we truly have nothing left.

Therefore, she has not yet undergone the Fusion Warrior surgery.

She never really understood why the Heroes in books were always thinking about sacrificing themselves. Didn't they ever think about themselves? Nobody forced them to be Heroes, right? She certainly wouldn't have done it herself. Now, she still can't understand why Heroes choose to sacrifice themselves. Aren't they afraid of dying? Don't they care about others, or rather, about their fellow human beings?

Once a person dies, they truly have nothing left.

If one has no ties to the world, why would one become Heroes and embark on a journey to save the world?

Since one is already connected to the world, why choose to sacrifice oneself and face death and nothingness?

So... Heroes only exist in fairy tales. Even if they die, they still have various chances to be resurrected. But in this real world, death is death. No one has ever seen anyone return from the other side of death, and no one knows what is on the other side of death.

So, will Feng ultimately become such a Heroes?

Mostima paused slightly on the keyboard, then shook his head, banishing the thought from his mind, before continuing his battle against the Mu Continent's cybersecurity personnel in the online world.

Feng doesn't seem like someone who cares about the world's fate, so how could he possibly sacrifice himself for it? The Fire Moth is still working on those escape plans like the Kindling Project and the Stigmata Project, right? Feng will definitely be an executor of those plans, after all, he's the strongest Fusion Warrior. If civilization is destined to perish, as the strongest Fusion Warrior, he'll surely choose an escape route to protect the next generation, won't he?

When the time comes, if anyone is to die, it should be someone who is useless after the destruction of a civilization, a mere cannon fodder.

That's right. Fusion Warrior are unlikely to be sacrificed. They have long and rich lives. With them around during the reconstruction of civilization, there won't be any major problems. They are the most suitable guides and supervisors.

Why do I have to think about these things...

Mullstein.

Zhu Yufeng stood in front of the heavily injured Annal lying on the ground, glancing down at his own left shoulder, which looked like it had been pierced by a bullet. Given the physique of Fusion Warrior, ordinary bullets were completely ineffective against Fusion Warrior, and he himself was also protected by Honkai Energy, so even armor-piercing bullets might not be able to cause him much damage.

Furthermore, the Fusion Warrior's physical recovery ability is not to be underestimated; as long as the Honkai Energy available, he can heal his wounds in a short time.

But...

"The wound hasn't healed, and the body's control over Honkai Energy has weakened. This familiar feeling... Honkai Energy jamming bullet?" Zhu Yufeng shifted his gaze to the direction from which he fired the bullet.

"Maple!"

At the same time, Elysia, who had rushed to join them, noticed Zhu Yufeng's state and her pupils constricted. She instantly recognized what type of weapon could cause such damage to Zhu Yufeng.

But... wasn't that a weapon that Dr. Mei developed after the Tenth Law incident?

"It seems we're trapped." Zhu Yufeng was quite calm, seemingly not too concerned about the fact that he was bleeding.

He felt that he might need to reflect on himself. He had been so focused on Annal's actions that he was confident that the Mu Continent was unlikely to attack him while Ninth Law was still alive, and that they didn't have the ability to inflict much effective damage on him.

That bullet was aimed directly at his heart, and a few others were fired after he noticed them...

Moreover, it seems that this group's primary target is still the Ninth Law, Annal. He himself was only shot once, while Annal was shot more than a dozen times, more than he had been shot.

Although even if you shoot yourself through the heart, you can't kill yourself; the ability to reverse time and control your own physical condition is just that capricious. As for Annal, although she took a lot of bullets, none of them hit her vitals. Even though she was seriously injured, Annal still had the strength to fight.

Honkai Energy Jamming Bullet, as the name suggests, interferes with the target's control over Honkai Energy. Generally, it works on both Herrscher of the Void and Fusion Warrior, but its effect on Herrscher of the Void is relatively small. After all, no matter how much Herrscher of the Void's control over Honkai is weakened, it is actually difficult to affect the release of Herrscher of the Void's power, unless it is a weapon like the Staff of the Underworld that is specifically designed to target Herrscher of the Void and directly sever Herrscher of the Void's connection with the Imaginary Tree.

In other words, this weapon is designed to be used against Fusion Warrior. By interfering with the flow of Honkai Energy within their bodies, it causes the super-mutant particles within them to go out of control and Artificial Collapse uncontrollably. After that, it's like fighting for control of the body against another beast-like version of oneself. As the only Fusion Warrior to have been hit by the Honkai Energy Jamming Bullet, Zhu Yufeng has a deep understanding of this.

The ultimate result is that the body perishes during this process.

However, Honkai Energy Jamming Bullet must penetrate the target's body to be effective. For Fusion Warrior, at least for Flame-Chasers, it is difficult to hit them unless they are ambushed. Moreover, although a single shot can cause considerable damage, in reality, it may require several shots. For example, someone was shot several times in a row, but was still able to jump around and suppress the Tenth Law with Sakura before falling down.

As for whether there are differences between people, Zhu Yufeng didn't know. After all, it seemed that he was the only Fusion Warrior who had been hit by this thing in his past life and in this life...

"Honkai Energy Jamming Bullet?" Lilith frowned slightly and asked, standing next to Zhu Yufeng.

"From a feeling perspective, that's definitely the case." Zhu Yufeng turned his gaze to the young man who had fired at him; they were now surrounded by soldiers who were also armed.

Sakura drew her Seven Thunders of Purification, gripping the sword with both hands, ready for battle, seemingly poised to strike at any moment. Her target wasn't Lu Zi, but rather these suddenly appearing special forces from the Mu Continent —in the existing Fire Moth, there was no information about this Mu Continent force, so it wasn't unreasonable to assume they were special forces from the Mu Continent.

Zhu Yufeng noticed Ying's movements and reached out to block her, signaling her not to make any rash moves.

As for Kevin and Pardo, the group briefly discussed things on the communication channel before arriving. They finally agreed that Kevin's team would take away Zhu Yufeng and Lilith's "daughter." Kevin readily agreed. As for Sakura and Pardo... Sakura insisted on coming to Zhu Yufeng's side to meet up as originally planned, while Pardo was a bit curious about the child, so she stayed with Kevin.

Originally, retrieving the core of the First Law was one of the purposes of the Fire Moth's forced intervention in the Mu Continent's campaign against the Ninth Law. After all, the core of the Law still nominally belonged to the Fire Moth, so there was nothing wrong with the Fire Moth taking it away. Moreover, the Mu Continent could even be considered to be in the wrong this time.

No one expected that Mu Continent would go to such lengths this time. In the previous life, although the core of the Law was still "temporarily kept" by the Mu Continent, it was always located in the Mu Continent's research center. In the end, it was Dr. Einstein who risked his life to rescue it before the continent sank.

Furthermore, killing the Ninth Lawyer was not Zhu Yufeng's primary objective. After learning that Mu Continent had used the First Lawyer's Lawyer Core for simulated Lawyer experiments, the priority of recovering the Lawyer Core had actually surpassed that of killing the Ninth Lawyer.

Lilith glanced at Zhu Yufeng's wounds and his current complexion. She felt that theoretically, this thing shouldn't pose a significant threat to Zhu Yufeng at the moment. After all, the most important reason why Zhu Yufeng almost died was that he had fused with too many super-mutant particles. Due to the side effects, his body was already not very strong. Moreover, after being shot several times, he still forced himself to suppress the Tenth Law with Sakura, which led to his near death.

Well, this also includes the fact that I've been helping to deal with those uncontrollable super-mutant monsters, otherwise they might really be gone.

However, judging from the current situation, the bleeding from the wound seems to have stopped, and Zhu Yufeng's expression has not changed much. He is only surprised that Mu Continent has developed the Honkai interference missile ahead of time. As for Lilith, who has been Zhu Yufeng's deputy for so long and has lived in his mind for a period of time, she can easily judge that Zhu Yufeng is probably not seriously injured now, or even deliberately leaving the wound unattended.

Feigning weakness is not necessary if the primary objective is not to kill Ninth Law. It would be best to lull the enemy into a false sense of security.

I think Elysia should be able to figure it out easily, right?

Lilith turned her gaze to Elysia, and then noticed that Elysia's expression seemed a little off.

Oh, concern makes things complicated.

That's true. For these former Flame-Chasers, the Honkai Energy Jamming Bullet is a rather sensitive topic. After all, they were different from us back then. We were in Feng's consciousness and knew Feng's physical condition inside and out. We were sure that Feng would be alright. We could only stand outside the operating room and wait for the results, and then we couldn't do anything else.

"I didn't expect that even when facing the Ninth Law, he could react so quickly after being ambushed. He truly deserves to be called the strongest Fusion Warrior of the Fire Moth." The leading youth kept his gun pointed at Zhu Yufeng without moving it. "However, in the face of the research results of our Mu Continent, he's nothing special. Whether it's Fusion Warrior or the Law, we can easily take them down!"

On the other side.

Hen silently looked at Kevin, who was holding the Heavenfire in one hand, and slightly blocked the little girl behind him. "Kevin, we don't need to make things like this, do we?"

"Our goal is simply to retrieve the First Lawyer's Law Core. If it's inside this child, then we'll have no choice but to take the child with us," Kevin said expressionlessly. "We all know why things turned out this way, don't we?"

Pardo glanced at Kevin. "Is Boss Kevin really going to make a move? Seriously, Boss Kevin, your main goal isn't just to take the child away, is it?"

"If things can't be resolved with words in the end, then all I can say is..." Kevin planted the Heavenfire in the ground, "Hen, friend or foe, choose."