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"No, I don't think the traitor is Dr. Mebius. I just want to remind you to be careful about the second-generation fusion warrior project that you and Dr. Mebius are working on together."
"After all, even if you come up with a plan at the meeting that has a lower mortality rate than the previous version, the high-level council of the Firemoth will not approve your plan. But if Anti-Entropy gets its hands on it, then it will be another round of enhancement for Anti-Entropy."
Roland watched as Möbius fell into deep thought because of his words. He did not interrupt the other's thinking, but waited with a smile and silence.
He wasn't lying about that.
He did indeed have his eye on Mebius's second-generation Fusion Warrior program.
He had previously used his power to secretly observe the plans that Mebius and Mei were working on at the amusement park, and he immediately took a liking to them!
Because the data on fusion warriors that he had taken from Mebius was too early, and even after Tiamat improved it, it still followed the path of modifying orcs from the Type-Moon world. It was stable, but the potential of such fusion warriors was still insufficient.
Alicia is one thing, but she's not a Fusion Warrior at all. She just used her Herrscher powers to modify her ears and seemed to be trying to fool Tiamat—unfortunately, Tiamat didn't fall for it at all, but Roland let Alicia's little trick succeed.
However, Thousand Calamities and Aponia are genuine fusions of high-ranking Honkai Beasts.
However, neither of them had the ability to cause a collapse.
This is very strange.
According to the Fusion Warriors' lore and Mebius's statement, the question for Fusion Warriors entering the artificial collapse is not whether they can or cannot, but whether they want to or not.
But now that it's not there, it's not there. So Roland only started paying attention to it after he saw the second-generation Fusion Warrior project... or more accurately, after he saw the possibility of the Fusion Warriors collapsing due to human intervention.
If the plan weren't still incomplete, Roland would have stolen the technology long ago.
After all, he had waited for far too long!
The pantheon hasn't expanded in a long time. Because Aponia cannot be artificially destroyed, its potential has not yet been maximized, and it is not yet qualified to join the pantheon.
As for Qianjie, Alicia and Seele had already joined the ranks of the gods long ago, and in Roland's eyes, they were like three moving enhancement points.
However, Aponia was one of the original members of Anti-Entropy. Although Roland thought she might not care too much, everyone else around her had been pulled into the God Group by him, and if she was the only one not pulled into the God Group, Roland was afraid that she would feel uncomfortable. Moreover, if he could think of this, Alicia, the Herrscher of Humanity who quickly became friends with Aponia, would certainly not be unaware of it.
Even if we extend an invitation, she might not agree, and then Seele might also refuse.
Even Qianjie, although he looks very violent, is actually a thoughtful and kind guy.
They all care about their companions, which is what Roland values about them, aside from the conditions of the invitation from the gods. Therefore, Roland respects their good intentions for their companions and has been waiting and delaying.
This second version of the Fusion Warrior program is clearly what he has been waiting for.
"Why do you say the Fusion Warrior Project can't be approved...?"
After finishing his thoughts, Mebius looked at Roland with a somewhat complicated expression, his voice low.
Roland, however, maintained his smile and shrugged when he heard Mebius say that.
"Doctor, you don't seem very confident in your question. Obviously, with your intelligence, you've already figured things out, but you just don't want to admit it. In that case, I'll have to play the bad guy."
Roland shook his head, seemingly hesitant, but in reality, he spoke quite directly.
"While the real voices in the parliament rejected the Fusion Warrior program citing the high mortality rate, that wasn't the real reason."
"The mortality rate was higher, and they secretly carried out many more plans that required spending money."
"So ultimately, the problem is that the Fusion Warrior program has a high mortality rate, but its potential is also too high."
"Leaving aside the second-generation fusion warrior project you are currently researching, even the first generation from Anti-Entropy, which is very similar to the fusion warrior project you initially researched, Qian Jie, you saw it yourself. His power is already enough to break the existing rules, isn't it? Such power is not very controllable, and because of the high mortality rate, those who are truly in power will not risk their lives."
"With these points added, do I even need to explain the next questions?"
"Therefore, it is impossible for it to pass."
"Doctor, although I have no intention of interfering with your research, if possible, please avoid doing something that is both a waste of time and could potentially reinforce entropy."
With each word Roland spoke, Möbius's expression grew increasingly grim.
However, when Roland mentioned anti-entropy, Möbius revealed a sinister smile, like that of a venomous snake.
"So it seems that the leader of Anti-Entropy is much more capable than you high-ranking members of the Fire-Chasing Moths."
Roland shrugged.
"That's only temporary. We, the Fire Moth, are at the top of the world, while Anti-Entropy was just an unknown small organization before. Even now, Anti-Entropy only controls the area around Twilight Street, and its resources are limited to the trade routes they have established. In terms of scale, legitimacy, and resources, compared to the Fire Moth, it is still a small organization, isn't it?"
"Large organizations have more resources, so of course they have their concerns. If a small organization wants to rise to the top, how can it succeed without fighting hard?"
"That's why Anti-Entropy started using a high mortality rate to accumulate Fusion Warriors a long time ago. The reason why Twilight Street was so chaotic before might be because of this."
"But once Anti-Entropy gradually becomes a large organization, then whatever we are now, the future leaders of Anti-Entropy will be the same."
Upon hearing Roland's words, Möbius's heart stirred.
Although the higher-ups of the Firemoth have gradually come to accept that Anti-Entropy had been researching Fusion Warriors for a long time and had been accumulating Fusion Warrior troops since then.
But Mebius remembered very clearly that when Anti-Entropy's spies came to steal the Herrscher Core and Honkai Beast Factor last time, they also came to his laboratory and took his first version of the Fusion Warrior Project!
Then she remembered that the other person also told her that they were different...
Therefore, Mebius believes that the Anti-Entropy program might have started around that time, and then, through some method she doesn't know, greatly reduced the mortality rate of the Fusion Warrior program, and...
Mebius looked at Roland in front of him, and the sarcasm on his face became even more obvious.
The higher-ups of Anti-Entropy are clearly not as afraid of death as the higher-ups of Moth Chaser!
But even she had to admit that what Roland had just said was true.
Roland ruthlessly shattered her last hope for the Fire Moth in the conversation just now, so Mebius has now made up her mind to defect... So naturally, she won't voice her guess.
So, unusually, in this situation, Mebius didn't say anything sarcastic; he simply didn't intend to continue the conversation, and when he walked to Roland's side, he gave a soft hum.
"I understand, I will stop... but I will never condone your cowardice."
Roland smiled when he heard Mebius say that.
"So even if you can participate in the high-level council, you are not a true high-level member of the Moth Chaser."
Mebius took another step, and as he walked past the high-ranking members of Roland's Symbiotic Moth, he left behind these words.
"Yes, I'm just a scientist, and I'm grateful for that."
After leaving those words, Mebius didn't say anything more. He quickly turned the corner and disappeared from Roland's sight.
Roland watched her leave, his smile remaining unchanged throughout, like that of an innocent white rabbit, though in his heart he acknowledged Möbius's last words.
Yes, you are just a scientist, and I am fortunate to be that way.
....
104. The Beginning of the Moth's Demise
Eden's Australian concert is almost ready.
So Roland came to Australia with Eden and the little girl during this time, and subsequently, the entire Anti-Entropy movement shifted completely towards Australia.
Reverse entropy means you can step into the battlefield at any time.
"Roland, does this Herrscher deserve such attention?"
Aponia stood beside Roland and asked softly.
She was in charge of managing the Entropy personnel department, so she was very familiar with the personnel changes within Entropy during this period, and even Qianjie and she were transferred to Australia by Roland.
"Don't underestimate the Honkai..."
Roland stood by the window, looking through the crack at the street outside and the distant sea of trees, seemingly lost in thought, but he still answered Aponia's question.
"...The Honkai will become stronger and more targeted with each occurrence."
"Last time, during the Sixth Great Collapse, we were able to easily defeat the Herrscher of Death only because Thousand Calamities was too strong, and the opponent was too careless because they didn't know how strong we were."
"Otherwise, if the Herrscher of Death hadn't fought Thousand Calamities at the beginning, but instead had caused widespread destruction, then even if we were to eventually stop her, the number of casualties caused by her powers would still be considerable."
"If that's the outcome, what exactly did we protect during the Great Collapse?"
"Moreover, this time, the Honkai energy observation device invented by Velvey judged that the Honkai energy that is gradually converging towards Australia, if all of it were to converge, would be more than ten times the amount of the last Great Honkai."
"If such a massive collapse were to fully erupt in Australia, then Australia would be finished."
Upon hearing Roland's words, Aponia's expression also became more solemn.
She walked over to Roland's side and followed his gaze to look outside.
First the streets, then the sea of trees.
Countless people live on the streets, and countless animals live in the forest. Aponia can no longer say exactly how many lives exist in this area that she can see now.
Not to mention that the area that can be seen from the outside is so tiny compared to the rest of Australia.
Aponia briefly imagined what Australia would look like if it were completely destroyed... Yes, just as Roland said, if the final victory comes at such an outcome, then what have they protected?
Having reached this point in her thoughts, Aponia nodded gently.
"Okay, I'll remind the others to take it more seriously."
"Well, I'll leave this to you."
Roland nodded to Aponia, then watched her turn and walk to the door before speaking again.
"Tell the others that they can't underestimate the Honkai."
"I see."
With the sound of the door opening and closing repeating once more, Aponia left.