Herrscher of Reason's Arknights

The crimson viewfinder contained only the image of sodium chloride, nothing else, and it pressed on relentlessly.

The metal armor on his body began to peel away continuously with the giant's charge.

The already battered armor on its body kept peeling away, and the remaining intact pieces were constantly being squeezed and peeled off due to the movement of the bones. The giant now looked nothing like a humanoid weapon.

It's more like a giant beast.

Now, the beast bared its fangs and roared as it pounced on the girl.

In the pitch-black cockpit, the buffer solution had long been sealed off, and the rising foam was mixed with eyes filled with murderous intent.

"Kill her, kill her... kill her!!!"

The driver felt as if he were immersed in boiling water, with the scalding liquid searing his skin, yet he felt nothing due to the excessive dose of painkillers.

The pilot's frenzied state mirrored that of the machine, roaring like a wild beast.

"Interesting... I never thought there really were people who came back from the dead."

Seeing that the black giant had completely entered a wild state, sodium chloride suddenly grinned.

It was a smile that could chill anyone to the bone, much like the smile of a predator at the top of the food chain upon spotting its prey.

"I thought it was a mad dog, but it turned out to be a resurrected ant..."

Unfortunately, an ant that comes back from the dead is still just an ant.

A purple light suddenly shone on his fully Herrscher-transformed right arm, Honkai energy surged and churned in his blood, and the air instantly became extremely viscous.

That was a very small-scale Honkai that was caused by the outflow of Honkai energy.

However, even this tiny amount of energy is enough to unconsciously distort the surrounding space.

The narrative gates that filled half the sky were all opened, like a purple dome.

"Let's see how resilient you are. Hopefully, you won't die too quickly!"

With a wicked smile, the girl gently waved her palm.

The next moment, a purple "rain" fell from the sky.

Those were countless spears of subspace flying out from the imaginary space.

The chaotic Honkai energy contained in each of the Void Spears explodes with the power of a warship's main cannon.

The torrential rain composed of aerial spears could essentially turn this terrain into a deep pit!

"boom!!!!"

The blazing ball of light exploded at its center, and the white shockwave cleaved all the surrounding trees in two.

The orange-red ground was in a semi-melted state, and the Originium crystals that were originally buried underground but quickly solidified in the cold wind were exposed on the ground.

The permafrost has been almost completely evaporated, and the entire land looks as if a part of it has been dug out, with large amounts of white smoke rising from the deep pit.

That beast would have no chance of continuing to fight in this kind of terrain.

but!

There was no trace of that guy on these ruins.

The whistling wind then began. Despite its enormous size, it moved with such agility, stepping onto the one-thousandth of the jump window. The moment countless projectiles landed, it leaped up, using its back armor to withstand a wave of attacks from the sky, and then used the large area of ​​smoke from the explosion as cover!

These are no wild beasts, they are clearly the most elite warriors!

How could a mad dog that fights on instinct possibly do this much?

The enormous humanoid weapon was falling rapidly through the air!

They use the terrain and the opponent's attacks to gain an advantage in the battle, and they do so with an indomitable will.

He's quite the indomitable guy.

After discovering that ranged attacks were completely ineffective, they resorted to any means necessary to get closer to him, making use of everything they could, which can be described as extremely cunning.

"Alright, then I'll reluctantly change your review."

"For a mad dog with a brain to reach this level, you've got some skill to be expected..."

"But unfortunately, you're not the protagonist. Your battle ends here, you mad dog!"

Countless imaginary gates opened up around the girl once again. This time, instead of using the Sub-Void Spear, countless high-value-looking weapons emerged from them, their targets aimed directly at the humanoid weapon hovering in the sky.

Countless weapons took off, while the massive weapon falling at high speed was indeed unable to change its course. Everything it did was to get closer to sodium chloride, so how could it change its flight attitude?

However, its falling speed is already at its limit, and it will only take a few seconds for it to land in front of its opponent!

Just a few seconds!

Even if you manage to land despite being hit by countless weapons thrown by your opponent, that's enough!

Just a few seconds!!!

And he did indeed achieve that; the first wave of weapons pierced through the machine's internal organs, yet the enormous body did not die, and the giant crashed to the ground!

“██████＆*……＆……＆%！！！！！！”

A silent roar was accompanied by a swing of an iron fist.

Victory was so close...

Yet, though so close, we are worlds apart.

Because the giant's limbs, which had been swinging, froze in place...

The rattling of the metal chains was unusually jarring in the deathly silence of the battlefield.

Those were golden chains shooting out from countless gates of imaginary numbers, wrapping around the giant's body!

No matter how much they struggled, they couldn't break free from the forced restraints!

The chains of Judah provide a special bonus against large creatures.

The girl grinned maliciously, and the two Void Spears behind her instantly disintegrated into golden whips of light.

The tip had already exceeded the speed of sound in an instant, and it had already sliced ​​through the limbs of the giant man-made weapon.

Cutting metal is as easy as cutting butter.

With a mocking smile, the girl asked.

"How do you feel? Despair...?"

Or rather, did you sense the absolute difference in power?

P.S.: Second update is here.

Speaking of which, the perspective in Dogs 2 feels really weird, and the car handling is just awful. Did the Crew team at Ubisoft collectively disappear? How could they produce such terrible driving feel?

And even after selecting offline work, I still have to register a Uplay account, which is really disgusting. I just want to play games, I don't want to become a Ubisoft user. This is fucking hijacking of users!

Section 37, Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Curtain Falls

"[Cargo] Lost contact!!"

"What?! How could this happen?!"

On the plane, the man who should have been in a superior position, wearing a white lab coat, was now acting like a madman, slamming his fist on the liaison officer's desk.

His wide eyes were bloodshot as he stared blankly at the receiver that had lost its signal.

No matter how furious he became, no matter how much he pounded on the sophisticated and multi-million dollar machine, the screen would only display the words "No Signal".

This machine has a long transmission range, more than enough to reach the location where the goods were dropped off, so how could it not make contact!?

There was only one conclusion, but the middle-aged deputy director refused to believe this absurd conclusion no matter what.

How can it be!

How could it possibly be destroyed!

Impossible! Absolutely impossible!!

It must be a problem with this machine.

It must be!!!

However, the machine has lost signal, and the only way to check the problem is to fly back to the airfield and investigate.

But flying back would be tantamount to suicide; you can't just go back to the skies above the battlefield whenever you want.

The crew members looked at each other and ultimately decided not to talk about it, hoping that the deputy director wasn't out of his mind.

Especially given that the deputy director seemed somewhat delirious, the crew members were even less likely to say anything that might cause trouble.

However, they still underestimated the man's madness.

"go back."

"What did you say?"

The cabin was eerily quiet, with only the muffled breathing of those encased in helmets.

"I said...go back!"

The man's eyes were bloodshot, and he was as agitated as a mad lion.

His original refined and reserved demeanor had long been forgotten.

Of course, this is quite normal, just like the expression of a gambler who loses everything after going all in.

I couldn't believe what I saw.

Stubborn and persistent in self-deception.

But while the man was insane, the crew members were not.

Going back would be suicide.

However, if the man insisted on going back, they were indeed in a difficult position. After all, he was the deputy director, the person closest to the pinnacle of power.

"Go back first, don't follow the previous route."

Seeing that the stalemate was not resolved, the captain still gave the order to return.

However, he didn't return by the same route, as that would bring him back to the airspace above the battlefield. Instead, he planned to go back this way and take a look at the situation from a distance.

This minimizes the danger and also shuts up the deputy director who's on the verge of going crazy.

This is the best way to compromise.

The massive fuselage began to tilt slightly in the air, changing course in preparation for flying back.

It wasn't a very long distance to begin with, so the return trip should be quick.

Soon, the plane descended below the clouds, and the scene below came into view.

That was... a scene straight out of hell.

"What...what happened?!"

The vast expanse of white smoke rising from the ground and the huge ravines made it seem as if we were flying over the volcano.

The land, which had been evaporated over a large area, turned completely black, and the original permafrost beneath it was now filled with steam.

This completely altered the terrain of the previous battlefield.

The deputy director's eyes were fixed on a corner of the ditch.

That was... a huge arm encased in surviving metal armor.

"No·····"

However, the large area of ​​blood mist in the center of the pit added a different touch to this black pit.

Crimson red—that was deep red blood, slowly flowing from the enormous corpse and seeping into the earth.

"No...no! This can't be! Why did we lose?! How could this be!!!"

The man was screaming hysterically in the cabin, as if yelling at his men would rouse the thing back to its senses.

"Go down! I need to go down and see what's really going on!!!"