Collapse, I am actually in the villain camp

They had witnessed each other's power firsthand.

With Li Wen's power as a guarantee, Ling's safety is guaranteed.

Of course, Sakura also understood that if Ling really became the Herrscher and stood on the side of "Houkai", this power might also take her life.

But now she no longer cares about that.

The soldiers who were bound by the "Power of the World" were subdued by the team brought by Hua immediately after the restraint ended, before they had time to react.

However, even though their bodies were restrained, they still shouted.

"Kill her!"

"Kill that Herrscher!"

"She must be killed!"

"Fight the Honkai!"

Hearing the crazy shouting of these people, everyone present couldn't help but frown.

This...are they being influenced by someone, or are they being manipulated by something?

This thought suddenly came to the minds of everyone present.

Mei didn't say anything. She waved her hand and immediately asked Hua and his men to escort these people to the interrogation room.

She needed to take the time to thoroughly examine what was wrong with these people.

"Ying, don't leave Ling's side recently. I will let someone contact you regarding related matters." Mei reminded Ying.

"I understand." Sakura nodded vigorously.

If Li Wen had not been prepared in advance this time, Ling would probably have died. Naturally, she did not dare to be careless.

After giving the instructions, Mei didn't say anything else and took Kevin away.

Because Mebius needed to testify, he also left with the other party.

As for Li Wen and Kiana, they returned to their current residence and waited for Mei's notification.

……

after one day.

The interrogation room cubicle.

Looking at the information in his hands and the soldiers whose spirits were gradually declining, Mei frowned deeply.

During the interrogation, she did not find that these soldiers had been bewitched in any way.

According to the soldiers, they became angry during the conversation and gradually lost control of their reason, which led to this thing.

Mei also asked Hua to confirm this through Yu Duchen's hypnosis.

These soldiers were not lying.

But it was precisely because of this that she found it even more unacceptable.

After all, it would be fine if only a few people lost their minds, but all the soldiers in charge of guarding had the same problem, which definitely cannot be explained by this reason.

"Could it be the mental control similar to that mastered by the Herrscher of Consciousness?" Hua couldn't help but ask.

"It does seem so." Mei still frowned, "Based on the current situation, their behavior could not possibly be spontaneous, but rather a joint choice made under the influence of some kind of will.

"Only in this way can we explain why these soldiers all had such conditions.

"But the Twelfth Herrscher hasn't been fully born yet. Logically, a new Herrscher shouldn't appear..."

"Or is it……"

Suddenly, a figure flashed through her mind.

The moment she caught a glimpse of the man's face, she seemed to suddenly remember something.

"Could it be the commandments?" she asked softly.

"Discipline?" Kevin's pupils shrank slightly after hearing Mei's words. "Are you talking about Aponia?"

"I'm not sure yet." Mei shook her head slightly. "Aponia's rules can do this, but she has no reason to do so."

Kevin also frowned when he heard this. Indeed, with Aponya's character, she would never let these soldiers kill a little girl.

"But...it's not impossible."

Although the other party's character would not allow him to do such a thing, Aponya is the most suspicious person they have found so far.

She suspected that one of Aponian's precepts that favored "good intentions" might have caused this to happen.

After all, this has happened before.

In order to help others, Aponya once gave many people "commandments", but the results he got in the end were contrary to his expectations.

This time, it may be the same.

Because of the heavy losses suffered by the Herrschers, Aponia often uses the power of "Discipline" to provide psychological treatment to some soldiers. Perhaps it was one of the "Discipline" that caused this incident.

Therefore, Mei decided to ask Kevin to bring the other party over and have a good talk with him to determine whether the time when Ling was attacked was caused by the "rules".

"Huh...Kevin, go and bring Aponya over here. I have something I want to ask her."

Thinking of this, Mei raised her head and looked at Kevin.

Kevin didn't say anything, just nodded and immediately left the interrogation room.

"I hope everything goes well."

Looking at Kevin's leaving back, Mei sighed softly.

Chapter 63: Never Give Up Against Honkai

"The deepest place".

Although Aponya had already obtained the power to leave, due to her own reasons, she still stayed in this prison most of the time and only left when she needed to.

On the one hand, many people are afraid of her because of the "commandments", and on the other hand, a fusion warrior is required to fight in a strategic location like "The Deep".

Among the thirteen remaining fusion warriors, no one is more suitable than her to comfort the prisoners here.

And today, the "deepest place" that had never been disturbed by anyone once again welcomed a guest.

"Aponia." Kevin spoke, looking at the boundless darkness.

As if in response to his cry, a ray of light emerged from the depths of the darkness.

Gradually, as the foggy darkness was dispelled, a cage slowly appeared before his eyes.

The woman in nun's clothes and a white veil slowly opened her eyes.

"Kevin, is there something wrong?" Her voice was as gentle and holy as her appearance.

"Mei is looking for you in her office." Kevin replied briefly.

"Mei?" Aponya said doubtfully, and without saying anything else, she simply nodded and said, "I understand."

After receiving an affirmative answer from Aponia, Kevin turned around and left the "Deepest Place".

Although Aponia was still doubtful, she finally stepped out of the "Deepest Place" and headed towards Mei's office.

……

Soon, Aponya rushed to Mei's office.

At this time, Mei had temporarily completed the interrogation task and detained the soldiers.

"Aponia." Mei nodded and greeted the other party.

"Dr. Mei, is there anything I can help you with?" Aponya's voice was still very gentle.

She has always had great respect for this leader who has led the "Fire Moth" to fight against the Honkai.

"Nothing, I just want to ask you something." Mei said.

"Excuse me."

Dr. Mei controlled the computer on his desk and projected the images of the soldiers. He pointed at them and asked, "I want to know if you have used the Discipline on these soldiers."

Upon hearing this, Aponya cast her gaze upon the soldiers. After a brief inspection, she nodded and said, "Yes, they have."

Since she realized that fate was unchangeable and she was powerless, Aponya rarely imposed "commandments" on others. Therefore, she had particularly clear memories of those who she had imposed "commandments" on.

After hearing Aponya's answer, Mei continued, "Do you remember what kind of 'rules' you imposed on each of them?"

Aponia stared at the screen in front of her, pointed at the portrait on it and began to speak.

Because the Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Herrschers had caused enormous damage to the entire world and the "Fire Moths", even though they realized that the "Discipline" was powerless, during this period of time, they still relied on their special abilities to eliminate the fear in the hearts of those soldiers and help them overcome their inner trauma.

Currently, most of the soldiers in the "Fire Moth" have received her psychological counseling, especially these elite soldiers who are fighting on the front lines against "Honkai".

As Aponya spoke, the different "rules" she had imposed on her were revealed one after another.

However, as she listened to Aponya's story, Mei's brows furrowed more and more.

Most of these "commands" are just to help these soldiers overcome their post-war PTSD, and the points targeted by the commands are also very different.

But those soldiers all made the same choice - to kill Ling.

Could it be that my guess was wrong, and it wasn't the precepts that affected them?

While Mei was still lost in thought, Aponya's voice rang out again, "There is one last commandment, which I imposed on them all."

Hearing Aponya's words, Mei suddenly perked up and waited for the other party's next words.

"Never give up fighting the Honkai," that's the content of this commandment." Aponia confided the full content of the final "commandment."

"Never give up fighting Honkai..." After repeating the content of this "commandment", Mei felt that she might have found the reason why these soldiers lost control.

After all, the most powerful "weapon" in Honkai is the Herrscher.

Therefore, the Herrscher is also part of the Honkai.

Ling had already been confirmed as the Twelfth Herrscher long ago, and it was probably because of this that they committed the crime.

After all, when normal people look at the collapse, they certainly won't see it as black or white or in a binary opposition.

However, under the oppression of the "discipline" on their thoughts, these soldiers firmly divided things related to Honkai and things not related to Honkai into two parts.

In this situation, even if Ling has not yet completed her awakening to become a true Herrscher of the Twelfth Herrscher, in their view, she is still a part of Honkai and must be eliminated.

Of course, this is just the biggest possibility she speculated based on the situation.

She was not completely sure that these soldiers were driven crazy by this "commandment".

This still requires some verification.

Then, she raised her head and looked at Aponya, "Well, I already know the details. Thank you for your help, Aponya."

Facing Mei's words, Aponia gently shook her head, indicating that it was nothing, and then asked Mei, "Dr. Mei, is it the 'commandments' that have caused something?"

"I'm not sure yet. I still need to verify it through experiments. I will contact you again when I have specific results." Mei said.

"I understand."

So, Aponia said nothing more, said goodbye to Mei, and turned away, walking towards the "deepest place".

Looking at Aponia's departing back, Mei did not delay and immediately took out the communicator to contact Mebius and Hua, asking them to come and conduct experiments with him.

After all, the three of them had previously conducted an experiment called "Divine Sound" because of Aponia's "Commandments".

However, compared to Aponia's "Discipline", the cost of "Divine Sound" is too high, and the success rate is also very low. Currently, only Hua has completed this experiment.

Therefore, in this related verification, Mei felt that he needed the help of Mobius, who was also a researcher of "Divine Sound", and Hua, who mastered the key of consciousness "Yu Duchen".

Chapter 64: A Controlled Experiment on Discipline

After sending the message to the two of them, Mei immediately took Kevin to the research institute that was once used to study the "Divine Sound" technology.

She still needs some preparation.

……

Not long after, Mebius and Hua arrived at the research institute that Mei had asked them to come to.