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

But Hua didn't know that after Kevin became a fusion warrior, all his training was to improve his ability strength. After all, fighting with Honkai beasts did not require any skills, so he only needed to be strong enough to fly bricks. Therefore, in terms of skills, it was indeed a shortcoming of his.

Of course, after Sakura assassinated Dr. Mei, Kevin took this matter seriously, so the two had to fight to determine who was superior in combat skills.

"Speaking of which, was this suit of armor made by Dr. Ai Yue?" Kosmo didn't realize that Hua took his words as a compliment. He simply turned his attention back to the armor. "Does it have a name?"

"Its name is Taichu." Ai Yue said with a smile, "How does it feel to fight it?"

"It's hard, really hard," Kosmo said, looking down at his claws. "My ability doesn't even have any effect on it. Is this a new special alloy?"

Compared with others, Kosmo's ability seems a bit "sinister". Each of his attacks will leave energy that is difficult to eliminate on the enemy, causing continuous corrosive damage. This damage seems insignificant at first, but it can be continuously accumulated, and there is almost no upper limit. After it is accumulated to a certain level, Kosmo can even detonate it all at once, causing huge damage.

And because of Vishnu's characteristics, Kosmo has extremely strong continuous combat capabilities in a battlefield full of Honkai beasts. Relying on its strong endurance and strange abilities, Kosmo can fight against even the most powerful enemies and can even drag the opponent to death.

However, this ability was almost unable to cause any substantial damage to the Taichu Armor. Kosmo had noticed before that even if his attack hit Hua, the marks left by the claws would be quickly eliminated, as if the opponent's armor had the ability to self-repair.

That's why Kosmo was dragged into a protracted battle by Hua, and finally went berserk due to the lack of replenishment of the Honkai Beast factor.

"Well, its Honkai resistance is very high, so it can resist your abilities." Ai Yue didn't explain too much, because he knew Kosmo was unfamiliar with this aspect. "This material will soon be used in new equipment, so stay tuned."

"That's great. By the way, will this kind of armor be mass-produced?" Kosmo finally focused his gaze on Hua. "Can we have it too?"

If the armor on Huachuan can exert such powerful combat power, then if it is a fusion warrior, wouldn’t it be even more powerful?

In addition, if this type of armor can be widely equipped to ordinary people, perhaps the Fusion Warrior Program will no longer be necessary?

Kosmo knew very well how threatening the Fusion Warrior Plan was. Even though Vishnu's fusion risk factor was the lowest among all the fusion warriors, he was the only one who survived among the same group of experiments. This plan, which required the sacrifice of countless people to achieve the success of one person, could not be compared with the Armor Plan at all.

Also, this one is so cool, I really want it...

Hua, feeling somewhat uncomfortable under Kosmo's burning gaze, quietly took a half step back and hid behind Ai Yue.

"Unfortunately, this armor is currently too expensive, making it difficult to mass-produce." Even Ai Yue couldn't help but shake his head when thinking of the expense of manufacturing the Primordial Armor. "Of course, Fusion Warriors are definitely eligible to wear it. I will design it differently for each individual, so it will definitely take more time."

"I see," Kosmo's eyes still didn't leave Hua's armor. "By the way, how do you put on this armor? I don't seem to see any connectors. Are they hidden? Wouldn't that be troublesome to put on and take off?"

In order to facilitate the installation and removal of ordinary armor, convenient devices are designed. Although this will affect the appearance, at least it will not take time to put on and take off. However, Kosmo did not find any traces of this in the design of the Taichu armor.

As if reminded by Kosmo's words, Hua immediately said: "Taichu, dissolve the fusion."

She knew very well that Kosmo was just observing the armor, so as long as she took it off, he should stop staring at her, right?

"Command confirmed, armor integration has been released."

Then Kosmo was stunned to see the Taichu armor burst out with golden light, and then it was "sucked" in by several special devices like flowing mercury, revealing Hua's true form.

This this……

"Well, I'll go change my clothes first." Hua said softly, then turned and ran to the locker room.

Kosmo was too busy caring about her at this moment. The young man struggled to his feet, rushed to Ai Yue, and grabbed his hands: "Dr. Ai Yue, how do we cooperate in designing the armor?!"

"Look, you're in a hurry again." Ai Yue pushed his glasses up with one hand, covering the corners of his mouth that curled up at the same time. "These things take time. There are a lot of experiments that need to be done..."

"I'll cooperate! I can cooperate with anything!"

Chapter 23 Suddenly Entering the Field of Metaphysics

"I suddenly understand you a little, Mebius."

In the First Research Institute, Ai Yue was analyzing Kosmo's genetic data with Mobius's experimental equipment while speaking to Mobius in the corner.

"What do you mean?" Mobius, who had been watching him, quickly looked away, pretending to have just realized something. "By the way, why is that Kosmo guy so enthusiastic about you? Did you do anything to him?"

Just now, Mebius saw with his own eyes that Kosmo followed Ai Yue into the First Research Institute and underwent a complete examination that took two hours. He even left behind 1200CC of blood when he left. If Ai Yue had not strongly dissuaded him, he would have drawn another 1200CC.

Where had Mobius ever seen such a thing? You have to know that Kosmo, the taciturn, almost expressionless fellow, hadn't come within a 500-meter radius of the First Research Institute since undergoing the Fusion Warrior surgery. He was arguably the most difficult of the Fusion Warriors to deceive... I mean, the one cooperating with the research.

As a result, in front of Ai Yue, Kosmo cooperated extremely well as if he was hypnotized. He did whatever Ai Yue said, and the expression on his face kept repeating the same pattern of "I'm so fucking happy - no, I have to hold it back - I can't hold it back anymore, I'm so happy." If it weren't for the fact that he could tell from the various details about the other party that he was very clear-headed, Mebius would have even suspected that Ai Yue had brainwashed him.

No, even brainwashing wouldn't be enough to achieve this, right? With Kosmo's performance just now, Mobius even felt that even if Ai Yue said, "Next, we're going to remove your kidneys for research," he would actively lie down on the operating table, peel off his clothes to make it easier for Ai Yue to cut him open, and say something like, "Is one enough?"

This is not because Mobius is overly delusional, but mainly because Kosmo just said something like "Is this little blood enough? How about drawing another bucket?", which really shocked Mobius.

"Although I can't say I didn't do anything, it's definitely different from what you think." Ai Yue shook his head. "What I mean is that by playing to their preferences and making them take the bait and cooperate with the research, it does give people a dark sense of satisfaction."

"Yeah, you finally get it." Mebius nodded in agreement, then realized, "Wait, what do you mean by a dark sense of pleasure? Are you scolding me?"

Ai Yue grinned at her but didn't say anything.

"Why are you so sarcastic?" Mobius slid over from his office chair and kicked him in the calf. "Also, what did you do to Kosmo?"

"Stop messing around and get down to business." Ai Yue didn't even turn his head. He pushed Mobius and his chair far away. "I just wanted to show off my new equipment to Kosmo. He wants it too, so doesn't he have to cooperate with me?"

"So, what new equipment have you made?" Mobius frowned. "Haven't you been busy with the Honkai Serum lately? Are you secretly working on it behind my back again?"

"You didn't roll up?" Ai Yue turned his head and rolled his eyes at her. "Do I need to remind you that Rose is now in charge of the First Research Institute's computer system? I know how much electricity your institute uses every day better than you do."

"You're boring like this..." Mobius curled his lips and quietly came closer. "So what are you researching? I can help you with the fusion warrior thing."

"Nothing much. The main purpose is to see if there will be any changes in Kosmo's genetic information after he goes berserk." Ai Yue said casually, "So far, there doesn't seem to be any difference. It seems that the balance in his body is not that easy to disrupt."

Ai Yue originally thought that rampage, as a precursor to overweight and super mutation, would leave some traces of distortion in Kosmo's genes. However, no abnormalities were found through equipment analysis, as if rampage was not enough to make Kosmo cross that line.

In other words, isn't the mutation of the Honkai Beast's genes the key point of excessive super mutation?

"Kosmo went berserk? He won't hurt you, will he?" Upon hearing this, Mebius immediately came over and stretched out his hand to grab Ai Yue's collar, "Let me see!"

"Don't worry, I'm fine." Ai Yue quickly held down his clothes to prevent this guy from doing anything bad to him. "The person fighting him is Hua."

By the way, Hua is unwilling to enter the First Research Institute, so he is now waiting outside the door.

"So the new equipment you prepared for Hua defeated Kosmo, which is why he's so cooperative?" Mobius quickly pieced together the truth from Ai Yue's fragmentary words and then moved closer to the equipment. "The gene expression is very stable. It seems the rampage period is very short."

All I can say is that Mebius is indeed an expert in this field. Although he cannot be compared with someone as talented as Ai Yue, he is still a top scholar in the field of genetics.

"I think you must have studied it, so I'll just tell you straight away." Ai Yue looked at Mobius, "Overweight and super transformation, what are your conclusions?"

"I knew you were going to ask that." Mobius smiled smugly and pulled up a document on his computer. "Super-heavy transformation currently only exists in theory. Due to a lack of real-world evidence to support the argument, further research is impossible. Do you think Kosmo can do it?"

Mebius had no intention of hiding her incompetence in front of Ai Yue. When the other party mentioned the heavy super transformation, she knew that she had to tell him everything, because she knew very well that if she could not demonstrate her ability and role in this area, the other party would simply leave her alone, and then in a few days would produce results with a success rate of more than 90%, and her research results would be destroyed in an instant.

In this case, it would be better to be open and honest from the beginning. Maybe Ai Yue can give him the leadership of the project.

After all, the other party generally will not be interested in a project that is not difficult.

"These cases all involve people whose fusion warrior surgeries failed directly." Ai Yue flipped through the information. "So, what do you think is the key factor that leads to overweight and super mutation?"

"Emotions, will, or mental state." Mobius took back control of the computer from Ai Yue and dragged the file to the end. "Compared to all the successful cases so far, the runaway distortions in the failed cases basically occurred when the surgeon's emotions were frantic, his will collapsed, and his mind was distracted. If I were to describe it in a less rigorous way-"

"The soul is the key to the success of the fusion warrior surgery."

Chapter 24 The Ultimate Answer to the Universe is Love

Whether the soul really exists, no matter in which world, is a highly controversial topic.

Ai Yue certainly believed that the soul did exist. After all, if it didn't exist, his own time travel would be inexplicable. However, as for how to concretize this abstract concept and apply it to scientific research, it was not something that could be solved by just "believe".

After all, here, "belief" can't change anything.

"I don't believe in miracles... well, I didn't believe it before." Mebius continued, but then glanced at Ai Yue and finally changed his tone. "The success rate of fusion warrior surgery was basically zero before you intervened. But even so, we still have so many successful cases. Can we attribute all of them to miracles?"

"I think there must be an important factor that can't be quantified." Seeing that Ai Yue didn't say anything, Mebius continued, "Aponia's appearance fills the last gap in this theory, allowing me to draw this conclusion - regardless of whether the soul really exists, the strength of mental power does affect the outcome of the surgery."

"Does mental power have a specific quantitative unit now?" Ai Yue asked.

"The specific standards are still in the drafting stage, and the relevant mental power detection equipment also needs someone to develop it." Mobius glanced at Ai Yue, "But our most powerful equipment developers are busy giving you dust. How can they care about my needs?"

"Then wait a little longer." Ai Yue patted her shoulder. "If not, I'll make you a temporary one later."

"You said it, and starting tomorrow I'll call you three times a day to urge you to do it," Mebius immediately revealed a satisfied smile. "Okay, let's get back to business. I have another piece of data to prove my theory."

She opened another file, and soon, countless films filled the screen, all of which showed different brain scan results, each one different.

"The normal ones at the top are the brain scans of several fusion warriors, including me." Mobius' finger slid down along the top results. "And the ones below are arranged according to the degree of distortion of the failed cases, from lightest to most severe."

Mebius was thoughtful enough to write down the results of the failed cases on the edge of the film, from "direct death" at the beginning, to "still possessing the basic structure of the human body", and finally to "completely deformed and bestial". One can see a normal brain gradually shrinking and twisting, and finally even developing into a weird mutation. It is completely impossible to tell that it was once a human brain. Even ordinary people who don't understand scientific research at all will feel terrified when they see this series of changes.

"The degree of brain erosion and the degree of deformity are positively correlated," Ai Yue nodded. "That's within my expectations, but how can we prove a causal relationship between them?"

According to Möbius, there is clearly a causal relationship between brain distortion and physical distortion, with the degree of brain distortion determining the degree of physical distortion. However, it is entirely possible that this causal relationship is reversed, with the degree of physical distortion determining the degree of brain distortion.

Obviously, these films alone cannot reveal the role of mental power or the soul.

"Yes, it's because failed cases alone can't prove whether mental collapse caused the complete deformation of the body, or whether excessive deformation of the body caused the complete mental collapse. That's why we need an actual case," said Mebius. "If there is a being who can still maintain sanity after entering a hyper-transformed state, then my theory will be truly valid."

"Kosmo is indeed the best candidate. Vishnu's genes have growth potential, and they are controllable to a certain extent." Ai Yue nodded. "However, there are still many uncontrollable difficulties that need to be solved when it comes to overweight and super mutation, so you should forget about Kosmo."

"I haven't considered using him for experiments," Mebius laughed, "because he's not the best choice yet."

"You'd better take it easy." Ai Yue glanced at her and knew what Mebius was thinking. "You seem to have shrunk quite noticeably these past few days. You've even started wearing high heels."

He glanced at Mebius's feet - before, he would never choose to wear high heels into the laboratory, but now in order to maintain his height, he had to change into this uncomfortable thing.

"Alas, I've finally been discovered," Mobius sighed insincerely, finally standing up. "Don't worry, I have more important scientific research projects ahead of me. I won't conduct such experiments. If the hypertransformation is irreversible, then even if I could be reborn, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to eliminate its side effects. Before I have enough suitable test subjects, I can't let my precious brain be damaged."

After saying that, she smiled and stood in front of Ai Yue, gesturing to show the difference between the two of them: "After putting this thing on, I am a little taller than before. No wonder some people like to wear this kind of thing."

"If you die a few more times, you'll have to walk on stilts." Ai Yue said expressionlessly, "It's decided. When it's your birthday, I'll give you a pair of stilts as a birthday present."

"You guys, are you doing this on purpose?" Mebius rolled his eyes. "Don't you even know how to compliment someone?"

"You still care about this kind of thing?" Ai Yue sneered, turned around and walked outside, "I'll leave Kosmo's blood with you, remember to save it."

"He seems to be always available, so why not just look for him when I'm done with the task?" Mebius didn't care at all, and at the same time, an idea came to his mind.

If I go to Kosmo in the name of Ai Yue, can I really trick him into going to the operating table?

"Don't use my name to cheat people," Ai Yue knew from her expression that she was up to something sneaky. "If I find out, I'll send all your research funds to Wei Erwei!"

After saying this, Ai Yue left Mebius's research institute.

But the words the other party said still echoed in Ai Yue's mind.

Mebius didn't know that what Ai Yue cared about most in his words was not the soul or the spirit, but "emotion".

He vaguely remembered that in the original plot, Kosmo's first overweight transformation occurred after Hen died in battle and his disappointment and anger towards Fire Moth and Kevin reached their peak.

In the next generation, Otto also proposed a similar theory, believing that as long as the emotions are strong enough, one can break free from the original constraints of the Herrscher and rely on one's own will to control the power from Honkai.

Add to that the "fragments of will" from an unknown being hidden within the Houkai energy...

Could it be that feelings are really the final answer?

Chapter 25: Manual rubbing is the basic operation of scientists

Whether love is the ultimate answer to defeating collapse, Ai Yue cannot prove it yet with the knowledge he currently possesses.

But at least from the analysis of various types of intelligence, we can determine that emotions, soul, will and spirit, these invisible and intangible things that cannot be quantified but cannot be ignored, will be the key factors affecting the future direction.

Today's seemingly ordinary conversation even gave Ai Yue a new idea.

Judging from the original plot, it is almost impossible for humans to rely on their own strength to defeat the Herrscher of the End by climbing the technology tree. So many talented people emerged in the previous civilization, but they still could not make up for the huge gap between humans and the Herrscher of the End.

Even though the current civilization received help from the previous civilization, surpassed the previous civilization of the same period in terms of its start and development, and relied on special means to solve the two most difficult Herrschers with almost no disaster, it still failed to solve the problem of the Herrscher of the End.

In Ai Yue's opinion, the current civilization's method is nothing more than delaying the final problem indefinitely through clever means. This is certainly a way for civilization to survive, but it is definitely not what the unknown civilization that released the Cocoon of the End wants.

So the question is, what kind of answer is this unknown civilization seeking?

Could it be that through endless reincarnation, countless civilizations are superimposed together to create a special existence like black technology?

Or do they want something else?

Ai Yue thought about it and suddenly laughed out loud.

That's not right. What does the answer these bastards want have to do with me?

It is really too troublesome to guess what other people are thinking.

So, isn't it all right to just overturn the table?

What the hell is this Cocoon of the End? I’m going to dig you out and stuff you into the Spark Tower as a battery!

Thinking of the support behind him, Ai Yue suddenly became ambitious and returned to his laboratory with a determined expression on his face, as if he could make a plasma spark tower tonight.

However, five minutes later, he collapsed on the table like a dead dog.

Damn, why is this "digital transcription technology of genetic information" so difficult to use?

When Ai Yue first saw that "special scientific research projects must consume specific materials to advance scientific research progress", he did not take it seriously. After all, if he wanted to, more than 90% of the materials on the earth would be sent to his laboratory within a day. With the support of the entire earth, could he not solve a mere special scientific research project?

As it turns out, there is indeed no solution.