As the fiery red beam pierced through the body of the Volkswagen Ship, the huge monster instantly turned into fireworks blooming in the space.

"Fireworks burst forth in the night sky..."

Looking at the fireworks outside the window, Fang Zheng hummed a few words, then turned around and looked at everyone with a smile.

"How was it? See, I said it was easy."

If it wasn't for the purpose of obtaining the core, Fang Zheng wouldn't even have to waste so much time coming here. He could just knock the broken thing over with one shot - no matter how big it is, it's just a piece of firewood in front of Chuhuo, right?

"snort."

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Tesla turned his head away with dissatisfaction and snorted, not bothering to pay attention to him. The others looked at each other in silence, but Einstein was looking at the scene in front of him with great interest.

"So, what you mean is... you saw the guardian from the Imaginary Tree inside the core?"

"That's right."

Fang Zheng looked at Tesla curiously. Although he didn't know what she was upset about, he turned around and explained to the other three people.

"I sensed auras similar to those of Herrscher from these guys. Although the strength of Honkai energy is not strong enough, it is obvious that they and Herrscher should come from the same source."

Fang Zheng was talking about the clock-like robot he encountered in the huge castle, and the spider-like puppet hanging upside down from the ceiling. They were obviously man-made, similar in nature to autonomous defense robots, completely different from Honkai beasts, and they also had obvious characteristics of being manipulated.

"We haven't discovered this before, have we?"

"With a Herrscher's body, something this big can't fit in, right?"

Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders. He had never encountered such a thing before. It was probably related to the "bandwidth" of Honkai consciousness. The Herrscher took the route of "concentration is the essence", and at most it was 100M broadband. And this public ship was a server, and at least had a 1000M broadband speed. The speed and resources required for the two were different, and the corresponding values ​​were also different.

As for whether this thing was created after Fang Zheng tricked the Honkai consciousness, Fang Zheng had no idea.

However, this also proves that the prevention of Honkai consciousness is useless - isn't this another trick played by Fang Zheng?

Why does it feel like Fang Zheng is just like a scumbag who plays with an innocent little girl. It was not enough to cheat her once, so he cheated her a second time, and both times caused her to suffer heavy losses... Tsk tsk tsk tsk, if this Honkai consciousness was a girl, it would have been on the headlines long ago.

But since we don't know whether the Honkai consciousness is male or female, Fang Zheng is too lazy to care about it.

After destroying the mass ship, the Kijuzi were also wiped out, and Sidonia finally began to colonize the planet, and the cooperation between the two sides came to an end. As for the scientist Ochiai who merged with the Kijuzi, he also rushed into the range of the jump jammer in the previous battle, and was directly blown up without leaving any residue.

It can be said that he died without dignity and was totally unworthy of his role as the boss.

For Fang Zheng, the situation should have ended there, but unexpectedly, Sidonia was unwilling to give up this line. After the battle, it actually sent Xing Baixian, Bai Yuyi Tsumugi and the mecha troops of those clone sisters over again.

According to Captain Kobayashi, since Fang Zheng and others intend to eliminate the culprit behind the birthplace of Qijuzi, Sidonia also wants to do her part.

Of course, I don’t know whether they are thinking about establishing a relationship with the Blue Fleet or not.

But this is also human nature, just like in many fairy tales, if ordinary people meet some immortals and cultivators, they will also try to make good friends with them. Sidonia has seen how powerful the Blue Fleet is. Millions of Qijuzi were destroyed by the enemy, and two mass ships the size of stars were turned into a big firework under the enemy's artillery fire. It is impossible for you not to try your best to make friends with such a force... right?

Fang Zheng didn't care about this. After all, there was no shortage of people to deal with the Honkai consciousness and the tree of imaginary numbers. It was the same whether he drove one sheep or a flock of sheep.

So after gathering the main force, Fang Zheng set out again, using the coordinates found in the "crystal core" and charging aggressively towards the deepest part of the Imaginary Number Tree.

This time, Fang Zheng was very proud of himself. If you can run away from the monk, can you also run away from the temple? If you have the guts, uproot the tree of imaginary numbers and run away with the leader on your back overnight?

I don't believe you have this ability!

However, when Fang Zheng led his army out of the star realm again and rushed to the core area of ​​the Tree of Imaginary Numbers with great momentum, intending to directly smash the opponent's computer room server and then burn this broken place down...

"...I think there is no life up there."

Looking at the azure planet in front of him, Fang Zheng's face turned as black as coal.

"No, no, no, no."

Einstein shook his head.

"According to the detection results, that planet meets the standards for the reproduction of life."

“But not Earth.”

Founder's fingers dangled in front of the console.

"Mr. Yuki, are you sure this is the planet? Could it be... a mistake???"

Meng Meng asked uneasily, while Fang Zheng closed his eyes and sighed to the sky.

"No, the coordinate data is here, and Leander's detection results also confirmed that this planet contains a huge amount of Houkai energy. In fact, this planet itself is a product of Houkai energy simulation."

"So, Mr. Commander, what you mean is... Qijuzi... simulated an earth???"

Xing Baixian looked at the azure planet in front of him in surprise, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"What's so strange about this? The Qijuzi have the ability to devour and assimilate, right? It's not strange that they devoured the earth and then simulated an earth..."

Fang Zheng's hands circled the console for a long time.

“…I say, just burn it.”

"Wait, but, there might be someone up there??!!"

"As long as we don't know, no one will."

Fang Zheng answered Tesla's words in a decisive manner. He also thought this matter was disgusting. Originally, in Fang Zheng's opinion, he could find the core of the Tree of Imaginary Numbers, the Honkai consciousness, and then just smash it together with the broken server and everything would be fine. But now...

What the hell is this!!!

Of course, if someone else came, they might not be so entangled. After all, Fang Zheng and his team were trying to save countless world bubbles on the tree of imaginary numbers. Compared to that, destroying a planet was really nothing. It could even be said to be a very small price to pay. If it were Otto, he would probably not hesitate.

But the problem is that the people here, whether it is Tesla, Einstein, Hoshiro Kane, Takanari Rikka, or even Lala, Nana and others, are not the kind of people who can calmly watch a planet being destroyed in front of them and remain indifferent.

If Anti-Entropy had not hated Otto's cold-bloodedness, it would not have become independent from Destiny.

But now... Fang Zheng himself has no choice, after all, he is a lawful good paladin.

I have to say, this move of the Imaginary Number Tree is really disgusting...

But if you think about it carefully, it's not surprising. After all, according to Fang Zheng and Tesla's previous inferences, the Imaginary Number Tree itself evolved from a world bubble, so it's normal for its core area to have an independent world bubble belonging to the Imaginary Number Tree...

"I say, you don't really want to destroy this planet?"

Kotegawa Yui also looked at Fang Zheng a little uneasily, and the latter spread his hands helplessly and sighed.

"Or tell me what to do? The Imaginary Number Tree absorbs Honkai energy, most likely to nourish this world. If we don't destroy it, we won't be able to prevent the emergence of Honkai beasts and the erosion of Honkai energy."

"But……"

Kotegawa Yui and Sairenji Haruna looked at each other, and they were both very conflicted. They were no longer ordinary high school girls. After going through so much with Fang Zheng, they both understood how terrible the threat of Honkai consciousness was to other worlds. They had no doubts about stopping all this.

But if it costs a planet...

"I think it's better to first see if there are any civilizations or creatures on this planet, and then make a decision?"

Meng Meng raised her hand and made a reasonable judgment. However, for Fang Zheng...

"Do we really want to do this? We can just pretend that the planet is deserted and destroy it directly."

But if it is confirmed that there is life or civilization, then things will develop in another direction.

"Is there no other way?"

Kiana frowned, looked at Fang Zheng and asked.

"Look, can't even the Herrscher be persuaded or even influenced? Maybe we can negotiate with the Honkai consciousness... and tell it not to do this again..."

"Like the one in your arms?"

Fang Zheng glanced at the Herrscher of Thunder, who was lying in Kiana's arms with his eyes closed, enjoying himself comfortably, and rolled his eyes helplessly.

"Bronya thinks there should be other ways."

But at this moment, Bronya suddenly spoke, and then she looked at Fang Zheng.

"Bronya believes that there will be other ways. Just like no one else believes that the Herrscher will stand on the side of humans and wants to kill them all. But, didn't you easily overturn this, Mr. Yuki? We all standing here now carry the power of the Herrscher, but we also fight for humans. Whether it's Bronya, Mei-nee, or the stupid Kiana, it's the same..."

"Do you all think so?"

Fang Zheng looked towards the Valkyrie, while the girls were silent for a moment, stared at each other for a moment, and then nodded.

"Well, what about you guys?"

Fang Zheng turned his head again and looked at Xing Baixian, Bai Yuyi Tsumugi and the cloned sisters on the other side.

"us……"

"Let me make it clear in advance that if we destroy this place, no more strange creatures will attack your world in the future. If we use other methods, the result is hard to predict. Maybe in a few hundred years, the home you have found now will be attacked by strange creatures like the Earth before, and then... it will be over."

"this……"

Xing Baixian and the others were obviously more entangled, because the living environment in Sidonia was worse than that in the collapsed world, and sacrificing a few people to protect Sidonia was a matter of course for them. But now they had to sacrifice a planet, as well as the civilization and life on the planet... This choice was too unfamiliar to Xing Baixian and the others.

So everyone here gathered together and discussed with each other for a while, and finally Xing Baixian stood up again as a representative.

"Commander, I think... we should first take a look at the situation on this planet."

"Well, since you all say so, I won't burn it for the time being."

After hearing Xing Baixian's answer, Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders and retracted his hand. After all, only Xing Baixian and Kiana were the victims of Honkai. To put it bluntly, they were just passing by. The victims were not in a hurry to seek revenge. It would be meaningless for Fang Zheng to be here if the emperor was not in a hurry, right?

"Then... let's go investigate and find out what the situation is on this planet."