Honkai: Man(Sludge) From Future

"Under my rule, humanity has taken its first steps toward understanding the weaknesses of the Honkai. There are no more Herrschers running rampant on the surface. The only few Herrschers that remain are at my home, making some insignificant contributions to the development of human civilization."

Noldrei boasted proudly, as if he had found an audience to show off to, and these people were all his devoted listeners.

Seeing the astonished expressions on the faces of these ancient human predecessors, Noldrei finally understood why the protagonists in historical fiction novels always loved to brag to their ancestors. This feeling was just too good. Being worshiped by everyone felt like he had found his true calling.

"I've already thought it through. After we get out, we'll build a Pony Continent in the Stigma Space. Then, we'll turn everyone into ponies to live happily inside, and then we'll tell them that if they don't defeat the Honkai outside, this virtual, happy Pony Continent will be destroyed!"

"That way, humanity will strive to fight against the Honkai in order to maintain their collective beautiful vision."

'Alright, alright, so you're going to cultivate a group of dedicated gaming fans through a virtual game, right?' Vill-V quickly understood Noldrei's idea. He was going to recruit real-life "My Little Pony" players to go into battle.

She had no idea what their actual combat effectiveness would be, but Vill-V wasn't optimistic. How could anyone in this world charge into battle for a virtual world? That was just too ridiculous.

But Noldrei didn't think it was ridiculous at all. It was just like the meaning of religion. The only difference was that Noldrei had organized these "virtual game players" in a religious way.

When that time came, the soldiers of the Pony Empire would strike hard against the Honkai.

The people in the Elysian Realm had never been outside, so they had no way of knowing if what Noldrei said was true or false. They just listened to whatever he said.

Elysia would nod seriously from time to time, let out a gasp of surprise, and even praise Noldrei's foresight.

Their coordination was so perfect it was as if they had rehearsed it many times.

Eden and Hua looked at each other, not knowing what kind of Pony Continent they had gone to see to end up like this.

'Could it be... that there's really some kind of magic in there?'

The Flame-Chasers of the Elysian Realm all became a little curious about the Pony Continent, wondering what the memory world Noldrei had created was really like.

"You don't know, but among all my subordinates, Otto is the most capable. Although everyone has their own thoughts, it's not a big deal. You can't expect everyone to really fight the Honkai just for the sake of fighting the Honkai, right? If the Honkai didn't threaten something they cherish, who would go out of their way to fight for no reason?"

Noldrei's words made the Flame-Chasers frown involuntarily. It sounded like he was insulting them. Did this person know something about the Previous Era?

"I know this Otto person well. I have some dirt on his past. He wanted to resurrect his beloved, so he started conducting human experiments. The funniest part is that he told the truth to the experimental staff, without even trying to hide it."

"I told Otto, don't do it like that. Humanity won't make any progress that way, and you'll get very little experimental data." Noldrei complained to the Flame-Chasers about the "incompetence" of his subordinates. He continued, "I say, let's just stop focusing on the Honkai for a while and try to provoke a nuclear war. That way, people will have to develop genes and gene drugs to survive. Then you can experiment however you want, and people will even thank you for it."

The Flame-Chasers' faces turned green as they listened. They had never expected Noldrei to suddenly start talking about conducting human experiments on all of humanity.

"But they rejected my, the Emperor's, opinion. I'm not some murderous villain. Just like this Honkai thing, someone even tried to tell me that a world war was started because the Honkai had corrupted a certain leader."

(The original Honkai Impact 3rd worldview did mention such a thing.)

Noldrei laughed out loud at this point, as if he had heard something funny.

"They're really stupid. It must have been faked by the successor leaders after the defeat. I heard that the German leader who started the war ended up shooting himself in his own bunker. Heh, as if I wouldn't know? Even a dead person can be corrupted by Honkai Energy as long as they still have body heat."

"You just throw some high-concentration Honkai Energy crystals in there afterwards, and then blame everything on the Honkai. All the blame will surely be shifted to that leader."

"And that's what happened. Although some of the classes that followed that leader to start the invasion were eliminated, a large part of them were preserved. What dirty, primitive politics. I can't stand such inferior political tactics! Ptooey!"

Noldrei spat with disdain.

The Flame-Chasers' emotions rose and fell with his story. They didn't know if this person was good or bad. But what he said sounded quite interesting. At least the Current Era had also seen situations similar to the Previous Era, where they used the Honkai to fight among themselves.

"I can understand why these primitives do this. After all, the Honkai is still a bit of a threat to them. If something really happens, they really can't handle the crisis."

"But these guys! They're so disgusting. They clearly know that the Honkai loves to get into the heads of those who hate human society, yet they still live this kind of life that constantly produces people who hate humanity."

"Is there water in their brains? Why!"

Noldrei really didn't understand the thinking of these past humans in this regard. All they needed to do was slightly change the world's attitude to give more people the will to fight the Honkai.

The benefits they could dig out from the Honkai side would surely be much greater than the benefits of letting the Honkai run rampant like this. Noldrei really couldn't understand why they had to go to such lengths.

Now, all the Flame-Chasers understood. Noldrei was indeed very worried about the humans of the Current Era, especially the internal conflicts among them. He even had the attitude that the Honkai was a small problem, while humanity's internal conflicts were the big problem.

Hua was a little curious when she heard this. She asked, "Then how is the Honkai in the Current Era? I heard there was a Honkai eruption outside not long ago?"

She had heard this from Raven.

Noldrei immediately put on a solemn expression and said:

"Rest assured! I have already learned how to report to our ancestors. This golden age on Earth is as you wished, a world of peace and prosperity! We are actively promoting a new system to further develop humanity's potential, until we break out of the solar system!"

The Flame-Chasers of the Elysian Realm were greatly comforted and expressed their admiration for Noldrei's achievements.