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

"…Why think so much? I'm already here. No one can do anything to me anyway. Why don't you just go and take a look?"

Unlike the girls who have not yet arrived, although there are limitations, when the Herrscher of Knowledge tries to mobilize his own power, he can still extend the invisible "synapses" on the spiritual level and interact with the surroundings in a more efficient way.

"My strength... is only 30% of what it used to be? And this feeling, could it be..."

The "stagnation" in her body made her guess that she was lacking strength, but she quickly rejected it herself.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! On the level of consciousness... is there anyone stronger than me, the Herrscher of Consciousness?"

"Ok?"

Although the naked eye could not see anything inside the machine ahead, the Herrscher of Consciousness could indeed sense the presence of the driver.

"He's been frozen in time with the whole world... What an unlucky guy. He probably doesn't even know why this happened... Whatever, there's no harm in giving it a try."

She extended her invisible synapses again, and her spirit passed through the metal, covering the driver inside. Reading thoughts was still easy for the Herrscher of Consciousness.

"Oh? I can't tell... You've lived for quite a while. Let me take a closer look..."

"……?how……?!"

As soon as they made contact, a "familiar but disgusting" feeling made her let out an uncontrollable cry of surprise, and then she immediately cut off her spiritual connection with the other party.

"This guy's consciousness... is 'empty'?!"

The moment he came into contact with him, a flood of memories seemed to surge towards the Herrscher of Consciousness. However, it was completely the opposite of Fu Hua's situation at that time - those huge waves of memories contained nothing, but only a pure emotion.

Although she did not repeat the same mistake due to her timely response...but the fact represented by that huge and pure emotion made her feel like a thorn in her throat.

This means that - ever since this place fell into "stillness", this person has been in a conscious state, trapped in a body that cannot move...

Until the consciousness is finally worn away and no longer exists, leaving only the last emotion. What kind of torture would that be? Even a person with the mentality of the Herrscher of Consciousness could not help but feel nauseous after making some associations.

...However, this was not what surprised her the most.

"How come... after going through this kind of experience, the last thing I felt was... 'hope'? How is this possible?"

As he saw, this unprecedented long "confinement" directly destroyed the opponent's entire will. However, the remnants of that will... still burned with "hope".

It seemed that after enduring countless years of suffering, in his final moments of consciousness, he was still willing to believe in the "light" that had yet to arrive.

"...Is he crazy? What gives him such confidence? Or...is he not an ordinary person? Has he been blessed with the "divine sound" or simply endured the "discipline"? Let's go and have a look somewhere else. The living creatures we sensed just now should not be just this guy. "

Having learned from the previous experience, after discovering the second person, the Herrscher of Knowledge carefully contacted the other person's thoughts to avoid an uncontrollable situation like a "flood bursting a dam".

Thinking of his own "caution" at the moment, the Herrscher was understandably dissatisfied.

"If I weren't here now...what?"

The feeling was exactly the same as before. The person in front of me also had no subjective consciousness left, and also had a very strong "hope" left.

"No, no, no! Are they believing in something specific... or... in some "specific" person?"

Even though it was brief, she did feel a hint of this during the contact just now—the other party's "hope" was quite specific, and it was only maintained because of a concrete existence, and this...

"How is this possible? To be so superstitious before death, these two 'living dead' must be really crazy."

However, as has been demonstrated in the past, nothing can spark the Herr's curiosity more than the seemingly "unreasonable" elements in humans.

Although she may not necessarily intend to destroy what others believe in...but when others appear to believe in something abnormally, she will develop an unnecessary competitive spirit.

She insisted on proving that those things were not worth believing.

"If it's just some idea, then that's fine. But if it's a person or even something that makes you so superstitious... humph, I'd like to see..."

Using her ability to delve into the other person's mind, she tried to grasp the source of hope again.

"Strange... is it nearby? And... is it really a person?"

To her, this once human thing looked even more pitiful.

"Since the other party is also trapped here, what's the point of "trusting" him? Shouldn't he be the same as you... This is like "trusting a mouse to control a silkworm" - you trusted the wrong person!"

"...Since you are here, I don't mind showing you mercy and helping you to be reborn. But... before that, I'd better go and see who this superstitious person is."

Soon, the Herrscher of Knowledge found the source of hope, a woman who looked very ordinary. However, unlike those who kept hope until the last moment, the woman who was regarded as hope by everyone ended up feeling endless despair.

A surge of anger filled the Herrscher of Knowledge's chest. From the perspective of those who saw her as hope, she was undoubtedly an ugly "betrayer".

For Xiao Shi, who is often cheated by his own mother, the thing he hates the most is naturally "deception".

"Since you have betrayed their trust like this... well, let me, let them see your ugly appearance."

Thinking about the powers she could still call upon, she was sure that she had the ability to not be affected by repeated "contact". However, when she approached the other person's body with the intention of "standing up for the injustice", she still hadn't remembered a "key" that she shouldn't have missed.

Although the sample is not sufficient, it seems that the "absolute trust" in this woman was a common phenomenon in a certain group back then... in the era that "Hua" had witnessed.

When the Herrscher of Knowledge saw her face very clearly, it was already too late.

This unknown force that had enveloped the entire world bubble for the past tens of thousands of years, causing it to stagnate, quietly faded away, and the air, gears, and all the factors that had been silent began to flow again.