"President!?"
Inside the Deliberation Committee, all members stared at the President in utter shock.
The detonation key for the Mu Continent's most important spatial device and quantum energy extractor had been pressed by the President's own hand.
And this shock quickly dissipated into nothing.
That's right.
Staring at the black hole gradually forming in the Black Emperor's hands, everyone knew what was coming:
Everything the Mu Continent was.
It would all sink completely into that darkness.
The Flame-Chasers who had come to their aid were almost completely wiped out. The number of humans and armed automatons left on the Mu Continent was less than a paltry ten thousand. If calculated by the Mu Continent's average, the number of survivors probably wouldn't even reach the "thousand" mark. And besides those in the Deliberation Committee, the vast majority of the population were civilians.
The warriors.
They had long since died on the path of the Honkai Beasts' advance.
In that case... rather than sit and wait for death, it was better to find a way to drag the Black Emperor down with them!
The Eye of the Abyss.
It connected to a coordinate within the Quantum Sea that the Mu Continent called the "Abyssal Font." This super-massive device allowed humanity to observe the Quantum Sea and extract the quantum energy from within.
Quantum energy was an inert energy source.
For a long time, extracting quantum energy had been an extremely difficult task for humanity, until an accidental discovery in the Quantum Laboratory: the coordinates of the Abyssal Font within the Quantum Sea were not fixed. During a routine observation, a huge "shadow" had obscured the Eye of the Abyss's line of sight.
At the same time.
The quantum energy around the Abyssal Font had become extremely active. With just a little guidance, this quantum energy would surge through the Eye of the Abyss at an unprecedented rate.
For this reason.
The Mu Continent even had to add limiters and filters to ensure the quantum energy obtained was "pure" enough.
That's right.
Regarding this energy source that was a strong counter to Honkai energy, the Mu Continent's related research was also very cautious, terrified that some kind of quantum monster might crawl out of the sea... The human world was already in chaos; they couldn't afford any more problems on this front.
But now.
Since the fate of the Mu Continent's sinking was already sealed, they might as well—
Go for broke!
BOOM!!!
"Hm?"
A pillar of purplish-black light erupted from the explosion point!
As if it possessed a life of its own, in the very next moment after appearing, it shot directly towards the Emperor's position!
VMMMM!!!
The [Mimic Black Hole] was not yet complete, but temporarily using it as a shield to block the impact of this light pillar was not a problem.
Quantum energy of this magnitude, if it were to "brush" past even a high-ranking Honkai Beast, could cause it to be eroded to nothing in an instant.
However, against the Emperor, it was still lacking.
The pillar of quantum energy caused no "contamination" whatsoever; it was all unceremoniously sucked into the [Mimic Black Hole]!
However, what Lu Xing found strange was that this quantum energy didn't seem to be attacking him. It felt more like...
It wanted to merge into his body?
Before Lu Xing could investigate the reason, with the destroyed Eye of the Abyss at its center, the surging quantum energy no longer took the form of a simple pillar, but spread out in layers like a rushing tide!
At the same time.
Quantum "monsters" that looked like Honkai Beasts began to appear in large numbers, following the direction of the surging tide!
Assault Shadows, Blade-Dash Shadows, Floating Shadows...
They were numberless!
Right near the pillar of quantum energy, a gigantic shadow was rapidly solidifying from its illusory state, flying straight towards Lu Xing!
[Coatl, Shadow of Rebirth]
This was a quantum monster, Level 75, whose main form was extremely similar to a "Honkai Emperor," with a translucent blackish-purple body!
If calculated by Honkai Beast standards, this thing was at least a Judgement-class.
However...
The Mu Continent had made an unexpected choice.
He had thought that these scientists, with their quantum energy reserves depleted and the Abyss Cannon destroyed, had already lost their will to fight. He hadn't expected them to still have the "courage" to create a situation like this. Whether intentional or not, they had indeed given Lu Xing a considerable surprise.
But that was as far as it went.
The level of quantum energy gushing from the Eye of the Abyss, if converted to a Honkai energy rift, was roughly equivalent to that of a Great Rift. The strongest combatant among the quantum monsters was this [Coatl, Shadow of Rebirth] currently charging at him.
Swoosh!
Lu Xing dispersed the half-formed [Mimic Black Hole] in his hand. A chaotic gateway took its place, reflecting the pillar of quantum energy directly back at the ruins of the Eye of the Abyss!
[Phase Shift]
The moment the pillar of light returned along its original path.
As the Emperor's palm slowly clenched, a terrifying gravitational field instantly enveloped the Shadow of Rebirth, firmly binding the quantum monster's movements.
Subsequently—
[Atomic Breath] followed closely after [Gravity Control]. The Honkai energy halo flashed lightly, and a brilliant blue light had already torn through the air!
VMMM!
BOOM!!!
It didn't even have time to use a move.
The Shadow of Rebirth, amidst a roaring explosion, rapidly collapsed into a perfectly round, translucent sphere.
"A little different."
Unlike the quantum monsters from the original work, this one hadn't displayed the characteristic "superposition state" of a [Quantum Shield]... of course, it was also possible that the [Atomic Breath] attack was just too powerful and shattered it instantly.
As for the sphere the opponent turned into after "dying"—
Whoosh!
The color of the halo rapidly shifted to crimson.
TSSSSSSSS!!!
A scorching wind swept across the land.
All the quantum monsters that had poured out of the Eye of the Abyss were turned into spheres of various sizes in the infernal sea of fire!
This was a "supernatural conflagration" created with [Molecular Manipulation], possessing the power to incinerate everything within the Emperor's perception.
Finally...
CRACKLE!!!
As far as the eye could see, besides shattered glass-like shards littering the ground, where was there any sign of a single quantum monster?
[Universal Stagnation]
From super-high to extreme-low, the absolute flip in temperature directly destroyed the stability of the quantum monsters' forms, freezing them into fragments and dust that could never be pieced back together.
No, that's not right.
At least before the Emperor, there was still a relatively stable, large chunk of ice.
The Shadow of Rebirth, whose level far exceeded its "allies," had not died under Lu Xing's AOE, so—
BOOM!!!
An iron fist slammed down, and ice crystals filled the sky.
Now, there really wasn't a single one left.
"Next."
Just like the reason the Emperor had to destroy the Mu Continent.
If this quantum energy channel could not be sealed, it wouldn't just be the Honkai Beasts that suffered; the entire world would be dragged down by the Mu Continent... "dragged into the water" in the most literal sense.
Now.
Lu Xing was going to take the coordinate that anchored the quantum tunnel to this world—
And completely shatter it!