The Fire Chaser of the Collapsing World

"Your report was criticized by the group of staff as: alarmist. If Farmas hadn't fully supported it, the staff would have issued a reprimand order to you. They believed that as a combat team, you only need to perform the function of 'execution' That’s it. As for thinking about when and where the Honkai will happen, that should be their job.”

"But if there is no response from our front line, how can they make a judgment?" Mikael was resentful and puzzled.

"Needless to say, of course they are sitting in the office, with the air conditioner on, with their legs crossed, based on their imagination."

"What is their judgment?"

Mebius pursed his lips and remained silent for a moment, as if he was organizing his words, but also seemed to be trying to suppress some kind of emotion.

"They believe that there should be natural laws to follow in the outbreak of Houkai..."

"It makes sense." Mikael said silently.

Mebius glanced at him, whether he was teasing or just stating a fact, she continued: "What they call the law of nature is - the interval between the first collapse and the second is six years , then the third collapse should naturally happen five and a half years later..."

Mikael was speechless.

"You shouldn't have proposed the concept of the first collapse." He said dumbfoundedly.

"Why, do you think I exposed your identity from the side?" Mebius frowned and said impatiently, but her tone softened again in an instant: "I didn't know your identity when I built the model and performed calculations." Besides, your identity can't stand the investigation of someone with a heart."

"I'm just kidding, Doctor, you have such a bad sense of humor."

"Hehe..." Mebius sneered twice, "You still know I'm a doctor?"

Mikael rubbed the tip of his nose, not knowing when he and Ellie got used to calling Mebius by his name, this trend gradually spread to the entire Fifth Team, and then the Flaming Moths, to In the end, it was almost only Mebius' new assistant who insisted on adding the suffix of Doctor to her name.

After a brief silence, Mikael questioned: "Is their argument of only looking at time really tenable? No, I mean, they don't necessarily believe it themselves?"

Mebius stretched out his tongue and moistened his lips, and said: "They also prepared a second argument: the scope of the first Honkai eruption was very small, and it was even compressed to a narrow area with a radius of more than ten kilometers. The second The scope of the Honkai outbreak is relatively large, and the initial affected area was only [-] kilometers in radius... But now the abnormal area is formed from points to lines and then to planes, which almost occupies the entire eastern part of China plus the extreme east. too big……"

"It's hard to imagine, if a Honkai really erupts in such a large area, how much total Honkai energy will be needed? And how strong should the Herrscher born in this Honkai be? ?”

After Mebius finished speaking, he looked at Mikael out of the corner of his eye, and saw him holding his chin, thinking about something.

"You don't really think about their motives, do you? Let me tell you straight, not everyone understands Honkai as much as we do... In the eyes of many people, Honkai is like the Black Death or smallpox, human beings There may be a heavy price to pay, but the final victory is unquestionable. Because of this, this group of politicians in the skin of a staff member cares more about their own authority and face. Of course, there is also a need to escape Ostrich psychology."

"Ah! It doesn't seem to be an ostrich mentality. How should I say it? You have heard of the hypothesis in quantum mechanics, right? In the eyes of those staff, the third collapse is due to the superposition of explosions and non-explosions." It seems that as long as they don't observe, they can keep this process going."

"Isn't that still an ostrich mentality?"

"...I just thought it would be taller to say that."

Mikael rubbed his cheeks and squeezed out a wry smile, "Mebius, you're actually pretty good as a psychologist."

Mebius ignored his praise, but asked, "Where's the doctor?"

"Oh, Dr. Mebius..."

A well-shaped vein emerged from Mebius' forehead, and she snorted coldly, but there was nothing she could do about Mikael.

"To be honest, Mebius, you really didn't let Famas out on purpose to get in touch with me and confirm the third Honkai?"

Mikael asked suddenly.

Mebius didn't respond, not even a cold snort.

The car stopped at the gate of the secret base of Flame Chasing Moth. From the outside, it was just a short and small office building with nothing special.

If there is anything special, it should be the three-letter signboard on the top of the building: MHY...

That's right, this secret base is packaged as a game company. In fact, there is a game company, but that is just the expansion of the business of the fire moth. There are a lot of basements on the top floors, which are actually the fifth team and support Company personnel and equipment.

From a long distance away, Mikael saw the pink figure standing in front of the building, constantly lowering his head and dozing off.

She belatedly saw the car parked in front of the building, but just as she stepped out, she tapped the ground with her toes, put it back, and waited silently.

Mikael took everything into his eyes, stared at Ellie's figure, and asked impatiently: "So is there any good news?"

"You can't wait?" Mebius retorted.

Unexpectedly, Mikael nodded brazenly.

Mebius was very helpless, so he could only lower his voice and said in a very fast tone: "Famas still has some decision-making power. He decided to transfer Himiko to Canghai City, so that Canghai City has already concentrated more than half of the fifth team. As for Sakura in the far east... he really can't mobilize. In addition, Zhuhuo No. [-] has also been transferred back to the headquarters from the southern hemisphere, and can support Canghai City at any time."

Mikael nodded, Himiko's help was a surprise. As for Chasing Fire No. [-], if there is no improvement, it really won't be of much use, especially the power of the Third Herrscher...

But having said that...

"Are you really released by Famas?" Mikael was a little surprised, took it for granted, and finally felt a trace of irony.

These two people were so at odds with each other before, but now they join forces under the oppression of the coalition government?

Mebius rolled his eyes, as if he didn't want to say more about this matter.

And Mikael's hand had already caught the door switch, but stopped again.

"Tell Famas, I'm [-]% sure that the third collapse will occur within a month, at most a month, that is, before all the students are on summer vacation. As for the location, I can only guess that it will be in Canghai City. ? Or Changkong City? But it is undoubtedly in this area, and the damage to Canghai City must not be low."

Mikael's voice was a little erratic, and he was a little worried at first, because the progress of the collapse was refreshed in real time, and he was not sure whether his existence would cause the process of the third collapse to be different from that in the plot, but until he The moment he rescued Hua, he was finally sure that the third Honkai General would arrive as promised.

"Is this the prophecy of the fellow Herrscher, or what?"

"As you understand it."

Chapter 7 He fell from the sky

Time passed faster and faster, as if a pair of hands inserted the power of time, turning the minute, second, and hour hands on it clockwise like a clockwork.

One day, two days... one week, two weeks... one month passed quickly.

Waiting is the hardest part.

If you know something is about to happen, but you don't know when it will happen, then all you can do is sit around and wait meaninglessly.

At the very beginning, the soldiers of the fifth team were nervous every day to maintain the highest state of combat readiness. Everyone seemed to be covered with ants, and they couldn't relax at all.

A week later, the state of combat readiness has not been lifted, but all the soldiers' faces are full of exhaustion, like night watchmen who have not dared to sleep for a long time, and can fly around for most of the day at the slightest disturbance.

Half a month later, the soldiers had more and more smiles on their faces, and they seemed to be back to normal life.

Today is the 31st day of entering the state of combat readiness. As the one-month period that Mikael privately declared has passed, there is no danger in Canghai City, and even the entire Shenzhou, and the Far East, except for occasional abnormal reactions of the Houkai energy. Everyone's heartstrings relax.

Even Mikael himself doubted his own judgment: Could it be that the small-scale collapse that occurred in the past few months was not an appetizer for the birth of Herrscher, but a "normal" phenomenon of collapse?

He was not sure, so he got up early in the morning and asked Yi Moer to investigate the holiday situation of Hua's school.

But until lunch time, there was no reply from the new otaku.

"Oh! Mikael, you just smiled! Could it be that you became angry because of your misjudgment? The collapse didn't happen, so it should be considered a great thing! Look at how happy everyone is laughing!"

Ellie stuffed a piece of hard black bread with crumbs into her mouth, and looked helplessly at the jam and butter on Mikael's plate.

Mikael pushed the plate forward silently, "Okay, okay, since you've lost two kilograms this week..."

He crossed his hands on his chin, and reminded worriedly: "We are not sure whether the collapse will really happen. It may never happen, or it may happen tomorrow... no, it may happen in the next second, so For us, every minute of every second has to be vigilant."

Alicia pouted, "Of course I know this! But think about it! Humans are not cold machines that can spin around the clock for 24 hours! We also need to relax! Look, during this time you I was nervous and anxious, and I had several pimples on my face!"

Mikael glanced at Ellie's round face, and retorted: "That's better than some people who eat too much sweets, overweight, and are ordered by the captain to lose weight."

While speaking, he held up a plate containing a triangular cake in front of Ellie.

Ellie's pupils shrank slightly, her eyes widened unconsciously, and she even forgot to chew the sawdust-like bread in her mouth.

then……

Mikael opened his abyss mouth, and swallowed the cake in one gulp until there was no shadow left.

He even went so far as to lick all the cream off the plate.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! That's the cake Captain Himiko rewarded me! Give me back!!"

"Don't make trouble..."

Under the astonished eyes of the rest of the soldiers in the restaurant, Mikael pointed an index finger on the top of Ellie's head, preventing her from moving an inch in place. Her hands were spinning like two big windmills, but they were too short to touch Mikael at all. Kyle.

After a while, she stomped her feet on the spot, and said incompetently and furiously: "Wow! Brothers and sisters of the fifth team! Mikael bullied me! Woooo! He is a big liar! He cheated me of my most precious s things……"

Mikael knew something was wrong, covered Ellie's mouth, carried her on his shoulder and fled.

"Eri is still so fussy..." Himiko rubbed his frowning brows away and sighed helplessly.

She then turned around and shouted to a group of melon-eating soldiers: "Why are you so dazed! It's time to eat and eat! Extra practice this afternoon! Where's Yimer? If he's absent again, he won't be able to rest tonight!"

There was a wailing in the restaurant.

Only Mebius and Klein, who were sitting in the corner, were unmoved, and swept away the lunch in front of them in a quick and unruly manner as usual.

Mikael carried Ellie and ran to the roof of the top floor - he seemed to like this kind of place with strong wind more and more.

After Ellie got off the ground, she still had a menacing expression, obviously planning to turn against Mikael for a cake and fight for [-] rounds.

Mikael poked her cheek angrily and amusedly, "You think I don't know, you asked for leave tonight, and you're going to Biluo Building with Eden for dinner!"

Ellie's secret was revealed, her aggressive expression just now disappeared, and she became flustered all of a sudden.

"Hey! How did you know! No, no, no... I mean, how did you know it belonged to Eden!"

"Is it hard to guess? Listen to the voice, it looks... Anyway, I recognized her that night. You have the nerve to say it! Biluo Building... I want to go there for dinner too..."

Mikael rubbed his stomach and sighed.He didn't just say it casually, as Ellie said, since he came to this world, his spirit has been under high pressure. Haven't tasted any serious food in seven years...

In fact, it’s not that I didn’t have time during my previous travels...it’s just that I didn’t have money...

Now I have money...but no time or thought...

So he is also a little helpless, a little nostalgic for the past.

Ellie naturally couldn't fail to see his exclamation, she hesitated slightly, and said:

"How about I say hello to Eden, and you go instead of me tonight?"

Mikael laughed twice, "What is this? You are the one invited, and you are the one who can chat. I went, isn't it embarrassing in vain!"

Ellie rolled her eyes, thought for a while, and said: "It's okay, Eden will hold 32 concerts in Shenzhou area in total, and there are five concerts in Canghai City. Now there are only two concerts. There are still opportunities in the future. I will give you a chance tonight." Let me tell you, let Eden invite the two of us together next time... Hey! Her restaurant in the Bi Luo Building has only one reserved seat for two people... But it's okay! A big star like her, change to a four-person The table is not a matter of one sentence!"

Mikael scratched her nose, hesitating a bit, "Well... how embarrassing..."

"That's really impossible... I'll pay! Ask Eden for the double seat, how about we go eat next time! Hehe! I'll try some delicious dishes tonight!"

"..." Mikael was silent for a moment, before uttering a word, "Okay."

A flawless smile bloomed on Ellie's face.

In fact, there are some things she didn't tell Mikael about Eden.For example, that night, Eden chatted with her for almost half an hour. Apart from talking about art and human beings, the two talked most about Mikael.

"Is your name chosen by both parents?"

"No! We are in the same orphanage..."

"Ah! I'm sorry, I didn't expect... Then, did the mother from the orphanage help you get it?"

"That's not true! His name was given by Seria's mother. My name was chosen by myself after reading a book of fairy tales. It just happened to be decided on the same day, and the meaning is so coincidental!"

"Hehe, Ellie, do you believe in fate? Maybe this is some kind of harbinger."

"Ah! Yes... no, oops! Anyway, it's really just a coincidence!"

At that time, although there was no mirror, Ellie could tell how red her face was just from the temperature.Fortunately, the sky was dim, and Eden couldn't tell... But she should be able to guess.

"Is there something on his mind recently?"

"Hey! Sometimes he is too pessimistic! He always feels that the world will be destroyed in a second! But it doesn't matter, I will always be by his side, as long as I am here, he will be very happy!"

"No, Ellie. I can see that the deep sorrow he bears... is very heavy, and a large part of it is the sorrow for you."

Mikael was left alone on the rooftop.He was going to rest for half a day—just half a day.

It was only after taking out his mobile phone that Yimer had already replied to his message:

[That school was already closed the day before yesterday, but there should still be students staying at school and returning home after a few days. 】

Mikael looked at Yimer's account avatar, on which was an emoji of him sleeping with his underpants covering his face, and he tapped the phone screen with his thumb meaninglessly, without saying a word for a long time.

He typed another line:

[Can you check, did those two girls leave school last time? 】

But there was no answer all afternoon.

With nothing to do, he sat on the top of the building and just looked at the sky and the clouds until the evening—when the sun had already set on the horizon, but the sky was still bright and the neon signs hadn't fully turned on.

A drop of rain fell on the tip of his nose.

Mikael looked up, his gaze narrowed slightly, and he saw a group of dark and ominous clouds rushing towards Canghai City from the sea in the east, and swirling towards Canghai City in a blink of an eye.