Fusion Warriors

Angela sent the Fusion Warriors plan to Mobius, hoping to create them before the Herrscher of Flame appeared and prevent all of Europe from becoming a sea of fire. (Huang Hao had actually wanted to send it to Mei, but since he had never met Mei, he could only send it to Mobius with great reluctance.)

Huang Hao also began trying to become a Fusion Warrior himself.

Meanwhile, Mobius's machine produced information on how to create Fusion Warriors and Divine Keys.

Mobius calmly studied the information and let out a cold laugh. "What a move. You're really making me more and more curious."

At that moment, a message arrived on Mobius's phone. It was from Mei.

Mei: "I have a plan."

Mobius: "It's about the Fusion Warriors, isn't it?"

Mei: "I haven't even said anything yet. How did you know?"

Mobius: "Take a look at this."

Mobius forwarded the information Huang Hao had sent her to Mei.

Mei fell silent in an instant. The ideas behind this plan were exactly the same as hers, and it was even far more detailed.

"...This."

Mobius sent Mei all the information about Huang Hao that she currently knew.

"Remarkable, isn't it? This person of unknown origin can not only revive himself, but also infiltrate machines at will, and he even knows the future." As she spoke, Mobius continued looking over the Fusion Warriors plan.

Mei: "Then this plan..."

Before Mei could finish, Mobius cut in. "We'll treat this plan as one you proposed. I'll report it to the higher-ups immediately and put it into action at once."

"Why?"

"Would someone who wanted to save the world send us something useless or harmful?"

A few days later, Huang Hao had become a Fusion Warrior. (He hadn't done anything except kill a few Honkai Beasts.)

"Finally, I've become a Fusion Warrior. Given how those higher-ups in Moth to the Flame are, I'm probably the first Fusion Warrior." Huang Hao lay on the operating table.

Angela stood beside the operating table and watched him. "Father, the power of the Tree of Void is already enough. There will be plenty of time to break through in the future. Why undergo such immense pain to fuse with it?"

Huang Hao climbed to his feet, stretched, and looked at the expanded void before replying, "There's too little time, and too much I want to do. Besides, who wouldn't want to become stronger?"

Angela analyzed the situation. "Father, this space is being maintained by the power of the black fire. What's called expansion is actually ensuring that, while your strength grows, the void can still be maintained normally."

"Father, you know that energy is lost whenever consciousness is absorbed or released. If you want a consciousness to remain here for a long time, the energy required will increase geometrically, and..."

Huang Hao interrupted her. "Get to the point."

Angela paused. "You can't possibly save everyone."

After hearing this, Huang Hao's characteristic smile faded. "Angela, I know that with my current strength, I couldn't receive everyone on Earth into this space even if I had ten or a hundred years. But after a thousand years, ten thousand years, or a hundred thousand years, I'll definitely be able to do it!"

"But the Previous Civilization doesn't have that much time, Father."

"An'er, have you heard this saying? In the imaginary-number space, time can move in any direction except backward."

Angela shook her head, indicating that she didn't understand.

"Father, that information isn't in the records."

Huang Hao smiled. "Of course it isn't. But Otto and I know it."

Angela didn't get sidetracked by Huang Hao's evasiveness and returned to the original question. "But Father, you still can't put everyone on Earth into the space right now."

Huang Hao said, "I never intended to put everyone on Earth into the space."

Angela: "Then why didn't you just say that?"

Huang Hao: "Weren't you the one who asked first?"

The two of them fell silent together.

After a long silence, Huang Hao broke the stalemate first. "Forget it. An'er, let's go sightseeing in Australia first. We'll have to fight later anyway, so let's go set up the venue in advance."

After Huang Hao finished speaking, he began teleporting, then took Angela to Australia.

Once they arrived in Australia, Huang Hao took Angela shopping.

Huang Hao pointed at a clothing store and said, "An'er, wearing a suit all day is so boring. Come on, your old man will buy you some new clothes!"

"No need, Fa—"

Huang Hao dragged Angela into the clothing store at top speed.

"Miss, help me pick out a few outfits."

Salesclerk: "Sure, no problem." Then, as if performing a magic trick, she immediately pulled out two outfits.

"Wait, how did you do that so fast?" Even with Amaterasu and the Fusion Warrior enhancement, Huang Hao still couldn't see how she had produced them. (So this is how anime works.)

"Sir, go ahead and try them on."

Huang Hao and Angela each walked into a changing room and put on the new clothes.

After a while, Huang Hao came out first. He was dressed entirely in black, giving him a mysterious air.

Huang Hao looked at himself in the mirror and suddenly remembered a certain appearance. "Miss, don't you have a black mask for the face too?"

"Yes, sir."

"Bring that out for me to see as well."

A moment later, Huang Hao put on the mask and looked into the mirror again. The all-black look was complete, making him completely unrecognizable. (Think of the Doctor from Arknights.)

Just as Huang Hao was looking in the mirror, Angela came out as well. When she saw Huang Hao, she said nothing and simply stood quietly behind him.

Huang Hao finished looking in the mirror and turned around, only then noticing Angela. He said awkwardly, "Oh, An'er, you're out. Wow, those new clothes look much better on you than what you wore before."

Angela was dressed in colors opposite to Huang Hao's. She was entirely clad in white, accented with red here and there, and looked exactly like an angel. (Think of WhiteNight from Lobotomy Corporation.)

"Wow, sir, your little sister is adorable." The salesclerk gazed at Angela with starry eyes and praised her.

Huang Hao grew slightly flustered. "Oh, yes, yes, she really is adorable. How much will it be?"

At that moment, Angela said at the worst possible time, "Father, stop asking this and that. We still have things to do."

That one word, "Father," drew everyone's attention. The salesclerk and numerous customers all looked at Huang Hao.

Huang Hao: "...I'm thirty-five."

The salesclerk looked at him with an expression of complete disbelief.

Suddenly, Huang Hao slammed his fist into the floor, shattering the entire floor.

"I'm a warrior of Moth to the Flame. I just happen to have a lot of energy preserved."

Only then did everyone turn their attention away. The salesclerk alone looked worriedly at the floor.

Huang Hao: "...I'll pay for it."

Huang Hao then paid for both the clothes and the floor.

Huang Hao said helplessly to Angela, "An'er, I told you not to call me your father in front of everyone."

Angela: "You could've just said you were thirty-five."

Huang Hao: "I'm still not used to it. Right, what did you say we still had to do?"

"Do you want to watch Eden's concert?"

"Sure, if you want to watch it, then let's go. Wait—Eden's?"