Sacrifice

The Judgment-class Honkai Beast Shesa is theoretically the first Judgment-class Honkai Beast to appear. Before her, the highest level of Honkai Beasts that appeared was Emperor-class, such as Khodrara.

Its threat as Judgment Level threat lies not only in its Honkai Energy, but also in its special abilities.

Mobius once called it "World-Devouring Shesha," which can blur the concept of "boundaries" and transform into a ghostly green shadow that roams any territory. That enormous, liquid-like shadow is also a form of Shesha, which can use it to attack humans and devour everything it needs.

This ability was also demonstrated in Mobius later on.

Its other ability is immortality. Shesha cannot be destroyed in the conventional way. Even in the end, it was Shesha's larva that was forcibly fused by Mobius after being recovered, while the other parts of Shesha were sealed in a container by the Fire Moth, strictly prohibiting anyone from approaching, until they died on their own due to the lack of Honkai Energy supply.

This demonstrates the difficulty of dealing with Shesha.

This also shows how shameful the third law is.

It's not entirely her fault. After studying the body of the first Law Lord, the Fire Moth extracted and developed bullets specifically designed to attack Law Lords. If you had to describe it, it would be similar to the Sage Stone in the novel "Dragon Raja" that Zhu Yufeng read before his transmigration, which had a special attack effect on the Dragon Raja.

Unfortunately, this thing was only used three times. The third Lu was used in the first battle, and then the fourth and Sixth Lu. However, only the third Lu was instantly killed by this thing.

The Seventh Law destroys her before the bullet even touches her, the Eighth Law has no physical form, the Ninth Law controls the power, the Tenth Law has too many people, the Eleventh Law is too far away and ineffective against Honkai Energy, and the Tenth Law, as a virus, is even less afraid of this thing.

This once again demonstrates how shameful the third law is.

When Zhu Yufeng and his two companions arrived at the scene, the team that had previously discovered Shesha had already suffered heavy losses due to a lack of information about Shesha.

Shesha is currently in a Devouring Realm state, hovering over this area like a flowing shadow, and the attacks of the Fire Moth warriors are completely ineffective against Shesha in this state.

Other squads arrived one after another, but they were helpless against Shesha.

Only a very few warriors, such as Elysia, who wields a Zhu Yufeng Honkai Energy- powered weapon, and Alicia, who can effectively damage Shesha, can do Honkai Energy.

"How did you guys take down Shesa last time? Oh wait, how did you create Shesha?" Zhu Yufeng asked while using the weapon that Vill-V had specially made for him to repel a wave of Shesha's attacks.

Elysia shot an arrow, knocking down Shesha, who had just appeared, and then said, "If it were Maple, you should be able to guess what's going to happen next, right?"

"Use human decoys as bait to hold off Shesha, and then... launch missiles to directly destroy this area," Zhu Yufeng said. "After all, compared to the Third Law, Shesha does not have the ability to counter missiles, which are weapons of mass destruction."

"Yes, just as you think." Elysia's voice was somewhat low. If she could, she wouldn't want any casualties, but this was a war, and it was impossible to have no casualties and sacrifices.

Compared to the casualties in the subsequent Great Honkai, the casualties this time can be described as negligible.

Even so, they were unable to completely eliminate Shesha.

Not long after, orders were issued from higher command, and soldiers were selected through a voluntary process to hold off Shesha.

Yes... At this time, people were full of confidence in defeating the Honkai, so they dared to sacrifice themselves. They believed that their sacrifices were worthwhile and that humanity would surely defeat the Honkai.

As the new battle began, the soldiers who had volunteered to sacrifice themselves went to say goodbye to Elysia. Zhu Yufeng stood aside watching them express their gratitude and blessings to Elysia, and said to Sakura, "The soldiers at this moment are the true soldiers. The soldiers who came later... were all crushed by despair."

Sakura nodded in agreement with Zhu Yufeng's statement.

"But... they probably don't realize that this is the first time Elysia has seen them go to their deaths," Zhu Yufeng continued. "Even if she comes again, she can only watch like this..." Elysia's dejection was palpable.

For some reason, seeing the relieved smiles on their faces and hearing them recount how Elysia had helped them in their daily lives, Zhu Yufeng felt inexplicably touched.

In the previous chapter, he never cared about these things. He was focused on changing the fate of the Thirteen Flame-Chasers and defeating the Honkai. He never paid attention to the daily lives of these warriors or other ordinary people.

After everyone said goodbye, Elysia turned to Zhu Yufeng, who was standing to the side, and said as she watched them leave, "Feng, do you know? They... are actually people who lost their loved ones because of the Honkai. If even we forget them, the world will not remember them either."

Zhu Yufeng wanted to say that he didn't know them, but in the end he didn't say it. He watched the soldiers leave and said, "I don't know them, I don't even know their names, so... I think all I can do is remember this scene."

Humanity has never lacked the courage to sacrifice itself. Even in the eleventh law, those Fusion Warrior resolutely decided to die even knowing that the road ahead was fraught with certain death. Or, in the tenth law, the researchers who went one after another to try to eliminate the virus that was proliferating in the tenth law.

"So, Feng... answer me, this time, will you still make the same choice as them?" Elysia asked Zhu Yufeng.

In everyone's eyes, Zhu Yufeng was also someone who had lost all his relatives due to his own Honkai. No, it was even more outrageous; he had also lost everyone who knew him.

Zhu Yufeng has explicitly stated that his family and friends are in another world.

Zhu Yufeng did not answer Elysia; he did not know how to respond.

The order for the other squads to evacuate was quickly issued. They withdrew outside the encirclement and waited for the missiles to hit the target area before entering to confirm Shesha's death.

Outside the encirclement, Zhu Yufeng saw Kevin talking to Mei, and on Kevin's face was the relaxed smile he had seen in a long time.

"After all, you're still that simpleton at heart, and you haven't experienced the despair accumulated over ten thousand years," Zhu Yufeng chuckled softly.

Compared to the previous one, the difference in this one is that Kevin actively joined the Fire Moth, although the stated reason was still to follow his girlfriend.

"Huh? What did you just say?" Elysia noticed that Zhu Yufeng was talking to himself.

"It's nothing, it's just that the biggest regret is that those two didn't end up together..." Zhu Yufeng said.

"Yes, but they definitely ended up together, right?" Elysia asked.

Zhu Yufeng looked up at the sky. "Sorry, I died too early to know."

Sakura sighed and said, "After the Finality battle, Dr. Mei... due to long-term Honkai Energy Corrosion and overwork, Kevin didn't even have time to see her one last time."

Elysia was somewhat surprised, then looked at Kevin and Mei who were talking and sighed softly.

Zhu Yufeng just stared at the sky, unsure of what expression to make. After all, he had known this would be the outcome. He had tried to persuade Mei, but it had backfired.

Mei said to him at the time, "If I retreat and think of resting just because of these things, then what about you? Flame-Chasers bears all sins, what I have done is insignificant compared to what you have borne."

It was a conversation that took place after the Tragedy of Binding. He saw apology in Mei's eyes; she had been holding a grudge about the Tragedy of Binding.

What he didn't know was that Kevin and Mei had also mentioned this.

Kevin, "I was the first to stand up against Vill-V's plan. If that plan could have been implemented, if Lilith were still alive... he would at least still be smiling."

Kevin asked, "Then... why are you against it?"

Mei gave a bitter smile and said, "The other high-ranking officials don't want them to carry out this plan because they know very well that they will be sent to the gallows as scapegoats afterward. Only Feng is willing to carry it out, but he can't do it because his Fallen Angel Squad, like you, is the hope and spiritual pillar of the remaining humanity. People's lives are already filled with oppression. If Vill-V's plan is implemented, what will those abandoned by the Saviors think? What will the survivors think? In the end, it will still be the collapse of the Ming Dynasty."

Meanwhile, Hua, far away in Canghai City, finished watching the news reports about the large-scale natural disaster in Changkong City. She silently turned off the TV and looked out the window at the sky.

She didn't know why she was born, let alone why she was who she was... Even now, she hasn't figured out what she should do, and she... still can't see her own path ahead.