Honkai: Fire Moth Herrschers

The underground base looked ordinary. Not a single person was seen, not even a mouse.

Michael was a little disappointed. After all, the combination of the Second Herrscher and Siberia was too easy to conjure up all sorts of images. He had even thought that this so-called R nation military base was the Babylon Tower of the Previous Era...

But he didn't expect that it was indeed a proper military base. There were no messy things like human experiments. Except for the Honkai energy storage tanks and the necessary electrical equipment, there wasn't a single thing in the entire base that could be disassembled or moved. Only a mess of scattered and disordered wires remained.

"Headquarters calling Squad Five. The saturated firepower strike against the Herrscher has begun. It is expected to deplete the Herrscher's energy within half an hour. Squad Five, please acknowledge the order..."

Himeko suddenly reached out and turned off the communication device. They had been resting in front of the Honkai energy storage tanks for a whole night. At the beginning, the ground would occasionally tremble once or twice—at least that made her feel that Squad Five hadn't been completely abandoned.

But the last tremor had been five hours ago.

At this time, the main force of the Fire Moth should have retreated to a place hundreds of kilometers away from Irkutsk, because once the Honkai energy in this spherical container with a diameter of three meters leaked, the calculated radiation radius would be more than five hundred kilometers.

"Michael, Ellie, as your captain, there is something I need to apologize to you for."

Himeko's voice wasn't loud, but it echoed constantly in the small underground room.

She wanted to confess everything in the end, but Ellie stuck out her pink tongue and replied nonchalantly, "No need to say anything, Captain Himeko, we know."

"Headquarters' idea is to have us leak a small amount of Honkai energy to lure the energy-deficient Herrscher here, and then instantly release all the Honkai energy to perish with the Herrscher, isn't that right, Captain Himeko?" Michael said, crossing his arms and leaning against the cold wall, adding quietly.

"You..." Himeko didn't know what to say for a moment.

She pursed her lips. Her eyes were clearly a little sore, but in the end, she showed a relieved smile.

"Knowing what was going to happen, you still came. You two fools..."

"Don't say that, Captain Himeko. Look, if it weren't for us arriving in time, you might not have been able to reach the underground base!" Ellie said with a smile, poking her cheek with her finger.

"Cough cough!" Michael interrupted her idle chatter with a cough, "Captain, let me be frank, headquarters' plan won't work..."

"..." Himeko was silent for a moment, slowly closed her eyes, and asked weakly, "Why won't it work?"

"If we compare Honkai energy to the ocean, then the Herrscher is the most active fish in it... How could a fish possibly be drowned?"

"Is that... a guess? Or do you have proof?"

"Of course, it's a guess!"

"Proof."

Michael covered his forehead, "Elysia, there's no need to hide anything from Captain Himeko at this time."

"Captain Himeko... do you believe me?" Michael's tone was tinged with a hint of anticipation.

Himeko pondered for a moment, then nodded firmly, "I do!"

"Good!" Michael walked to the Honkai energy storage tank and reached out to grab the switch on the tank opening. "I have another plan with a higher chance of success, but I hope that when we report to the Fire Moth later, the captain can help me cover up a bit."

"Wh... what!"

The switch rotated lightly, and from the tiny gap, the extremely concentrated Honkai energy turned into wisps of purple smoke and drifted out.

Himeko's body stiffened, and she began to breathe deeply unconsciously. She didn't know why she had such a strange trust in the young man and woman in front of her at that moment. She didn't know why she hadn't stopped the young man's actions when she clearly had the time.

It was as if she was stunned, watching as Michael opened Pandora's box ahead of time.

"What is he going to do... turn us into zombies?"

Such an unrealistic fantasy flashed through Himeko's mind. She had seen Dr. Mobius direct researchers to perform vivisections on zombies and had read their reports.

She still remembered that the report mentioned that zombies were living dead formed when humans were exposed to Honkai energy that exceeded their body's adaptability. Before they died, they had to endure the pain of their skin and body being gradually disintegrated into ashes by the Honkai energy...

But these sensations didn't come to fruition.

Under Himeko's shocked gaze, wisps and wisps of escaping Honkai energy flowed into the young man's body like water flowing into the sea, without making a sound.

"What... what's going on?"

Himeko immediately thought of her own situation.

"I remember that these two new recruits had abnormally high Honkai resistance. Could it be that they are like me... No, even if that's the case, with a mortal body, it's ultimately impossible to withstand such a massive amount of Honkai energy!"

This wasn't a matter of metaphysics... this was a matter of science!

One minute passed, two minutes, five minutes, ten minutes, half an hour...

Honkai energy continued to flow into Michael's body, but he remained as if nothing had happened.

Elysia was probably a little bored, so she directly jumped to Himeko's side and took her arm.

"Captain Himeko, the battle is over. You have to thank us properly!"

Himeko's mouth twitched slightly. Talking about victory at a time like this was truly a fantasy in her eyes.

But she actually quite admired Elysia's personality. No matter where she went, she was always happy and full of hope for the future... This was very rare among the Fire Moth, who had gradually become accustomed to death and despair, and then only lived in the present, unwilling and not daring to look forward to the future.

So she forced a smile and responded casually, "Okay, besides the celebration held by the Fire Moth, I'll give you two more tickets to Eden's concert, how about that?"

"Eh! Tickets to the concert of the big star Eden! That's going to cost the captain a lot!"

"You little rascal!" Himeko raised her hand and gave Ellie a flick on the forehead. "Do you think I don't know that you were scammed when you asked someone to buy tickets to Eden's concert a few days ago?"

Elysia didn't expect Himeko to reveal this in front of Michael. Her face instantly turned red, and she pouted, her eyes darting around, trying to relieve the embarrassment.

"So you really went to buy them..."

Michael tried hard to hold back his laughter. He couldn't help but recall the first time Ellie was scammed. It was a small, thin girl with brown hair who was a few years younger than them. She had scammed Ellie out of an apple candy, but at that time, Ellie didn't care at all.

By the time she was scammed the second time, Ellie was already rolling on the ground, crying and making a fuss...

Perhaps this was the accumulation of humanity...

"Huff..." He exhaled a breath of stale air. All the Honkai energy in the storage tank had been absorbed into his body.

He couldn't help but recall the scene where he had bragged to Ellie that he could drink three liters of water.

It felt as if his body was a huge balloon that would explode if pricked by a needle.

"Are you ready, Elysia?"

"Yes, of course!"

Michael turned his head slightly, using the corner of his eye to look at the dazed Himeko.

"Captain... that's right, I'm a Herrscher, a Herrscher who fights for humanity, and like you, I am a Flame-Chaser Herrschers!"

"Boom!"

A loud bang came from above. The ceiling was as fragile as paper and was broken through by the Second Herrscher.

The shattered rocks and soil seemed to bury everything, but the light barrier constructed by Michael blocked it all out.

Himeko looked up. From the distance of tens of meters, she could only see a purple figure the size of a grain of rice in the night sky, giving her the illusion of being a frog at the bottom of a well.

The collapse of the ground caused a large area of wires in the base to short-circuit. Sparks spread along the hanging wires, all the way to the feet of the one who claimed to be a Herrscher.

It really was like...

Chasing the flame called the future.

"Headquarters, this is the forward command post. A sharp increase in Honkai energy reaction has been detected in Irkutsk. The Honkai energy reaction has increased by more than 4000HW in a short period. Drones will be used for battlefield reconnaissance."

"Headquarters, a large number of mecha, railgun, and aerospace battleship combat traces have been found around Irkutsk. Request confirmation of our troop movements."

"Headquarters, no combat debris left by unknown forces has been found..."

"Headquarters, the Herrscher's body has been found, as well as Squad Five, Captain Himeko... they seem to be still alive!"