I already said this is not a life simulator!

"It's just that my throat is a little dry. I've been in this dry environment for too long. That's all... It will be fine in a while."

Einstein said with a smile.

"We still have to travel soon anyway, so we just need to stay outside in the humid environment for a while. We will recover soon... Anyway, let's not worry about it for now, the most important thing is what we are doing now."

"……Um."

Seeing that Einstein's attitude was extremely firm, Hua did not say anything to stop him. After all, she knew very well what was most important at the moment.

Therefore, Hua only planned to set off for the base where the "Star Gate" was located after taking a short rest with the others.

"……Hold on."

However, just as several people were preparing their equipment to set off, Hua frowned, raised his hand, stopped everyone's actions, signaled them to be quiet, and began to sense carefully.

"........."

The others also quickly stopped their actions and remained quiet. Even the armed puppet who used his own power reactor as a "fire" resealed his own power reactor to prevent the excess light and warmth from attracting unnecessary trouble.

"...Leave in a different direction. A Houkai beast is following us along the same trail as before."

Relying on the keen perception "trained" by Xi Wang, Hua caught the fast-moving damp and cold air... That was a sign that the Honkai beasts were about to arrive. After fighting with these abnormal Honkai beasts for so long, Hua was already familiar with this feeling.

Therefore, she naturally led everyone out of the cave from another direction, trying to avoid the attacking Honkai beasts.

In the dim environment of the cave, the fire has been burning on Hua's body, illuminating the surroundings... Although this hot and dry breath may be more likely to attract those Honkai beasts, it is always good to stay vigilant in this dark environment.

But fortunately, until Hua and others walked out of another cave, they did not encounter any danger. Along the way, there was no extra movement except that Einstein and some team members coughed a few times due to dry throats caused by enduring the dry environment for a long time.

After coming into contact with the drizzle and humid air outside, the moist air moistened everyone's mouths, noses and throats, and relieved their feeling of thirst... Although the effect was very weak, at least it would not affect their actions.

As for why people don't drink water directly... not to mention that rainy days are marked as dangerous weather, and those Honkai beasts are obviously closer to water... these points alone are enough to make people wary of external water, such as rain, exposed rivers, and the like.

Not to mention that in those exposed waters, one can often see some strange blue substances like moss. In this obviously "abnormal" situation, people basically avoid touching the water from the outside if possible... and the clean water that everyone carried with them and brought out from the shelter had been consumed one after another before.

Therefore, they had to endure the dryness while hiding...but fortunately, they could get through it by just enduring it a little, and as long as they came into contact with the moist environment outside, this thirsty condition would always get better.

As for whether there would be any problem with water coming into contact with it like this...if it's just to this extent, then it should be fine...right?

After all, if you really count it, in such a humid environment, people will ingest a lot of water just by breathing, but in the end no abnormalities occurred, so... there should be no problem.

Forget it, don’t worry about it. What’s more important now is the present.

If they can succeed, maybe they can turn the situation around in one fell swoop... Even if they can't, it can greatly alleviate the current dire situation!

It must succeed... No, it will definitely succeed!

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[Somewhat unexpectedly, Einstein's plan was carried out very smoothly. Although Hua cleared out a lot of "Hai Si" along the way and the route was repeatedly adjusted to avoid getting into a tough battle, in the end, they successfully returned to the base with the "Star Gate"]

[After a dangerous "infiltration" operation, Hua, Einstein and others successfully arrived at the shelter of this base and met with the people who took refuge there.]

[In this shelter, the only people left are some scientific researchers and a few soldiers...the number is less than expected.]

[This is not surprising. After all, if you really count, the "Fire Moth" will definitely give priority to evacuating the people in the base. Therefore, those who remain in the shelter are basically there because of some accidents.]

[Most of the scientific researchers in the shelters were left behind on Mu Continent during the evacuation in order to make room and weight for more precious instruments and data, and to allow things more precious than themselves to leave. They can only hide in the shelters to survive.]

[The soldiers here are similar, most of them are guards for these researchers... Before Hua and others arrived, some soldiers spontaneously organized teams to go out and explore the situation... But they didn't come back in the end, so the number of soldiers here is less than expected.]

[Of course, they are not just waiting to die here, they are also trying to use the equipment in this base to see if they can reactivate the base's autonomous weapons... Fortunately, half a day before Hua and others arrived, they successfully connected to the base's defense system.]

[Even more fortunately, for safety and prudence reasons, they did not directly activate the autonomous weapon, but were thinking about what to do after the weapon was activated... Just at this time, Hua, Einstein and others arrived]

[This is undoubtedly good news, because it allows Hua, Einstein and others to catch Hai Si off guard.]

[Then, everything that follows is logical. Find a cabin that can pass through the "Star Gate" and ensure the safety of personnel, data and instruments on the moon, and send as much precious data and instruments as possible into the "Star Gate" before the support of "Hai Si" arrives.]

[Considering that if we do this, it is likely to arouse the vigilance of the "Sea Si" and even attract the attention of the "Hersher", we must prepare for the "Star Gate" to be directly destroyed after this plan...]

[In short, for the sake of safety, Hua, Einstein and others made full preparations, took various considerations into account, and even made several backup plans. Some soldiers were even prepared to sacrifice themselves, just to ensure the smooth implementation of this plan.]

[After all, according to their estimation, even with Hua, the fusion warrior, and even if the autonomous weapons of the entire base were fully deployed and even overloaded... they could only buy them six hours, and this was still the ideal time.]

[However, just as Hua, Einstein and others nervously began to implement this plan, they found that everything went smoothly unexpectedly... at least the first half went smoothly.]

[When the base's autonomous weapons were restarted and the defense system vented its firepower in a rather brutal manner... all the "Kai Si" cruising and patrolling nearby were also eliminated. Even if there were occasional omissions, they were cleared out one by one by Hua.]

[After that, they opened the "Star Gate" in an orderly manner, and sent some instruments, data, and some personnel into the "Star Gate"... This process was relatively slow, mainly because there were not many cabins in the base that could go to the moon.]

[Half an hour after the plan started, support from "Hai Si" arrived, rushing towards them like a wave on land.]

[But relying on the defense of the base, they can still barely hold on. Hua is fighting with all her might, the flames rising and burning, trying her best to prevent "Kaiji" from getting close.]

[At this point, everything was actually pretty good, and could even be said to be quite "ideal". If they continued like this, they would be able to hold out for the expected "six hours"... This thought lasted until one hour, which was one and a half hours after the plan started.]

[Hua and Einstein noticed that the attack of the "Hai Si" began to become orderly, and seemed to have some kind of "tactics"... Hua knew that this was the arrival of the "Hai Si" that could simulate human form, and he knew that the next battle would become more and more difficult, so he raised his full attention to deal with the next situation.]

[What happened next was just as Hua had expected. The battle became increasingly intense, and many areas of the base were breached. In the end, Hua could only rely on throwing building debris to change the terrain and forcibly block the path of "Hai Si"]

[However, after fighting for an hour and a half with all their might, that is, three hours after the plan began, a great panic enveloped everyone... A high-threat unit arrived, and was even publicizing its arrival in a high-profile manner.]

[Einstein knew that this must be the arrival of the Herrscher, so he didn't care about anything else and hurriedly asked others to operate the equipment to push the cabin into the "Star Gate", and then asked others to enter the designated cabin. Einstein himself asked the armed puppet to operate the equipment on behalf of others and push the manned cabin into the "Star Gate"]

[By the time Einstein had finished all this, half of the base's defenses had been destroyed by the "Hai Si" who had suddenly become excited and whose combat capability had suddenly increased. Several combatants had also died and were overwhelmed by the "Hai Si"]

[But fortunately, Einstein finally closed the "Star Gate" before "Hai Si" passed through it, and even gritted his teeth and simply let an armed puppet destroy the "Star Gate"... Although it was not completely destroyed, it would be more difficult to repair it.]

[Afterwards, under the leadership of the armed puppets, Einstein successfully broke through the encirclement of "Kaiji" and met with Hua who was retreating in an orderly manner. They quickly began to retreat and ran towards the direction of "Eye of the Abyss"... They were not running away, but intentionally leading "Kaiji" and "Hersher" to that place.]

[Although the situation is somewhat bad, due to pessimism about the environment, Hua and Einstein have already made contingency plans, and the current situation is still within an acceptable range! ]

[Afterwards, with mutual protection and hard work, Hua and others finally arrived at the base where the "Eye of the Abyss" was located. At the same time, under the cover of Hua and others, Einstein was able to have some time to activate the equipment in the base and the "Eye of the Abyss"]

[If they succeed, they can sink the Herrscher into the Quantum Sea and exile him... Even if they can't, at least they can trap him for a while, right? ]

[If they succeed, they will have some breathing time, and the "Fire Moth" can also seize this opportunity to try to retake Mu Continent... If they succeed, they believe that the "Fire Moth" will definitely notice this opportunity.]

[…Yeah, yes, if they succeed]

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"Huh...huh..."

Surrounded by flames, Hua was breathing heavily, her body rising and falling with her breathing, and occasionally trembling slightly... Obviously, the long battle had made her feel tired, and her body was even on the verge of collapse.

However, she couldn't give up, couldn't let the exhaustion swallow her up, and couldn't fall down.

Her team members were still behind her, Dr. Einstein was still behind her, she had to... stand in front of everyone.

She is a fusion warrior, the captain of the fifth team of "Fire Moth", a warrior fighting for humanity. Here, she is the strongest warrior, so... she cannot fall.

If she fell, who would be able to protect the people behind her? Who would be able to continue to hinder their attack?

She must persevere, cheer up, squeeze out the last ray of thought, and shed the last drop of blood to buy time for the people behind her.

What's more... the enemy in front of her made her unwilling to close her eyes and relax her body.

Hua...hated, even hated the "enemy" in front of her, this monster who was disguised as her benefactor, the person who had saved her.

"Ah... I feel a little uneasy when you look at me like that, Hua."

Himiko stroked her forehead in distress, her words full of sighs.

【Fellow countrymen, sad? 】

"Kai Si", who was following Himiko like a "big jar", spoke with some concern. The dark blue liquid in its body flowed slightly, turning into a slightly gorgeous wine red color, and then flowed out from a gap and fell into a bone cup.

An intoxicating aroma of wine quickly spread out... No, that thing is wine? !

【Compatriots, like, wine, healing, sad! 】

"Haha, thank you so much~ As expected, it's really convenient to be able to communicate with each other~"

Himiko didn't mind. She took the bone cup from its side and drank the rich wine in it. Slightly drunk, she looked at Hua in front of her again - at this time, Hua had adjusted his breath.

And the determination in her eyes never changed... just like the disgust in her eyes.

"Hmm~ That's a nice look, Hua... As expected, it's a good choice to make you the captain. You've grown a lot."

"........."

"But you must have endured a lot, right? After all, only pain can help people grow... You've worked so hard, Hua."

"…Don't talk to me in that tone."

"What? Will you let me admit my mistake? Do you think I'm still the same Himiko as before?"

The corners of Himiko's mouth slightly raised.

"Is there a possibility that I am actually Himiko? After all, the Fire Moth didn't find our bodies, so it can't prove that we are really dead, right?"

"To tell you the truth... I am not dead. I am still standing in front of you, just like before."

"……lie."

Hua Neng felt that when Himiko said that, her thoughts paused slightly, and even her breathing stagnated for a moment, but soon, she gritted her teeth and squeezed out these words from her lips with a little resentment.

"You, you...are just disguised as the people of the past in order to shake our will..."

"Don't say that. You obviously have had this thought yourself. Why don't you try to accept it?"

Himiko said this with a hint of evil humor.

"You should know that I am taking good care of you. For example, right now, I am the one standing in front of you, not him... In addition, in order to have a good talk with you, I did not let other [compatriots] come over..."

"Look, I've been taking care of you, okay?"

"Even now, can't you just... acknowledge me a little?"

"Shut up!"

Hua interrupted her with a low roar, and the flames surrounding his body instantly expanded several times, burning away all the dampness that was coming from the surroundings again.

"Don't try to...seduce me!"

Hua squeezed out the words bit by bit from between his teeth.

A small wound appeared at the corner of her lip, showing a bright red color belonging to blood, which then quickly faded away. The wound also healed quickly under the influence of the fusion warrior's self-healing ability.

...Obviously, she was shaken just now, but she re-firmed her heart.

“…Great.”

Himiko didn't seem to be annoyed by this, she just sighed softly.

"It seems that he is right. You are indeed very suitable for this job... Should I say that it is worthy of you, Hua?"

"Thank you for your hard work... all this time."

"...Then I'll add more fuel to the fire."

Himiko paused for a moment, then spoke softly with a faint smile.

"I'll give you a little hint, Hua."

"Since I'm the one who came here, then... where is the Herrscher that you should have stopped?"

? !

Hua, who was originally about to fight back, suddenly paused, and then... a look of surprise appeared on her face.

"Yes, I know that, and he knows that, too, and that is why I have come to you and to talk to you."

Himiko... Her words were so light-hearted, with a faint smile, but to Hua's ears, they sounded like the whisper of a devil.

"It is precisely because of me that you care so much. Therefore, you will definitely forget about him for a while, forget that... the person you should have welcomed and stopped was a Herrscher... Hmm~ As expected, I am still very important to you, Hua."

Himiko nodded, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised, seeming to be somewhat happy.

"Are you interested in becoming my dance partner in the future? Although we rarely hold dance parties, but...if you really want to, my fellow countrymen will support you."

"Ah, no, let's not talk about things that far away... Let's get back to the present."

"For example... where is the Herrscher who is supposed to be standing in front of you?"

Himiko tilted her head, and a strand of her fiery red hair with white highlights fell down.

"Yes, he is on his way to find Dr. Einstein, and... he is already here, right?"

"........."

"Yeah, that's a very nice look."

Himiko watched Hua's eyes change from astonishment to anger, and then to calmness, and nodded with satisfaction.