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ArabicChat Group Crossover: My System Simulates Infinite Anime Worlds — Chapter 15
Chapter 15: The Third Eruption
[You had already instructed Elysia to have her troops on standby, ready to deploy to Changkong City at a moment’s notice.]
[Your calculations indicated that the Third Herrscher would manifest in Changkong City, and the resulting cataclysm could even spill over into the cities of Shenzhou.]
[Both Elysia and Mobius placed their complete trust in your judgment.]
[However, any deployment required a formal report submitted to the higher-ups.]
[The newly appointed politicians of the Flame-Chasers scoffed at the notion. What credibility did the word of some upstart kid hold? Just because he developed the Breathing Technique? That was a trivial matter in their eyes.]
[It was clear that these politicians utterly disdained your research and its creations. Some even harbored a deep-seated disgust for it; they held stakes in medical industries that profited from treating patients with Honkai disease.]
[Since the advent of your Breathing Technique, the vast majority of Honkai disease patients had recovered without expensive medication, and a lucrative revenue stream had dried up. It could be said they either refused to believe your claims about the Honkai’s arrival, or they were intentionally obstructing you out of spite.]
[They issued a direct order: the troops were not to be deployed., they forbade anyone from speaking of the matter again. If Elysia dared to lead her team out, it would be a direct violation of military orders, an act of insubordination.]
[Receiving the communications from Elysia and Mobius, you felt a surge of deep annoyance. You slammed your hand down on the table, and the solid iron desk instantly shattered, its legs buckling and its surface crumpling like foil. A throbbing headache began to pulse behind your eyes.]
[These people only believed what was happening directly in front of them. Even if you warned them of an impending inferno, they would trust only their own experience, refusing to move until the flames were already singeing their eyebrows.]
[You fought the urge to rush to the Flame-Chasers’ headquarters and slap some sense into those in power. The lives of tens of millions of people were hanging in the balance. According to your calculations, the scope of this Honkai outbreak was no small-scale skirmish.]
[News arrived from Mei’s side as well; the government agencies had completely dismissed her warnings. They refused to evacuate the populace, claiming it would negatively affect their performance reviews and that such matters shouldn’t be used to disturb public morale.]
[You were left speechless once again. It was truly a case of good advice falling on deaf ears.]
[still, driven by a basic sense of humanitarianism, you still sent several coded messages to your hometown in Shenzhou. You sent them to the surrounding countries as well. Whether they took the warnings seriously was another matter entirely. At the very least, you had notified those who needed to be notified.]
[With all official channels exhausted, you directly summoned the man you had been preparing for this very role.]
[Upon receiving your summons, Kevin came running, his eagerness apparent. Su, for his part, had already left Chiba Academy some time ago due to family matters and work obligations.]
[You laid out the grim reality of the Honkai for Kevin.]
[At first, Kevin thought you were joking. In response, you casually manifested a blazing orb of fire in your palm, its heat rippling the air. Mei, standing nearby, offered her own demonstration, a flicker of violet lightning dancing between her fingertips.]
[Kevin was dumbfounded. The sight of genuine supernatural power wiped the skepticism from his face. Then, as if a horrifying thought had just occurred to him, his expression turned deathly serious.]
[He peppered you with questions. Could you notify the organizations that handle these things? Could the people be evacuated in advance?]
[You explained everything to him: the official organizations had been notified, but they refused to believe it. The local government units had also been informed, and they, too, refused to act.]
[Kevin’s expression grew progressively more dejected. The youthful optimism he had carried just moments before seemed to evaporate, as if he had aged a decade in a single instant. He looked at you quietly, his gaze steady, seemingly waiting for his orders.]
[You presented him with a set of equipment you had forged specifically for him. The first was an overcoat, its design based on a picture from your memory. Though only an initial version, its protective capabilities were immense, fully capable of isolating its wearer from the corrosive effects of Honkai Energy.]
[There was also a crimson greatsword and a pair of heavy-duty dual pistols.]
[For the foreseeable future, these items would become his constant companions.]
[On that day, the Honkai descended without warning. A swarm of Honkai Beasts materialized across Shenzhou and the coastal cities of neighboring countries.]
[Changkong City, the epicenter of the eruption, suffered the most severe devastation. The disaster was so immense that several of its surrounding satellite towns were also caught in the blast.]
[Those with low Honkai adaptability were turned directly to ash, their bodies disintegrating on the spot. A portion of the survivors were twisted into mindless Zombies.]
[Those who remained faced a two-front war against the shambling Zombies and the ferocious Honkai Beasts. In an instant, the entire city was transformed into a living hell.]
[You leaped from rooftop to rooftop, a blur of motion against the ruined skyline. When you encountered Honkai Beasts along the way, you would pause just long enough to charge a flicker of energy in your fist before blowing them apart, continuing your rapid advance toward the area with the highest concentration of Honkai Energy.]
[That district was already blanketed by a roiling sea of lightning. Within that violent storm stood a lone girl, clad in a uniform of purple, black, and crimson. She floated in the air, the several streamers of her skirt trailing behind her like ethereal ribbons. You could see the dark bands of thigh rings cinched high on her legs.]
[After a quick, careful assessment, you concluded she possessed a rather hardcore aesthetic, one clearly designed to capture the eye. Especially the way the thigh rings pressed into the flesh of her legs; the pressure was just right.]
[However, you didn’t waste much time on admiration.]
[This apostle of the Honkai, this Herrscher who commanded the power of thunder, held a tachi in her hand and regarded you with an expression of pure disdain. Beside her coiled a massive, serpentine Honkai Beast—likely a companion beast born alongside her. It let out a terrifying roar, a blatant display of power directed at you.]
[You sensed the opponent’s aura and knew this would be troublesome, but you charged in with your fists regardless. In an instant, your Total Realm flared to life, and 500,000 Volts of Current Propulsion surged through your body as you blasted toward the serpentine beast.]
[Boom! A deafening explosion echoed through the ruins. The massive Honkai Beast was directly disintegrated into a cloud of black residue.]
[You couldn’t help but feel the beast was surprisingly weak. Perhaps you had been too conservative with your attack.]
[The Herrscher, who had been flaunting her power just a moment ago, was visibly stunned by the scene before her.]
[You then discovered that the Honkai Beast hadn’t truly died. The black matter that had been blown apart was constantly writhing, coalescing once more, and rapidly restoring its original form before it lunged at you again.]
[You found this Honkai Beast quite fascinating. You hadn’t expected the Honkai to birth a creature capable of cheating death like this.]
[Facing the charging serpentine beast, you threw another punch, blasting it apart a second time.]
[The Herrscher, now wreathed in a furious aura of lightning, waved a small hand. In response, bolts of lightning as thick as barrels rained down from the sky, relentlessly striking at your position.]
[You weaved through the lightning strikes, dodging the Herrscher’s assault while constantly searching for an opening to close the distance to her.]
[Yet every time you found a chance to break through, that damned companion beast would reappear in your path, fully regenerated and ready to intercept you.]
[Several sneak attacks failed to land.]
[You also noticed that the companion beast’s resurrection wasn’t endless. Each time it revived, its body seemed a bit smaller, and the energy signature within it grew fainter.]
[After you killed the serpentine beast several more times, the interval it took to resurrect became noticeably longer.]
[At the same time, you observed that the Herrscher herself seemed to have fallen into a state of physical exhaustion. It was possible the Honkai power within her hadn’t fully stabilized yet.]
[Seizing the moment the beast was still reforming, you rushed directly in front of the Third Herrscher and delivered a heavy punch straight to her head.]
[Her cheek caved in, the side of her face distorting grotesquely under the force of the blow. She was sent hurtling into the ruins below like a cannonball.]
[You didn’t approach. Instead, you picked up a jagged slab of concrete and hurled it with immense force. The rock collided with the Third Herrscher’s downed body with a sickening boom.]
[After throwing several more large rocks in succession and seeing no movement, you finally confirmed she was incapacitated and slowly walked over.]
[You looked down at the Herrscher before you, her head deformed and her body half-buried under the stones you had thrown.]
[Channeling lightning into your right hand, you formed a crackling blade of pure energy. You reached down, pierced it directly into her chest, and pulled out the gleaming Herrscher Core.]
[After a final check of the surroundings, you realized the serpentine Honkai Beast had vanished. It had fled, and you had no idea where it had gone.]