Spring Void Roll, the Only Path

Fiji.

The injection of the Hyper-Mutation Factor drug did not give Fu Hua any unusual symptoms. Her sword heart could vaguely sense the subtle fluctuations of the reagent lurking between flesh and genes, but that was only when it was first transplanted into her body, and then it disappeared without a trace.

Due to special circumstances, the remaining participants were assigned to other venues for the experiment.

The girl wandered alone in this hell on earth, a place where dozens of Emperor-class creatures had drawn a line of defenses. Even as the armed helicopter landed on the ground, her expression remained calm, as if she were about to face not a remaining piece of Honkai Pure Land, but the main city area enveloped by the Holy Gate route.

As the black box was delivered to her by Nanobots, the armed helicopter, like a black bird taking flight, gradually disappeared from her sight.

She glanced at the box, reached out and took it; the cold, metallic texture transmitted to her senses through her skin.

It's very heavy; it's probably a weapon.

What's inside?

Prometheus's voice came from the bee-shaped flying robot:

"Inside are the latest Soul Steel weapons developed by the research institute. You should remember the guns Kevin Kaslana used before, right?"

The little girl thought for a moment and answered honestly:

"I don't remember you, we're not familiar with each other."

Superintelligence never has a dull moment because it doesn't understand awkwardness:

"That was the prototype of the Judgment of Shamash, the predecessor of the Divine Key, the most advanced soul steel weapon at the time—the Judgment."

Even in today's era of rapid technological advancement, the Holy Judgment remains an excellent weapon, allowing its wielder to freely slaughter Honkai Beast below the Emperor-class using its own internal energy.

"And now, Dr. Mei has taken a different approach by using Fusion Gene technology to create the Godslayer Seat Divine Key Project and is based on the prototype technology of Holy Judgment."

"This black box contains the first weapon produced by the Godslayer Seat."

Fu Hua was silent for a moment after hearing this, feeling that it was very impressive, but the box was still quite heavy and annoying. She asked:

Why are you giving me this?

"If the opportunity required for the awakening of the Hyper-Mutation Factor is a matter of life and death, giving me a useful weapon would only indirectly increase the difficulty; it would have no practical significance."

In fact, the other subjects were transferred to other locations for experiments because her combat abilities were extraordinary.

Even if Fu Hua doesn't become Fusion Warrior, she's capable of killing Emperor-class. If you were to conduct experiments with her, given her personality, the likelihood of her refusing to help would be very low. Furthermore, there are very few Emperor-class beings who can rival her individually. To prevent the two from interfering with each other, the situation of one person per experimental field has emerged.

As she said, there was really no need for her to have this weapon now.

Prometheus stated:

"Because of a coincidence."

"Coincide?"

Prometheus replied:

"This is a gift that Mr. Su instructed me to give you as soon as it was successfully manufactured."

The little girl's composed expression instantly betrayed a subtle emotion; she couldn't help but curl her lips into a smile, her gaze softening as she glanced at the black box, and said, though her words contradicted her true feelings:

"He's so silly. Who would give this as a gift? No normal girl would be happy to receive it."

Prometheus: "..."

Since the super-intelligent system lacks both the desire and the ability to complain, it continued its introduction:

"After killing a Judgment-class Honkai Beast named Benares, Mr. Su, as always, matched its genes with yours and unexpectedly obtained very high data."

"Until the Fusion Gene technology matured, Dr. Mei proposed extracting Honkai Beast genes and mixing them with flesh and blood for artificial cultivation, creating warriors with Gene Ability that could emerge without the aid of humans."

This is the spirit of a qualified scientist: after pioneering a new path, one will not feel complacent or stagnant, but will use it as a springboard to extend wildly in other directions. It is clear that Mei has never stopped moving forward.

Perhaps, the Fusion Gene technology itself is a reward for this path of exploration.

"Having found that the flesh and blood and aliens she cultivated were unusable as warriors, she instead combined them with the technology of the Holy Judgment, creating the Godslayer Seat Project."

"That is, a plan to create flesh or matter with the Gene Ability through targeted gene cultivation, and then forge weapons with Soul Steel as the outer shell."

Her gaze narrowed slightly, and her sword-heart's perception unconsciously enveloped the black box in her hand. Upon closer listening and attention, she could indeed detect a strange aura inside that resembled a living being.

Dr. Mei's plan, in a sense, is a biological weapon.

The flesh and blood cultivated from the genes of Honkai Beast possess the Gene Ability of Honkai Beast themselves, and even surpasses it.

Many of the previous Honkai Beast were named after deities from ancient mythology, so it's no wonder that this project was named Godslayer Seat.

The finished products of this project are all based on the ability to Fusion Gene, and the reasonable goal is to surpass those who were originally enshrined as gods, such as the Emperor-class or even the Judgment-class.

Prometheus continued his narration:

"Mr. Su seems to be very worried about you, so he hopes that Dr. Mei will first try to implement this plan using Benares's genes and then hand it over to you."

"Given the current genetic compatibility between you and Benares, there's a 90% probability that the activating the Hyper-Mutation Factor agent will fuse with its genes."

"Coincidentally, the weapon of this Godslayer Seat is essentially a Soul Steel Blade made from Benares's genes and flesh, which might promote the Fusion Gene and the awakening process."

The girl lowered her eyes, her fingertips brushing across the surface of the black box, her delicate skin flushed with a rosy blush, her eyes slightly upturned, her clear, spring-like eyes brimming with a gentle smile.

"That's quite a coincidence."

Fu Hua parted her lips slightly, no longer trying to conceal her expression, and said frankly in a soft voice:

Thank you, I like it very much.

Prometheus dutifully recorded the video and sent it to someone's email inbox. Only after completing this assigned task did it continue:

"The weapons of the Godslayer Seat are different from normal Soul Steel weapons. The most advanced products must be genetically modified accordingly, otherwise it is difficult to perfectly control this kind of biological weapon, and in special circumstances, it may even backfire."

"Miss Fu has the most advanced technology. Dr. Mei has added many soul steel seals to it. Although it doesn't affect the appearance, it will be much heavier. Before these seals are removed, it's not much different from a normal soul steel weapon."

"Only after you successfully become Fusion Warrior using Benares' genes can this weapon reveal its original form."

"Aren't you going to open it and take a look?"

The muffled sounds of mechanical friction reached my ears, and the cold mist and coolant quickly dissipated.

She gazed at the blade of the sword, so characteristic of her hometown's ancient city, and felt a sense of disorientation.

It is three feet long, with two straight blades.

Those who discussed warfare in ancient times invariably spoke of the sword, but it is no longer used in battle formations.

This old style is no longer suitable for the battlefield. Rather than being used for fighting, it is more common for it to become a ceremonial object, an ornament, or a tool for martial arts training.

The equipment she used for practicing martial arts at the martial arts school was similar to this double-edged sword, and seeing it as a gift now evoked some nostalgia.

According to Prometheus, its outer shell has several layers of seals made of soul steel, which suppress the flesh and power inside to the point that only a few traces can be released. However, it is not visible from the outside that it has been subjected to multiple layers of restraint.

The girl gripped the sword hilt, channeling the Heaven and Earth Qi to swirl around her entire body, allowing her to naturally lift the sword and hold it horizontally.

It's very heavy.

Only this strange weight can prove the undeniable existence of the seal.

The metal surface of the blade was exceptionally clear and cold, still retaining a chilling aura. Irregular bright red patterns, like the clear veins of maple leaves refracting sunlight, spread in an extremely fine manner to the blade surface and even to every corner of the edge.

It's strangely beautiful.

Fu Hua thought for a moment and asked:

Did he say what the sword was called?

Prometheus stated:

Mr. Su said the name is on the hilt of the sword.

Upon hearing this, the girl ran her fingertips over every corner of the sword hilt before looking at the engraved characters.

[Spring Void Roll]

She remembered what that person had said when he gave her the sword.

He said the first sword he received was a token of love between his teacher and his wife, named after a poetic title, and called "[Calming the Tempest]".

The name we have now was probably chosen according to this format.

Her eyes curved into a smile, her lips parted slightly, and she savored those words:

"Calming the Tempest, Spring Void Roll."

After the little girl seemed to understand, the blush that had just faded from her skin suddenly seemed to return. She forced herself to calm down, pursed her lips, and asked:

"Did he say anything else about the sword?"

Prometheus pondered the scene for a moment and said:

"Mr. Su initially thought of the title ' Yumei Ren), but he immediately said it had a bad connotation, so he changed it to 'Spring Void Roll)."

Fu Hua paused for a moment, then lowered her eyes and said softly:

"The Yumei Ren Yu"

She smiled slightly.

"If it really is Yumei Ren, that's great too, I like it either way."

The girl composed herself, gazing at the storm-swept landscape shrouded in dark clouds, and said earnestly:

"Let's go test our swords."

The "opportunity" is indeed a very mysterious term. Currently, the fastest way is to create a life-or-death crisis through artificial means to automatically activate the Hyper-Mutation Factor drug and achieve the goal of awakening.

Before coming here, her plan was to kill all the Emperor-class living in Fiji.

Until physical strength and energy are exhausted, thus encountering a crisis.

During this phase, Fiji only had Fu Hua by her side, and Prometheus merely served as a map to help her avoid detours on her journey to find the Emperor-class beings. This means that if an accident were to occur, there would be no one to rescue her, and comparing it to a life-or-death crisis is not an exaggeration.

Human physical strength and energy have limits.

Fu Hua had already realized that even if she found her own inspiration arrangement, she could only continuously kill a few Emperor-class one by one. Due to the depletion of her physical strength and energy, her combat power would decline drastically, making it impossible for her to continue fighting.

Furthermore, not all Emperor-class will necessarily engage in one-on-one combat with her, and there's the possibility of unknown abilities appearing, so it wouldn't be surprising if she were to suffer a setback at any time.

This is one of the reasons why it is necessary to form an organized system for Fusion Warrior.

But with this [Spring Void Roll], perhaps the limit for the number of kills can be increased.

As for how much it will improve?

This is the answer the girl is currently willing to seek.

The lowest level of Haiyuan City.

Countless densely packed transparent threads swam around the inverted Soul Steel Tower. They danced with the Honkai Energy currents that constantly surged from the internal cavity, and swirled into the tower's interior like breaths, resembling tiny mayflies or leeches that prey on their prey.

The power of the Herrscher of Domination, through the metamorphic phenomenon of gene fusion, patiently conceals its own traces, gradually weaving a vast and inescapable net.

[Theater] A faint outline can be seen amidst the Seawater waves, like a mirage that keeps disappearing and reappearing in the refraction of light and shadow, slowly descending into reality yet able to conceal its form at any moment, mysterious and magical.

Inside Chi You's heart, the boy frowned, feeling a stinging pain as if needles were pricking his brow, and slowly opened his eyes.

The ink-like hues within him grew ever more profound, but after gaining nothing from the Honkai Energy Domain, and soul observation, he wearily closed his eyelids and continued his arduous battle against the Chiyou Gene.

The fusion of genes has been progressing steadily over the past few days. After passing the initial threshold, the gene chain is now oscillating wildly between distortion and collapse.

At this stage, even Su Qing'an, who possessed the Black Abyss White Flower, faced a life-or-death crisis.

Therefore, he could only spare a few thoughts for the outside world; merely opening his eyes occasionally and trying to pay attention to it was the limit of what he could do.

Even so, that sense of crisis, like a bone-deep infection, still licked at his marrow and skin, giving him a chilling sense of desolation. It still forced the boy to overcome many hardships and pains in the process of transformation, constantly reminding himself.

Su Qing'an believed that Mei's defenses and soldiers in Haiyuan City were very tight, and her backup plan could give any potential enemies a surprise. However, this direct expression of terrifying crisis would be meaningless unless Kevin was guarding the door.

The Tenth Herrscher.

This is the most likely enemy to emerge, based on current speculation.

An existence that can evoke a strong sense of crisis in one is undoubtedly a threat to one's life. Apart from the Tenth Herrscher, the only other possibility that still exists is Fuxi.

However, since Fuxi had entered the Alaya consciousness, Su Qing'an believed that the Path of Sincerity he had entered would not have any unknown warning effect on him, otherwise he would have already sensed something in his heart when they first met.

Therefore, the enemy can only be the Tenth Herrscher.

But a sense of crisis is ultimately just a sense of crisis; the boy still doesn't understand whether it's a warning about his own safety or about the things he values.

The unclear situation prevented Su Qing'an from realizing that she had been truly caught up in a storm, and that the Tenth Herrscher, as her hypothetical enemy, had already laid a trap at a very close distance.

Su Qing'an's only thought was to accelerate the fusion of genes as soon as possible, and the gene transplantation with Chiyou Gene as the core was temporarily put on hold.

He couldn't feel at ease continuing his so-called transformation until this sense of crisis subsided.

Aside from the unpredictable crisis, the boy also had a bad feeling about the current gene fusion. The closer they got to complete fusion and a more stable gene chain, the slower the progress became, which was outrageously slow.

At the current pace, it will take Su Qing'an at least another month to complete the initial gene stabilization.

If that were all, it would still be acceptable.

But the most crucial thing was the increasingly slowing trend. The boy vaguely understood the reason but was not sure, and even if he planned to give up at this point, it would be too late.

If the gene fusion process is fixed with a stabilizing agent, it will be difficult to restore its activity and move it towards the most complete stage. If he wants to verify his hypothesis and ideas and find a way to deal with Fuxi, he cannot choose to fall into an incomplete state where he cannot carry out targeted gene multiple fusions due to incompleteness.

Therefore, Su Qing'an could only continue to maintain the current state at the greater risk, something he had already foreseen.

The problem most likely lies in the unique and potentially interfering difference between himself and other Fusion Warrior.

That is, the Soul State.

Recently, the boy has been able to perfectly enter the Soul State with two-thirds of his body, and he is not far from achieving Fuxi's complete Soul State.

This should have been a good thing.

However, during the long-term battle against Chiyou Gene, Su Qing'an discovered its drawbacks.

I am ultimately a different species from Fuxi.

The other party is a pure soul being; the so-called Soul State is nothing more than the physical body, and the flesh and blood incarnation is merely a highly refined simulation.

But Su Qing'an is human, and the fact that he can enter the Soul State is itself an absurd and terrifying thing. It can even be said that he and Fuxi do not belong to the same system in a certain sense.

A pure human being cannot enter a complete Soul State.

This is the conclusion the young man has reached after cultivating himself to this point.

The reason is that after Su Qing'an forged his flesh and soul into the cycle of reincarnation using the power of the Black Abyss White Flower to the extreme degree of intimacy, he broke through a taboo within a taboo while continuing to cultivate the Soul State itself.

That is, the fusion of flesh and soul.

These two are not the same substance to begin with, and there is always a price to pay for their mutual transformation. Over time, through cultivation and transformation, the substance formed by the fusion of flesh and soul becomes the link point for the Soul State to exert or withdraw.

When Su Qing'an first achieved a huge breakthrough in his Soul State, he vaguely felt that it was a rapid advancement as if he had broken through some kind of threshold.

However, the true reason behind it was not uncovered.

However, it wasn't until he formally entered Chi You's heart and underwent gene transplantation that the repeated physical damage and changes in his self-awareness made him understand this fact.

However, the possibility that it could become a constraint and obstacle to the rate of gene fusion is something the boy has only now come to realize.

Su Qing'an currently only has one path: to wait until this constraint and obstacle are at their maximum, to the point where the rate of gene fusion is so slow that it will not affect him in the battle, at which point he can choose to leave on his own.