Herrscher of Knowledge

After the birthday party, the Golden Courtyard began its construction.

Considering the space constraints, Elysia stepped in and bought all the commonly used training grounds and the surrounding land.

The Flame Chasers wouldn't have agreed to this.

But she offered too much.

With the armed support provided by Vill-V, Sakura began shuffling the Poisoned Pupae.

Six months after the Seventh Honkai, Su received an invitation to join the Flame Chasers.

Reuniting with old friends, Kevin and Su had countless words they wanted to share with each other.

"In the end, my mentor donated their body as material to provide medicine and cured me."

After hearing Su's experience, Kevin fell silent. He wanted to hug the other man but could only pat his shoulder.

Kevin also recounted his own experiences to Su.

With the support of the Heroes squad, Mei's status rose significantly.

Afterward, Mei lifted the upper echelons' restrictions on Vill-V's Spiral Workshop materials.

Vill-V naturally wanted to move quickly and began to fully develop the Fifth Divine Key.

A few days later, the Fifth Divine Key—Sleeper of All Things—was successfully developed.

After a trial run, the Flame Chasers immediately sealed it away.

Such a powerful weapon could not be used until someone who met the standard of absolute good was found.

Fearing Vill-V might cause more trouble, the Flame Chasers gave her a long vacation.

Vill-V, as a matter of course, sought out Yoshikage Kira.

"The Golden Courtyard isn't built yet, and my Spiral Workshop was destroyed due to developing a Divine Key, so I'll have to stay with you."

"...Come in."

At 22 years old, in January, the Herrscher of Knowledge was born silently.

There was no tragic battle as imagined, nor was there a wave of Honkai Beasts.

The Herrscher of Knowledge silently spread its memetic weapon through the internet.

Upon seeing words contaminated by the Herrscher of Knowledge's memes, people's minds would become infected and fall into a dream controlled by the Herrscher of Knowledge.

After Su arrived, you had been keeping an eye on the birth of the Herrscher of Knowledge.

When the so-called "sleeping sickness" appeared, you reminded Mei that it might be the work of a Herrscher.

Mei knew you wouldn't speak without reason, so she began investigating the "sleeping sickness."

As expected, after some investigation, Mei indeed discovered something amiss.

But it was ultimately a bit too late. Before Mei could warn everyone, the Herrscher of Knowledge had already set its sights on the Flame Chasers.

Even though all communication devices were shut down in time, the Herrscher of Knowledge's attack still took effect.

But thanks to your warning, the Heroes squad suffered no losses.

'Not working?' Yoshikage Kira was scrolling through his phone, but the Herrscher of Knowledge's mental contamination still had no effect.

The same situation occurred with Himiko.

Afterward, the Herrscher of Knowledge's influence expanded further, not only online but also contaminating real-world words.

If you close your eyes, you won't be affected. It was simple and effective.

However, this would have a huge impact on the normal functioning of human society and was not a long-term solution.

A week later, before the entire base fell, Dr. Mei, in collaboration with Spacy, the head of the Fifth Scientific Department, developed a drug to resist mental contamination.

But this only managed to block the Herrscher's attack.

To determine the Herrscher of Knowledge's location, mental-type Fusion Warriors voluntarily accepted memetic contamination.

Seeing the Fusion Warriors bravely head into the mental battlefield to fight the Herrscher of Knowledge.

Su sought out his second mentor—Spacy—hoping to become a Fusion Warrior.

Afterward, Su chose to fuse with the Emperor-class Honkai Beast—Maharali—which was accompanied by the Eighth Herrscher.

He prepared to enter the mental world as the twenty-sixth Observer to counterattack.

Before the operation, the Herrscher of Knowledge released mental turbulence to obstruct the plan.

The invisible mental turbulence to others was nowhere to hide from the Stand, which represented spiritual power.

Blocking the mental turbulence that continuously drifted from mid-air, Yoshikage Kira watched Spacy giving instructions to Su without speaking.

Su lay down on the Observation Hub, his consciousness entering the dream woven by the Herrscher of Knowledge.

The mental turbulence that had filled the air vanished at some point.

It seems Su successfully suppressed the Herrscher of Knowledge.

"I've detected it. I've pinpointed the Herrscher of Knowledge's coordinates."

Once Su awoke and relayed the Herrscher of Knowledge's coordinates to everyone, the organization dispatched Elysia to eliminate the Herrscher.

The reason Kevin wasn't sent was because he had been affected. Of course, the extent to which he was affected wouldn't be fatal.

The Herrscher of Knowledge's physical body wasn't as outrageously strong as the previous Herrschers, and Elysia quickly defeated it, returning with its Herrscher Core afterward.

"In just one month, over a million civilians have died, and a large number have been left in a vegetative state. Sigh."

Listening to Spacy's assessment, Mei felt a bit dazed. This Herrscher seemed... a little too simple?

The other members of the Heroes squad felt the same way. Apart from Kevin, everyone else felt like they had simply spent a few days without using any electronic devices.

"I saw... the threads of many people's fates being rewoven, extending into the distance."

"Mm, I understand."

Seeing that Yoshikage Kira didn't intend to say anything further, Apponia didn't press the matter.

"In any case, thank you for your contributions to humanity."

Yoshikage Kira said nothing and turned to leave.

"Boss, the phone you gave me suddenly exploded, sob sob sob."

"...We'll just buy you another one."

How to prevent the Herrscher of Knowledge from attacking everyone?

It was simple: just blow up anything that could display text.

Through Mei, everyone was made to take precautions in advance. Meanwhile, I used Killer Queen to prevent memetic contamination and my Stand to block the mental turbulence attacks.

With all that, how could I possibly lose?