If Herrscher is the manifestation of rules that have been transformed by Honkai.
The birth of each Herrscher signifies the success of Honkai's transformation of physical rules, then the process of creating a Herrscher must involve the process of Honkai transforming rules.
And in this process of observing Honkai, perhaps unexpected results could be obtained.
If this world shows traces of being interfered with by higher dimensions, then this is the fastest way to observe higher dimensions.
Chen Ran wants to create Honkai, to give birth to Herrscher.
Moreover, this Herrscher is not created using the gems on the moon; when the Herrscher Core forms on the moon, it means that Honkai's corruption of the rules has already succeeded, losing its observational value.
What he wants to create is a brand new Herrscher born from super-concentrated Honkai.
Wendy couldn't help but feel a bit dazed: "How many people will this sacrifice?"
She questioned: "Will those sacrificed also just be your cold number 1?"
Although the girl was infatuated with Chen Ran, it didn't mean she would firmly believe that what Chen Ran did was right.
Especially in creating a Major Honkai Eruption.
How many people would die because of this, how many would be displaced?
"No one will die because of this."
Chen Ran looked at Wendy and said: "Don't forget my ability."
He could create Honkai and then commit suicide.
Time would rewind an hour, so Honkai would essentially not have occurred.
This was the best method he could think of.
Wendy's eyes widened in shock: "You mean to..."
"Trust me, as long as I can observe the process of Honkai transforming rules, then we can use this to find a breakthrough against Honkai."
Chen Ran said seriously: "We cannot place our hopes on higher-dimensional beings outside of humanity. We can only pull hope back to ourselves."
He already had a preliminary idea.
According to the order of the Herrschers, the next Herrscher after the Herrscher of Wind is the Herrscher of Ice.
The corresponding rule of the Herrscher of Ice is to reduce the thermal motion between molecules.
As long as he observes how this rule condenses into a Herrscher through Honkai, he can formulate many things from it.
Of course, how to observe is also a problem.
Relying solely on the naked eye is useless. Although he possesses authority similar to that of a Herrscher, the system has also stated that the authority simulated by Stigmata cannot replace a Herrscher.
Only rules can observe rules.
Therefore, this is something only Wendy can accomplish.
Chen Ran must rely on Wendy's eyes.
By establishing a global connection, linking his consciousness with Wendy's, he can then share Wendy's line of sight.
Then, he will be able to observe the process of the Honkai aberration rule giving birth to a Herrscher.
"I will find a way to create the conditions for the Herrscher to appear. At that time, you will record the entire process of the Herrscher's birth through your eyes."
"After that, I need you to come back to my world once more."
Chen Ran said, "No one will die because of this, as long as we control the process of Herrscher transformation within an hour, no, even several hours is fine."
The system's setting is that time will rewind one hour after his death.
But it did not mention any cooldown time.
As long as he commits suicide enough times, time will continue to rewind.
What Chen Ran has to pay is merely the fear of facing death.
The future simulated by the system is a world that has not yet occurred, a macroscopic quantum state, so it is not fixed.
He can freely pluck the strings of time here.
As Chen Ran explained everything to Wendy, she fell silent.
She always felt that something was off, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.
In the end, Wendy made up her mind: "Since this is your request, I will definitely help you."
Chen Ran breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you."
He embraced the girl, Wendy's fragrant body calming his mood.
"Thank you, this is the first time I've been so close to hope."
Wendy smiled slightly: "Mm."
However, there was still an unresolved sorrow in her brows.
The deviations and convergences of fate would still bring everything back to square one. If there were higher-dimensional interferences, it would mean that all efforts were in vain.
Would it succeed?
She didn't know.
But if this was Chen Ran's wish, then she would strive to fulfill it.
"Next, we should play the villains."
Chen Ran had already thought of a place to create the Herrscher.
Coral Island, located on the equator.
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East Asia, Manila region.
As a densely populated port city, the risk of Honkai outbreak in the Manila area is also higher than in other regions.
In order to curb the potential spread of Honkai, Schicksal Headquarters dispatched the Snow Lotus Squad, which has two A-rank Valkyries, to garrison here.
"Are you sure we really have to do this?"
Wendy looked at Chen Ran beside her, hesitating as she said, "The Valkyries of Schicksal shouldn't be so easily scared, right?"
"Who knows, but this is the only way we can go."
If it weren't for the existence of plot memories, Chen Ran wouldn't have planned to come here.
That's right, in his mind, even the identity of the next Herrscher had already been decided.
Ana Schariac.
This is the Herrscher of Ice designated by the plot, and of course, Chen Ran's reason for doing this is not solely because of the plot.
More importantly, it is because of the Schariac bloodline in Ana.
This girl's will is not exactly Perseverance; however, when she became a Herrscher, she maintained her consciousness and struggled against Honkai for a long time.
It can be said that the bloodline within her played a crucial role.
Chen Ran didn't have any special preferences; there was no so-called 'the more you struggle, the more excited you get.'
He was just thinking that Ana's process of becoming a complete Herrscher would be slow, which would be convenient for observation.
Ana was chosen to become a Herrscher because the outbreak of Honkai in Manila brought her intense fear.
If the plot wouldn't change, he could wait for that time.
But now it was different.
Don't forget, Cecilia is still alive, and according to their generational hierarchy, Ana should call Cecilia 'aunt.'
In other words, Ana is actually Kiana's cousin.
The upcoming future cannot reference the memories of the plot, so Chen Ran planned to take the initiative.
He would become the villain who lures Ana into the abyss.
Wendy didn't know why he chose Ana, but she decided to listen to him.
"Oh, so what should we do?"
"First, let's find her."
The two acted like a couple enjoying themselves, blending into the crowd.
At this moment, Ana was naturally unaware that she was being watched.
As a member of the Schariac family, Ana's talent is also among the top ranks in Schicksal.
She became a Valkyrie at the age of twelve and was promoted to A-rank Valkyrie at sixteen.
Although she couldn't compare to Wendy, she was still exceptionally gifted.
In order to gain experience in combating Honkai, she joined the Snow Lotus Squad.
Although she is nominally the vice-captain, she is actually learning more.
"Another day of finding nothing."
Ana, who was on patrol, stretched and muttered to herself, "Every day is a boring patrol. Although I can slack off and watch the sea, it's still so boring."
Due to the insufficient number of Valkyries, and the large area of the Manila region, the patrol duties are divided among everyone.
Currently, the Honkai cannot be known to the ordinary public, so the Valkyries still need to learn to disguise themselves among the crowd.
At this moment, she walked to the beach, casually shook her head, and her chestnut-colored long hair danced in the wind.
The sun shone on her delicate face, attracting the attention of many.
Someone mustered the courage to invite her: "This beautiful Miss, is there a lucky chance for me to have lunch with you?"
Ana smiled gently: "No, sorry."
Her rejection left the person even more dazed.
However, at this moment, Ana was unaware that two people were watching her from the crowd.
That night, the Valkyrie squad in Manila sounded the alarm.
"There has been a strong Honkai Source reaction on an uninhabited island near the edge of Manila's port."
"According to the reaction, at least one Emperor of Honkai has appeared."
After the alarm rang, the captain of the Snow Lotus Squad gathered everyone to eliminate the Honkai Beast at the Honkai Source.
Ana looked at the dark sky, feeling an ominous premonition in her heart.
She said, "Should we request support from headquarters?"
"There's no time." The captain looked at her and comforted, "And it's just a Honkai Beast, it will be fine."
Ana's premonition grew worse.
However, at this moment, she naturally could not flee from the battle.
Whether as a Valkyrie or as a member of the Schariac family, she should lead the charge.
She donned her Valkyrie Armor and followed the team to the uninhabited island where the Honkai Source was located.
However, the moment she stepped onto the island, she suddenly realized that her teammates were nowhere to be found.
Turning on the flashlight in her hand, the strong light illuminated the dark island, resembling the gaping maw of an indescribable monster.
"Captain, Lily, where are you!"
Ana couldn't help but call out her teammates' names, but found no response.
It was as if they had completely vanished the moment they stepped onto the island, and the girl was soon overtaken by fear.
Suddenly, Ana heard a rustling sound.
Instinctively, the girl made a defensive gesture, but when she shone the flashlight, she found nothing.
But the rustling sound grew louder.
Ana hurriedly rushed over, and her pupils widened in shock.
Her teammates were all lying on the ground.
"How could this happen?"
Ana instinctively stepped back, and then she felt a sharp pain in her head.
The girl instantly lost consciousness.
Wendy's eyes flashed with complexity as she softly said an apology.
Chen Ran emerged from the island, saying, "I temporarily blocked the communication between the squad and Schicksal Headquarters and disguised it, but I'm not sure how long it can delay."
"There's no time to waste; let's take Ana away."
He couldn't be sure if he would succeed, but what he could do now was to repeat the plot while trying to shorten the time as much as possible.
Chen Ran didn't care how Honkai selected people to become Herrschers.
What he cared about was the entire process of the Herrscher's birth.
Wendy nodded and directly picked up Ana.
She didn't know if what she was doing was right or wrong, but since she had promised Chen Ran, she would continue to do it.
Wendy still believed in Chen Ran.
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The fifth Honkai occurred in the Coral Island region on the equatorial belt.
And when it comes to Coral Island, one must mention the Star River Ladder.
The Star River Ladder is a space exploration plan proposed by the United Nations in 2008.
Its main content is to use humanity's powerful technology and economy to establish an 'elevator' track to space, thereby utilizing the space elevator transportation channel to build a large cosmic space station in near-Earth space, providing a stronghold for humanity to explore the universe.
After two years of negotiations and resolutions, the "Star River Ladder" plan began implementation.
Relying on the emerging city of Coral Island on the equatorial line in the Asia-Pacific region, based on the technological strength brought by its powerful economy and technology center, the strength of all humanity was gathered to erect a track that reaches the clouds and leads to space.
Wendy, holding Ana, arrived at the top of the Star River Ladder.
This place gathers the wisdom of the world's top engineers and material scientists, and correspondingly, the probability of Honkai erupting here is higher than in other cities.
According to Chen Ran, there are already many conditions for the birth of Honkai here, as if it were a warehouse filled with fuel, just waiting for a spark.
"Is this really okay?"
Wendy still felt a bit uneasy.
Chen Ran nodded, "Theoretically, I haven't found any issues."
"According to the second law of thermodynamics, if the entropy of one system decreases, it will inevitably cause a greater increase in the entropy of another system. From the perspective of information, there exists a high degree of information asymmetry between a highly chaotic ordinary environment and a highly ordered negative entropy environment."
"I have reviewed the materials related to Anti-Entropy, and they have studied the coexisting relationship between Honkai and information asymmetry."
"Mathematically, the imaginary internal energy belonging to the collapsed dimension and the real internal energy as a divergent dimension in four-dimensional spacetime can be unified through high-dimensional complex functions, allowing us to observe the activities of Honkai on a microscopic scale."
"What we are doing now is to create information chaos in the highly ordered Coral Island, thereby generating a strong entropy difference."
"The Honkai induced by the entropy difference will guide it into Ana's body, allowing her to become a Herrscher, and at a microscopic level, we will be able to observe the activities of Honkai."
"By probing the activities of Honkai, we can detect the alienation of rules, which is the birth of the Herrscher. This is what you need to do."
"You are the Herrscher; you will definitely see more than I can. After you see it, I will find a way to connect to your memories to formulate the next step."
This was all of Chen Ran's plan.
After observing the process of the alienation of Honkai rules and the birth of the Herrscher, he would return to his original world and wait for Wendy's arrival.
The full connection would allow them to share memories, and at that time, he would know the true process of the Herrscher's birth through Wendy.
Chen Ran was actually unsure what knowing this process would be useful for.
In fact, he couldn't even be certain whether this plan would succeed directly.
What he relied on was only the system's unique method of time reversal.
This significantly increased his trial-and-error costs.
"The people of Coral Island will die at this time, but they will be resurrected afterward."
Chen Ran took a deep breath and took out the ether fuel from the system space.
This high-concentration Honkai-fueled substance was originally meant for exploring space, but now it had become a deadly weapon for creating Honkai.
Just as Chen Ran was about to act, Wendy suddenly spoke up, "I still feel something is off."
She grasped Chen Ran's wrist and said, "I have a question. Answer me first, then we can continue."
Chen Ran asked, "What do you want to know?"
"What are you afraid of? What exactly are you afraid of?" Wendy said, "You weren't like this before."
She looked into Chen Ran's eyes: "When you made plans before, you would at least go through meticulous calculations and feasible theories. You wouldn't be like now, planning to rely on suicide to reverse time and try again."
"That's right, people can be resurrected after death, but when death becomes a habit, will you still have the determination to fight against Honkai?"
"You haven't even gotten Ana's consent and are already toying with her fate. What's the difference between you and Honkai now?"
Wendy whispered, "Tell me, Chen Ran, what are you really afraid of?"
Chen Ran was momentarily lost in thought.
He said, "I'm afraid of interference from higher dimensions."
"Lies."
A hint of disappointment flickered in Wendy's eyes: "Even if it were a higher-dimensional existence, it wouldn't make you this fearful. After all, you've crossed time more than once."
"Alright."
He turned his face slightly and said, "Actually, my reality is under threat."
"At the time I existed, someone sent me a piece of information. You probably don't know about the X-10 experiment."
"That was a Honkai adaptation experiment conducted by Anti-Entropy in 2013, quite ordinary. But this experimental data ended up in my hands fifty thousand years ago."
"My secret was discovered, and I felt unsafe."
This was the reason Chen Ran was so anxious and restless.
He couldn't even confirm whether Elysia's possession of the X-10 experimental data belonged to this world.
Was this a warning? Or a trick?
He didn't like this passive feeling.
Although he didn't know who contacted Elysia to give her the data, it indicated one thing: he could no longer leisurely continue altering time.
He needed to find a way to defeat Finality and Honkai faster.
Wendy was right; if it were the old Chen Ran, he would have thought about establishing functional relationships and considering feasibility.
The most important point was that if it were the old him, he would have sought Ana's opinion.
But now, he had lost a certain bottom line.
And after Wendy listened to everything Chen Ran said, she couldn't help but hug him tightly.
"Mr. Chen, I actually dislike the you in Manila."
"You've become so anxious that you've given up on yourself, and I don't like that."
"If the pressure is too much, it's okay to cry it out."
Chen Ran did not cry.
He just felt a bit tired.
Wendy whispered, "There will still be Herrschers appearing in this world; both you and I know this very well."
"So, I promise you, when the new Herrscher appears, I will do my best to observe the process of Honkai alienation and then find you."
She said, "You should take a break now, Mr."
Chen Ran held her tightly.
Until a voice rang in his ear.
"Um... where is this? Who are you?"
Ana woke up.
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