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

"...Now that you mention it, I'd like to know how the Herrscher of the Void was destroyed."

"Okay... let's... change perspective."

Back in time, when the Herrscher of the Void was just born, the Fire Moth was in the local command center. After observing the abilities of the Herrscher of the Void, several high-level officials in charge of decision-making were in a very bad mood.

"It can actually open a passage from the imaginary space to the real world... I'm afraid the method used to deal with the First Herrscher two years ago is useless..."

"If we want to kill the Second Herrscher with one strike, we have to find a way... at least to temporarily deprive her of the ability to move freely. At the same time, we have to find a way to close the imaginary singularity..."

"So... do you have any good ideas for achieving these two goals?"

The speaker was a sturdy, bearded, middle-aged man. The epaulettes on his shoulders and the medals on his chest proved his authority to everyone.

"He...why does he look so familiar? Why do I feel like...I seem to have seen him somewhere before?"

Mei Raiden, who was watching the movie, felt confused.

"Mei, your feeling is not wrong, because this is a fictional narrative. The characters that Yingjie has a vague memory of or even does not exist can only be replaced by the characters in your memory. The reuse of materials should be quite common in games."

"The image of the person in front of you is from one of your father, Raiden Ryoma's business partners. You met him when you were at ME. Of course, the voice is from the original soundtrack. Although Alicia has never met her, she remembers his voice."

"I see... But, for such an important person, Alicia... didn't meet him?"

"See the end, maybe your questions will be answered."

…………

Time continued to flow in the conference room. The other people sitting below looked at each other, and then they saw the same helplessness and despair in each other's eyes as their own.

"Mr. Harris, I have an idea, but..."

Just when everyone else was at a loss, a thin figure raised his hand.

"Doctor Jian from the Aerospace Research Bureau? No problem. Having an idea is better than sitting here and watching the soldiers on the frontline die. Please speak."

(He is... the boy from Chiba Academy at the node 12 years before the birth of the First Herrscher? The Space Agency... I didn't expect that he would actually realize his dream more than a decade later.)

Jane bowed:

"Since the Herrscher of the Void can build a channel from the imaginary world to the real world, then... we have to use methods that can interfere with the imaginary world."

"If we start from the beginning, we have to mention the theory of [Imaginary Number Overflow]. We know that there have always been many theories about the origin of the universe, including the Big Bang hypothesis and even the theory of creation by God. The same is true for the imaginary world. The imaginary number overflow hypothesis believes that the formation of imaginary space is composed of the source of imaginary numbers, which continuously releases imaginary energy to the surrounding area like a surging ocean."

"But imaginary energy cannot be used in the real world under normal circumstances. The Houkai energy we use in reality is essentially the projection of imaginary energy in the real world after some kind of processing."

"And precisely because imaginary energy continuously flows out from the source of imaginary numbers, the Houkai energy as its projection is theoretically inexhaustible."

"And now, the Herrscher of the Void's ability, through dimensionality reduction, allows the imaginary space that was originally in a higher dimension to become the same latitude as the real world... To put it more vividly, it is equivalent to allowing everyone to enter the world where their own shadows are..."

"Ahem, Dr. Jane, time is running out, please get to the point."

"…In short, if we can change the direction of the imaginary energy, we can limit the power of the Second Herrscher just like changing the flow of a river to divert a flood."

"And the imaginary collapse bomb has the ability to tear apart imaginary energy."

Jane paused for a moment, and a tall, thin man with glasses in front of him immediately interrupted:

"Doctor, are you talking about the imaginary collapse pulse? The weapon that theoretically can turn all the stars within a radius of 100 light years into ashes with one explosion? But... let's not talk about the fact that this is just a theory whose authenticity is unknown. Even if it is true, with the current level of technology on Earth, it will not be possible to produce such a weapon in a few thousand years. Could it be..."

Jane shook her head and smiled bitterly:

"Mr. Luo, you think too highly of me. If I can create a weapon like that, I can be considered a cosmic genius. You should know that I work for the Space Agency. In recent years, the idea of ​​using Honkai energy as a spacecraft fuel has been put on the agenda again, so I have actually been studying Honkai energy."

"During the research process, I created an [Imaginary Number Collapse Bomb] based on the [Imaginary Number Overflow] theory and the [Imaginary Number Collapse] theory. Of course, it has a range of one hundred light years, and even its ability to destroy objects within a hundred meters is a problem."

(Imaginary collapse pulse...)

"As expected of Mei, you listen so attentively. If it was Kiana standing here, I'm afraid she would yawn one after another after hearing these proper names."

"…It is indeed difficult to accept such knowledge, but if you often listen to the conversations between doctors, you will get used to it. Enosia, let me digress… Does the imaginary pulse collapse that is said to be able to destroy an area with a radius of 100 light years with a single explosion really exist?"

Enosia nodded very solemnly:

"I can tell you responsibly that in the world outside the solar system, such terrifying weapons do exist. Do you remember the second collapse 17 years ago and the third collapse 5 years ago? The real bodies of the Herrscher of Meteoric Ice and the Herrscher of Death are from outer space."

"After reading their memories, I learned that in their world, there is an expert in solid physics, imaginary number application theory, and orbital mechanics, Calderon Chadwick. With sufficient resources, he invented the [Imaginary Collapse Pulse], and after it was put into use, it caused unimaginable suffering. In their cognition, in one of the [Imaginary Collapse Pulse] experiments, at least 24 satellites and three planets with civilizations similar to Earth were blown to ashes."

"what!"

Enosia looked into the distance:

"In the previous civilization, Dr. Mei once proposed a point of view that might be a little unfounded: the universe is vast, but if you look out, you will see enemies everywhere in the starry sky."

"Perhaps it's a little too early to say this before Honkai is defeated, but since alien civilizations have come to Earth before, who knows if the next alien visitor here will be a civilization with an imaginary collapse pulse?"

"Ah, the expansion and extension of thinking seems to be a bit too much. If on some distant world, thousands of lives are being destroyed by fire, and the cries of grief resound through the sky. But for you and me who are looking up at the starry sky, it is just a star among the countless stars in the sky, and someone just picked one."

“Perhaps, when such a crisis really comes, the Herrscher of the End will have become a good Herrscher for the benefit of all mankind.”