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

Three hundred and ninety days later, the Yellowstone volcano erupted, and disaster victims flocked to the Asian tectonic plate. The casualties were devastating, and the fire-chasing moths were unable to cope with the deteriorating monitoring devices in the face of this natural disaster.

Four hundred days later, the number of natural disasters increases dramatically, and human cities begin their countdown to destruction.

On the 453rd day, the Son of Man was dragged by the ear by Möbius to the United Nations Council of the Firemoth to get engaged to Klein. This would normally have been a headline-grabbing tale, but the world today has no place for gossip, not even for a radiant little savior.

On the 523rd day, the global Honkai energy alarm device malfunctioned, detecting that the global Honkai energy concentration had begun to exceed the standard, and the Honkai energy equipment in all global Fire Chasing Divisions was damaged and could not function.

On the 524th day, the global Honkai energy alarm device malfunctioned, detecting that the global Honkai energy concentration had begun to exceed the standard, and the Honkai energy equipment in all global Fire Chasing Divisions was damaged and could not function.

On the 525th day, the global Honkai energy alarm device malfunctioned, detecting that the global Honkai energy concentration had begun to exceed the standard, and the Honkai energy equipment in all global fire-fighting divisions was damaged and could not function.

……

Six hundred and fifty-four days later, the Herald of the End descended.

Walking on the earth in the apocalypse.

Chapter Sixty-Four: There's no need to take such measures with the doll.

With Black Abyss in his left hand and White Flower in his right, Shen Liang slashed off the heads of two giant Honkai Beasts. Then, with a cold gaze sweeping across the ground, a group of small flying Honkai Beasts fell to the ground. Shen Liang pressed his right hand down sharply, and the immense gravity instantly crushed and pulverized the Honkai Beast horde!

But it was all in vain. More Honkai Beasts swept across almost every inch of the land, surging along the road beneath Shen Liang's feet. Behind him were civilians desperately rushing towards the Fire Chaser Base. These people dared not carry any luggage, relying solely on their legs to run backward as fast as possible to catch the military vehicles.

However, no matter how fast humans are, they can never outrun the Honkai Beasts. Many of these Honkai Beasts are even taller than buildings. Only the Fire Chaser Base, which uses the Fifth Divine Key for defense, can barely withstand their attacks.

Shen Liang rode a colossal whale, so large it nearly blotted out the sky, yet with a graceful and agile form. The whale's tail fin alone could easily sweep away Honkai Beasts classified as "Emperor-level," and it flew through the air as if the sky were its ocean. It was precisely because this enormous mount could clear large areas that Shen Liang was able to do his best to protect the civilians who were fleeing like a receding tide; otherwise, even with his immense strength, he wouldn't have been able to save many people.

The power of three Divine Keys is fused within him: the Sixth Divine Key, Black Abyss White Flower, and the Ninth Divine Key, Starry Harmony. Although the Fifth Divine Key, Hibernation of All Things, is also meant to remain within the base, the Herrscher of Ice's abilities are better suited for self-defense than proactive offense. Moreover, the power of Hibernation of All Things is limited; it also shelters hundreds of scattered shelters around the world, and should human civilization be destroyed, it will put the population in those shelters into perpetual hibernation.

Shen Liang stood in the middle of the road, facing the sea of ​​beasts. He fixed himself on the back of the giant whale, tensed his muscles, and once again let out a clear roar like a young man!

—This road is blocked!

The behemoth clashed with the herd! Shen Liang gripped the reins with one hand and steered Black Abyss with the other. Pure black decomposition power surged on the longsword, forming a giant sword phantom tens of meters long.

"Eden! Help me!"

A soft female voice answered him, "Leave everything to me, my king."

This nearly kilometer-long giant whale is the aquatic Honkai Beast, Vorona, fused with Eden, meaning "glorious ocean." Eden is not particularly skilled in combat; even when she artificially transforms into her beast form, she is still not very adept. However, her enormous and radiant form among all Honkai Beasts is powerful enough.

She rarely revealed this form, only transforming into a whale to carry Alicia or Shen Liang through the galaxy when she wanted to amuse them. But now, it was time for everyone to join the battle. Even if she wasn't skilled at it, she couldn't stand idly by, and Shen Liang was the only rider who had ever controlled her. He needed her power, and she needed his commands.

In the blink of an eye, a circular platform rose violently from the edge of the city like a mountain peak, with a depression in the middle! Thousands upon thousands of Honkai Beasts fell into the pit, buildings collapsed and began to bury them, the Honkai Beasts howled, trampling and crushing each other!

Although Shen Liang can use the Ninth Divine Key, Star Harmony, he is not as skilled as Eden, who has used it for many years. Star Harmony is also known as "Eden's Star," and only Eden is more suitable for recreating scenes of gravity fields.

"Gravity cannot suppress them for long; it's your turn. My king, quickly let the triumphant song resound."

It's too late, it's faster than that!

Before the Edenic chanting even began, Shen Liang unleashed the Black Abyss, a power he had been gathering for a long time! The decomposing force, with absolute control over biological genes, transformed into a deadly sword aura that sliced ​​into the crater, sweeping through the entire horde like autumn leaves in the wind. The Honkai beasts touched by the sword aura roared. They had no pain, but the feeling of being cut in half was still terrifying for any living being.

The decomposing power of the Abyss immediately began to spread along the point of contact. Honkai Beasts are indeed silicon-based creatures, but not entirely. As long as there is a carbon-based part, they can be dissolved into minced flesh by the Abyss. The power of the Herrscher of Death's core is an incurable poison for living beings.

"You used the combination technique quite well," Eden said with a smile.

This attack nearly wiped out half of the Honkai Beast horde in the city, greatly reducing the pressure in an instant. The other fused warriors stationed there immediately tightened their defenses.

"Keep retreating! Escape along the path and you'll reach the interior of the Fire Moth. The defenses there are strong enough; the outside will never hold!" Shen Liang ordered, then advanced himself. Each swoop of the giant whale crushed a swarm of beasts, creating a bloody storm.

This was a tactic to draw attention to the beast horde, hoping to protect more civilians and facilitate their evacuation. Therefore, blocking the supply line was essential, even though everyone knew the beast tide was endless and impossible to contain.

At this moment, Shen Liang would think of Kevin, Alicia, and other truly powerful individuals who stood at the pinnacle of fusion warriors.

If they were here, guarding the base would be much easier for them than for him. After the Heavenly Fire is unsheathed, each swing of the sword has a range of kilometers. The sheer number of Honkai Beasts poses no threat to the Fusion Warriors, whose strength is no longer on the same level. In fact, they can kill a large number of them with a wave of their hand.

But now those with real strength are gone. Even though he has the strength of a Fusion Warrior, his abilities are essentially dependent on the Divine Key... The Divine Key is indeed very strong, after all, it is the core of a Herrscher... but it is ultimately an external object.

How can someone who relies on external things compare to a true powerhouse? For a Fusion Warrior, the Divine Key is not even necessary; it's just a weapon. Without the Divine Key... a Fusion Warrior is just as powerful.

Where did they go?

Shen Liang had a vague suspicion, but he dared not think about it. He was very irritable and could only vent his anger and confusion on the beasts.

Just as he didn't actually care about the lives of these commoners, the reason he took action was because of Mei's expectations... He never considered the glorious son of man.

……

Finally, the garrison duty ended. Shen Liang, his white clothes stained with dark blue blood, stepped into the base carrying the Black Abyss White Flower.

The Moth Chaser base was initially designed with a population cap of 60,000, roughly equivalent to a university town, but at this moment, there are at least a million people here. Not to mention dormitories and laboratories, even the ground playground is crowded with panicked refugees.

They were filthy, had nowhere to wash their faces, and carried no belongings whatsoever. Even the smallest piece of luggage could be fatal when hunted by hordes of beasts. This was because hordes of beasts were erupting all over the world, and this city, closest to the Firemoth, was the only hope. Other cities, without a large number of fused warriors to defend them, would undoubtedly become food sources for the beast hordes.

Of the tens of millions of people in the metropolis, only a million survived and made it to the base. Considering that this may still be the last large-scale human settlement, those million are the human survivors.

This is the power of the End. When the End descended, it was not on the same level as other Herrschers. She did not even attack any human in a real sense. The week-level Honkai energy she brought when she awoke catalyzed Honkai Beasts comparable to the number of people. No matter how hard the Flame Chaser tried, the overwhelming difference in numbers was beyond human power to overcome. Countless cities fell in a single day.

When the Herrscher of Geo caused the last landslide, the whole world condemned and begged the Firemoth. But when the Herrscher of the End descended, the world no longer even had the ability to question the Firemoth. It was at this moment that humanity realized what the end of the world truly meant. In the face of the real apocalypse, there is no such thing as a resistance force.

Shen Liang undid his filthy long hair and walked into the playground with Eden, who had transformed back into human form, and then he stopped there.

The playground was packed with people, each only given drinking water and a sheet of aluminum foil for warmth. There weren't even enough tents available, so they had to wrap themselves in the cloth to avoid hypothermia. As soon as Shen Liang entered, everyone's eyes turned to him, making him hesitate.

Every eye was bloodshot, and their expressions were similar: exhaustion, grief, numbness, confusion, despair, and anguish. And what Shen Liang least wanted to see was the "hope" that appeared on the faces of these people whose voices were already hoarse from crying when they saw him.

He could no longer walk, yet countless eyes still stared at him pleadingly.

—A son of man.

—Where is the promise that the fire-chasing moth will protect everyone and save everyone?

--it hurts……

Why did my mother die? Why didn't you save her?

—Has humanity become extinct?

—Kill them all!

—Can we survive, sons of man?

--Mother……

Despite their exhaustion, no one grabbed Shen Liang or cried out when he entered; everyone simply watched him in silence. But the despair in their eyes only fueled Shen Liang's frustration…

He didn't know why he was so upset. Logically, he shouldn't need to care about these people's opinions. He had never promised to protect the whole world, had he? He was just a selfish bastard; he only ever wanted to protect a tiny minority... Why are you all looking at me like that? Am I a savior? I'm not! Go find whoever is the savior!

But he couldn't say it. What could he say? He hadn't killed enough, hadn't killed fast enough, he was too weak! In front of these ordinary people... he couldn't say anything.

Moreover... he didn't even know the point of saving these people.

If the Herrscher of the End is so terrifying, then even if someone is saved, won't the final result still be death? What's the difference between saving someone a day sooner or later? The end of the world has come; what's the point of him trying so hard to save people?

—It's meaningless.

Shen Liang knew very well that he should close his eyes, avoid looking at those gazes filled with complex emotions, walk through the crowd, and arrive at the command building.

He dared not open his eyes.

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The apocalypse continues, and the Fusion Warriors are still nowhere to be seen.

Shen Liang carried the two small girls, their clothes torn and disheveled, who had fainted softly, out of the bedroom and made his way to the prepared sunken room.

Klein silently gazed at Shen Liang, and after a long while, whispered, "They don't want to?"

"Sister Danzhu and Sister Cangxuan said that all life in this world will eventually die. Since that's the case, it has unparalleled value to face the end of the world with your loved one." Shen Liang said calmly, "I couldn't stand all that nonsense about things being heavier than Mount Tai and lighter than a feather, so I took a tougher approach."

Shen Liang carried the two sisters, Danzhu and Cangxuan, into the same hibernation pod. This chamber would then sink deep into the earth's crust, where they would remain in hibernation for millions of years. The hibernation pod was powered by the Divine Key, ensuring the safety of all beings.

These sunken chambers are "shelters." Theoretically, the Herrscher of the End destroys human civilization, but as long as there are not enough survivors to sustain "civilization," these shelters will not be destroyed. Therefore, the Moth of the Flame was not designed in large numbers; for every person to live, someone else must die. This is why Danzhu and Cangxuan were unwilling to "live on in this world."

But they are very important; they are both key figures in Project Fire and, like Hua, they bear important missions.

As for Shen Liang... he didn't care about any of that; he simply hoped that his woman could live.

"And you?" Klein looked at him. "Aren't you prepared to meet again millions of years from now?"

"This is a matter for the Fire Chasing Council to consider, not for me." Shen Liang remained silent for a long time before finally saying, "And you?"

“I became the Herrscher of Domination during the Herrscher of Domination incident. In the end, as you know, in order to reverse the influence of the Herrscher mind on me, I asked the Doctor to replace my body with a Soul Steel one,” Klein said calmly. “Now I am more of a puppet than a human. My human mind is stored in a mechanical body, so I don’t need to hibernate.”

"Ultimately, it's human thinking. If you don't go into hibernation, how long can your thinking last?" Shen Liang was well aware of the consequences of this experiment. The human brain's thinking ability has its limits. Short-lived species cannot retain memories for millions of years. Besides, Klein was just an ordinary person. It would be more likely if it were someone like Aponia, who had extremely strong mental attainments.

Klein looked at him silently. "I will put my mind to hibernation."

How to hibernate?

“I have…my plans,” Klein said in a low voice. “There are things I need to do, and only this mechanical body can do them.”

“Your tone of voice is starting to sound more and more like Mebius.” Shen Liang touched her face and forced a smile. “Actually, it doesn’t matter if you have a mechanical body. Mebius designed you to be no different from a human. The technology is already very advanced now, except that you can’t reproduce inside the body… But I didn’t have much of a chance of leaving offspring anyway, so I’ve gotten used to it over the years.”

Klein looked at him with his dull eyes, somewhat speechless.

Indeed, the biggest advantage of this doll-like body is that it doesn't need to excrete, doesn't need to rest, and doesn't need to take protective measures under certain circumstances... But this wretched little wolf has never even considered that kind of thing with ordinary girls, so it can't be said to have any advantage at all.

They take advantage of their genetic superiority over humans to do whatever they want.

“Speaking of which, I have a question. The base currently supports a million people, and the amount of food they need every day is enormous. Yesterday alone, they consumed 35% of the base's reserves. At this rate, we won't have any food tomorrow,” Shen Liang suddenly said. “But now the outside world has become a collapsed realm. How should we carry out disaster relief… Mei seems to have never considered this issue with me. This is not like her at all?”

Klein said softly, "Because there's no need to consider it."

Shen Liang didn't hear clearly and was about to ask her to repeat it when Mei's communication request came in.