Herrscher of Reason's Arknights

next moment.

— It shot out like a sudden storm!

The explosion completely engulfed the entire multi-story parking garage!

In an instant, the central area of ​​the reinforced concrete building seemed to have been bombarded by a high-yield aerial bomb.

The rapid release of sufficient heat is like the hand of a god, tearing apart the pitiful human structures.

The shockwave from the explosion, mixed with flying debris, meant that a human body in such an environment would be reduced to a bloody mist.

The entire floor collapsed, and its weight was crushed onto the floors below. Fortunately, the building was of decent quality and did not cause a chain reaction of collapses, but there would likely be very few survivors on that floor.

Dust billowed from the explosion was everywhere underfoot, and vehicle alarms were blaring all around.

It felt like the end of the world.

"...Is this your usual style?"

A golden chain extended from the purple Imaginary Gate and was tied to Talulah's left hand, preventing her from falling down with it.

Looking at everything happening at her feet, Talulah asked in a daze.

"I simply gave you the effect you wanted."

Seemingly having noticed something amiss, sodium chloride glanced at the collapsed building debris below.

"Don't worry, she seems to be quite resilient; she's not dead."

Chapter 364 [Collapse, Arrival]

"This is the place you've been looking for."

The tallest building in Chernobog, the Chernobog TV Tower.

With one hand on the maintenance fence, Talulah covered her hair and stood behind Sodium Chloride, speaking.

All suffering will end today!

Six hours before the Chernobog incident.

Talulah glanced at the time on her pocket watch, then looked at the person in front of her, the woman who had completely transformed into some kind of monster, suppressing the bloodlust within her Drak bloodline.

Wild animals are always afraid of things that pose a threat to them, and fear can breed murderous intent.

Even if you rationally know that it's just the aura emanating from the other person, your body will still instinctively feel hostility.

This is simply not a creation of this world.

What are you, really?

The snow demon's silhouette was reflected in the greyish-white pupils, and the aura emanating from the guy in front of him was like a man-made natural disaster!

Dark clouds seemed to gather over Chernobog.

The sky was overcast, and even though it was only afternoon, the sunlight could not pierce through the dense clouds.

The oppressive atmosphere seemed to foreshadow something big about to happen.

"As long as this is the highest point, you can take over the city with your men in six hours."

Sodium chloride looked up at the lead-gray sky and said.

"Although I feel I shouldn't ask, I still want to know."

Putting away her pocket watch, Talulah knew it was the perfect time to go. She had so much to do, but a strange unease in her heart made her want to find something to talk about to distract herself.

What will happen here?

“Every great era eventually comes to an end, and I am simply accelerating that process.”

His golden, molten iron-like eyes stared at Talulah, sending chills down her spine.

Even the descendants of dragons would tremble at the sight.

It's now a rather foolish question to discuss what exactly one's allies are.

You don't need to know what she is, just what she can bring you, that's enough.

This is a transaction, a mutually beneficial partnership, and this is the strongest alliance.

Talulah had already made a deal with the devil.

Ursus's ambition, Chernobog's impending destruction, a selfish and tragic wish, and the outbreak of war.

It's like a train carrying everyone in the world, but no one knows that the train's brakes have failed.

Once it's started, you can only rush headlong into the abyss of doom.

The outcome is no longer important; once you take this step, there is no option to stop.

"The garrison around Chernobog has been secretly withdrawn. The city's defense forces are not from the noble faction and are the biggest obstacle to the next operation. I will make them disappear. After that, it's up to you. Remember to come back in six hours, otherwise I won't be able to save you."

The girl said this calmly. Eliminating hundreds of thousands of people, destroying an entire city, and triggering a natural disaster—things that seem earth-shattering and will kill countless people—were as simple and mundane as deciding whether to eat bread or fried eggs in the morning, according to Sodium Chloride.

You can kill someone with a smile, or you can calmly curse someone else.

Even the villains in the story are nothing special.

Talulah took one last look at the girl's retreating figure, then said "See you in six hours" before walking down the TV tower.

Come to think of it, this is the first time she, as a fake Herrscher, has planned to release something that doesn't belong to her.

"Collapse"

An action that can collapse the real universe and establish an anchor point between the virtual and real spaces, much like the X area in a roadside picnic.

The entire region will be shrouded in an extremely dangerous illusion and reality.

Mutated beasts, zombie-like humans, and a crumbling order.

Everything is for the purpose of selection, to completely annihilate those incompetent civilizations, while those that survive will continue to fight against the collapse, so that the universe will not enter the dead silence of heat death.

However, these so-called "purposes" are too far-fetched. Sodium chloride is a person without any bottom line, and the life or death of the world has nothing to do with her.

She couldn't be bothered to care.

She only attempted to unleash this power, which she had never used before, because there was a way to achieve her goal.

As an imposter, she actually planned to unleash the "Honkai" that only the genuine Herrscher could possess.

I wonder if a fake Herrscher can be considered a genuine Herrscher after releasing Honkai?

Haha, who knows?

After all, she didn't even know how to unleash the Honkai.

There's no tutorial for this kind of thing, and she hadn't even considered the option of unleashing the Honkai before exchanging points for this body.

Furthermore, there is no Honkai God in this world at all; usually, pirated games just remove the opening animation.

Hers is about the same.

But it doesn’t matter.

For Herrschers, the so-called Honkai is like an explosion, where the principle is simply the release of high heat in a very short time. The Honkai is similar; it's about releasing the energy within one's body to the extreme.

So----

"call--"

Breathing in the oppressive atmosphere, sodium chloride closed its eyes.

Extending one's perception.

Consciousness gradually spread out of the body, sensing everything around it.

Falling snowflakes, a gentle breeze, drifting dust.

The heartbeats of those ants below, the flow of blood, the stain of evil, and the unpredictability of the human heart.

With your eyes closed, your vision is actually better than when your eyes are open.

Because sodium chloride, being the absolute opposite of life, can see the temperature of the soul, it can sense the life rhythm of those living things.

Then, the Honkai energy is gradually spread out.

He stirred up the immense chaos within his body, feeling reality being gradually corrupted.

The purple light is eroding and collapsing the surrounding space, which is turning into a pool of mud.

It's like ink being dropped into clear water.

The snowflakes were all dyed an eerie purple.

Suddenly, the white snow turned into white "ashes".

It was as if some dead thing was floating in the air, shaking off the dead biological tissues. Pale ash was everywhere, and everything in sight was ash like falling snow.

A purple beam of light shot into the sky!

The entire city could see that towering pillar of light!

And the gathering dark clouds.

A terrifying yet awe-inspiring domain unfolded instantly, impacting everything around it like shockwaves!

Space collapsed instantly amidst violent tremors; reality was collapsing.

The anchor point is bringing the two worlds closer together.

This area is gradually becoming part of the "imaginary space".

This isn't a "collapse," but rather more like...

The coronation of the gods.

This place is gradually becoming a forbidden zone for life.

The laws of the real universe will no longer apply, and all electromagnetic signals are being strongly interfered with. If anyone had an instrument that could detect radiation right now, they would see that the hands on the clock would absolutely burst!

But what attracted sodium chloride's attention most was not the cruel yet beautiful horror of the doomsday flower after it bloomed, but its own state.

She was clearly draining all the Honkai energy from her body at an extremely fast pace, yet she didn't feel any decrease in energy.

Energy storage seems to be improving?

The bloodline was boiling and burning fiercely, and the fierce energy was rampaging everywhere, violently driving the body to "evolve" in an incomprehensible direction.

Something in the bloodline seemed to have received a "summons," and what had not been answered before finally received a belated signal at this moment.

The air was thick with the excitement and fury of the collapse; they bowed their heads, they revelled.

Because, in some mysterious way, Honkai has truly come to rule this world.

The old order is dying, and the new order will step over the bones of the old king to ascend the throne.

Holding a scepter.

Is that right?

Looking at my hands, although there wasn't much change, the surge of power was real and palpable.

Even its single wing on its back has transformed into a pair of wings.

Those Herrscher wings were entirely woven from bizarre energy.

The exquisite twists and turns are as alluring yet deadly as a purple butterfly resting on a poppy.

The wind created by this butterfly flapping its wings will usher in a "new era".

And the destruction of the old order.

Chapter 365 [The Darkest Hour]

"what on earth is it!"

In the city defense command post, the city defense commander, dressed in an officer's uniform, was angrily slamming the receiver onto the telephone.

It's been thirteen minutes! All communications at the command center have been cut off for thirteen minutes!

If it were truly an invasion by foreign enemies, they would have already stormed into the city at this speed!

The entire command center was in chaos. No one knew what had happened. The area, which was completely under control, was suddenly subjected to strong interference from an unknown source!

Communications were completely cut off, turning the entire command post into an information island. They were unable to contact the garrison, or even issue alerts to the surrounding Ursus Army Group positions!

As the commander of the city's defense forces, he couldn't even command a single soldier!