I am the former civilized hero.

The Herrscher must have run away, but he seized the opportunity keenly, the opportunity to step out from behind the scenes and into the front.

Prestige may seem unimportant, but it is something that cannot be obtained through force.

It's not a loss, keep it for now, there will be a chance to cash it out sooner or later.

Of course, with Ryan's personality, he couldn't do anything unnecessary. He just stood quietly on a high place, overlooking the entire city, and feeling the gazes of those who survived the disaster.

Fear, joy, admiration, and maybe some disgust?

Ryan doesn't mind being treated as a monster. After all, humans are complex creatures and no one can expect them to have the same ideas.

As for Alicia, she didn't care at all, as if she couldn't see those looks of fear and disgust. After thinking about it, she raised her hand with a smile like a flower and waved it gently.

That beautiful appearance is enough to make her the dream lover of many people. Perhaps at this moment, many people have taken pictures of her on TV, printed them out and pasted them on the headboard of their beds.

"I really envy you for not taking anything to heart."

"Everyone will be liked or hated, so why not just look at the people who like you?" Alicia heard the cheers coming from afar and laughed even more happily.

It was true that not everyone was cheering, but most people were clapping desperately for their own survival, and were grateful to the two for blocking the horrific storm and saving their lives.

It's a very pure idea, but unfortunately I'm not used to it.

Ryan was extremely doting on Alicia, so he just let her do what she wanted. But as for himself?

I just want to use this reputation to do things, and I don't expect respect from others.

Ryan has been hiding for too long, and has long passed the middle school period of being a hero. Mei does the brain-twisting tasks, and Alicia does the eye-catching work. He just lurks in the darkness and controls everything.

So even the TV station didn't react, Ryan had disappeared on the huge mountain, stepping on countless wreckage and human body fragments, slowly disappearing into the darkness, with only his gray eyes observing his surroundings.

'It is confirmed that the Herrscher of Wind has taken the opportunity to leave. The tactics are very good and worth vigilance, but she is not stupid. The authority to create such a city-breaking crop requires a large amount of Honkai energy and cannot be replicated.'

"The Fire Moth Chaser has finally arrived. There is something wrong with the rotorcraft. I can feel the reaction of Honkai energy."

He raised his head, looked at the planes in the sky, quickly locked onto one of them, and vaguely saw a figure near the cabin door.

Is this the sword of punishment?

Ryan remembered Mei's intelligence. Because of his participation, the fusion warriors were not only advanced, but also did not have the same urgency as in the original world line. It could be carried out step by step and scientifically.

No wonder the higher-ups approved the celebration.

He understood. These were the fusion warriors of the Fire Moth. Although they all had the genes of lower-level Honkai beasts, they were fundamentally different from humans. They were even more different from the crudely made failures of the pure-blood faction.

It is enough to use numbers to crowd together the Herrscher of the Dead Wind, and then become the protagonist in this battle, so that Alicia is no longer the only one.

"Another secret research line that bypasses Mebius. It turns out that no one is stupid."

Ryan nodded slightly. This was obviously a defense against him, but he didn't object. At least this was the fighting power of human beings.

At least for now.

In the original world line, there were hundreds of fusion warriors, and they were almost wiped out at the time of the Herrscher of Constraint. Since then, Mei finally gained control of the Fire Moth.

These fusion warriors must be checking Mei. With that woman's cunning, she could have used Kevin to suppress all opposition voices long ago. It was precisely because the parliament had the power to restrain her that she was able to hide for so long.

"It will be too late when she takes control of everything. I have to learn this lesson. Fortunately, my IQ is not as good as hers, but my strength has always been among the top three humans." Ryan said to himself, and felt that the current situation was completely different from that time of Mei.

Humans have created monsters in advance, and the Herrscher has also learned to judge the situation. The intensity of the war will double.

Ryan stepped on the cracked ground and laughed at himself:

"Earth, I hope you can hold on."

Chapter 126: The Third New Tokyo City?

The propeller made a clattering sound, and the purple-haired young man squatted outside the cabin, holding the handrail and looking at the earth.

There was a long and narrow scar on his left eye, and the right side of his face was covered with burn marks, so that only the once handsome face could be vaguely seen. He was wearing a full set of Saki MK.V heavy exoskeleton, holding a heavy electromagnetic rifle in his arms, full of the murderous aura of a warrior.

At first glance, he was obviously an elite warrior, but his red eyes were too bright and his pupils were a bit cracked, which added some inhuman qualities to him.

The young man glanced at Alicia on the 'mountain top', then focused more on the foot of the mountain and turned off the headset.

"Sir Kallis, I have seen Dr. Ryan. Yes, he did not accept the cheers and just left quietly."

"Really? How strong do you think he is?"

"I'm sorry, I can't judge without watching the battle, but based on the information from the Third Herrscher period, his combat power is not higher than mine." The young man paused and answered cautiously, "But the data on that crusade is incomplete, so I'm not sure if he used his full strength, and Dr. Ryan will also perform a fusion warrior surgery."

"Yes, and it is very likely the factor of a Judgment-level Honkai Beast. Vinar, as the most powerful warrior of the Southern European branch, do you feel jealous?"

The chief of staff in the headset was very gentle, just like chatting after dinner. The young man's red eyes froze slightly, but he quickly returned to normal.

"I can only fuse one mutated Honkai Emperor. This is determined by my genes. I am not jealous and I am looking forward to fighting alongside Dr. Ryan."

"Haha, you have a very good attitude. Let's pack up."

"As ordered."

Vinal turned his head and saw more than a dozen figures sitting in the cabin, some male and some female, with different expressions, but only two things in common.

First, they were all young, because veterans could not survive fusion surgery; second, their weapons were extremely advanced, some of which were so heavy that ordinary people could hardly bear them, and firing a shot would result in a fractured shoulder joint.

"Let's close the team."

"Ah, we came out here full of confidence, just to hang out?" A girl with silver curly hair complained, and the bubbles she blew burst with a 'pop' sound.

"Freya, we are here to fight against the Herrscher, but she has already escaped. Do you want to stay and clean up?" The sturdy woman with dark skin and well-defined muscles spread her hands.

"Tsk, she's lucky. I've already written my suicide note."

"I wrote a lot of the words in it for you. I told you to read more, but you didn't listen." A girl with short golden hair and a well-behaved face smiled. Seeing that her companion had a bad look on her face, she stuffed a lollipop into the other's open mouth.

"Don't be angry, eat some candy, and don't think too much about it. Sooner or later, we will have a chance to defeat the Herrscher."

The team members also quieted down and were obviously very friendly to her.

Alice is not only sweet and lovely, but also of noble birth. It is rare to see such a person fighting on the front line.

She comforted her companions, then tilted her head and asked, "Captain, if we really fight against the Herrscher, can we win?"

Vinar was stunned for a moment, then shook his head gently: "I don't know, but it's no problem for a whole team to entangle her. We have tried it many times in simulated battles."

They conducted targeted training using virtual reality and found that going up one by one would just be giving away meat, but with the help of equipment and coordination, they still had a 30 percent chance of winning, which was already quite remarkable.

"Let's go back. We haven't rested yet. We still have to continue the next phase of training and debugging of new equipment. The research committee is making very fast progress."

He turned around and felt the corner of his clothes being grabbed. He instinctively turned his head and saw a young man sitting on a stool.

The boy's gray-blue hair was tied into a small braid, which looked slightly metallic. His childish face was expressionless, and his light green eyes were somewhat eye-catching.

Sharp and low, full of hatred and murderous intent.

"Captain, I want to participate in the eradication operation in the southern rain forest."

"Can you tell me why, Ed?"

The boy covered his eyes, suppressing the hatred in his heart.

"Because I want to fight, because I must fight. Even if the Herrscher escapes, I will drive out all her lackeys without leaving a single one alive!"

......

This was not an escape at all, but a victorious turn.

Ryan touched his chin without any intention of mocking. The move of the Fourth Herrscher was considered clever. She completely jumped from the light to the dark, which was more troublesome than her three stubborn predecessors.

Therefore, he and Alicia were immediately recalled to the Fire Moth headquarters in New York. The top management was very afraid that the Herrscher would launch a central attack or a decapitation operation.

"This is annoying. I'm not their guard dog."

"But your operation has been approved." Mei slid her fingers across the tablet, viewing the combat data of San Diego.

"So this is also one of the benefits. It indirectly promotes the Fusion Warrior Program. Otherwise, even if we have a higher success rate, they won't be so happy."

Mei nodded imperceptibly. The changes of the Herrscher actually made no difference to Ryan, unless a Herrscher specializing in assassination was born and killed Ryan while he was sleeping.

She just changed the form of warfare slightly.

The suddenness and concealment are enough to turn the army into a supporting role, just like the unfortunate Third Fleet. The Herrscher can take action before the war machine is started, making the huge fleet unable to be used at all.

"So powerful individuals have become the general trend. At least fusion fighters are much more flexible than warships and aircraft. I will also adjust the research priority. Giant electromagnetic cannons and the like can be lowered in priority.

Mei deleted some projects as she spoke. She had wanted to do this for a long time, but the military-industrial groups kept objecting, saying that the power was even higher than that of the Law Enforcer and that one shot could cause destruction for dozens of miles.

Now, no one will jump out to be a target. No matter how powerful you are, it will be useless if you can't find the target.

Ryan also smiled. Technology is not useless, it is just too rigid and difficult to cope with various situations, but it cannot be abandoned.

"The early warning Starlink plan needs to be strengthened, and the Honkai energy detector needs to be further refined. At least it should be able to analyze the spectrum and determine the identity of the enemy."

"Are you looking for the Fourth Herrscher?" Mei reacted very quickly and raised the matter to the highest priority.

"It's not a good idea to keep it, and there will be other Herrs in the future." Ryan nodded slightly and asked casually: "Besides, there are still more ordinary people in the world. Mei, have you ever played chess?"

"You mean the exchange of pieces in chess?"

"Well, pawns against pawns, generals against generals, and kings against kings. Every chess piece has a role to play. It's impossible for us to defeat Honkai alone. Just like the battle with the Third Herrscher, if she hadn't underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly, the outcome would have been unpredictable."

The Herrscher of Thunder was almost exhausted to death by the Fire Moth. Ryan just launched a fatal attack, but without the prerequisites, he couldn't find any opportunity at all.

Mei held her chin and thought carefully for a while, then added back the items she had just erased: "Do you think the individual strength of the Herrscher will become stronger and stronger?"

"Yes, there must be some kind of law here. I assume that..." Ryan licked his lips, his eyes deep: "The more intense the human resistance, the higher the level of civilization will be, and the stronger the Herrscher will be."

He had always wondered why they didn't just send out the Ruler of Constraint to handle the issue. The reason was very simple.

It’s not that I don’t want to, but that I can’t.

Mei nodded, swiped the computer over, and explained, "It's an interesting hypothesis. This is the Houkai energy reaction table I just made. After the Fourth Herrscher appeared, the average global Houkai energy increased by 1.3. This is the number of cases of Houkai disease outbreaks, which also increased by 3% month-on-month."

"So you've figured it out a long time ago." Ryan slid the mouse, reading the data one by one, and saw the word "top secret" at the end: "So this data can't be released?"

"Yes, because this result is despairing. There is no victory at all in defeating the Herrscher and subjugating the Honkai beasts. Once the train of destruction starts, humans will no longer be qualified to play badly."

The girl adjusted her glasses, her pupils full of coldness, which made Ryan admire her calm tone.

Confrontation will only lead to a more violent counterattack, and giving up is pure suicide, which is truly despairing.

Ryan hesitated for a moment, but still gave an answer: "There will be an end, and there is also an upper limit to the collapse. We only need to compete in speed. If we exceed this limit, we can win."

"Are you sure?" Mei's eyes lit up.

"A lot of things have changed, but this one shouldn't change."