Youth is Good, Fall Down and Sleep

In the end, Kalpas did come out of prison and join the battlefield.

However, it wasn't through a threatening method like Mei's, but rather Lee herself going to bring him out. As they say, practice makes perfect. Lee was now an expert at getting Kalpas out of prison.

Although Lee wanted to go first herself, Kevin and the others still wanted to avoid having Lee, who was in a bad state, face the Eleventh Herrscher if they had a choice. Therefore, they still asked him to let Kalpas try first.

And the final result was that both Kalpas and Lee were fully prepared for battle. Once Kalpas failed, Lee would immediately step up. If both of them failed...

Then humanity would have no choice but to distribute the Meta-Morph serum to all of humanity, turning as many people as possible into MANTIS warriors, and then pick up cold weapons and rush into the barrier, launching a human wave attack against the Eleventh Herrscher.

But if it came to that point, humanity could basically be declared finished.

At the edge of the barrier, although his expression couldn't be seen clearly due to the mask he wore, everyone could feel the suppressed anger and seriousness emanating from Kalpas.

These damn guys were always able to cause trouble that made Kalpas want to crush them to pieces, but Lee was always on their side.

If it weren't for Lee, there would only be two outcomes between Kalpas and these guys—either he would be killed, or he would kill them all.

But now, Kalpas could only endure the disgust and fight this damn Herrscher with them.

The last two hopes of humanity. If he didn't succeed, then Lee would have to step up, and her current situation...

Thinking of the information he had received from Mei and Mobius, Kalpas wanted to burn everything around him to ashes.

"Kalpas, are you nervous?" Looking at Kalpas, whose body was trembling slightly, Lee, who was next to him, smiled and teased.

Nervous? He was so angry that he was shaking!

Kalpas was too lazy to even bother with this stupid woman beside him—she always did things without considering herself, ending up covered in injuries, and happily being used like a fool!

If one day she really died, then he...

Annoyed—why did this woman always annoy him?!

"Please be quiet...!" Kalpas wanted to roar angrily, but he was worried about disturbing Lee's overly sensitive ears, so he could only growl.

"Alright, alright," Lee smiled helplessly and obediently closed her mouth.

Today was a good day. She had harvested nearly a million energy points without doing anything—it seemed that letting them quarrel was the secret to getting rich~

As for this Eleventh Herrscher... she had heard from Mobius before that Kalpas might be an alien. This Honkai energy barrier might not necessarily be effective on him.

Back then, during the Herrscher of Ice incident, she arrived a bit late and missed the battle scene. She didn't know what an alien versus a Herrscher battle would look like~

With a helpless but worried smile, Lee watched Kalpas, full of killing intent, try his best to suppress his anger, and with the goal of killing the Herrscher, he stepped heavily into the range of the barrier, and then—

Fell down.

"..."

Looking at Kalpas, who fell down and slept the moment he stepped into the barrier's range, Lee's expression was momentarily at a loss for what to do.

Bro, you had such a strong aura, but this is your level?

Not to mention someone of Kevin's level, even a weak, bottom-tier MANTIS warrior like Pardo could at least last a minute in this barrier!

This masked alien is so lame, he's not even as good as an Earth cat.

Although she found it funny in her heart, Lee's movements were not hesitant at all. She immediately scrambled to grab Kalpas's legs and drag him back outside the barrier.

Turning her head to look at Mei, Kevin, and the others, who were silent, Lee smiled easily. "Looks like it's my turn."

As an artificial Herrscher, Lee felt that she and the Eleventh Herrscher were half-colleagues... If the Eleventh Herrscher was magnanimous, maybe she wouldn't make things difficult for her.

Unfortunately, the facts proved that this guy was very petty.

The moment she stepped into the barrier's range, Lee felt the Honkai energy output from the Herrscher of Sentience core instantly plummet to the bottom. The power that was originally enough to be used freely disappeared without a trace, replaced by a suffocating feeling similar to the restricted core output power.

But there was still good news. Although combat was definitely out of the question, Lee could still maintain basic mobility within the barrier. Although it was difficult, Lee could enter the barrier to search for the Eleventh Herrscher's traces without worrying about dying halfway.

As long as she could determine the location, she could let Kevin try to give the Herrscher a descending Might of An-Utu—but there was no signal in the barrier. Even if she found it, she couldn't tell them.

After entering the nearest city to investigate the situation, Lee decided to return to the camp to discuss related matters with Mei and the others. However, on the way, she discovered a familiar figure on a mound.

Oh my gosh, why is Vill-V here?

Looking at Vill-V, who had lost consciousness, Lee sighed helplessly and decided to carry her back—her body was too weak in the barrier to carry her...

After a little thought, Lee grabbed Vill-V's two feet and, like pulling a cart, dragged this great scientist towards safety.

"That's it, I've discovered the solution to this barrier!"

Standing in front of Mei and the others' serious gazes, the unusually disheveled Vill-V rubbed her face, which was inexplicably aching, and said excitedly, "That's right, no one's ability can be invincible, even this Herrscher. Her barrier has a limit!"

"The restraining force experienced by everyone in the barrier has a total amount. If one person enters the barrier and the restraining force they receive is 100, then when there are two people in the barrier, this force will become 50!"

Although she had just walked through the gates of hell, it couldn't hide Vill-V's excitement. "That is to say, as long as we let enough people enter the barrier at the same time, we can reduce the impact to a bearable range!!"

"Unfortunately, ordinary people won't work. They will die the moment they enter the barrier, not even being able to serve as a distraction... It must be at least someone like a MANTIS warrior who can persist for a certain amount of time."

If there was one person among Fire Moth's three great scientists who was the craziest, it was undoubtedly Vill-V. Her madness was not only directed at others, but also at herself.

In order to understand the Eleventh Herrscher's ability, Vill-V risked her life and ran into the barrier to conduct experiments... She almost failed.

Even though she finally figured out the form of this barrier, Vill-V had no way to transmit the information she knew. But sometimes luck is also a part of success.

She happened to meet Lee, who had come in, and thus escaped with her life.

Vill-V's character might be questionable, but her scientific vision was impeccable. Therefore, Su immediately made a decision.

Gather all the MANTIS warriors and prepare to use human wave tactics to conquer the barrier.