Einstein and Tesla searched the base for a while and found more black gems. Some were embedded in the ceiling, some appeared inexplicably in someone's toolbox, and some even appeared on the desk of Walter Young, the leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance.

"Ain, what is this?"

A black gem was suspended in Walter's palm. He looked at Einstein who walked in from outside the office and asked.

"I thought you would sense something."

Einstein took the black gem from Walter's hand and skillfully put it into the prepared container.

"…Herrscher Core?"

"Dr. Tesla and I both thought that was the case, but from the looks of you, you don't seem to have much reaction to it?"

Then, Einstein informed Walter of the current situation in the Anti-Entropy Base. "There are many such gems in our base now. They all have the same Honkai energy fluctuations. Dr. Tesla and I have collected up to 200 of them. The reason for their appearance is unknown. Many ordinary people have come into contact with them, but they have not shown any abnormal reactions..."

"...Let me help you."

Walter was just taking a nap in the office and was not aware of what was happening outside for a while. The black gem that appeared on his desk only appeared a minute ago, and Einstein walked in right after that.

As the first Herrscher, Walter could feel some similarities between the black gem and the Herrscher core he held, but there were also many differences. At least the number was wrong, and there was no corresponding host.

Of course, if we want to draw any conclusions, we still have to wait for Einstein and Tesla to conduct more in-depth research on these things.

"In fact, we have collected almost everything. Don't forget, this is our base camp."

Einstein and Tesla had a very high status in Anti-Entropy, so after calling on all Anti-Entropy members to conduct a large-scale search of the base, they easily collected all the black gems in the shortest time possible. The one in Walter's office was the last one.

"Well, my vigilance was still a little weak. I didn't even notice these weird things in the base." Walter reflected on himself.

"No, I think it's because they don't show any danger. The Houkai energy is gentle, and there are no abnormal phenomena such as wind, rain, thunder and lightning... Maybe these are really just the failed experiments of one of the members?"

"I'd better go with you, just in case." Walter put on his coat.

"Well, Dr. Tesla should have already started working on it, or made a discovery."

The two men walked towards the laboratory with the so-called last black gem, but they were completely unaware that as soon as they closed the office door, another black gem slowly emerged from the wooden table, just like a fish poking its head out of the water to breathe.

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"Chicken Coop Hair, you're finally here? I've been waiting for you for a long time... Oh, our leader is here too? Such a big thing happened, I thought you were still sleeping soundly in your office." Tesla put on a white coat. Besides her, there were two other assistants helping in the laboratory.

Einstein handed her the black gem he had brought, kept it, and then asked, "Dr. Tesla, you look like you have made some progress?"

"What progress? These are just phenomena that can be detected visually... Chicken Coop Head, come and see, they are merging."

Tesla led Einstein and Walter to a cylindrical container, where there happened to be two preserved black gems. When they touched each other, they blended together like liquid, and then turned into a new gem that was exactly the same in size and color as the original one. Only the fluctuations of the surrounding Honkai energy were a little stronger.

"...Dr. Tesla, I think we should keep them separately." Einstein felt that something bad would happen if these gems were allowed to merge, so he suggested.

"Of course I know that. Don't worry, I will place the remaining gems in groups of two at most." Tesla said. Although she was curious about what would happen after these gems were fused, she would not rush into death.

"...Einstein, Tesla, are you sure you have collected all the gems?" Walter suddenly asked.

"Yeah, I used an instrument to scan a few minutes ago. Except for this laboratory and your office, Walter, there are no similar Honkai energy fluctuations in the base." Tesla replied.

"..."

Walter said nothing, but just stretched out his hand, and a wall of the laboratory suddenly broke apart, revealing a "hidden" black gem inside.

"Dr. Tesla, when did you start using the walls of your laboratory as storage containers?" Einstein asked the dumbfounded Tesla, who, after a brief pause, quickly ran over to bring over the newly appeared gem.

"This is troublesome. It seems that these things don't appear all at once, but in batches... Hey, you over there, take a look at the instrument!"

Tesla shouted to an assistant, who sprang into action, pulling up a screen that showed the interior of the base once again filled with densely packed purple dots of light, and in greater numbers than before.

"Okay, Walter, it seems I have to ask for your help." Einstein looked at Walter, who nodded slightly, glanced at the screen a few times, and memorized the positions of all the light spots. At the same time, he also noticed that the number of light spots was still increasing at a very slow rate.

Walter left without saying anything more. Einstein thought for a moment and said to his assistant, "Adjust the instrument's detection range to the maximum."

"Yes, Dr. Einstein."

Another assistant immediately took action to expand the detection range of the instrument that originally covered the interior of the base by several hundred meters. It can be seen that in addition to the interior of the base being filled with purple light spots, the outside of the base is also covered with light spots, but they are relatively sparse.

"Hey, Chicken Coop Hair, is it possible...?" Tesla thought of a possibility.

"..."

Just as Einstein was about to speak, another screen lit up and a large face appeared on it. It was a member of a branch base of Anti-Entropy somewhere else.

"Dr. Einstein, Dr. Tesla, it's bad. We seem to have been attacked from outside. Unknown black crystals have appeared, more and more, and they are constantly merging. Now the concentration of Honkai energy here has reached a very scary level! Many people have been transformed into dead soldiers, and the Honkai beasts in the laboratory are also ready to move!"