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

That is the breath of a Herrscher.

"This is impossible!"

The Ninth Herrscher made an incredible sound. The previous person who was able to steal the Herrscher's authority had just been sent into a simulated black hole by her, and now another one came?

Are you kidding me? When did human technology become so advanced?!

“If it was put in the past, this would really be impossible.”

Mebius gave a playful smile. Lightning flickered across her body, tearing the outermost layer of her white coat to shreds, revealing a set of close-fitting combat gear underneath. "But, the past was the past, and the present is the present, isn't it?"

Mebius did not get the "Innate Five" series of armor from Ai Yue. After all, with her own abilities, she did not need the protection of armor at all. However, Ai Yue still tailored a set of combat weapons for her abilities, which could maximize her strength.

"Stop pretending!"

The Ninth Herrscher's eyes widened in anger, and he raised his hand, unleashing a gravitational storm. "You merely relied on shabby means to steal power that doesn't belong to you. Do you really think that this makes you my equal?"

A gravity storm is an energy storm with extremely chaotic internal gravity distribution. Once you are caught in it, you will be torn into pieces immediately.

After calming down from his initial shock, the Ninth Herrscher quickly realized that this was merely a bluff. After all, as a Herrscher, his most important powers still depended on his Herrscher Core. The opponent had merely temporarily achieved a Herrscher-like state through the aid of a potion, lacking the most crucial...

Just as this thought flashed through her mind, she saw Mebius raise his right hand.

On her right hand, she wore the same gauntlet that the Ninth Herrscher had seen from Ai Yue, and in the palm of the gauntlet was inlaid a crystal representing supreme power.

That is the Herrscher core belonging to the Third Herrscher.

Mobius wore a half-smile, her voice revealing undeniable authority, as if she had truly become a Herrscher in that instant: "Now, am I qualified?"

The lightning around her became more and more violent, and even began to splash in all directions. Wherever the lightning went, the roar was endless. The gravity storm failed to touch Mebius, and was directly blasted away by the endless lightning about thirty meters away from her.

The emperor-level Honkai beast "Shesha" fused by Mobius is itself a Honkai beast born together with the Third Herrscher. Although its main ability is its strangely powerful vitality, it is also influenced by the Third Herrscher and has some power to control lightning.

After failing to make a breakthrough with the pseudo-gene potion targeting the Second Herrscher for a long time, Mebius changed direction and began to tailor a pseudo-gene potion from the Third Herrscher based on her own characteristics, which only she could use at its full potential. Perhaps due to her high compatibility with the Third Herrscher, this research was obviously much smoother. The latest version now allows her to maintain her Herrscher state for up to thirty minutes without losing control and running wild.

Ai Yue therefore handed over the core of the Third Herrscher, which he had almost completed research, to Mobius for safekeeping. In this way, in an emergency, Mobius could reproduce part of the Third Herrscher's power in a short period of time.

Although there was still a considerable gap between him and the real Herrscher, the Ninth Herrscher now had to maintain a huge pseudo-black hole, and it was obvious that he could not use his full strength to deal with Mobius.

The two people did not communicate any more. They relied on different powers to float above the sea. The next second, they launched an attack at the same time.

Endless lightning illuminated half the sky, carrying an extremely dangerous aura as it attacked the Ninth Herrscher. Faced with the overwhelming attack, the Ninth Herrscher also fought back, using a chaotic and disordered gravitational field to directly break up and deflect the lightning, and eventually all of it fell into the sea.

At the same time, she used the power of gravity to create a huge tsunami, trying to knock Mebius into the sea and drown him with the sea water and gravity.

It was a pity that Mebius used even more unreasonable brute force and used atomic disintegration to directly penetrate the tsunami. A clear gap appeared in the huge wave, and in the end, he could only helplessly pass by her and return to the sea.

For a moment, the two sides were deadlocked. Despite the terrifying powers attacking each other, neither side could do anything to the other. The Ninth Herrscher's gravity power could not break through Mobius' electromagnetic field to act directly on her, so she could only try to stir up the sea water to attack her. The lightning that Mobius wielded would eventually be deflected and torn apart by the Ninth Herrscher's gravity field, ultimately failing.

But the more this happened, the more obvious the smile on the Ninth Herrscher's face became, because she knew very well how difficult it was for humans to control the power of the Herrscher. Even if Mobius had somehow temporarily reached a state close to that of a pseudo-Herrscher, how long could she maintain it?

Once the duration is over, the opponent will die immediately without her even having to do anything.

Obviously, Mebius was also well aware of this matter, so as time went on, her attacks became more and more fierce. In the end, she even gave up her defense against the waves and poured all her strength into the Ninth Herrscher, but she was unable to reverse her own decline.

Her strength is becoming weaker and weaker, and even her life is coming to an end.

Finally, accompanied by a violent roar, endless lightning burst out from Mebius's own body, blasting her into a brilliant firework.

However, the Ninth Herrscher's expression did not relax at all. Instead, even her original smile disappeared completely. She did not bother to destroy the debris left by Mobius, but turned her head and looked at the pseudo-black hole that she was trying her best to maintain.

Almost at the moment of Mebius' death, a dazzling beam of light suddenly rose from the simulated black hole.

Its own energy reaction was not violent, but it easily broke through the constraints of the pseudo-black hole and soared into the sky.

Along with this beam of light, something appeared that the Ninth Herrscher could never understand—the pseudo-black hole was dissipating, as if the beam of light had destroyed its stability, causing it to collapse irreversibly.

And this means...

Ai Yue, clad in armor, emerged from the simulated black hole unscathed. His tone was very relaxed: "It seems that I still win..."

Ai Yue didn't finish his words, because Prometheus had already used the observation system of the Infinite Armor to capture the remaining traces at the scene and marked them in front of Ai Yue.

"It seems something unexpected happened."

Ai Yue's tone instantly lowered, revealing a hint of displeasure, "Do you have any last words?"

61

Chapter 61: No matter how hard you try, you can't win.

The Ninth Herrscher passed away peacefully.

When Ai Yue destroyed the simulated black hole and walked out unharmed, she realized that the most terrible thing had finally happened.

She had been so cautious in facing Ai Yue, and even used a simulated black hole that could destroy an entire continent to target a mere human, but even so, she still failed.

The moment she saw the pseudo-black hole being destroyed, the Ninth Herrscher even felt her worldview completely shattered - the last time she had this feeling was when she was chosen by the Cocoon of the End to become a Herrscher.

Simulating a black hole, this method is simply not something that human technology can imagine or master, it can completely be called the authority of God, but even such a thing can't do anything to Ai Yue?

The Ninth Herrscher actually thought that if Ai Yue could locate the outside world in the chaotic and disordered space inside the pseudo-black hole, it might be possible to teleport out through the Second Herrscher core, or if the opponent's armor could move at ultra-high speeds that exceeded the capture limit of the pseudo-black hole, then he could also force his way out.

But she was not very worried about these possibilities, because these methods were essentially unable to fight against the simulated black hole. As long as Ai Yue could not really solve the problem of the simulated black hole itself, she could repeatedly use the simulated black hole to torture Ai Yue until the other party completely lost all means of resistance.

But she never expected that the other party had directly destroyed the simulated black hole through some means - this situation meant that Ai Yue had completely found a way to fight against the power of gravity.

Now recalling the other party's performance of opening his arms and showing no resistance when facing the simulated black hole, the Ninth Herrscher realized that the other party might have found a way to break his power in the simulated black hole.

Now that things have come to this, it seems that we have no choice but to resort to the final resort.

The Ninth Herrscher placed his hand on his chest, a trace of hesitation on his face.

There are many differences between pseudo-black holes and black holes, but the most crucial point is that pseudo-black holes do not have "singularities".

The singularity of a black hole is the true core of this huge celestial body. It has the wonderful property of being infinitely small in size but infinitely large in mass. It is precisely because of this property that a black hole can become a black hole.

The pseudo-black hole used to replace the singularity is just an energy body with huge gravity created by the Ninth Herrscher through his power. Such a pseudo-black hole not only has an upper limit on its "capacity", but also cannot last long. It can be said that it is completely incomparable to a black hole.

But this does not mean that the Ninth Herrscher cannot create something closer to a black hole. It's just that such a move obviously cannot be performed by conventional means.

If the Herrscher's power is brought to its fullest and his Herrscher Core is detonated at the same time, the Ninth Herrscher can create a "pseudo-singularity", thereby creating a "pseudo-black hole" that is infinitely close to a black hole in nature.

But in this case, the Ninth Herrscher would naturally die as well.

Thinking of this outcome, the Ninth Herrscher couldn't help but smile bitterly—she wasn't afraid of death, but rather she regretted her actions.

If he had known that Ai Yue was such a terrifying enemy, the Ninth Herrscher would have used this move without hesitation the first moment they met to completely bury him.

But because she was still thinking about killing Ai Yue and then turning back to destroy Mu Continent and even the entire human civilization, she was unable to use her full strength, so that now she even had a terrible idea.

Could a "pseudo black hole" really kill Ai Yue? If such a method would allow the other party to extract even more powerful technology from it, wouldn't he have done something foolish again?

But no matter what, he must be...

The Ninth Herrscher's thoughts froze at this point, because when he noticed something was wrong with the other party, Ai Yue reacted.

The device on his wrist emitted light, eventually illuminating a complex and intricate pattern.

Under the armored mask, Ai Yue's pupils immediately turned red, locking onto the Ninth Herrscher tightly. Vast mental power surged from him, transforming into invisible shackles that completely blocked the Ninth Herrscher's mind.

It turns out that the gravitational field can deflect physical objects and interfere with energy bodies, but it is still helpless against something as mysterious and difficult to quantify as mental power.

However, Ai Yue could clearly feel that the Ninth Herrscher's will was still resisting stubbornly. If this continued, the other party would most likely break free from the mental restraints. But unfortunately, Ai Yue would not give her this opportunity.

After confirming that the other party was temporarily unable to move, Ai Yue raised his right hand and used the new equipment he had just obtained.

The light beam generator temporarily installed on the forearm armor looked a bit bulky, but this did not affect its function. Under the full power of the Infinite Armor, a beam of light as thick as an arm shot out from the port and shot straight towards the Ninth Herrscher.

If this was just an ordinary energy body, it would eventually be disturbed and deflected by the gravitational field. However, when the light column came into contact with the gravitational field, it was the gravitational field itself that changed!

The invisible gravitational field seemed to have substance at this moment, rippling with countless waves and vibrating violently. As the light beam continued to output, these vibrating ripples became more and more intense, and even the gravitational field that enveloped the Ninth Herrscher began to shrink greatly.

The entire process took less than ten seconds, and the gravitational field that was originally able to block all attacks in the world completely disappeared, as if it had never existed.

Ai Yue then rushed forward, grabbed the Ninth Herrscher's neck, and mercilessly pierced his abdomen with his other hand.

According to Prometheus's scan results, the opponent's Herrscher core is hidden in this location.

The next second, as Ai Yue pulled the Herrscher Core out of the opponent's body, his mental confinement on the Ninth Herrscher was also lifted. After all, without the Herrscher Core, the opponent no longer posed any threat.

Away from the sea where the simulated black hole once existed, Ai Yue placed the other party on a small island, intending to make a final observation of the Herrscher's dying reaction.

Although more than 98% of the Ninth Herrscher's bodily functions were intact, after leaving the Herrscher core, her body data began to rapidly deteriorate. At this rate, she probably could only live for less than three minutes.

In his final moments, the Ninth Herrscher's gaze remained fixed on the device on Ai Yue's right arm: "What's that thing called?"

Her eyes were strange, full of desire but without hatred or anger. They did not seem like the emotions of a Herrscher.

"A device that generates gravitational field-disrupting rays should theoretically also be effective against black holes."

Ai Yue removed the Wuji armor and said, "Its principle is to amplify Hawking radiation... Oh, this thing is not called this here. Anyway, thank you."

Without the Ninth Herrscher using the pseudo-black hole on him, this thing wouldn't be available for almost a week.

"I see. That's great."

The Ninth Herrscher closed her eyes wearily. Ai Yue didn't know whether she was a Herrscher now or the scholar she once was. "But, you have to be careful..."

"This war is not over yet."

62

Chapter 62: The Herrscher is not one, but...

When Mebius was rescued by Ai Yue, she saw the Ninth Herrscher lying peacefully on the beach, with no trace of the crazy look he had just shown when he was battling her with power.

"I don't know where my bracelet went. Ask Quinn to help me find it."

Mobius skillfully took the clothes handed to him by Ai Yue and put them on his naked body. "Is the Ninth Herrscher dead?"

"Well, less than five minutes after leaving the Herrscher core, he died of life exhaustion."

Ai Yue simply said, "As we previously deduced, the Herrscher Core is an organ like the heart to them."

Among them, only the Eighth Herrscher may be an exception. Due to the special nature of her power, even if the Herrscher Core leaves her body, her spirit can survive by taking over the bodies of others. However, even so, she cannot survive alone without the Herrscher Core.

"After all, after the body was eroded by Honkai, the organs inside it mutated along with it."

Mebius shook his head with some regret. "What a pity! If the Herrscher were still alive, we could get more valuable data. I haven't even dissected a living Herrscher yet."

"There will be a chance."

Ai Yue said, and then laughed again as if he saw something, "Quinn said that your bracelet fell 500 meters away, and praised you for your powerful explosion."

The bracelet of Mebius is the storage item given to her by Ai Yue. Considering that the other party often explodes, it is made into a bracelet so that it can stay away from the center of the explosion to prevent being directly destroyed.

"Is that a good thing to say?"

Mebius couldn't help but glare at Ai Yue, "You've led me astray!"

Having said this, she began to reflect on the past: "But the power of the Third Herrscher is indeed much greater than that of the Second Herrscher. As expected of a Herrscher specializing in destruction."

There is no distinction between high and low powers among Herrschers, but their external manifestations do have different emphases. For example, the electromagnetic force of the Third Herrscher and the molecular thermal motion of the Seventh Herrscher, although not powers that can only be used for destruction, their most basic manifestations are also extremely lethal lightning and fire, and their manifestations will naturally be more intense when out of control.

"And you feel the size is a little bigger this time."

Ai Yue sighed repeatedly as he looked at Mebius, who seemed to have gotten a little shorter. "It can't get any smaller. If it gets any smaller, it won't be right."

"You have something to say?"

Mebius gave Ai Yue a charming look and said, "But now is not the time to talk about these things. It's not over yet."

At this point, she froze again, a strange expression on her face: "No, since the Herrscher is dead, then the Great Collapse is actually over in theory?"

The main threat to the Great Collapse is naturally the Herrscher. However, now that the Herrscher is dead, all that remains is the Sea of Collapse Beasts, which does not seem to be a very difficult problem.

"No, I'm afraid it's not that simple."

Ai Yue's expression remained solemn. "I hope nothing goes wrong in Atla City."

The words spoken by the Ninth Herrscher before his death still echoed in Ai Yue's mind. The words "the war is not over yet" also indirectly confirmed the information given by Prometheus before.

That is also the fact that Ai Yue is most reluctant to see.

"Warning, nuclear fusion strike detected en route!"

Prometheus's sudden warning made Ai Yue subconsciously look up. In the cloudless sky, he could vaguely see three stars twinkling.

"what's the situation?"

Mebius had apparently heard Prometheus's hint. She subconsciously raised her head with a strange expression on her face. "Have those bigwigs finally made up their minds to eliminate you?"

"Good news, Mebius."