Honkai: Man(Sludge) From Future

Noldrei said with exaggerated grief, "It seems it really was Bronya's fault. Tell you what, I'll have Bronya wear a skirt and do a handstand apology to you, Fu Hua. Make the minor drink three glasses of baijiu [Strong Chinese liquor], and forgive her since she's still a child!"

Fu Hua was stunned. She felt Noldrei had somehow picked up some... special Shenzhou customs.

"That's even worse!" Kiana couldn't resist the urge to tsukkomi.

"Forget it, at least the order hasn't been fully issued yet. Thanks to you guys making Bronya participate in the Stigmata battlesuit synchronization experiment! Her fainting was perfectly timed. If it had been a bit later, it might have actually happened."

Fu Hua was quite relieved about this and subconsciously asked, "By the way, Bronya, since you fainted, that means you must have reached a very deep level within the Stigmata Space, right?"

Can we please drop this?

Bronya glanced at Fu Hua, suspecting she was intentionally trying to embarrass her.

"Ah, um..." Bronya mumbled evasively, "Bronya doesn't really know."

Fu Hua gave Bronya a suspicious look. "Anyway, it's great that you haven't issued the order yet. My suggestion is to add auxiliary volunteer police, chosen from businesspeople. As long as one joins, others will want the title too. That gives us the authority to command them during operations."

"Lower the basic execution costs first, then gradually train and filter these volunteers upwards, squeezing out the existing security personnel. After both run in parallel, extend your control. Don't just make rash decisions that cause major problems!"

As expected of someone who had lived through so many feudal eras, her focus was on stability!

A perfect demonstration of harnessing the wisdom of the masses.

"Great! Then this important task is entrusted to you, Fu Hua!"

Kiana was ready to appoint Fu Hua on the spot, but Fu Hua immediately rejected the proposal.

"I refuse. This kind of thing requires a trustworthy local. And I can't do this kind of work. My main job is to fight... Honkai?"

She began to doubt whether she was even fighting the Honkai anymore. By now, the... which Honkai Eruption was it supposed to be?

Noldrei had completely messed up the Honkai's sequence.

Logically, Wendy should have caused the 4th Eruption, but the Herrscher created by the Gem of Haste didn't appear. Instead, Noldrei directly catalyzed it into Dr. Tesla's body.

This resulted in the 3rd and 4th Herrschers becoming the same Herrscher.

In other words, the next Eruption should be the 5th, and the 5th Herrscher would be born.

This Herrscher could only be born within Nagazora City because Noldrei had completely suppressed the possibility of Herrschers appearing outside. No one outside could withstand even a tiny bit of Honkai energy.

Tesla could also monitor the concentration changes of Honkai energy throughout Nagazora City.

There was only one possibility for a Herrscher to appear: someone from Nagazora City… escaping.

Fu Hua wouldn't allow this to happen. She had to maintain the normal operation of the entire city.

Noldrei, who wanted to push humanity to the next era by inflicting great suffering, had a fundamental conflict of interest with Fu Hua.

Tesla said, "It should be considered the 5th, since Wendy's was skipped. I estimate the Honkai will bring out stronger Honkai beasts. But for a Herrscher, no matter how strong the beasts are, they can't really do much harm."

Tesla mentally calculated that the next Eruption should be concentrated in Nagazora City.

Bronya looked at Dr. Tesla in shock. Talking so confidently, wasn't she afraid of getting a brutal reality check later?

Just think how many times little Bronya had been slapped in the face since coming to Nagazora City by that pay-to-join online group! After every face-slapping, she could only silently increase the pressure on her subordinates, becoming a truly evil bureaucrat.

Just as Sirin predicted, Noldrei, leading his evil ruling clique, was sprinting down the path of human destruction.

The Herrscher of the Void cackled, "I know, I know! You insects are so screwed! Just you wait, Nagazora City will collapse soon! Then a new Herrscher will come and kill all of humanity!"

Noldrei's tentacles grabbed the giant head and stuffed it back into his body.

He said matter-of-factly, "Let's just pretend we didn't hear that. That's our in-house censorship at work."

Fu Hua felt more and more that Noldrei had learned some very interesting things.

Fu Hua brought the conversation back on track. "If the Lord of Anti-Entropy is considered the 1st Herrscher, and the Herrscher of the Void is the 2nd, with Dr. Tesla hogging the 3rd and 4th, then the next one should be the 5th."

Noldrei found this interesting ranking amusing. He chuckled and said, "This Honkai has a pretty good personality. If it were me, I'd just release all the Herrschers at once and wipe everything out in one go."

Everyone looked at the Emperor, who seemed utterly unconcerned about the Honkai's progress, and ultimately decided to pretend they hadn't heard him.

"The 5th Herrscher we need to focus on now will definitely appear in Nagazora City. So, all our subsequent actions should focus on cultivating the self-rescue capabilities of the people here. We also need to further develop their combat effectiveness and resilience in the face of disasters."

After speaking, Fu Hua looked at Noldrei, waiting for instructions from their leader.

"Why are you looking at me? Don't you have combat power against Herrschers? Do whatever you want."

Noldrei felt there was no need for him to give any further guidance. It was time for these people to take action themselves.

But the others didn't think so. Noldrei's presence was simply too overwhelming to ignore.

"What I want to ask you is, how do you plan to deal with the 5th Herrscher? Or rather, how do you plan to modify them?"

Everyone felt Fu Hua was being too direct, as if she already assumed Noldrei would modify the 5th Herrscher.

"I think it's time to delegate the modification authority. Let Kiana and Tesla handle the modification of the potential 5th Herrscher."

Fu Hua rubbed her ears, wondering if she had misheard.

What did Noldrei just say?

He was going to let Kiana and Tesla deal with the 5th Herrscher and handle the modification?

Did he really know what he was saying?

"If you're worried about this, why not bring Overseer Otto and Cocolia in for a discussion? This is an unavoidable ethical choice for modern humanity."

Noldrei felt it was time for the next step.

Did they think they could just dump all the responsibility for human genetic research on him, a future person, and then comfortably enjoy the fruits of that research? No way! He absolutely wouldn't allow them to do that.