After Lin cut off his connection to Fire MOTH's internal network, Mei began sharing her "good news."
"Prometheus Unit 2 has been completed. It will officially take over Fire MOTH's internal network in sixteen days, and through its calculations, it has determined the number of Herrschers and large-scale Honkai disasters that can emerge."
"..."
The number had been determined?
That really was good news. Humanity's greatest challenge in facing the Honkai had always been the unknown. Since the Second Honkai War, no one had been able to determine how many times this disaster—capable of throwing human society into chaos the moment it appeared—would occur, nor how many humanoid natural disasters there were that could destroy cities with a casual strike.
Determining the number was equivalent to giving humanity hope for survival.
"There will be fourteen 'Herrschers' in total."
"Fourteen... Herrschers." Mei had always been precise with her wording, and Lin immediately grasped the meaning behind her words. "How many large-scale Honkai disasters will there be?"
"Unknown," Mei said.
"..."
"Based on the current progression, fourteen Honkai Apostles will be born, but the number of large-scale Honkai disasters cannot be calculated. It may be lower than the number of Herrschers, but it may also far exceed their total. The birth of Herrschers likely does not require a large-scale Honkai disaster."
A world-shattering fact.
Then according to that logic, there could already be Herrschers hidden within human society? Or even if every Herrscher was defeated in the future, that would not mean it was over?
What kind of consequences would there be if this information were made public?
"Is that the bad news?"
"Unfortunately, no."
"..."
"After calculating the first four large-scale Honkai disasters, the outbreak date of the Fifth Honkai War can now be estimated."
"How long?"
"One month."
One month?