Chapter Seventy-One: Miracle Man Part 10 / Chapter Seventy-Two: Miracle Man End

"Bang—"

The armored fist slammed into the face of the howling civilian. Everyone present saw the civilian being sent flying like a rag doll in front of the squad leader, then fall to the ground unconscious.

"Arrest him," the squad leader coldly ordered.

"We can't let these heartless bastards run rampant any longer! We need to survive too! But they only let those so-called elites live, they don't care about our lives at all..."

"Bang bang bang!"

The squad leader fired three shots into the air with his rifle, immediately silencing everyone present.

He coldly swept his gaze across the faces of these men, twisted and ugly, and he didn't even know whether he should consider them his own people.

After a moment of silence, he spoke in his injured voice, which sounded as if it had been crushed, "I know... you have many grievances. As that guy said, humans should have equal rights. Death is equal, and so is life."

"But from my observation, there is a very interesting thing about humans: when they try to understand this statement, most people completely ignore the responsibility behind power."

"If any of you are willing to join the army and fight the Honkai creature head-on, then you can also receive more resources, provided that... you are truly willing to fight to protect humanity."

"If you have a way to ensure the continuation of humanity and make a greater contribution than Doctor Lin, then you can stay in the safest place, and we will do everything we can to keep you alive."

"That's right, we are indeed keeping the elite alive, because they are also trying to keep you alive, instead of just sitting there doing nothing and waiting for others to give you handouts!"

The squad leader's fierceness burst forth from his eyes, and after giving the group of fearful people one last glare, he snorted through his nostrils.

"Selfish and greedy people are the ones who are pushed to that 'safest' place by our own selfishness and greed."

"I don't expect you to understand, so this is the last thing I want to tell you."

"Bang!"

He fired his gun again, this time aiming it at the crowd. Under his precise control, he didn't hit anyone, but it gave some people a taste of what it means to narrowly escape death.

"Don't cause any more trouble for the doctor."

After saying this, the squad leader left with the cult members and the unconscious civilian.

Along the way, his team members kept looking at each other with strange expressions in their eyes. The squad leader couldn't have missed it, but he pretended not to notice. Only after returning to the encampment did he call his adjutant.

"Is there anything you'd like to say?"

"..."

He saw the adjutant's terrified expression and sighed inwardly.

"Just say what you have to say. There are only the two of us here."

The adjutant remained silent for a moment, struggling with his thoughts for a long time, before daring to speak, "Captain..."

"Sigh... You've been with me for so long, and you're still the same as when you first joined. I can tell what you're going to say the moment you open your mouth." The squad leader sighed and rubbed his forehead. "If those civilians are dispensable compared to Doctor Lin, then are we the same?"

The squad leader was absolutely right, and the adjutant's face showed an even greater expression of terror.

"Perhaps I should say something comforting, but a lie is still a lie. All I can tell you is... yes, the value of all the remaining humans combined probably doesn't even equal that of Doctor Lin alone."

"But who can we blame? Humans are trying to keep one person alive, while that person is trying to keep others alive. This conflict will only end when both sides are completely wiped out."

And what can we possibly decide...?

Chapter Seventy-One: The Miracle Man, Part Ten

"Doctor, all data has been stored. Are there any further instructions to be executed?"

"... Let it hibernate. After the next civilization is born, we will disseminate the data."

The man waited for the screen to turn off, leaning back in his chair, letting the endless darkness envelop him.

Humanity has only one base left, which is the headquarters of Meteor's Demise, and where he is currently located.

The average Honkai Energy reaction on Earth is currently 300 HW, which means that at least one Emperor-class Honkai Beast is born every minute globally, while Honkai creature are generated at a rate of about one thousand per minute.

Rather than saying that humanity has reached the brink of extinction, it would be more accurate to say that it has completely fallen into an abyss.

In this way, the man's mission has also come to an end.

"The Twelfth Herrscher will descend in three days... This really doesn't give anyone a chance to breathe. Is she planning to deliver a fatal blow?" The man chuckled softly. "But given the current concentration of Honkai Energy, three days is already a long interval..."

Before that, he still had many things to do.

For example, he retained his original body's DNA, and he had once planned to use his own DNA and the girl's DNA to create their offspring, entrusting the task of continuing human civilization to him.

But in the end he gave up on that idea.

The man didn't want her child to embark on a path burdened with the shackles of saving the world.

That's all.

However, the man preserved his DNA. If a future civilization has the opportunity to find it, it may be possible to create a clone-like individual using the information in his DNA and the specially left-behind modification technology.

For example...

"Recorded separately, this recording will be destroyed after viewing... if there is ever a chance to see it."

"Herrscher are leaders at the pinnacle of Honkai creature, born from the Honkai. They possess the ability to command other Honkai creature, cause large-scale Honkai, and use special powers. Their most distinctive feature compared to other Honkai creature is... maintaining a human form."

"Compared to Honkai Beast and Honkai zombie Herrscher, whose bodies undergo partial or complete deformities, Herrschers only have a Herrscher Core inside their bodies. They are both the least human-like and the most human-like Honkai creature..."

"Furthermore, they possess a considerable degree of intelligence, which is positively correlated with their level of human knowledge during their lifetime. There have been some Herrscher whose intelligence and anthropomorphism far surpass their peers, such as the Seventh Herrscher..."

"And Herrscher can only be born from humans, as if... it's a rule to fix the 'appearance' of Herrscher."

"So, coincidentally and naturally, it was all a whim of mine... or perhaps it was something I had planned all along."

"From the moment I came into contact with the core of the Tenth Herrscher until now, my conjecture has become more complete, but a conjecture is still just a conjecture. To achieve my goal, what I need is not time, nor examples, but..."

"Miracle."

After a pause, the man pondered what to say next, and then he revealed his entire plan.

"Next, I will use the core of the Tenth Herrscher to reconstruct my consciousness. Thanks to the fact that my body is not that of an ordinary human, I can change the form of my consciousness to a certain extent. I plan to transform my consciousness into a form similar to the Tenth Herrscher, which will allow me to invade the consciousness of other beings."

"Then, after the last Herrscher, 'The Finality,' descends, humanity will be completely wiped out, and I will invade the being called 'The Finality' with my consciousness."

"I do not intend to seize 'The Finality' or become 'The Finality'."

The man stood silently and forlornly in front of the camera.

"I just want to try to create a miracle with my insignificant existence."

The girl stopped in front of the door; behind the door was the room where the star-shaped creature lived.

After "analyzing" the Starry Sky that had hacked into the database, she discovered something.

The bodies of these stars are not, as they claim, metallic life forms composed entirely of technology.

This is also the fundamental reason why she decided to come and find this so-called "dove".

Ultimately, much of the information Xingcai provided, which came from their own sources, contained contradictions, but humans had no way to verify them, while her methods were somewhat unique.

After arriving at this place, the girl began to "communicate" with Xingcai.

To be precise, it simulates certain special frequencies.

Then, she waited quietly...

If you asked people to choose the most deformed creature they consider to be, many people would probably have different answers.

If the people of the Fire Moth were to choose, they would undoubtedly choose all sorts of Honkai Beast. However, most of the Honkai Beast are only considered ferocious and terrifying, not deformed. There are even Honkai Beast with concrete physical forms, such as dragons, wild boars, and snakes.

But at this moment, Lin could not equate the strange "thing" in front of him with Honkai Beast that could be described in detail.

After devouring the corpses of two Honkai Beasts, a giant arm grew from its back, and on the giant arm were countless smaller arms that looked like human arms. At first glance, they looked like countless people struggling inside the monster's body.

Besides, Lin couldn't even find the words to describe this Emperor-class Honkai Beast. It was as if it shouldn't exist in this world, and he couldn't even discern any biological characteristics.

"Sakura... report the situation."

Sakura's current position is not good. After getting off the corpse of the Honkai Beast, this new Emperor-class Honkai Beast burst out of the ground and devoured the corpse of another Honkai Beast, mutating into its current form. Sakura is separated from it by its huge, liquid-like body.

"... We haven't found the core location of the Honkai Beast here. Should we retreat?" Sakura calmly reported.

Retreat is also an option. The most important thing they lack is information about these Honkai Beasts that cannot be explained by common sense. Rashly launching an attack would be extremely dangerous.

Retreat, then call for more reinforcements...?

In the split second that Lin decided to retreat, the Honkai Beast let out a strange howl that seemed to pierce the mind.

"Waaaaah——————"

A glacier instantly spread from its feet to Sakura's feet!

"This is..."

While Sakura was wondering what was going on, Nono immediately dodged. After avoiding the glaciers that were trying to freeze her, she prepared to bypass the Honkai Beast and meet up with Rin.

However, to their astonishment, the next second, this monstrous, sky-covering, twisted creature...

It has disappeared.

Chapter 72 The Miracle Man (End)

"I first encountered the word 'human being' in a book."

"That day, I quietly entered my father's study. I probably just wanted to find a place to play, since I had already explored the whole house, but I had never been to my father's study."

"My father told me that I would get what was there when I grew up, and he didn't want to force it on me until then."

"Driven by curiosity, I found a book on my father's desk. The first line of the book read, 'Human virtues.'"

"Then, on that day, my parents died in a car accident."

"Later, I always felt that the word 'humanity' was too vast and too distant. It encompassed a race and their commonalities."

"But it wasn't until I actually started to come into contact with real people that I realized how absolutely right my father was."

"Human beings are not that distant, nor are they that vast..."

After the man finished recording the final piece, he sat quietly in the deserted tower, gazing into the distance where the ruins formed a vast expanse.

A silent world, a world of death, a real world...

If an artist were here, perhaps he would vividly depict the world as it is now, but he is not, so he merely feels the remnants of this world where no other human being is alive besides himself.

The last warrior fought to the very last moment; they believed in men even in death.

They had no choice, but they still died with pride as human beings.

Now, only he remains.

At this moment, the man recalled lying on the grass by the river during his high school years, not thinking about anything, letting the wind blow him.

There is no one else, just like now.

But when did things start to change?

Yes, that's when I met her.

Looking back now, she was perhaps just a catalyst. Through her, the man came into contact with more people and saw the multifaceted nature of humanity from a perspective he had never had before. Ultimately, the emotions that crystallized were embodied in his feelings and relationship with her.

At every turning point in his choices, he sacrificed himself and chose to help more people.

But in the end, he was the only one left.

Even when the girl was critically ill, the man already knew that humanity could not defeat the Honkai. At that time, he should have stayed there and waited with the girl for humanity's demise. Now, humanity has only delayed for a few more years, and in the end, it was "as expected".

So... has anything changed?

The man thought, "There should still be some."

Growing up doesn't mean becoming colder, but rather gentler.

He was able to grow up, and so was humanity.

That might be enough.

"He didn't die... It seems he won't be able to wait for the Finality."

The man stared at the slowly approaching, destructive humanoid figure on the screen. The Herrscher's appearance was still so deceptive, so similar to a human, yet so different.