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No matter what tricks Prince Kevin uses, May can perfectly ignore him.
While May tries to avoid Kevin, Kevin is also trying to win May's heart.
However, his behavior... can be a bit childish at times...
If peace could continue... perhaps the prince and the bookish girl would have a happy ending...
She was very familiar with these names, because that was where she met Mei, got to know her, and became friends.
It's surprising that the previous civilization and the current civilization have such a high degree of overlap. And Kevin from that time also had a similar experience to her.
Without Kiana saying anything more, Mei knew that Kiana, like herself, must have recalled those carefree days when they were still students.
Back then, Kevin would always do things that surprised Mei, or say things that surprised her.
Because what he said and did was what he truly thought in his heart.
But it is precisely because of this that Kevin was able to gradually enter May's heart.
However, no one would have expected that a simpleton would become the most powerful fusion warrior.
Did he, like Lord Bai'e, experience endless suffering?
Salvation... a beautiful word, yet why does it always drive people towards suffering and despair?
Unfortunately, this peace was shattered on this day.
The third collapse occurred in Changkong City.
As the alarms sounded, people rushed frantically to the shelters.
During the disaster, Kevin protects May, trying to escape this hellish situation. However, at that moment, they encounter a man dressed in a black suit.
The men in black's goal is to find and protect Mei, and at the same time, invite her to join humanity's fight against the Honkai as a scientist.
The man in black claims to be from "The Moths of Fire," a UN-affiliated organization fighting against the Honkai.
Just six months ago, May published a paper on quantum mechanics. This caught the organization's attention, and they judged her to be a once-in-a-century genius.
Kevin, who was unwilling to leave May, also requested to join the "Fire Moths" as a soldier.
And so, the fates of the boy and girl were quietly intertwined.
These are two completely unrelated worlds, yet they have many overlaps. This coincidence is hard for him to believe.
Moreover, such coincidences are not uncommon in the Milky Way...
The unnecessary trouble probably refers to the pointless charades of politicians. If there were a leader like Otto, these troubles could certainly be avoided.
Lady Theresa... is not yet adept at handling this matter.
Three years later...
Humanity has defeated the Sixth Herrscher.
After experiencing brutal battles, Kevin has become an excellent soldier.
In the battle against the Honkai, humanity's forces have lost more than half of their strength. Faced with humanity's predicament, the Honkai have intensified their offensive.
The seventh Herrscher, "Herrscher of Flame," possesses destructive power far exceeding that of other Herrschers.
Within a week of her birth, she turned the entire country of Australia into a sea of fire.
In order to fight against the Seventh Herrscher, May proposed the "Fusion Warrior" plan.
In other words, by integrating the DNA of a King-class Honkai Beast into a human body, a super soldier with natural resistance to Honkai energy and physical abilities surpassing those of humans is created.
In order to support May's plan, Kevin volunteered to become a test subject.
Within him, the DNA of "Parvati," a Honkai Beast of the Emperor class capable of controlling ice and snow, was integrated. After enduring unspeakable pain, Kevin gained the power to control ice and snow, but his body also suffered irreparable damage…
Under Kevin's leadership, who had gained the power of Honkai, humanity finally defeated the Herrscher of Flame.
However, Kevin was not happy despite his victory.
Having incorporated Honkai Beast DNA, his body temperature remains at -30 degrees Celsius year-round; anyone standing next to him will suffer frostbite.
For the rest of his life, he must endure loneliness, never again able to embrace the one he loves most.
He understood that Kevin had faced the same choice every moment since then: the "minority" or the "majority".
Everyone has a "minority" within them that surpasses the "majority" or even the "whole," but in the face of collapse, people must give up something.
When she saw that figure, some memories slowly surfaced, along with his mature teachings, teachings about "hope".
She understands this pain, this loneliness, because of herself, and because of death, she is unable to embrace or even get close to others.
Chapter 166 Humanity Will Definitely Defeat the Honkai
However, these two victories were not as rosy as they seemed.
At that time, the shadow of the Sixth Herrscher had not yet faded, and he was forced to kill his comrade-in-arms, the "Herrscher of Flame," who still seemed to have human consciousness.
Whenever he closes his eyes, he sees that ball, the ball held by the Fire Moth after the Sixth Herrscher.
At that time, his comrades and his beloved were all by his side. He was afraid of this beautiful dream, but he was even more afraid of the cold reality that would follow.
I am afraid of myself, who has caused the deaths of many innocent people and whose hands are stained with the blood of my comrades.
As a result, he suffered from mental illness and began to desert his comrades. Some people at the base saw Kevin walking alone on the lake.
Mei advised him to see a psychologist, but it didn't yield very good results.
Kevin pushed himself harder and harder, becoming more and more like May, more and more "rational." As the seventh Honkai ended, he was already preparing for the next Honkai.
Despite the obvious side effects, Kevin gave people hope for the end of the world.
In a short period of time, the Fire Moth had acquired eight Fusion Warriors.
Later, Mei and his comrades prepared a birthday party for him.
At the birthday party, there were Alice and Sakura in their formal dresses, the uneasy Kon, the nagging Desdobia, and Mei standing beside him—all people he cherished.
Even Aponia and Mebius sent gifts.
That night was Kevin's most precious memory and one of his rare moments of longing.
He also hated himself, hated himself for having his hands stained with the blood of his comrades.
He also doubted himself, wondering if he should sacrifice his life again and again for a tomorrow that might not even exist.
This self-doubt and hatred once made him hesitate, but in the end, he persevered.
Therefore, he believed that this man would definitely be able to persevere.
You can see Sakura and Plum dressed in beautiful clothes, carefully grooming themselves; you can see Kosmo before he grew horns; and you can see Daisy and Scar.
And Kevin's smiling face!
When I have time, I must show this photo to Mei!
It was only after that he realized that, after experiencing so many things that almost drove him to the brink of collapse, he could still remember how a person should laugh.
Gretchen looked at the people attending the birthday party on the light screen and silently read out their identities and names.
Six months later, the eighth Honkai impact descended in the form of sleeping sickness, and millions of people died in their sleep.
In that battle that shattered the Honkai, the telekinetic user Desdovia and Gretsch's mother Blanca both perished.
The key to this incident lies with one of Dr. Sisper's students in the Fifth Science Division—Su, Kevin's old classmate.
He was transformed into a Fusion Warrior by Mebius and determined the location of the Eighth Herrscher through observation.
Before launching his counterattack, Kevin, who believed he would be trapped in the past and his dreams, borrowed a chain called Discipline from Aponia.
Just as he was about to launch a counterattack, Alicia said, "Sigh, Kevin...you know what? That's the thing I dislike most about you."
"You don't have to shoulder everything yourself, really. Even if you don't trust Möbius, you should trust some of your old classmates more."
"The counterattack... has already begun, hasn't it?"
However, even though they had gained a certain advantage, things still took an unexpected turn.
After waking up after pinpointing the location of the Herrscher, Sue was confronted with her mentor's blood.
He clutched the wine flask, which could hardly be warmed, his mind clouded by self-reproach, rage, and murderous intent. Hatred carried him to the location of the Herrscher... but he was bound by an unseen force, powerless to resist, powerless to escape.
Fortunately, Aponia saved him.
From then on, he always clutched his teacher's wine jug, using the alcohol to numb himself.
His life was so complicated that in the end, he was not as insightful as a younger generation.
Is it because she looks a lot like him?
Perhaps, but he preferred to believe that she was different from all of them. Because this was the "spark" they wanted.
It made her want to say something, but she didn't know what to say.
His comrades... almost all of them died on the battlefields of the previous civilization. Now, Hua has been reborn, Su has disappeared without a trace, and the Ark Project has vanished without a trace.
There was no one around him anymore.
He always believed in his companions, and therefore, he was determined to carry their hopes and everything they had towards tomorrow.
[With a familiar voice, the wine jug was snatched from someone's hand.]
Su raised her head and looked at her former best friend's face, which showed a cold expression she had never seen before.
"We don't have that much time to wallow in despair. 'They' will continue to appear, threatening our civilization."
"Kevin..."
"Su, May hopes that you will succeed Dr. Spassy as the head of the Fifth Science Division and go to the headquarters of the Firemoth to continue your previous research."
"I... am here to take over... the teacher's place?"
"If you don't want his sacrifice to be in vain, stand up and keep fighting."
"Humanity will surely defeat the Honkai... no matter the cost."
This was the promise he made to her, and to everyone else.
No matter how the future changes, he will definitely do it!
Chapter 167 Leader
During the Ninth Honkai Impact, the pseudo-black hole triggered by the Herrscher of Rock swallowed the entire Mu continent.
In order to fight against the Herrscher, the second squad leader Kevin chose to sacrifice Scar when faced with two evils.
Faced with Kosmer's questioning, his only rebuttal was:
This decision was his, not a moth drawn to a flame. Faced with two evils, they had no other choice; in that situation, "only he could"...
Kevin has always been like this; he never uses any excuse to evade the guilt and pain he should bear.
But upon hearing this, Kosmo became even more agitated, triggering an overweight transformation in his anger.
After that, Kosmo also left the squad.
Following this event, 85% of the landmass inhabited by humans was destroyed.
Inside the paradise, Kosmo gently covered Gretsch's eyes and ears. Even though it was just self-deception, he didn't want her to see or hear that scene.
But Gretchen slowly pried his hands away.
"It's alright, Kosmo."
Kosmo lowered his hand.
Six months later, people discovered the Tenth Herrscher.
Although the Tenth Herrscher's individual power was weak, the disasters it caused were equally immense. Because of its abilities, the Tenth Herrscher was officially named—"The Herrscher of Domination".
Within the Fire-Chasing Moths, they are more commonly referred to as "the Ruler of a Thousand Men".
Because of its existence, people began to distrust their companions.
To stop the thousand Herrschers, May moved the research facilities for the Divine Keys to the isolated island P-21, where Kevin led a force to guard it.
While Kevin was blocking the enemy at the beach, Imre led another group of thousands of individual Herrschers to attack Mei.
During the battle, Mei, wearing the Blank Key, eliminated most of the individual Herrschers.
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