Collapse, I am actually in the villain camp

At this moment, Fu Hua, who had been silent since her appearance, finally spoke, "Since you have always insisted that you are the real Fu Hua, then, can I ask you a question?"

"What's the problem? Go ahead." The Herrscher of Knowledge waved his hand readily, indicating that he would allow the other party to ask any questions.

"In 'Fateful Battle', when Otto pulled the trigger on me, I chose to use the zeroth rated power of 'Feather Dust' to transfer my consciousness to Kiana, who was in a very unstable state at the time. Do you still remember this?" Fu Hua asked the Herrscher of Consciousness.

"It seems... that's the case..." The Herrscher of Consciousness pondered for a while before answering incoherently.

Hearing the Herrscher's answer, Fu Hua nodded and continued, "That body was abandoned. There is no soul inside it."

"What do you want to say?"

"Since I appear here, Kiana, then where do you come from?"

Faced with Fu Hua's questioning, the Herrscher of Knowledge opened his mouth but didn't know how to refute for a moment.

After pondering for a while, she finally spoke, "'Yu Duchen' no longer has the power it once had. Although I activated the zeroth rated power at that time, it failed... Although the consciousness transfer failed, some of the information contained in 'Yu Duchen' may have been leaked, causing you to have a wrong self-perception..."

Fu Hua shook her head. "You're just kidding yourself. You've realized the reason, haven't you? At that time, it was impossible for the "Yu Du Chen" to fail at its zero rated power."

Listening to Fu Hua's words, the Herrscher of Consciousness grew anxious. "You're not Yu Duchen, how do you know it can't fail... No! No!"

Having said this, she suddenly stopped talking. If she said that, wouldn't she be confirming that the other person was not "Yu Duchen"?

So, she didn't continue speaking. Instead, she frowned and thought carefully, sorting out her words before continuing, "Yu Duchen's strength is no longer what it used to be. Plus, I was seriously injured at the time. Isn't it normal for him to fail to activate the zero rated power?"

Fu Hua shook her head slightly, continuing to deny the other party's quibbling. "You know, unlike other divine keys, the 'Yu Duchen's' zeroth rated power doesn't require a lot of force to activate."

"but I……"

"Okay." The Herrscher of Consciousness wanted to argue, but Li Wen shook his head, interrupted her, and walked towards her.

"What do you want to do?" The Herrscher of Consciousness looked at Li Wen approaching with a look of vigilance.

"Help you find the evidence you need." Li Wen replied.

Then, before the Herrscher of Consciousness could react, his palm landed on the other's arm.

A large amount of pure Honkai energy, injected by him, forcibly surged into the opponent's body despite the dilution effect of the "God-Slaying Spear".

Although most of the Honkai energy evaporated quickly under the effect of the "God-killing Spear", some of it still flowed smoothly into the depths of the Herrscher of Consciousness's body thanks to the huge amount supplied by Li Wen.

The Honkai energy flowed through the Herrscher of Consciousness' body along with the blood, and soon reached its destination - the Herrscher of Consciousness's core.

Because he had previously studied the Herrscher of Fire core, Li Wen knew very well how to stimulate the fluctuations of a Herrscher core.

Although it is not as precise and detailed as a machine, it is enough for the owner of this body to recognize the current situation.

So, he injected the Honkai energy into the body of the Ruler of Consciousness and directed it towards the core in an extremely special rhythmic manner.

Under the stimulation of this fluctuation, the core quickly responded.

Although it was weak, Li Wen could confirm that the Ruler of Consciousness must have sensed it.

"How?" he asked the other party.

Chapter 68 Return to "Destiny"

No matter how much the Herrscher of Knowledge was reluctant to admit that she was a Herrscher, the irrefutable evidence before her did not allow her to refute it at all.

The fluctuations of the Herrscher's core were too familiar, so she would definitely not mistake it.

So, she really wasn't Fu Hua, but a Herrscher born from Fu Hua's body...

Thinking of this, she burst into laughter.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

It’s a sad and lonely smile.

She kept talking about how to fight against Honkai all day long, but she didn't expect that she was actually the apostle of Honkai, the tool used to wipe out civilization.

"The person I always wanted to be is not me, but the person I always wanted to destroy is me. I laugh at everyone, but in the end I am the funniest person, haha..."

Looking at the Herrscher of Consciousness who had suffered a great blow, Li Wen shook his head. "What matters is not your origin, but what kind of person you want to be. Although you were born a Herrscher, your will has not been tainted by the Honkai. You can still choose what kind of person you want to be."

"Choose what kind of person you want to be..." The Herrscher of Knowledge sneered.

She, who regards fighting against the collapse as her mission, now understands that these memories and pursuits are nothing more than the wishes of the real Fu Hua, and she is merely borrowing the wishes of others.

Can she still have her own wishes when she is like this?

Thinking of this, she became a little depressed again.

"Of course." Li Wen nodded. "At least your thoughts belong to you. You can decide for yourself what you want."

"This is just the influence of Fu Hua... you know."

"That's right." Li Wen did not deny it. "Although she did have a significant impact on you, it was you who made the final decision, wasn't it?"

He spread his hands and continued, "At least, so far, everything you have done is in line with your own wishes. If it were the real Fu Hua, she wouldn't do that, right? So, as you said before, you are a completely different 'Fu Hua' with your own independent personality.

"In that case, why do you have to dwell on this?"

After listening to Li Wen's advice, the Ruler of Knowledge felt better.

At this point, Li Wen chuckled twice and continued, "At least, if it was the real Fu Hua, I wouldn't have to spend so much effort to capture you."

After hearing Li Wen's words, the Ruler of Consciousness came to his senses and realized that he was still a prisoner.

"So, you want to capture me just to seize control of this body?" The Ruler of Consciousness thought for a moment and then asked directly.

"Yes and no." Li Wen stroked his chin and stared at the Herrscher of Consciousness seriously. "What I want more is your power."

"My power?"

"Yes." Li Wen nodded, revealing a thoughtful look, and explained, "Based on the current situation, we intend to use your power to expand research related to the Herrscher consciousness, so that those people can be freed from the control of Honkai."

"You want the Apostles of Honkai to help you fight Honkai?" The Herrscher of Consciousness asked with amusement.

"What's the big deal? It's not the first one anyway." Li Wen said indifferently.

The Ruler of Knowledge thought about it carefully and it seemed that this was indeed the case. Starting from the Ruler of Reason, the Rulers of this era seemed to be different from those of the previous civilization, and most of them were out of the control of Honkai.

The Herrscher of Reason, the Herrscher of Thunder, and Kiana is considered a half-herrscher...

Then it seems like adding this Herrscher of Knowledge wouldn't be a problem...

"But... why should I help you?" The Herrscher of Knowledge folded his arms and raised his head.

These guys in front of her revealed the cruel truth to her, causing great trauma to her young heart, so why should she help them?

Facing the question from the Herrscher of Consciousness, Li Wen simply waved the syringe in his hand.

Looking at the empty syringe, the Herrscher of Consciousness's expression froze.

Previously, she was confident that she had the sword heart and sword form, so even if there was a "God-killing Spear" in her body, she was not very afraid and it would not affect her too much.

But now that she has figured out her identity, she understands what Li Wen had done and thought before.

In this situation, although she could still control Honkai energy, as soon as it entered her body, it would be quickly dissolved and transformed into other energies and emitted, making it impossible to provide enough power to the Herrscher core.

Without the support of the Herrscher's Core, she would not be able to interfere with Li Wen's consciousness, and naturally, she would not be able to escape from Li Wen's hands.

"Hmph." She snorted coldly before speaking, "Even if I fell into your hands, I would never do anything for you. If you want to threaten me, let me tell you, I would rather die than surrender."

Seeing that the Herrscher of Consciousness was like a child, still sulking over what had just happened, Li Wen simply smiled and said, "We won't force you. After all, we're all working hard to fight the Honkai Impact. I believe you won't stand by and watch someone perish, right?"

"Who knows?" The Herrscher of Knowledge replied ambiguously.

Li Wen estimated that since the other party had a childish temper, it shouldn't be too difficult to get him to work for him after spending some time to appease him.

At this point, we still have to bring the other party back to "Destiny" before the effect of the "God-Slaying Spear" wears off.

As for Fu Hua's physical problem, he is not in a hurry about it. He still has to prioritize solving the problem of treatment plan.

"We should leave." He turned and looked at Kiana.

Looking at Li Wen's eyes, Kiana immediately understood what he meant, and then used the Herrscher Core to immediately create a space wormhole leading to the "Destiny" headquarters.

"Please come in." Li Wen turned his head and looked at the Ruler of Consciousness.

The Herrscher of Consciousness hesitated for a moment, but still stepped into the wormhole.

Li Wen and Kiana followed in.

The scene before my eyes was like spreading ink, slowly rippling before my eyes.

After his vision cleared and he returned to "Destiny", Li Wen immediately took out his communicator and dialed Otto's number.

Drop, drop——

The communicator had just rang twice when Otto's voice came out, "What? You succeeded?"

"Of course," Li Wen replied, glancing at the Herrscher of Knowledge in front of him. "I've brought the guest back. That room should be put to use."

"Haha, don't worry, I've already prepared everything for you." Otto chuckled. "Come quickly. I'll be waiting for you at the research institute."

"Ah."

Li Wen hung up the call and said to the people in front of him, "Let's go."

After saying that, he took the lead and walked towards the research institute.

Chapter 69: Entering the "Cage"

Leading everyone forward, Li Wen and his team soon arrived at the "Consciousness Research Laboratory".

Otto did not wait inside the institute, but waited at the gate.

"This must be the Ruler of Knowledge, right?" Otto asked with a smile, not showing any strangeness because he had died at the hands of the other party before.

After all, a soul steel body in exchange for the power of the Ruler of Consciousness is definitely a very profitable deal for him.

In response to Otto's question, the Herrscher of Knowledge turned his head away in disgust, with no intention of answering Otto.

After all, having inherited Fu Hua's memory, she knew the man in front of her very well, so she didn't want to show him any kindness at all.

As for Kiana, for the same reason, she did not respond to Otto's words.

Otto had known this for a long time, so he turned his attention to Li Wen.

"Ah."

After receiving Li Wen's affirmative answer, he turned his gaze to the people in front of him and said, "Since none of you intend to communicate with me, let's not delay any further and set off directly."

After saying that, he turned around and walked directly towards the passage on the right.

"Let's go." Li Wen looked at the two people in front of him and extended an invitation.

Although he said this to both of them at the same time, his eyes were fixed on the Herrscher of Consciousness.

After all, compared to Kiana, whom he already trusted very much, the Herrscher of Consciousness in front of him only came along temporarily because of his own strength and rhetoric. He still needed to keep a closer eye on him.

The Herrscher of Knowledge couldn't stand Li Wen's sharp gaze and snorted, "Go ahead. I want to see what tricks you guys are up to."

After saying that, she started to follow in the direction Otto was going.

Seeing that the protagonist, the Herrscher of Consciousness, had left obediently, Li Wen and Kiana looked at each other and followed.

They continued to move forward along the corridor filled with incandescent lights, passing through one room after another, and finally stopped at the end of the corridor.

Otto took out a special silver key from his pocket, then inserted it accurately into the keyhole and twisted it gently. The lock tongue made a light sound and the door was pushed open.

Then, Otto moved to the side, giving everyone enough visibility to observe.

The Herrscher of Consciousness stuck his head out and looked towards the room with a hint of curiosity.

The ceiling and surrounding walls of the entire room are a uniform and simple pure white. The specially treated steel walls appear only slightly brighter even under the light, and are not too glaring.

In order to avoid the problem of monotonous colors, many different paintings are hung on the walls on all four sides.

The only thing these paintings have in common is that they are all ink paintings from China.

In the middle of the room was a slightly larger bed, covered with snow-white sheets and quilts.

Next to the bed was a long gray wooden table, and chairs of the same color were placed under the table, waiting to be pulled out.

Next to the table is a huge bookshelf with a large number of books, which are strictly classified.

As if taking into consideration the preferences of those who are about to settle here, the books here range from ancient history, military humanities, to online novels and serialized comics.