A pair of hands tore apart the Imaginary barrier that Sirin had set up at the main entrance of Babylon Tower. Three uninvited guests barged into the once again deathly silent Babylon Tower.
"According to our Honkai energy detector, the Second Herrscher's Honkai energy reaction appeared near Babylon Tower. Let's hurry up and capture this guy."
An impatient voice came from inside the red Titan mech.
"Dr. Tesla, I suggest we be more cautious before we figure out whether the Second Herrscher is friend or foe."
Contrary to the impatient voice, a rational voice came from the blue Titan mech beside the red one.
"No, I think the answer is already right in front of us." Old Yang looked solemnly at the corpses strewn across the ground before him. From their expressions, one could see what kind of pain they had suffered before death.
"Without a doubt, the Second Herrscher is an enemy of humanity." With a sorrowful expression, Old Yang closed the eyes of each of the tragically deceased researchers one by one.
Even though they came from different factions, human empathy still made Old Yang feel unbearable sorrow and pity for their tragic fate.
At the same time, this ignited some anger in his heart toward the Second Herrscher, whom he had never met. What exactly did this person treat life as?
"Welt, the Second Herrscher's Authority is the same as recorded in the Previous Era — the Herrscher of the Void. Be careful." Einstein analyzed the cause of these researchers' deaths and combined it with the documents left by the Previous Era to reach this conclusion.
Welt simply nodded. A sense of responsibility born from the bottom of his heart surged up. Let him — the successor of Welt Joyce, the Second Herrscher of Reason, Welt Yang — stop the Second Herrscher!
"Bella, we have guests." In the library at the top of Babylon Tower, Sirin lifted her head from her book and looked toward Bella.
Just now, Sirin had sensed that the Imaginary barrier she had set up at the bottom of the tower had been torn open. Whoever could do that was definitely not an ordinary person.
She didn't know which faction they belonged to or whether they were friend or foe. However, considering her own identity, they were most likely her enemies.
"Yes, Queen. Bella will bring them up." As Sirin's most loyal servant, even if she was not used to understanding these humans, Bella would force herself to adapt. Because in her view, being able to serve Sirin was the happiest thing in the world.
Old Yang's group continued deeper into the tower. The further they went, the more tragic scenes inside Babylon Tower they saw. The hostility in Old Yang and the others' hearts toward the Second Herrscher who had caused all this tragedy grew increasingly stronger.
"It seems not every Herrscher can be like Joyce." Even the most rational one among the three, Einstein, began to view the Second Herrscher as an enemy because of the scene before her.
In front of the elevator on the first floor of Babylon Tower that led directly to the top floor, a gray-blue-haired girl stood blocking the way.
Old Yang felt the Honkai energy reaction from the other party that was even stronger than his own and immediately became extremely vigilant. Was this the Second Herrscher?
But Bella only glanced at them casually and said indifferently, "Queen invites you upstairs."
It seemed the other party did not intend to clash with them. Moreover… Queen? Could there be someone else who was the Second Herrscher? But the strong Honkai energy reaction coming from her was not fake.
Inside the elevator heading to the top floor, Old Yang looked at Bella, who had her eyes closed and didn't even want to look at them, and suddenly asked, "Why do you help the Second Herrscher commit evil?"
Bella looked at the brown-haired man in confusion. This might be the most difficult question she had heard since her birth.
"Why do you say that?"
"You saw the tragic scenes inside Babylon Tower, right? The Second Herrscher turned her blade toward so many humans. Why do you still help her?"
Old Yang spoke in an almost interrogative tone.
But Bella showed a disdainful expression and said, "They're just some humans. Also, I really dislike the way you refer to Queen. If it weren't for Queen wanting to see you…"
"Why? Aren't you human too?" This time it was Tesla who couldn't hold back. If Einstein hadn't promptly activated the mech's soundproofing function, this place would probably have turned into a live telegraph machine typing session.
"But I am a Honkai beast… And even if I were human, so what? If Queen says they deserve to die, then they deserve to die."
Old Yang did not continue the conversation with Bella. It seemed that the Second Herrscher, who treated human life like grass, would ultimately be their enemy.
The elevator reached the library floor where Sirin was. This was one of the few places that had not been blood-washed by Sirin — perhaps because she had once been a passing librarian herself.
Moreover, Sirin liked reading books and did not want these books to be stained with the filthy blood of those people.
"Bella, is it them?" Sirin looked at the three people behind Bella — or more accurately, one person and two Titan mechs.
"Yes, Queen." Bella returned to stand behind Sirin. Although these people had seemed to have a bad attitude toward Queen earlier, she did not want to do anything unnecessary.
"You are people from Anti-Entropy? How about we cooperate to deal with Schicksal together?" Sirin's eyes stopped on Welt's belt. She recognized that pattern — it was the Anti-Entropy emblem, Schicksal's opposing organization.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Sirin felt that perhaps she could cooperate with them to deal with Schicksal.
"I am Welt, a Herrscher like you. Originally, I came here wanting to have a proper talk with you, but I saw your attitude toward life and toward humanity…"
Welt pushed up his glasses and opened his right hand. A purple spherical object appeared in his palm.
"Oh? What do you want to say?" Sirin suddenly had a bad premonition.
"I, Welt, on behalf of humanity, declare war on you, the Second Herrscher. Life is absolutely not something you can arbitrarily deprive!"
Sirin suddenly laughed. It was said that people would laugh when they were extremely speechless. Although Sirin was a Herrscher, she still had human thoughts, so when she was extremely speechless, she naturally couldn't help but laugh.
"I arbitrarily deprive life? You represent humanity?" Sirin laughed wildly, as if she had heard the funniest joke in the world.
"You say I arbitrarily deprive life without any prior investigation? Do you know what they did? Also… what kind of mentality makes you say something like 'represent humanity'? You really are high and mighty, aren't you?"
As fellow Herrschers, Sirin recognized the person before her at first glance. He was her kind, which meant…
"You call yourself a Herrscher too? Oh, right, the First Herrscher is called Welt. Based on your name 'Welt'? In the name of the world? What gives you the right to speak in the name of the world?"
The moment Sirin spoke, the powerful gravitational field attack created by Welt using Star of Eden had already surged forward like thunder! A purple wave of power swept toward Sirin at astonishing speed.
However, facing such a fierce assault, Sirin showed no sign of fear. She instantly focused her mind and fully exerted her spatial ability. The surrounding space seemed to be stirred by an invisible giant hand. The originally straight gravitational flow rushing toward her began to twist and deform.
Under Sirin's control, the powerful gravity gradually deviated from its original trajectory and obediently changed direction according to her will. In the end, after a difficult confrontation, Sirin successfully twisted the gravity completely back and canceled it out against Welt's attack, steadily blocking this fatal strike.
"Is this your answer? Herrscher of Reason?"