In the New Era, humanity had already overcome the Honkai, subdued it, and brought Honkai Energy completely under its control, entering a period of rapid development.
"Huh?"
Those who understood the Honkai were instantly shocked.
They had not felt much about all the previous stuff.
But once you mentioned the Honkai, they were wide awake.
Was this... the Honkai they knew?
The members of Flame-Chasing Moth, including national leaders and those operating behind various organizations, were all left stunned.
This was bad.
So their side was the Old Era.
Well, that settled it!
They understood... they understood everything!
No one was stupid.
Especially since the content shown in the heavenly projection was not profound at all. Even an old granny could understand it.
They even explained things for you in case you did not understand.
But that only made their feelings more complicated!
Especially when they heard this Vup in the heavenly projection explaining things.
The Honkai of the past had been a terrifying disaster. Even the few scattered lines in the history books were enough to convey how many lives it had taken.
Even during the Old Era, when ancient people could wield and use Honkai Energy, it had not been tamed, so naturally, it could not have been truly harmless.
Yet she said—
By the future, more than fifty-five thousand years into the New Era—
Honkai Energy had become a completely clean source of power.
The whole of society had been built around Honkai Energy.
They had even roamed the sea of stars, raced across the galaxy, and developed into an interstellar hegemonic civilization because of the Honkai's gift.
Good grief!
Their minds were even more of a mess now...
"What... what was this supposed to mean?!"
"..."
Some people clutched their heads in anguish.
Others removed their glasses with trembling hands and wiped them clean.
Putting together what this Vup had said, their era was the Old Era: tragic, forced to struggle against the Honkai. Though they had won in the end, they had basically all died out.
Although overcoming the Honkai and gaining full control over Honkai Energy was a good thing, many people clearly understood how efficient and useful Honkai Energy was compared to other forms of power.
But no one wanted to become the stepping stone.
Even if the people enjoying the benefits were their descendants, it was still the same.
Perhaps some of you still did not understand.
The Honkai Energy that was now so commonplace had been utterly terrifying in the past.
According to historical records—
The Honkai Energy of that time was highly corrosive. Once it exceeded a certain concentration, the human body could no longer endure it.
At excessively high concentrations, it could directly cause your body to collapse, your genes to disintegrate, and leave you reduced to ash without even a scrap remaining.
Even at lower concentrations, if you came into contact with it without sufficient resistance, you would fall ill and slowly walk toward death.
The heavenly projection continued.
Though there was not much footage, the little chibi figure gesturing grandly still made it rather amusing.
Yes.
Those who knew nothing about the Honkai were still cheerfully watching the show like clueless fools.
After all—
Since they were here, they might as well make the best of it.
They could not figure out what this heavenly projection was anyway.
So they might as well keep watching.
A Vup was using a friendly tone to tell them about things. No matter how serious the material was, it would not feel so dull.
Naturally, they were enjoying themselves.
And according to historical records—
The Honkai of the past had not merely been a matter of Honkai Energy corrosion.
In areas with excessively high concentrations of Honkai Energy, all kinds of Honkai Beasts would be born. Some people with a little resistance, though not enough, would also be transformed into Deadwalkers. Oh, right, Deadwalkers were like zombies from movies and TV shows. They were not very smart, but some of them could be quite strong.
But those were not the most important part. The truly crucial ones were Herrschers. Or rather, Herrschers were the incarnations of the Honkai.
Because only by passing a Herrscher's trial could the Great Honkai she represented be considered over. Only after one Great Honkai after another had ended could humanity be considered to have truly passed.
After all, the Honkai was an exam.
The clean energy of today was the reward for passing the Honkai's test.
Everyone needed to understand this point.
"I'm dying laughing. What Deadwalkers? What Honkai Beasts? Nothing like that exists! Herrschers? Never even heard of them."
"Confirmed. This definitely isn't our world."
"..."
"See? I told you, this was something some scientist cooked up and projected for us to watch."
"Are we supposed to believe everything she says?"
"..."
Most people had initially thought the New Era referred to their own time.
They had never heard of Honkai Energy, but that did not matter.
But now?
Nothing she said seemed to match their world at all.
Thinking this was describing their real world had truly been too naive.
They should relax, listen casually, and just enjoy the show.
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But some people said—
"That's not right... zombies and stuff..."
"I think I really encountered something like that once."
"..."
But more people around her retorted, "Then how come I've never encountered one?"
If such things truly existed—
The government might really hide them.
But this uploader had just said that Herrschers in particular were truly terrifying, each more frightening than the last. They were like gods bestowed by heaven; every one of them held unimaginable authority, and every one of them was the embodiment of physical laws.
Tell me—
If beings like that really existed, would there really be no sign of them at all?
She said that when the Honkai descended, countless people would die because of it.
Yet no one had heard of anything like that so far.
Otherwise, how could it possibly have been hidden?!
At that moment—
They could see it!
On the screen—
Silhouettes appeared one after another.
From the First Herrscher to the Twelfth Herrscher.
Every one of them had been labeled.
Even though they were merely character art, they looked like reincarnated gods and demons.
Their eyes, looking down upon lesser creatures, made people shudder and feel their scalps tingle.
It looked too real!
But precisely because of that—
Many ordinary people became even more unwilling to believe that the contents of the heavenly projection had anything to do with reality.
Just as people instinctively refused to believe things they found hard to accept.
Besides that—
Within the heavenly projection—
That Vup also displayed introductions to Honkai Beasts and Deadwalkers.
She said—
Although the distinction between Deadwalkers and Honkai Beasts merely identified their type or race, everyone should remember that even so, higher-ranked types possessed greater power.
Here, let me show everyone some relatively common Honkai Beasts and Deadwalkers.
What the hell did she mean by relatively common Honkai Beasts and Deadwalkers?!
Everyone who understood the Honkai was numb.
It matched. Everything matched.
They had seen some Honkai Beasts, and they had seen some Deadwalkers as well.
Though they had not seen even more of them.
But just like those Herrschers... those who knew the truth were already drenched in sweat.
By the window of Flame-Chasing Moth's First Research Institute—
A crazed gleam flickered in Mobius's eyes as she grabbed Bianca and kept taking notes.
"Herrscher of Reason, Herrscher of the Void..."
Heh!
Forget the authority designations—even the term Herrscher was only something they had temporarily adopted for internal communication.
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