Humans are in chaos, despicable outsiders.

"Perhaps you didn't inherit the memories of the past, but that will, or rather, that group of wills, remembers it all perfectly—"

"They are fully aware of what they did to 'you,' or rather, the original Raiden Mei, and therefore hate her to the core, even to the point of developing a deep-seated loathing for humanity..."

Apocalypse crossed his arms and explained the reason in a playful tone—

"Raiden Mei, who once sacrificed everything and dragged the entire civilization down with her, could never have imagined that after countless cycles of civilization, things would turn out like this."

Chapter 571

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"You mean... what did Mei do in the past that made the Honkai's will hate her so much?"

Kiana looked at Apocalypse with a mixture of belief and doubt, her face filled with deep suspicion.

“You can try it, anyway, you’ll die if you try—I won’t be the one paying the price.”

Not wanting to explain further, Miss Apocalypse at least returned to her throne, her crimson pupils staring at the crowd before her without a trace of emotion.

"No way—! Since you mentioned that I'm important to the Honkai Will, then why would it hurt someone I care about?!"

Seemingly having found some strange loophole, Kiana once again glared at Apocalypse, then immediately deflated, the latter simply replying with a few words—

"If you're so confident, go ahead and try—try if she dies, try what the Will-Governing Body will do when it sees that familiar yet utterly hated face?"

"Didn't I already clear the way for you?"

His mocking expression gradually turned into boredom, and Tian Qixiao stared at Kiana Kaslana in front of him.

"Try if you want, die if you want—no one's stopping you now."

"As far as the Will-Governing Body is concerned, He has completely erased an existence that He loathed and taken back a very important one."

"For me, it was like seeing and personally acting in an interesting play."

What you consider to be your business is none of my concern.

"......"

Kiana in front of him fell silent.

"...Kiana."

Raiden Mei glanced worriedly at Kiana in front of her, then turned to look at Tianqi Xiao...

"So, this unknown lady—can you tell me what 'good deeds' I did 'back then'?"

"...I may tell you, but before I do, you must answer one question for me."

Seated on her throne, Miss Apocalypse, resting her head on her left hand, paused for a moment before posing her question—

"Do you think... Kiana Kaslana is human?"

"certainly--!"

"If Kiana isn't human, then what is she...?"

"Of course I'm a person! If you're trying to insult me ​​indirectly, just say so!"

The pointed and sensitive question immediately received a unanimous response from the three people in front of him.

"Perhaps... You've been given a human surname, human habits, human thoughts, and even a human body—you are indeed human now..."

Apocalypse shook his head, looking at the white-haired man in front of him with a mocking expression...

"No matter what world they live in, those who bear this name and appearance always have a slightly special birth and background..."

"You don't really think... you're human, do you? — Miss Kiana Kaslana... Oh no, you shouldn't even be called Kiana... that's a human name."

Miss Apocalypse narrowed her eyes, looking at the somewhat bewildered white-haired figure before her...

"I don't know what you're talking about—you suspicious guy! I have a dad and a mom! Although they..."

Before Kiana could finish speaking, Miss Apocalypse interrupted her...

"Yes—the parents of 'humanity'...the 'body' of humanity...."

With a meaningful smile, Tian Qixiao simply continued speaking—

"The person you are about to meet, or rather, the being you are referring to, is a higher life form that you call the Honkai Consciousness; of course, you can also call it the Will-Governing Body—"

"Naive little girl...are you still deceiving yourself and trying to comfort yourself...?"

"The will of Honkai wants to see you, but I have received a commission from a being higher than the will of Honkai—a 'Primordial Creator'—to guide you to meet that will of Honkai."

“A planetary-level Honkai Beast treats you as a friend, or even a lover, and is completely devoted to you—she doesn’t even bother to associate with Herrschers born from humanity.”

"A power that is supposedly inherited from a saintess, but in reality, it originally belonged to you, a power that allows you to freely manipulate Honkai energy—"

"Humans... I don't think a human would have so much good luck—the will that hates humanity is eager to destroy civilization completely, and it won't have the patience to wait for a human. That's right, that will is even waiting for you."

"Even a planetary-level Honkai wouldn't treat humans as their friends and lovers—who would be friends with a piece of Original Recipe Chicken, let alone want to marry it?"

Miss Apocalypse, who had been delivering a passionate speech, temporarily withdrew her verbal assault, allowing the people before her to slowly digest the wealth of information contained within her words...

...After a long silence.

"I understand... I am not human, or rather, the original me you speak of was not human, right?"

Kiana seemed to have accepted something, and looked at Miss Apocalypse in front of her with a sense of despair...

"That's right... You might be considered human now, but as for you in the past... In the biological hierarchy of domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species, you didn't even belong to the eukaryotic domain of humans."

With her fingers tapping on the armrest of the throne, Miss Apocalypse nodded as she looked at Kiana in front of her.

"If I had to say, you should be categorized as being on the 'Collapse' side... or rather, on the 'Creator' side."

"So... what happened in between?"

"According to your description, why am I, an existence that should be classified as a 'supernatural life form,' a human being?"

Having quickly accepted reality, the white-haired girl looked at Miss Apocalypse with confusion—

"This brings us back to the question you initially raised—what 'good deeds' did Raiden Mei from the very beginning of that era?"

.....

"You mean, from that era, I used some technology to turn Kiana into a human like me, just so I could be with her forever or something?"

"You can interpret it that way if you want..."

After thinking about it, Miss Apocalypse felt that the ending of Raiden Mei made a lot of sense, and nodded in agreement.

"Love-obsessed people are terrifying~"

They also added insult to injury.

"So what did that past 'me,' and Raiden Mei, the president of the Super Electric Club, mean to that Honkai Will, to that primordial creator?"

"Emmmm... well, let me think... what description would be most appropriate?"

"Have it!"

"Ahem—some parents were enjoying hot pot and singing with their kids when they suddenly discovered their child had been kidnapped by a group of Original Recipe Chicken. While searching, they found their child had fried themselves up to marry a golden, crispy chicken!"

Miss Apocalypse touched her chin uncertainly and gave an answer...

"What an absurd analogy... but I don't seem to be able to refute it..."

Kiana's lips twitched.

Chapter 572

General category: Waaaaah, I'm being rejected!

"Welcome, Miss, who has traveled from afar. We have been waiting for you here for a long time—"

"Hopefully, Lady Jiuxiao has explained the confusion you had before coming here..."

With Jiuxiao's deliberate delay and Kiana's persistent questioning of herself, the will-overseeing entity and Snow on the other side of the moon also completed some kind of preparatory ritual.

The Overlord and Miss Snow were calmly observing the slightly panting Kiana, but the white-haired man's next words made the Overlord and Miss Snow's foreheads bulge with veins—if the Overlord even possessed such a thing...

"What kind of combination is this—a bizarrely large eyeball and a golden retriever that's almost certainly not human?!"

"What about the will-governing body and the creator that the purple-haired guy mentioned?"

The white-haired figure in front of them seemed to have misunderstood something, blatantly ignoring the two "people," the Overlord and Miss Snow, who hadn't activated the second phase or the boss panel because they weren't planning to fight or show off.

"Is she playing a trick on me? She looks like she has the potential to become a pleasure monster..."

Just as Kiana was talking to herself, her willpower finally gave Snow a wink, and Snow nodded in understanding...

Taking advantage of the white-haired girl's distraction from her own thoughts and her inattention to the two people in front of her, Miss Snow quietly crept up to Kiana's side—

"That delightful monster is what Hōraiji Kūshō looks like when he grows up—"

The voice from behind startled Kiana, who immediately launched a spinning kick at her back, only to miss as expected.

When did you touch my back?!

Startled and covered in a cold sweat, Miss Kiana looked at the blond man who had suddenly appeared in front of her again, her face full of vigilance...

"...What kind of expression is that?"

"If I really wanted to teach you a lesson, you should have been lying on the ground just now..."

Seeing the latter's wary expression, Miss Snow immediately rolled her eyes at her.

"Uh... okay—"

Having received such a reply, Ms. Kiana finally collapsed—

"So... you are the gods and the entities that the guy who looks a lot like Jiuxiao was talking about?"

Kiana curiously examined the two beings in front of her—one had nothing on its head except for one large, very noticeable eyeball, and was looking at her with a gaze that could probably be categorized as "friendly."

The other one didn't look particularly special at all; she appeared to be an ordinary person—unless one could ignore the fact that she was wearing casual clothes and had no protective gear on the moon...

"Yes."