Chapter 81

In reality, a small horde of a thousand Honkai Beast is not something that fifty Fused Warrior can handle. After all, their individual strength is not very strong, and they are not equipped with firearms. Under normal circumstances, it would be quite good if they could eliminate three hundred Honkai Beast.

So when the soldiers heard that the enemy unit had a full thousand Honkai Beast, they couldn't help but feel a little less confident.

"According to the training plan, form basic battle formations in groups of three and prepare to engage the enemy!"

As the team leader, Cosmo quickly instructed, "Don't panic, just do your best to unleash your full potential!"

Meanwhile, Ai Yue was still talking to Su: "How are you feeling now?"

"It's as weird as having fifty extra arms,"

Su said in a strange tone, "I can sense that they each have their own consciousness, but it seems that if I wanted to, I could also forcibly control them..."

"After all, your mental strength is still too strong. Tone it down a bit and don't interfere with their thoughts. Just make sure your abilities function normally."

Ai Yue nodded. "Moreover, describing it as arms is actually incorrect. Theoretically speaking, you have fifty extra brains."

"That sounds far more terrifying than having fifty extra arms..."

While the two scholars were still discussing, the Fused Warrior, under Cosmo's command, had already clashed head-on with the Honkai Beast horde. However, to everyone's surprise, the Honkai Beast that were supposed to attack them turned their attacks on their own comrades instead, and then began to kill each other.

Even more bizarrely, the forelimbs, which were clearly about to stomp, were raised high, but for some reason suddenly stopped, causing the body's center of gravity to shift, resulting in the creature flipping over and falling to the ground, looking incredibly comical.

The soldiers couldn't help but show strange expressions when they saw this scene, but they quickly realized that it was the help from the person in the coffin, so they no longer hesitated and took the initiative to attack.

Under such circumstances, the battle that should have been advantageous for the Honkai Beast quickly became a battlefield where the Fused Warrior ruthlessly reaped their lives. Busy fighting against themselves or their own kind, the Honkai Beast were unable to launch an effective offensive and easily lost their lives.

Of course, despite their significant advantage, the Fused Warrior were not entirely unscathed. The chaos caused by the Honkai Beast resulted in some being caught in the fray during their attacks and being knocked away.

Although the physical injuries were minor, considering that his comrades would definitely laugh at him for it, it could also be seen as a severe psychological blow.

However, after this little incident, the Fused Warrior became more cautious, since no one wanted to be the next victim.

Even though they slowed down, the thousand Honkai Beast were still wiped out in a very short time. Although most of them were killed by the Fused Warrior, a small number of Honkai Beast died at the hands of their own brethren.

"Report, the battle is over."

Cosmo quickly regrouped the warriors and then reported the results to Ai Yue: "Except for one person who was slightly injured, the other forty-nine were all unharmed."

"Good."

Ai Yue nodded, then looked at the coffin beside him... inside which lay Su, "Su, what are your thoughts?"

"My feeling is that it's a bit strange."

Su's tone carried a subtle emotion, "Theoretically speaking, my ability shouldn't have such a strong effect on Honkai Beast. Doctor Ai Yue, did you add some new technology?"

The reason why no one other than Desdrobia, Fused Warrior with the ability to perceive mental phenomena, is fighting on the front lines is precisely because their abilities are not very effective against Honkai Beast.

If the damage dealt by a normal Fused Warrior to both humans and Honkai Beast is 1, then Fused Warrior with a mental perception ability can deal 2 or even 3 damage to humans, but can only deal 0.3 damage to Honkai Beast.

Because the spirit of Honkai Beast is fundamentally different from that of humans, they do not possess the same thinking and spirit as humans, so mental interference is extremely minor to them.

Even a mental ability user of Aponia's caliber would typically use lightning generated by powerful mental energy to directly destroy the bodies of Honkai Beasts when facing Honkai Beast, rather than controlling them through "commandments".

Su had experimented with Honkai Beast before, but his abilities could only eliminate his own traces when facing Honkai Beast, thus achieving an effect similar to "invisibility" in the Honkai Beast's perception system. He couldn't even Honkai Beast them away, let alone make them attack each other.

He thought that by extending his ability to others, it would be roughly equivalent to group invisibility, but he did not expect it to cause chaos in the Honkai Beast. This result was obviously not normal.

The only explanation is that Ai Yue used other techniques in the process.

"Very perceptive."

Ai Yue smiled, but his expression turned serious again. "Unfortunately, it's not exactly a new technology; it's just a way of utilizing the Herrscher authority."

The spiritual realm is an area where Ai Yue has had difficulty making breakthroughs even with the help of the system. Not to mention that the spirits of Honkai Beast and humans are fundamentally different, and their experiences and techniques are completely incompatible. Therefore, Ai Yue's research on Honkai Beast has not made much progress for a long time.

All of his current achievements in the spiritual realm are basically derived from the consciousness power of the Eighth Herrscher, and the reason why Su's ability has such a significant effect on Honkai Beast is also due to the Herrscher authority.

Simply put, it involves using consciousness power to "Honkai Beast by temporarily granting them human-like mental strength, thereby influencing their bodies beyond their own consciousness.

From the current perspective, the effect can be described as very obvious, but the cost is also extremely high.

"Alright, the technical testing is over. Let's get back to normal procedures."

Ai Yue glanced at the test data in his hand, then pressed the button on the coffin and took out the Herrscher Core of the Eighth Herrscher. "Cosmo, have the warriors disperse and penetrate deeper into the Honkai Beast. I need to test the Simulated Domination Network."

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Chapter Twelve Ai Yue, you love him so much... Oh, this has already been used.

The testing process will not be detailed here, but in short, the results were excellent.

Even when he was more than ten kilometers away from Su himself, his mental power and special abilities could still take effect on the Fused Warrior, making him "invisible" to the Honkai Beast's senses, thus allowing him to safely pass through the extremely dangerous beast tide area.

However, Su's abilities are not omnipotent. According to Ai Yue's speculation, his abilities cannot be used against Honkai Beast of Emperor-class or above. Therefore, he can only be used to bully Honkai Beast created by ordinary Honkai disasters. Once he encounters Great Honkai disaster that can create Herrscher, his abilities will be limited.

Of course, considering that there are not many Emperor-class Honkai Beasts to begin with, and even fewer Judgment-class and End-of-Law class, which cannot be specifically defined, there is still a lot of room for this technology to be applied.

Moreover, this is just the effect brought about by Su's ability. If it were another Fused Warrior with a mental perception ability, there might be even more special uses.

"However, I don't think this technology has much practical value."

Cosmo said with some doubt, "If it's just for fighting ordinary Honkai Beast, there's obviously no need for the warriors to carry out infiltration operations. Moreover, Fused Warrior squad of fifty people might be useful in regular disasters, but it becomes very ineffective when the scale of the disaster expands."

Although Cosmo is young, he has fought many tough battles alongside Hen and Kevin, and has a wealth of combat experience. Naturally, he is aware of the limitations of this technology.

First, stealth infiltration is not very effective in the current direct combat against Honkai Beast. Second, a force of fifty is too small; even if the number were doubled, it would still be a drop in the ocean against Honkai Beast. Finally, there are very few Mental Perception Fused Warrior who can control the "Simulated Domination Network," and Su himself is a doctor with his own job, so he can't stay on the front lines for long.

In other words, this technology is unlikely to have much effect on the current increasingly severe war situation. In contrast, Cosmo prefers the "Atomic Rupture missile" technology that Ai Yue submitted before the Ninth Great Honkai Outbreak.

A weapon capable of triggering Atomic Rupture reactions in all matter within a 500-meter radius, with an effective kill radius exceeding three kilometers in diameter, is clearly the kind of weapon most urgently needed to combat the Honkai.

"What you said makes sense; the fact is that this technology does have many limitations."

Ai Yue did not refute Cosmo's opinion, but nodded, "So today is just a test - but you are wrong about one thing, the scope of this thing's influence is not just fifty people."

"I felt it too,"

Su sighed from inside the coffin, "No wonder Doctor Ai Yue said earlier that it wasn't fifty arms, but fifty brains... The Simulated Domination Network can allow other people in the network to spread my abilities to farther places, just like signal transmitters, right?"

Cosmo paused for a moment, then asked, "What do you mean?"

"That means it's not fifty people, but fifty teams."

Ai Yue explained, "You can think of those fifty people as fifty wireless routers. Su's ability is not just to protect them, but to cover a range centered on them. In this way, as long as people do not go beyond this range, even if they are not in the 'Simulated Domination Network', they can enjoy the same ability."

This is the true meaning of "fifty brains"—within the "Simulated Domination Network," the minds of others are also endowed with the same properties as Su's. Therefore, it is equivalent to Su being able to use their mental power to unleash his own abilities. Although it cannot be directly said that Su's mental power has increased fiftyfold (after all, the mental power of ordinary Fused Warrior is limited), there is no doubt that Su's own abilities have been greatly enhanced.

"If there are fifty squads,"

Cosmo pondered for a moment, "Then it can at least come in handy under certain special circumstances."

"Don't worry too much, this technology won't be implemented so soon."

Ai Yue patted him on the shoulder, "At least its first application won't be on the front lines."

Ai Yue was well aware that this technology would hardly play a significant role on the front lines, so his initial focus was mainly on disaster relief.

In this Great Honkai of Atra City, many people actually still had a chance to be rescued after the first wave of disaster, but the vast horde of Honkai Beast, even if they did not kill them, blocked all means of rescue, so they could only wait to die silently.

With this technology, coupled with Su's "invisibility" ability to move through the Honkai Beast sea, if a similar situation were to occur again, Moth to Fire could organize multiple rescue teams to save as many people as possible.

Of course, Ai Yue does not plan to make these things public for the time being. After all, there is only one Su, and this method cannot be widely promoted until an alternative is found.

After the test was over, Cosmo quickly led his team away – their base was not yet completed, so they could not stay in Australia and had to leave as soon as possible.

"Doctor Ai Yue,"

After Su emerged from the coffin, she suddenly hesitated and said to Ai Yue, "You really shouldn't... push yourself too hard."

As a doctor, Su's thoughts were exactly the same as Ai Yue's. His first reaction was also to use this technology for disaster relief, so he naturally couldn't have guessed Ai Yue's idea.

But this made Su feel somewhat uneasy about Ai Yue's plan.

"What's the meaning?"

Ai Yue didn't understand Su's thoughts for a moment and couldn't help but cast a questioning look at her.

"You can't save everyone,"

Sue finally decided to speak out, "No one can bear the pressure of putting everyone's lives on their own shoulders."

This is Su's opinion of Ai Yue.

Although the human losses in the two most recent Great Honkai have been reduced to a level that was unimaginable in previous years, Su could tell that Ai Yue was still very dissatisfied with this.

Whether it was his solo decision to assassinate the Eighth Herrscher or his plan to lure all the remaining Herrscher of Domination to Australia for another annihilation, it was clear that Ai Yue was doing his utmost to prevent anyone from dying, even if it meant taking a huge risk.

But in doing so, Ai Yue would be responsible for the lives of everyone. How could any human being bear such a responsibility?

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Chapter Thirteen: Pay close attention, this is how the power of the Fused Warrior is used.

Sue is a doctor who, before joining the Moth to Fire, would do his best to save every patient he saw, rejoice at their recovery, and feel guilty for their passing. This self-discipline did not change even after joining the Moth to Fire.

Even so, he knew very well that some things were beyond human control. Even the lives he could touch could not be completely saved, so how could he stop every tragedy that happened far away and scattered in every corner of the world?

In Su's view, Ai Yue was already an extremely powerful person. Even looking back at the entire history of mankind, there probably wouldn't be any human whose abilities could be compared to his. The contributions he made in the short period of less than a year after joining the Moth to Fire had even subtly surpassed the value that the Moth to Fire had created for mankind.

Even so, Ai Yue couldn't save everyone.

"You should focus your energy on more important areas,"

Su advised, "Don't overthink it. You're already under a lot of pressure. If you continue like this, you'll collapse soon!"

Ai Yue looked at him and suddenly laughed, "I really didn't expect you to be the one using those words to persuade me."

"I utterly despise myself for having such thoughts. Human life has no distinction of value; every life should be saved."

Su sighed, her expression darkening. "But you... Doctor Ai Yue, you've really done so well. You shouldn't be getting stuck on this. If you only care about the lives of a few, you might miss out on saving many more lives."

Su was also struggling to figure out his own thoughts at this moment. From a doctor's perspective, he would certainly approve of Ai Yue's actions. Although the number of people who could benefit from this technology was insignificant compared to all of humanity, they should not be abandoned.

However, a person's energy is limited. If Ai Yue could devote more of his talent to the project of fighting the Honkai, perhaps more people could be saved.

Thinking of this, Su even felt a little sad, because he clearly realized that although he said he did not want Ai Yue to be crushed by responsibility, the thoughts that came to his mind had undoubtedly regarded Ai Yue as a savior.

Perhaps it was because they knew how important Ai Yue was to humanity that they didn't want him to bear such immense pressure? But what could they do besides say a few meaningless words?

He couldn't even share the burden with the other person.

"You're the one who shouldn't overthink things."

Ai Yue walked over and patted Su on the shoulder. "Don't worry, it's just the lives of all mankind. I won't be crushed by this responsibility."

He didn't deny that he bore such a huge responsibility.

Looking at the smile on Ai Yue's face, Su could only shake his head helplessly in the end. "As expected, Dr. Mobius's assessment of you was correct."

Wanting to save everyone and taking it for granted... How can there be such an arrogant person in the world?

"I guess it wasn't anything nice to say, was it?"

Ai Yue shook his head, then revealed a subtle expression, "Speaking of Mobius... Su, I wonder if you'd be interested in a project?"

The young doctor blinked, sensing something amiss in Ai Yue's expression. "No, I'm not interested. I have things to do at the Fifth Research Institute, I'll go first..."

"Oh dear, look at you, you're in such a hurry again."

Ai Yue put his arm around Su's shoulder, a meaningful expression on his face. "You were so righteous just now, and now I need your help, and you're refusing me? This is a chance to help me relieve some of my stress!"

"Your rhetoric is becoming more and more like Dr. Mobius's."

Looking at the expression on the other person's face, Su seemed to see the shadow of another person in it, and couldn't help but sigh, "Alright, let's talk about what the project is first."

"That's more like it!"

Ai Yue then released his grip and snapped his fingers, "Please watch the video."

Prometheus very thoughtfully projected a video onto the screen.

It was a video recorded from the perspective of a surveillance camera in a laboratory. From this angle, Su could clearly see a woman with long green hair lying on an operating table in the center of the laboratory, while Ai Yue stood beside her.

The huge laboratory contained only an operating table, which, to be honest, looked rather empty.

"Is that Dr. Mobius?"

Su looked at Ai Yue with some surprise, "That's rare, Dr. Mobius is lying on someone else's operating table..."

In the past, Mobius and Ai Yue's positions were usually swapped.

"After all, this project is indispensable to her."