Can the Herrscher of the End be eaten?
This was a serious question.
Strictly speaking, what had landed in this bubble universe should have been the corpse of the Herrscher of the End, which was supposed to be resting on the moon of the Real World.
This corpse had already existed for fifty thousand years, had lost most of its power, and might have even been marinated through and through.
But judging from the scene behind the barrier, even so, a large number of devices were still needed to prevent the Herrscher of the End's power from leaking and contaminating other areas within this bubble universe.
As for the question of whether it could be eaten...
"Perhaps we could give it a try?"
The purpose of the Moonlight Throne Project was to create a Herrscher of the End, and the currently selected candidate was Kiana.
But in fact, Brian also possessed the same qualifications to become the Herrscher of the End. His ability to constantly evolve allowed him to bear all the power in this world without limit.
And the remains of the Herrscher of the End here seemed to have no possibility of reanimating, but the residual power on her body was still at work, providing a perfect opportunity for the two of them to adapt to the power of the Herrscher of the End.
"Then let's give it a try?" The snow-haired girl was eager to try.
She didn't have the confidence to become the Herrscher of the End in one step.
But if it was about making herself stronger little by little, like integrating the other Herrscher Cores...
She would absolutely not admit defeat!
"Let's have a competition to see who can tame the power of this Herrscher of the End faster."
Light bloomed in her bright eyes. The Herrscher of the Void's authority reconstructed the space here, returning the world behind the barrier to its original position.
Penetrate!
Enter.
Brian and Kiana stepped into this area, completely unaware that they were entering a dangerous zone.
The gravel and rocks on the ground were thoroughly saturated with the power of the Herrscher of the End, glowing with a deep and dangerous purple light.
An ordinary person wouldn't even need to be attacked by the monsters here; just standing on this land would be enough for the super-high concentration of Honkai energy to burn them to ashes.
The Herrscher of the End was truly the Herrscher that brought an end to the world. Just the power leaking from her corpse was enough to cause a Great Eruption.
Likewise, this was also the key to saving the world.
The snow-haired girl grabbed a handful of sand completely saturated with Honkai energy from the ground and said, "How do we do this? Eat this stuff?"
Eating was the simplest method she could think of.
Her way of integrating Herrscher Cores was also 'eating,' except she didn't use her mouth; any part of her body could absorb it.
In her mind, absorbing the power of the Herrscher of the End should be a similar process.
"You idiot, why does it feel like your IQ has completely dropped to the level of a paramecium?" The young Brian was a little speechless.
This white-haired fluffball's IQ had been regressing more and more recently, almost no different from a baby who only knew how to eat and drink.
If he and Raiden Mei weren't still taking care of this girl, this idiot would have probably used her world-shocking wisdom to speedrun her way into a human trafficker's den by now, right?
"Hee hee~~~" Kiana giggled foolishly, the two pigtails behind her head as full of innocent color as when they first met.
"Isn't it because I have you and Mei to think for me? My little brain isn't enough, so I can only borrow yours and Bronya's."
Four people, three brains, and Kiana was not one of them.
This idiot was truly hopeless.
But despite saying that, Brian would still choose to be as tolerant of this silly white-haired fluffball as ever.
"Eating is of course impossible. Even if I let you, could you really eat it?"
"No way." Her head shook like a rattle drum.
"So we have to find another way."
As soon as he finished speaking, before the young Brian could think of a countermeasure, a bizarrely shaped quantum monster was annihilated by a thick black fog not far from him, revealing the being behind it.
"Bronya?" Kiana saw the newcomer and spoke first, recognizing a familiar face on that delicate little face.
But unlike the Bronya she was familiar with, this person, although having the same face, had mechanical structures at all her joints, and her pair of crimson eyes were filled with an inorganic color.
*Smack—!*
The young Brian didn't hold back, slapping the idiot on the head.
"Idiot, she's not Bronya's twin sister. She's No. 17 of the Prometheus series supercomputers built by the Previous Era."
"He's right. I am not anyone you know, nor do I have any relationship with your friends." The android girl, floating with her feet off the ground, came before the two, her inorganic eyes devoid of any emotion.
"Also, although you are both Herrschers, I still advise you not to easily come into contact with the power of the Herrscher of the End. It is a dimension you cannot imagine."
Brian agreed with the first part, but he disagreed with this particular sentence.
"Our opponent will be equal to the Herrscher of the End. If we don't even have the courage to touch the corpse of the Herrscher of the End, then what are we talking about, saving the world in front of the Herrscher of the End?"
"..." The light of calculation flowed in those exceptionally bright crimson eyes.
Prometheus had an emotion module, but she had never possessed true emotions from beginning to end, so naturally, she couldn't understand what 'courage' was.
An android like her, who made decisions and acted based on cold data, would only take the most advantageous actions for the mission and would never have the impulse to take risks because of so-called 'courage.'
Impulsiveness had never been a part of her.
"I cannot understand the reason for your decision, but I think I must warn you of the danger you are about to face."
She couldn't understand, but there was a certain probability that it would help the mission of 'fighting the Honkai,' so she chose to let them be.
One of these two possessed the power of the Herrscher of Death, and the other possessed the power of the Herrscher of the Void. Even if the corpse of the Herrscher of the End revived, it wouldn't be enough to cause their deaths.
The risk was controllable, and the potential benefits were promising.
According to the game theory algorithm at the core of her artificial intelligence, the conclusion was... worth supporting!
"First, it should be noted that the corpse of the Herrscher of the End does not belong to this bubble universe. It was processed by the surviving members of the Fire Moth after the final battle, using the facilities left on the moon in the new era to deal with the corpse of the Herrscher of the End."
A flash of inspiration, and Kiana was the first to realize a problem.
"Wait a minute, didn't the Herrscher of the End destroy the Previous Era? How did she die on the moon, and why is she so huge?"
It was known that the Herrscher of the End had successfully destroyed the Previous Era and was not killed by the warriors of the Previous Era.
But the corpse of the Herrscher of the End appeared in this bubble universe. The abnormality and incongruity in it were enough for an idiot like Kiana to notice something was wrong.
To this, Prometheus responded: "According to my database records, the Herrscher of the End showed the ability to freely control her own size during the final battle."
"The maximum height she displayed was about 50 times the diameter of the Earth."
5... 50 times the diameter of the Earth!!?
Kiana almost couldn't catch her breath and convulsively fell to the ground.
That guy Kevin was about to obtain power equivalent to the Herrscher of the End. Wouldn't that mean they would also have to face such a terrifying opponent?
With that size, a casual pinch could light up the star-destroying achievement. Truly terrifying!
The emotionless Prometheus continued to consult the records in her database: "As for the reason for the appearance of the Herrscher of the End's corpse, it was not recorded. The survivors of the Previous Era landed on the moon again in the new era and found the huge, damaged corpse of the Herrscher of the End on the far side of the moon."
"They used a part of it to create a special facility, and then sent the remaining part to this bubble universe for sealing."
The confusion wasn't completely resolved, but it did confirm some of the mysteries from her memories.
During the Second Honkai Eruption, the Judgement-class Honkai Beast Benares rescued the Herrscher of the Void, Sirin, from the Herrscher of Reason, Welt Yang, and took her to the far side of the moon.
There, she discovered a large golden gate, from which she obtained the four Herrscher authorities of Wind, Thunder, Death, and Fire, almost bringing the world to destruction in the year 2000.
Schicksal originally thought that the golden gate that gave Sirin her power was a creation of the Honkai, but from the looks of it now, it was actually a device created by those pioneers of the Previous Era using the corpse of the Herrscher of the End.
And the purpose, naturally, was to allow those who entered this gate to come into contact with the essence of the Honkai.
It's just unknown why they didn't continue with their original actions, letting the Herrscher of the Void get a huge bargain.
And now, the same corpse of the Herrscher of the End was right in front of them.
Although they didn't have the same powerful technology as the Previous Era, and all the Herrscher authorities were already in place.
But the power contained in this corpse was enough for the two of them to take a big step forward on the path to becoming the Herrscher of the End.
"Thank you, Prometheus."
The emotionless android moved aside, unsealing the restraint devices on their path one by one.
"I wish you success in your operation."
...
On the other side...
"Elysia, how did you..."
With no outsiders present, the two beautiful girls from the Previous Era could finally chat about some more private topics.
First and foremost was their respective origins.
The pink-haired beauty blinked, her delicate face holding a hint of indescribable grievance: "What could I do? That not-at-all-cute big girl called Fate arranged a love for me that I couldn't refuse, and then I was forcibly dragged out of the Elysian Realm."
She had already been off duty for fifty-five thousand years, but just because she found a boyfriend, she was forcibly dragged out to work overtime.
In Elysia's view, there was nothing more evil in this world than this.
"You... you actually would..." The mature genius scientist showed a surprised expression, finding it hard to imagine that this beautiful girl she was talking so intimately with would actually find a love of her own.
You have to know, not even the many young talents of the Previous Era had won Elysia's favor. The men who pursued her could circle the Earth.
And now, after she became a 50,000-year-old spinster, she had gone from being a lesbian to a little woman captured by love?
Simply unbelievable!
But speaking of this, Elysia got angry: "It's not like I wanted to. It was all Eden and the others playing matchmaker, making it so I couldn't run even if I wanted to."
"Every time I wanted to escape, he would grab me by the foot, drag me back to the room, tear my clothes, and do whatever he wanted to my body."
And it was often regardless of time or place. Even in the Sea of Quanta, he would get horny, making her and the other beautiful girls create a rice bowl feast together.
This time, MEI was so surprised she was even trembling a little.
She thought Elysia had just found love, but she never expected her to find an Inner World Protagonist!
A powerful kidney function, coupled with the Herrscher of Death's formidable stamina.
As a genius scientist who had done much research in the fields of Herrschers and life sciences, even if a steel plate were placed in front of that man, it would be pierced through by him in a single night.
Thinking of this possibility, even MEI couldn't help but press her full thighs together, her expression becoming a little unnatural.
"It seems you're living a very happy life, Eli."
"Mhm~♪" The pink-haired beauty blinked. "MEI, could it be that you have some ideas about my boyfriend?"
"If it's you... I wouldn't mind, you know."
Some things were understood without being said.
This was a bubble universe, and time here only began to flow again because of their arrival.
In other words, MEI and everything here would surely come to an end at some point in the future, disappearing into the Sea of Quanta like a bubble, just like those worlds annihilated by a single wave of the Sea of Quanta.
Under such circumstances, Elysia would never ask for anything boring and would only fulfill all of her friend's wishes.
"You're joking." MEI's smile was a bit awkward.
Not to mention that this was Elysia's lover, even if she wanted to let loose before she died, she would never choose this way.
There was still a place for a man in her heart. Although he hadn't come to see her, and she was just a shadow of the real MEI, *I think, therefore I am*. Her principles wouldn't allow her to do such a thing.
"But you..." Elysia was about to speak when she suddenly turned her head in the direction Brian and Kiana had gone.
There was a giant statue there, collapsing piece by piece.
Elysia didn't understand, but MEI saw everything that was happening at a glance.
"The residual power of the Herrscher of the End has been taken away?"
The genius brain thought of all the possibilities in an instant, but without exception, they all pointed in one direction...
The possibility of human civilization overcoming the Honkai was increasing!
Being able to absorb the residual power on the corpse of the Herrscher of the End meant that creating a Herrscher of the End belonging to humanity was not a delusion.
This way... they, having obtained the power of the Herrscher of the End, could stand on the same stage as Kevin.
To lift the heavy burden from his shoulders and let him have the ending he desired.
And to achieve all this...
"Elysia, they need your help." The excited genius scientist grabbed her hand and stated her request.
"Eh!?"
How did it suddenly come to me?
But that didn't stop her from responding to the beautiful girl's request: "If it's you, I'll do whatever you ask~♪"
Anytime, anywhere, Elysia will respond to your expectations.
This was the promise that the beautiful and lovely girl, Elysia, once made to her friends.
As always, as it is now.
However...
"Sorry, I got excited. The time for them to need your help is not yet now."
Elysia: "..."
The girl puffed up her cheeks: "MEI, even if it's you teasing me like this, I'll still get angry, you know!"
"I'm really sorry."
The two beautiful girls bantered and played around, with MEI, who was like an older sister but was actually the younger one, appeasing Elysia with an apologetic face.
During their interaction, three figures approached from the direction where the Herrscher of the End was originally located, diverting their attention.
"Dr. MEI, the power of the Herrscher of the End has been completely absorbed by these two Herrschers."
"Prometheus, you've completed this mission very well."
An appreciative gaze fell on Prometheus. The moment MEI's eyes met Brian's and Kiana's, they were filled with pleasant surprise.
If Elysia's existence was a gift from the gods, then these two Herrschers with the posture of the End were this world's love for civilization.
Humanity... was saved.
It was just that in that man's eyes, he seemed to be saying to her...
'You still look quite charming.'
"..."
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