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

Prometheus asked, "Theoretically, I don't need to be the blueprint for this matter, right?"

In Prometheus's view, even without himself, Ai Yue could still create a soul using his memory. In fact, because there were no other "clutter", such a soul would be more like Ai Yue himself.

"No, creating souls and growing crops are actually based on the same principle. They both require soil, seeds, and nutrients to produce fruit."

Ai Yue shook his head. "The human body is the soil, memory is the nutrient, and the seed is you."

Ai Yue paused, then continued, "A Herrscher can be born even without a soul. However, the core of the soul, the 'seed', will belong to the Cocoon of the End. Then, we won't be able to reawaken me by implanting backdoor commands."

A blank body can also give birth to a new soul. This matter has also been recorded in later generations. However, this is the pre-civilization era after all. In this era when the Cocoon of the End has not yet been intervened by artificial intelligence, Ai Yue dare not really give his body completely to the Cocoon of the End to play with.

"That's it, I understand."

Prometheus nodded. "Then, there is another question - who among us is the Herrscher now?"

"Of course it's you, Rose."

Ai Yue couldn't help but smile as he watched Prometheus' expression and tone become more and more vivid, but he quickly became serious again, "But there is something I need to tell you in advance."

In order to ensure that the Herrscher is completely destroyed, Prometheus's artificial soul is destined to not be preserved.

"My soul will be destroyed, won't it?"

Prometheus said it very bluntly, then shook his head slightly, "I've known about this from the beginning, Dr. Ai Yue."

"Feel sorry,"

Ai Yue opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing.

"Dr. Ai Yue, this is exactly what you are not good at."

Prometheus smiled. This was probably the first time she was able to display different expressions according to her mood. "I have already accepted this result. Why should I apologize?"

"I am already very satisfied to be able to help you."

She stood up and opened her arms. "So, what are we waiting for?"

"Don't you feel resigned?"

Ai Yue asked in surprise, "Having a soul means you can become human. Isn't this what you've always wanted to accomplish?"

Creating a soul is not an easy task. This time, Ai Yue took a huge risk and gave up his body in order to complete the plan without any mistakes. In other words, Ai Yue will not make a second attempt before the risk is resolved. This means that the future of Prometheus truly becoming a human being is still a long way off.

Although this was just an insignificant extension data for Prometheus, from Ai Yue's perspective, it was proof that he had killed Prometheus with his own hands.

"But protecting humanity is my top priority."

Prometheus answered without hesitation, "Okay, Dr. Ai Yue, if you keep delaying like this, I might really regret it."

Ai Yue said nothing more, but just walked forward and held Prometheus in his arms.

Along with his movement, the "Soul Editor" was also activated, and the short-lived soul belonging to Prometheus was instantly locked, then disassembled and eliminated.

Her self-consciousness will be erased, and her memories will be transcribed into data for future research. In just ten seconds, the Eleventh Ruler will truly disappear from this world.

Ai Yue could feel the body in his arms trembling slightly, which was proof of the fear of impending death after possessing a soul.

But Prometheus said nothing.

"Thank you for your hard work, Prometheus."

Ai Yue patted her head gently, as if to comfort her, or as if to convince himself, "We will meet again."

"Well, see you in reality then."

Prometheus did not realize the hidden meaning in these words, but just said softly at the last moment, "Father."

Ai Yue once refused to let Prometheus call her by this word, but after possessing a soul, Prometheus could finally disobey this order.

After saying this, Prometheus' body completely dissipated into the air, and this scene in the spiritual world also meant that her soul had indeed been disintegrated.

Yet, something precious was preserved.

Ai Yue lowered his head and looked at the palm of his hand. There, there was something like a seed, emitting a faint white light.

Ai Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing this scene, a slight smile on his face: "Yes, the next time we meet will be in real life."

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Chapter 115 Let’s divide him.

At the last moment, Ai Yue made the decision to preserve Prometheus's "spark of consciousness".

As the root of soul creation, the spark of consciousness represents the most fundamental "seed" of the soul. With such a thing, as long as Ai Yue can gather the required materials in the future, he can resurrect Prometheus who was born this time instead of creating a new soul.

Although in essence, both are Prometheus, but for Ai Yue, it obviously has different meanings.

Of course, doing so is not without risks. After all, Prometheus' soul once had in-depth contact with the Cocoon of the End. Even if it is restored to the most basic fire, there is no guarantee that it can be completely isolated from the Cocoon of the End.

If one day in the future, the Cocoon of the End can come into contact with the spark of Prometheus' consciousness in a way beyond Ai Yue's expectations and reshape his soul through it, then what Ai Yue will face is a brand new and flawless Ruler of Constraints.

But as a parent, how can you kill your child’s soul with your own hands?

It's just a little risk, is there no way to solve it?

Ai Yue hid the spark of Prometheus' consciousness deep in his own spiritual realm, and used his own soul as a firewall to separate it from the outside world. In this way, he could at least delay it for enough time.

With the system in hand, Ai Yue believed that he would be able to find a solution soon.

Only after making sure that everything was safe did Ai Yue close his eyes.

After a moment, his consciousness finally surfaced into reality and he regained control of his body.

The long-lost sense of reality flooded into his brain along with his body's sensory system, making Ai Yue, who had not processed this information for a long time, slightly confused. However, he quickly got used to it all again and opened his eyes.

What appeared before his eyes was a scalpel flashing with cold light.

Ai Yue:?

"and many more?"

Realizing that things seemed a little different from what he thought, Ai Yue quickly spoke up, "What are you doing?"

Only then did he see the specific situation at the scene. The person holding the scalpel was Mebius, and standing beside him were Kevin and Wilvi. Alicia and Su were waiting at the bed. Everyone stood in a circle, and everyone held a gleaming surgical instrument in their hands. In a trance, Ai Yue thought this was some kind of funeral ceremony.

Are they trying to tear me apart?

"Awake? What a bad time."

The moment he saw Ai Yue open his eyes, Mebius blinked hard, and then said in a cold voice, "Su, bring all the remaining anesthetics and pour them into him."

"Where should I pour it in from?"

Ai Yue finally gained full control of his body. He raised his hand and grabbed the scalpel in Mebius's hand. "Stop!"

At this moment, the others seemed to finally realize what had happened and breathed a sigh of relief.

Although no verification was carried out, Ai Yue in front of them only spoke a few words, and everyone could clearly realize that the soul controlling this body at the moment was the Ai Yue they were familiar with.

Kevin threw what he was holding aside, turned around silently and walked out of the operating room.

"It seems that no further dissection is necessary."

Su smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Ai Yue. We will go ahead."

He obviously had more to say, but Alicia beside him tugged at his sleeve, casually reacted, and left the room.

"Uh, so it's just us?"

Wei Erwei looked at Ai Yue lying on the operating table, then glanced at Mebius beside her, and couldn't help but utter an unromantic voice, "It's okay, the two of us can do this operation, I can do the work of three people!"

As she spoke, a sound of mechanical transmission came from behind Weiwei, and then three pairs of mechanical arms stretched out with bared fangs and claws. Under Weiwei's control, they picked up the surgical instruments that others had put aside and began to wave them.

"If you keep acting stupid, I'll tear them all apart!"

Ai Yue glared at Wei Erwei. "Are you afraid that I won't settle the score with you? Don't think that just because I'm using you, some things can be ignored, Wei Erwei... or should I say, Ai Erwei?"

Hearing the strong threat in Ai Yue's words, Wei Erwei immediately wilted, muttering something like "so biased" and walked out of the room dejectedly.

It was not until this time that Mebius finally reacted and broke free from Ai Yue's hand.

The next second, she fiercely stabbed the scalpel towards Ai Yue's abdomen——

Of course, this action would not hurt Ai Yue.

"Stop making trouble, let's talk business first."

Ai Yue sat up from the bed and casually slapped the scalpel in Mebius's hand aside, "How are Aponya and the others?"

"Aponia is still unconscious, but she's not in danger. Padu just woke up and I coaxed her to sleep next door. Everyone else is fine and is gradually regaining consciousness."

Mebius turned his back to Ai Yue, not wanting to see his expression. "As for someone, I suspect his heart is rotten, and I'm about to cut it open to take a look."

Obviously, she was very dissatisfied with Ai Yue for doing such a big thing without making any noise. Before this, Mebius could still put aside his personal emotions for the sake of the plan, but as Ai Yue woke up, all of this could no longer be suppressed.

"What are you talking about?"

Ai Yue carefully held Mebius in his arms and said, "Listen, isn't it beating well?"

Mebius didn't say anything, but Ai Yue could feel that her tense body finally relaxed at this moment.

"I'm sorry, Mebius."

Ai Yue said sincerely, "Isn't it very hard for you to be given the most important part of the plan without any discussion?"

"Who do you think I am?"

Despite having experienced unimaginable torture and fear, Mebius still insisted, "That kind of thing can be done faster by myself without you!"

"Yes, yes, I'm holding you back."

Ai Yue smiled and said, "Thank you very much, great Dr. Mobius, for saving me from danger. How can I repay you?"

"Now you know how to say nice things?"

Mebius snorted coldly, but suddenly twisted his body, "Wait, where are you touching?"

Blushing, she struggled to break free from Ai Yue's embrace. Just as she was about to say something, a figure suddenly emerged from the wall on her left: "Brother Yue! Brother Yue, you're awake!"

The next second, Padufilis threw herself into Ai Yue's arms and burst into tears without restraint: "Brother Yue, you are such an idiot! You scared me to death!"

Mebius looked at Ai Yue frantically trying to comfort Padufils and couldn't help but tilt his head slightly: "He is indeed a big fool."

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Chapter 116: High risk will of course bring high rewards.

After a while, Ai Yue finally returned to his normal state and came to the central hall of the Star of Light.

And here, except for a few people who are still in a coma, everyone else is waiting for him.

"Thank you for your hard work, everyone."

Looking at the crowd waiting for him to speak, Ai Yue nodded and said, "I declare that this operation has achieved an unprecedented success - this is the first time that humanity has defeated the Herrscher without any casualties!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Alicia started to applaud enthusiastically, and under her leadership, everyone also gave him face and applauded.

"Of course, due to my personal arbitrary decision-making, I'm sure everyone still has doubts about many details of this battle plan."

Ai Yue didn't hesitate to get straight to the point. "Then let's move on to the post-battle review. If you have any questions, please feel free to speak up."

"First, the first question,"

Dr. Mei still couldn't make it to the scene, but still participated in the meeting via projection communication. "What exactly is the power of the Eleventh Ruler?"

Although this battle was extremely eventful, from the initial discovery of clues to the final resolution of the Herrscher, even including the time it took Ai Yue to regain consciousness, it took no more than forty-eight hours. Furthermore, the scale of the entire war never extended beyond the boundaries of Australia. Therefore, it is impossible to make a reasonable analysis based solely on the existing data.

For example, Dr. Mei initially believed that the opponent's power was the decay and restriction of energy, but later the opponent showed the means to influence and manipulate vectors. In the final battle, he even exposed the ability to use spatial power, which was simply incredible.

If all of this were considered the power of the Eleventh Herrscher herself, then she was undoubtedly the first Herrscher in human history to possess multiple powers. However, a closer look revealed that her mastery of spatial powers could only be described as "half-baked."

"You can think of it as an enhanced version of the First Ruler's power."

Ai Yue explained, "The Eleventh Herrscher's most basic power is indeed the manipulation of energy. We can simply call it 'constraint power', but on top of the constraint power, she also gained higher authority."

"Higher authority?"

Dr. Mei frowned. "Could it be that your statement was based on the paper on the tree of imaginary numbers?"

"Yes, but I won't go into that here for now. After all, the academic aspects might be difficult for everyone to understand."

Ai Yue nodded. "To put it simply, above all the Herrschers, there is a special being with even greater abilities. The Herrschers' power actually originates from it."

"Is this the being that created the Herrscher and wants to destroy humanity?"