Chapter 311 Betrayal

"Alicia, everyone is afraid of death, are you afraid?"

After walking out of the temporary confinement room, Mebius's questions were still echoing in Ellie's ears.

"Everyone is afraid of death, are you afraid?"

Alicia has never thought about this question, and naturally cannot give any answer.

In other words, in the past, fear of death, or "fear", has always been a taboo negative emotion. She has never really felt it. Is she afraid?

But Mebius woke her up, at least at this point.

If she considers herself to be a human being, then she must have the negative emotion of "fear of death", because what triggers this emotion is the most instinctive desire of human beings - survival.

Because we are human beings and because we must survive, we fear death.

Of course, it is not humans who are afraid of death. Almost all animals have this emotion. Perhaps, looking at the earth from some higher-dimensional perspective, humans, their ancestors, primitive people, and the cats and dogs that can be seen everywhere on the earth There is no difference, they are just shells driven into existence by the desire to "survive".

Because of this, if a person has never been afraid of death, then not only can she not be considered a human being, I am afraid that she cannot even be defined as "animal".

From this point of view, there is a question mark as to whether she is a Herrscher. After all, even in the second, third, and fourth early Herrschers who were defined as having no human emotions, they still faced death. Showed obvious fear.

And if neither humans nor Herrschers can be used to describe a creature, what is she?

Grass?

"No...no, if you think about it carefully, I should be afraid of death sometimes!"

While there was no one in the aisle, Ai Li gently held her head and recalled every bit of the past.

"No! How could this happen!"

She had indeed never been afraid of death.

certainly! Of course she had her moments of fear, but none of those fears seemed to be directed at herself.

Her fear always stems from losing Mikael, always from not being able to protect the world...

But why has she never been afraid of herself?

So, can she really still confidently call herself "human"?

I'm afraid that's not possible anymore, right?

But if she didn't become human in the end, then what was she pursuing for so many years? What is the meaning of everything she has experienced over the years?

Is it for Mikael? No, before she embarked on the journey, or at the beginning of the journey, she already had him, and now... she even lost part of him.

Is it to protect humans? Yes, she does love humans deeply, both their fragility and their strength, but if she herself fails to become a human in the end, then from what perspective does she "love" people?

It turns out that her love for humans is not an equal "human love", but a superior "god's love"?

"Oh……"

But it is a pity that she is not a god. If she really has the power of a god, why should she let the world suffer such suffering?

"Ellie..."

A hand gently placed on her shoulder, lifting her out of the tangle she couldn't extricate herself from.

"rice……"

A pink feather fluttered in front of her eyes, but when she looked down, there was no trace of the feather.

When he turned around, there was no figure of Mikael behind him.

He was on the moon, alone, watching the farce on earth.

Ellie understood that he was calling her. After all, it was almost time.

If humans still can't find any effective way to defeat the Twelfth Herrscher, then there is only...

"Ellie!"

"Huh? Uncle Hen? You're back!"

"Hmm...ah. After all, the preparations on the moon are almost complete, mainly the star gate transmission device. However, if the earth cannot pass, there is no need to worry about the moon."

"Is he okay on the moon?"

"Okay...it's okay...but he keeps looking at the earth alone, neither eating nor sleeping. I'm a little worried."

"It's okay, he's been on a diet to lose weight recently."

"ah?"

"I was kidding!"

However, Hen did not laugh. He bit his lip, sighed softly, and said:

"Ellie, something new happened again."

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"Regarding the corruption issues within the Fire Chaser, including the corruption of Michael Lichtenstein, the mayor of the Third New Paradise City, and his family, I said a few months ago that the Fire Chaser just took over the coalition government. The government affairs department has reported this to the headquarters many times, but the headquarters has ignored it on the grounds that the collapse has not yet ended and they have no time to take care of such issues.

"Within the Fire Chaser, there is such a well-known paper, written by Dr. Mei, the actual controller of the Fire Chaser. The paper discusses the issues related to the Herrscher in detail, and it even makes a bold prediction: There are thirteen lawyers in total.

"But we all know that the appearance of the Herrscher is not a natural and regular phenomenon. It is not like the four seasons of the year. After spring is over, summer will definitely come. Since it is not a regular phenomenon, what about our Dr. Mei? Who predicted that there are thirteen Herrschers?

"There are only two possibilities - either the so-called thirteen is just a false number given by Mei, or there are infinite Herrschers! Or maybe there are not thirteen Herrschers at all, and the Herrscher numbered L11 before is already the last one! But in order to continue to enslave the people, they chose to conceal the facts. As long as the collapse never ends, she and they can always be at ease and high above!

"Or, the so-called Herrscher and the so-called collapse were the troubles caused by the Fire Moth from the beginning! As early as six years ago, someone had exposed the conspiracy of the Fire Moth on the Internet, but soon these records were deleted. At that time, no one knew what the collapse was, so they didn't pay attention to it.

"But in my opinion, this is very likely! Let's take a look. The first Herrscher Mikael was born in the first year of the collapse. After six years, there was no collapse disaster in the world.

"But since he appeared in the records the next time, that is, he officially joined the Fire Moth, it was not even two months before the second collapse occurred, and the third collapse occurred a few months later. After that, collapse occurred in a cycle of about one to two years, until this year, when four collapses occurred within half a year.

"Rather than believing that Dr. Mei can really calculate events with random probabilities, it is better to believe that the predecessor of the Fire Moth actually took away the First Herrscher in the first year of collapse. The first collapse was indeed an accidental event, but they copied the Herrscher over a period of several years, and the ten Herrschers that appeared later were actually just copies of the First Herrscher! And the so-called fusion warriors are just low-profile versions of the Herrscher!

"Perhaps some people will say that Mei joined the Fire Moth after the third collapse, but we should not forget Mobius! She is the elder of the Fire Moth and has been committed to biological research! Mei also joined the Fire Moth on her recommendation! And yesterday, she turned ordinary people into dead soldiers in front of two billion people and then killed them!

"They study Honkai, they produce Herrschers! What on earth do they want to do? I think that's not important anymore! If that's the case, why should all of us humans bear the consequences of the trouble they caused!

"No matter which of the above possibilities, I and my colleagues really cannot approve of such behavior. I and my colleagues are unwilling to be in the same boat with such an organization!

"In summary, I, Lloygel, and all the city councilors of the Americas branch will resign from the positions of city councilors of the First New Paradise City from today onwards and permanently withdraw from the Fire Moth.

"But this is far from enough! Now, due to the power of the Fire Moth, we cannot make any promises, but please be willing to help us and help yourself. Come to the third village 40 kilometers east of the third New Paradise City. We have received help from friends within the Fire Moth, and have gathered a large amount of food and weapons here. Let us use our own hands to return a bright and clear world to ourselves!

"Remember! Today, we gather here. We don't fight for slavery! We fight for freedom! We are not machines, not cattle and horses, we are human beings! We are human beings who have never surrendered to anything!!!"

"Bang!"

"What a mess!"

Qianjie panted and smashed the table in front of him with a slap. Fortunately, Abonya used telekinesis to pull the fragments in time, so that they did not hurt others.

"Qianjie, you are angry here and it won't change anything."

"I just want to be angry, what's wrong!"

"Alas..."

"Also, why don't you let Ying kill these guys directly! Ah? Kill them all! Isn't the problem solved!"

"Killing can't solve the problem, it will only intensify the problem..."

"Speak human language! Abonya!!"

"...Then I can only let you be quiet for a while..."

When Ai Li followed Hen to the war room, she saw such a scene.

The personnel of the Intelligence Department, the General Staff Department, etc. sat in their seats with embarrassment, not daring to look back at all.

In the command position that originally belonged to Mei, Qianjie was afraid that breaking the table was not enough, so he grabbed Mei's chair again. However, this time, he fainted on the ground before he could cause any damage.

"Sorry, I made you laugh."

Abonya whispered, bending down and grabbing one of Qianjie's ankles.

"I'll take him back to calm down first."

...

Abonya dragged Qianjie away. Ai Li stared at her back for a while, walked silently to Eden, and asked softly:

"My good Eden, where are Mei and Kevin? Why are they not here?"

Eden shook his head, "In the compartment."

Ai Li and Eden stood there waiting for a while. Himiko opened the door of the last compartment of the war room and waved to Ai Li, but she did not go in herself. Instead, she brushed past Ai Li and left in a hurry.

"Ying and the other fusion warriors stay on standby and keep watch for the time being, but do not clash with the crowd and wait for the arrival of the rapid response team."

As soon as she entered the compartment, Ai Li's consciousness was pulled into the mental communication network constructed by Su, and she also heard Mei's order to Ying.

"What happened, Mei?"

Although Ai Li prefers to say everything she wants to say, in this special period, she still tries to avoid such behavior that may leak secrets, and the mental communication network is also convenient enough.

"A group of city officials from the American branch announced their rebellion against the Fire Moth and established a resistance army."

There are such shameless people in this world? !

"Why are they so confident? I remember that Sakura collected a lot of their illegal records, right?"

If Mei could have predicted the current situation a few years ago, it would be impossible.

But as the saying goes, it is better to take precautions before they happen. Sakura collected almost all the illegal records of the bureaucrats inherited from the United Government. Even if they are not used before, they can be used in the future for post-collapse settlement.

"Those things do exist, but how to send them out?"

The power of the twelfth herrscher is too destructive to human civilization.

Although he has almost no ability to fight head-on, mastering the data world is equivalent to mastering the discourse power of the entire world.

It is easy to manipulate public opinion by saying what you want to say and what you don't want others to say.

"So, these people were instructed by the 12th Herrscher?"

"There is no doubt that the riots in the Third New Heaven City at that time had traces of human manipulation."

"What did the 12th Herrscher give them? How could they stand on the side of Honkai? Are they going to die?"

It's not that Ai Li doesn't understand, but... who can accept it? In the past Honkai, no one betrayed humanity and joined the Honkai side even when it was difficult and desperate. Even Lezren, who wanted to become a Herrscher with the help of consciousness transfer experiments, can't be said to be driven by Honkai.

"Why would they do this? How dare they do this? As city officials, they should know very well what Honkai is... The destruction of the world, what good will it do them?"

The mental communication channel was silent for a long time.

Obviously, everyone actually had the answer in their hearts.

Finally, it was Su who spoke:

"It's meaningless to pursue these, Ai Lishia. But if you must ask, it's actually very simple.

"First of all, they know what Honkai is. Whether they believe it or not is another matter. There is no doubt that there will never be a shortage of stupid people in this world, no matter what position he is in.

"Besides, with the crimes they have committed, once Honkai is defeated, Mei will never show mercy. So for them, it is a dead end no matter what... Rather than waiting to die, it is better to give it a try. Moreover, it is possible that the Herrscher promised something unrealistic and gave them false hope."

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"Lord Herrscher, everything was done as you ordered. As you expected, the Fire Moths were powerless under our repeated attacks."

In the dim basement, Lloydgel knelt on one knee in front of a small display screen.

"Beep beep... Beep beep beep beep..."

A strange sound came from the display screen, and then a vague voice that could not even be distinguished between male and female sounded in the robot's unique tone:

"Well done, human, you have completed the contract between us."

"Then... Lord Herrscher, you promised me..."

"Don't worry, I will do what I say."

"Snap!"

The lights in the basement all lit up. Although he had seen some outlines with the light of the screen before, when he really saw the iron chair like an electric torture rack, and some scattered data cables and operating tables around, his expression could no longer hide his excitement.

Of course he knew what that meant. This was what he wanted to get at all costs - consciousness transfer surgery.

He was too old. Even if his body was still healthy, he was really old here. He would probably not last for a few years and would collapse like a collapsed river embankment.

Besides, he no longer believed that this world had the possibility of defeating the collapse. Rather than being buried with all mankind, it would be better to become a new life and survive. This was the price the 12th Herrscher offered him.

Using the consciousness transfer surgery, coupled with the power of the 12th Herrscher, he was transformed into the same existence as the 12th Herrscher, so that he could live forever in the world of data.

But at the same time, according to the task given to him by the 12th Herrscher, he must help him destroy all mankind, because——

"If I am defeated, the final Herrscher, the Herrscher of the End, will come. At that time, everything in the world will be destroyed, even if you have become a digital life like me. Only by destroying humanity while I exist can you have the possibility of living forever."

"What are you still hesitating about? Sit on it quickly."

"Oh! Oh!"

His gray beard trembled with excitement, and he sat on the electric chair without thinking.

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"Master Lloyd, you finally came out!"

"Hmm?"

"You scared us to death! You actually told us where we were hiding. If that woman named Ying had found us beforehand..."

Niu He's short and fat body suddenly pounced on him and hugged Lloyd's legs.

Lloyd frowned, "What's there to be afraid of? My friend has set up complete surveillance here. If Mei dares to send someone to assassinate us, everything that happens here will be known to all mankind immediately. Mei will not fail to think of this." - Only you stupid humans can't think of this.

"That being said, what if she takes a risk? It's really terrible!"

"Humph!"

Niu He stopped his exaggerated performance and raised his head slightly. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but Master Roiger seemed to have... become a different person?

"There are so many people outside."

Roiger said, listening to the roar outside.

"Yes! They are all people who followed your words and rushed here. Now only a few have grabbed the car, and there will be many more who will come on foot. The military and police can't stop them, and some even join them when they see the situation is not good."

"Humph! I know."