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

"Is it the Ruler of Herrscher?"

Hen asked.

“Yes, but it doesn’t seem to be…”

Alicia frowned, as if she was struggling to describe it. "It's so strange. It's like I've never felt this before."

Soon, everyone saw the "unknown unit" described by Alicia.

It looked like a group of puppets, moving slowly, with threads extending towards the sky from the joints of their bodies, and finally disappearing into the darkness.

Controlled by silk threads, their movements are twisted and strange, and coupled with their bodies that are no different from humans, they give people a grotesque sense of horror.

Alicia couldn't help but glance at Aponya: "Aponya, I can now understand your usual feelings."

Aponya just shook her head. "That's not the same... Be careful, they're going to attack."

Before he finished speaking, the puppets suddenly changed their lazy movement style and began to pounce on the crowd with strange movements and speed!

83

Chapter 83 Why does the effect of your field sound so familiar?

Surprisingly, these puppets weren't difficult to deal with.

It can even be said that they are too weak. Not to mention Kosmo and others, even Velvet, who is totally not good at fighting, can kill everyone in the puppets with her mechanical arms. They can be said to be real losers.

Even Wei Erwei is like this, let alone the others. The melee players are like dragons in the sea of monsters, and the ranged players are harvesting a lot of damage. It can be said that everyone is as brave as Kevin.

"What's going on? Aren't these guys too weak?"

Kosmo was the first to voice his doubts. "Since this is the enemy's territory, these people should be stronger than they were outside, right? But it seems that they are much weaker than outside."

"From what we can see right now, the gap between these people and the Rulers is even greater than the gap between ordinary people and Honkai beasts."

Weiwei used the instrument in her hand to analyze the other party's energy readings. "But the energy reaction on the other party... is very strange. It's not Honkai energy."

"The feel is very strange."

Ying frowned, "It felt like the object wasn't real when I cut it down."

"Is it possible that these puppets are just regular monsters?"

Destobia said, "After all, you see, there are definitely more than three thousand of them. So, it's very likely that they were just sent by the Ruler to drain our energy, right?"

In fact, in the ten minutes that the Fusion Warrior Team had just fought, they destroyed at least more than five thousand puppets, but now the enemies are still pouring out continuously with no signs of weakening. Therefore, it can be judged that the size of the enemy should be at least over ten thousand.

"It's not impossible."

Hen nodded, "Then let's switch tactics. I'll leave the handling of the puppets to you, Daisy."

Normally, the Fusion Warrior team needs to cross the vast Honkai Sea of Beasts and then go to fight the Herrscher. In order to conserve physical strength as much as possible, in the process of crossing the Honkai Sea of Beasts, long-range shooters such as Desdobia and Alicia are usually responsible for clearing the enemies. Kevin and others only need to maintain the lowest intensity of defense.

"I understand. Then I won't be polite."

Alicia nodded after hearing this. "But, are we going to stay where we are?"

"No, we have to take the initiative,"

Kevin said, "It doesn't seem like a good idea to stay where we are, Aponya. You decide the direction to go."

Because they were suddenly pulled into an unfamiliar environment, Kevin and the others decided to wait and see before getting familiar with the surroundings. But now, judging by subsequent developments, if they cannot find the true bodies of the Rulers of Domination, they will only be dragged to death here, so they must seek change now.

"Just go in the direction the puppets are attacking."

Only then did Aponia speak slowly, "Also, according to my perception, these dolls are actually the Ruler of the Ruler himself."

"Well, this can be confirmed based on the analysis of mental wave frequencies."

Mebius also spoke at this time, "These puppets themselves have consciousness, but their bodies are not composed of stable matter, but energy."

"Is it the Ruler of Rule?"

Kevin frowned, "What's with this number?"

"You should have noticed that after a puppet is destroyed, it doesn't leave any debris behind. Instead, it simply disintegrates and disappears."

Aponya explained, "Their spirits and remaining energy will return to their source through the special power of this space and reappear in their complete form, which is why the puppets are endless."

"It turns out it's not the numbers that matter, it's the round-the-clock battles."

Kosmo breathed a sigh of relief. "So, what if we don't kill them, but instead use special means to trap them?"

When Kevin heard this, he immediately released his ability. Endless cold wind spread out from the sword he swung, and soon all the puppets around him were frozen in ice.

"Maybe this will work... No, that's not right."

Aponya was about to nod when he was stunned for a moment. Then he muttered, "I see. I didn't even notice this sense of disharmony just now..."

"Aponya, what's wrong with you?"

Alicia asked with concern, but then she realized something was wrong, "Wait a minute, Kevin, is the ice you released something that can be melted so easily?"

The next second, not only Alicia, but everyone saw that the layer of ice that froze the many dolls was melting at a speed visible to the naked eye.

And it wasn't melting due to high temperature, but rather it was more like... the ice was absorbed by the doll inside.

"All the energy released here will be captured and absorbed by the domain of domination, and transformed into the power of the puppets."

Aponia's speech became much faster. "In other words, the longer we fight in this area, the stronger the enemy will become, and we will become weaker and weaker. We can't stay here for long."

Before others could react, a sudden voice reached everyone's ears.

"Hehe, you're truly a human with mental strength comparable to that of a Herrscher. I thought this disguise could fool you."

A strange voice said this. When you first heard it, you would subconsciously think that it was a woman speaking, but when you listened carefully, it felt like a man. Even the age was unclear and could not be distinguished at all.

The only thing that can be confirmed is that this guy's tone is so sarcastic that it makes people want to beat him up.

"The Ruler of Domination?"

Kevin asked gravely, "It seems that only after returning to your own territory did you finally muster up the courage to face us."

"Don't think too highly of yourself, human!"

This sentence seemed to anger the Ruler of Rule. Its voice suddenly rose an octave, becoming even sharper, but then it calmed down again. "Never mind the words of a bunch of dying people. Come, step forward and receive your death!"

As it spoke, all the puppets suddenly stopped their movements. They bowed crookedly to Kevin and the others, then fell to the ground and turned into points of light and dissipated.

"I have to say, this scene is a bit creepy."

Velvet touched her arm and said, "Aponya, can you sense where those souls are going?"

"It is not certain at this moment that this aggregate of spiritual power is the soul,"

Mebius unexpectedly corrected from the side, "But the place where they converge should be where we are looking for."

"Well, follow me, everyone."

Aponia floated in front, "The terrain here is a bit complicated, don't make the wrong move."

84

Chapter 84: Spicy!

"Is this place really that big?"

After everyone passed through the winding broken corridors, climbed the rotating floating stairs that were more than ten stories high, and crossed at least five or six floating islands with completely different styles and themes, someone finally couldn't help but express such doubts.

"Maybe it was even bigger before,"

Mobius, the person who understood the power of the Ruler the most, explained, "The size of a territory is closely related to the number of Rulers. The more Rulers connected to a territory, the larger it becomes."

"So this place could have been three times bigger than it is now?"

Destobia, who had asked the question earlier, couldn't help but widen her eyes. "That's truly an unimaginable scale..."

"I see. That's why this place is so chaotic. Is it because each different place represents a different Ruler?"

Upon hearing this, Alicia immediately began to observe the surrounding environment. "Hmm~ The main color here is blue. It seems that its owner is a bit introverted."

"You could just say you're autistic. There's no need to say it in a nice way."

Mebius glanced at her and said, "Anyway, Herrschers of Domination have some flaws in their personalities. This is already quite good."

"We're almost there."

At this moment, Aponia suddenly spoke, interrupting the conversation between the two. "I can sense a strong spiritual fluctuation coming from the front. It seems that this must be the surprise prepared by the Ruler of Rule for us."

"Everyone on alert."

Kevin raised a hand. "Advance in a defensive formation. Beware..."

"There's a sneak attack!"

Before Kevin could finish his words, Alicia sounded a warning. At the same time, she drew her bow and shot an arrow into the sky. The arrow didn't fly far before it hit something, causing a violent explosion.

Then, with the light of the explosion, Kevin and the others could see clearly that it was a huge puppet hidden in the shadows.

It seems not quite accurate to describe it as a puppet, because although it looks like it has the basic features of a human form, it is full of mechanical feeling. In comparison, it is closer to the "Original" that Weiwei had built before.

"Vilvi,"

Seeing this scene, Mebius couldn't help but complain, "Your idea was plagiarized."

"The Yuanzu isn't that fat!"

Wei Erwei immediately retorted, "This guy is too bloated and ugly!"

"Be careful,"

Kevin warned at this time, "It's coming!"

As soon as the words fell, the huge figure began to fall, and then crashed down in front of everyone.

Immediately afterwards, the "X"-shaped pattern on the opponent's abdomen cracked, and a bunch of dolls poured out from the bloated belly.

"Is this the true form of the Ruler of Rule?"

Alicia frowned and said, "Well, even I can't think of any compliments now."

"I have a proposal."

Hen suddenly said, "How about we call this big guy 'the mob'?"

"It's a very good name, and it completely fits the situation of the Ruler of Rule."

Kevin couldn't help but smile, "It's settled then."

Kosmo crouched down, ready to fight. "Captain, what are your orders?"

"Then you still need to ask?"

Kevin raised the greatsword in his hand and pointed it straight at the tall enemy, "Alicia, say hello to our enemy."

The next second, an arrow streaked across the dark curtain and rushed towards the embroidered pillow.

However, the arrow did not hit the opponent before it suddenly shattered into pieces, as if it was cut into pieces by an invisible blade.

"Please be careful, there are puppet strings all around the Ruler of the Law."

Aponia's voice reached everyone's mind, "I will share my perception and mark the location of those threads for you, so you don't get entangled."

Just as she said, many dense silk threads gradually appeared in everyone's vision.

Some of them are connected between the embroidered pillow and the doll, while some hang down from the dark sky and pierce into the earth. Others simply emerge from the air abruptly, extend to the air on the other side and disappear, looking extremely weird.

Even looking further away, one can see countless threads extending from various corners, as if they are going to entangle the entire area of domination.

"These silk threads..."

Ying frowned, then suddenly drew her sword and slashed. Countless blade lights streaked across the silk threads, but even if they were cut, they would recover again. "This is a bit troublesome."

"That should be the manifestation of the power of the Ruler of Rule."

Mebius also warned, "If you get entangled, your power will be taken away, and the worst case scenario is that you may even be controlled by the opponent."

"It's possible to have your power taken away."

Aponya said, "But there is no need to worry about being controlled because I am here."

"Aponya, you are too comprehensive, aren't you?"

Alicia couldn't help but smile and said, "I really like you!"