Chapter 262: "Fire Moth" is sorting out the current situation

[After the "First Great Silence" ended, the "Fire Moth" has been trying to regain control of Mu Continent, at least to take back the equipment and instruments that have not been removed.]

[Especially the "Star Gate" and "Eye of the Abyss" built by "Fire Moth." Those are the two achievements that "Fire Moth" values the most. They must be taken back no matter what.]

[As for why a new one was not built... On the one hand, only part of the relevant technical documents were brought back, and the missing part was still left on Mu Continent. At the same time, the relevant technicians and researchers were also trapped on Mu Continent, and the ones that "Fire Moth" actually wanted to bring back were them.]

[On the other hand... "Fire Moth" no longer has enough energy and manpower to organize the construction of "Star Gate" and "Eye of the Abyss." It is difficult to build even one of them alone.]

[After Mu Continent was occupied by the "Kaiji," the "Kaiji" began to attack everywhere with Mu Continent as the base. The coastal areas of every continent began to be attacked indirectly, and the number of "Kaiji" in each attack was huge, making it very difficult for the garrisoned troops to cope with it.]

[During this process, they also have to guard against those "Kaiji" who mimic human forms and infiltrate the defense team, eventually causing the defense line to collapse silently.]

[What's even more troublesome is that these "Kaiji" are becoming more and more difficult to deal with. Their shells are becoming harder, their skins are becoming tougher, and their recovery ability is becoming more and more terrifying... They seem to be getting more and more adapted to the soldiers' weapons.]

[Many times, the garrison personnel are unable to effectively kill them, even though they know that what they fear most is fire. At most, they can only rely on flames to temporarily disperse them, or use fire to temporarily stalemate with them until powerful fusion warriors come to support them, and then they can barely beat them back.]

[And while using fire to maintain a stalemate, they must also guard against their sneak attacks to prevent them from extinguishing the fire... especially be careful of the waves and sea breeze. As the offspring of the "ocean," they seem to be favored by seawater and even rain. If you are not careful, the waves will hit and extinguish the fire, or sudden rain will prevent the flames from igniting.]

[It can be said that the current "Fire Moth" is already having a hard time just defending against the endless and almost endless attacks of "Kaiji." It is too difficult to spare any energy to build a new "Star Gate" or "Eye of the Abyss."]

[At the same time, there is another thing... that is, those survivors who are trapped on Mu Continent and can only survive in the shelter, whether they are civilians or researchers, "Fire Moth" must also find a way to rescue them.]

[Even if we bring back a small group of people, or even just one or two people, even if they are not scientific researchers, but just a few ordinary people, it can greatly boost people's morale.]

[If possible, it would be best to try to contact the "missing" fusion warrior team on Mu Continent. If we cooperate with each other, we might be able to rescue a lot of people.]

[So "Fire-Chasing Moth" approached Aponia and asked her to try to use her extremely special ability to find the survivors in Mu Continent.]

[As for the final result, Aponia did contact the trapped fusion warrior team in Mu Continent, but it was not Hua as expected by "Fire Moth," but Dystopia...]

[If you think about it carefully, Dystopia's "telekinesis" is also a manifestation of spiritual power in a sense, so it is natural that she can establish a connection with Aponia more quickly.]

[However... the power emitted by the two when communicating seems to attract the surrounding "Kaiji," which means that every time Dystopia communicates with Aponia, she has to hide carefully, and immediately lead the team away after exchanging a few words to avoid running into the "Kaiji" who follow the power.]

[There is no other way. Dystopia doesn't dare to fight those "Kaiji" right now… If it's just a small group of "Kaiji," it's fine. But if there are too many of them to be dealt with quickly by Dystopia, then they will have to face the endless support of the "Kaiji."]

[To be honest, it's not a pleasant situation to be surrounded by enemies and have to hide from them… Especially after Dystopia discovered a blue substance spreading on the ground, their situation became even worse.]

[Although Dystopia doesn't know what this thing is, according to her experience during combat, as long as it is in an environment with this azure, moss-like substance, the combat ability of "Kaiji" will increase sharply and become more difficult to deal with.]

[The most significant improvement is the improvement in their recovery ability, which has almost reached the point where they are indestructible. Even if they are blown into pieces or crushed into a paste, as long as they are given time, they can always recover to their original appearance, and they may even become more difficult to deal with.]

[Sometimes, even Dystopia doubted whether these "Kaiji" were living things. She always used her ability to crush those Honkai beasts, but as long as they were on those blue moss-like substances, those "Kaiji" could still crawl up again after a period of time.]

[Dystopia once watched a "Kaiji" that she had crushed into a pool of minced meat, "recovering" or "putting itself back together" bit by bit on the azure substance that looked like a fungus blanket... No, it felt more like "reassembling." The whole process looked like scattered water droplets gathering into a water mass again, which was very strange.]

[In short, after Aponia and Dystopia got in touch with each other, "Fire Moth" was finally able to learn some news from within Mu Continent.]

[However, this also gave "Fire Moth" some not-so-good news - since the power of Aponia and Dystopia when they established a connection could be sensed by "Kaiji," does that mean that "Kaiji" also has similar abilities?]

[…There should be no need to doubt this question. After all, according to the reports of Kevin, Elysia, and Irine, plus the records kept by Vill-V, when the unit suspected to be the Herrscher began to sing the "song," almost all the fusion warriors were affected.]

[According to feedback, when the "song" sounded, all fusion warriors felt an inexplicable closeness to the "Kaiji," especially those "Kaiji" that could take on human form, and they had a feeling of "I don't want to hurt them, I am the same as them"... In short, it was something like this.]

[This feeling is very strong, and they will subconsciously stop their movements. If they get too close to the unit that looks like the Herrscher, their body will even stop, and they won't be able to attack it at all. It's as if their body has suddenly become out of control, and they will automatically resist the act of "attacking it."]

[Based on the power it displayed at the end, or rather the power they displayed, if it weren't for the power of "light" exerted by Irine, I'm afraid Kevin and the others would have been killed there.]

[Because of this, "Fire Moth" began to worry about whether the fusion warriors could fight against the "Kaiji"... Of course, if it was just to deal with ordinary "Kaiji" there would be no problem, but the key is still the unit that looks like a "Herrscher."]

[If it, they appear, then it is hard to say how much strength the fusion warriors can exert... Yes, yes, "Fire Moth" judges that you and Skadi are "one," so you should be "a Herrscher."]

[To be precise, "Fire Moth" believes that it is Skadi who is controlling your body to move and fight. The real "Herrscher" should be Skadi.]

[The "Fire Moth" also has a reason... First of all, when the "Fire Moth" judged that there was a "Herrscher" in the sea, you were still working inside the "Fire Moth." If you were the "Herrscher," then the "Fire Moth" would not have failed to discover it.]

[Not to mention that you hang around in several important departments of "Fire Moth" all day long and are familiar with many people. If you are really a "Herrscher," let alone other people in "Fire Moth," at least Vill-V and Mobius will find some clues, right?]

[Secondly, your contribution to fighting the Honkai is really remarkable. If you are really a Herrscher, is it necessary for you to kill your companions like this? Why don't you just work together to defeat the Fire Moth and destroy civilization directly?]

[The last and most important point is... you "died," you died while fighting against the sea monster. Based on the concept of "the dead is the greatest," "Fire Moth" does not want to judge you as a "Herrscher." It would rather believe that it is the "Herrscher" who is controlling your body or is acting in your skin, specifically to disgust the living people like them.]

[Especially those "Kaiji" who can take on human form, they are all "missing" people, and they are all people who were judged as "dead" by the "Fire Moth"...]

[Comparatively, "Fire Moth" prefers to believe that "Kaiji" killed or ate those people, and then transformed into their appearance, and then dealt with humans. This would be more deceptive... At least this is what "Fire Moth" judged.]

[Another point is... in that strange "dream" at the beginning, Dystopia foresaw Skadi and judged her to be a "Herrscher"... and Aponia can also testify that she did see Skadi exuding a powerful aura similar to a "Herrscher."]

[Also, according to Vill-V's report, when she was recording the battle, she found that the wavelengths emitted by you and Skadi were extremely similar... You could even say they were "identical," with only slight differences in certain special circumstances.]

[There are many other clues, such as when fighting, Skadi "walked out" from your body, and the "song" was performed after she left your body...]

[In short, due to various reasons, "Fire Moth" judged Skadi to be the real body of "Herrscher," and you are the remaining body controlled by her, especially used to disgust people.]

[If this is really the case, then "Fire Moth" can only say that Skadi, the "Herrscher," succeeded. "Fire Moth" is really "disgusted," and even everyone is "disgusted" by the behavior of "Kaiji" who would put on the skin of a dead person and continue to act.]

[In addition to feeling disgusted, repulsive, and repulsive, people feel more... anger, anger when such "inhuman" things dare to defile their dead relatives and friends.]

[Although it is unknown how long this anger will last after actually seeing those monsters in the skin of relatives and friends, will they become more resentful? Or will they soften their hearts and even feel some pity because of their similar skin... No one knows.]

[But at least at this moment, with their minds so clear, people feel more resentment and disgust.]

[Thanks to this, not only the "Fire Moths," but all of humanity is hostile to the "Kaiji," at least the grassroots people are like this. As for those powerful people who have other thoughts... it's hard to say.]

[However, after the whole society showed its rejection and clear disgust towards "Kaiji," those who had other ideas did not dare to express them directly and could only make some preparations in secret. But in the end, they could not achieve anything... You can guarantee it.]

[Okay, let's stop talking nonsense here and continue to push forward the current situation... After Aponia and Dystopia established contact, although the communication process was intermittent and difficult, there was finally a way to contact the people inside Mu Continent.]

[And thanks to Dystopia's efforts, the "Fire Moth" also cooperated with them in some rescue activities and successfully rescued several groups of people trapped in the shelter, which greatly boosted the morale of the "Fire Moth."]

[It's a pity that Dystopia's location is too far from the center of Mu Continent, or the original central base of the "Fire Moth." Moreover, whenever Dystopia wants to get closer to that place, she always feels a sense of threat. In addition, it often rains in that area... Due to the combination of various factors, Dystopia is unable to go there to investigate.]

[And the Fire Moths can't send too many people to support her... There's no other way. Right now, just dealing with the impact of the Kaiji requires the existing fusion warriors to keep running around, and there is no way to spare enough people to support Dystopia.]

[As for why they didn't continue to increase the number of fusion warriors... Honestly, after discovering that your and Skadi's "song" would have an effect on the fusion warriors, "Fire Moth" temporarily stopped the fusion warrior plan and planned to first investigate why the "song" could have an effect on the fusion warriors.]

[If the abnormal point can be found, the "Fire Moth" will launch a crusade against you and Skadi... No, it will attack Skadi. Only by defeating the "Herrscher" can the problem be completely solved.]

[Of course, on the other hand, Dr. Mobius, who performed the fusion warrior surgery, is no longer with them... Although Klein, who replaced her, can also perform the surgery, it is still a bit worrying. Let's wait a little longer.]

[In addition, Mei, who discovered some anomalies, is also conducting some private investigations... For example, why is it that Elysia, who is also a fusion warrior, can still move freely when facing your "Song"?]

[Although she knows that people are different, and the difference between fusion warriors is even greater, but...even Kevin lost his ability to fight almost in an instant, so why can Elysia still move freely?]

[Mei kept these speculations in her heart and did not speak them out directly... She knew that the people now, the current "Fire Moths" must focus on dealing with the Honkai and the "Kaiji" Any unnecessary doubts are unnecessary, at least for the time being.]

[Before Elysia reveals more doubts, Mei plans to continue observing... After all, she still has a research project to advance.]

["Blank Key" - This is the name Mei decided on, the concept is still an extension of "Divine Key."]

[If successful, even humans can possess the power of the Herrscher.]

[In addition, after Mobius left, before Klein was familiar with her position and work, during this period of time, Mobius' workload increased a lot.]

[For example, she also has to explore the impact of the "song" on the fusion warriors and try to crack the "song" and the "great silence" that comes with it... Oh, there are more and more things to do, and Mei has a headache for a while.]

[Every time this happens, Mei will think of your performance inside the "Fire Moth"... Your super high efficiency in being able to arrange even the most busy tasks in an orderly manner and even complete them on time... It's really enviable.]

[And what you always said back then, "Only a healthy body is the foundation of everything," Mei now deeply understands it… Because of her long-term research and lack of physical exercise, she has recently felt that her body is gradually becoming weaker, and she even vaguely has some "illness" appearing… This is really not a good thing.]

[...Forget it, she still has a lot of things to do, and can't rest here—Mei was silent for a while, but finally shook her head and continued her research.]

[But what everyone doesn't know is that the "Great Silence," or "Song," affects more than just the soldiers fighting on the front lines.]

[The one who was most affected by the song was actually... Eden, who was in the back.]