Collapse, I am actually in the villain camp

The adults said they were "lucky" to be born with precious antibodies...

But during the so-called "inspection", all the children waited for was endless pain and death.

"Liar!" Her tears hadn't dried yet, but her pain had already turned into a rage, "You liars! Big liars!

"Let me out! Let me out!

"No... No! I don't want to die! I don't want to die like this! I want those who deceived and used me to pay the price!"

She shook the railing desperately.

The railing didn't move at all, but the half-open door next to it creaked as she shook it desperately.

That was the door that the man had forgotten to lock, and it now became her only hope of escape.

However, the girl who escaped from the gate was soon discovered by the "adults" here. They tortured her and dragged her back to that hell.

At this moment, when she was most desperate, her "God" appeared.

Chapter 113: There Will Never Be Another Xilin in the World

Memories, one after another, emerged before Kiana.

From the despair in the Babylon laboratory to the coming of God; from the conversation with Theresa to Cecilia's concern.

Until the final death.

She experienced Xilin's life firsthand.

She felt Xilin's emotions firsthand.

As the memory fragment ended, a warmth gradually flowed to Kiana's limbs, making her gradually wake up.

She opened her hazy eyes, and what she saw was Li Wen's concerned gaze.

"Did you have a nightmare? You look like you're in a lot of pain..."

Listening to Li Wen's words, she shook her head with difficulty, sorted out her thoughts a little, and then said hesitantly: "I seem to have seen Xilin's memory."

"I see." Li Wen nodded, finally figuring out the reason.

During the time he was working with Anti-Entropy, he also obtained some information about the Herrscher from them.

After all, Walter is a living Herrscher, and the information he can provide to Anti-Entropy is definitely not what ordinary cores can bring.

Through the experiences of Walter and Bronya, he also knew that the Herrscher Core would retain the memories of its original owner.

In this light, it is not surprising that Kiana can see Sirin's memories.

After all, both the core of the Herrscher of the Void that she possessed and the consciousness that was born from the core of the Herrscher of the Void qualified her to do so.

Apart from Li Wen, Kiana didn't know who to talk to about her emotions.

So, after a brief hesitation, she continued, "In my dream, I relive her past memories over and over again. Xilin is a Herrscher, an enemy of humanity, but that dream is filled with more regrets.

"The world brought her pain, and she treated others with hatred and disgust; but some people also gave her love, which made her show a little bit of kindness...

"I'm sorry, it feels like I'm trying to defend her. Perhaps I've been too deeply affected by those memories. I guess I need to work harder."

As she said this, she smiled apologetically.

"You don't have to apologize, Kiana." Li Wen shook his head gently, "I know what you're thinking, and there's nothing wrong with your sympathy for Xilin.

"In fact, I also sympathize with the tragedy she suffered in the Babylon laboratory.

"We weren't born heroes, and she wasn't born a villain either. It was just the environment that pushed her to that point.

"But after she killed those people, she committed the same sin against more innocent people. Her identity changed from a victim of revenge to the perpetrator of harm.

"At that moment, she was already standing against us, waiting for the predetermined outcome.

"So, even if we feel sympathy and guilt for her, we can't make any changes in our actions."

"...I understand." After a long time, Kiana nodded.

Li Wen realized his tone was getting a bit serious and took a deep breath. "Xilin is dead. Both her goodness and her evil have vanished. All we can do now is to make sure there's no more Xilin in the world."

Kiana also responded firmly: "That is exactly what I am working towards."

……

a few days later.

At Einstein's call, a meeting on the latest research results of the "Ruler of Rule" is about to be held.

At her call, everyone gathered in the conference room of the Salt Lake Base. Yulandel and Rita, who were far away in "Tianming", also participated in the meeting via video.

"Let me tell you the conclusion first." Seeing that everyone had gathered, Einstein spoke directly, "According to the research of me, Dr. Tesla, and Dr. Changguang, this puppet is indeed the first puppet.

"And by comparing this puppet with the others, we discovered that those puppets are connected to each other precisely because of the Domination Theater that Bronya saw."

Einstein raised his finger and used an apt metaphor, “To sum it up in an easily understandable way, the puppets are like an interconnected network, and the Domination Theater is their shared server.

"The puppets can share information with each other to a certain extent, which is their main source of information."

"However..." Changguang spread his hands, "If a puppet is particularly unsociable, it can choose not to share its information with others.

"Just like a chat group, the Domination Theater connects them together, but what kind of information you want to send to this group still depends on the individual puppets."

"But in turn, we can also use this network," Tesla added.

"Are you referring to the 'reverse tracking' we used before?" Li Wen asked.

"That's right." Einstein nodded. "Based on the first doll and the other samples we have, the laboratory is now able to make a relatively accurate estimate of the remaining number of dolls and their range of activities."

"In other words, we are no longer in a situation where the enemy is in the dark and we are in the light? If we can grasp the number and position of the enemy, we can use this to launch a counterattack." Walter also showed a relaxed smile on his face.

"That sounds like good news. The puppets' combat capabilities are very weak. As long as we can confront them head-on, we can easily destroy them." Theresa nodded, her expression much more relaxed.

"But now we have encountered a difficult problem." Einstein sighed.

"What's the problem?" Kiana asked quickly.

"The action of the doll has stopped."

"Stopped...what does that mean?" Kiana was a little confused.

"That means they've stopped moving, stopped causing damage, and stopped using the Domination Theater to communicate," Tesla explained. "With their complete inactivity, we simply can't use the Domination Network to track them down."

Listening to Tesla's words, everyone present fell into deep thought, wondering what the Ruler of Domination was up to.

Li Wen said, "What about the location information we obtained earlier? If the remaining hosts are controlled by the puppets like the previous ones, they shouldn't leave their original location."

"We do have the previous location information, but since they have noticed our reconnaissance of them, they are probably no longer in these locations." Einstein shook his head, not optimistic about this.

"Let's try it first."

After listening to Li Wen's proposal, everyone present nodded.

After all, they have no better way for the time being.

Just as they were about to continue talking, a voice suddenly rang out.

"Long time no see, everyone."

Chapter 114 Otto's Plan

"Otto."

Everyone present instantly recognized the identity of the owner of the voice.

"Haha." Everyone in front of him immediately realized his identity. Otto just chuckled twice. "Since everyone has recognized my identity directly, it seems there is no need for me to introduce myself."

"Bishop Otto, we don't seem to have received any information about your attendance at this meeting." Einstein said lightly.

"Ah, this, although it is not stated, but now that the two major organizations are cooperating, as the Bishop of "Destiny", I should have this qualification." Otto responded with a smile.

"Of course you are qualified. However, concealing the information of your presence does not seem to be a good thing," Einstein replied indifferently.

"Actually, I did consider showing up," Otto said, his tone still relaxed. "But after considering the feelings of my friends at Anti-Entropy, I finally chose this approach to avoid ruining their mood."

Listening to Otto's annoying voice, Tesla secretly clenched his fists.

However, with Li Wen's mediation, the two major organizations have basically reached a cooperation in the incident of the Ruler of Domination.

Naturally, she wouldn't let her personal anger affect these things.

However, keeping silent is her limit, so don't expect her to say anything nice to that bastard Otto.

"So, Bishop Otto, what can I do for you?" Einstein asked again.

"Nothing. I just wanted to give you some small suggestions." Otto chuckled and continued, "You don't need to go to those locations determined by the remaining information. The puppets have already left."

"Bishop Otto, where did you get this news?" Einstein asked.

"I just used some tricks to get the same information from the domination network as you did."

Hearing Otto's answer, Einstein grasped the message in it and frowned. "In other words, you have achieved the same result by some means before us, but you didn't share this information with us?"

She was a little confused about Otto's thoughts. Did he want to help them or not?

"No, no, no," Otto shook his head slightly. "Dear Dr. Einstein, I just happened to have retrieved the Void Myriad Treasures recently, so I used it to achieve this. Compared to your research, my little trick is not worth mentioning.

"Just when I was about to share my findings, the meeting between Dr. Einstein, you, Dr. Tesla, and Changguang began. It's not that I don't want to share my intelligence with you."

"'Void's Myriad Treasures'?" Walter, Einstein, and Bronya suddenly narrowed their eyes.

If they remembered correctly, Li Wen had said before that "Void Treasures" had been traded from Otto to Kevin.

Now that Otto has taken back the "Void Treasures", what promises has he made to Kevin?

As if he had guessed their thoughts, Otto smiled and said, "Don't worry, everyone. I didn't promise Kevin Kaslana anything. He returned the Void Treasures to me simply because he already had what he needed."

Listening to the conversation between the few people, Li Wen interrupted it directly and got back to the point, "You can speak, which means you have other means to locate the positions of those puppets?"

"As expected of my good brother, you still know me so well." Otto praised Li Wen and then continued, "Through the Void Wanzang's invasion of the Ruler's distributed core, I successfully obtained their intelligence.

"When they realized the danger, the puppets made a decision. They decided to contact Kiana, Theresa, Anna, and the others, intending to use their powers to try to influence them and awaken the Herrscher consciousness dormant within their cores."

After hearing Otto's words, everyone looked solemn.

If those puppets really succeeded, they would have to face at least four Herrschers at the same time.

Not to mention whether Li Wen can subdue them in time, the delayed time alone is enough for them to cause huge damage.

When Kiana heard this, the memory of Sirin suddenly flashed through her mind, and then the doll that inexplicably appeared beside her flashed through her mind.

"……No wonder."

She finally figured out why she suddenly dreamed of Xilin's memory. It turned out that it was the puppet's doing.

Otto's voice continued, "After making the decision to engage in such a head-on collision, they naturally prepared themselves for annihilation.

“The first thing is to stop the puppet’s activities in response to your monitoring.

"At the same time, in order to prevent the search of 'Anti-Entropy' and 'Destiny', they also deliberately withdrew some of the puppets into a neutral country."

After hearing Otto's words, Li Wen, Walter and Einstein all frowned.

Seeing Li Wen's expression, Kiana couldn't help but ask, "What does 'neutral country' mean?"

Li Wen exhaled lightly and explained, "'Neutral Countries', as the name suggests, are neutral countries. They neither belong to 'Destiny' nor 'Anti-Entropy' any force, and are in a completely neutral state."

"According to the agreement, neither the armed forces of "Destiny" nor "Anti-Entropy" can enter these neutral countries, so as not to arouse the people's anxiety about war.

“Similarly, since they have chosen not to cooperate with Anti-Entropy or Destiny, when the collapse comes, the local government can only fight against the collapse alone.

"So, after those puppets entered the neutral country, even if we knew their location, we couldn't send troops to search for them."

"Doesn't that mean we can't do anything even if we find them?" Kiana widened her eyes in disbelief.

"That's not the case," Li Wen said slowly. "Although the 'rules' are like this, there are always loopholes. We just need to avoid sending large numbers of armed personnel and instead deploy small groups of elite troops to avoid being discovered by the enemy."

"After all, when it comes to the safety of the entire world, we can only slightly break the rules."

Walter and other members of "Anti-Entropy" did not object to Li Wen's words.

Compared to the safety of the whole world, this is nothing.

"So? In this situation, what good plans do you have?" Li Wen shifted his gaze back to the screen in front of him, waiting for Otto's voice.