Honkai Impact 3: Saving the former civilization by rubbing the black technology

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Chapter 79 This is my suicide plan (4,000 words)

As Prometheus finished speaking, the office instantly became silent, and even the sound of breathing was almost inaudible.

Fortunately, everyone has experienced many ups and downs, so although this news is shocking enough, it will not make everyone give up resistance directly.

"What exactly did Ai Yue plan?"

Mobius was the first to come to his senses. "Is becoming a Herrscher also part of his plan?"

Among the people present, she was the one who could least accept this fact, because she knew very well that with Ai Yue's intelligence, it would be a very desperate thing if he became the enemy of mankind.

You have to know that before this, Ai Yue might have had the weakness of his low strength, but after becoming a Herrscher, even such a weakness has been made up. If you add the resources in his hands, Mebius can't even imagine how to fight this battle.

Therefore, the only hope lies in the fact that "becoming a Herrscher" was already part of Ai Yue's plan.

"Yes."

Prometheus's response made Mebius feel somewhat relieved. "This is exactly part of Dr. Ai Yue's plan."

"But how is this done?"

Compared to Mebius's concerns, Dr. Mei was more curious about something else. "I've never heard of a Herrscher being able to designate a candidate. Does that mean as long as there's only one human within the radius of the Great Collapse, that person will definitely become the Herrscher?"

"That's not the case, Dr. May. You've got cause and effect reversed."

Prometheus said, "It was the birth of the Herrscher that triggered the Great Collapse, not the Great Collapse itself that created the Herrscher. The Great Collapse is a commensurate phenomenon when the Collapse energy flows from the Imaginary Tree to the imaginary singularity of real time."

"That doesn't explain how Ai Yue became a Herrscher... Never mind. Now isn't the time to dwell on this."

Dr. Mei didn't like wasting energy on things that had already happened. Anyway, if she had the chance, she could ask Ai Yue for clarification. "Since this is part of Dr. Ai Yue's plan, there must be a reason, right?"

"The reason is simple. Dr. Ai Yue predicts that the next Herrscher may be even more powerful than we can imagine."

Prometheus said, "Under these circumstances, only human intervention in the birth of the Herrscher can minimize the losses."

"Reduced to the lowest level? No matter how you look at it, the losses are even more serious now, right?"

Mebius couldn't help but sneer, "Does Ai Yue even understand how important he is?"

"I think I can understand his thinking."

Aponia said at this moment, "Letting the Great Collapse break out in the no-man's land can at least prevent the loss of a city, right?"

This time, Mebius said nothing more - although Ai Yue was obviously much more important to her than a city, she also knew very well that Ai Yue himself would never put his life above that of others.

Given that guy's personality, he would only think that exchanging his own safety for a city is a really good deal.

“But how do we solve the next problem?”

Kevin asked the most crucial question, "Can Ai Yue guarantee that he can still stand on the side of humanity while in the Herrscher state?"

The Herrschers are not to be trusted. Although they have the appearance of humans and may even retain human emotions, in the final analysis, they are no longer human, but the enemy of humanity.

This was a lesson Kevin had learned at an extremely painful price, but at this moment, because the other party was Ai Yue, he was willing to trust him again.

"No, the Herrscher is the enemy of humanity. At least that won't change in this plan."

The projection of Prometheus tilted its head slightly, seemingly glancing at a corner, and then said, "According to Dr. Ai Yue's plan, everyone here will be responsible for dealing with him."

"We fight Ai Yue?"

Kosmo couldn't help but speak, "Is this true?"

“It feels a bit unrealistic.”

Desdobia couldn't help but agree, "Dr. Ai Yue knows our strength inside and out, not to mention that most of our equipment and weapons come from him. In this situation, do we really have a chance of winning?"

No one wants to be an enemy of someone who knows all about him, let alone the fact that even if all else is left aside, the other party is a true Herrscher.

Furthermore, up to now, they still knew nothing about the Herrscher Ai Yue - what kind of power he possessed, to what extent he could exert it, and how many Honkai beasts there were in Australia, all of these were unknowns.

Information is a very important part in war. The current situation is that the opponent is using a perspective cheat, and the map on our side is completely black. How should we fight?

"Don't worry, Dr. Ai Yue has already made follow-up plans."

Prometheus said, "As long as things go well, then we have a 70% chance of winning."

"Only 70 percent?"

Wei Erwei couldn't help but reveal a puzzled expression. "This isn't Ai Yue's style, right? He never comes up with a plan with a success rate below 90%."

"The remaining 30% will depend on Dr. Ai Yue."

Prometheus responded, "Please don't worry. Dr. Ai Yue said that this war will end in human victory. It's just a matter of whether the victory is small or big."

"What was the outcome of the small victory?"

Alicia suddenly said, "What will happen to Ai Yue in this ending?"

She keenly sensed something from Prometheus's evasive remarks.

"The result of a small victory is to defeat the Herrscher at the cost of Dr. Ai Yue's death, paving the way for the final victory."

Prometheus was silent for a long time, and finally spoke out, "I didn't mean to hide it from you, but I just didn't want to add to the already heavy pressure on you."

Qianjie, who had been standing silently in the corner, suddenly walked towards the door. Ying, who was entrusted by Ai Yue to "keep an eye on Qianjie", directly blocked his way and asked, "Qianjie, where are you going?"

"Anywhere is fine, I don't want to waste time here anyway."

After experiencing the influence of school life, Qianjie became much easier to communicate with. "Asking and asking, asking and asking, hesitation can't change the facts we are about to face. Ai Yue has left the rest to us. Can just holding a meeting here change anything?"

After saying that, he walked around Ying and left without looking back. Ying nodded to everyone and then followed him.

She absolutely cannot mess up the task that Ai Yue assigned to her.

"Qianjie is right. Always looking back and forth will only waste time."

Kevin said at this time, "Prometheus, what is Ai Yue's specific plan?"

"Dr. Ai Yue has individual arrangements for each person,"

Prometheus said, turning his gaze to the side, "Dr. Mei, Padufilis should have handed over the things that Dr. Ai Yue arranged for you, right?"

"Isn't this what you're talking about?"

Dr. Mei pulled a metal box from a drawer. "I tried. It has a code and won't open."

"I don't know the password either,"

Prometheus glanced around and said, "But Dr. Ai Yue should have made corresponding arrangements."

"Well, the password is my fingerprint,"

Alicia nodded, walked forward, and activated the metal box. "I'm sorry, Ai Yue didn't let me say it before."

"What's inside? It's so mysterious..."

Dr. Mei took something out of it and then fell silent.

Not only her, but everyone who saw it fell silent.

It was a transparent container divided into several spaces, containing several crystals that everyone was familiar with.

That was the Herrscher core originally placed at the Light Star Experimental Base.

"It seems that at least we don't have to worry about Dr. Ai Yue mastering eleven Herrscher cores and killing us all."

Kosmo said in a low voice.

"Is it possible that even without these cores, Dr. Ai Yue can still kill us?"

Destobia also responded quietly.

"No matter what, with these core players, at least our chances of winning are better."

Dr. Mei looked at Wei Wei and said, "Wei Wei, how are you doing with the previous 'Key of God' project?"

Although the cores were taken away by Ai Yue, he also made certain modifications to Wei Erwei's "Key of God" plan, so that it did not have to be bound to a certain Herrscher core, but could release different powers according to different Herrscher cores.

And with the blessing of the characteristics of "Soul Steel", the Key of God is no longer restricted to a fixed appearance, but can be transformed into different weapons according to the needs of the user. It can be said that it has changed from the original specific equipment to general equipment, greatly improving its versatility.

"All ready, nine in total."

Velvet responded, "In addition, there are also Secondary God Keys that can be adapted to the Ruler of Domination's core. They can be equipped for the second batch of fusion warriors."

"No, they have no place in this war."

Prometheus said, "Don't let others participate in the battle to avoid unnecessary sacrifices."

"So what's the specific plan?"

Kevin was most concerned about this. "We can't just use a decapitation tactic and rush in to kill Ai Yue, right?"

"I'm sorry, I don't know either."

Prometheus said, "Because before this, there was a possibility that I would betray humanity. To be on the safe side, Dr. Ai Yue did not tell me the plan directly."

"The specific arrangements are all in here."

Dr. Mei was still taking things out of the metal box and soon found a stack of envelopes. "Our names are on them. Everyone, come and take them."

Everyone took the envelope with their own name on it, and Kevin also took Sakura and Qianjie's envelopes: "I'll take the things to them."

He had already finished reading his copy, which contained a simple message: "Once you find my position, attack with all your might."

After seeing the content, Kevin couldn't help but wonder whether all those responsible for participating in the battle received the same arrangement.

Soon, there were two envelopes left on the table, one from Sue and the other from Padova.

"Speaking of which, where is Paddo?"

It was only then that Aponya realized the problem belatedly, "I remember that at the beginning, she was still here."

"I don't know. She has always been free to come and go. Let Prometheus worry about it."

Mebius looked at the contents of the letter and actually smiled. "Anyway, it's difficult to get to Australia right now, so there's no need to worry about her running around."

"Su, can you see it?"

Dr. Mei opened the letter belonging to Su and showed the contents of the letter to the other party's camera.

"Dr. Mei, Su has been disconnected for ten minutes."

Prometheus then reminded, "The signal between the Earth and the Moon is still not stable enough. According to the feedback from the satellite, it will take another 20 minutes to reconnect."

"So that's how it is. I was wondering why he didn't speak."

Dr. Mei silently put down the letter in his hand, "Mebius, what's the situation over there?"

"Secret."

Mebius put away the letter, but it was obvious that she was in a much better mood. "According to the plan, I don't have any plans for the time being. I'll go back to the institute first."

"Dr. Mebius, please wait a moment."

Eden walked over at this moment and handed his letter to Mebius. "Dr. Ai Yue has made the detailed arrangements for my fusion warrior surgery. If you have time, could you perform the surgery on me now?"

"What are you in such a hurry for?"

Mebius looked at her but didn't take the letter from her. "You're not planning on going to the battlefield, are you?"

"Dr. Ai Yue said that the fusion warrior surgery has to wait until he returns. If you really can't wait, you can also come to you, Mebius."

Eden smiled and said, "Since I will become a fusion warrior sooner or later, and the situation is so urgent now, why not do more?"

"He certainly didn't take your part into account in his plans."

Mebius frowned, "So even if you don't do this, we'll still win."

Eden is a very friendly person, and most importantly, she also recognizes Mebius's aesthetics. Mebius naturally doesn't want her to take risks for this matter.

"It's precisely because Dr. Ai Yue doesn't know how to calculate my variables that I join in, so I can increase the success rate, right?"

Eden maintained a gentle smile, but his tone was filled with unquestionable determination. "Dr. Ai Yue is also my friend. I don't want this plan to end with only a 'small victory'."

"……Oh well,"

Perhaps her last words had an effect, Mebius took the letter from Eden's hand and said, "Follow me."

"I always feel like something is weird."

When Dr. Mei looked up again, Alicia was the only one left in the office. "It's clearly a very serious, even somewhat hopeless situation, but why... does it feel so lighthearted?"

She still remembers that when she first heard the news from Prometheus that "the Herrscher is Ai Yue", the atmosphere in the office was still very depressing, but it seemed that after getting Ai Yue's specific plan, things became simpler?