I am a hero of the former civilization.

......

As a former steel city, Montpellier was full of steel mills and mines, but after many years of being idle, they are now covered in rust, and many of the mines have collapsed, but the dense network of tunnels still runs underground.

Like a cunning rabbit with three burrows, Velvi may not have great strength, but her brain is definitely sharp enough. She has already outmaneuvered pursuers all over the world, and she feels even more pleased as she watches the numbers on the wanted posters keep rolling.

This time, however, she encountered a skilled hunter.

"All networks have been cut off, right? Has electronic jamming been deployed?"

At the entrance to the mine, as eerie sounds emanated, the air began to distort, revealing black masks and wide cloaks.

The cloak gleamed with a metallic sheen, and although the serial number on the powered exoskeleton had been erased, it was clearly superior to that of the Far East Branch.

"It's all done now, that rat can't escape."

As the air distorted, more figures emerged from the darkness. They were either thin or strong, male or female, all wearing black masks, distinguished only by the patterns on them, but all equipped with astonishingly superior gear.

The full MK.V powered exoskeleton is only being tested at the front-line branch of the Fire Moth, and it is equipped with a variety of high-tech tools.

A dwarf placed the black box on the ground, and a light curtain unfolded, spreading throughout the entrance and revealing various traces.

"The erased footprints, she was right there."

"Very good, let's begin. Let's try to complete the commission before sunset tomorrow." The man in the pure black mask had just lifted his foot when he was stopped by a clear, cold female voice.

"Wait a minute, why don't we just blow up the mine? We lost several people in that weird laboratory."

The members of the Poison Chrysalis all turned around and saw that the companion who spoke had a long knife at his waist, a mask with red petal patterns, and long pink hair that could be vaguely seen.

Her warning was correct; the target was far more complex than imagined. Those strange machines were incredibly powerful, but unfortunately, they were all made of scrap metal and were dismantled by the poisonous pupae.

“The target is cunning. We must confirm her death. Also, [Forget-Me-Not], you have other work to do. Finish here as soon as possible, and we'll help you take care of another target.”

The girl was very busy; after finishing her business in Montpellier, she still had to assassinate another doctor, but she gently shook her head.

“The flour merchant suddenly committed suicide, and the information we asked him to find was also stolen. I suspect that this commission is not as simple as it seems.”

"Are you sure?"

"determine."

The man in the pure black mask fell silent. As a professional, he had naturally sought intelligence from more than one organization, partly for comparison and partly for vigilance.

"Then kill them all together. The commission that Poison Chrysalis accepted must be completed."

"But the people who came are very strong and very strange." The girl handed over a data disk, plugged it into the terminal in her hand, and opened it, displaying the scene.

"Dozens of gangsters died at the hands of their own comrades, while Herson committed suicide. This doesn't make sense."

Apart from the two who were on guard, the rest of the Poison Chrysalis members gathered around, and all looked puzzled when they saw the bloody scene.

"Like...mind control?"

"Who else in the world has this ability? The detector is not responding, so it can be ruled out that it is a Honkai Beast."

The group of assassins whispered among themselves. This was not surprising, given their caution. Out of billions of people, there are bound to be some outliers, and those with the ability to control minds are not uncommon. However, the vast majority of them can only induce or hypnotize.

“It seems someone within the Firemoth organization wants to rescue the target. We need to speed things up. This is also a good opportunity to begin the second step.” Black Mask showed no sign of backing down and waved his hand: “Wu Xiang, go and release those things. Use them to kill the pursuers and frame them.”

The girl knew what those things were, and she clenched her fists.

"Such civilian casualties..."

"That's not something you or I should be concerned about. Keep the money safe, then do good deeds. That's how simple it is for the Poison Chrysalis to do things. Don't forget the conditions for joining the organization. If you do this well, your demands will be met."

As soon as she finished speaking, Forget-Me-Not tensed her muscles and placed her fingers on the hilt of the knife, but she ultimately did not draw it.

The man in black glanced at her, then released his grip on the gun and stepped into the tunnel first.

"Wu Xiang, you stay at the cave entrance. The rest of you, come with me. The plan has been changed. By noon tomorrow—"

"Take her head!"

Chapter 76 I've Found You

Where on earth did Vilvi go?

Early in the morning, Ryan emerged from the car graveyard, surrounded by mountains of wrecked vehicles, and he also found some clues.

The missing gearbox and the disassembled engine clearly indicate that Velvet is collecting materials and manually crafting machines, but she is not a Herrscher and cannot change the laws of physics.

It's a miracle that it can be assembled, but it's still essentially just scrap metal and can't stop the poisonous pupae at all.

'If the core of a Herrscher from a previous civilization could be transplanted, Velvet becoming the Herrscher of Reason would be a devastating blow.'

Ryan couldn't help but have this thought, but he quickly shook his head with a self-deprecating smile. The Herrschers of the previous civilization had no personality. If Velvet became the Herrscher of Reason, she would only become a terrifying enemy.

But given enough support, Vilvi can also create miracles.

Ryan had been craving the Key of God for a long time, so he looked up into the distance. There were abandoned mines there, not good for collecting materials, but perfect for hiding.

"The last two suspicious locations."

He quickened his pace and crossed the street. By the end of the day, the town's security had improved considerably, as kidnappers, robbers, and thieves had all disappeared.

Ryan likes to reason, but anyone who comes to provoke him, regardless of gender, is killed without exception. He never says a word from beginning to end, preventing any melodramatic scenes from unfolding.

It is naive to dream of pursuing justice when one lacks the power to do so, but when it comes to him, it becomes the truth, and the town even retains the legend of the "Shirt Devil".

Ryan didn't take the good deed to heart; the key was the dirt on Virvie that she possessed, enough to bring down the 'pure-blood faction' and ensure the smooth implementation of the fusion warrior plan.

As Ryan passed the overpass, the corpses hanging below had been dealt with by some gang that had "had a change of heart." He was thinking that his reasoning was quite effective when his eyebrows involuntarily furrowed.

"The smell of collapse?"

The feeling was too familiar, there was no possibility of it being an illusion. Ryan just felt that things were too coincidental. He had just arrived in Montpellier, and the collapse had just broken out here.

No, this isn't Honkai.

Ryan bent his knees slightly and jumped onto the bridge in an instant. Then, following the direction from which the aura came, his pupils contracted slightly.

They weren't Herrschers, nor were they Emperor-level Honkai Beasts. He only saw a few people wrapped in cloaks, running quickly in a single file through the alley.

That was the territory of illegal immigrants and brothels. On the spot, gangsters opened fire on them, but the man in the lead raised his hand to block the bullets and rushed forward amidst the sparks.

Paji.

One man was instantly turned into mincemeat, and before the others could react, his companions scattered.

Some emerged from under their cloaks with pale lances, piercing through walls and human bodies; others simply floated up, transforming themselves into cannonballs, crashing into the two-story building with a 'boom'.

Da da da......

Gunfire once again disrupted the dawn; bullets that hit them bounced off, and the block was immediately filled with screams.

Slaughter, a frenzied slaughter, these cloaked figures were simply tearing everything in their path to shreds without purpose.

Not assassins?

Ryan was somewhat confused. These people were clearly intelligent, and they even knew how to use formations. Moreover, the more he looked at their abilities, the more familiar they seemed.

'The preliminary research data is already a finished product? That doesn't make sense. Shouldn't the evolutionists be the ones stealing the data? They'd be secretly conducting human experiments before the council approved the Fusion Warrior program, then using it for their power struggles.'

Logically, it doesn't make any sense, but Ryan wasn't slow. What's going on? We'll find out by asking.

With a light step of his left foot, Ryan glided off the bridge, his speed increasing tenfold in an instant.

boom--

With a loud sonic boom, the monster that was crushing a woman's head looked up and saw only a fist rapidly enlarging.

Boom!

The person who was standing was suddenly 'planted' into the ground, with only his two legs trembling uncontrollably, and his cloak was torn to shreds, revealing his deformed body.

The crystals formed by the collapse penetrated the skin and muscles, making him look somewhat like a suicide soldier, but the lance that grew out of his left hand looked very familiar.

"As expected, he is a fusion warrior, but just an inferior product that Mebius has his eye on."

Ryan was also one of the key figures behind the Fusion Warrior program, and these characteristics were not easily concealed from his eyes.

The failure rate is too high, the mutation rate is alarming, and even consciousness and intelligence are affected.

He grabbed the corpse in front of him and pulled it out. The other monsters raised their arms, and the ejected machine guns tore the cloak apart.

Ta da da da...

The dense gunfire was continuous, and the corpse in their hands seemed to tremble in a downpour, bursting into sparks.

"But I must admit that even a failure is still a superhuman."

The bullets from the Vulcan cannon riddled the corpse in his hand with holes, and before they could even touch his body, they were dissolved by the overwhelming Honkai energy. Then Ryan clenched his right fist.

The gunshots had barely stopped when a blur of motion crashed in from the side. The attack style was very similar to that of a rush-class Honkai Beast, but the Honkai energy wasn't much stronger.

But this was a human, and its remaining intelligence still played a role. Before it could hit Ryan, it suddenly stopped and changed direction, while its companion's lance was already in front of Ryan.

Swah——

Its cape was ignited, like a rocket engine, instantly increasing its speed.

With their skillful use of techniques, understanding of teamwork, and equipment-enhanced abilities, it's no wonder that Fusion Warriors are much stronger than Honkai Beasts.

Ryan understood somewhat, then threw the body down and went to meet it.

A surge of purple lightning erupted from his right fist, striking the tip of the lance precisely. With a disintegration and dissolution, the lance was annihilated, and his entire body was torn apart.

They merely passed each other, Ryan maintaining his leaning straight punch stance, with only a half-melted corpse behind him. The alleyway fell into a brief silence as the man's eyes quickly swept over it.

With a gentle turn, she plucked the skinny figure that had ambushed her from behind.

"But you have also lost the 'courage' of Honkai Beasts and become a strange deformity."

Wisdom represents fear, and the body represents pain; they gained power, but also retained these two 'disadvantages'.

Looking at the deformed, hardened head in his hand, and the fear of survival in its eyes, he used his left hand to forcefully sever the life force, threw it aside, and then used his foot to pick up the machine gun at the corpse's waist.

dong dong dong...

A fusion monster over two meters tall is charging towards them, half of its body transformed into a thick shield, causing the ground to tremble slightly under its footsteps.

A fusion of a Temple-class Honkai Beast? Is it even wearing alloy armor to compensate for its shortcomings?

Ryan looked at him and the emboldened enemies who surrounded him, focused on manipulating the power, watched the falling gun barrels, and threw a right punch.

A short burst of power. Thunderous roar.