[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st":3,"chapter-star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-chapter-612":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Honkai: Star Rail: Starting by Building the Foundation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1928641,2626,"Chapter 612: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished","star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-chapter-612",612,"\u003Cp>\"Herta\" Space Station.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"It's a bit like an exorcism ritual.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Asta remembered some records in books related to folklore.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Some ancient civilizations would regard patients with hysteria as possessed by demons, and then a respected person, or a full-time exorcist, would hold a ritual to perform an exorcism.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Just like what Balzin did to that young man.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Thinking of the scene he just saw, Asta felt uncomfortable. Before today, she had never seen such a chaotic residence, and had never thought that such a place could be lived in.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Even the animal residence in the alien zoo was ten thousand times better than the room that person lived in.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[\"Maybe... this is the performance after being infected by an anti-memetic monster?\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But if so, the situation was a bit subtle.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>People who know about anti-memetic entities will be erased and forgotten by the world. How did the Foundation know about this young man?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The water of memetics and anti-memetics seemed to be much deeper than she imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Accompanied by a creaking sound of knees, Balzin stood up with difficulty. He loosened his muscles, let out a long breath, and put the peeping mirror aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[\"You can think of this as memetic chemotherapy,\"] he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[\"The spiral symbol is a cognitive poison. Long-term exposure to it is very harmful and can be fatal.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[\"You have a chance to recover from its influence, but 'Red' cannot. Because you, my friend, are a wise and creative human, and 'Red' is...\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Saying that, his thoughts drifted to that briefing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At this moment, at least 100,000 innocent people worldwide were suffering from poisoning, trapped in endless chaotic babble, making themselves and their families a mess.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[\"...is a pile of dog shit.\"] The agent added the noun as a predicate.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But his words did not get a response, nor would they get a response.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The young man's soul and mind had just suffered a heavy blow and were slowly recovering. This would take a long time, maybe half a day, maybe a whole day and night, or even longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It might also be that his vitality would be cut off from now on, then he could only say sorry, and then write a report and submit it.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Balzin picked up the electric soldering iron from the ground, walked to the computer desk, threw it into the pile of garbage on the table, and then examined the computer hardware one by one, trying to find some useful clues, but found nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He turned around and looked at this \"lair\" that pigs hated and dogs disliked.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Next to the computer desk was a camping bed, on which was a black and blue sleeping bag, with a layer of unknown stains, probably some kind of body fluid.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Balzin cleaned up the sleeping bag, moved the young man to the camping bed, then pulled open the curtains and opened the window to ventilate.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Losing the obstructive curtains, the sunlight poured down like a dam, and the warmth and fresh air instantly purified the highly corrupted lair.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Balzin felt that his throat was much more comfortable. He turned around, helped up the fallen computer chair, moved it to the wall, and sat firmly on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>From this position, he could monitor the patient who needed care with just one eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He took out a personal terminal from his pocket, as well as a ball of cheap headphone cables tangled together, and untied them patiently.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>While Balzin used this way to pass the time, he spoke slowly, maybe to the sleeping young man, or maybe just talking to himself to pass the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[\"In fact, I didn't need to make a special trip.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[\"Do you know what the original plan we formulated after discovering you was—using an orbital satellite to fire a laser cannon at your head.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[\"At that time, your house will be reduced to ashes, and you will become a charred and deformed gelatinous substance—this is our latest method to counter viral, single-guilt memetic anomalies.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[\"We can perform tasks outside the distant safety boundary, without witnessing the details, without even blinking, and without needing to understand any specific situation.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[\"But I know that we can do better. I checked the relevant materials, understood your situation, and then... I chose to take a risk.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[\"In the whole operation, I was just an insignificant character, but in a fierce meeting, I spoke to those high-level officials I had no right to talk to:\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[\"'The core of this incident is a completely innocent child, and he should not be treated like this.'\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A blurry shadow swept across the room, Balzin raised his eyes slightly and looked a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>No matter what it was, it had already left.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Balzin didn't think about it anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Passing through the room in an instant, although the fleeting movement had disappeared, he did not delve into its meaning.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[\"Then, I also added a sentence, 'If this method is really effective, it will save us a lot of money.'\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[\"I think this is probably what really touched their nerves. But anyway, I finally got permission.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[\"So, I chose this seemingly clumsy but actually trying to preserve your life, rather than simply and rudely turning you into atoms.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Balzin untied the headphone cable and put the first one into his left ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But what he heard was not a pleasant broadcast, but \"Red's\" eerie words.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[\"Your people must hate you very much.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Fuck!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The situation is wrong!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Balzin hurriedly dropped the things in his hands, took out his gun from his pocket, and prepared to empty the magazine on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But his movements were still a beat slow. \"Red\" had already stood up, grinning like a ventriloquist's puppet, turned his head and looked straight at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Inadvertently, the two's eyes met. \"Red's\" eyes opened like an abyss, reflecting the scene of the heart. Balzin could see directly through to the other end of the deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In \"Red's\" deep eyes, Balzin saw the deep sea surging from the bottomless abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In a chaos and disorder of pitch black, space itself seemed to be twisting and folding, and the colorful black kept wriggling, full of living colors.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The shadow that exceeded the limit of human imagination was blurry. His appearance exceeded the limit of three-dimensional space. It was a flowing shadow, solidified light, and a broken and reorganized present world.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He heard a sound, but it was not a sound wave received by the ear, but a crazy babble echoing directly in his consciousness, tearing Balzin's thinking and devouring his personality.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Balzin retreated suddenly, but seemed to forget that he was sitting on a chair, so he stumbled and fell backward from the chair, falling onto the floor full of stains.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The orange crystal protective wall in front of him swayed in the turmoil, as if because of the invisible object that just penetrated it, it expressed fear in its own unique way.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It struggled to maintain its state of not being penetrated.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Then it flashed and disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[\"3125: Surprised? Unexpected?\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[\"Balzin: I was just simply performing a task, intending to treat a young man possessed by an anomaly, how did I run into a supreme divinity?\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[\"He is actually quite powerful. In the first moment of encountering the anti-memetic supreme divinity, he was not directly erased... wait, no, why can the Foundation perform tasks against 3125?\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[\"The Foundation must have some means, but this means is not completely safe, such as someone performing a task without knowing the full picture, and then overturning the car.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[\"Perhaps the harm of 3125 has not been fully manifested. Now that He has not fully invaded reality, some information about Him can be spread, resulting in the Foundation making a completely wrong decision.\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Before today, Balzin had never faced such a terrifying concept complex. He didn't know how to understand the other party, nor had he received corresponding training.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He had received basic practical memetic training, could perform protective measures such as spiral therapy, and could counter special attacks that were enough to easily defeat the mental defense line of ordinary people...\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But that was all.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Balzin was just a beginner, not a combat master like Dr. Clef, nor a researcher like Dr. Gears.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The terrifying scene that appeared in his consciousness was far beyond his cognitive boundary.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As a human, he was so small, so fragile.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He was like an unfortunate investigator in the pen of Lovecraft, facing the body of the Great Old One directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Balzin knew he was dead. He, a rookie who had just left the novice village, ran straight to the Demon King's castle without knowing it, trying to purify the Demon King who destroyed the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>There was no reason to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It was just that the specific moment of death was still suspenseful.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Red\" smiled mockingly, slid his legs off the edge of the bed, stood up, and his eyes never left Balzin for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[\"Red-blue spiral light. How backward are you?\"]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The young man seemed to have grown a circle larger. His body sank into space, leaving a human-shaped black hole where a person should be.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Now, Balzin could only see a black shadow, like a human-shaped black hole.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And he was unable to move at this moment. Some unknown force nailed him. The creepy numbness came from the ends of his hands and spread to his whole body.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This action was a mistake from beginning to end!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He was so arrogant that he used a bottle of ink to color the whole ocean!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Realizing his naive stupidity and the extra pity, Balzin showed a self-deprecating smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But fortunately, in the Foundation, people like him were in the minority, or rather, guys with similar thoughts had almost died.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The fantastic and evil scene was vast and vicious, and the power of corrosion permeated every inch of space.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Those 100,000 infected people were just an opening prelude.\u003C\u002Fp>",1655,"2026-06-14T04:01:53.953Z","2026-06-17T08:39:59.885Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","aced3fcf978ae546f2dcb4b55140c7dbb87b7bbd61581de0a519052267355864","star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-chapter-613","star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-chapter-611",641,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstar-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-cover.jpg"]