V2/Chapte 73:
Just when Kosma took away George Foley's Herrscher Core and called the cleanup team to clean up the mess, the words he said had already caused a violent "earthquake".
In another unknown space, countless noisy sounds are ringing out here, as if ten thousand ducks are singing together. Just listening to it for one second will make you feel like your brain is pierced.
This is the unique territory of the "Herrscher of Domination", and it is also the embodiment of the power that can connect the Herrschers of Domination.
Ai Yue once named this possible space "Domination Domain" in his speculation about the power of the "Herrscher of Domination", and this information was also stolen by the Herrscher hidden inside the Fire Moth and used in the name among themselves.
Although the individuals of the Herrscher of Domination include both male and female, old and young, their projections in this space all look the same, with jointed puppet bodies and even the heads are exactly the same.
And this is the true appearance of the Herrschers of Domination. The external human body is just a shell. Their spirit, or soul, has long been twisted into a unified appearance under the influence of the Honkai.
At this moment, the entire Domination Domain was arguing over the information George Foley had sent back before his death. The "voices" of more than eight thousand people echoed in this space. Everyone had different reactions to this information, some were panicked, some were entangled, some were furious, and some were shrinking, making the already noisy Domination Domain even more chaotic.
"There's a traitor! Terminate the plan!"
"Impossible! How could there be a traitor among us?"
"Didn't you hear what 1327 said at the end? It was Ai Yue who did it again! I've said it before, just like the Ninth Herrscher, we should kill him first!"
"You make it sound so easy. Why don't you do it yourself? Is the Ninth Herrscher so weak? In the end, not only did she die at the hands of Ai Yue, she also failed to completely destroy the city of Atla. She has no achievements to show for herself. She is a complete joke! Do you want to make us a joke too?"
"Stop arguing. The key now should be to find out who the traitor is, right?"
"How do we find him? If the traitor is really among us, then everything sent here will be leaked by him. The best way now is to interrupt the link, and everyone fights on their own, destroying everything around them as much as possible! As long as there is no plan, the enemy will have no way to act!"
"Are you crazy? If we fight alone, we will be defeated one by one! Without the domain we dominate, we are just humans with some superpowers! What is your intention in encouraging us to give up our greatest advantage? Could it be that you are the traitor?"
"You farted!"
Although they all believe that they have evolved from weak humans into more outstanding lives, this scene shows that the weaknesses of human nature have not disappeared from them.
"Be quiet!"
The quarrels among countless people were finally overwhelmed by the increasingly loud voices, and more and more Herrschers of Domination realized that such quarrels could not solve the problem at all, so the unified thought finally buried the disordered chaos, leaving only one voice.
"Don't panic. This may be what humans want to see."
A puppet with a mature tone said, "Before we confirm the authenticity of the intelligence, we can't just assume there is a traitor inside, otherwise it will be easy to fall into the enemy's trap."
"That's right. Moreover, God has given us the authority to be completely honest with each other."
Another puppet nearby chimed in, "Under such circumstances, it would be impossible for a traitor to hide himself. He would be easily exposed. How could he have remained undiscovered for so long?"
"But 1327 only heard this news after he was killed. Even if they wanted to spread false news, they couldn't wait until now, right?"
Some puppets also raised objections, "Unless the other party is sure that 1327 can receive messages even after death..."
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole place fell silent, and only someone could be heard muttering in a low voice: "My God, isn't that even more terrifying?"
Being able to keep the soul from dissipating for a short period of time after the death of the body is not an ability of all Herrschers of Domination, but it is something that only Herrschers of Domination who have mastered the authority of Sentience can do. If the Fire Moths take this into account, it means that they have mastered even the ability that George Foley possesses.
"Didn't 1327 come into contact with people whose minds were influenced by Ai Yue in order to get promoted?"
At this moment, someone suddenly found the blind spot. "Could it be that Ai Yue took this opportunity to master 1327's ability and set this trap?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere suddenly became a little more relaxed.
In any case, at least his hypothesis is easier for the Herrscher of Domination to accept than "Ai Yue has mastered the power of every Herrscher". After all, the above speculation is still too scary.
"But in this case, isn't Ai Yue's grasp of the Herrscher's power a bit too deep?"
Another puppet raised a new question, "Isn't he just an ordinary person? How can he do this?"
"It is possible in theory. Ai Yue is a person who cannot be speculated by common sense."
The puppet next to him said, "Didn't 3380 send a message saying that ordinary soldiers of the Fire Moth have begun to be equipped with a weapon called the 'Atom Splitting Gun'? That weapon was developed by Ai Yue based on the power of the Third Herrscher. With one shot, no matter what is on the other side, it will be reduced to ashes!"
"Can this thing be mass-produced?"
A puppet asked in astonishment, "You can release the power of a Herrscher without a Herrscher core? Is this fair?"
At this moment, the entire Domination Domain suddenly fell into silence, and all the puppets looked up at the same time, as if they felt something.
Another Herrscher of Domination died. Before his death, he also left a message that shocked everyone -
Ai Yue did have the method to control the Herrscher of Domination, and he killed the Herrscher of Domination with another Herrscher of Domination!
When the news came out, the Domination Domain exploded again. All the puppets immediately looked around with suspicion and stayed away from their compatriots who were supposed to be close to them, as if this would be able to protect themselves.
Compared with the previous news, the intelligence this time is undoubtedly more explosive. An individual inside will leak intelligence and an individual inside will stab compatriots in the back. These are obviously two completely different situations. In this case, it seems that staying away from compatriots and hiding one's thoughts and whereabouts is the best choice.
In just a few seconds, more than one-tenth of the Herrschers of Domination chose to actively disconnect from the Domination Domain. The other individuals could still sense the other party's current state through the Domination Domain, but they could not directly know the other party's psychological activities, and therefore could not confirm what he was doing at the moment.
Among the remaining people, except for a small number of autistic people hiding in the corner and praying that they would not be chosen, the rest were some grumpy old men and knowledgeable men who started to scold each other fiercely. You suspect that I have a problem, then I will scold you for knowing nothing. Although there are still many highly intelligent individuals who want to call on everyone to calm down, the successive bad news still makes this group of mobs with low quality completely out of control.
Oh, you said there were only two pieces of bad news? Don't worry, the third one is coming soon.
The sudden silence once again descended upon the Domination Domain, and this time, another puppet used his life to obtain more specific information.
Ai Yue has completely analyzed the Herrscher's core of the Herrscher of Domination and created a device that can shield an individual from the connection with the Domination Domain. Using this device, humans can "rebel" against the Herrscher through means such as mental control without being discovered by other individuals, which eventually evolved into the current situation.
This time, all the puppets were silent.
Among those Herrschers whose specific thoughts can no longer be detected, how many of them are compatriots who are hiding because they are afraid of their information being leaked, and how many of them are traitors who are hiding their identities in this way?
"We can't just sit there and wait for death. We have to take action."
After a moment of silence, a puppet finally spoke up, "Even with the most optimistic estimate, our information has probably been exposed. If we don't do anything, we may not have any chance at all!"
"Why is it always Ai Yue who ruins our plans?"
There were still some people with bad tempers who couldn't help but complain, "We clearly chose to bypass him, but he turned around and kept biting us!"
When the Herrschers of Domination were gradually awakening and just beginning to build their Domination Domain, they held a general meeting to discuss the next specific plan.
Should he make killing the elites among humans his main goal, like the Ninth Herrscher did, or should he make the most of the advantage of the Herrscher of Domination in being able to split the whole into smaller units and launch attacks in every corner of the world, in order to strike at the entire human society?
Since the Ninth Herrscher had died at that time, and the first and strongest nuclear bomb attack on Ai Yue failed, the Herrscher of Domination chose the second plan after a unanimous vote.
This plan is easy to understand - Ai Yue is powerful, and the fusion warriors of the Fire Moth are indeed tricky, but they are ultimately limited in size and cannot protect so many people in the world.
You know, protection is inherently more difficult than destruction. As long as the Herrscher of Domination is determined to launch an attack at the cost of life, no matter how tight the human defense is, it will not be able to completely stop it.
It can be said that the plan of the Herrscher of Domination is actually very reasonable. As long as the human population drops to a certain level and the city's infrastructure is severely damaged, it will be basically difficult for the entire civilization to continue.
But what they don't know is that not only does the human side have a power player, but the power player is also a clairvoyant.
Under Ai Yue's long-planned plan, the Herrschers of Domination had fallen into the trap from the first step of the plan, which was "hiding their identities". However, due to a series of failures in the plan, the Herrschers of Domination chose to stay out of the spotlight temporarily, paralyzing the surveillance and guarding of the human side, which made them miss the last chance to cause trouble.
Today, Ai Yue's plan has been completely completed, and the identities of hunter and prey have finally been completely reversed.
These three pieces of bad news are Ai Yue's greetings to the Herrschers of Domination—
"It's about time."
"It's all because of Ai Yue!"
More and more puppets came to their senses and focused their attention on the name that appeared frequently: "If I had known earlier, I should have tried my best to kill him! Even if I couldn't kill this guy, at least I should have made him too exhausted to deal with anything else!"
"He has artificial intelligence in his hands, so he doesn't need to put any effort into managing these things. What's the point of dealing with him?"
The brother-type puppet said sarcastically, "Anyway, there's no point in saying these things now."
"So what do you think we should do?!"
The puppet who had spoken earlier could not help but roar, "Now we are cornered!"
"It's very simple. This information actually illustrates one problem."
The knowing puppet said, "Even if this information is true, it doesn't mean we have nowhere to go. If the Fire Moths really have all our information, then they should be able to act even faster."
"Indeed, if I put myself in their shoes, if I were a human, I would definitely not be able to tolerate the Herrscher of Domination continuing to live in this world."
Someone echoed, "If we exist for one more second, the humans around us will still be under our threat. Faced with this situation, if they had full control of our information, they would have taken action long ago."
"What are their intentions then?"
One puppet couldn't help but ask, "Is it just to scare us?"
"I'm afraid it's just to make us lose our composure. Look, isn't this quite successful?"
Brother Puppent couldn't help but let out a mocking laugh. "We are both independent individuals and a connected whole. But if the essence of this whole is destroyed by doubt, suspicion, and other factors, then only weak individuals will be left."
He looked around and saw more and more puppets surrounding him, as if they were convinced by his words and began to look forward to his next words.
The puppet then smiled, raised his arms, and made an inciting voice: "I have an idea. Why not take advantage of their own strategy? Since they want us to cause chaos, then we should make chaos for them to see!"
"But this chaos is only superficial. After throwing out the bait, we must have a real plan to accomplish."
At this point, he suddenly said modestly, "As for the content of this plan, let us all decide together."
"Need I ask? Of course, I will kill that guy Ai Yue!"
An angry puppet gnashed his teeth and said, "That guy must be killed!"
Just as everyone was preparing to vote in full, an unexpected news spread throughout the entire Domination Domain.
The actions of the Fire Moth were leaked. According to the contents of this document, the remaining three Herrscher Cores will be sent to the "Star Light" experimental base in northern Australia in three days. In this way, all the Herrscher Cores will be completely controlled by Ai Yue alone.
A moment later, the plan of "assaulting Ai Yue" became the ultimate goal of all Herrschers of Domination with an overwhelming majority of votes.
But the once boastful brother seems to have disappeared in a corner where no one cares.