Collapse, the Ordinary Daily Life of the Valkyries

Kiana nodded. What else could she say? Now that everything had been said, she chose to face the truth alone:

"I have the right to know the truth, but I don't want you to be full of lies and traps when you confess to me."

"call......"

Kiana's words made Gao Su breathe a sigh of relief. He then turned over and lay next to her, looking at the ceiling:

"I didn't expect this day to come so soon. Maybe because I confessed to you earlier, you didn't seem so hysterical."

"Hysterical, I don't understand."

Kiana turned sideways and looked at the red-haired man lying next to her. She felt like she had traveled into a female-oriented novel.

What gods, what immortals, falling in love with an ordinary orphan girl, but Kiana thought about it:

"Why would my future self tell me, 'Humans are a renewable resource, not a non-renewable resource.'"

Gao Su thought about it, took her hand, then leaned back and took Kiana to a place she was very familiar with.

Her eyes widened in disbelief. The scene here was so familiar, it was an exact replica of the game "Imaginary Ring" created by the captain.

"Is this...the end of the world!?"

"Yes, that's right, this is the end."

Gao Su nodded, then looked towards the towering tree not far away that replaced the sun, and continued:

"It is also the realm of origin. That is the Imaginary Tree. This is the place within the Knowable Realm where humans can observe the Imaginary Tree."

"In the beginning, the Tree of Imaginary Numbers was not observable by humans. In fact, Kiana, it's not true that gods were born before humans. On the contrary, the concept of gods only emerged after the emergence of human civilization."

"The concept of gods is a product of human civilization. All gods have physical forms, with distinct appearances and genders."

"In the beginning, only the imaginary tree, or the world itself, had no clear form or gender."

"Neither the statues in the church nor the descriptions in the books contain any mention of the Imaginary Tree. It only states that the Imaginary Tree cannot be looked at directly."

"Just like the Tree of Imaginary Numbers was not originally called the Tree of Imaginary Numbers, but was called the Tree of Omniscience."

Kiana looked at the deserted castle, a world as silent as a dead place, where only Honkai beasts and imaginary divine skeletons roamed. She couldn't help but move closer to her captain, feeling his body warmth:

"These shouldn't be imaginary trees. I mean, you built them, right?"

"Yes, this was built by humans, or rather, by a group of humans who claim to be gods."

Gao Su nodded and took Kiana to the End Realm and the Imaginary Tree King City.

The first thing that caught my eye was a tree, its vast branches covering the sky and stretching towards the end of the world.

The glittering branches and leaves cast brilliant light instead of the sun, and under the tree are rows of buildings, built and spreading out with the tree as the center.

Civilization coexists with the imaginary tree. Houses and corridors are built on the imaginary tree, and there are also various elevators that climb up the tree like parasites.

“Everyone’s ability comes from their inner desire, the desire to see further, or the desire for more people to fall in love with them.”

"And in order to fulfill this desire, the corresponding ability will be born. To put it in simple terms, it's like people wanting to open up wasteland better and created a sickle. The sickle is a tool created for better opening up wasteland."

"So you can understand it as ability is used to change the world into what you want it to be, and wanting to change the world into what you want it to be."

"However, throughout history, only one person has been able to do this. She gave the Imaginary Tree a physical form. She sacrificed herself in exchange for the Imaginary Tree's chance to walk the mortal world."

Gao Su's words made Kiana respect him in every possible way, and she also wanted to know who this person was.

As if understanding her wish, a breeze covered Kiana's eyes. Before she could see the scene clearly, a familiar voice sounded in her ears:

"Kiana, should I tell you, hi, how are you feeling..."

When this voice sounded, Kiana could feel her heart stopped beating for a few seconds. If she was not the Herrscher of the End, she would probably have died by now.

Volume 1: Have we really defeated the collapse? Chapter 195: Let heroes catch heroes, let good men investigate good men

"Ai....Alishia...?"

Kiana called out the name of the pink-haired girl in front of her, but the imaginary magic ring on her wide-open crystal purple chest showed that it was not what she thought.

She has a very mature figure, with attractive curves, and her face and hair all show feminine gentleness and maternal nature.

However, as soon as you look into her cold and rational crystal purple eyes, you will instantly abandon the illusion that she is a gentle woman.

Unlike Alysia's all-embracing motherhood, the Tree of Imaginary Numbers treats everything equally as straw dogs.

"No, you are the captain. Perhaps, I should say, you have usurped the imaginary tree of the Origin Herrscher's body."

"Well, I want equality for all, I want the world to be full of beauties, I want to be able to kill without restraint, I want to be able to feel safe forever, and so on. Ultimately, these wishes all involve changing the world itself."

Gao Su said this, but then he made an incomprehensible sound:

"Does this world really need to change? If we don't change the world, can we not achieve our goals?"

"If we don't do that, their wishes will not be fulfilled. Not everyone wants equality, not everyone wants the world to be full of beauties, and not everyone wants to live in a world where killing is free."

Kiana fell into deep thought as her captain asked and answered his own questions. Then she heard her captain continue to say:

"Only by seizing world dominance and becoming the creator they claim to be can their wishes be fulfilled."

"Actually, I don't care if anyone, or some creature, takes the position of the omniscient and omnipotent God."

"Kiana, since the gods can herd all living things, why can't the gods be herded by all living things?"

Then Gao Su continued:

“Realizing that past mistakes are irreversible and can no longer be dissuaded or corrected, knowing that things in the future are still worth pursuing and there is still a chance to make amends.”

"I have indeed strayed from the right path, but not too far. This means I still have a chance to turn back. I have realized that what I am doing now is right, and that my past actions were wrong."

Kiana looked at Gao Su:

"I know this. It comes from Tao Yuanming's "Returning to the West": "I understand that the past cannot be changed, but I know that the future can be pursued. I am not far from the wrong path, and I realize that what is right today is wrong yesterday."

"Captain, you're trying to tell me that this is what I'll be like in the future, right?"

"Yes."

Gao Su nodded, and then Kiana continued to ask:

"You're also an atheist, right?"

"No."

However, Gao Su's answer was beyond Kiana's expectations. Then she heard Him continue:

"I, the Hunting Gods, do this to maintain the Tree of Imaginary Numbers, or the underlying logic that governs the operation of the world."

"Can the existence of gods destroy the underlying logic of the world?"

Kiana was confused. What about herself?

"The Herrschers have never been gods, but messengers. In other words, the gods are merely those who have discovered the logic of how the world works and benefited from it."

“The underlying logic of the world has always been there, and those who first discovered it will benefit.”

Kiana finally understood what her captain meant:

"You mean to say that you are hunting those beings who call themselves 'gods', right?"

"correct."

Gao Su nodded, and Kiana asked:

"What's that for?"

"The Way of Heaven is to reduce the excess and replenish the deficiency; the Way of Man is to reduce the deficiency and support the excess."

Kiana nodded after hearing what Gao Su said, and then she asked the crucial question:

"You love us. Does this feeling come from Alicia, or from the Imaginary Number Tree itself?"

"From the Tree of Imaginary Numbers itself."

Gao Su replied, and seeing Kiana's confusion, he continued to explain:

"The theory of heartlessness is simply something humans, or rather, civilization, have bestowed upon nature. Emotion is part of the underlying logic of the world. How could the Tree of Imaginary Numbers be emotionless?"

"I see."

Kiana nodded, but then again, she leaned on Gao Su:

"So, was it you who brought Huang Quan to Earth?"

"No, destiny has always been in the hands of mankind. It's just that some people who first understood the underlying logic of the world and claimed to be gods manipulated them."

Gao Su replied, and Kiana, who was full of questions, continued to ask:

"God has no concept of death. Is this true?"

"There's no concept of death in the common sense, but there is still a concept of death, Kiana."

Gao Su shook his head. This overturned Kiana's common sense and cognition. After all, in her opinion, gods have no concept of death.

This means that no fatal attack can kill a god. Even if one has an overwhelming power advantage and can easily crush a god, one cannot completely destroy a god who has no concept of death.

Unless someone can give the god the concept of death, or the god itself represents the end of things, then the god can be killed:

"So, why are you interested in us, Captain?"

“God helps those who help themselves, there is no question about that.”

Gao Su replied, and Kiana changed her position in his arms:

"Then why don't you just deal with the gods at the source?"

"The gods are forcing the common people to fight. Do you know about lupus, Kiana?"

Kiana replied directly:

"I know. Just say what you want to say, Captain."

"A chronic diffuse connective tissue disease caused by abnormal activation of the immune system, which attacks the body's own tissues."

Gao Su nodded:

"Using this body to hunt the gods is what will happen. After all, this body represents the origin of everything in the world. Of course..."

Then, Gao Su changed the subject:

"The Herrscher of the End won't have such a problem. The Herrscher of the End represents the end of everything in the world, so that's why the scene you saw happened."

"Let the heroes catch the heroes, let the good guys check the good guys! Let the heroes catch the heroes, let the good guys check the good guys! Let the End deal with Shiyuan! Let the End deal with Shiyuan!"

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Volume 1: Has the Collapse Been Really Defeaten?: Chapter 196: The Blood of the Star Gods Falls at the Gate, and the Lone Sword Cannot Hold the Void for Days

"Captain, what you're saying is that if you destroy the gods, people will blame you, right?"

However, in response to Kiana's question, Gao Su still shook his head and asked:

"Do you think I'm afraid of being blamed?"

Just when Kiana wanted to open her mouth again, Gao Su answered her question:

"As for the question of you killing me, there's actually no answer. After all, in the future timeline, you could kill me countless times, and each time, the reason for killing me would be different."

"Of course, once you solve the answer to one problem, you'll be faced with a new one. At the very least, there will be many more problems waiting for us to solve."

Kiana pursed her lips. There were too many problems ahead. She decided to take it one step at a time, dealing with them as they came.

"So, can you help me keep this secret? Or do you want me to do it? Or, give you a safe word?"

Facing Gao Su's hand that had already begun massaging the back of her head, Kiana sighed, leaned over, and leaned against the captain.

"I can help you keep it a secret, but you can't hide or erase this memory of mine, Captain!"

"Okay, I see."

Gao Su nodded, and began to explore downwards with his hand on the back of his head. Kiana felt a little hot from his action.

"Oh, Captain..."

Kiana grumbled, but didn't stop him. Just as they were planning, Gao Su separated a portion of his mind and returned to the consciousness space, where he saw the future Kiana:

"Now that you have a new love, you forget the old one. You scumbag, wow, wow, you actually dare to scold me. You were not like this before!"

"I......"