Rebirth in the Civilization Before the Collapse: Heroes and I
Chapter 402

What Is Up with This Generation's Thousandth Herrscher?

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Qianjie grabbed the hand holding the Immer piercing his heart with one hand, and said in a hoarse voice, "So... in the end, you still ended up like this?!"

Immer did not answer. This time, he was no longer appearing as a deputy who routinely assassinated Qianjie, but simply as a reliable member of Qianjie's team. After all, the previous deputy Raphael, was still alive... at least for now.

No one knew what expression was on Qianjie's face beneath his Qianjie at that moment. He simply threw Immer away, slamming him hard against the wall.

Qianjie flexed his wrists and slowly looked at Immer: "I don't know why you've turned out this way again, but at least this time, I'll personally see you off."

"That's wonderful." Immer suddenly spoke up. He got up from the ground, held the dagger in his hand, and looked at Qianjie Jie. "If I die by your hand in the end, I have no objection. Rather, I would say that I can finally have a good fight with you."

That being said, becoming Herrscher might only strengthen Immer's body to the point where he could withstand a few punches from Qianjie, but wouldn't be killed by one punch from Qianjie.

In the previous life, it wasn't Qianjie who killed Immer; it was Hua who killed him. Qianjie sometimes took life and death in stride. He was indeed more sentimental and righteous than he appeared on the surface, but he was also more open-minded about some things than others.

He was certainly angry that Immer had become Herrscher, but in the end, he also believed that even as Herrscher, Immer should fight and die as a warrior. After the incident involving Thousandth Herrscher, he asked Hua the same question, inquiring whether Immer had fought and died in the end.

Killing the enemy in a direct confrontation was Qianjie's final act of respect for his irredeemable best friend.

Therefore, for Qianjie, it would be the most unacceptable thing for Immer to be controlled and killed by Feather Dust.

Everything changed so suddenly. Mobius had been observing both Klein and Immer closely. So far, Klein hadn't changed at all, but Immer seemed to have suddenly become Thousandth Herrscher without any warning.

Qianjie was fully aware of what Mobius and the others were doing, so he wouldn't harbor resentment towards Mobius for failing to stop Immer from becoming Herrscher this time, although he wouldn't hold back his words.

"You... did you all know this day would come?" After being sent flying by Qianjie Calamities once again, Immer stood up and said, "Each of the Thousandth Herrscher of the Previous Civilization possesses a slight power from the previous nine Herrscher. For example, Gianna is the Wind Herrscher, while Immer is the Herrscher of Death. He can use his power to repair himself, although the effect is certainly far less than that of the Herrscher of Death."

"Those guys ultimately failed to accomplish anything, ha... They always talk about changing everything, but there are some things that just can't be changed!" Qianjie never lost a verbal battle. "But none of this concerns me. Just like what that woman Elysia promised me at the beginning, all I need is a battlefield where I can keep fighting!"

"Hmph..." Immer's somewhat empty eyes showed a hint of helplessness. Opposite him, Qianjie had already taken a stance, ready to use all his strength to deliver the final blow. He also took a stance, exerting the slight power he had after becoming Herrscher to the extreme.

In a flash, their bodies clashed. Qianjie punched Immer through the chest, but Immer's attack failed to hit Qianjie. To be precise, before Imer could even touch Qianjie, he had already been punched through the chest.

"I knew it... even if I became Herrscher, I wouldn't be able to kill you." Immer seemed to be talking to herself, then leaned her head close to Qianjie's ear and whispered, "Tell Feng... what has happened... will happen again... what has been done will be done again! And Raphael, he..."

Before he could finish speaking, Immer's powers had reached their limit. He could no longer withstand the fatal injury inflicted by Qianjie's punch. His pupils completely dilated, and his head drooped limply.

Qianjie knocked Immer to the ground, which is why he disliked those people's convoluted ways. If Immer hadn't completely become Thousandth Herrscher, wouldn't it have been better to just say so from the beginning? But Immer isn't a warrior like Qianjie who just charges in recklessly. He thinks about many things. After all, in Qianjie's team, Qianjie only cares about tearing apart Herrscher and Honkai Beast with his bare hands, and Raphael and Immer have to figure out how to handle everything else.

The last thing that Immer asked him to convey...

"Yeah, so we should have broken that guy's legs earlier..." Qianjie glanced at the other places where turmoil was still happening and rushed over.

He didn't care where Raphael was now; he'd find out eventually anyway.

There's a strange situation now, it seems like all the Herrscher are targeting that guy Feng, or rather, they all seem to be under some kind of fate. It's possible that Immer knows more about him than the other Herrscher before him.

In fact, this was a helpless move on Immer's part.

He was more aware than anyone of the undercurrents within the Thousandth Herrscher. Or rather, shortly after the Ninth Herrscher incident, a voice had been constantly swirling in his mind. When he discovered that Mobius was trying to examine him, Klein, and the other Thousandth Herrscher's vessels, and heard the rumors that the Fire Moth was beginning to spread, he had a rough idea of how things were going.

However, the voice was vaguely conveying some message to him. He didn't know if Mobius had any way to help him stop the Herrscherization process. He discovered that he could maintain intermittent contact with the other Thousandth Herrscher, but he couldn't fully contact other carriers because he was constantly fighting against the Corrosion of the voice in his mind.

Immer quickly realized the threat that the Thousandth Herrscher posed to human society. He didn't know why he had become the vessel for this, but... he didn't complain about his misfortune. Instead, he decisively chose to give up resistance and embrace the voice that kept echoing in his mind.

He didn't know if he could maintain his human sanity by doing this, but he wanted to try, even if it was just to retain a sliver of reason. He also wanted to hear that mysterious, vague message clearly and then find an opportunity to convey it.

This upheaval among the Thousandth Herrscher was actually instigated by him during his internal communication with Thousandth Herrscher. Regardless of whether Fire Moth has already begun to take countermeasures, this time all the Thousandth Herrscher must be persuaded to come out.

However, as the voice in her head gradually began to take control of her body, Immer realized that if she delayed any longer, she would not be able to pass on the message. So she chose to come to Qianjie for a final act of self-destruction.

The voice seemed to be targeting Feng, telling him that Feng was a traitor and that he had to be killed, no matter what method. Immer didn't know if Qianjie was aware of this, but in the end, as he was about to die, he finally regained some of his sanity and used all his strength to briefly convey the information he had obtained.

There was nothing he could do; that was all he knew, and he didn't understand the concept of something that had already been done inevitably being done again.

After killing Immer, Qianjie quickly realized what Immer was up to. It was Immer's own choice, and the deed was done. Qianjie couldn't say anything more. He just connected Immer's choice to those two people.

If Immer made the same choice in his previous life, and the same thing happens again, then those two people will ultimately make the same choice, right?

Thinking about these things, Qianjie became even angrier and violently tore apart all the Honkai Beast that appeared inside the Fire Moth and the Thousandth Herrscher along the way.

If these two people still make the same choice in the end, then wouldn't a second chance at life mean that everything has changed anyway?!

Qianjie's anger burned brighter and brighter. He wasn't angry at the choices made by Immer and the others, but rather at his own and others' powerlessness. Zhu Yufeng had already expressed his attitude before that, and as for that woman, Elysia, there was no need to even think about it. If things came to that, she would still make the same choice as in her previous life!

These two people...

They are all "shameful traitors"!

If they had fought to the last moment as warriors, perhaps Qianjie wouldn't have been so angry. Although his mind didn't support him thinking as much as others, he actually saw many things quite clearly, and... was simple-minded.

Everyone dies eventually, there's nothing to say about that, but for Qianjie, even if Elysia and Zhu Yufeng were to die, it shouldn't have been in that way.

One, left with no other choice, chose self-sacrifice and departed in despair; the other, left with no other choice, lost everything and ultimately faced death.

Qianjie couldn't think that far ahead; he only knew that the fate of these two people should never have ended like this.

"I'll definitely go to *** again! I'll go to *** again! I'll be there again! I'm so angry!"

On the other side.

"That is..."

After receiving news of the attack on the Fire Moth base, Kosma and Disaster, who were on their way back, finally arrived at the Fire Moth base, only to be confronted by a Great Honkai Beast that was a mix of black and red.

(No, in the previous life, the Thousand-Man Ruler shouldn't have had any Honkai Beast by his side...)

Kosma looked up at the enormous figure. It was indeed Honkai Beast, but it looked more like a large robot...

It appeared in front of Kosma and the others. First, an explosion occurred at one of the research institutes of the Fire Moth. Then, the Honkai Beast and other materials inside were roughly and directly kneaded together, as if they were made according to a blueprint, creating such a strange-looking Honkai Beast.

The Titan in the autonomous combat force of the Fire Moth was like a toy compared to that Honkai Beast, which was picked up by the other party with one hand and crushed.

(There's no other way now. The only way to fight that guy is... what should we do?)

"Amo?" Disaster looked at Kosma. Although she had seen Kosma's collapsed form before, it was as if Kosma had been forcibly stopped halfway through its collapse and was now stuck in a half-collapsed state.

(Vishnu's power is suppressed, and he is unable to devour the surrounding Honkai Beast...)

Kosma looked at his hands, which had turned into claws, but his body still maintained the basic human form.

He looked up at the Honkai Beast and quickly began to think. This was clearly not the power of restraint. Although the power of the Law of Restraint could indeed seal special abilities, it was mainly manifested as the sealing of energy. But this Honkai Beast... was more like a direct, large-scale sealing of special abilities.

Because the Honkai Energy within his body was still functioning normally, it was just that Vishnu's special ability could not be activated.

"This energy fluctuation must be at the Judgment Level, right?" Disaster exclaimed in surprise. "Amo, didn't you say that this time the Lu Ci was just more numerous? How come their Honkai Beast seem so powerful..."

She thought the Tenth Law's companion Honkai Beast were also relatively weak but numerous... but these things don't look weak at all!

"There's no other way, Amo, let's go!" Disaster used telekinesis to control her body and make it float. There was no other way; the target was too big, and it would be easier to attack and observe the opponent's weaknesses from the air.

If you really can't beat them, you can only try to stall them until Kevin and Feng arrive.

Kosma looked at Disaster, wondering why her special abilities hadn't been sealed.

Mobius Laboratory.

"Doctor, we detected a Lawful reaction inside that Honkai Beast! And there's more than one!" Klein reported to Mobius.

"Law's reaction?" Mobius looked at the Honkai Beast on the screen. If you ignored the color, it did look a bit like the Heavenly Thunder that Vill-V and the others were working on... except that it probably only looked similar.

The fusion of a Lawbringer and Honkai Beast is not unprecedented. Before the Seventh Lawbringer, Uriel, was beaten into a corner by Zhu Yufeng and Xila, he had fused with the companion Honkai Beast Surya.

So, this is the purpose of the Tenth Law Enforcer's sabotage this time? Isn't it a bit... outrageous? I thought they wanted to sabotage the Heavenly Thunder under construction, but it turns out they just created a fake? Are these thousand Law Enforcers somewhat lacking in that kind of serious illness?

"Doctor!" Zhu exclaimed again.

"What's wrong now?"

"Urgent message from the space observation station: Ugar, Ugar has begun moving towards Earth and has already broken through the atmosphere. It is expected to arrive at the base location soon!"

Mobius: "???"

Is Ugar here just to join in the fun? Surely Yu Feng didn't steal it, did he?

The Honkai Beast at the Fire Moth base seemed to have sensed the approaching Ugar. It raised its head, its steel-like wings unfurled, and it too rose into the sky.

Mobius: "..."

Although I don't know what's going on, so far no Honkai Beast can beat Ugar. Isn't this just asking for a beating? What's the deal with this year's Thousand Lawyers?

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