I already said this is not a life simulator!

I suppressed my anger, hid it, and quickly began to think about what to do now, trying to break through the surroundings to support my teammates... Very good.

But unfortunately, you don't have a chance, Hua.

"Oh, by the way, Hua, let me tell you one more thing... Haven't you noticed? Your teammates haven't spoken for a long time."

"What?"

"That's what it means."

Himiko gestured behind Hua, and after a brief pause, Hua turned his slightly stiff upper body, moved to the side little by little, and looked behind him with the corner of his eye.

Look over there... where your teammates should be standing.

But now, there was nothing there, except for a wall with a big hole that seemed to have been corroded by something, water drops falling silently, and... accumulated water that had spread to the ground over there at some point in time.

Hua lowered her head and looked at the flames surrounding her body. They were still as hot as ever, dispelling the dampness and coldness around her. Even the accumulated water on the ground that wanted to spread over was evaporated and burned dry by the flames, unable to get close to her at all.

But...it's just her, just her.

The people she wanted to protect, the people she was supposed to protect... she didn't protect any of them.

Such fire and such power of hers...what's the use of it?

I still can’t do anything… I can’t protect anything…

"What a shame, Hua."

As if she felt that this was not enough, or perhaps she received guidance from someone in her "thoughts", Himiko spoke again with a slightly strange expression and reluctance in her eyes.

"You haven't protected anything."

——Bang

A barely perceptible sound, like a thin thread breaking, rang in Hua's ears and was infinitely magnified in her mind.

In that instant, resentment, rage, regret...all the accumulated emotions seemed to have found an outlet and were released to their heart's content.

But Hua could no longer perceive so much, nor could he remember so much.

Hua's last impression was the sudden boiling of flames, the fluttering red feathers, and...

A clear bird song.

Chapter 5990 [Flood] Cannot Be Stopped ()

Now, let's go back a little bit in time and shift the focus from Hua to Einstein.

Under the obstruction of Hua's team, Einstein successfully arrived at the location of the "Eye of the Abyss"... but it was still some distance away from the operating instruments, and this distance was extremely far for Einstein at the moment.

"Huh...huh..."

Like Hua, Einstein's body had already fallen into deep fatigue due to long-term mental tension and running. Moreover, as a scientific researcher, she did not have the strong physique of a combatant. Coupled with long-term dehydration and obviously insufficient nutrition intake in recent days, her body was much weaker than she expected.

Even though she had consumed some clean water and food from the shelter at the Star Gate base while resting there, it was still not enough and her body had not recovered yet.

It can be said that Einstein is now acting entirely on the strength of his obsession and his unwillingness to give up.

And... in this "backup method", she, Einstein and her "children", that is, the armed puppets, as well as Hua and her team, will all become "sacrifices".

There is no other way. The one who is attacking is the Herrscher. They must have the courage and faith to die together with him to do all this... This is the price they must pay.

Corresponding to this is a sufficiently generous [reward]... If they succeed, the "Herrser" will sink into the "Quantum Sea" with them. No matter what the final result is, the "Herrser" will definitely need time to break free and escape from the "Quantum Sea"... and this is what Einstein needs, and what [human beings] need.

Time, enough time is needed to allow [humanity] to rest and prepare... This is what [humanity] lacks the most now, and Einstein must buy this time for [humanity] and for the "Fire Moth", even if it is only for a moment, a little bit of breathing time.

As for their sacrifice... Einstein also told Hua and others about it in advance, after all, it was a plan they made together.

And from the conception to the confirmation, and then to the current execution of the plan... no one has any complaints.

Everyone has expressed their firm support and is executing everything in an orderly manner.

but……

"What exactly... went wrong?"

Einstein stumbled into the control room of the "Eye of the Abyss", forced himself to stay awake, and fiddled with the instruments, trying to restart the locked control panel.

At this moment, there was no armed puppet around her... On the way here, the armed puppets said goodbye to her one by one, choosing to stay behind to buy her some time...

One by one, after another, in the end, her creations, her "children", were gone, gone, left in the middle, buying her time.

She watched them bid farewell to her one by one, and leave her one by one... and she couldn't even dissuade them from doing anything, because she had to do so, and only by doing so could she buy enough time for her to activate the "Eye of the Abyss" and then... sink everything around her into the "Quantum Sea" and exile the "Herrser" into the "Quantum Sea".

She could only keep her head down and move forward, letting the other armed puppets carry her forward, just so that she could save a little energy... But in the end, when the last armed puppet was left behind, she had no choice but to drag her tired body and start running wildly, and finally, she arrived here with a body on the verge of exhaustion.

And those creatures she created, those "children" who belonged to her... They were originally made as weapons, but due to accidents, they were born with their own selves, and began to reject fighting... In the end, for her, they picked up their duties as weapons again.

But even so, Einstein knew that they could not delay the "Herrser" for long... her time... was still very short.

"What exactly... went wrong?"

Breathing in the humid air, Einstein successfully restarted the instrument, and then quickly began to input commands on the control panel, while she subconsciously muttered again.

Yeah, what went wrong?

It must have gone wrong from the very beginning.

He misjudged the speed of the support from the "Sea Si", misjudged the strength of the "Sea Si" reinforcements, and even underestimated the power of the "Hershers"... At the same time, he also ignored the threat of those "Sea Si" who could take on human form.

Because time was too tight, even though Einstein had tried his best to think and gathered the wisdom of others, he was still unable to work out a sufficiently complete plan under such a high-pressure environment.

"But... it's okay."

Einstein comforted himself in this way.

Although Hua and the others failed to stop the "Herrser" as expected, causing the "Herrser" to run directly towards her, but... it's okay.

It was unknown whether the Herrscher was arrogant or simply wanted to toy with them, and even his pursuit of her seemed so unhurried... But this undoubtedly bought Einstein time and opportunities. With the obstruction of the armed puppets, she would also have enough time.

hum-

Under Einstein's control, the entire control room quickly brightened up, and the "Eye of the Abyss" began to restart...

pat-

However, at this moment, I heard the clear sound of footsteps stepping on the accumulated water.

"........."

Einstein heard it, but she had no time to be afraid or panic. She could only force herself to calm down and use her trembling hands to methodically input various commands to make the "Eye of the Abyss" unfold...

"Hello, Dr. Einstein."

"........."

However, he heard it... his soft voice. This change made Einstein's body suddenly stop, and then he slowly turned around and looked at... Xi Wang who was standing at the entrance.

"…You can continue."

Xi Wang gestured politely, but Einstein did not respond to him. He just looked him up and down with forced calmness, and then spoke slowly in a weak tone.

"You came faster than I expected."

"After all, you underestimated my strength and misjudged the combat effectiveness of the armed puppets...especially in front of me."

Xiwang's voice was still so gentle, like water and like wind.

"For me, armed puppets... especially those armed puppets made of "Soul Steel" are basically no threat to me."

"…What did you do with them?"

"As a weapon on the battlefield, there are only two outcomes: returning victorious or dying in battle, right?"

Xiwang's voice sounded light and airy.

"Since I'm here, you should be able to get the answer easily, Dr. Einstein..."

"........."

"Ah, of course. Out of courtesy to you, I did not damage them. I just slightly decomposed their bodies... As long as you are willing, you can still help them restore their bodies and consciousness and help them walk in the world again."

Xi looked towards Einstein and stretched out his hand, the smile on his lips seemed to grow even wider.

"After all, it's not my job to make you, my fellow countryman, feel sad."

"I am not one of your compatriots."

Einstein's words carried a hint of imperceptible annoyance, as if she was unwilling to see her creation die, but... her words were full of determination.

"I admire your determination, and your eyes satisfy me."

Xi Wang's voice was as usual, and the smile on his face was as usual.

Then he whispered something that frightened Einstein a little.

"So show me your resolve and push that button and give it a try."

"........."

Einstein broke out in a cold sweat, not sure if it was because of her increasingly nervous heart or because she had been holding on to her weak body so much that it began to protest.

"Give it a try, Dr. Einstein."

His voice was still so soft and steady.

"Press that button and see if you can stop me, stop us."

"But...I can tell you."

"You won't succeed, just like you didn't stop us in the first place."

His pupils flashed gold and scarlet, dazzling and extremely piercing.

"That button can't stop [the flood]."

"…How do you know if you don't try?"

Einstein laughed subconsciously, as if he was mocking Xiwang, or as if he was mocking himself.

If Xiwang's advice was because he was afraid, then Einstein was mocking Xiwang.

If what Xi Wang said is true...then just think of it as Einstein mocking himself.

Anyway, she has no way out now.

She no longer had anything to lose, so naturally...there was no need to be afraid of anything.

So, without hesitation, she pressed the button that she had been hiding with her body... Of course, to be more precise, she used the control panel to activate the "Eye of the Abyss".

then……

Nothing happened.

"........."

Einstein tried her best to control her expression and turned to look at the control panel behind her... She was sure that she had already started it, and there was no mistake in the instructions and steps she entered, so why... No, no, no, even if it failed, there shouldn't be no reaction at all, right?

"Strange? Well... That's right. After all, I rarely use this power. For me, [Water] and [Wind] are what I am best at and use the most... After all, the "past" represented by these two powers is more profound to me."

Xiwang's voice was still as soft and calm as water. At the same time, he raised his hand and reached out to Einstein, or the instrument behind Einstein.

"You know, right, Dr. Einstein, that Soul Steel is the result of the work of Velvet and I. Its convenience has been widely used within the Fire Moth... So, have you ever thought about why Velvet and I are pushing for the use of Soul Steel?"

The slight movement of his fingertips brought about some kind of mysterious power... and as his gestures progressed, the instrument behind Einstein also seemed to undergo slight changes... as if it was moving along with his gestures.

"This is certainly due to the superiority of Soul Steel itself, but more importantly, it is because... this is part of my strength."

Then, Einstein watched helplessly as the instrument that was originally beside him disintegrated bit by bit under Xiwang's remote control, and then reassembled into an identical instrument next to Xiwang, and... it was still operating on its own.

"........."

Einstein was no longer able to speak, and didn't know what to say... She felt that her brain had been in a long state of shutdown. She was unable to understand everything in front of her, and it was even more difficult to deal with the various information and speculations that followed.

"So, I told you, you won't succeed."

Xiwang's voice was still so gentle.

“That button cannot stop the flood—because it is part of the flood, part of me.”

"So... in the "Fire Moth", everything built with "Soul Steel"... can actually be controlled by you? Xiwang, or... [Herrser]?"

Einstein swallowed and tremblingly expressed her guess. At the same time... she also called out Xiwang's name in some disbelief.

"Yes, but I usually don't use this power... After all, for me, [Flowing Water] and [Gentle Wind] are more handy... After all, I am the favorite child of "Mother", the child of "Ocean"."

Xi Wang did not deny it, but just responded softly.