Honkai: Man(Sludge) From Future

It was different from when Noldrei first arrived.

Back then, Noldrei was like a person descending upon a primitive tribe. He found the people here very backward, so he tried to build a blast furnace to make some iron, intending to use it to start a fire and cook some fried rice to satisfy his cravings.

And then? The primitives had a flash of inspiration, turning the iron pots into swords and armor, and immediately set off with their primitive brothers to conquer new lands.

Noldrei had thought of building an appropriate Iron Age society, preferably one that could develop to a feudal level. But these brothers who had gotten their hands on these things were thinking of immediately using them to capture slaves and continue to be leaders of even more powerful primitive tribes.

Just as Noldrei was helpless against the current nationalism, these people would most likely fight each other due to national conflicts.

His Majesty the Emperor had thought that with such good things, they should expand production, right? But both Palestine and Israel had shown their human-like nature, tacitly wiping each other out.

And most of the people who followed Noldrei even thought it was a good wipeout, and that it wasn't fast enough! We should also join the ranks of map-wiping and become the biggest map-wipers.

But Noldrei didn't want such a world, so he had to slow down and temper the radicalism of the Academy City.

That was to reintroduce the conflict of the Honkai to achieve a slight balance.

But he certainly couldn't tell Rita this. If Noldrei told her he needed to use the Honkai Herrscher to unite humanity, Rita would probably think Noldrei had lost his mind. Was the Honkai something to be used for unity?

But in Noldrei's mind, it was different. It wasn't clear whether the Honkai would destroy humanity or not, but humanity had indeed almost destroyed itself multiple times in his timeline, only surviving each time thanks to its large numbers.

Noldrei had finally become a primitive conservative. He despised his own wavering behavior, so he had to put on a facade of being completely fine in front of Rita.

'As expected of the Director-General who suppressed both Schicksal and Anti-Entropy. No wonder he can play so many people in the palm of his hand.'

Rita sighed in admiration, feeling that the future of the Academy City was becoming brighter and brighter.

'I feel like humanity is about to start fighting itself. When that time comes, which side should I support?'

Noldrei, on the other hand, was unusually silent. He didn't think the Honkai Fission Bomb would turn anyone into a pacifist.

Now, his historical experience from the future told him that with the current delicate global situation, there was a high probability that a third world war would break out at some point. Noldrei had even removed the final psychological defense of the nuclear threat from humanity.

Without him, the world would most likely have maintained overall peace for several decades. But now with him, this peace would most likely be completely detonated by new and old conflicts within a few years.

As the trial ended, Rita and Noldrei also left.

"Director, we've seen pretty much all of Sapphire City. What should we do next? Do the people here meet the needs of your future plans? If you want to find another place that meets the requirements and is open, there's no second option."

Rita was still thinking of spreading Gene-ism further as Noldrei had said. She truly believed that a new ideal society would be born.

But Noldrei was already prepared for China to completely reject Fu Hua.

He thought for a moment, then suddenly put his hand on Rita's shoulder and asked in a low voice, "Rita, do you have a dream?"

Rita shivered and instinctively replied, "No, I don't have a dream."

It was an instinctive reaction because Noldrei's question was too sudden.

"Strange, I thought this would be very useful. I see that the competitive programs here in China use this to inspire people, either dreams or family ties. I thought you should have a dream too, right?"

Rita looked at him blankly. "Rita's dream has been more or less destroyed by you. To this day, Rita's flower shop is about to go out of business."

"What? Is it my fault?"

Noldrei was shocked. He hadn't expected such an inside job.

"Don't you know that with the development of biotechnology in the Academy City, even the plant-related fields have undergone drastic changes?" Rita had a bad feeling. She asked suspiciously, "Don't tell me you haven't even looked at the list of research projects in the Academy City?"

"How could that be! Even if they don't tell me, I know what kind of crazy things they'll research in the future." Noldrei was very confident on this point. "Compared to modifying viruses and bacteria, the trouble that will be born in the future will be something you can't even imagine, Rita."

"..."

Rita suddenly remembered that there was a research institute in the Academy City that specialized in viruses and bacteria.

Based on the past situation where medicine and poison were inseparable, the level of medical technology that could be created was equivalent to the level of harm a biological weapon could cause.

'The Academy City won't really become like that, will it?'

And just now, Rita was still thinking that the future of humanity was getting better and better.

"Rita, you understand me..."

"No! Rita does not understand the Director." Rita sighed, feeling she had been happy too soon. She asked helplessly, "If you have any instructions, just tell me directly. Rita will do what she can for you. For what she can't, please understand, Director."

"Rita, it's like this. I want you to take Sirin to a place."

Noldrei whispered the location in Rita's ear, which made her hesitate.

"But, wasn't that place destroyed long ago? Wait, I forgot... the residual Honkai energy in Siberia is no longer a problem."

Rita then remembered that the power of the Stigma Battlesuit had made Siberia, affected by the Second Eruption, less dangerous. And with the ecological restoration of Siberia by the Fourth Divine Key, the Babylon Lab in Siberia could now be reopened.

She didn't quite understand why Noldrei wanted her to take the Second Herrscher to the place that had caused her the most pain.

Babylon Lab.

"Director, you... don't want Rita to be sacrificed, do you?"

Under the hot summer sun, Rita felt a chill all over her body.

"Let me take the Second Herrscher to the place where the Second Herrscher was born? Do you want to reconsider? I'm not afraid of sacrifice, but isn't this mission a bit too difficult? Rita doesn't know if she has the ability to solve a problem of this magnitude."

Rita was worried she would go there and never come back.

"Don't worry, I've already arranged for people to help you there. There will be friends there specifically to help you."

Noldrei's reassurance didn't make Rita feel any better.

'When you left, you just said this was a trip...'

'I've been a diligent maid for so many days, and now I'm being assigned such a dangerous mission?'