Collapse, I am actually in the villain camp

It wasn't until she saw the last evidence she collected contained signs of collapse that she suddenly realized what was happening.

Li Wen turned his attention back to Rita. "Do you suspect these events were caused by the collapse?"

"Yes, Minister. Our investigation has revealed that it's the 'Honkai Impact' that connects these seemingly unrelated social events." Rita said with a serious look, "Behind these seemingly unrelated social events, we've discovered this strange clue, this clue of the 'Honkai Impact'. This has made us aware of something strange."

She paused, then added, "Also, aside from the Belgrade vendetta, where the local police contacted us, the other four cases involved people related to Tianming, and we only discovered clues by chance."

Li Wen turned his gaze to the report information on the side.

When a rear-end collision occurred at Charing Cross Station, Valkyrie Susanna happened to be organizing and coordinating the upgrade of Honkai energy sensors there.

The professional equipment she carried with her discovered the second piece of evidence left under the wreckage of the train.

The other three incidents were roughly the same. They were all discovered because the "Tianming" staff had relevant monitoring equipment nearby.

"Have those clues been analyzed?" Li Wen asked in a deep voice.

"It has already begun," Rita nodded and replied, "All the clues extracted from the five incidents have been handed over to the Saint 1504 Research Institute for analysis. The results of the analysis are not yet available."

"Changguang..." Li Wen nodded. He was very confident in Changguang's ability.

After all, he was someone who was recognized by Otto and was able to participate in the work of the Consciousness Research Institute. Li Wen naturally would not doubt the other party's ability.

At this time, Rita spoke again, "But what is disturbing is... According to Lord Changguang, even though our report includes five such coincidental incidents..."

"Then, there may have been five hundred or five thousand such incidents in the world." Li Wen added to what Rita had not finished saying.

Coincidences are always rare. Since "Destiny" discovered five cases due to coincidences, it must mean that there are more similar events happening in this world.

"Yes." Rita nodded slightly.

Listening to the conversation between the two, Kiana widened her eyes and said in disbelief: "This is like an infectious disease!"

Rita sighed softly. "Lord Changguang agrees. Although the analysis of the clues is not yet complete, she still warned that we are facing a new and unknown thing. If we cannot mobilize all branches of "Steinmanship" to assist in the investigation, something very bad may happen in the future."

Listening to Rita's words, Li Wen bent his fingers and tapped lightly on the armrest of the sofa.

"Do Bishop Otto and Yulandel know about this?" he suddenly asked.

"I've already reported this to the Bishop, and he asked me to report it to the Minister, saying he'll have full authority to handle it." Rita replied immediately, "Lady Yulandel hasn't had time to be notified yet."

Hearing Otto's words relayed by Rita, Li Wen chuckled and shook his head. His brother was really good at commanding people.

He pondered for a moment before continuing, "You go inform Youlan Dai'er about this first. I'll contact Changguang to confirm the specific situation."

"Yes, sir." Rita bowed again, then hung up the call and prepared to inform Yulandel of the specific information.

After Rita hung up the phone, Li Wen quickly called Changguang.

The dial tone rang out and Li Wen waited patiently.

Soon, the communication was connected, and Changguang's familiar face came into the eyes of the two.

"Long time no see, both of you." Changguang greeted Li Wen and Kiana with a smile on his face. "Miss Kiana is also in very good condition."

"Long time no see, Changguang." Kiana also smiled and greeted her "attending doctor".

"It's only been a few days, actually." Li Wen complained before saying, "Let's stop being polite. Changguang, you know why I'm here."

Chapter 94: Storm is coming

Hearing Li Wen's question, Changguang sighed, "The recovered clues are currently being analyzed, and it will take some time. However..."

She paused before continuing, "In our current analysis, we've extracted a crystal similar to the Herrscher core from the remains of the second exhibit, the puppet."

"In other words, these events are most likely caused by a Herrscher secretly doing something wrong?" Li Wen fell into thought.

"I can't be completely certain." Changguang shook his head slightly. "Based on our current testing, the energy levels of those crystals are extremely weak, far inferior to ordinary Herrscher cores. Perhaps they are something like a Pseudo-Herrscher."

Listening to Changguang's words, Li Wen nodded slightly. The other party's judgment was not unreasonable.

If it was a Herrscher, the impact caused by the other party would be too small.

Could a Herrscher really be so shameless?

But Changguang did not feel relieved because of this judgment. Instead, it gave her even more headaches.

She frowned slightly, a thoughtful look on her face, "Precisely because its energy level is far inferior to that of an ordinary Herrscher core, it's impossible to monitor its specific condition with ordinary equipment.

"If these incidents hadn't aroused Ms. Rita's suspicion and sent these clues to my laboratory, I wouldn't have thought that these incidents might actually involve a Herrscher.

"Under these circumstances, we must be more fully prepared."

Li Wen understood what she meant. It was precisely because energy fluctuations of this level were difficult to detect and observe that they needed to be more careful.

Within a month, "Destiny" discovered five incidents, so the tragedies that occurred around the world must be much more than this.

This gradual encroachment is indeed difficult to guard against.

In Li Wen's opinion, it would be better for a Ruler with amazing destructive power to appear, so that he can directly crush it with just one move, which would be less troublesome.

He exhaled lightly and said, "I understand. As the head of the command center, I will order all members of Tianming to be on high alert."

Even he didn't have a good way to handle this global case, so he could only prepare to synchronize this news to all branches of "Destiny" so that they could take strict precautions.

"If my guess is correct, there may be new crystals of this kind in the following events. I hope you can send me those clues. Perhaps they will help us identify the real culprit behind the scenes."

Listening to Changguang's words, Li Wen nodded, "I understand."

As he learned the details of the incident, he immediately hung up the phone, wrote his own orders, handed them to Amber, and quickly transmitted them to the various branches of "Destiny".

After seeing that Li Wen had finished all the work, Kiana asked with a hint of concern, "Could it be possible that the Herrscher did this?"

"I'm not sure." Li Wen shook his head. "We need more evidence."

Although he had some guesses in his mind, in the absence of sufficient evidence, he did not want his guesses to mislead others' judgment.

Therefore, he could only keep it in his heart and wait for substantial evidence.

Li Wen raised his head and looked out the window. The originally dazzling golden light had now dimmed a lot, and the sky was covered by dense dark clouds.

"A storm is coming..."

……

Inverse entropy.

Salt Lake Base.

Bronya just finished a training session.

After Walter recovered, she was still aware of her own shortcomings and took the initiative to find Walter, hoping that through additional training she could master the power of the Ruler of Reason as soon as possible.

Faced with her request, Walter agreed directly.

"Let's stop here for today's training." Looking at the gun projected by Bronya in his hand, Walter nodded with satisfaction.

Hearing Walter's words, Bronya did not refute.

After a day of training, leaving aside her physical condition, she was indeed extremely exhausted mentally.

A strong sense of fatigue eroded her spirit. If she continued training in this state, it would be difficult to achieve any good results.

"Bronya, take a rest tomorrow." Walter suddenly said.

"Eh?" Bronya was stunned for a moment, then quickly said, "Bronya is not tired."

Walter stood at the windowsill, gazing through the glass at the Salt Lake Base, which was still under reconstruction, and continued, "Although you've behaved normally during these few days of training, I can see that the power of a Herrscher of Reason is different from that of other Herrschers. It requires the full dedication of both body and mind. Under such high-intensity training, your body and mind are wailing."

Bronya did not answer. During the extra training during this period, she had indeed been in an extremely exhausted state.

She originally thought that she had concealed it well, but she didn't expect that Mr. Walter had seen it all.

"Mr. Walter, Bronya..."

Bronya had just begun to speak when Walter interrupted her. "I didn't refuse your request for additional training, precisely to make you see this clearly. The Herrscher of Reason's ability hinges on 'Rationality.' Blindly training won't bring you any closer to it. Do you understand?"

"Bronya, I understand." After a moment of silence, Bronya breathed a sigh of relief and accepted the other party's suggestion.

Seeing that Bronya wasn't being stubborn, Walter nodded with satisfaction, "Recently, there have been incidents of mechas going out of control in Salt Lake City. Please use what you've learned recently to properly repair those mechas.

"You can also take this opportunity to go to Salt Lake City to relax. With Independence Day approaching, it should be a lot busier than usual."

"Yes." Bronya nodded, "Mr. Walter, Bronya will go back and rest first."

"Well, go back."

So, Bronya said goodbye to Walter and went to the restaurant in the salt lake base. She planned to go back to her room to rest after the meal so that she would have enough energy to deal with the mecha out-of-control problem that Walter mentioned tomorrow.

She had just put down her plate and sat down when a soft voice called out to her, "Sister Bronya."

Hearing this familiar voice, Bronya smiled. She raised her head and looked at the girl in front of her, and softly called out her name, "Seele."

Seele placed the plate in her hand opposite Bronya, then sat down and chatted with Bronya about the trivial things that happened today.

A moment later, when Seele heard Bronya say that Mr. Walter asked her to go to Salt Lake City tomorrow, she immediately showed a happy expression, "Sister Bronya, are you going to Salt Lake City too?"

Chapter 95: Out-of-control Mecha

"Also?" Bronya instantly realized the key words in Seele's words and asked back, "Seele is going to Salt Lake City tomorrow too?"

"Yeah." Seele nodded gently, confirming Bronya's words.

Bronya asked, "Is Seele going to do something?"

"It's to help Dr. Tesla purchase some supplies for the celebration." Xier counted on her fingers, "The cake for the celebration, the balloons and flowers for decoration..."

celebration?

Hearing this word, Bronya was slightly stunned. The celebration that Seele was talking about was definitely not the Independence Day celebration, so what was she talking about?

After thinking hard for a while, Bronya's eyes lit up slightly, and she confirmed to Seele:

"Is the celebration Xi'er mentioned the anniversary of the founding of Anti-Entropy?"

"Well," Xier explained, "Dr. Tesla was originally in charge of this work, but because the recent reconstruction of the Salt Lake Base requires the use of Dr. Tesla's mecha, Dr. Tesla is unable to spare the time, so he entrusted this matter to me."

"That's right." Bronya responded suddenly.

Because the Salt Lake Base was severely damaged by the Herrscher of the Stars, the foundation of the entire base was severely damaged and needed to be rebuilt.

Because she is the best mecha operator in the entire "Anti-Entropy", Tesla has recently been controlling her mechas and working with Theresa to rebuild the salt lake base.

No wonder the other party couldn't spare the time and had to hand over the job to Xier.

But it’s also good this way. It’s been a long time since I went out to play with Xier. I can take this opportunity to go around Salt Lake City with Xier.

Thinking of this, she suggested to Xier, "Xier, after we finish our work, how about we go sightseeing in Salt Lake City together?"

"Okay." Faced with sister Bronya's proposal, Seele agreed immediately.

With a gentle smile on her face, she said, "Before, Seele was worried whether she could complete the task entrusted by Dr. Tesla by herself. Now that Sister Bronya is by my side, I feel much more at ease."

As Xier was speaking, a slightly dissatisfied voice sounded in her mind, "Why are you alone? Don't I still have you by my side?"

"But we are one." Xier replied.

In response to Xier's words, the consciousness in her mind opened her mouth but could not say anything.

After a while, the consciousness hummed and said, "Then you should ask your sister Bronya to give you some advice tomorrow."

After saying that, the voice stopped ringing.

At this time, Bronya's voice with a smile also sounded, "Bronya believes that Seele will be able to do it."

In this way, the two agreed to set off together tomorrow. They talked while enjoying dinner and returned to their dormitory.

……

The next day, early morning.

Bronya and Seele entered Salt Lake City together in a vehicle that was escorting supplies from the Salt Lake Base.

As soon as they stepped into Salt Lake City, the two of them were infected by the prosperous and lively atmosphere here and smiled sincerely.

"Sister Bronya, it's Homu!"

Seele immediately noticed the giant Homunculus used for publicity on the street and quickly called out to Bronya.

When Bronya heard Seele's shout, she immediately followed the direction she pointed with her eyes and saw the huge yellow Homunculus.