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

But the stupid method also has its advantages, that is, facing such a maze, it is difficult for Ai Yue to find any clever way to escape from it.

What's even more embarrassing is that Ai Yue's current mental strength has been temporarily strengthened by the "Embrace of Apolonia". If he can't leave before the effect of the potion ends, there is no need for the Eighth Herrscher to come back and settle accounts with him, as he will easily get lost in the dream.

"Oh, this really gives me a difficult problem." Ai Yue rubbed his temples, but his face did not show any distress. "But, it's a bit too much to take it for granted if you want to trap me with this kind of thing, right, buddy?"

Ai Yue raised his left hand, and a pistol took shape instantly. He put it against his temple and then pulled the trigger without hesitation.

"boom!"

As the Honkai Beast in front of him fell to the ground without a sound, Kevin finally put down the weapon in his hand.

"Hen, how far have we advanced?"

He looked at the surroundings that had been temporarily cleaned up, and couldn't help but look at the man not far away.

"A little over twenty kilometers." Hen glanced at the map and replied, "Do you need to rest for a while?"

After an hour of intense fighting, they had only advanced 20 kilometers. Kevin clearly couldn't accept this result, but he glanced at his comrades and finally nodded: "Let's find a place to stop."

A moment later, the five-member fusion warrior team gathered again. Alicia was the first to ask, "What's wrong? We're still a long way from the city. We can't stop in a place like this."

"I know, but this isn't a solution." Kevin shook his head and looked at the two youngest people in the team. "Kosmo, and Daisy, how are you guys doing?"

Although the two men successfully survived the fusion warrior surgery, they were still too young, and Kevin was worried that they could not adapt to such high-intensity combat.

"I'm fine." Kosmo touched his stomach subconsciously, "It's just that sometimes I feel very hungry, but when I feel it carefully, it seems like an illusion."

"That's fine with me," Desdobia said with a smile. A row of sharp, palm-sized blades formed a circle around her, floating as if alive. "The new equipment Dr. Ai Yue provided is truly amazing. When I use telekinesis to control it, I consume almost half as much mental energy as usual."

The others nodded when they heard this - Ai Yue had not simply prepared equipment for them to protect against the Eighth Herrscher's abilities, but had also prepared special weapons for each person, such as Desdobia's telekinetic flying knife and Alicia's longbow, each of which had its own unique effects.

Without the help of these equipments, I’m afraid they wouldn’t be able to get here now.

"In that case, I have a suggestion." Kevin said at this time, "Continuing to advance like this is definitely not feasible. Without the help of the regular army, we will only die of exhaustion if we rely on clearing out the Honkai beasts alone. We must force a breakthrough."

Ordinary people will fall into a coma if they approach this area without mental protection measures. It is because of this that ordinary armies cannot launch an attack on the city and can only block it with long-range firepower to prevent the collapse disaster from continuing to expand.

"But what can we do on our own? The Eighth Herrscher hasn't appeared yet, so we can't decapitate him even if we wanted to," Hen asked. "If we force our way through and end up surrounded by the sea of Honkai beasts, it will be very difficult to escape."

"We need to find a way to solve the problem of the ordinary army not being able to participate." Kevin looked at Alicia. "Alisa, you said before that Aponia told you that there was a very strong mental reaction in the city, right?"

"Yes, but Aponia also said that it wasn't the Eighth Herrscher anymore," Alicia nodded. "Do you want to go in and deal with it?"

"Even if it's not the Eighth Herrscher, it's probably an Imperial-level Honkai Beast that accompanies the Herrscher. Such Honkai Beasts usually possess abilities similar to those of the Herrscher." Kevin nodded. "If we eliminate it, we can at least weaken the Eighth Herrscher's power. Bringing back its genetic sample might be able to break the Eighth Herrscher's power."

Chapter 58 is a reversal!

When Ai Yue woke up from his dream, he met Hua's worried gaze.

"You're finally awake, Dr. Ai Yue." Hua breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Ai Yue finally open his eyes. "Ms. Rachel woke up ten minutes ago. Did you encounter any danger in your dream?"

When Rachel woke up, Hua thought that Ai Yue had done something in his dream, but when five minutes passed and Ai Yue still hadn't woken up, she realized that what happened in the dream was definitely not that simple.

In addition, Rachel told her that she had never seen Ai Yue in her dream, which meant that there was actually another reason for Rachel's awakening.

Ai Yue didn't say anything. He was breathing rapidly. He just glanced at Hua and subconsciously pulled out a pistol from his waist and pointed it at his temple.

Hua was horrified and immediately rushed over to hold his hand: "Ai Yue! What are you going to do?"

"Dr. Ai Yue, all of your indicators are abnormal right now." Prometheus immediately transformed, crawling along Ai Yue's arm from his right hand to his left, locking his movements. "Based on my inference, do you think you are still dreaming?"

Ai Yue's eyes finally changed slightly. He carefully observed Hua's expression, then closed his eyes to feel something. Finally, he relaxed and collapsed in the chair: "I'm back?"

"Yes, you're back." Realizing that Ai Yue would not make the same dangerous move as before, Hua finally loosened his hands and withdrew the action of suppressing Ai Yue. "Dr. Ai Yue, what exactly happened?"

"Nothing." Ai Yue closed his eyes and waved his hand without saying anything. "Let me calm down a bit."

He had to admit that he had underestimated the Eighth Herrscher. Even though the Herrscher had only recently awakened, his control and manipulation of dreams had already surpassed human imagination.

The mental maze that trapped Ai Yue was not a simple cage created by immense mental power, but rather layers upon layers of continuous dreams that wrapped Ai Yue up like an onion.

Although Ai Yue broke through the layers of dreams by taking advantage of a trick, the intense mental drain caused his condition to take a sharp turn for the worse. After all, there was always a price to pay for a quick breakthrough. The consequence of experiencing death continuously was that his ability to perceive reality and dreams continued to decline, until it became so blurred that only instinct remained.

Fortunately, there is system protection, otherwise if someone else came, they would have been killed by themselves.

But Ai Yue had no other choice. If he didn't rely on this method to force his way out, he wouldn't be able to get out even if he was given ten times the time.

After resting for a while and giving himself another shot of "Aponia's Embrace", Ai Yue gradually regained his consciousness. At the same time, everything he had just experienced in the dream began to surface again, making his face turn ashen.

Damn, I was too reckless. The result of relying on the guaranteed minimum to do something that would kill me was... Ugh...

"Are you okay, Dr. Ai Yue?" Seeing Ai Yue suddenly make a vomiting gesture, Hua immediately took two steps closer. "Take a deep breath, empty your mind, don't think about anything, it will make you feel better."

"It's not much better. The problem is that I can't let go of myself right now." Ai Yue shook his head and finally stood up with difficulty. "But it's okay. This level is not a big problem. How about Rachel?"

"She should be with her mother," Hua said. "Should we go and see her?"

"Well, I hope the Eighth Herrscher didn't do anything to her," Ai Yue nodded. "Rose, have you shared the method you summarized to avoid coma?"

"It's already spreading online, but in my opinion, this method won't be very effective," Prometheus said. "In contrast, I still recommend using the second option: directly controlling the network and blocking all keywords."

"You can't do it with your current abilities. Let's wait until we get back to the Fire Moth." Ai Yue thought for a moment and then asked, "How are things going with Kevin and the others?"

"The Fusion Warrior team has penetrated the epicenter of the Great Honkai eruption," Prometheus continued. "Based on their movements, we speculate that they are planning to execute a decapitation tactic against the Herrscher's companion Emperor-class Honkai beast."

"Keep an eye on it. If necessary, hack into the military's system and use their vehicles to get them out." Ai Yue nodded. "After we finish things here, we'll go back to the Fire Moth."

Through a brief contact with the Eighth Herrscher, Ai Yue had a bold new idea.

In the living room, Rachel was still chatting with Sarah. When they saw Ai Yue and Hua walking out of the room, they immediately stood up and kept thanking Ai Yue.

Although they didn't know what method Ai Yue used, Rachel did regain consciousness after his examination. Based on this alone, they had no reason not to thank Ai Yue.

"It's a small matter." Ai Yue asked Rachel to come over and used the "Soul Guardian" to perform a simple examination on her. He concluded after confirming that there was no mental abnormality. "By the way, where is your husband?"

"He fell asleep." Sarah's expression was a little subtle, but she still explained to Ai Yue, "He's actually a nice guy. He just gets a little irritable after drinking, but he's not bad at heart."

Ai Yue didn't say anything, but just glanced at Rachel, who actually nodded as well: "That's true, Uncle Wright is just a hard-nosed person."

"Huh?" Hua was stunned for a moment, "Then why did he let you live here?"

"Because my parents also live upstairs, there's really no room left." Sarah showed an apologetic expression on her face and stroked Rachel's hair. "I can only let Rachel bear with it for a while."

Hua subconsciously looked at Ai Yue - it's okay to reorganize the family, it's okay to have a burden, but he is actually willing to take care of the girl's parents?

Ai Yue shrugged and gave her a "what did I say" look.

Since there were no difficult family affairs in Rachel's family that required outsiders to intervene, the two naturally did not say much. After parting with the mother and daughter, they returned to the plane.

Qianjie was still sitting in his seat as before, as if he had never moved.

"What should we do next?" Hua asked impatiently, "Is there anything I can do?"

She felt that her trip was even more relaxing than traveling, which made Hua feel a little embarrassed.

"Let's go back to the Fire Moth first and adjust the follow-up plan." Ai Yue saw Hua's thoughts and couldn't help but smile, "Don't worry, there will be times when you can contribute."

After saying that, he subconsciously looked out the window.

I don’t know what stage the Fifth Science Department is at.

Chapter 59: Am I a human being?

Facts have proved that Ai Yue's efficiency is still too high.

From locking the unconscious person's location, to contacting the Eighth Herrscher through his dreams, to obtaining the key item and returning to the Fire Moth, the entire process took less than eight hours.

When he returned to Fire Moth, the Fifth Science Department had not even come up with a suitable mass production plan, so Ai Yue had to ask Hua to take the Prometheus extension over there to free Mei and Ying from this matter.

Before that, he went to Mebius's research institute.

"Back so soon?" Mebius saw Ai Yue walk into the lab, his face showing no surprise at all. "What did you gain?"

"I can only say that I've gained a lot." Ai Yue glanced at her lab table. "How are things going on here?"

"We've made some progress in the direction you mentioned." Mobius stepped aside and made room. "Since you're back, come and help."

"It seems like you don't have any objections to my plan?" Ai Yue didn't hear any special emotion in the other party's words, and immediately felt relieved. "Then I feel relieved."

Ai Yue's plan for Mebius can be said to be a perfect embodiment of the word "utilization".

He needed Mebius to optimize the existing "Pseudo-Rulebreaker Gene·Super-mutation Factor" program so that it could be temporarily put into actual combat. As for the question of whether the sequelae would lead to death, it was actually easy to solve.

Just let Mebius use it - she can't die anyway.

"Why should I have any objections?" Mebius raised his chin and looked at Ai Yue in confusion. "I thought you knew me well enough to know that I was the type of person who made such an arrangement."

"No, not that part." Ai Yue waved his hand. He knew that Mebius didn't care about being used as a test subject. "I was supposed to be researching the project for you, but in the end, I ended up taking the lead. I feel a little sorry for you."

"Oh, this is really a bit annoying." Mobius snorted, then sighed. "But there's nothing I can do about it. This project was originally yours, so now it can only be considered as returning it to its original owner. It's not a big deal."

Mebius had never expected to surpass the other party by relying on the research direction given by Ai Yue. In addition, the current situation was special, so naturally he would not really have any conflicts with Ai Yue over such a thing.

After all, in the field of scientific research, whoever is stronger is right. She used to rely on her own talents to point fingers at others, but now the situation has changed and she has become the unlucky one.

"Then let's get it done quickly." Ai Yue glanced at the progress of the system research project, "Try to finish it within 20 hours."

"Looks like I don't need to sleep anymore." Mobius skillfully took out a potion from a nearby drawer and put it on his neck. Then he called to Klein, who was concentrating on recording data on the other side, "Klein, come here and take your medicine. We'll be staying up all night!"

"Oh." Klein walked over, took the capsule and water from Mebius' hand and swallowed them, then returned to his post. Everything seemed so natural, as if such things happened every day in this place.

"After this is over, give her a long vacation." Ai Yue looked at the dark circles under Klein's eyes that he couldn't suppress no matter how hard he tried, and couldn't help but sigh, "You can't order her around like that."

"No, that's fine." Klein, however, looked nonchalant. "I volunteered to work overtime, really."

Her tone was sincere, but coupled with her expressionless face, she seemed to be being sarcastic.

"Klein's situation is quite special. She's really willing to work." Mebius shook his head, then thought of something and looked Ai Yue up and down. "But maybe after this incident, she will change."

For most people, work may just be a way to earn money to make a living, but for Klein, it is a haven for her to escape reality.

Ai Yue didn't understand what riddle she was talking about, so he just ignored it and focused his attention on the research content.

Because the genetic sample of the Second Herrscher is extremely precious, it can be said that the less it is used, the less it is, so even Mebius dare not use it casually. The last time she made that potion, she gritted her teeth and used her own stock to show off to Ai Yue after achieving some interim results.

However, such "phased results" have become as worthless as cabbage tonight.

Although Mebius thought she had surpassed Ai Yue in research on this project, when she actually saw how Ai Yue optimized the existing research content, she realized that she was still thinking too simply.

It seemed that he didn't need to know more about the existing content. He could understand it all at a glance. The things that Mebius had spent countless hours researching in the laboratory were full of loopholes in Ai Yue's hands, as if there were areas for improvement everywhere.

Mebius thought that she had built a solid foundation for the project, and that she only needed to continue building on it to perfect it. However, she didn't expect that Ai Yue had almost completely overturned her original design and built a new foundation from scratch. During this process, the other party didn't even make any mistakes, and even had very little hesitation in thinking.

It’s as if all the knowledge is actually in his head, and today’s “research” is just moving them to another place.

"Alright, this way, at least the user can maintain their sanity." After about four hours, Ai Yue finally stopped. "Even in order to maintain the strength of the pseudo-power, there's still no way to avoid the user's death in the end. But since you're the one using it anyway, it's not a big deal."

What do you mean it's my turn? Am I not a human being?

Mebius wanted to glare at Ai Yue, but she found that even she subconsciously agreed with what Ai Yue said.

Anyway, you won't die. It's just that your biological age will regress a little. It's not a big problem.

"Mobius, can you take another look at anything that needs improvement?" Ai Yue looked at Mobius at this time, "If not, we can start trying to make it."

"I can't see a single thing." Mebius rolled his eyes and simply bumped to the side, squeezing Ai Yue out of his original position. "Okay, leave the rest to me. Mei is back, right? If you need to discuss something with her, go ahead."

Since just now, messages have been coming from Ai Yue's phone from time to time, and Mebius could easily guess what had happened.

"Then I'll leave this place to you." Ai Yue didn't stop and walked straight out the door. "Tell me the results as soon as you get them."

Although he drove Ai Yue away, Mebius did not take action immediately. Instead, he looked at the temporary formula given by Ai Yue.

It is exquisite, concise, yet full of wild imagination, and is not at all constrained by basic academic thinking. If it were me, how long would it take me to deduce such a result?

"Why do I feel..." A trace of confusion flashed across Mebius's face, "Is the gap getting bigger and bigger?"

Chapter 60 No, there is Xiaodai

"Damn it, how could things turn out like this!"

In a corner of the Earth, the Eighth Herrscher was venting her anger in frustration. Under her control, various objects in the room flew into the air, smashed heavily against the wall, and finally turned into a pile of rubbish that was piled up in the corner.

The Eighth Herrscher considers herself to be a very smart person, so since her birth, she has been making plans and strategies, so things are going smoothly.

She knew clearly that she was not the first Herrscher to be born, so she also understood that every plan of the Herrschers had ended in failure. However, even so, the news about the Herrschers was not widely spread in society. Apparently, there was an organization that specialized in dealing with the Herrschers, handling related matters in the shadows.

Because his abilities were not suitable for frontal combat, the Eighth Herrscher decided on his strategy immediately after his birth.

She wants to hide her own existence and drag everyone into a dream from which they cannot wake up, letting the coma become a plague that spreads among humans until no one in the entire society can remain awake. At that time, human civilization can be declared over.

In order to hide as perfectly as possible, the Eighth Herrscher even used other people's identities to spread the keyword hypnosis online. This prevented humans from using IP addresses to open the box offline. In order to be sufficiently covert, she did not choose large-scale hypnosis, but instead randomly selected different types of people from all corners of the world into dreams. In this way, even if these people's families would try various methods to rescue them, they would not attract too much attention in the overall online environment.