Honkai, I Alone Save Everything

——Although it looks unremarkable on the outside, this is actually a very famous historical landmark, [Lexington].

Not far from him, Ming Yu saw a few familiar figures.

The red-haired Dr. Tesla, the blue-haired Dr. Einstein, a nearly transparent AI projection that was working, and…

Ming Yu looked at the last person, who happened to be looking this way as well.

The First Herrscher, Welt Joyce.

This outcome wasn't too surprising to him.

After all, when it came to the Star of Eden, the one closely linked to it wasn't the Ninth Herrscher with the same authority, but rather the First Herrscher.

—The Herrschers of the three generations all used this God Key as an important weapon and source of power.

The young man with deep blue hair waved his hand and shouted to him:

"Ming Yu, what are you spacing out for? The AI is almost finished with the analysis."

"..."

Unlike the historical visual data that Kiana had watched earlier, which could only be observed from afar but not interacted with, this data space was clearly quite special.

Moreover, it seemed that within this data scenario, he had been set up as a companion to these Anti-Entropy veterans.

Joyce was already beckoning him to go over to where Dr. Einstein and the others were. After a moment of thought, Ming Yu also took a step and walked towards them.

Chapter 36: New York Artificial Honkai

Ming Yu arrived beside Joyce, looking at the AI projection that was intently carrying out its work.

If he remembered correctly, the current scene should be the moment when the Anti-Entropy veterans first obtained the Ninth God Key, the Star of Eden.

As expected, as the AI systematically unlocked it, something began to appear in the sky and descend.

"Latitude 42.45 degrees North, Longitude 71.23 degrees West—Target confirmed to have entered the target area, initiating search mode.

"Account login successful, password consistent with previous.

"Target source landing requested, and decoherence used to disengage cloaking.

"Cloaking disengaged, soft landing successful.

"The target should be in front of you, please confirm."

As the AI's voice fell, an unignorable yellow and white sphere of light appeared out of thin air, slowly descending before everyone.

Dr. Tesla looked at the strange object and asked the AI:

"What is this?"

"Model 1625 aerial storage unit, equipped with cloaking function, capable of stably hovering above the target location, remaining undiscovered for extended periods."

Compared to the astonished Dr. Tesla, Dr. Einstein appeared calmer. She commanded the AI:

"Open it."

"Understood, Dr. Einstein."

Under the AI's control, the yellow and white sphere of light slowly unfolded its shell at a speed similar to falling leaves.

The large object, about a person's height, opened up like a blooming lotus, revealing a transparent storage cabinet hidden within.

Inside the transparent storage cabinet, a blue sphere with a diameter of about ten centimeters was quietly suspended.

The main color was deep blue, with symmetrical indentations on the sides. The light blue patterns continuously emitted a mysterious and soft glow.

"Target object identification code: [God Key, Number Nine, Star of Eden]."

The AI reported the discovery steadily.

God Key?

Although they had been working under Schicksal for quite some time, they had never truly come into contact with the mysterious weapon known as the God Key, only occasionally encountering related information in the archives. It could be said that it was a term that existed only in legends.

It was said that only S-rank Valkyries were equipped with such powerful pre-civilization weapons—

As everyone was about to step forward to observe the weapon called the Star of Eden more closely.

However, at that very moment, a powerful pulse arrived from afar, and the intense shockwave instantly knocked everyone down except Ming Yu.

This shock contained a significant amount of electromagnetic pulse and Honkai pulse.

Only Ming Yu, whose physical fitness had already surpassed that of ordinary people, could withstand this level of impact. Turning around, he saw Joyce and the two doctors lying on the ground, temporarily unconscious.

And through the various information that had been fed into his mind earlier, Ming Yu knew very well what the explosion from afar was caused by.

Originally, while Joyce and his team were tracking the whereabouts of the Star of Eden, Edison and Schrödinger from the North American Branch were conducting a related grand experiment.

—Based on the knowledge left behind by pre-civilization and their own intelligence, a groundbreaking piece of equipment was about to be developed, namely the energy conversion device that could convert Honkai energy into ordinary energy—[Moonlight Throne].

If this invention could be completed at this time, perhaps the Honkai disasters thereafter would no longer be terrifying, and there wouldn't be so many tragedies.

But Otto secretly tampered with the experimental data, not only causing the target of the experiment, the Moonlight Throne, to fail in its development but also causing a massive explosion in the North American Branch's laboratory, leading to the overflow of a huge amount of Honkai energy.

—The result of this was the outbreak of this [Artificial Honkai].

When it came to creating artificial Honkai, both Cocolia and Jackal were far behind Otto.

The reason that man acted this way was quite simple—having been keeping an eye on the group from the North American Branch, he had no intention of letting them gradually walk down the path of confronting Schicksal.

Therefore, he planned to eliminate everyone involved in this incident, nipping it in the bud.

He wouldn't spare any of them, whether it was that group of scientists or Joyce, who was suspected of being a Herrscher.

To achieve this, he wouldn't hesitate to cause a widespread Honkai outbreak in the densely populated New York.

Ming Yu mused as he moved the unconscious group into the vehicle, waiting for them to wake up.

A moment later, inside the car.

Joyce woke up from a nightmare and sat up groggily.

At this moment, he still didn't know what had happened, but judging from the grim expressions of Dr. Tesla and Dr. Einstein, something quite bad seemed to have occurred.

He tentatively asked:

"Were we knocked out by the energy released from a God Key?"

Einstein said faintly:

"No... Ming Yu, you explain it to Joyce."

Her gaze was fixed on the Star of Eden before her; she was now fully focused on researching this God Key, aiming to harness its power.

Ming Yu thought for a moment and stated concisely:

"Well... to put it briefly, based on the location data, there was a massive explosion at Schrödinger and Edison's workshop, accompanied by Honkai energy leakage. In the worst-case scenario, New York could face a disaster similar to what happened in Berlin three years ago."

If they were ordinary people, they would probably have driven away from New York by now, fleeing the unfolding disaster, much like in many doomsday-themed movies and TV shows.

However, the direction they were driving was the exact opposite; they were speeding towards the center of New York.

Everyone's opinion was surprisingly unanimous—they had to find a way to stop this disaster.

This wasn't due to arrogant confidence. After all, they had just obtained the Ninth God Key, and relying on its power... perhaps they could do something.

Ming Yu also rode with them, moving rapidly in the car.

His gaze fell outside the window, where snowflakes were continuously falling, and the scenery was changing rapidly.

For people like Joyce, who were "characters in the play," they wouldn't worry about issues outside the story; they only needed to focus on how to resolve the crisis.

But Ming Yu, as an outsider, had to consider one thing: why did Otto recreate this story from the eve of Anti-Entropy's establishment for him?

He specifically recreated this part of Welt Joyce's history in front of him, instead of the history of Karen's execution, as in the original timeline...

Was he trying to test me...?

He already had a guess in his heart.

If he wanted to avoid drawing Otto's attention, the best choice would probably be to wait and see, to let everything in this scene flow as it did in history, like an observer:

Edison used a device to contain the Honkai energy, guiding it into the sea to prevent it from affecting the city, and blamed himself for the disaster in New York until he turned to ash;

Schrödinger lost his body, quantized, and drifted into the Sea of Quanta, beginning his wandering;

Reanna, the strongest Valkyrie of the era, rushed towards the sky at the cost of her own life, destroying the Honkai energy fission bomb launched by Otto, and the Abyss Flower also sank into the Atlantic Ocean as a result;

Welt Joyce held up a barrier to protect the city, dying from overexertion, ending his month-long life;

The young Joachim Yang lost his father and all his friends, abandoned his identity, and inherited the name Welt with his young body;

Otto did not succeed in eliminating the people he wanted to eliminate; instead, it had the opposite effect—

The remaining members of the North American Branch defected from Schicksal and established an organization called Anti-Entropy.

This was the original story, everything that happened in history.

Ming Yu knew very well that this was just a historical image, an unchangeable past.

He wasn't some idiot like Kiana, who would think of making any changes...

"..."

Moving along the road, watching the city gradually being encroached upon by the Honkai, Ming Yu sighed, and lightning crackled around him.

As the number of Honkai Beasts increased, the road became impassable, forcing Dr. Tesla, who was driving, to stop.

Ming Yu opened the car door and said to the people beside him:

"Stay here and don't move. I'll clear out those Honkai Beasts."

Chapter 37 The Strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal, Reanna

Near Black Stone Park.

Two soldiers were cautiously approaching a monster circling the area in an armored vehicle.

"M-monster..."

Upon getting close enough, even with the courage and bravery of soldiers, facing such a non-human monster instilled a sense of fear.

It was a biological structure that was difficult for ordinary people to describe... no, it was simply incomprehensible.

Some tentacles had a string of eyes, some had a string of pincers, and some had a string of indescribable mouthparts.

These tentacles were fixed to a rectangular block of granite like barnacles—perhaps it was a tombstone. In any case, they formed a whole, like a writhing worm, evoking disgust and fear.

The only thing the two soldiers could be sure of was that it was the sole master of this park.

Even if they fired the cannon from the armored vehicle… could it actually cause any damage to it?

Regardless, they had to try to resist.

It wasn't that they didn't want to call for backup to deal with it together, but rather the enemy had already spotted their armored vehicle and was slowly advancing in their direction.

One soldier, trembling, pressed the red button on the armored vehicle. A shell shot out, accurately hitting the monster and causing a violent explosion.

It was destructive power capable of easily blowing apart a basketball court. The two soldiers stared nervously at the smoke-filled area ahead, praying that the armored vehicle's attack would have the desired effect.

However, to their regret, after the smoke cleared, apart from the granite block the monster had been perched on being shattered, not a single part of the monster showed any damage. It was completely unharmed.

At the same time, as if enraged, its tentacles rapidly flew towards the armored vehicle. The ones in front had already easily sliced through the solid armor of the vehicle's exterior.

In just a few seconds, the entire armored vehicle would likely be easily dismantled into pieces by this monster. Those inside would naturally not escape their fate.

Just as the two soldiers were praying in their hearts, a bolt of lightning shot out from behind the armored vehicle, accurately striking the monster and causing its movements to halt.

Immediately after, they saw a figure flash past like lightning, and in an instant, he stood in front of the armored vehicle.

Is that… a human? Is this the speed a human can possess?

While the two soldiers were still confused, they noticed that the distance between themselves and that person was growing.

Yet, he clearly hadn't moved…

It was only then they realized that their armored vehicle was rapidly retreating backward under the influence of some force.