The Dimensional Book of Collapse

Mei smiled as if she heard something funny, but ended up making the Herrscher of Thunder angry.

Chapter 17: The Awakened Herrscher

Fu Hua was not someone who was completely ignorant of the ways of the world. Although the Herrscher of Thunder acted as if he looked down on others, he actually did not take any action.

What is this called? Tsundere?

Looking at the Herrscher of Thunder Fu Hua who seemed to be angry because of Mei's performance, he put away his stance.

Despite this, she still maintained the state of urging Yu Duchen, because only in this way could she see the appearance of the Herrscher of Thunder.

Unlike Bell and Bronya who were confused and had no idea what was going on.

Bronya might have guessed it, but she could not see the figure of the Herrscher of Thunder, nor could she hear the sound he made.

She quietly approached Qin Mo's direction: "Qin Mo, is there any way for me to see the substitute you mentioned?"

When Qin Mo heard Fu Hua's words, he immediately realized that although Fu Hua's Yu Duchen had the Herrscher Core as its energy source and a large amount of Honkai energy was stored in the core, there was no Honkai energy in the surrounding air, and it could not generate it by itself.

So once it is used up, it is gone. Asking her to keep urging Yu Duchen is not a long-term solution.

"Okay, but you have to wait until you get back. It's not very convenient here."

Fu Hua nodded after hearing Qin Mo's words. Just as she was about to leave, she saw the Herrscher of Thunder suddenly stretched out his hand to Qin Mo.

"Hey! Human, give me the sword!"

Qin Mo was stunned and subconsciously raised the Dance of Snow in his hand, but the Herrscher of Thunder snatched it away.

“It’s a really nice knife.”

Looking at the Herrscher of Thunder who was stroking the blade in his hand, Mei's face suddenly changed as if she had discovered something and she rushed towards the Herrscher of Thunder: "No!"

The Herrscher of Thunder grinned, dodged Mei's pounce, and pointed the Snow Dance in his hand at Kiana.

Before anyone else could react, the Herrscher of Thunder said to Kiana with a condescending smile: "I have been freed, Sora, but you seem to be still trapped in this little girl's body."

"!!!"

Qin Mo never expected that the Herrscher of Thunder would bring this up here.

"Wait a moment!"

The Herrscher of Thunder paid no attention to the words of the two people around him, and continued to raise the Dance of Snow in his hand towards Kiana. Mei also seemed to understand something and grabbed Qin Mo and Fu Hua who were about to attack.

"Kong, since you can't get out, let me dig out your core!"

The Herrscher of Thunder wielded the Snow Dance in his hand and slashed at Kiana who was still in a daze.

"Are you so anxious to return to my body? My half!"

A blue-white arm suddenly appeared and grasped the blade of the Snow Dance. The tough blade was broken in an instant, no, a piece of it was wiped out in the middle.

"You finally decided to come out, Sora. Is it fun hiding in this little girl's body double?"

After taking a look at the completely unusable Snow Dance, the Herrscher of Lightning threw it aside and looked at the bombing space that appeared from Kiana's body on the opposite side.

However, Qin Mo and Mei also discovered the difference in the bombing space at this time, and the light in their eyes turned orange, symbolizing the Herrscher of the Sky.

"I originally wanted to take this body by surprise, but I didn't expect you to find out."

Bombing Space made the same sound as Kiana, but the tone and intonation were completely different.

"You, you, you, what's going on? Why is the bombing space constantly being used?!"

Kiana finally reacted.

"Hehe, Kiana, I originally wanted to slowly take over your body, but I didn't expect to be discovered. Do you still remember me, Kiana..."

Listening to the familiar voice, Kiana's pupils continued to dilate.

"You're the guy in my dream!"

Hearing that Kiana recognized him, although Bombing Space couldn't show any expression on her face, everyone could hear the smile in her tone: "Yes, it's me."

"No...wasn't that a dream?"

"Hahaha, Kiana, no, K423, do you really think that was a dream?"

"Although this idle move did not have the expected effect, what can you do to me? Even though this substitute is under my control, it is still connected to this body. If I get hurt, K423 will also get hurt."

Facing the provocation of the bombing space, the Herrscher of Thunder walked to Meiyi's side without a care and said to Qin Mo: "I have done what I should do, and the rest is up to you."

"Ha, this guy named Qin Mo is really powerful, but what can you do? Can you really kill Kiana?"

Facing the bombing space, no, facing the clamor of the Ruler of the Sky, Qin Mo just said a word silently.

"Although I didn't want to do this, my attack has been completed."

"what!"

The Herrscher of the Void suddenly felt that his body had lost strength.

This is clearly a substitute's body, why do I feel so powerless...

"What did you do..."

Without even uttering a final question, the figure bombing the space disappeared from everyone's sight.

Sirin is really arrogant. If she attacked others without saying a word, it might cause some trouble, but she was completely unprepared because she relied on the shared damage with Kiana.

The result was that he was ambushed by Qin Mo.

"What is this...what just happened?"

This time it wasn't just Fu Hua. Bronya and Bell also saw Kiana fall to the ground all of a sudden. Three gaps appeared on her head, and three DISCs slowly popped out.

Qin Mo reached out and pulled out the DISC and took a look. One was of Kiana's memory, one was of Xilin's memory, and the other was of the bombing space.

"This ability can make a person's memory look like this DISC and take it out. Now I just need to put Kiana's memory back."

Qin Mo stuffed the memory belonging to Kiana back into Kiana's body, and Kiana, who was lying on the ground, slowly woke up.

"I am..."

After a few seconds of confusion after waking up, Kiana suddenly remembered something: "Where is that guy!"

"At this."

Qin Mo showed the DISC in his hand and said, "This part belongs to her memory and the bombing space. Just in case, I will keep the bombing space for the time being."

"Memories... that is to say... everything she said is true! Am I really the Second Herrscher!?"

Looking at Kiana's expression, Qin Mo knew that the other party had told Kiana everything in the nightmare that day, but because it was a dream, Kiana forgot it when she woke up.

And at this moment, after being stimulated, I remembered everything again.

"I have...killed tens of millions of people..."

Kneeling on the ground, Kiana looked at her hands: "I am not my father's daughter, but just a clone... I have replaced the real Kiana's life... What am I..."

Chapter 18 The Goddess's Comfort

Where does personality come from?

Qin Mo thinks it comes from memory. Memories from childhood to adulthood make up a person, and the things he experiences determine his personality. Although a person's innate characteristics may always be there, his acquired experiences will definitely affect his character, style of doing things, and so on.

Just like Whis in JOJO, the holder of the Stand Weather Forecast, he became a completely different person after Pucci took away his memory. But in fact, his kind nature did not change. What changed him were the painful things he encountered in his memory.

Qin Mo felt that the same was true for Kiana. Due to Xilin's memory, the personality in her body that carried Xilin's past memories developed resentment towards humans.

Kiana, who has no memory of the past, behaves exactly as she should.

Xilin longed for home and warmth, but her only salvation was dead, killed in the Honkai energy fission bomb launched by humans.

The only salvation is the death of the idle Xilin who has long been completely hostile to humans.

Qin Mo thought that he could not convince Xilin unless he could resurrect Cecilia. He guessed that only this saint could do what no one else could do.

After retrieving Sirin's memory, Kiana was no longer bewitched by Sirin's voice in her head.

The outburst of negative emotions quickly subsided.

However, the second day's dungeon exploration ended early.

It’s not that they are unable to continue exploring, but because there is something wrong with Kiana’s condition.

Although she has lost the influence of her other personality, what happened and the confusion about her own existence and future still weigh on her like a heavy burden.

After returning home, Kiana went back to her room alone without eating.

"What's wrong with Kiana?"

Hestia, who was happily greeting everyone when she saw them come back home, watched Kiana return to her room without saying a word and then realized what seemed to have happened.

"Hey...something happened. Let's talk outside."

If Kiana heard what was said in the living room, it might add unnecessary burden to her.

Although Bell had no idea what was going on, he could still tell that something was wrong with the atmosphere, so he followed everyone outside.

"Actually...Kiana's life story was discovered by herself due to some unexpected events. I originally planned to tell her slowly later."

Qin Mo briefly explained to everyone Kiana's origin, Xilin's existence, the reason for Kiana's birth, and what had just happened in the dungeon.

"Ms. Kiana... you're carrying so much."

Bell, who had no idea what was going on before, now understood all this.

Bronya was also silent. She didn't expect that Kiana, who had always been optimistic like a fool, had such a background.

Fu Hua and Mei knew about it a long time ago and didn't say much.

"Qin Mojun, is the memory you mentioned still there? That disco thing."

After listening to this, Hestia asked Qin Mo.

"It's the DISC. It's still with me. If it's inside Kiana, it will continue to seduce Kiana."

Qin Mo took out the DISC of Xilin's memory and showed it to everyone. Ordinary people could also see the DISC. Everyone could see the image of the Herrscher of the Void who was very similar to Kiana printed on it.

"Well! Then you take good care of it, and leave Kiana to me!"

Hestia said to Qin Mo confidently: "It is also the Lord God's responsibility to solve children's psychological problems and point them in the right direction!"

"Okay, don't worry, it's getting late now. Mei, please prepare dinner. I won't eat with you. I'll bring Kiana's portion to her."

Mei nodded, "Okay, Lord Kamishin, but how are you going to get into the room?"

"Hehe!" Hearing Mei's question, Hestia chuckled and took out a key from her pocket.

"Lord God, may I ask what you are going to do with the spare key to our room?"

Seeing Fu Hua's oppressive questioning, Hestia broke out in a sweat: "I'm just worried that everyone might lose their keys..."

“Ha…” Fu Hua sighed: “Forget it, I’ll leave Kiana to you, Lord God.”

After the dinner prepared for Kiana was ready, everyone watched Hestia secretly open Kiana's door with dinner, and then Kiana's screams were heard in the room.

"Bronya, do you think it's really okay to let Hestia go?"

"It should be... no problem."

After all, Hestia looked very out of tune.

Bell also laughed dryly: "Although the Lord God is always joking, he is still very powerful."

"Oh, by the way, I seem to have forgotten to exchange today's gains."

Qin Mo then remembered that because of Kiana, today's rhythm was disrupted: "Now that you mention it, can I trouble you to make a trip?"

"Yes, I'll be back soon."

With that, Bell ran out with the bag of magic stones. Qin Mo didn't know whether he wanted to exchange for magic stones or to see Aegina.

At this moment, Qin Mo suddenly remembered something and said to Fu Hua, "Oh, Fu Hua, you said before that you wanted to know how to see a substitute. A substitute can only be seen by someone who also has a substitute. I can give you a substitute, but there are some problems with the method. You need to see if you can accept it. If not, then maybe..."

"In what way?"

"Cough cough." Qin Mo coughed twice, and before he could speak, he saw Mei glared at him, and then whispered something in Fu Hua's ear.

Fu Hua nodded: "I have no problem."