Disaster Simulator, global collapse begins.

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Today is the day of the global launch event.

"No one understands Honkai better than me."

"...Honkai is a periodic disaster that accompanies civilization and aims to destroy it as its ultimate goal."

"The manifestations of collapse are unpredictable; war, infectious diseases, climate disasters, comet impacts, and even alien invasions are all possibilities."

"Every so often, Honkai will break out. The timing of Honkai outbreaks is irregular and unpredictable, but in terms of the outcome, it will definitely lead to the mass extinction of the world's dominant species."

Chen Jie directly copied large sections of the setting, and even borrowed the history of the Honkai Impact world.

"The Black Death that once swept across Europe was caused by Honkai energy. We even detected a certain concentration of Honkai energy in Mustache's bones. Many of his crazy decisions were made under the influence of Honkai."

“I come from the East, from an organization with a long history of fighting against the Honkai. My parents predicted that the latest Honkai outbreak would occur in the Federation, so we moved here.”

"We were once at the height of our power, but many of our traditions have disappeared over time because the Honkai has learned to hide itself."

At the press conference, they revealed a few amazing spells to the world.

They conjured a tank out of the public and then put the entire podium away.

"Because many of our methods require the use of Honkai energy to be effective."

"It's somewhat like the spiritual energy in cultivation novels, but this kind of spiritual energy is extremely harmful."

It's not a perfect or appropriate metaphor, but it can help many people in this world get a first impression of Honkai in an instant.

"Spiritual energy is reviving, but it's poisonous?"

"So, the truth from '99 can no longer be hidden...?"

"For thousands of years... I have finally ushered in a new great era."

"It doesn't matter, I'll take action."

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It can be seen that netizens are still relatively optimistic at this moment, considering that the Federation used a few specially made vacuum bombs to deal with those people and animals infected by the toxic spiritual energy.

The times have changed.

Only a few insiders began secretly building shelters, and they were happy to see the lower classes blindly optimistic.

"Believe me, this is a disaster and a test that all of humanity is facing together."

"However, I am confident that we will win this war."

Chen Jie flashed a hearty, fake smile:

"After all, no one understands Honkai better than me."

After the press conference, everyone went home and went about their own business. Those who wanted to cultivate immortality continued to fantasize, while those who wanted to prepare shelters and escape continued to prepare.

Chen Jie wasn't genuinely fighting against the collapse.

With the help of the entire Federation and even the world, he perfected the cultivation technique, and at the same time, with a heavy heart, he took out a piece of soul steel the size of a grain of rice and asked the Federation's researchers to begin studying it.

The second month since the Honkai Impact 3rd.

Honkai Beasts began to appear in the wild. In their initial stages, they would block roads, turning cities into isolated islands, leading to shortages of food and supplies... This was one of the important reasons for the collapse of human society.

But this time it's different.

Just like manufacturing depleted uranium bombs, we will create Honkai energy weapons that can harm Honkai Beasts.

Then those who have achieved mastery in cultivation and can temporarily avoid sudden death will go to eliminate them.

Other countries followed suit and managed to weather this wave.

Looks like I can hold out for a while longer.

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PS: I still owe two chapters. One is for the previous bounty, and the other is for the bonus chapter for 500 first subscriptions. I remember them both, but I've been busy taking care of the elderly and haven't had time lately, so I'll owe them for now.

Also, if you see something like copy-pasted settings after the app is published, don't think it's low-quality content. I will write a few hundred more free words for you if this happens.

Chapter 76 Commander? Running away with a bucket!

Breakthrough progress has been made in the research of Soul Steel.

Or rather, they found a shortcut.

Area 51 has alien technology!

Chen Jie said: Not surprising at all.

He wouldn't be surprised if aliens really invaded Earth in the future, after all, that would be a kind of catastrophe.

What is Soul Steel?

A metal block composed of nanorobots is used to isolate Honkai energy.

How does it isolate Honkai energy, which is impervious to everything?

Constant destruction, reconstruction, and repair.

When the surface nanomechanics are eroded by the collapse energy, the interior will break down these eroded parts.

The Honkai energy absorption serves as a consumption of mechanical motion, while the metal atoms are reconstructed into new nanomechanical components. This process is repeated continuously, which is why the metal can maintain its mass and properties under the corrosive influence of the Honkai energy environment.

Just like when there is a fire or flood, ants form an ant ball to protect the inner ants from harm.

It's also like the metabolism of human cells and the body's self-repair.

Soul Steel can be described as a living metal.

Logically, just like culturing cells, if given enough nutrients (metal) and a suitable environment, it can self-proliferate and replicate.

However, as a man-made product, in order to prevent it from devouring everything and becoming another form of natural disaster, the previous civilization set up many logical locks inside the Soul Steel.

They used alien technology... The White Eagle Federation has been researching this for so many years but hasn't figured it out at all. It's like how ancient people used a cell phone as a brick to kill a little white rabbit.

In short, a portion of the logic locks inside Soulsteel was smashed.

Now, all you need to do is place this treated soul steel on various metals, and it will devour and assimilate them, turning them into soul steel-like structures.

Fortunately, they only eat metal and nothing else, otherwise humanity would have been wiped out before the Honkai power was unleashed.

A small sample of the unlocked Soul Steel was sealed in a glass vial.

Chen Jie has his eye on those alien technologies. Once humanity is extinct, he plans to have the Reversal Key devour all these treasures!

The Honkai has been raging for three months.

Unleashing Soulsteel is somewhat similar to the Grey Goo from Stellaris. The laboratory doors are no match for these self-replicating nanomachines, as they are also made of metal.

After it was released from the laboratory, the Soul Steel entered a state of uncontrolled replication, and began to multiply exponentially, like a plague that only infected metals. In less than a month, it turned all the metals in the world into Soul Steel-like substances.

This is a devastating blow to global scientific research, sophisticated instruments, and large buildings and machinery that require structural strength.

After all, the more precise the details, the more likely a slight error can lead to a huge mistake.

"Damn it, it feels like I single-handedly destroyed the world's advanced scientific research."

The manufacturing cycle for some precision instruments is measured in years, yet even the precision machine tools used to manufacture them have become less precise.

The network crashed, and the supercomputer turned into a giant metal shell.

It sounds so scary, but there are very few ordinary people who actually experience it.

For example, Zhang San's key has been infected.

It then became a key made of Soul Steel.

Its mass and density have changed slightly, its strength has decreased slightly, and it has gained the ability to resist Honkai energy erosion.

Besides this?

Gone.

It is also a key, which can be used to open the doors of three other houses that have also been infected by Soul-like Steel.

This is indeed not a catastrophe of apocalyptic scale. If there had been no collapse, humanity would have been able to recover to its original scientific research level in three to five years.

Since all metals have been transformed into self-repairing, soul-like steel, some new inventions and creations might even emerge.

If there is no collapse.

The Honkai won't give people that much time.

Chen single-handedly blocked human technology.

Without a supercomputer, we can't deduce martial arts techniques anymore, so let's research soul-like steel.

Experiments were conducted using Honkai energy crystallization erosion.

"It's much weaker than normal soul steel."

reason?

Material difference!

After all, previous civilizations had the technological level to manufacture nanomachine clusters, so they must have far surpassed the present world in terms of smelting and basic materials.

Soul-like steel is simply transformed from ordinary metal.

"They must have used some kind of special alloy, let's call it Soul Steel Primitive, to manufacture these nanomachines."

Chen Jie roughly knew what the logic lock they had broken was.

Originally, Soul Steel would only begin to replicate itself when it came into contact with the original Soul Steel alloy, but now, the unlocked Soul Steel is completely indiscriminate in its use as long as it is metal.

"Fortunately, the restrictions on cannibalism haven't been lifted..." he sighed again.

The fourth month after the Honkai Impact.

As the Honkai energy continues to grow stronger, more and more Honkai Beasts are appearing. Fortunately, with the support of Divine Martial Arts and Soul Steel-like materials, humanity still has a fighting chance.

Two more months passed.

Some very lucky people who were never infected with the Elk virus died suddenly; these people make up about 5% of the world's population.

The fact that 5% of the population died instantly is enough to raise global awareness and alarm.

The upper class built shelters even more frequently.

Six months later.

Countless Honkai Beasts have come ashore from the Pacific Ocean—they've come to collect the debt from the Honkai energy waste they carelessly discarded back then!

They fought a match.

Soul-like steel weapons are completely ineffective against those crabs with hard shells.

Starting from the coastline, city after city fell.

Chen Jie simply picked up the bucket and ran away.

Before leaving, they also took some alien technology from Area 51.

That thing is indeed technologically advanced; even Soul Steel couldn't infect or transform it.

After absorbing it, the Reversal Key jumped two levels at once!

Reverse Key SP-2

Quality: Exceptional

Technology score: 32.9%

Requirements: Humanoid creature; password/key unlocking

Technological iteration: (omitted)

Equipment Coupling: (omitted)

Special Soul Steel: Constructed entirely from nanomechanical clusters, it can self-repair at an extremely rapid rate while significantly increasing Honkai energy resistance.

Hyperdimensional hacking: Alien technology capable of forcibly infiltrating any machine that can be hacked and modifying its underlying instruction code.

Note: While it possesses some combat capabilities, it is essentially a sophisticated instrument for creating Herrscher cores. If you use it for brute force in combat, Dr. Tesla, its designer, would be furious.

After fleeing with the bucket, Chen Jie felt relieved and free from official duties.

Instead of commanding and overseeing the overall situation, you have time to test the effectiveness of your equipment, such as equipment coupling.