Chapter 289
If the Flame-Chasing Moth hadn't been so tight-lipped about the Honkai.
It wouldn't have come to the point where, in the end, when they were forced to make the announcement, they were met with a massive backlash, like a tidal wave.
The public can no longer trust those Flame-Chasing Moth.
What happens if there is no trust?
Facing Honkai will only lead to greater despair and fear!
This makes maintaining social order require a greater cost.
You might say that this is too idealistic.
But!
At first, the Flame-Chasing Moth's attitude towards the Honkai was indeed very negative.
No one can deny this.
[And during that period.]
Global Honkai are becoming more frequent.
The Flame-Chasing Moth also need more combat power to combat the global Honkai.
[...]
Therefore, the Hyper-mutation Factor Project, combined with the Tenth Divine Key, came into being.
[This refers to injecting a Hyper-mutation Factor, and then, under extreme conditions and in a life-or-death test, using the Tenth Divine Key to awaken the Hyper-mutation Factor as much as possible.]
[Thus, by using this method, more new Fusion Warrior can be created.]
[...]
[That method has a lower success rate than a single surgery, but it is also less expensive.]
Awakening on the battlefield may seem cruel, but it's tantamount to giving those soldiers a way out. If they were going to die anyway, why not take a gamble if they can survive after awakening?
However, only a very small number of such Fusion Warrior can reach Kevin's level. Most others, while their strength has indeed increased, still fall short of the Herrscher level.
[...]
The chibi version of Miss Yuzu didn't immediately mention the Eleventh Great Honkai.
That's precisely why, rather than directly explaining how terrifying the Eleventh Herrscher is, talking about this first allows us to appreciate it more deeply.
Miss Void Archive understood what she meant.
They were very cooperative.
[In history, this brief period was once referred to as the final glory of the Flame-Chasing Moth in that world.]
[Because of its widespread adoption within the military, more Fusion Warrior emerged, and the Flame-Chasing Moth of that world did indeed suppress the Honkai for a considerable period.]
It brought a brief period of peace to the world.
Unfortunately, it was a moment of respite, the calm before the storm.
[...]
The audience seemed to realize something.
They were all quiet, one by one.
Rather, it's more like...
Unlike the somewhat cheerful atmosphere of the past.
This time, everyone watched silently, heads tilted back, just watching.
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They all seemed more like finding joy in hardship.
If their Parallel World selves are having such a hard time, then these people here really can't laugh.
The Eleventh Herrscher is the Herrscher of Constraint.
She can dissolve and melt away all energy.
[Therefore!]
Her Constraint Domain has a radius of over one hundred kilometers.
This is far beyond the attack range of the Flame-Chasing Moth, including all the Fusion Warrior.
Any firearm will be rendered ineffective upon entering. Any energy attack will be completely dissipated.
[...]
Ultimately, it was Dr. Mei who calculated that the Eleventh Herrscher's Constraint Domain had an upper limit. To reach that threshold, almost all the Fusion Warrior were sacrificed, giving Kevin that fleeting opportunity.
This is also known as the Constraint Tragedy.
[...]
Miss Yuzu sighed.
Therefore, the remaining thirteen Fusion Warrior were known as the Thirteen Flame-Chasers.
Although the authorities at the time did not acknowledge it... later generations still refer to them as such.
[...]
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Void Archive added.
But at the same time!
The Fusion Warrior Project is effectively doomed.
The remaining thirteen Fusion Warrior are simply insufficient to bridge the enormous gap in combat power.
[...]
She said.
[Even more deadly is!]
[The Herrscher of Constraint is running around recklessly under the influence of the Constraint Domain.]
At that time, only three cities remained in the entire world. Aside from a few scattered bases, there was nothing else.
[...]
This means that humanity has completely lost the ability to fight against the Honkai.
[It's basically a failure.]
[...]
"Holy crap! There are only three cities left?"
"How many people are there?!"
"..."
"Do you have a hundred million?"
"What if we've lost even a hundred million?!"
"..."
Audiences around the world couldn't help but stir.
As they listened, an uproar ensued.
How big is the entire planet?
How many cities are there in the world?
So, only three remain?
It's even unclear whether these three cities are large or small.
Because there's no point in talking about this anymore.
These three cities represent humanity at its last gasp. A dead end indeed!
This was so damn sudden, it caught everyone completely off guard!
How did it turn out like this?
Now.
Ling was a little nervous.
Because she suddenly remembered that she was the Twelfth Herrscher who should have awakened.
So, it's her turn?
Or perhaps...
She's in Parallel World?
"What will happen to me...?"
"I hope that after becoming Herrscher, she won't go too far..."
The Twelfth Herrscher is the Herrscher of Erosion.
[Her true form is a special virus that will only fully awaken after Lord Rin's death.]
[Using erosion as its power, although it was ultimately sealed in a black box, fifty thousand years later, by chance, it officially became the Key of Erosion, the Ksitigarbha's Soul.]
But by then, she had already manipulated the nuclear missile silos, utterly destroying the last three cities.
[...]
That's it!
There are no more cities left in the world.
[...]
"Huh?" Sister Rin felt a sudden darkness before her eyes.
When she heard Miss Yuzu say that it was because of the seeds of disaster sown by the Tenth Herrscher that humans distrusted each other, and that the soldier, in an extremely oppressive environment, arbitrarily executed his counterpart from that world, that the Herrscher awakened.
Ji was at a loss for words.
Sakura hugged Rin tightly, her heart heavy with unease as she gazed at the still-playing video on the screen.
Viewers in many regions couldn't help but grin.
"Damn it, my heart that was hanging in suspense has finally died."
"Now we might not even have tens of thousands left, it's going to be tough!"
"..."
Some high-ranking officials, those in power, government officials, technicians, and military leaders couldn't help but feel deeply depressed, looking at each other with concern.
"How do you play this?"
"..."
"So all electronic devices are not only useless against Herrscher like this, but can also be hacked, right?"
"I feel like starting with the Eighth Herrscher, it's really damn targeted!"
"..."
Are you sure this is just an assessment?
Instead of asking us to die?
They simply couldn't understand it.
Besides skipping classes, what other ways are there to get through this?