Chapter 323 I Will Wait for You There

Ordinarily, at this point in time, everyone should be gathered in the hibernation capsule, ready to go into hibernation as planned.

But the sudden alarm interrupted everything, and the noisy footsteps quickly filled the silent headquarters base.

But when Hua and Paduo rushed out of Mikael's office in a daze, they didn't know where to gather for a while.

As Yingjie, they have the qualifications to directly enter the war situation room to participate in decision-making, but the two of them used to follow the rules of ordinary fusion warriors and go to the training ground of anti-entropy to gather.

But in this situation, is it really necessary to follow the rules? Many people have even lied in the hibernation capsule in advance, the smart devices in the war situation room have been smashed, and the training ground of anti-entropy has not been cleaned for nearly three months because the fusion warriors are suspected...

It seems that no matter where to gather, it is wrong, and it seems that gathering or not gathering has no meaning.

Fortunately, there were hurried footsteps at the end of the corridor. The sudden coldness made the two girls tremble, and the dim light in the corridor reflected the white hair of the newcomers.

"Kevin?"

"Well, you are here too?"

Since Mobius performed multiple supplementary operations to reverse his body temperature, he has not let the piercing meaning show for a long time, but this time is an exception.

He, Hua, and Paduo stood there and looked at each other silently. They all understood what the end might mean.

Soon, Eden, who had left earlier, also came back, followed by Ying, Su, Mobius, Aponia, Qianjie, Weiwei... Almost all the Yingjies quickly rushed to the war room with tacit understanding.

Finally, Mei hurriedly arrived with some staff from the Intelligence Department and the General Staff. At this time, it had only been ten minutes since the alarm sounded.

In the Fire Chasing Moth, which had already lost almost all hope and people's hearts had become torn apart, some people might think that this speed of assembly was not bad.

But if you count the number of people carefully, there are less than 30 people present, and if you listen carefully, the entire base has almost fallen into silence since Mei arrived, which means that even if there are nearly 30,000 ordinary soldiers alive in the Fire Moth, they are no longer willing to fight this last battle.

Yes, why bother.

After studying the residual phenomenon of the God Key in the End Crater, Dr. Mei assured everyone that the power of the End is unlikely to affect the God Key. In other words, as long as they shrink in the hibernation cabin of the Fifth God Key like an ostrich, quietly wait for the End to come, then quietly wait for the End to destroy the world, and then quietly wait for the radiation outside to dissipate, and finally go out to rebuild civilization, isn’t it?

Why do we still have to fight with the End?

If it is to save the civilization they once wanted to save, then that civilization has actually died long ago, and even if they defeat the End, they can’t save anything.

And if it is to create a new civilization, just hide in the God Key, why go to die again?

Mei believes that this is what most people think, and even for most of the heroes, they have this idea.

The reason why they are willing to appear here may be just because...

Mei once relayed Mikael's words to them-

He went here to stop the end from coming, and if the end really came, it would probably mean that he failed.

Some of them came here not so much with the intention of fighting, but to confirm the failure and death of someone, and of course another person.

The reason for all this, in the final analysis, is that humans lost to erosion and also lost to themselves.

Although Mei can use countless excuses to comfort herself and others, and perhaps others also recognize such excuses, in the final analysis, Mei cannot shirk her own responsibilities.

After all, she is the leader of mankind and the leader of the Fire Moth. When an army is defeated, even if the soldiers think that the commander has done nothing wrong, does the commander really not have to be responsible for the defeat?

No... they have not completely failed!

Mei pursed her lips and was about to say something when the sound of chaotic footsteps suddenly came from the corridor outside the war room.

A few seconds later, a head of blue-gray hair poked out of the door frame and showed a forced smile to everyone:

"Ouch? We didn't come to play, did we?"

Hen and Blanca walked into the war room openly, Kosmo and Desdobia followed them silently, and there was a little tail behind them, which was obviously Grayshu.

The common feature of the five people was that they were all wearing heavy space suits.

"You...what..."

Mei opened her mouth and forgot what order she was going to give for a while. The rest of the people present were also startled by their appearance.

Mei still made some changes to Mikael's plan. The Carabis brothers and sisters who were originally expected to carry out the Ark Plan were ordered to carry the latest cutting weapons into the Quantum Sea to find the world bubble of Mu Continent, and the Ark Plan was finally handed over to the Hen family, Desdobia and Kosmo as if it were fate.

According to the plan, the spaceship they were on would be launched one hour before the official start of the dormancy of all things, but now...

"The plan has changed! Anyway, given the current situation, I'm afraid we won't be able to launch the rocket on time. Why don't we come and see what the so-called end is."

"..."

Mei took a deep breath, and as her chest rose, a harsh sound like a bellows sounded in her ears.

She instinctively touched her chest, but she soon realized that the sound was not from her breathing.

She looked around and saw that both Yingjie and ordinary soldiers were confused by the sudden sound. Until the next moment, a heavy and slow exhalation sound came, and everyone raised their heads belatedly.

But there was nothing above her head except the silver-gray metal ceiling.

Suddenly, Mei felt that there was another person beside her. She moved her eyes and saw a pair of puppet-like hands placed on the operating table in the war room.

The next moment, the big screen in the war room lit up again and quickly switched to the camera image left on the surface.

"Doctor, you are walking too fast..."

"Number 17!"

Without saying anything more, Mei turned her eyes to the big screen. The noise on the screen made the image a little blurry, but it did not affect the overall picture.

But when she saw the night sky clearly... No, the night sky no longer existed.

The night sky that had accompanied humans for tens of thousands of years was replaced by a huge face. His skin was pale as blood, and his blood-red cross-shaped pupils cast a lifeless gaze on a point on the surface that had no real meaning.

He breathed subconsciously, and it seemed like he was crying. The harsh sound was not transmitted to everyone's ears through the vibration of the air, but it sounded directly in everyone's heart.

"What is this...?"

Despite the long distance and the screen, many people still subconsciously took a step back, but for more people, their eyes became more and more shocked--

"Isn't this... Mikael!?"

Although the skin was so pale that it didn't look like a human, and although the style and color of the pupils, as well as the expression of the whole face had changed greatly, it didn't seem to take much effort to connect this person with Mikael with the same facial features.

"Well! Mikael is also a Herrscher after all. Maybe the instrument detected his Honkai energy?"

Although Kevin didn't say it very clearly, everyone understood what he meant--

Yes! Mikael is also a Herrscher, so why can't it be that he successfully stopped the end and returned to the moon, and the alarm device on the moon was triggered?

Although everyone wanted to agree with his guess, they always felt that something was wrong.

First of all, being a Herrscher does not mean that there will be Honkai energy anomalies. It is very difficult to identify a Herrscher by Honkai energy reaction without using power. So the question is, what power did Mikael use?

Furthermore, if it is just Honkai energy anomalies, it is more or less justifiable, but the current situation is that such a big face is floating in the sky! What is that?

Finally... what about Alicia?

But... for the heroes, even though they can know that the possibility Kevin said is very small with just a little thought, they still did not deny this possibility at the first time.

People always have to leave themselves a little hope, even if they know it is false hope, it is better than no hope.

But there is still a non-human being here, and she will not deceive herself like a human:

"Regarding this, I think everyone should not hold too much hope."

Prometheus spread his hands in a nonchalant manner.

"When Captain Mikael's core is at full power, the Honkai energy reaction intensity should be around 10,000 boom watts. In other words, if the Honkai energy reaction intensity is below 10,000, we do not rule out the possibility that it is Captain Mikael himself who appears."

"You can't be so absolute, right?"

A cold and sticky voice sounded, like the tongue of a snake in the dark:

"What if he metamorphoses for the third time? Then the Honkai energy reaction will be stronger."

The person who said this was Mebius, which was a bit surprising, but it didn't seem so surprising.

No. 17 shook his head, stretched out his fingers with distinct joints, and pressed lightly on the operating table. A red number instantly appeared in the upper left corner of the big screen——

"0? 0HW? What the hell? Mei, your detection equipment is broken?"

"Hmm?"

Mei ignored Mobius's ridicule. She probably understood why he was like this, so she didn't care.

"This should be caused by the format problem. I'll switch it."

She walked to the operating table, quickly typed a line of code, and pressed the enter key crisply. The number in the upper left corner of the big screen flashed, and then kept flashing between "0" and "9999999.99".

"Out of the detection range?"

Mobius's face almost turned as black as the sludge she released when she fought. She was not unaware of some things, but she would rather believe in a possibility that was almost impossible.

But now the iron-clad facts were before her, and she had no power to refute them. She could only bite her lower lip tightly until a hint of iron taste came from the tip of her tongue...

"Considering that this reaction is so powerful, far exceeding the total Honkai energy of the previous twelve Herrscher cores at full power output... I think there is no need for any explanation. Instead of believing that Mikael successfully completed the mission and returned, it is better to believe that the end came through his body.

"In fact, this is very likely. Captain Mikael's body has traces left by the first eleven Herrscher powers, just like a piece of land. If there is a dug riverbed, the water will automatically form a river after it overflows. "

When No. 17 spoke, there was really no humanity at all... But Mobius himself knew that what she said was correct.

Even what No. 17 said may not be the worst case scenario - the worst case scenario is... that is Mikael, Mikael himself.

Perhaps most people's heads are still buzzing because of the fear brought about by the final arrival, but Mebius is sober enough. She has already thought of some worst possibility, but out of her usual stubbornness, she does not want to believe it. That’s all——

Where is Alicia?

Although she "hates" this woman, she has to admit that this woman's status in Mikael's heart is so high, and she actually doesn't...

Of course she didn't know Mikael's complete plan, but from the few words he left, it was not difficult to guess that his original plan did not require Alicia's participation. Judging from Mebius's observations, it is obvious that Alicia also has a plan, and this plan does not require Mikael's participation.

The final result was that on the night of their wedding, both of them disappeared without a trace. Although there was no basis for it, Mebius felt that he might as well make an assumption - Alicia was dead and Alicia no longer existed.

If this is the premise, coupled with the current state of the earth... In this case, she will not be surprised no matter what Mikael does, even if he takes the initiative to become the ultimate destroyer of the world.

Moreover, if the power of the end is really time, as Mei and she and Velvet concluded ten days ago, and the way he destroys the earth is not destruction in the true sense, but reincarnation, this possibility It's even bigger.

"Return everything to its original appearance and do it again, and you can make up for all the mistakes."

Mebius felt that he most likely thought so, but she didn't know if she should say this inference for a while... It seemed that there was no point in saying it or not.

Mei was also silent. She boldly looked at the portrait of "Mikael" across the screen. She seemed to be brewing some kind of emotion and seemed to be making a certain decision.

But at this moment, the shrill siren sounded again.

"What's going on?"

Prometheus pressed his temples and frowned for the first time:

"Doctor! It has been detected that something underground is approaching the base at high speed. It is estimated that there are... already arrived!"

"Prepare for impact!"

Kevin shouted and was the first to support Mei.

But the expected impact did not happen, not even a little vibration was felt.

When everyone was confused, a huge white shadow emerged from the ground for no reason. It was like a shadow. Whether it passed people or slid over objects, there was no collision. It was just that the people touched by it were here. I just felt dazed for a moment.

It wasn't until the white shadow disappeared from everyone's heads and everyone turned their attention back to the screen that they realized it was just a huge index finger.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!"

Screams sounded unexpectedly, and after Danzhu opened his mouth, the ordinary soldiers from the intelligence department and staff department brought by Mei squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands and screamed, as if they had seen something extremely terrifying.

"Please...be quiet..."

Aponya tried to use the commandments to offset the influence of the white shadow just now, but it had no effect for a while.

"Vilvi, take these back to the dormant cabin. Aponia, please go there and check out the situation!"

After Mei made a quick decision, she looked back at the big screen and saw that the huge figure covering the night sky was gone. The night was still dark and no stars could be seen.

Only a full moon hung alone in the sky.

The loud and uncomfortable breathing sound also disappeared.

"Prometheus, can you retrieve the image of New Atla?"

No. 17 finally didn't bother to correct his name mistake, "Wait a moment, I've been trying to retrieve it, but the electromagnetic wave signal over there is a bit confusing... Okay."

The big screen suddenly went black. Mei initially thought there was something wrong with the camera, but when No. 17 turned up the sound to the maximum, everyone heard the faint sound of wind.

"The external oxygen defense shield left by the past civilization has been destroyed. Now the external air of New Atla is thin and the sound is very subtle."

Probably guessing that someone was going to ask, No. 17 answered it in advance.

"..."

Kevin scratched his head and suppressed the questions that had yet to come out of his mouth.

"Can you switch to another camera?"

However, No. 17 cut off more than a dozen cameras in a row. They were either in a damaged state, or just like before, they could only see a dark dust storm.

"No, the entire back of the moon is wrapped in the storm."

As soon as the words fell, the moon seemed to hear them, and the storm stopped at that moment.

So what appeared in front of people's eyes was a blood-red giant cross...

The sound of the wind has calmed down, and what fills the gap is the strong heartbeat——

“Bang tom—bang tom—bang tom—”

This sound is hard not to remind people of something that happened in the past. Even Kevin inevitably swallowed his saliva. If someone pays attention, they can find some frost hanging on the hair on his temples. Those are the traces of cold sweat condensation.

"Ta, ta, ta..."

Mei lowered her head and tapped the table three times with the knuckle of her middle finger. The heroes thought she was going to give an order. Although they had mixed feelings in their hearts, the habit they had developed over a long time still made them hold their breath and listen.

But Mei remained silent for a long time, until Qianjie smacked her lips impatiently, and then she patted the console heavily:

"Everyone, this is my last order as the leader of the Fire Moth. No. 17, remember to convey my order to everyone in the hibernation capsule--

"This is the last battle of our civilization. Everyone must be tired of the long-lasting battle. So this time, I will not force you.

"If anyone is still willing to make a last meaningless struggle for our civilization, then in three hours, which is the time we originally scheduled to hibernate, gather at the platform of the Second God Key. I will wait for you there."