Chapter 57: Is this ok?
Hearing Ai Yue's suggestive words, the Eighth Herrscher's expression changed slightly.
She did not continue to tangle with Ai Yue, but instead sent out a ball of black aura to wrap Ai Yue, and then disappeared without a trace in an instant, obviously having left here.
After Ai Yue broke free from the black aura, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief—if he were to fight the Eighth Herrscher in a one-on-one duel, the outcome would be unimaginable.
If you want to defeat the master of the dream in a dream, let alone the degraded version of Aponia, even if you call upon Aponia and Dystopia, the only two psychic perception fusion warriors currently available, there is absolutely no chance of winning.
The most efficient option to deal with this kind of guy is to open her box and then go directly to the offline game.
It seemed that Ai Yue had taken the lightning just now without any hesitation, but he could also feel that the other party did not use their full strength. In fact, as he said, the focus of the Eighth Herrscher was not on him, otherwise he would have suffered a little from that lightning, instead of like now, where the system did not even react at all.
However, although the two people only interacted for a short time, they did not gain nothing.
Ai Yue spread out his right palm, and in the palm of his hand, there was a vague light surging.
[Spiritual Power Sample: The Eighth Herrscher (Rare): Use Value 100%.]
[Using this material, we can directly start scientific research projects related to the Eighth Herrscher.]
After seeing the information given by the system, Ai Yue couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
He always thought that the system was incapable of collecting such invisible and intangible things as materials, but the facts proved that he underestimated the system.
The reason why he finally got the first spiritual material only now seems to be because Ai Yue has never had the right means to capture it.
Now, with the help of the unique medium of dreams, he can finally intercept a part of other people's mental power, and this is officially included in the system.
With this thing, the original complicated plan is no longer necessary.
Ai Yue directly opened the scientific research project related to the Eighth Herrscher and found what he wanted from it——
[Pseudo-Herrscher Power: Mental Perception and Positioning Technology.]
All that's left to do now is wait.
Looking at the instructions that the project had been launched, Ai Yue nodded involuntarily, then closed his eyes and began trying to leave the dream.
As for the scientific projects related to the Herrscher, he still couldn't use his knowledge to help speed them up. In this case, he might as well return to reality and do something else.
However, Ai Yue soon opened his eyes because he found that his connection with his body was blocked by something.
'Is that the black aura?'
Ai Yue couldn't help but focus his attention on his surroundings. Only then did he realize that the surrounding environment had changed into a different appearance without him noticing.
A huge forest spread out in all directions with him as the center. Even if Ai Yue tried his best to use his mental power to perceive far away, he could not find where the edge of the forest was.
Obviously, the Eighth Herrscher was not a fool. She realized that she could not deal with Ai Yue in a short time, and that she would be easily exposed if she continued to stalemate. However, she could not let him leave easily, so she chose this method.
She created a huge mental maze and trapped Ai Yue in a dream. If he couldn't get out of the maze, he couldn't return to reality.
This was a very inefficient method, because the Eighth Herrscher used the dream resources that trapped other humans to construct this huge maze, resulting in some people with slightly stronger wills being able to break free from the dream and wake up from it with their own will.
But the inefficient method also has its advantages, that is, facing such a maze, it is difficult for Ai Yue to find any clever way to escape from it.
What's even more embarrassing is that Ai Yue's current mental strength has been temporarily strengthened by the "Aponia Embrace". If he cannot leave before the effect of the potion ends, there is no need for the Eighth Herrscher to come back to settle accounts with him, as he himself will easily get lost in the dream.
"Oh, this really poses a problem for me." Ai Yue rubbed his temples, but his face did not show any distress. "But, it's a bit too much to think that this kind of thing can trap me, isn't it, buddy?"
Ai Yue raised his left hand, and a pistol formed instantly. He put it against his temple and then pulled the trigger without hesitation.
Bang!
.........
As the Honkai beast in front of him fell to the ground without a sound, Kevin finally put down the weapon in his hand.
"Ato, how far have we advanced?"
He looked at the surroundings that had been temporarily cleaned up, and couldn't help but look at the man not far away.
"A little over 20 kilometers." Ato glanced at the map and replied, "Do you need to rest for a while?"
After an hour of intense fighting, they only advanced 20 kilometers. Kevin obviously couldn't accept this result, but he glanced at his comrades and finally nodded: "Let's find a place to stop."
A moment later, the five-member fusion warrior team gathered again. Elysia was the first to ask, "What's wrong? We are still a long way from the city. We can't stop in a place like this."
"I know, but this is not a solution." Kevin shook his head and looked at the two youngest people in the team. "Kosma, and Daisy, how are you?"
Although the two men successfully survived the fusion warrior surgery, they were still too young, and Kevin was worried that they would not be able to adapt to such high-intensity combat.
"I'm fine." Kosma touched his stomach subconsciously, "It's just that sometimes I feel very hungry, but when I feel it carefully, it seems like an illusion."
"That's fine with me too." Dystopia said with a smile. A row of sharp blades the size of her palms formed a circle around her body, floating like they had life. "The new equipment provided by Dr. Ai Yue is really amazing. When I use telekinesis to control them, I consume almost half of my mental energy compared to usual."
The others nodded when they heard this—Ai Yue did not simply prepare equipment for them to protect against the Eighth Herrscher's abilities, but also prepared special weapons for everyone, such as Dystopia's telekinetic flying knife and Elysia's longbow, each of which had its own unique effects.
Without the assistance of these equipments, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to get here now.
"In that case, I have a suggestion." Kevin said at this time, "It is definitely not possible to continue advancing like this. Without the help of the regular army, we will only die of exhaustion if we rely on clearing the Honkai beasts alone. We must force a breakthrough."
Ordinary people will fall into a coma if they approach this area without mental protection measures. It is because of this that ordinary armies cannot launch an attack on the city and can only block it with long-range firepower to prevent the Honkai disaster from continuing to expand.
"But what can we do alone? The Eighth Herrscher hasn't appeared yet, so we can't behead them even if we want to." Ato asked, "If we force our way through and end up being surrounded by the sea of Honkai beasts, it will be very difficult to get out then."
"We need to find a way to solve the problem of ordinary troops not being able to participate," Kevin looked at Elysia, "Elysia, you said before that Aponia told you that there was a very strong mental reaction in the city, right?"
"Yes, but Aponia also said that it was not the Eighth Herrscher," Elysia nodded, "Do you want to go in and deal with it?"
"Even if it's not the Eighth Herrscher, it should be an emperor-level Honkai beast that accompanies the Herrscher. Such Honkai beasts usually have abilities similar to those of the Herrscher." Kevin nodded. "If we get rid of it, we can at least weaken the power of the Eighth Herrscher. If we bring back its gene sample, maybe it can be used to break the power of the Eighth Herrscher."
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