Honkai Impact 3: Saving the former civilization by rubbing the black technology

"new plan?"

Kosmo finally came back to his senses from his fantasy, "What new plan?"

"The Stigma Project."

Seeing the other party take the bait, Ai Yue calmly changed to another report. "This is a new power born from the human body. It can allow fusion warriors to break through their original limits. If it can be combined with the 'super-changing weapon', unexpected miracles can be created."

"real or fake?"

Kosmo showed a puzzled expression, "But why haven't I heard of it before?"

“Because this is a new project, mature results have only recently been achieved.”

Seeing that the other party was interested, Ai Yue struck while the iron was hot, "If you are willing to participate, then I can provide the best plan and materials for free!"

"You should know that once this project matures, it will be extended to all fusion warriors. At that time, those who want to participate will need to line up according to their years of service and contribution points."

Ai Yue said in a very seductive voice, "But if you join now, you can get ahead of Kevin and the others!"

"I agreed!"

This sentence was a fatal temptation to Kosmo, so he nodded without hesitation, "Dr. Ai Yue, when do we start?"

The little white mouse is here!

"Not in a hurry."

Seeing that the other party had finally taken the bait, Ai Yue showed a leisurely expression. "When the time is right, I will tell you."

As he spoke, the other life support capsule also responded. Ai Yue looked down and couldn't help but smile: "It's just right, Desdobia has woken up too. Why don't you two go on vacation first?"

Looking at Ai Yue's meaningful expression, Kosmo couldn't help but let out a slightly awkward silly smile, then turned around to support the girl who was about to walk out of the life support cabin.

Looking at the young couple hugging each other, Ai Yue couldn't help but shake his head.

After confirming that several people only needed to wait for a certain period of time to wake up, Ai Yue turned around and walked towards Aponya's private ward.

118

Chapter 118: Who is on Dusk Street?

Although she has never appeared, in fact, since Padovice restarted the Star of Light Experimental Base, Aponia has been staying here, using her abilities to help Kevin and others complete the combat plan through remote assistance.

However, because she had consumed a lot of energy before, she was also impacted by the power of the Herrscher during the final battle and fell into a coma.

However, her current condition may not be simply summarized by the word "coma".

When Ai Yue walked into the ward, he saw Aponya floating strangely on the bed, looking as if she was possessed by a ghost.

Mebius was trying something on the side. She seemed to want to place some equipment on Aponia's body to obtain data on her current state and analyze Aponia's current situation. However, the moment Mebius let go of her hand, those devices would be bounced back, as if Aponia was resisting something.

"You came?"

Without even turning around, Mebius said, "Then I'll leave her to you. I can't do anything about it anyway."

She was not worried about recognizing the wrong person, because currently only Mebius and Ai Yue could enter this ward.

This is not a problem of authority, but a more strange problem - anyone who tries to enter this house will be disturbed by some kind of spiritual force, and subconsciously think that "there is no room here", so they cannot enter at all.

Even Su, who was also a psychic perception fusion warrior, could only slightly resist this interference, but in this situation, he obviously could not be of any help to Aponya's situation.

So far, the only people who have remained unaffected are Mebius and Ai Yue.

"Aponia seems to have protected herself with her spiritual power,"

When Ai Yue approached, Mebius continued, "I can sense a special force field around her that prevents anything from approaching."

"From what I know about Aponya, I'm afraid this isn't about protecting herself."

Ai Yue shook his head. "On the contrary, this is most likely to protect others."

He could feel that the power released by Aponya formed a strange "shell" and sealed herself inside.

Unless this "shell" is broken from the outside, she will not be able to leave it even if she regains consciousness.

Obviously, this is not used to guard against others, but to trap herself - if Ai Yue and others cannot break it, then Aponya will remain in this state forever until the end of her life.

"You mean, she's afraid that her abilities will go out of control after she falls into a coma?"

Mebius instantly understood what Ai Yue meant. "But she's never lost control of her abilities before, right?"

"Because the Eleventh Herrscher has never appeared before."

Ai Yue shrugged and said, "Leave this to me. You go and rest first?"

Obviously, what happened next was not suitable for other people to be present.

Hearing this, Mebius just glanced at Ai Yue, then turned and left.

But before leaving, she whispered: "When this is over, you have to explain it to me clearly."

How much content this "explanation" actually includes, I'm afraid only Mebius knows.

Ai Yue smiled and watched Mebius leave the ward, and then his expression slowly faded.

Ai Yue guessed that the reason why Aponya was in this situation was related to the "Absolute Silence Field" released by the Eleventh Ruler.

That pure white barrier was the ultimate display of the Eleventh Ruler's power. It could eliminate more than just energy; even spiritual power was not immune.

This might be due to the new power the Herrscher had learned from the spiritual-attributed Domination Cores, or it could be due to the extreme use of the power of restraint, which could have caused damage to spiritual power. But no matter which possibility it was, it meant that Aponia had suffered a severe blow when she was caught off guard.

In this situation, she was probably unable to accurately control her own power, and any thought that emerged could lead to the uncontrolled overflow of mental power.

That's why Aponya made such self-restrictions.

"But, isn't that a bit too extreme?"

Ai Yue whispered, "If I can't do anything about this, what are you going to do, Aponya?"

He took out the recovered Eighth Herrscher core, held it in his palm, and then activated the authority within it.

After becoming a "Half-Step Herrscher", Ai Yue's control over the cores of other Herrschers became more handy. In this case, he was no longer limited to the most basic control, but was able to exercise some in-depth control.

For example, he can now use the power of the Ruler of Consciousness to probe his consciousness into the other party's spiritual realm without destroying the barrier set up by Aponya himself.

Before liberating the other party, he must first determine Aponia's condition. If the other party's injuries are still serious, then rashly breaking this shell will not be a good thing.

In this way, Ai Yue carefully controlled his power, "squeezed" his spirit into Aponia's barrier, and tried to find the other party's consciousness hidden in it.

Soon, the scene in front of his eyes gradually changed.

Successful.

Seeing this scene, Ai Yue couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Watching the surrounding environment gradually become distorted, changing from the originally clean and tidy ward to another appearance, Ai Yue understood that he was about to come into contact with Aponya's consciousness.

The means by which psychics limit themselves is, of course, mainly through illusions.

As long as this illusion is broken, or in other words, Aponya is pulled out of the illusion, the barrier set up by the other party will collapse.

But, it’s here.

As the surrounding scene gradually stabilized, Ai Yue also recognized this place.

Messy streets, half-collapsed houses, the indifferent and wary eyes of passers-by on the road, and the roof of the church vaguely visible in the distance.

This was once Twilight Street—the place where Aponya had lived for more than twenty years.

It’s not surprising, after all, this is her hometown, although it has completely changed now.

But, is there anything beautiful about life here that makes Aponya so obsessed with it?

Ai Yue scratched his head and then walked towards the spire of the church.

He didn't even need to think to determine where Aponya was.

119

Chapter 119: Now it’s twenty minus five.

Although no one knows which god is enshrined in the church on Dusk Street, it is still a place where people pray and seek spiritual comfort.

Not to mention that the monks here really have humanitarian care. Even in such a precarious situation, they still take in many homeless children and patients.

Therefore, in the cold environment of Dusk Street, this place unexpectedly retains a trace of warmth.

Even the wealthy people who live here occasionally donate some food and daily necessities to the church to show their generosity or seek spiritual peace.

Ai Yue couldn't help but smile when he thought of this.

He still remembered that when Padofelice was young and ignorant, she once sneaked into the church and tried to steal some food, but was caught on the spot and was lectured. That seemed to be one of the few times she was humiliated.

However, it was precisely because of this experience that Padofelice would occasionally distribute some of the stolen items to the church, as a way of making up for her mistakes.

I wonder if this famous chivalrous thief will appear in the Dusk Street that Aponia has recreated.

Ai Yue observed the scene around him and unknowingly arrived at the door of the church.

As he walked along, he found that the scene of the dusk street was extremely detailed and the precision was frightening. Various details could be restored exactly the same.

Although he has not seen the entire picture of this settlement, Ai Yue guessed that other places might not be much different.

Even many of the passers-by he saw on the street were exactly the same as those in Ai Yue's memory - not to mention that there were many people whose names he couldn't remember.

This means that Dusk Street has actually been kept in Aponia's memory. Only a psychic of Aponia's level can do such an exaggerated thing.

Perhaps only Aponia would have such a deep memory of this place. If you ask Padofelice, I'm afraid she can only recall a few places where she basked in the sun.

Oh, maybe she still remembers where I live?

Ai Yue knocked on the church door while thinking.

A moment later, the door was opened from the inside, and a middle-aged woman wearing a nun's uniform and looking kind appeared in front of Ai Yue with a kind smile: "Sir, please come in."

She did not ask Ai Yue why he came, but invited him in directly, as if she had already known why he came.

This surprised Ai Yue, who had made some preparations.

He entered this place relying on the power of the Herrscher, and was originally an outsider who didn't fit in. Logically, this illusion should have been repulsive to him, and the vigilant eyes of passers-by along the way also explained this to some extent.

For this purpose, Ai Yuehai specially used his spiritual power to pinch out a small gold bar, so that he could knock on the door of the church in the name of donation.

The result seems to be useless.

But then again, I have never seen this nun before - is there such a person on Dusk Street?

"I wonder what to call this gentleman?"

After Ai Yue entered, the nun continued to ask, "Are you here to seek refuge, to pray, or for something else?"

"Just call me Ai Yue."

Ai Yue nodded and said, "I came here to... pray."

He wanted to say Aponya's name directly, but he was worried that doing so would trigger some special mechanism, so he changed his words in the end.

"I understand."

The nun nodded and pointed to the statue in front of the church. "As long as you pray to the Lord, whatever you ask for will surely come true."

It was only at this time that Ai Yue focused his attention on the statue in the church - and then he almost choked to death on his own saliva.

It was a man dressed in a long white robe. He had no unnecessary equipment on his body, and even his facial features were undetailed. But he wore a pair of glasses, and with that hairstyle—wasn't that him?!

Aponya, you don't even let go of your own memories?

Ai Yue knew that his image in Aponya's heart was actually very special, but he was still a little surprised to encounter such a thing in such an occasion.

However, does this mean that Aponiya here actually remembers everything clearly?

Ai Yue wanted to ask something, but the nun had already quietly left, so he had to pretend to pray and bowed his head to his own statue.

How can this be achieved? I beg myself?

There is no problem, since he has to solve this problem himself anyway.

After waiting for a long time, Ai Yue still didn't see the nun appear again, so seeing that there was no one around, he simply walked towards the side door of the church.

If everything here is exactly the same as in reality, then he is actually very familiar with this church.

Ai Yue quickly arrived at the backyard of the church from the side door. It connected the church and the monastery. Across the yard was where the nuns adopted children and patients.

However, perhaps because this was just an illusion, Ai Yue did not sense any fluctuations in Honkai energy.