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

Just as the pilot said, Aponia changed the depths, so the plane that could only hover in the air can now land smoothly, which deprives Ai Yue of the opportunity to experience skydiving.

As soon as he got off the plane, he saw a familiar figure appear in front of him not far away.

It was Aponia whom I hadn’t seen for a long time.

"Long time no see, Aponya." Ai Yue took the initiative to greet, "Do you feel that you have become whiter?"

"Perhaps. After all, it's normal for your skin to become pale after staying in a place without sunlight for a long time." Aponya smiled gently. The darkness in the depths seemed to have no effect on her. "It seems that you finally fulfilled your promise to him."

"Well, it's been a bit delayed. I hope Qianjie doesn't mind." Ai Yue shrugged. "Are you used to living here?"

"It's not much different from my old life. Praying, patrolling, soothing others' distress, and encouraging them not to give up hope." Aponya said as they walked. Seeing Ai Yue's hesitant expression, she couldn't help but laugh. "Don't worry. Like you said, I rarely use the 'Discipline' unless it's absolutely necessary."

The gate to the Deep is made of a special alloy, and according to Velvet's design, it cannot be opened from the inside - but Aponya can use the power of the fusion warrior to open the gate from the outside, so she is the only one who can enter and exit the Deep freely.

As the door to the deepest place was opened, the space inside came into Ai Yue's eyes.

In the dim light, it was almost impossible to make out any details, except for a figure standing in the very center of the space, motionless, like a sculpture.

It was not until he saw Ai Yue's figure that the other party walked forward and exposed himself to the light.

"I'm here?" Qianjie said calmly, seemingly unaffected by the profound situation. "I've done what I promised you. Can I leave now?"

"Of course." Ai Yue smiled and stretched out his hand, "Let's go, I'll take you home to see."

Qianjie seemed stunned for a moment, but did not shake Ai Yue's hand. He just nodded slightly.

"Ah."

Chapter 50: Hell Ahead

Street at dusk, church.

"Are you sure you're on the right track?"

The two men stood at the entrance of the sanatorium, staring at each other in bewilderment. Qianjie couldn't help but speak first, "How can this place even look like it used to?"

The sanatorium has undergone tremendous changes today. The once old and dilapidated church is now brand new. Next to it, a three-story building has risen from the ground. Everything is completely different from what Qianjie remembered.

If Qianjie had not seen a few familiar figures playing in the courtyard between the two, he would have turned around and left.

"It seems that the Fire Moth did a good job and didn't do it half-heartedly." Ai Yue nodded. "Okay, let's go in, huh?"

"What are you going in for?" Qianjie said this, but his eyes did not leave the courtyard in front of him. "One look is enough, get ready to go..."

Before he could finish his words, Ai Yue pressed the doorbell. In an instant, the eyes of all the children in the courtyard were focused on the iron gate.

After seeing the familiar mask, the children suddenly became quiet, and then burst into shouts of surprise at the same time.

"It's the porter uncle!"

"Uncle Porter is back!"

"Hurry, go get the teacher to open the door!"

"Hey, Ai Yue!"

Qianjie finally reacted and turned to look at Ai Yue's position, but the other party had already dodged and hidden from the children's sight. Finally, he did not forget to wave at Qianjie, giving him an expression that said "Just enjoy it", and then turned and disappeared around the corner.

Damn it, you plotted against me!

Qianjie's blood pressure suddenly soared. Looking at the group of little guys rushing towards the iron gate, his first reaction was to run away before the gate opened.

However, the brain gave such a command, but the body did not take action.

He couldn't move a step until the children rushed over and grabbed Qianjie's clothes and arms through the iron bars.

"Alright, stop shouting." Looking at the little brats huddled in front of him, Qianjie whispered, "I can't run away, why are you in such a hurry?"

The man who could break free even when locked up by alloy chains was now easily restrained by a few children.

I can only say that he is really stubborn.

Ai Yue stood on the roof of a nearby building, watching Qianjie walk into the courtyard surrounded by a group of children, and couldn't help but make a sharp comment.

He always loved children, didn't he?

Aponia's voice sounded softly in his mind.

At this moment, relying on the sculpture that Aponia had once given them, the two people completed the mind connection between them despite being thousands of miles apart. Relying on Aponia's powerful mental power, the two people were able to share perspectives, communicate with each other mentally, etc. However, such a mind connection is difficult to maintain for a long time. Now Aponia can only last for half an hour at most.

"Speaking of which, this place is really nice." Ai Yue looked around. "How much money did Dr. Mei invest in this?"

[It's said that the sanatorium is being treated as a pilot project, aiming to observe the changes in the children wearing the Houkai Energy Adsorption Device as they grow, and thus has received considerable funding.] Aponia's understanding of this area is far greater than Ai Yue's. [The project leader was also personally selected by Dr. Mei and is trustworthy in every way.]

"I remember you came back to check once before. Since you said there's no problem, then there must be no problem." Ai Yue nodded in relief, turned around and jumped off the roof. After activating the recoil force on the soles of his shoes to cushion the impact, he landed smoothly. "Let's go, take a good look around here first, and then come back to find Qianjie."

[Don’t you want to go in and take a look? The children miss you too.]

"I'll let it go. Maybe next time." Ai Yue walked further away with his back to the sanatorium. "After all, the medical department's technology tree is really difficult to climb."

Embracing Honkai and rejecting Honkai are two extremes on the same line. Although Ai Yue has basically mastered the perfect solution of the fusion warrior formula, he has not yet reached the threshold of curing Honkai disease. Naturally, it is not easy for him to face those children who place their hopes on him.

[In that case, please go check on the kind-hearted people who have been donating supplies to the church.]

Aponiya did not force it. She knew very well that Ai Yue seemed easy-going on the surface, sometimes even a little frivolous, but he was under tremendous pressure inside. Even if only a small part of this pressure had been revealed in front of her, it almost brought her to the brink of mental collapse.

Therefore, Aponia no longer expects to be able to change the fate of the world, but still hopes to use various methods to relieve Ai Yue's inner pressure as much as possible.

So unless the circumstances are special, she will generally follow Ai Yue's choice.

When Ai Yue returned to the sanatorium, it was already evening. In the quiet night, the children had all returned to their dormitories. Only Qianjie was still cleaning the courtyard, just as he had done before he left.

"How does it feel?"

Ai Yue easily climbed over the wall, landed on the ground, and greeted Qian Jie: "The children still like you so much."

"Hmph, the chattering is so noisy, it's not as quiet as that dungeon." Qianjie said, but he didn't stop what he was doing. "Want to leave? Wait a moment, we'll be done soon."

"Don't worry," Ai Yue said with a smile, "and the reason I brought you back this time is actually to give you a choice."

"What do you mean?"

"You don't have to follow me back to Chasing the Fire Moth." Ai Yue looked at Qian Jie, "Wouldn't it be nice to just stay in the sanatorium and be your 'porter uncle' again?"

"Interesting." Qianjie stopped what he was doing, his tone lacking much emotion. "Will the Fire Moths agree so easily?"

"As long as you make a choice, I will take care of things over there." Ai Yue responded, "Although it may seem a bit hypocritical to say this, I sincerely hope that you can all live in peace."

As for whether the "you" in this sentence refers to Qianjie and the children in the sanatorium, or someone else, I'm afraid only Ai Yue himself knows the answer.

"It's become very good here." Qianjie was silent for a moment, then looked up at the three-story building. "It's so good that I'm no longer needed."

From time to time, there would be a faint light wandering in the building. It was the light from the lanterns in the hands of the teachers who were responsible for patrolling at night.

"I don't think you can say that..."

Ai Yue subconsciously tried to make up for it, but was interrupted by Qianjie.

"All along, I've actually been the one who needs this place more." Qianjie's tone was filled with a special emotion, "So, this is enough."

Without waiting for Ai Yue to respond, he continued, "Don't forget, you also promised to give me a war that will never end."

"That was just an excuse I gave you to convince you to come with me." Ai Yue scratched his head. "You don't really like war, do you?"

"I don't like it, but I need it." Qianjie showed a sinister smile, "I need to use war to settle a debt with those things that will never be settled."

"So, stop talking nonsense and get going." He leaned the broom against the wall and walked towards the door. "You can use me as a weapon or something else. It's up to you."

Chapter 51: I didn't do anything, she blew it up herself (4,000 words chapter)

Although the content of the meeting on releasing Qianjie was not made public, part of the content of the meeting spread like wildfire and soon spread throughout the entire Fire Moth.

When everyone heard that Ai Yue had used a valuable patent to buy a prisoner's release, they were shocked and started asking around on the Fire Moth intranet: "Who is Ai Yue?"

Soon, enthusiastic netizens pointed out that Ai Yue is a talented scientist who was recently introduced by Dr. Mei to join the Fire Moth. He has very high levels in many fields. The Honkai Energy Adsorption Device he invented is the product with the strongest comprehensive performance among all similar products today. It is precisely because of this that this patent was targeted by someone who planned such an incident.

However, such discussions were quickly blocked by administrators on the intranet, and all related posts were deleted, and soon lost their popularity. However, such actions by the administrators only further confirmed the words of this enthusiastic netizen, and as a result, Ai Yue's popularity gradually increased within the Fire Moth.

"What a calculation, Dr. Ai Yue."

Inside the First Research Institute, Mobius sipped his milk tea while teasing Ai Yue, "Using public opinion to put pressure on the higher-ups, while also improving your own reputation, it's a win-win situation."

"What's the plan?" Ai Yue looked puzzled. He put down the book in his hand and said, "I've finished reading this batch of books. Remember to change to another batch."

"Can't you just go and borrow it yourself?" Mobius said unhappily, "Do you think this is a library?"

Although she said this, she still took the book that Ai Yue had finished reading and put it in a bag beside her, preparing to send the two guys who were not working to run errands.

"You have such high authority that you can access things that ordinary people can't." Ai Yue picked up the next book, using this method to make up for his lack of scientific points. "Come to think of it, are you free today? Aren't you doing experiments?"

"Our institute is closed today." Mobius stretched, showing off his curves. "I even kicked Klein out to play, not to mention those two lazy guys."

Ai Yue glanced at her, and a trace of regret flashed through his heart.

To be fair, Mobius is now one of the most beautiful women among the Fire Moths. When Ai Yue thinks that such a person will gradually turn into a cold, sharp-tongued, flat female imp in the future, he can't help but feel sad.

"What are you thinking about? There's something wrong with your eyes." Mobius also noticed the change in Ai Yue's expression and frowned. "You, you don't have any bad intentions towards me, do you?"

Ever since he started to play badly, Mebius has become more and more casual in front of Ai Yue.

"Sister, you're a fusion warrior, how could I possibly harbor any ill will towards you?" Ai Yue rolled her eyes. "Rather, you gave those three people a day off, but didn't give yourself one, and you even waited for me to come over. Is there something shady you need my help with?"

Ever since Prometheus lifted the restrictions on Internet access, Ai Yue's laboratory has been filled with the roar of various machines running all day long. The key is that the AI girl uses the excuse that "monitoring the entire network requires a lot of computing power", which makes Ai Yue unable to say anything to her, so he has to come out and occupy Mebius' laboratory himself.

After all, her place is well-equipped and has plenty of space, which is actually more comfortable than her own laboratory.

"Oh, you caught me. I was just trying to figure out how to start this." Mobius pulled a syringe from his pocket. Inside was a strange-looking lavender liquid. "There's some progress on the report you gave me earlier."

"You've even made a finished product?" Ai Yue raised his eyebrows. "Shouldn't you show me the theoretical model first?"

"That's too much trouble. How about using experimental data to speak for itself?" Mobius smiled. "Come with me. Let's find a place where you're not afraid of getting dirty."

"You're assuming failure directly, aren't you?" Ai Yue shook his head. "I can only say that immortality is truly amazing."

As a fusion warrior, Mebius naturally has special abilities like Kevin's ability to control ice and snow. Her ability is immortality - after suffering fatal injuries, she will enter a state of suspended animation, and then be reborn by absorbing a large amount of energy.

Of course, this immortality also has side effects. Every time she is resurrected, Mebius' body will reverse its growth. As the number of times she uses her immortality ability increases, she will become younger and younger, and may even degenerate into a baby.

For ordinary people, even though they would be happy about this powerful ability, they would still be concerned about the side effects and try to reduce the number of times this ability is triggered.

But Mebius is different. Possessing this ability means that she can conduct experiments on herself even if the mortality rate is 100%.

Today is clearly such an experiment.

Ai Yue followed behind Mebius and came to the most special operating room No. 1. This place was obviously prepared by Mebius for himself. Although there was no special smell inside, one could see coagulated blood left over from the past and not cleaned up in various corners.

At the same time, there were various scorch marks and scars caused by sharp objects on the floor, ceiling, and walls that could not be cleaned off.

It's not hard to imagine what this place has been through.

"Okay, go wait for me in the observation room next door." Mebius pointed to another door, then hung his white coat on the rack and walked into the operating room.

Ai Yue also walked into the observation room and looked at Mobius through the transparent thick glass wall. Various instruments in the observation room were also aimed at Mobius to prevent missing any details of the operation.

Mebius sat on the bed in the operating room, facing Ai Yue, and injected the reagent into his body.

About ten seconds later, an expression of enduring pain appeared on her face, and lavender lines continued to extend from under the clothes that covered her tightly, gradually spreading to her head and limbs.

At the same time, the concentration of Honkai energy in the operating room is also increasing. Fortunately, this place has undergone special protective treatment, so there will be no leakage problem.

About thirty seconds later, Mebius's expression gradually returned to normal, which meant that she had survived the initial extremes of the potion. Then, Ai Yue saw that her snake-like pupils were suddenly dyed gold, turning into more majestic golden vertical pupils.

"Mobius?" Ai Yue shouted subconsciously, "Are you still conscious? If so, wave your hand!"

As the operating room's speakers transmitted Ai Yue's words, Mebius also responded. She focused her eyes on the location of the speakers and then waved her hand.

But that wasn't just an ordinary wave as Ai Yue had imagined—it was an action that could trigger special abilities.

The next second, a strange space crack suddenly opened up at the location of the speaker, directly swallowing the speaker!

There is no doubt that this is the ability of the Second Ruler to control space.

However, there was no joy on Ai Yue's face, because judging from Mebius's reaction, the other party's mind had obviously been affected by the potion. In this situation, the other party also possessed such a dangerous ability, which was obviously not a good thing.

So he took out Pikachu without hesitation, intending to fire a full-power shot at Mebius, but he hesitated when pulling the trigger.

If Mebius is beaten into pieces, can he be resurrected?

And because of this moment of hesitation, Ai Yue no longer had to worry about completely killing Mebius.

Because the other party exploded himself.

Almost at the same time that Ai Yue drew his gun, the purple cracks on the opponent's body suddenly became brighter, as if some violent energy reaction occurred in Mobius's body, and soon, the cracks turned into cracks, causing countless blood and steam to be released from Mobius's body, which was enough to show how hot the opponent's body was.