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When Takumi came to Herta's office, the place was bustling.

Various Herta dolls were running around inside, seemingly very busy.

One of the Herta dolls was constantly processing the workload.

Seeing this scene, the corners of Takumi's mouth twitched slightly.

This girl Herta really was a fanatic for her dolls.

"Just wait a moment! I'll finish my work first. Get whatever you want to drink."

Herta looked up at Takumi and then continued working.

She did have something to discuss with Takumi, but it had to wait until she was done.

"Fine."

Although speechless at her behavior, Takumi wasn't shy. He went straight to the rest area.

He wasn't sure what she was thinking—there were so many dolls here, they didn't need to eat—but she had still prepared all kinds of snacks.

Takumi opened the refrigerator and looked at the expensive snacks and drinks inside. He couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Could it be that all the money she saved from her perpetual motion machine experiments had been spent on these things?

But her body wasn't even here.

Still, judging by the contents of the boxes, there was a high chance some of these things belonged to a certain cheongsam girl.

After grabbing some food from the huge refrigerator, Takumi sat nearby and waited quietly.

Herta quickly finished her work.

Not long after, one of the dolls came over and sat in front of Takumi.

"What do you want from me?"

Takumi looked at the doll across from him with curiosity.

Why had this girl called him here?

"Of course there's something! I need your help."

Herta looked at Takumi seriously.

She clearly needed him for something important.

Seeing this, Takumi raised an eyebrow.

"Explain."

If she needed his help, it certainly wasn't something minor.

Takumi didn't agree rashly.

What if this girl had taken an interest in something about him?

Although Herta was a super genius, she was also completely driven by curiosity and self-interest.

One moment she could be obsessed with something, and the next, completely bored.

You could be researching something together, and she'd decide it was dull and leave you to finish it alone.

So, Takumi had to know what this girl was up to.

"Help me run a Trial of Civilization for several planets."

As she spoke, she showed him the details of the planets involved.

Takumi looked over the information.

Mechanical civilizations? Biological civilizations?

Rubbing his chin, Takumi mused.

"How do you want to do this?"

"If I perform the Trial of Civilization with Herrscher of Erosion powers, I could destroy them all instantly."

These worlds didn't have Honkai energy. They used electric or nuclear energy instead.

If he intervened, those civilizations would be wiped out in seconds.

"Don't be too strong," Herta cautioned. "Just make it similar to what we saw in the earlier stages of Honkai Impact."

"Avoid using targeted abilities for now."

"The power of erosion should be considered the final trial."

"Let's start with physical elements first."

She had clearly already come up with a plan.

Seeing that Takumi wasn't outright refusing, she immediately presented her proposal.

She even selected the elemental sequence she wanted.

First, the Rhythm of Thunder.

Second, the Rhythm of Wind.

Third, the Rhythm of Ice.

Fourth, the Rhythm of Fire.

Fifth, the Rhythm of Rock.

Sixth, the Herrscher of Metal.

Seventh, the Herrscher of Wood.

Eighth, the Herrscher of the Void.

Ninth, the Herrscher of Dominance.

Tenth, the Herrscher of Law.

Eleventh, the Herrscher of Restraint.

Twelfth, the Herrscher of Erosion.

Looking at the list, Takumi asked in surprise:

"So you're going to gradually escalate things with elemental power to force them to evolve?"

After reading her plan, Takumi understood what Herta was thinking.

Force these mechanical lifeforms to evolve, again and again.

If they managed to survive even the final erosion trial, they would've truly passed.

Then Herta and her team would've successfully completed their experiment.

"That's right! That's exactly what I thought."

"But limit the power. Let them face gradually increasing challenges."

Herta smiled at Takumi.

She looked forward to seeing how far these civilizations could go.

Each machine in those civilizations had independent thought.

With no limits on development, this would be an interesting test.

Using Honkai energy as a test would be the best way to push them.

Elemental challenges would ease them into it.

Then something more outrageous—like the Herrscher of Law showing them magic—would test them further.

Like the EXE side of things.

And finally, they'd face the Herrscher of Restraint.

On the EXE side, Takumi had handled things easily with the Herrscher of Restraint's power.

If these new civilizations could withstand all this, it would be impressive.

"I don't think so," Takumi said. "Erosion Herrscher completely counters mechanical life."

"Passing this trial won't be easy."

"The likely outcome is total destruction."

"If they fail once, try again."

"There's plenty of time. Just adjust the time flow."

Herta didn't mind.

Experimentation included failure. These were machines, after all.

Even in failure, data would be saved.

They'd analyze it, fix the problem, and try again.

Eventually, someone would evolve to resist erosion.

"So this is just Herrscher resistance training, huh?"

After hearing all that, Takumi smacked his lips.

This was definitely resistance training.

"Exactly! It's a Herrscher drill."

If it were just the Santengzi's Herrscher, Herta wouldn't be interested.

But Takumi was different.

So she wanted to give it a shot.

"I'll give you a batch of low-spec Herrscher cores. You can handle the rest."

"Can you make some puppets?"

"Let them guest star as Herrschers 1.3 or something."

After finishing the proposal, Takumi made his decision.

He wouldn't participate directly.

He'd just have Prometheus help.

Takumi only needed to supply some lower-tier Herrscher cores.

Just like with previous civilizations.

Herta had no objections.

In fact, she was delighted.

"Yes! Hurry and give them to me!"

Her eyes lit up.

Now she could experience being a Herrscher herself.

The Herta Herrscher would soon be online!

She planned to test every single Herrscher core Takumi gave her.

Herta hadn't expected this outcome.

She'd assumed Takumi would create some Herrschers for her to fight.

Instead, she would experience them herself.

This was incredible.

Takumi could only stare, speechless, at Herta's enthusiasm.