"Ah, I see..."
Xu Yanwu nodded. "A lifesaver... that really is someone important."
"But no matter what, I have no idea why Captain Himeko became a Herrscher."
Since Fu Hua was carrying him on her back, Xu Yanwu could not see her expression clearly.
But from Fu Hua's tone, Xu Yanwu could still hear a faint trace of disappointment.
Herrscherfication?
Speaking of Herrscherfication... Honkai Energy was only one aspect.
The other was the person's compatibility... and the negative emotions lurking in their heart.
Sirin, Mei, and Wendy, who had yet to become a Herrscher... in a sense, they too had become Herrschers because of all kinds of negative emotions.
Xu Yanwu said to Fu Hua, "As for the conditions needed to become a Herrscher... from what I know, first, there needs to be a large amount of Honkai Energy. Back then, there probably wasn't anywhere that lacked Honkai Energy, right?"
"The other... is the problem of one's emotions."
Lying on Fu Hua's back, Xu Yanwu wrapped his arms around her shoulders and said, "Despair, pain, hatred—those negative emotions cause Honkai Energy to gather within people with compatibility, until they finally... become Herrschers."
After Xu Yanwu said that, Fu Hua replied, "So before Captain became a Herrscher..."
"Mm." Xu Yanwu roughly understood what Fu Hua meant.
Xu Yanwu nodded. "No matter what kind of negative emotions she felt, no matter what happened, the moment she became a Herrscher, she must have been in unimaginable pain."
"Despair? Pain?"
As Xu Yanwu spoke, he tightened his hold around Fu Hua's shoulders. "I don't know. But in that kind of apocalypse, no matter what emotions someone had, it wasn't really all that strange, was it?"
"Are you... pitying her?" Fu Hua asked Xu Yanwu.
"No. I just find it a little tragic," Xu Yanwu