The Vixen's Gambit: Tonight We Hunt

"Lee, no matter how desperate the future you've seen is, I will break it—I will tell you that miracles exist!"

Kevin silently clenched his fist, as if he could seize the throat of fate.

"There is no difficulty in the world that humans cannot overcome. The Herrscher of Finality is not as terrifying as you think. Even without any companions, I can still eliminate her!"

The time of the Herrscher of Finality's appearance was indeed approaching. Mei had already calculated the location and time of the Herrscher of Finality's appearance, and had built facilities on the moon, which would soon become the battlefield.

Humanity could even awaken the Herrscher of Finality in advance to choose the best state for the warriors to fight her.

Although the other staff members had died, leaving only Kevin, he was enough to operate the Stargate to go to the moon and awaken the Herrscher of Finality.

".....Seeking your own death."

"It's not seeking death, it's forging the path for humanity!"

Kevin had made up his mind. Even if he was smashed to pieces, he would definitely let Lee know that the Herrscher of Finality she feared was not an insurmountable existence.

He reached out and picked up the scarred Lee, carrying her towards the Fire Moth's base in Fortress Three.

To go to the moon, he had to activate the Stargate in the base. Fortunately, when he was fighting Lee before, Kevin intentionally moved the battlefield to an uninhabited place, so the base in this fortress was not destroyed, saving Kevin the trouble of walking to the moon to fight the Herrscher of Finality.

Next, he had to find Hua first and put her injured body into The Great Hibernation. As for the others..... Hua was a powerful warrior. Even if things went to the worst-case scenario and he failed to defeat the Herrscher of Finality and died on the moon, Hua and Elysia could be a great help to future civilizations.

Although it was cruel to say so, the others wouldn't be of much use to civilization. If they knew about the existence of The Great Hibernation and the limited number of slots, they might even cause trouble.

As for Lee, she definitely wouldn't agree with his actions, so he had to put her in—

"Heh, you're still the same as before. No matter how desperate the enemy is, you'll charge forward....."

Unexpectedly, Lee in his arms didn't continue to pour cold water on him, but just let out a soft laugh. "Just like that idiot who was forced into a corner by the Honkai Beast, but instead charged at it."

"This kind of true optimism, I always wanted to learn, but I couldn't....."

Honkai Beast..... How long had it been since then?

Kevin recalled in a daze, and suddenly realized that it seemed to have been 10 years.

Ten years – Kevin didn't even know whether this time was long or short.

If it was short, humanity had gone from its peak to the brink of extinction. The bustling street scenes would not reappear in this civilization. But if it was long, this time also seemed to pass in a flash.

Unknowingly, Kevin had carried Lee to the operation area in the base. He carefully placed Lee on a chair, and then turned to study the Stargate activation procedure.

Mei had said that in order to prevent unexpected situations, she had set up a monkey-proof operation mode for all these operations, so Kevin felt that he should be able to do it too.

However, when he faced the densely packed instruments and buttons, he realized – he seemed to be inferior to the monkeys in Mei's eyes.

It should, it should be this, right?

After studying it for a while, Kevin decided to press the red button in the middle.

"That's the nuclear bomb button. If you press it, the nuclear bombs in the fortress will immediately launch towards the strongest Honkai energy reaction within the radar range....."

"Uh, then this—" Kevin awkwardly moved his hand to the lever on the side.

"Protection mode. If you pull it down, the entire base will be immediately locked down....."

"Then....."

"That's the self-destruct button." Lee coughed twice and sighed helplessly. "Leave it there. I'll help you operate it later."

"Lee, do you believe that I can defeat the Herrscher of Finality?" Hearing Lee's words, Kevin turned his head in surprise.

"No, it's just that if you keep going like this, I'm worried that you'll blow yourself up....." Lee shook her head silently. "I don't have the strength to collect your consciousness now."

Disdain – even though Lee didn't have any expression on her face, Kevin could still feel the other party's emotions.

It was just that being despised by the person he liked didn't make him sad, but rather happy.

The former Lee would never show such an expression to him. Even if she saw how useless he was, she would just smile and come to help him. Negative emotions like disdain would not appear in Lee.

But now Lee no longer concealed her true side. She also had a temper. She would also feel speechless when she saw that her companion was an idiot..... No matter whether it was because Lee no longer had the strength to conceal herself, or because she had really put down her mask to him, Kevin always felt that he was a little closer to the real her.

Indeed, such a Lee was not perfect – but she was more like a real, reachable person.

"Then I'll go find Hua first..... Lee, don't move around here."

"You beat me up like this, even if I wanted to move, I couldn't." Lee chuckled softly and lowered her head. "Fortunately, I haven't started dating you yet, otherwise this would definitely be considered domestic violence."

"Uh, I—" Kevin was speechless for a moment, and rarely felt the aggressiveness emanating from Lee.

In the end, he could only leave here in a hurry.

The seriously injured Hua should still be lying in the desert outside the city..... He hoped she was okay.

With Kevin's departure, Lee was the only one left in this control room. She lay on the chair in the corner, silently looking at the screen flickering with a monotonous fluorescent light.

The location of the Herrscher had already been determined. When the Stargate was opened and Kevin stepped on the moon, humanity's final battle would begin.

But the outcome of this battle was meaningless to Lee. When Kevin went to battle, she would also do what she should do.

"There's nothing to be afraid of....."

Closing her eyes gently, Lee murmured softly, as if to convince herself.

"I've made up my mind..... Yes, I've made up my mind, I shouldn't be afraid... I won't....."

In the corner that the light couldn't reach, her fingers were still trembling slightly.