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Even when Walter mentioned Himeko and her family's happiness, he ignored it at that moment!

He brushed away Walter's outstretched hand.

"I have long been prepared. For the future of humanity, I am willing to sacrifice everything!" He slowly lowered his head, making it impossible to see his expression.

"You are just like Destiny, a bunch of short-sighted, stubborn cowards. To let people like you lead humanity's future? Don't be ridiculous!"

"If you don't do it—"

He ignored the mint's words that he wanted to calm down and grabbed the mint.

With the mint still puzzled, he...

"I'll do it!"

At St. Freya Academy, Himeko ran back to her dormitory and leaned against the tightly closed door.

A gentle rain began to fall in the messy dormitory.

Chapter 40 The External Key (Thanks to IX环月 for the update reminder!)

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"Ryusuke Murata, do you know what you're doing?" Walter asked incredulously. "You've betrayed your alien allies."

Ryusuke Murata did not think so.

“It was a fair trade. I fulfilled my promise to conquer Scout Star, so he also kept his promise and connected me to the collective consciousness of Hughes.”

“But after that, I was free.” His voice was flat, as if what had just happened was nothing more than normal behavior, like eating and drinking.

"He believed in you until the very last moment, and considered humanity as his partner!"

"Partners? Ha. Whether it's the Fourth Divine Key or Hughes, they're nothing more than pawns in my game."

"And what about Himeko-san? Is your daughter also a pawn?"

"..." Murata Ryusuke suddenly laughed, "That's right, she's just a pawn in my game. My target from the very beginning has been you, Welt Yang!"

The end of desire is nothingness. On that horizon of existence, how many sinful souls cling to their obsessions until their very existence vanishes?

"That's rare, Professor. Your thoughts this time are actually the same as most people's," Sand Gold said with a smile.

"Don't presume to understand what I'm saying; over-interpreting my words with your own cleverness won't work."

Dr. Truth continued watching the images playing on the screen. He held a plaster mask, which he had somehow put on, with one hand.

"His desire to explore the universe is the root of his illness. Whether it is due to internal influences or external factors, his illness has penetrated to the bone marrow and is incurable."

"I'm not criticizing his extremism; I'm just stating the facts."

Deep green tentacles climbed onto Ryunosuke Murata's body; it was an outward manifestation of the power of Shugs.

Walter dodged the attack with great precision, but still sustained a wound on his arm.

What is this ability?

“The leader of Anti-Entropy Alliance, and also the First Herrscher, there is no more suitable candidate than this,” Murata Ryusuke said excitedly.

"I used the Fourth Divine Key as bait to make contact with Anti-Entropy, but unfortunately, you did not show up."

“I was waiting for an opportunity, but I unexpectedly ran into you on campus. It was then that I had an idea.” He explained to Welt while using his tentacles to attack Welt. “An upright and kind First Herrscher, full of human weaknesses, would never stand by and watch his student die.”

After retreating a distance, Walter turned around in shock upon hearing these words.

"You mean...!"

Before Walter could voice his guess, Murata Ryusuke gave him the answer he wanted.

He deliberately revealed the coordinates, causing the people in the sky to act ahead of time.

Anger surged in Welt's heart, and the power of the Herrscher was once again overdrawn.

You hurt your own daughter!

Faced with the weapons constructed by Walter, Murata Ryusuke remained quite composed, even revealing excitement in his eyes.

That's the power!

The power of the First Herrscher, and the identity of the leader of Anti-Entropy.

He can achieve his ultimate dream simply by replacing him!

There seems to be some kind of dimensional fluctuation? Let's take another look.

"She's just an ordinary person who remembers others; don't take her words too seriously," the dreamer reminded him, noticing that Sunday was looking down as if in thought.

"Yes, I know."

"I will not be swayed by a few words. Order will shine its selfless light upon all living beings."

"It seems you've noticed. Well, it's time to play this trump card."

With a wave of his hand, Murata Ryusuke revealed the small door leading to the candy shop once again.

A viscous, dark green liquid flowed down from the portal.

In the blink of an eye, Walter realized that he and Murata Ryusuke had left the spaceship and were in another unfamiliar space.

What is this...

"The Hughes were originally beings without physical form, existing only as spirits. After connecting with the collective spirit of the Hughes, I finally came into contact with the source of their power."

"In order to fight against the Honkai, they used all their technological power and Herrscher cores to create this fortress shelter."

"Then the celestial beings attacked. They abandoned their physical bodies, preserved their consciousness here, and then migrated to other planets."

"The original power of the Hughes race has merged with this fortress to form a spatial dimension weapon that surpasses the current civilization of mankind."

Upon hearing this, Walter coldly raised the Star of Eden in his hand, releasing its unparalleled gravitational pull.

"That's right, that's right, it's essentially the same type as the Ninth Divine Key in your hand."

A sharp blade slowly emerged from the tentacle clinging to Ryusuke Murata and attached itself to his right hand.

“I call him—the ‘Outer Key’.”

The way the Hughes clan escaped the Honkai was somewhat similar to the Stigmata Project, but only slightly.

Ultimately, the biggest insurance for the Stigmata Project was actually Kevin embracing the end.

Zandal has also explored technologies related to dimensional space.

After all, as one of the first people to come into contact with the edge of the universe, he knows a little bit about everything.

Although he was only one-ninth, in his assessment, based solely on the level of technology that Hughes had demonstrated, only by relying on the Herrscher core, which even he himself did not know, could she have reached that level.

"Hollow..."

After countless years, he rediscovered the joy of exploration.

Chapter 41 Herrscher Core

As the outer key manifests, Ryusuke Murata's attacks become increasingly fierce.

"It's such a pity that they chose to run away and hide despite having such outstanding technological capabilities," Murata Ryusuke said regretfully.

But it doesn't matter. This technology is now in his hands, and he will make better use of it to lead humanity into the future!

"That cannot be your excuse to exploit them!" Walter roared. "They have been hiding within human civilization, never as enemies, and have even extended a helping hand to us!"

Unfortunately, Ryusuke Murata is no longer listening to any of this; he is completely absorbed in his obsession with his dream.

Suddenly, several tentacles rushed towards Walter.

Walter gripped the Star of Eden and dodged with difficulty.

Something's wrong. The gravity in this space is extremely chaotic. The weapon he created disappeared the moment it touched Ryusuke Murata. Even though he dodged the attack, he was still injured.

Is it an ability similar to the Second Herrscher?

"It seems you still haven't understood, Professor Walter."

Covered by tentacles, Ryusuke Murata's body slowly disappeared into space, and even his aura could not be sensed.

Suddenly, he appeared beside Walter.

"The power of so-called dimensional weapons."

Walter almost instinctively deployed an imaginary barrier in that instant, but it was easily penetrated by him.

The dimensional elevation of individual organisms is also within her research scope, but her main research focuses on biological evolution with the goal of creating a Star God.

They truly are geniuses of the universe; they were able to analyze the key to his victory from just a few brief messages.

Just as the geniuses outside the light screen analyzed, Walter was now forced to dodge and flee under the relentless pursuit of Ryunosuke Murata.

"That's right, that's the power of the Outer Key."

"Whether it's me, the outer key, or this entire shelter."

"They are all continuous wholes existing in higher-dimensional space."

At that moment, he wanted to kill Walter as easily as an author destroying a character in a book!

An attack, or rather a modification, that Walter could not observe swept across his body, and his hand became isolated from his body.

"Oh, as expected of the First Herrscher. It's just cutting off a part of your body's space, so it won't cause you too much harm." Ryunosuke Murata looked down at Welt like a god. "However, even a Herrscher cannot be immortal."

The next moment, several attacks launched simultaneously.

Walter's body was then cut into several pieces.

"Farewell, First Herrscher."

Even though his body was split into several parts by the power of higher dimensions, Walter still stared defiantly at Ryunosuke Murata in front of him.

Faced with Ryusuke Murata's disdain, Welt asked one last question with a ferocious grin:

"What... has twisted you to this point?"

“Your daughter has always admired you and looks up to you as a role model.”

"You said that a daughter's happiness is a father's wish. That wasn't a lie!"

Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs" in reality, and collapse is always a possibility.

After her mother passed away and her father gradually went mad, she gave up her dream of exploring the stars and became the Valkyrie of Destiny.

Walter had expected him to waver even slightly.

But Murata Ryusuke did not.

“That’s right, but for me, there are more important things.” He covered his face with one hand and laughed wildly, “From that day on, I made my choice.”

"I am willing to give up everything to achieve my goal. This is also for the well-being of all mankind."

He used this false sense of righteousness to mask his selfishness, which made Walter even angrier.

"You are now a complete madman."

"I must shatter... your self-righteous 'justice'."

Walter closed his eyes, perhaps unwilling to see his hypocritical face any longer.

Deep in his memory, Walter recalled the knowledge Einstein had taught him about the core of the Lawbringer.

"The core of the Herrscher is the invariant in the imaginary space."

"Although exposing him is a dangerous thing... in that world, it can serve as your North Star."

To view the world from a higher perspective, to recognize its existence, and to understand its workings.

With the power of reason and law, one can see through the "truth" of the world.

Walter was relieved that he hadn't found a way back to the solar system. Given the current situation, there were probably just as many people eyeing the solar system as those eyeing Onpharos.

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Chapter 42 A Trivial Matter (Thanks to IX Huan Yue for the update reminder)

The imaginary barrier has been reconstructed.