Questions and Answers

In the virtual world, amidst the snow-swept Alps, Dr. Mei visited Qin Su once more.

Qin Su looked at her with a questioning gaze. "Is there something you're wondering about?"

"Are you referring to its high-speed movement capability?" He patted the phantom T-X that had suddenly appeared beside him.

He shrugged. "Isn't that a technology Fire Moth developed long ago? I merely used a Law-Ruler Core. Its effect isn't even as good as your spacetime distortion devices."

Dr. Mei shook her head, looking directly into Qin Su's eyes.

"No, that's not what I'm talking about."

"If you're asking about those Divine Keys? Dr. Mei, you don't need to worry. They've already been returned to Fire Moth."

He brought up the return records for the Divine Keys.

"That's not what I wanted to ask." Dr. Mei wasn't particularly concerned about mass-producing Divine Keys. If these Divine Keys weren't in the right hands, they were merely Soul Steel weapons with the name Divine Keys attached, at best much stronger in terms of hardness.

She scrutinized Qin Su, noting his demeanor as a young, normal scientist, much like herself. Then she said to him, "I'm not interested in the Tenth Divine Key."

"I've confirmed the truthfulness of your words, and I believe we can reach an agreement now. However, I'd like to know why you are so certain that the information you've obtained is true and without deviation?"

Qin Su remained silent for a moment. Every expression on the holographic projection was an optimal action simulated countless times. Every expression and movement here would only lead to the desired psychological outcome.

Because he read a comic? That's rather absurd, but the existence of the Hengsha Project could explain it. However, Qin Su doesn't have the Second Divine Key. To get past this, he'd have to rely on the all-purpose Law-Ruler Core for an explanation.

"While I cannot comment on technical matters, I will say anything else. What we observe are merely fragments, glimpses of major events: for example, the process of you eliminating the Tenth Law-Ruler while wielding the Key of Blankness. Similarly, I also saw the process of that Fusion Warrior experiment."

"Before we considered these informational fragments reliable, we used a non-interference method to confirm the authenticity of many of them."

"I believe Fire Moth's utilization of the Tenth Divine Key is very rigid. Despite having diverse options, they are fixated on only those three common natural forces."

Dr. Mei said helplessly, "If Fire Moth still had so many people available, the Tenth Divine Key wouldn't just be used as a weapon."

It takes twenty to thirty years for a person to go from a cell to a university student. Turning knowledge into productivity requires a complete system and social environment. However, Honkai forces humanity to dedicate most of its productivity to war, and the available manpower decreases every year.

The destruction Honkai brings to civilization is devastating. Ordinary wars—defeating the enemy, occupying land, executing or imprisoning political enemies. Even in the most inhumane wars, where one side carries out industrialized genocide, they at least preserve industrial equipment and resources. Unlike Honkai disasters, which involve indiscriminate slaughter and indiscriminate destruction of the means of production.

"Is this also why you know the Twelfth Law-Ruler's abilities?" Dr. Mei steered the conversation back.

"Of course."

"Then are you willing to share this technology?"

"The future of this era is already set. Even if Fire Moth were told everything about this technology, it wouldn't change anything. A turning point will come in the future, but definitely not in this era."

If Qin Su truly possessed technology that could observe the future, he would definitely share it. The problem was, he didn't. Telling Fire Moth the 'plot' he knew would only cause unnecessary trouble.

Dr. Mei was silent for a long time, choosing intuition over reason.

"I believe you, or rather, I've chosen to gamble."

"Your trust is the best outcome for me," Qin Su nodded slightly to express his gratitude for her trust.

"How do you plan to deal with the Twelfth Law-Ruler?"

Dr. Mei replied, "According to the agreement we reached earlier, it's joint supervision, of course."

"I know it's joint supervision, but where is an important issue."

Expecting Dr. Mei to choose a location more beneficial to both parties, he was surprised when she firmly stated, "It can only be The Base."

Fire Moth was an oligarchical council system. Even though Dr. Mei held a position of near-absolute authority due to her immense prestige, she didn't want to initiate a "Fog Moon Coup" during a time of human survival. Qin Su naturally had to compromise; he needed Dr. Mei before the previous civilization was destroyed.

"Now let's discuss something more important: how do you plan to deal with the Eleventh Law-Ruler?"

Dr. Mei replied helplessly, "We haven't come up with any solutions yet."

Indeed, considering only normal means, it was impossible to find a way to kill the Eleventh Law-Ruler. No one could approach her, and no human creation could function normally within her barrier. Forget about using any large-scale destructive measures like nuclear bombs. Even the most powerful Tsar Bomba had a thermal radiation radius of only 60 kilometers, while the Eleventh Law-Ruler's barrier had a radius of 100 kilometers. Therefore, it was impossible to kill her with a bomb.

However, how did the Eleventh Law-Ruler die? She was killed by Kevin. This suggests that the breakthrough must lie with Kevin and his companions. Her mass limit must be her weakness.

"Dr. Mei, I assume you have already memorized the Eleventh Law-Ruler's abilities."

Dr. Mei nodded wordlessly.

"I believe that to kill her, we must rely on the simplest form of energy." Qin Su already had a complete plan in mind, a plan that involved a bow whose arrows would kill the Law-Ruler as easily as killing a rabbit.

"The simplest?" Dr. Mei pondered for a moment. "Are you referring to... kinetic energy?"

"Precisely, kinetic energy." The energy an object possesses due to its motion is called kinetic energy. It seems simple, but in reality, using kinetic energy to kill a Law-Ruler is an extremely difficult process.

"How will you accelerate an object to a speed capable of killing a Law-Ruler?"

Qin Su replied, "The simplest method—electromagnetic acceleration."

Dr. Mei, of course, wasn't so naive. "That's a direct idea, and I've evaluated it, but the actual effect should be the same as the evaluation results."

"Completely ineffective." But that didn't mean the idea was wrong. There are thousands of ways, and simplicity is paramount.

Qin Su's phantom smiled slightly. "For problems that humans cannot solve, we can rely on our Mother Earth. If the Earth gave birth to this life, it must be able to."