Where is the third collapse? ! !

"You think it's cute too, right? Like always, you're popular with both men and women, totally different from a dark and gloomy otaku like me."

Fu Li put his phone away and continued chatting with his aunt on type while teasing the obviously stunned Prometheus: "Doesn't he look like my relative?"

The little AI nodded silently.

"I was curious about her background before, so I even peeked at the screen."

He paused for a moment with a warm look, giving the girl who had been hit by a beauty attack (?) some time to buffer.

After she waved a hand to indicate she was alright, he continued slowly, "According to my grandfather's generation, my little aunt was a baby he found during one of his expeditions to Area 51 in Antarctica. The expedition team stumbled upon some bizarre prehistoric lifeform, and in the nick of time, it was my little aunt, still a baby, who was freed from the glacier. A strange light emanated from her body, helping everyone escape... Sounds unreal, doesn't it?"

"Um."

"I also feel it's fake—no, not just me, everyone else in the group feels it's fake."

If you say that you found the baby somewhere else, we will accept it. The world is so big, the probability of finding an abandoned baby is very low, but not very low.

But you said Antarctica?

Don't be sorry, given the environment, I'm afraid what you picked up might not be a pink fairy.

"So, rather than the Antarctic baby-picking theory, the prevailing theory among family members is that he's still strong and healthy."

The old man can still perform a few sets of Tai Chi and Baguazhang even though he is over 80 years old. With his physical fitness comparable to Joseph Joestar, it is normal for him to do something similar to Joseph Joestar (referring to secretly having an affair and having a child behind his wife's back).

If old men in North America can do it, why can’t old men in China do it?

All I can say is that it was a good thing that Grandpa Fu Li passed away early, otherwise he would have opened the coffin, wielded an ice pick and beat up these unfilial descendants.

Prometheus' eyes flashed: "Then the host is going to pick up this young lady?"

"Answer it? That's impossible." Fu Li, still typing away, said, "Not only will I not answer it, I'll also have to find a way to keep her in Shenzhou during this time."

"why?"

"Because in three days, a terrible incident will occur in Changkong City. The consequences of this terrible incident will completely wipe Changkong City, this international city, off the map of the Far East."

Chapter 14: Great Collapse and Sequence Herrscher

The thing that Fu Li was talking about was the Great Collapse, an extremely hopeless disaster that countless people throughout history have recognized as the biggest and worst event in history.

As an energy that coexists with civilization, on a normal day, Honkai energy is either integrated into the atmosphere on the surface of the planet to act as a special basic parameter, or wanders in the imaginary space isolated from the real world as additional entropy generated when imaginary numbers are anchored to real numbers.

But once the collapse energy gathers on a large scale under natural or unnatural influences, it will explode with extremely huge energy in a very short period of time, just like the collision of positive and negative matter!

These unrestrained energies will spread rapidly around like a thunderclap, corroding or destroying all living things they come into contact with, depending on the individual's resistance to Honkai energy!

The number of collapsed beasts that are tens or hundreds of meters tall will be born in batches of tens of thousands, and this will not stop until this great collapse is over!

According to historical records, except for extremely rare cases like the Wanggongchang explosion where all the masters of the imperial palace went out to fight to the death to stop it, if one wants to wait for the Great Collapse to end its expansion, the area it covers must at least include a modern city!

Unfortunately, three days later, on March 28th, this fast-growing international city will face such an end of the world.

No one understands the horror of this disaster better than Fu Li, who experienced it firsthand. Therefore, he will never let his stupid but kind-hearted aunt get on the plane to Changkong City again!

Fu Li, who was busy typing, suddenly said, "Come to think of it, she actually saved my life last week."

Prometheus, who was sitting next to him, said nothing, but his big, twinkling eyes had already satisfied the vanity that was left in Fury after he had experienced so much.

"After the Great Collapse, densely populated areas become increasingly dangerous," he explained. "This is especially true in crowded places like city centers, commercial districts, schools, slave markets... and job markets. If you throw a piece of stone, it's likely to hit three or five people."

"However, I was rushing to pick someone up at the airport and happened to miss the peak in my taxi. My driver was also unlucky and had low resistance. He was dissipated on the spot after being exposed to the spreading Houkai energy."

"Thanks to him, I was wearing my seatbelt and only suffered some inertia damage from the sudden braking. I was able to easily reach rescue on the sparsely populated highway."

By the way, the taxi fare in the previous life was also given by my aunt. Given that Fu Li had been hungry for nine meals in three days, he had no money to take the world-famous Far East Taxi.

It sounds easy...

Prometheus' eyes flickered, but he didn't say this stupid remark.

She changed the subject: "Then, host, do you need my help with some advice?"

"I needed it just now, but not now. I've already thought of a clever way to put her off."

Fu Li sent the edited reason to the other party, picked up his backpack and baseball bat, and walked out of the store.

The dusk in March came unexpectedly early. The setting sun cast its afterglow, and the dome was dyed like rosy wine. Crows turned and flew in the hazy twilight, and their rapidly fluttering tail feathers sparkled in the sun.

The little AI stretched out its hand, and its illusory hand crossed with the falling black crow feathers.

She said with disdain in a vague tone, "...using the excuse that 'locals are better at getting things done' as an excuse to help with plane tickets and Eden's concert, but then taking the money and showing no intention of helping at all. This host is the most despicable."

"Better to be scammed than to have someone plunge headfirst into the end of the world."

Fu Li, his coffers now overflowing, argued confidently, "The great collapse that occurred in Changkong City this time was the third collapse that gave birth to the Herrscher of Sequences. An ordinary person, clueless and charging headfirst into this, would be doomed, if not practically certain of death."

Not only did I not feel the slightest bit of guilt, but I even felt a little happy.

Prometheus narrowed his eyes, which were as gorgeous as the sunset glow. "Sequence...Hersher?"

"Yes, the Sequence Herrscher, a humanoid monster that may be born when the intensity of the Great Collapse reaches over 1000 HW."

His peripheral vision fell on Fu Li's shoulder as he passed by the intersection. He took out his cell phone and pulled up a map of the suburbs for navigation.

"I can only say that I know the specific situation, but I don't know why. The top brass has been keeping this information very secret."

He walked and talked, "For example, my three... friends, who were also survivors of Changkong City but were lucky enough to join St. Freya's College, every time I ask them about these things, they start rambling and looking around, refusing to reveal a single word."

At this point, Fu Li carefully examined the small AI floating beside him. "I suddenly realized that your body shape is a bit like one of them, Prometheus. Was she the prototype when you were modeling?"

The girl fell into a delicate silence.

Fu Li seemed to see through the truth. "I felt like I vaguely saw her figure in the Domination Theater before my rebirth. Unfortunately, those bastards covered my eyes with a black cloth at the time. I'm not good at perception, so in the end, I could only make a rough guess."

"Host, saying a girl looks like someone else is a very despicable act."

"Ok."

Feeling a bit angry, the man below spread his hands and turned the conversation back to the Herrscher.

"In short, for us self-employed guerrillas, the existence of Sequence Herrschers is more like a vague urban legend. Everyone knows a little about it, but when asked about specifics, they're just like, 'I don't know, I heard it from someone else, ask them.'"

"There is one exception, and that is the leader of Anti-Entropy, the First Herrscher Walter Joyce."

Fu Li raised his bony index finger. "This Herrscher of Reason is the only one who has publicly revealed his identity and is willing to fight for humanity. His information has always been posted on Anti-Entropy's official website. Anyone can browse it freely, although it is heavily processed."

"It's a pity that I don't have the money to buy a dark web account right now, otherwise I could let you take a look. He seems like a pretty harmless person."

"But it doesn't matter. After I finish this job, I can have as many US dollars as Anti-Entropy needs to build its worldly monetary hegemony, or as many crystal currencies as Destiny needs to harvest the resources of the Honkai World."

He waved and boarded the bus to the suburbs of Changkong City.

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PS: Just in case, I'd like to mention that after Joyce sacrificed his life protecting Manhattan in 1955, Lao Yang used his power to impersonate him and act as the leader of the anti-entropy for more than sixty years. That's why the Joyce clone in the Moon Shadow chapter of the comics can become the anti-entropy leader controlled by Cocolia.

Chapter 15 "Key of God"

The afterglow of the setting sun slipped away quietly amid the bumpy ride of the bus.

As night falls, the city decorated with neon lights is reflected in the water outside the car window, like stars, and everything seems like a dream.

"Host."

The baby voice of Cyber ​​made Fu Li, who was dozing off at the end of the bus, open his eyes.

"What's up, curious baby? Are you asking me where I'm going now, just like before?"

"no."

Little AI shook his head, and his light gray hair braided into a double turbine shape trembled, looking very cute.

"I was wondering, since you know that Changkong City is about to experience a third collapse, why does the host still stay here?"

Question: As soon as I traveled through time, I asked people around me and found out that I was in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

What would a normal person do at a time like this?

Run! Or stay and become an acquaintance?

"I saw you were struggling all this time, and I thought you could resist asking this question." After teasing Prometheus, Fu Li quickly replied before the little girl could grind her teeth: "You remember, before I left, I said I had one more thing to do. Only after I completed that task would I leave this city on the verge of destruction."

The girl who had just been teased said nothing, and silently stared at the intriguing villain in front of her with her beautiful eyes.

The big bad guy smiled and said, "God's Key, do you know it?"

"The Divine Key, a Herrscher-powered, anti-Houkai God-killing weapon crafted by the greatest scientists of the pre-civilization era, using the Herrscher Core within the Sequence Herrscher as its core and supplemented with numerous top-grade materials, including Soul Steel."

Prometheus finished speaking in one breath, puffing out his chest with pride. "I know my own kind very well."

"That's right," Fu Li said. "Each of these supernatural weapons from the previous era possesses the unparalleled power to destroy the heavens and the earth. And because they are made from the core of the Sequence Herrscher, they contain the ultimate power that only the Herrscher can wield."

He glanced at the little AI: "Oh, except you."

Prometheus was so angry that he wanted to bite him.

Including the legendary Ruler of the End who completely destroyed the previous civilization era, the previous civilization faced a total of fourteen Rulers of Sequence.

They were born in one great collapse after another. In order to facilitate written statistics, people used "the order in which the Herrschers were born + the combination of the names of their powers" as code names to refer to them.

Among them, the Tenth Herrscher, the Herrscher of Domination, is a special case.

Unlike the other thirteen compatriots who attributed great power to themselves, the Rulers of the previous era were a huge group totaling thousands of people.

Although this would greatly reduce their individual combat effectiveness, the cooperation of one thousand pseudo-herrsesses with different abilities still caused considerable turmoil in the civilized society at that time.

And most importantly, after defeating all these pseudo-herrschers, the scientists of the previous era were surprised to find that these dominant individuals actually had a thousandth of a Herrscher core in their bodies.

So they extracted the miniature Herrscher core from the remains and used the material from a thousand people to create a total of one thousand Keys of Domination.

Prometheus initially called herself the End Assistant System 0017, and the 0017 was her number among the 1,000 Keys of Domination.

But there are pros and cons. Since the core of the Ruler has been divided into thousands of people, the power of the Ruler Key is naturally greatly reduced compared to other God's Keys with complete powers.

Unfortunately, Fu Li didn't know any of this before his rebirth.

He just heard from a familiar intelligence broker that an ownerless Key of God had appeared. After confirming the authenticity of the news, he joined the team vying for it.

After realizing that the power was not right, he went to the other party to buy the follow-up information of the Key of Domination. Finally, he understood why, in the battle for the Key of God, the strongest participant was only a critical one.

Feelings are like the pawn loan business of the Future Fund. Real experts don’t even look down on it.

"But the divine key that still slumbers in Changkong City is different."

Having said that, Fu Li straightened his spine, and his usually relaxed tone was rarely mixed with a hint of solemnity:

"Although it hasn't been completely completed for some reason, it is undoubtedly a divine key forged from a complete Herrscher core."

"And this is also the reason why I insist on staying in Changkong City."

'Bang!'

The bus rolled over the speed bump and entered the tunnel. For a moment, the only lights in the car were the fluorescent safety signs and Fu Li's eyes.

The former will be as bright as Ai Wei Ai, and the latter will be as bright as stars.

Facing the host, who rarely seemed serious, Prometheus pondered for a moment before speaking, "I have no intention of questioning the legitimacy of the host's actions. I simply wish to know where the host obtained such crucial information. Is it truly reliable enough for the host to risk his life on this one?"

The two 'swords', Crescent Moon and Shiranui, were alright. Although they were rare, their rank was only C-grade, so obtaining information related to them was not difficult.

The Key of God is different. It is the ultimate existence in another dimension. A civilization has put all its efforts into creating only a dozen or so of these out-of-specification god-killing weapons.

Sensing the worry in the girl's tone, Fu Li arched his brows subtly. "The information regarding the Divine Key was given to me by Kiana last week. As for its credibility, I can confirm it's 100% certain."

When Kiana told Fu Li about this in a slightly boastful tone, the Divine Key code-named "Jizo Mikyou" had already been taken in by the Far East Branch of the Mandate of Heaven, to which she belonged at the time, and she herself was one of the people who participated in the take-in.

The specific containment time is a few days after the third collapse, otherwise Fu Li would not be so anxious to find a way in.

This is the only chance to seize the Ksitigarbha Soul in advance.

"Kiana Kaslana?" The little AI was stunned. "She's not the host..."

For some reason, Prometheus felt a little regretful for bringing this up in front of Fuli.

It's not that she has any weird feelings for him, like love, but she feels that talking about someone's sad past in front of him is like sprinkling chili powder, dipping sauce and a little cumin on the wound.

"Yes, that's the premature gray-haired guy who lives next door to me in 201."

Fu Li remained calm about this. "I've said this before. After the devastation in Changkong City, I was lucky enough to survive on the sparsely populated highway until the rescue team arrived. It wasn't just me; the few survivors in Changkong City all managed to survive in a similar way."

"The only exception is Kiana." He sighed, a mortal. "She relied on her own strength and those two other girls to fight her way out of the most densely populated city center!"

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