Honkai, they all became my stigmata

"Forcibly manipulated... This is really strange."

Chen Yu pondered.

The Herrschers in the past were not forcibly manipulated by the will of the Houkai, at most, they were only bewitched and induced by whispers.

Even if he chose to stand on the opposite side of human beings, it was because of his own experience, or he lost in the confrontation with the Herrscher consciousness.

But the Herrscher of Corrosion... She is not a living body, but a virus.

She also didn't parasitize a human body to fight against it, but directly descended into the world in the form of a virus.

...She was even born directly from the body of the Houkai Will.

Maybe it's because Prometheus, who was originally a super AI, can be related to the virus to a certain extent?

Chen Yu thought thoughtfully.

"Master, I found two instructions deep in her core, one is to erode this world, and the other is... to erode you."

Hiyumaru continued to add.

"I understand, as expected, Honkai Will treats me very preferentially."

Chen Yu nodded slightly.

However, after that, He no longer had the opportunity to continue targeting himself.

That arrow just now...was his last chance to get rid of himself.

Looking at the almost corroded fake doll, Chen Yu shook his head and asked Fei Yuwan to take it back.

"So, my lord, what are we going to do with her...?"

Hiyumaru completed the operation according to his instructions, and then asked with some concern.

"What is Hiyumaru thinking?"

Chen Yu didn't answer this question directly, but instead asked the former Herrscher of Corrosion.

"I, I think..."

The fox-eared girl hesitated, but said:

"I don't want to just deal with her directly. It seems that those actions are not out of her subjective consciousness, but she has indeed hurt you, Lord, and should be punished..."

"She did make a mistake. Although it was not an irreparable mistake, she committed the two things of putting the real Alicia to sleep and trying to corrupt and kill me."

Chen Yu looked at the well-behaved "Herserscher of Corrosion".

The real Alicia's consciousness was replaced in it, preserved in this narrow body.

Because I like Alicia, so I exchanged each other's existence and let myself replace each other?

I have to say... the thinking logic of the virus is quite "different", and cannot be understood by ordinary people's thinking.

Even though he was "influenced" by beautiful things in [Eternal Paradise], he still did things that were not correct in the eyes of ordinary people based on the instinct of the virus.

Of course she is guilty.

Having said that, although he is guilty, he is indeed not guilty of death.

Maybe it's because the second task imposed on her by the will of the Houkai confuses her instincts, so that she doesn't have a strong desire to erode everything;

Or, she was indeed infected by the beautiful things in [Eternal Paradise], and was influenced by Alicia to a certain extent.

"In short, since her logic is somewhat distorted, let's reverse her thinking."

The so-called "injustice has its head, and the debt has its owner", she tried to hurt herself with the arrow of erosion, and he had already thought of the corresponding punishment measures.

Even from the perspective of interests, killing her directly is not a good choice. Rather than letting her disappear from this world, he is more inclined...to use Vientiane Senro to rewrite her bottom-level orders.

Just like Sister Su, become another "resident" of this God's Key.

Well, this matter may not be something that can be achieved by relying solely on Vientiane Senluo's dominance ability. I am afraid that it may also need the assistance of Jizo's ability to control the soul. After all, the target is not an individual with a soul and consciousness, but relying on logic And the code runs the virus.

As for the matter of putting Alicia into a deep sleep... Naturally, the real Alicia should decide how to punish her.

Thinking of this, Chen Yu asked Hiyumaru to release the dormancy command imposed on the "Herserscher of Corrosion", so that the real Alicia's consciousness could be revived.

At the same time, the "magic typewriter" created by Higokumaru began to reveal a piece of paper by itself.

——It faithfully reveals the traces of the Herrscher of Corrosion.

[The Herrscher of Corrosion fled to the last island, she seems to have decided to end her life there]

【And the reason why I chose that place is because...it is the place where Alicia sacrificed herself】

Chapter 39

Faded Leprechaun Ellie

On the small island shrouded in mist, Alicia, who had been eroded and transformed, was lying powerlessly on the ground.

She instinctively found this place from Alicia's data, a place to end.

Although she didn't think she was qualified to be here, and even regarded this behavior as a kind of defilement, she had nowhere else to go.

She repeatedly raised the bow of flying flowers in her hand, trying to shoot herself with the bow and arrow, but she couldn't do it.

The instinct of the virus is to survive and replicate, which made her unable to kill herself.

She couldn't carry out such an order to herself, and no one could resist her instinct.

"...You guys came after me."

Although she never looked back, she felt Chen Yu and the others coming.

Chen Yu lightly landed on the small island, at this moment, there was a little guy standing on each of his shoulders.

One is Higokumaru, and the other is the shrunken "Herserscher of Corrosion". Of course, Alicia is the one who controls it.

After Hiyumaru activated her in a dormant state, in order to facilitate her actions, she also followed the example of Hiyumaru and turned into a two-headed little guy squatting on Chen Yu's shoulders.

"Next, you can do whatever you want with me."

The Herrscher of Corrosion said silently.

"Will you be erased from this world? Indeed, if you do this, the Herrscher who is the greatest threat to human society will disappear."

Dust Feather shrugged.

Herrschers who can erode networks and machines, if they appear in the outside world, can cause no less threat than any other Herrschers.

In today's world where the Internet is so developed, if it is malicious, it may be able to spread around the world in an instant.

On the other hand, the fact that she first appeared in this [Paradise of the Past] reduced her influence.

"...Just do it. As long as I live, I will continue to hurt others. I can't do that like Alicia."

The Herrscher of Corruption stood up.

"Pierce into my body with your Ksitigarbha Soul, and Alicia's data can be returned to her body, sorry, I can't do this kind of thing myself, it violates my instinct. "

The body and appearance she has now is the existence shown by Alicia's own data.

Therefore, she was able to play her role perfectly along the way.

But... the existence born of codes is still unable to disobey the orders engraved in the core of Microelectronics and Herrscher.

"I will get Alicia's data back, but for you, death can be a one-hundredth of a thing... But that would be too wasteful."

Chen Yu paused for a moment, then continued:

"Obviously, surviving can better reflect your value."

"...survive?"

She said with some pain:

"I can't understand human feelings, I can't understand human thinking...Even if I learned 'love' from Alicia, the actions I make hurt..."

Because he fell in love with Alicia, he replaced her.

But she herself... didn't feel that there was anything wrong with this at all.

This made her realize the irreplaceable gap between her and humans.

For viruses, the way to express goodwill is to infect and erode the other party.

At this moment, Alicia stretched out a tentacles, as if to appease the other party.

She comforted in a dry voice:

"Perhaps... that's just because you were born not long ago, and you're just a 'baby' on a human scale.

"You see, Hiyumaru has also regained her humanity in a long time. Since your predecessors can do it, then of course you can too, right?"

"..."

The Herrscher of Corrosion lowered his head:

"I obviously did that kind of thing to you, but you still want me to..."

She pursed her lips and did not continue.

"After all, you are the same as them. You are the Herrscher of Human Beings. You have your own will, not an empty shell dominated by Houkai."

"But my instinct...I can't control it."

The Herrscher of Corrosion said in a timid voice.

"When you encounter beautiful data, you will want to erode it, and there is also the desire to kill you that is engraved in my instinct..."

The second half of the sentence was addressed to Chen Yu.

She was personally entrusted with the task by the will to get rid of the man in front of her.

This is the reason why she just attacked against her own will. Instinct is always greater than her subjective will.

"It's very simple. Of course I won't let you come back like this. Therefore, I will first [transform] you with Jizo Yuhun."

The dark red sword appeared in Chen Yu's hand.

He continued:

"As long as you are willing to open your underlying code to us, we can rewrite your survival goal as a virus. This is not impossible, how?"

"……it is good."

The Herrscher of Corrosion nodded at an invisible angle.

Now that an agreement has been reached, the next thing will be much easier.

Chen Yu held Jizo Yuhun and came to her.

He raised his hand, inserted the Taidao into her chest, and activated the power of Jizo Yuhun.

Because there was no blocking or defensive measures, Hiyumaru was able to easily enter the depths of her code.

She found the instructions engraved by the will of the Houkai, and erased them with the authority of the Herrscher of Corruption.

But what to enter to overwrite?

When Hiyumaru threw this question to Chen Yu and Alicia, they both gave the same answer by coincidence:

"Live like a human being."

After overwriting the instructions in the instinct, Higokumaru separated Alicia's data and returned it to himself.

As Erosion himself said, she really cherishes everything about Alicia very much, and treats it as a treasure, without damaging any of her data at all.

……

After a moment.

"...Ha, ha, well, my lord, that's enough."

Hiyumaru, who was sweating profusely, lay on Chen Yu's shoulder, wagging his tail feebly.

She has rewritten the underlying protocol of the Herrscher of Corrosion, and her consciousness is being reset.

And without Alicia's data, the Herrscher of Corruption can no longer imitate her appearance, and has returned to the original ugly humanoid posture.

"Hmm... I still have to give her a new shape, right? After all, this shape is indeed a bit unique. If it is taken out, it might scare Gracio..."