Honkai, the behind-the-scenes simulator

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[So, before you actually take action against the Herrscher of Thousands, you plan to defeat the Herrscher of Corrosion by yourself in a special way. 】

[You have returned to your own research institute. Apart from you in the core research institute, there is only Prometheus who has fallen into self-hibernation in order to avoid being affected by the Corrupted Herrscher, and the one who is about to commit suicide to apologize and ask you to intervene. The power of the Herrscher of Consciousness restrained Sakura who fell asleep. 】

[You have taken action without notifying anyone. 】

【You don't think you will fail, at best you will pay a little price. 】

[The only thing to worry about is that you may accidentally pay too much. 】

[You closed your eyes, and used a special cutting instrument to pierce the brow of your own skull, drilling a hole of sufficient size, and the dark red blood gurgled down. 】

[Its shape looks like a vertical pupil located between the eyebrows. 】

[Then, directly use the core of the Herrscher of Consciousness to temporarily gain the power to control consciousness. 】

[The power of consciousness is originally related to the strength of the individual's spirit and the tenacity of the will. 】

[Especially when holding the idea of burning oneself, this power rises violently, almost turning into substance. 】

【With a blank face, you disassembled the machine on your right hand - this machine itself has never been able to work normally since Herrscher of Corrosion appeared. 】

【You pull out the data connection cable inside the machine, and then insert the insertion port of the data transmission cable into the hole just drilled at the position between the eyebrows without any hesitation. 】

[As you move, the power of consciousness in your mind becomes more violent, as if you are being doused with flammable gasoline on top of the burning flame. 】

【—At the same time, it is getting closer to burning out. 】

[In this situation of constantly squeezing the self to the limit, the power of consciousness beyond imagination can even be observed with the naked eye. 】

【You close your eyes and concentrate on it, the trace of blood flowing down from the center of your brow. 】

[Your consciousness transforms into a form similar to data flow, and you cross the ocean in an instant along the path of the network, heading for your target. 】

【You are looking for the Herrscher of Corrosion. 】

[I don't know whether it was because you were frightened by your actions, or because your actions broke through a certain behavioral logic of the Herrscher of Corrosion, and finally succeeded in causing her to fall into a short stagnation. 】

【You don't know what the reason is, but since the Herrscher of Corruption didn't have time to respond to your actions, then you are naturally happy to see it happen. 】

[To be able to resolve the threat of the Herrscher of Corrosion with the fastest speed and the smallest loss, this is what you really need to do. 】

[You have searched for the location of the real body of the Herrscher of Corrosion. 】

[Today's Herrscher of Corrosion is more similar to some kind of electronic creature, and it is impossible to destroy it only by physical means. 】

[This is also the reason why you finally chose to use this special method, which can be said to be somewhat appalling, to fight against the Herrscher of Corrosion. 】

【Perhaps, there are other methods that can be used to deal with the Herrscher of Corrosion, but...】

【no need. 】

[This method is enough, but the consequence is that you need to pay a little price. 】

[The price that can be paid by you, you choose to pay in the end. 】

[Now that we have reached the current situation, there is no need to worry about the small price that needs to be paid. 】

【You successfully locked your target. 】

[At this time, the Herrscher of Corrosion finally began to respond to you, an uninvited guest. 】

[The power from the Herrscher of Corrosion, which can control mechanical or biological erosion, instantly floods into the data flow controlled by you. 】

[Works made by humans, especially mechanical works, are often quite weak in the face of the power of the Herrscher of Corrosion, and the fragile defense can be said to be almost non-existent. 】

[When the Herrscher of Corrosion once seized control of all mechanical equipment in the entire human society, it has already demonstrated its absolute control over the data field. 】

[It is impossible for human beings to fight against the Herrscher of Corrosion in the data field—it should be like this. 】

[Even, the human defense system or anti-virus program will be controlled by the other party in an instant at the moment of contact with the Herrscher of Corrosion. 】

[But now, even though the data flow you control seems to be quite reluctant, it has actually successfully resisted the power of the Herrscher of Corrosion. 】

[At least, the Herrscher who has not been eroded into his own. 】

[Maybe it is natural to be able to do this kind of thing. 】

[Even if you turn the power of consciousness into a data flow and shuttle in the data space, its essence remains unchanged, and it is still the power of your own consciousness. 】

[It can be said that it is simply impossible to seize control of this power that is essentially in the realm of consciousness, just relying on the current Herrscher of Corrosion. 】

[The Herrscher of Corrosion can crush the data flow under your control with sheer strength, but it is impossible to control its erosion like dealing with ordinary data defenses of human beings. 】

[The data flow under your control is surrounded by the power of the Herrscher of Corrosion, and goes straight to her main body of consciousness. 】

[As a Herrscher born because of being "killed" by humans, the Herrscher of Corrosion inherently harbors a hatred for humans that other Herrschers cannot match. 】

[This hatred drives her, so that when she is clearly able to lay down the butcher knife on all human beings, she still has to choose the method of gradually cannibalizing, and let human beings approach death step by step in despair. 】

[She is a Herrscher who only survives in the form of electronic data after the death of her body, but it is said that she cannot be killed, because with her strength and form of existence, it is difficult for humans to even touch her. 】

【She can calmly watch the despair of human beings, and taste the emptiness in her chest that may be called revenge. 】

【but......】

[When she discovered that the place she was in was no longer an absolute pure land that cannot be touched by others, when she realized that human beings have the power to touch themselves...]

【She finally started to panic. 】

【She frantically mobilized the power of the data world that was originally active on the entire earth, trying to block the data flow that your consciousness power turned into a fence. 】

【However, this kind of behavior has become the real reason that put her in a dangerous situation. 】

[Forcibly let the power of consciousness show the form of data to shuttle in the field that the Herrscher of Corrosion is really good at, but the strength of the enemy and the enemy is still very different. 】

[Even if the Herrscher of Corrosion just spreads her power in the data space, your data flow may not be able to completely break through to her position. 】

[But when the Herrscher of Corrosion panicked and mobilized his power in a hurry to kill you, the defense that could have been used as a hindrance instantly became full of loopholes. 】

[The data flow transformed by your consciousness power has reached the Herrscher of Corrosion and surrounded it. 】

[You weighed the power balance between the enemy and us a little bit, and you know that now is not the opportunity to completely wipe her out. After all, the power of the Herrscher of Corrosion in this data space is endless. 】

[After making an instant judgment, your power engulfed the main consciousness of the Herrscher of Corrosion, and forcibly led her to shuttle through layers of obstacles and return to the original path at the fastest speed. 】

[The consciousness of the Herrscher of Corrosion is struggling. 】

[At a certain moment, she suddenly realized something. 】

【Then, with the strong fluctuation of the erosive power, the sound of synchronous activation of countless mechanical legions in the outside world instantly converged into a deafening roar. 】

【But you don't care about these at all, the main body of her consciousness has returned in a blink of an eye, and the special black box in your hand has already been prepared. 】

[Without giving the Herrscher of Corrosion any time to react, your consciousness force engulfed the main body consciousness of the Herrscher of Corrosion, and you slammed into the black box at hand without hesitation. 】

[The specially made black box that can isolate the power of the Herrscher of Corrosion was also instantly closed and sealed. 】

【Your fingertips are trembling slightly, your eyes can hardly be opened, the vision is full of darkness, and your body is crumbling. 】

[The wall of the research institute was smashed suddenly, and what broke in was a huge, heavy yet flexible steel beast, and it was still acting according to the last order it received within a short time. 】

[The chest armor of this huge steel monster is separated to the sides, the huge and ferocious muzzle is pointed at you, and the scorching light begins to converge. 】

[But in the next instant, several streaks of galloping light landed on the steel monster, destroying it. 】

[The girl with long pale pink hair and slightly pointed ears stretches out her arms to support you, who looks like you might fall to the ground at any time, her pretty face is full of panic, intolerance and sadness. 】

Chapter 80 The guilt for you will always be with Alicia

[The location where the Australian continent was originally located has now turned into an ocean with the collapse of the continent. 】

[Above the ocean is a huge continent formed by countless large machines. 】

[At a certain moment, the metal continent suddenly let out a deafening roar. 】

[But it didn't take long, as if he suddenly lost his strength and fell downward under the action of gravity. 】

[The Mechanical Continent, which represents the Herrscher of Corrosion's destruction of human hope, and the countless mechanical troops above it, completely fell into the sea. 】

[This was once the land of hope for human beings, and later it turned into a butcher knife hanging high above the heads of human beings. 】

[And now, no matter whether it is hope or despair, it is finally coming to an end at this time. 】

[The Herrscher of Corrosion was successfully defeated. 】

[Although it cannot be completely resolved for the time being, being able to block it can be regarded as exempting most of her threats. 】

[But the problem now is that even though the Herrscher of Corrosion has been sealed, her remaining power is still wandering in this world. 】

[At least until the Herrscher of Corrosion sealed in the black box is completely dead, many important mechanical facilities in human society may be difficult to operate normally in a short period of time. 】

[Of course, now that the Herrscher of Corrosion is sealed, those forces floating outside are nothing but rootless water, and it is not impossible to completely eliminate its influence. 】

【but......】

[The things you really need to solve at the moment are probably not these. 】

[Or, for the time being, I have been unable to solve these things. 】

【"Ye, let me help you to rest for a while..."】

【Alicia pursed her lips lightly, with tears in her bright blue eyes. 】

【"..."】

【You tried your best to tear the corner of your mouth, but in the end you couldn't say anything immediately. 】

[The whole person is surrounded by a strong sense of dizziness, which makes you feel that your brain is full of blanks. 】

【The Herrscher of Corrosion was finally defeated. 】

[And this crusade process did not require anyone to make sacrifices. 】

[The group called human beings is carried by the boat you jointly built, and wants to cross the river called the collapse. 】

[You have long realized that your ship will not be able to send everyone to the other side after all. 】

【But at least this time, you rejected the idea of sacrificing Sakura that once flashed in your mind, and you didn't push anyone off the boat. 】

[It is not easy to use the power of the Herrscher of Knowledge to fight against the Herrscher of Corrosion. 】

[After all, the Herrscher of Consciousness is a Herrscher who is more adept at the level of consciousness after all. Turning the power of consciousness into data flow and fighting the Herrscher of Corrosion in the electronic field is going too far. 】

[What's more, your use of the power of the Herrscher of Knowledge itself is not without side effects. 】

[In order to fight against the erosion of consciousness from the Houkai, you have to tear your consciousness into countless parts, and wipe out your consciousness eroded by the Houkai at any time. 】

[This kind of thing can be said to be equivalent to committing suicide countless times in the spiritual world. 】

[In addition to the strong side effects that have been left behind when facing the Herrscher of Constraint before. 】

[Now superimposed...]

【The pupils are already a little dizzy. You tried your best to move your body, but with all your strength, you could only bend the index finger of your right hand slightly. 】

[You gradually feel that the shell of the existence named "ye" has been torn open, and the contents are flowing out continuously, and finally evaporate and dissipate. 】

[At this time, even the body seems to be gradually getting out of my control. 】

【No way. 】

[It can't end like this. 】

[Because you promised, at least let them have a happy ending. 】

【They worked so hard, but they finally ushered in a tragic ending. This kind of ending is really unacceptable to you. 】

[It shouldn't be like this. 】

[Struggle with all your strength, in exchange for more and more serious disasters. 】

[Looking forward to the future, in exchange for the worst ending. 】

【The unshakable awareness is met with the merciless mockery of fate. 】

【You can't accept this kind of thing, and you don't want to accept it. 】

[Alysia is right, why can't people who work so hard get a happy ending? 】

[It shouldn't be like this. 】