Honkai: Man(Sludge) From Future

"When we get to the parallel world, we'll catch their Herrschers and take their Herrscher Cores!"

A look of ecstasy appeared on Noldrei's face. He could already imagine humanity taking a great leap forward into a new age of immortality.

"Yes! Yes! You're right! I can't be the only one to suffer this fate! Everyone needs to have their cores ripped out."

Kiana, of course, encouraged this behavior. The stronger the life within the Stigma Space, the stronger the genetic information she would obtain. Then, everyone would become a massive genetic mine for her. What could be better than that?

The two theoretical Kaslanas were already discussing how to split the spoils. They even planned to give each of their family members a Herrscher Core first.

'Using a Herrscher Core can kill people...'

The man from the Previous Era was finding it hard to keep his composure. Did these people really plan to inject everyone with a core?

Regardless of whether people died, the ones who survived would definitely be Herrschers. If everyone was a Herrscher, then no one was a Herrscher.

This way, the children born from Herrscher and Herrscher unions wouldn't have problems like Honkai adaptability.

Seriously, the great serpent had actually managed to brainstorm a very effective method.

It would be a form of coexistence between humanity and the Honkai, just with a slightly higher death toll.

[So this is how you solve the Honkai problem?]

The serpent's words carried a hint of wistful sighing.

The humans of the Current Era were far wilder than those of the Previous Era. It seemed that this time, they could definitely...?

Wait, if that was the case, did humanity win? Or did the Honkai win?

The great serpent was stuck in a mental dead end, unsure if the choice of the Current Era's humans was the right one.

"How about this? You come with us to the parallel world to find Herrschers first. After we've snatched their cores, I'll take you back to our world. What do you think?"

Seeing that the serpent seemed lonely, Noldrei decisively sent a party invitation.

"Don't worry, we're all civilized people. When we take their cores, we'll definitely find a way to keep them alive and heal their injuries. If possible, inviting them to come with us wouldn't be a big problem either."

"If they're not willing, then we'll kill them in the name of the people. Anyway, most of these Herrschers don't consider themselves human, so it's only natural for us humans to kill and eat them."

"We must not allow these evil lifeforms, who have gained power and immortality, to betray humanity."

"If we're going to have power, we'll all have it together! If we're going to be immortal, we'll all be immortal together!"

The serpent was stirred by the killing intent in Noldrei's words. So if you consider yourself human, you're human, is that it?

[You're being a bit extreme. We just need to kill the Herrschers normally. If they are willing to return to humanity, we can spare them.]

'I never thought a warrior from the Current Era would be such an extreme egalitarian.'

The great serpent was at a loss for what to do.

Were the humans of the Current Era fighting so fiercely for Herrscher abilities and immortality?

This was a bit different from the reasons the humans of the Previous Era had fought for.

The Fire Moth was an organization of heroes born to protect humanity.

[Herrschers have their own strengths and weaknesses. You'd best not be careless. You can't defeat the Finality with just one Herrscher Core.]

[Without defeating the Finality, everything is just empty talk.]

The Kaslana predecessor was truly a good old man, already starting to guide these young Kaslanas.

It doesn't matter how many Herrschers you kill, but you must defeat the Finality. Otherwise, the blood of those Herrschers will have been shed in vain.

The great serpent was starting to have some regrets. If they had known they could go to parallel worlds to steal cores, why would they have bothered having Su investigate whether those worlds had the ability to defeat the Honkai?

They could have just all gone in together and finished the job.

Their thinking just wasn't liberated enough!

'Su! MEI! Elysia! Mobius... my friends... the wisdom of future generations is truly impressive.'

If they had known there was another way to defeat the Honkai, they wouldn't have needed Noldrei from the Current Era to remind them. They might have started slaughtering their way through parallel worlds, stealing cores themselves. They would have made them all into Divine Keys.

The Kaslana ancestor sighed with emotion. His descendants had opened his mind, and he realized that the sacrifices of many had indeed been in vain.

"See? I told you there's a theoretical energy limit to Honkai Energy. The Herrscher of Finality must be the emperor of all Herrschers, holding all the power of the Honkai. We just need to find a way to make one of our own people the Herrscher of Finality ahead of time, and then we can rule by enfeoffing the Herrscher Cores."

"This way, we can embark on the path of cosmic civilization!"

Noldrei could already see his glorious achievements marked in the history books. He would become the most powerful emperor in human history.

Everyone would have to bow before him.

The Kaslana ancestor finally understood. This young descendant of his hadn't taken his words to heart at all. It was as if the Herrscher of Finality was just a minor inconvenience, and he even wanted to become the Herrscher of Finality himself.

Were the humans of the Current Era all this arrogant?

The ancestor couldn't understand. Had the world changed so drastically while he was sealed in the Sea of Quanta? Had it become a place he no longer recognized?

'Could he be planning to usurp my power?'

The ancestor then remembered that he himself was... the Finality?

These young descendants weren't here to hunt Herrschers and steal cores from parallel worlds. Their true purpose was to hunt him, the ancestor hidden in the Sea of Quanta.

And then...

They would become the ancestor themselves?

After figuring out the logic, the Kaslana ancestor felt he couldn't let them harm humanity like this.

"But we haven't seen the Herrscher of Finality yet..." Durandal felt that Noldrei's idea was good. After all, he had already successfully controlled several Herrschers.

He even distributed Herrscher Cores casually. These were all successful cases, so Durandal had no reason not to believe in Noldrei's path to fighting the Honkai.

But there was a problem. The Honkai of the Current Era was currently in hiding, biding its time and refusing to come out.

This made seizing the authority of the Herrscher of Finality impossible to even talk about.

A look of delight spread across Noldrei's face. "You just don't get it, do you?" he said meaningfully. "We can let the people of a parallel world encounter the Herrscher of Finality first, and then find a way to snatch its authority. Who knows, maybe because we're working so hard to destroy a parallel world, the Honkai of that world will take a liking to us and actively make us the Herrscher of Finality."

"Think about it, doesn't that make sense?"

Little Bronya immediately distanced herself from Noldrei. She looked at him in terror, as if she had already seen the Herrscher of Finality.

Even the great serpent ancestor was shaken.

With this kind of thinking, even Mobius would have to admit that the Herrschers were too kind.