Chapter 126

The Simulated Black Hole is the ultimate move of the Ninth Herrscher, "Herrscher of Rock." Anyone who has watched the video of Ai Yue's battle with the Herrscher of Rock will be deeply impressed by this black hole that seems capable of swallowing the heavens and the earth.

Most importantly, this move distorts the flow of time inside the black hole. In other words, even if Herrscher Ai Yue reacts with lightning speed and breaks the Simulated Black Hole the moment it descends, one second inside the black hole may be ten minutes outside.

With this time difference, we can indeed say that we are temporarily safe.

"Ai Yue said that I have a high compatibility with the Herrscher Core of the Herrscher of Rock, and now it seems that this is indeed the case."

Eden replied with a smile, "However, this move can't be used casually, and I can feel that the Simulated Black Hole's influence on him is rapidly diminishing. Let's leave here quickly."

"Queen initiated a link to me from the Star of Light Experiment Base."

The Prometheus extension carried by Elysia suddenly spoke up, "It seems that someone has activated the main control center of the Star of Light from the inside. We'd better hurry over there."

Upon hearing this, Kevin and the others exchanged glances, their expressions showing surprise.

Who could it be?

The question was quickly answered. When everyone arrived at the Star of Light experimental base floating on the sea according to the coordinates, they were greeted by a familiar figure.

"Sister Ai Li, you're here?"

Pardofelis paced back and forth in the hall. Seeing Kevin and the others enter, she immediately went up to them and asked, "How are you? Are you hurt?"

"Pardo, it really was you who activated the Star of Light,"

Elysia smiled knowingly, "I knew Ai Yue would leave the highest authority to you."

"But how did you find it?"

Kevin asked with some doubt, "Even Ai Yue himself shouldn't know about Queen's arrangements, right?"

Switching the Star of Light to silent mode and sinking it into the sea was likely Queen's own decision, something even Ai Yue probably couldn't have fully anticipated. Unless he had given Pardofelis the equipment that could lock the Star of Light's real-time coordinates beforehand, Kevin would find it hard to imagine how the other party had managed to do it.

"Huh? No, it's not,"

Pardofelis scratched her head a little embarrassedly, "Actually, when we first left the plane, I forgot to activate the armor, and we fell straight into the sea. Then I was swept away by the ocean current. After things stabilized, I saw the outline of the Star of Light, so..."

So that's how you found it?

Kevin was speechless – it was hard for a skilled player like him to imagine the daily life of a lucky player.

"Oh, let's not talk about this for now,"

Elysia called out from the side, "Queen, quickly find the medical pod, there's someone here who needs treatment!"

"I'm actually fine, Elysia..."

Sakura instinctively tried to struggle, but in her weakened state, she was no match for Elysia and could only obediently be stuffed into the medical pod.

"Speaking of which, I also invited Mobius and Sister Daisy. They're next door now!"

Pardofelis immediately realized what was happening, "I'll go get them!"

"No rush, just wait a little while."

Elysia smiled and stopped Pardofelis, "The most important thing right now is to ensure the safety of the Star of Light. Queen, have you called back all your drones?"

"Seventy-five percent of the remaining drone fleet has been recalled."

Queen replied, "The other drones will be deployed as a surveillance network to monitor the movements of the Honkai Beast and the Herrscher in real time."

"Huh, is the Star of Light dangerous?"

Pardofelis then discerned a hidden meaning in Elysia's words and cautiously asked, "Have I caused you any trouble?"

"No, you did very well, Pardo."

Dr. Mei said, "Although exposing Star of Light is indeed a risky move, we also need to use the facilities here to regroup. If Sakura and the others cannot recover, then it's only a matter of time before Star of Light is breached."

"That's how it is. So let's all take a good rest before the Herrscher launches an attack."

Elysia nodded. "Hopefully, the Simulated Black Hole can hold on a little longer and buy us some more time."

Elysia didn't know was that the Simulated Black Hole had already been completely broken by the Herrscher Ai Yue long before the group met up and headed to the Star of Light.

At that time, if he had wanted to, he could have caught up with them and left them all behind.

But Herrscher Ai Yue only glanced at it from afar before giving up the idea of continuing the pursuit, "That's enough for now. These people probably won't take the initiative to attack anytime soon."

The Herrscher Ai Yue muttered to himself, then turned and left in another direction.

Kevin and the others were not considered a threat in his eyes.

From beginning to end, his most important enemy was always "himself".

95

Chapter 95 Hi~ Did you miss me?

Half an hour later, the Fused Warrior gathered again in the lobby of the Star of Light Experiment Base.

"Sakura, Kalpas, how are you feeling?"

Looking at Sakura, whose face was still somewhat pale, Elysia couldn't help but ask, "Where's Daisy? Is her head still hurting?"

Desdrobia had actually regained consciousness quite some time ago, but she was experiencing severe headaches and was initially unable to communicate normally, so she had to continue lying in the medical pod for examination and treatment.

However, even the medical ward could not detect the cause of the pain, because Desdrobia's physical examination results were completely normal.

It was as if this pain originated from within the soul.

"I'm much better now, I just have a little tinnitus."

Desdrobia leaned against Cosmo and said weakly, "I guess it's because my mental strength was severely damaged in the previous attack. I'm sorry, I'm afraid I'm still unable to participate in the battle for the time being."

The biggest difference between Desdrobia and other Mental Perception type Fused Warrior is that her ability "telekinesis" is a special ability that allows psychic power to directly interfere with the laws of physics. This ability makes her more suitable for head-on combat than other Fused Warrior of the same type, but it also causes her psychic power to be affected by the Herrscher authority.

That's why she's been so listless. After all, having her telekinesis completely destroyed is like having a piece of her soul ripped out. Such an injury is not something that can be recovered from in a short time.

"I can still participate in the battle."

Although Sakura's face was pale, she had recovered. "However, I'm afraid I can't fight continuously right now, but if I find an opportunity, I can still unleash my strongest strike."

"I'm all better now."

Kalpas concluded briefly, "Next time I see that guy, let me be the first one to go."

He was clearly still resentful about his previous defeat; after all, charging in with full confidence only to be easily beaten back was simply unbearable.

Moreover, this is Kalpas's first battle after returning to the "Poison Cocoon". If he cannot wash away this shame in this way, it will probably become a pain in Kalpas's heart forever.

"I have a general understanding of the situation,"

Kevin nodded, and began to think about how to arrange tactics for the upcoming battle. "Before that, let's take a look at the battle recording from earlier."

The armor systems of Kevin, Sakura, and Kalpas can fully recreate the entire battle, which is very helpful for everyone to understand the powers of Herrscher Ai Yue.

Everyone quickly finished watching the brief battle and fell into deep thought.

"Strangeness."

Cosmo spoke first, "Given the strength the Herrscher has displayed, did he really need to launch a sneak attack on Sakura?"

"I'm afraid he's not as assertive as he appears, or perhaps he's well aware of the threat Sakura poses to him."

Kevin said, "During the battle, I discovered that Herrscher have a very strong ability to suppress energy attacks that have no physical form, but conversely, they have some difficulty dealing with attacks that have a physical form."

"Based on the video and your feedback, the conclusion we can draw at present is that the Eleventh Herrscher's powers are indeed related to energy."

Dr. Mei said, "I even suspect that he can interfere with not only simple energy, but possibly even vectors."

"Then there's no way to fight at all!"

Desdrobia couldn't help but say, "He can interfere with energy and affect vectors, so what can we do? He's practically invincible on a physical level!"

"No, even setting aside the physical aspects, we still have a way."

Elysia smiled. "Don't forget, we have Aponia."

These words lightened the atmosphere a bit – Aponia, as the strongest mental ability user among humans, had already demonstrated her strength when facing the Eighth Herrscher. If Herrscher Ai Yue had no resistance to mental power, it at least showed that he still had a fatal weakness.

"Um, may I say something?"

Pardofelis raised her hand from the side, and when she saw that everyone's attention was focused on her, she whispered, "Brother Yue already had a way to break Sister Niya's ability when he was still in Twilight Street. Are you sure this move will really work on him?"

"Yes, that seems to be true."

Elysia and Sakura exchanged a glance, both recalling the initial encounter with Ai Yue and Aponia. "Although Aponia's abilities have undergone a dramatic transformation, Ai Yue is now Herrscher..."

After comparing the changes of both sides, everyone suddenly realized that Ai Yue's "growth" seemed to be more terrifying.

"Besides, we can't get in touch with Aponia right now either,"

Su added, "I tried to communicate with her through mental power, but she seemed to have entered some kind of special state, completely ignoring all external interference."

"It seems this move can only be considered as a backup option for now. We will not consider it until Aponia joins the battle."

Dr. Mei sighed, "In that case, we can only try to find a way to break the power of the Herrscher."

Upon hearing this, everyone displayed subtle expressions.

Because Dr. Mei's words are utterly correct nonsense—isn't the simplest way to defeat Herrscher to break their powers? But if they could really break their powers, would they have to pay such a heavy price every time they fight Herrscher?

In fact, until now, the only Herrscher authority that can truly be considered to have been broken is the Eighth Herrscher, "Herrscher of Consciousness," and the solution is the simplest and most brutal: find someone with stronger mental power than her (referring to Aponia), and then crush them.

Even though the Ninth Herrscher, who was directly shattered into Simulated Black Hole, Ai Yue's method did not completely break her power, let alone others.

However, at that moment, a beeping sound of some kind of device starting up suddenly came from the other side of the hall.

Everyone's eyes immediately turned towards the direction from which the sound came, and there they saw a Teleportation Gate suddenly light up, clearly having been activated.

However, no one present gave such an instruction.

"What happened?"

Kevin blurted out instinctively, "Queen, shut down..."

"Wait, don't turn it off!"

Elysia quickly stopped him, "Closing the Teleportation Gate while it's working will cause the people inside to get lost in the Imaginary Space!"

"It's okay, he can't turn it off anyway."

Before the person inside the Teleportation Gate even stepped out, the voice had already reached everyone's ears. The next second, Vill-V walked out of the portal with a smug look on her face. "This is a backdoor I designed in advance. Kevin is just a nobody, and he thinks he can stop me?"

"Vill-V?"

Upon hearing the voice, Dr. Mei was the first to react, "Why are you here?"

"Of course I'm here to help you."

Without any hesitation, Vill-V sat down in the seat that originally belonged to Ai Yue, then crossed her legs and said, "Judging from your expressions, did you just get a beating?"

Before anyone else could react, Elysia was the first to show a strange expression. "Are you really Vill-V?"

From the moment the other person appeared, Elysia had a strange feeling, as if the person in front of her Vill-V, was actually Ai Yue in disguise.

That's weird.

96

Chapter 96: You're so knowledgeable.

"What are you saying? Of course I am Vill-V."

Faced with Elysia's doubts, Vill-V remained quite composed. "Besides, compared to these trivial matters, the current difficulties are more important, aren't they?"

As she spoke, she shifted her legs and then revealed a smile of interest, "Let me guess, this time, will the Herrscher's power be able to interfere with energy?"

How did you know?

The straightforward Cosmo blurted out instinctively, then realized, "Oh right, Doctor Ai Yue must have left the relevant information for you beforehand."

"Do you have a way to block the effects of the Herrscher authority on the human body?"

Dr. Mei then inquired, "Could Ai Yue really foresee what kind of powers he would wield?"

From her incredulous tone, it was easy to tell that Dr. Mei still remained skeptical about this possibility.

Even today, people's understanding of the Herrscher is still only the tip of the iceberg. From the use of the Herrscher Core, it can be seen that the current level of human technology is not even enough to fully utilize the Imaginary Singularity left by the Herrscher, let alone how to explore the mysteries hidden behind it.

In this situation, it's already absurd enough that Ai Yue could somehow guide himself to become Herrscher. To say that he could foresee the powers he might gain and prepare corresponding countermeasures based on this is even more absurd...

That seems reasonable.