Chapter 65: The Eighth Herrscher, Confirmed Dead
"Uhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"
With a scream, the dream that bound Ai Yue was shattered.
Ai Yue opened his eyes, and the environment he was in returned to the pure white space at the beginning where there was only him and the Eighth Herrscher. At this moment, the Eighth Herrscher was standing opposite him, gasping for breath while holding her chest, with a hint of fear in her eyes.
But this is understandable. After all, even in a dream, being hit by thousands of light skills at the same time must not feel good.
"It would have been better if you had come a little later." Ai Yue said with some regret, "I haven't become the King of Star yet."
"What is that planet?" The Eighth Herrscher was already a little hysterical. She couldn't accept that she was defeated in her dream in the realm of consciousness. "What on earth is that!"
"My beautiful dream." Ai Yue said as a matter of course, "It's all thanks to you. If I hadn't had this dream, I would probably have to go through a long time to see such a scene."
What the Eighth Herrscher saw in his dream was naturally Ai Yue's ultimate expectation for the human beings in this world.
That is the Land of Light, Ultra Star, located in the M78 nebula.
Those giants of light are powerful beings that have transformed and grown from human-like life forms after being exposed to the energy radiation of the Plasma Spark Tower. Not only are they extremely civilized and powerful, but their individual qualities are also very outrageous. According to the setting, the Kingdom of Light does not have a police system, because no crime has occurred in the past 400,000 years. It can be said to be the ultimate ideal country.
However, Ai Yue knew very well that in order to transform the Earth into a world like Ultra Star, what was needed was not just a technological leap, but also a moral sublimation. Otherwise, once someone with ulterior motives gained control of the powerful force, it would only lead to a tragedy that would be difficult to resolve.
There is still an extremely long distance between now and that day.
That's why he buried this expectation deep in his heart. If the Eighth Herrscher hadn't turned it into a dream, Ai Yue probably wouldn't have seen such a scene for a long time.
"You've predicted this, haven't you?" Seeing Ai Yue's savoring expression, the Eighth Herrscher suddenly realized, "You've already thought that I would use this method to deal with you, so you've been preparing this method to wear down my mental strength, right!"
The Eighth Herrscher has never taken humans seriously. Because of the existence of the final escape route, she doesn't believe that humans can kill her, so she doesn't care even if she suffers setbacks along the way.
After all, as long as one fully masters the knowledge that one possesses when one is born, one will be able to grow into an existence that is absolutely invincible to humans. So what does a temporary failure matter?
It can even be said that temporary death can be used by her as a deception to confuse humans, just like what she did to Ai Yue. When humans are immersed in false victory and let down their guard, she can return like lightning and bring disaster again.
But now, even this way of retreat was blocked by the man in front of her—after actively breaking the dream she had created, she had lost the opportunity to possess Ai Yue's body, and the time now no longer allowed her to find a new target.
What's more, even if she could escape from Ai Yue, would the nun guarding outside let her escape?
"I did expect you to come and take over my body." Facing the question of the Eighth Herrscher, Ai Yue nodded honestly, "But regarding the dream, I can only say that it was an accident."
The reason why Ai Yue appeared in front of the Eighth Herrscher was because he knew that the other party still had the means to possess other people's bodies. Even if her physical body was destroyed, she still had the opportunity to occupy someone else's body and be reborn.
If she hadn't come, facing Aponia and Mobius, the Eighth Herrscher would probably not hesitate and would directly choose to escape. In that case, she would still have a chance of escaping.
But if he, the culprit who had forced her into a desperate situation, was standing in front of her, Ai Yue was sure that this guy would immediately choose him as the target of possession.
In that case, with Aponia and himself working together, even if the Eighth Herrscher struggled to her death, she would be nothing more than a piece of meat on the chopping board.
But the dream created by the other party was beyond Ai Yue's expectations. He thought that the other party would use more lethal means, so that the trump cards he prepared in advance would come in handy. However, he did not expect that the Eighth Herrscher only prepared a beautiful dream for him.
By the way, the Eighth Herrscher never used any lethal attack methods from beginning to end, which makes people wonder if she just learned half of the Herrscher's methods and couldn't help but come out to harm others.
"Whatever, you win now anyway." The Eighth Herrscher's face was filled with sadness. "The winner takes all, and whatever the winner says is right."
Halfway through her words, the other party suddenly raised her head and stared at Ai Yue: "But I'm still curious, what on earth are you?"
"What do you mean?" Ai Yue frowned, "Is there something wrong with your brain? Can't you see that I'm a human?"
"Impossible. How can there be a human like you in the world?" The Eighth Herrscher shook her head and rejected it. "When I invaded the Fire Moth, I found most of the information about humans fighting against the Herrschers. Except for one unexpected victory, the rest of the wars ended with human victory, but none of the methods they used were similar to yours."
In wars between humans and Herrschers, targeted tactics or means are often adopted based on the Herrscher's power. As a result, humans' counterattacks are always one step slower than Herrscher's offensives, and they can only launch effective counterattacks after the Herrscher has caused a large-scale disaster.
But Ai Yue was completely different. He blocked almost every path that the Herrscher planned, and then beat her up by pressing her head.
When the spider web dream was halfway laid, this person rushed out and found the weaving node of the dream; the Eighth Herrscher used mental lock to find the location of the Fire Moth, but found that it was a trap set by the opponent, waiting for her to deliver herself to the door and expose her position; for the final battle, she set up a dragnet, but the person in front of her was able to imitate the Herrscher's methods, crossing the space and ignoring the Honkai Beasts to come to her directly...
If the war between humans and Herrschers is like the counter-attack between chess players, then the war between Ai Yue and the Eighth Herrscher is like the prediction of a charlatan beating ordinary people.
'Such a being, how dare you call yourself a human being? Where the hell is there a human being like you!'
"In short, I can give you one last chance." Ai Yue ignored the other party's questions and forcefully changed the subject. "Submit to me and offer your Herrscher Core. In this way, I may be able to preserve your consciousness. Even if you lose your body, you will have a chance to exist in another way."
"And then? Then I will become a tool in your hands to deal with future Herrschers, right?" The Eighth Herrscher sneered, "Don't joke, you did win this time, but I won't be the last Herrscher. One day, you will go to hell to accompany me!"
After saying this, the figure of the Eighth Herrscher disappeared in front of Ai Yue's eyes along with the collapse of the entire pure white space.
Perhaps in order to maintain the dignity of the Herrscher, she chose to destroy her own consciousness and retained her last bit of dignity by committing suicide.
The world in front of him quickly turned back into that dim room. The difference in light and darkness made Ai Yue squint his eyes. He felt a little weak and couldn't help but take a step back, then he bumped into a soft body.
"Are you okay?" Aponia hugged Ai Yue from behind and asked softly in his ear, "The consciousness of the Eighth Herrscher can no longer be observed, is that possible?"
"Yeah." Ai Yue nodded and looked around.
With the help of his powerful mental strength, he could see that the room was surrounded by things that looked like half chains, emitting a faint glow. That was the cage set by Aponia.
In such a cage, the remaining consciousness of the Eighth Herrscher has no chance of escaping.
"Prometheus?"
"I am here."
"Send a message to all the Fire Moths." Ai Yue let out a long breath, feeling relieved. "The Eighth Herrscher has been confirmed dead. We have won this war."
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