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

Chapter 68 You betrayed humanity!

"Before that, there might be one more thing you need to resolve, Ai Yue." Ying, who was usually taciturn, suddenly spoke up, her expression a little subtle. "Um, Qianjie... he's gone crazy."

As one of the few people who have engaged in physical confrontation with Qianjie, Ying is very familiar with Qianjie's strength. She knows very well that although this seemingly weird man has not been transformed, he has power no less than that of a fusion warrior.

Moreover, the opponent seems to have a special strange ability. The more serious the injury, the stronger the power he can release. Combined with the opponent's strong vitality that can not die even if his heart is injured, the strength that Qianjie can burst out can even rank among the best among fusion warriors.

However, such a person, due to his character flaws, cannot become a reliable comrade who can be trusted and cooperated with, which makes Sakura feel regretful.

Fortunately, the other party at least trusted Ai Yue and obeyed his orders, otherwise Ying would not even be able to stay in the same room with him peacefully.

So when Ai Yue asked Ying to take Qianjie to the place where the Great Collapse broke out, Ying was a little hesitant. After all, she had seen Qianjie's crazy behavior, and it was difficult to be sure whether the other party could still remain rational in such a situation.

Fortunately, Ai Yue's order for Qianjie was to act alone, and the other party really had no intention of fighting alongside Ying and others. The moment the plane landed and the door opened, the man named Qianjie disappeared in the sea of collapsed beasts like a wild beast out of a cage.

Only from the location of the constantly exploding remains of the Honkai Beast could one vaguely guess the whereabouts of the other party.

"Oh, I almost forgot about it." Ai Yue just remembered something at this moment. He lowered his head to look at his phone. "He's in pretty good shape. It seems the new equipment is working well. Aponya, please, I'll let Hua assist you."

"I understand." Aponya nodded, and couldn't help but glance at Ai Yue, "I'll be back soon... Don't be impulsive."

She hesitated for a long time, but in the end she didn't say the word "please".

Ai Yue just smiled and waved his hand, indicating that she didn't need to worry.

"So what are you saying?" Kevin, who was sitting alone at the back of the cabin, spoke after Aponia left. "How's the situation at the Fire Moth headquarters? Is Mei okay?"

"Everything is fine." Ai Yue smiled. "Of course, she may be a little busy now, but that's all."

"As for what I need you to do," Ai Yue paused here, then spoke, "I need you to accuse me of illegally seizing command of the Fusion Warrior Squad and forcing you to go to the battlefield to fight against the Honkai Beast Sea."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone except Mebius looked at Ai Yue in astonishment.

"Are you going to take the blame?" Hen was a seasoned veteran, and he quickly realized, "Wait, was there something wrong with the previous silence at the headquarters?"

"No, we can't do this." Although Kevin still couldn't fully understand what was happening, he shook his head. "No matter what happened, the responsibility can't be borne by one person. Besides, this was originally our initiative. It has nothing to do with you."

Kosmo and Destobia clearly didn't approve of Ai Yue's plan. Only Ying asked, "Do we need to use this method to trigger something else?"

As a former member of the "Poison Pupa", she obviously knows more about some dirty deeds than others.

"That's about right." Ai Yue said vaguely, "In short, you don't have to worry. By doing this, you are actually helping me."

"In that case, I'll take care of the accusation." Ying nodded. "If you need anything else, please feel free to ask."

As she spoke, she had already placed her hand on the hilt of the sword at her waist - the second sword that had never been used in the battle against the Honkai beast.

"In that case, it seems there's no point in us saying anything." Seeing that the two had reached an agreement, Kevin couldn't help but sigh. "Dr. Ai Yue, I know your wisdom may not be what I can understand, and there may be some things you can't communicate to us right now, but please trust us."

He stood up and said seriously, "As long as you always stand on the side of humanity, then we are willing to help you."

"That's quite serious. You even knew to add a prefix." Ai Yue couldn't help but laugh. "Don't be so serious. It's actually not a big deal."

He looked out the window. "It's just a matter of solving a problem that has been bothering us for a long time."

Kosmo blinked, a little concerned about Ai Yue's choice of words.

us?

Could it be that what he wants to solve is actually the problem of the fire moth?

After spending quite a bit of time, the plane finally landed at the airport of the Fire Moth headquarters.

However, no one was in a hurry to go down, but instead they all looked outside with frowns on their faces.

The originally empty airport is now surrounded by countless soldiers. They are neatly organized, well-equipped, and have the safety of their weapons turned on. Even through a layer of glass, one can feel the murderous aura and chill coming towards them.

These are elite warriors who have experienced hundreds of battles and should have been involved in the war against Honkai. However, they are now facing their own people who have just come down from the battlefield with such a defensive attitude. It is really disheartening.

"Don't be nervous, it's probably not targeting you." Looking at the gloomy faces of the members of the Fusion Warrior Team, Ai Yue stood up and took the initiative to open the hatch. "These people are probably here to find me."

As expected, when Ai Yue appeared outside the cabin door, all the soldiers pointed their weapons at him in unison.

"Suspect Ai Yue, I order you to immediately surrender all your equipment and submit to the detention and interrogation of the Fire Moth!" A voice came from behind the soldiers, but the speaker's location was invisible. "Don't even think about resisting. You've committed a crime against humanity!"

"Are you crazy?!" Hearing this, Kosmo couldn't help but say, "'Crimes against humanity', isn't that crimes against humanity?"

Everyone understood what such a crime meant. In this era, in the Fire Moth, "crimes against humanity" was almost equivalent to "collaborating with Honkai." Even the prisoners in the abyss were not charged with such a crime.

But now, it fell on Ai Yue's head - the other party had just completed the plan to kill the Eighth Herrscher!

How ironic.

Kosmo couldn't help but shiver, not because he was afraid of the viciousness of the Fire Moth's top management, but because the temperature in the cabin had dropped to a level that made the fusion warriors feel uncomfortable.

Kevin, the white-haired warrior remained silent, but the coldness spreading from his body already showed his attitude.

"Don't move, anything you do now will only cause more trouble." Mobius, who had been silent the whole time, finally spoke up. "You don't think Ai Yue hadn't anticipated this, did you?"

At this moment, Ai Yue turned around at the right time and made a "silence" gesture to them.

Then he faced the numerous gunshots and walked forward very leisurely.

Chapter 69 It’s time to settle accounts

After a while.

"I didn't expect there would be such a place in Fire Moth."

Ai Yue sat in the darkness and talked to himself.

A few minutes ago, he was escorted by a team of soldiers to a facility somewhere underground in the Fire Moth. There were strict guards and airtight cells here. The walls and ceilings were made of thick alloy plates. A faint stench could be smelled from inside. Rather than being a cell, it looked more like the lair of some ferocious beast.

In fact, his guess was not wrong, because this place was previously used to imprison Honkai beasts as experimental subjects.

But now it is used to imprison an ordinary human being. It can only be said that the top leaders of the Fire Moth were indeed frightened by some previous events.

"Rose, Aponya, and the others..." Ai Yue was stunned mid-sentence, "They forgot that those people even took my belt."

Although Ai Yue had hidden Prometheus's extension in the artificial imaginary space of the belt buckle in advance, the soldiers did not miss any suspicious items on Ai Yue's body when they searched him, including the delicate-looking belt buckle.

Therefore, Ai Yue had to hold up his pants all the way to this house, which was quite embarrassing.

Without the reliable Prometheus, Ai Yue felt a little empty. In this dark room, even the passage of time became blurred. He didn't know how much time had passed, and whether Kevin and the others had acted according to their plan...

Come to think of it, has there been some kind of noise since a while ago?

Ai Yue frowned. In the darkness, his hearing became sharper, so he soon realized that there seemed to be some small creature crawling back and forth above his head.

He was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "Pado?"

Although there were guards outside, given the thickness of the walls and door panels of this room, Ai Yue was not worried at all that they would hear the movements inside, so the noise was not small at all.

Soon, the movement above his head seemed to lock onto Ai Yue's position, becoming increasingly clear. Finally, a familiar voice reached Ai Yue's ears: "Brother Yue? You're really here!"

Who else would call him that if not Padova?

Soon, accompanied by a series of footsteps, a figure accurately captured Ai Yue's position and hugged him: "I heard from Sister Mei that the people above you are regarded as a prisoner. What's going on?"

"It's okay, it's just a small problem." Ai Yue patted Padufils' back gently, comforting her. "Shouldn't you be carrying out the mission outside? Why are you in the base?"

He had specially arranged for Pado to go out and perform a minor and insignificant task in a safe area thousands of miles away from the Great Collapse, in order to prevent her from getting involved. As a result, his plan had failed.

"I was lucky. I completed the mission ahead of time..." Padofelice explained briefly, but couldn't help asking, "Are you really okay? But if you were, why would they lock you up here?"

Without waiting for Ai Yue to explain, Padofelice continued, "Why don't we run away, Brother Yue! Run to a place like Dusk Street where no one can find us! Then we can..."

She stopped talking halfway because Ai Yue had already held her head down and said in a gentle but firm voice, "No."

"why?"

"Because I want to create a world no longer threatened by the collapse," Ai Yue said calmly. "In such a world, everyone can live the life they want. So for this purpose, I absolutely cannot escape."

Padufilis didn't say anything. After a moment, Ai Yue felt her raise her head and asked, "In that case, is there anything I can do?"

"There's really one thing that only you can do." Ai Yue laughed, "Do you remember where my room is? I hid something in the closet in my bedroom..."

"So, you don't agree with the decision to send Ai Yue to the UN Supreme Court?"

In the conference room, Wei Wei was talking to several projections.

"Of course I disagree. Simply put, I don't recommend you transfer Ai Yue." Wei Erwei said seriously, "The transfer process is the most prone to variables. Once he escapes, it would be extremely difficult to capture him with Ai Yue's ability."

Seeing the projections across from her lost in thought, Wei Erwei added, "I'm sure you all understand that if we don't take this opportunity to completely resolve Ai Yue's issue, then if he really escapes, it will only cause headaches for everyone here."

"Ms. Wei Erwei, you seem to have a lot of problems with Ai Yue?" one of the projections asked. "I thought you two had a good relationship since you jointly developed artificial intelligence."

"Actually, I only provided the hardware support. The AI part was almost entirely completed by Ai Yue," Wei Erwei said naturally. "Fire Moth's funding is limited. If Ai Yue continues to grow, then one day I will be driven out, right?"

The projections didn't react on the surface, but in their hearts they agreed with what Weiliwei said - this was a ruthless person who dared to keep blowing up her own workshop in order to ask for funds. What would she not do for her own benefit?

However, at this moment, the idle camera in the conference room suddenly lit up, and soon a new projection was connected to the room. "So lively? It seems the rumor is correct. Some people are planning to have a piece of the pie for themselves."

"Why are you here?!" Someone in the first projection uttered a startled voice, "Damn it, who leaked the news..."

"Don't even think about it. Everyone knows." Another projection appeared in the conference room. "It's impossible for you guys to keep such a big thing secret. If some people weren't so stingy and informed us earlier, things might not have escalated to this point."

As more and more projections appeared in the conference room, the entire room was filled with various voices. Countless forces were scheming against each other in order to gain more benefits, trying to gain the right to speak and thus gain greater benefits - even though these benefits had not even been obtained yet.

Just as the entire conference room was gradually turning into a bargaining market, a violent knocking sound suddenly attracted everyone's attention.

Wei Erwei tapped the table with her fingerless metal glove until everyone's attention was drawn to her. Then she spoke calmly, "Ladies and gentlemen, since things have developed to this point, I think it's better to make it more formal."

"Why not gather all decision-makers and hold a public, grand trial against Ai Yue?"

Chapter 70: Judgment? Who will judge?

Public trial?

As soon as these words were spoken, the conference room fell into silence for a moment.

Then a quarrel broke out, more violent than before.

The group of people who initially controlled the situation naturally did not want a public trial, as that would mean that everyone would be involved in the struggle for interests. The reason why they blocked the news from within the Fire Moth with the fastest speed and means was that they hoped to resolve the matter before others reacted, thereby gaining more benefits. Even if they needed to negotiate and trade with other forces later, they would still be able to gain an advantage.

However, Ai Yue was not in the Fire Moth base at the beginning, and the manager here, Dr. Mei, delayed a lot of time through meetings, which gave latecomers the opportunity to enter.

The later ones naturally do not want the former's plan to succeed, so the final outcome of this matter will still be resolved through a public trial.

Looking at the bigwigs arguing in the conference room, Wei Erwei couldn't help but shake her head secretly.

If these high-ranking figures knew that everything that was happening before their eyes was within Ai Yue's expectations, and even that he was the one who caused it, would they still argue so fiercely?

It's ridiculous that they still think they are hunters dividing the spoils, but they don't know that the person who is regarded as prey is the predator who is actually preparing for a good harvest.

However, what exactly does Ai Yue plan to do by bringing them together?

Weiwei fell into deep thought again. Could it be that she was using Prometheus's abilities to discover the other party's identity and thus intimidate them? But such a method would only address the symptoms, not the root cause. It would easily backfire, leading to someone flipping the table over and using the chessboard to shoot her in the head.

But think about it carefully, does that guy also need me to worry about him?

Wei Liwei finally shook her head and gave up thinking.

Anyway, I have done what you said. The rest is up to you, Ai Yue.

The debate soon came to a conclusion, and everything was just as expected. A trial involving all decision-makers began, and no party within the complex forces within the Fire Moth chose to be absent.

After all, even without considering Weiwei's somewhat unreliable revelations, the super artificial intelligence named "Prometheus" in the hands of the other party is enough to make everyone on the earth crazy.

A super AI that can block and control the world's networks in just a few minutes, penetrate various firewalls at will, and even break through military satellites and internal networks. Let alone being obtained by a certain force, even if it falls into the hands of a helpless young man, the other party can transform himself into a protagonist-level figure.

And this is just the strength that "Prometheus" has demonstrated in terms of the Internet. When we think about the performance that such artificial intelligence may have in other fields, everyone can't help but feel jealous.

Some have even decided that if such things cannot be obtained, they must be destroyed.

Therefore, this trial was ostensibly a verdict on Ai Yue's so-called "crimes against humanity", but in reality it was a shameless gathering to divide up the spoils of the technology used by the other party.

Of course, Ai Yue, who created "Prometheus", is naturally more valuable than Prometheus himself. If nothing unexpected happens, he will be treated as a pure scientific research tool and spend the rest of his life under 24-hour surveillance until the last drop of value is squeezed out.

This was actually the result that all forces had unanimously agreed upon before the trial. In other words, Ai Yue's fate had actually been determined long ago.

As for his own will? Who cares about that kind of thing?

As the trial plan was unanimously approved, Ai Yue was finally released from the small dark room. He was a little uncomfortable with the sudden exposure to light, so he subconsciously squinted his eyes.

Dr. Mei was waiting at the door of the small dark room. When he saw Ai Yue come out, he turned his head and glanced at the soldier next to him: "I have something to say to Dr. Ai Yue alone."

The soldiers remained unmoved, as if they had not heard her words at all - these people had nothing to do with the Fire Moths, so they didn't need to care about Dr. Mei's orders at all.

"They've decided to put you on trial, but there's still hope. Don't despair." Dr. Mei could only move closer to Ai Yue. "When you face those people later, no matter what they accuse you of, don't refute them. No matter what the final outcome is, you must remain calm. Do you understand?"

In Dr. Mei's opinion, although Ai Yue's method of delaying time and introducing more forces to try to maintain a balance between them is indeed a good idea, it cannot fundamentally solve the problem. Now the only safe way is to pretend to obey and then take long-term measures.

"I know, you too." Ai Yue nodded, still with a smile on his face.