Kapitel 45: Chapter 45: [Hunter] Going Ashore
"Dr. Mei, are you sure you want to do this?"
"Certainly."
In response to Fire Moth's question, Mei's response was calm.
"As of now, the Tenth Herrscher has multiple individuals, each of whom has relatively weaker abilities than previous Herrschers. They have been seen in the destruction and vicious incidents in various cities before. And according to our speculation, they should also have some means of exchanging information regardless of spatial distance. This means that as long as our actions are discovered by one of them, the other individuals will also know about it and react accordingly."
"And the weaker wavelength reaction of the Herrscher also makes it difficult for us to detect them when they are hiding. Unless they actively reveal themselves, it is difficult for us to confirm their identities. This situation where the enemy is in the dark and we are in the light makes us very passive."
Mei paused for a moment, then continued.
"Moreover, the previous attempts to capture the Fire Moths all failed. Those [individuals] all left or hid in advance, and even set up ambushes several times, causing heavy casualties to the capture team, as if they had known our arrangements for a long time."
"…Are you trying to say that there is an individual of the Tenth Herrscher hidden among us, Dr. Mei?"
"This is not impossible. After all, there have been two [individuals] inside the Fire Moth before, right?"
Mei said calmly.
"......"
It was impossible to refute it. After all, there were already two people who became Herrschers, Klein and Imor, which caused suspicion among the Fire Moths.
"So I propose that all the Herrscher Cores that are still under research be collected and kept together to prevent the Tenth Herrscher from infiltrating and stealing them one by one."
Mei said so.
"But that could also result in all the Herrscher Cores being taken away at once, and according to what you said, when you made this proposal, the Tenth Herrscher had already obtained this information."
They also began to think about the problem from the perspective of "there is a mole among them", after all, recent events were indeed very strange.
"And during the transportation of the Herrscher Core, it is very likely to be intercepted by the Tenth Herrscher."
"Yes, so when I tell you this proposal, all the Herrscher Cores are already on the way... Considering the time, they should have been delivered by now."
"[P21 Island]... Is it the location of [The Deep]? Dr. Mei, you should know the consequences of misappropriating the [Herrscher Core] without permission."
After reading the short message submitted by Mei, they asked seriously.
"Of course I know that, but I think that now that the Tenth Herrscher has appeared, we should also use some special methods to deal with it."
"More importantly, I have an experimental project that will use these [Herrscher Cores], and now is the right time to collect them all in one place."
Dr. Mei put a plan in front of them.
"At present, the theory of [Blank Key] has been initially perfected, and the first prototype has been completed. We need to verify whether it can achieve the expected effect... If it succeeds, then we can master the power of [Herrscher] with the human body."
"If the Tenth Herrscher knew this information, they would definitely come to stop it with all their might. Otherwise, they would have to face multiple humans with the power of the Herrscher and multiple fusion warriors."
"…You can't guarantee that they will do their best to stop it, Dr. Mei."
"No, they will come."
Dr. Mei pushed up his glasses and spoke calmly and affirmatively.
"Because I will be the first user of the [Blank Key]."
"......"
It was a very arrogant statement, but no one present objected because Mei really had the ability to say it.
As someone who proposed many plans to combat the Honkai and even produced many results, Mei, on the road to the Fire Moths' fight against the Honkai, could not be said to have single-handedly led the entire team, but at least she contributed 70% of the strength. Of the remaining 30%, 20% belonged to Mobius and 10% to the combatants.
It can be said that Mei is now the key protected object of the Fire Moth and a thorn in the side of the Herrscher.
And when Mei put such a heavyweight as herself as a bargaining chip, the whole plan took on a different flavor... because the Tenth Herrscher would try its best to stop her, or in other words, try her best to kill her.
Now that Mu Continent is sinking, if the Fire Moth loses Mei again, it can basically declare the countdown for human civilization. Even if it can still hold on for some time, it will only be a lingering survival.
So this was a trap laid out in the open, a trap to lure the Herrscher to kill her, a complete conspiracy.
"…Well, Dr. Mei, you succeeded in convincing us."
They discussed it with each other and finally approved Mei's proposal.
"But you will still need to accept punishment for [privately misappropriating the Herrscher Core]... You don't need to be confined, but you must review yourself. This is the rule."
"I will."
Mei picked up the documents again and left without looking back.
Then, as expected, the [Battle to Defeat the Tenth Herrscher]... will begin in a few days.
......
.........
[How is it? Any news?]
[That woman took all the Herrscher cores away, and she already has a prototype of the "Blank Key". Damn it!]
[Interesting]
[It seems like your relationship isn't that good~ You only realized it after I've done everything]
[Our previous sneak attack was also unsuccessful. None of the key targets were killed, and we even sacrificed one of our own. This is really difficult.]
[There's another one that escaped, right?]
[They escaped~ They are really embarrassed~]
[As expected, the guys in the Fire Moth are all trash~ trash~]
[Now it seems that she is planning to catch us all in one fell swoop?]
[At worst, she can just not go. Then her plan will fail.]
[I think we can go. Otherwise, if the "Blank Key" is really developed successfully, it will be very disadvantageous to "us". In addition, the ocean has become stable recently, and there are fewer Honkai beasts in the sea for some reason. We can take a boat over there for a surprise attack.]
[Are you stupid? Do you think that crazy engineer's invention is just a decoration? And where can a ship go to the island now?! Everyone uses a flying machine!]
[The ocean has calmed down... Maybe something big is coming out~ Is it our companion? Yes! That's great!]
[We can use a crashed aircraft to replace the ship, and then pretend that the support troops are attacked, set a trap to lure that cold guy away from that woman, and split the troops into two groups. This is a good opportunity to kill that woman.]
[Okay, okay!]
[Yeah, that's true! After all, that woman is just a human being, she's definitely not as good as "us"!]
[Do you want to vote? Do you want to vote?]
[Come on, I vote in favor. As long as we kill that woman, the Fire Moth will be half-crippled. Then we can deal with that snake-like woman. In this way, mankind will be completely finished.]
[Don't you care about those soldiers? They are so difficult to deal with.]
[I vote in favor too. So what if we can fight? We will kill all the humans they protect little by little, leaving them with a desolate world and letting them live alone...Hahahaha! It's fun just thinking about it!]
[Can "we" do it…]
[Of course, as long as "we" are together, there is nothing we can't do! Just pull them little by little, separate them, and when their attention is drawn... secretly kill the humans they are protecting! Hahahaha! When they react, they will definitely show very interesting expressions!]
[Yes, little by little, just like cutting sausages]
[Well...well, I...I agree too...]
[Agree! Agree!]
[Hahahaha! Come on! Let's do it together! Let "we" gather together! Let's disrupt the entire civilization! Let humanity perish in chaos and suspicion!]
Thus, a meeting that belonged exclusively to "them" ended.
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[hunting]
[hunting]
[hunting]
[Hunting, the ocean is so quiet recently, everything is so quiet, where are the Honkai beasts? Are they extinct?]
[But luckily, you still have Skadi with you. It is always noisy and always wants to get close to you. This problem has become more serious after it recognized you as a "blood relative", but you don't care, so just let it be.]
[hunting]
[We hunted a great white shark today. It doesn't taste good, but it's the only prey we have today. You have to eat it even if it tastes bad. You can go back soon. Yes, absolutely.]
[Tried to return to land, failed again...]
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"......"
Lying on the sea, letting the current carry him away, Xi Wang looked at the sky indifferently... He failed again.
There were fewer and fewer Honkai beasts in the sea, and there were almost no Honkai beasts left... Were they all hunted down by him and Skadi? That didn't make sense. After all, Honkai was still active, so Honkai beasts should continue to appear.
But... there are fewer and fewer Honkai beasts in the sea, and there will be no more to hunt... what should I do next? If I hunt the last Honkai beast and still can't go back... what should I do?
Xi Wang didn't know, but he had to continue to become stronger and keep hunting, hunting the Honkai beasts until he could return to the land.
"Come on, Skadi, it's time to hunt."
Xi Wang turned over and dived into the sea, intending to continue today's hunting...but soon, Skadi swam over and blocked his way.
[Wang, blood relatives, sad?]
"... A little, but it's okay, I'm just a little anxious... Let's continue hunting. There are fewer and fewer [prey] recently. If we don't leave soon, I'm afraid we won't be able to find any today."
[Wang, blood relatives, hunting, no]
"...If you want to rest, then rest. I can control the [ocean current] to carry you forward."
[No, blood relatives!]
Skadi stood in front of Xi Wang again.
[The prey is gone! The hunting is gone!]
"...The ocean is so big, there must be a few Honkai beasts left. Maybe they are hiding. We can look for them again. We will find them eventually."
[No! Blood relatives! Anxiety! Return to land! Ocean, blood relatives, sadness!]
[Blood relatives, sad! Skadi, sad!]
[Skadi, help!]
"Don't say it, Skadi, don't say it, please..."
Xi Wang tried to dissuade it, hoping it would not say the following words... Unfortunately, he couldn't even stop it now, because Skadi communicated with him by directly conveying its meaning, and the so-called "talking" was just its chirping.
And now, he could only listen to it saying those words to itself.
[Blood relatives! Anxiety! Skadi, help!]
[Blood relatives! Skadi! Eat! Become stronger! Return to land!]
[Blood relatives, two-legged beasts, good! Return to land, power is needed!]
[Skadi, Honkai Beast, bad! Hunt! Eat!]
Skadi gently shook its tail fin, swam to your side, stuck out its tongue, and gently licked Xi Wang.
[Blood relatives, happy! Skadi, happy!]
[Blood relatives, return to land! Go home!]
[Blood relative, Skadi! Hunt! Eat! Become stronger! Return to land!]
Skadi leaned forward and nudged Xi Wang again as if to urge him.
"…I've already told you that I'm not your blood relative. I'm not a killer whale."
[Blood relatives! Like! Close!]
[Hunting! Skadi! Eat!]
[Skadi, Honkaimon! Bad! Two-legged beast, Honkai, fight! Good!]
"......"
Xi Wang remained silent and did not respond.
Of course, he wanted to return to land...that was something he had to do, he had to return to them.
But... this does not mean that he does not recognize Skadi as his [friend], even though it is just an Honkai beast and is very stupid and silly.
It is indeed very friendly to Xi Wang. From the time Xi Wang fell into the sea until now, it has always been by his side and has helped him a lot. It is also very active during hunting... It is indeed like a partner, accompanying Xi Wang.
Xi Wang is willing to return kindness to those who treat him kindly, and he will show gentleness and favor to those who have helped him... It would be better for him to think about how to dry up the sea than to turn around and hurt those who have helped him, those people he remembers.
But now... it's a difficult situation to decide.
Xi Wang must return to them; this is the motivation that has kept him going until now.
But now all the Honkai beasts in the "ocean" have been hunted down by him and Skadi, and it is really difficult to find "prey" again... and he is anxious to return to land.
So what is the most efficient method at this time?
That would naturally be to "eat" Skadi, who had always been by his side, had eaten a large amount of Honkai beast remains like her, and had also become stronger. In this way, perhaps he could break through the shackles of the "ocean" and return to the land.
But this would be equivalent to challenging Xi Wang's self-awareness and breaking the "bottom line" he set for himself - to hurt those who have helped him and to attack those who treat him kindly.
But... Skadi is willing to do this, willing to sacrifice herself.
It was simply because it was close to him, it simply "liked" him, "liked" him as a human being, yet she could feel a breath similar to that of a "blood relative" from it, and even directly regarded herself as a "blood relative."
Skadi even found a reason for herself - it is a Honkai beast, it is bad, so it is natural for it to be "hunted" and eaten.
It should have been defeated by Xi Wang, a "two-legged beast."
[Look, blood relatives! Like! Hunt, Skadi, eat! Become stronger, return to land, fight Honkai!]
Skadi gently touched Xi Wang's body again and urged.
"......"
Xi Wang remained silent and reached out to touch its head. Skadi opened its mouth and showed its tongue out of comfort and habit, and Xi Wang also reached out and touched it in response.
He had made his choice.
Then, he gently manipulated the water flow, surrounding Skadi's body, as if he wanted to use the water he controlled to replace his hands and hold it in his arms.
"...Thanks."
Xi Wang's hands gently stroked Skadi's head, gently and tenderly.
He leaned forward slightly, his forehead touching Skadi's cool body, his eyes drooping slightly.
"Thank you... Skadi, my friend... no, my 'blood relative.'"
"Hmm——"
It chirped happily with endless joy.
At least in the end, it finally found its "blood relative"...even if he was a "two-legged beast."
The water flowed quietly, taking away its life quickly and silently, and its body was divided into several pieces.
"......"
Xi Wang just remained silent, opened his mouth, and "ate" the remains.
Drops of azure water seeped out quietly from the corners of his eyes and then quickly lost their own color and disappeared in a short while... "The ocean" is tolerant and will accept even tears.
He ate voraciously as if trying to suppress all the tears and sadness that were oozing out.
(TL: skadi nooooooooo!!!!)
He will return to them, as a human being, as a "two-legged beast", returning to them. This is what he must do... and this is the choice he has made.
Everything else can be abandoned...
Well, that's it, it must be like this...
Just survive and return to them, that's all...
Xiwang... strengthened his resolve.
After a while…
Crash——
On the sea, a figure leaped out like a fish, and a blue "ocean current" formed on the sea surface, wrapping his body, and then flowing quickly in one direction.
When reaching a certain [boundary], the seawater that constituted the "ocean current" quickly lost control and dissolved into the seawater again, and Xiwang fell back into the sea, and as usual, he felt being dragged by the seawater around him.
However, Xiwang violently seized control of the seawater around him and forced it to drag his body forward.
Keep going, this time you must... go back!
Xiwang pursed his lips and looked at the land in the distance that was becoming clearer and clearer - it was an island. Xiwang couldn't see clearly where it was, but he knew that he had to go there.
The dragging sensation of the sea water became stronger and stronger, and the "ocean" also felt its concern all around - it did not want to return to the land, it did not want to endure the dryness and flames again... it was worried that it would suffer the same harm as when it first returned to the "ocean".
It loves itself, it cherishes itself, and it cares about itself.
But... no need.
Xiwang swam forward firmly. The surrounding seawater became strange, even becoming sticky and heavy... It was still trying to retain itself like a mother falling to the ground holding her child, trying to retain the child with her own weight.
But... no need!
Xiwang pushed aside the seawater in front of him that was as sticky as gel, took a step, and stepped onto the land in the shallow sea. He could feel the wet sand under his feet.
He just had to go back to them, just have to go back to them.
Can't surrender...can't be defeated by this living "ocean"...can't be defeated by them!
clatter--
A wet hand stretched out from the shallow water and grabbed the fine sand.
"Puha——"
He stuck his head out of the sea, and using both hands, he moved forward little by little, pulling his body out of the sea.
The sea water still loves him, still worries about him, and doesn't want him to leave the embrace of the "ocean".
Dragging his body, trying to bring him back to the safe "home" of the "ocean".
It tried to strip the things off him, to make him feel the pain on the shore... but in the end, it couldn't bear to do so.
The ocean loves its children.
It seemed to sigh and helplessly accepted the choice of Xiwang, the willful child.
It in turn gives Xiwang strength and offers him everything the ocean has, hoping only that he will not suffer again on land.
It gently pushed the waves on the shore and sent a strange [big sword] to Xiwang's side. The sword was dark and slender and even made Xiwang feel a familiar breath... It was a smell similar to Skadi.
This was imitated after it saw the flames that hurt Xiwang. In this way, at least Xiwang could fight against the flames again. There were also some remains of Skadi mixed in it, just to allow the two "children" Xiwang and Skadi to still depend on each other on land.
The sea breeze gently blew across Xiwang's hair, taking away the color and leaving only the snow-white color like waves - the dark hair was like ashes after a burnt hair, which it did not like.
The dark color in the pupils was also washed away, turning into a predator-like red. Dark pupils have no deterrent power. You need to be stronger, like a predator, to make those who try to hurt you feel fear - it said so.
However, the pupil was mostly occupied by gold, and the blood-like scarlet could only occupy a small area of the outer contour of the pupil.
It gives Xiwang love without reservation, the love that belongs to the "ocean".
Finally, the waves gently came to Xiwang, washed away the sand on his body, and then left reluctantly.
"......"
Xiwang remained silent, and just picked up the strange big sword with a slender blade indifferently - it was unexpectedly heavy, so much so that Xiwang felt a little uncomfortable for a moment, as if he was dragging Skadi's huge body.
But he didn't care. He just stood up indifferently and took a long-lost breath of the shore air.
Maybe it was because he stayed in the sea for too long, Xiwang actually felt that... the air was a little dry.
"......"
He raised his head slightly and looked towards the interior of the island. He smelled a familiar breath from there, the breath of the Herrscher.
The sea breeze blew quietly, pointing Xiwang in the direction to move forward.
The heavy sword was dragged, leaving a not-too-deep groove in the sand.
The sea water flowed upstream along this tiny ravine, quietly following Xiwang's footsteps.
The sky was unknowingly covered with rain clouds, becoming dark and gloomy, and the air began to become...humid.
"…It's raining."
Xiwang whispered softly as he walked on the road.
Tick-tock
A tiny sound was heard, it was the sound of raindrops falling.
The "Gabriel" gene in the body is still active, and the familiar scent of lilies quietly permeates the air.
I looked up and looked not far away...there was a familiar building there.
Xiwang knew where this place was, [P21 Island], which was also the location of [the Deepest Place].
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