Chapter 220
Although it seems that everyone is showing off their skills and fighting fiercely, and even Herrscher-class Honkai Beast are being killed like stray dogs on the street, the fundamental problem has not been solved.
As long as the Honkai Energy concentration cannot be reduced, the impending Great Honkai outbreak cannot be delayed. Once that thing explodes, something far more terrifying than what we have now will descend upon this world.
So no matter how much he disliked Vill-V, Mobius still had to help her complete her plan.
"Alright!"
Just then, Vill-V finally let out a long breath and wiped the sweat from her brow. "Constraint Domain Generator Number One, complete!"
"What kind of ridiculous name is that..."
Mobius made a quick, instinctive remark, then noticed Ai Yue's photo that Vill-V had affixed to the strange device. "Wait, the Binding Divine Realm... can this thing simulate Authority of Binding?"
"You got it right!"
Vill-V snapped her fingers, a smug look on her face. "How about it? My masterpiece, the Simulated Herrscher Authority Generator! This isn't Ai Yue's patent, you know?"
"Once this thing is running, it can directly convert the surrounding Honkai Energy into other forms of energy, thus effectively suppressing the increase in Honkai concentration!"
"I hope it's as reliable as you say."
Mobius reformed into human form. "So what do we do now? Get it to the area with the highest concentration?"
"No need, just start it directly."
Vill-V waved her hand and took out a detector from her pocket. "After all, this is the area with the highest concentration."
The detector, whose sound-emitting device had long been removed, was displaying an extremely dark blackish-red color, like a smear of dried blood.
Immediately afterward, Vill-V activated the device in front of her and then jumped onto the large robot next to her without hesitation. "Run! This thing doesn't distinguish between friend and foe!"
The next second, as the device was activated, Mobius almost immediately felt his body become much heavier.
"Why didn't you say so earlier!"
She gritted her teeth and forced out those words, then draped herself unceremoniously over the robot, shouting, "Run!"
They ran quite a distance before stopping and looking back.
Although Vill-V's style of doing things is rather flamboyant, this time her explanation was completely accurate. Under the effect of the Constraint Domain Generator, the Honkai Beast around her were silently turned into ashes. After being converted by the Authority of Binding Honkai Energy, the Honkai energy was also transformed into flame energy under the guidance of the device, spreading outwards and causing secondary damage.
"How is it? Not bad, right?"
Looking at her masterpiece, Vill-V couldn't help but puff out her chest, "It only takes five minutes to reduce the Honkai Energy concentration in the surrounding area by one-third!"
"That's really quite good."
Mobius stared intently at the device, then looked puzzled. "But why does it look like that thing is smoking?"
"What?"
Vill-V then refocused her attention on the device, and her expression changed drastically. "It overloaded so quickly? How is that possible! According to the calculations, it should still need..."
Her voice abruptly stopped, because at that moment, the device into which she had poured countless efforts—exploded.
Vill-V's face turned ashen, and she couldn't even maintain a smile. Seeing her reaction, Mobius gave up on trying to hurt her, and simply patted her on the shoulder. "At least you should still remember the design drawings, right?"
"Yeah, so it doesn't matter."
Vill-V looked at Mobius and said slowly, "The important thing is that this problem is probably more serious than any of us imagined."
Chapter 97: As expected of the final boss, he even had a pre-entry animation.
No one knows exactly what Vill-V put in this "Constraint Domain Generator", but what is certain is that this thing definitely has a self-destruct mode.
Otherwise, a simple overload wouldn't have caused such an exaggerated mushroom cloud to explode.
Although everyone was some distance away from the location, they were all drawn to the sound of the explosion and looked in the direction from which it came.
"What happened?"
Having just mastered the power of "qi" and not yet had time to familiarize herself with it, Pardofelis was about to try out whether she could unleash flames when she was startled by a sudden, violent explosion. She covered her cat ears and instantly burrowed into the ground, only to finally peek out a moment later to observe the situation on the field.
Just then, a loud voice reached everyone's ears. "Ahem, sound check—very good, it seems this thing still works."
"Everyone, please converge in the direction of the explosion!"
"It's Vill-V's voice."
Eden smiled and reached out to Pardofelis, pulling her out of the ground. "It seems the situation is not good. Let's go over there."
Moments later, everyone, including Kalpas, gathered at the site of the explosion.
What used to be a small hill is now just a huge crater. The remaining traces alone show just how massive the explosion was.
Since Cosmo and Desdrobia could participate remotely via mental link, they stayed on the periphery to clear the approaching Honkai Beast horde together with the Simulated Black Hole controlled by Eden, buying enough time for Vill-V and the others.
"The situation is urgent, so I'll keep it brief."
While saying this, Vill-V's tone was surprisingly calm. "Although everyone may have worked very hard, it is still far from enough compared to the goals we need to achieve."
"Delay the outbreak of the Great Honkai?"
Kevin asked, "How long have we been stalling?"
"At most, it might take less than five minutes?"
Vill-V stroked her chin, then said smugly, "By the way, three out of those five minutes were thanks to me, you know?"
"Nobody's going to take it from you."
Mobius rolled his eyes at her before taking over the conversation, "The problem now is that if we can't come up with a more efficient solution, then the big one will be coming in a few minutes."
"By the way, my 'Constraint Domain Generator' has the maximum power to completely neutralize an ordinary Great Honkai outbreak, but it overloaded after only three minutes of operation,"
"This means that what we are about to face is probably beyond our imagination, probably ten times stronger than the combined strength of twelve Herrscher," said Vill-V.
"It seems that this is very likely the true power of the Honkai."
Dr. Mei sighed. As a scholar, she was well aware of just how terrifying Vill-V's calculations were. "Although I had some idea of what was going to happen, it's still hard to believe that I'm actually facing it today."
"We definitely don't stand a chance."
"So our task is just to hold it off, and we can leave the rest to Ai Yue, right?" Vill-V said nonchalantly.
After saying that, she glanced at the others present and said, "By now, you can't still not have accepted this premise, can you?"
"Since time is tight, let's not waste time on this kind of topic."
Kevin steered the conversation back on track, saying, "I can slow down its rate of increase by absorbing Honkai Energy, but it's hard to say how long I can sustain it."
Although it doesn't sound difficult, Kevin omitted a crucial part—he can absorb Honkai Energy, but there are limits. If the energy he absorbs exceeds the upper limit of his mental power, a mushroom cloud might appear here later.
"And us too."
Desdrobia's voice echoed in everyone's minds, "Cosmo can simulate a portion of the Authority of Binding. We will fight while trying to reduce the concentration of Honkai Energy around us as much as possible."
"I can help too,"
Hua said from the side, "As long as you master the flow of 'qi', you can assimilate the Honkai Energy within a certain range and change its properties. Although it may not be of much use, it is better than nothing."
Hua spoke with a hint of insecurity—she was indeed capable of such a thing, but in the face of a disaster of this magnitude, her abilities were far too insignificant.
Kalpas silently walked to her side and said, "Teach me."
Clearly, Kalpas, who goes berserk as soon as he enters the battlefield, has not yet mastered this relatively advanced skill.
"That's right, one person's strength may be limited, but I still have mine!"
Pardofelis joined in, but stood on the other side of Hua. "Let's all cheer each other on. Maybe we can buy some more time... even if it's just a few seconds?"
"I'm afraid I can't be of much help if I stay here."
Eden shook her head slightly. She didn't have any means to reduce the Honkai Energy concentration, so she turned and left. "However, I can clean up the surroundings a bit, which might be of some use."
Me too.
Sakura nodded to Vill-V and the others, "I only have swordsmanship skills, so I'll have to rely on you all for this."
"Then let's leave it at that for now. Everyone is free to do their own thing."
Vill-V didn't dwell on it much, and simply waved her hand at Kevin had already grown to a gigantic size, "Move over there a bit, make some space for me."
"You still have a trump card up your sleeve?"
Mobius stared at the guy who was still rummaging through things, and was taken aback. "You're not planning to make something on the spot, are you?"
"Of course, I even brought a 3D metal printer,"
In the blink of an eye, Vill-V assembled a huge thing, then rubbed her hands together as if she were arguing with someone, "It's just hand-rubbing, I can do that too!"
Seeing that Vill-V was no longer paying attention to him and had turned to struggle with the machine, Mobius could only shake his head helplessly before turning into a pool of strange blackish-green matter and merging into the earth.
Since everyone is working so hard, she has no reason to be a bystander, right?
Because this power is rarely used, even Mobius often forgets that she was the first successful case of the dual-phase fusion experiment.
Dr. Mei had witnessed the entire process, did not speak, but couldn't help but reveal a somewhat subtle smile.
Everyone knows that the disaster before us may be the last test that humanity will face, and the difficulty of this test is so great that it can only be described as "despair".
But the atmosphere at the scene was filled with an indescribable... relaxed feeling.
Everyone chose what they wanted to do and carried it out decisively. No one asked, "What if we fail?" or "Can we really win?" It was as if this was just an ordinary task, and as long as everyone did their job well, it could be completed in an ordinary way.
This unspoken confidence stems from the same person.
Dr. Mei leaned back in her chair, her gaze unconsciously sweeping over everyone before landing on the map beside her. The location of the Star of Light experimental base was in the northeast corner of the Australia continent.
The reason everyone was so relaxed was because they knew that someone would be able to solve everything.
Dr. Mei also longed to entrust her trust to others without reservation, just like they did, but her rationality called for change—
"Can we really win this time? What price will humanity have to pay to truly defeat the Honkai?"
On the left side of the screen, a number is changing in real time—data on the concentration of Honkai Energy transmitted back from a swarm of drones at the scene in Australia.
This number has now climbed to an unimaginable level. Even if it were reduced to one-tenth, it would never have appeared in human history. If this data were submitted to the United Earth Government, then probably 80 percent of the representatives from various countries present would be sent to the emergency room.
Thinking of this, Dr. Mei suddenly blinked and revealed a subtle expression.
She suddenly realized that the United Earth Government seemed to be unaware of this matter.
The number of people actually involved in this catastrophe that concerns the fate of all humanity is only slightly over ten.
Dr. Mei had imagined this scene countless times, but when it actually appeared before her, it felt rushed and casual.
Shouldn't it be a united effort, a concerted battle against the ultimate Honkai created by the Honkai? Shouldn't it be broadcast live to the whole world, so everyone knows who is fighting for them?
She pondered for a moment, then suddenly laughed.
If it could be resolved quietly like this, wouldn't that be good?
Unfortunately, reality is often disappointing.
"Vill-V! How is it!?"
Kevin's voice was deafening, like thunder, because he had already broken through his original limit and grown to a height of fifty meters.
But this is not a good thing—because energy beyond one's control limits will only bring uncontrollable consequences, and Kevin's inability to control his volume at this moment is the best proof of that.
If this continues, what he will lose control of will not be as simple as just his voice.
"Quiet down, this is crucial!"
Amidst her busy schedule, Vill-V glanced at the time. "It's good, we're ten minutes later than expected! But there's still no movement from Ai Yue's side, so everyone, hang in there..."
Vill-V didn't even finish her sentence.
Because at that very moment, it seemed as if something "appeared".
Kevin's body collapsed to his knees without warning, causing the earth to groan in pain.
His enormous, radiant body dimmed in that instant, as if the energy sustaining it had been drained away. Even so, Kevin still struggled to lift his head, trying to see what had caused all of this.
But there was nothing there—the surroundings were unchanged from before, as if he himself had simply given up.
But this is by no means an illusion, because he is not the only one affected.
Hua, who was trying to control her Qi to assimilate the surrounding Honkai Energy, opened her eyes at the same moment. She opened her mouth, and a gush of hot blood spurted out, her face turning pale instantly.
In her perception, the Honkai Energy that had been relatively calm around her suddenly began to boil, as if it had gained its own consciousness and rudely refused to be assimilated by the Qi.
It was precisely because of this resistance that Hua vomited blood.
Kalpas, standing to the side, was also in a bad state. He clenched his teeth and swallowed the blood in his mouth. As for Pardofelis... she had suddenly felt a pang of heart palpitation before this, which caused her to wake up from the process of assimilating with Honkai Energy and escaped a disaster.