Chapter 108 Audience
With the evacuation of the World Serpent, the city's information blockade of Destiny finally ended.
When connected to the Destiny headquarters, Rita immediately reported all the information to Otto, but Otto had no intention of watching the World Snake at this time. He stared at the screen, where a live broadcast was actually going on.
In order to prevent ordinary people from falling into panic, Destiny and Anti-Entropy have always kept the news of Honkai strictly blocked. As long as any remarks about Honkai are detected on the Internet, they will be immediately controlled.
But now that communication with Skydome City had only been interrupted for one day, a large number of discussions about Honkai had sprung up like mushrooms after rain. Within just a few hours, at least one-third of the millions of people knew about Honkai's existence.
And now it is not just limited to Shenzhou. Some people are even trying to use the global network to directly broadcast the collapse incident that Tiankong City is currently experiencing.
After one or two seconds, the live broadcast signal was cut off, and the account that posted the live broadcast was banned and investigated. But although less than a minute had passed, many people around the world still saw the information.
There are many cities that are suffering from collapse. They don’t know what the monsters are, so they give them a variety of names.
But now that there is a specific reference, those who have been attacked finally understand that those monsters appear along with events like the Collapse, which further deepens the spread of information.
"The people of World Snake are all crazy!" Without a doubt, this is something that only the people of World Snake can do. He quickly browsed through the report submitted by Rita and immediately discovered the crazy plan of the Stigma Project.
After talking about the destruction of Shencheng Medical, the World Snake had more reasons to spread rumors of collapse. This was revenge!
As for the small part of Rita's speculation about Kiana, he simply ignored it. As the most important part of Otto's plan, he knew Kiana even better than she did. Astute, calculating, far-sighted... these words could never be related to K423.
Fortunately, the situation has not gotten out of control yet, and Yulandel is about to arrive in Sky City. As long as the Herrscher of the Void is captured, the spread of rumors can be blocked again sooner or later.
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Within the range of the signal tower, the World Snake Mech that had been lurking there in stealth finally began its final counterattack. The dense storm of bullets weaved an impenetrable death net, which was bound to strangle Kiana here.
When the gunshots rang out, the onlookers finally realized the seriousness of the situation and dared not stay any longer.
As for the magical girl? She's so strong that she can definitely deal with these robots.
If she died like this, then she must be a fake.
Anyway, I am just an ordinary person and I will definitely die if I am hit by a bullet. Why should I care about the magical girl whose real name I don’t know?
In the face of such powerful firepower, even Kiana was in a dilemma. Not being able to use the power of the Herrscher of the Void meant that she couldn't even create the Spear of the Sub-Void.
However, the energy leakage of the Honkai bomb is getting stronger and stronger, and it has unknowingly reached a level that can infect humans with Honkai. If it continues to increase, even if the bomb is successfully dismantled, many citizens will die.
"I can't stop here." The erosion of the Herrscher of the Sky and the massive loss of physical strength made Kiana's every breath feel like fire burning her lungs, but she still gritted her teeth and broke a heavy concrete pillar directly. She used this small obstacle to pounce on the mecha group.
boom--
A ball of fire suddenly exploded, and thick black smoke continued to rise, completely obscuring Kiana's figure.
Optical detection and thermal sensing are temporarily out of order, and the mecha can only speculate Kiana's possible location based on probability.
However, even more decisive than the mecha was Kiana. She didn't even dodge and broke into the mecha blockade in the most direct way.
boom--
boom--
The sound of explosions continued until there was no sound of bullets anymore. The shattered and exploded debris kept flying and fell to the ground with scorching heat.
Then with a hissing sound, the blood dripping on it evaporated.
Blood kept dripping, and Kiana's figure walked out from the smoke and dust. She was injured.
Anyone else who tried to break out in such a reckless manner would have been killed long ago. Kiana was able to survive and destroy an entire mecha unit, but the price was that she was covered in wounds.
Blood was oozing from her waist, abdomen, shoulders, and calves, making her look as if she had walked out of a sea of blood.
"Kiana!" In a corner where no one was paying attention, Wuliangta Jizi looked at the bloody Kiana and felt so distressed. She wanted to rush out to help her immediately, but she was firmly tied to the spot by Su Jue. She could only be a spectator and could not even make a sound to shout.
She suddenly turned her head and glared at Su Jue who was standing beside her. Ji Zi even wanted to rush up to him, grab his collar and beat him up, but unfortunately she had no choice.
"Aren't you afraid that she will find out later?" Although she knew that Su Jue had no ill will towards Kiana, she still found it difficult to understand why Kiana was so seriously injured by something that could have been easily solved.
Su Jue glanced at her and said nothing, but the silk thread in his hand had already begun to spread.
Looking at the familiar puppet strings, Ji Zi's body trembled slightly. After being scanned by the golden eyes, the thought of going against Su Jue's wishes was quickly suppressed.
"She is more powerful than you think." Just when Ji Zi thought Su Jue would remain silent, he spoke, "Wulian Tower, don't look at her with past memories. She is no longer the reckless child who needs your careful care. She is a warrior and a hero."
"You mean you understand her better than me, your teacher who you have known for many years?"
"Of course... everything about her..." Su Jue didn't finish his words. He suddenly realized that he might have said too much. Now Ji Zike didn't know what he did to Kiana, so naturally he didn't know how twisted the relationship between the two was.
In her opinion, Su Jue was just a cold and unpredictable Herrscher. As long as he didn't harm her students, she wouldn't really care.
"Hmm?" Just as Ji Zi was still thinking about the meaning of Su Jue's unfinished words, her body suddenly lost control and her consciousness fell into darkness.
When she came to her senses again, she had returned to the theater of domination.
"I have worked so hard to be an actor for so long, but now I can't even watch the show when it's on?!"
Chapter 109 Activation
"Closer." The blood on her forehead continued to flow, dyeing her vision red. With her indomitable courage, Kiana successfully passed the last blockade, hundreds of meters in the air, she continued to leap.
The wounds on her body were still burning with pain, and the erosion of the Honkai was intensifying. Every breath she took seemed to be burned. Even so, Kiana did not dare to stop, because she knew very well that once she stopped, she would no longer have the strength to run forward.
"Wait for me, Su Jue, I'll come back to you soon."
Her teeth were grinding and all the muscles in her body were tense. On the more than 100-meter-high building, Kiana stepped on the edge of the roof and jumped high into the sky, flying into the sky like an elf chasing the moon.
The place where she jumped was more than ten meters away from the signal tower. The evening wind was howling in the sky. If there was any mistake, Kiana would fall directly from the sky and die without a burial place.
Stranded in the sky, Kiana subconsciously lowered her head and looked down. The entire city was in chaos, and the sound of car alarms and sirens could even be heard in the sky.
As the waves of the Honkai bomb grew stronger, people finally realized what was placed above their heads. They no longer cared to watch and ran away from the signal tower like rats thrown into a frying pan.
When life is in danger, the desire to survive instantly takes over everyone's consciousness, and order naturally disappears.
Everyone ran away in the direction of their memory like a headless fly. In the collision, they pushed each other, and everything that stood in their way was an enemy.
No one cared for the frail elderly and children. They were knocked to the ground by the crowd and gradually died amid their miserable cries.
No one looked at what was under their feet. Even if they did, they would just pretend they noticed nothing because they were caught up in the crowd.
Unknowingly, the soles of many people's feet were stained with blood, and human civilization and order seemed extremely fragile in the life-and-death crisis.
Kiana was looking down at the earth from the sky, and countless tragedies broke into her sight without any warning.
"Everyone will be saved. Don't be afraid. Evacuate in an orderly manner." She tried to call people to order, but she was hundreds of meters in the air and no one could hear her. Moreover, even if someone heard her, it was impossible for anyone to stop.
In this wave of escape, everyone was swept up and no one could stop.
The distance of more than ten meters passed in a flash, and the position of the leap did not deviate too much. Seeing the position of the window, Kiana hugged her body tightly, and fell into the control room of the broadcast tower with the sound of shattering glass.
The broken glass penetrated into her body through the existing wounds. Kiana frowned and just pulled out a few large pieces without paying any more attention. The Honkai bomb was about to explode. Only by defusing it would the chaotic crowd stop and the tragedy stop.
He quickly climbed up along the safety passage of the signal tower. The closer he got to the top of the building, the more severe the damage to his body became.
Before leaving, the World Serpent designed a locking device for the Honkai bomb, which was to prevent the Honkai bomb from spreading prematurely and being detected by Destiny, and also to delay time when someone tried to stop it.
However, the countdown for the Honkai bomb is now coming to an end. Even with the locking device, the rich Honkai energy has already penetrated the device and is gushing out in all directions like a storm.
"What a strong Honkai energy." The energy contained in the Honkai bomb far exceeded Kiana's expectations. Just after reaching the roof, her body had been mostly corroded, and countless Honkai cracks began to spread on the surface of her skin.
This is because she has the adaptability to the Herrscher of the Void. If she were an ordinary person, she would have been killed long ago.
In the high-concentration Honkai energy storm, the spiritual space that was originally able to maintain stability also became shaky.
The destructive will carried by the Honkai energy constantly interferes with her mind, and the consciousness of the Herrscher of the Void has awakened and is trying to break through her mental barrier.
"How could I fall here!" Her consciousness began to blur, blood flowed from the corner of her mouth, and Kiana's deep voice was filled with determination, "I promised him that I would change everything."
With the support of this will, the last few meters were finally crossed. After breaking through the last storm, Kiana immediately grabbed the opening mechanism of the locking device.
There was only a thick layer of tempered glass between them and the Honkai bomb, and the alternating purple and blue lights on the bomb were clearly visible. Her hands were already bloody and blurred under the erosion of the Honkai, and Kiana could only press her left hand on her wrist and desperately turned the mechanism of the device.
Just as she was desperately turning the mechanism, a figure appeared not far away. The storm of Honkai bombs was still raging. But he stood in the surging storm without moving. Kiana couldn't see his appearance, but she vaguely felt that the eyes looking at her were gray.
"Su Jue...?"
Even though she knew in her heart that Su Jue couldn't possibly be here, Qiana still subconsciously asked: "Su Jue, is that you?"
There was no answer, the figure just stood there like a lonely ghost.
"It's dangerous here, leave quickly."
She subconsciously reminded him, but she poured all her strength into the mechanism without hesitation. Finally, the heavy mechanical lock finally started to work, and the sturdy locking device gradually opened, and the Honkai bomb was completely exposed.
"As long as we solve this problem... we can go back..."
……
"I'm sorry." The wind in her ears brought the boy's low murmur. She looked up blankly. The vague figure standing not far away had disappeared. Only Kiana was left in the whole world.
The Houkai bomb—just before being defused at the last second—activated.
"why?"
No sound responded to her, only the faint voice of the Houkai bombs as they kept activating said goodbye to her, "Why!"
He tried his best to press the safety device on the Honkai bomb, but the bomb that had already been activated could no longer be turned off. It only took a few seconds for it to completely release the Herrscher-level Honkai energy.
This level of collapse is enough to destroy an entire city in an instant, and even the residual radiation waves will turn a considerable area of Shenzhou's land into wasteland, making it impossible for humans to cultivate.
"No!"
No longer caring about the erosion of Honkai, the power of the Herrscher of the Void was immediately mobilized. Kiana took out the Honkai bomb from the locking device, hugged the Honkai bomb with her body, and forcibly absorbed the spreading Honkai energy in it to prevent it from infecting nearby citizens after the locking device disappeared.
"Kiana, stop! You will die like this." Fu Hua in Yu Duchen kept calling her, but Kiana could no longer hear any sound at this time.
A rich golden light had already spread in her right eye, and a hint of madness appeared in her pupil with a cross. While she was constantly absorbing Honkai energy, she grabbed the huge Honkai bomb and pushed it into the sky, and she flew towards the sky like a reverse meteor.
It must not be allowed to explode in the city.
Chapter 110: The Herrscher Fights for Humanity
Sending the Honkai bomb into the sky is the only option, but Kiana will inevitably suffer the most direct impact. If she is already severely corroded and withstands the Honkai energy of this bomb, she will most likely die on the spot.
Even if she didn't die on the spot, her life span would be greatly reduced due to her body's insufficient ability to bear Honkai energy, and she would not live more than a year. After all, she was just a human girl who had mastered some of the abilities of a Herrscher.
After Kiana flew into the sky with the Honkai bomb, Su Jue's figure quietly emerged on the completely destroyed signal tower.
Looking up at the sky, the girl was flying higher and higher. She was a shooting star in the sky, a burning spark.
The golden eyes of the Herrscher have lit up, and a large number of invisible threads of control have begun to spread.
This is a grand show, he must let everyone see the greatness of Kiana. At this moment, he is like a crazy fan, desperate to spread her beauty to the world.
The Honkai bomb had actually been activated, but Su Jue suppressed it with puppet threads in advance. Otherwise, Kiana would have no time to react, let alone send the Honkai bomb into the sky.
The time he deliberately set aside was to allow Kiana to grow in desperation and to allow her to look directly into her own heart.
Su Jue knew very well that even after his repeated deceptions, Kiana's self-awareness had matured a lot, but there was still a knot in her heart that could never be untied - Wuliangta Jizi.
Although Kiana didn't say anything, she just kept the pain in her heart and bore it alone. Su Jue didn't want her to continue suffering like this, so the Sky Meteor was inevitable.
If Kiana can successfully get over her emotional problems in this incident, she will definitely become stronger and become Su Jue's sharpest blade against the world.
And if she couldn't get over her emotional knot, Su Jue would replace Ji Zi and become Kiana's nightmare that she would never forget.
The choice to cure despair is not only hope, but also a deeper despair. As long as she is in enough pain, she will forget all the sorrow.
Of course, this is only a measure that is chosen when there is no other way out.
She is the glimmer of light that illuminates the world. Her courage, persistence, and self-confidence are what the Thousand Rulers do not have, but are also what the Thousand Rulers desire.
Su Jue, who is the Ruler of Herrscher, is also the Ruler of a Thousand. Don't forget that the puppet named [Su Jue] is still trapped in the Ruler Theater. That is why he took so much trouble to abduct Kiana.
As long as there is light, Su Jue can maintain his consciousness, otherwise he will really become a puppet under the control of the will of collapse after the fall. At that time, even death will not be possible, unless he can find a parallel world from the tree of imaginary numbers at the moment of being killed like Otto, but Su Jue is not from this world, so even if there is a parallel world, where can he find a place to stay?
When the light no longer exists, the darkness loses its meaning.
Therefore, the fire cannot be extinguished.
If it is eventually extinguished, it will be up to him to drag the world into eternal night.
"Light up the night sky, Kiana."
In just a few seconds, Kiana had sent the Honkai bomb thousands of meters into the sky, but it was still not enough. Under the control of Jackal and Raven, this Honkai bomb could cover almost the entire Sky City.
This is a world-class metropolis that accommodates millions of people. Not counting the suburbs, it covers an area of hundreds of square kilometers. Even if calculated in a circular shape, it must be at least 5000 meters above the ground to ensure safety.
However, the strength in the body was constantly lost. If he relied solely on his own strength, he would not be able to reach the height for safe detonation.
