Chapter 228

In a hotel in Chicago.

"Herrscher of Reason, what exactly are you still waiting for? This is the Gem of Serenity that I managed to get from Destiny with such difficulty! Why haven't you absorbed it yet?!"

In the presidential suite on the top floor of this hotel.

A white-haired, sloppy old man wearing a lab coat was pointing excitedly at the gem flickering with blue-purple light in Old Yang's hand.

Welt glanced at the Gem of Serenity and shook his head expressionlessly, indicating that he would not absorb it.

Unable to even fully master one Core of the Herrscher of Reason, even if he became a dual-core Herrscher at this time, his combat power wouldn't increase by much. Moreover, the Herrscher of Death's compatibility with him wasn't good either.

Welt is a man who can do sit-ups relying on himself; he doesn't need the power of the Herrscher of Death to help boost him. And... a young man had told him some time ago that he was determined to get the three remaining gems of Destiny.

"Don't be anxious, Dr. Magi. The person we are waiting for will arrive soon. I guarantee you that there is no one in this world more suitable to become the owner of this Gem of Serenity than him."

"The person you are talking about is..."

"Welt! I'm here. Where is the gem!"

Just at this moment, a white-haired youth suddenly appeared. His appearance was far too sudden; let alone the guards, even Welt hadn't been able to detect his existence.

As if he were a ghost that had suddenly become solid, Bai Ge transformed from a quantum state back to a human state.

After receiving the message from Welt, he had directly dropped the pot and abandoned the spatula, rushing over at the fastest speed.

Bai Ge had been worrying about how to treat Himeko's Honkai Energy erosion symptoms, and as it turned out, heaven had opened its eyes for once, sending the Core of the Herrscher of Death at such a critical moment.

"It's already prepared for you. It's right here."

"Hmm, it's indeed the real thing. Then I'll directly..."

Bai Ge took the small box thrown by Welt and took the blue-purple core inside into his hand to examine it for a few moments.

He confirmed that this was the power he had lost back then.

As the Gem of Serenity was held in his hand, it became incomparably bright as if it were alive. As its original owner, Bai Ge's aura caused the gem to enter an activated state.

Just by being held in his hand, a layer of faint black mist appeared around Bai Ge, as if urging the youth to absorb it quickly. It couldn't wait to become one with its master.

However, just as Bai Ge was about to do so.

"Wait, wait a minute!!"

The white-haired old man suddenly rushed over, disregarding the black mist of the Herrscher of Death, and snatched the Gem of Serenity from Bai Ge's hand as if his life depended on it, looking at him vigilantly.

"Who exactly are you? Tell me, what do you want to do after getting the Gem of Serenity!"

"... Welt, is he the Dr. Magi you mentioned on the phone?"

"That's right, Bai Ge. This old gentleman is very valuable, and he is also very sincere, whether it's the research results he brought or this Core of the Herrscher of Death."

Welt nodded and said.

Dr. Magi, who had betrayed Destiny a few days ago, stole the Gem of Serenity under the pretext of needing it for human experiments, and then contacted the executives of Anti-Entropy to seek protection.

In fact, according to the original trajectory of fate, he would have contacted Cocolia, that mother fox who is even worse than Otto, and then been captured by Welt, the first clone of the Herrscher of Reason.

These two, who are not good people, would have directly used this city as a test bench, activating the Gem of Serenity to trigger a massive artificial Honkai eruption, thereby attempting to give birth to the Herrscher of Death of the current civilization.

But Cocolia had already been imprisoned for life by Bai Ge in the Imaginary Space, and Welt had also been awakened by him and returned to Anti-Entropy.

After he regained control of the organization with the authority of the leader, he cleaned out most of the parasites.

At this time, Dr. Magi's request for help was just seen by Welt. Because the things he brought out from Destiny were far too precious, Old Yang had personally set out to meet him.

"I'm in a hurry. Give me the core quickly."

Bai Ge held out his hand expressionlessly to ask for the core.

After receiving the news, he had rushed over without stopping for a single moment, not even cooking for his own girls. Right now, everyone in the dormitory was probably gathered together slurping noodles.

Although Himeko's condition had stabilized, if possible, even if it were just one second earlier, he wanted to end that person's pain quickly.

"I, I must ensure that this gem falls into the hands of the right person. I can no longer commit more mistakes!"

Dr. Magi said, clutching the Gem of Serenity tightly.

Even though ordinary people like him have a certain resistance to Honkai Energy, they have no way to resist the Honkai Energy erosion of a Herrscher core. At this moment, Dr. Magi's hand had already shown symptoms of Honkai Energy erosion, turning a pale white like a zombie.

But Dr. Magi disregarded this completely. While gripping the gem tightly, he stared fixedly at Bai Ge, as if wanting to confirm from his eyes whether his will was worthy of being entrusted with this gem.

"Mistakes you committed yourself? Ah~ right, I remember now. You are the human experimenter from Destiny."

Bai Ge said, revealing an expression of disgust.

"... Yes, that's right. Because of my experiments, because of the experiments with the Gem of Serenity, many people have already died at my hands! Otto is a devil, and I am also a devil."

Dr. Magi roared in emotional agitation.

"I have followed Otto's orders for a full 40 years. In these years, I have transformed countless young girls into Valkyries, letting them embark on the path of Honkai."

"And a month ago, Otto ordered me to use the Gem of Serenity for experiments! To find a Valkyrie who could fuse with the Gem of Serenity. I did it! In that experiment, five Valkyries died on the test bench!"

"At that time, I didn't feel regret. I only felt that this was a necessary sacrifice for humanity to defeat Honkai!"

"But, but... that bastard Otto, he brought my only granddaughter over too! He made me use my granddaughter for this kind of experiment with a success rate of almost zero!"

"I, I regret it... The moment I saw my granddaughter Lin on the list of test subjects, I regretted it, and I also realized my mistakes over these years."

Dr. Magi knelt on the ground as if in repentance, shedding tears of remorse.

Of course, he also knew clearly that he was not worthy of sympathy at all.

Those Valkyries who had already died at his hands were essentially no different from his granddaughter who was about to die at his hands. If Otto were on the scene, he would definitely mock him like this.

What? Are other people's lives not lives? Should your granddaughter be treated specially? You didn't hesitate when experimenting on other Valkyries before, but when it was your granddaughter's turn, you repented and wanted to quit? You really are double-standard enough.

Dr. Magi knew this point, knew that he was just such a despicable little person, and understood that he, who had already committed unforgivable mistakes, would definitely go to hell after death.

After all, no matter what high-sounding reasons he had.

When he killed those Valkyries as test subjects, he had already lost the qualification to be forgiven.

This betrayal of Destiny might also just be selfishness.

As long as this Gem of Serenity is gone, Otto will have to give up this experiment, and his granddaughter Lin might be able to survive. This is the reason for Dr. Magi's betrayal.

However...

Although he felt that as long as the Gem of Serenity didn't fall into Otto's hands, it wouldn't be the worst case.

But he would absolutely not hand it over to someone of unknown origin. He was terrified that the other party would also be someone who would use the gem to do evil.

"Although the motive is indeed out of selfishness, at least you have indeed realized your mistakes and are putting them into action, working hard to make up for them."

Bai Ge said coldly, as if evaluating him.

"What I hate most is human experimentation. In my eyes, you guys who do human experiments should all be hacked to pieces and go to hell. But... for the sake of you trying so hard, I can answer your question."

The next second, before Dr. Magi could react.

Bai Ge had already snatched back the Gem of Serenity and pressed it against his own chest, directly starting the fusion.

This scene scared Dr. Magi half to death. He had done so many experiments and had never seen such a rough way of fusion, but... it was incomparably smooth.

"My name is Bai Ge, the Herrscher of the Void born from the Second Honkai Eruption. I want the Gem of Serenity because it was originally my power, and... I have a teacher eroded by Honkai Energy who needs the power of the Herrscher of Death to save her life!"

"What? The, the Herrscher of the Void?!"

Dr. Magi opened his eyes wide in astonishment. As long as one is from Destiny, everyone has a deep impression of this name.

He had even seen the Herrscher of the Void with his own eyes back then.

During the last few hours of the space-time travel during the Second Honkai Eruption, Bai Ge led tens of thousands of Honkai Beasts to attack Destiny.

The final result was that more than half of Destiny's floating island was destroyed by him, nearly a hundred of Otto's soul-steel bodies were dismantled by him, and Destiny's god-machines were almost all destroyed, but only the Valkyries suffered no casualties.

Dr. Magi was on the floating island at the time, witnessing the youth who was like an apostle of God bringing punishment to Destiny.

"So it was you. You are still alive, you are still alive!"

"That's why I said that, Dr. Magi. There is no one in this world more suitable to become the owner of the Gem of Serenity than him."

Welt pushed up his glasses and said with a smile.

At this moment, Dr. Magi was also completely relieved.

In fact, he wouldn't be at ease no matter whose hands this gem ended up in, even if it were Welt.

But Bai Ge was different. He absolutely trusted this Herrscher of the Void, who had resisted Destiny in the past, destroyed the Babylon Laboratory, rescued thousands of experimental girls, and caused Otto and Destiny to suffer a huge loss.