Altered Fate

Vesitan Region.

The Honkai Beast's massive body was pierced by golden light, and it collapsed to the ground with a mournful cry.

"Huff... Is this the thing that Xila others fought against in their past lives? How long did Xila and the others fight it back then...?" Pardo said, panting. Despite the effect of the Divine Blessing Barrier, she Honkai Beast Gabriel at top speed, which greatly depleted her strength.

"No, based on the post-war data from the previous life, Gabriel is clearly much stronger this time." Zhu Yufeng looked towards headquarters. "Su, has headquarters sent any news yet?"

Su paused for a moment before speaking in a somewhat complicated tone, "The news has been blocked by Lionel, so it's possible... the Herrscher of Binding is indeed at headquarters right now."

"Lionel..." Zhu Yufeng's eyes flickered slightly. He didn't say anything more, but took a step to leave. However, the next moment, his hand was grabbed by Elysia.

"Maple, where are you going?" Elysia asked.

"I want to go back to headquarters," Zhu Yufeng said.

"This is too risky, Boss Yu Feng. It takes half an hour to get to headquarters from here, even by fighter jet," Mostima said. "Even if you, Boss Yu Feng, went all out to get there Artificial Collapse, you've already been through a major battle, not to mention the long journey back..."

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing." Zhu Yufeng looked at his hand, which was being held by Elysia. "Every minute that drags on, the more dangerous it is for them at headquarters... In the end, everything will still lead to the inevitable, predetermined fate."

Upon hearing this, Elysia tightened her grip on Zhu Yufeng's hand, "Feng, you..."

"How will you know the outcome if you don't try?" Zhu Yufeng looked at Elysia. "If you don't even have this much courage, what are you talking about challenging fate? What are you relying on to seize control of it?"

Elysia pursed her lips and released her hand. "I understand, Maple, but you absolutely mustn't act impulsively. If you're not feeling well, don't push yourself."

"Are you just going to run there like this?" Lilith asked. "Although you can now wield the powers of the Second Herrscher, you also know that the Divine Blessing Barrier is no longer effective. Once you use your Herrscher Authority, the instruments here at Fire Moth will quickly detect your Herrscher fluctuations, so..."

"I was planning to just run there anyway," Zhu Yufeng replied.

Lilith shrugged helplessly and said, "You become incredibly stubborn when it comes to people you care about..."

Zhu Yufeng did not answer. Without the suppression of the Divine Blessing Barrier, his status as Herrscher already allowed him to recover Honkai Energy much faster than others. However, traveling at the fastest speed would still consume Honkai Energy, and physical fatigue was unavoidable.

But now, he doesn't have much time left to hesitate.

Fusion Warriors are inherently fast. Kevin from the current civilization was able to move at high speed on the sea surface when he first emerged from the Sea of Quantum. In addition to the physical attributes that allow Fusion Warriors to move at high speed, Zhu Yufeng's current ability to use time powers can further increase his speed. Therefore, if he is traveling at full speed, his support speed is faster than that of other Fusion Warriors.

While everyone was still in a daze, Zhu Yufeng was no longer there.

"Isn't that just how Boss Yu Feng is?" Mostima smiled wryly, looking in the direction Zhu Yufeng had left. "But that's just him... In that case..."

Mostima spread her wings and, not long after becoming Fusion Warrior, rejoined the Chimera Project. For her, it was simply a matter of reclaiming the power she had always possessed.

"Mostima?!" Pardo opened her mouth, Mostima's familiar collapse was a bit too fast...

"Don't just look at me, some people have already run away. I'll have to ask you to say hello to Lionel afterwards." After Mostima finished speaking, he also left in the direction Zhu Yufeng had gone.

While Mostima was still talking, Lilith and Elysia had long since disappeared.

Only after Mostima reminded them did the others realize that Xila was also gone sometime later.

"Knowing Xila as we do, she probably left the moment Brother Yu Feng was about to leave..." Pardo's eye twitched. Even Xila Sister Elysia was gone? Then all that's left is to go and explain to Lionel...

Huh? Where did Sakura go too?

"Uh... Boss Kevin, Amo, look..." Just as Pardo looked in the direction where Kevin and Kosma were, a gust of wind swept by, and the two of them left with the others in front.

Then Pardo silently watched as the other Fallen Angels fled one after another, until only she and Hua remained in the same spot.

"Hua, we..." Pardo looked at Hua with eyes like a lifeline. She actually wanted to go with them, but her physical condition was far inferior to those who had run away. She still couldn't Artificial Collapse... But Hua could Artificial Collapse, although Hua didn't seem to like or even dislike Artificial Collapse.

But surely I can't let myself become the only Flame-Chasers left behind, unable to keep up?

Sister Vill-V might already be on her way back.

Hua paused for a moment, then said, "Let's... go with the others to May and Lionel's place and hear their next instructions."

The headquarters of the Fire Moth.

Michael was bound by chains formed from Honkai Energy and slammed violently against the wall inside the headquarters, smashing through it and crashing into a pile of equipment in the laboratory behind it.

"I told you, in your current state, you are no match for me. You traitor, you no longer deserve His grace." The Herrscher stood before the wall with a large hole smashed in it, looking down at Michael with a somewhat condescending expression. "I will take back His grace from you on His behalf!"

"Heh..." Michael's pale face held only a calm smile as she rose from the wreckage. "I've always just followed my own heart. And you keep talking about purging traitors, but I haven't seen you have the guts to go after Lucifer, Sathiel."

Michael knew the Herrscher's human identity, though they had only met a few times. She remembered her because of the Herrscher's strong faith in Honkai, which left a deep impression on her. In Sathiel, she saw some of her past self.

In the current environment, there are indeed many people who regard the Honkai as gods and believe that the Herrschers are messengers of the gods, and that everything they do is the will of the gods.

If that's the case, it's not that different. I used to think the same way. Rather than exhausting all my strength to fight against the gods, it's better to calmly give up and accept the final judgment. But then she met Feng and witnessed the rebellion of the Fallen Angels. This made her realize once again that the reason why mankind was able to create such a glorious civilization was not because of any divine blessing, but because of mankind's own pioneering spirit passed down from generation to generation.

Giving up is also accepting destruction, becoming a puppet of fate in the cycle of reincarnation. Resistance offers a glimmer of hope, allowing one to completely shatter this endless cycle.

Only...

"This time, I can only accompany you this far in the end, Maple..." Michael smiled bitterly to herself. As the former Herrscher of Binding, she knew a lot and knew that if things continued like this, not only would things become irreversible in the end, but history would also repeat itself in an even more tragic way.

This civilization... is destined for destruction, but the seeds of hope will be sown, blossoming into the flowers of dawn in the future.

Therefore, Michael only told Zhu Yufeng what she knew through her identity as the Herrscher of Binding. She did not intend to tell her the rest, because she knew that only by doing so could the final outcome be what he expected.

It was precisely because she stole the information she shouldn't have known and was no longer prepared to accept His commands that her Herrscher Core became incomplete.

"Am I now considered Fallen Angel?"

Michael thought to himself, preparing to once again mobilize his existing powers to fight against Sathiel. She already knew her fate, and she was not afraid of it. Or rather, this was just her way of atoning for Maple.

Now, whether everything will turn out the way he envisioned, the best outcome Feng could achieve, depends on how much time he can buy for Rovoc. The amount of time he can buy will directly determine the final result.

If she wasn't mistaken, Zhu Yufeng was already on his way to the headquarters of the Fire Moth. If they failed here, Sathiel would undoubtedly strengthen the Divine Blessing Barrier and would have time to merge the powers of the Sixth and First Herrschers. At that time, if Zhu Yufeng wanted to break through the Divine Blessing Barrier and reach Sathiel, he would pay a price even more terrible than the Tragedy of Binding.

Within the Divine Blessing Barrier, there will be no survivors.

This is not the ending she wants; it will plunge him into eternal damnation, from which there is no redemption.

He should have been in the light.

This has always been Michael's idea.

However, it is still difficult for him to buy enough time on his own. His power is weaker than Sathiel's, and if things continue like this, the worst possible outcome will occur.

However, just as Michael initially told Rovoc and the others, Sathiel's arrival at the Fire Moth's headquarters triggered her awakening, bringing a glimmer of hope. So, if they couldn't buy enough time on their own, the key to this lifeline lay in...

A bullet grazed Sathiel's hair. Sathiel looked at the person who fired the shot. If she hadn't noticed someone approaching and paid special attention, this woman would have really succeeded.

"The Herrscher of Binding..." Disaster stared intently at Sathiel. On her way here, she saw the places the Herrscher of Binding had passed through, leaving behind only deathly silence. She didn't know why the Divine Blessing Barrier had suddenly disappeared, but she knew very well that the Divine Blessing Barrier would re-enact at any time, and Griseo and the others would have no way to escape.

She knew the Herrschers would attack the lab, and she had hesitated before coming.

Without a doubt, the Herrscher of Binding is an anti- Herrscher created specifically to counter the Fusion Warriors, and is their natural enemy. Her power alone is simply insufficient to fight against the Herrscher of Binding.

So why not run?

She was Fusion Warrior; she had plenty of time to escape the range of the Divine Blessing Barrier. Her opponent was too strong; there was no need for her to stay and die.

It's not her fault, and no one else has any reason to blame her either, because the opponent was just that strong; she was just asking to be eaten alive.

But Disaster didn't hesitate for long. The idea of running away only flashed through her mind for a moment before she dismissed it. All she knew was that she had to find the Herrscher and buy as much time as possible before she could reopen the Divine Blessing Barrier. Every bit of time she had left meant a greater chance of survival for Astaroth and the people she protected.

Defeating the Herrscher of Binding? Don't be ridiculous. The only ones capable of defeating an enemy of that level are Maple and Kevin. Disaster knows her own limitations very well.

Therefore, she was prepared to die when she came.

"I'm sorry, Amo, this time... I might really have to go before you, but I've kept our promise..." Disaster raised her dual pistols, aiming them at the Herrscher of Binding. The bullets in the guns were weapons that Fire Moth had been developing to target Herrschers. Although her record was only killing the third and fourth Herrschers, plus some of the Thousandth Herrschers, it was already Disaster's current capital to fight the Herrscher of Binding.

"Disaster... it was you..." Michael chuckled softly. "I see. Those whose fates he changed ultimately became the key to changing his own..."

"You think you can!"

With another troublesome person in her way, and unable to ignore them, Sathiel grew increasingly irritable. She showed no mercy to Disaster, wanting only a swift resolution. If things dragged on any longer, that guy would truly arrive. If she didn't absorb the powers of the Sixth and First Herrschers before his arrival, she would find it difficult to contend with him and thus be unable to execute the traitor in His place.

She wasn't sure if Disaster could resurrect infinitely like Mobius, but on the surface, she seemed much weaker Mobius.

Sathiel immediately deployed her full-power Divine Blessing Barrier at close range, intending to kill Disaster as quickly as possible. However, the moment her Divine Blessing Barrier appeared, it was neutralized by another force. In the end, she had to adjust her position to dodge the bullets Disaster fired at her.

"Damn it!" Sathiel glared fiercely at Michael. Her mood was becoming increasingly agitated. She was just one step away from killing this traitor and becoming a complete Apostle of God, but this blond guy suddenly appeared and disrupted her rhythm!

They deserve to die! They all deserve to die!

She had lost her initial composure. She knew her Companion Honkai Beast, Gabriel, had been defeated, and that guy was on his way. If she didn't hurry...

The Herrscher was no longer prepared to hold back. She unleashed a power that almost tore her own body apart. If she didn't fight to the death, she would be dead!

Michael's eyes narrowed, and he unleashed his full power to fight alongside Disaster against Sathiel.