Genshin Impact: Starting Guide - End of the World Qi Bao

Kevin immediately seized the opportunity.

"Heavenly Fire - Unsheathed!"

With a flash of fire, accompanied by Kevin's strongest attack, the Ninth Herrscher was severed in two at the waist. Even in death, she couldn't understand why that strange weapon possessed such immense power…

Chapter 155 'A Thousand People'

As Kevin attacked, the Ninth Herrscher gradually dissipated, and the gravity acting on Kosmos gradually faded away. He immediately came to Hen's side.

At this point, the heart and lungs are completely ruptured, meaning that less air is being taken in and more is being exhaled.

"Captain, we're heading back to base right away. Hang in there!"

Kosmo rapidly pressed something on the communicator with one hand, while gripping Hen's hand with the other. Hen spoke with difficulty.

"Help...help me, gee...gee..."

Kosmo understood what the captain meant. He had just finished reporting the situation to his superiors via communicator. Kosmo held Captain Hen's hands with both of his and said anxiously.

"Don't worry, Captain. I know. Gretchen just had surgery with Dr. Möbius, right? You'll all be fine. Hang in there, you haven't seen her yet, have you? You have to hold on."

"Please...take care of...Gee..."

Hen could no longer see anything in front of him; he only felt so sleepy, so tired, and so desperate to sleep. Although he didn't want to sleep yet, that was all he could say. Hen closed his eyes forever.

"Captain, captain!"

Kosmo shook Hen's hand violently, his mind racing.

At that moment, Kevin, holding the Herrscher Core of the Ninth Herrscher, returned and, seeing Kosmo with a faint black mist emanating from his body, tentatively asked...

"Kosmo?"

Warriors who have undergone super-transformation surgery will become fusion warriors in some sense, but only a very small number of them can successfully awaken the super-transformation factor. Only those who awaken the super-transformation factor can be called true 'fusion warriors'. Kosmo has become one of the latter today. In extreme anger, he has over-transformed and lost control.

Kevin stared into thought at the ferocious black behemoth before him. But Kosmo paid no heed and pounced straight at Kevin, who had no choice but to draw his Heavenly Fire for defense…

After fighting for half an hour, Kevin was already injured. Because Kosmo had only lost consciousness and hadn't transformed into a Herrscher, he was hesitant and only defended, refusing to attack. Kevin's wounds multiplied. At this moment, the 'Firemoth' headquarters ship arrived. Mebius disembarked without holding back; her eyes lit up when she saw Kosmo. She knocked Kosmo unconscious in a few moves and carried him onto the ship, while simultaneously ordering Kevin to carry the bodies of several of his comrades onto the vessel…

The immense destruction caused by the Herrscher of Geo reduced the world's population by one-sixth, with countless others affected but not killed. It also altered the terrain, creating ocean trenches thousands of meters deep. Human society collapsed completely, and the survivors struggled to survive. Amidst the devastation of this catastrophe, the Tenth Herrscher, the "Thousand Herrschers," quietly began to appear...

After boarding the spaceship, Mebius immediately placed Kosmo on the operating table for surgery. However, being his first time dealing with this situation, he found it difficult and tricked the unsuspecting Velvie into also operating on Kosmo. Ultimately, they successfully relieved the excessive weight mutation. The process was roughly as follows…

"pliers."

Velvi was puzzled

"pliers?"

"hurry up."

Vervi handed it over.

"Electric drill..."

Vilvi was shocked.

"Huh? A power drill?"

"Don't worry, trust me, you won't go wrong."

……

Kosmo eventually returned to normal, though he still had a bit of a headache. He didn't know why Velvi was looking at him strangely…

After this incident, Velvet successfully used the core of the Herrscher of Rock to create the Ninth Divine Key. In the tests, it showed the best compatibility with Eden and was eventually delivered to Eden for use.

The sixth Divine Key, created by the Herrscher of Death, had the highest compatibility with Alicia. However, after being given to Alicia, she returned it after playing with it for a few days, claiming it wasn't cute enough.

Meanwhile, the "Key to Space," humanity's most powerful weapon, which Velvi was researching, was also put on the agenda...

Recently, Juexi hasn't been doing well. Every night, he hears a bunch of foul-mouthed "Thousand Herrschers" trying to brainwash him. Although he can stay awake, this feeling is really unpleasant. Since he already possesses this power, after a few times, he got so annoyed that he simply absorbed several Thousand Herrschers, but he didn't feel any stronger, just more annoyed.

After listening to these thousand Herrschers ramble on for a while, Jue Xi actually started to feel a little sorry for them. After all, some of them were truly pitiful. He already knew that most of them had ended up like this because they were targeted by malicious intent. But then one day, someone he didn't want to see appeared among the thousand Herrschers. Klein…

With Klein's addition, the number of Herrschers increased to over a thousand, and Juexi knew that it was about to begin.

One day, Dr. Mebius was conducting an experiment when Klein, who was standing next to her, suddenly pulled out a pistol from behind his back and successfully killed Mebius... With Mebius's 'death', many Herrschers of the Thousand Generations within the Fire Moth rose up, and the Tenth Herrscher was born.

Not long after Mebius's "death," Sue arrived and restrained Klein. But just as he hesitated whether to finish her off, a sudden change occurred. Mebius's passive skill, resurrection, activated… Klein, of course, knew Mebius could resurrect, so she added a small amount of Honkai energy-suppressing potion to her food. She originally thought this would kill Mebius, but it only delayed the resurrection process. Since resurrection requires a large amount of energy, Mebius, unconsciously, frantically devoured the surrounding energy. To Sue's astonishment, a pool of pale green liquid enveloped Klein and began to absorb her rapidly, ultimately devouring her completely…

Mebius resurrected in an instant. She knew that her favorite assistant, Klein, had become one of the Herrschers involved in this incident, but she wanted to see Klein one last time, even though she knew he had killed her once. But it didn't matter; she wouldn't die. However, when she regained consciousness, only Su was before her…

"Where is Klein?"

Sue was speechless for a moment when he saw the annoyed Möbius. He knew that Klein was an important assistant to Möbius, so...

Su replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"She has become a Herrscher, Dr. Mebius."

"Do you even need to tell me? I know. So, where is she?"

"Killed by me."

Mebius seemed to have heard a joke.

"You? Sue, you're a doctor, you're saying you killed Klein?"

Su looked serious and said solemnly.

“Dr. Mebius, I know Klein is someone important to you, but you should know that from the moment she became a Herrscher, she was no longer the same person she used to be. Is it strange that I killed her? You know what I experienced in the research institute before. Do you think I would be soft-hearted? To a Herrscher? Or do you think I can’t do it?”

Mebius remained silent for a moment. She naturally knew that Su, as someone who had successfully awakened the super-mutant factor, possessed strong combat capabilities. She bit her lower lip hard and said with a hint of disdain.

"Hmph, what do you mean by someone important to me? I just wanted to study her myself. So what if she's dead? She was just an ordinary assistant. Do you think I'd miss her?"

Su also looked relieved.

"Then I'm relieved, Dr. Möbius."

Mebius gets angry whenever he sees Sue.

"Doctor, you can leave now. Or do you want me to ask you to leave?"

"No need to trouble you, Doctor."

After saying this, Su turned and left Möbius's lab. Just after Su left, the sound of something being smashed came from inside. He stopped and looked back in the direction of the lab; the door was closed, he couldn't see anything but could hear it… He sighed and then went to report the situation to Dr. Möbius.

Meanwhile, Dr. Möbius was frantically searching through the surveillance footage in the research lab, but Klein had already cut off the cameras. All she could do was smash things in a helpless rage…

Mebius after becoming a Fusion Warrior

Ultimately, after losing some of its members, the Firemoth successfully weathered the crisis, but the losses were quite severe, with a significant number of people dying from backstabbing... For a time, panic gripped the Firemoth.

Finally, thanks to Velvi's hard work, the Blank Key was born. Mei also held a small meeting with a very small number of her confidants. The final plan was that she would use herself as bait to devise a plan to wipe out the remaining thousand Herrschers in one fell swoop.

May only told Velvet about the backup plan: if she couldn't wipe out the thousand Herrschers even with the Blank Key, Velvet would inform Aponia in the "Deepest Place" so she could deliver the final blow.

Chapter 156 The Blank Key

Mei reported to the Moth of Fire conference that the Unnumbered Key—the Blank Key—was about to be successfully developed and deployed in combat. This news was naturally obtained by Qianlu, who was hidden within the Moth of Fire...

Two days later, near the research facility where the Flame Chaser was studying the Blank Key, two hundred individual "Thousand Herrschers" were detected. Fifteen minutes later, the Flame Chaser's leadership, who had long since fallen into the ranks of the Thousand Herrschers, issued an order to Kevin to lead the majority of his forces to engage them in battle.

Three hours later...

The high-ranking official led the other thousand Herrschers to infiltrate the research institute with the goal of destroying the Blank Key, seizing the Herrscher of Thunder and Herrscher of Wind cores on the island, and killing all other researchers.

However, this was all part of Dr. Mei's plan. In fact, the Blank Key had already been completed, but the only suitable user for this divine key was herself... Mei deliberately released the information in order to gather the scattered 'Thousand Herrschers' together and wipe them out in one fell swoop.

The "Blank Key" is not a divine key made from any Herrscher core, but rather a result of human research into Honkai. Dr. Mei deduced that the Honkai energy of Herrschers exists in the Imaginary Space, and the Herrscher core is the key to unlocking this space. The "Blank Key" allows any Herrscher core to be embedded within it, thus connecting the Herrscher core to the human body through the armor itself, enabling the human to temporarily connect to the Imaginary Space and gain the abilities of a Herrscher...

Mei looked at the two Herrscher Cores on the table and prayed silently.

"We absolutely must succeed."

The testing of the Blank Key cannot be conducted on the vast majority of members in a short period of time. As it stands, she is the first eligible candidate. As she puts on her armor, she shakes her head, recalling a funny remark.

"Who says strategists don't go to the battlefield?"

......

Half an hour later, when the high-ranking official led the remaining thousand Herrschers to Dr. Mei, she had already donned the Blank Key and was looking at these 'people' with a gloomy face.

The leader looked at Mei with some disdain.

"Dr. Mei, what's with your outfit?"

Mei picked up a purple Herrscher Core and placed it directly into the armor's groove. Watching the pale purple lightning flash from her hand, a weight lifted from her heart; the experiment had succeeded. She replied with a smile.

"You'll find out soon enough."

......

The research institute was suddenly engulfed in lightning, accompanied by the sound of exploding lightning, and Mei was panting heavily.

"The load is enormous..."

In less than four minutes, Mei had slain over three hundred individual Herrschers of the Thousand. The remaining Herrschers didn't flee; they clearly sensed that the woman before them was struggling more and more. As the color of her armor faded, Mei quickly picked up another green Herrscher core from the table and replaced it. Mei once again used the power of the Herrscher of Wind.

The scene that the thousand Herrschers could see was naturally shared as well. Kevin, who was fighting against the thousand Herrschers outside the research institute, noticed this and sped up the cleanup.

......

"Cough cough..."

Mei knelt on the ground, one hand covering her mouth, the other supporting her on the ground.

"This time, the connection lasted only one minute, eliminating more than a hundred individuals."

The remaining thousand Herrschers, still shaken, launched a final assault on Mei. If they could kill this woman, they could retreat. Just then, a greatsword engulfed in flames descended from the sky, piercing the Herrscher closest to Mei.

Kevin immediately went to Mei's side, looking at the Herrscher individuals around him with serious expressions as they drew their swords, and asked anxiously.

"Thank goodness we made it in time. Mei, are you alright?"

"It's nothing, Kevin. I'm just a little tired from my first time on the battlefield, cough cough..."

The last remaining Herrscher gritted his teeth, and the leader thought to himself, "No, even if I escape, I'll still die. I have no choice but to grit my teeth and fight!" However, he said to the two others...

"Hey, Dr. Mei, I admit you're very capable, but do you really think there are only a thousand Herrschers?"

Mei had recovered enough by now. She stood up and went to Kevin's side, gesturing for him to give her the "Judgment of Heavenly Fire" (a divine key made from the core of the Herrscher of Flame). Although Kevin was puzzled, he still handed it over. Mei took off the core of the Herrscher of Wind and picked up the Heavenly Fire. Her armor slowly turned red.

Mei said calmly.

"I don't know why you fell into that trap, but were these your last words?"