Uchiha Sasuke’s Collapse Chapter 010

“What do you mean?”

“Literally, Sasuke-kun. Do you remember the data you saw in Orochimaru’s biological laboratory?” The system’s voice was full of playfulness. “So-called chakra is energy extracted from 130 trillion cells, but for adult humans in this world, the total number of cells is generally 40 to 60 trillion.”

“What exactly are you trying to say?” Sasuke’s voice grew a bit impatient. He always disliked those who liked to act mysterious, like Orochimaru, Itachi, and Obito.

“A very simple conclusion: to them, you are an alien. And to the Honkai Will of this world, you are like a bright firefly. The direct bloodline of the Otsutsuki naturally grants you a super physique that no one else in this world can possess. Therefore, you are very likely the most suitable person in this world to use Honkai energy.”

“You mean…” Sasuke slowly looked at his reflection in the glass.

“Simply put, you are a good candidate to become a Herrscher. And once you become a Herrscher, let me think… an Indra-version Herrscher. Tsk tsk, just thinking about it makes me worry for this world. However, it might also be a good thing for you.”

“A good thing?”

“Then you can complete your past dream with a clear conscience, can’t you? To cleanse this hopeless world.”

“……”

Sasuke didn’t want to continue arguing with the system over this meaningless question, especially concerning his past and ideals. A few days of interaction had shown him that this noisy “system” indeed had its unique qualities. For example, its mouth was very articulate, always managing to trap Sasuke in its linguistic snares.

As for the so-called strong attraction to Honkai energy, he would find a way to deal with that later. For now, he just needed to avoid it as much as possible. The immediate priority was the three million lives in Nagazora.

After climbing and moving through the middle section of the ME building for a while, it had to be said that compared to the ground floor, the structure here was much more secure. Various surveillance and locks made it difficult for Sasuke to find a safe point of entry. Although some parts had no surveillance, the opaque glass blocked Sasuke’s vision, requiring him to forcibly break the glass to enter.

Sasuke temporarily didn’t want to alert anyone, so he had to choose another location. Fortunately, the ME building was large enough that Sasuke eventually found a subtle gap—an apparently abandoned laboratory.

After using Amenotejikara to swap with a test tube inside, as soon as he landed, Sasuke was hit by a thick cloud of dust and scattered experimental equipment.

Sasuke couldn’t recognize the function of most of these instruments, so he began to examine other corners of the laboratory.

Unfortunately, although it was messy, there were no important clues or information. The scattered filing cabinets were empty, and it seemed the experimental reports inside had been cleared out. The cameras in the four corners of the room were also no longer working.

This made Sasuke recall the note he had seen on the first floor: “This year’s electricity bill on B 50 increased by 3400% compared to last year, but the audit report shows that laboratory utilization decreased by 82%. How strange.”

This seemed to be the abandoned laboratory.

Activating Amenotejikara again, Sasuke arrived in the corridor outside the laboratory. The main circular corridor was 30 meters wide, with a mirror-polished alloy floor reflecting the dense, eerie blue energy conduits on the ceiling.

These conduits, over two meters in diameter, showed a viscous fluid flowing like liquid blue sapphires, with a foamy purple glow on their surface.

It was strange, however, that the Honkai energy in these conduits did not rush towards Sasuke.

The system appeared appropriately to answer Sasuke’s unspoken question: “Don’t look. These inferior Honkai energies won’t react to you. Their purpose is merely to produce consumables.”

“Inferior?”

“Of course, Honkai energy also has different grades, just like chakra. Do you think a genin can compare to the Six Paths Sage?”

At this point, the system seemed to realize something and quickly added: “Of course, I mean, ordinary genin, not your Konoha genin.”

“So, the energy in the pipes outside the building earlier was higher quality Honkai energy?”

“Of course. That Honkai energy is suitable for creating Herrschers or Pseudo-Herrschers. These, however, can probably only be used to create some weak Honkai beasts or zombies. Your body is too strong; such weak Honkai energy would only make you immune. It’s not really appropriate to use ‘superior’ or ‘inferior’ to describe them. A more fitting analogy would be that a poison with too small a dosage will have no effect.”

“Understood.”

Sasuke continued along the main circular corridor until he saw several hexagonal “black box” laboratories neatly arranged ahead. The舱门 were cast from tantalum-tungsten alloy, with experimental numbers etched on their surfaces.

Sasuke chose an abandoned laboratory, “AE- 3F,” and used Amenotejikara to enter it. This was an abandoned laboratory, and the cameras inside were not working.

Unlike the previous laboratory Sasuke had entered, the experimental equipment here was relatively neatly arranged, and there was no thick dust, suggesting that this laboratory had not been abandoned for long.

The document cabinet nearby hadn’t been completely cleared either, with scattered reports piled on top.

Sasuke casually pulled out a copy of the “Memorandum on Semiconductor Wafer Trade with ■■.”

“The name part is blacked out…”

The document contained information about semiconductor wafer transactions, such as “monthly delivery of 2000 pieces of 300mm diameter silicon wafers (wafer coating containing 0.3nm thickness of Soulium derivatives).” And so on.

The only thing that caught Sasuke’s attention was the signature authentication section. Besides the palm print and iris data of both parties A and B, there were two distinct symbols. One of them Sasuke had seen everywhere during his infiltration, which he presumed to be the symbol of Anti-Entropy or ME Corp. The other symbol looked like an Ouroboros.

Perhaps this Ouroboros symbol was related to the blacked-out name.

Sasuke noted the symbol, then continued to flip through other documents.

The other documents were mostly memos, containing no crucial information. Names or identities of individuals involved were blacked out or omitted, with only the Ouroboros symbol in the signature section.

Sasuke only gleaned some seemingly useful academic terms, such as “Stigmata,” “Valkyrie,” “Conquest Gem,” and so on.

“Someone’s coming.”

Hearing footsteps, Sasuke held his breath and retreated into the shadows of the corner. Then, he used chakra to lower his body temperature, blending into the surroundings to avoid thermal imaging detection in this world.