Didn't you go to Teyvat to earn money to support me?

Ling felt as if her heart was being torn apart. She could almost clearly feel two hearts beating inside her chest, their rhythm vibrating like the beating of a giant drum. She seemed to hear someone laughing wildly in her ear, then suddenly the laughter turned into desperate cries. Countless sounds rushed around her ears, as if trying to tear her apart from the inside out.

He's going to die!

Muttering, sneering, wailing, roaring.

Ling had no idea what a Herrscher was. She had heard that Herrschers could hear things that others couldn't, that they were all absolutely anti-human madmen, and that they could directly communicate with the ethereal Honkai will.

Through the shadowy figures, she watched the boy being grabbed by countless hands and stabbed by countless knives, and felt that the world was noisy and chaotic.

"Ling! You stupid woman!" Shen Liang, her face covered in blood, still bit down hard on one of the soldiers' wrists. As the others punched and kicked at the soldier she had bitten, Shen Liang finally got a chance to shout, "Think of your sister! Think of me! Are you just going to accept this? Are you just going to die like this? You haven't even given me a daughter yet!"

He burst into laughter, but then someone grinned and shoved the knife handle into his mouth, twisting it forcefully. His neat teeth were cleanly severed at the root, blood gushed out, and he could only howl in pain.

Shen Liang had never experienced such pain. In his modern memories, he had lived in the Cocolia Orphanage since he could remember. Cocolia, Bronya's mother, and the nun teachers all treated him well. Even after he stepped into the extraordinary realm and was able to enter Teyvat, he had always lived a life free from worries about food and clothing. At most, he had gone from being the older brother in the orphanage to the young master of Shaniat.

But now, with his limbs crippled and impaled in the concrete ground by Soul Steel, he is grinning with a ferocious expression.

Ling lay on the ground, looking at his smiling face, which was also lying on the ground and blurred with blood. She had no strength left to cry, so suddenly the corners of her mouth curled up, and she wanted to laugh.

is it?

You bastard, is this why you risked your life to save me? You call me a stupid woman, but you're the stupid man! No, you're not even a man, you're just a boy.

Only a clueless boy would be so brainless, rushing in alone just to steal a Herrscher Core and a Divine Key. What daughter? What's with all this nonsense? What's wrong with you, little brat? Do I owe you something? If that had happened before the apocalypse, you'd get me arrested for that, okay?

But the evil flame in her heart burned fiercely.

The two hearts hidden in her chest beat together, beat, and beat again! The rhythm of anger merged into one, and Ling stared at Shen Liang with a slight smile.

She finally let her inner darkness run wild, willingly being swallowed up by what she had never wanted to face!

"Okay," Ling replied softly.

Shen Liang watched her lips move, and even though her voice sounded like a broken ventilation pipe, she still laughed out loud, "Good! Good! That's right, that's my girl, that's what I want to see... this is exactly how you are!"

He seized an opening, pinched the white flower with his last remaining finger, and flung it over, roaring, "Pick up the gun!"

The Black Abyss White Flower was ultimately created from the core of a Herrscher and was born with sentience. It keenly understood its master's command and flew towards Ling in an instant! It suddenly slammed into Ling's front!

"Pick up the gun!" the boy shouted.

Only those who save themselves will be saved by Heaven.

Shen Liang knew very well that he could never be a match for the Fusion Warriors. He was indeed special, but being special did not mean being powerful. He could use all the Herrscher cores, but he was ultimately not a Herrscher.

But there have always been true Heralds here.

The path to redemption lies within it.

Finally, someone realized what was happening and turned around sharply, only to see the pink-haired schoolgirl crawling forward little by little.

The steel shackles were attached to anchor bolts stuck in the ground, but the girl seemed oblivious. Everyone was amazed at how strong she had become. She dragged her broken legs forward and forcefully pulled out the anchor bolts!

"The Key of God!" Someone immediately realized what she was planning to do!

The two fusion warriors guarding Ling grabbed her ankles in an instant and dragged her backward. Although they didn't know what was wrong with her, a sharp sense of danger enveloped everyone! Ling was only a few dozen centimeters away from reaching the end of the white lance, but she was immediately pulled away.

Ling's hand stopped in place, and everyone subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

then.

The white flower trembled, rose from the ground, and handed the end of the gun to Ling.

"So good," Shen Liang and Ling thought to themselves at the same time.

Everyone was stunned for a moment.

In the brief silence, Shen Liang whispered in his heart: "Second rated power - reverse flow".

A gentle white light burst forth, dazzlingly bright! Its healing power instantly restored Ling's thigh!

Ling suddenly stood up, plunged her right hand into the chest of one of the guards, grabbed his spine, lifted him up, and flung him toward another guard! Blood splattered everywhere. She didn't even look at the two men who had been knocked off the building, but instead shook her hand, even though her bright red hand couldn't be shaken off.

She seemed to have become a different person, transforming from a weak and vulnerable girl into a demon. She coldly surveyed her surroundings, and everyone knew what had happened to her, yet they seemed to be under a spell.

"Drip-drip-"

The alarm for excessive Honkai energy blared wildly, and every Fusion Warrior's terminal reminded them that the girl before them had finally evolved! They were completely stunned. Even with their immense hatred for the Herrscher and their sleepless nights thinking about killing her, the fierce killing intent and overwhelming Honkai energy made their bodies unable to obey their brains!

"The Herald... the Twelfth Herald!" someone finally overcame their fear and roared!

Fear transformed into anger and a thirst for battle. The fusion warriors were no pushovers; they drew their weapons and charged toward the Herrscher of Corruption with an excitement, fury, and greed that surpassed even their encounter with Shen Liang!

“In my memory, the Herrscher of Corruption is a virus, something that only comes into being after you die. But here, I want to see what you, who have embraced the Herrscher's face, can actually do.” Shen Liang turned her head and looked at her with her shattered eyes.

Then they saw a smile appear on her face. Before the Fusion Warriors could figure out why she was smiling, they suddenly screamed in agony!

Electric current!

All the fusion warriors wearing standard armor were pierced by an extremely high amount of electric current! That was the armor's energy backpack. All armors have specially designed energy backpacks for convenient long-term combat, and this thing can be activated to perform a full-power self-destruction when the fusion warrior is in dire straits.

This is to ensure that the Fusion Warriors have the power to perish together with each other, and even if they cannot perish together, they can use self-destruction to destroy their own corpses and avoid being turned into Honkai zombies.

But today, the energy backpack used this power output program to electrocute them! The overheated current was hot enough to turn normal people into charcoal, and in an instant, some of the weaker fusion warriors were annihilated. Everyone was screaming and rolling around, and the encirclement line collapsed immediately! Ling leaped up and plunged a gun into the head of the leading squad leader. The beautiful weapon, which was originally only used for treatment, was now covered in red and white blood and brain matter.

"A Herrscher's ability! What kind of ability is it, Analyst!" The vice-captain struggled to shake off the energy backpack on his back, filled with fear and anger, but reason made him immediately order an inquiry.

"The analyst is dead! The analyst's enhancements were focused on reaction speed and thinking ability; they simply couldn't withstand temperatures exceeding a thousand degrees!"

No one knows why the energy backpack suddenly leaked, but Shen Liang knows very well.

This is the power of the Herrscher of Corruption. In the true history, after Rin's death, the Herrscher of Corruption itself became an intractable virus. It targets not only humans, but everything, including electronic information.

In fact, it could be argued that the distortion of electronic information is the Herrscher of Corruption's greatest strength. In real history, the Herrscher of Corruption even controlled nuclear weapons to destroy the last three surviving human cities, and its impact on the Flame Chaser was far more terrifying than that of any powerful Herrscher.

But in this dream, he successfully transformed Rin into a Herrscher, so perhaps the destruction of the world will come even earlier.

But who cares about that?

"Fire! Fire! Fire from a distance, kill them!" the vice-captain decisively ordered.

But it was all in vain. Ling continued to kill as if she were in an empty field. The fusion warriors who raised their guns were horrified to find that their guns were malfunctioning, the electronic sights were unusable, and the shooting system triggered by the aiming system was also unusable.

In the previous era, after being baptized by the Herrscher of Corruption, all of the Firemoth's battlefield equipment had backup systems, so that even if electromagnetic signals could not be used, they could still cope using purely mechanical means. Even the most basic physical firearms were used by Velvet in creative ways to prevent the existence of Herrschers of Corruption.

Ling waved the white flower, and the Black Abyss quickly came into her hands. She was not used to assembling weapons, so she simply held a long spear in one hand and a straight sword in the other, spinning the spear and sword like a windmill.

She didn't know any fighting techniques; after all, before becoming a Herrscher, Ling was just an ordinary high school girl who had at most a few semesters of gym memberships. So, relying entirely on the astonishing power and massive amount of Honkai energy that came with being a Herrscher, she was like a meat grinder among the Fusion Warriors.

Even so, no one could rival her. Wielding the Black Abyss White Flower, enemies struck by her were first corrupted in their will, falling into a daze, before being torn open in the chest by the Black Abyss, a fatal act. Her Honkai energy was at the Herrscher level, far surpassing anyone here. Only the strongest Fusion Warriors would have a chance to fight her for a while if they returned.

But just as these fusion warriors knew very well that even if news of the mutiny leaked out, it would take time for the fusion warriors to return, and before that, they could kill Ling.

Even if Ling loses control, those fusion warriors who can truly confront the Herrscher head-on will not be able to return.

Before that, Ling could have killed them all.

At that moment, Ling finally appeared before him. She was covered in blood, her school uniform completely obscured, and her expression was calm, yet she still looked like a monstrous demon against the backdrop of the terrifying art style.

Shen Liang looked up at her.

Ling gripped the lance and gently planted it on Shen Liang's shoulder. The "creation" power of the white flower was replenished by the Herrscher's endless Honkai energy, gently healing his injuries.

Then Ling knelt down, lifted his already shattered and ugly face, and examined it closely with a blank expression.

"It doesn't look good," Shen Liang said softly.

Ling kissed him.

Feeling the soft body and familiar warmth, Shen Liang couldn't help but pull his arms around the girl's slender waist.

Then Ling pinned him to the ground and gave him a passionate, unrestrained kiss.

Shen Liang had never experienced such a domineering attack, but he seemed to sense the unquestionable will of this Herrscher girl, so he could only comply. Finally, their lips parted, and Shen Liang and the cold-faced Ling stared at each other.

"Are all you Herrschers this queen-like?" Shen Liang said helplessly, "Never willing to be passive?"

"In the future, you kissed many Herrschers?"

Shen Liang understood immediately from those words.

The dream is about to collapse.

Come to think of it, after making his choice, the dream no longer knew how to continue. The Herrscher, who should have died, was still alive, and even with his mind, he couldn't construct anything new.

It's like this Herrscher of Corruption never used any abilities that Shen Liang couldn't recall, even though this Herrscher clearly had a physical body and wasn't just a virus.

Even dreams cannot conjure up things that Shen Liang doesn't know.

"I'm sorry, the real me couldn't save you." Shen Liang gently stroked her face. "I watched you die, you must hate me so much."

He knew that he was only talking to someone in his dream, and that he was essentially talking to his own memories.

In the true pre-civilization era, Eve never understood Ling's feelings.

“I won’t be harsh on a little boy who doesn’t even understand what love is,” Ling said softly, “but I’m glad to see that you have learned it in the future.”

"Yes, I've learned it."

At this moment, someone ascended into the sky. The gentle, married woman in white armor narrowed her eyes slightly, then silently watched the boy and girl supporting each other on the rooftop.

The ground around them was littered with corpses.

Half of the Fire-Chasing Moth's combat strength was lost here.

Mei finally couldn't hold back any longer and raised her head to prevent tears from falling.

"Why?" Mei asked.