My days as a Simulation Herrscher since the Honkai Impact

Chapter Seventy-Four: The Degeneration of Civilization

"Don't make a sound, Cocolia. Rosalia and Lilia are both in my hands. I believe you know who I am." Bai Chen didn't give her a chance to speak and said directly.

There was only the silent ringing of the phone on the other end, followed by a long pause before a woman let out a soft sigh.

"The second Herrscher of the Void, Bai Chen, aren't you holding your own banquet in Sky City? Rosalia and Lilia will stay with you for now. Once you've finished your business there, you must make sure they..."

“Miss Cocolia, I’m not discussing this with you, but rather giving you a notification. I will be taking care of those two children from now on. Also, I want the Gem of Desire that you have.” Bai Chen interrupted Cocolia.

The Gem of Desire, the core of the Herrscher of the Wind. Although the strength of this current Herrscher of the Wind, Wendy, is unknown, and it is suspected that there was a mistake in the creation of the Honkai Will, it cannot be denied that it is still one of the strongest items in the Honkai world.

This thing had been in Cocolia's hands for many years, but after research, it can't be said that no results were achieved, but rather that very few results were produced. In the end, they even wanted to put it on the anti-entropy superweapon "Father" as an energy core to drive the Father.

That's a complete waste of the gem's power.

Bai Chen's journey to the Sea of ​​Quanta is not only to find the Herrscher of Reason, but he also intends to bring back the core of the Herrscher of Wind. Although Wendy, who has the highest compatibility with the Herrscher core, is no longer there, the vast Schicksal realm cannot possibly fail to find a second compatible Herrscher core.

Besides, there's the Teyvat continent, and there's a certain wind god in that world. Since he's a god, it's not unreasonable to equip him with a Herrscher core, right?

"I'm so sorry, the Gem of Desire fell into the Sea of ​​Quanta several days ago, and even now I can't find its location."

Cocolia's answer was not unexpected, or rather, this was the answer Bai Chen had been waiting for.

“I will personally go to the Sea of ​​Quanta to retrieve the Gem of Desire, Cocolia. You will see at least three Herrschers then. I hope I can have a cup of hot tea, a specialty of Abyss City.”

Bai Chen had no opinion on Anti-Entropy. Although it was an organization that split off from Schicksal, Anti-Entropy had carved out its own path by relying on its unique mechanical technology, and this path perfectly suited their leader, the Herrscher of Reason, Welt.

However, compared to those flashy humanoid mechs, Bai Chen preferred sturdy ships and powerful cannons. Humanoids are the most unstable form of all mechanical structures. Instead of wasting time messing around with these things, he would rather try to make a more edited and general version of the Throne of Light.

As the saying goes, thousands of turrets, thousands of glories. If there were ten thousand Moon Thrones, even the moon could be shattered. Then ask Honkai how many divisions it has.

Of course, until now, the Entropy database has not been opened to Bai Chen, and Bai Chen has no idea whether there are any good things hidden beneath the surface.

"Speaking of which, now that things with the Far East branch are over, I should go and visit those two centenarian young girls." Bai Chen tossed the phone back into the spatial interlayer and suddenly thought of something he had always wanted to do but hadn't had the time for.

Einstein and Tesla, the chief scientists of Anti-Entropy, although they still look like young girls, are actually nearly a century-old immortal monsters.

These are exactly the kind of researchers Bai Chen needs right now.

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Theresa and her companions were staying in a regular hotel, with the entire floor above rented by Far East Payment. One of the largest rooms had been converted into a temporary analysis laboratory by Einstein and Tesla.

"Hey, hey, hey, you with the messy hair, you said this thing you made could monitor the spatial changes of the entire Sky Dome City and find the guy who's using power recklessly, but isn't it broken?"

With his red hair tied up, holding a skewer of grilled meat in one hand and slapping his thigh with the other, Tesla squatted on a chair, pointing at the measuring machine in front of him with its constantly jumping pointer and shouting at Einstein.

“Dr. Tesla, I want to repeat myself, this space detection device does not record the moment when the Herrscher of the Void uses her power, but rather the impact of the Herrscher of the Void on space after she uses her power.”

With a sigh, Einstein, who had short blue hair, put down his ice cream and explained to his careless best friend again.

"We've made the same guesses before. The Herrschers' influence on the world isn't just limited to their power, but also to the permanent changes they make to the world when they use that power. Previous Herrschers were all too aggressive, and their range was unpredictable, far less docile than this one."

Space happens to be my area of ​​expertise. I'm comparing it with previous spatial data from Sky City to investigate whether the Herrscher of the Void would permanently alter the spatial stability of the real world..."

Before Einstein could finish his explanation, a portal opened in the center of the room.

“That’s a very good deduction, but you don’t need to continue measuring the data. I can give you a clear conclusion now: using the power of the Herrscher of the Void will indeed leave some permanent, subtle changes.”

Bai Chen passed through space and happened to hear Einstein and Tesla's experimental projects.

Neither of them was surprised by Bai Chen's appearance. They already knew the ball was over, and Theresa had even taken three students from St. Freya Academy, along with Cecilia and others, to enjoy a long-awaited short vacation. It was only a matter of time before Bai Chen, having free time, came to them.

"The reason?" Einstein asked succinctly.

"It's the memory effect of gravitational waves. Under the catalysis of the Herrscher of the Void, Honkai energy will temporarily change the spacetime symmetry and leave permanent spacetime scars in the end."

Conversations between intelligent people are simple and effective. If Bai Chen were to explain this to Kiana and the others, it would take at least a chapter or two to explain it to them. But Einstein and Tesla could certainly understand what Bai Chen was saying.

"Will other Herrschers experience similar effects when they use their abilities?" Tesla asked.

“I don’t know yet, but I have a guess. If the residual effects of all the Herrschers’ abilities do not fade away after they use them, are the physical parameters we observe and use now slightly different from those of the previous era?” Bai Chen reached out and pinched a small section of his finger.

“What I mean is that civilization can really regress at its foundations.”

Chapter 75 A Possibility: What is Collapse?

There is a huge gap between the current human civilization and the human civilization of the previous era. People have discovered computer terminals left over from the human civilization of the previous era in archaeological digs. They used Honkai energy computing systems. Functionally, they were not much different from modern computers, but in terms of performance, they were thousands of decimal orders of magnitude more advanced than the most advanced computers today.

Of course, this is partly due to the fact that Destiny has intentionally suppressed the progress of human civilization over the past thousand years, and the results are significant. At least the Herrscher power that has appeared so far, as well as the destruction caused by the Great Collapse, have seen a significant drop in strength due to the stagnation of civilization.

However, there may be other reasons for this.

For example, the Honkai energy is dissipating, or the physical parameters have changed.

On their way to Sky City, Bai Chen deliberately passed by the Lagrange point on the equator.

To his surprise, the gravity was 9.71.

According to Earth's parameters, the gravity should be 9.79.

Although it started as a casual test, the results caught Bai Chen's attention. After conducting multiple measurements, he eventually obtained a peculiar set of data in an unexpected place.

He found the place with the highest gravity, not at the North or South Poles, but in Changkong City.

To confirm the accuracy of his experimental comparison, after Mei absorbed the residual Honkai energy, that is, before setting off this morning, he once again used the spatial gate to reach his previous measurement point and remeasured.

The results of the experiment showed that gravity decreased.

As a Herrscher, Bai Chen can create environments with high Honkai concentrations. In fact, during this time, while training Kiana, he also conducted related observations.

The final conclusion was not surprising: the existence of Honkai energy affects many physical parameters.

"Although the Honkai energy has a very small effect on the parameters, and it is even difficult to observe without direct intervention using the Herrscher's power, if this effect is amplified to the whole world, the resulting butterfly effect is unpredictable."

Bai Chen took out several drafts of papers that he had written but not yet published from his own space and placed them on the table in front of the two girls.

While waiting for the two to review the paper, Bai Chen continued his explanation: "Because in this world, apart from the constraint domain created by the Herrscher of Constraint, Honkai energy is actually always floating in the atmosphere and all matter, so I cannot be sure of the extent to which the influence of Honkai energy can reach. But I want to propose a hypothesis: the appearance of each new Herrscher will change the world. They will reduce the total amount of Honkai energy in the world and affect the stability of the world. Moreover, this change is irreversible."

"You mean the world's stability will weaken, and this weakening will occur with the rise and fall of civilizations until the world collapses into a chaotic, incomplete bubble of physical rules. And this weakening is because Honkai energy alters physical parameters under the influence of the Herrschers?" Tesla was the first to finish reading Bai Chen's paper, and he put his hands on his hips and hummed twice.

“That is indeed an interesting guess. We have always thought that the world bubble was randomly born from the Imaginary Tree, stripped off, and fell into the dilapidated timeline of the Quanta Sea. But we never thought there was another possibility, that is, the world would gradually sink... But I have to reject your guess, because the Imaginary Tree does not want the world to sink at all; it is the one that wants to preserve the world.”

Einstein looked up from his paper: "And have you ever considered that this discovery is meaningless for this generation of humanity? Because once there is a theoretical basis, the parameters can be re-observed anytime, anywhere, and as you said, the degree of change in these physical data is not even keeping up with the rate of evolution of our own unit of measurement. It only affects the technology left over from the last era, and the biggest problem with those technologies is actually energy."

"When the world truly reaches the point of complete collapse as you described, we will have long since passed the battle with the Herrscher of the End. That will be countless tens of thousands of years later, and human civilization may have already gone through dozens of cycles. What's the point of worrying about these things now?"

The two scientists unanimously rejected Bai Chen's idea, as it was a completely new concept and conjecture. Unless Bai Chen produced irrefutable and irresistible conclusive evidence, they would not accept this new hypothesis.

"For ordinary people, it might be useless, but for Herrschers, it can have unexpected effects." Bai Chen didn't dwell on this issue any further. "But the total amount of Honkai energy in the world is indeed gradually decreasing, isn't it?"

The two scientists exchanged a glance. To some extent, Bai Chen's question was not only a secret but also a taboo. However, considering Bai Chen's own research capabilities, it was only a matter of time before the truth was discovered.

“You’re right. According to our comparison with previous civilization’s data, the available Honkai energy in this world is decreasing, or rather, our efficiency in utilizing Honkai energy is declining. This not only makes many of our technologies, which rely on Honkai energy, constrained by energy shortages, but also lowers the overall physical fitness of humanity. Whether it’s Stigmata or Fusion Warriors, we face greater difficulties in human modification than in the previous era.”

"This is why Anti-Entropy chose to develop machines rather than human stigmata. Except for a few special beings, the cost of using Honkai energy is much greater than before."

After saying that, Tesla added, "Even so, we will not accept the theory you just proposed unless you provide real and credible evidence. Otherwise, we will not accept a conjecture that appears out of thin air."

"So one day, humanity may even completely lose the ability to use Honkai energy. Apart from a few special family bloodlines and a few special beings who have been granted abilities by the Honkai Will, all the rest will become ordinary people who cannot use Honkai power?" Bai Chen said, rubbing his chin, without any surprise.

"What you're describing is indeed a possibility, but that's a very, very distant future, and it's not something we should be concerned about or considering." Einstein shook his head and stretched in his seat again.

Bai Chen reached into his pocket. There lay a small gem, the Eye of God, which he had borrowed from Fischl for research.

If Honkai energy also degenerates or differentiates over time, will it eventually evolve into elemental power?

If so, what is the essence of Honkai energy? Why can it interfere with the laws of the physical world?

"That's really funny." Bai Chen couldn't help but laugh.

Chapter Seventy-Six: Heading to Haiyuan City

Bai Chen did not show Fischl's Eye of God to Einstein and Tesla for inspection.

After all, he has not yet reached a stable cooperation with Anti-Entropy, and the leader of Anti-Entropy, Walter Yang, has not yet climbed out of the Sea of ​​Quanta.

Things from outer space, from another world, can be shared with others, but only at the right time.

"I still hope you can give my hypothesis a good consideration, preferably with your colleagues at Anti-Entropy." Bai Chen left his paper on the table and took out some supplementary materials he had added.

“Alright, after all, you are the only Lawyer with research capabilities that we can currently contact. Considering your special status, any conjectures you put forward will be recorded by us and used as hypothetical topics for reference.” Einstein carefully collected the papers and placed them in his storage box.

If it weren't for the considerations of the corruption of the Honkai will, the compatibility with the Honkai energy of the Herrscher core, and the irreversible damage to one's own mind and brain, Anti-Entropy headquarters would never lack mad scientists who want to transplant the Herrscher core into themselves.

For all scientists, the power of the Herrscher to directly see the deep rules of the world is an irresistible temptation, just as the world holds no secrets in their eyes.

"Oh, by the way, Tesla, I have a training plan for Raiden Mei. I hope you can use this plan to educate her in a way that suits your status."

"What plan? Let me see... Tsk, this won't be easy for that high school girl, but it's an interesting approach. Having a Herrscher student is a novel experience. I'll take care of this."

Tesla was astonished when she received the course schedule and reference list that Bai Chen had planned for Mei. It didn't seem difficult to her now, but thinking about the stupid students she had seen before, it was really not easy to learn these things in a short period of time.

But I heard that Raiden Mei's grades are pretty good? Hmm... maybe there's still potential.

After arranging everything, Bai Chen left through the spatial portal. This time, he was going to enter Haiyuan City, and it wasn't appropriate to invite Tesla and Einstein, since his main ally was Destiny, while Anti-Entropy and Destiny were still in a state of hostility.

He believed that Schicksal's technology was no worse than Anti-Entropy's. Although Anti-Entropy had many veteran and famous scientists as well as new generation recruited by Valyang, Schicksal was, in the end, the oldest Honkai organization in the world.

After the portal closed, Tesla and Einstein sat in silence for a long time until a circular robot next to Einstein issued its eighth safety warning, at which point they were certain that Bai Chen had truly left.

"He's going to Abyss City to steal the Gem of Desire. If he gets it, he could recreate a new Herrscher of Wind at any time. Chicken Head, are you really not going to stop him?"

"Stop joking, Dr. Tesla. We're both researchers, completely defenseless in this unequipped room. Besides, what are you planning to do against him? The same tactics you used on Sirin?"

Einstein threw himself onto the sofa and let out a long sigh.

"Walter once compiled a list of taboos, the biggest taboo of which was to teach Herrschers the most advanced knowledge that humans could grasp in this world. We must let the Herrschers' emotions surpass their rationality. Cold data and knowledge will only create extreme geniuses and evil people who despise humanity."

Tesla rubbed his hair, making it look like a bird's nest: "This guy is terrifying. Once he turns his back on humanity and joins the Honkai, he will know more about the weapons we create than we do. Your enemy knows more about what you have than you do about yourself. What are you going to use to fight him?"

"And it seems he wants to teach all the Herrschers, he's completely unrestrained and reckless... God, why did we have to be stuck with a guy like this!"

Tesla plucked out two strands of his hair, jumped up from the chair, turned around, and went out the door.

"Chicken-hair, keep an eye on this place. I'm heading back to headquarters right now to try and contact Alliance Leader Welt. We absolutely cannot let him steal the core of the Herrscher of Reason. I can't even imagine what he'd do if he got the power of the Herrscher of Reason!"

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Time soon came to the next day.

Bai Chen is always decisive and efficient. If he says he's going to the Sea of ​​Quanta for fishing operations, then he'll get to the scene as quickly as possible.