On how PhDs become human evil

As Bai Jie spoke, a white light finally appeared at the edge of their vision. The seemingly boundless coniferous forest was suddenly left behind, and the Tower of Babel, soaring into the clouds, came into view.

"Wait! That's—"

Patrick, who was running at the front, suddenly exclaimed in surprise. On the bridge leading to the Babylon Laboratory, a giant Honkai Beast over 100 meters tall had appeared out of nowhere. Unlike other Honkai Beasts, its two forelimbs were one red and one blue.

Seeing the Honkai Beast blocking their way like a city wall, Shigure Kira and Patrick both showed serious expressions. Just by looking at its appearance and aura, they could tell that this Honkai Beast was an unprecedentedly powerful enemy, definitely an Emperor-level one!

Emperor-class Honkai Beast Ashura!

"Doctor, Shigure and I will hold them off here. You find an opportunity to charge in—"

Before Patrick could finish speaking, Bai Jie had already transformed into a gust of wind and rushed out. A bright blue light suddenly shone from his waist, and a belt instantly materialized.

With a cold look in his eyes, Bai Jie stomped his foot, and a snow pillar rose up from the ground. Bai Jie rode on this snow pillar and arrived in front of Ashpo.

"I don't have time to waste here with you! — Transform!"

[Buggle Up! Riders of the Heavens! Chronicles Engraved! This is the time of judgment!]

A dark green clock appeared behind Bai Jie, and countless gears looped around Bai Jie's body like rings. Under the blinding green light, Bai Jie, having completed his transformation, punched Ashura directly into Ashura's face!

Click!

Ashura's facial armor was immediately smashed, and purple Honkai energy blood drenched Bai Jie.

[Heavenly Fire Judgment! Black Abyss White Flower!]

Two beams of light, one red and one white, flew out from Bai Jie's belt and grasped the two Divine Keys. After a mid-air spin, Bai Jie unleashed a Heavenly Fire Self-Destruction Slash, which struck Ashura's right arm armor. The collapsing flames melted Ashura's incredibly tough armor, slicing it off like tofu.

"WWWWWWWRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!"

Ashura, who had taken two heavy blows in succession, roared and six bolts of lightning descended from the sky.

"Whoosh—!"

The very next second that the lightning struck, a cloud of black mist swept out from the Black Abyss White Flower. The lightning bolts were rendered immobile the moment they touched the black mist, as if they had encountered an insulator.

Landing back on the snow, Bai Jie coldly looked at Ashura: "I'm in a hurry, get out of the way!"

"Zheng—!"

A massive magic array that completely enveloped Ashura's body appeared. In terms of scale, this was definitely a ritual-level grand magic trick. However, with magic power surpassing that of the dragon veins and his own unique skills in performing ritual magic, Bai Jie accomplished this feat, which would normally require several top-tier magicians, in just a few breaths.

Exhaling a breath of cold air, Bai Jie poured a large amount of magic power into the magic cube and whispered, "Pierce through... Skathi!"

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!"

Nearly a hundred ice spears suddenly burst forth from the magic circle. The spear tips, sharpened to the point that even a touch would cause injury, pierced Ashura's body as easily as piercing paper. His nearly hundred-meter-tall body was reduced to a mangled mess in an instant.

The Emperor-level Honkai Beast was killed so easily in front of Bai Jie!

(Shiyu, I remember he was an administrative staff member, right?)

(There's no mistake, I've known him for almost ten years, and he's never been to the battlefield.)

Patrick and Shigure Kira stared in horror at the scene before them. The Emperor-level Honkai Beast, which they might not be able to defeat even if they joined forces, was actually taken down so easily by Bai Jie alone. Are you sure this is him or a researcher?

"Huh? You guys haven't gone in yet? We've already taken care of everything."

Just then, Shub flew over carrying the Spear of the Dead Thorn, with Salome following behind her.

Upon seeing the two, Patrick couldn't help but ask, "Weren't you two dealing with those five hundred-plus Honkai Beasts? How come... did you take them all down?"

"Hehe, isn't that amazing! Those two Emperor-level beasts were no fun at all. Salome and I each took care of one easily." Shub laughed like a dog. "I feel like after changing my equipment and weapons, the Honkai Beasts become completely harmless. Doctor, your research is really useful."

Shub's casual remark made Shigure Kira and Patrick begin to question the meaning of life.

They took down one Emperor-class Honkai Beast each? And it sounded like they did it so easily, plus Bai Jie just killed Ashura... Aren't Emperor-class Honkai Beasts supposed to be formidable enemies that could wipe out even an A-class Valkyrie squad? When did they become so weak?!

Ashva/Paravati/Ganesha: We're so bad, I'm really sorry! There's no human right to be a freebie on the battlefield!

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P.S.: My collection count keeps dropping, what's going on?

Section 169, paragraph 30. Doctor: As you all know, Rhode Island is a pharmaceutical (physical) company.

While Bai Jie and his companions were dealing with the Honkai Beasts outside, Kiryu Sento was fighting alone inside the Tower of Babylon.

However, it's not entirely accurate to say that he was fighting alone, because from any perspective, Kiryu Sento was just... playing around?

"Waaah! Don't run away! Stand there and let me hit you!" A little girl shouted at Kiryu Sento, holding a fireball in her hand.

"But nobody wants to stand there and let you hit them. If you want to hit me, you'd better come after me yourself."

Kiryu Sento, who had already switched to his bunny form, said with a smile. Although it was not visible through the mask, it was obvious that he was smiling.

(At first, I was terrified to see these little girls with their eyes shining like gold; it turns out they were a group of kids with some kind of superpower.)

Several tens of minutes ago, Kiryu Sento was tricked by these children in the deep underground prison and found himself surrounded. Just as Kiryu Sento was surrounded by a group of children with gleaming eyes and at a loss, he tried to escape.

Then he found himself running out without any pressure at all; the iron gate was as fragile as a paper door.

Seeing him run away, the hundreds of girls, who had been transformed into part of the Herrscher of Domination by the Honkai consciousness, chased after him, aiming their Thunderbolts, Cyclone Fireballs, and other weapons at Kiryu Sento.

In fact, the birth of a Herrscher involves two steps: First, the Honkai selects someone and grants them the qualification to become a Herrscher. After that, a completely new Herrscher personality will be generated within that person. Only when this Herrscher personality completely devours the original human personality can the Herrscher be considered truly born.

(P.S.: This is a summary by the author based on information released in the manga and game. The most typical example is the protagonist Mei from the novel. The manga and game have shown that she exists in a state where her human personality and her Herrscher personality coexist. Sirin is the same. In the chapters before the second Honkai Impact 3rd in the manga, when Theresa went to investigate, she had not yet been consumed by her Herrscher personality. She only became a Herrscher completely in the fifth chapter of the second Honkai Impact 3rd arc. You guys can go and check it out in person.)

The Herrscher of Domination was originally composed of a thousand pseudo-Herrschers, whose individual combat strength was pitifully low, let alone when they first became Herrschers. To put it simply, the little girls chasing Kiryu Sento are just a group of children who have just gained their abilities and are using them randomly out of surprise. They don't know how to control or use them.

Facing these little girls, not to mention that Kiryu Sento is now a seasoned veteran, even if he had just become a Kamen Rider, he could easily defeat them all.

"Alright, the chase game is over. Everyone, get a good night's sleep."

Suddenly stopping his forward momentum, Kiryu Sento drew his Fullbottle Destroyer and destroyed two Fullbottles.

【Rabbit! Tank!】

【Best Match ever!】

"Alright everyone, it hurts a little, but just bear with it." Kiryu Sento smiled as he pulled the trigger.

[Best Match Break!]

The power of the Rabbit Full Bottle and the Tank Full Bottle was instantly unleashed. Red and blue energy converged at the cannon muzzle, and the basketball-sized two-tone energy cannon burst forth! The atmosphere was split apart in an instant!

Faced with Kiryu Sento's sudden counterattack, the little girls were stunned. They had naively thought that Kiryu Sento had run away because he was afraid of them, but they never expected that he would fight back!

When did these adults become so good at fighting?

Since becoming members of the Herrscher of Domination, they've used various methods to make all the researchers inside the Tower of Babel vanish into thin air. They thought this time would be no different, but—

"Boom—!"

The cannon exploded in the crowd; the deliberately weakened fire stunned all the children, sending them flying backward.

Looking at the children lying all over the ground, Kiryu Sento breathed a sigh of relief: "So playing with kids is such an tiring thing. I can understand how Banjou felt when he went to set up a stall and was bullied by the kids."

"Oh, looks like we're late."

Just then, before Kiryu Sento could transform, Hakuge, along with Shigure Kira and the others, ran over to him.

Upon reaching Kiryu Sento and transforming, Bai Jie extended his hand: "You must be the reinforcements that Kadoya Tsukasa brought. I am Bai Jie. Thank you for your help."

"Well, as fellow Kamen Riders, isn't it natural to help each other?" Kiryu Sento laughed after deactivating his transformation. "You must be the doctor Ex-Aid mentioned. I'm Kiryu Sento. Nice to meet you, senpai."

"You actually know Emu... No, no, we need to deal with the Honkai first." Bai Jie quickly pulled his wandering thoughts back. "Kiryu, these kids... are they still alive?"

"Of course, although I used to be called a devil scientist, I wouldn't go so far as to kill children. I knocked them all out, although my methods might have been a bit rough."

Generally speaking, knocking someone out usually involves either hitting them on the head with a baseball bat or using a stun gun. However, Kiryu Sento... knocking someone out with a cannon—that's possible, very Heisei-era.

Upon hearing that the children were all alive, only unconscious, Bai Jie breathed a sigh of relief—it was good that they were still alive.

"Shigure, Salome, come and help me out. Shub and Patrick, you two go outside and keep watch."

"What do you want us to do?" Shigure Kira asked.

"Before that, Salome, take out your Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse."

Upon hearing Bai Jie's words, Salome was momentarily stunned, then summoned her weapon, and four steel wings shimmering with purple-gold light unfurled.

Then Bai Jie reached out and plucked a feather from its shell, inserting it into one of the girls' bodies.

Just as everyone was surprised and taken aback by Bai Jie's actions, Bai Jie flicked his wrist and a semi-transparent crystal was picked out.

Bai Jie took out the simulated Black Abyss White Flower to heal the girl's wounds, and picked up the crystal and said, "This is the Herrscher core. The Herrscher of Domination is a Herrscher of a thousand people as one. Each individual has such a Herrscher core in their body. Shigure and Salome, you two pick out the Herrscher cores in their bodies just like I did."

"Don't worry about accidentally killing someone. With Black Abyss White Flower around, it's hard to die even if you want to."

Looking at Bai Jie holding the [feather] with blood on his hands, Shigure Kira, Salome, and Kiryu Sento were all stunned. There was actually such a physical treatment method?

Bai Jie: We at Rhode Island are a pharmaceutical company with a conscience!

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Section 170, Chapter 30: Honkai Consciousness: Attack the Commander First in a Fight

The Herrscher of Domination is a herrscher of unity among thousands. As such a special existence, the Honkai consciousness naturally could not gather them all together. In fact, there are only about two hundred pseudo-herrschers within the Tower of Babel.

After extracting all the Herrscher cores from the more than two hundred girls in front of him, Bai Jie immediately sat down on the ground, panting heavily: "Damn it, I knew it was finally done. I should have had Shi bring Fei Cai over. He's a surgeon, he should be very good at this."

"It's really a shame that you... have no experience... and you still... were able to do it." Shi Yu Qi Luo glared at Bai Jie with a flushed face.

As if in retaliation for her constant bickering, Bai Jie simply handed over more than seventy people to her to handle. She had to focus on extracting the Herrscher core while also being wary of these children suddenly waking up. The mental pressure was immense.

"When I get back, I will definitely tell Lady Cecilia that you used your position to settle personal scores!"