Honkai Impact: Saving the Pre-civilization by rubbing black technology

V2/Chapter 55: The Greediest Man on Earth.

The fact is just as Dr. Mei and Vill-V speculated, the Ninth Herrscher is indeed approaching Australia.

 Just before Ai Yue contacted Dr. Mei, Quinn had already sent back the images captured by the reconnaissance drone.

 Nothing unusual was found on the sea surface of more than 10 million square kilometers, but underwater, the drone captured a large group of Honkai beasts, which were heading straight towards the Light Star Experimental Base.

 Combined with the previously disappeared suspect, what Ai Yue is experiencing now is already very clear.

 Obviously, for some unknown reason, the Herrscher who was born in Mu Continent did not choose Atla City as his primary target. Instead, he targeted Ai Yue and planned to use the information gap to launch a sneak attack on the Star Light before he was exposed.

 Unfortunately, the Herrscher obviously underestimated Ai Yue's vigilance, or rather, in the other party's eyes, he was just a scholar.

 After learning that the Herrscher's target was him, Ai Yue was relieved, because there were basically not many living people in Australia. Even if the Herrscher of Rock could use a black hole to destroy the entire Australia, the only thing he would lose would be one of his experimental bases.

 If the Herrscher of Stone could be dealt with at such a price, it would be a totally profitable deal.

 Of course, it would be best not to have such losses, especially since this was a work that Vill-V had worked hard on for more than a month to complete. If it was destroyed so easily, Ai Yue had reason to suspect that the guy would use this as an excuse to ask him for a high amount of funding.

 After finishing the call with Dr. Mei, Ai Yue found Mobius again.

 "Are you finally willing to come out?"

 Mobius' tone was somewhat helpless, "What have you been doing these past two days? I couldn't find you no matter how hard I tried."

 "It's just a little experiment, isn't it over?"

 Ai Yue casually skipped over the topic and asked, "Do you know what's happening in Mu Continent?"

 "It's definitely earlier than you know, but there's nothing we can do about it for now."

 Mobius shook her head. "In the past two days, many Honkai disasters have occurred all over the world. The headquarters is already overwhelmed and can't spare time to support Mu Continent. What do you think?"

 "Where are the group of psychic-sensing fusion warriors that I asked you to help train?"

 Ai Yue asked, "At least we can put the virtual Honkai beast into actual combat, right?"

 "Of course you can, but how do you get there?"

 Mobius asked, "Did you build a portal in Atla?"

 "What are you doing there? Isn't the advantage of the Virtual Honkai Beast that it can be controlled remotely?"

 Ai Yue smiled and said, "Don't worry about the network transmission problem. Rose will contact you when the time is right. Just ask them to get ready first."

 "I see,"

 Mobius didn't ask any more questions, but brought up another topic. "But then again, what are you going to do? I don't believe you'll just sit in the lab and give orders about this matter."

 It is very abnormal that a person who dared to face the Eighth Herrscher and even used himself as bait to lure the other party to fight to the death now has no intention of taking any action when facing the outbreak of the Ninth Great Eruption.

 Based on Mobius's understanding of Ai Yue, she could sense that this guy was hiding something from her.

 "My experiment is not finished yet, let's talk about it after it's finished."

 Ai Yue naturally couldn't tell anyone that the Herrscher was targeting him, so he calmly changed the subject, "By the way, how is Klein these past two days?"

 "Klein? She's fine. She went out to play yesterday and is in the lab today."

 Hearing this, Mobius glanced to the side and saw Klein not far away, concentrating on recording experimental data. "What's wrong? Are you suddenly concerned about my Klein? I warn you, don't have any bad intentions, okay?"

"I'm just worried that you're exploiting Klein too much. Be careful that she might turn evil and stab you to death one day."

 Ai Yue sneered and said, "I won't say any more. I'm going to do an experiment. Just wait for the news."

 After ending the communication, Mobius' eyes narrowed slightly.

 She always felt that Ai Yue's words were full of hidden meanings, and the other party's evasive attitude just now was obviously problematic.

 Mobius' first reaction was to go directly to Ai Yue to ask him in person. There was a portal in the laboratory anyway, and she could get there in just two steps.

 As a result, she discovered that Ai Yue had unilaterally closed the portal to the Star Light, making it impossible to teleport, which was equivalent to blocking Mobius outside the door.

 However, such behavior only further proves that there is something wrong with Ai Yue.

 "Huh, do you think you can stop me like this?"

 Mobius snorted, but thinking of what she had just said, she turned and left, "Forget it, business is more important, let's talk about it later."

 On the other side, after Ai Yue ended the call, Hua pushed the door open and said, "Dr. Ai Yue? You finally came out. On the Mu Continent side..."

 "I already know the details,"

 Ai Yue nodded, his expression serious, "Hua, there will be two 'Queen Bee' ships heading to Mu Continent soon, I need you to go with them."

 The Queen Bee is the largest drone model that the Star Light can currently manufacture. Its main function is to load and transport drones. It also has functions such as amplifying electronic signals. This way, when drones need to move long distances, the energy reserves of small drones can be avoided from being consumed on the road.

 One queen bee can transport 15,000 drones, and 30,000 drones plus the subsequent virtual Honkai beast army should be enough to reverse the current situation in Mu Continent.

 "But my job is to keep you safe,"

 Hua frowned, somewhat confused about Ai Yue's arrangement, "Besides, the situation in Mu Continent does not lack the strength of one person like me."

 "Hua, don't underestimate yourself. Moreover, in this situation, even the power of ordinary people is meaningful."

 Ai Yue just shook his head and said something that surprised Hua, "For me, defeating Honkai is not difficult in itself, but if the price of defeating Honkai is the sacrifice of countless people, then I absolutely cannot accept it."

 "I will fight against the Honkai, but I will also protect the people."

 Facing Hua's confused expression, Ai Yue said, "I hope that as many people as possible from Mu Continent can survive, and the fewer people sacrificed, the better. Do you understand?"

 "I see."

 Hua finally nodded, and finally revealed a helpless smile, "I finally understand why Mobius said that about you - Dr. Ai Yue, you are really a very greedy person."

 After saying this, she saluted Ai Yue, then turned and left the laboratory, heading towards the helipad.

 "Greedy... huh? That sounds like a compliment to me."

 Ai Yue was stunned for a moment, then he smiled triumphantly, "Okay, all preparations are ready, Rose, get ready to welcome our guests."