The Man of Miracles, Part Eight / The Man of Miracles, Part Nine

This time, they appeared in a remote, desolate area, which saved them the trouble of evacuating people.

As expected, after the initial contact, they found that these creatures were weaker than the previous mutated lower-level Honkai Beast. Lin and Sakura each took one, hoping to quickly end the battle.

With a kick to the core of the Honkai Beast, Lin used the recoil to do a backflip and dodge the giant arm's attack. The eyes in his helmet rotated dozens of times in a second, and the speed of visual capture was even faster than the speed of information collection in the helmet.

Lin still felt something was strange. Although the Honkai had no logic, it was not hard to see that it was constantly increasing Honkai strength. The Herrscher were getting stronger and more cunning each time, and the types of Honkai Beast were also increasing. Logically speaking, these Emperor-class Honkai Beasts that had no meaning at either end should not have appeared.

However, these doubts did not last long; it would be best to resolve them first.

Lin didn't even look at the giant claw that was crashing down on his head. He nimbly dodged it to the side, then leaped up without any charging motion. His sharp longsword cleaved the Honkai Beast's head open from bottom to top. Then he threw Collapse Bomb, destroying the Honkai Beast's outer shell, and pulled the trigger, aiming at the pulsating core.

"Bang!"

The colossal creature collapsed to the ground with a thud, and at the same time, Sakura froze the Honkai Beast's arm, easily severing the massive arm, and then pierced the Honkai Beast's core through the cross-section with a single strike.

"Bang!"

"Call..."

Sakura stared at the motionless Honkai Beast, and after confirming that Lin had also dealt with it, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Including the previous cleanup missions, she had engaged in two intense battles in less than a day, and she was feeling a little tired.

Lin, on the other hand, didn't seem tired at all, perhaps because he was wearing a helmet?

"... What should we do next?" Sakura asked Lin. Although the Poisoned Cocoon Squad did not have a captain, Lin's rich experience meant that Sakura would often have to ask him what to do.

"The corpses of Honkai Beast will be collected by someone, but before that, we need to ensure that the corpses of Honkai Beast are not taken away by other Honkai Beast."

"Other Honkai Beast?"

"Yes, Honkai Beast are creatures that can evolve. Some of them cannibalize their own kind. After absorbing the core and Honkai Energy from other Honkai Beast, they will mutate or even evolve." Lin slowly explained the habits of this uncommon Honkai Beast. "However, they are all low-level Honkai Beast. After absorbing, they will only become mutated low-level Honkai Beast."

"...I see."

At this point, Lin suddenly had a strange feeling.

Emperor-class Honkai Beast are all unique individuals. Even if similar Emperor-class Honkai Beast have appeared, there will be many differences in their abilities.

But why are these two Honkai Beast almost identical?

"Roar!"

Just then, a ferocious howl came from the mouth of the Honkai Beast corpse next to them.

Chapter Sixty-Nine: The Miracle Man, Part Eight

In the blink of an eye, Lin and Ying reacted simultaneously, each drawing their weapons and aiming them at the core of the roaring Honkai Beast.

He didn't die?

That's unlikely. Lin has defeated countless Honkai Beasts, and his attacks are steady, accurate, and ruthless. Apart from the Judgment-class Honkai Beast Shesa, whose whereabouts have not yet been discovered, he has never failed. Moreover, according to later analysis, Shesa had two cores, which is why it did not die completely. He must have completely destroyed the Honkai Beast's core.

It was unlikely that Sakura would miss; Lin had witnessed her final strike, which indeed destroyed the core.

Is it only possible that the Honkai Beast themselves are a special factor that causes their appearance...?

The Honkai Beast, which had been dead, started moving again, but before it could stand up, Lin pierced its supporting arm with a single shot. Then, Sakura struck the shattered core of the Honkai Beast with her sword, severing it completely in two.

"Roar..."

Seeing that the Honkai Beast had died again, Lin turned around and jumped onto the corpse of another Honkai Beast, further damaging its core to prevent the same thing from happening to Honkai Beast.

This time, they waited cautiously until the two Honkai Beast made no further moves before they could finally relax.

"Roar!"

However, the strange roar did not come from any of the Honkai Beast corpses.

The ground between the two Honkai Beast corpses suddenly shattered, and a giant hand grabbed the Honkai Beast corpse under Sakura's feet. At the same time, the Honkai Energy monitor in Lin's helmet began to flash frequently.

There is also an Upper-class Honkai Beast —why wasn't it detected at the beginning?

This strange phenomenon is clearly abnormal.

But it was too late to think about it. The monstrous strength of the giant hand lifted the enormous Honkai Beast, and Sakura could only pull away from the corpse.

"Vomit--"

A gaping maw with protruding fangs swallowed the corpse of the Emperor-class Honkai Beast whole, accompanied by a chilling chewing sound.

"Emperor-class Honkai Beast? At this time?"

The information from the testing room made Kevin feel a bit troubled. Not far from the Shenzhou Branch, two Upper-class Honkai Beasts had appeared with Honkai Energy reactions. According to the jurisdiction, the first and Squad Thirteen of the Shenzhou Branch were to carry out the extermination.

However, the Shenzhou Branch has just accepted Xingcai, and so far it has not made any unusual moves, but Kevin cannot simply trust them.

Moreover, the destruction of the database terminal is an anomaly that makes Kevin suspect that something unusual is about to happen.

The problem is that there are two Emperor-class Honkai Beasts, and a single squad is probably not enough to defeat them. Losing more troops at this time would be really...

"Kevin."

At this moment, Mei's communication arrived, and his tightly furrowed brows relaxed. It seemed that Mei had noticed the situation at the Shenzhou Branch and was personally taking command.

"Go and carry out the slaying mission," Mei instructed Kevin simply and directly.

"Where is the Shenzhou Branch?"

"Armed Puppet"

"..."

Armed Puppet...

Essentially, the Armed Puppet are autonomous weapons, just like the Titans. They are essentially miniaturized versions of the Titans, and the Armed Puppet are more intelligent, which can indeed fill the gaps in the strength of the branches.

However, like everyone else, Kevin did not fully trust these small humanoid weapons and mostly ignored their role.

"Don't worry, I'll have Prometheus Unit 2 keep a close eye on the situation at the Shenzhou Branch." Mei understood what Kevin was worried about; the Armed Puppet could only serve as an auxiliary tool after all. "Fifteen Emperor-class Honkai Beast appeared today alone."

"Fifteen?!"

This number is equivalent to the total number of Emperor-class Honkai Beast that appeared over the four years from the First Honkai Eruption to the Fourth Honkai War. And today, so many Emperor-class Honkai Beasts have appeared in just one day?

"Phew... I understand. Mei, keep an eye on the movements in other areas, and send out Titan unit if necessary."

What he didn't know was that the sudden increase in Emperor-class Honkai Beast was far more than that.

Mei briefly summarized the reports sent back from the various branches. In every area where an Emperor-class Honkai Beast appeared, at least two Emperor-class Honkai Beasts would appear. This could not be explained by coincidence.

The Australian region is particularly special, which is the area where Lin and Ying went to subdue the two Honkai Beasts. Those two were the two with the weakest Honkai Energy reaction among the Honkai Beast that appeared today, but according to the latest news... there is still an Emperor-class Honkai Beast hiding there.

"Manipulated..." Mei's fingers tapped on the table, "But how could it be done... and who..."

There is no doubt that this phenomenon is being orchestrated by someone behind the scenes, but how can an Emperor-class Honkai Beast be deployed to a designated area in such a large number?

"Little Seven, it's time to go."

Elysia called out to the girl who was walking towards the cafeteria. After glancing back at Elysia's armor, the girl thought for a moment and said, "Eri, I... am sick."

"...ah?"

"Yes, I'm sick, so I can't go on missions."

Elysia paused for a moment, then looked the girl up and down. She looked so healthy that she could kill a bull with one punch. Where was she sick?

"What illness?"

"Stomach problems."

Elysia glanced again in the direction the girl was heading, and after confirming that there was only the cafeteria there, she hesitated and nodded. "Okay..."

Unexpectedly, the excuse she used to deal with Mei is now being used by others to deal with her. Although she doesn't know why the girl doesn't want to go on the mission, Elysia still chooses to believe her and ask her why when she returns.

The girl calmly watched Elysia's figure disappear, then went into the cafeteria, ordered two large bowls of noodles, and finished eating them in less than three minutes. After that, she sat blankly in the cafeteria.

With Elysia and Kevin both away on missions, the Shenzhou Branch suddenly felt empty, with only Armed Puppet patrolling around. However, the small and cute Armed Puppet weren't exactly unpleasant.

The girl remained motionless, like a robot that had lost its battery, without making any movement.

She was waiting.

What are we waiting for?

It's unknown; the image inside her helmet is only visible to her, and what it displays is also unknown.

However, the only thing we know is that she's not as carefree as before.

"Tick-tock..."

The clock in the cafeteria struck fifteen.

The girl stood up, and the moment she left the cafeteria, her figure vanished into thin air.

The timing must be precise.

It can't be too early, and it can't be too late.

A blurry figure crawled across the ceiling of the Shenzhou Branch corridor and finally stopped in front of a room.

Xingcai's room was where the Shenzhou Branch came to inspect.

Chapter Seventy: The Miracle Man, Part Nine

"Record, Eleventh Honkai War, Recorder: Lin. Time: 20XX."

"The Eleventh Honkai War has ended, the world's population has shrunk to less than a million, and only ten human strongholds remain. I never imagined that humanity's misuse of Honkai Energy lead to such consequences..."

After recording the video, which lasted for more than an hour, the man sealed it in his database.

He then reprogrammed these materials to exist in a more easily disseminated form, so that they could be unlocked after other civilizations emerged on Earth.

After he finished doing all this, he silently stared at the damage caused by the Honkai on the screen.

Humanity can't hold on any longer.

This is not the lament of a pessimist, but simply a judgment shared by him and other human beings.

Two massive Honkai reduced the human population from over a billion to less than a million. This disparity in numbers was so despairing that it drove people to the brink of suicide.

Perhaps the pressure of survival completely crushed humanity. Those who had become numb to the passing of the Meteor's Demise suffered mental breakdowns one by one at headquarters after the Eleventh Honkai War.

Humanity became completely extinct within a century?

Before the Honkai, everyone probably thought it was a joke.

"Doctor Lin, it seems that the cult with its Honkai faith is rising again in the third base..." The person on the other end of the line sounded extremely tired.

"Arrest all members."

He sat down heavily in the chair, emptying his mind and trying not to think about anything.

In a container not far away, the core of this Herrscher is stored, which he has not yet had time to store.

The man's gaze fell on the core with a complex expression.

"Are you destined to become assassins of the Honkai...? Is there not even the slightest possibility of that?"

He calculated the probability of the special Herrscher he imagined appearing.

That infinitesimally small probability, with so many zeros after the decimal point that it makes your scalp tingle, is enough to dispel any thought of it.

"Have you, who were once human, truly lost the ability to feel any emotions?"

"Let Lin out! Why should he be allowed to watch others die in the safest place? Why should he be allowed to live?!"

In the Third Base Area, a riot stemming from a cult with Honkai faith occurred. The guard forces acted swiftly to suppress the riot and arrested the cult members who had instigated it.

What they never expected was that, in addition to the riots instigated by the cult, some ordinary people also participated.

The squad leader stood coldly before the roaring civilians, his face as hard as stone facing them, his hoarse voice uttering an unpleasant tone. "If you don't want to be arrested, go back."

"And who are you! Shouldn't we humans enjoy equal rights?! Why do you have so many more resources, while that guy named Lin can stay there unharmed?! And so many people Honkai Energy, yet he can live by replacing his body with that thing called Soul Steel..."

"I'll say it again, shut up and go back to where you belong."

"You..."