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As for papermaking, Vivi was quite interested. She also had the methods and technology for it. The problem was, in this post-apocalyptic world where almost all the plants and animals had been wiped out, where would she get the raw materials to make paper? Or would she use human skin?
"Ugh"
Vilvi put down the clay tablet in her hand with little interest. Sometimes she felt like she was living in ancient times, where you still had to use a clay tablet to write things.
"Thank you for your hard work, Velvi," Aponia said to comfort her, then handed Velvi more mud tablets.
There was no other way, so Velvi pulled over the other 7 of her own consciousnesses to help. One person's energy is limited, but Velvi has the energy of 8 people, which allows her to handle different things at the same time.
Not only Velvi, but also Aponia, Thousand Calamities, and Eden had to help manage the lives of these hundreds of people.
Moreover, it is foreseeable that these few hundred people are just the beginning.
"Let's start redeveloping those abandoned cities; we can't stay in this base forever."
"It's just too far from here."
Velvi and Aponia quickly reached a consensus that they must relocate from the Firemoth base as soon as possible, as it was not suitable for many people to live there.
In reality, the base isn't far from the abandoned city, but it's still too far for people who can only walk.
"Qianjie previously found a large underground supply storage area in the abandoned city, which is very suitable as a new shelter."
Vervi then added.
With just a few words from them, the people who had just settled in the base were about to be relocated again. However, the relocation would not take place now. Afterwards, Qianjie would take some people to City 2 to clear out the underground area where they were to be relocated.
The three abandoned cities were simply named City 1, City 2, and City 3.
Mebius is not involved in the management of Vervi and Aponia; her current task is to cooperate with Mebius's plans.
But more precisely, it's about managing what Mei needs to do.
"Transferring some technology is no simple matter," Mebius said. He didn't know if Mebius was aware of this matter; perhaps he was, perhaps he wasn't.
The technology in the Honkai world is actually quite advanced, far superior to that of the virtual world. However, since there is no Honkai in the virtual world, replicating the technology of the Honkai world in the virtual world is not an easy task. Moreover, simply replicating the technology is meaningless; it is necessary to find a way to transform this technology into actual power.
This process is completely impossible for just a few people to accomplish.
Kemei and Kevin plan to awaken other fusion warriors, which will inevitably lead to a confrontation with the enraged Shenzhou.
Perhaps at some point, May and Kevin will use all sorts of weapons of mass destruction to awaken as many other fusion warriors as possible.
The cost? It's just a string of cold, hard numbers, a necessary sacrifice.
Moreover, humans in the virtual world are not obedient NPCs.
Who knows what kind of trouble humanity will cause after obtaining the technology from the Honkai world? Even if it's just for reference, it will be enough to push humanity's technological progress forward by a large margin.
Such suddenly acquired technology often doesn't bring good things; sometimes, simply being envied by someone can cause a huge mess.
After returning to the virtual world, Mebius separated from Mei and the others. With Ai's help, she reconnected with some of her friends abroad.
However, Mebius was somewhat surprised that her friend seemed very anxious and called her directly.
"Mebius?! Is it really you?"
Upon hearing the voice on the other end of the phone, Mebius did not react, but silently stated his trade request.
Möbius's friend readily agreed.
After exchanging a few words, Mebius hung up the phone, sensing that her friend was acting a little strange.
Meanwhile, Mebius's friend had just transferred the money and received the technical data; she was staring blankly at the screen in front of her.
"...You damned terrorists!!!"
"They actually dared to clone Möbius!!!"
Her eyes were bloodshot, and she said through gritted teeth.
Chapter 348 Necessary Sacrifices
"boom"
A gunshot rang out behind Mebius, and she felt something hit her back.
Möbius turned around and looked indifferently at the cold-faced woman in front of him.
"Anesthetic? What do you want to do with it?" Möbius asked with interest.
She felt her body being rapidly anesthetized. Although Mebius was still relatively conscious, she estimated that she would faint in a few dozen seconds.
But what puzzled Mebius was why?
The woman with the stern face in front of me was a friend of Möbius and a renowned biologist.
And he is currently Mebius's trading partner.
At this point, a year had passed since the Sydney Opera House fire. Möbius and Medu took this opportunity to move some research data from the Firemoth base back to the virtual world and sell some of the technology in exchange for funds.
Today, Mebius and May have spent a considerable amount of money establishing several laboratories in New Zealand to recreate the technology of the fire-chasing moth.
What puzzled Möbius was that her friend had provided her with a lot of help, so why was she suddenly turning against him now?
"Fake!"
The woman with the cold expression was no longer as gentle as when she met Möbius; she was now staring at him coldly.
The anesthetic had taken effect, and Mebius could no longer hold on and collapsed to the ground.
But there was still no emotion in Mebius's eyes.
This further convinced the aloof woman that the person in front of her, Mebius, was a despicable clone!
"Fake..."
Mebius suddenly understood, but she wasn't angry at all; instead, she nodded in understanding.
In a sense, I am now indeed just a counterfeit.
The real Möbius may have already died, and he himself might actually be a clone with cloned memories and body.
However, the cold-faced woman's sudden action made Mebius realize something.
The research facility in New Zealand is probably under attack right now. Möbius has already realized that this is very likely happening.
Subsequently, before losing consciousness, Möbius activated the self-immolation device implanted in his arm.
The cold-faced woman suddenly noticed that the arm of the unconscious Mebius was suddenly on fire. Her expression changed, and she immediately called for help to save Mebius. However, the flames burned too quickly, and by the time the flames on Mebius's body were extinguished, he had already been burned to death.
The aloof woman remained silent for a moment, then sighed.
There is no way to find out the true base of the 'Firemoth' organization from Mebius' clones now.
From the very beginning of her dealings with Mebius, the aloof woman directly contacted high-ranking officials in various countries and reached cooperation agreements with them.
They tried every means to find out the true location of the 'Fire Moth' organization from the Möbius clone.
But it failed.
Soon after, Mebius's autopsy report came out, revealing that a self-immolation device had been implanted in her arm.
Although the operation to capture the Möbius clone failed, the research base in New Zealand is now in the hands of various countries.
Various countries were very interested in the technology of the 'Fire Moth' organization. They quickly supported Mebius and May in establishing a research base and watched as they replicated many amazing and powerful technologies.
The research base that Mebius and May established in New Zealand during that year was always under the watchful eyes of various countries, and many of the people recruited to the research base were spies.
Despite being controlled by artificial intelligence, their bodies in the virtual world are still those of ordinary people. While artificial intelligence is powerful, it is limited by hardware and therefore not powerful enough. Humans have many ways to deceive artificial intelligence.
Meanwhile, a secret research base located in Yokohama, New Zealand.
May noticed the disappearance of Möbius's life signal, and this departure from the virtual world was not part of the plan.
'Are they ready to make their move?' May realized that the people in other countries wouldn't wait any longer.
From the very beginning of establishing the research base in New Zealand, May understood that the base would be occupied sooner or later, and that much of the technology she and Möbius replicated would fall into the hands of various countries.
As more and more of the technology that Mebius replicated became available, other countries couldn't resist the urge to capture Mebius. It was the Americans who wanted to seize the opportunity and monopolize it.
New Zealand is also within the sphere of influence of the United States, with a large fleet deployed there, so the Americans naturally have the idea of taking it all for themselves.
However, Mei had actually been prepared for this.
"Aiyi!" Mei called out.
“I’m here, Dr. Mei,” Ai’s holographic projection appeared beside Mei.
During this year, Velvi successfully rebuilt some power generation equipment in the Honkai world, enabling parts of the Moth of Fire base to restart. Ai's main program was also restarted as a result, and she was brought into the virtual world by Mei.
"We're leaving the anesthesia center, everyone else."
Mei gave the order.
She built this base not simply to replicate the technology of the Honkai world.
During this year, May and Mebius appeared to do nothing on the surface, but they secretly had Ai build a small base underground in the research base and had Vervi tinker with a weapon, a ballistic nuclear missile.
Controlled by Ai's subroutines, a ballistic nuclear missile is forged from Soul Steel brought from the Honkai World.
Although it's called a nuclear missile, it doesn't actually contain any nuclear bombs. Mebius and others couldn't have built nuclear bombs anyway; it just contains some high-powered bombs.
What May needs to do is actually very simple: first launch ballistic missiles to intimidate the world and force China to hand over Alicia and the others, or else she will drop nuclear bombs.
The world doesn't know whether the 'Firemoth' organization has nuclear weapons or not, but seeing the existence of ballistic missiles, who dares to say that the 'Firemoth' organization doesn't? No one can guarantee it.
To date, the details of the 'Fire Moth' organization remain unclear to countries around the world.
This also gives Mei an opportunity to awaken all the Fusion Warriors at once. When the 12th Herrscher appears, she can use this to expose the fact that this world is a lie!
What if the 12th Herrscher doesn't appear at all?
Alicia is probably the key. If we can awaken Alicia, we should be able to find out where the 12th Herrscher is.
If Shenzhou refuses to hand over Alicia and the others, then Mei will have no choice but to sacrifice some of her own to awaken the other fusion warriors.
May and Kevin looked at the dozen or so hidden ballistic missiles in front of them. These were weapons that Velvi had created by repeatedly entering and exiting the virtual world.
“This is a necessary sacrifice,” May and Kevin whispered.
Chapter 349 Rising Flames (1)
"Dr. Mei, based on current computing power calculations, the hijacking of the global network can only last for about twenty minutes. After that, all countries will react and launch a counterattack."
"All non-Moth-like personnel inside the base have been completely anesthetized and are being transported out of the base."
"The launch trajectories of the first batch of non-destructive ballistic missiles have been determined, and the estimated casualties are approximately one thousand."
Inside the New Zealand base, May and Kevin were listening to Ai's report from the main control center.
On the main screen in the control center, more than a dozen ballistic missiles are poised for launch from concealed silos.
Most of these ballistic missiles are made of Soul Steel and controlled by Ai.
After the Firemoth Base gradually restarted, May had Velvet and Mebius transport the Soul Steel from the Firemoth Base to the virtual world in several trips. This Soul Steel was actually the main body of the ballistic missiles from the Firemoth Base, broken down into pieces of Soul Steel to create materials.
In a sense, Mei simply brought ballistic missiles from the Honkai Impact 3rd world into the virtual world.
During this year, Mei secretly amassed more than a dozen ballistic missiles without attracting outside attention, and had Ai construct hidden missile silos using various engineering robots.
Looking at the nuclear symbols painted on the outer shells of these ballistic missiles, May and Kevin exchanged a firm look before giving the order.
Let's begin.
"Yes"
Ai then began hijacking the world's internet.
Despite its unparalleled capabilities in networking as an artificial intelligence, Aiyi is limited by hardware performance and can only hijack the world's network for a maximum of twenty minutes.
During this period, cyber departments in various countries will discover and do their utmost to dismantle Ai Yi's hijacking.
However, twenty minutes is actually enough time.
Canghai City, St. Freya Academy
A year has passed since the terrorist attack on students at St. Freya College, but the events of a year ago have not made Canghai City lower its guard, because the top leadership of Shenzhou is already aware that there is a base of the 'Fire Moth' organization in New Zealand.
If the 'Fire Moth' organization hadn't been leaving behind various technological data at that base, China's special forces would have already been preparing to raid it.
St. Freya Academy did not decline during this year. On the contrary, because terrorists were willing to do anything to attack it, the whole world came to know that there was a St. Freya Academy in Canghai City, Shenzhou.
Many students dream of entering St. Freya Academy, and they work hard and study like crazy to get a place.
As a survivor of the first attack, Alicia has become a household name, not to mention she is a beautiful, kind-hearted, and generous pink-haired girl.
However, Alicia did not want this kind of reputation.