NOVEL WEB Chapter 128: V2/Chapter 56: Ai Yue can support an entire city.
V2/Chapter 56: Ai Yue can support an entire city.
A deserted island in northern Australia is now being enveloped by sudden huge waves.
When the tide receded, in addition to a pile of seafood on the beach, there was also a human figure left behind.
The Ninth Herrscher looked at her clothes, which were not wet by the seawater at all, and nodded with satisfaction.
(TL: OK, now that it's confirmed the Herrscher is a girl, I thought it was a man)
By hiding in the mouth of a deep-sea Honkai beast, she moved from the distant Mu Continent to Australia without anyone noticing. Presumably, those people from the Fire Moth are still searching around Mu Continent and guarding against the Herrscher who might appear at any time?
Little did they know that her target was not Atla City at all.
The Herrscher raised her head and looked towards the south. Her body gradually floated in the air under the effect of her power. Soon, the pure white building that looked like a four-pointed star appeared in her sight.
She had found the experimental base located in northern Australia, which was shaped like a star and belonged to only one person—the "Star of Light."
Recalling the information she had obtained from the Fire Moth's internal network, the Herrscher couldn't help but reveal an excited smile on her face.
How should human civilization be destroyed?
This is a question that every Herrscher needs to think about.
Although after being chosen by Honkai, the Herrscher's way of thinking is no longer bound by the human perspective and they are completely messengers of Honkai, the way each Herrscher thinks about this problem is still influenced by their experiences and observations as humans.
A warrior would choose to destroy everything with the purest violence, a hacker would use the power of the Internet, and as a former scholar, the Ninth Herrscher also has her own understanding of this issue.
In her opinion, there are two most critical components of human civilization: one is a sufficiently large population base, and the other is elites who can lead humanity to continuously advance to higher levels.
The former is the foundation for the survival of civilization, while the latter is the key to the growth of civilization.
When it is difficult to quickly reduce a large population, killing the elites and destroying the technological ladder on which human civilization climbs is the best way to destroy human civilization.
The city of Atla in Mu Continent, as the most technologically advanced region in the entire human civilization and the area with the most concentrated cutting-edge technology projects, became the best choice. Perhaps this is why the Ninth Herrscher was born there.
If the Ninth Herrscher had been born earlier, she would have made destroying Atla her priority without hesitation. However, for this world now, Atla is no longer the technological center where all scholars dream of having a laboratory.
Ai Yue, a mysterious figure who had never been known by scholars in any field half a year ago, became a celebrity at this science and technology exchange conference with only three riddles, stumping all scholars. This led to the embarrassing situation of 70% of the exhibition being withdrawn on the first day of the entire exchange conference.
However, no one cared about the results of the science and technology exchange meeting anymore, because after this day, countless experimental projects that had been difficult to progress due to bottlenecks had breakthrough results. Many scholars claimed that they were inspired by the topics left by Ai Yue, and even this was only a small part of what they had used.
And when someone discovered that Ai Yue actually made the answers to all three questions public in the end, all the scholars were excited, because they knew that the knowledge represented by these questions was more than 20 years ahead of the industry, and since the other party made it public so easily, it meant that these contents were completely unimportant to him and were something he could give to others at will.
This raises a problem.
If this kind of knowledge, that is enough to revolutionize the industry, is seen by the other party as nothing more than something that can be given away as a gift, then what kind of cutting-edge technology does Ai Yue have in his hands?
In just less than a month, this man named Ai Yue surpassed Dr. Mei and became the world's top scholar recognized by the vast majority of people.
This also includes the former Ninth Herrscher.
As someone who was inspired by the three difficult problems, and she also belongs to the Science Department of the Fire Moth, the Ninth Herrscher knows very well what a terrible person Ai Yue is. Compared with him, the city of Atla is not worth mentioning at all. All the scholars and all the scientific research projects here combined are definitely not as important as Ai Yue alone.
It can be said that if she destroyed Mu Continent, Ai Yue would probably only need less than a year to restore more than 95% of the scientific research projects in Atla City, and could even do better. But if she killed Ai Yue, then even if all the scholars in Atla City worked tirelessly for ten years, they might not be able to reproduce any important technology in the hands of the other party.
With this point sorted out, the Ninth Herrscher's thinking becomes clear.
She knew very well that she had only one chance. Once she showed up and used that terrifying power, the Fire Moth's special attention would leave her no time to complete this sniper-like act. Therefore, she had to hide her identity and must not be noticed before completing the most crucial thing.
For this purpose, she abandoned all the electronic devices on her body and took transportation to leave Mu Continent like an ordinary person. It was not until she reached the boundless ocean that she chose to change her route and head towards Australia. All this was to get close to Ai Yue without being noticed by anyone.
Now, the other party is right in front of her.
The Ninth Herrscher suppressed her inner excitement and slowly raised her arm to aim at the Light Star Experimental Base in the distance. Although she was sure that Ai Yue was here, she could not lock on the specific location. If that was the case, why not just destroy the base together?
Once the base is destroyed, she will send the entire Australia into the black hole to ensure that the other party has no chance of survival.
It has to be said that the Ninth Herrscher's plan was perfect. If Ai Yue was really just an ordinary scholar with extraordinary talent, then even if the Light Star Experimental Base currently had more than 100,000 drones, it would probably be difficult to compete with the Ninth Herrscher.
But unfortunately, Ai Yue has never been an "ordinary scholar."
Just as the Ninth Herrscher was about to activate her power, the entire island suddenly emitted an ear-piercing roar, as if countless noisy insects were buzzing in unison at this moment, causing the Ninth Herrscher to frown.
The next second, dense swarms of drones rose from the surrounding vegetation, and all weapons were aimed directly at the Ninth Herrscher.
"You are quite cautious."
Ai Yue's figure walked out of the woods, "I thought you would come closer."