Bab 282: Chapter 282: Can Humanity... Really Still Win?
[The operation failed, no doubt about it.]
[they were originally planning to raid the Herrscher and put an end to this Great Eruption, but in the end, they didn't accomplish anything.]
[No effective results were achieved. The only two people who actually met the Herrscher were Elysia and Irine.]
[Besides them, the only ones who returned at the end were Kevin and Pardofelis. Dystopia and Hua were nowhere to be found. They were probably left there.]
[As for how Kevin and Pardofelis came back?]
[They were all "sent" back, or rather, Pardofelis was the first to be "sent" back. After she showed reluctance and desire to leave in front of Griseo, Griseo sent her out of the "painting", that it, "sent" her back.]
[And Kevin... he was much slower than Elysia and Irine, because he was still fighting with Kalpas. While Kevin was showing increasingly powerful strength, Kalpas' output was also obviously increasing, even giving people a feeling of "improvement at the battle" or even "breakthrough at the battle."]
[It is really evolving and adapting visibly with the naked eye. Once he realizes the terrifying adaptability, he will feel a chill, and even his combat consciousness will be slightly shaken — because in this situation, there is no way to win.]
[All attacks are visibly becoming ineffective, and some of the power is even being manipulated in reverse... Yes, I'm talking about fire, which should be the power that Kaiji rejects and hates the most.]
[Isn't the hot and dry power of fire the opposite of the seawater that Kaiji loves? The two should repel each other, right? Then why... why can Kalpas still use the power of fire? Control the flames? Even traces of molten fire appear on his body?]
[Has Kaiji adapted to fire and even "evolved" the ability to control it? Or... was Kaiji never afraid of fire in the first place?]
[…No, that guess is too horrifying, so Kevin dared not think about it any further. He could only fight and try to squeeze out his own potential, further driving the power of the Herrscher Core, hoping to defeat Kalpas in one fell swoop and kill him.]
[This is the only way he could think of to defeat and kill him — that is, to destroy him in one fell swoop before he can adapt.]
[And then? Then Kevin felt the smile and awkward look from Kalpas' molten mask… This made Kevin feel extremely strange because he always felt as if the other party was "thinking."]
[Kalpas was not immersed in the battle, but started to use his brain instead? is this a dream?]
[Oh, the opponent is "Kaiji", or maybe even a "Herrscher" acting under the guise of Kalpas, then it's okay.]
[Then he saw a paintbrush appear in Kalpas' hand... Wait, isn't that something that only Griseo has?!]
[However, before Kevin could react, Kalpas took the paintbrush and "painted" at him from a distance, causing him to re-enter the "painting" and land his all-out attack in the "painting"... Although such an attack undoubtedly shattered and burned the "painting," when he walked out of the "painting" again, he was in a different place.]
[There was no Kalpas in front of him. Only Elysia and Irine looked depressed, and Pardofelis looked lost but still tried to cheer up after seeing Kevin coming, and she greeted him with a smile.]
[He immediately understood why the three people present had such expressions... He learned from Elysia that the commander of "Kaiji" they had been facing, the special "Herrscher" was actually Nozomi, that is... you.]
[When Kevin heard this answer, his first reaction was disbelief... From the time you were chosen by Mobius and joined the "Fire Moth," to your "sacrifice" at the end, your contribution to the "Fire Moth" was obvious to all. In the fight against the Honkai, the help you provided cannot be ignored... How could you be a "Herrscher"?]
[Not to mention, Elysia couldn't produce any substantial evidence, which made Kevin even less convinced... at least at first.]
[But if you think carefully about the characteristics of Honkai and the various strange signs after your "sacrifice," it seems to prove something.]
[Kevin was silent, with a distressed look on his face... He didn't want the Herrscher he was facing to be you of the past... No, if you really became the Herrscher, then you would no longer be the one who made great contributions to humanity's fight against Honkai and fought for humanity.]
[If this is really the case, then... you are just a "Herrscher."]
[they must defeat you... Only in this way, they can be saved.]
[But... is it true? Can humans really be "saved"? Can they still win?]
[they don't know. Several people present no longer know the answer to this question.]
[Look around them. All that's left is the seawater that has flooded the land and the drizzle that has fallen from the sky.]
[The azure water on the ground flows quietly, covering the original color of the earth, making it difficult to distinguish the scene here...]
[Brown dirt? Green grass? Or gray concrete? Brick roads of different colors or marble roads?]
[No, all of these are gone, they can't see them clearly, all they can see is the blue water.]
[Only the towering buildings around them and the slightly damaged buildings made them realize where they were now... This is a city near the base of the "Fire Moth."]
[Kevin remembers this place. Mei once told him about this place and said that if there was a chance, she wanted to come here with him to have a look.]
[Elysia remembers this place. She once asked a few friends to go shopping here and come here for a "date."]
[The same goes for Irine and Pardofelis...]
[But now, it's gone. There's no human smell, no human bustle. All that's left is the damp air lingering around the tip of their nose, and an environment so quiet that only the sound of falling rain can be heard.]
[The people here... are all gone.]
[they tried to move forward, toward the base of the "Fire Moth"... but the scenery that came into view was not much different.]
[Azure, azure blue, other than the azure blue there is only transparent water... No, all that comes into view is water. Whether it is the azure blue on the ground, the transparent water falling from the sky, or the darkness hanging high in the sky, it is just the moss-like substance climbing on the wall...]
[Everything is just... water.]
[Silence, only... silence. Other than that, there was only the shock and fear that appeared in an instant.]
[Kevin didn't care about anything else, not even Elysia's shouts, and rushed into the slightly dilapidated base.]
[There are traces of battles everywhere, and there are also a lot of charred black spots left by explosions... But there is no longer any dryness or smell of fire, only the damp smell of water, and even the charred black spots are becoming lighter.]
[It's like the water is washing away these traces, it's like the water is dissolving these traces, it's like… the water is trying to wipe out all the traces left by humans, which represent the traces that humans once fought here.]
[Scattered parts and broken weapons are everywhere, some of which are even embedded in the wall, with some charred marks from the explosion still left around them... they don't know who drove them in, or if they were pushed back into the wall by the impact of an explosion.]
[But Kevin doesn't care about all this... or rather, he doesn't care that much. After all, there are other people here that he cares more about.]
['Mei... Where is she? Is she still there?']
[Although they know, they have known for a long time that in the cities swept by the "Kaiji," in the places attacked by the "Kaiji," there are basically few living people left. At most, a few people can survive in the shelters... But what if? Right? What if?]
[However, when Kevin arrived at the door of the "Fire Moth" shelter... he was stunned.]
[Because, the door of the shelter... was torn open.]
[It was as if some extremely sharp weapon had pierced into it from the outside, and then it was forcibly torn open by some huge force. The entire door of the shelter... was torn open.]
[As he stepped into it, a stronger smell of dampness rushed into his nose. The surrounding walls were full of traces of "dissolution," as if the objects and colors on the walls could not withstand the erosion of water and showed signs of "dissolution" one after another.]
[It was like... the feeling of paint gradually dissolving in water, and then being dragged downward by gravity. Everything seemed so strange, so strange that it looked like a bizarre "painting," so strange that it didn't seem like a scene that would appear in reality at all.]
[Boom! —Accompanied by a huge roar, a blazing flame reaching the sky ignites, and everything around is burned to ashes.]
[But... nothing around him changed, and he did not leave the "painting" again.]
[Here is reality.]
[When they were heading to Mu Continent to raid the Herrscher, Kaiji actually attacked their home instead... and succeeded.]
[Even if they succeed in defeating the Herrscher, what awaits them is nothing but a ruined world... Not to mention, they couldn't even defeat the Herrscher, and two of their companions didn't return.]
[Can humans... really still win?]
[Kevin fell into a daze, and even his own consciousness was on the verge of collapse... The one who had been supporting him to move forward, the one who had been supporting him to this day, was not anything else, but Mei, and his close companions.]
[And now? Everything... is gone.]
[At that moment, Kevin didn't know whether he should continue to persevere, or even whether he should... continue to live.]
[If it weren't for Elysia and the others stopping him, he would have pointed the blade at himself and killed himself… But fortunately, he was stopped in the end.]
[Although Elysia's expression became increasingly sad after seeing this scene, she still managed to put on a smile, and tried her best to maintain her usual tone to comfort Kevin, comfort everyone, and also comfort... herself.]
[There must be someone alive. Find her, find them... Yes, as long as we find them, everything will be fine.]
[Several people believe this.]
[Even if the hope is slim, even if the possibility is low, even if... this hope is as unstable as a candle flame, as illusory as if it were imagined, but you can't give up, you must hold it tightly, hold it tightly, and then... protect it in your palm.]
[Because... only in this way, and only in this way, can they continue to be supported.]
[…Fortunately, just like Nozomi, just like what you said at the beginning, as long as they go back early, then they can still be saved.]
[After spending a day and a night, and moving forward non-stop at a high speed, they finally found the place where humans survived - it was a small base located inside a towering snow-capped mountain. The entrance was in a very hidden place, and entering required a series of tedious, complicated, and slightly weird procedures.]
[Hmm... This technique is obviously the work of Vill-V.]
[Obviously, this is a base that Vill-V built at some unknown time. Judging from its structure, it seems to also function as a shelter... I don't know when she built it.]
[But no matter what, it's good to be helpful, and it's good to be able to use it now, at this time.]
[Most of the people from the "Fire Moth" group gathered here, carefully expanding the base's space while working in an orderly manner. Although everyone's expressions were not very good and the overall atmosphere was very dull, but... no matter what, it's good to be alive.]
[What made Kevin even happier was that Mei was also here, and she was alive. When Kevin saw her, he didn't even care about anything else and rushed up to hug her tightly, fearing that he would lose her again. It took Mei a long time to comfort him before he calmed down.]
[At this moment, Kevin is also sincerely grateful to Vill-V, even her slightly strange and funny behaviors on weekdays have become cute.]
[…Then Kevin and the others realized that in order to buy time, Vill-V and Aponia stayed behind to cover the retreat, which bought enough time for the Fire Moth…There was nothing they could do. The Herrscher was coming straight at them, so they had no choice but to resort to this last resort.]
[If the vast amount of "Kaiji" had not come to them, the others would not have had time to retreat and would have been drowned by the seawater and the "Kaiji"... But no matter what, at least everyone is still alive now.]
[However, this is the only good news. After all... Kevin and his team failed in their mission. Not only did they fail to complete the expedition, but they also lost two of their companions.]
[Elysia also told Mei again about the real "Herrscher," that is, about you... Unexpectedly, Mei seemed to believe her. She only asked a few key questions, and after getting answers from Elysia, she stopped questioning her.]
[Very good, now we have finally confirmed the true identity of the Herrscher. The fake target has been eliminated. Next, we just need to continue to target the real Herrscher...right?]
[Stop joking.]
[The surprise attack on the Herrscher failed. Except for Elysia and Irine, the others didn't even see the Herrscher and were "sent" back by the enemy in the end... In other words, this kind of surprise attack is useless. As long as they are discovered, they will be "sent" away by the enemy and cannot be defeated at all.]
[Not only did the battle fail, but their "home" was also blown up by the enemy, and they also lost the key figure, Vill-V, and the special combat power Aponia. They can only evacuate to the bitterly cold land to survive for a while.]
[There is also the "Fourth Divine Key," and even the entire space orbit has been directly occupied by the other side. After losing the support of satellites, human communication has become a big problem. The survivors have been separated, and communication has become difficult.]
[Not only that, but Kevin also recounted his experience of fighting with Kalpas, that is, the fire controlled by Kalpas... In other words, Kaiji's current weakness has disappeared, and Kaiji is no longer afraid of fire.]
[Maybe Kaiji was just pretending to be afraid of fire from the beginning? Haha—At the end, someone even made a bitter joke, but no one could laugh, and no one was willing to believe it.]
[Because there is no way, this kind of thing cannot be believed... If it is true, then wouldn't it mean that their previous resistance is ridiculous? The power they have been using was deliberately revealed by others, and even the so-called "weakness" was deliberately pretended by the enemy, just to make them think that they can still fight, just to make them continue to fight, and rely more and more on the power of fire.]
[If that is really the case, it is too horrifying and too despairing.]
[So, it can't be like that… It must be that Kaiji later "evolved" to have the ability to resist fire, and further controlled it.]
[It is like this, it must be like this, and it can only be like this!]
[Otherwise... no one knows what to do next, nor what the point of continuing to fight is.]
[But even so, even if they hypnotize themself like this...what can they do?]
[Can humans really still win?]
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