Chapter 129

Kevin concluded, "I will be the vanguard, facing the Herrscher head-on, with Elysia providing support from the sidelines and suppressing the opponent from a distance. Sakura will look for the opportunity to deliver the most crucial strike. If that fails, we will retreat immediately. Does anyone have any questions?"

"In that case, please take me with you."

Eden said, "Although I can't be sure if the 'Simulated Black Hole' will still have an effect on the Herrscher, it is at least a way to restrain the opponent."

"We will provide support from the rear,"

Su said, "If we encounter danger, I can slow down their advance and buy you time."

"Okay, it's settled then."

Kevin nodded. "We'll have one more hour to rest. Hopefully, Vill-V can make it in time."

Although this battle plan sounds plausible, Kevin, who has faced the Herrscher directly, doesn't think it's actually very safe.

Fortunately, their goal this time was not to defeat the Herrscher, but to find out the state of the Prometheus clone left in the enemy's hands. If they were lucky, they might not even have to fight the Herrscher.

Recalling the scene from before, even Kevin couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

Since joining the Moth to Fire, he has participated in hundreds of missions against the Honkai, big and small, but he hasn't felt that sense of powerlessness for a long time.

The last time I felt this powerless was when...

"Kevin?"

Elysia noticed that Kevin's expression was a little strange, so she walked over and patted him on the shoulder, "Don't put too much pressure on yourself, we will definitely succeed."

"Did Ai Yue tell you this too?"

Kevin looked at Elysia, "What exactly did he write in the letter he left you?"

Compared to others, Elysia's composure during this plan could only be described as "strange".

Although everyone present valued Ai Yue, Kevin believed that Elysia was the one who most wanted Ai Yue to come back alive. This was not only because of Elysia's personality, but also because she and Ai Yue had a strange tacit understanding.

Yet, this same Elysia, when Sakura wanted to save Ai Yue's life, reminded her to do everything in her power and not to worry about Ai Yue's safety, which was clearly contrary to her usual style of doing things.

Kevin naturally didn't believe that Elysia had long disliked Ai Yue and wanted to take this opportunity to kill him. That could only mean that she was absolutely confident that Ai Yue could survive even under these circumstances.

The source of this confidence may have been the letter Ai Yue left for her.

"That's a secret!"

Elysia winked playfully, brushing the question off, "But I can reveal a little bit: Ai Yue's preparations for this plan are far more extensive than you can imagine."

She gave a mysterious smile, "Don't forget about Aponia and Mobius, they haven't made their move yet."

After saying that, Elysia left the hall and disappeared somewhere.

After a moment of silence, Kevin looked at the still-connected communication device and asked, "May, what do you think?"

"How can I tell? Ai Yue didn't leave me any useful information at all. He just told me to keep it a secret from the higher-ups and organize this plan as planned..."

Dr. Mei's tone was also helpless, "I really don't know if he doesn't want to give me too much work, or if he simply forgot to arrange things for me."

"Concealing this plan is the key to our freedom of action,"

Kevin, with his high emotional intelligence, comforted his lover, "If the United Earth Government finds out about this, I'm afraid Ai Yue's plan will be difficult to implement smoothly."

"Unfortunately, this matter cannot be kept secret for long, so we don't have much time."

Dr. Mei's tone suddenly became somewhat firm, "Kevin, if necessary, even if it means giving up the possibility of saving Ai Yue, you must eliminate the Herrscher."

Kevin was silent for a moment before finally speaking, "Is that really what you think?"

Many of the characters in The Moth to Fire believe that Dr. Mei is a cold and ruthless person whose thinking is entirely driven by reason, but Kevin knows very well that his lover is by no means a heartless and cold-blooded person.

She is even more emotional than most people, but she has no choice but to maintain this image out of necessity.

"Of course not."

Dr. Mei sighed, "I also hope that Ai Yue can return safely and tell me that everything is under his control. However, if the United Earth Government finds out that we went alone, then the World Union Plan, which Ai Yue single-handedly promoted, will be destroyed by our own hands, and the Moth to Fire will no longer have such independent operating power. Do you understand what I mean?"

The United Earth Government is a consensus among them. It represents a turning point in human history. Only when humanity truly unites can it have a brighter future after defeating the Honkai.

Therefore, although Dr. Mei was fully aware of Ai Yue's importance to humanity, she chose to maintain the bond of world unity between the two.

Because this was Ai Yue's own decision.

"I know."

Kevin nodded. "So I will absolutely not let that happen."

101

Chapter 101 I am the impending JPG.

An hour later, Kevin and the others reunited in the lobby.

This time, Vill-V finally emerged from the laboratory with an excited smile on her face, "It's done, my 'Herrscher Bane No. 001'!"

"What a strange name..."

Elysia couldn't help but show a strange expression. "Vill-V, when did your taste become the same as Ai Yue's?"

"This is indeed a name that Ai Yue could come up with."

Kevin nodded. "But I'm more concerned about how effective it will be."

"Well, theoretically, it can interfere with the powers of the Herrscher."

Vill-V handed over the metal sphere in her hand. "This thing will explode when thrown. While generating a special force field, it will also disperse the Soulium dust inside into a certain range of space. This two-pronged approach is used to prevent interference with the normal combat of Herrscher authority."

At this point, she changed the subject again. "However, since I haven't actually used it myself, I can't determine its duration and specific effects, so we can only wait until you collect the data and come back to talk about it."

Are there only a few?

Looking at the nine metal spheres neatly tucked into a strap, Kevin scratched his head. "It doesn't seem like enough..."

"There's only so much third-generation Soul Steel. I'm not Ai Yue, who can just forge it for you. You're lucky to have this much!"

Vill-V rolled her eyes. "I'll look into whether I can mix in second-generation Soulium to reduce the cost. You guys can just make do with it for now. I've heard about it. Anyway, this isn't an official operation, right?"

"That's right, let's leave it at that for now."

Kevin gave the Herrscher Bane to Elysia and Sakura, but Sakura shook her head and refused. "These things will slow me down, so you can have mine."

A moment later, Kevin and the others left the Star of Light experimental base and began heading toward the location left by Pardofelis.

Meanwhile, Pardofelis was hiding in a place no one had expected.

She became one with the rock strata, her body so stiff that she dared not move—because less than five centimeters away from her was an underground space that had been carved out by someone.

Prometheus's sub-unit and the Herrscher Ai Yue are both there!

At first, Pardofelis didn't expect that the Herrscher would be so audacious as to keep such a thing by her side. She was thinking that she could use her elusive abilities to steal the Prometheus clone back and show it off in front of everyone.

As soon as she peeked out, she saw Ai Yue sitting opposite her with his eyes closed. The indescribable feeling was so bad that Pardofelis's abilities went out of control, and she was thrown out of the rock.

Fortunately, at the last moment, Pardofelis's "diligent training" during this period did not disappoint her. She managed to stabilize the girl by relying on her instincts and, without anyone noticing, she shrank back again.

Pardofelis finally realized the advantage of being weak—perhaps it was precisely because she was not strong enough that her energy fluctuations were similar to those of ordinary Honkai Beast, which prevented her from arousing the vigilance of Herrscher Ai Yue.

But no matter what, returning empty-handed was not Pardofelis's habit. After much deliberation, she finally made an equally audacious decision.

Prior to this, Pardofelis knew that Kevin and the others were going to launch a probing attack on the location of the Prometheus extension in order to determine what kind of conspiracy was behind it.

Now that Herrscher Ai Yue is right next to the Prometheus extension, Kevin and the others' approach will inevitably be detected by him. Even if it's to prevent his hiding place from being exposed, he won't choose to wait until Kevin gets close before facing him; he will definitely leave here in advance.

When that time came, she would have the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

Before that, all Pardofelis had to do was wait patiently.

Kevin and the others did not disappoint Pardofelis's efforts—a moment later, the Herrscher Ai Yue in the dimly lit space suddenly opened his eyes.

"Why are these people here again?"

Herrscher Ai Yue, who had repeatedly failed to break through the limits, was in a bad mood. Sensing a special energy fluctuation approaching, he naturally wanted to transfer his pressure away. "Do you really think I have no temper?!"

After saying that, he rushed out without hesitation.

Meanwhile, Kevin, standing in the wilderness, released the energy seal on his body and then frowned.

"Is this enough?"

Looking at the message from Pardofelis in the armor system, "You guys draw attention, I'm going to steal something," Kevin said somewhat uncertainly.

"That's enough."

Su responded in his mind, "I can feel a strange blank space appearing in front of you!"

Perhaps in order to resist the ability of the Fused Warrior the Mental Perception type, Herrscher Ai Yue created an energy field that could block the detection of mental power by adjusting the Honkai Energy around himself. However, in this way, Su could actually use the sensing of this special energy field to determine the location of the other party.

Sure enough, just a few seconds later, Herrscher Ai Yue appeared in front of Kevin.

"Still not giving up?"

He looked around and suddenly frowned. "Why did you come alone?"

In that instant, thoughts like "luring the tiger away from the mountain" flashed through the mind of the Herrscher Ai Yue.

Although Kevin didn't know what Herrscher Ai Yue was thinking, he had his own plan—to simply prevent the other party from thinking about anything else.

So he remained silent and simply swung the greatsword in his hand.

The next second, the iceberg descended again.

"Tsk!"

Seeing Kevin launch an attack without a word, Herrscher Ai Yue had no choice but to temporarily set aside his thoughts and reach out to completely dismantle the iceberg. "These things are to me..."

Before he could finish speaking, he saw a metal sphere hurtling down on him from the shattered iceberg.

"Boom!"

A violent explosion erupted above his head, and a scorching blast of air swept towards him, but it failed to cause him the slightest harm.

It wasn't that Herrscher Ai Yue used his ability to neutralize the damage; rather, the thing that looked like it exploded loudly actually didn't cause any real harm.

"What is that, fireworks?"

Herrscher Ai Yue waved his hand and couldn't help but laugh, "Are you trying to please me... huh?"

The next second, Herrscher Ai Yue finally realized that something was wrong.

Why do I feel like my powers have become dulled?!

It works!

The moment Kevin saw the change in Herrscher Ai Yue's expression, he immediately made a judgment—no matter what, what Vill-V made could indeed interfere with the Herrscher's powers!

Such thoughts flashed through his mind, followed by the direct command of his body's instincts—rush up and chop him!

Kevin's figure instantly appeared in front of Herrscher Ai Yue, his greatsword pointing to the sky, and then he slashed down hard at Ai Yue's head!

However, the next second, this powerful sword strike was trapped in a slippery and viscous invisible force field.

"The idea is good, and the product is good too."

Herrscher Ai Yue smiled, as if Kevin's momentary panic had been merely an illusion. "Unfortunately, that one second was too short!"

The next second, a surge of immense energy erupted from his body, sending Kevin flying.

However, just as Kevin, who had been shielding Herrscher Ai Yue's vision, flew out, a flash of light almost grazed his body and arrived right in front of Herrscher Ai Yue.

It was Elysia's crystal arrow!

Kevin's energy fluctuations perfectly concealed the arrow, and coupled with the force field effect spread by the "Herrscher Bane" just now, Herrscher Ai Yue was completely unaware of it!

However, the arrow failed to reach the body of the Herrscher Ai Yue, and dissipated inch by inch less than five centimeters away from him.

"Excellent teamwork, it can only be described as seamless."

Herrscher Ai Yue let out a barely perceptible sigh of relief. "Unfortunately, you don't know that I always have a constant energy constraint field around me."

He breathed a sigh of relief not because he had blocked the arrow, but because the appearance of the arrow meant that Kevin had not come alone, which meant that the other party's target was at least himself, and not something else.

After all, the only people the other side can use right now are Kevin, Elysia shoots arrows, and the woman who can control black holes.

I think... there aren't any left.

The Herrscher Ai Yue suddenly felt something was strange, as if a name was on the tip of his tongue, but he couldn't say it.

Besides these, who else is there?

Is this just my imagination, or is this still the work of that bastard Ai Yue?