"Swoosh!"
Lu Xing appeared in the skies above the Atlantic Ocean.
The successful transfer of the Honkai Rift had given Lu Xing a new idea—there was still a considerable Honkai Beast legion in the Atlantic region, led by an Emperor-class Honkai Beast nad "Eurybia."
The Emperor-class was just a bonus.
What Lu Xing had his sights on was the dium-sized Honkai Energy Rift located on the seabed.
For tactical reasons, the one on the Pacific seabed had already been destroyed by humans, but this one had not—although an already ford rift was much more troubleso to "transport" than a nascent one, this trip would definitely not be a loss.
However...
"Nothing?"
At the predetermined location, Lu Xing's diffused [Super Perception] did not detect any Honkai energy aura within a 30-nautical-mile radius.
Even with his senses extending deep underwater...
Forget about the rift, Lu Xing didn't even find a single ordinary aquatic Honkai Beast.
The location couldn't be wrong—the previous actions of these Honkai Beasts were all under the command of the Herrscher of Sentience; they all bore the Herrscher's "brand" to so extent. While Lu Xing was still executing his operational plan in the Eastern Pacific, he had already locked onto this current sea area.
"Wait!"
As the Honkai energy used to release [Super Perception] continuously increased, more and more details began to appear in Lu Xing's mind.
He hadn't found the wrong place.
Neither the Honkai Beasts nor the Honkai Energy Rift had vanished into thin air; rather, they had all been swept clean by an exceptionally imnse power.
As for the attribute of this power...
"A Herrscher!?"
Sothing unbelievable had happened.
From the energy residue left by the destruction of the Honkai Energy Rift, so scarce it was almost impossible to detect, Lu Xing discovered an extrely inconspicuous Herrscher aura.
This was illogical.
The Herrscher of Sentience had just died; the birth of the Ninth Herrscher, the Herrscher of Rock, absolutely couldn't be this rapid. Moreover, if Lu Xing's mory served him right, the Ninth Herrscher's awakening place should be on the Mu Continent.
This aura was very strange.
If not for the sufficient number of authorities Lu Xing possessed, he absolutely wouldn't have detected the "Herrscher component" within it—Reason, Void, Thunder, Wind, Ice, Death, Fla, Sentience; this aura did not belong to any of the aforentioned Herrschers that had already appeared.
In other words.
This was not an aura left behind by a Key of God.
An unknown Herrscher had destroyed a Honkai Energy Rift... In the Previous Era of Honkai, were there Herrschers who betrayed Honkai?
"..."
"A bit troubleso."
Yes, although the timing wasn't quite right, during the fall of the Previous Era, there indeed was a Herrscher who betrayed Honkai.
"As expected of..."
No, perhaps it wasn't that the timing was wrong, but simply that the intelligence Lu Xing possessed lacked more detailed information about her before she "beca" a Herrscher.
After all.
That was—
"...Miss Elf."
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Fla-Chasers' base.
The remaining Fusion Soldiers regrouped here... The entire base was essentially left with only Fusion Soldiers. Ordinary people had either been directly invaded and killed by the [Nightmare], or, during the battle between the Herrscher of Sentience and Su, had been turned into vegetative individuals by the ntal shockwaves generated by the aftermath of their clash.
The only two surviving "ordinary people" were Dr. i and Klein.
"Clack."
The gem Su subsequently tossed flew through the air in a beautiful arc before being unhurriedly caught by Mobius.
"Oh?"
Mobius carefully weighed the Herrscher Core in her hand, then casually passed it to Dr. i who was standing aside.
Evidently.
Compared to the Herrscher Core, which would definitely be made into a Key of God, Mobius was more interested in the girl Kevin was carrying on his shoulder—this was the first living "Herrscher body" the Fla-Chasers had obtained. In her hands, its research value was absolutely no less than that of a Herrscher Core.
The Herrscher of Sentience's body was covered in thick frost.
This was Kevin's "restraining" asure to prevent her escape—for the Herrscher of Sentience, who still had a certain amount of Honkai energy remaining in her body, such severe cold would only seal her movents and not endanger her life.
"This will be."
Dr. i pushed up the increasingly thick lenses resting on the bridge of her nose.
"An unprecedented Key of God."
"Analyzing this thing will allow us to achieve unprecedented breakthroughs in our research on the ntal plane and brain domain developnt."
As soon as Dr. i's voice fell.
"In other words."
"Your 'Protheus Project' can be initiated?"
Mobius picked up where Dr. i left off.
"Correct."
"Similarly, your long-planned 'consciousness transfer' can also make progress through this."
The Fla-Chasers had suffered disastrous losses.
Yet, this special Herrscher Core alone could bring enormous benefits... at least, for the two scientists, this was indeed the case.
"Aiya, don't whisper now~"
At this mont.
Miss Elf, with her blue eyes and pink hair, popped out from sowhere.
Powerful and reliable, enthusiastic and mischievous, for whom everything was "very simple"—one of the founders and leaders of the Fla-Chasers, the second of the Thirteen Fla-Chasers and their initiator—"Ego" Elysia.
"I also know this thing is very useful."
"But you two, your current undisguised 'excitent' is quite out of sync with the surrounding atmosphere, you know."
Elysia said slowly after glancing around at the "tragic state" of the surroundings.
With the birth of the Fusion Soldiers, the Fla-Chasers' influence within the United Nations, and even worldwide, had increased trendously.
Dr. i's status had beco even more unshakable.
But now...
The Fusion Soldiers, who perford exceptionally well on the frontal battlefield, appeared particularly vulnerable when facing ntal attacks—don't just look at how they held out longer than ordinary people; one must know that the birth of any Fusion Soldier was the result of countless resources piled up (before the Herrscher of the Legion, Fusion Soldiers had not yet reached mass production levels).
The invasion incident by the Eighth Herrscher had caused the Fla-Chasers to suffer losses, both internal and external, for which soone needed to step up and take responsibility.
Elysia was undoubtedly the one with the biggest headache.
Most crucially.
The loss of Fusion Soldiers had led to a sharp decline in the Fla-Chasers' combat strength—coupled with the significant progress made in Dr. i's various plans, these ill-tid "good news" items made the manpower shortage the most critical factor affecting the Fla-Chasers.
"Sorry, Ely."
"Mah, no need for apologies, just promise one tiny little request~"
"Hmm? A request?"
"That's right, if possible..."
Elysia's gaze swept past Su, who was tightly gripping Spaxi's flask and whispering sothing to Kevin, then looked towards Sakura, who stood not far away holding her blade.
"I want to borrow Sakura for a bit."
"During this ti, I'll have to trouble Kevin to protect you."
Sakura, wielding the Seven Thunders of Retribution, was Dr. i's last line of defense; she was tantamount to Dr. i's life—under normal circumstances, Kevin would definitely not agree to transfer Sakura away.
Hence Elysia's earlier words.
"Borrow Sakura?"
"Yes."
"I need to trouble Sakura and , hmm, and Aponia together..."
"To go to the 'Deepest Place' and bring soone out."
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