I am the former civilized hero.

"clear."

Seeing Ryan taking over the command, the soldiers also became nervous. Only a fool would believe that the Herrscher would not arrive for another half an hour. Fortunately, with Ryan in command, no one panicked.

His record is too horrific. What if the Herrschers are lying in ambush all around?

Ryan was like a stabilizing force. The countdown for the Honkai energy bomb had begun, and he came to the ground and answered Hua's questions in a separate channel.

"I don't understand Kalis. He expected that the Fire Moths would raid the institute, but he didn't set an ambush."

"Perhaps he couldn't call the Herrscher, and he didn't expect you, Brother, to come."

"Of course, no one can control the uncertainty of me." Ryan was not proud, he just emphasized that he could do whatever he wanted.

You thought I would work hard, but actually I would be slacking off in the Golden Courtyard. You thought I would become lazy, but hey, I would just run out and cause trouble.

He was very good at giving people surprises. His brain quickly analyzed all the information at hand and rejected several ideas.

It is not feasible to hastily engage in a decisive battle with the Herrscher. The timing, location and people are not favorable, and this does not suit my style.

The reconnaissance plan has been completed, but I still feel unsatisfied. There must be something hidden in this strange continent.

"Arrange your retreat. I want to stay."

"Ah?" Hua thought he had misheard. How could anyone stay in the Herrscher's lair? "Brother, if you want to start a war, you should call more people. The 11th Squadron alone is not enough."

"Who said I was going to start a war? Don't you think there's something wrong with the Ninth Herrscher incident?"

The city of Donggong was destroyed.

Hua had also read the investigation report and of course felt that there was a problem. Why would a city be wiped out so completely? He always felt that something was being hidden.

She moved her mouth, and finally closed it in frustration.

"You want to stay too?" Ryan said the rest for her.

"Is it okay?!" Hua turned around suddenly, his eyes full of anticipation.

She had always wanted to get closer to Ryan, but the gap between them became bigger and bigger, and she couldn't even see his back. How could she not feel dejected?

"Of course you can. You are also a top-level fusion warrior and a hero of mankind. You are no longer the little girl following behind me." Ryan nodded heavily and saw Hua's slightly shrinking pupils.

Hua is not very confident, nor willful. He hides many things deep in his heart like a wooden stake. He obviously wants to fight alongside him, but is afraid of becoming a burden or something.

What are you afraid of? Girls have to grow up eventually, and sooner or later they will have to face the storm alone.

Even through the thick helmet, Hua could still clearly see Ryan's expression, which was one of encouragement.

"Thank you."

"I've already said that you are qualified to follow me. This is something you have worked so hard to get. Why thank me?"

"But I still want to thank you." Hua smiled sweetly. She didn't ask for much. What she hoped for most was recognition. This was completely different from Mebius and others.

Ding.

The elevator reached the ground, the door opened, and a jungle with smoke rising from it could be seen. As Calis had said, the Herrscher was not lying in ambush there.

What does this guy mean?

Ryan was a little confused about Calis's position. Concealing the truth just to pass on a message? To show humanity a second path?

He didn't know, so he stood there waiting. Hua quickly went to make arrangements and issued a gag order. These veterans couldn't have spies, and through Ryan's confirmation, they couldn't have a controlling entity either, so the news could certainly be kept secret.

As the rotorcraft quickly took off, the air current it created flew sand and rocks, and Hua had silently returned to his side.

"Ready for adventure?"

The girl took a deep breath and looked at the jungle littered with corpses. This was a continent that had been deeply infiltrated by the collapse, but she was not panicked at all.

"Brother, this is the first time you and I work together."

"We haven't worked together before?" Ryan turned his head and saw the girl's resentful eyes, so he smiled awkwardly: "It seems so, the last time only counted as half time."

Because the power armor was too tall, he knelt on one knee and spread his hands.

When Hua saw him like this, her face immediately turned slightly red, and then she reminded herself loudly in her heart.

Now it's a battle, Hua, you have to perform well and don't think too much!

Then, she realized that she had thought too much. Ryan just held her legs with his palms and let them hug his arms. This posture would allow him to quickly engage in battle if he was attacked.

This made Hua, who was expecting a princess hug, roll her eyes and gently hug Ryan's shoulders.

This man is in hardcore mode right now.

Chapter 340: This might be a different world

boom! !

A ball of fire rose from the river mouth. The Honkai energy bomb was much more powerful than gunpowder. The flames engulfed the entire research institute. The strong shock wave threw the egg-like shell away and fell into the sea several kilometers away.

The professional demolitionist was positioned in a way that ensured that nothing would be left. The debris created ripples on the river surface, and the Herrscher with short black hair had landed at the center of the explosion.

He could feel the slightly warm ground with his bare feet. Si Lu slowly turned his head and saw thick smoke billowing from the huge pit in the center of the island.

"It's been destroyed so thoroughly." She gave a strange smile. This was the first time that the Fire Moths launched a counterattack on this continent, and the idea was simple.

"An equal retaliation, and also a way to test our reaction? To be honest, if they want to sabotage us, it will be difficult for us to defend ourselves."

"Well, after all, they have twelve detachments and a sinister leader. I can't access the core secrets now. If I mobilize on a small scale, I really can't find any intelligence." The blonde woman walked through the dust, and the wings of the giant beast under her crotch blew away the dust.

Her face didn't look good. Ever since Mei reorganized the Fire Moths, her intelligence capabilities had been greatly weakened, because orders did not need to be passed down through layers and could be directly handed over to each captain.

Originally, it would be more effective to undermine one or two captains, but the battle in Donggong allowed that man to usurp some of the authority, and he would be exposed once he got close.

The ghostly dragon-like Honkai beast, covered in blue flames, lowered its head, letting Qian Lu fall to the ground silently. It said calmly, "The counterattack of humans is reasonable, but their recent restraint is puzzling."

"Yes, they have clearly reached their peak strength now, and they should have crushed us long ago. After all, it is not easy for us to leave now."

"Do we really have to be tied up by those humans? We were more flexible before."

"I don't know, but I just know it's the right thing to do and it should be done."

Even though they were smiling and had rich expressions, the conversation between the two Herrschers was essentially emotionless, not even with any rebuttal or debate, because even they themselves didn't know why they were doing this.

Why form an organization, why accept human traitors, why protect them?

These questions are just like why the world should be destroyed. There is no answer to them. They are just stubborn instincts.

"So humans are very interesting. Why don't you give us a fatal blow? I came here with the intention of having a big battle." Death Law covered his mouth and giggled, but his cold eyes swept around and stopped at the jungle filled with the corpses of Honkai beasts.

"I don't know. Maybe he is not sure. Because even if we are all killed, there will still be Herrschers descending, and the dead humans cannot be resurrected." Qian Lu did not have an answer, but only raised one point: "That man is unpredictable. Maybe this is why he should be ruled out."

"This is the only explanation." Death Law agreed, and gently spread his hands and raised them upwards. "Then let's go back first and be alert. I don't think humans will give up. We must leave a few behind next time."

slam-la-

The surface of the river bulged, and hundreds of octopus tentacles emerged. Those hands were covered with sharp teeth, like the mouths of countless piranhas. They gently held the Herrscher as if sharing food, and disappeared in an instant. Qianlu also stepped onto the ghost dragon and soon disappeared into the sky.

The wreckage still stood silently. In the pile of corpses a thousand meters away, the air twisted and black armor was revealed.

The power armor has its own mirage system and is directly powered by the energy backpack. This internal circulation greatly reduces energy leakage, so Ryan dares to observe under his nose.

"How about it? It feels exciting, right?"

"Yeah." Hua nodded heavily. She had faced the Herrscher before off the coast of York. She blamed herself for a long time for her poor performance in that battle. She never thought that he would actually peek under her nose.

"The short black-haired guy is the Herrscher of Death, and the blonde woman is the Herrscher of Thousands?"

"He's just one of the dominant entities of the Thousand Herrscher. This Herrscher is quite troublesome." Ryan narrowed his eyes and almost couldn't help but take action just now.

Both Dead Law and Thousand Law are auxiliary-type Laws. Their combat power is not very strong when taken alone, but they are very powerful when they form a team. It is like having a nurse by the side of the BOSS. Thousand Law is even more so. He infiltrates, spies, and sets the pace, and almost brought himself to failure.

"Forget it. These two Herrs came prepared. If I let them escape, I will return empty-handed."

"It would be great if Dr. Mei could send Kevin and the others over here. Maybe we can defeat them."

"You're overthinking it. The Herrscher is not stupid. He will retreat inland as soon as he sees an ambush. It's irrational to fight them on this continent."

Hua glanced at the corpses scattered all over the ground and nodded slowly. So many "treasures" were dug out right after landing. There was really no need to fight. After all, Honkai energy was limited and would be consumed.

"Brother, this place is still thousands of kilometers away from Rio. How are we going to get there?"

"Try to get closer to that side. Detect as much as you can. Remember to keep records." Ryan had no intention of breaking through the barrier alone. He was as timid as he was just now.

The two of them set off immediately. Ryan still held Hua in front of his chest and activated the mirage force field. Anyway, he had a lot of Honkai energy, so this consumption was nothing.

Following the river branches all the way south, we saw many strange landscapes:

Giant trees hundreds of meters high, branches full of mutated "fruits", energy fluctuations coming from them, as if they would fall down if someone invaded, and some monsters would burst out.

There were undercurrents surging in the sparkling river. When the detector was turned on, it was found that it was filled with tens of thousands of piranhas, each of which was as big as an arm and covered with heavy armor-like scales. They ate all the matter in the river clean.

Occasionally, the soil in the jungle would churn up, and a Judgment-level Honkai beast similar to an earthworm would crawl underground, its sandworm-like mouthparts able to swallow up a building in one swoop.

This is not even like Earth. It is enough to drive environmentalists and biologists crazy, and only Honkai experts will be excited. Based on what Ryan saw and heard, they can make a new list, listing more than a dozen new Honkai beasts and dozens of mutant subspecies.

If Ryan hadn't occasionally seen the ruins of a town, he would have really thought that he had traveled to another world, and then he soon discovered the first anomaly.

The distribution of the Honkai beasts was not even, nor were they all hiding underground like what we saw two days ago. Most of them were patrolling in the jungle, but they did not hunt or fight like ordinary animals.

"Wandering around aimlessly, have you noticed that your activity range is actually fixed?"

Ryan was lying on a rusty water tower, observing the Honkai beasts in the city for half a day. He was used to wandering around the world, but it was rare for him to be alone.

"Is this territorial awareness?" Hua had been a student for the past two days and returned to the biology class with a notebook in his hand.

"Well, I don't think so. In fact, there are two main sources of Honkai beasts. One is randomly generated, and the other is the companion beasts of the Herrscher. For example, the Herrscher of the Void can summon a large number of them at will. Logically speaking, they are not subordinate to each other."

"But what we see is different. They move in a very regular way, just like the legions during the Battle of Britain."

"Well, to some extent, all Honkai beasts have mutated." Ryan shrank back behind the low wall and took off his helmet. Few people could do this kind of stealth reconnaissance, and even he had to be extremely careful.

"The Honkai Beast is also a strong enemy, and have you noticed that the quality of the beasts here is very high?"

Hua bit the pen and recalled, it was true. The worst ones along the way were the giant chariot types, and there were countless temple types with huge shields and thick armor. As for the upper-level Honkai beasts, she saw no less than ten, which could not be ranked according to the previous naming method of the Fire Moth.

"It feels like they are more elite. It will be troublesome if they can cooperate with each other."

The giant shield of the Temple can resist large-caliber artillery, and it is difficult for fusion warriors to kill it. It seems that the firepower is still insufficient.

Thinking of this, a hint of worry flashed across her face: "Honkai is accumulating strength and strengthening in all aspects, and we have already tapped into a limited potential."

Ryan's eyes became relieved. Hua had indeed grown up and could actually think of such a deep-seated problem.

That's right, after his exploration, the potential of mankind is almost reaching its limit. After all, there are only so many qualified people, and it takes at least sixteen years to train a new warrior.