The civilization before the collapse, heroes and heroes are reborn with me

Chapter 269: The Beginning and the End

Mu Continent Palace, the King's office.

"Your Majesty, we have received intelligence from the front that someone has forcibly broken through our blockade and is heading for Murstein." A minister reported to the king, "Buildings along the way have been destroyed. It seems that the Fire Moth has forcibly intervened. Should we let Sir Lionel..."

"What do you think is the probability that Sir Lionel will accept my order now?" The king looked down at the document in his hand, his tone calm. "And how many troops do you think Mu Continent can mobilize to deal with the fusion warriors of the Fire Moth?"

The minister looked a little embarrassed. "But he is a minister of Mu Continent after all, and Lord Lionel's family has served the royal family for generations. What's more... the royal family has always treated him and his family well. Even if the fusion warriors of the Fire Moth are powerful, our armed puppet troops in Mu Continent have an absolute advantage in numbers, and we..."

"I have my own arrangements, you can leave." The king said calmly.

"...Yes." The minister bowed his head and left the king's room.

The king stood up from his chair, put his hands behind his back and looked at the scenery outside the French window. He said to himself calmly, "The fusion warrior who can tear through the defenses along the way so easily in a short period of time must be you, Feng? But...what kind of existence are you?"

After trying all cell cloning and combinations, only the clone encoded by the genetic information of Zhu Yufeng and Lilith was successful. After accommodating the Herrscher Core of the First Herrscher, it developed self-awareness and became the first artificial Herrscher.

Lilith's past is well documented, but Zhu Yufeng's past has always been a mystery.

After ordering Lionel to contact Davion in order to pull Lilith onto Mu Continent's warship, Mu Continent once again launched an investigation into Zhu Yufeng's past. Although the time interval has become a little far away, some things can still be found out if you want to.

But the problem is that after determining that the Fire Moth's current investigation into Zhu Yufeng's past contained elements of falsification, Mu Continent's investigation team discovered that Zhu Yufeng's real past was completely blank.

This person... seemed to have appeared out of nowhere during a small-scale collapse.

His nominal hometown has no trace of where he grew up, and his past seems to have nothing to do with this world. The Fire Moth seemed to have doubts about his past and launched an investigation, but the results given by investigators Wilvi and Alicia are not very credible in Mu Continent.

Of course, there is another person named Qianjie whose past experience is blank just like him.

However, compared to Zhu Yufeng, some of Qianjie's inhuman characteristics make people feel at ease, such as Qianjie's super recovery ability without undergoing fusion surgery and the powerful strength to tear apart the Honkai beast with bare hands. Qianjie has always explained his past as arriving at this planet on a meteorite. The Fire Moth investigated this again and again, but was finally stopped by Mobius because he thought it was a waste of time.

Mu Continent also investigated for a long time, but still didn't get any valuable information. However, judging from Qianjie's usual madness that was difficult to communicate with and the intelligence sent back by Raphael, the undercover deputy arranged beside him, at least compared to Zhu Yufeng, Qianjie's background might be suspicious, but it was more or less at a level that people would not be overly worried about.

After all, even if Qianjie wanted to rebel now, it should not be a problem for Kevin and Zhu Yufeng to defeat him.

This does not mean that the king is targeting Zhu Yufeng or Qianjie, but that the king has conducted a detailed investigation of all the high-end combat forces of the Fire Moth on Mu Continent, and only the past of Zhu Yufeng and Qianjie remains completely blank.

Originally, although the blank information about Qianjie's past would not cause people to worry too much, it would still make people feel a little suspicious. No matter what, Qianjie was a monster with martial arts far exceeding that of normal people and whose origins were unknown. However, the investigation on Zhu Yufeng and the speculation among the scientific researchers in Mu Continent about the high status of the X-Herrsers really made the king feel uneasy.

Qianjie at least behaves like a monster and never hides his weirdness, but Zhu Yufeng is really worrying.

In the past, the Fire Moths were the top combat force, possessing human thinking, and the speculation of the X-law. Now, we have to add that their descendants have a high adaptability to Honkai energy.

This high adaptability is even more outrageous than Kevin's. The clones with Kevin's genes cannot withstand a Herrscher Core, but the clones with Zhu Yufeng's genes have reached an unexpected level in this regard. Although there is only one successful experimental subject... but the probability is definitely higher than zero. It is a concept from nothing to something.

With common rational thinking, we should also doubt Lilith, who provided the maternal genes, but Lilith's past can be checked in detail, so the one with the problem is Zhu Yufeng, right?

The king gently stroked the pen in his hand. Today's Herrscher is becoming more and more humane, and the unknown fear brought by the possible existence of Herrscher X is becoming increasingly impossible to ignore.

Does He really exist? If so, when did He come to this world? What is His connection with other Herrschers? Why has He never appeared on His own initiative and only exists in human speculation? Is He waiting for something?

Questions like these puzzle all the scientific researchers who firmly believe in the existence of Law X and continue to work hard for it.

At present, there are three mainstream views on the existence of Herrscher X. Some people believe that Herrscher X exists in an imaginary space and is a conceptual existence. It has no actual form in the intrinsic world we live in. All Herrschers that have appeared so far are the differentiation of His power. When He truly descends into the world, it will be the greatest threat faced by mankind and the final battle against the Collapse. Therefore, this view names Herrscher X as the Herrscher of the End, a Herrscher that exists after the extinction of all things.

Representative figures also include Dr. Mei of Fire Moth. Mebius' attitude towards this is unclear so far, but the main research direction of Fire Moth is still inclined towards the theory of the Herrscher of the End proposed by Dr. Mei.

Another view is that Herrscher X has actually been lurking among humans as a human being, observing humans and walking with humans on the land of civilization. He is the first Herrscher with humanity, but he is also the final guide and savior of mankind in the end times. He should appear before all the Herrschers. Therefore, this view names Herrscher X as the original Herrscher, who was born before the creation of heaven and earth.

The representative of this view is Dr. Einstein. She believes that the competition between humans and Honkai is a bloody marathon with no future in sight. However, even when there seems to be no future, there may still be a glimmer of hope. The Herrscher is not necessarily the enemy of humans.

As for the last point of view, which is the point of view that was first proposed, the first two points of view are differentiated from this point of view, and this point of view itself is also self-improving with the continuous progress of research. While differentiating into two points of view, it also constantly absorbs the theories of the two points of view. In short, this point of view is: The Origin will become the End with time. He is the observer of mankind, the narrator of civilization, and the judge of the end of the world. Born before the creation of heaven and earth, and existing after the extinction of all things, He has always been with human civilization, waiting for the restart of the next civilization after the collapse of one civilization.

He is the ferryman of the sea of ​​time, the ruler of time who holds the power over time and space that is beyond the reach of humans.

Similarly, all three viewpoints believe that Yuga is the companion Honkai beast of X-Herrser, and is the strongest Honkai beast whose position has not been shaken by any Honkai beast since its appearance. Except for the destruction of a city when it first appeared, Yuga has not actively attacked humans in most cases. On the contrary, it seems to be observing humans.

Again, Yuga is at the end of the law level because the highest level of Honkai beast is only at the end of the law level...

Up to now, Mu Continent still has no complete method to defeat Yuga. The theory is there, but no one dares to fight with Yuga before being completely sure. What if it doesn't work and Yuga gets angry and starts to become hostile to humans? No one dares to bear the losses caused.

Yuga's stability also contributed to the formation of the second point of view mentioned above. As the companion Honkai beast of the X-Herster, Yuga's attitude generally reflects the attitude of its master.

But most people, including the king, do not actually agree with this idea. The main reason is that the powerful force of Yuga itself is a threat to humans. The fact that those who are not of our kind must have different hearts has long been deeply engraved in human DNA. It is difficult for them to trust an unknown creature.

If you cannot control it, you must first ensure that you have the power to kill it.

This is the same for both Yuga and the Fire Moth.

If you are not completely sure that you can control it, then the best way to deal with it is to eliminate the threat completely.

It is here that the king and Lionel diverge. In Lionel's eyes, fighting the Honkai Impact is the top priority. For this reason, even if Mu Continent and the Fire Moth break up, he still strives to promote cooperation between the two sides to avoid civil war among humans, but the king does not think so.

The king is getting older, and mankind's "successive victories" against the Honkai have somewhat affected his mentality. He wants to pass on a better country to his children, rather than leaving behind a Fire Moth that is difficult to get rid of and let his children face the threat of the Fire Moth in the future.

"Savior?" The king lowered his eyelids. "But even if he is the savior, if he cannot be controlled by humans, who can guarantee that the hero will not become the next demon king?"

Although he said so, the king was actually very clear in his heart that the mentality of a person who is called a savior is naturally not comparable to that of ordinary humans. Since he has chosen to save the world, how can he go down the path of a demon king? However, those who are in high positions always want to hold power in their own hands, and therefore cannot tolerate anyone who can challenge their position.

He could already feel that he was getting older and was beginning to be less able to handle affairs. He wanted to hand over a better country to his children, but he was worried that his children would not be able to handle the subsequent problems and that they would be labeled as "incompetent" in the end of history.

"Humanity... does not necessarily need a savior to appear. A savior is never just one person. If he threatens us, we can only choose to replace him."

Whether it is the Herrscher or the Fusion Warrior, Mu Dalu is studying ways to kill them.

For example, Honkai can interfere with bombs.

Outside the city of Murstein.

"Commander Lionel, our defense line has been torn open from the outside, and the invaders have already rushed to the city center. Should we..."

Lionel never looked away from the electronic screen. He simply said, "No need to manage too much. Since the defense line has been torn apart, we need to rebuild it to ensure that the disaster in Murstein City will not spread outside."

"But...how are you going to explain this to His Majesty the King?" The deputy commander's expression became a little complicated. "It was undoubtedly the Fire Moth! We must kill the Ninth Herrscher this time and obtain the Herrscher Core. If we don't take any measures, will we have to hand over the Herrscher Core to others? Wouldn't all our efforts this year become a joke?"

Lionel lowered his eyes, and after a long while he sighed and said, "Sir Brian, what do you think... the survival of human civilization or the struggle for power, which is more important?"

"It hasn't come to that point yet, has it?" Brian looked at his boss with some confusion. He was promoted by Lionel, but he also received secret orders from the king, which made him have some complicated feelings towards his boss.

No one can deny Lionel's achievements, but he still can't quite understand why Commander Lionel is so wary of Honkai. So far, humans are clearly in the upper hand in the battle against Honkai, and this advantage should continue for some time in the foreseeable future.

So, he felt that Lionel seemed to be making a big deal out of nothing.

Brian silently clenched the token in his hand that the king had given him before setting off. When necessary, he would obey the king's orders and take over Lionel's command, but... he didn't think it was necessary now.

Not to mention that changing generals in the middle of a battle is a taboo in military strategy. As Lionel's subordinate, although he should be considered a spy, Brian also admires Lionel's personality. Except that he seems to take the Honkai Impact too seriously, all other aspects are admirable.

If he took out this token, it basically meant that Lionel would be dismissed after the crusade was over.

If possible, Brian didn't want to do this, unless... Lionel really intended to hand over the Herrscher Core to someone else.

Chapter 270 Yanar: Can you give me some reaction?

Inside Murstein's underground laboratory.

Hen was crushed to the ground, unable to move, and the armed puppet troops that came in with him were all annihilated by Yanar.

"Cough cough..."

Hen coughed up a mouthful of blood. The power of the Ninth Herrscher was much stronger than he had imagined. He also had to take care of the child behind him and protect her from being hurt by Yanar. Yanar's target was quite clear, which was the child behind him, or rather, the Herrscher core in the child's body.

What does she want the Herrscher Core for?

This was a lingering doubt in Hen's mind, because there had never been a precedent for this. However, this time, because Yanar's direction was too obvious, Hen had to guess the significance of the First Herrscher's Core to Yanar.

"Could it be that... the Herrschers can integrate their respective powers by merging their Herrscher Cores?" This unpleasant but so far the most appropriate reason popped up in Hen's mind.

"It seems... you need the core of the Ruler of Reason to fight against the entire Mu Continent..." Hen gritted his teeth and forced himself to stand up on one knee. The ground beneath his feet was pressed into a deep pit by the super gravity.

"Heh..." A sarcastic smile appeared on Yanar's lips. "No, those whom I want to kill must be killed..."

Suddenly, Yanar's expression changed. A loud noise was heard from above the ceiling. Yanar quickly dodged backwards and put some distance between herself and Hen. Then, a black and white lance was inserted near where she had just stood.

"Is this... Black Abyss White Flower?" Hen was pleasantly surprised at first, because he knew very well who the owner of this Key of God was. As one of the strongest fusion warriors of the Fire Moth, Zhu Yufeng's support was definitely timely.

But then, a strong sense of uneasiness surged in Hen's heart. Zhu Yufeng came at the right time, but also at the wrong time, because the Fire Moth had already broken with Mu Continent, and Mu Continent had issued a solemn statement rejecting the assistance of the Fire Moth. If he came here at this time, he could resolve the current crisis, but after that, he would face threats from humans.

When the dust settled, Zhu Yufeng pulled out the black abyss and white flower that was stuck in the ground, turned his head to look at Hen and the little girl behind him who was being protected by him.

When his eyes overlapped with those of this former junior, Hen suddenly discovered that something seemed to be wrong with the other party.

He had never seen Zhu Yufeng like this.

Zhu Yufeng's hair gradually turned silver-white in a gradient from the roots to the ends, and his pupils also turned silver like the little girl behind him, flashing a cold light.

At that moment, Hen had an inexplicable feeling in his heart, as if the person standing in front of him was a god, a Herrscher who was no different from Yanar.

But he quickly put this ridiculous idea aside. How could he think this way? This is Feng, a real fusion warrior, how could he be a Herrscher? If he was a Herrscher, why would he come to help him at this time?

"You actually came here..." Yanar's expression finally changed from the initial confidence to a deep fear. "Mu Continent and the Fire Moth have completely broken off. You still dare to come here at this time... Or do you have too much trust in those humans, you despicable 'traitor'!"

Traitor?! Isn't the traitor mentioned by the Herrscher just...

Hen's pupils shrank. He knew that Yanar had tried to frame Zhu Yufeng as the Ninth Herrscher from the beginning, so... was Yanar still trying to sow discord this time? He quickly checked the communication equipment he was carrying. In the previous battle with Yanar, the communication equipment was damaged, but he could still maintain intermittent contact.

He unconditionally believed that Feng was a human, but would other people think so? They would probably only think that Feng was a Herrscher and an enemy, and all of Feng's previous achievements would be ignored by them...

It’s no wonder that Hen thought too much, because there was an example right in front of him: Lionel.

Didn't Lionel do well enough? Wasn't his record impressive enough for Mu Continent? In the end, those who were doubted were still doubted.

Especially at the current stage when the relationship between Mu Continent and the Fire Moths is tense, the most obvious strategy of sowing discord will cause humans to fight against each other.

Are the hearts of today's Herrschers so dirty?

Hen could only pray secretly that the second half of Yanar's words would not be leaked.

Zhu Yufeng just looked at Yanar indifferently. He had never met Yanar in his previous life, but this time Yanar seemed to know him quite obviously, and seemed to have already seen that he was now a Herrscher.

But did she think he would care about this?

"You are quite good at sowing discord, the Ninth Herrscher." Zhu Yufeng pointed the tip of the Black Abyss and White Flower's spear at Yanar. He didn't want to waste time talking to Yanar, but based on his experience in the previous life, Yanar was quite self-aware among the Herrschers. It was not wrong to say that Mu Dalu could kill a Herrscher alone.

In terms of hard power, Mu Dalu was indeed able to kill the Ninth Herrscher alone, but he lost in the end because he did not expect that Yanar would decisively try her best to self-destruct to form a pseudo-black hole, and no one expected that the Ninth Herrscher's power was gravity and that releasing it to the extreme would produce a pseudo-black hole.

They were caught off guard, without even being given time to understand the power of the Ninth Herrscher...

There was no such thing as being forced into a desperate situation. After discovering Yanar's identity as a Herrscher and locating her, Yanar immediately blew himself up. The Mu Continent troops that went to fight the Ninth Herrscher were completely wiped out, and within less than an hour, Mu Continent completely sank.

There was really no way to take any counterattack measures. We could only try our best to rescue ordinary people and experimental data on Mu Continent. However, the number of humans rescued was really pitifully small.

Zhu Yufeng is not sure what Yanar is thinking now. He can feel Yanar's strong murderous intent towards him, just like the time with Uriel. If Yanar wants to kill him, he will most likely choose to self-destruct here. The area covered by the simulated black hole at this moment will be the entire city of Murstein. He may be able to find a way to evacuate, but the trace behind him and this "daughter" may not be able to be saved.

In other words, there is another option, which is to kill Yanar before Yanar self-destructs and forms a large-scale pseudo-black hole.

But in this way, Mu Continent will not be able to sink, and there will be a lot of mess afterwards...

So, he hesitated.

Mu Continent must sink. If Mu Continent does not sink, at this rate, the Fire Moths will sooner or later start a civil war with Mu Continent. At that time, there is no need to suppress the rebels, but to suppress Mu Continent instead... Moreover, the military strength of Mu Continent is not at the same level as those rebels. It will be much more troublesome to suppress them, and it will also lead to a more serious collapse of trust between people than in the previous life.

If Mu Dalu could still help the Fire Moth in the early stages, then he would of course kill the Ninth Herrscher as soon as possible, but...

This is no longer a question of whether Mu Dalu will be a drag or not...

In the previous life, humans were beaten so badly. The land of America was turned upside down by the Herrscher of Wind, and Australia was directly burned clean by the Seventh Herrscher. Even in such a situation, when the Ninth Herrscher incident happened, Mu Dalu still felt that he had the advantage that he could fight the Ninth Herrscher alone. In this life...

The situation in America is good, Australia is rebuilding steadily, and it would be a miracle if Mu Continent did not float up to the sky.

Although Mu Continent can still say it has a chance of winning if the Herrscher it faces is the eight before the Ninth Herrscher, but facing this kind of unreasonable Herrscher who directly self-destructs, it will be a tough battle no matter which continent it is on.

The biggest impact of the Ninth Herrscher incident was the destruction of humanity's industrial chain, and the destruction of Mu Continent and the resulting depression among the people were secondary.

So, even though he blew himself up as soon as they met, in terms of value, Yanar made a huge profit.

However, this time, Yanar may not have so much confidence in self-destruction, because this time the Fire Moth has left Mu Continent and is working alone. Even if Yanar uses the same trick to self-destruct and sink Mu Continent, it will at most hit the self-confidence of mankind. It will not cause too much adverse impact on mankind's future fight against Honkai. On the contrary, it will help the Fire Moth to further gain power by sinking Mu Continent...

Therefore, Zhu Yufeng judged that as long as he did not force Yanar to the point of despair, she would not self-destruct here. What he had to do now was to temporarily force Yanar to retreat, at least to prevent her from self-destructing here.

"Are you trying to sow discord?" Yanar said with a chuckle, "You know it in your heart. We all know it in our hearts, don't we?"

"Feng!" Hen shouted. He urged Zhu Yufeng to stop talking nonsense to the Ninth Herrscher. The more he let her talk, the more likely she would spread the false information. Then...

Humans are prone to falling out with each other over the slightest suspicion, especially now that the king is becoming more and more suspicious. In the end, Zhu Yufeng will definitely be identified as a Herrscher, and even if he isn't, he will become one.

For Yanar, she only said a few words, and even if most people did not believe these words, as long as a small number of people believed them, the seeds of doubt and suspicion would be deeply buried among human beings.

At that time, Zhu Yufeng had no way to prove his innocence. There would always be people doubting him, forcing him to be like a person who was slandered for eating an extra bowl of noodles. He could only cut open his own abdomen and commit suicide to prove his innocence.

What a vicious thought...

Zhu Yufeng remained unmoved, as if everything Yanar had just said was bullshit.