Chapter 274 Fishing

"From now on, everyone must maintain structure and discipline, and are not allowed to move without permission, especially from the space I have constructed.

"This is not a joke, nor is it a drill. Most of you will become as fragile as ordinary people after being wrapped by that light curtain, and will die from energy disorder in your body within a few hours. The only person who can take you with you The only one who can move quickly is me who has mastered the power of space.”

Standing in the space surrounded by imaginary barriers, with his back to the golden light curtain, Mikael reminded the recruits who had just arrived on the battlefield with a serious expression.

Obviously, not everyone takes Honkai to heart.

Even though Mikael repeatedly emphasized the danger of the light curtain, many people still had confident and disdainful smiles on their faces, as if the collapse was nothing more than that.

Although this kind of self-confidence is a bit ridiculous, it is also an aspect of human nature that will inevitably show up - everyone feels that after the super-changing surgery, they have power that far exceeds that of ordinary people. Everyone thinks that they are the next Kevin and the next love. Licia, everyone thinks they can use this power to save the world.

This sense of psychological expansion is something that Mikael hopes to eliminate through a period of training and running-in. He originally hopes that through the power shown by Ellie and him, they can clearly understand that what they have One portion is so insignificant.

Especially in front of the Herrscher, that kind of power is so insignificant.

But now Mikael can finally understand Himihu's mood - self-confidence and pride come from the same root, but they are only a few steps away. Confidence can turn into pride at any time, but pride can also be the self-confidence that maintains morale.

What he just said to attack was enough. If he said anything more, it would really damage his morale.

Moreover, it is no longer necessary.

If you were to make a list of the most difficult things in the world, convince another person that it would definitely be on the list.

Everyone has their own beliefs and beliefs, and it is impossible to change them with powerless words.

It's better to let reality speak for itself.

So Mikael stopped talking and allowed the group of recruits to chatter and discuss.

Their voices are actually very small, but the voices of more than two thousand people gathered together are somewhat disturbing.

Mikael waved his hand and was too lazy to care about these new recruits. Instead, he called several fusion warriors who were already familiar with him, including Yiwen Jielin.

He deliberately took them a little further away to avoid the new recruits, then built another imaginary barrier and said in a low voice:

"My description of this light curtain just now was a bit exaggerated, but...well, in fact, after you fusion warriors enter the barrier surrounded by the light curtain in front of you, maybe a small number of them will die immediately, but more of them will You will only feel that the energy in your body is still flowing, but you cannot use it, or you can only use a small part of it. "

"Then what are you waiting for? Since we may not die, we should rush in now and rescue Dr. Mei."

Yiwen Jielin expressed her position without hesitation.

Kosmo also made some moves, but Destobia suddenly grabbed his hand. He was suddenly frightened, and his words of approval were abruptly suppressed.

"That's not necessary."

Mikael shook his head and said again before Evan Jielin spoke:

"First of all, we have to figure out our purpose - we want to rescue Dr. Mei, and we also want to defeat the Eleventh Herrscher. Which of the two has priority? I think everyone knows it. Fortunately, whether it is to To defeat the Eleventh Herrscher or to rescue Dr. Mei who may still be alive, we all need to solve the problem of the light curtain, so our goals are the same."

"Oh, are you going to break this light barrier? Uh-huh, so, do this? Or...can this really be done? The information on Prometheus that you used the Archon Spear to attack the light barrier has been Uploaded, if you can't do it, then it's a question of whether we can open the gap from the outside. "

After he finished speaking, Ai Li consciously spoke before Evanjielin.

"The first step is to use my own method to try to open a hole in the light curtain, and then fight with the Eleventh Herrscher. During this process, the range of the light curtain will stabilize and no longer expand. Then, select one hundred volunteers from those recruits to enter the barrier and look for Dr. Mei."

"Is it that simple?"

"What if?"

Mikael spread his hands, "However, the method I adopted cannot guarantee that my energy is consumed at the same level as the Herrscher's energy, because of the loss caused by energy conversion, not to mention that the barrier in front of me also inhibits conventional energy to a certain extent. and disruptive effects. I need help from Ellie and everyone, but even so, I can only guarantee that this gap will be opened for about three days."

"To be precise, it's just over sixty-nine hours, which is about three hours less than three days."

No. 17 was quietly finishing off the attack.

"Ahem!"

Mikael coughed twice:

"Therefore, the upper limit of the search time is forty hours. If Mei's location is not found within forty hours, or communications cannot prove that Mei is alive, the search must be abandoned immediately, and all personnel must retreat outside the barrier to conduct Do you have any questions about the next combat mission?”

This time, even Yiwen Jielin, who was suspected to be the Tenth Herrscher individual, said nothing.

But after all, some people still have different opinions:

"That...oh!"

Mikael turned his head and saw Kosmo squinting his eyes and pursed his lips tightly, as if the voice just now was not from him, while Destobia quietly moved away the foot that had just stepped on him. Unexpectedly, no one He was careful not to stand firm, so his body fell to one side.

Kosmo hurriedly took her arm and straightened her body.

This scene... it's hard not to remind Mikael of the past... himself and Ellie.

He blinked and turned his head away, not caring about Kosmo's swallowed-back opinion.

[Why did Destobia stop me? Does everyone think that the plan given by Mikael is definitely correct? Although I believe this, but I think there is a better solution, shouldn't I propose it? Didn't Mikael definitely want to miss my plan? 】

However, Kosmo was not willing to do this. Before Mikael could tell his next plan, he ignored Destobia's obstruction and once again plucked up the courage to speak:

"I have questions!"

Mikael closed his eyelids slightly and snorted softly:

"explain."

"Why... I mean, let me use the power of Vishnu to try to swallow that light curtain."

Devouring the light curtain is indeed a good idea, at least it seems so.

But the nature of the world is a transaction. If you want to get something, you must pay a certain price. The light curtain constructed by Devouring Herrscher is no longer something that ordinary fusion warriors can achieve.

There is no doubt that Kosma wanted to liberate that power, which Mebius obtained after studying Mikael's overweight super transformation in the seventh Honkai Impact and performing a second surgery on all the fusion warriors. The power——

【Man-made collapse】

But... this power has only been slightly released by Kevin when he faced the Ninth Herrscher, and that was when Mikael used the power of consciousness to cover it up. After truly falling into a state of collapse, can she maintain her sanity as Mebius promised, and can she return to normal after the battle as she promised...

Even Mikael can't guarantee it.

What's more, can Vishnu, who claims to be able to swallow everything, even dreams, really swallow this light curtain?

Can it be done? This is the second question.

The third problem is that swallowing must touch the light screen. Compared with the Herrscher who is directly annihilated when entering, most fusion warriors do not just die or faint when they touch the light screen, but also suffer damage. It’s not clear whether it’s irreversible, but…

Judging from the situation after Theresa deployed the Divine Grace Barrier... it was by no means harmless.

As for these, Kosmo should be very clear about the second point, and Mikael has emphasized the other two points repeatedly before.

But he still has no hesitation, at least he feels that this is what a [hero] should do - stand up bravely when he is needed most.

Even if...even if fear gradually spreads in his consciousness, every cell in his body is exuding the will to "resist", so that he feels that his brain has hallucinations for a moment - [I don't want this, why should I You have to stand up now! 】

So much so that the muscles in his stiff neck began to become stiff and numb, and his entire lower jaw began to tremble.

But he gritted his teeth tightly, not wanting Mikael to see his fearful expression.

Mikael bit his lip, chuckled, and turned his playful gaze to the boy again.

The look in his eyes was different from before. When Kosmo first looked at him, he was naturally a little at a loss, but he quickly calmed down——

[Did I say something stupid again... Well, Mikael may have indeed thought of this situation. He should have known better than to talk... Forget it, Mikael won't care about this anyway, but will spend the time. Please take the time to explain. Even Destobia will laugh at me again for who knows how long...]

And Mikael's eyes quickly softened, even though it was only for a moment, he turned his head away again.

To be honest, he was once not very fond of this autistic boy. After all, his cold face and silent expression were really confusing.

And Mikael rarely has the opportunity to see the secondary side that he shows from time to time.

But at that moment, Mikael clearly saw something in him.

A hero like Kevin? Or is it gradually reuniting with the original Kosmo in memory?

No, Mikael did see something in him, but it was not the shadow of anyone, but...

The self that Mikael once wanted to be.

"Good question, though, Kosma."

"Um...here!"

"That's not impossible in my plan, but it's almost a last resort."

"Ah...oh..."

"but……"

【Can't you escape the "but" after all? well……】

Kosmo raised his head and still could only see Mikael's back.

"Assuming that things really develop to that point, there is no need for you to liberate the power of Vishnu. After all, you are not the only one who has integrated the Vishnu factor, at least this time..."

The next words were spoken in such a low voice that even he, a fusion warrior, could not hear them clearly.

Only Ellie was the one who was closest... Or maybe, he didn't say the words at all, and Ellie could only hear what he was thinking through the Herrscher's converging consciousness:

"At least no one will die in front of me."

He shook his head quickly, but even he didn't know why.

The only thing that is certain is——

This is by no means the usual self-denial of the past.

Or, that was indeed some kind of negation, but not for him now.

"Does anyone else have any opinions? If not, let's get started!"

One hundred volunteers were finally selected from the recruits and divided into ten teams.

It was said that it was difficult because most people voluntarily entered the barrier in front of them. As for Mikael's previous warning, he might not have taken it seriously, or it might be considered an exaggeration.

Mikael raised his hands flat in front of him, his palms facing the seemingly sacred but dangerous golden light curtain.

Alicia naturally put her hands on his shoulders, and Su put the other half on his shoulders, and then more people. They held hands, trying to move forward every bit of the collapse in the human-like and inhuman body. Passed on until it merged into Mikael's core.

"Hmm... With so much energy connected at once, will the threshold of the core output power be stretched... But it won't work after all. At present, it seems that it can only be expanded through feathering..."

He just learned what Bronya did in Klosten. At present, it seems that it will not be of any help to a Herrscher like him who can almost perfectly synchronize the core after becoming a feather.

"It doesn't matter..."

"Mikael, the diameter of the light curtain is about to reach 200 kilometers."

No. 17 reminded from the side.

This was the best time they had agreed to shoot.

After all, the energy of the Herrscher has its own fixed value. Since the barrier continues to expand, the intensity of the barrier itself is actually on a decreasing trend.

"Now!"

"Moonlight Throne, thirty-six times power array, start constructing -"

In front of him, every six quantum cannons with the Moonlight Throne Engine as the core formed a basic matrix array, and six such arrays merged into one matrix.

They seem ordinary, but they are dozens of times larger than ordinary quantum cannons.

But only Mikael realized its true power.

"Start charging——"

All Moonlight Throne engines lit up blue at the same time.

"Three - two - one -"

"Fire!"

There was no sound of any explosion, only a flash of extremely incandescent light, so that everyone's vision turned dark in an instant.

Then, the golden light curtain shattered with a bang, and a huge gap appeared.

"It's time to enter the barrier, so hurry up!"

Ellie threw her head back and shouted while supporting Mikael.

But Mikael gently pushed her hand away. Even though the blow just now used up all the Honkai energy in his core, it didn't mean that he would be so weak that he needed help to stand up.

He has even absorbed a large amount of energy again from the imaginary side. The engine of the Moonlight Throne has just extinguished, and the blue light has turned on again, and the muzzle has begun to change its position, trying to continue to expand the gap and force the Eleventh Herrscher into a wrestling match with him. .

But just when the recruits were about to take a step forward and rush into the barrier, a red light followed the trajectory that the energy beam had just drawn and shot back in front of Mikael in the blink of an eye.

The still warm Sky Fire was not even close to Mikael's toes. His pupils trembled slightly. At that moment, the brain's computing speed was as fast as that of Prometheus, or even faster than that of Prometheus. A little.

Where he couldn't see, the power of space had traced back to its source, tearing a rift in the barrier. The next moment, Kevin supported Mei with one hand and Qianjie's ankle with the other, and jumped out of the rift in space. come out.

"Kevin, are you okay?"

He was almost so weak that he fell to his knees, and Mei instantly collapsed to the ground, so Su and Ellie helped them up respectively.

As for Thousand Tribulations...

This man, who had always been known for his over-the-top power, had fallen into a deep sleep.

This may be a first experience for him.

Some time passed after that, but no more people came out of the space rift.

Regardless of feeling the level of power he had just lost, Mikael asked:

"No more?"

"No more..."

What responded to him was Kevin's deep voice.

The barrier formed by the light curtain not only invalidates Honkai energy, but also disrupts and inhibits the flow of conventional energy. It is almost impossible for ordinary people to survive in the barrier for more than an hour.

It can only be said that Mei is lucky enough.

And in just a few seconds, the broken light curtain was quickly repaired, and from a distance it looked the same as before.

And, as if feeling the power of [Same Origin], the light curtain expanded rapidly again.

"whispering sound."

Mikael gritted his teeth. The space where more than two thousand people lived changed instantly, and they were five kilometers away again. However, the Herrscher seemed a bit unyielding this time——

A large number of gears poured out from the light curtain. They were obviously mechanical creations, but they felt like sea water.

Fortunately, these gears only surged out to a range of about three kilometers and stopped moving forward. This seemed to have reached the Herrscher's limit, but soon, the light curtain spread across this line and began to continue to expand.

"Thank you very much..."

It was still spring, but there were fine beads of sweat on Mei's forehead due to metabolic problems caused by regular energy disorders. She wiped it with her white coat and swept her colorful eyes lightly, as if she had seen through something without any hesitation. He sighed:

"The tenth collapse and the eleventh collapse happened at the same time..."

"Hmm."

Mikael snorted noncommittally, then shook his head:

"It doesn't matter, I've said it before, I'm prepared for the eleventh collapse. Of course, I think..."

He didn't say the last few words, but Mei, who saw Evangeline, already understood everything.

"You mean, use that?"

"Hmm, now the only thing that can break this barrier is the Blank Key."

Evangeline glanced at this side with her peripheral vision, her mind racing.

"But it's less than 70% complete. Vilvi and I need a secluded place to do the final experiment. The base is now too vulnerable to the infiltration of the Tenth Herrscher."

"Then... let's do it there. During this period, I will use the Moonlight Throne to continue to [wrestle] with the Herrscher as before to keep the barrier from spreading, but I can only keep it for less than three days... Yi Wenjielin."

"Here!"

Mikael tilted his head, tried to suppress the corners of his mouth, and ordered:

"Kevin will take you and some other fusion warriors to perform the protection mission with Aldemir. Kevin is not in good condition for the time being, so you will take over the command for the time being. The specific mission content is Dr. Mei I will tell you later, understand?"

"Yes!"

Mei nodded:

"Let's go without further delay?"

"Well..."

Ying Wenjielin took two steps and suddenly turned her head and asked:

"Captain Mikael, if...if Dr. Mei's experiment fails...the eleventh Herrscher..."

"Don't worry."

Mikael smiled lightly:

"I said, I have a way..."

He then lowered his voice, but spread his hands and said nonchalantly:

"Since this is a barrier formed by the Herrscher, it must have its output threshold. It is known that its ability is to limit the collapse energy, so...we just need to fill it with fusion warriors until the threshold is broken, isn't it?"