I am the former civilized hero.

"You won't die in the simulator, but you will die if you meet a Herrscher." Ryan answered with concentration, then turned around and said, "I will leave the headquarters today. I will leave the rest to you. I hope that by the time I come back, the thirteen detachments will have been sorted out."

He wanted to leave, but Mei would not stop him. She glanced at Mebius who was pursing his lips and said, "You should join us too. Maybe you can find inspiration for the Overweight Super Transformation Project."

Because it is data, excessive weight and mutation will not really affect the body, but of course there will be psychological shadows.

But this sentence had nothing to do with official business, and with Mebius's intelligence, he certainly understood what the woman was talking about.

If you want to stay by his side in the future, combat effectiveness is the most important thing, because Ryan always makes big news every time he goes out.

Mebius used to despise fighting, but this time he just nodded slightly: "Give me the highest difficulty, and I don't need any teammates."

"You said it, don't blame me if you can't stand it."

"Humph, even if it's a simulator, IQ is decisive. I won't be afraid of him no matter what the environment or time!"

Ryan's mouth twitched slightly, knowing that Mebius was going to suffer, but he did not speak to persuade him.

To be honest, the fighting ability of Mobius and Vilvi is not that strong among the Thirteen Heroes. They have a good foundation, but unfortunately they have been sitting in the laboratory for too long and lack the experience and ferocity.

But the laboratory always has an end, and in the end it all depends on strength. Without saying too much, at least you have to be able to protect yourself in the final battle.

So he didn't say anything and just walked away.

"Wait a minute, you name this system. I have already rejected the crappy name of Weiwei." Mei stopped him again.

This was unimportant, but quite interesting, Ryan just thought about it.

"Let's call it... Dark Soul."

No one knew what the dark soul meant, and Ryan left without explaining. May and Mebius looked at each other, and after thinking for a long time, they estimated that the fusion warriors would attract the darkest shadow that could touch the soul.

The matter was settled happily. Mei typed on the keyboard to finalize the system name, then asked without raising her head.

"Are you sure you want to leave the lab? Don't you think it's a waste of time?"

"I have to do the experiment, but I also have to participate in the battle. I hate being a burden the most." Mebius sat on the control console, half-pulled off her high heels, and gently swung her feet.

Because of the "gift", Mei owed someone a favor, and also agreed that in this doomsday, one must have strong combat power, at least not to become a burden to others.

"Same as Wei Erwei. How about this? I'll give you one of the thirteen teams. This is good for both public and private interests. At least I feel more at ease knowing that it's in your hands."

"Why is she joining in the fun?!" Mebius' voice suddenly became sharp.

"She has multiple personalities. Who knows what she's thinking? If I were you, I'd just be calm."

"You don't have to worry about my affairs. Ryan is not like Kevin, the paramecium that will only follow you around in circles."

"I think being loyal is a good thing." Mei pushed up her glasses. Her cold eyes made Mebius swallow back the sarcasm behind him. Then he continued to type on the keyboard, "You are not worried about Alicia, are you? You say you hate her, but you don't want her to really get into trouble. Do you want to help?"

Mabius' pupils shrank immediately, and he blurted out, "How do you know?"

"Alisaia has more than just you two friends. I've talked to her a long time ago and found out that she has some kind of cognitive impairment. This enthusiastic Alisaia has cognitive impairment. What do you think the impairment is?"

Mebius did not answer. It was obviously a good thing for him, but he didn't dare to think about it.

The girl who gathers all the beautiful things in the world is a cognitive disorder, so the opposite is...

"Don't think too much, just do what you should do." Mei came over and patted her shoulder, her eyes rational and serious.

"Because he will solve all problems."

Chapter 299: A New Herrscher?

A small and slender business jet flew across the sky, with the inky black Pacific Ocean beneath its wings. The sunlight reflected on the sea, and sparkling waves surged from time to time.

A giant tentacle was swung out. It was more than ten meters long and covered with suction cups. It looked like a giant whale emerging from the water.

"The war has dragged on for too long, and the Honkai beasts have begun to mutate."

Ryan looked outside the cabin, leaning back in his chair, half closing his eyes.

It cannot be said that it lasted too long. This state of confrontation was probably the root of everything. In the original world line, no matter which Herrscher appeared, it would be a big test for humans, a test that required desperate efforts to pass.

If there is a slight problem, civilization will end on the spot, but this problem does not exist now. The Herrscher has not even started the exam yet, and even most humans don’t know about it, but a cheater jumps out.

He tore up the test paper and beat up the invigilator. Then, he teamed up with the whole class to corner the examiner and beat anyone who dared to hand out the test paper.

It really makes me angry just thinking about it.

Ryan put himself in her shoes and couldn't help but smile. Then he opened his eyes, took the tea handed to him, and looked at Sakura again.

She was very professional. Since she changed her job from an assassin to the adjutant of the commander-in-chief, she even changed her dress. She changed into a Fire Moth military uniform, which was a black suit with gold edges, plus a knee-length skirt. Her pink hair was tied into a ponytail, and there was a boat cap in the middle of her long fox ears.

She had two long swords on her waist, grey stockings and black short-heeled leather shoes under her tight skirt, and she looked capable and heroic.

"This is the important information from Dr. Mei. This is Major Coleman's investigation report. And these are the reports from the Supervisory Department's 'Project Prism'."

Following the tea, there was an information terminal where all the information was summarized. Ying had never worked as an office clerk, but she spent a lot of time learning.

"Thanks. We still have a while to get to Shenzhou. Take a break." Ryan took it and gave a special instruction. Ying had been busy since takeoff.

Sakura seemed not to have heard and pointed to the changing color of the sea: "There are more and more Honkai beasts in this ocean. There may be problems in the sky someday."

The world is being cut off from other worlds and becoming isolated islands. Now airplanes are the only safe means of transportation.

Ryan also glanced at it. This was expected, so he lowered his head to look at the document again: "The sea is difficult to control. There are too few fusion warriors who can make it their home. But don't worry, Mei has already made a response."

"Retreat your defense?"

"Well, the seven divisions are reduced to four, and the branches are reduced to twenty. The focus is on defending the axis of Europe-Shenzhou-Mu Continent. With Australia in the middle, we can barely maintain the route."

He opened an electronic map. The areas that were left behind were basically the essence of civilization, with the most production capacity and population, while those that were abandoned were all rotten lands, mainly in Africa, South America, and the Middle East.

Only an absolutely rational person like Mei could make the decision to give up so much land. And only by dealing with the Fire Moth Council could the interest groups behind them shut up. For example, some Middle Eastern chiefs, who were clearly surrounded by Honkai, still wanted all kinds of interest exchanges to get the Fire Moths to invest resources. In Mei's eyes, all of this was a criminal waste.

He doesn't need to worry about these things, and he knows that behind every abandonment order are the blood and tears of countless people, but what can he do?

"Hmm?" He paused slightly as he was flipping through the documents and narrowed his eyes a little.

"Medical researcher Dr. Yodel was assassinated. Was it his personal secretary who did it?"

He had communicated with Dr. Yodel when he was on the research committee, but he unexpectedly died.

This is a talented person. His main research direction is Honkai disease, and...

He swiped back quickly. This incident happened two days ago and the case report was also received. This personal secretary was actually a student and a mistress. The two had always had a good relationship, so it could only be speculated that there was a change in their relationship.

But after two days of carpet search, no one was caught. This is very strange. That is the Far East Branch, and the control area is very small, unless they run to the occupied area.

Occupied area?

"Ying, help me retrieve all the recent criminal cases related to the Fire Moth within one week, including but not limited to scholars, experts, commanders or sponsors."

"Okay, give me ten minutes." Ying never complained. She nodded and went to work.

His fingertips tapped quickly on the keyboard, and more and more information appeared on the terminal. Ryan frowned as he read, and his expression became more and more serious.

With two limiting conditions, dozens of messages were filtered out, followed by black and white avatars.

Many people died, but in this world where people die every day, these deaths will not be felt by anyone because these people are in a very delicate situation.

If you say they are not important, they are all talented people. If you say they are important, they cannot influence the direction of the world. They just disappear quietly and silently, and only appear surprising when you search for them.

"Murder, car accident, loss of important documents, all seem to be coincidences and will not be reported as important matters, but they do not seem to be coincidences."

"I think it's somewhat similar to the incident at headquarters." Ying held her chin and went over the incident report she had read before in her mind. "They are all individual actions. There is no connection between them, but they all caused a certain degree of damage."

More than certain, it would be troublesome if there was no Prometheus. Hiding a Trojan program in the central database is equivalent to stripping naked in front of others.

Because of the changes in the world line, even if there are any problems, they can be thrown to the traitors led by Calis. In addition, the Herrscher is always unknown. Even Mei can't see any problems, but Ryan just knows that there is a Herrscher with similar authority.

Could it be that the order of the Herrscher's arrival has really changed? This is not something that the Herrscher of Consciousness can do. Because humans are too united, they bring in thousands of Herrschers to cause trouble?

He recalled the authority of this Herrscher, which was like having millions of clones, each of which was the original body, a master of destruction and infiltration. It could be said that the previous civilization was on its last legs. The damage caused by Him was much greater than that of the Seventh Herrscher.

The Herrscher of Flame promoted the creation of fusion warriors, while the Herrscher of a Thousand made people suspicious of each other, making the infighting of the Fire Moths even more intense, and completely eliminating the capital for a comeback.

'And it restrains me quite a bit. I can kill it like a chicken in a head-on battle, so I might as well not come out.'

Ryan rubbed his forehead, feeling that the collapse could not be solved by sheer force and flying bricks. If this thing didn't work by being cunning, he would use his strength to crush it. If he couldn't crush it, he would continue to play cunning tricks, just like some perverted teacher, trying his best to make difficult questions.

Seeing Ryan lost in thought, Ying did not disturb him but silently added tea. She knew that Ryan could not have gotten to where he is today with strength alone. The reason why Mei trusted him was because of his IQ which was at the top of human beings.

The plane engine was humming, and the coastline of the Shenzhou continent appeared in front of them. Ryan, who had been silent all the time, finally picked up the teacup.

"Got an idea?"

"Well, I assume this is a Herrscher. Doesn't that sound a little unexpected?"

"Herrs? Don't they spread destruction and terror?"

"Don't worry too much about the form. The previous Herrscher was indeed known for his destructive power, killing people like flies and razing cities one after another." Ryan took a sip of tea and said lightly: "But the power of this Herrscher is more destructive. Often, invisible knives are more terrifying. Imagine if Ling was also possessed by her, and you still couldn't see it. How would it feel?"

Ying instinctively tensed her muscles. Ryan's words were more than terrifying; they made her scalp tingle. She was not afraid of fighting and sacrifice. The double swords at her waist could chop up countless enemies, but if she couldn't see, where would the swords point to?

"How to solve it?"

She asked hurriedly. Anyway, she felt that there was no solution. According to Ryan's description, the strongest point of this Herrscher was secrecy. It would take a lot of time just to solve the problem of the nature of authority.

"I can't think of it for now. He is too insidious. There are only two ways at this stage." Ryan's biggest advantage is that he assumes the Ruler of Thousands, which can save research time.

"First, inferring from the goal, the purpose of His existence is to cause chaos and quietly divide humanity again. At this stage, He is assassinating those seemingly useless but actually crucial people."

For example, Dr. Yodel is not a fusion warrior and does not touch Ryan's friends, but his research projects are related to the lives of tens of millions of people. And the executive director of the 'Rhine Science' company, he is the son of a congressman, but was assassinated by an agent of the Fire Moth. Even Mei is worried about how to solve the problem. If it happens a few more times, what do you think those interest groups will think?

No matter how you think, of course you think that the Fire Moth is greedy and is ready to take back even the soup. When people are forced into a desperate situation, they can make any choice. At worst, there are still the traitors of Calis to turn to.

"Assassination, framing, the next step may be for some big shot to publicly oppose it." Ying pursed her lips, feeling a little dizzy, "What should we do? It's too passive for us to wait like this. We can't predict the Herrscher's next move at all."

She had already assumed that this was the Herrscher, and as Ryan had said, it was extremely terrifying.

"Since we are working backwards from the goal, let's fight back. According to my assumption, the number of Herrschers is limited. If they can be divided infinitely, then we might as well possess all the remaining humans." Ryan propped up his head, his eyes as cold as winter.

"So wait for Him to assassinate and frame me. He will soon find that this is of little use and will be exhausted quickly. Even if the matter gets out of hand, I can suppress it with my backhand."

Knowing that a Thousand Herrscher who specialized in causing trouble would come, how could I not be prepared in advance?

For online public opinion, I have Prometheus. No water army can be stronger than artificial intelligence. For offline troubles, I have Aponia. That commandment can eliminate any doubts.

Human rights? Morality? Trying to use these things to restrain me?

Innocent!

Chapter 300: The So-Called Hometown