Chapter 284: Mikael Visits the Patient

"Erosion..."

Mikael muttered this word and sighed softly.

Mei smiled slightly and took the initiative in the conversation again:

"What? Are you still hesitating in your heart? Don't you have confidence in that plan?"

Mikael rolled his eyes and silently reviewed the so-called plan of Mei in his mind-

The matter originated in April, to be precise, on Mei's birthday, a top-secret paper report jointly submitted by Mikael, Mebius and Aponia. In the report, Mikael based on his own experience as a Herrscher and combined with Mebius and Aponia's experiments on how Seele retained part of her self-consciousness after becoming the sixth Herrscher, and finally summarized the prototype of a "Human Herrscher" plan.

According to the known phenomena, Mikael was able to retain his self-consciousness because when the Honkai descended the consciousness of the First Herrscher, it locked the consciousness of "Mikael" in the original world and directly erased it, while Mikael's truly active consciousness that came through escaped, and then before the Herrscher's consciousness could fully control the body and before the core was condensed, his consciousness replaced the Herrscher's consciousness.

Once the Herrscher is born, the channel connection with the imaginary number is irreversible, and even if God really exists, this power cannot be taken back.

And Seele's situation is different from Mikael's, but there are also similarities:

Aponia copied one of Seele's personalities. When the imaginary number locked Seele's original consciousness and replaced it, it did not harm the copy of Seele's consciousness. But when Seele's copy was discovered by Mikael, the consciousness of the Herrscher had matured and began to erode the consciousness copy. Mikael, who did not master the power of consciousness at the time, had no way to deal with it.

However, if you think about it from another perspective, this means that when Mikael, who has mastered the power of consciousness, and Aponia, have the theoretical possibility of creating what he calls "Human Herrscher" the moment the Herrscher just appears.

The key to this is to grasp "the moment when the Herrscher just appears".

And if you want to grasp this moment, you need to first determine the Herrscher's suitable body, at least a range of suitable bodies, so that you can conceal the truth in the first place.

This plan was originally prepared for the Tenth Herrscher, because if you can get into the enemy, you can accurately detect the opponent's movements and goals, and it is more convenient to pass on various false information.

The expected experimental samples are Imer and Klein.

However, after May read this top-secret report and destroyed it, she was assassinated by Carol, the Tenth Herrscher individual, that night before she made up her mind.

Then the part of this plan targeting the Tenth Herrscher became meaningless, so it was shelved.

Now that Mei brought up the old story again, it was obvious that she had already deduced and verified the feasibility of this plan, and was planning to use it on the twelfth Herrscher, the Herrscher of Corrosion.

Of course, she did this not just for a paradise in the past life. In fact, she did not quite understand Mikael's insistence on the "paradise".

In her opinion, in order to achieve the purpose of "leaving a legacy and proving existence", the data version of the paradise originally designed by her and Mebius was completely sufficient, and it was the limit of what current technology could do.

But Mikael insisted on merging the paradise as data with this world bubble as reality to form a world that is both real and illusory between reality and illusion.

Is it because of fear that the Herrscher of Corrosion will attack the paradise next? But there is no such thing in the "script". If you are really worried about this, you can leave the memory first, wait until the twelfth collapse is over, and then build the data paradise.

But since Mikael insisted, then let it be.

Everyone has their own secrets, and Mei is reluctant to ask more, especially since she knows that the man in front of her knows a future that is more distant than Apolonia, so he naturally carries a burden far beyond any of them.

Besides, it is not impossible to do it - as long as the power of erosion can be used by humans.

Of course, if it is just for the paradise, the Key of God may not be impossible.

But the more important point of this plan is that it can also prevent the random birth of the Herrscher of Erosion, which will bring great disasters to mankind -

Unlike domination and restraint, the power of erosion is difficult to find a solution even after sufficient understanding of it.

Perhaps it is possible to completely disconnect from the Internet, but how can we disconnect from the Internet at the moment when the unknown qualified body becomes the Herrscher, and how long can humans persist in completely disconnecting from the Internet, and how can we be sure that the Herrscher has been eliminated?

And is the ability of the Herrscher of Erosion just as simple as eroding the network?

Will humans have enough time to construct the Key of Erosion in the end?

Mikael rubbed his brows and smiled bitterly:

"I'm not hesitant, nor do I lack confidence, but... I'm thinking about how to convince Sakura."

From the ideal result, it can be said that Ling becomes the Herrscher of Humans who fully masters the power of erosion, which is the best of both worlds, but all the best of both worlds in this world often hide unknown sacrifices.

For example, even with the most ideal result, the Ling that everyone has to face in the end is not the Ling of the present.

This is not a philosophical topic that the future me is not the present me, but a real "difference" - unless someone thinks that there is no difference between the consciousness replica and the original body.

If the world is regarded as a huge text document, then the original "Ling" and the "Ling" copied and pasted seem to be no different, and the actual performance is indeed no different. The difference lies in the nature of the two.

Then can the copy replace the fate of the original body being erased?

No.

If the Herrscher replaced the active consciousness in this body when he was born, then Mikael would have been gone long ago.

In other words, fate is connected to the original consciousness, or in more romantic language-the soul.

In other words, sacrifice will be inevitable.

Can Sakura accept this? Can Ling herself accept this?

Mikael knows how difficult this matter is without even thinking about it.

"I have to think about it... If possible, I will bring Ying here and we can talk openly. If it doesn't work, let's adopt the plan of the Key of God."

The two Mei fell into silence at the same time, and their eyes became playful-at this point, the concession that Mikael was willing to make was to use the Key of God instead of choosing the data version of the Paradise plan...

So, Mikael, what does the Paradise between reality and illusion mean for your future plans?

Mei also knew about Mikael's recent movements, not to mention that Mikael did not hide it from her. She probably knew that the other party had some plans that had not yet been announced, but she knew nothing about the specific content.

However... In fact, in this conversation, both parties intentionally or unintentionally ignored a certain possibility-Mikael reproduced the erosion power and then built the Paradise.

Because the person who bears this erosion power will inevitably become an indispensable part of the Paradise. In other words, if the struggle needs to continue to the next era, Mikael will be bound to the Paradise and cannot do anything else.

This was intolerable in both Mikael's and Mei's plans.

The empty laboratory fell into a silence that was neither long nor short.

"Hiss...hiss..."

A noisy sound suddenly came from Gnius. It seemed that Mei over there encountered something and temporarily interrupted the communication.

The interruption lasted for about ten seconds, and then the noise subsided, and Mei's voice sounded again:

"Okay, I'll do as you said. This kind of thing naturally needs to be discussed with Ying, but..."

"What's wrong?"

"Before that, you may have one more thing to do-she woke up."

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The girl felt that she had a very long dream, so long that the moment she opened her eyes, the memory in the dream quickly dissipated under the dazzling light.

She failed to capture what happened in the dream after all.

There was an inexplicable fatigue all over the body. No, it was not clear what happened before this. It was a bit inappropriate to express it as fatigue. Let's call it weakness for the time being.

Her head was sunken into the soft pillow, as if the pillow had a huge attraction, sucking her head firmly. Whenever she wanted to raise her head, she had to fight against the irresistible heaviness, so she didn't want to struggle, but just stared at the ceiling above her head.

The ceiling was a little strange, a little familiar.

The air was filled with the coldness of disinfectant and the warmth of long sleep.

So, what happened?

No, this is not the most important question. The most important question is - who am I?

The girl took a lot of effort to control her hands to get out of the quilt and put her calloused palms facing her face.

She vaguely caught something, but when she was thinking deeply, this ray of inspiration quickly dissipated.

And this feeling was really familiar, as if it had happened countless times in the previous dream that she couldn't remember.

Where is this place? The smell of disinfectant in the air made her realize that this was probably a ward, but if it was a ward, there would be no drips or various instruments and equipment...

The girl twisted her thighs slightly - in short, there was nothing, which made people suspicious.

"Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da -"

There were hurried footsteps outside the ward, and even without careful taste, one could feel the anxiety of the visitor.

Hua turned her head following the sound and saw the walls and doors that were as metallic and cold as the ceiling.

She realized that her hearing was so sensitive that she could accurately capture the sound outside the wall of such material?

Or maybe the footsteps were just her hallucination.

But the next moment she realized that it was not a hallucination, but a real sound -

The metal door slid open to both sides under the pull of the hydraulic device, and a strange man stopped at the door.

He stayed for about one or two seconds, his bright eyes gradually became dull, and then walked in with a leisurely attitude.

The girl tilted her head and carefully observed every move of the man. Perhaps it was because her mind was empty and she wanted to know everything about herself and the world that she observed the movements of a strange man so carefully?

The door closed behind the man, and he walked silently to the girl's bed, lowered his head, and looked at the girl with an elusive look.

There was an incomprehensible light in those silver-gray eyes.

He seemed to be guilty? And seemed a little relieved... and also admired and...

The girl easily read the meaning of that look, so smoothly that she herself could not imagine it.

Therefore, she was able to conclude that this man must understand her past, otherwise, he should not show such an expression, and she herself would not be able to grasp his emotions so accurately.

The man's lips moved twice, and it seemed that he spent a lot of effort to swallow back the words that were about to blurt out, chew them carefully, and then refine the words from them.

During this process, the girl kept her eyes on him and watched him slowly and inexplicably squat down. Just when she was wondering if he would fall to the ground, a stool appeared out of thin air behind him. He caught him steadily.

The girl blinked, as if confirming whether what she just said was true.

But there was another voice in her heart telling her that everything should be like this, that the man in front of her had such incredible abilities.

In other words, she must have known this man before, absolutely!

And just when she could no longer suppress the restlessness in her heart and was about to ask a question in a hurry, the man spoke first:

"Hua...how much do you remember about the past?"

So my name is Hua... She quickly accepted this, then spent a lot of effort and shook her head slightly:

"I...don't know..."

Hua's words were simple and fragmented, but she didn't mean to be so. "I don't know anything, I can't remember." This was a complete sentence she constructed in her mind, but for some reason, at the moment she said it, This sentence seemed to have been cut roughly into pieces by scissors, and in the end, only these three words could be expressed in the form of sound.

She was nervous, but it was not her who was nervous, but the man in front of her who became nervous. He clenched his palms that were originally flat on his thighs, and pulled out countless straight bulges from his pants.

"sorry……"

This time she finally said a complete sentence. Although it was still very brief, the expression of the meaning was at least intact.

The man's breath began to become heavy. At this time, the wise decision should be to skip this topic quickly, but he did not do so. Instead, he waited quietly for Hua's next words.

"I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. I think you should be a very...important person to me, but...I can't remember your name."

"My name is Mikael."

"Mikael..."

Hua moved her lips and recited the name silently many times, then covered her forehead with a sad expression.

Mikael stared at her dry lips for a while, then snapped his fingers, and a cup of hot black coffee suddenly appeared in his hand.

"Is your mouth dry? Have a drink? Do you want to add some sugar and milk?"

Hua's eyes widened slightly, looking at the liquid in the cup that exuded an unknown bitter taste, he blinked and shook his head.

The corners of Mikael's mouth twitched, and his plan to take this opportunity to trick Old Antique into drinking coffee failed.

So he waved his hand, and the coffee disappeared, replaced by a cup of warm tea.

"Is this okay?"

But Hua still shook her head. She pursed her dry and cracked lips and shook her head again.

Mikael tilted his head, a little confused.

It wasn't until Hua's cheeks turned red when he stared at her that she lowered her eyes. Then he slowly slid his eyes back and saw his thighs tightly pressed together under the thin quilt. He finally understood something... After being in a coma for hundreds of hours. , even if the metabolism of the fusion warrior is different from that of ordinary people, it has already reached its limit.

"You...can't get out of bed by yourself, can you?"

Hua nodded hurriedly. The long-term coma not only made her mentally exhausted, but also because of the damage to her consciousness, her control over the body in a short period of time was almost the same as that of a newborn child. Turning her head and moving her limbs was already the limit. .

"...I knew I would have asked Alicia to come."

Hearing this name, Hua's eyes became confused for a moment, and then his expression became a little complicated.

But seeing Mikael holding the cup of tea at a loss, not knowing what to do, she couldn't help laughing, and then gritted her teeth to stop it.

"Just...just help me go to the toilet once..."

she begged, blushing.

Mikael blinked and soon no longer cared about these details. He first pushed away the quilt, passed his hands under Hua's shoulders and knees, and then walked slowly and quickly to the toilet in the ward.

"No...no..."

Hua wanted to say "It doesn't have to be like this", but he was so nervous that he could only say "no".

Mikael carried her to the door. The toilet door opened automatically and the toilet seat came down with a click. He quickly took two steps forward and put Hua down. Then he closed his eyes tightly and quickly grabbed her arm. Pulling down his hospital pants, he finally turned around and left coolly.

He even didn't forget to close the toilet door.

"ah……"

Hua couldn't help but let out a long breath, then cupped his hot cheeks, looked down, and finally pulled up his pants silently.

"Mikael..."

Her lips opened and closed silently, and she had already read the name many times in her heart.

What was the relationship between this person and her before this?

The interaction between him and her was obviously very intimate, but also very unfamiliar. Obviously he was carefree, but he was secretly worried in his heart.

More importantly, when she was hugged, she should have punched her without hesitation. Even if her body couldn't do it, she should have had this idea in her mind, right?

But why did she feel that it was indeed a kind of...long-awaited but also a kind of soft resistance?

How complicated is the relationship between these two people?

Unconsciously, she has separated her past self from her present self.

"Heh..."

She rubbed her cheeks hard and began to try to recall everything about that person in her mind.

"But... what does his relationship with the former me mean to me now?"