Herrscher of Reason's Arknights

In the early morning, the Lungmen Guard Bureau cordoned off the area.

The number of casualties and deaths caused by the explosion is being tallied.

Chen stared grimly at the building, now reduced to ruins.

"A shop that had just closed a few days ago to be rented out was inexplicably exploded today."

"Cause of the explosion."

"The investigation is still ongoing, but the initial estimate is that someone planted Originium explosives here."

Chen took out his terminal; there was a new email in his inbox.

When an unsigned email suddenly arrives at this time, you don't need to guess who sent it.

The person who just called me...

[The Reunion Movement sends its greetings, dear Inspector Chen.]

"Tch! The Reunion Movement really stretches its reach far..."

Chen said viciously.

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In the hazy morning light, the already eerily quiet stone coffin-sealed area was now completely devoid of any human trace.

The city center was incredibly quiet; there wasn't even the sound of insects chirping or birdsong.

Only deathly silence remained; the entire city was dead.

Due to the excessively high concentration of Honkai energy in the city center, there are no longer any living people in the entire central urban area.

Even electromagnetic signals cannot pass through here; all communication is cut off from the outside world.

Because Talulah had been notified in advance, the entire area outside the central city has been sealed off by the Reunion Movement. No one can get in, and the infected undead can't get out either.

This is now the safest and most secluded area.

Ursus's informants couldn't get in at all, and any detection machines were unable to get in and capture any images due to strong interference. This place became a power vacuum for everyone.

To the outside world, the Ursus regime only sees this area as a disaster zone with no living people, and since it won't spread, it doesn't bother with it.

Since releasing the Honkai, sodium chloride has essentially established a complete connection with the Honkai God outside the world.

What is this? A Herrscher being promoted to a full-fledged position?

From a certain perspective, sodium chloride can now indeed be considered a genuine Herrscher, as it can even absorb Honkai energy from the atmosphere without needing to produce and consume it itself.

That's real Honkai energy.

And now.

Sodium chloride stood in the massive sarcophagus-sealed area, where the cast iron wall used to block the sarcophagus door that she had smashed last time remained empty.

It seems this place is indeed a remote and desolate place; even after breaking through the middle, no one has visited it during this period.

Arriving here once again, I easily made my way deeper into the stone coffin.

The passage was narrow and rugged, with only a small section paved with cement; the rest of the passage still exposed jagged rock layers.

In the deepest part, in the crimson lake water, the enormous corpse still remained submerged in the center.

Honkai, an invisible and intangible energy entity, permeated every inch of space in the entire central area, filling the air with its suffocating stench.

Even here, Honkai energy is abundant.

A crystalline purple shimmered faintly in the space, and eerie purple patterns even climbed up the huge corpse from the dead center of the lake.

The Honkai energy permeating the surroundings was eroding the corpse.

It landed in the middle of the lake from mid-air.

Stepping on the platform formed by Honkai energy condensing in mid-air, sodium chloride walked all the way to the side of the corpse.

Although he was already dead, his entire corpse still exuded a captivating aura.

A normal person probably couldn't get that close to the corpse; something strange might happen.

Or perhaps their spirit has been polluted in some way.

But these things meant nothing to sodium chloride. The girl reached out and gently stroked the surface of the corpse with her five fingers.

It is crude and constantly radiates malice towards all living things around it.

Even though it's already dead, it still harbors malice towards the living.

However, there is no will in malice; it is merely chaotic malice itself.

Compared to something as ethereal as willpower, it's more like a self-defense mechanism; anything that gets close will be attacked by mental energy.

No wonder they put something like this here. I didn't notice this level of mental attack when I came here with Fu Hua last time.

Is it because of the stimulation from the surrounding environment caused by the Honkai energy?

Ignoring the psychological attack that could only be treated with gua sha, the girl's eyes suddenly lit up with an ominous light!

In an instant, massive amounts of Honkai energy seemed to have heard the call of their king, and rapidly condensed in the space deep underground!

That was a more vicious, almost solidified, pitch-black malice than the malice emanating from the corpse itself!

It filled the entire space in an instant!

Honkai energy boiled in the air, frantically tearing at the huge and ancient corpse.

The weak defense mechanism was powerless against the Honkai that crashed down like waves.

It was completely destroyed in an instant, and the corpses with the gate wide open were overwhelmed by the surging Honkai energy.

Erosion, tearing, every inch of flesh became a target of decay.

Flesh and blood are being devoured, reality is collapsing, and illusion and reality are constantly exchanging in this small space.

Exchange, collapse, reshape, fill.

Honkai is a highly efficient energy source, and also a ferocious beast capable of devouring everything around it.

Its most prominent feature is erosion, turning everything into "collapse" itself.

It's like a flesh-and-blood hell with its own will, consciously devouring everything around it, turning everything it devours into part of hell, into its new limbs.

Soon, when the purple veins climbed to the very top of the corpse, the erosion was complete.

Honkai energy can create many things, but unfortunately it's not a panacea; it can't bring the dead back to life.

Since this thing is a corpse, there's no way to revive it.

However, what sodium chloride wants is not revival, but to seize control.

The nervous system, which had been dead for a long time, was refilled and replaced by Honkai energy.

The nervous system permeates every inch of a living organism's skin. If one could seize control of the nervous system, it would be like the ropes binding a puppet's limbs, turning the person into a complete puppet.

And now...

"It works."

Feeling the malice emanating from this thing dissipating, although it was still a corpse, it was given a second "life" by being filled with the collapse.

Like a puppet without its own will, or rather... a plant.

It lacks self-awareness and will not respond to external stimuli.

However, it can activate some of the most basic capabilities.

The second step of the plan has also been completed.

Only the final step remains.

Chapter 370 [Insights from Infiltration]

Longmen, the border entrance.

Those already in the queue, please wait outside the safe zone.

Large red characters scrolled across the black screen, flashing continuously.

The red light faintly illuminated the faces of everyone in the crowded queue.

Fear, confusion, doubt, but more than anything, numbness.

The desire to live has been overwhelmed by despair, and this is the state that most people will be in after experiencing a psychological shadow that can last a lifetime.

They were like walking corpses.

"Due to the natural disaster, all ferry services in the Lungmen area are suspended. The Lungmen No. 2 checkpoint will close in two hours... Please cooperate with the relevant personnel for mineral disease quarantine."

"Just as rumored..."

There was a slightly inconspicuous figure mixed in with the crowd.

Its long, slender ears stood up, like radar, detecting all the sounds around it.

What would be a very faint sound to many people was incredibly clear to her.

Yelena, dressed in rather tattered clothes, was waiting in the crowded queue like other refugees for testing before entering the Dragon Gate to seek asylum.

Ordinary people cannot survive in the wilderness, so people built mobile arks. Of course, once they lose the protection of the ark and all modern equipment, ordinary people have no way to survive in the wilderness.

Bandits, wild beasts, natural disasters, and losing one's way are all enough to kill a poor, lost person.

However, none of this would affect Yelena. The wild beasts on the wasteland would only be driven away by Yelena, who was radiating a small amount of Honkai energy. No wild beasts or animals would be willing to get close to Yelena, since those wild beasts' sensory abilities were superior to those of humans.

Chernobog was taken over by the Reunion Movement.

Of course, this was inevitable, after all, the older sister was on the opposing side, it would be strange if they didn't win.

Even if Ursus' elite troops were to enter and exit, it would be difficult to say whether they could withstand the sister's attack.

To the gods, no matter how many there are, they are nothing more than swarms of ants.

So Yelena also chose to leave the city. Staying in the city would make it hard to say whether she would be discovered, not to mention that she also had to find a way to stop her sister.

In the very end, she must stand before her sister.

Therefore, she needs help.

Rumors suggest that all refugees' next destination is Lungmen, which is bound to be a springboard for many forces.

She followed the refugee wave all the way here.

Gantry.

She had spent time here when she was a child, but this was her first time coming here alone.

Beside the checkpoint, several guards opened a small door, and a woman led a few people out.

That is!

I feel like I've seen this person somewhere before.

Yelena quickly reached into her pocket and pulled out a photograph.

That was something she got from an information broker for money.

It was a street photo, and the policewoman in the photo was the woman standing in front of the small door.

Chen Huijie is one of the senior superintendents of the Lungmen Guard Bureau.

That person's appearance means...

The girl pulled her hood up properly, covering her eerie right eye with her long, slanted bangs, while the brim of the hood also cast shadows on her face, making it impossible to see what she looked like.

The heterochromatic eyes had been secretly watching Chen Huijie, who was standing here with her arms crossed, looking at her watch.

They're probably waiting for someone.

Aside from a male spouse, the only other people who would make a senior superintendent wait are probably important officials.

However, in such border areas, the guests received can only be foreign guests, and specifically, foreign guests with whom the relationship is rather delicate.

All the real foreign guests are at the state guesthouse.

Rumors suggest that Chen Huijie prioritizes her work and has no scandals whatsoever, so the idea of ​​her having a boyfriend is probably unfounded.

Sure enough, when a gray rabbit came into view, Yelena pulled her hat brim down even further to avoid being recognized.

Amiya.