Honkai Archives: Old, Short, but Gold

[The Eighth Honkai Eruption broke out. The Herrscher of Corruption silently descended into the central information database of a base city. But the virus it spread was cut off from the human internet before it could even begin to spread.]

[The Human Federation's internet system used a block-chain style internet. Each base city had a dedicated network node installed, and the network nodes were also equipped with weak AI for self-defense and correction. The Herrscher of Corruption easily assimilated the weak AI that maintained the network system, but it also triggered an alarm system. The network system of the base city was forced to stop running. No signals were received or transmitted.]

[This was just a casual plan that Yuhao had made during his tea-drinking and bird-teasing breaks.]

[The Human Federation then dispatched a combat team composed of internet technology experts to destroy the computer center where the Herrscher of Corruption was located.]

[The Herrscher of Corruption died.]

[But at the moment the Herrscher of Corruption was destroyed, the Ninth Honkai Eruption broke out.]

[A Herrscher capable of manipulating electromagnetism was born, its ability having an extremely wide range of application. The magnetic field rotations it unleashed could instantly disintegrate the defenses of several surrounding base cities, and all of humanity's mechanized forces were paralyzed.]

[At the same time, a new type of Honkai Beast with a strength far exceeding Judgement-class Honkai Beasts emerged from the endless tide of Honkai energy. They were powerful Honkai Beasts with anti-energy properties and immense bodies. They could forcibly penetrate the siphon energy shield force fields of the outer perimeter of base cities, attacking the cities themselves.]

[And the Honkai seemed to be tired of fighting with humans. The vast and blurry energy fluctuations in space became increasingly clear. A celestial body with a size and mass comparable to the moon appeared within the observable universe of the Human Federation. It was the Cocoon of Finality, the mastermind behind the Honkai.]

[Then, the Tenth Honkai Eruption broke out before humanity had even solved the Ninth Herrscher, and the Eleventh Honkai Eruption followed closely behind.]

[Three major Honkai Eruptions broke out in just one month. Three terrifying Herrschers were now in the world. Even more powerful Honkai Beasts were being bred in the endless tide of Honkai energy, attacking human civilization with the Herrschers.]

[Even the Cocoon of Finality, at the moment of its appearance, was accelerating towards Earth.]

[The thriving human civilization was once again plunged into the abyss of destruction, like a dilapidated house swaying in the cold winter wind. It would collapse with a single kick from the Honkai!]

["This Honkai is clearly playing dirty!"]

[Looking at the global map filled with red exclamation points and the various human base cities enveloped by these red exclamation points, Mobius cursed angrily.]

["This is completely dishonorable!"]

[The other Flame-Chasers also had unsightly expressions.]

[But Yuhao, on the other hand, was leisurely drinking tea and reading the newspaper, showing no sense of tension at all.]

[You soon discovered that something was not quite right. Although a small number of special Honkai Beasts could forcibly break through the siphon shields and enter cities, the arc cannons installed on the city's defense lines could easily target and kill them.]

[Most other Honkai Beasts, and even the Herrschers, still could not break through the defenses of the siphon shields.]

[Although the Herrscher who controlled magnetism could paralyze the siphon shields and electronic weapons on a large scale, the human cities themselves still had countless rock-solid defense bunkers. These bunkers were equipped with laser weapons, which were difficult for Honkai Beasts and Herrschers to penetrate.]

[As for the Cocoon of Finality...]

[The Cocoon of Finality soon moved above the Earth, guiding the Honkai energy on Earth to fight on its behalf. At the same time, it gathered Honkai energy to form a powerful purple energy beam and launched a saturation attack on Earth.]

[The beams formed from the convergence of endless Honkai energy bombarded the Earth from above, and a deep blue energy shield rose to envelop the entire Earth.]

[The Cocoon of Finality's attack was like water flowing onto a metal ball. Aside from being splashed and causing water to rise up, it did not cause any substantial damage to the Earth or the people on it.]

["Planetary shields, kid."]

[Most of the technologies that Yuhao personally guided humanity to research were shield technologies. And these shield technologies were all pre-requisite technologies for planetary shields, a high-level technology that only mid-level civilizations could research. Therefore, although humanity's combat power could not yet compete with the Honkai, its defense, especially in shield strength, far exceeded the Honkai's attacks.]

[Yuhao also felt tired of this situation.]

[Looking directly at the Cocoon of Finality above the Earth, Yuhao put down the tea and the newspaper in his hands.]

["Your attack is over. Now it's humanity's turn."]

["Now, let's end this charade."]

[The Human Federation's space fleet slowly ascended from Earth. Along with the space fleet, a giant starport also ascended. It was a star system-level starport, equipped with a large number of ships, space defense weapons, and energy shields.]

[Normally, starports were used to repair and build ships and serve as nodes for interstellar trade. They also served as defense bases in wartime, but they had an even more important meaning.]

[——To declare sovereignty!]

[When a starport of a certain civilization was built above the star of a star system, that star system, in the conventional sense, also became the territory of that civilization.]

[And when a low-level civilization that has not yet entered space builds a starport above their star system, it means that not only does this star system belong to them, but it also represents that this low-level civilization has officially entered the big stage of the star sea as a newly born young civilization, participating in the pursuit of the stars!]

[They were no longer chess pieces, nor were they mere observers who could produce social studies points. They were now chess players!]

[Their goal was no longer the sea of stars, because they themselves were already in the sea of stars!]

["From the germination of the first life underwater, to the giant beasts of the Stone Age, and then to humanity's first upright walk, humans have experienced a lot... In the classical era, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Industrial Age, the Information Age… Humanity has made long preparations for stepping into the star sea."]

[Once again turning on global broadcasts, speaking to every citizen of the Human Federation, Yuhao's tone gradually became solemn, and his expression grew more and more serious. His previous leisurely and lazy semi-retired state had completely disappeared.]

["Now humanity's accumulation has reached a peak. Technology, culture, society, everything is enough to support humanity in taking this step."]

["As the supreme leader of the Human Federation, I hereby announce to all of my human compatriots that humanity will break free from the low-level disputes on this planet and step into the universe. What we will conquer is the sea of stars."]

["Humanity will eliminate any threat to human safety that exists in the stars. Humanity is heaven's mandate."]

[In the top-secret documents on human origins and characteristics within the Human Federation, Yuhao wrote down the origins of "prosperity and unity" and the racial characteristics of "hardworking," "brave," and "extravagant."]

[Then, his hand stopped. After a moment of silence, he wrote down a new origin: "descendants of ancestors."]

[As the starport officially ascended above the sun, the Human Federation's naval fleet launched an all-out attack on the Cocoon of Finality. Yuhao finally put on the clothes of the Human Federation's supreme leader.]

[He looked up at the star sea, where countless stars shimmered. His kindness and leisure disappeared, and seriousness and rationality filled every corner of his pupils. The temperament of the whole person had changed drastically.]

[If he was a retired, lazy, and idle person before, he had now entered work mode.]

[Yuhao was starting to get serious. A terrifying aura spread from him, like a sleeping natural disaster awakening.]

["Then, humanity, the Human Federation, will officially join the contention for the star sea, starting from this moment."]

[The Cocoon of Finality felt chills run down its spine.]

[It seemed to have let something out. Something that would cause the entire galaxy to give it a warm greeting in the future…]