Honkai: It’s broken, I have become the Herrscher of Corrosion?

"what is that……"

Although Hen didn't know that the thin figure was the Herrscher, the strange aura around her made him feel inexplicably palpitating.

Immediately afterwards, the earth began to tremble as if there was an earthquake, and countless chariot-level and temple-level Honkai beasts marched in neat steps, slowly walking towards Mei and the others.

After seeing this scene, everyone naturally understood that the thin figure was the culprit.

"A warrior who can control Honkai beasts... No, her Honkai energy is stronger than any Honkai beast so far..."

Hen held a gun in his right hand and a knife in his left hand, then turned and looked at the others.

"In this case, our goal is clear. 06, the most crucial blow is still in your hands, and the others will create opportunities for 06."

Everyone immediately went about their duties, except Mei, who was not supposed to be there, and was still hesitating where she was.

Because she already knew basically everything that was going to happen next.

However, seeing the figure of the Honkai beast getting closer and closer, she still swung the sword in her hand.

Lightning flashed, and the defense line formed by several tank-level Honkai beasts was defeated. As soon as the figure entered the range, 06 pulled the trigger.

06's shooting was very accurate, and the bullet hit the Herrscher right between his eyebrows. However, the target hesitated for a moment before moving again.

Seeing this, Hen, who was fighting bloody battles in the front, found the right moment, dodged the attacks of other Honkai beasts, and rushed towards the Herrscher in one step, with the blade pointing directly at her neck.

Obviously, Hen was worried that such a being could not be killed in one blow, so he wanted to finish him off.

"Ding"

When the sharp blade in Hen's left hand was only one step away from the target, something suddenly appeared in front of her, and then his body flew backwards and fell heavily to the ground.

Mei knew that the metal that appeared out of nowhere in the air and knocked Hen away must have been constructed by the power of the Ruler of Reason.

However, Hen's landing point was unfortunate. Before he could get up, a Temple-level Honkai Beast came to his side, and its tentacles as sharp as spears pierced his body on the spot.

The Temple-level Honkai Beast lifted Hen, which had become a candied haws on a toothpick, into the air, took a look at it, and then threw it out.

At this time, the Ruler of Reason seemed to begin to understand her power. A barrel-shaped object appeared in front of her. She threw it forward and waited for a large Honkai beast to pass by and flatten it. Then, emerald green gas came out.

What she is building now is a device in a chemical plant that stores various chemical substances.

Without Hen's leadership, the remaining members of Team 1 looked at each other and fought and retreated, but Mei discovered that they had no intention of leaving completely. Instead, they were guiding the Herrscher of Reason to move towards the chemical plant.

Mei didn't understand what they were doing. Even if they delayed time, they would not be able to wait for reinforcement. The hundreds of soldiers who were responsible for the suppression before were probably all turned into dead soldiers due to the appearance of the Herrscher.

Mei subconsciously used the power of the Herrscher of Thunder to help them break out. Although Honkai beasts of various levels fell like melons and vegetables, they were unable to cause any harm to the Herrscher of Reason, and everything was in vain.

Various chemical substances were thrown everywhere in various carriers. Some of them exploded after coming into contact with Mei's lightning. A foul smell immediately spread over the entire battlefield.

After seeing Mei's heroic performance, the Herrscher of Reason awakened the consciousness to construct weapons and began to construct a katana exactly the same as the one in Mei's hand.

However, the Herrscher of Reason cannot discharge electricity, so after she swung the sword forward, nothing happened.

But she was obviously curious about Mei and the others, and began to move closer to Mei. It was only then that Mei saw her appearance clearly.

From her tattered clothes, we can see that she was originally an ordinary employee in the chemical plant, about 30 years old. Her appearance, which was not good-looking to begin with, coupled with her ferocious expression, made her look even more terrifying. From her indiscriminate destruction without any purpose and her empty eyes, we can see that her mind has been completely controlled by the collapse.

"So, what method did the previous civilization use when it first faced the Herrscher..."

Mei's doubts were soon answered. She heard the whistling sound of something sliding through the air, and then a dazzling light covered Mei's entire vision. At the same time, she felt the temperature suddenly rise rapidly. The blazing flames engulfed her consciousness bit by bit...

"Ha ha……"

Mei Raiden returned to the sofa in the lounge. She subconsciously wiped the sweat from her forehead, as if she had just woken up from a nightmare.

"Alas, judging from your performance, Mei, this system still has a lot of room for improvement. It's clearly designed to improve efficiency, but every time it comes out, you have more questions... Tsk tsk..."

Enosia sat down next to Mei:

"Let me answer your most concerned question first. The Ruler of the previous civilization was destroyed by a thermobaric fission bomb within half an hour of its birth. Ah, there is no need to study in detail what kind of weapon this is. You just need to know that this thing is equivalent to a small-yield nuclear weapon in the current civilization, and its strategic value is far greater than its tactical value."

"And this weapon was only fully completed a few days before the birth of the Herrscher of Reason. From the perspective of the relationship between Honkai and civilization, it is better to say that it was the emergence of such a powerful weapon that indirectly led to the birth of the first Honkai."

"Of course, compared to the current civilization, the reaction of the previous civilization was too timely. Before the death toll reached five digits, before the First Herrscher grew up, it was strangled in the cradle."

"Of course, the first time we faced the Herrscher, the casualties were so low. The centipede-type Honkai Beast of unknown level played a big role. The Fire Moths had almost killed all the ordinary people in the cars around before the special forces were assembled. It's not like Berlin in 1952, where there was no sign before the Herrscher was born, and it resulted in the death of 30 people..."

"How's it going, Mei? Now that your attention has been drawn to what I said, you should be feeling better now."

Mei nodded slightly. When a considerable part of her attention was attracted by Enosia's words, the various abnormal symptoms were indeed alleviated.

"...Thank you. However, if the power of the thermobaric fission bomb is strong enough to destroy the Herrscher, then how did the mark..."

The scene of Hen being thrown away suddenly flashed through Mei's mind.

"Could it be..."

Enosia nodded slowly:

"Well, Hen was a blessing in disguise. He was the first to be blown away by the Honkai Beast, but happened to be far away from the explosion center of the thermobaric fission bomb. When the follow-up troops arrived, they found that he was not dead yet, so they brought him back to the Fire Moth."

"At that time, almost everyone believed that even if Hen could survive, he would probably be disabled for life. In the end, Blanca, who was the assistant to the director of the First Institute at the time, handed Hen over to the director of the First Institute, Mebius, who was incompatible with others, for treatment."

"In the end, Mebius used a drug that had not yet been fully developed and a drug that was expressly forbidden to be injected into the human body by the Fire Moth Chaser. Not only did he save Hen from the brink of death, but he also gained a stronger physique."

"so……"

Enosia shook her head.

"Don't let this incident cause you to have unrealistic fantasies about Mebius. The main reason why Hen is still alive and well is that his body is strong enough."

"As a result of other people's treatment, Hen would most likely be disabled for life. As for the result of Mobius' treatment... Hen has a small chance of being revived with full health, but the high probability... He might as well die."

"Of course, Mebius never has double standards in this regard. He will definitely experiment on himself before injecting drugs into other people's bodies. If he is still alive and still has the ability to perform surgery, he will use this method to treat others."

Mei recalled her first time with Mobius, and the teasing look she gave her, and couldn't help but frown. In her mind, getting along with Mobius was more difficult than communicating with Qianjie.

Therefore, Mei had to admire Alicia on this point. Whenever the two of them met, Mobius would always be the one who got beaten. However... Alicia never seemed to be at a disadvantage in her exchanges with others...

"Why, Mei is recalling the scene in Paradise when her sister held a loud speaker and announced, 'The Mei lady who beat Mobius down is back'?"

Mei suddenly showed an embarrassed expression

"Hmm~ Even though we haven't been together for long, you've already entered Mei's heart..."

"... Let's get down to business..."

Mei changed the subject very abruptly, but she found that after Enosia distracted her several times, her condition had indeed almost recovered.

"Okay, what else does Mei want to know?"

"...I want to know, if I continue to explore in the future nodes, whether other people related to my identity will continue to maintain their previous status..."

"Mei wants to say that you are in the system, and the people of the previous civilization are familiar with you, but you are not familiar with them. In the end, you cannot change their fate. Before you can build a strong relationship with them, you have to watch them leave you... Well, indeed, I didn't think it through. This system still has a lot of room for improvement..."

"besides……"

"There is also an object that does not exist in the plot inserted out of thin air, but it can affect the direction of the plot to a certain extent. The game is not like a game, and the movie is not like a movie. It does feel very weird. My original intention of designing this way was to take the best of both, but it ended up being neither. This aspect really needs to be improved."

“Ah, have I… changed anything? Whether it was the low-level Honkai beast at the beginning or the centipede-shaped Honkai beast, with or without me, wouldn’t Hen’s team be able to easily destroy them? And the First Herrscher…”

Enosia sighed softly:

"Mei, this is a good story. If you know the ending, would you still choose to read it?"

“…Yes. Because even if the ending is known, for me, the process by which the characters in the book reach the ending is still unknown.”

"That's good. In the incident of [First Collapse] just now, although you couldn't change their ending no matter what, you actually changed the process of the First Collapse."

"As you guessed, the specific process of the First Collapse was the conversation between Hen and the Heroes, as well as the final investigation results of the Fire Chaser on the First Collapse. You might as well imagine what would happen if you did not participate in the battle after the First Herrscher appeared."

Mei thought for a moment and then widened her eyes.

"In the real first Honkai, Hen and the other six had to face not only the First Herrscher, but also hundreds of Honkai beasts. The thick smoke from the destroyed chemical plant had no effect on Honkai creatures, but was extremely harmful to the human body. But in the end, the six people in the first team still held back the First Herrscher for half an hour."

"The biggest change you made to this plot is that you were fighting against tank-level, temple-level, and other levels of Honkai beasts, so you changed it from an 18+ plot to a 12+ plot. Although they didn't even leave their names in the end, they turned into ashes under the thermobaric fission bomb. But before that, they survived in such a harsh battlefield for half an hour. I'm afraid that death... for them, it would be a relief."

The most terrifying thing is knowing that the truth is cruel, that the truth is even crueler than the cruelest truth you think it is.

"Alas, I hope that after the system is improved, I can explain less and supplement less. The truth... it is more interesting for you to discover it yourself. Okay, before the system is officially improved, I will trouble you to return to the paradise of the past and continue your original exploration."

"It's just right. After staying in the virtual world for so long, it's time to embrace reality. Maybe Raven and Jackal are waiting for you at the headquarters. Just fill out the questionnaire and you can go home from get off work."

With a swipe of her finger, Anoxia appeared in front of Mei's eyes.

What is your evaluation of this exploration?

A The enemy is too strong, strengthen it for me quickly.

B Even an enemy of this level wants to stop me.

C The enemy is too weak. It will be very simple next time. 】

"Ah this..."

Mei Yi: Based on previous experience, Enosia obviously hopes to add a joyful way to the serious discussion so that she won't indulge in the historical events that have already happened. However, this turn... there is still a lot of room for improvement.

After randomly choosing one, Mei followed Inoshia's advice and returned to reality, and just happened to run into Raven who was returning to headquarters after completing his mission.

After returning to the paradise of the afterlife, Enosiya went directly to Alicia's room.

"Aino, it looks like... you have something important to tell me.

Enosia rested her head on Alicia's shoulder:

"Well, if I want Mei to know the greatest significance of the Paradise of the Past and obtain the greatest legacy left by the former civilization... I still need your help."