38. But... they were still there.

Pale.

That was a pallor whiter than heavy snow.

The power of the Imaginary Space seemed endless. It drew Honkai Energy from the Imaginary Space and manifested it through spatial laws, displaying an unreasonable dominance and terror. By manipulating the natural Celestial Phenomenon, it caused distant snowcapped mountains to collapse and the natural wind and snow to converge. With enough force to crush all creation, it swept toward the military supply station and the area around Babylon Tower.

This was an exceedingly ingenious application. The precision alone was enough to surpass nine-tenths of the Herrscher individuals known before this.

At this moment, Sirin clearly possessed enough power to destroy an entire nation, yet she had still chosen to borrow the immense might of nature. This wisdom, free from conceit and arrogance, had come almost entirely from the guidance and conditioning of the Honkai Consciousness.

As long as this Herrscher individual destroyed the experimental crystals in Babylon Tower and completed the chain of hatred, her position would become completely irreversible against humanity.

The previous First Herrscher had already taught It a lesson. To avoid repeating that mistake, It had to imprint the firmest possible mark upon her mind in advance.

That was why the pledge symbolizing a complete branding with Honkai traces had become Its primary goal.

Otherwise, the complicated plan of guiding the Apostle to the moon, obtaining the five lunar Cores, projecting the Finality ahead of time, and attempting to resist the Higher-Dimensional Being could easily suffer all kinds of accidents.

After all, if someone turned against Them in the middle of it, the subsequent war and trial could even be declared over in advance.

Therefore, It had to annihilate every living thing nearby with thunderous force, then teleport through space and cause destruction randomly around the world—or simply