The Foreseen Sinking

"Beifengge ..." Lionel stared at his old comrade who appeared before him, blocking his way from the Black Abyss Unit, "Do you... really intend to wage a full-scale war against the Mu Continent?"

"What's the point of discussing whether or not to go to war now?" Beifengge shrugged. "Leon, you know it in your heart, don't you? No matter how hard you try, no matter how much you try to prevent Fire Moth and the Mu Continent, you can't mend the ever-widening rift between the two forces. The Mu Continent can't tolerate the Fire Moth, Fire Moth doesn't need the Mu Continent's restrictions. You can only delay the outbreak of conflict and slow down the widening of the rift, but it's there, unrepairable, and you can't stop the inevitable war."

Beifengge smiled wryly as she spoke, "Because that's what humans are like, isn't it?"

Lionel remained silent. He understood perfectly what Beifengge had said. He had hoped that His Majesty the King would understand him. As long as His Majesty the King was on his side, he could continue to persevere, and war would not come. However... this campaign had been filled with too many unexpected events and too many unexpected events that he did not want to believe.

His Majesty the King secretly conducted an experiment that would further escalate the conflict between the two sides, and even bypassed him to directly intervene in this campaign, as well as the token in the hands of his lieutenant Brian that could replace his command at any time.

All of this shows that His Majesty the King no longer trusted him as much as he once did, and the balance he sought was ultimately just an illusion.

He is probably a loser now...

A failed fiancé, unable to even keep his fiancée; a failed minister, distrusted by the king, entrusted with important responsibilities yet constantly constrained...

At least in the end, he should still fulfill his duty as a soldier. No matter what his final fate is, whether he dies in this punitive expedition or is tried by the Mu Continent Army Court, he is willing to accept it calmly.

The complex thoughts were discarded in just a few seconds, but that time was enough for later generations to add another criticism to their evaluation.

"Black Abyss Squad, listen to my command! Use Tactic 2, change formation, and defeat the roadblocks in the shortest time possible!" Lionel ordered, pointing his gun at Beifengge.

"That's the thing about you... you're really too stubborn." Beifengge shook his head, and the next second his body rapidly transformed, and a huge monster appeared in front of Lionel and the Black Abyss Unit.

"Artificial Collapse ... You, a civilian official, actually possess such power?" Lionel looked up. He knew Beifengge's special abilities well. Although as a mental Fusion Warrior, Beifengge's special abilities were almost useless against artificial beings like Armed Doll troops.

But... if Beifengge is handled properly, he won't even need to fight me head-on; he can just keep me here.

It's unclear why Beifengge is here; he's just stalling for time. If he can stop them from getting through, Zhu Yufeng and the others will have time to kill the Ninth Herrscher and retrieve its Herrscher Core. After all, according to Beifengge, after this campaign, the Fire Moth Mu Continent have essentially put their conflicts on the table, and war is imminent.

On Zhu Yufeng's side.

"Retreat," Zhu Yufeng stated his decision simply.

Elysia glanced at Zhu Yufeng. She knew what Zhu Yufeng wanted to do with this retreat, or rather, she had long guessed that Zhu Yufeng would make such a choice in this Honkai. And she... actually wanted to try her best, hoping that the situation could turn around, but the reality was... perhaps this turning point was just wishful thinking on her part.

Even though the Ninth Herrscher was severely injured, her self-destruction would still be no weaker than Uriel's. Moreover... she could sense that the Honkai Energy fluctuations around Annal were quite chaotic, but she wasn't as weak as Uriel was at that time.

Uriel is not only an incompletely awakened Herrscher, but also an underdeveloped Herrscher with congenital deficiencies, which is why she needs to find a more suitable vessel for her Herrscher Core.

In other words, even though Annal is severely injured, if she were to self-destruct, she might still be able to destroy the Mu Continent.

In this way...

Elysia's gaze fell on Zhu Yufeng's injured shoulder again, and her eyes flickered.

Finally, she simply nodded and whispered, "Let's go."

As long as she has the ability to create a flawless crystal wall, it shouldn't be a problem to block the attack of this special force, which can buy her enough time to retreat.

"Ha, you think you can come and go as you please? The Mu Continent is not yours to command..."

Suddenly, huge, thorny vines sprouted from the ground, bursting forth from beneath the feet of the soldiers surrounding Zhu Yufeng and the others. This was Black Abyss White Flower's ability to regenerate. Generally speaking, Zhu Yufeng didn't really care about this ability; why bother with all this trouble when he could just annihilate them directly? But right now, he really couldn't be bothered to waste any more effort dealing with these people.

He just wanted to get out of the battlefield quickly. If he used the power of the Black Abyss, Annal might feel the threat of death and just self-destruct at point-blank range, which would cause even more trouble.

"Fire! Fire!" shouted the leader of the group.

However, Honkai Energy chaff is only effective against Fusion Warrior when used in surprise attacks. After being ambushed by vines growing from the ground, the unprepared soldiers had to stand firm before they could even aim. Not to mention that Elysia used her Flawless Crystal Wall as a barrier to block the soldiers' view the moment the vines appeared.

Annal was lying on the ground, raised her head with some difficulty. A rare glimmer of humanity appeared in the Herrscher's pupils as she watched Zhu Yufeng and the others leave, without making any move from beginning to end.

"Tch... Forget it, even the strongest Fusion Warrior of the Fire Moth is nothing special. In the end, he could only flee in panic when faced with us." Qing turned her gaze to Annal. "That guy Lionel has always been all talk. His achievements are probably all just hype. He couldn't even handle a civil official like Beifengge quickly."

Annal lowered her eyes, a smile that was hard to tell was either bitter or relieved, "As expected... I still hope Leon can live a long and peaceful life..."

"An experiment on a severely injured Herrscher would surely yield better results than just obtaining a Herrscher Core," Aoko said, walking up to Annal and attempting to take Annal away.

But the next second, the Herrscher's entire body suddenly changed. The light was distorted by the powerful gravity at that moment. Before Aoki and the soldiers he brought could react, everything was annihilated in an instant.

Centered on the Herrscher's body, a gravitational field that even light could not escape was released in a violent and chaotic Honkai Energy in an instant due to the Honkai Energy interference bomb. The range of the gravitational field expanded at an extremely fast speed. Annal was still lying in the center of the gravitational field. Even the Herrscher herself could not completely resist this gravitational field.

This is the result of her releasing her powers and Honkai Energy in a direct and explosive manner. Her body will be annihilated as the gravity field continues to expand. Only when she completely disappears will the gravity field also disappear.

This is why the previous Fire Moth was able to retrieve the Herrscher Core of the Ninth Herrscher. When the Herrscher's body was completely annihilated, the Simulated Black Hole she created also dissipated due to the loss of control and Honkai Energy supply, leaving behind only a Herrscher Core.

Sensing the movement behind him, Zhu Yufeng, who had already reached the edge of Mullstein's region, looked back at the abyss-like scene behind him. He knew that the Simulated Black Hole created by the Ninth Herrscher's self-destruction had formed.

"Everyone, accelerate your evacuation from the Mu Continent. The Ninth Herrscher has self-destructed, forming Simulated Black Hole," Zhu Yufeng said in the communication channel. Although the Simulated Black Hole spreads extremely quickly, it took less than an hour in the previous life to sink the entire Mu Continent. However, this does not mean that it spread to the entire Mu Continent, but rather that its own supergravity force forcefully sank the Mu Continent.

After all, if it spread to the entire Mu Continent, the current civilization would no longer have Haiyuan City. As a relic of the former civilization Mu Continent, Haiyuan City proves that the real reason for the destruction of Mu Continent was its sinking. Although the area annihilated by the pseudo-black hole was large, it was not the main reason for the destruction of Mu Continent.

This time, considering that Hen and the others will no longer sacrifice their lives to delay the spread and impact of the Simulated Black Hole, the time may be even faster than in the previous life.

"Feng, can I work alone for a while from now on?" Lilith asked Zhu Yufeng.

Zhu Yufeng thought for a moment, then said, "Okay, but you must prioritize your own safety. We must evacuate Mu Continent as quickly as possible."

"Then I'll go ahead first~" Lilith gave Zhu Yufeng a rather self-satisfied kiss on the cheek and ran off. "Oh, by the way, you're the one to think of names for our child~"

Zhu Yufeng: "..."

While it might be true that I could say that,... I still feel like it's not quite right. Nothing actually happened between me and Lilith...

Well, he also wanted to know why the child could have a kind of telepathic connection with him and Lilith. And according to the usual procedure, the child would definitely be left behind in the end, and Lilith probably wouldn't care too much about taking care of the child, so the responsibility of taking care of the child would probably fall on his shoulders again.

Looking the Present, Zhu Yufeng's feelings about suddenly becoming a "father" are actually quite complicated.

Since it all happened so suddenly, how much affection he will develop for this child is still unknown. He had thought about having a child someday, but before that, there should have been the time he spent with the mother during her ten months of pregnancy. The Present's happened, he's skipped that process entirely, even skipping infancy...

Speaking of which, Elysia hasn't said much lately...

Zhu Yufeng looked at Elysia. To be honest, he was quite surprised that Elysia didn't even object this time. After all, she had chosen to implement the second option when the Tragedy of Binding occurred... Well, although the two seem similar, both involving choosing between the minority and the majority, they are actually two completely different events.

The Mu Continent has now become an obstacle to the Fire Moth and a major hidden danger for the outbreak of civil war among humanity. For the sake of the survival of civilization, rather than its destruction in civil war, abandoning the Mu Continent is not a big problem.

The Tragedy of Binding was that, apart from the city destroyed by Michael, only three human settlements remained. In order to fill the upper limit of the Divine Blessing Barrier, at least the population of one city had to be consumed. Because the number was too large to manage, if the survivors escaped, the other two cities would undoubtedly be shaken once again by the already broken hearts of the people.

Even if no survivors escape, there will always be someone within the Fire Moth who knows the truth. Just a few months after the Tragedy of Binding, the soldiers went mad in despair, taking the first plan themselves. Eventually, someone will find out, and in the end, the outcome will not change.

Ultimately, regardless of the chosen option, the final result... from the Present perspective, is a slow death for civilization.

The Tragedy of Binding is such an unsolvable dead end.

Elysia wanted to stabilize the wavering hearts of the people in order to ensure the survival of civilization, and she herself wanted to preserve the last remaining fighting force for the same reason.

Those who choose one option will inevitably face the demise of their civilization; it is a complete dead end.

Anyway, Mu Continent is nothing compared to the Tragedy of Binding.

Elysia looked at Zhu Yufeng and noticed that Zhu Yufeng was also looking at her, so she looked away.

This choice wasn't entirely unbearable for her. In her previous life, no one expected the Ninth Herrscher to do something like this, but in this life, everyone knew the Ninth Herrscher would do this, yet in the end, she still gave up on the Mu Continent, just like before.

What has happened will happen again... If in the end, if he does the same thing as in the previous life...

Perhaps, the moment he saw the Honkai Energy Jamming Bullet damage Feng, he had already made his choice.

The Mu Continent Palace.

News of the Ninth Herrscher's self-destruction has reached the royal palace. Mu Continent used all available equipment to calculate the Simulated Black Hole created by the Ninth Herrscher. The final conclusion was that Mu Continent would sink in a short period of time and would have no means of countermeasure.

The ministers had long since returned to their homes to find a way to escape, while the king sat quietly on his throne, gazing at the empty palace.

He dispatched his eldest son, Augustus, with the most elite soldiers and the most advanced equipment from the Mu Continent to Mullstein, but judging from the Present outcome, Augustus already...

As king, he should be capable, but where can he go? He is the king of the Mu Continent, and only the king of the Mu Continent.

Should we make him admit his mistake? Or should he bow down to the Fire Moth, casting all the glory of his nation to the ground?

No, he won't do that. He's the king, and he has to do what a king should do. He's already sent the children away, and he himself will stay here... as the last monarch, sinking with the country.

The king closed his eyes, beginning to recall his life. Suddenly, footsteps echoed in the empty hall, along with the sound of liquid dripping onto the floor. The king opened his eyes, and what he saw next was...

Lilith, with a smile on her face, is holding the heads of her second son and two daughters in her hands.

"It's always better for a family to be together, right? It took me a lot of effort to bring them here, but it didn't take much time."

"Since I've already obtained Feng's permission, I'm free to do whatever I want until this country sinks~"

"Although I'm mostly indifferent to human affairs, I really... hold grudges..."