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

A flash of thought flashed through the mind of Herrscher Ai Yue, but he failed to catch it and distinguish it carefully - because Kevin's second wave of attack had already arrived.

There was the familiar iceberg and the familiar fire wave. Two completely different forces were released at the same time in Kevin's hands, turning into a two-colored vortex, as if to drag the Herrscher Ai Yue into it.

However, the Herrscher Ai Yue simply waved his hand and dispersed the seemingly terrifying vortex.

The next second, an overwhelming rain of arrows came again, enveloping the Herrscher Ai Yue.

The Herrscher Ai Yue originally wanted to use the same trick again and directly disperse the Honkai energy condensed in these crystal arrows, but when these arrows entered the range covered by his domain, he couldn't help but be stunned.

Among these arrows, some are actual crystal arrows!

Although the rain of arrows became sparser in an instant, there were still many arrows left, still relentlessly attacking the Herrscher Ai Yue!

At this moment, Kevin took advantage of the moment when the vortex was dispersed by the Herrscher Ai Yue to close the distance between him and the opponent. Even if he risked being hit by the arrow, he would rush to the front of the Herrscher Ai Yue.

"Ugh."

Faced with the pincer attack from both sides, Herrscher Ai Yue made concessions for the first time.

He took a step back, but in an instant he took a step forward five or six meters, accurately avoiding the range covered by the arrows and delaying the time of contact with Kevin for a moment.

This will be enough to launch a counterattack.

The next second, the sword in Kevin's hand had already chopped down towards the Herrscher Ai Yue, but his movements suddenly became slow, so that the sword was easily caught by the Herrscher Ai Yue with both hands.

"This move is called Bare Hands Entering the Blade. Not bad, isn't it?"

Facing Kevin, who seemed a little surprised, Herrscher Ai Yue showed a smug smile.

However, the next second, his smile froze on his face.

Because at this moment Kevin released his hands from holding the big sword, and instead took out four metal spheres that he had just seen from somewhere!

Kevin, you're—

Before Herrscher Ai Yue could even utter a curse word, the explosion roared right next to him.

Although at the last moment, the Herrscher Ai Yue relied on his power to block all the explosions, and even used this power to blast Kevin away, the strange impact caused by the explosion of the metal sphere still disintegrated the power field around him.

But what's the point of doing this? Anyway, the next second I will...

Such a thought flashed through the mind of the Herrscher Ai Yue, and then a chill rose rapidly from his tailbone.

The tactics Kevin used the last time he fought him flashed through his mind.

Alicia's rain of arrows and Kevin's offensive were all feints, meant to create opportunities for the next attack!

But who will carry out the next attack?

The chill rising from his tailbone gave him the answer—at some point, a slender figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

Sakura, in her super-armed state, knelt on one knee with her back to him, and was now slowly sheathing the sharp sword.

At this moment, Herrscher Ai Yue felt countless intense pains exploding all over his body at the same time.

In an instant, a fierce sword strike!

In a moment of silence, the Herrscher Ai Yue slowly fell to the ground.

"How about it?"

Kevin, who turned over and rushed towards this side, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw this scene.

"Something's wrong."

Ying used the scabbard to support her body, but still couldn't stop shaking, "It feels... wrong."

She didn't maintain this posture just to look cool, but the knife had exhausted all her strength, so that she couldn't move at all.

Kevin also noticed something unusual at this moment and couldn't help but frown: "He's not bleeding...what's going on?"

"Ahem, I never thought I would be fooled by the same trick twice."

At this moment, the Herrscher Ai Yue actually sat up slowly, causing Kevin to subconsciously stand in front of Ying. "You guys, and that strange thing, are really good."

"What on earth are you..."

Kevin frowned, looking at the other person's body that was gradually becoming transparent, and suddenly thought of something, "Isn't this your true form?"

"I guessed it right, but unfortunately there is no reward."

Herrscher Ai Yue smiled brightly. "The Herrscher Core of the Dominant Herrscher is truly a convenient tool. Unfortunately, this tactic probably won't work a second time."

"But I believe that the next time will be the final battle. See you later, everyone."

As he spoke, he waved his hand in a very cool manner, and then the entire figure finally disappeared completely.

Then, several crystals of different colors fell on his original position, as if they were rewards dropped after defeating a BOSS.

Kevin looked at the crystals and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Just a clone... is it so troublesome?

102

Chapter 102: You should have said it depended on luck.

While the Herrscher Ai Yue was fighting with Kevin and the others, Padufilis also poked her head out from the wall stealthily.

The airtight space was extremely dark, so dark that one could not even see one's hand in front of one's face. However, this did not affect Padofelice. After all, her eyes had long been enhanced by the Honkai Beast gene to have the ability of night vision, and she could still see every detail clearly even in such an environment.

So she immediately spotted the black box placed in the corner.

"Rose, is that you?"

Padufilis tiptoed over and patted the box twice, "I'm here to save you!"

"Identification confirmed, Miss Padova."

After Padofelice touched it, a green light lit up on the black box, and then Prometheus' voice was heard, "Do not touch it. There is a special mechanism hidden inside this box. If you are not careful, it will cause an explosion."

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Padofelice took two steps back. "Explosion? In this kind of environment?"

Even she knew very well how terrifying the power would be if an explosion occurred in such a small space.

"This is a trap set by the Herrscher, Miss Padofelice."

Prometheus said, "Any slight energy fluctuation will disrupt the balance inside the box, causing an explosion, so I suggest you give up the idea of taking me away and just leave here quickly."

Just as Dr. Mei and others imagined, the reason why Herrscher Ai Yue kept the Prometheus extension was to use it as bait to lure the fusion warriors into the trap.

Inside the box, he created an ingenious "energy balance" with the Prometheus extension's energy system as the core. As long as the box is not opened, the internal energy cycle can maintain normal operation, thus maintaining the operation of Prometheus.

But once someone tries to intervene from the outside, as long as he releases even the slightest energy, it will cause the energy balance inside the box to lose balance, thereby detonating the chaotic and complex energy inside, and eventually causing a violent explosion.

Even without the intervention of external energy, the act of disassembling the box itself will trigger the internal mechanism and directly activate the Herrscher Core of Domination placed inside by Herrscher Ai Yue, thereby destroying the "energy balance" and causing an explosion.

Such an explosion might not cause much damage to the fusion warriors, but it would be enough to destroy the Prometheus extension itself, leaving them with nothing.

The Herrscher Ai Yue did not think that this method could cause any substantial harm to the fusion warriors. The reason he did this was simply to play with humans.

So he deliberately let Prometheus know all this in order to put the fusion warrior in a dilemma.

"I'm leaving, what will you do?"

Padofelice's eyes widened. "Is there no other way?"

"To eliminate the 'Energy Balance', we can only rely on the power of the Herrscher. There is no other practical way."

Prometheus said, "And the reason I didn't choose to self-destruct immediately was to send you the Herrscher's location. Now that the mission is completed, the rest is unimportant."

Because the Prometheus extension was not connected to the network, it could only send information when there were other processing cores nearby. If Padofelice had not happened to enter her signal range while wandering around, Kevin and others would have found it difficult to quickly lock onto this location.

"There's no real solution. In other words, is there a solution that might work?"

Padofelice noticed Prometheus's choice of words. "I don't have anything else to do anyway, Rose, so why don't you tell me in detail?"

"Well, in that case,"

Prometheus was silent for a moment, perhaps calculating the feasibility of the situation. "Under certain circumstances, there is indeed a way to safely remove me without destroying the 'Energy Balance', but this method requires a certain amount of luck."

"Luck?"

Padufilis was stunned for a moment, then raised her head proudly, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I'm so lucky!"

"Even so, please be careful."

Prometheus continued, "According to my scan results, if you open the box from the baffle on the left side, there's a certain chance that the Herrscher's core won't be triggered..."

Before she could finish her words, Padufilis deftly pried open the left panel.

After doing all this, she suddenly stepped back and dived into the wall, as if trying to avoid a possible explosion in this way.

After a moment, Padufilis poked her head out and said, "It seems... it worked?"

"It seems that you are not very confident about your luck."

Prometheus said calmly, but Padufilis didn't know if it was an illusion, but she always felt that he was being sarcastic.

"Well, it's always better to be cautious."

Padovice smiled awkwardly, then leaned closer again, "What should we do next?"

"Please observe the internal structure and then put your hand in, avoiding everything inside,"

Prometheus said, "Then I will abandon the energy system and cover my main body with your hand. This way, you can take me away without disrupting the energy balance."

Herrscher Ai Yue's plan was actually very good, and there was nothing wrong with his design, but the only problem was that he didn't know the specific structure of the Prometheus extension.

As the latest generation of quantum computers, the Prometheus branch's liquid deformation ability not only allows it to flow like mercury, but also allows it to arbitrarily divide its internal structure, separating single or multiple systems from the main body, thereby integrating and expanding when multiple branches exist at the same time, or merging functions with the same system.

It was also because of this that Prometheus had the opportunity to implement this plan.

Of course, the most critical step is actually the first step - how to open the box without touching the Herrscher's core.

Padfilis didn't know that the "certain probability" that Prometheus mentioned was actually less than 5/1000, which means that no matter which direction the box was opened, it would basically trigger an explosion.

But I don’t know whether it was because of Padofelice’s talent as a thief, or because she was just incredibly lucky, but in short, the matter was indeed resolved.

"Is that it?"

Soon, Padofelice took out the quantum computer, which had transformed into a black metal glove. She scratched her head, a puzzled expression on her face. "It doesn't seem that difficult."

Prometheus did not respond because its energy system had been shut down.

103

Chapter 103 I beg you to stop talking.

Padfilis quickly returned to the Light Star Experimental Base with the Prometheus extension.

However, just when she wanted to share her joy with others, she found that the atmosphere in the hall seemed a little... dull.

"What's going on?"

Seeing this scene, the girl couldn't help but sneak in from the side, find Alicia and ask in a low voice, fearing that she would disturb others.

"Is little Paddo back?"

Compared to the others who were all frowning, Alicia seemed relatively normal. Seeing Padfils's cautious look, she couldn't help but smile, "You're not hurt, are you?"

"No no,"

Padofelice shook her head and raised her left hand. "And I brought Rose back... but she seems to have fallen asleep."

"This is due to a shutdown caused by the lack of energy systems."

A drone flew in front of Padofelice and said in a Promethean voice, "Leave it to me."

The next second, a tentacle emerged from the bottom of the drone and rolled away the metal glove that Prometheus had transformed into.

And at this time, Padofelice also knew why everyone was so depressed.

"That Herrscher is a fake?"

Hearing Alicia's simple description, Padofelice couldn't help but be shocked. "So, we haven't seen the real Herrscher yet?"

"yes,"

Alicia nodded. "Even I didn't expect that."

"No wonder everyone is so dejected,"